The National Register.
London, England, 1818-01-19 00:00:00

THE NATIMCAL REGISTER.

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ceased a4kett him to hold his hind in a particular position, as
it gave:him ease., which he did. The deceased during this,
cant to witness and to O'Callaghan, " God bless gun, and I
thank you for your attention." Mr. Phealati, who had been
Mr. Bailey :4 second, was in the room ; and after witness had
told the deceased that ille huh ally thing to cminnunicate to a
friend he had better do it forthwith, willies% quitted the room
and left 'lr. Phealan and the deceased together. The dc-
ceased CtEIWi(IIIA of his datiger. O'Callaghan said,
'• Never I, my good fellow, we shall be walking together
again in a few weeks." Deceased replied, " I shall be in
Heaven bet ore then." Wit nice said, no men could behave
more kindly than all of them 'lid to the deceased They went
awas to execute sonic kind ntfiers ter the deceased, and
having execu►ed them, returned, unattended by any officer.
They might have gone away if they had thought tit.
Mr. (;corer Nevill, of toe tax-office, Soinerset-house, and
Ingram's-lane, Hampstead, stated, that lie did not know any
of the parties previous to Monday last, when lie was proceed.
ing In 10W11 about ten o'clock in the morning, and had not
got more than a dozen yards from his house before he heard a
conversation between Mr. Adams and Mr. Newholt ; he pro.
ceeded with Mr. Adams, and Lieutenant Newbult. lie con-
firmu•d the statement of the preceding wititess.
This closed the evidence, and the Cormier then informed;
the Jury , that it would be their painful duty to view the body
they then proceeded to the !moose of Mr. A dains, and, basing
taken a view of the body, returned to the 1.04t1 of Hay, and
after being culled over in due form, Mr. Stirling addressed
them :—They had the observed) heard the evialenve, and had
paid the greatest attention to it I he was ready to r;capitu•
late it, it they thought it necessary, but to him it appeared
very simple;. however unfortunate the transaction was, those
engaged in such. transactions were, according to the esta-
blished law uputt the case, subject to very severe puni Itment.
As far us the law of the case w ae concerned, he (Mr. Stirling)
was firmly of un (Tinian, that it iimuntited to murder : but it
would remain for the jury to return such a verdict as would
satisfy theii own consciences.
The jury retired fin neatly an hour, and returned a verdict
of Wilful Murder apii,uct all the partirs concerned. This ver-
dict was acrompaiiied by several observations expressive of
their abhorrence of the conduct of some of the parties con-
cerned; but as they were calculated to create a prejudice
against them, at the suggestion of Mr. Stirling they were
withdrawn.

The following paragraph contains a short account of the cause of
this melancholy as well as absurd transaction :—Mr. O'Callaghan
and the seconds informed Mr. Adams what was the cause of the de.
ceased and Mr. O'Callaghan meeting-; but they begged him not to
mention it, and he did it with great reluctance. On Saturday week,
two gentlemen (whose names he eid not mention)lmairelled at an
hotel, and the present principals (()'Callaghan and Bailey) were to
have been seconds, and they agreed to meet on Sunday morning the
11th inst. It was appoMted that they should meet at either the
White Hart or Load of Hay public houses; they misunderstood each
other, and Bailey and the gentleman for whom he had agreed to be
second, went to the White Hart; and O'Callaghan had the other
gentleman went to the Load of Hay. Mr. O'Callaghan finding that
the parties did not meet at the time appointed, he took 116 friend
away. Mr. Bailey was waiting with his friend at the White Hart.
and being irritated at the other party not mecting.them, he went to
his hotel, where the quarrel first ataimenmd, and he placarded O'Cal-
laghan's friend, and. O'Callaghan placarded Bailey c friend. When
Bailey and O'Callaghan met at the hotel, they charged each other
with purposely avoiding to meet that morning, when a challenge en
sued, and they agreed to meet next morning (Monday), not at a pub.
lie-house, but °tithe ground where they.fought.

WELCH ORDER.—The following is the promised
list of the new knights :

THE SOVEREIGN.

1. and 2. To be filled by two Prinesa of the Rhwd Royal.--3. The
Marquis of Anglesea.-4. The Vi,count Bulk('ley.-5. 'the Earl of
Cartligan.-6. The Viscount Dungannon.-7. Sir Watkin Williams
Wynne, Bart.-1. The Lord The Earl of rowis.-
10. The Lord Kenyon. - 11. The Lord Gwydir.-12 The Lord
Dynevors—Prcbend of the Order, the I.ord Bishop of St. Asaipli.—
Chancellor, the Lord Bishop of liagnor.—Registrar. Rhys Jones,
Esq.—Geneaologist. R. Richards, Esq.—Poursuirant, Heralds, Gen-
tlemen Usher, &e. at the disposal of the Earl Marshal—lithand,
light green edged with white.—Motto, Crum/ter
.ihrti!rus cl bonis.

Sittings appointed to be held in Middlesex And
London before the Right Hon. Edward Lord Ellen-
borough, l ord Chief Justice, Sze. in and after Hilary
Term, 1818 :