The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-22 00:00:00

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THE FATAL DUEL NEAR IVINDSOR.

CORONER'S INQUEST.
Yesterday tir. Woods, the coroner for West Su

- - trey,
and a numerous jury, assembled together at the Parley
Mow Tavern, Inglefield-green, Egham, for the tf.,o par,
pose of inquiring into the circumstances connected with
the death of M. Courtnet, who died from the effects of
a gun-shot wound, inflicted whilst fighting a duel, on
Tuesday afternoon last. Some particulars of this me-
lancholy case have already appeared in this journal of
Wednesday last.
The jury having been sworn, they proceeded to vies
the body, which was lying in an upper room in the
same tavern. Upon the return of the jury to the court
the following witnesses were examined:—
Mr. Hayward, surgeon, of Egham, deposed that on.
Tuesday afternoon he was passing along Priesea-hill cra
horseback, and on coming to a gate communicating wiala
a field, a gentleman came out and asked him the way to
Windsor. He then asked him to accompany him to the
spot where deceased was lying in the field. The petlsoa
on the ground was about 45 years of age, and he was
accompanied by a friend, who was endeavouring to
staunch the blood. Nothing at that time transpired as.
to the cause of the duel. A ball had passed through 00 body and came out ou the right side. There were tyro
persons on the ground, but ho saw three others, 'rho
inquired the road to Windsor. After the decerAsed
rallied a little, he directed him to be removed. He
put no questions to him, nor did he to witness. He
understood that the name of one of thn persons he taw
was Barthreney. He remained with the deceased tilj
fire o'clock, and he remained sensible (luring that pa.
riod. He made no eDnatuunicition to aim, exe,p,
04it
he felt cold end was in pain. He did not see hire alone
after that. He returned at halt-past six, and found him
dead. Aliane, another of the persons, was in the room
during the time he was present, but nothing passed be_
tween them. He had since the deceased's death made
post mortem examination, and he bad no hesitation iaL
saying that the wound was the cause of death.
Francis Farquarson—On Tuesday last he saw several
foreigners who came down by the train. They were la
two parties of three. He asked them if they wanted to
go to Virginia-water, and they said, No. no. Some of
them went into the Red Lion, and others into the Adana
di.d Ere. They all walked up the hill afterwards. He
thGught they were all one party. They walked up the
hill, and went into the Grapes public-house. One of
them came out and went to a cook's shop and bought
some meat. They then proceeded in the direction of
the Long-walk, in Windsor Great Park. He had seen
sumo of the parties since. About halt'-past one he saw
three of the parties, who appeared to have been walks
ing in mud and grass. He went to Datehet with them,
and had some bread and cheese there. One of them hisd
something under his cloak, which appeared to be a
sword, but he did not take particular notice. They !said
nothing to him as to what they had been about. He wftw
no firearms of any description about them, but they
might have had firearms. One of them was a fine stoat
man, "almost as fine and stout as you, Mr. Chairman."
(Laughter.) _

Several other witnesses spoke to baying seen the
party immediately previous and subsequent to the duel,
and identified some of those in custody as being present
M. Gustave Nagut, of 38, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy_
square, identified the body of deceased. The deceased
resided in London, at 41, ' Knight Ryder-street. He
was 43, years of age. He knew him well. He last saw
him alive on Sunday evening the 17th. (The witness
was here greatly overcome.) He dined with him on
that evening. He parted with him in the evening.
Nothing particular occurred in conversation that he
could state.

The Coroner—You are bound to tell the whole truth.,
The witness added—Deceased told him that he wet
going to fight a duel, but he did not state with whom.
He (witness) objected to mention the name of the
parties.
The Coroner—You are bound to disclose everything.
Witness—l cannot do so.

The Coroner—l shall then tell you the eonsequssees.
Witness—l shall hear them.
The Coroner—Do I understand that you positively
refuse?
Witness—Yes, certainly.
The Coroner—l suppose that you know something of
what led to this duel?

Witness—l knew it was political, but he diet not tell
me when or where the duel was to take place. I did not
see him after the Sunday night.
The Curoner (addressing Mr. Biddlecombe) said—
Mr. Superintendent, you must keep this gentleman under
your supervision. I shall not examine him farther at
present, but it is necessary that I should see him again.
The witness was removed in custody of the police.
Mr. Madigan, station-master at Windsor, said that
four persons came to the station on Tuesday, one of
whom carried a sword. lie observed them particularly
from their manner and appearance. They took places
is a train for London by the 2.25 p.m. train. Afterwards
a gentleman came in who wished to have a return second
class ticket endorsed for the first class. Upon hearing
of the occurrence a telegraphic message was sent up by
the Great Western line to Lothbury, and from there to
the Waterloo terminus.

John Underwood, police-constable 66 L, produced a
couple of light swords, which, in consequence of a tele
graphic message, he took possession of from two foreign-
ers, who came up by the 225 p.m. train. In consequence
of the telegraphic message he took three persons into
custody. Several other foreigners were at the Waterloo-
road station, and one of them came up to him and offered
hint a sovereign to let one of the parties go away. He
did not, however, do so. One of the parties got out be-
:ore he came to the station. Tee missing party was a
irequeuter of Vauxhall-gardens, and other places of
amusement. No pistols were found on any of the
parties. _ _

Thos. Smith, a police constable, repeated the evidence
he gave at the Towu-hall the previous day.
Mr. Biddlecorube, the superintendent of police, pro-
duced the various articles found on the persons, which
were published yesterd ty.
In answer to the Coroner, witness said the flattened
bullet had not been wtighed to see whether it corres-
ponded with the other bullets found.
Mary Day said that she had been in attendance at
this house and had laid the body out since death. She
was not prescnt when he died. She found, as she was
removing the body, a leaden ball between the sheets and,
under the deceased. She gave the ball to a police con-
stable.

The four persons in custody were, at this stage of
the investigation, brought into court. One was a tall,
gaunt, military-looking man, with hard features; the
second person was a stout short man, with an amiable
expression of countenance; the third was slightly built,
of apparently forty years of age, with a beard and an
imperial; and the fourth a man apparently fifty yeara
of age, was of middle stature, strongly built, and of firm
and somewhat repulsive features. After giving their
names in broken English, they were conveyed away in
the custody of the police.
Immediately afterwards additional parties were
brought into the room by the police. They were
foreigners, and several police officers were called for the
purpose of identifying them as persons who had been in
the company of the deceased a short time before the
duel took place.
After a great deal of contradictory evidence bad been
adduced in order to identify one of the persons
_w
next,
broughtth
forward as one and the fifth of the party. corm:dclY
od
the duel, tho inquiry was adjourned until Tue
and the jury were bound over to appear on that dayo
further investigate the case.

The accounts that have already appeared respecting
this fatal reoontre are in many points incorrect. There
now appears to have been no
i foundation for the state-
ment that the duel originated n a quarrel respecting a
lady. It is now admitted that the original quarrel re-
spected a political difference ; and, singularly enough,
both the parties were under the ban of the present
governing power in France ; nor would it be easy for
an Englishman to comprehend what could be the differ-
ence between them The deceased man, we are in-
formed, was a friend and partisan of Ledra Rollin—his
antagonist was a follower of Louis Blanc. With regard
to that antagonist, we may state that, though four men
are now in custody on account of this duel, it is gene-
rally believed that the person who fired the shot is not
among them. The quarrel in which the duel originated
seems to have been an affair of at least some days' stand-
ing, and seemed to be well known among the French,
refugees now congregated in London. This is proved,
not only from the circumstance that so many foreigners
were waiting near the Waterloo station of the railway,
to hear the result, when M. Barronet and the others
were brought down in custody, but also from the state.
ment of M. Maquet, a Franck gentleman, who vollia.
teered to give evidence before the coroner yesterday,
and who stated that the tolddecea:edl
tended duel when they dined together on h
Sundayta
evening.

THE CAPS WAIL AND CONSTITUTION. —Th:—"
e fol
lowing is an extract from a letter to a friend in
nor could h
Edin-
burgh, dated Cape of Good Hopp, 28th August, from an
s, on loatnbdeheonl ddeori
nagn dmguocohd Whig General Cath-
cart,
war, however, is, I believe, dying a naturalTh®
death. The
great thing now will be to make peace
founda-
tion, which can never be done without on a good'.
assistance of a Colonial Parliament,
the advice and
Eng-
land seems determined to keep from
a boon which Eng-
sible, under every pretext and p us as long as pos.
nistry. Well, there is one under every sort of Mi.
people. But another thin comfort: we are a patient
g i
your colonies in Downin
t s certain) you cannot rule
cer-
tain, and we only Wonderet any
longer, that is
not yet thoroughly convinc that the English people are
ed of this."
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