The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-20 00:00:00

CORONCItiS INQUEST.

Oa Wednesday and;Thurshy last an inquest
Was taken by Roger Caliaway, Coroner of
Portsmouth Borouglii- on the body of Lieutenant
Sohn Bagnell,%of the Royal Marine Corps, who
was mortally wounded in a duel by Lieutenant
William Stuart, of the same corps, on South Sea
Carnman, on the morning of Thursday, the Tth
(Ifwiiich wound he languished until Satur-
day e;ening, last,: when he died.---Thomas and,
Jane Ifaines deposed, that the deceased was
brought to their cottage, partly aSisto,:by the
said Thomas„flaines, and that hail wa.S
extracted from him by Xi., Madden, Surgeon, who
was seat far to c.turd him professional aid hie
ball entered the right side, near the arm-pit, and
was taktniout.of.ti:e left shoulder. Lieu:chant L.
subecinently conveyed to his lodging's in
Hambrook-row in a post-chaise.
Lieu-
tenant Bagacli wasproceeding to the cu:sge, he
0,14 to the gentleman who assisted him ',Lieut.
!An ,Q‘Hanlon), " John, hie. never came bock
to say he was sorry for it,'' he genfleman an-
swered, " No.", When lying on the hed, he said,
" I am sorry for you; Jack; and they both ?;110
tears. Ile also said, " I disch.rged iii'.'pistol,
didn't I to which . Lieut. O'klaiiloa replied,
`. Yes, yon did.",
A. Aubell, who nursed Lieut. Bagnell, deposed,
that
,she bad much cOnversation 'with him, and
that he 'ij.d be bad been wounded in a duel with
Mr. :.3tirart, and that be would have made it
up on .the ground, but Mr. Stuart was riot

.7Lient; Alexander Day, of the Royal shrine
Corps, deposed, that having . received a ines.sle:;e
from .Lieut. W. Stuart, who wished to see him, he
waited upon him. He met him at the door of ii s
lodging-house, in Stone-street, and was instant's.,
saluted with the following words, or to the effect—
" Day, lam the most miserable wretch !" After
Lieut. Day hail expressed his soi row on the Occa-
sion, Lieut. Stuart entered' into particulars of a
dispute which had recently taken place between
him and th'e deceased. He stated, that 'as he: vas
about, to leave Mr. bagnell, at his lodgings, ,he
(Stuart)- observed that he should make a call on
se;;ie one, and Ale. liai4nell immediately answer-
will.not bexeceived." That Mr. S.
then said,-.--" How do you know I shall not be
yeeei ecd ?"—Upon which Mr.. B. replied, that he
would nut allow himself to he impertinentlycate:-
hised. Mr. S. rejoined, that he would not allow
ilineseif to-be bullied': Bagnell then exclaimed,--=-
_" What ! call me bully in my own house l---walk
put of it.- That Mr. hereupon went 'towards
the door, and Mr. B. followed him, with his hatil
touching, or nearly touching his great coat ;
induced Stuart to say,—" Doat' touch MC. Beg:-
nell,.for that never can be made up ; and when
he had got into the street, Stuart told Bagnell he
should Ilea:. from hirn--:hat inov;ine hie
hand to And fro, said,—" Go along, go alon'g"-=:-.
that Stuart, in the course of his conversation with
Lieut. Day, said, he was very glad to hear Raj-
;Dell's wound was not mortal, and that he was
likely to recover. Stuart also said, that Bagneli.s
first ball had passed very near him.
Lieut. Philip Kinner Jessop, of the Royal Ma-
rine corps, deposed, that on returning to his lodg-
ings on Friday afternoon last, he found them oc-
cupied by Lieut. W. Stuart, who appeared very
much agitated at the time, and said, " Jessop,
am I not a wretched fellow ? I never shall enjoy.
a moment's peace of mind -as long as I live.'
,That, after Lieut. Stetvart had told him the cause
Of the quarrel, (nearly as described upon the above
deposition) he said Bagnell must blame himself
for what had happened, in being obstinate, and
refusing to make an apology : that Stuart, how-
ever, shelved great distress of mind, and often
expressed his sorrow at what had taken place : be
said it should be a lesson to him as long as he
lived ; and that, in future, whatever affront he
nligllt cr even if he was, struck, he would
not be induced to light a duel again ; but would.
rather verify the text in Scripture—' That if he
received a blow on one cheek, be Would suffer the
other to be struck.als3 ;" this deponent was part
of two days in the house with Lieutenant S. kind
he constantly evinced his great distress of mind
and sorrow fcr the state of hiS poor friend Bag-
nell, as he called him.

Tbe Jury adjourned its proceediugs until Wed--
nesday next, to obtain the evidence of anotber
witness.

Lieutenant Bagnell was a fine yours m in
the 30th year of •his age. He married a dangli.
ter of the Rev. Dr. Asbe, of chippenhAm,
she now lives, and by whom
twq enti-
dren, who .d:ed. The parties were the most in-
timate friends previously to the unfortunate (Rs-
pute that terminated so lamentably.

ANA'.4I, APPOINTMENTS.—Lieut. vva!son, Of the
Alciuste, for his gall.,nt conduct, to the rank of Commance..
—Capta:nsl-lon"..—N4pler, to the ,toshaw'i: ;. Qz:iiton, to the
Argo; Dickenson, to the 'Hasty ; Maxwell, to the Dx(1.17t..
Lie A utenants ►nderson, to the,l'ililian; Fitt', to the StaiiiLcd;
Shurtiend, to the Boxer; Invite, to the Barham ; Nailer,
the Minerva ; J..Arne:d, Steele, a::f3. T. Lipson, to the Bitr-
fleet ; G. Kinc.. (1st)•, - to thc Velig,tance prison-;hip; T. Ste-
yenson,, late -Of the Gle.aintur,-to the Sampson prisiu-ship,
Clia,..ham; J. Wharton, to the Fir:r.

' Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held before
SHELTON, Esq. at Blackfriars, on a view of
the body of an elderly woman of the name of
Clark, whose death was occasioned by throwing
herself off Blackfriars Bridge, on Sunday nwning,
into the Thames.—The Jury returned a verdict of