The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-12 00:00:00

before 12 o'clock I saw Mr. Chiriqui and Lieut. Kenny come on
the poop. They then went aft, and sat by the rudder-heed. I
then saw Mr. Charlton and Lieut. Kenny take each a pistol from
his jacket-sleeve. The next thing I saw I took to be a powder-
flask. Lieut. Kenny had this. I saw Lieut. Kenny give the
doctor some powder frem the flask, with which I saw him prime
the pistol. Lieut. Kenny then said, " Are you ready now?' and
Mr. Charlton said, " Yes." Mr. Kenny said, " Step forward,
and I will stop here ;" and directly the doctor came forward and
stood against the mizen-mast. Lieutenant Kenny then took his
cap and handkerchief and threw them up between them, and both
their pistols flashed, but did not go off. The doctor then went
aft to Mr. Kenny, and got some more powder from him, and
primed his pistol again, and Mr. Kenny primed his also. Mr.
Kenny then said, " Go ;" and the latter returned to the mizen-
mast. Mr. Kenny then waved his cap and handkerchief again,
and the pistols flashed a second time. Mr. Charlton then threw
hie pistol downwards with his arm, and said, "D--n the pis-
tol," and then went up to Mr. Kenny, and laid the pistol
alongside of him, and came forward to one of the seamen
named Dwyer, and asked, him fin. a pin or a needle, or a piece of
wood. The man said he bad none. Mr. Charlton then came
to me and asked sue if I had one. I told him no, and he then told
Dwyer to go down and get him a piece of stick. Dwyer went
down, and a little time afterwards Mr. Charlton said to Mr.
Kenny, " He- is not coming with the piece of wood ; we bad
better go dOwn again." They then both went below from the
poop. When they first brought up the pistols, I saw Mr. Oakes,
the officer of the watch, go below to call the Captain. About
five minutes afterwards Lieut. Kenny and Mr. Charlton went
below, I saw them come up again; and as Lieutenant Kenny
was passing Mr'. Charlton, I heard Lieut. Kenny say to him,
" You are a blackguard, you are afraid.' The doctor's reply was,
" No, no, lam not afraid in the least." Lieut. Kenny then went
aft, and the doctor went to the same place by the mizen-mast,
where he stood before. I then saw Lieut. Kenny hold up his
hand, and they both fired together. Lieut. Kenny then put his
hand to his head and said, "I am shot, lam shot !" and Mr.
Charlton put his hand to his heart, and fell upon the hen-coop.—
He never spoke a word.
Edward Sellers, a seaman, sworn.—On the night in question I
heard the report of pistols. 1 ran aft, and was informed that it
was on the poop. I went to the poop, and saw Mr. Charlton, the
• surgeon, lying on the hen-coop, apparently dead. 1 saw Lieute-
nant Kenny, and seized him by the arm, and I said, " I will se-
, cure him." Several of my shipmates did the same, and Lieutenant
Kenny said, " You are all man-of-war's men; do with me as you
I like—throw me overboard if you like." I then waisted in carry-
ing the body of Mr. Charlton to the quarter-deck..
This was the whole of the evidence.

Sir R. litaxig, addressing Lieut. Kenny, said—" You are
aware of the nature of the charge against you, Mr. Kenny, and it
is of course my duty to hear any thing you may have to offer in
your defence; but perhaps it would be better for you, in your
situation, to abstain from saying any thing in the present stage of
the inquiry."
Lieut. Kenny, in a tremulous tone, said, he felt very desirous
of being attended by counsel, and had sent to several gentlemen,
but they were unfortunately out of town. He had sent to Mr.
Adolphus and Mr. Alley, and to Mr. Harmer, hut they were all
out ()flown.
Sir R. Bittsar said, he should most certainly have every facil-
ity to prepare for his defence.
The accused was then remanded for further 'examination, and
directions were given to the proper officers to take care that he
bad every "ndulgence shown him which was consistent with his
safe enstoily.
Mr. Kenny seemed in ill-health, and much depressed in spirits.
When Mr. Charlton's name was mentioned, his lip quivered, and
we perceived his eyes moisten. He, in a faint tone, thanked Sir
R. Birnie for his kind consideration.