The Sun.
London, England, 1818-01-15 00:00:00

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stale (.1( agit4tio:;„ ilti be ''suPp\oseil.
Ece do y(in ti il2lt ti:ev stood 1
Mrs;Adams.—i this:lt 'aiwot ot ft -Ords: they x‘ ere
tir 500 t-atils now tfte, zt,a! titerefore I c:zonot Sell aencr;itehy...
yen se.- ,s,eonOs !lee t.istor;.
▪ .liliflos..-111sw.c. tire s(coioi. No:w4Olt mitt PLelao go 11',
to ()*CAft,-;lZintil and give t.heni
then the? reCt4ed Yroal fli;.no. I sui;vosed this to he gi.tii i!
them the plstols. "Ohe ti‘r:lithim 'fired tiie helfgv;
and/ affri-ward•i•i'tbderstOod was an olistrnetion ,
he, harel which rrevented the ball from gtiiiig down..
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Coroner.—laid you bear Am nay explatton,giv.;:a relative to
the tatise of the eoutrrcl ?
here was some expliineion gieen by O'Cal-
laglian.• and Bailey; ttie rs.titi they were secolids in a doel
which wag to have taken i?lacv the niorolugiefore. Sonic 3.
them slit!, " We Were Li6..t to trLittle, it. wits &tat our quarr‘l... ,
Coroner.--,WhO'said this ?

Aaams.—l beliefe the seon!s were used by all; but
am pretty sm.,' they were by
Corot*:----Did they state what-the nature. of the qUarrei
ryas?

Mr. -«talus.—Nn, they did not ; hnt O'Callaghan told toe
he received the challenge, hut it was not in the presence of
Mr. Bailey. .

Caron .—Did O'Callaghan say ivliere he received The cl:af7
lenge ? •

141 r. Adams.—No, he did not.
Coroner.—ls there any thing that occurred to the parties
that you think material ?

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Adans.—tia; I hare kept nothing back;, they did nal
say anything tir.tt gate me to understand how the quarrel
arose.

not Mr. Bailey say he wanted to speak tv
Mr. Phelan in pritate? '
Mr. Maras.—Nnt that. I know.
Mr. Roth], the singeon.—lt was .I who artggested it to Mr.
Bailer,,on, seeing the danger be, was in, that if he 1..a..ar1y, •
king to ray to Mr. Phelan, he had better do it, and I wonlFt
leave tite room. I did so, and they had a eutiference whietr
lasted trir-minutes.
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Mr, itrfatits,—l found rrPaper in Mr. Bailey's pocket zjt
applies only to the uthi.r dnel which was tu have been knight.,
Mr. Noel begged, that if it was real, the names of the of het
.party might not be given, as it might lead to circum3tallCCS
an unpleasant nature. _ •

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Mr. Sterling read it,' excluding altogether the names mrit-•
tilined, but it denounced one party a coward and a poltroon,
Mr. Adams.—lt may not he a:niss to state, that Mc. O'Citt..
hn han said, that bad he been miitCipal the brat 'vase, 4C
have 'waited on the ground for 17 hours; but at was,
srcond, he had arigh; tfp hang his man off the ground as soots
as lie could. •

It was now stated. that Mr. O'Callaghatr.had been thrice
wounded, and was at the battle of Waterloo. Lieut. Bail-el'.
limit received no less than five walnuts in battle.
Mr. Genre Itodd; surgeon, of trituipstrad, stated. tlrat ota
Monday morning last, about 2 o'clock,- ha was cud lett to at=
tend a Gentleman who had been witunded in a duel, and by
found hint at the house of Mr. Adams, sittio on a sofa, sop-
'ported by several gentlemen. I-13, 6,414 side was hitmtiv-
lpott examination lbc'ffrund a wound in the riht side nearly
on a level with tbenavel,'evidentiv made l'y a trail. 04. loran r
examination, he•feund that the ball lout penetrated thrmign
the body to i be opposite side; it was burled het wren- the musehei..
and the shin, :Indite extracted if thew:P. Li:. %Ma waited'
.t.)
•Anxiety in the Villacnance of tlte uleetatied, which convinced.
him that a part of Vital jai purtanec had been struck by the h;.;1 •
His ext remit ies wet: then cold. After he .Itad examined the pa rt,
he told the deceased that his situation Was such, that if he hau.
any thing•to controunicate to .t private friend, he ought to J.N.
forthwith. The deceased livid for ahant three hours, hod •-•
witness examined the hotly, am! found -that the trowels had'
been wounded in three separate places The halt had passeut
'trough the substance, which, together With the limatorraze •
that ensued, was the cause. t.f his death. Afterwitness bait
extracted the ball, be asked the deceased if et.ere thing haul
been fair? and he said " Geidedly so." Mr. O'Callaghan
was it) tic room slimily before his death, and appeareddoefdl
affected. 'I he deceased asked hhnto hold his hand in a pat'•
tieular'position,- it Kale hint ease, he did The de-
ceased during this, said to witness and to O'Callaghan, " tied;
bless you, and I thank you for your attention." Mr. Phelan;
who had been Mr. Bailey's second, was in the ro„,„; and al
ternitness had told the deceased that if he had any thini to
communicate to a felt-nil he haul better do it forthwith, WIN
MS, ginned the mune, and left Mr. Phelan and the deceaSe4
together. The deceased appeared conscious of his
0'( slid, "Never Wind, my wind fellow', we shall be
wail:tog together again in a few weeks." Deceased replied;
" 1 shall lie in ['waren hefure then." ‘Vitnt as said, no tacit
could beluive Inure Lindly than ;ill of the .in did to the de'
ceased.. Th.., went aivi,y 10 execute some Lind ui ci s for 14'1
tieceased, an having executed then., returned., un„rt,,,,,fet4
by any officer. They might hat e gone away if they l' 3A
thought, lit.

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Mr. George Nevill, of the Tax Offee, Somersct-house, ov. a
Ingraes-laiie, Hampstead, stated, that he did not know any
of the.parties previous to ?Honda} last, when he was pro-
ceytting to town about ten o'clock in the morning, and had
not got more.than tS dwell yards from his house hebsre lo>
heard a' convers;itiou betsVeen Mt. Adams and Mr. Newholt ;
he proceeded with Mr. Adams and Lieutenant Newbolt., M'
Adorns said there had been an unfortunate duel, nod ttralf
Gentleman was in his house. Witness went into the_houcci,
and found Lieut. Baileysirting ou the sofa as described by Mr.
Adams. Witness 011st:reed it was an Unfortunate Inis'ness, an
Mr. Bailey milli it was. Witness asked if the ball had beers e%
tractcd, and Lieut. Bailey said; ``No, here it is," (pointing to
his opposite side). Witness told him be hoped all would be w:
as he telt the ball himself irear the edge of the skin Hotta
came soon after, and extracted the ball, and put it into Mr-
Phelan's hand, and it was examined by all.present,
slid not know that he could say any thing mare, but in con-
firmation of Mr. Adams. O'Callaghan 'repeatedly expressed
his sorrow at the occurrence, and said that bad the shots
broken one of his legs it would !rave prevented tine attair go--
lug any further. He shook frauds with the deceased, and
went with the officer. There did trot appear to be he slighteant
animosity or ill-will existing amongst the pakies.. reCak.
Lrgban told tfie-deceased, that in about a fortnight or Oliva.
weeks the; would he walking down Bond-street together. Too
which the deceased replied, " No ; I have seen tire sum rise
this morning, bat I Arun never see it set again." He died its
about an hour and au half.

'1 his closed the evidence, and the Coroner they
informed the Jury, that it would be their painfu.,
duty to- view the body ;" they then proceeded to`
the house of Mr..AdaMl, and, having taken a
view of the body, returned to the Load ofHays
and after being called- ever in due farm, Mr. STitu.-
atidressed them :—They bad - (he observed)•
heard the evidence, and had paid the greatest
attention to it 5. -he was ready to recapittilate•
it, if they thought it necessary, but to 100
it appeared very simple ; however unfortunate.
the transaction was, those' _ engaged' in suet}
transactions %erre, according to the establishetkiaw
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upon the case, subject ter rery severe punishment.
As far as the law of the ease was concerned; he
(Mr.. Stirling) was firmly of opinion, that it
amounted to murder; but it would remain for the
Jury to return such a verdict as wouid satisfy
their own t.otiaciences.,

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The July consulted about an }roar; find at
two o'clock, returned a verdict of Mnrder
akainst I,*(yenant Thernlore O'CallAgban, Thos..
Joseph. Pnt•Lin, and William Newbolt, Lieutetint
corou.er issued his warrant to thee
Keeper orNewgate. '

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