New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-01
Social Manners of the Last Century ID Engs
lands


We make the following extract from aninter-
hsradns Magazine:
"Anv one who will take the trouble 70 20 carefully
through the columns OF TIE Ddy Posi- Jozrsai oftho
year 1924 ) and VII find therein scattered yet am
pe proofs that ds.ouene~ and the sword were nsepa
Ialie drink lending herccness 10 both. We ind Al IL
usrscn OF this caries than either Of the periods named
above In INA tot in.tsnce, Lord Mohun and Csp,-
Hall e.rchly errie on Mrs Bracegrie the actress, 10
The point o. the sword They were Obliged, nowe.s1;
10 surrender THEN prey but they lay In wait or
MoAti0rd the player who was supPosei 20 ec an Nj,
urer Of the LADY, and Of whom, Hal was jcalsoS and
barhrrously murdered him IN the stfcos lac waieh
had ildly offered "a Interfere but the Feer and his
c. pau ions Lad driven tucm away and then gauy pro-
cecied TO the consumaon OF deed tor which atrpiy-
blind IN lice subsequently refused TO exact retou1on
Ii was this Mohun who atcward tough, the bateh,ng
duel IN Hyde Park. with the Duke OF Hamilton hs
.pou W,p tner6l Mccarthy ana he ief, it a. TIs
PoS,boy remark, "seize,r with fear and trembling
The aoe Muhun" Gays swift "was killed on the spot.
Tut while the Duke was over hun, Mohun tQy Near
thy) shortened HE sword and stabbed him in the
81 Louder to the heart" Mccarthy, like Hail, was q
species OF "buly " in the lords pay, and the mortal
wound given 20 the duke wa believed to have been de-
hvercd by hi hand The parties lay ON the ground roll
ing over aud hacking nj csch Other ike ssyagcs Ihcso
antagonists fought tor poor reason-some miserable
cue, ten OF law but the general gllsnts OF the day
were well content feht for reason at all Thus
FUlwood, the lawyer, in l1@l understanding as was tho
custom OF the pr 20 Mr.. Oldhelds Scorgfl Lady,
demonstrated with Beau Fielding Tor pushing against
him Orlando the Fair straishwsy clepped h's hand
Lis .wOd and The pugnociouslnwye determined not
10 he behndhand drew his blade and passed into tho
body OF the beau Whilc the latter VINO war mature
gentleman OF some hall century old, was exhibiting his
wound in or,r G. excite the sompany which nc dbl noe
get nom the laughing ladies' Fuwood, flushed oy VIC
tCry La tened - tie playhouse IN lncons Inn fies,
wh.r. he picked quarrel with Captain Cusack, who
was better sworjaman than Orlando and who stopped
tie lawyers triumphs by straightway staying hini
Ng.t Was made hldeous by the encounters OF tfesc
amateur sworismen on the dnrkened highways In one
oi the numbers OF The Daily Post tor l1s6, ma re-
corded that bcvy Of drunken galant having descepd
ed from hackne coach in riccsdly, OF course guar
rolled With the coachlnan whom they bilked, and be-
cnuse he reconstructed stabbed his poor patient horse
The courageous young gentlemen then entered pubnc
Louo for the entertainment NJ very equyvc al company,
wherein they not only assaulted with their swords tho
other gallant whom they found therein, but asothc Ia
dies" In the midst OF the fray the honest mistress oil ho
lngs herself at the feet OF the assalnnf be-
hing them 10 ruin her reputation and bring ds.
credit upon an estab hment Noted for ts safety ana
secrecy" The sword clubs suppressed BY royal
proclamation in l72i some say that they had been de-
u, nuced unlaw tut three years previously However
this may be- the OBJ OF the proclamation was To ban
is from civilized society the presence OF the sword
self in order thereby 10 check the practice OF daehng
| which WIS NJ thai period excrcieed exclusively by
| means OF the sword. The law became stringent and
judges meroiless upon this point. This was made
| ,ufhoieutly clear in 1925, when Major Oncoy Killed
| Mr. Cover in duel with swords fought Ia tavern
after dill ute over a game at hazard. The parties
| Lad ueht IN a room alone The Mjor, who had beeu
both the aggresssr and challenger MORALLY wounded
Mr. Cover, who however, declared that he had fallen
in air combat jury nevertne!e-s found Oneby guilty
ofinurder the judges acqesccd in the verdict, and tbs
Major only ESCAPED uton by committing suicide.
The law bad not long TO wait before other Offenders were
supn oned for too freely usny the sword On q night
in November l727 savage the poet with two compan.
ions named Gregory and Merchant enter sc0iee house
near Charms. cross Merchant inrutsd the company,
qusrIel cnsued, swords drawn and Mr.. Sinclair
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