Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-01-27
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.ho.s who have never heard Of
sh;,o the statement that minis
ess tbs gospel have INDUCED In the
- ,nxury Of killing their fellow
. IN dusls will cause surprise. But
g shs case: and IS late as 1873 the
eescd Henry Bate, an Episcopal
A:".., had fought and killed three
duels. He died in 1924, holding
~ cosi,ion in Ely Cathedral, Eng
spTA < description sf this mans life
nu1 h;m 20 have been a brilliant bat
S;cste fellow, although parson.
ss : dead shot, but WAS E" winged "
~ nv Captain Stoney Robinson,
slso dangerously wounded by
~ rnclerical parson "A lady having
-. cause of the trouble. In 1915
~ usvsrend Mr.. Bate (or Dudley, ss
"a taken the name Of Dudley In
.san ~ - .ss made baronet. Two Of his
n.,ss n and duels we're over actresses
srosher on account of articles he
- | .,;tten besmirchine the character
- .s. Countess Of Strathmors. In
y esas :. Episoopai minister naned Ben
~ ~, AIisr challenged and killed Ma
.s.,d., named Lloyd Dulany. The
si tcoh place in Hyde Park, London,
.hcyt ti,oe before midnight, and Was
Sooaht with pistols at eight paoes; Du-
nm fell 70 the ground and raised nim'
M almost like a ntsh. and tnen tot
s...6 backward and fell into the arms
a his second. Henry Delaney, OF ha-
eaeytovn, Nd, mortai'y wounaed. Tue
Si65oulty was caused by the puoiication
Iapouymous articles IN a London news
uaper rejecting upon Doiaay and ether
American loyalists. and subsequent
nublioation of card IN the same paper
allinR the writer OF the article lar,
4 eooundssl and coward. Allen at
Senpted TO quit the country the day AZ
-. but was arrested. tried and con-
vieted Of granddaughter, and sentenced
70 sn imprisonment OF SIX months In
Neveste. .,,
In l76A the Reverend Thomas Hill was
shalIspged by Cornet Gardner. OF the
.Oanbineer," for ungentlemanly con-
dnot, and was killed at the first shot.
mocANEER PARsOs AND HIS DUEL.
psrbaps ono of the most interesting
aneodotes of these Christian fighters,
vho oeem at times to have altogether
Scruotten the Sermon on the Mount"
= ~ one about Doctor Blackburn, who
~. in the early part of his life. an ac-
Sive buecaneer in the West lndies-for
svsn bu cancers could not do without
rsreon. During one of their croises, a.
shs storv goes, the first lieutenant, hav-
inc = djspute with Blackburn, told him
IN n Il were not for his gown, he should
eseaA him in a different manner. "Oho!'
exclaimed the parson, that need be no
hindrance;" and, stripping on the gar
ment. he added: "NOw am your man!'
Al this Il was agreed that they should
1eht on q email island near where tbs
eSiu Law. and that the ono who foil should
s. rolled into the sea by the survivor,
1hat it might seem AZ II, while walking
on the cliff, he had lost his footing and
tumbled in. The lieutenant fell, to all
aupearauCe a. IL shot dead. Blackburn
at once rolled the prostrate man down
the oliff; but, Just ~ they reached the
Last shelf Of the dsclivity, the lieutenant
recovered sufficiently to cry o0t: For
Gods sake, hold your hand!' Aha"
aid Black burn. you called just in time,
(or in another moment You would have
hem in tho sea-" This Same buccaAeer
and parson WAS afterward made Arch
biehop of York; and when Sir Charles
Warer heard of the promotion he said:
"What! my old friend DR.. Blackburn
eeeated Archbishop of York; | ought
a have been preferred 10 II before
Nm. for was the elder buccaneer of
thetWo."
ouwrJoHAnLK ATTITUDES OF OTHER HOLY
MkN.
Nctvithstanding the many edicts is
I'D by tho Catholic Church, Cardinal
q Rstz once challenged priest Of high
hiFth at the altar. 1t is said of this
Sholy man" that he was one Of the most
Nod duellists of the seventeenth cen-
tasy. and was the hero Of thirteen hos
0ile meetings, In each Of which "there
~ lady in the case." Cardinal Nor
n oncs accepted challenge to fight a
noeed Jesuit named Macedo, in the for
- Of BouloQne, but the meeting WAS
inlerfsred with by the Pope; and Mace
q. Il 10 said, nearly died Of grief in con-
esousuce. Joachim Murat, afterward
King Of Naples, and one OF the deadest
sAoes that ever lived, fought his first duel
while occupying high church position
q The Abbe Murat-the cause OF the
trouble being q pretty maiden OF Tou-
loms.
DuKLLINa AMONG WOMEN.
II women. a. a gsner | thing, do net
eouuteuance and have never counten-
aAeea modern duellinQ, and are nat0r-
ally averse 70 all systems of individual
eombAt, for varied aud sometimes heroic
roaeoua; still they have their womanly
gmpa4hies at play, either on one slds
. the other, in all encounters and con-
toseraies where they may be Interested,
hovsvse trivial or majestic the difficulty
= ID cause. During the existence OF
j10ioial duslline in European countries
h1iee Of rank were always to be found
enoog the respectable spectators, and
oees have been instances of the pres
- a women upon hostile fields since
~ peohibition Of Judicial duels, partic-
olally In Italy and France. There are
40 records Of hostile encounters be-
oWsoa women, conspicuous among which
~ ~ duel with pistols between Lady
- Meole and the Countess dc PolienAo.
= I'm. In the gardens Of Versailles,
4plAoe. The ladies had indulged IN
- diaRracefol quarrel two evenings
- q grand fcte at the palace, over
Dee Dc Richslieu. during which La
u - Neaae, losing all control OF herself.
opeunQ like tigrcss upon her rival
- e11smpted to tear diamond neck
- elom the Oountess's neck. Failing
i ~ however, she snatched the blush
~ NON their nest in tho snowy bo-
- - dunR them In the face OF her
.eA Up 70 this time. says some Eng
writer, the Countess Of PoliRnac
1ope down by powerful effort the
1oy rARe which vas inwardlv con
- her, bat this last indignity de-
~ even outward clmness; and.
- aside all further reserve, shs at
- Lady de Nesle in the same way
- leeself had be n asss ultsd. lu a
Ut jewels and flowers and ribbons
9oea screwed the floor, and there 10
oo0ing TO what extent the extrAordi-
exhibitiou would have gone had
seeenra0ed Am azons been separated
- Marquis de Malbuisson and Mile.
+. al1o Dc Condacet. Ont Of this grew
-, the Countess Of Polienac being
r. l.llenein2 party. the ladies met
. the morning. in July, 172l, and
- shot at each other without ef-
Their seconds (ths Marquis do
onn and the Count de penthlevrs
kealGnao and NJ. de- Remusao aud
ne dAllagne for DE Neslel then
n TO prevent further hostilities.