The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22

Alexander Boswell, son of the famous biographer It was fought on the sea- shore near Kirkcaldy in 1S3O Boswell was killed at the first fire. ..
 Tn the Green Isle duelling flourished fifty years ago as much as 1t did in France. When a Trinity college student asked the provost what books he had better bring to college, the latter said: Never mind the books; bring case of pistols" The students were in the habit of settling those little affairs eith- CT just before or just after morning prayers. All the distinguished 1rish- men one hundred years ago were duel- lists; Curran, Grattan. Sheridan, Bar rington, Fitzgibbon, Flood and O'Con- nell were often "out;" and in our day the O'Gorman Mahon had twenty-two affairs to his credit. The bar led the list. Lord chancellors and masters of the rolls fought like comets of horse. Lord Norbury fought Fighting Fitzger- ald'' and two others, besides Tighten ing "Napper Tandy," as the Irish his torians tell us Galway was great with the pistol Tipperary with the sword. Two English fines James," Major Park and Captain Creed, went to Ire land to find foemen worthy of their steel, and found them in MT. Matthew and MT. Macnamara-who fought with them in a private room at an inn, wounded them nearly unto death, nursed them back into health, and were rewarded with their friendship.
 Colonel Harrington and MT. Gilbert, .t.,A hoI o desperate duel in 1759 because they did not wish to leave an unsettled quarrel as legacy for their children. They fought on horseback with sword, pistol and skeen, or Irish bowie-knife. First the pistols were fired, Harrington re- ceiving some of the charge in his face: but he rushed on Gilbert, killed his horse with his broadsword, dismounted and, putting his skeen to the others throat, called upon him to "ask for his life, on pain of death" Gilbert agreed to shake hands and be friends, but without condition or apology. Barring ton consented Fighting Fitzgerald" a' well-known character, a cousin of the Earl of Desmond, an Eton boy, an Ox- ford graduate, and an officer in the Sixty-ninth Foot fought eighteen du- els, and was thought by many to be mad. He hired a gang of ruffians, waylaid and killed man on the kings highway; and was hanged at Castlebar. killed at Madras in a duel with Colonel
 Among others, he encountered Martin of Galway, the Rev. Richard Bate and Captain Harvey Aston. afterward Allen. The Aston duel, and another fought by Give with Calcutta civil ian, indirectly helped British arms to
 many vistories The first made way for Colonel Wellesley, afterward bet ter known under another name, to an important command before Serfngapa- tam. The second had, by displaying
 the desperate courage of Give, secured him military appointment in a time of emergency.
 | There is a good deal of rollicking good humor about Irish duelling. When Amby Bodkin and MT. Bourke fought | their famous duel the latters son, lit- | tie John, afterward Sir John Bourke,
 was hoisted on the shoulder of neigh | bor to see the fun. O'Connell killed in his first duel the Count d'Esterra and | Flood a MT. Agar, who, when Flood
 was about to fire in the air. said,
 Shoot, you scoundrel, shoot" The Irish duelling code has been adopted
 with certain notifications by duellists, | both in England and the United States. | It was drawn up by the Irish bar at | the Clonmel asszes In TIT, and appears | to aim at so arranging matters that no
 Irishman anxious to fight shall be