St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-03
FAMOUS DuELs IN HNoLAxD.
orfms Ministers Sought Or dave
satisfaction In Field Of Honor.

ovims lGiaissers Sought Or dave
Satisfaction In Field Of Honor.
Al least four OF England's prime
ministers entered the Held Of honor"
. student OF the Code In a letter to
the New York Sun says. The Duke OF
Wellington challenged I Earl OF
Winchelsea In consequei 10 OF the
eari's remarks on the Catholic ques-
tion. They met In Batttrsea fields.
Lord winchelsea received tho dukes
firc and then fired In the air.
The Rt-Hon. william Pitt was chal.
lenged by George Tierney. president
Of the board OF control. ON account OK
certain Objectionable remarks made In
the House OF Commons. They met on
Putney common. Two shots were *.
changed and Pitt fred the third time
In the air. when . reconciliation was
effected.
George Canning met Lord Castle
rcagh on Putney common. They fought
In sight Of tho windows Of the house
In which Pitt died. Both missed. Al
tho next exchange Castiereagh's ball
entered Mr.. Canning's thigh, innict'
Ing . slight wound. The two states
men assumed their places for third
shot. when the seconds. seeing the
blood streaming from Mr.. Canning's
wound. put an end TO the combat.
Benjamin Disraeli likened Daniel
O'Connell to the impenitent thief on
tho cross. O'Connell also used Ian
guage which was not parliamentary
and Disraeli offered TO castigats the
Irishman. 0'Connell declined TO meal
him. Disraeli then challenged Morgan
0'Conneil. tho accuser's son. but Nor
gan o'Conneli aiso declined to meet q
Jew on . "neld OF honor"
Curran, the Irish orator. fought four
dusls. The FIRST was with Capt. 81
Leger. who had insulted an Irish Ro'
man Catholic priest. The captain fred,
but Curran did not. 1T was not nee
essary for mo to nre at him." the Irish
wit afterward wrote; 'the gallant cap
tain died three weeks after the duei
OF tho report OF his pistol"
The next affair was with Attorney
General for ireland Fitzgibbon. The
parties were to IRE at pleasure. Cur.
ran fred first. and then Flizgibbon
took aim for nearly = minute. On its
proving Intellectual Curran remarked:
1T was not your fault. Mr.. Attorney ;
you were deliberate enough" The
third duel was with John Egan. an
Irish barrlster who had the nickname
OF Bully. Egan was "of immense size.
as brawny and almost as black as .
coal porter" Curran was facetious IN
the subject Of Egan's size. and they left
the field reconciled. Egan became
Curran's second In Curran's fourth
and last duel. with Lord Buckingham
shire.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan fought
Mr.. Matthews. - gentleman OF fash
ion." at Bath In order TO vindicate tho
reputation OF Miss Liniey. II was
done In theatrical style. They fought
with swords and great courage and
skill were displayed on both sides.
Sheridan disarmed his adversary and
compelled him to sign formal retrac-
tion. Mr.. Matthews again challenged
Mr.. Sheridan. The parties met on
Kings Down. The battle was desper-
Ately contested. After discharge Of
pistols they fought with swords. Both
were wounded and fell TO the ground.
where they continued to fight until the
seconds separated them. II was found
that Matthews sword was actually
broken on In Sheridan's ear.