Star. — 1802-05-29 (London, England)

DUELLING.  • :110MBAY, JULY tfl. • The Quarterly Seffinns commenced here on the t4th init. before Sir WILLIAM SEE', Recorder, and his Affisciate Jidges. The Recorder having addrefred the Grand Jury in a very eloquent and impreffive fpeech, elucidating the Law, as applied to the various Bills that were to be brought before them, and parti. cularly upon the fubjeft of duelling, the Grand Jury retired, and the Court adjourned until the following day at ten o'clock, when the Grand Jury returned a True Bill againft Lieut. G. B. BELLEsis, and Capt. C. W. 13111 e, for the murder of Mr. A. A. FOIL BE s MITCHELL, and no Bill againft Lieutenant MITCHIE, whole name flood in the fame Indiament. _ _  Mr. Downs swe Lt., as Advocate for the Crown, I then moved that Mr. Mitchie might be put to the Bar and tried upon the Inqueft of the Coroner, with the view, as he declared, of bringing Mr. Mitchie forward as an evidence upon the trial of Lieut. Bellafis and Capt. Byne, which being oppofed by Mr. MOR LEY, as Counfel for thofe Gentlemen, and the Court having heard the arguments adduced for and againft the Motion, they were pleafed to rejed it—upon which Lieut. Bellafis and Capt. Byne were put to the Bar. Mr. DowngswELL, having addreffed the Jury on the part of the Profecutton, evidence on both fides was heard, and the Prifoners, both of whom addreffed the Court, having finiffied their defence, at nine o'clock at night the RECORDER fummed up .the whole of the Proceedings with his ufual perfpicuty and accuracy, and delivered his Charge to the Jury in a manner which refleded the higheft credit on his abilities and impartiality. The Jury retired at midnight, and at half paft one o'clock on the morning of the 16th, returned their verdift— Guiliy, but recommended the Prifoners to mercy. JULY ao.—The Court having this day met at t o'clock, purfuant to adjournment, Lieutenant Gamma BRIDGES BELLASIS, and Capt. CHARLES WILLIAM Byes were put to the bar, and being. afked, in the ufual form, what they had to fay why fentence of death fhouldnot be paffed upon them, they feverally addreffed the Court in a few words —throwing themfelves upon its mercy. The RECORDER then addreffed the prifoners in a long and very affeding fpeech, wherein hi recapitulated the leading eircumftances of this melancholy cafe, and took occafion to admoniffi the au. dience, to take warning from the unfortunate example before them, of the danger of /bit* in the face of the laws, and aduated-by falfe notions of honour, feeking the lives of their fellow creatures or raking their own, by that molt barbarous practice of duelling. The RECORDER then informed the prifonersthat in confideration of the Jury having recommended them to mercy, the Court had determined to avail themfelves of the late gracious at of his Majefty, which enables the Courts in India, to award fentence of tranfportation inßead of execution offenders in certain cafes, as they (hall fee fit ; and further, that from fome favourable oirenmfiances which had appeared on the trial, affeding the cafe of Captain Byne, as well as a reprefentation which had juft been put into his hands from the officers of the 86th Regiment, flatting that upon a former occafion of this nature Captain Byne had interfered and happily prevented a duel in the Regiment, the Court would be induced to recommend him to his Majefty for pardon, but that the cafe of Lieut. Bellafis appeared in a very different point of view, and he muft not wed the fmalleft remiffion of his puniffiment. The RECORDER concluded by laying," It therefore only remains for me to pronounce the fentence of the law, as the Court have determined to apply it—which is, that you George Bridges Bellafis, than be tranfported to the slattern coat of New South Wales, for the term of fourteen years—and that you, Charles William Byne, (hall be tran(ported to the fame place, for the 'term of (even years."