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The Gaming Table-Vol.2-Part10_Andrew Steinmetz(1816-1877)_English Literature(文学名著)-第2页

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January. 'A meeting took place on the 9th instant, at Calais,



between Lieut. Finch, 20th regiment of Dragoons, and Lieut.

Boileau, on half-pay of the 41st regiment. Lieut. Finch was



bound over, some days back, to keep the peace in England; in

consequence of which he proceeded to Calais, accompanied by his



friend, Captain Butler, where they were followed by Lieut.

Boileau and his friend Lieut. Hartley. It was settled by Captain



Butler, previous to Lieut. Finch taking his ground, that HE WAS

BOUND IN HONOUR to receive LIEUT. BOILEAU'S FIRE as he had given



so serious a provocation as a blow. This arrangement was,

however, defeated, by Lieut. Finch's pistol "accidentally" going



off, apparently in the direction of his opponent, which would

probably have led to fatal consequences had it not been for the



IMPLICIT RELIANCE placed by Lieut. Boileau's friend on the STRICT

HONOUR of Capt. Butler, whose anxiety, steadiness, and



gentlemanly conduct on this and every other occasion, were too

well known to leave a doubt on the minds of the opposite party,



that Lieut. Finch's pistol going off was ENTIRELY ACCIDENTAL. A

reconciliation, therefore, immediately took place.'



February 17. 'Information was received at the public office,

Marlborough Street, on Saturday last, that a duel was about to



take place yesterday, in the fields contiguous to Chalk Farm,

between Colonel Tucker and Lieut. Nixon, the latter having



challenged the former in public company, for which and previous

abuse the colonel inflicted severe chastisement with a thick



stick. Subsequent information was received that the colonel's

friends deemed it unnecessary for him to meet the challenger, but



that his remedy was to repeat the former chastisement when

insulted. It was further stated that a few half-pay officers, of



inferior rank, had leagued together for the purpose of procuring

others to give a challenge, and which it was the determination to



put down by adopting the colonel's plan.'

February. 'A captain in the army shook hands with a gallant



lieut.-colonel (who had distinguished himself in the Peninsula)

at one of the West End gaming houses, and Lieut. N--, who was



present, upbraided the colonel with the epithet of "poltroon."

On a fit opportunity the colonel inflicted summary justice upon



the lieutenant with a cane or horse-whip. This produced a

challenge; but the colonel was advised that he would degrade



himself by combat with the challenger, and he therefore declined

it, but promised similar chastisement to that inflicted. It was



then stated that the colonel was bound to fight any other person

who would stand forth as the champion of Lieut. N--, to which the



colonel consented,--when a Lieut. J--n--e appeared as the

champion, and the meeting was appointed for Tuesday morning at



Turnham Green. The information of the police was renewed, and

Thomas Foy apprehended the parties at an inn near the spot, early



in the morning. They were consequently bound over to keep the

peace. It appears, however, that the lieutenant in this instance



was not the champion of the former, but had been challenged by

the colonel.'



April. 'A meeting was to have taken place yesterday in

consequence of a dispute at play, between Captain R--n--s and Mr



B--e--r, a gentleman of fortune; but it was prevented by the

interference of the police, and the parties escaped. It took



place, however, on the following day, on Wimbledon Common, and

after exchanging a single shot the matter was adjusted.'



May. 'In consequence of a dispute at a gaming table, on Monday

night, in the vicinity of Piccadilly, Mr M--, who was an officer



in the British service at Brussels, and Mr B--n, a medical man,

met, at three in the morning, on Tuesday, in the King's Road.



They fought at twelve paces. Mr B--n was wounded on the back

part of the hand, and the affair was adjusted.'



July. 'A duel was fought yesterday morning, on Wimbledon Common,

between a Mr Arrowsmith and Lieut. Flynn, which ended in the



former being wounded in the thigh. The dispute which occasioned

the meeting originated in a gaming transaction.'



September. 'A duel was fought this morning on Hounslow Heath,

between Messrs Hillson and Marsden. The dispute arose in one of



the stands at Egham races. The latter was seriously wounded in

the left side, and conveyed away in a gig.'



November. 'A duel originating, over a dispute at play was fixed




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