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pany with the deceased, Blundell ; 

 in consetjuence of a letter, witness 

 waited on the deceased, who told 

 him he was mortally wounded; 

 witness told him he was sent by 

 General Taylor to inquire into the 

 circumstances, and lequested him 

 to inform him who were the se- 

 conds ; he replied Hemmings was 

 his second, Gilchrist the other's ; 

 he said, that Mr. M'Guire and he 

 had an altercation, but that it was 

 not his wish to meet Mr. M'Guire; 

 he would have settled it, but that 

 he was in a manner compelled ; 

 he said several officers had been to 

 him, their names were O'Brien, 

 Dillon, and several others: that 

 he did not owe Mr. M'Guire any 

 animosity. It was between four 

 and five in the afternoon when he 

 went down to Blundell, he under- 

 stood on the same day the duel 

 took place ; there were several per- 

 sons in the room when he went 

 there, but did not particularly ob- 

 serve any one. He went to Blun- 

 dell for the purpose of collecting 

 the particulars; he told him it was 

 not his intention to have fought 

 if he could have avoided it ; that 

 he had the adjutant-general's per- 

 mission to go to London : that he 

 iiitended to let the business pass 

 over, and to have got on the half- 

 pay, and that he was going off on 

 that day. O'Brien and Dillon told 

 him, if he did not meet M'Guire 

 he should be discarded. Witness 

 could not learn how the dispute 

 originated. 



Henry White was father-in-law 

 to the deceased ; saw him on the 

 10th instant, and was told by him 

 he had received a wound, which he 

 su|)posed would be mortal ; said he 

 was sorry to be seen by him in such 



a situation ; that it was not his fault ; 

 it was a malicious business; that 

 he could not help it, and that he 

 did not wish to fight ; that O'Brien 

 and Dillon, and others, had come 

 down to the White Lion the even- 

 ing before, and he was obliged to 

 do it by the officers he had been 

 conversing with. 



Mr. Dillon, in his defence, said, 

 he was not aware of being impli' 

 cated in this charge, till yesterday 

 morning ; and from the shortness 

 of the notice, he could not pro- 

 cure the witnesses he could have 

 procured, if the time had been 

 longer. 



Mr. M'Guire said, he was a 

 native of Ireland, and a stranger 

 to this country : that he was chal- 

 lenged by the deceased, and as a 

 gentleman was obliged to accept it. 



Mr. Gilchrist said, he was a 

 native of Scotland, and that from 

 the shortness of the time, since the 

 transaction, he had not sufficient 

 time to obtain his witnesses to his 

 character. 



Mr. O'Brien, who is a native of 

 Ireland, said there had not been 

 time to acquaint his connections 

 with his situation. 



M'Guire received a good cha- 

 racter from Captain Davis and the 

 Rev. Mr. Barwis. Mr. Dutch, the 

 surgeon, knows M'Guire ; he has 

 borne a very good character. Cap- 

 tain Rayles gave M'Guire a fa- 

 vourable character. Lieut. J. Hu-t 

 som, of the 89th, had known Mr. 

 Gilchrist since the year 1809; since 

 that period he has borne the best 

 possible character. Dr. Dunlop has 

 known Gilchrist since he has been 

 at the Depot; his conduct and 

 character had been most gentle- 

 manly. 



