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1829. June 15.

his eyes. This was not without cause, for he had left
at home a young wife who was ill, and in an agony
of grief in consequence of being aware of the cause of
of her husband's absence. He had promised on going out to
return in two hours, but five hours had now elapsed since
his departure. It may, therefore, be easily imagined
what a state of mind the unfortunate gentleman
was reduced to. Besides, M. Berryer was not only
the support of his wife but of his father and family,
who are in great distress. These ideas, and the
anxiety he laboured under for five hours, completely exhausted
his strength of mind and body, and rendered
him unfit to make a proper use of his sword. One of
M. Dumoulin's seconds drew the attention of the party
to this circumstance, and proposed to put off the affair
for a month. M. Dumoulin said he would leave
the matter entirely to his the decision of the seconds. M. Berryer refused
to agree to this delay, and protested that he would not
return home until the matter was settled in some way
or other. This expression gave rise to some hope of arranging
the affair in an amicable manner. M. Dumoulin's
seconds spoke a few words to M. Berryer, who
disclosed to him with great feeling the state of his mind,
the situation of his family, and appeared not disinclined
to accede to an accommodation. He was declared that
he was sorry for having made any allusion in his
speech to an accusation which he admitted to be
false, and that he never had the least idea of
imputing anything dishonourable to M. Dumoulin.
The latter expressed his regret for being under the necessity
of having recourse to so painful a proceeding.
After this, the seconds drew up a statement of what occurred,
and signed their names to it. This document se forth that the
duel was prevented by force and the interposition of the
seconds, and that both parties conducted themselves
like honourable men. M. Berryer and his adversary
shook hands before they separated.

The above may be as a correct account of this singular affair.

Identifier: | JB/016/248/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 16.
Date_1	1829-06-15	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	016	Main Headings	law amendment
Folio number	248	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e4
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks
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Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	6055
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