Duel between Major Oneby and Mr. 52 Gower.—Sentence of death passed on the Major.—Endeavours of Addison and Steele to check the rage for duelling.—Duel between Sir Cholmondeley Dering and Mr. Thornhill.—Addison’s account of the “Hum-drum and Mum clubs.”—Anecdote.—Duel between Steele and a brother officer in the Coldstream Guards.—Letter from an officer of the Guards declining a meeting.—Anecdote related by Horace Walpole illustrative of the manners of the day Duel between Lord Byron and Mr. 60 Chaworth.—Reflections thereon.—Duel between Lord Talbot and John Wilkes.—Between Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Martin.—Between Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Forbes CHAPTER II. DUELS DURING THE REIGN OF GEORGE THE THIRD. Reflections on the frequency of Duelling 84 during this long reign Duel between Lord Kilmaurs and a French 92 officer, at Marseilles, May, 1765 —— two Officers on Kennington Common, 94 1765 —— Mr. Henry Flood and Mr. Agar, 1769 94 —— George Garrick and Mr. Baddeley, 1770 94 —— Lord Milton and Lord Poulett, January 95 29, 1771 —— Mr. M’Lean and Mr. Cameron, 1772 95 —— Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esq. and 96 Mr. Matthews, 1772 —— Lord Townshend and the Earl of 98 Bellamont, Feb. 2, 1773 —— Mr. Scawen and Mr. Fitzgerald, Sept. 99 1, 1773 —— Mr. Whately and Mr. Temple, December 99 11, 1773 —— Captain Stoney and the Rev. Mr. Bate, 101 Jan. 13, 1777 —— Count Rice and Viscount Du Barry, 102 Nov. 23, 1778 —— a Lieutenant Colonel and a Lieutenant 103 of Militia, Aug. 25th, 1779 —— the Hon. Charles James Fox and Mr. 104 Adam, Nov. 30, 1779 —— Counsellor R.—— and ——, Nov. 1779 107 —— the Earl of Shelburne and Colonel 108 Fullarton, March 22, 1780 —— Mr. Donovan and Captain Hanson, 111 April, 1780 —— the Rev. Mr. Bate and Mr. R——, Sept. 112 1780 —— the Rev. Mr. Allen and Mr. Dulany, 113 June 26, 1782 —— Mr. Riddell and Mr. Cunningham, April 116 21, 1783 —— Captain I—— and Colonel P——, June 6, 118 1783