A DUEL.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 619, 6 January 1870, Page 4

A DUEL.

A duel between Count Robert de Beaumont and Prince Metternich came off on 15th October, in an island on the Rhine, near Kehl, It appears Prince Metternich wished that the weapons should be, sabres ; and M. de Beaumont, although in the character of the offended combatant, and therefore, entitled to the choice of arms, consented. When they arrived on the ground, the seconds arranged the preliminaries of the duel, which it was decided should not cease until tho surgeon had stated that either of the adversaries waa incapacitated, The Prince attacked his opponent eagerly, and according to the rules ot the special weapon which he had selected, M, de Beaumont, on the other hand, only parried, and, as he did not know the management of the sabre, he only made thrusts with the point. Suddenly he fell on the Prince most furiously, and pierced the upper part of his right arm through and through. Streams of blood gushed out from the wound, and the aurgeon having stated that the Prince could not use his arm any longer, the combat, which had lasted only a few minutes, ended. The ho?monhage from the Prince's wound was so great that his face became deadly pale, The two combatants, who had saluted each other before the fight, did so after it, but without exchanging a word, The Prince was taken to the - chateau which Madame de Bussieres, mother of Madame de Pourtales, occupies in the suburbs of Strasburg. His medical attendants have decided that he is not to leave his bed for ten days or a fortnight, M. de Beaumont, it may be added, is the gentleman who, finding some letters in his wife's boudoir, the tenor of which displeased hpn,\haa since been answering them himself with challenges to fight. M, de Beaumont has now been out thrice on this account, wounding his man on every occasion, one of them, the young Viscount Claparede, being run through the lungs, and the latest victim, Prince de Metternich, having his arm slashed severely, He haa an appointment to fight the Count dc Fit^james, and aji encounter •with M. de la Redorte ia in course of arrangement, Several other gentlemen remain to be called out, and one of the conditions of the meetings is that they shall be continually rer.ewed, as soon as the wounded recover, until M. de Beau« mont or one of his adversaries be killed. The Prince ia still in. a precarious condition.