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Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 442, 31 December 1868, Page 2

A duel with swords was fought on a Saturday morning, at 10 o' clock, in the Bois de Boulogne, between a student named Boyron and an ex-naval officer, M Lullier. It seems that on the previous Thursday M. Lullier dined at a resturant at a table adjoining one at which M. Boyron ivas sitting in company with a lady. M. Boyron considered that M. Lullier stared too persistently at his companion, and angry discussion arose between them, which ended in a blow from the officer. They at once exchanged cards, and a duel was fixed for Saturday. Lullier arrived on the ground alone, his seconds having missed the train, but this caused no delay. Of two swords brought by the student the officer took one. Offering a cigar to his adversary and lighting one himself, M. Lullier put himself en garde, telling M. Boyron that he would give him tern minutes to touch him. The combat lasted, in fact, ten minutes

without any reßult. " Where should you like me to touch you, monsieur ?" Baid the officer ; and no reply being made, he exclaimed " One, two," and by a straight thrust, which M. Boyron could not parry, pierced the latter full in the chest. A surgeon who had been brought to the spot by M. Boyron at once attended him, and he was taken back to Paris in an alarming state, although the doctor thought the wound would not be mortal.

The Charleston folks have increased their stakes for the Charleaten Handicap to .£4O, and the Hurdle Race to .£2O, as will be seen by advertisement in another column. Two good days racing may be' expected to take place there on New Year's Day and the day following. The events notified for the first day are the Maiden Plate, the Packers' Purse, the Butchers' Purse, and the Hurdle Race. For the second day the amusements are the Charleston Handicap, the Miners' Purse, and Consolation Stake Handicap, "We hear of several horses from this quarter are likely to enter for the Charleston races, and a large number of the townspeople intend being present.