Captain Harvey Tuckett having sufficiently recovered from his wound -
in the duel with Lord Cardigan, was taken before the Magistrates at Wandsworth, on Wednesday. He was accompanied by Sir James E. Anderson, M.D., and other gentlemen who came prepared to be his bail. The charge against Captain Tuckett was for " maliciously shooting at, with intent to murder, James Thomas Earl of Cardigan." The evidence was the same as on the previous examinations. Captain Tuckett was not attended by any professional adviser ; nor did he put any question to the witnesses, whose former depositions were read. Dann, the miller, in answer to some questions by Mr. Bainbridge, one of the Ma- gistrates, admitted that he suspected the parties whom he saw coming on the ground were about to fight a duel, some time before he interfered. He set his with to watch them whilst he attended to the mill, as he said he " could not stop gentlemen without some better reason than suspi- cion." Captain Page, another Magistrate on the Bench, wished to institute some inquiries respecting Lord Cardigan's pistols, with a view to determine whether they were rifled arid had hair-triggers. The other Magistrates objLseted to enter on the inquiry, as it was not material in that part of the ease. Captain Page persisted in thinking the matter ought to be investigated. Ile observed- " In the summing up of Major Channel's case, the Judge alholed to what was called the point of honour among military men; which ,vas no justification in law, but gave rise to many questions for the consideration of the Jury as to their finding of the kind of ;deuce : but that it should be entertained at all, it must be when the duel was perfectly eds., and both parties knowingly went out upon the chance of taking each other's lives upon equal terms. Now, Lord t„'!uslisoit has stahd here that he went out to tight a duel Without ride-pistols id iiith no 11 aiv-t rigger. That is merely assertion. The Itopector also stated tleo the pistels are mit Titled. That also is assertion. in order to prove what is the raet, I 11:ive iii but toy Mr. Parkin, the Inspeet or of the Metropolitan Police, Ali.. Field. and the Inspector of Small-arms to the East India ('.mPans: and we shall see whether the pistols are of the sante description, or whether there is any difference. If it should be proved that the pistols were not only sided, but sided so as to deceive his own second, it may be limit im- portant."
The majority of the Magistrates were of opinion that the question would not properly come before tlient, but was oniy [lir the consideration ot a ittry. Captain Page, lusting- that they would not enter Into that part of the case, tool, up his hat aud left the room. Captain Tneket t said, that from what he knew of Lord Cardigan, he readily believed he had not the most distant idea that he was taking any advantage.
The Magistrates roptired Captain 'Puckett to that bail, himself for amol and two sureties for Otto/. each, The Cato:tilt and his sureties entered. into the re, wised ree,ssoi ,:suees to appear at the next sessions it the Cem rat rviutinal Coma, which commence out Monday. Dunn the miller, Sir .1. E. Anderson, and the Inspector of Polies., were bound to prosecute
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