The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-06 00:00:00

MR. O'CONNELL AND MR. LEYNE.

(Frani the Freeman's Journal of Dec. 3.1
The following particulars have been communicated to us, on
which we can place reliance :
Yesterday, at 1 o'clock, Mr. J. Leyne, accompanied by Mr.
Twiss, a gentlemon of landed property in the county of Kerry,
came up to Mr. O'Connell, who was standing with another bar-
rister at the entrance of the Four Courts, and addressing Mr.
O'Connell, asked him if he meant to afford him (Mr Leyne) sa-
tisfaction. Having waited for the space of a minute, and Mr:-
O'Connell having made no reply, Mr. Leyne then said, " You
have belied my father and myself, and I pronounce you to be
liar, a slanderer and a coward." Mr. Leyne and, his frien
then entered the hall ; but Mr. O'Connell left the court-yard,
and proceeded to the head police-office, to exhibit articles of
the peace against Mr. Leyne, who shortly afterwards appeared,
and was bound over to keep the peace tnall his Majesty's sub
jests, himself in sureties of 1,0001.. and two other sureties of
2001. each. The sensation created in the hall of the Four
Cdurts, and indeed throughout town, generally, by this occur-
rence, may be very easj.ly imagined. There are various ru-
mours afloat, concernifig the transaction, which we deem it
unnecessary to publish, but the following have been commu-
nicated to us as facts :

That Mr. Percy R. Payne, the barrister, who delivered the
"message to Mr. O'Connell in the first instance, is not a party
to this latter proceeding of Mr. Leyne's ; and that Mr. O'Con-
nell, even previously to the affair of which we have given. an
account, intended to exhibit articles of the peace against Mr.
Leyne.

We have also heard that Mr. Maurice and Mr. Morgan
O'Connell were waiting at the corner of Nassau-street, to meet
Mr. Leyne, in order to inflict chastisement on him.
The gentleman who delivered the message to Mr. Leyne, on
the part.of Mr. M. O'Connell, was Mr. Thomas Fitzsimon,
In-Other to Mr. O'Connell's son-in-law.

An Evening Paper states, that Mr. Maurice O'Connell had
sent to Mr. Leyne to say, that he was ready.to receive any com-
munication from him touching his (Mr. Leyne's) misunder-
standing with his father. Mr. Leyne is said to have declined
this proposal, alleging that he had no cause of quarrel with Mr.
ill. O'Connell.

( From the Dublin Morning Post of Friday.)
AFFAIR OF HONOUR AT DUBLIN.—We copy the follow-
ing from an Evening Paper. There have been many other
versions of the same affair, which has been a good deal the
subject of conversation during the last two or three days :—" It
is stated, that in consequence of some allusions made by Mr.
O'Connell at the Association, in which he attributed Mr.
Leyne's renunciation of Popery to a wish on the part of that
gentleman to inflict pain on his aged parent, Mr. Leyne, in
the course of Tuesday evening, sent a message to Mr.
O'Connell. Mr. O'Connell, it is said, declined the message,
and stated that he was held in heavy recognizance. Mr. Leyne's
friend pressed for an answer, and fixed an hour fora second in-
terview with Mr. O'Connell. The result is stated to be, that
Mr. O'Connell, under the circumstances in which he is placed,
declined receiving the message. It is further alleged that his
son (Mr. Maurice O'Connell) had sent to Mr. Leyne to say,
that he was ready to receive any communication from him
touching his (Mr. Leyne's) misunderstanding with Isis father.
Mr. Leyne is said to have declined this proposal, alleging he
had no cause of quarrel with Mr. Maurice O'Connell. In this
state, it is said, the matter rests."
(From the Dublin Freeman's Journal.)
We find the following in the Dublin Evening Mail. We
have ourselves no information on tile subject :
" In consequence of a speech lately delivered by Mr. O'Con-
nell, at the Association, in which he attributed Mr. Leyne's
renunciation of Popery to a wish on the part of that gentle-
man to inflict pain on his aged parent, Mr. Leyne, in the
course of last evening, sent a message to Mr. O'Connell.—
The Leader at first declined fighting, but Mr. Leyne's friend
' gave him till 12 o'clock this day to consider what answer he
would give to Mr. Leyne's demand. At the appointed time,
M. O'Connell was again waited upon, and required a further
extension of thpe. This was acquiesced in by Leyne's friend,
and at the hottar of going to press the result of the third inter-
view had not transpired."
( From the Dublin Evening Mail.)
Mr. O'Connell has sworn the peace against Mr. Leyne, who
is now in custody at the Head Police-office. Mr. Leyne has
entered into security, himself in 1,0001. and two sureties in
1,0001. each, and has been consequently discharged.
" Evening Mail Office, Two o'Clock.
" We are authorized to state, that in the afternoon of this
day, Mr. Leyne having overtaken Mr. O'Connell in one of the
squares of the courts, called to him, and in the presence of se-
veral gentlemen, declared, in a loud voice, and with suitable
emphasis and gesticulation, that he (Mr. O'Connell) had
foully slandered Mr. Leyne's father, as well as himself, and
had most cruelly and wantonly wounded their feelings, and
that in doing so he was abase and wicked calumniator, and that
his conduct was that of a cwardly assassin.
" To which Mr. O'Connell graciously replied—' Tut, Tut,
or words to that effect."
" Evening Mail Office, four o'clock.
" We stop the press to announce that Mr. O'Connell has
sworn the peace against Mr. Leyne, who is now in custody at
the head police-office."
" Half-past four.
" Mr. Leyne has entered into security, himself in 1,000!. and
two sureties in 1,0001. each, and has been consequently dis-
charged."