The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-22 00:00:00

Mr. Layard and Mr. Harvey Lewis.

The following letter from Mr. Layard has been
sent to most of the papers. It has not been sent to
us, yet notwithstanding we willingly give it all the
additional publicity which our columns can impart
to it :

" Sir,—l find that the report of what fell from
the Speaker on my appeal to him on Thursday last
has conveyed an impression that he regarded it as
unnecessary and improper on my part to call the
attention of the house to the language which Mr.
Harvey Lewis had used to me in the lobby, and
that he administered a rebuke to both of us.
" I deem it, therefore, just to myself to state
that in performing a very unpleasant and painful
duty I acted upon the advice of some of the most
eminent members of the house, who considered it
the only course open to me, and of ter consultation
with the Speaker.
" I am authorised to state that the rebuke of the
Speaker was addressed to Mr. H. Lewis alone.

_
The following minute has been entered on the
records of the house :--

" Complaint, having been made by Mr. Layard,
member for the borough of Southwark, of offensive
language addressed to him by Mr. Harvey Lewis,
member for the borough of Marylebone, during the
late division, Mr. Harvey Lewis was heard in his
place, and expressed his regret that he should have
used the language complained of instead of seeking
explanations from the hon. member, which would
have averted the misunderstanding between them.'

" I take this opportunity of repeating my emphatic
denial of having addressed the word attributed to
me by Mr. H. Lewis to himself or to any other
C bear out Ms state-
mentlan myself, were member in the lobby. I may add, that I have rea-
son to believe that of the five gentlemen
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your obedient servant,
" A. 11. LAYARD.
" House of Commons, May 20."

To this letter Mr. Harvey Lewis makes the fol-
lowing reply :
t‘ 24, Grosvenor-street, W., May 21.
Sir,--My attention has been called to a letter
r attributed to me by
ds my emphatic denial
of having
from Mr. A. 11. Layard, published in the evening
papers of yesterday, in which he says I take
this
Mr. H. Lewis to himself or any other member in
the lobby. I may add, that I have reason to be-
oppo rt
addressed
opportunity
ss o
efd repeatingthe
words
be-
lieve that of the five gentlemen who, in addition to
Mr. Lewis and myself, were in the division, not one
of them can bear out his statement that such words
were used by me.'
" I beg in reply, in an equally emphatic manner,
to declare that the words which I attributed to Mr.
Layard were uttered by that gentleman iu the
lobby ; and as no one was, as I believe, near Mr.
Layard and myself, it is therefore probable that not
one of the five gentlemen alluded to heard either
Mr. Layard's observations or mine.
As germane to this matter I may add that a friend
of Mr. Layard's spoke to me in the house on this
subject on Friday evening, and expressed a desire
to reconcile the discrepancy between Mr. Layard
and myself by saying I must have heard some
similar words spoken by Mr. Layard in the house
during the debate, and not in the lobby; but I re-
plied that this was simply impossible, as Mr. Layard
was seated in the front Opposition bench, while I
was seated close to the bar, and could not hear what
was said ; and I repeated to that gentleman, as I
did in the house, and as I do now through you to
the public, that the words which I attributed to Mr.
Layard as having been used by him in the lobby
were so used by him in that place.--I am, sir,
yours, &c.,

" HARVEY LEWIS."

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Tuesday Night.
This morning sentence was passed on the follow-
ing Fenian convicts :—Flood and Duffy, each 15
years' penal servitude ; Cody, 20 years' penal servi
tude ; Conolly, seven years ; Mooney, 15 months
-
imprisonment ; and Smith, 12 months with hard
'
labour. A large number pleaded guilty, and were
discharged. Flood, Duffy, and Cody declared that
they were convicted on false testimony. _ _ _

The Cork Special Commission was opened this
morning. Captain M'Clure and three others were
arraigned for high treason.

We observe from the list of passengers by the
steamship City of Washington, which arrived at Liverpool
on Friday last, that Dr. Robert Hunter, of 14, Upper Sey-
mour-street, Portman-square, has leturned from his tour
itt America to resume practice iu London.—Morning Ad-
vertiser.

ALEC'S BRIDE. By the Author of " St. Olave's,"
"Janita's Cross," &c. 3 vols.—" ' Alec's Bride' is a novel
which most people will read with pleasure. It gives us
some exquisite pictures of life in a cathedral town. The
characters are all most carefully drawn, and Bolt Mon-
tagu and Alec especially are finished portraits. The story
is simple and natural, and in its progress takes account of
human nature for the most part in its favourable aspect.
The authoress has added another to her charms as a good
novelist by the publication of bride.' "—Star.