The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-24 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

Sbannumn.—Meadow hay, 2/ 108 to 4/ Os; clover,
31 12s to 51 ss; and straw, 11 Cs to 1/ 10s per load.
A moderate supply and a fair demand.
CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2110 s to 41 4s; clover.
31 108 to 51 Os ; and straw. 11 Os to 11 108 per load.
Both hay and straw moved off slowly at our quotations.

WHITECHAYEL.—Meadow hay, 2110 s to 41 Os ; clover,
3/ 10s to 51 ss; and straw, 1/ Gs to 11 108 per load,
Trade rather dull.

BOROUGH HOP.

Our market is fairly supplied with nearly all kinds of
hops. Fine new qualities arc in moderate request at full
prices ; otherwise, the demand is very inactive.
New Mid and East Kent pockets, 82s to 120,s ; Weald of
Kent ditto, 56s to 80s; Sussex ditto, 548 to 75s per cwt.

A MADMAN'S RIDE.—About five o'clock on Sunday
afternoon last a man came rapidly ridir, on horseback
into Otley without hat or neckerchief, and inquired his
way to Denton-hall, of which he said be was going to
take possession as owner. It was of course soon dis-
covered that the poor fellow was a lunatic, and he was
therefore detained and safely lodged in the house con-
nected with the lock-up. Shortly afterwards the gover-
nor of the lunatic asylum at Acomb, near York, arrived
at Otley, in pursuit of the fugitive. It appeared that
the man attended Divine service at the asylum in the
morning of the same day, and that after getting his
dinner he went into the yard, and having first placed a
table and then a chair upon it against the wall, he suc-
ceeded in climbing over the latter. He afterwards went
to the stable, saddled and bridled a horse, and thus
effected his escape. At the first tollbar, having no
money, he gave his neckerchief as payment for the toll,
and at the second bar be took off and deposited with
the collector what he called his " dickey," or loose
front, for a similar purpose. His hat was lost from his
head as he galloped through Wetherby ; not daring (as
he afterwards naively observed to Superintendent-con-
stable Smith) to stop to pick it up, lest they should
catch him. The name of the maniac, who has been some
time in confinement, is Sampson Speight, formerly re-
siding at Ilkley, and where lie carried on the business of
a blacksmith. Taking into account the circuitous route
which he took in his journey to Otley, it is calculated
that he must have travelled upwards of 30 miles in less
than three hours ; and he seemed in perfect costacies
when recapitulating the clever mode by which he had
effected his escape, and the achievements of the day.
The poor fellow quietly left Otley in company with the
governor for the asylum the same evening, under the
impression at the time he was really going to take pos-
session of the property alluded to, and incessantly talked
about the improvements and alterations he would make
upon the estate, his intended hospitality and liberality,
and the rich presents he should then make.—LCCas
ArCreury.

P: 5

TBE Dl._?ElLf:j IN SPAIN.

A bulky series of documents has been sent to us
for publication, all relating to a quarrel between
Don Narvaez and Don Guell y ReAe. So far back
as October, 1856, General Narvaez met Guell y
Rente at the house of a mutual acquaintance, and
insulted him. A clmileuge was the result, but
before any duel could come off, Narvaez was
ordered by the military authorities not to fight,
and Vie next day he w s appointed Pre-ideut of
the Council, which indefinitely retarded the duel
desired by Guell y Reute. Some time since Nar-
vaez lef. office, and Guell y Rowe, re.urniug to
Madiid, sent him the f ,flowing letter :

" Monsieur the Duke of Valentia, —0 the 9th of
October, 1856, I was at the house of Madame Donna
D,llres Bonilla de Allison, Countess de la Pena dEI
Moro, when your visit was announced.
" I rose to receive you like a well-bred man, with all
requisite politeness.
" You twice stared at me, then a third time, but, with
an imperious gesture, to which I replied, with the greatest
courtesy—' linen y Rente, my general.' lam not
your general,' you say to me, ' because you are a clod-
hopper, a fellow whose blood I would drink and tear his
heart out.' Speaking thus, you threatened me with a
stout cane, with which you touched my coat.
" I instantly replied, That I required a satisfaction
as great ae the insult done to my honour.' You rejoined,
That you felt haste to give it me, and that you should
like to tear out of my heart the words I bad uttered
in the Chamber of Deputies.' I replied, That your
wish should soon be gratified.'
" After your departure I went and confided my
outraged honour to the Lieutenant-Generals, my
friends, the Count of Rees and the Count de la Pena
del Moro.
"Returning home, I found a letter from Lieut.-
Gen. Don Francisco Lersundi and the Brigadier
Villate, who had come on your part, after the insult
I had received, to inform me of your will.
" I replied to them, that I had confided my honour
to the Counts of Reos and de la Pena del Moro, who
told your seconds that I, a man of letters, who had never
had any taste for disputes with weapons, chose the smell
sword for the satisfaction of my honour ; but that, if the
use of this weapon were unknown to you, you might
choose any weapon you preferred. You and your
seconds accepted the small sword, as was your duty, and
agreed to be on the ground fixed for the duel on the 10th
October, at eight o'clock in the morning.
From that day neither you nor I were at our own
disposal, we were chained down by a question of honour ;
but shortly before the duel you gave your word not to,
fight to the Captain-General of Madrid, and as I had
refused to give mine, I was arrested in my house.
" Forty-eight hours after you were named President
of the Council of Ministers. _

" With the same sang froid wherewith I had received
the insult I resigned myself to the inability of fulfilling
the most binding obligation on a man of honour.
" Her Majesty the Queen desired that you should be
President of the Council of Ministers ; and I, a loyal
man, who profess all the respect due to the laws and the
powers of the State, bowed my head ; and, fell of resig
nation and grief, have waited patiently a year, my brow
being ever polluted by the insult you dared to offer me.
" To-day, without hated, or vengeance, or wratb, be-
cause I am a man devoted to study and nothing else, I
write you this letter in the same way that, without
uttering a complaint, without replying to your insults Ly
similar insults, I have devoured my despair by silence,
but not my dishonour, because no one's insults degrade a
man like me ; I live by my reputation, and no one
can tarnish my reputation.
" In the society wherein we live, there is a law, a
custom, a formality that is sacred to me ; you offered
me a grave insult before a lady, your hand holding a
weapon ; come now with a sword, as is the duty of
every man possessing a sense of shame ; come and tear
out ray heart, as you promised.
" Ycu were elected to the Presidency of the Council
of M inisters after you offended me, after you sent me
your seconds, after you accepted the weapons and indi-
cated both the hour and the ground at and on which we
should meet, so that what was an exam.° there is no
longer so now. I now hope that, as soon as you received
this letter, you will decide upon repairing wttb the pru-
dent reserve that becomes a gentleman to the appointed
spot, and at the appointed hour, in older that God, who
is always just, may do reason to him who is in the
right.

JOSE GIIELL Y RELATE.
" Madrid, November 4, 1857."
This letter led to new arrangements for a duel, but a
difference arose as to the weapons. It appears that M.
Guars representative had precise orders, and could
admit no weapon save the small sword, because this
arm had been chosen by the two parties when the con-
ditions of the duel was settled a year before.
The seconds of the Duke of Valentia, although armed
with sufficient powers to admit any arm whatsoever, have
conceived it their duty only to authorise a duel with
pistols, admitting, nevertheless, to the adverse party
the absolute right of filing all the ooaditione of the duel,
and the nature of the weapons. To justify their refusal
to come to an understanding with M. Guell's seconds,
the seconds of General Narvaes have alleged with effect
the various considerations proceeding from social posi
tion, the difference of age and skill between the adver-
saries, adding, nevertheless, that they desired an equal
and frank combat, such as might give M. quell the most
complete satisfaction on the ground he chose. M. Guell
believed he had the right only to fight with the small
sword, and he refused to surrender that right. The
Duke of Valencia's seconds maintained on their side the
choice of the pistol, and there the matter has remained.