The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-17 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY at BLAIR A THOL. ► me, bull peremptorily refused to retract the letter, and
BLAIR ATHOL, SUNDAY. so all further communication upon the subject was
The rain, which came down in drizzling showers
then (at three o'clock yesterday) finally concluded.—
1 h eve the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
throughout the afterncon of yesterday, increased to a AIATHEW J. MARTYN.
torrent at nightfall, and has been pouring- down with- 5, Middle Gardiner-street, Sept. 13, 1844.
out intermission for the last twenty hours. The , ARREST Or MR. DILLON BROWNE, M.P.
royal standard, which was hoisted at the castle on Mr. Browne, M.P., was last night arrested on a
the arrival of her Majesty, is now drooping on the warrant, charging him with writing a letter to Mr.
flag-staff, and all around looks cheerless and desolate. Coffey calculated to incite him to commit a breach of
the peace, and this day all the parties appeared at
The surrounding hills of Ben-y-gloe, Ben-y-vraekie, ' Henry. street Police-office, before Mr. Duffy.
and Skeballion, are scarcely visible, and a dense mist j Mr. Browne was attended by Mr. Keogh as his
• has taken up its abode, and appears as if it were likely Counsel, by Sir Valentine Blake, Bart., and Mr. Mark
to make some stay in the valley in which the castle of Blake, M.P.
Blair Athol stands. Mr. Henry Grattan Curran acted as C..unsel fi
Her Majesty drove out towards Bruar yesterday Mr. Coffey.
r. Keogh stated that he appeared on behalf of Mr.
afternoon in a carriage and four with outriders. Her Robert Dillon Browne, to submit to the consideration
Majesty was accompanied by the Princess Royal, of the Bench the facts connected with the misunder-
- lesely Caroline Cocks, and Viscountess Canning. Sir standing between him and Mr. Coffey. He then
Edward Bowater rode by the side of the carriage on proceeded to detail the case of Mr. Browne, which, to
horseback. Her Majesty made a second effort to see a certain extent, appears in the correspondence given
the falls of Bruar yesterday, but unfortunately, on above. He designated the article in the MonPor,
which gave rise to the correspondence, as a gross eer-
, arriving at the bottom of the fall, a pitiless storm sonal attack—a very lame, low, and vulgar produc-
Compelled her Majesty to make a precipitate re- tion. All Mr. Browne required was a retractation of
treat to the castle. The heavy rain, however, the statement, and a public apology in the journal
Which has been falling for some time past will which contained it; and as no gentleman could adopt
materially increase the beauty and grandeur of the such a contemptible article, he did expect that repa-
--Waterfall. The numerous "burns" and mountain ration would be instantly made to him when he
lied to Mr. Coffey on the su. T lr of
rills which pour down to the hill side have raised the
.1.1111)111). BBrowne did not imply that heect intendhe
edet totetake
body of water to a torrent, which is now rushing any further steps ;on the contrary, it was final and
through the rocky chasm, and tearing along in its conclusive as far as he was concerned.
resistless course the bouek, and heather which have .Alr. Duffy—He says in this letter, " I here unhe-
accumulated on its rocky banks during the recent sitatingly declare that your conduct is unworthy of a
drought. Her Majesty will, therefore, on a future gentleman and a man of courage. If this stimulates
yoi4tro fiievoe,ihneretheliesiltitshfaaett'Aonirl 13-erqouwinree,"
occasion, see the falls to a greater advantage than if meantc. that
she had been successful in gaining access to them Mr. Coffey should make him the just reparation' to
Yesterday. which he was strictly entitled—namely, an apology
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, as we stated for the injury inflicted upon him.
yesterday, went out deer-stalking with Lord Glen- Mr. Duffy—The meaning of Mr. Browne was ob-
lyon. His Lordship had previously sent out large vious. The course he suggested ought to be repudiated
by every person, and he (Mr. Daffy) would certainly
numbers of his foresters and clansmen, to drive the require the writer of that letter to give securities to
deer into the passes of Glen Tilt, and the weather keep the peace.
being favourable, the Prince had an opportunity of Mr. Keogh proceeded at some length to detail his
"enjoying this noble sport under most favourable cir- version of the transaction, and in the course of his
ournstances. His Royal Highness succeeded in kill- remarks contended that all his client sought was the
log three red deer, which were immediately forwarded withdrawal of the offensive paragraph, one which was
to
the castle. not aimed against his political character, but invaded
the sanctuary of his private life. He applied for that
A pew had been fitted up within the village church redress to Mr. Coffey, because, on a former occasion,
of Blair Athol, for the reception of her Majesty, who when he was libelled in the same paper, he applied to
had expressed to her noble host her intention of the editor, who then denied his responsibility—now I
attending Divine service thii morning, and notwith- he looked to the registered proprietor, and he was
Standing the heavy rain, her Majesty is expected met in the same way—and although Mr. Coffey
rlere at twelve o'clock this morning. could not adopt the low, vulgar, malignant article in
question, still he would not afford that justice which
he was bound to give the gentlemen injured by it.
Mr. Curran then replied at considerable length on
the part of Mr. Coffey. He said the true facts of the
case were set forth in the letter of Air. Martyn, dated
yesterday (published above). He said the first inti-
mation Mr. Coffey received of the displeasure of Mr.
Browne was from two gentlemen, Mr. M. Blake and
another, who walked into his office. They held up
the Monitor to him and said, " Sir, we call upon you
to retract this statement, and to make a full and
ample apology for inserting it." The manner of
these gentlemen was offensive, and Mr. Cofey not
wishing to intrust himself with the discussion of the
subject, referred them to Mr. Marten. That gen-
tleman at once declared that Mr. Coffey could not,
and ought not to be considered personally responsible
for the article complained of; suggested who the pro-
per party was, and, on retiring, Mr. Blake and his
friend admitted that Mr. Coffey could not be consi-
dered responsible in the manner sought, although
legally he was. Mr. Martyn conceived the principle
for which he contended was thus admitted ; but no—
on communicating with Mr. Browne, that gentleman
resolved to hold Mr. Coffey alone responsible for the
article of which he complained. And finding that the
original cause of quarrel was not sufficient, he says " I
will break new ground; I will write such an insult-
ing letter to him that he must fight me." Unless he
was actuated by the most malignant feelings towards
Air. Coffey, he would not have adopted the course he
did. Counsel assured the bench that he could vouch
for the correctness of Mr. Martyn's statement, and
further, that the course he pursued had the full appro-
bation of two gentlemen holding commissions in both
branches of her Majesty's service.
Mr. Browne declared that he never heard of Mr.
Coffey's name until this transaction, and Mr. Coffey
denied that he was actuated by any hostile feeling to
Mr. Brown.
Mr. Keogh replied, and after a good deal of " hard
hitting " between the learned counsel—not of each
other—but of the principals—
Mr. Duffy said, that looking to the language and
the spirit of the letter written by Air. Browne, and
its subsequent publication by him, he should call upon
that gentleman to find sureties to keep the peace to
Mr. Coffey.
Mr. Keogh—To Mr. Coffey ?
Mr. Duffy—And all her Majesty's subjects, for
seven years, himself in 4001., and two sureties in
200/. each.
Mr. Keogh intimated that his client was ready to
comply with the order of the bench, and mentioned
that Sir Valentine Blak3 and Mr. Geoghegan (of the
county Galway) were present as sureties.
The parties then retired to the clerk's office, and,
after a short time, the recognizances were duly ex-
ecuted, and the parties left the office.

AFFAIR OF HONOUR

The following correspondence has been published in
the Dublin newspapers

" Hibernian Hole], Thursday night, ten o'clock.
"Sir,--I shall feel obliged if you will be so kind as
to give insertion to the following statement, which I
think it necessary to make respecting a liberty which
Was taken with Mr. Dillon Browne in the Monitor
•Aaper of a recent date. Immediately after the paper
itlluded to was brought to the notice of Mr. Browne,
waited upon Mr. Coffey, the registered proprietor
of that newspaper, and demanded, on the part of Mr.
Urowne, reparation of the offence that was committed,
"Pon which occasion Mr. Coffey declined to make
kV atonement, and stated that on that evening, or
frilly the following morning, he would refer me to a
end,
for the purpose of arranging ulterior proceed-
" R's • on that evening Mr. Martyn waited upon me
lbd left his card, which I received with the accom-
Noying letter from Mr. Coffey:—

'l‘ 51, Dominick-street; Scptember 10, 1844.
Sir—Upon the subject of our interview this
"iIY, I beg to refer you to Mr. Martyn, who will
ctltatnunicate with you. .

" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" JAMES CHARLES COFFEY.
`M. Blake, Esq., M.P.'"
At one o'clock in the afternoon of the next day
ilVednesday) I had the honour of an interview with
4 Ir. Martyn, when he adhered to the position which
Coffey thought fit to occupy, and discussed the
:PPeintment of time and place, I suggested that
- •
ha Martyn the following morning, and
•
waited upon Mr. Browne to have that point
definitively arranged, I returned to Mr. Martyn,
final arrangement
in compliance with his wishes, I deferred the
lull arrangement until three o'clock. At that hour
r• Martyn declined either tendering an apology or
Bkeetioning a meeting, upon which I again waited
111213 n Mr. Coffey, who adopted the views of Mr. Mar-
in, and refused to refer me to another friend. Mr.
nrovvn
ye then addressed the following letter to Mr.
xaoff
. e

"' September 11, 1844.
Sir,—l have just been informed by my friend
tr• Mark Blake, who waited upon you, on my part,
at
b . You have refused to give me any redress for
aving published an article offensive to me in the last
the
of the Monitor, of which newspaper you are
lne registered proprietor. I did not expect that such
Course would have been adopted by an individual
I_l%ilern, as a member of the Irish bar, I presumed to
'lB a gentleman. I have now but one other appeal,
Which is made to your feelings as a man and an
4rialnan—feelings which, I trust, will be evoked
Alien I here unhesitatingly declare that your conduct
!tit:Unworthy of a gentleman and a man of courage.
41 this stimulates you to give me the satisfaction I
Noire, you can still communicate with my friend,
,"t• Blake.—l have the honour to remain, Sir, your
aoQdient servant, "'R. D. BROWNE.
" J. C. Coffey, Esq.' "
~" At twelve o'clock, noon, Mr. Martyn again
iialted upon me, and demanded a withdrawal of Mr.
rowne's letter, which I declined doing, unless the
article in the Monitor was withdrawn, and an apology
)444 for its insertion. Mr. Martyn then declined
traceeding further in the business. After this, I
gaited until the hour at which this letter is dated,
en I came to the conclusion that it was then neces-
"
tl'Y to insert this communication in the public prints.
" I have the honour to remain, Sir,
" Your obedient servant,
" MARK BLAKE."
To THE EDITOR, OF THE DUBLIN EVENING POST.
Sir,-With reference to the statement of Mr.
ark Blake, in which he adverts to interviews and
I.°Oversations held with me, as the friend of Mr. Coffey,
~r'eg to state that I refused to permit Mr. Coffey to
t,slre Mr. Dillon Browne a hostile meeting, on the
ill.(4ind that that gentleman had no claim for repara-
lp from Mr. Coffey, " personally," in the position
t4r. Browne had then assumed ; and throughout the
Ootire negotiation I disavowed, on the part of Mr.
e freY, any " personal" responsibility for the matter
°,lllplained of.
ufl protested against the principle that the proprietor
f a newspaper should be held personally responsible
o 1
„the contents of it; and to exemplify the justness
I,„'ois position, I fully explained to Mr. Blake how
togreasonable it would be that the proprietor of a
ti:a'spaper, having no means of being personally cog-
olaant of all matters which might appear in it, should,
,voiti Withstanding, be held personally responsible to all
0 happened to feel themselves offended, in conse-
eenee of matters which might get publicity without
a sanction or knowledge ; and I stated that equally
lial
ihis liability in a court of justice was ascertained,
tL,..,Was his personal irresponsibiliry perfectly under-
s,--10. Upon these grounds I altogether refused to
rnetian or recognise Mr. Browne's demand, as it
was then made.
however invariably expressed my readiness on
halfor of Mr. Coffey to give Mr. Browne a meeting
th au explanation, when that gentleman had taken
xte Proper preliminary steps to enable him to call on
-117. Coffey "personally," namely—when he had ap-
%led in the ordinary way and in the usual quarter
redress, which mode he had on a former and a re-
thl:t Occasion recognised and adopted, and it was in
of event of that application for redress so made being
th,a,sed, and that Mr. Coffey sanctioned its refusal,
ti„,4' " discussed with Mr. Blake the appointment of
and place."
'K
oi r. Blake, upon behalf of Mr. Browne, refused to
11itke the application in the way I suggested, where-
panl declined permitting any retractation or meeting.
4 Nbsequently to the communication of my final
Cermination to Mr. Blake, the letter of Mr. Browne
Air. Coffey was handed to me, and as I regarded it
f,„141 unjustifiable attempt to influence Mr. Coffey's
ei„-?er, and even to irritate him to sacrifice the prin-
w'''ne of personal irresponsibility which I conceived he
pc), bound to maintain as well as in Ids individual
al ion as proprietor Of the Monitor, as on behalf of
tr other proprietors of public
,journals; and as Mr.
(I,l9lvne thought proper to offer by it a voluntary and
lit 'berate insult to Mr. Coffey, for the purpose of
448.ing him to abandon the course T, as his friend,
lei.l),,,ted, I felt myself imperatively hound to direct
Coffey not to notice it further, and in this opinion
th,"e had the gratification since to be confirmed by
vii_aPProval of two experienced military gentlemen,
uta I have consulted.
h1.„44 an act of courtsey to Mr. Blake, I yielded to
14 anxiety to afford him an opportunity of retract-
Browne's letter. I endeavoured again to ex-
n, as simply as I could, that everything he sought
pe; ‘4l be had by him, if he would only take the pro-
itoieourse. Ile offered to withdraw the letter, if I
I,44ertook to have an apology for the insertion of the
44graph he complained of; published in the Monitor;
8 he added, that he would not then, as he had at
titti" l'equired, insist on Mr. Coffey's personal retrac-
gr,,,,94 and apology. I refused this proposal upon the
ti(;'ll4.ls first stated, and I intimated my determi!
uan "`' adhere to the position I held from the coin-
raent. Mr. Blake then asked time for consi-
A,‘"°o, which I, of course, at once acquiesced in.
" an hour's deliberation, Mr.. Blake came back to

AMERICAN NEWS.

(Further extracts from the American Papers brought
by the Acadia.)
FROM NICARAGUA.—By the schooner May, Capt.
Knapp, at this port from San Blas, whence she sailed
2d instant, we learn that the port of San Juan was
still blockaded. There was an American brig (name
not recollected) from New York, James Roberts,
master, lying at Blewfield, which. Capt. Knapp thinks
will have to return without discharging her cargo.
All the vessels from the straits of Gibraltar and Italy
have been obliged to land their cargoes at Salt Creek.
The British have appointed a Minister and Consul for
the Musquito Shore, who had arrived and taken
charge of the port cf Blewfield, in the name of the
Musquito King's son, and had commenced making
new laws.

A tonnage duty of 50 cents per ton will be levied
on all vessels arriving at Blewfield, Penil Key, or
Corn Islands, during the present month of August.
Bocaton and Salt Creek were the only ports of entry
held by the Colombians, and it was generally under-
stood that the English would soon take them in charge
as belonging to the dominions of the Musquito King.
NEW INVENTION.—Mr. James B. Lipp advertises
through the Cincinnatti Gazette, that he has invented
an improvement on the steam-engine--changing its
whole features, simplifying its construction, and ad-
ding a large per cent. to mechanical efficacy.
The officers and crew of the British sloop-of-war
Rose, at New Orleans, rescued eleven gentlemen from
a boat which had capsized in the harbour on Sunday
week. The Rose is said to be the first vessel of war
that has visited the harbour of New Orleans since 1817.
FIREMEN'S RIOTS.—The Philadelphia papers state
that on Saturday evening, about nine o'clock, in con-
sequence of the ringing of an alarm bell in the
southern part of the city, a general alarm of fire was
raised, which drew the Fairmount Engine Company
in the district of Southwark. Great excitement pre-
vailed, as a conflict between the Weccaco Hose and
Fairmount Engine Companies was feared. At the
corner of Second and Catherine-streets a fight en-
sued between two or three persons, in which the
Fairmount took part. For a time dreadful conse-
quences were threatened ; the residents in the neigh-
bourhood became alarmed and closed their houses.
Finally, however, without any serious results, the
Fairmount proceeded out of the district, when the
excitement subsided. These difficulties, in part, grow
out of a single city being divided into several muni-
cipal governments. Fire-engines belonging to one
district create jealousy in coming into another, and
riots ensue. Nothing but the most thorough reform
on every exciting topic and subject which legal mea-
sures can reach can save that city from such out-
breaks.

IlAyTi.—By the brig Republic, Captain Smith,
which arrived here last night, eleven clays from Port-
au-Prince, we have papers and letters to her day of
sailing. Although the island was tranquil, yet serious
fears of further disturbances were entertained by those
acquainted with the movements going on among the
people.
LATE FROM MEXICO.—The New Orleans Pica-
yune of 18th instant records the arrival there of the
British sloop-of-war Rose from Vera Cruz, whence
she sailed on
.the Bth instant, bringing papers from
the city of Mexico to 25th July only. The Rose
was dispatched to New Orleans NI ith the English
mails IA hich were intended for the steamer Tay,
which ran aground on the Collorados on her way to
Ilavannah. The officers of the Rose reported that the
health of Vera Cruz had much improved, the fever
having materially abated Santa Anna has placed
the remains of the brave and ill-fated Gen. Sentma-
nat at the disposition of his friends in the United
States. This is but an act of proper respect to the
memory of the dead and to the feelings of the lir ing.
Gen. Ampudia sailed from Tobasco on the 14th of
July, and on the 16th arrived at Vera Cruz. It ap-
pears that both the French and Spanish Ministers at
Mexico addressed the liveliest protestations against
the summary execution of the subjects of their re-
spective nations at Tobasco. The President shows
himself resolutely bent on enforcing the law against
the exportation of specie, whether gold or silver, which
shall not have paid the duty imposed by law, and he
calls upon his custom-house officers to exercise the
utmost vigilance in the premises. Nothing about the
designs of Mexico towards Texas.
TUE WAR ON TEXAS.—In less than three months