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Lord Alfred Douglas, writing in reference to the fracas which concurred between his father, the Marquis of Queensberry, and Lord Douglas of Hawick, otherwise Lord Percy Sholto Douglas, states that the letter, both personally and through his solicitor having frequently begged the Marquis to cease writing letters containing objectionable language to Lord Douglas and his wife, and having received no more satisfactory answer from Lord Queensberry than a challenge to fight to a finish for £1000 a side, was reluctantly compelled to apply to Mr Hannay for a summons against Lord Queensberry in order to have him bound over. Mr Hannay refused the application, saying he declared to have any more dirty linen washed in his court. Lord Queensberry continued his annoyances, and a second application was made to Mr Hannay, who, after consultation with Mr Newton, still refused a summons. At last the annoyance became intolerable and Lord Douglas was reduced to the absolutely necessity of adopting the course he did of publicly assaulting Lord Queensberry. The writer proceeds to criticise adversely the action of Mr Hannay in refusing the summons, and asks, referring to the cheering in the streets, for which of his feats Lord Queensberry seems to be rapidly taking the place of the great Duke of Wellington in the hearts of the British public.