The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-16 00:00:00

THE SUN,

• I The stores committee have a right to attseh conditions
1 to their challenge_ and I have a_TiOit accept or refuse
L the conditions. I decline the investigation clegg,ed with
conditions. In fact, I have neither time nor inclinati,m
to fight: battles with-fungi:o4s,- --It need not be done in
a hurry—it will keep. I shall bejgliafdat:y finz.!,intifliensinbfeoarn-
i
Inw.-dOjn'g'ufailslynct'btaregoTt,Wa:dshsaolrlr'see. My time is very
for not
CLiddethtitaitlerium'ta'nboBer,m-ZY7%jsiernithfullY, in
wfurtilytinoprinupsiemd
great haste, " ISAAC IRONBIDE.
c‘ J. F. Bell, Esq., Secretary 'Midland Hallway."
It is clear, therefore, that a full investigation of the
subject is offered to him on his giving up the name of his
informant, and he de&ines it. The' printed slip, which
wwoarsdisncalonsi typeedin Mr.i with
the libellronside'sletter,--was identical in
pubii-shA in the ri.vts-
p7:r,er,t, i 8
d.itt4.si, snit.-ts,intle form of a letter,•dat, d the 29th
upneered on Saturday, the 6th
Decembsr. It vv,is
lIDLAND R:Avll,Lirt AY CONTRACTS.
" THE.‘E3- perhaps.tat recollected that
at a getKaal meeting of the Midland, Lsuceeeded in car-
rying a proposition to the efftet that.the contracts should
b e published. At the succeeding meeting, the directors,
having rettped to obey the resolutien,-came prepared to
rescind it. KnOwina the-ir proxy power I did not resist
Lilt m, bat threw the' *hole resp'onsibilitY upon them.
The shallowness of their reasoning in support of the
.(:‘nt secrecy was apparent, but nothing will move
them and the shareholders except plain facts, which all
will admit are very difficult to get at under the present
circumstances. Will you permit me to put a few ques-
tiont to the directors in reference tO this-matter of con-
tracts? 1. Previous to the recent letting of contracts,
did Mr. ,a well-known nominee, agent, or
partner of one of the directors,: send in tenders?
2. Were not these tenders. originslly, above ail the
rest in every article? 3. Did not the ttirecter enter the
prices in the other tenders in hie,Square book, and take
them home for she consideration of himself and nominee?
4. Prior to the next committee da), was not the nomi-
nee brought free to Derby to make fresh proposals to
the director and the committee; and did he not also
bring his cases of goods free, and take the rejected por-
tion back at the same rate, by way, I suppose, of in-
creasing the receipts of the line? 5. On the night pre-
vious to the letting, were not the director and his nomi-
nee taking a peep at the tenders in the secretary's
office?

" I am informed that last February, when there was
a contract for 600 erginemen's great coats, a coat lay for
inspection with a pattern of rug tied to it, and a notice
stating that the coats were to be lined with the same article,
except the colour, which was to be the same as the coat
lining; the pattern quality was worth sa. per yard, the
lining that was put in the coats was only worth 2s. per
yard. Parties tendering of course sent their prices for
the ss. lining; the best lining would cost 13s. 9d. per
coat, and 2s. lining would only cost ss. 6d.
per coat. The tenders- were as follows :—Brunt
Derby, 245. per coat ; Ferneyhough, ditto, 265. ditto ;
Dolan, London, 275., ditto; the director, 28s. 6d. ditto.
01 course, the director had the order at 28s. 6d., at a
loss to the company of 600 times 12s. 6d, amounting to
3821 10s., in consequence of his being allowed to line
the coats with the 2s. lining. I am also • informed that
the tenders for general stores were opened on Wednes-
day last, for the director to make a few notes from; that
he then handed them over to Mr. and Mr. —, two
clerks in the stores, to make abstracts from. They
found some of their old •friends were cut out, and they
immediately sent for them—Messrs. Eastwood, Frost,
and Kirtley, ironldunder; also Messrs. Roe and Oakley,
timber merchants, and several others. Blank forms of
tenders were taken into the office to them, and new ten-
ders made out. As the tenders are to be decided on
Tuesday. next, I shall send a copy of this letter to the
chairman, at Derby, in order to try to save the company
a few thousands this next half-year.
_Allow me to sug-
gest a remedy, which is, to have tricie crntracts decided
by a committee of sharetialders, or by the whole boned
of directors, and not to allow three persons, consisting
of the director and two others, to spend 300;0001 a
ear in this reckless manner. Entreating the earnest and
serious attention of the shareholders and the directors to
this subject._ I remain yours faithfully,
" Sheffield, Nov. 29, 1851. " ISAAC IRONSIDE."
that *as the libel complained of, and the Court watild
perceive Mr. Ironsioe did not now deny that Mr.
Barviall was not the director to whom the letter re-
ferred.

Mr. Justice EaLE—And how can you show that he is?
MI. MACA.IILAY said Mr. Bsrwcll had the managenient
of the seores, :.rid he introduced a. Mr. Wright, of
Northampton, to the company, who supplied the articles
referred to in the letter. • The charges, however, which
the letter conteieed were totally false, and this was
sworn to positively both by Mr. Barwell and other
officrs of the company. Not only were the estimates
which the company accepted the lowest sent in, but it
could be proved that the materials supplied
were the best,. while, with reference to the
charge that certain materials were contracted
for and inferior supplied the director and his nominee
pocketing the tl7fference, anicunting to 3821. 10s„, the
manufacturer- who (indeed the cloth made an affidavit, in
which he swore that it could not have been sold for less
than the price contracted fur. It was. clear, therefore,
that this was a grosa. libel upon Mr. Barwell, and the
Court ought to make the rule absolute.
Lord CAMPBELL said, if Mr. Ironside bad made his
complaint in a general meetine r•f the company, or held his
letter been writttn in a bond fide, spirit, the Gaut would
not have interfered. but this letter made specific charges
against Mr. Barwell, and now there was no answer
given to the publication. It appeared, there-
fore, to the Court that there was reasonable
ground to suppose that the publication was
malicious, and for that reason the Court thought it
was right to make the rule absolute, in order that the
case might be submitted to a jury.
Mr. IRONSIDE said he wished to make a few remarks
in reply to what had fallen from the Learned Conn: el.
Lord CAMPBELL told him that he had better reserve
them for the jury.

Mr. IRONS-IDE—Oh, as to that, I shall only cross-
examine the witnesses, and if they succeed, why, as far
as that goes, it wilt be a great relict to me to go to pri-
son. I can assure your Lordship.—(A laugh.)
Rule absolute accordingly.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
THE QUEEN V. ELIZABETH JONES.

Mr. HODDLESTONE applied fora habeas corpus to
bring up the body of a person named Elizabeth
Jones, who was confined in the Westminster
House of Correction. The prisoner was convicted
under the Vagrant Act the sth Geo. IV., the 4th
section of which made a suspected person or reputed
thief liable to three months' imprisonment who fre-
quented any street leading to a navigable river or canal,
or tiny place, of public resort, or any avenue leading
thereto, or any street, highway, or place adjacent,
with the intention of committing a felony. The
commitment in the present case set out that
the prisoner, being a suspected person, unlawfully fre-
quented a certain street called Regent-street, with intent
to commit a felony, but without stating that this street
was a piece of public resort, an avenue leading thereto,
or a highway, or place adjacent. The Learned Counsel
contended that this was a material omiision, and that it
rendered the commitment invalid. He mentioned that a
similar point was argued in the Cineon'a Bt rich last
term, and that the decieien was adverse to th- view he
now uslie I their Lordships t.i take of the present ca,e;
but as Mr. Justice Pgtteson, first at chambers, and sub-
sequently in full count, took a diffe\rent view to the rest
of his brother juages • he trusted their L.)rd,hips would
pardon hia bringing the vision before them.
The CHIEF BARON said the subject had-aright to
apply to every court at Westminster tor .a habeas corpus.
—Rule granted.

ACCIDENT TO THE MASTER OF THE CHESHIRE
FOXHOUNDS.—We are extremely sorry , to learn that on
Monday last ii-s=evererieddent occurred to Captain White, at
the kennels. The gallant master was in the act of mounting
a spirited horse in order to accompany the pack on an airing
excursion, when the animal-jumped-aside, and the Captain tell
to the ground, the horse afterwards in his caperings treading
on the master's leg. ""Ha was immediately conveyed home
and put to bed. Tue injury, though _serious, we are happy
to say, is not dangerous,- .J:tucclevield Courier.
MDLLE. WAGNEE,—Of this lady, who, is announced
to appear at each-Opera House, we find the following in a
_ _e:..in journal :=" Mdlle. Johanna Wagner left he,.'e on the
in
b ult. for Luiniic atter which she will appear at Her
her
theatre. • ' •
regretand.rbreit2s
uer co • According to the terms of her contract,
ole
much
losing
n9e. will-last till the Ist ot October. Her last appear-
hoe, bw. taasi
n'a:dEtgh=l6a notio'ineeb,riitny -Lo
f'ury a n
havingt he,bi cehticrhs
first
character tuenrdsehre
rof forth all its grandeur, and. in Fiddio: -Tips.
enenwhthi
and their favourite is very great,
with much •of her re=appearance is looked forward to
and
•- - '- - - - .
'
Ting C!
-RYSTAL p
meeting was held at tli' - PALACE.—Last night a `public
with the view to petit-9 Prince Albert- Hotel, Notting-hill,
the Crystal Palace orto, r,irrParliament for the preservation of
man, in opening the prnee'eadealan in the chair. The chair-
under the hand of Sir ATOStp tri!,4B. read the printed statement
tion of the building, and, in a a$
ton„ in, fav-our of.the reten-
answer the reasona which had been
speech, endeavoured to
Mr. Pullen moved-and 111 r.. D,Dfoirird for taking it down.
to the effect that it_was the opinion ,seapiided a resOlation
Crystal Palace;onglit : to be iireserv"' tli,e meeting that the
being admirably- fi tlnedd ' rational evryrozsepaett: for t
haec zrnptosoefs its
public instruction aoiution,
urged Upoinnih Ur'
Brewster, in
speaking to the res.
meeting the de-
as many signatures o;
sirability of procurirg .
_Aadies to .
the retention of the buildin e Pe-
titions in support ofg as Possible.
destruction
rth for the of that The fiat had gone to noble edi-
fice, of England came forward • - its and unless the women
The resolution was ,111
behalf, nothing could save it.
to Parliamentend
petition, etaoo.
carried with acclamation,'a
meeting
on the subject was adopted
dying the wishes of the
then the hands of Mr.
and signed, with a view to streng
Heywood his motion in the House of
in bringing forward
. .
Commons on Tuesday next.
goN.—At a RESIGNATION OF PROFESSOR WIL.
1. on Tuesdays he meet-
ingfollow-
of the Edinburgh Town' Counci
irates and
ing letter, addressed to the Lord Provost, mail
the 'Pro-
council, was read from. Professor Wilson, resigning
Woo"fessorship of Moral Philosophy in the University:-'"
burn, Dalkeith, April 8, 1852.
-My Lord and
Gentlemen;
When the kindness of the patrons, on occasion of my sudden.
and severe illness in September last, induced, and the great
goodness of the Learned Principal Lee enabled, them to grant
me leave of absence till the close of the ensuing session note
about to terminate, the benefit to my health from that ar-
rangement was so great as to seem to justify my humble
hopes of its entire and speedy restoration ; but as the year
advances these hopes decay; and I feel that it is now my duty
to resign the chair which' I have occupied for so long a
period, that the patrons may have ample time for the.elec-
tion of my successor. -I have the honour to remain, my
Lord and Gentlemen, your faithful servant, Joi; WiLso.N.
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ROYAL COLLEGE OE SURGEOI4BO--The following
members were admitted Fellows of the College at a meeting
of the Council
yesterday afternoon ;-111essrs. Thomas
Francis Fernandez, Madras Medical Establisbnik.nt, diploma
dated October 5, 1S:.,8; Thomas Esiou Lander, Shiffnal,
Shropshire, April Is, 1542; and James Morris, Park-street,
Clroyeacr-Pciugge,,juzio 16, 184t.3.