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

THE SUN,

, The stores committee have a right to attach conditions
. to their challenge, and I have a right to accept or retuse
the conditions. I decline the inv.-stigati,u cloggcd with
aandltiuns. In fact, I nay,- neither time our iuclinarion
t t figh, wi h l,,fig It med not be cI,AO
a hurry—it will keep. I shah be glad to liod the ki,for-
, a3A.ton is not coriec., and sorry if any matt has been
wrongfully charged We ehull see. Nly flaw i 5 very,
fully occupie.i, end that must biL, my a,:eilogy for not
wriffinpin a more raanuer.—Y•Arris t-i,hfo'%F.:tet
great baste, " iSA AC in,rtslDE
J. MI, Eq.. Secretary Miella,,d itstl vay."
It is clear. therilore, that a full investiB.tion of 'the
subject is offered to him on his giving up the name of his
informant, and he declines it. The printed slip, which
was inclosed in Mr. Ironside's letter, was identical in
words and type with the libel published in the news-
'per, arid it was in the form of u letter,-datf d ,the 29th.
DNeoeyeenambtr: 113t5w1:isanasdfoeiplop,seast:e_d on Saturday; the 6tti-
•
MIDLAND RAILWAY CONTRACTS.

"TO THE EDITOR.-1,1 will perhaps be recollected tha,
at a gent-ref meeting of the Midland.- I ..uecek-cled in car-
rying a proposition to the effect that the :contracts should
be published. At the soccteding meeting, the directors,
having refused to obey the resolution, canae prepared.to
rescind it. Knowing their proxY power I did not resist:
them, hilt threw the whole responsibility upon tht-ni.;
Ti,e shallownes, of their reasoning • in support of the
present S creey was apparent, but nothing will move`
them and the shareboide,rs except • plain facts, which all
will admit are very difficult to get at tinder the present.
circumstances. Willson permit ate to put .a few ques-
tionS to the directors in reference to, this mat tkr of con-
tracts? 1. Previous to the recent letting of contracts,
did Mr. well-known .nominee, agent, or
partner of one of the directors, send in tenders?
2. Were not these tenders, originally, above all the
rest in every • article? 3. Did not the director enter the
prices in the other tenders in his square book, and take
them home for the consideration of himself and nominee?
4. Filer to the neat committee day, was hot the nodal- '
-nee brought free to Derby to make fresh proposals
the director and the cnnitnitiee; and did he not als6
bring his cases of goods free, and take the rejected por-
tion back at the same rate; by way, I suppose; -in-
creasing the receipts of the lin- ? 5. On the night pre-
vious to the toting, were n'o't 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 enginemen'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 ss. 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 59. 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:—Brant
Derby, 245. per coat ; Ferneyhougb, ditto, 265. ditto ;
Dolan, London': 2-75., ditto; the director, 28s. 6cl. ditto.
Of course, the director had the order at 28s: i6cl.,`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 fol. general stores were opened On Wednet•
day last, for the'director to make a few notes from; that
be then handed them over to Mr. ----- and Mr. —, two
clerks in the stores, to make abstracts lima. They
found some of their old friends were cut out, and thq
immediately sent for thew—Alessi-F. E,:stv‘oi Id, Frost,
and Kir.ley. tronrounder; also Messrs. Roenn.f 041ey,
timber mem:haws, and scut-lal others. Blank forms of
tenders were Wren into the t ffice to them, and new ten-
der:, made cut. As the tenders are to be decided on
Tuts-day not'. I P.fiull send a copy of this letter to th..
ebairtnae, D. t by, in ort4er t. try to save: the company
a tea, thou.ands this next hail-y, ar. A:low ra. to su.4"-.
gen a remedy, which is, to t:woe the -e c_ln(racts
by a commit\ ee of taw-eh:l4,r-, "r by the wfo ho4;11
of directors, end not to allow toree pet sons, coilais!tvg
of the director and two others, to spend 3'00,0001.
ear in this reckless manner. Entreating the eihruest and
serious attention of the shareholders and the directors to
this subject, I remain yours faithfully,
" Sheffield. N.,v. 29, 1851.. ISAAC IRO NSIDE
that was the libel complained of, and the Uwart w old
perceive Mr. Ironside did not now deny that Mr.
Barwal was not the director to whom the letter re-
ferred.

Mr. Justice ERLE—And how can you show that. he! is •
Mr. MACAULAY said Mr. Barwell had the management,
of the s ores, end be introduced a Mr. W.righi, of
Northampton, to the company, who supplied Of) articles
referred to in the letter. The ehttcg,,, however, which
the letter contf.it ed were tots% false, and 'this was
sworn to posittvtly both by Mr. Barwell mud other
uffic,ol of the company. Not only were the estimates
which the company accepted the lowest sent in, but it
cond be proved that the materials supplieo
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 difference, amounting to 3821. 10s.. the
manufacturer who fiiiised the cloth made an I,ffidaeit.,,
which he swore that it could not have been sold for less
than the price contracted for. It was clear, therefore,
that this was a gross libel upon Mr. Barwell, and the
Court ought to make the rule absolute.
Lord CAMPBELL said, if Mr. Ironside had made' his
complaint in a general meeting of the company, or had his
letter been written in a bond fide spit it, the Court would
not have interfered, but this letter made specific charges
against Mr. Burwell, 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 wbiit bad fallen from the Learned Counsel.
Lord CAMPBELL told him that he had better reserve
them for the jury.
Mr. IRONSIDE—Oh, as to that, I shall only cross-
examine the witnesses, and if they succeed, why, as far
as that goes, it will be a great relief to me to go to pri-
son, I can assure your Lordship.—(A laugh.)
Rule absolute accordingly.

EXCHEQUEIi.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
THE QUEEN V. ELIZABETH JONES.
Mr. HUDDLESTONE applied fur a 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 Gee. 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 any place of public resort, or auy avenue leading
thereto, or any street, highway, or place adjacent,
wiat the intenlien cf cummAting a felony. The
cotnmitilelit in the present (MW set out that
tee eri..oeo., being a sti-ppcted person, unlawfully fre-
qkAited a certain street rate-d fie,geot-,treet, teeth intent
to commit a felony, hut without stating- that this street
was a place of public resort, a., avenue ie.atithg thk.rete,
or a highway, or place adjacent. Too Lenrit., d Couns,i
contended that this was a material teni.isit,n, and that it
rendered the commitment invalid. He me-houned that a
similar point was argued in the .04),e,it's 13,-noh last
term, and tnat the decision was adverse to tli! view be
now asked their Lordships t.i take of the present case;
but as Mr. Justice Pattrson, first at chambers, and sub-
sequently iu full court, took a different view to the rest
of his brother judges, he trusted their Lordships would
pardon his bringit:e: the question before ttlem.
The CHIEF BARON said the subject, had a right to
apply to every ("cant at Westminster for a habeas corpus,
—Rule granted.

ACCIDENT TO THE MASTER OF THE CHESHIRE
FOXHOUNDS.—We are extremely sorry to learn that on
Monday last a severe acvident 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 hor-e afterwards in his caperings treading'
on the master's leg. Ha was immediately conveyed home
and put to bed. The injury, though serious, we are happy
to say, is not dangerous —Macclesfield Courier.
)MLLE. WAGNI,II.—Ot tbi' lady, who is announced
to appear at each Opera House, we find the following in a
Berlin journal :—`• Mdlle. Johanna Wagner left be a on the
19th ult. fur Leipzic, atter which she will appear at Her
Majesty's theatre. According to the terms of her contract,
her cove will last till" the Ist of October. Her last appea,-
ance was as Eglantine, in Euryanthe, in which character she
ottnano:Englanci
zarnofe
has obtained the celebrity of having been the first to under-
stand and bring forth all its grandeur, and in Fidelio. The
rzinegeerteitt7oefthe Berlinois at losing their favourite is very great,
and the period of her re-appearance is looked forward to
with - •
Mum anxiety."
T4E . CRYSTAL PALACE.-Last night a public
with 155 held at the Prince Albert Hotel, Notting-hill,
the crystrZ Palace
Petition Parliament for the preservation of
Dr. Trueman in the chair.- The cliair-
under nwl;ang the proceedings, read the printed statement
nitioann'oifn't:: "aiiii,:fi:Sir Joseph Paxton, in favour of the retell=
answer the reasonsg, a.nd, in a short speech, endeavoured to
to the effect that it virciaeMr.
Mr. Pullen nioveci
awnhich had been urged for .taking it down.
Danford seconded a resolution
Crystal _Palace ought ttohe opinion of the meeting that the
eves reserved, on account ofita•
being admirably fitted, in
etentior:.°
public instruction and rationZ
. recreation.urg • 'Mr. Brewster, in
of the
for thedestructieen:oui
t, lor the purposes of
red upon
Imadeieetsintgo thethe
vdee...,
speaking to the resolution,
wgthe r
Parliament
as possible.
thatorwar d nobleen
ii
in its
.5...
sTt I rthiaeobnfii lsai titynh. oiaufdppgprooocrnuteroli
fib:el:all:, ciwnouittilhlltieanscsge thelam al dt i 0 spa , v
ae n idt.a
pTentietiroensolnuon was put and-
came
• 'the wishes of the meeting on the subject was
and s adopted
with aDd signed,
c.
a view to strengthen the ha
Heywood in bringing in the Rouse of
fo ward his motion 'las of Mr
Commons on Tuesday next.
RESIGNATION OF
follow;.;,
lug of the Edinburgh PnorEssou WILsoN.—AtA.The4.,
Town Council on Tuesday the fo
Wilson, resigning theficiversitv :—" Wood-
burn,lug letter, addressed to the Lord Provost, magistrates, and
council, was read from Professor"
Pro-
fessorship of Moral Philosophy in the
of my sudden
When the kindness of the patrons, on occasion
sd and the great
Dalkeith, April 8, 1852. • My Lord and Gentlemen,—
and severe illness in September las , induc, ,
me leave of absence till the close of the ensuing session now
about of th.. Learned Principal Lee enabled. them to gran:
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
advacces these hopes decay, and I feelthat it is now my duty
to resign the chair which I have occupied for so lung a
period, that the patrons may have ample time for the. eleo-
tioo of my successor. - I have the honour to remain, my
Lord and Gentlemen, your faithful servant, JoHat WiLsoN.'
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SUBGEONS.--The following
members were admitted Fellows of the College at a meeting
of the Council yesterday afternoon :—Messrs. Moths%
Francis Fernandez, Madras Medical Establishment, diploma
dated October 5, 1838; Thomas Eaton Lander, Shiffnal,,
' Shropshire, April 16, 16-42 ; and James Morris, Park-street,
' (14""YeilVr.liqtAre. June 16, 1848. .

LONDON,

LIT ERA TURE

I ADAM- GRAEME OF MOSSGRAY. By the
Authorvf" Illerhland," 6-c. 3 Vols. Colburn.
; t '1 he numerous admirers of this authoress, who have
lingered in the pleasant Scottish home of Mrs. Mara
^garet Maitland, or watched the development of the
-deep-r history of the joys and sorrows of Merkland,
and thrilled with interest and antniration Of the heroic
.lives of Caleb Field and his daughter, will bail the
appearatte- of these volumes with pleasure end expec
tation. Tney will not be disappointed. It, is an un-
common work, not only in the subdued power of the
style, in the eloquence of the digressions, in the inte-
rest of the narrative, or in the delineation of character,
but in the lesions it teaches, and the truths the more
forcibly told, because they are unostentatiuuslyadvenced,
less us the •advieft of the auihor than the words spoken
•by the characters themselxes. The first volume con-
tans the memoirs of Adam Graeme, who, having
been forsaken by his plighted bride, and deeply
wronged by his cousin and only relative, retires to
pass his life in solitude and seclusion, resolving never
to see the children of those who had so injured him,
though the injurers themselves bad passed away. But
:his resolution Changes; he receives a letter from her
whom he had almost worshipped, written when on
her deathbed,-committing her only child, an orphan,
to
the quiet, gentle Lilias Maxwell becomes the
his charge. He accepts the trust, and
companion and ward of the old man, who had de-
termined never to see her. His feelings also undergo
a change with respect to the son of his cousin, who is
the last of the race, and who, being a very different
character to his father; succeeds in effectually remov-
ing Adam Greanie's prejudice respecting him. The
The eager, variable, and energetic Helen Buchanan
gentle _Lilies, however, is not the chief attraction.
is the heroine who most excites our sympathy.
Slighted by the society of Fendie, as, being only a
poor: schoolmistress, toiling in poverty and anxiety,
and the only support of her mother, sensitive and
proud,
feeling joy and sorrow keenly, she has yet
another and heavier trial. Mr. Oswald, the banker of
the town, had once been the partner of her father, and
on account of sortie unhappy dispute they had parted
in anger. Mr. Buchanan, a weak-minded, delicate
man, totally different from his daughter, died, and
the self-rellled and unforgiving banker refused to
allow Helen Buchanan to become the bride of Wil-

liam Oswald. The contrast is striking between the
pale and quiet Lilias—oahn even in her sorrow, for
she is not without trials—and the earnest, excitable
Helen, whose varying moods and changiug temper
render her so susceptible of pleasure and pain. But she
is strong-aninded and independent notwithstanding,
and herspiritlrises to meet the difficulties which surround
her, Lilies droops and yields. The other cha-
racters are also well drawn, each complete in itself.
The.gentle Lhird of Mossgray, who gives his name to
the work, the honest
.light-hearted Halbert Graeme,
the resolute banker, and his active sensible daughter
_Hope, who schemes and plans most ingeniously, and
who finally meets the success she deserves, and the
.grave, earnest William, are all striking in their indi-
viduality. Nor must we forget those in bumbler
life—the stern old fisherman, who thought his vow of
unforgiveness for the faults of his son held him to its
:fulfilment; or Isabel Brown, the old housekeeper,
who still believed her mistress young, and when she
returned, after the absence of many nears, refused to
credit that thegrey-haired lady could be her " Miss
Lucy." The esrlisr part of the work, the history
ed. Mas,gray himsel', is full of eloquent writing and
descrvion.. The followieg is en extract
Yes, tiffs iu youth, properly so called, that the true
of poetry is. The priesthood of nature, the mood
that can bold communion with her in every place and
time—theie-come only when the boy's material age is
past, and the childish dreams come back, mightier now
and clearer, to clothe with their rare grace the expanding
growing soil. Is it well that this radiance uhuutd ty and
bye fade into-the light of common day? Let us be
csaitent, the old man is of kin to the youth; perchance.
if the harsher meridian time did not intervene, it would
scat cely be so.- But now the vision sph• ndid travels with
ttim everywhere, ..There is a glory about the hills and
in Abe sky=7thereisnausic, all the more clear that it is
iSaiticukte, in every running streate—sthere as, highest of
all, a wonderful- light and truth, and love, and noulenexs,
over all hUtnan things—motives grand and sublime,
lan,ur generous and greet, worthy of the marvellous
positiun held by this mortal race. The whole universe
vibrates to his ear with heroic watches and noble chimes
and music, to which his soul thrills and his step keeps
time. T-ue, indeed, there are falsehood and selfishness
and change bete, er whence those tales and sorrow, and
this generel indigna ion that swells within him against
the wrong that is to be conquered? but these are not
ideal covers and vattilaslal
per-
feet truth,hm olp9ehims own especial atmosphere there is per-
(..ill mtietes teetl. the
.ifee eyeltete tohfe deahypetsfluisf
-his' chivalrous affection; and he pities men who are
snoirtieg under-neglect, or inconsistency and worldliness
of Iriends*,sts those pity who feel their own blessedness
Made all the greater by the contrast."
The little band of schoolfellows who form the heroes
of the memoirs are sadly dispersed and parted. But
Mossgray remains the same, and when his youth and
its trials have passed away we find him still watching
his own dearly-loved stream, the same generous,
poetical nature, and the same kind and gentle heart.
The subjoined is from the parting scene of William
and Helen,when the former is going to Edinburgh :
" I grant you that,' said William, 'but suppose,
Helen, a man should distrust his own powers, and think
it most expedient 10 keep himself apart from all strug-
gles—to withdraw far away from the evils he has not
strength to contend With—what then?'
" Then he does nottulfil his end,' said the rapid,
eager voicess' which is -not to flee from natural tempta-
tions and difficulties, but bravely to resist and do battle
with the same. I know ono feels one's heart sink often.
It may not be so -with you who are strong; but I feel
that to cease such work and warfare as one is called to
do, does bring a perilous sinking of the heart. It is not
well—ssurely_ it is .not well to withdraw from the evils
which are in us and about us; we are bound to do battle
with them, William—not to stand on our defence alone,
but to carry the war into tbe camp of the enemies. I
think. sometimes that the state of war must be the only
good state for those who hate sin natural to them as
we have; and that if these words resist and struggle
were withdrawn from our language we should be no
longer human; for when we let our arms fall, our hearts
gloom;tall,
a _aid u
and weariness
thenessco iv
comes upon
movingonus, distrustaudworldweco
and
e
into the narrow chamber of ourselves—and the sun sets
upon us, William.'
" The sun had set in the changeful face upon which
Willism o:wald looked, and for the moment its waning
colour since df,witcabt eyes proclaimed the unmistakable
sinking of the heart; She did not perceive the look that
dwelt: upon *her, nor its laneusge—language uncon-
-eittipay pow, rful—i and this. Helen, is your philoso-
phy.' The words fell dreamily upon her ears, echoing
through a icing silence. The philosophy was not hers
alms. Kindled th.aights had risen in the young minds,
as they greW together Into the early flush of maturity,
and now stcnsent him forth a knigt.t.”

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OLD ENGLISH COUNTY PROVERBS.
• (Fitnu Eliza Cook's Journal.)
014 proverbs are the concentrated essence of popular
wisdom. They. haVe been struck out by theoretic know-,
kdge, and confirmed .by practical' experience. The
people who liven long ago, In times when printed books
did not exist, embodied their views of life in proverbs,
which were handed down from father to son, through
many generations. They live among us still. To this
ea), proverbs.conteittn e the li'erature of the unlearned.
And even. the Most learned of men may often gather
wisdom froei tamue old saws of our forefathers. How
much pritetioal.knowledge, tor instance, is to be found in
the Provaibs of.Solomont—n hat clear insight into life!
what golden maxims for the up-bringing of youth! what
noble th,-ughts tor eielf-culture and home happiness!
George ..flawtori, in his clever lecture on Popular
Proverbs, has said of them, that they are usually the
witty -utterances,
.by wise men, of the wisdom of the
many. They became current because they ably, briefly,
quaintly, or energetically expressed what men had long
•.nought. Thehest of them are short; and they are short
because they felt themselves to ba true,—because many
of them are, as Emerson has pointed out, utterances of
those nederlaing.laws of life around which, as around a
magnetic pole, our actions group themselves. They
are the great spiritual utterances of mankind, and may
be regarded as a-kind of gauge to the thinker, to show
how far spiritualism has been successful in getting into
life. They' are the answer of the streets io the pulpit.
They have become a current method of teaching great
truths. Thus Franklin, in his Poor Richard, drew
forth a whole budget of them, in enforcing the duty of
providence. They were all ready-made to his hand.
• You find the best of proverbs common to nearly all
countries. Proverbs have their equivalents in all lan-
guages. The English, Scotch, Dutch,' Germans, and
SpaniSboare especially rich in proverbs; and, at some
future opportunity, we may draw from their ample bud-
gets: • ;At present our task is of a humbler kind;
,namely, _to draw forth a few of the old county proverbs
and current sayings of England, which are, in many re-
spects, curiously illustrative of the olel life, habits, and
customs of the country. We may mention that we take
them from a book about two hundred years old, entitled
Anglorum Speculum, or the Worthies of England in
Church and State." The proverbs, or sayings, there-
fore, which we are about to cite, were in use centuries
ago; and most of them are current In the several coun-
ties of. England to this day.
Thus, Beckinghatus,hire "Bread and Beef, the one
One,,the other faa,".ia • still proverbial. So are "Essex
".Suffolk milk," and " Learaster bread and
(Hereford). "Bean belly Leicestershire"
w" 1)4 ale"
as °nee a proaarb, and may be so still; " Shake a
Lt
heel
re yeoman by the collar, and you shall hear
ns rattle is his belly." "Yarmouth capon" (or
red rat erahi
bereteese
ariVe• " Norfolk dumplings," "Banbury veal"
whet iipe,,,u7,:tet" (applied to those who multiply
and a gene', „f water"
and " Grantham gruel, nine grits
silt in current use. The iii6came),.4r:
0:1! nue oitot what is necessary in their
verhial •4 Weav,-re. "I"
taolchester. meaning there-
by .bevf
pro-
by sprats, show that, the, ut
ateteufseturitig place, „,er°Peretivea of that town, then a
e much more poorly off than
phraseology speech. "He that
efore the of t
they tire now.
the phrase applied to food
that hid been cooked over and 'andalso to er again,
watild est a buttered fagot, let him go to Northampton,"
in England advent :yap, the
dearest for fuel, The same town being
repeAtittju:sko;bfuesl:: en loge: es
r("b was
oysters must 44'0 grown stale before
far --thatfro ni loonte 50,