The result of the Parliamentary Election in March last was not allowed
to slumber, for Mr. Wm. Haden, a County Magistrate, and a member of the
Court Leet, got his back up at some of the proceedings, and as he was
out-voted by the majority of the Liberal gentlemen present, he must
needs vent his spleen upon Mr. Bourne, the Clerk to the Court Leet,
which brought forth the following correspondence:--
_To the Editor of the_ BIRMINGHAM DAILY PRESS.
SIR,--In your report of the proceedings at Lord Ward's Court
Leet on Friday last, you state, "Mr. Haden returned to the room
and apologised to Mr. Bourne for any hasty expression which
may have escaped from him on his first entering the room, he
assured Mr. B. that what he had then said was not intended as
personal."
This is altogether incorrect, the words "apology" or "hasty
expression" I certainly did not use; what I did say to Mr.
Bourne was, "That I feared from something I heard after leaving
the room, he thought my first remarks were intended to be
applied to him. I assured him I had no such intention, as I
felt satisfied the proceedings had not originated with him."
I must request that you will publish this note in one of
your earliest editions, as your report will lead the public
to believe I had apologised to Mr. Bourne for some hasty
expression which I was anxious to withdraw.
I am, sir,
Yours respectfully,
WILLIAM HADEN.
_Dixon's Green, Dudley, November 2, 1857._
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