Original Correspondence.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 262, 2 December 1848, Page 2

Original Correspondence.

To the Editor of the New Zcaiandtr. Sia,~The first question of " Anti-Memnon" repudiatei the connexian between the antecedent and the relative — his second, that which subsists between the mind and the body— and in reply to the fourth, I would ask, if it were possible for her Majesty to appoint a " Cotuul-general of Terra del Fuogo, and all the icebegs thereunto belonging," whether such an appointment, bestowed upon an ex-Colonial-Secietary and a gentleman, would not carry with it a feeling of humiliation ? His remaining questions really appear to me puerile, and scaicelv comprehensible; and the precise meaning of the sentence which includei the word* " un-English aad ungentlemanly," I cannot arrive at. Once for all, I emphatically deny the possibility of a man being personal when publicly addresiing another, on bis public conduct. Personally I know nothing of the Editor of the Southern Cioss. His pirate character may be the most estimable. Had I any charge to prefer against it, the columns of a newspaper, I apprehend, are not the proper vehicle of communica- , Uon. . ! «• Anti-Memnon" muit not impute wrong motives to me j both the Editor of the Souihtm Cross and he, when they t«xed me with »• unmanliness" and " tabbing in the dark," lost »ight of the fact that the abuie of the Southern Cross has not, nor ever had, tne name of its author appended to it. • , •• AntUMemnou" has accused we of either daubing « Junius" or being daubed by "Juntos' (I don tknow which). I honestly confess that, not only nave leverU yeart elapted since I read him, but that I do not ■perfectly remember one line of the eminent unknown who to powerfully pourt<ayed the faultiof acorwpt adminiitration.. , " Anti-Memnon" himself muit hate had a iudmguent reading or ho could not »o corrwHj ha^e em«

bodied his aentiment» in the style of Sir William Draper; aud yet how little " Junius" cared for the literary polish at Sir William ! Should my third letter to the Editor of the Southern Cross be allowed a field, " Anti-Memnon" must curb the impetuosity of his imagination, ere it mn a-much through his critiques. I am, Sir, &c, &<".., Memnon. Auckland, Nov. 30th, 1848. [We have to deplore a scurvy destiny '■ Alas ' that our narrow verge bhould compel us to become the burker of genius as original us iiiUmse ! That '* The New 2«alander" should he driven t» decline immortality by further entertainment of the mighty Memnoman. controversy! unhappily for postenty, our field is infinitely more circumscribed than that of " Philippi." Indeed, even the plains of the Strymon were uttetly uuequul to the stupendous imposition. It would demand an Austerlitx, a Mare.igo, or a \Vd~ terloa to sustain the terrific chai ges of horse, foot, au<J aitillery, wherewith our illustrious Ethiopian seeks to annihilate all opponents ; and with which, perudventure, he might, eventually, exterminate ou selves " Rest, warrior, rc*t!" Repose thee.on thy redoubted laurels ; foi, verily, thou hast afforded us mcontesti ble evidence that thou art a ctumpion not to be sneezed At \ Meinnon having measured swords with his Anhy we are called upon, in our capacity of umpire, to declare that the punctilios of the dui-110 h.ive been duly observed ; and, that becoming satisfaction lias been given and received. With reference to his adversary of the Cross, iVJemnon must remember that he has already hud two shots for that gentleman's one Consequently, we should be the veriest butcher of a button hole did we sanction ignoble discharge of a third. Rampant, as tyemnon proclaims himself, lo " fight upon this theme until his eyelidi will no longer wag." we are sorrowfully compelled to put a stopper upon such literary VViddringtonism ; because, we fear, however personally delectable the uu fettered dcvelopementof the combatant bump, it may lack an equal piquancy for the palate of our readers. As the conflict, therefore, threatens to be one of infinitesimal duration, we would suggest the expediency of Mormon's attuning an organ of his own, so that he may impart to his recondite epinicions their most peculiar aud harmonious expression.^-ED.]