Correspondence.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3816, 22 March 1881, Page 2

Correspondence.

Theje columns are open to all correspondence ol public interest, but we do not hold ourselves responsible fo»i the opinions of writers. Correspondence must in all ■jascs be authenticated 1 by the real name and address of the writer—not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. ,

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sib, —I was agreeably surprised .at the reply of "Magpie" to my letter. He does not deny that the officer in command has been giving the adjutancy to a man who is not entitled to it by any Volunteer act or practice, but simply to blockade J the position to serve his own ends. "Magpie" discloses the fact that there exists in the Thames Volunteers a mystic circle. If such is the case, it must have been formed since the Volunteer and Militia Office was removed from Shortland to the big bank at the Corner, and included amongst the many other mystic operations of that powerful machine. It appears to me "Magpie is a species of bird that has been taught by his master to speak his will. lam not one of the circle to which he rdfers, nor am I afflicted with the malady-he asserts; and to try and remedy a grievance, or perform any deserving act, through the proper channel, as he puts it, is simply nonsense, when that channel, at its entrance, has a private passage for undoing what it itself publicly recommends. Were it not that the fear of exposition through the public press is; a valuable check on wrong doers, there would be little security to subordinates, except they were magpies to the powers that be.—l am, &c, Oneookee. if