(To the Editor of the Evening Star.)

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4705, 5 February 1884, Page 2

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.)

Sib,—l was somewhat pained at seeing an article in yourim6rning|jontemporary attempting to be fanny at ||c expense of one of, our most useful Jind diligent Councillors. Reflections njjpre cast and very discrieditablft insinuatiojls made upo^ the absence of Cr Wils<^| ftoja last Thursday night's Rroseedjflgs of the Borough Qo^nQil, and were sft not for the vulgarity shewn, by the wrif|r, who pretonds to represent even as qjjtny as §e-ye# Tararuians, it would be a on the part of a North Ward eloctdjr to attempt to vindicate the/cause o,f it9"r.epresenta,si^e. The inuendoes put," i£ the, way of ■ • w.ets," " doctoring," " full h,a.nd, v are, hardly intelligible. They may contain a deal of meaning as far as the compasted mind of the writer ii concerned,

but they call for no consideration oubile the gigantic intellect which framed them. The Borough breeze referred to was answered by bat a sickly waft, and can that waft . have been a " blow " on the part of one of the disappointed members of that minority who sought, disinterestedly, of course, to remove the Town Clerk from office, not • with any view of putting so-and-so in h>3 place, but "for morality alone." Mais, revenons a nos moutons, the article in the Advertiser tries to throw dirty water over one of our most useful and practical Councillors, a man who attends to his public duties much more punctually than perhaps does the writer or inspirer of the article in question. As a hard-working member Mr Wilson has no superior ia the « Council —in the matter of attending to his constituents' wants, and the absurd twaddle published apparently by someone who has felt upset by Cr Wilfort's absence on the night in question can have no other effect than to show that that someone wants to let off, a little bile which is interfering with his digestion. However, John Wilson's popularity is not a mere matter of to-day, whereas an anonymous communication is simply M ephemeral. The shafts shot from the < dark are, and must be, disregarded, but the actions and service of a man cannot be forgotten. It was a foolish, nay, a mad, action on the part of a random scribbler to asperse the conduct of an old and tried representative, and by attempting to bring ridicule on the actions of such a man he has only brought down on his own soft and unfortunate head a large bagful of pity, induced by his apparently benighted and witless condition.—l am, &c, NoBTH WABD.

Feb. 4th, 1884,