(To the Editor of the Tuapeka Times).

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 138, 29 September 1870, Page 5

(To the Editor of the Tuapeka Times).

Sjr, — From the permal of tho above case in your issue of the 15 .h in-^t., I will request a htrl« of your valuable sp:ice to try and set before tiis puMiu a few f.ict3 which would better enab.e thorn to ju.l^o the aieum and tuein of the matter. My reason for trjubli'ig y.m at present ia because your report of tlu caie is evidently iitended to prejudice tho minde of the public. As re^drdj the defend mfc. as a more one-sidod r«j:>nrt of aciaa, Z have seldom seen, and is not only calculated to bias tha public mind bu: a'sj those of tha m.tj;i3'r ite3 w!io decided ->v the caso. The facts of tho cas3 are simply these. At the tinio I purj'uw-sd Mr. Buchan's lease, I ajrjjd to piy him, and did p.iy him, a cert.iin sum, renaim lg in my luinds, at his request-, a srn of money to meet the wdges duo by him, a statement of which I got from Air. J. C, Arbuckle, then Mr. Buc'.ian's clerk, wh'oh, statement of wa<es thru div l>y Mr, Buchan I satisfied in full, besides paying many others that I bad no moral ri^ht to do. After which I cannot pj33J'>ly c >uc:ive by wluit moral, or any other right, I should be compiled to piy any uiore^:; .Mr. Buchan's ac'conn*: ; but should any of the #<lmireni of Messrs. Muchan and Keir, or even tho head of our great mercantile h >us 9be dissatisfied with tlio perusal cf thi* letter, 1 only ca'i n:fcr them for further evidence i;iven in thu ins )lvont case of Mr \V. G. B ichan. which was given when every transaction war: tresh on hid mem >ry, t-ut I urn quie convinced that so L>n i a3 wa are po;Hesse;l of an impartial be ich, a free press, an- 1 an intelligent public, that priv-vte individuals will get justice. — I am, &3., W. 1) M0R31302T. Lawrence, Sept. 28, 1370. [With reference to the report referred to, if it is as represented by Mr. Morrison, "evidently intended to prejudice the minds of the public," we exceedingly regret it. We had every con tidence ia the impartiality of the gentleman who handed us the report for publicity. We are thar *- fore only too glad to set the matter rig!it I>y giving Mr. Morrison's letter a place ia. our columns.— Ed, " T. T."J