Correspondence.

Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 331, 22 August 1868, Page 5

Correspondence.

(To the 'Editor of the Westport Times and Charleston Argus) Sib—The letter of Mr E. J. O'Conor, published in your issue of this morning, contains some trifling inaccuracies, which as they are calculated to mislead the public and impede the work of the Committee, I must beg a short space in your columns to correct. The Rev. Mr Harvey's name was Jfsubstituted for Mr O'Conor's, not because the latter gentleman declined to act, (for up to the present time the Committee have received no intimation from Mr O'Conor to that effect), but because it appeared to the Committee that Mr O'Conor was not disposed to perform the duties he had voluntarily undertaken. As it was not considered advisable to issue member's tickets until the Institute should be opened, I offered Mr O'Conor printed receip forms to issue to the subscribers, but he declined to make of them, although they were quite suited to the purpose. I am Sir, &e, A Member of Committee, "Westport Athenamm

A Singular Incident. —Ascending the mountain road between Dublin and Wicklow, while the Prince and Princess of Wales were proceeding to view the beautiful scenery at " Powerscourt "Waterfall," " The Dargle," &e, the royal party was met by a funeral. The mourners soon recognised the Prince and Princess, and immediately broke into a vociferous hurrah for the royal favorites, much to the astonishment of the royal party, who, accustomed to the solemn and lugubrious decorum of English funerals, were not prepared for an outburst of Celtic enthusiasm upon such an occasion. A remark being made on the oddity of a hurrah at a funeral, it was replied that the coi'pse would have cheered lustily too, if he could. — Court Journal.

We qu te the following curious statement from the Sydney Morning Herald :—Prom the records of the City Coroner's office, it appears that during the past five years no less than 27 adult persons have "been found dead in the district of Sydney, without any clue having been obtained as to who or what they were. Nineteen of this number met their death by drowning, either in the harbour or the Parramatia or Lane Cove rivers. Three of the others were found dead in the bush — one at Bondi, one at George's River, and one on the Liverpool Poad. The other four died within the city, three from apoplectic fits, and the fourth from exhaustion, produced by want and self-neglect. Out of so large a number of" disowned " persons, it is not improbable that in most instances those best acquainted with them have very cogent reasons for not identifying them. It has been suggested that identification would be facilitated if placards containing the description of the deceased persons were posted in -conspicuous places, such as is now

done with regard to murderers, &c. This might not lead to the identification in every instance ; but the suggestion does not seem altogether unworthy of consideration by the Government. Not Particular.—An American editor noticing the present of a silver cup to a contemporary, says : —" He can drink from any vessel that contains liquor, whether from the neck of a bottle, the mouth of a pickle jar, the spike of a keg, or the bung of a barrel."