CORRESPONDENCE.

To the Editor op the " Evening Mail." Sir -Your remarks iv last evening's issue with reference to the appointment of William Henry Phillips, Ksq., as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand, have taken us all by surprise, aud I think the individual in question may be fairly included in the number of those who have had greatness unexpectedly thrust upou them. I agree with you as to the respect Mr Phillips may be held in as a storekeeper and publican, but as an old bushman I cannot conceive it compatible with reason tu.it any man who, by the sale of stimulants to a lot of thirsty diggers, does a good trade on Sunday should be asked to sit in judgment on one of the unfortunates, who by over indulgence or over persuasiou is charged with "being drunk and incapable on the Monday. I am, _c, An Old Identity. Nelson, March 28, 1878.