MR. TORLESSE'S LECTURE ON THE OVERLAND ROUTE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 1888, 8 January 1867, Page 3

MR. TORLESSE'S LECTURE ON THE OVERLAND ROUTE.

r0 THE EDITOK OP THE LTTTEI/TON TDIES. gj K —Will you allow me a little space to correct a misappreheiisipn which.has been': felt by some of those who kindly attended my lecture on the Gverland Route.,,ln citenient of the occasion Ifbrgot to make the necessary explanationoh Friday evening.lt has: circa offence tb : some;.bf [my bestiriends that : ; f jhould have represented myself'as having, lately ome from England via Suez; ;atevyas; about to returnvia..Panama,:when, neither assertion is tt.uei It never.sfruck: me that'; any one for a moment; cbuld-misunderstand nie. The lecture was somanifestly ; a,"maker: U p"—so very different .from .the .narrative of & bona fide traveller, that I am at alossto understand how any misconception : .of, my statements could ;haVe arisen, ' I certainly, 'personated'* wlib'was supposedtb: have recently come. from England; land with as much consistency as; I oould. .command, carried out the. impersonation to the.end of the narrative. If Iliave in thiis wearing a mast for ah hpuror then all our tales of fictions-all paraboiieal, .teaching-is Untruthful........ Trusting that this explanation will satisfy those friends whose; good opinion I should'be. sorry to lose, I remain, ■, : . Your pbedientseryant, HENRT? TOELESSE.