CORRESPONDENCE.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

Ai-Ti communications must be accompanied by the correct name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Wij do not hold ourselves in any way responsible for the views and sentiments expressed by correspondents. (Tq the Editor of the Mouj«t Ida Before Mr. Peter Ivlorony vanishes altogether from public notice, perhaps he would embellish, with some classical illustrations, a few sentences which he will have remembered to have uttered in the chapel, soon after his first unsuccessful attempt to be elected on the School Committee. The occasion referred to was at a meeting called tor the purpose of considering the advisability of starting Mr. Peter, or (as he very appropriately terms it) " promot-

aig " him r.i vn?- position; schooli master. After speaking of- th© mean, underhand, way in which- liis Merits were ignored by means of the ballot system, ne stated tnat he had v-jsifced the school, and that, on entering the: schoolmaster (who was then Mr. ifacleod) " eyed him," for, said Peter,'''he knew I was a spark to set hi* wlia?©system 021 iire. His voice got hoarse*. ' and be could scarce articulate for moment, when he unburthened hismind in the following words :—"They will teach our children to be soupers* and Protestants." Only those "bom;and bred in Ireland can understand the contempt which the word 1 " souper " implies/ The term is only applicable amongst the pauper class inIreland who are pinched by the cravings of hunger to apply to* the parish tnurciics for relief, mid for tfiat reason* are supposed to sacrifice their religiousopinions to the pressing calls of nature.o doubt. Peter tiiougnt he had struck ■ a heavy blow somewhere. and likely his hearers thought so too. But. oil reilection.it must surely occur to Peter and his hearers to be a very vulvar insult to those of his own persuasion. Complaining that there was not sufficient notice given for the election of a JScnool Committee, Peter remarked that the schoolmaster should have told the eailareu before he '* dispersed them." A less educated man might have said " dismissed them ; but °of course he would not be a classical scholar. Glaring as are the defects of the present schoolmaster, he is, in the opinion of many, infinitely preferable to the man who seeks " promotion." Apologising for occupying so much of your space, I am, &c.~ A Listeneb.