ANOTHER OF THE MODEL "J.P.'s" "TRUE STATEMENTS" DISSECTED.

New Zealander, Volume 13, Issue 1156, 16 May 1857, Page 3

ANOTHER OF THE MODEL "J.P.'s" "TRUE STATEMENTS" DISSECTED.

To the Editor of the Nbw-Zeai.andkb. Si u,—-This morning, while looking over the Southern Cross of Ist May, I saw Mr. Brodie's letter about the " Maid of the Mill," hired to convey Mr. Maync up the Thames to collect tin; census. I was greatly surprised to sec my name mentioned in connection with the trip of that vessel. Any person reading that letter would be led to think - Ist, that I had accompanied Mr. Mayne on bis trip; and, 2nd, that i had been paid for so doing—both of which statements are false. The fact is, that whilst Mr. Maync was here, he went with me to a few places; he was going to collect his papers, and I was going to visit the people under my charge. My going had no reference whatever to the collecting of the census; in fact, my health is in too poor a state to enable me to properly discharge my missionary duties even in a limited sphere, without attempting any other duties. 1 should have treated the matter with what it richly deserved, that is, silent contempt, had it not been that, though my health had obliged me to retire from active duty, many people who may see Mr. B.'s letter mighl conclude from that, that I had done so while I was able to take other duties equally laborious. With respect to I be assertion that Mr. Maync was "twelve days collecting two names," that is equally false. Mr, Maync was obliged to be at Mr. Sharpe's (the last place in the district) before the 25th of March, and he could not leave there before the Ist of April (but eight days), which the law required that he should do; but instead of two names, I expect there were nearly twenty. When in this harbour, Mr. Mayne was detained on his return by contrary winds; otherwise he lost no time in attending to his duties. 1 believe him to be a gentleman, and one who is too highly esteemed to be hurt by the scurrilous pen of Mr. Brodie. It is to be hoped that the business of Mr. Hrodie's store may increase, so that he may have the less time for let-ter-writing, or at least that he may condense them, and take care that what he writes shall be confined to TRUTH. 1 am, sir, yours, &c, James Pbeece. Stapleton, Coromandel, May 8, 1857. [As our worthy correspondent lives at some distance from Auckland, he is probably not yet aware, that—from some peculiar idiosyncrasy—it is impossible for Mr. Walter Brodie, M.P.C., M.G.A., and J.P.. to adhere to truth in bis statements of what he calls facts. So well-known is this detect in his mental composition, that in Auckland any such attack as that made by Mr. Walter Brodie on Mr. Mayne (and Mr.

1 Preccc by implication), merely causes the remark, "Another, of Brodie's," or " Brodie's last.'' Unha; pily, the poor man is not aware that other parties, knowing his monomania for writing letters to newspapers, cram him with all sorts of cock-and-bull tales —pellets for his pop-gun, and laugh at him behind his back. - From another and very different quarter, we received the other day a statement showing most completely how grossly this '• J.IV had vilified Mr. Mayne—whose offence is that he is a gentleman—and how utterly he had misrepresented the friendly services rendered to Mr. Mayne by Mr. Preece. Ed. N.Z.]