Correspondence.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3128, 26 February 1879, Page 2

Correspondence.

w Tuaae columns are open to all correspondence of public interest, but we do not hold ourselves responsible tor th« opinion* of writers. Correspondence must in ail cases be authenticated by the real name aud address of the writer—not necessarily for publication, but as • guarantee of good faith. (To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Bib, — " Circumstances alter cases." The foregoing adage has perhaps never been more fully exemplified than at the meeting of " The Thames Domestic Water Supply Committee" yesterday. Can it be possible that the gentleman who could not allow himself to be contaminated by sitting at a one-sided meeting is identical with the individual who presided, and spoke 10 strongly in the meeting of the Thames County Council, whereat Messrs Mitchell and Spencer were so signally sat upon when opposing the creation of a pocket riding within the County precincts P A proceeding leading back* wards to a state of affairs prevalent in the United Kingdom prior to 1832, and a system which required years of agitation besides copious blood-letting to rectify. If, however, the iniquity of sitting in onesided meetings has at last dawned upon his conscience, I shall conclude with the moral expression "Better late than nerer."—l am, <fee, Jilt Cbow. February 26th, 1879.