CORRESPONDENCE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 22, 8 June 1868, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

— ■»' [This column ts open lo writers of all shades of opinion, The Editor only requires ewresponJails lo avoid libel and personal abnso oml lo yomomlw that Iho snaoo availablo for loiters is nooessarlly ilmllod, The MUor 1$ Wl wspomlbhfor the opinions of eorrospondonts.'l TO THIS HDIXOJt OV TUB STAn, Snt— A letter appeared ln your columns a night or two ago, containing somo assertions regarding thoso who givo ontcrtalnmonts at tho Lunatio Asylum, whioh I had hoped to havo soon answered boforo this, As a member lof tho '"Amatour Chrlstyß," who have for two or three years been in tho habit of going thoro, I dosfro to deny tho chargos t« tolo, as far as thoy aro concerned, For my own part, I can only nay I havo gono there, CsoinotlmcH at great inconvenience, and regardless of many sneers) with tho single motive of adding one's littlo milo towards rn'lovlng fellow creatures suffering from hunfanity'fl wonit cumo— lnsanity j and that wo havo dono good, wo havo ample proof, sulllolont I think to convince even tho'acidulated mind of tho aggrieved gentleman, who seems to bo nfllletctl with tho samo kind of monomania which Jins made Mr Rabbago's numu famous as a persecutor of London street muslolans, A passing vehicle, which cannot bo within hearing moro than two minutes nt most, Is sullicient to disturb iho poor gentleman's virtuous slumbors for tho wholo of tho night i nnd ho immediately ncousos us of cruelly to animals, I havo heard it hinted that this kind of complaint proceeds from dyspepsia, and generally attacks iu an aggravated form, sour old bachelors, addicted over-, much to port wlno and brundy. Should this' lio tho poor gontloman's caso, let him Iry Cookie's pills and corn flour porridge, instead of port wine, which will induce a less wakeful ■deep, and a less jaundiced way of looking at lifo. Ills usflcrtion respecting vllo langungo is, as far as wo aro conocrnod, a puro and simplo falsehood, n« wo aro mostly married men. and Invariably accompanied by ladles. With regard to being convoyed to and fro, I enn only say that wo can hardly bo oxpected to talco a good deal of trouble rehearsing, &c, and nficrwardH walk three miles out and three nilli'B homo lato at night, although tbat liuh been done several times by myself and 'Others, Tho ovorloadlng of tho cart is dono by outnldors, who push in in a moot unconscionable in an nor, moro than once compcll-ng those who hnve given their services >o walk. Iti conclusion lot mo say thai, oji" tho principle of doing unto others as you would thoy should do to you, I shall not ftel at ail annoyed at any ono who likes to viakc, every night, precisely :a«; much noise,' under my window ao the Christy* mako coming home from tho Asylum. ' .Your obcdlont servo nt, CHR-BTY.