MR. ELLIS'S LETTER.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 578, 9 November 1869, Page 3

MR. ELLIS'S LETTER.

{To the Editor of the Weslport Titties.) Sib, —As your correspondent Mr Jervis remarks, one story is as good as another until it is told His ridicule at my physical infirmities I can afford to pass by with the contempt it merits; not so the vile and mendacious story he has thought proper to publish. He states that I knew that he was favorable to Mr Akersten's candidature, and that I offered my services to him with a view to remuneration. Now it is easy enough to make this statement, but I reiterate that it is utterly false, and I defy him to prove it. As for his being amused at my modesty and " want of cheek," as he phrases it, I can simply say that any one who is aware of the antecedents of Mr Jervis will give him credit for possessing even an infinitesimal dose of the former, while of the latter he has stock sufficient for an election mob. The monstrous assertion that he actually procured me the paper on which the letter was written, is founded solely on the fact that, some little time previous, being unable to leave the house, I asked him to procure me some, and I here most emphatically declare that I never mentioned to Mr Jervis my intention of writing to Mr Curtis. To only one person did I mention it, and that person is prepared, if necessary, to substantiate my statement. As regards my statement that Mr O'Conor took the letter away from Mr Falla I may have been in error, but I gave the version that was given me by Mr Jervis himself. Indeed Mr Falla has since informed me that he advised Jervis to return the "old man his letter," and that he knew nothing about it afterwards. lam quite ready to acquit Mr Falla from all blame in the matter, feeling assured that he would never have been a party to so dirty a transaction.

Passing over some scurrillity intended for wit, I should be glad to be informed who the elector is who raised my cupidity. Let his name be given. My services to Mr Curtis were offered gratuitously, without hope or expectation of pecuniary reward, thoroughly believing him to be by far the more suitable candidate of the three. In conclusion I must remark that Mr Jervis never for one moment attempts to vindicate the gentlemanly act of showing my private letter to other persons.—l am, &c, John Ellis. Westport, Nov. 8. [No good purpose can bo served by this correspondence being continued.]