Cirrus@Austlit

'A Reader' writes unfavourably about the recent conduct of the Sydney press: 'You are all very foolish to think that the public respect you for the manner in which discussions have of late been conducted. They feel disgust and pity for all, and how can tbey do otherwise? Instead of writing with decency and temper, the transactions of a man's early life have been blazoned forth with the view of blasting for ever his hopes in this country. Part of the press has actually scandalized the emancipists as a body, and attempted to create ill feeling, in order that there might be a separation of interest and great disorder. I counsel you all to be men, and not write as blackguards.'

The Gazette's correspondent writes: 'I beg you will be kind enongh to notify to such as may feel desirous of seeking any personal satisfaction from the author, in the full meaning of the word, either as a writer or a gentleman, that the necessary information will not be withheld on the assignment of a suitable cause. I must leave the public or private notification to your better judgment; empowering you to disclose my proper name should occasion seem to demand such step.'

The Gazette omits the author's signature, as does the Monitor's reproduction.