Mr Deasy’s Letters.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 320, 4 July 1889, Page 3

Mr Deasy’s Letters.

Sydney, June 19. We are (says the Telegraph) in possession of tha true story of the opening of Mr Deasy's letters about which there has been eq much correspondence, Suspicion and unpleasant feeling. As it turns out, the letters were not opened at the instigation of the Orange Ire. ternity, and Mr O'Connor, as Postmaster. General, and the postmaster at Branxton are completely exonerated from any desire in the one case to hush the matter up and in the other case of any pampering witty correapon. dense passing through tyia hands, The facte as Represented are curious and interesting and calculated to provoke some amusement, On Thursday last Mr Burna and Mr Scobie, M.P’s,, waited upon ths Postmaster-General and informed him that they were able to explain the whole affair, They state that no great white ago a well-known family fejifiing at Branaton pSld a y'sJFte the 'olfi country and in jty? course of ’ their trayete became acquainted witty Mr Dessy, who in turn becaste enamored of the daughter of tbe house. The family returned to the colony and soon afterwards Mr Deasy paid Australia a visit with severe political Intentions only in view was believed, but it now turns out with matrimonial projects also in contemplation, Mr Deasy, very soon after reaching Sydney, it seems, hastened to gransiton tfl renew soft and a correspondence ensued with a member of the family. It was this oorresponfleimei it is how alleged, that was tampered with aud by the watohful mother, who, after reading certain of tha letters, sealed them up again, but- clumsily, and they were duly posted at Branxton witty the result, as all the colony Irnows, that Mr Deasy complained that letters addressed to him and pusing through tha Branxton Postoffice had been pyensrF before reaching him. Mr Bui-ua and Mr Soobie explained to Mr O'Connor that they desired that these particulars should not ba made public in order to save the feoUuga of the family affected sind of their numeroiw connections In ths district