INSTINCTIVE GOODNESS.
pro THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."]
Siu,—In the Spectator of June 19th you speak of the sufferers in the Welshampton accident as "exhibiting a per- fectly marvellous fortitude and resignation which is thoroughly creditable to the Welsh character." All the sufferers were Lancashire operatives and scholars from the Nonconformist Sunday-schools of Royton, a town near Oldham.—I am, Sir, &c., JAMES M. WILSON,
Rochdale Vicarage, June 21st. Archdeacon of Manchester.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "Spzerkros."]
SIR,—In your "Notes of the Week" in the Spectator of June 19th, in speaking of the silent sufferers in the Oswestry accident, you say they were Welsh people. For the honour of my native county I should like to point out that these grimly brave souls were not Welsh people, but Lancashire men and women. They came from Royton, near Oldham, as you can readily verify by reference to any daily paper. Yours is one of the few London journals which are able to see and feel the virtues of the Northern character, and I therefore trust you will excuse this correction.—I am, Sir, &c., A LANCASTRIAN.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " S1'ECTATOR:9
SIR,—The tribute you paid the Welsh character in your remarks, in the Spectator of June 19th, about the Welshamp- ton Railway disaster for unexpected fortitude and coolness was not applicable in such a case, as the sufferers were Lancashire people, in most cases with undeniably English names. Not that any Englishman would wish to withhold an equal measure of praise from a people who supplied most of the defenders at Rorke's Drift, a fight in which a few hundred Welshmen, behind hastily-thrown-up entrenchments, repelled the onslaught of many thousands of Zulus, and saved the Colony of Natal from being destroyed. Such an act is deserving of the praise you at the present time mete out to them.—I am, Sir, &c.,
AN ENGLISHMAN.
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