3 JULY 1886, Page 14

"LETTERS FROM DONEGAL."

ITO THE EDITOR OF THE SrEcreros."1

SIR,—The " Lady Felon," authoress of " Letters from Donegal," shows herself so astonishingly ignorant, that I would advise English readers to accept her statements with great caution.

Guardians) are not elected under a very low suffrage, and have nothing to do with the making of roads in Ireland. Road- making is the preserve of the county magnates, who, though not elected at all, sit as grand jurors ; and they have for genera- tions jobbed to suit each other in the matter of road-making so openly and notoriously, that even if the smaller fry had the same inclination, if they had the same chance, it would be nothing very wonderful after the lessons they have got from