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      to whom he srtWt-r ^ " if «» J ^ Wniofc » nswer Mr .. Fitzjiatrick / s question as to wio ibid your wife-where . the jnoney -was , 3 E-xplaan ifcatjiow , "— "Spotte !* : "It would 1 e difficult to explain what the . police could not finfl jout ; that is totally out > of . my power . "—The Gentleman : " " ^ au . aid : not say you . were innocent . '—Spollen : ' ** ! ¦ held forth nyr innocence ; h » t , « s ' I said before , event though I ? were fhe guilty man——^"—The Gentleman : " ""Who put the meney there , do yoju . know ?'*—Spollen : " " . TSTothing whatsoever , sir . "—The Gentleman : " STo suspicion of any one ?"—rSpollen : "No suspicion whatever . Theceimay be domestic fights that it would not "be very feeling for me to enter into an explanation . of—. perhaps it is more honourable that I should hold them , ¦ and that jthey should remain with . myself . My position is a very severe-one . "

      Another person present here observed— " It does not . appear to annoy you much , at any rate ; for , of all the cool audacity I ever witnessed , . yours is the . greatest . I jpaid a shilling to see how far your audacity would carry j-ou . Now I see itf and , if there was a subscription got , to buy yon a rope , I would subscribe . I am proud to < 8 ee that the working public did not come here . " This person left the room when he had concluded . Spollen : " Of course some must be dissenting parties . This much I think—the public will be inclined to assist a man to leave the country . That is the only object I 'leave incoming forward . lam sure the public would outlier that , than to . have a man knocking about the -country ^ '

      . Another person present observed that he did not wish * o say anything that would affect Spollen , but that the tresoltof that -day ' s proceedings should © how him the feeling of the public on -the matter . The gentleman who tfiad questioned Spollen before here said to him— " You -got the eight sovereigns that were produced at the trial . Why did you not go off with -them ? " Spollen : " What « wquld you have-me do with that portion of my family ?" -Some discussion ensued as to Spollen and his son going fto America ; but 'Spdllen said they would be worse off tthere-than in Ireland . The small audience shortly after'wards retired , refusing to respond to Spollen ' s invitafkm to ' volunteer to contribute . '

      The -second appearance was in the evening , and was Tather better attended . Spollen was again subjected to questions , : and one gentleman told him he must confess i&is guilt , and throw himself on public sympathy os a repentant man , before he could obtain the sympathies of a 'Christian community . " What -course am I to adopt ?' « sked > Spollen . But , at that moment , the son rushed forward , » nd , ; in an excited manner ; told his father " 'to be answering -those persons . " A well-dvessed man ¦ among the audience , who had several times addressed Spollen in very strong language , was turned out by the police . The other gentleman asked if Spollen could -put uis'hand upon the man who had conspired with Mrs . ^ pollen , as it-was his duty , for his own sake , and for the ¦ e nds of'justice , to point out the guilty party . To this ^ question Spollen returned some incoherent reply , which was not audible .

      Finally , he and his son departed , retreating by the TeaT of -the theatre , in order to avoid a large and rather -turbulent crowd which had collected in front .

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      IRELAND . The O ' CouNEtx . Statuk . — The O'Conncll statue at 'Limerick has'been inaugurated with much success . The "Earl , of Dunraven , a recent convert to Uoman Catholicism , presided , and in the course of his speech observed : — " In looking at the claims which the great Liberator has upon us , Lam particularly impressed with the claims ho has upon my respect and ¦ gratitude , as well as the respect and gratitude of the thousands who are members of the religion which he professed and sustained . (( P&esre . ) Sprung as ho -was , and as I am proud to be , from an , ancient Irish race , his family never deserted the £ aith rthat has existed here since the coming of St .

      "Patrick ( cAeera ) , while one of my ancestors , 'I regret to ( flay , was base enough , under fho pres 3 uro of the penal Jaws , to ., apostatize , ( Cheem . ") But I have had the ^ blessed privilege—the greatest privilege which God can give , to mau , situated aa I waa—ito bb restored to that janolont church whidh hns bqou bo long tho church of / $ his , pflo , plo and this country . ( Xoutf and continuGd . c 7 «^ rMi $ r . ) i " * not on * as mem kers of that church , % iai > also fla lovor ^ J of liberty , that 1 we owe tho ^ deppesfc ^ atltnde . t o the Liberator . Remopuwano ov dkb Rom aw . 'Catholic Gnuncu . — . ^ e read in tho TimG 9 Paris correspondence : — " A private latter from Homo states that Cardinal Burnabo and

      ; j ) r . CuUen , tho Roinqu Catholic Archbishop of Dublin , persevere in their do termination to remodel or reform tho Catholic Church in Ireland , and that the presumed adlUeaion pf the new Roinun Catholic Archbishop of Oushel : to these viows M . an incentive , to vigorous moasuros . ^ his reformation is to embrace tUp prolaoy , prioathood , And . all tho Qcolofliaaticul and lay establishments in ¦ whioh Irian Catholics are educated . The moans by ¦ which , . lit M to bo oflfcotpd is the , confldng tho discussion , « ud dfloiplon , of ftll-national religious or religio-poliLical questions practically to . the four Archbishops and the J ' wpaSCWVioi , ftJt Jtoma . A xumonr . has clroulated for omo days -past In Parts that tho system has boon

      « cfaMillyioaaiineiK : ed ,, at least bo : &r . * s dhe Jtrish -College an Uiis city- as caaceraed . JEt is affirmed , iaoirever , on good aurifcaxity , -that nby tfiur -the sgseater number -of the iriah Bishops are -opposed to toe . change . "

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      THE INDIAN REVOLTThe recent evente before the -walls of Delhi are-thus » 4 lated in fullrby the TimesiBombsuy . correspondent , iiTader date July 14 th . * . — "On the * norning of the 12 th of June , a most deter--mined and well-planned assault was -made upon both extremities of oar line-atjionce . On the right , et Hindoo liao ' s house , the attack was promptly defeated , and the troops at that post < 60 th Gboorkas and Guides ) slew considerable numbers of the enemy , . fifty of them in one garden , it is * aid . But on the left there seems to have been-sometihing of a surprise . The battery at-the signal tower was surrounded , and would probably , but . for the signal . gallantry of a picket of the 75 th , have been

      captured . The flank of the position was in imminent danger of being turned . But the nine-pounder battery in the oentre opened fire , supports were brought up rapidly , and at length , though not till after a hard fight of two hours , the enemy . gave way afc all points . The loss on this day "Ml chiefly upon the 2 nd Europeansand the Totb . Captain Knox of the latter regiment was shot through the head wliile leading his men to the tower battery . On the day following , a large enclosure in advance of our left , known as Metcalfe House , was occupied by our troops , and the erection of a battery of heavy guns and mortars commenced . Against this battery a sortie Was directed on the 15 th , but was repulsed without difficulty , as had been another earlier in

      the same day against our right . On the 17 th an affair took place in which we were the' assailants . That morning a ¦ shot'from the city struck the corner of H indqo Rao | s house , and , ghincing off , killed Lieutenant Wheatley , of the late 5-itb , attaclied to the Ghoorkas , and ( it is ^ said ) six men . Having , this advanced post of ours well under fire in front , the enemy determined to attempt it also in flank , and for this purpose commenced on the 17 th to throw up a battery outside the western gates of the tqwn , at a large building known as the 3 Eedghah . There they were attacked that same afternoon by Major Tombs ' s troop of Horse Artillery , -some cavalry , Kifles , and Ghoorkas , and beaten otrt of the place with , the loss of the only gun -they had -time to bring out , all their

      -ammunition , and , perhaps , one hundred lives . 'For this achievement , the Major received high commendation fi'om General Barnard , who rode over to . his position for the purpose . Two days later—on the l £ Kh—appeared the mutineers from Nusseerabad ,. the late 15 th and 30 th Regiments , with the battery of artillery that the Bombay Lancers vainly attempted to rescue , and made an audacious irruption into the rear of our lines . They were encountered at firat by the troops of the Rajah , of Jheend , who behaved extremely well , and afterwards by the 9 th Lancers and Artillery . On the following morning they renewed the attack , and were finally repulsed with upwards of -two hundred killed . Our loss was , however , severe . Colonel Yule , of the 9 th Lancers , was killed , and Lieutenant Humpbrys , of the late 20 th , and Alexander , of the late 3 rd . The wounded officers were Colonel Becher , Daly of the Guides , and four of the

      Rifles , whose names are not given . The 21 st and 22 nd were quiet so far as sorties are concerned , though the batteries on cither side were busy as usual ; but on the 23 rd ' the enemy attacked us , ' so runs the message sent to Lahore , 'in groat force from-the Subssec Mundee side ( on out right flank and rear ) and fought moat desperately the whole day long . They had p . strong position in a village and among the garden walls . Our loss has been great for us , but the loss of the mutipeors has been very ' considerable , ' Later accounts say that the enemy ' s dead were counted at the close of the day 'by hundreds , the aggregate ; being estimated at not loss than 1000 . This terrible defeat appeared to . huvo cowed their spirit , for the three following clays they never sho-wed outside tho \ valla , and when , on the 27 th ,-they did come out , they confined themselves to distant skirmishing , appearing ontirely , to have lost tho vigour and resolution that had ^ characterized their behaviour on previous occasions . "

      Several communications from Europeans residing in the disordered districts to their friends in England have been transmitted to tho daily papers , where they have been printed . Drom a letter , dated Benares , June 18 th , wo derive the annexed particulars : — " Tho Silchs at Jaunporo have mutinied , and deliberately auot tholr commanding officer . Only five miuutos before , they were shaking hands with tho European residents and swearing to dofotid them with thohlives . Tho residents wore congregated at tho collector ' s

      office . Besides , Cuppago , the 'joint namglatruto , was murdered , and Threapland and his wlfo . These two latter wore , shot before a peon pf mine . He eaye , they foil on . thq"ir knees pleading far life—the reply was a yollqy which jput an end to thoiv existence . There were children , too , but no one knows what has become of them . The ree . fc escaped 4 o a factory WHenco they wore rescued by a painty of volunteers , accompanied by twenty-five 'soldiers sent from hero . The commandant ' s wlfo died through fright at the factory , and was burloU

      there . Sihe . other murdered ones lie at Jnunpore , anburied . "¦ My last letter reeeiv-ed £ om inoknow was dated the 3 rd of June . The-whole of -tiie native troops thereJhad mutinied , and been joined by the . ca ^ valry . The whole country-bas risen as one . man . -The . residency is Qg sieged . IThe -besieged aTe hopeful , and expect to hold out , till reinforcements iarrive . They imve been suffering for maaymtontha . Her Majesty ' s 32 nd are there , < an Sir H . .-Lawrence is the beat man in . India ; they .-could have for the emergency . But yet the nuittbecs aeeie-nand a ihostile and fanatic people are to be di ? eaded . God grant that : they may iold out , otherwise fearful . wUi-fae the butchery . Theyiiave jiigh upon two . hundred ladies m . the residency . " iCawnpore is in a most ticklish state . They hare but five hundred Europeans , if so many , with some artillery . They have entrenched themselves .

      " The Ghoorkas at Simla have quietly taken possession of-the station and the treasury ; ditto Kussowlee . All the ladies made a clean bolt to Dughshai , poor things , and have taken shelter in . the . barracks . The troops have all moved down to Delhi . ; Some of them j-an . doi \ r n khuds ( deep . hollows—the bottoms of precipitous mountain slopes ) , and , after twenty hours' continual-march , reached iDughsbai . Others , on-foot and in . every conceivable wa 3 , made their way to the same place with only what they had on their backs .

      " Here we . are hanging -y day , and the gibbet is in full work . We . must deeiinate the half of the population before we can get our prestige hack . Next year will be a year of famine , I anticipate . Plague and pestilence follow . Every one , from the ryot to the zemindar , is . plundering and murdering , and if this- state of things last , where will be the harvest I am afraid that from scarcity this city will be hard to hold . The roads are all closed , and there is no income of grain . Taking our own . division only , Jaunpore , Azimguur , and Gonuhpore areempty and . burnt to the ground . Allahabad is a heap of ruins , and not one village hut is out on & marauding-expedition . "

      A letter from the wife of Lieutenant Charles Tucker , late of the 15 th Irregular Cavalry—the only one belonging to that body whose life vrtts sparedrelates the circumstances of his escape . He is now safe with his wife , or was at the last accounts ; but he was suffering from fever , brought on by bis seventeen days ' perils . Mrs . Tucker thus -writes : — "On the Sunday before the mutiny at Sultanpore ( which was on the Tuesday morning ) , Charlie went out some distance to meet the wing of his regiment whiclj he commanded at Seetapore , and which was inclined to mutiny , to see if he could pacify the men ; and he appawith thsecond in

      rently did so , and brought them , e command ,, into Sultanpore on the Monday night late . About eight o ' clock on tho Tuesday morning poor Colonel Fisher , while out , was shot through the body by the native police . Charlie directly went to him , and , after much trouble , persuaded some of the men to get him into a dooly . He said he was dying ; but Charlie took out the ball , and gave him some water . Ho then tried to persuade the regiment to come near their Colonel , but no one would obey any order . They were all under some trees close to our house . A party of them then made a rush at Captain Gibbings , who was on horseback at a little distance , and killed him ; and then tho

      men shouted to Charlie to go away . " He found it -was all over then , and so rode off . Three men rode after him about a mile , and then returned . Ho thinks that they must have wished 1 o spare him , as they could easily have done anything they liked ; but he was , I believe , a great favourite with tho wing he commanded at Seetapore . He rode some distance , and then got into a jungle , where he stayed a great part of the day ; but ho had first gone into a village , with one of his grooms who had got his marc , and who said he would lake care of him , but Charllo found out that he meant to betray him ; so ho rode oil . "Only fancy how dreadful it was for him to bo wandering about in the heat of the day , not knowing whero to go , and getting people to give him wator to drink at streams ho

      wells , and ot'last drinking it out of little , was so terribly thirsty . At last , about four o ' clock in the afternoon , ho asked a mau whom he saw for some water , ana also if ho could protect him , for he and his horao wore both getting knocked up . The man said ho ivoulU , mul took him into his village and afterwards to his master , who lived in a native fort , and who who the principle person in tho place ; and there Charlie stayed until the party from hero went to fotoh him . Uu cscapo was most providential , for he did not know the people about there . Soon after ho . had reached tho nativos house four others from Sultan pore arrived ; but one oi them knew the way to tho person who took Charlie in . Ho must bo a most noblo-hoartod native , for when mo took Oudo it half mined him . He is to havo quiuitltiua of presents from Charlie , St . George , Homy , and 1 w-

      lieve from Govornnient . " , _ .. Mr . S . II . Bataon , surgeon of the late 74 th Nfttno Infantry , glvqB a vqry interesting account crt his © scape from Delhi to the army now sitting in tronc of thtit city . It wus « t flrat reported that he lug been linussncred -5 but 'this was erroneous . wo Btertoir . —

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 22, 1857, page 798, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2206/page/6/