LORD FITZGIBBON.

Kumara Times, Issue 420, 30 January 1878, Page 2

LORD FITZGIBBON.

Soifie' remarkable reports Nave lately cainet cijnvncy to the effect 'thattord ' who'WiiS supjiOsed to' havebeen killed in tlw* B-lacla'vacharge, had rettirnejl'tp England; he riot having been shot de,»4 hut. tftken priso:ier, and, for ' >ui h»sii!t Siberia. . Tt. has also beep, wtated that siii.e hi* ieinriVhe paid' a 1 ■■!■ visit" to the j[ Homislow liki-racks, whereluai ihe Btb Hn*»»f>y is st wid? ■• thafrt' Colonel MnxseKden and-Qiwrtermaster-S Heiferon (formerlyJnni Elizgil>i«ohV servant) hail ileatifictl' him, I:njnii'ii'S have been itftite' as to the truth of.the statement reWing to the visit t«,v the ( ba|iHcks| andta* rej>ly was tint n<». person repWeiving; Mmself as heirk* the, titled-LordGlare a had beai vjt(iftt& » Moreover; Qnarterthe iS&y, who , wete in #r tW&h Hossars :♦ " wli»*ii tfu-d s|^ ( bb\>n. tf».tk the place*" '.oFvl^>^_:(X»rjK^ad*» : (Gapt. ' LoukWofyfyVaticj 1 led t downUo | the\&eV*BJ mor&! ge,' say 1 they were .'' fc<> hiiii' wlieii, ! after the ( ttf' %hey saw- , him Ktniek**ih We'-ohest* Jallnbst atfttie f T «ame moment by twft'b'ulbtn ; and they distinctly p. ..collected < his- losing hold of bis sword (wtficlr Nvas s fn£n hfelling; to'the grouiid by* W stornp'whtoh [ sectored' itW his arm I ),' violently clasping ''■ 1 hi* arms' oil hisi bre*a*ly 'and wyirig ooty > j "'<>, my God, iriy'G'ti; I'm shot f 'With' > i what they be.licve7~to'"~havo been his Wth; be eMrted : Wmelfrtiofc to linger* saying to them,. "Goon." \ ThnS everyone heliev.-di hina to havJVf died the, deathof a heror He was bhQ*7 i directly 1 ' aft.*'" the" deafth>lo# iCaptainlv No!aiu .He.'had £2svin/i»wh,>. was part, of: £SO (served/ .gut;/oti;t.the "■"' morning pf the charge fur.the, G Xrpon. , It m that when .the sojflienr I came hack.} U>umpet-Major several others searched for his body, V '•but it, was neVer found. .Jf Lord iFitzgibbou is redly in this country, as... alleged, the officers and' men of the HiiHaurH. wli«>, knew him \yisli to know whv he has b«en so, l>ackward in, _. calling- upon . them ; .. ,They ~would be glad. to,.see ,and v he must know he was i.eioved by'all of them. TheMoffitfer&'wjio would iwadily recog- * ni.se him, and-receive him with o(»a arnwi; il[j JSatijf {Goioaeb Mu.ssend : n. and (late of the' Btli ■ Ifor'the in-o-ntact wi»h tlu? new_cjaimnefit ipcan l>e stated '^-Ifl^i^b^fq^^ tall—sfvlobi. in heig^jb^iMair r : com- ' a cast in th-( l«jft eyrt andwas in the; h ibit of wearipg, a glawj. If alive, nowh- would be forty- years of age. Twamley, lato; of the Bth Hubs took part in the 1: above 'action,""states! 'that he was in th«* swue. troop with Pitzgib-. bo;i, and, moreover, '»w • •-.:."■• : r. ;: - ."oj; I,* i"j/.i >-.<> *

Hiord "Fitzgibbon was in front of the squadron, about a horse's length from Twamley rode, and the latter aaw him faty, struck by a bullet in the -ahmiHer. On Twamley's return, 'wounded in several places, he came upon the dead body, and carried it towards the rear for about forty yards, 'till ejchaustionirotn his wounds compelled iiim to desist. The relatives of the late Lord Fitzgibbon write to the papers tQ-say that they have never ■heard Any tidings of him since the first news ©f his death arrived in this •country.—Home News-