AN ILLUSTRIOUS ARRIVAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 26, 28 January 1876, Page 4

AN ILLUSTRIOUS ARRIVAL.

AiMl^.yjH}^^ litv^iWyß^ * -••""'' lAA yAAXA-Af., (iAfchtarid Star.) f „ | //; ! ';; l/y/ : Many!;oif ..pur readers, have no doubt, bhs^pfed^BinbW the arrival of tiWship Carnatic, an ecoen trie-looking military ,;minv ; ab Koiaifo/m of a^cplon^bf; artillery, with top-boots and spure, and all the etceteras complete, though rather the worse for / '.^t^B^dt^iftieil by iwboddly-diresseclV ''^-•'chiiiireri^^walKing' about Queen-street;* ///ahd/tbti: wbarfj and taking Btock of the' //iispißCt ydfy thP'-plaoe and the*, inhabitant^; in puqh « nianner as tp confirm the be/^liefewarranied!/ by his singular attire " f%}^!^A^i a^hew-^cßum'^ -This Btngui;. A ila^^divißual is Li.eutvCplonel Faddyp passenger by/the Carnatic. He ; /^ia^iiiKtibe/ curipusp position ef being heir s;/tq*itesr;t«he pt i £lß,<>po^a-year > and yet / ybelngftJßO/ poor that this morning -^be ■ /^e^t^ttipiit hia -breakfast till twelve . money to |)By /■/ Gpi^SlSi^s|ah^^ .>eterap_; and/ ; i had gone ; through;' some ; notable adven//tureß, bnp.Q^/pur.ataff in /vipiday^n^r^ : / inf,np ;wise'ioath| communicated !the fol/"4j^ingfip^feicularß of /his career r-^Hp/ AAi?'^ -*ii**!V • B*>n tpf > G|Bneral Faddy, i-_ ;/:/wejfls^ shire, poseeesed of great wealth, whioh, 0 ; jtS j use i thevGploneUa "he knows '^ ; -Ho^fo/itee^^ let me see V^'xn'udfc'^ofriti" Peter Paddy entered the fy ;arm y. -^-;an/-eariy jßjgPi/ and was not long /^•be%rs!^*ii^^e^ He was-i attaohed to /y the/Rpya]^ :/;/waß7tt6r;'^ in theße /v/baHiaJ^ -the ' Kaffir war Ke / was^ppbinted; to: the command of the Ifp/ljßt^irigade^t^ Wool wiobi At the outIp/diah ,mutipy he reoeived AA ;b^dbl^itb^rbceed to India to comrannd iff tl^Ri^ai/Aftillerynof the Madras Pre- ; -/^id^^^/During/, the/ ihu tiny he ">.. war yTaU :^hrbugh-t^ India, where he commanded a division. /] A Qui ■ oif :\£MOQb prise. /(mbney,/ -be had / /^/^ply^recbived about £800 up to 1872. - *The/GbipnpV ; ihe^ .the prize y/age^t|H^ Spearman : that if his / settled that evening, he ;f would ; V gallop their ibsides out;" ,At ./ithis/fearf ul threat^an /order/ was at once* |/ P?^§o/^fl^^^2opo of the money. y /Wjinle^ hands . . of '>;^"tKe'-a|eb^'' :^b^ !l .the and his children were Akin t^wb^^uiseii/ /BfitHo/gb back to |/c;|bb^ndi^^mVtiny. ./'/. The most celeyfbiSled e^loi^^^^^ ;§fhiWf relfiWd^tb- /plir^fpp^esentative was iyvtbjß>Blay.iiag-t»6"f^ l^pal^Fing/ in single yl/^bitnh^t:under /extraordinary cirfA c i umat ancea V wh i ich /recal forcibly. . the, and. Saladin ;^;;ifelated in the. Talisman. In relating will endeavor to -/ yad^e^^thbiiangSagei^pf /they Colonel if /y^if^Wbll?^ l^ iit'i/.waa. one fine day in :^^'§4^-'-^^,e/;-'were' /in . head-quarters/ /$/ai^sE.utep^;in ./r-B.pndelcund: - d r — -d ■-.' : ;WSs,^^^r In' the //^ai^rnp;bn/an officer' named Campbell S>;arn¥e9rin ;af frightful state of excite;y/jm^Ji^audj/r^ the rebels had ;; fA roaaßacred '<. tyfp} /jof his v f el low. officers. f£ Th^y?bad^utMff;the|r head^ made o^h^.m^arr^/tbbm- telling him they were • / gbin/"^-: tb' /se|vb him the ; same. Sir /; //Gpiin/Gampbell^juraped up, and. with a "/^'".KM»"at-* ; oat'ir swore to revenge, their, v/ >deaths. .He ordered; tnes as being pop ■^i;sb'f-T-'the'./bra officers, to take a r/!;banii^bfiop"me^ different // /Bativbycor.p^,/-:and /immediately • go in-- \ jpp^ lOQmiles^ y/in*f69;bou //; Ja|tj|a^ y,.*l^Qo|stmn^ yi_vs?thßy7bad //. determined^tb atiack^ //:- fpu'r^n^tfo^'hou^ '"^bji ! : : ae 'fy}oi\j]fiwyjfcfyA cpujtd^i' we/set on them . ;://;C.onfpund ; |hejr,biack^ I. They Ay kil iejS^ t3Xof > : before we* go fcr to /lvppal Sing, who was ; inv/oobi:/if:.ttaftdMbtethemys;: cap»e ; strai g h t '<-/•■ at ■- m b, ~; tti& : ifight bptween/^ua separated-: and^ f /lopped ;bn..; He was a. fine fellow ». ,and., ///bamfey^t 1 /^ g /' dence. AfAWfi- fought oh horseback for ?4;ab^t^av^quar/ter of/an hpur, when--a- : A a blb^t/rejcpivbd ''. unhorsed me.' The If. ho^lia^saviige: took no advantage' of my ' ; y>iajl r but/witb /the .greatest, courtesy diemounted himself, led his horse to a / ;'/ ;se*Vant^^^ ahd • 'advanced to meet me oh/ f^dftifAy.-We^thta .went' at ,it again and.-^ |, bujr^sfp^fL^ sbmetuhe for half s anihour. At laat he got a out at :/V ro_y //beadi -and - though my cavalry cap / ; save^d ■ me , I , Teceived . a. nasty Wound * fAiiS^^^i&m^\(jf I^pusecl by the pain /; ; tpvfreßh- efforts I now sent home almost /w.i^h'iTmy : last 'Btrength a well-directed tbru&t at his breast. Thia did tH'e'bo.si^ y>ne|s,.for t the blade went right through / biro, and we fellall of a lieap together. «We . / were -both taken up for dead, but though I was badly tiuf^ -".;hiy wounds were not' / mortal.*/ 'AjSfexi, day .fbrty of the rebel /chiefs i/eftm'e itf ohd Surrendered, but ./ thei^ wpuld giv^iip their swords to no •"_yoi^-b^i./4me.^;. /Such is the CplopelV account, sod we may add that, in proof pf his aesertionß, he produces the sword / of*- Hapal Sing, wblcb he retained as a //trbpby, and also an inscription qn his i/fp^n|e^prd(giv /^fie^^nture.^. Wo 1 mayi add -tbat ri^i^heM^altay^ upfor-/ ///tpnatb in his private relations. He has '^'-_i^^i*P^|^te/d r 'i?wioSil: ;.^nd' '"hia -v lnat." wife/ y^yaS^BP^tfsf^w iili*-ii i «r/fgr pbiii- ri an'ia i '"J63bob. of*' ://^Bh^p^incb^,lns/re turnirom India. : When / -/ »i^^^^he^id ;^M^ h^; ■ r^r^^hp,^

Colonel;. replied "Drove four-in-hand, )ind_got*int'o/i|tib^."]:^lt.iß''Baid that /or months he used to lie at night under a barlow in Convent G-Urdeh Market;"/ His father's neglect ia attributable he-' pays to a second marriage. But ; we must state in justice to the relations of the/Colonel that: he spends everything,: as fast as, he gets it.: Some remarkable instances of this oocurred just before the voyage. /He declares that one of his sons is to be a Colonel of the &3rd Highiandera; and the other to be; captain of a fine frigate. The: .Colonel's/' adventures would fill a volume, but we have bo space for more. One fact more. - He/wears an imitaUon order of the "Star of India." : :'HV acknow? ledges that the original ia "up the spout." The. -.Colonel : is going _, to Napier thia afternoon, ; where he Bays he ia "to receive tlie appoihtnaeht ol luepector of Constabulary. . \.