, 1876-06-17

connections with tho colony, and 50 discreet
w'rc their movements and conduct that no one
dreamed they were anything but what they ap,,
Eearcd E,rI TO bs. VI s.kca no ,q1estion,," sast,
not ii right to knUw."
Toward tic close of The spring Of last year all
the prisoners not On ticketruf-leayc, aud two Of
the men who had tickcts.of-leave, were sent In
working through the bush nn.l lodged In the
principal convict station nt FrcmaiItle. Their
names were james Wilson, Martin 1logun,
Thomas ila1sets, Thothas Dar1aggh, Michael
llfc-scntcnced men, and Thomas Delaney and
James Mccoy, wbose tiekctsrof-lcayc wvrc re-
voked. Tllcsc were all, with the exception nf
'!,. Wilson, engaged y c',nstract'ng, reservoir
ased on hill. intended to supply water to the
shipping IN the llarber. Wilson was training
horse for the doctor of tic prison, and this EN-.
ployment enabled bin to 10 out Of the prisun
cll.Ies for perfectlng the plan Of escape. Many
dlsappotntincn&s occurred, however, owing to
un',rcaeen accidents, and one golden opportu-
nifty VIVA lost through falling To conncct with
was tcstetl ~ the utmost, and the pa
tie1lce VI tic oxpcct:uit prisoners was aorcIy
tried. Still nothing occurred to. arousc tile
suspicion Of the prtson Officials, and lin one coA-
before Foley t,.nk ll's departure he hal atll in-
terVlcw with Wilson, ard on the former uklilnE
hin bow l,e SHOULD correspond with lin, Wllsu,
said, "Dont write to liz my lnurc; ani con
taking his leave two days iatcr neither could
speak, but cunld only e1ylu,ge silent but
hearty shake VI the hund. This was On Jan. u.
Foley took his P:lssasu IN sailng.vessel for
1.on!on, aud aftsr voyage of nincty-four days
Thougb be could not feel sure that all had
escaped, Foley expressed the greatest cuut-
dcnee Fl The safety Of tl.ose who had got on
was sent in pursuit Of lie cstaipa, aceo1dins to
gra}icd hrre from San Francisco, ii only a
bn,ulI screw steamer, built on tne Clyde, al,out
~ toni ns ws Is employed in a,lyns
ern settlement III West Australia, to King
Georges Sound, which IL the nlost soutltr'y
point ut which ycRsels rall in the sa1nc
colony, anu Shy Ia manned by, only ten men ut
the nost-orlInary sailors who never saw any
service. In Perth and F1emantlc there arc not
morc than thirty policemen ut uEy time, and il
MI of those who went nn board tile Georgette,
the released soldiers aud their friends would
make ahoyt work Of them III = lsan!-so-l.a'nt
fight. The only artillery In the eolony Is I'll
rertl-fuur old 9puunders belonging TO " com
Iany OF volunteers, the members of which live
scattered through the surrounding country, and
could not be rot together at short notice. 'ficre
| arc ahont forty retired soldiers living in the
ncghburhood ui Perth, but they arc all old men,
mud could nut a'r collected at my shortrr notice
than the volunteers. It would takc some time
to unlimbvr the guns, get tho GcorKcttc ready,
mud prepare fur 4 pursuit, and tue point on
the coast selected for the Rendezvous, accor.l-
ing to arranEe'nents made previous to
| rum rum Frcniantlc. Eserything considered, It
would take several days IL enable the GcarEcttc
to start ln pursuit, aud by that tinse thu Entalpa,
ur any other vessel on which they might bc,
would be beyond her reach. Thcn the Cur
gctte could not be proytsioncd for long cruise,
nor could the polite force nor the pensioners be
aud there WIS no ship Of war ut nll III tho neigh
boshood. Altogether the ehanees u the recap
ture OF tile prisunuss BY the GeorEcttc appear tu
! be very remote, even Ii ellr would Iisk boarding
| III American slip on the high seas. Boats hui
| been already aevuTed wien Foley left to accorn
| m0tlatc All the prisoners, and convey them i
sufficient distance out to SEA 50 that they might
! not get IN board any ship III British waters.
''1'te news" said Foley, :" seems too good to
within the prison walls, aud NIL call say Is, Gud
speed them on their way, and may God bless
tic Yankee Captain tllat tuck them aboard"
Foley Ia u J4&arB OF agc, and enlisted In 1893
| in the Bonlt,ay Horse Artillery, unIlcr the East
| 1ndia Company, und served Mi through tho St.
puy rebellion. In 1889 he returned to England
| And soon alter re-culiStet IN the Fifth DrNyoot
| Guards, III which regiment he remained till hiE
arrest for Fcninnistil In February, 1AD. He IL 4
J siIuplc, quiet n,an, but known by LIS colnraies
| to be d tuau Of i.ldomttable courage Before lllt
imprisonment, It Is aaid, he Was Il nun Of nug
nIiicent physique, being U feet In height und
| splcnli4ly pruportlnned. At present lie Is re
duced considerably, through tie terrible ordca
through which hr has passed, and yery little O.
that soldiers strut characteristic Ut British
| cayulfymcu can be Noticed In him.