11 JUNE 1904, Page 16

(TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."]

SIR,—Your readers may be interested to know that the verses entitled " Chillianwallah " were written by a well-known Irish barrister, the late Jack Sheehan, and were originally con- tributed to Bentley's Miscellany. They were afterwards re- published, with many other verses, under the title of "The Bentley Ballads" (edited by John Sheehan, and published by Richard Bentley and Son, 1876), a copy of which I have before me; and, among other contributors. I note the names of "Thomas Ingoldsby," R. G. Latham, Thomas Love Peacock, Edward S. Creasy, "Dr. Maginn," "Father Front," and Longfellow.—I am, Sir, &c., ROLF CREASY.

Windlesham, Surrey.