23 MAY 1868, Page 1
The letters from New South Wales detail at great length
O'Farrell's atrocious attempt to murder Prince Alfred on the 12th March, near Sydney, and the passion of loyalty to which the attempt gave occasion. It would appear, if O'Farrell's statement is to be trusted, that he was the agent selected by other persons for this task, in which be was not, as he asserts, sorry to have failed. If so, le certainly set about his task with wonderful care for a man who would be glad to fail. Ile fired two shots, one which hit the Prince, and one which missed him after he had fallen, and was prepared with a third.
