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 \U55111L, '1 ham IIo\va1d,a well known
writer and neusp1per co1"1.1espyo11de_11t, who re-
ceived his education at the univetsity of Dub-
lin. In 18112 he 1ep:1ired to London to seel:
employment as reporter for the daily pr,ess
and ultimately, 111 the follmving year, suc-
ceetled 111 obtainin'r an eng' 11'ren1ent 0n the staff
of the‘ “limes’ ’ newspaper, tor which he re-

ported, in 1845, an account of the monster
meetings which were then taking place in Ire
land. In 1846 he entered at the Middl
Temple, and 111 the same ye: 1r \
during: the famine as special cor
. the‘ ‘I\I0rning Chr’ouicle. ’ He was. however
again taken 011 the staff of the “Times” i1
1847, and was employed in making reports 0
various public events until the outbreak of th
Ixussian war, when he was selected to proceet’
to the Crimea, and supply that journal witl
descriptions of the military operations. Th
result is well known. His brilliant and pic.
tu1esqne pen furnished the public with th
most graphic accounts of wh 1t tool; place it
camp or 111 the field while his quick- sightednes:
and fearless honesty led him to expose the de
fective :111angements, and the incompetence o
ineitness of those in comm 1nd In lnicf, l1'
w 1% :1 .IHIHIC mover of that inquiry v hich 1e
snltetl 1n nnpi. min: the condition oftl1e1’1itish
army before ; ..1:1~topol. IIis \aluable contii
' 1e afterwards 11 printed
I11 115311 he became LLI). of

ty ()i Dublin, and subsequently too
the 111:11mgem nt of the “Naval and \lilitnr;
Gazette.” lIe \isited India 111 1857, and wit
nessed the suppression of the Indi' 111 mutin3
by Lord Clyde. Aiter the outbreak of [l1(
civil war in America, he acted for some tim
as special correspondent of the “Times” ii
that country, but being refused permission t1
accompany the Federal army, returned t:
England in 1862. He accompanied the Ans
trian army in the “Seven \Veelts’ \V 11 "
1866, after recording the unsuccessful attemp
to lay the Atlantic Cable 111 186;, and 111 1,13.
\isited Err qypt in the Suite of the l rince o
\Vales. “11:; Written an amusing noyei calle
" l he Adventures of Dr. Brady.” B. in Dub-
lin March 28, 1821. '