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New Zealand Tablet, Volume II, Issue 110, 5 June 1875, Page 13

At a recent sale of curiosities in IParis, a Turkish scimitar of the 16th century was knocked down to Baron Rothschild for JJ2OOO; it was originally bought by the late owner for XlO. On the 12th April a veteran officer, Mr. John Pollen, eightyfour years of age, was thrown from his horse and killed near Dubbo (New South Wales), and the ' Dispatch ' has learned that the deceased gentleman was at the memorable ball in Brussels •when the distant booming of artillery filled the room with consternation, and summoned the British officers suddenly from the brilliant scene of happy revelry to a scene of glory, certainly, but where they had to enter upon a work of fearful carnage. Mr. Pollen long survived the dangers of the battlefield, though he came not out unscathed, for he bears to the grave the scar of a, sabre-wound across the forehead, and we believe another of a bullet wound in the breast ; but died at last almost unknown, unheeded, and alone, in the Australian bush.