 Complete the following phrase:  At his trial in Tralee there were pleas of mercy for him, in particular, and Nu was sent to Australia for seven years on 8 August 1867. During the voyage Nu wrote humorously for the ships newspaper The Wild Goose about his escape from the train and he also organised social events for his fellow convicts. The newspaper was issued and read aloud weekly on board. There were over 250 convicts aboard the Hougoumont; more than sixty of these were fellow Irish nationalists. Most of these were there as a result of the March 1867 abortive 