ON the 2nd ultimo, the officers and sorvants of the Queen's Asylum, New Town, assembled at the residence of the Rev.T.J.Ewing, to present an address and testimonial to that gentleman on his departure for Europe. ...
Article : 7,228 wordsNOTHING has been allowed to transpire with reference to the intentions of the government, and the people remain in profound ignorance as to the nature of the ministerial ...
Article : 1,366 wordsTHE fine site presented by the government to the Hobart Town corporation for the new Town Hall having been eleared, the plans prepared at the instance of the Aldermen have been submitted to the ...
Article : 216 wordsTHE adjournment of Parliament, which we noticed in our last summary, was followed by the issue of a proclamation proroguing the Houses, and thus putting a close to the session. ...
Article : 170 wordsBY the present mail a sum of £180 will be forwarded to the Secretary of the Admiralty, being the proceeds of a subscription opened in Hobart Town for the relief of the widows aud children of ...
Article : 77 wordsThe most superficial student of history known of what elements of tragic horror the story of Lucrezia Borgia, as handed down to us in the records of the dark age in which this Queen of poisoners lived, is composed; and ...
Article : 672 wordsTHE announcement of the approaching resignation of the bishopric of the Church of England in Tasmania by the Right Rev. Dr. Nixon, has created a very general feeling of sorrow, not only amongst ...
Article : 2,646 wordsTHE comparative statement of the Territorial Revenue for the Quarters ending respectively the 31st March 1862 and 1863, is published. It exhibit in the ordinary revenue, a decrease in the latter ...
Article : 129 wordsFURTHER communications have been received from Mr. Gould, the Government Geologist, dated the Frenchman's Cap, 9th instant. They are of precisely the same character as previous reports. Mr. ...
Article : 559 wordsThe Judge has refused the injunction to restrain Secretary Arnold from obstructing the Wallsend Company's steam cranes at Newcastle. There is to be an appeal to the full Court. Meantime, the ...
Article : 494 wordsTHE scheme of examination for the Tasmanian Scholarships and the A.A.degree for the year 1864, has been published by the Council of Education. It presents a considerable modification of former ...
Article : 261 wordsALTHOUGH at this moment the harbor presents an extraordinarily barren aspect, we continue to employ a large fleet of merchant vessels in the intercolonial trade. Sydney and Melbourne, but more ...
Article : 92 wordsDURING the month an equestrian company gave a series of performances in a large tent erected on the site of the old government house, about to be appropriated to a new town hall, and drew a ...
Article : 438 wordsONE very gratifying feature of the past month has been the lightness of the criminal calender. The Sessions of the Supreme Court for the general gaol delivery, have been held at Hobart Town, at ...
Article : 235 wordsIt would appear that an expedition for manstealing has Intely been fitted out from the port of Callao, Per[?], ostensibly for the purposes of colonization, virtically for the purposes of slavery. Of ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 23 Apr 1863, Page 3
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