In the event of tbe siege of Paris being prolonged until provisions grow scarce, it may be worth while for the friends of the besieged to consider whether food could not be dropped from ...
Article : 221 wordsDRUNKENNESS.—Robert Terry and Anthony Herman, for being drank, were fined 10s.; in default, twenty-four hours' imprisonment.— Robert Swan, for a similar offence, was ...
Article : 1,683 wordsBy the arrival of the Indian mail, particulars have been received of the destruction caused by the earthquake of the 11th of April in Thibet. The first shock was at five in the ...
Article : 157 wordsWe have more rain, and to-day the weather is very unsettled. The roads again are very bad, and the river is rising rapidly. Grass was never more abundant. ...
Article : 401 wordsA rather amusing occurrence took place here a few nights ago. In one of the public inns, a conversation arose in reference to the present denizen of Wilbelmshöhe. Apart from the ...
Article : 269 wordsTHE PLATFORM AT CAMBERWELL.—The passenger platform for the use of the residents of Camberwell was finished on Thursday last, but not before it was wanted. It is now, I ...
Article : 764 wordsDec. 3.—City of Adelaide (s.), 615 tons, Captain Walker, from Melbourne 1st instant, with 16 passengers. 3.—Balclutha (s.), 272 tons, Captain Hill, from ...
Article : 431 wordsAs we mentioned in our last issue, the Clarence district had again been in flood, and a resident of the Little River informs us that the southern waters rose much higher during ...
Article : 1,547 wordsBy the arrival of the Royal mail-steamer Cambrian, we learn that the newly-discovered diamond-fields of the V[?]al are expected to turn out very rich, and from every town and village ...
Article : 311 wordsMargaret Waters and Sarah Ellis, sisters, were convicted of the crime of "baby-farming" on Friday, the 23rd ultimo, and sentenced, Waters to death, and Ellis to imprisonment for ...
Article : 662 wordsSince tbe Emperor's surrender there have been many rumours afloat concerning the state of his private finances, in which it was asserted that he had not only made too free with the ...
Article : 314 wordsSEVERE STORM AT DURAL.—The Dural correspondent of the Cumberland Mercury regrets having to report that a very severe thunderstorm passed over Dural on Wednesday last. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 57 wordsYour "Special" was greatly surprised on receiving his copy of your issue of Saturday, at finding that it did not contain a letter which he wrote and posted for the Mercury on Thursday, in ample time for it to ...
Article : 623 wordsCOMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.—There was a slight improvement in the import markets yesterday, chiefly for country supplies. Brcadstuffs opened dull, and prices more in favor of buyers. The brandy ...
Article : 211 wordsThe Russian press continued to advocate the cause of France even after the surrender of Napoleon. The Moscow Gazette published a warm appeal to Europe, urging her to intervene, ...
Article : 286 wordsDUBBO STOCK REPORT.—December 1: The weather durine the post week has been delightful. The days have been tolerably warm, but a cool breeze has done much to neutralise the ho[?]ess of the sun's rays. ...
Article : 1,275 wordsACCIDENT.—An accident, which might have been attended with more serious consequences, happened to Mr. Redman, of this city, on Monday. He was riding from Lambton to ...
Article : 334 wordsAccording to the correspondence of the Chicago Tribun[?], the excitement caused by the discovery of these mines is very great:—"Fifteen hundred would be a low estimate of the ...
Article : 734 wordsMr. A. Seymour, M.P. for Salisbury, and Colonel Carleton, addressed the following protest to the Governor of Sedan respecting the treatment of French prisoners at Glaire and Iges:— ...
Article : 702 wordsA communication from Port Blair Bays:—The account of a daring escape of some life convicts, Bengalees, from this settlement will no doubt be of interest to your readers. The convict ...
Article : 433 wordsSINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—On Sunday last, as a gentleman was standing in George-street, he was trifling with a cane he held in his hand, bending it against the ground, and in its rebound ...
Article : 117 wordsMr. Myles M'Rae reports:—Luceme hay £[?] to £4 per ton; downward tendency. Wednesday, recd. 9.15 evening. When the Assembly met to-day, Robertson ...
Article : 105 wordsACCIDENT.—In consequence of the stage on which some half-a-dozen carpenters who are at work upon Mr. Newton's new vessel were standing, having suddenly, at the close of last ...
Article : 379 wordsOn Oct. 1 pheasant-shooting commenced, and if we may form an opinion from the reports sent to us by our numerous correspondents, there is every hope of abundant sport. The ...
Article : 196 wordsMessrs. Dalmahoy Campb[?]ll and Co. report:— Fat Cattle: 1300 for the week; 1000 sold at lale rates, say prime light weights beef 20s. 6d. to [?] per 100 lbs.—Fat Sheep: Moderately supplied. ...
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), Thu 8 Dec 1870, Page 3
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