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  2. ARRIVAL OF THE SUEZ MAIL, AT ADELAIDE.

    The mail steamer Sumatra has arrived. PASSENGER LIST. The passenger list for Sydney is as follows: —Messrs. J. G. Muir, A Cooper, G. Spencer, ...

    Article : 54 words
  3. THE LONDON SCHOOL BOARD.

    An unpleasant conflict is waging between the London School Board and the supporters of Ragged Schools. Magisterial decisions have been given against the latter on the ground of ...

    Article : 39 words
  4. The Newcastle Brewery.

    For some time past Messrs. Wood Brothers, of this city, conjointly with Messrs. Prendergast and Fitzgerald, the well-known proprietors of the Castlemaine Brewery, Sydney, have been ...

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  5. UNSEA WORTHY SHIPS.

    Some stir has been mide by the Fife agent of Plimsoll at Liverpool having telegraphed to the Queen to stay the departure of an uuseaworthy vessel. The matter has been referred to ...

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  6. THE ROYAL FAMILY.

    H.R.H. Prince Leopold having completed his University education, has given up his Oxford residence, and taken up his abode at Boyton Codford, Wilts. His Royal Highness's ...

    Article : 66 words
  7. A CASE OF SMALL POX—PASSENGERS IN QUARANTINE.

    It was reported that between Galle and King George's Sound symptoms of small-pox had occurred in the case of one of the native firemen; that the pationt had been at once ...

    Article : 75 words
  8. THE WAINWRIGHTS.

    The subscription for the widow and children of Henry Wainwright amounts to £1200. ...

    Article : 23 words
  9. DISTRICT NEWS.

    ACCIDENTS.—Mr. and Mrs. Hand met with rather a serious accident on Thursday afternoon, when driving out in a buggy. It appears that the horse had a slight sore on the shoulder, and ...

    Article : 530 words
  10. FENIAN CONVICTS.

    Don Boucicanlt has written a long letter to the Premier appealing for a general amnesty for Fenian convicts. His appeal is based on the popularity of the "Shaughraun," in which an ...

    Article : 56 words
  11. VESSEL GROUNDED AND CAPSIZED.

    The barque Clara Linn, from New Zealand, wheat laden, grounded and capsized on the Humber, when on her way to Goole. The captain's wife and two children and an apprentice ...

    Article : 41 words
  12. TELEGRAPH SUMMARY.

    A large consignment of salmon ova, collected and packed by Mr. Frank Buckland and Dr. youl, has left London in the ship Durham for Australia and New Zealand. The Severn, ...

    Article : 57 words
  13. INTEMPERANCE.

    Lord Lyttleton, speaking at a "Temperance" conference, said he should like to see the Gothenburg plan tried in this country, and he would support such a proposal in Parliament. All ...

    Article : 73 words
  14. SHIPPING.

    The Australia, for Pacific Mail Service, left Plymouth for Melbourne on the 19th instant, with 100 passengers. The Northern Monarch (s.), built for the ...

    Article : 40 words
  15. LADY COWPER.

    Lady Cowper and Bliss Cowper, leave for Sydney in the Durham. ...

    Article : 17 words
  16. MILITARY

    Military man[?]uvres on a more extensive scale than usual. In consequence of a large number of fraudulent enlistments, every recruit brought up at ...

    Article : 45 words
  17. FESTIVITIES.

    Dr. Thomas, the Bishop of Goulburn, entertained a large party of friends at the Cannonstreet Hotel previous to his departure. Mr. Macalister, of Queensland, Was ...

    Article : 146 words
  18. FRENCH FISHERIES QUESTION.

    In attempting to settle the difference between France and England relative to the fisheries, French privileges are, if possible, to be bought up. ...

    Article : 30 words
  19. CALICO BALL.

    On the 7th instant, his Worship Lord Mayor Cotton and the Lady Mayoress gave a calico ball at the Mansion House to four hundred children, who were dressed in all the costumes that ...

    Article : 54 words
  20. BOAT RACE.

    The first professional boat-race of the new year carne off on the 10th, from Putney to Mortlake, between Anderson, of Hammersmith, and Cannon, of Kingston, the former winning by ...

    Article : 83 words
  21. SIR C. S. READ.

    Sir C. S. Read, M.P., speaking in Norfolk, expressed his acknowledgment of the almost unanimous verdict of approval which followed his retirement from the Government. ...

    Article : 76 words
  22. COOLIE LABOUR.

    Arrangements are being made at the Cape of Good Hope for an importation of Coolie labour. The, Government allow £7 per head for every Chinaman delivered in the colony up to 1000. ...

    Article : 37 words
  23. THE IRON AND COAL TRADES.

    There is great danger of a general war between masters and men in the iron trade on the vital question of piecework. Messrs. Easton and Anderson, owners of Erith iron works, ...

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  24. THE EAST COAST OF AFRICA.

    Dr. Kirk and officers of the Thetis having been refused a landing at Brava, on the East Coast, demanded and obtained an apology from the Commandant. They were prepared to ...

    Article : 41 words
  25. THE SLAVE CIRCULAR.

    Agitation against the new Fugitive Slave Circular is spreading through the country. Sir Vernon-Harcourt says that the Government find it impossible to place themselves in harmony ...

    Article : 134 words
  26. THE WAR AT PERAK.

    Official intelligence from Penang states that operations against a disaffected village on both sides of the Perak were undertaken on the 4th instant. On the right bank disarmament was ...

    Article : 88 words
  27. COONAMBLE.

    A sad and fatal accident occurred about eight miles from here, during a heavy storm here on Saturday afternoon last. A boundary rider named Pigott, in the employ of W. F. Buchanan, ...

    Article : 280 words
  28. ARMY REFORM.

    John Holmes, M.P. for Hackney, has commenced a campaign for army reform, to which he has devoted special attention. He has addressed large public meetings at Sheffield, ...

    Article : 67 words
  29. CRETE.

    A movement is on foot in Crete for the annexation of that island to Great Britain. It is, however, opposed by the Greek party, and much agitation prevails in reference to the subject. ...

    Article : 39 words
  30. GAMBIA.

    A cummittee has been formod in London to oppose the cession of the Gambia settlements to France. Sir Charles Wingfield is chairman. Alderman M'Arthur intends to bring the ...

    Article : 42 words
  31. MR. PLIMSOLL. — MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    Mr. Plimsoll has returned from his European tour of inquiry and inspection; and last week he addressed an enthusiastic gathering of his constituents at Derby. There have been ...

    Article : 69 words
  32. EXPLORATION OF CENTRAL AFRICA —RICHNESS OF THE INTERIOR.

    Letters from Lieutenant Cameron were read at the last meeting of the Geographical Society, descriptive of the journey from Lake Tanganyika to the West Coast. The interior is ...

    Article : 113 words
  33. THE LIBERAL PARTY.

    On the lOth, Sir Vernon-Harcourt delivered the last of three speeches at Oxford, in which he surveyed the position of the Liberal party and its future policy. He deprecated a too ...

    Article : 45 words
  34. CLAIMS AGAINST THE CROWN.

    Leonard Edmund's suit against the Treasury is lost. The bill was met by a demurrer, on the ground that pecuniary redress can only be obtained from the Crown by a Petition of ...

    Article : 64 words
  35. EGYPT.

    Important successes have been obtained by the Egyptian forces in Abyssinia. The Abyasinian General Kirkham and two English men having been taken prisoners at Cairo, the end of ...

    Article : 100 words
  36. MEWCASTLE.

    The Treasurer of the Newcastle Jockey Club has presented the following report to the committee:—I have much pleasure in submitting to you the balance-sheet for the May races of ...

    Article : 1,434 words
  37. COURT OF ARCHES.

    The first prosecution under the Public Worship Regulations Act, in which the Rev. C. J. Redsdale, of Folkestone, is respondent, is proceeding in the Arches Court. ...

    Article : 36 words
  38. EMBEZZLEMENT.

    A clerk in the employ of Messrs. Beidemann and Co. has been committed for. embezzling between £4000 and £5000. ...

    Article : 26 words
  39. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

    News from the Cape to December 25 states that a dispatch has been received from the Earl of Carnarvon, pointing out that it would ...

    Article : 140 words
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