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  2. AUSTRALIAN MEAT BANQUET.

    Some 1500 of the working men of London and their friends were afforded an opportunity of testing, the qualities of Australian meat at a banquet given to them by a committee of colonists in the Lambeth Baths on 1st December. ...

    Article : 604 words
  3. AMERICA.

    Advices from Winnepeg territory to the 20th of November state that a council of insurgents was held on the 16th, at which no important result was arrived at. A proclamation from Governor Mactavish had been received by them, ...

    Article : 132 words
  4. THEATRICALS.

    Lady Don during the month has been in Bristol and on the Western Circuit The sisters Nelson have migrated from north to south, and have appeared at Exeter in the usual characters they assume. Clarence Holt and his ...

    Article : 188 words
  5. THE OECUMENICAL COUNCIL.

    I have just been four hours in St. Peter's, assisting at a great solemnity, one of 20,000 spectators, I should think. The High Mass on Advent Sunday has always been colebrated in the Sistine Chapel, but that room could not hold ...

    Article : 1,800 words
  6. THE FASHIONS.

    Hats are not by any means adopted for dressy occasions. Whatever may be the form, or howeyer elegant the trimming, they are always considered neglige, and suitable rather for country than town wear. Bonnets are now such more ...

    Article : 485 words
  7. THE BYRON CONTROVERSY.

    The "Byron controversy" has, fortunately, almost entirely expended itself. It will probably be revived before long, however, as it is understood that Mrs. Stowe is preparing a rejoinder to her antagonis. One of the most ...

    Article : 159 words
  8. SHOCKING COLLIERY EXPLOSION AND GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.

    On November 15, an explosion took place in No. 5. pit of the Mess Hall Coal Company's collieries, at Platt Bridge, three miles from Wigan, The shaft is two hundred and seventy-five yards deep, and has been recently constructed. ...

    Article : 127 words
  9. WATER POLICE COURT.

    BEFORE their Worships the Water Police Magistrate, with Messrs. G. Elliott and W. Day. Thomas Brady, for being drunk and disorderly i[?] Dowling-street, was sentenced to pay a penty of 5s, in ...

    Article : 204 words
  10. TRADE CIRCULARS. WOOL.

    SINCE the commencement of the present series, when we advised a general advance on all descriptions of wool, there have been considerable fluctuations in prices, During the first week Cape wools sold with considerable spirit, at an advance of fully 1d per ...

    Article : 1,244 words
  11. METALS.

    During the past month we have had a moderate amount of business, but principally for immediate export and consumption. The most important event in our market during the month was the breskdown of the tin speculation, which had been carried on ...

    Article : 383 words
  12. FATAL STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION ON THE CLYDE.

    On Thursday, December 2, a sad occurrence took place on the Clyde, between Innellan and Dunoon, by the blowing up of the boiler of a screw steam-lighter, causing the deaths of the whole crew, supposed to number five men, ...

    Article : 196 words
  13. DEATH OF MADAME GRISI.

    Mdme. Grisi, the celebrated singer, died at the Hotel du Nord, Berlin, on the 25th November, of inflammation of the lungs, in her 59th year. The fact was formally announced in a Paris law court when Mdmo. Grisi's ...

    Article : 86 words
  14. BOROUGH COUNCILS.

    Cook.—A meeting of the Council was hold at the Council Chamber, on the 3rd instant. Present—the Mayor (Alderman Bennett) and Aldermen Hinds and M'Grath. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. ...

    Article : 1,247 words
  15. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

    Paris, December 3.—It is semi-officially announced that the telegram published by the Vienna New Free Press, respecting an alleged declaration of the French Ambassador at Constantinople concerning the Turco-Egyptian conflict, ...

    Article : 1,070 words
  16. THE PANTIN MASSACRES.

    The Opinion Nationale states that Traupmann, the assassin of the Kinck family, has made a full confession of his crimes. He had, he says, no accomplices. The elder Kinck he killed on a plain near Guebwitler, on August 25, ...

    Article : 476 words
  17. LIQUORS.

    The qusntities of wines and spirits cleared from bond during the month of October again show a decline compared with the like peried of 1868. The duty question to some extent probably accounts for the reduced quantities of sherry, port, and other ...

    Article : 403 words
  18. LAW. INSOLVENCY COURT.

    JOHN Russell Jones, of Elizabeth-street, Sydney, lately residing at Petersham, gentleman. On petition and affidavit. Liabilities amount to about £2400 and assets to about £2200. The statement required by Rule 20, in ...

    Article : 334 words
  19. AGRARIAN AND OTHER OUTRAGES IN IRELAND.

    On November 22nd, five men attacked a lodge at Hop Island, in the county of Cork, belonging to Mr. Edwards, who is not at present residing there, The lodge-keeper refusing admission, they threatened to burn the house ...

    Article : 767 words
  20. COTTON.

    There was a fair demand for cotton throughout the past month, and most kinds met with a ready sale; but, in consequence of the pressure to sell, prices were somewhat irregular, and declined [?]d to ?d per lb; this has been fully recovered within the last ...

    Article : 372 words
  21. CENTRAL POLICE COURT.

    BEFORE their Worships the Police Magistrate and Mr. Burdekin. Eleven persons were fined in sums varying from 5s. to 20s. on conviction of drunkenness and riotous behaviour. ...

    Article : 940 words
  22. INDIA.

    H. M. S. Galatea arrived at Prinsep's Ghaut yesterday evening. H. R. H. the Duke of Edinburgh immediately landed under a Royal Salute. Processions were then formed in ...

    Article : 660 words
  23. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE.

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