The following is the correspondence referred to in Mr.Balfe's letter in yesterday's Mercury:- No. 1.—[COPY.] 20th September, 1860. ...
Article : 1,247 wordsAn enquiry was commenced yesterday at the Royal Hotel, Liverpool-street, before A. B. Jones, Esq., Coroner, to investigate the cause and origin of the late fire, which occurred ...
Article : 1,572 wordsMAILS will close at the General Post Office, Hobart Town, as under:- For Adelaide and Sydney via Melbourne, per first vessel on Saturday next, at 5 p.m. ...
Article : 65 wordsNovember 1.—Esperanza Packet, Port Esperance, timber and palings. ENTERED OUT. November 1.—Alarm, brig, 196 tons, Mitchell, for ...
Article : 99 wordsAT a meeting of the Executive Council held yesterday, Mr. FRANCIS SMITH, the late Attorney-General, was sworn in as Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court, in place of Mr. THOMAS ...
Article : 72 wordsNovember 1.—Wind, N.E., light; weather fine. Bar. 30.18. Therm. 53. Ozone 7. LOW HEADS. SAILED. ...
Article : 51 wordsSIR,—I beg leave to hand you, for the information of the Municipal Council of Glamorgan, a report of all robberies, and abscondings from hired service, officially reported to me, as ...
Article : 1,158 wordsTHE new Ministerial arrangements have been completed. The Cabinet is reconstructed, in precise accordance with the announcement that appeared in the Mercury a fortnight back. Mr, ...
Article : 159 wordsThe Boindie, from the East Coast, with a cargo of produce, came in yesterday atternoon. The Isabella, whaling barque, Captain Peters, returned to port to obtain fresh funds in the place of some ...
Article : 380 wordsMR. HONE has applied for leave to retire upon his full pension from the office he has held for many years, as Commissioner of the Court of Requests in this City. The last official act of ...
Article : 254 wordsThe wheat market is quiet at 8s. 3d to 8s 6d per bushel, but few parcels coming forward. For other descriptions of grain there is no inquiry. Since the City of Hobart left yesterday, there has been ...
Article : 130 wordsWe take the following from Monday's "Herald":— Since the publication of our summary for England, on Thurday last, the ordinary course of business has been interrupted by the races. Hence we have nothing ...
Article : 602 wordsSIR,—We have read in your issue of the 15th. instant a letter signed "C. Hazell," introducing to the public a letter addressed to him, signed "Wm. Lyne," reflecting generally upon the ...
Article : 895 wordsMr. Smith's address to his late constituents announcing his retirement from political life appears in another column. The electors of Fingal have therefore to choose a representative ...
Article : 151 wordsAT the Sale of Crown Lands held yesterday at the Old Police Office, a gross sum of £14,365 8s., was realized, of which something over six thousand pounds represents the ...
Article : 170 wordsWE do not clearly understand on what ground the COLONIAL, TREASURER of New South Wales bases his proposal to levy an ad valorem duty of ten per cent upon manufactured goods ...
Article : 1,731 wordsSIR,—The subject of the Church of England's finances has again been brought before the public in the recent meeting at Hobart Town, and it is to be inferred from the speeches at ...
Article : 937 wordsWE haveone day's later papers from Melbourne, but they contain no local news that has not been anticipated by telegraph. Adelaide papers to the 25th ult., and Mauritius to the 20th August, ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 2 Nov 1860, Page 2
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