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Lord Naas presented a petition from the Legislative Council of New South Wales. The noble lord was briefly reciting the prayer of the petition, when Mr. Gladstone interrupted him, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →ON Monday, September 27th, Captain FENTO[?] pursuant to notice, rose to move a vote of want of confidence in the Lieutenant-Governor. He expressed great pain at being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT was said, in the course of the recent debates in Council, that the people were indifferent to constitutional rights, hud felt no interest in any topics of discussion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ASSAULT,—A[?]n Drum, an elderly widow, habited in deep mourning, appeared to answer the charge of assaulting William Fry of Castlereagh-strect, who produocd the handle of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →COPY of a Despatch from the Right Honorable Sir JOHN S. PAKINGTON, to Governor Sir CHARLES FITZ ROY. (No. 21.)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ASSUALT AND ROBBERY.—Robert Pennison and John Ryan were again placed at the [?]ar, charged with the above-mentioned offences. The pros[?]cutor, James Brewster, was released from his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BUILDING ACT.—Mr. M. Golden, City Surveyor; attended at the Court to prosecute a number of persons, the occupiers of houses, for a breach of the above Act, by suffering their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SUSPICIOUS CONDUCT.—On Saturday [?] a man name Charles Richards broke a window in the shop of Mr. R. [?] and shoe maker, in [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following are the notices of motion for (this day) Thursday :— By Alderman EGAN : 1. That this Council do now proceed to the election of a Watchman for the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Thursday, the 10th inst., at one o'clock, the Committee of the Common Council appointed to tender the hospitalities of the City of New York, to Thomas Francis…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE nomination of candidates to fill the office of City Councillors for the ensuing year is to take place on Monday next at noon. Not a single candidate, that we are aware of, is at present in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CHS A. FITZ ROY, Governor-General. Message No. 45. The Governor-General transmits to the Legislative Council the Draft, of an Additional Gold Regulation which it was intended to promulgate with a view to meet the applications of Persons and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HOUSBAND AND WIFE.—A young married couple named John and Matilda Taylor, came before the Court on Saturday, the husband being charged with cutting and maining his wife, whose right…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE point is wisely adopted, in the Constitution Bill, to establish no qualification for a seat in the Legislative Assembly, which is not held necessary for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE citzens of Sydney are officially called upon to assemble at twelve o'clock to-day, to nominate ten of their number to fill so many vacant seats…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →YESTERDAY being the day appointed by law for the election of representatives to serve in the City Council of Sydney, at 12 o'clock a very small gathering of people assembled in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FRAUDâEllen Smith, and her daughter, Mary Smith, aged 12 years, wero charged with obtaining the sum of iOs. by falso representations from the wife of a publican named Blake, on the South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →STEALING.—William Harvey was charged with stealing a £1 note, the property of Esther Dilworth. Esther went into the White Horse, on the Newtown road, to get change for the note…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF THE UNITED STATES IN NATIONAL COUNCIL ASSEMBLED AT BALTIMORE, TO THE CLERGY AND LAITY OF THEIR CHARGE, HEALTH AND BENEDICTION!…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE election of members to serve in the City Council for the year 1853 took place yesterday, and polling places were opened pursuant to advertisement in…
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