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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1833

12 stories in Sydney's papers

The Late Mr. John M'intyre

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 9 January 1833 · page 2

The mysterious murder of the late Mr. John M'Intyre of Hunter's-river, seems at length likely to be brought to light. James, one of the witnesses on the late…

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The Late Mr Murdoch Campbell

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 19 January 1833 · page 2

THE public of this Colony are very ready to blame the Press for their misstatement of facts, which charge. to be allowed rational, must include the…

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Trial of the Murderer of the Late Mr. Murdoch Campbell

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 2 February 1833 · page 3

James Lockhart was then placed at the bar, and the Jury was charged with the prisoner for the wilful murder of the late Mr. Murdoch Campbell, of Upper Minto…

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Original Poetry. Stanzas, on the Death Of— To—

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 14 February 1833 · page 4

I still can see the anguish'd tear In ceaseless streams bedew thy face, Keeping alive those memories, dear As the bless'd form their thoughts retrace…

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Funeral of Sir Walter Scott

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 27 February 1833 · page 3

The honoured remains of Sir Walter Scott have been consigned to the tomb, amid the unfeigned regret of thousands. Never, perhaps, was the esteem in which this truly great…

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Original Poetry. Written on the Death of the Late Mr. Rogers, of the Sheriff's Department

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 14 March 1833 · page 4

Too gentle youth! And bast thou fled From this vain world and all its strife? Soon bast thou found thy lowly bed— Too soon resigned thy procious life…

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Select Poetry. Monday on the Death of Sir Walter Scott. [From Fraser's Magazine.]

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 14 March 1833 · page 4

OUR fathers boasted ('twas in honest pride)[?] The muse had done her best when Shakespeare died; Told us that other bards would rise in vain, For none would look upon his like again:…

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English Varieties. Death of Child, From Improper Treatment by a Quack Doctress

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1833 · page 3

An inquest was held on Saturday night, at the Black Horse, High-street, Marylebone, on the body of Mary Landon, aged five years, the daughter of M[?]…

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Stanzas on the Death of Sir Walter Scott

The Currency Lad · Saturday 20 April 1833 · page 4

For worth departed I can mourn, But never cringe to living pride.--Hogg. Alas! and is the minstrel gone, Whose "Lay" soft warbled in our ear?…

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English Extracts. Death of Lord Exmouth

The Australian · Friday 5 July 1833 · page 3

We have to announce the death of Lord Exmouth, Vice-Admiral of England. He expired at half-past six o'clock on Wednesday morning, in the 67th year of his age, at his house at…

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India Extracts. PENANG. Death of the Honorable Sir W. O. Russell, Chief Justice of Calcutta, on board the [?]. [?]. Steamer Enterprize

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 September 1833 · page 2

Sensations of most painful anxiety were excited in the European part of this community, on the morning of Tuesday the 22d January, by observing a Company's Steamer approaching our…

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[By Our Reporter.] Funeral of John Stephen, Esq. Late Judge of the Supreme Court

The Australian · Friday 27 December 1833 · page 2

The Body of the above respected individual was brought into town, form his country house as Clareville, accompanied by some members of his family, at 1 o'clock yesterday morning, and…

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