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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1847

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The Late Mr. O'connell

Sydney Chronicle · Tuesday 28 September 1847 · page 2

IN a supplement to the Sydney Morning Herald of yesterday, appears an article headed as above from the London Times, of May 24th…

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English Extracts. Death of the Rev. Dr. Chalmers. (From the Daily News.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 September 1847 · page 3

THIS eminent divine expired suddenly, at his residence, Morningoide, near Edinburgh, on Monday, the 31st May, No clergyman in modern days occupied a more prominent position in the public eye, not only in…

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The Late Mr. O'connell

Sydney Chronicle · Thursday 30 September 1847 · page 2

ON Tuesday last a Solemn Dirge and High Mass was celebrated at the Metropolitan Church of St. Mary, for the repose of the soul of this great and good man. The…

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Original Poetry. Thoughts on the Death of O'connell

Sydney Chronicle · Thursday 30 September 1847 · page 4

Mournful are the people of krin, For the Chief of the people is low. OSSIAN. "The world shut out—Thy thoughts call home, Imagination's airy, wings repress."…

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The Late Mr. O'connell

Sydney Chronicle · Tuesday 5 October 1847 · page 1

CONFIRMATION of the rumour of the death of O'Connell was made public on Monday. There's a great spirit gone! must have been the feeling if not the expression of all,…

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Special Meeting of the Loyal National Repeal Association. Death of the Liberator

Sydney Chronicle · Tuesday 5 October 1847 · page 3

Conciliation Hall was on yesterday a scene of mourning and lamentation. Nowhere has the people's grief for the loss of their leader—their fri[?]nd—their Liberator—found such audible and…

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Domestic Intelligence. the Late Mr. O'connell

Sydney Chronicle · Tuesday 12 October 1847 · page 3

Yesterday evening a meeting of the members of St. Patrick's Total Abstinence Society was held in St. Patrick's Hall for the purpose of adopting an "Address of sympathy and condolence to the family…

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British Extracts. the Late Mr. O'connell. Church Ceremonies at Rome

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 23 October 1847 · page 3

On Monday, the 1st June, a solemn funeral service was celebrated in the Church of the Irish College, St. Agatha, for the repose of the soul of the late Mr. O'Connell. Over the principal entrance…

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The Sydney Chronicle. Tuesday, October 26, 1847. Magna Est Veritas Et Prevalebit. the Late Mr. O'connell

Sydney Chronicle · Tuesday 26 October 1847 · page 2

By private letters which have reached Sydney by the Baboo, we learn that the remains of Mr. O'Connell had not arrived in Ireland. There had been a sort of pions…

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Editorial Scraps. the Death-bed of Chatterton

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 30 October 1847 · page 4

Oh World! vain, false, and heartless World! farewell! My ranso[?]d spirit plumes her wings for flight; Her fetters fast are crumbling into dust;…

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The Late Mr. O'connel and the Church of Rome

The Sentinel · Thursday 11 November 1847 · page 3

To a calm observer of passing events, it appears improbable that the priests of the Church of Rome ever trouble themselves about consistency ; or is it, that Popish consistency is of…

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Funeral of Mr. O'connell. (From Bells Weedly Messenger.) Dublin, August 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 November 1847 · page 3

TO-DAY, the mortal remains of the Great Agitator of Ireland were consigned to the grave, and a vault in the cemetery of Glessnevin now encloses the body of the man whose political career has for many years excited…

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The Late Mr. O'connell

The Australian · Tuesday 30 November 1847 · page 2870

DUBLIN, AUGUST 2—The Duchess of Kent steamer, having on board the remains of Mr. O'Connell, reached the lighthouse at the Southwall at about two…

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Funeral of the Late Mr. O'connell

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 4 December 1847 · page 2

Thursday was a day memorable for history. and consecrated to sorrow. On that day the earthly remains of Him who has left behind a name which time will render more precious—a name bound up…

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Funeral of the Liberator

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 4 December 1847 · page 4

Sad, solemn, and impressive—beyond all human power to describe and almost beyond human concoption, was the scene witnessed in our city on Thursday—Ireland's last tribute of respect to her…

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Miscellaneous Extracts. Death of Mr. John Walter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 December 1847 · page 2

DEATH has just gathered to his garner a man who filled a large part in the public eye for the greater space of half a century, and who exercised a degree of influence upon the affairs of this country, which it would be as…

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Most Melancholy Accident.— Death of Lady Mary Fitz Roy and Lieutenant C. C. Masters, A.d.c

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 December 1847 · page 2

IT is this morning our painful duty to record the particular of one of the most distressing accidents that ever occurred in this colony—an accident by which His Excellency the…

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Fatal Accident.—death of the Right Honorable Lady Mary Fitz Roy and of Lieutenant Masters

Sydney Chronicle · Thursday 9 December 1847 · page 2

ON Tuesday the whole city was thrown into a state of consternation and alarm by intelligence received from Parramatta that the carriage of his Excellency the Governor had…

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Most Melancholy Accident--death of Lady Mary Fitz Roy and Lieutenant C. C. Masters, A.d C.

The Sentinel · Thursday 9 December 1847 · page 3

Our reporter, on reaching Parramatta, yesterday' had proceeded but a very few paces on his arrival,from the wharf, when an account met him that his Excellency's carriage had been upset in the Domain,…

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Funeral of Lady Mary Fitz Roy and Lieut. C. C. Master

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 December 1847 · page 2

Yesterday, being the day fixed for the interment of the remains of the late Lady Mary Fitz Roy and Lieutenant Master, there was a total cessation of business in Sydney…

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