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Obituaries & funerals, 1854

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The Death-beds of Seven Great Men

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 September 1854 · page 3

Within three years past from the time in which we write, seven memorable men's death will be in the recollection of our readers. The Duke of Wellington lay in his agony…

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Death of the Renowned Chief Kawiti. (Communicated to the New Zealander.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 September 1854 · page 2

THE celebrated chief Kawiti, and ally of the famous Hone Heke, the leader of the native rebellion in the Northern portion of New Zealand, exchanged worlds in the month of May last. He died at his settlement,…

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The Funeral. Esher, Friday Evening, June 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 September 1854 · page 2

At eleven o'clock this morning, the mortal remains of the unfortunate little victims of this tragedy were conveyed to their final resting place in the old churchyard of Esher. The ceremony was both imposing and sad, and one which those who witnessed it…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 September 1854 · page 3

JAMES MALCOTT RICHARDSON, ESQ.—March 3.—At his residence in Blackheath Park, aged 84, James Malcott, Richardson, Esq., of Cornhill, bookseller and East India agent…

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Death of the Wife of T. F. Meagher

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 October 1854 · page 4

It is with deep regret we announce the death of Mrs. T. F. Meagher on the 9th of May, at the residence of her father-in-law, in Waterford. In this sorrow we feel that thousands of her…

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The Sister of an Exile. Death of M. Kossuth's Sister

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 November 1854 · page 10

THE American journals received this week announce the death in New York of Madame Meszlenyi, one of the sisters of Kossuth, in the thirty-fourth year of her age. Her disease was consumption, the seeds…

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The Late Mr. Benjamin Boyd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 December 1854 · page 5

IT is with melancholy feelings of disappointed hope, that we prefix the above title to this article. During the last two months, the public mind has been deeply interested in the solution of the question,…

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Death of Mr. B. BOYD. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Monday 4 December 1854 · page 5

SIR.— No doubt most of your renders who are interested in the fate of Air. Benjamin Boyd, would like to hear of the trip of the cuttor Oberon in the search after that unforturate gentleman,…

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Rumoured Death of Don Carlos

Empire · Monday 11 December 1854 · page 5

A report in spread at Madrid that Don Carlos has just died, according to some, of cholera, and according to others, of the epileptic sickness from which he had been sufferiug for a long time…

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Death of Lord Denman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 December 1854 · page 3

WE have to record the death of Thomas, Lord Denman, who so long and so worthily filled the office of Lord Chief Justiee of the Court of Queen's Bench. The melancholy event took place on the 22nd instant,…

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The Late Mr. Dawes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 December 1854 · page 5

THE funeral of the late William Dawes, Esq., took place on Saturday afternoon last, and the general respect and esteem in which the deceased gentleman had for a long series of years been held, was fully…

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Petropolovski Attacked by the Allied Forces. Capture of Two Russian Vessels.—death of Admiral Price.—64 French and English Killed. —Return of the French Fleet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 December 1854 · page 4

BY the arrival last night of the French frigates Forte and Euridice, and the French brig Obligado, we have stirring news from the first scene of conflict between the allied powers and the Russians, on the…

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The Late Mr. Benjamin Boyd. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Tuesday 26 December 1854 · page 4

SIR—My attention having naturally been drawn lately to the reports which have appeared at different times in the Melbourne Journals, copied from your newspaper and the Sydney Morning Herald,…

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