English Extracts. Her Majesty's Steamer Eclair. (From the Morning Chronicle, October 6.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1846 · page 3
WE understand that a report, of which the following is an outline, was made to the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council, on Friday, by Sir William Pym, superintendent-general of…
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Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 11 February 1846 · page 4
On the evening of Monday last the busy arrangements in the Yarmouth roads began to create a lively interest in the crowds assembled on the beach and jetty to witness the preparations for the regatta on…
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The Star · Friday 20 March 1846 · page 4
ARRIVED, at Penarth Roads, the brig Jane, of Sunderland, Bridges master, from Pugwash, Nova Scotia, but bound for Swansea, (having been driven up Channel by stress of weather), and having on board Mr. D. Mackay…
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The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 21 March 1846 · page 79
The Prince George, late revenue cutter, having been laid on as a packet in the Hobart Town trade, sailed hence on Thursday last. She had occasion to put into Wollongong, and there it…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 March 1846 · page 2
THE Prince George, late revenue cutter, having been laid on as a packet in the Hobart Town trade, sailed hence on Thursday last. She had occasion to put into Wollongong, and there it…
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The Sydney Weekly Transcript · Saturday 9 May 1846 · page 4
"Hannah, I have tould you three times to go to bed," said Pierco Murphy to a slight delicate-looking young woman, who, notwithstanding the command, continued to…
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The Sentinel · Thursday 14 May 1846 · page 1
The following is an extract of a letter from her Majesty's ship Penolope, dated St. Helena, Oct. 13, published in the Devonport Telegraph :--We left on the 19th September for the coast, and on the 26 h[?] a sail…
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The Sydney Weekly Transcript · Saturday 16 May 1846 · page 4
"It's dancing, jewel," said Margaret, "dancing mad it is with joy, because of the mischief that will come upon those that walk the wathers before morning. There's another…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1846 · page 3
NEVER, perhaps, has there been known by the oldest mariner such a continuance of tempestuous weather as has prevailed during the whole of the past month. The accounts from…
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The Sentinel · Thursday 21 May 1846 · page 1
Never, perhaps, has there been known by the oldes mariner such a continuance of tempestuous weather as has prevailed during the whole of the past mouth. The accounts, from all quarters detail the most heartrending…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 May 1846 · page 2
Martha and Elizabeth, schooner, 81 tons, Pockley,…
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The Sentinel · Thursday 28 May 1846 · page 1
Our private correspondent at Tangier, in a letter dated the 14th December, 1845, furnishes us with the following particulars of the loss of the"French steam vessel of war' Le Papin:-- "I have this moment beard…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 June 1846 · page 2
SIR,—I am induced, by the account recently published in your columns of the total wreck of the emigrant ship Cataraqui on the western side of King's Island, to make a few…
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The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 13 June 1846 · page 167
Sir,—I am induced, by the account recently published in your columns of the total wreck of the emigrant ship Cataraqui on the western side of King's Island, to make a few…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 June 1846 · page 2
SIR,—Your insertion of Captain Stokes's letter on the 9th current induces me to state the particulars of the valuable charts lately published by the Admiralty, from his accurate…
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The Sentinel · Thursday 2 July 1846 · page 3
The Terrible, war steamer, is in commission, and is now fitting for sea at Woolwich; she has twenty guns mounted, also a brass field piece and carriage, arid a waggon for powder to accompany it. On her upper…
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Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 4 July 1846 · page 1
The Terrible, war steamer, is in commission, and is now fitting for sea at Woolwich; she has twenty guns mounted, also a brass field piece and carriage, and a waggon for powder to accompany it. On her…
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The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 4 July 1846 · page 190
Sir,—Your insertion of Captain Stokes's letter on the 9th current induces me to state the particulars of the valuable charts lately published by the Admiralty, from his accurate…
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The Sentinel · Thursday 9 July 1846 · page 4
During the months of February and March, in the year 18, the coast of Kent was visited by a succession of violent storms, which caused a greater quantity of damage to the shipping and villages on the sea-shore…
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The Sentinel · Thursday 16 July 1846 · page 4
The search which her dauntless rowers had undertaken proved all but fruitless. So complete was the wreck, that they could not discern any single portion of the Indiaman more attractive than the rest. Nothing…
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