China. [Per Steamer Columbia.]
Rebel movements still continue. Everything quiet in Peking. Nothing of importance from the Northern parts. Exchange at Hongkong on London Bank…
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82 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 5
Queensland. by the Telegraph, steamer, we have papers to the 13th instant, from Brisbane
The Guardian of that date states that the Queensland Acclimatisation Society have shipped per Whirlwind, consigned to the kindred society of Great Britain, in London, one pair of emus, one pair of eagle hawks,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the P. and O. Co.'s Steamer Colombo
THE following particulars of this disaster are taken from the Times of India, November 27. The following telegram was received in Bombay, on Tuesday evening, the 25th instant:â…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loss of the P. and O. Company's Steamer Colombo. (By a Passenger.)
THE P. and O. Company's steamship Colombo, Captain A. B. [?]arquhar, left Calcutta on 9th November, 1862, at noon, arrive at Madras 12th November, at 5.35 a.m.; left Madras 14th November, at 5.30 a.m.; arrived at Galle 16th November, at 10 a.m.;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Schooner Snowdon on the North Head
THE schooner Snowdon, of 83 tons, Captain Moulton, proceeded down the harbour yesterday afternoon, bound for Newcastle, in ballast; but, in endeavouring to work out between the Heads with the wind at E. S. E., she missed stays, and trying to wear,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision of the Steamships Blen[?]eim and Semaphore. (From Mitchell's Maritime Register, January 28, 1860.) Report of Captain W. Shaw, master of the iron paddle steamer Blenheim, 319[?] tons, belonging to the Belfast Steamship Company
"We started from Belfast at 7,50 p.m. of 21st December, [185[?]] for Liverpool. Weather fine and clear; wind, W.N.W. At 2.10 a.m. of 22nd, passed Calf of Man light, distant two ships' lengths, and shaped a course…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Waikato Steamer. (From the Aucklander.)
WE have been favoured with the following extract from a private letter, dated Reglan, December 15th, 1862. The writer says:— "Our worthy Magistrate, Major Macgregor, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. by the Telegraph steamer, we have Brisbane papers to the 4th instant
The Queensland Guardian states that a fatal accident happened on Saturday in the neighbourhood of Mr. Sexton's residence near Burnett Swamp. A young man named William Lumley Henzell was bathing in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Total Wreck of H.m.s. Orpheus. One Hundred and Ninety Lives Lost, Including Commodore Burnett, and Twenty-two Other Officers
BY the arrival of the Miranda, yesterday, we are apprised of the melancholy destruction of H.M.S. Orpheus, bearing the flag of Commodore Burnett, C.B., and the loss of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vessels Wrecked
The schooner Snowdon, of 83 tons, Captain Moulton, proceeded down the harbour, on the afternoon of the 23th ultimo, bound to Newcastle, in ballast; but, in endeavouring to work out between the Heads with the wind at E.S.E., she missed stays, and trying…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Launch of a Screw Steamer
A LARGE number of persons, including many of the leading gentlemen of this city, assembled on Cuthbert's Wharf, on the morning of the 19th instant, to witness the launch of the first screw steamer of any size that has as yet been built in the colony; and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Zealand. the Wreck of the Orpheus
WE have now received Au[?]kland papers to the 11th of February. The New Zealander has the following with respect to the late melanch[?]y shipwreck:—…
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The busy marts of Sydney Look gloomily to-day; A cloud seems brooding on the shore A shadow o'er the bay;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War in the South. Brilliant Success of Negro Troops. (Correspondence of the New York Tribune) On board steamer from Fortress Monroe To Baltimore, Nov. 14, 1862
EVENTS of no ordinary interest have just occurred in the Department of the South. The negro, troops have been tested, and to their great joy, though not contrary to their own expectations,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sailors and Swimmers. Notes on the Wreck of the Orpheus
AFTER the shock has somewhat subsided, which everybody must have felt on he[?]ring of the lamentable wr[?]ck of the Orphe[?]s, it will have occurred to many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Orpheus
The buy marts of Sydney Look gloomily to-day; A cloud seems brooding on the shore, A shadow o'er the bay;…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Total Wreck of the Barque Rebecca on Clarkl's Island
CAPTAIN M'KELLAR, of the schooner Urania, which arrived yesterday morning, has courteously furnished us with the following graphic account of the run of the schooner from Molbourne, embodying a report of the total wreck, on Clarke's Island, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Orpheus
A NOBLE ship, with brave and gallant crew, Sped o'er the surges of the mighty deep; Bat all are gone, except a chosen few, Left, o'er their shipwrecked comrades' fate to weep…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Confederate Steamer Alabama
INFORMATION had been received at San Francisco that the steamship Ariel, Captain Jones, of D. B. A[?]o's Line, had been captured by the Alabama on her voyage from Aspinwall to New York, Messrs. Wells, Fargo, and Co. had received instructions…
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