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578 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 29
It is exactly half a year since England learnt the truth of the battle of the Alma, and the falsehood of the capture of Sebastopol. At that time we had all been kept on the tenterhooks of expectation for three months, that being the period occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"There is little analogy," observes Lord Granville, "between the case of a landowner borrowing money at three, four, or five per cent., in the hope of the improvements on his estate bringing an interest of seven…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Camp before Sebastopol. March 26.âThe affair of Thursday night and Friday morning last, was not so serious for us as at first imagined. Our loss, instead of being nearly 100 killed,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The last mail despatched to Australia would carry out the intelligence that a desperate fight took place before the walls of Sebastopol, ou the 22d of March, in which 2,000 Russians wera placed hors de combat, neither…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir C. G. Lowis, has, in spite of the opinion of his predecessor, determined to resort to a loan to pay for a portion of the heavy expenses incurred by Great Britain, in carrying on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] day [?]uuomriuton of war by England against Russia WOB published in tho London Gazette. At the same timo—on tho same day, wa believe—our Fronoh allies published a similar doclara…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We are not in the habit of frequently visiting that supposititious abodo of eloquence and sagacity, yelept the Council Chamber, for wo confess not to delight in prosy speeches and sententious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The war in the Crimea has recommenced with redonbled fury, and the negociations at Vienna are drawing rapidly to a close. Had the Russian Ministers at Vienna agreed at once to the propositions of England and France,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Times correspondent, writing on the 2nd April, says:â "The belief that our batteries will open on Wednesday or Thursday,, is very general. To those who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT the meeting held at the Treasury, on Monday, in pursuance of the notice issued by the First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Friday last, the Chancellor of the Exchequer opened the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE conferences are about to re-open at Vienna. And while our ministers, who unquestionably are sincerely desirous of peace, if a reasonable peace can be obtained, are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PAWS, Friday.—The Moniteur publishes the following:—" Under date 15th April, General Canrobert writes from before Sebastopol: that the superiority of the artillery of the allied armies is more and more confirmed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What may be the precise position which the schoolmaster is destined to occupy in society when the elements of our nascent civilization shall have found time to develope themselves it may not be very easy to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →" No interesting incident occurred on the 24th, if we except tho total destrution of the bridge of boats connecting the southern part of the city with tho suburbs. Our battery, No. 35, which mounts two howitzers of 80…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Panmure presents his compliments to the Editor of The Times, and has great pleasure in transmitting the enclosed intelligence, which has this day reached him from Lord Raglan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By the ship Kent, which has arrived at Melbourne, from London May 12, we have received files of English papers to latest date, for which we are indebted to Mr. Robert Tooth and to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONG ere this we suppose that the great event, towards which the eyes of the whole world has been so long directed, has taken place, and either Sebastopol, or the Allied Forces have fallen,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →" No interesting incident occurred on the 24th, if we except the total destruction of the bridge of boats connecting the southern part of the city with the suburbs. Our battery, No. 35, which mounts two howitzers of 80…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Panmuro presents his compliments to the Editor of The Times, and has great pleasure in transmitting the enclosod intelligence, which has this day reached him from Lord Raglan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Wednesday, the 25th, the first telegraphic message was received from Varna, announcing that the electric communication between that place and Balaklava had been completed. There is now no reason why the…
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