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The wars & local soldiers, 1857

69 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 4

MURDER Of a Soldier of the 77Th at Goat Island

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 December 1857 · page 2

On Monday an inquest was held on Goat Island, by the City Coroner and a jury of twelve, touching the death of Samuel Bryant, private in the 77th John Cook, a private in the same regiment, was…

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Murder of a Soldier of the 77th. by His Comrade on Goat Island

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 12 December 1857 · page 4

On Monday an inquest was held on Goat Island, within the office of Mr James Midgley, superintendent, by the City Coroner, Mr J. S. Parker, and a jury of twelve, touching the death of Samuel Bryant, private in…

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The War in India

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 December 1857 · page 5
Also in Empire

The Mercury contains the following summary of home news connected with the war in India:— The Pays of Paris says that there has been received in that city a private letter from London which states…

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The Catholic Soldier in India

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 December 1857 · page 2

THERE can scarcely be presented a more deplorable picture than the present condition of the Catholic soldier in India, as regards his spiritual welfare. A sordid parsimony,…

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French Opinion of the War in India

Empire · Monday 28 December 1857 · page 2

The Revue des Deux Mondes, in its last number, has an article on "The Events in India," interesting as a whole, and containing some passages worthy of particular notice. The…

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French Opinion on the War in India

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 December 1857 · page 5

THE Revue des Deux Mondes, in its last number, has an article on "The Events in India," interesting as a whole, and containing some passages worthy of particular notice. The following appreciation of the…

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The Recent Loss of a Russian Man-of-war

Empire · Monday 28 December 1857 · page 2

The Journal de St. Petersburg of the 1st October publishes the following official account of the loss of the Russian ship of the line Lefort:…

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The Recent Loss of a Russian Man-of-war

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 December 1857 · page 3

THE Journal de St. Petersburg of the 1st October publishes the following official account of the loss of the Russian ship of the line Lefort:— "It has pleased Providence I should participate in…

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