10 Sep 1845
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Newspaper
Melbourne Courier
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 10, 1845
Page
4
Fragmentary Victorian style verse describes a night voyage, a moonlit sea, and a wrecked ship. A speaker questions a departing figure of love and laments lost kin, while vivid seascape imagery and music contrast with sorrow and the ocean’s deep. The piece ends with a dated sign off, August 25.
A fragmentary, 19th century Scots poem analysis credits Stewarth 1844, J. Dunlom. The lines describe a beloved, praising her features and beauty with rustic imagery of nature, honeyed heart, and gentle motions. The text blends dialect phrases and romantic sentiment, ending with attribution.
A Melbourne letter-writer denies an anonymous English correspondent called An Trishman penned a piece published last Friday. He defends his own truth telling letter against claims of authorship and mocks the accuser for confusing writings with the author.
A Melbourne reader sends the London Mercantile Journal item on electricity applied to farming. It describes rapid telegraphic communication, the potential of electricity in agriculture, and a Scotland barley test yielding thirteen quarters and a half per acre versus five quarters nearby. A described setup uses underground wires and zinc and charcoal to channel electrical influence, with projected costs and durations.
Reports from the Pacific describe Tahiti natives arming and resisting French authority while Tarire seeks protection at Point Venus. French forces, seige ending plans, and changing police rules accompany trials of English and American convicts. Pomare at Raitea awaits King of the French response as Tapoa resists intervention.
From Sydney Morning Herald comments on the Sandwich Islands showing attempts to form a government on Carapran lines and the Royal Speech praising foreign powers. At the new legislature opening a day of prayer was set. Governor Adams reportedly left 19000 dollars in specie. Debate over official language suggests English may become sole language. An act imposing five percent duty on imports was passed by the legislature.
A fragment recalls a drunken man, Davy, quarreling over his wife’s actions. He plans to “lick her” if she is up and again if she is in bed when he returns. The snippet shows a crude hostile stance and a volatile domestic scene from a late evening.
A long catalog of individuals appears, listing many given and family names with scattered initials. The fragment reads like an index or roster, containing numerous entries such as James Pils, Mee, C Farrington, Patrick Farrell, Frank Farmer, George Feehan, Maurice Fitzgerald, Daniel Fiddler, and John Fidler among others, with occasional titles or descriptors such as Mrs., Major, or Mr. The sequence includes first and last names, some middle initials, and occasional appended marks like numbers or partial surnames, suggesting a clipped portion of an alphabetical listing or payroll.
One hundred eighty seven letters detained at this office for sea postage under the Governor and Council Act. Payments must be made before forwarding. Names listed include Hamell Woo, Robi Tekin Adel Shi, Mr Stevenson, Miss Powell, Hichard Powell, and J. USSHER acting Postmaster Melbourne. Advertisement announces price lists and subscription terms with quarterly payments and advertising rates, including dimensions and costs for notices.
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