Monument to the late Earl of Durhum. –The New Zealand Company have voted t105, towards the erection of the monument to the Earl of Durham–the noble earl having been the first governor of this important company. Citation: Scotsman (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), 19 March 1842, available at the Scissors and Paste Database, http://www.scissorsandpaste.net/311.
William, The Missionary. –The sum already subscribed for the widow and family of this deeply lamented individual amounts to t1658, 18s. 10d. Amongst the subscriptions we notice t32 from the Wesleyan Chapel at Adelaide, South Australia. Citation: Scotsman (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), 28 October 1840, available at the Scissors and Paste Database, http://www.scissorsandpaste.net/295.
Emigration. A Return, just published, shows that emigration is still proceeding upon a gigantic scale:– Emigrants from the United Kingdom in 1840. England. Scotland. Ireland. Total. To North American colonies, 5,303 3,053 23,935 32,293 United States, 35,309 1,246 4,087 40,0 Other parts of America, 44 – – 44 West Indies, 745 687 159 1,591 The …
New Zealand Company A very lively and interesting scene occurred on Friday, off the West India Dock entrance, at Blackwall, by the preparation for departure of three fine vessels with “improvers” for “Nelson,” the second colony of New Zealand. The Directors of the Company and several hundred persons of rank and wealth met there to …
Wellington, New Zealand, June 18.– ( From a private letter. )–”Among the latest arrivals is Mr Swainson, F.R.S., the eminent naturalist, by the Jane, from London. He has purchased a house, and intends to reside here with his family. The Governor, Captain Hobson, is daily expected from Auckland on a visit to Colonel Wakefield, the …
Theatre Royal. –The Pantomine, we observe, is postponed till Friday. Meanwhile, the theatre is crowded nightly, the public being admitted at second price from the commencement of the performances. Music Hall. –We stated, about two month ago, that, in connection with other improvements in the Assembly Rooms, a plan was under consideration for erecting a …
Emigration to New Zealand– The Chartists Again. ( From the Glasgow Argus.. On Monday night a public meeting, chiefly composed of the working classes, was held in the Justiciary Court Hall, Glasgow, for the purpose of memorializing Lord John Russell in favour of obtaining the Lord Provost in the chair. The hall was crowded to …
Literature Narrative of a Whaling Voyage Round The Globe &c. &c By Frederick Debell Bennett, Esq., F.R.G.S. 2 vols. London: Richard Bentley. We have been somewhat disappointed in these volumes. We expected to have found them, like Scoresby’s, full of interesting details regarding whale fishing, whereas, there is hardly a word on the subject throughout …
New Zealand. ( From the Morning Chronicle.. The dinner given on Saturday by the New Zealand Company to Lord John Russell will serve to remove all apprehensions, if any are yet entertained, with regard to the relations between that colony and the Government of the parent state. Many of the first names in the country …
There is something curious in the preference which the emigrants from England, Scotland, and Ireland display for different localities. The proportions emigrating the countries below are as follows:– Emigrants English Per cent. Scottish Per cent. Irish Per Cent. To United States, 54, 14 1/2, 12 – Sydney, 17, 21 1/2, 7 – Canada, 8 1/2, …