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The Widow Montgomery,
single work
advertisement
(p. 1)Subscribers are asked to 'pay the amount of their respective subscriptions ... at their earliest convenience.'
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Ten Years Papers,
single work
advertisement
(p. 1)
Advertisement for: 'Ten Years English Newspapers, each year separately bound commencing with 1819 and ending with the year 1828.'
- Law Reporter, single work advertisement (p. 1)
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The Newspaper Act,
single work
column
(p. 2)
An apology for an 'error in the statements made in our last number regarding the origin of the existing Newspaper Act'. The statements were made in an editorial 'The Proceedings of Council' published in the 2 October 1838 issue of the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser.
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Things Theatrical,
single work
column
(p. 2)
Announcement of Conrad Knowles' arrival back in the colony.
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Untitled,
single work
correspondence
(p. 2)
Correspondence on the libel case Josephson v. Fulton.
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Legislative Council,
single work
column
(p. 2)Proceedings of the Legislative Council including the passing of the Newspaper Act Amendment Bill. 'The Newspaper Act Amendment Petition came under discussion ... [t]he opinion of the Council appeared to be against any alteration in the law...'
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The Australian Sketch Book,
single work
column
(p. 2)
This column is in the form of an editor's note preceding the publishing of James Martin's prose piece 'Botany Bay' taken from The Australian Sketch Book (1838). In this column the Sydney Gazette's editor (George Cavenagh?), though agreeing with much of the sentiments of the author ('particularly ... to the ... erecting a monument ... to the memory of the gallant [James] Cook') opines that 'we observe indications of the existence of opinions on the part of the author, which by no means meet with our assent ... we have marked a passage in italics, altogether inconsistent with our views of scriptural truth ...' The passage (in reference to the grave of a chaplain from La Pérouse's expedition) is: 'pray sincerely from the inmost recesses of their hearts, for the soul of the departed'. This is not consistent with the Protestant view of the soul.
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Botany Bay,
single work
prose
(p. 2-3)
Note: One phrase of the 'Botany Bay' text is italicised by the Sydney Gazette's editor. An editor's note, preceding the text, is separately indexed in AustLit and explains the reason for the editor's italics.
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Notice : Partners in the 'Sydney Times' Newspaper,
single work
advertisement
(p. 3)
An advertisement advising the public 'that the several Parties, alleged to be Partners in The Sydney Times Newspaper ... are not Partners ... and are in no way connected with the fictitious firm of "N. I. Kentish and Co.".'
The advertisement caused some correspondence in Sydney newspapers between Nathaniel Lipscomb Kentish and others including William Kerr.
A notice from the editor of the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (16 October 1838): 2, published in the part of the newspaper normally reserved for 'notices to correspondents', distances the newspaper from this advertisement: 'we beg to state that we knew nothing whatever of the advertisement until we saw it in print'.
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Sydney General Trade List : Imports,
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(p. 4)Imports listed include: September 25 – Marian Watson ‘2 cases books, J. Tegg’. September 25 – Elizabeth ‘3 cases books’, Rev. J. Williams. September 27 - Rajah ‘9 boxes stationery, G. W. Evans‘.
