ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL.
AT BLUFF HARBOR. ENGLISH NEWS TO MARCH 14. (From the Nelson Examiner Extra.) COMMITTAL OF THE CLERKENWELL PRISONERS. CONVICTION OF THE EDITORS OF THE NATION AND IRISHMAN. IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON.
Bluef Harbor, April 20, 11.35, a.m. The Rangitoto received the English mails on board at seven a.m. on the 15th instant, and left Williamstown at eleven a.m., arriving here at 10.20 this morning. The Geelong arrived at King George's Sound at nocn on the Oth instant, and sailed at three o'clock the next morning. Adelaide, Monday, April 13. The Alexandra, Captain Brown, arrived off Glenelg at one o'clock, after a run of ninety hours from King George's Sound; she experienced strong south winds and a heavy sea on her outward passage, which occupied 100 hours. The Bombay, Capt. Burn, left Galle at a quarter two, on the afternoon of the 25th March, she experienced strong south-east trade winds and heavy sea, and arrived at the Sound at three o'clock in the afternoon on the 9th instant, and was expected to leave at midnight. Commander Goss, Admarality Agent, is in charge of the mails ; Mr. Bayley, purser. The English mails for Australia lay three days at Galle, waiting the Bombay, which left two days after arrival.
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Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 227, 23 April 1868, Page 2
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