The Maitland Merrury. Saturday, July 26, 1856. the Late Election
THERE are few matters more disagreeable to the conscientious editors of a "public journal than the compelled necessity, in the discharge of their duty, to…
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Politics & elections, 1856
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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, August 2, 1856. the Meeting of Parliament
On Tuesday next, Parliament meets for the actual business of the S[?]ion. We trust any country members who may venture to abandon their duty and stay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Notices of Motion for Tuesday, August 5
Mr. CLARX IRVING to move—That an address be presented to the Governor General, praying that, in the proposed arrangements for the administration of justice at Moreton Bay, which include the appointment of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Parliament. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Legislative Assembly. Thursday, August 7
The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three o'clock. Mr. DONALDSON intimated that, in consequence of the late assault, an intelligent police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South [?]s Parliament. Notices of Motion for Tuesday, August 12
Mr. FLOOD'S motion for a select committee to enquire as to the means of creating a superanu[?]nt Mr. FORSTER'S motion condemning the appointment of the Judges as members of the Legis[?]tive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Parliament. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Wednesday, August 13. Legislative Council
The PRESIDENT took the chair at four o'clock. Joseph Docker, Esq., took the oath and his seat. APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENT. Sir ALFRED STEPHEN rose to state the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supplement to the Maitland Mercury. New South Wales Parliament. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, August 12
The SPEAKER took the chair. FINANCE. Mr. HOLT said he should be unable to make his financial statement before Wednesday, the…
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IN our supplement will be found the whole report of, and evidence taken by, the Committee of Elections respecting the Northumberland Boroughs election…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →APPENDIX. Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee of Elections and Qualifications. Friday, June 6, 1856
Present—Mr. Faucett, Mr. Jones, Mr. Murray, Mr. Parker, Henry Watson Parker, Esquire, in the chair. Mr. Wright appeared as Solicitor for the…
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The Committee of Elections and Qualifications, duly appointed on the 23rd day of May, 1856, under the provisions of the Electoral Act of 1851, to whom was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New South Wales Parliament. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Thursday, August 14. Legislative Council
The President took the chair at twenty minutes past four. WAITS OF INQUIRY AND OF TRIAL BILL. Mr. JOHNSON felt peculiar satisfaction in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales Parliament. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Legislative Assembly. Friday, August 15
The SPEAKER took the chair, at half-past three o'clock. PETITION. A petition of inhabitants of Warwick, praying for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Parliament. Parliamentary Business set down for Tuesday, August 19. Legislative Assembly
Returns to be moved for.—Mr.Buckley, relative to the native police in the northern districts. Mr. Flood, a series relative to the loans on debentures obtained by the Government for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Parliament. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Tuesday, August 19. Legislative Assembly
The Speaker took the chair at half-past-three o'clook. THE NATIVE POLICE. Mr. BUCKLEY moved for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New South Wales Parliament. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Wednesday, August 20, 1856. Legislative Council
Mr. JOHN MACNAMARA took the oaths and his seat. Returns relative to the Sydney University receipts and expenditure were laid on the table,…
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In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, Mr. DONALDSON briefly stated the circumstances that had attended the resignation of himself and his colleagues, and intimated that he should…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 27, 1856
The PRESIDENT, on taking the chair, announced that Captain Mayne had resigned his seat as a member of the Council. POSTPONMENTS…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Assembly.—election Petition. Legislative Assembly Offices, Sydney, 37th August, 1856
The Honorable the Spenker of the Legislative Assembly directs it to be notified, for general information, that he has received a petition from Augustus Morris, Esquire, one of the candidates at the late election of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Candidates for the Presidency
The Washington correspondent of the Courier says:- " It seems to me that the contest has been narrowed down to General Pierce and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Bill to declare and define the Privileges of Parliament
Whereas, for the pupose of guarding the dignity and perfect freedom of action of the Parliament of New South Wales, it is necessary to declare and define the privileges of both Houses of the…
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