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Council & local affairs, 1841

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 17, 1841

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 19 August 1841 · page 2

Present—The Governor, the Chief Justice, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Collector of Customs, Messrs. Berry, Jones, Blaxland, H. H. Macarthur, J. Macarthur, and Sir John…

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Domestic Intelligence. Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 17

Sydney Free Press · Thursday 19 August 1841 · page 2

PRESENT--the Governor, the Chief Justice, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-General, the Collector of Customs, Mr. Berry, Mr. Jones, Mr. Blaxland, Mr. H. Macarthur, Sir…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 17. [CONTINUED.]

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 20 August 1841 · page 2

PRESENT.—His Excellency the Governor the Chief Justice, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Collector of Customs, Mr. Jones Mr. Berry, Mr. Hannibal Macarthur, Mr. James…

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Council Papers. Report From the Committee on Immigration, 1841

The Sydney Herald · Friday 20 August 1841 · page 2

[?]he Committee oppointed by the Council on the 8th June, 1841, to consider and examine th[?], subject of Immigration, have agreed vpon the following report:—…

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Report from the Committee on Immigration, 1841. The Committee appointed by the Council on the 8th June, 1841, to consider on the sub ject of Immigration, have agreed upon the following Report

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 August 1841 · page 4

Tho gratifying fact that the transportation of felons to these shores terminated on the 1st of August last, from which period this colony ceased to bear a penal character, could not fail…

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Legislative Council. Notices of Motion.—wednesday, Aug., 25

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 23 August 1841 · page 2

1.—The Lord Bishop of Australia; That the Council do take into consideration the Report of the Committee upon Immigration. 2.—Mr. Jones; That he will move the…

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Legislative Council

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 24 August 1841 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser

His excellency the Governor has been pleased to postpone the meeting of the legislative council, appointed for Tuesday next, the 24th instant, to the following day, Wednesday, the 25th instant, at…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 25

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 26 August 1841 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser

PRESENT — The Governor, the Bishop, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Collector of Customs, Mr Campbell, Mr.Berry, Mr. Jones, Mr. Blaxland, Mr. H. Macarthur, and…

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Legislative Council.—wednesday, Aug. 25

The Australian · Thursday 26 August 1841 · page 2

Present; the Governor, the Lord Bishop, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Collector of Customs, Mr. Berry, Mr. Jones, Mr. Blaxland, Mr. H. H. Macarthur…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 25, 1841

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 26 August 1841 · page 2

Present—The Governor, Bishop Broughton, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Collector of Customs, Messrs, Campbell, Berry, Jones, Blaxland, H. H. Macarthur, and Sir John…

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Domestic Intelligence. Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 25

Sydney Free Press · Thursday 26 August 1841 · page 2

PRESENT--The Governor, the Bishop, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-General, the Collector of Customs, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Berry, Mr. Jones, Mr. Blaxland, Mr. H. H…

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Government Gazette. Tuesday, August 24, 1841. COUNCIL

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 26 August 1841 · page 4

His Excellency the Governor is pleased to direct that the general objects of the following bills, now under consideration of the legislative council, he published for general information…

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The Chronicle. Thursday, August 26, 1841. Intolerance in the Legislative Council

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 26 August 1841 · page 2

A motion carried yesterday by a large majority of the legislative council of this colony has at length unmasked the ill-concealed bigotry and intolerance with which it teems. Its more active members…

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Capture of Canton. [Extracted from the Calcutta Official Gazette.) To the Right Honourable George, Earl of Auckland, G.C.B., &c., Governor-General of India in Council

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 26 August 1841 · page 4

Wellesley, off Wangtong, March 27, 1841. MY LORD,—In continuation of my letter of the 10th instant I have the satisfaction to inform your Lordship that, on the 15th, I received a…

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Government Gaz[?]. Tuesday, August 24, 1811. Legislative Council

The Sydney Herald · Friday 27 August 1841 · page 3

COLONIAL Secretary's Office, Sydney, 23rd August 1841.—The Governor is pleased to direct that the general objects of the following Bills now under consideration of the Legislative Council,…

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Sydney Monitor & Commercial Advertiser Nothing extenuate, nor aught set down in malice. Shakspeare. Friday Morning, August 27, 1841. Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 25, 1841

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1841 · page 2

PRESENT.—His Excellency the Governor; the Lord Bishop of Australia, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General. the Collector of Customs, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Berry. Mr. Jones, Mr…

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Council Papers

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1841 · page 3

The following Bills are now under the consideration of the Legislative Council:- No 1.—"A Bill to amend, and to extend to Port Phillip an Act intitaled ' An Act to consolidate and amend the…

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Leoislative Council—friday, Aug. 27

The Australian · Saturday 28 August 1841 · page 2

Present; the Governor, the Lord Bishop, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Collector of Customs, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Berry, Mr. Jones, Mr. Blaxland, Mr. H. H. Macarthur…

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