Opening of the Legislative Council
THIS body met on Tuesday last for the despatch of business, in pursuance of the Governor's Proclamation. At twelve o'clock, His Excellency the…
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Council & local affairs, 1850
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Legislative Council. Friday. the Speaker took the chair at a quarter past three o'clock. Preliminary Business
The COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid upon the table a letter from the late Captain Owen Stanley, dated 15th February, 1850,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. [As the People's Advocate, our columns will be open to all parties, but we by no means identify ourselves with the opinions of our correspondents.] Colonial Patronage -- Plurality of Officers. to His Excellency the Governor, and Gentlemen of the Legislative Council. (Per favour of the People's Advocate.)
MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY AND GENTLEMEN, -- The Legislative Council having now met, I would beg leave to call your attention to the present system of the distribution of Colonial Patronage, by which certain highly favoured individuals not only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →California Extracts. Preparations for Constructing the Levee.—fires.—city Council, &c
SACRAMENTO CITY, MARCH, 1850.—Those interested in the permanent prosperity of this city will be pleased to learn that the idea of throwing up a levee has not been abandoned. C. W. Coote, Esq., our able city engineer,…
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THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three o'clock, TRANSPORTATION. The following Message from His Excellency…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. Wednesday. the Speaker took the chair at half-post three o'clock. Official Papers
The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid on the table the Abstract of Revenue; also, the expenditure of the same during the year 1849…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. Thorsday. the Speaker took the chair at half-past three o'clock. IMMIGRATION
The COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid upon the table the despatches and documents having reference to immigration, adverted to…
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The Speaker took the chair at half past three o'clock. A Message from the Governor, transmitting certain Despatches from Earl Grey on the subject of transportation, was received, and ordered to be printed…
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Copy of a letter from the Commandant of Native Police, Middle District, to the Colonial Secretary. Sydney, 17th December, 1849…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bell's Life in Sydney. Saturday, June 15, 1850. The Supersodeas Vacating Alderman Thurlow's Appointment to the Commission of the Peace
IN another column we publish the Colonial Secretary's letter announcing that Alderman Thurlow has been superseded from the Commission of the Peace, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Papers. Police Establishment. Report From W. C. Mayne, Esq., J.p
THE prevention of crime by rendering its detection and punishment certain and immediate is the real object of a police; and it may be asserted that cost and efficiency being in strict…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Paper. Military Establishments. Despatch No. 30. -- Military. Despatch from Lord GREY to His Excellency Sir Charles Fitz Roy, Governor of New South Wales
SIR, -- In my Despatch of the 24th November, 1846, "No. 2, Military," I instructed you to make immediate arrangements in concert with the Officer commanding the Troops in New South Wales, for sending the whole of the disposable force now serving…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Papers. Booby Island. Copy of a Letter from Captain Owen Stanley to the Colonial Secretary. Her Majesty's Survey ship Rattlesnake, At Sydney, 15th February, 1850
Sir,—As a proof of the great good effected by the considerate liberality of the Colonial Government in placing, from time to time[?] certain quantities of provisions and fresh water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Suffering Squatter in Council. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald
GENTLEMEN,—I was very much alarmed the other night, you can't think—to find that my old friend the Suffering Squatter had got into the Council. I could not be wrong—I…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. Thursday. the Speaker took the chair at the usual hour the Police Committee
The SPEAKER asked for the decision of the House upon a question of order, which had arisen with reference to the appointment of the Police Committee. This Committee…
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TH[?] in no watchfulness so vigilant as [?]cial wa[?]fulness [?] blindness so profound as official blindness. There is no fickleness and [?] as official…
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The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. Several messages were received from his Excellency the Governor enclosing bills for the establishment of Abbatoirs, for the extension of the Slaughtering Act to other towns of the Colony, and for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To the Honorable the Members of the Legislative Council. (Per favour of the Sydney Morning Herald.)
GENTLEMEN,—It would be a matter of the utmost importance to the squatting interest of this colony, if some member of your honorable house would desire His Excellency the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To the Editors of Bell's Life in Sydney. Sydney Municipality
TO THE HEDDITUR,âZua,âAz[?] carnt [?]de miself a nabor of mine did r[?]de too mee a prayer bout wot a [?]or[?] the Kummushoners mi nabor teld mee that they r the peple wet drane the Tone…
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