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Politics & elections, 1827

56 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 3

Imperial Parliament. House of Commons, Thursday, May 17. Cape of Good Hope

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1827 · page 4

Mr. W. Horton, in rising, pursuant to notice, to move for copies of correspondence between Sir Ru[?]ane Donkin and the Colonial Office, and the Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the…

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Imperial Parliament. House of Commons. Trade with India

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Monday 22 October 1827 · page 2

Mr. Whitmore said that he rose, pursuant to notice, to call the attention of the House to this most important subject. The present situation of the country would, he…

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Imperial Parliament. House of Lords—may 7. Catholic Claims

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 24 October 1827 · page 3

The Bishop of Chester had a petition to present from the city of Chester aga[?] any further concessions to the Roman Catholics; but he could not allow it to be laid on their Lordships' table without troubling their…

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Imperial Parliament. House of Lords.—may 4. [?]

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1827 · page 3

Lord Ellenborough, understanding that no opposition was intended to the motion for returns of which he had given notice yesterday, should move that [?] returns be made, without making any observations…

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Imperial Parliament. House of Commons, May 2. the Catholic Question.—the Ministry

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1827 · page 2

The Marquis of Chandos presented a petition from the inhabitants of Olney, in the country of Backingham, against the Catholic Claims. The noble Marquis expressed the apprehension which the late change…

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Imperial Parliament. House of Lords, June 7. Message From His Majesty

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Monday 5 November 1827 · page 4

SYDNEY: PRINTED BY ROBERT HOWE, EDITOR, PUBLISHER, AND PROPRIETOR, GEORGE-STREET, CHARLOTTE-PLACE…

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Imperial Parliament. House of Lords, June 9. Test and Corporation Acts

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 7 November 1827 · page 3

The Marquis of Lansdowne presented Petitions from the Protestant Disseuters of the county of Wi[?], praying for the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts. The Noble Marquis presented other…

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Imperial Parliament. House of Lords.---june 18

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Friday 9 November 1827 · page 4

The Royal assent was given by commission to Turner's Marr[?]ge Null Bill, and several private Bills. The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor and Lords Bexley and Shaftesbury…

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Imperial Parliament. House of Commons,---june 19. Cape of Good Hope

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Monday 12 November 1827 · page 3

Mr. Baring said, that he had a petition to present from a number of respectable inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope, respecting the administration of that Colony; but, as he had a few days since stated his…

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Imperial Parliament. House of Lords, June 13. Abandonment of the Corn Bill

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 14 November 1827 · page 4

Lord Goderich rose, and addressed himself in these terms:—I was asked, my Lords, in the course of last night, to explain to you the course the Government meant to take with respect to the Corn Bill, after the…

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Imperial Parliament. House of Lords, June 28. Recovery of Small Debts

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Friday 16 November 1827 · page 3

Mr. Peel rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the recovery of small debts. The Right Hon. Gentleman, after entering into a variety of details, illustrative of the injustice produced by the…

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Imperial Parliament. House of Lords, Thursday June 21. Catholic Claims

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Friday 23 November 1827 · page 4

Mr. Peel rose, to present six petitions against further concessions to Roman Catholics. These petitions had been for some time in his hands. They were from the Minister and Protestant Dissenters assembled…

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Imperial Parliament. House of Commons, Saturday, June 30. Lord Charles Somerset

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 28 November 1827 · page 3

Mr. Wilmot Horton brought up, by order of the House, certain papers connected with Lord C. Somerset's Government at the Cape of Good Hope. Lord E. Somerset said, as the Sessions was about to…

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Emperial Parliament. House of Commons, June 21. People of Colour

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Monday 3 December 1827 · page 3

Dr. Lushington called the attention of the House to the situation of the People of Colour in the West Indies, which demanded the special consideration of Parliament. Jamaica, he said, was the most…

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Historical Painting. Copy of a Petition which Mr. Brougham was prevented presenting the last day of the Session of Parliament

The Monitor · Monday 17 December 1827 · page 4

'To the Hon. the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled—The humble Petition of B. R. HAYDEN, Historical Painter, now in the King's Bench Prison…

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Bringing Parliament into contempt

The Monitor · Monday 24 December 1827 · page 4

MORNING CHRONICLE—The allusion of Earl Grey, on Wednesday night, to the abominable law, under which all those who utter what has a tendency to bring either House of Parliament into contempt, may for a second…

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