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Sydney · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1832

23 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2

Tahitian Parliament

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1832 · page 3

The following singular and highly interesting debate on capital punishment occurred in a grand meeting, or Parliament, at the Society Islands, and is…

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English Extracts. the Earl of Radnor on the Election of Manchester

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 21 January 1832 · page 3

The letter below bears internal evidence that it was not intended for the public; but the friends of Mr. Cobbett in Manchester deeming that its publication would…

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Imperial Parliament. House of Lords, October 13. Reform—riots

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 16 February 1832 · page 3

The LORD CHANCELLOR: I have a Petition to present to your Lordships from Peterhead, in Scotland, in favour of the Reform Bill. I wish to take this opportunity to say a few words…

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Letter Ii. to Lord Grey. On his present difficulties, on the causes of them, and on the means of extricating him self from them. Kensington, 16th November, 1831. [Continued From Our Last] [Our readers will remember, that the following is not Mr. Cobbett's article of the 16th November, but is a continuation of an extract, made by himself, from a Register of March last. At which time the last Parliament had not been dissolved. ED]

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 21 March 1832 · page 2

"But to what does all this tend? Do I suspect that the King has changed his mind? I suspect nothing; but, at the same time, I know nothing. I can only judge from appear…

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British News. Meeting of Parliament

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 4 April 1832 · page 2

The following proclamation, proroguing Parliament to the 6th December, when it is to meet for business, was published on Monday, in a supplement to Friday night's…

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Opening of Parliament

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 18 April 1832 · page 2

The King left the state apartments at the palace of St. James's at a few minutes before two o'clock on Tuesday morning, preceded by the Duke of Devonshire, the Lord…

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English Extracts. Opening of Parliament

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 21 April 1832 · page 3

In our last number we gave an abstract of the Speeches in the House of Lords on the opening of Parliament, we now give an abstract of the Speeches in the…

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Imperial Parliament. House of Lords.—tuesday, Dec. 6

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1832 · page 4

This being the day for the meeting of Parliament, the King proceeded in State to the House of Lords. At two o'clock the arrival of the Sovereign was announced by…

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The Speech on the Meeting of Parliament. (From Bell's Weekly Mesenger.)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1832 · page 4

The King's Speech, the most excellent and manly which has been produced for a long time, is in every body's hands, and the main topics of it have been so generally…

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Latest English News. Imperial Parliament. House of Lords, Monday, March 12

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1832 · page 3

A message from the Commons (Mr. Crampton and another member) appeared at the bar, begging of their Lordships a copy of the evidence given before a Select Committee of their Lordships' house to…

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Wisdom of Parliament

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 1 August 1832 · page 4

We take the the following two passages, verbatim, from The Times report of Lord MAHON'S speech on Monday last against the third reading of the Reform…

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Facts Against Assumptions or Mr. John Stephen's "Triumphant Refutation" of ci devant Major General Darling's Statements in Reply to Mr. Hume, M. P. London: Printed by Vacher, 20, Parliament Street

The Australian · Friday 5 October 1832 · page 3

[?] diri-cons[?]in facti Mens [?] Juvenal…

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The Parliament

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 10 October 1832 · page 4

Last night both House of Parliament were the scene of most extraordinary agi[?]ation; and both were fully attended at an unusually early hour, in the expectation of…

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The British Parliament

The Sydney Herald · Friday 12 October 1832 · page 2

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6.—In the House of Commons, last night, Lord John Russell moved that the House do agree to the Lords' amendments to the Reform Bill, briefly adverting to the…

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History of Parliament

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 3 November 1832 · page 2

WE have been favoured with the loan of Tomlins Law Dictionary, and under the head of "Parliament," we learn the rise, and progress of these assemblies…

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Parliamentary News. House Commons, June 29 (From the Mirror of Parliament, Part Clxvi.) Trial by Jury and a Representative Assembly in New South Wales

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 22 November 1832 · page 4

Mr. Henry Lytton Bulwer presented the petition of the free inhabitants of New South Wales, for the introduction into that colony of trial by Jury, and for a representative assembly. To lie…

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Parliament

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 24 November 1832 · page 3

We have made extracts from the Debates in Parliament, of an interesting nature, but can only find room for the following. Ed. Syd. Mon…

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Irish Elections

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1832 · page 4

Clare (County)—The present members will be re-elected without opposition, as it is understood, not to be Mr. O'Gormon Mahon's intention to offer again…

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General Election under the Reform Bill

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1832 · page 4

Manchester—Mr. S. Jones Lloyd is in the feld: he is a Whig; Mr. George W. Wood's friends have also canvassed for him. The Conservatives are feeling the way for Lord F. L. Gower…

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Electioneering

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 24 November 1832 · page 3

Col. Fox has refused an invitation from Lambeth, and one from Bedfordshire. Lord Palmerston is determined to go to a poll at Penrvn and Falmouth…

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