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Politics & elections, 1836

31 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 2

Colonial Politics. the Dying Parliament

The Colonist · Thursday 25 August 1836 · page 1

ON Friday, the 12th instant, our Colonial Parliament adjourned sine die; possibly, never again to sit "in solemn conclave." Ere the return of its next annual season, it is not…

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English Extracts. Imperial Parliament. Russia and Turkey

The Colonist · Thursday 1 September 1836 · page 6

HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20.— Mr. Grote rose to present. a petition from sixty merchants of the City of London, who might be considered as fair representatives of its trade. The…

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The Parliament Palace—mr. Barry's Design

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 7 September 1836 · page 2

AT last we have had an opportunity of examining the four designs which have obtained the premiums. If there be ground to question the discretion of the…

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English Extracts. Imperial Parliament House of Lords, 26th April Irish Municipal Corporation Bill

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 7 September 1836 · page 4

The order of the day for the house to resolve itself into a committee on the Irish Corporation Bill having been read. Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci said that…

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Dublin Election Committee. (From the Morning Chronicle.) Defeat of Mr. O'connel

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 8 September 1836 · page 2

At lenght this most protracted and most tedious [?] is brought to a close. [?] Mr. O'Connel could not possibly sustain his [?] at was obvious from the very outset; and although…

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English Extract. Model of a Plan for the Two Houses of Parliament

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 1 October 1836 · page 3

The model of a plan for the Houses of Parliament, Courts of Law, &c., made after the architectural designs of Mr Lewis Vulliamy, and in conformity with a plan…

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To the Right Honorable, and Honorable the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled. The Humble Petition of Andrew Bent, of Hobart Town, in the Island of Van Diemen's Land, Printer. Resectfully Sheweth.—

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 16 November 1836 · page 4

THAT in the year 1815, your Petitioner was appointed Government Printer, by His Honor Colonel THOMAS DAVEY Lieut. Governor of this Colony; and continued…

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English Extracts. Imperial Parliament. Female Emigration

The Colonist · Thursday 8 December 1836 · page 3

HOUSE OF COMMONS MONDAY, JULY 11.— Mr. Walter said be had been waiting for the opportunity which he thought the notice given several weeks ago by the Under Secretary, for the, colonies…

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The Houses of Parliament

The Australian · Tuesday 20 December 1836 · page 2

THAT a very unbecoming and injurious spirit of opposition exists on the part of the House of Lords towards the Commons, the following extract among many others of a…

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Singapore Petitoning Parliament Against Taxation

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 21 December 1836 · page 3

At the very moment that the President of the Board of Trade in liberally announcing in his place in Parliament that the duties are to be reduced on certain Indian…

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Colonial Statistics. New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land. An Act to continue until the Thirty-first day of December, One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and from thence to the end of the then next session of Parliament, an Act of the Ninth Year of His late Majesty, for the Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land.—July 28, 1836

The Colonist · Thursday 22 December 1836 · page 2

WHEREAS an Act was passed in the ninth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act to provide for the Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van…

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