Members Returned for the New Parliament
STONEY HAMLETS(2).—Daniel Cooper, S. A. Donaldson. CITY OF SYDNEY (4).—Charles Cowper, Henry Parkes. Robert Campbell, J. R. Wilshire. WEST CAMDEN (2).—James Macarthur, J. N. Oxley…
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The New Parliament. No. 17.—Robert Thomas Jamison
THE second member for Cook and Westmoreland will enjoy the pre-eminence of youth in the Legislative Assembly, being the youngest man returned to that body…
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TO-DAY, April 14th, at noon, pursuant to notice, the returning officer, A. Campbell, Esq., appeared upon the hustings at Bathurst, to officially declare the numbera polled on Tuesday last, the 8th instant, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gloucester and Macquarie Election
THE returns of the Gloucester and Macquarie election read the constituencies of New South Wales a very instructive lesson, although too late for present profit. We urged, before many…
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On the following day, Friday, polling for the united counties of Phillip, Brisbane, and Bligh, took place at our Court-house. Robert Lowe, Esq., acting as Deputy Returning Officer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mudgee. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Election for the County Oe Wellington
Scarcely had Thursday, the 10th April, began to dawn when many of the inhabitants of our township were seen busily decorating the different houses of entertainment with flags and evergreens in anticipation of the return…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Election for Gloucester and Macquarie. To the Editor of the Empire
Sir—The rosult of the election for the above-named electoral district, as reported in your own columns this morning, reveals too clearly the folly, or more properly speaking, the criminality of dividing the liberal interest…
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The election for this important constituency, which has the privilege of returning three members to the new Parliament, took place yesterday, but the result of the polling is of course not yet known. Subjoined are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Parliament. No. 5,—Daniel Cooper
A little man who lives in a large house; as rich as Daniel Dancet, and a trifle more liberal. If charily do really cover a multitude of sins, then is Daniel's charity ample to cover both…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Opening of Parliament. (From the Times.) London, 1st February, 1856
THE Queen went yesterday in state to open Parliament. Though an annually recurring ceremony, with all the precedents which Garter King-at-Arms and the Heralds' College enjoin scrupulously observed, the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Policy of the Parliament of New South Wales with Regard to Railways. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald
SIR,—As the time will shortly arrive when the new Parliament must meet to settle the affairs of the country, it may not be an inopportune time to draw the attention of hon. members of the Lower House to…
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WE hear that some cowardly and unprincipled individuals have had the audacity and injustice to circulate in several quarters, that the infamous placard—for the discovery of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Additional Presentations to the Australian Museum. by Members Of, and Late Candidates for the Legislative Assembly
A specimen of the Froth of the C.—by Robert Campbell, Esq. A crooked."Tanner"—by J. R. Wilshire, Esq. An Essay on VEST-ed Interests—by S. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prussia. Interference of Government Functionaries at Elections—violent Scene in the Chamber of Deputies
The Prussian Chamber of Deputies was occupied on the 7th with Count Sehwerin's motion for an enquiry into the impropor interference of Government funetionarios in electoral matters. M. Reichenspergor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Opening of the Imperial Parliament
Parliament was opened by her Majesly the Queen, in person, on Thursday, January 31. The weather was cold, but fine, and vast multitudes had assembled to witness the procession. Her Majesty was greated with the…
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SYDNEY HAMLETS (2).—Daniel Cooper, S. A> Donaldson. CITY OF SYDNEY (4).—Charles Cowper, Henry Parkes, Robert Campbell, J. R. Wilshire. WEST CAMDEN (2).—James Macarthur, J. N. O[?]loy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Parliament. No. 18,—Thomas Holt
Mr. Thomas Holt is a native of Yorkshire, having been born at Horbury, near Leeds, on the 14th of November, 1812. He is consequently in the forty-fourth year of his age…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Imperial Parliament. House of Commons, February 8. Our Relations with America
Mr. COBDEN rose to ask for explanations from the Government for the non-production of the correspondence respecting our relations with America. He said,—I ask for these explanations because the answer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →County of Stanley Election. (From the Moreton Bay Courier, April 12th.)
WEDNESDAY, according to official announcement previously made, the poll demanded by Dr. D[?]rsey took place at the court house, Brisbane, in presence of J. F M'Dougall, Esq., the returning officer. At an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gloucester and Macquarle Election. To the Editor of the Empire
Sir—In a loading article in this morning's issue on the above election, you make a few remarks upon which I trust you will pardon me for commenting. No one can deplere the division of the liberal interest…
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