Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, October 1St
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 October 1856 · page 4
THE PRESIDENT took his seat at half-past four o'clock. POSTPONEMENTS. Mr. WANT said, as he understood an adjournment was to be moved almost immediately, he begged leave,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Democratic Candidate for the Presidency of the United States. the Hon. James Buchanan. (From the Boston Pilot.)
Empire · Thursday 2 October 1856 · page 3
Mr. Buchanan has been before the public as a State legislator, jurist, diplomatist, representative in Congress, United States Senator, or cabinet minister, about forty years—proving himself in each of these…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Imperial Parliament, House of Commons, July 4, Bishopric of New Zealand
Empire · Friday 3 October 1856 · page 6
Sir J. PAKINGTON rose to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it was the intention of the Government to make any arrangement for restoring to the Bishop of New Zealand the moderate and necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, October 2, 1856
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 October 1856 · page 4
THE PRESIDENT took the chair at ten minutes past four o'clock. THE PEACE. The PRESIDENT announced that in company with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Corrupt Practices at Elections
Empire · Friday 3 October 1856 · page 4
MR. DONALDSON, in his recent speech on Mr. HAY'S motion of censure, complained in dolorous accents of the expense to which he and one of his colleagues had been subjected…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Friday, 3rd OCTOBER
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 October 1856 · page 4
THE PRESIDENT took the Chair at twenty minutes past three o'clock. REPRESENTATION OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE COUNCIL…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne City Elections
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 October 1856 · page 2
The result of the election for the city of Melbourne, decided on Tuesday, 23rd ult., has surprised us more than any other Colonial political event of parallel importance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Election for the City of Melbourne. (From the Melbourne Herald, September 24)
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 October 1856 · page 4
The event so anxiously looked forward to—the election of members to represent the citizens in the first Legislative Assembly, under the New Constitution came off yesterday. A general…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Answers to Correspondents. Presidential Candidates—united States
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 October 1856 · page 2
The names of the candidates for the two highest offices in the United States, cannot fail to prove interesting to our readers. PRESIDENT. VICE-PRESIDENT…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Assembly. Writs of Election
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 October 1856 · page 5
THE Honorable the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly has directed it to be notified, for general information, that write have this day issued, and the following arrangements have been made, for the election of members to serve in the present Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Expenses of Elections. To the Editor of the Empire
Empire · Saturday 4 October 1856 · page 5
SIR—In one of your leaders this morning, you allude to a speech of Mr. Donaldson, in which he complained of the expense to which he and one of his colleagues had been subjected in their re-election, after their accepting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Ministerial Elections
Empire · Monday 6 October 1856 · page 5
A meeting (convened by advertisement) was held on Saturday afternoon last, in the Freemasons' Hotel, York-street, for the purpose of adopting such measures as might be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Election
Empire · Monday 6 October 1856 · page 4
Mr. James Byrnes is fairly in the field against Mr. Parker, at Parramatta. A requisition addressed to Mr. Richard Hill, for the North Riding, has received a large number of signatures, including the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Empire. Monday, October 6. 1856. the Ministerial Elections
Empire · Monday 6 October 1856 · page 4
THE greatest agitator of these times is Mr. WHISTLER SMITH. He appears to be the very soul of incomprehensibility in the late commotions—the O'Connell of the musquito race…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Elections
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 October 1856 · page 5
THE public excitement occasioned by the announcement of the new Elections, caused by the vacation of their seats by the members of the new Ministry, is already becoming intense in the districts which are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Election for the Hamlets
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 October 1856 · page 5
A MEETING of the friends of Mr. John Campbell was held yesterday, pursuant to advertisement, of the Exchange Hotel. Mr. Richardson was moved into the chair, at which time about 50 persons were present…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Empire. Wednesday, October 8, 1856. the Claims of the Ministerial Candidates for Re-election
Empire · Wednesday 8 October 1856 · page 4
THE Parker Ministry are now before their constituencies, and are to meet that public opinion which they have contemned. A judgment will have to be passed on them as a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament of New South Wales. (From the Argus, 2nd; October.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 October 1856 · page 3
THE motion of Mr. Hay in the Legislative Council of New South Wales, condemnatory of the Cowper administration, has been carried, after a lengthened debate, by a majority of three. When the character and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parramatta Election
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 October 1856 · page 2
A MEETING was held on Monday evening at the Courthouse, Parramatta, having for its object the supporting of Mr. Byrnes, in the forthcoming election of a Member to represent this borough in the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Election for the Hamlets. Redfern, Paddington, and Surry Hills
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 October 1856 · page 5
A MEETING of the friends and supporters of S. A. Donaldson, Esq., was held at the Summer House Hotel, Redfern, yesterday evening. Between eighty and ninety persons were present. Mr. G. R. Hurst,…
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