Document Information Date: 1850-05-27 – 1850-05-28 By: Province of Canada (Parliament), The Globe Citation: “Parliamentary Proceedings,” The Globe (30 May 1850). Other formats: Parliamentary Proceedings. [REPORTED FOR THE “GLOBE.”] LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. MONDAY—MAY 27. (Conclusion of the Debate on the Address.) Mr. SHERWOOD, of Brockville, was not disposed to support the amendment, and he regretted that any allusion to annexation had been introduced into the House. It only showed, however, the freedom with which discussions were conducted there; and no where else, he believed, did so much toleration exist. He was… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Conclusion of the Debate on the Address (27 May 1850) →
Document Information Date: 1850-05-23 By: Province of Canada (Parliament), The Globe Citation: “Legislative Assembly,” The Globe (28 May 1850). Other formats: LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. THURSDAY, 23d MAY, 1850. The door were thrown open shortly after 3 o’clock, when the routine business was postponed for the day. ANSWER TO THE SPEECH. Mr. JOHN PRINCE obtained the floor, and held it for nearly two hours. He was presumed to the be speaking to Mr. Boulton’s amendment in favour of an elective Legislative Council. He began by attacking Mr. Lafontaine, for having supported, in… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Answer to the Speech (23 May 1850) →
Document Information Date: 1850-05-22 By: Province of Canada (Parliament), The Globe Citation: “Legislative Assembly,” The Globe (25 May 1850). Other formats: LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 22ND. The routine having been gone through, and the notices of motions postponed till after consideration of the orders of the day, the answer to the Speech from the Throne, with Mr. Prince’s amendments, was taken up. COURT OF CHANCERY. Hon. W. B. ROBINSON was not sufficiently acquainted with the affairs of the Court of Chancery to be able to determine then that the Court… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly [Elective Legislative Council] (22 May 1850) →
Document Information Date: 1850-05-16 By: The Globe Citation: “Legislative Council,” The Globe (18 May 1850). Other formats: LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. [REPORTED FOR THE “GLOBE”] THURSDAY, MAY 16. DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR GENERAL’S SPEECH. After some routine business had been transacted, the hon. House proceeded to the order of the day; and while the Clerk was proceeding to read the Speech of His Excellency the Governor General, the Hon. J. Morris stated that, owing to some oversight, hon. members had not been furnished with printed copies of the Resolutions which it was… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Council, Debate on the Governor General’s Speech (16 May 1850) →
Document Information Date: 1850-03-22 By: The Globe Citation: “News by the Europa,” The Globe (11 April 1850). Other formats: News by the Europa. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MARCH 22 On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the House then went into committee upon the Austrian Colonies Government Bill, when Mr. HUME objected to the preamble, and advised the repeal of all hills affecting the government of the colonies, with the view of re-enacting, in a consolidated form, such portions as might be found desirable. The preamble was proposed, and the first… Read more UK, House of Commons Debates (22 March 1850) →
Document Information Date: 1850-02-02 By: UK (Parliament), The Globe Citation: “Colonial Policy of the British Government,” The Globe (9 March 1850). Other formats: COLONIAL POLICY OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. FRIDAY, Feb. 2 COLONIAL POLICY. Lord J. RUSSELL, the House having gone into committee with a view to his moving for a Bill for the better government of the Australian colonies, said,—I believe there are few members of the House who do not consider it expedient that at this early period of the Session, a declaration should be… Read more UK, House of Commons, Colonial Policy (2 February 1850) →
Document Information Date: 1850-02-02 By: UK (Parliament), The Globe Citation: “Colonial Policy of the British Government,” The Globe (12 March 1850). Other formats: COLONIAL POLICY OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. FRIDAY, Feb. 2. COLONIAL POLICY. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, continued.—With respect to New Zealand, we began very soon, in 1846, showing at least a disposition for representative institutions; showing perhaps too much haste in the manner in which we adopted them; but we began by enacting a bill for the purpose of having representative institutions in New Zealand. The… Read more UK, House of Commons, Colonial Policy Continued (2 February 1850) →
Document Information Date: 1849-11-01 By: British American League Citation: British American League, Minutes of the Proceedings of the Second Convention of Delegates of the British American League (Toronto: The Patriot Office, 1849). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Why Is There No Text? This document has not yet been transcribed. Help us out by transcribing the PDF into a text file and emailing it to pd@theccf.ca. Your help will make PrimaryDocuments.ca the most complete word-searchable electronic repository of documents relating to the Canadian constitution. For more information… Read more British American League, Minutes of the Proceedings of the Second Convention of Delegates of the British American League (1849) →