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: 1850-05-21 By: The Globe Citation: “Mr. Henry John Boulton’s Amendments,” The Globe (21 May 1850). Other formats: MR. HENRY JOHN BOULTON’S AMENDMENTS, In another column will be found a series of amendments on the Ministerial reply to the Speech from the Throne, proposed to be moved by the Hon. Henry John Boulton. According to the British system of Executive Government, there is no defeat which a Ministry can sustain more fatal than that of having their reply to the Speech altered by their opponents. It is held… Read more “Mr. Henry John Boulton’s Amendments,” The Globe (21 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: 1850-04-04 By: The Globe Citation: “A Forged Letter,” The Globe (4 April 1850). Other formats: A FORGED LETTER. The Montreal Herald alludes to the notice which recently appeared in the Canada Gazette of the resignation of J. A. Labadie, Esq., of Montreal, of his commissions as Justice of the Peace and Captain of Militia. The notice appeared in the Gazette in consequence of a formal letter of resignation, professing to come from Mr. Labadie, which was received by the Provincial Secretary. It appears the letter was a… Read more “A Forged Letter,” The Globe (4 April 1850) →
Document Information Date: 1850-04-04 By: The Globe Citation: “Misrepresentations of the Examiner,” The Globe (4 April 1850). Other formats: MISREPREPRESENTATIONS OF THE EXAMINER. We regret to observe that the disingenuousness of the Examiner becomes every day more marked; that the manner on which he discusses the topics of the day becomes still more unscrupulous and unfair than ever. In replying yesterday, to our remarks of the 28th ultimo, our contemporary copies the following extract from the Globe:— “We were told last week that a “clear grit administration” was at hand,… Read more “Misrepresentations of the Examiner,” The Globe (4 April 1850) →
Document Information Date: 1850-03-28 By: The Globe Citation: “Toryism in Desperation,” The Globe (28 March 1850). Other formats: TORYISM IN DESPERATION. It is curious to notice how uniformly the political circles of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are agitated by the same topics at the same time, and how certainly like causes produce like effects in all three Colonies. Responsible Government was at one time the subject of strife in all three; then came its nominal acknowledgment in all three; then the same sweeping Reform majorities, and the full… Read more “Toryism in Desperation,” The Globe (28 March 1850) →