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  2. EXTRACTS FROM EARL GREY'S RECENT ESSAY ON PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT; OR, REFORM OF PARLIAMENT. THE INEQUALITY FO REPRESENTATION PRESERVES THE BALANCR OF THE CONSTITUTION.

    It has been remarked by Blackstone that, "in all tyrannical governments, the supreme magistracy, or the right of both making and enforcing the laws, is rested in one and the same man, or in one and the ...

    Article : 1,029 words
  3. OPEN QUESTIONS—THEIR EVILS.

    Ministerial responsibility may also be injuriously weakened by the multiplication of open questions: that is to say, of questions on which members holding office are allowed to take opposite sides without ...

    Article : 177 words
  4. IRREGULARITIES OF THE REFORM BILL OF 1832—WISELY ARRANGED.

    The Reform Acts of 1832 were advisedly, and, as I think wisely, framed in such a manner as to leave many anomalies and irregularities in our representative system, and to keep within moderate limits the ...

    Article : 583 words
  5. PROVINCIAL MARKETS. GOULBURN.—MAY 12.

    THE WHEAT AND FLOUR MARKET—For some time past, the wheat and flour market has been in an unsettled state, and in the absence of rain a considerable advance was looked for. The late change in the weather, however, has settled the market, and the ...

    Article : 157 words
  6. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 51 words
  7. BATHURST—MAY 12.

    The Times says:—The rain which has fallen within the last few days has had the effect of reducing the price of wheat a shilling and upwards per bushel. Wheat may now be quoted at from 7a 6 to 8a per bushel. Butter, cheese, bacon, &c., still command ...

    Article : 59 words
  8. EVILS OF FREQUENT CHANGE.

    The habit of making frequent constitutional changes is one of the most dangerous which a people can acquire; nor is anything so fatal to good government, and to the prosperity of a nation, as the constant ...

    Article : 113 words
  9. Advertising

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    Advertising : 3,498 words
  10. MERCANTILE AND MONEY ARTICLE.

    THE amount of gold coin issued by the Sydney Branch of the Royal Mint during the week ended (to-day) May 14th, has been 40,000 halfsovereigns. ...

    Article : 1,102 words
  11. RESULTS OF HASTY LEGISLATION.

    Experience proves that these advantages are not equally enjoyed in countries the institutions of which present greater facilities for prompt legislation. Good laws passed prematurely, before the minds and habits ...

    Article : 196 words
  12. THE DANGERS OF AN UNBRIDLED DEMOCRACY.

    Much public good might be anticipated from the passing of a new Reform Bill having these for its objects, but it would be far otherwise with one of which it should be the design or the effect te render ...

    Article : 1,611 words
  13. THE RESPONSIBILITY IMPOSED BY PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT.

    Every member of the House of Commons feels, or ought to feel, that it is a serious step to give a vote which may compel the existing Government To retire without a reasonable prospect that another better able ...

    Article : 696 words
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