This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ...Administration. This ministry was but short-lived, Mr. O'Shannessy resigning office on the 24th April following. Mr. Haines returned to his old quarters at the Treasury, taking with him Messrs. Ebden, McCulloch, Moore, Mitchell, Fellowes, and Michie. One of the first acts of this ministry was to bring forward ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ...Administration. This ministry was but short-lived, Mr. O'Shannessy resigning office on the 24th April following. Mr. Haines returned to his old quarters at the Treasury, taking with him Messrs. Ebden, McCulloch, Moore, Mitchell, Fellowes, and Michie. One of the first acts of this ministry was to bring forward a Land Bill. This measure outraged all the principles of the Land Convention, and it was of course opposed most vigorously, and in September it was rejected by Parliament. The Ministry continued in office, however, until the February of 1858, when Mr. Haines resigned, and was again succeeded by Mr. O'Shannessy, who allied himself on this occasion with Messrs. Harker, Ireland, Chapman, Miller, and Evans. The new Ministry had THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. 159 an unhappy time of it. Public feeling on the question of land and other reforms, was more strongly expressed than ever. This expression of opinion culminated on the 1st of June, when an immense concourse of people assembled by torchlight, and urged upon the Governor the necessity of dissolving the Legislative Assembly. This request was made in consequence of the rejection of a lleform Bill by the " Upper House," or Legislative Council, of the colony. The Council itself the Governor had no power over, but by means of a dissolution, it was expected that a pressure, sufficient for the purposes of reform, could be brought to bear upon the members of that august assembly. In so grave a light did the conduct of the Legislative Council appear, so utterly subversive of the democratic principles upon which the constitution of Victoria had been framed, that Mr. O'Shannessy, on the occasion of the dissolution, on behalf of the Government, said, " That on the re-assembling of Parliament, the Reform Bill...
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