Annexation talk and Canada’s constitutional rights debated
The text outlines Canadian annexation debate and Earl Grey’s despatch. It reports Toronto and Montreal responses, Montreal Annexation Association protests, and a call for peaceful constitutional discussion under responsible government. It emphasizes free speech, colonial rights, and opposition to punitive measures.
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Earl Grey
Lord Blyth
Canada
Toronto Independent
England
United States
Montreal Pilot
Lord Elgin
Montreal Herald
Englan
Montreal
Seary
Lgin
Annexation Association of
Grey
Great Britain
Earl Gray
Association
Karl Grey
Lord Grey
Friends of
Joan Reprath
R. Renats
California and West Indies News From The Era
Reports from San Francisco describe a favorable mining season ending due to winter storms in 1850 with many adventurers returning home. California’s first legislature met in San José as Governor Burnett delivered his inaugural address and King prepares an official report on the region. Population estimates rise in San Francisco and Sacramento, with gold exports projected at 30 million dollars for 1850. Jamaica’s Long Parliament resumes in March under Sir Charles Grey with a peaceful session and a new sinking fund plan to manage Jamaica’s loan liabilities and commissions.
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San Francisco
Oregon
Eldorado
Pacific Star
California
San José
Burnett
King
Congress
Georgia
Sacramento City
United States
New York
West Indies
Jamaica
Charles Grey
England
London
Austrian Expedition Plans Central Africa Mission Led by Muller
The Austrian government will send a scientific expedition to Central Africa directed by Baron Jean Guillatmé Muller with zoologist Alfred Brehm chemist Oscar Brehn and physician Vieathaler. They will gather at lake Birkelkadrun in Upper Egypt then travel by Red Sea to Souakin toward Abyssinia to reach Nile sources. Austria aims to establish trade ties and possibly a colony.
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Canrtin
Birk-el-Kdroun
Moris
Upper
Egypt
Red Sea
Souakin
Abyssinia
Bien
Nile
White River
M. de Muller
Austria
Central Africa
Island prospects and colonial finance noted in February reports
The Morning Journal reports on hopes for American capital in the island and cotton cultivation advances. It notes the Combined Court closing with Governor Barkly praising financial work and delaying a £50,000 loan for the Demerara Railway Company within a broader £260,000 guarantee plan. Antigua tariff changes aim to cover excess spending with higher duties on refined sugar from slave colonies.
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Hioard
Morning Journal
Aerard Pooge
British Guiana
Barkly
Demerara
Her
Colonial Office
Antigua
Weard
Eleven Murder Defendants Set for Tullamore Assizes
Eleven persons are to be tried for murder at the upcoming Tullamore assizes. The article notes London’s population at 2,206,076 with 1,082,630 males and 1,173,446 females, and 1849 births at 72,662 with 69,432 deaths.
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Tullamore Assizes
London
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Anduras
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Lypso
Mr. Breen
Kossuth
Sistens
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Moszlenyi
Pesth
Vienna
General DeMbinski
Constantinople
Dembinski
M. Titoff
Baron Sturmer
Turkey
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Lamoriciere
Paris
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