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Newspaper
Patriot
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 04, 1849
Page
4
Subscribers are informed the PaTuror costs 10s 10d per quarter with advance payment. Post-office orders go to the General Post Office, not branch offices. Orders should be payable to Mr Daniel Pratt at Patriot Office Boltcourt London to avoid editor and printer trouble.
The Pararor presents a suitable advertising medium boasting large circulation and reader quality. It highlights ads for books sales general goods and philanthropic appeals with eight lines or fewer at five shillings plus sixpence per extra line. Servant ads cost four shillings.
The paper states a strict rule that letters for publication must include the writer’s name. Anonymous communications are routinely disregarded, and correspondents are urged to sign letters to ensure publication.
The House of Commons reassembled for a Committee of Supply on Civil Contingencies and various Bills. Voting shows a 32 majority on a motion to cut 50,000 to 30,000, with 15 for and 47 against the amendment. Defects in Leases and Passengers Bills passed, Births Scotland Bill exceptions postponed, Clergy Relief Bill progressed, and leave obtained to bring five Government Bills. The session adjourned after a late-night division on miscellaneous estimates and Labuan charges, with progress reported and an exhausted chair moved for adjournment.
The French president maintains key ministers while installing Duraune in Interior and Tocqueville in Foreign Affairs, amid opposition to Bucgavo and debate over Cuancannier influence. The Assembly awaits the president's message as Barzor faces scrutiny and Dupin, elder, secures the chair amid factional signals.
The Times surveys European affairs from Rome to Germany, noting a new cabinet push toward Rome, risk of Austrian influence, and naval threats at Marghera and Ancona. It charts Prussia's volatile moves, liberal and reactionary strains, and the Frankfort Parliament’s fate, while quoting Montemount and Vittafranca on Spain. It closes with East and West India mail notes and colonial spending concerns.
The report of the Committee of Maszery's Council for Trade and Plantations outlines a bill to separate Port Phillip from New South Wales and extend representative institutions to Van Diemen's Land and South Australia. Approved at Buckingham Palace on May 1, the plan envisions a unified governing head and a liberal constitution.
The article outlines a proposed federation plan granting NSW and Victoria separate provinces with a two-house legislature and a General Assembly of Australia. It details a Governor General, a House of Delegates, and limited powers including tariffs, mails, transport, beacons, courts, weights and measures, and unified laws. Debates over boundaries and provincial names, including Port Phillip, Melbourne, and Williamsland, are noted alongside the long-standing Port Phillip separation question.
The text reviews requests for separation from the Stanley regime, detailing petitions sent to Parliament and a 1844 address in the Legislative Council by Dr. Lana advocating a separate Port Phillip government. It notes a favorable reply from Lord Stanley, the potential constitutional shift, and editorial optimism about Melbourne’s growth and colonial policy under Earl Grey.
The Bishop of London is accused of forgetfulness and misrepresentation regarding the London Missionary Society annual sermon dispute. The piece traces back to prior prohibitions, director statements, and a contested record about why the sermon was not preached, questioning memory and accountability among church leaders.
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