The Dominion Annual Register and Review, Volume 12Henry James Morgan Dawson Brothers, 1879 - Canada |
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... united under one general government , with its legislative and executive departments at Ottawa , in the Province of Ontario , may be reckoned ( including Indians and the population of Newfoundland ) at 4,000,000 . The great ...
... united under one general government , with its legislative and executive departments at Ottawa , in the Province of Ontario , may be reckoned ( including Indians and the population of Newfoundland ) at 4,000,000 . The great ...
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... United States and England in consequence of the depredations of the Alabama and other Confederate cruisers , fitted out in English ports , or supplied by English subjects , during the great rebellion , hastened , if it did not set on ...
... United States and England in consequence of the depredations of the Alabama and other Confederate cruisers , fitted out in English ports , or supplied by English subjects , during the great rebellion , hastened , if it did not set on ...
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... United States . English statesmen feared that in case of war , history might repeat itself in respect of divided councils , and they could not be sure that a Washington , a Montcalm , or even a Brock , would be found in Canada when he ...
... United States . English statesmen feared that in case of war , history might repeat itself in respect of divided councils , and they could not be sure that a Washington , a Montcalm , or even a Brock , would be found in Canada when he ...
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... United States . But as they were promptly met , and , with the loss of only a few lives , defeated and driven back by the loyal militia of the country , and were arrested and disarmed by the American troops on the frontier , that cloud ...
... United States . But as they were promptly met , and , with the loss of only a few lives , defeated and driven back by the loyal militia of the country , and were arrested and disarmed by the American troops on the frontier , that cloud ...
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... United on the other , -it was apparent to all those who took part in those Conferences . that , while Her Majesty's Ministers con- sidered and pressed the principle of Union as a subject of great Imperial interest , they allowed to the ...
... United on the other , -it was apparent to all those who took part in those Conferences . that , while Her Majesty's Ministers con- sidered and pressed the principle of Union as a subject of great Imperial interest , they allowed to the ...
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Page 100 - Canada shall not be removable within Five Years from his Appointment, except for, Cause assigned, which shall be communicated to him in Writing within One Month after the Order for his Removal is made, and shall be communicated by Message to the Senate and to the House of Commons within One Week thereafter if the Parliament is then sitting, and if not then, within One Week after the Commencement of the next Session of the Parliament.
Page 78 - ... property stolen or lost, the money so paid or advanced, or any other sum of money or reward for the return of such property, or...
Page 49 - States and of the islands aforesaid, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish ; provided that in so doing they do not interfere with the rights of private property or with the fishermen of the United States, in the peaceable use of any part of the said coasts in their occupancy for the same purpose.
Page 257 - An Act for the further limitation of the crown, and better securing the rights and liberties of the subject, is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and the heirs of her body being Protestants ; hereby utterly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto any other person claiming or pretending a right to the crown of this...
Page 93 - To state the matter shortly, the sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights -—(the right to be consulted, the right to encour-j age, the right to warn.) And a king of great sense and sagacity would want no others.
Page 257 - Him or Them : And I do faithfully promise to maintain, support, and defend, to the utmost of my Power, the Succession of the Crown, which Succession, by an Act, intituled An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Page 97 - Her Majesty has no desire to maintain any system of policy among Her North American subjects which opinion condemns.
Page 76 - Dominion, and in other cases the advice of one, at least, of his Ministers ; and in any case in which such pardon or reprieve might directly affect the interests of Our Empire, or of any country or place beyond the jurisdiction of the Government of...
Page 69 - On the Completion of the Census in the Year One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and of each subsequent decennial Census, the Representation of the four Provinces shall be readjusted by such Authority, in such Manner, and from such Time...
Page 123 - We, Her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of Canada, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to approach Your Excellency with the expression of the deep feeling of regret which we experience at your approaching departure from Canada.