Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 2)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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Identifikator:: 1896935052

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-238139

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 2

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XI Seiten, Seiten 570-1100

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Title:: Chapter VIII. The constitutional relations of the houses

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602 PARLIAMENTS OF THE DOMINIONS ([rarr in position of a confidential adviser of the Crown, since it is impossible that their advice could be received with any other feelings than those of doubt and distrust.” Mr. Card- well justly felt that to leave the Governor in office after that dispatch was impossible. It was believed in the Colony that his recall was due to his support of the Legislative Assembly, who thanked Sir Charles Darling for his services and decided to grant £20,000 to Lady Darling for her separate use. Sir Charles Darling proceeded home, and made efforts to secure a reversal of the decision of the Secretary of State. In 1867 he in- timated that Lady Darling would be willing to accept the grant. On the other hand, the new Governor was informed by the Secretary of State, in a dispatch which was laid before the Assembly on February 19, 1867, that the grant could not be sanctioned unless Sir Charles Darling was finally relinquishing the public service! In April Sir Charles Darling relinquished the public service, and the Governor submitted a measure to the Legislative Assembly on July 23, 1867, proposing the grant. In 1868 Sir Roundell Palmer proposed in the House of Commons that the Governor’s conduct should be condemned, but it was clear that the Governor was right in his action, as he was not entitled, by refusing a formal recommendation, to thwart the will of the House of Assembly. The grant was tacked on to the Appropriation Bill, and the Appropria- tion Bill was rejected by the Upper House on August 20, 1867, by twenty-three votes to six, with the result that a deadlock ensued which lasted thirty-two days. The ministers advised that there should be a prorogation as in 1866, and that the House should then be called together again for the reintroduction of the Bill. The Governor declined and the ministers resigned; the Governor being unable to find others had to reinstate them, proroguing Parliament on September 10 and calling it together on September 18. In the new session the Appropriation Bill, with the grant included, was passed by the Assembly and t See Parl. Pap., H. C. 310, 1867, pp. 37, 38. * Ibid., p. 54.

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