...into which Lord Metcalfe had, by unfortunate circumstances been brought. He was to act generally on the advice of his Executive Council and to receive...by their possessing the confidence of the Assembly. But he was careful to avoid identifying himself with the party from the ranks of which the actual Council...

...into which Lord Metcalfe had, by unfortunate circumstances, beerf brought, lie was to act generally on the advice of his Executive Council, and to receive...by their possessing the confidence of the Assembly. But he was careful to avoid identifying himself with the party from the ranks of which the actual Council...

...Elgin was sent out to govern Canada, with definite instructions "to act generally on the advice of the Executive Council, and to receive as members of that...their possessing the confidence of the Assembly." Once the experiment was tried its continuance was inevitable. In the fifties responsible government...

...unfortunate circumstances been drawn. — He was to act generally upon the advice of his Executive Council, & to receive as members of that body those persons who...by their possessing the confidence of the Assembly. — (p. 44) But he was carefully to avoid identifying himself with the party from the ranks of which...

...withdraw from the position of depending for support on one party as Lord Metcalfe had done. 'He was to act generally upon the advice of his Executive...by their possessing the confidence of the Assembly. '3 The significance of Grey's dispatch has been recognized, but only as a stepping-stone in the triumph...

...effect. At length Lord Elgin in 1847 was expressly instructed "to act generally on the advice of the Executive Council and to receive as members of that...persons who might be pointed out to him as entitled to do so by their possessing the confidence of the Assembly." Changes The Constitution of 1840 remained...