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\O~ vious clasgm The hon. Treasurer said that he was no'e'. ready'to say what amount he . should want for any of the schomes which had been foreshadowed by the Government. This conduct on the part of the hon. gentle-- man reflected in the greatest degree on the incapacity, if not the want of hoanesty of the Government--on their incapacity in not at once introducing the scheme which thsy were prepared to submit to the House, as just and capable and suited to the require ments of the country, and on which the 7 were prepared to stand or tall, or on theoir want of horesty if they have no dovige ready yet, mor can ta}! uy what they intead to propose until a late period of the sess'on, because their desire is to keep it in ths dark, and until the work to be done in the corridors can be accomplished. (Hear, hear.) After referring to the change in the opinions of the hon. member for Peterboro' (Mr. Car-- negie), to which allusion had already been made, Mr. Blake said that it had always been noticed that when the finaucial poligy of the (Government was discloscd, there were grumblings and growlings nearly ap-- proaching to revolution on the part of maay of its supporters, and it was to avoid this that the House and coun:-- | try _ were deprived of the estimates until a late period of the session. (Hear ) ' In reply to the denial that the policy of th» ; Government with regard to the Medical | Schools grant had been framed by the op | fitition, Mr. Blake referrod to the vote on : Mr, Perry's motion setsling the question, which was carried by 38 to 34, all the moa-- bers of the Government beiag included in : the minority; and to the subsequent vote on-- deavouring to replace the original motion : which was defeated by 49 nays against.23 yeas, among the latter again being found the names of four ministers. If the c3n-- tinued references to corruption by the Opposition leaders and pross wera ds-- p monlizinfi the people, they woere inforence egitimately drawn from the public speeches offt he members of the Government. (Hear. bear.) It was an insult to the public to say that they would credit the inferences if tac ground was not capable of supporting the n But these charges of corruption had been re-- ferred to at an early period of that debate, and yet had there been any denial attempt=i of them? Four out of the five members of the Government had spoken, and but one o{ the four had referred to them in any way, and the hon. Treasvrer had only said that if the Premier hai done the things charg>d agaimst him, it was very wrong, but he was sure of one thing--that they hai been 'done with money from the public funds, _ This was all he could say, and it ro-- minded him of the hon gentleman's remark with refersnce to Col. Gray, namely, " that the less said about him the better." (Cheers ) Man{:lf the supporters of the Governmsat also spoken, but they had not denied the charges in any way. Indoed, ho had heard some of them say, when refereance was made to the matter, '"Quite right" Bat he deéfied any member of the House to stand up on the floor of the House and allow his name to go forth to the pablic, to be stamped with the incdible disgrace that would follow, if he dared to do so--he defied any man to do so, except the man who had said it before, and mwight now be bold enough to get up and affirm it--ho defed any man with a reputi tion to take care of, to stand up in that mulgated. _ But notwithstaunding that the proposal of Quebec was unreasonable, and notwitlutunimfi the knowledge of the conse-- quences of a docision, the Governmant of Ontario insisted on a decision, and thus gave what little excuse there might be givan for the actiontakeg by the Governmentof Quebec The hon. Treasurer had shook his head when he called atteution to his vote and that of his colleagues, as though they had not voted in the manner stated. He had referred to the hon. gontleman,it he doubed the assertion, to the records of the House, and he noticed that the hon. gentleman'in his speech did not refer to the matser. It was true that he had, at a later period of the session, when Col. Grey had recsived the appointment, but on his (Mr Blake's) amendment he had voted nay. --;, however, did not wish to attack the hon. Treasurer alone--he attacked his t wo coller: gues also. He could not consider their votes as being these of thres members without in-- fluence Some persons said they had none --he sometimes thought so too--(laughte?) but they entertained a different opinion themselves. Passing from this matter, the hon. Treasurer statefi that he would not be able to bring down his estimates éarly, etating that it was o! no use to bring down a larger part of them, because they were merely nominal expenses, and that it was too early to decide with regard to those es-- timates which did not come uader tho pre-- | | Mr. MCKELLAR said he would mol ( ! tain the House longer than to say that t! e watter was now before the country, and Lo was perfectly willing that the p:'friet-y of the corduct of the momber for Leeds in the matter shouldjbe judged by the country, and l also that the question of veracity between chim and Mr, Brown and himself shoald be ' judged by the same tribunal. 14 The House then adjourned at 12:30. _ lef'him wit! he believed, 4°0! EVERBE VY PPRR EDC CCC OOE " he'elieved, some of his friends made cortain arravgements for hiin to support Mr Dag-- leisb, but be knew nothing about it. olaidi onb Mc uabiiice lt ced dnb tnteie®s i in t * @5 1 Mr. SMITH (Leeds) justiGied his disclosing | private conversatans on the ground that others had done so on the floor of the House ' bifcre. He then proceeded to explain his | porition in the House, statiog that he was ' elected a Reformer, that be had attended reveral caucus meetings of the Opposition, that be had felt the leader of the W-ifion | had no confidence in him, and there-- | fore said very little in the House, feel-- | ing that he occupied & peculiar posi-- tion. -- Howevor, he had only voted once against the Government, and was proud to zay that their measures were such that he could asupport _ He contended that he was not influcnce i in his course of action in the House by the ptlt((! considerations ne had received from the Government, and stated that the member for South Bruce was not altogetber free of biame, as that member, as his partner, bad received an appointme7t from Government ({ronical laughter.) Re-- ferring again to his previous statement re-- specting the member for Both wel!l, he re-- marked that l:is object in making that state-- ment was to show that gontlemsn that he (Smitb) knew more about his affairs than he (McKellar) would like to be made public, and to show that he was not free from out-- side influences. _ He declared on his veracity as a gentlemman, that the state nent was cor-- ect them as Morxpay, Deée¢c. 12 The SPEAK EK took the chair at 3:20 p.m. PETITIONS. 'The following petitions were presented :-- Kon. Mr. Wood--From Oliver Blake and others, praying that certain lands might be wested in Oliver Blake in trusi. Mr. Smith, (Middlesex)--From the Town-- ship Council of McGillivray, pnl{ing to be exempted from taxation for grave ing public mtyl. Also from the County Council of . esex with the same pray«r, for McGil-- Syvray and Biddulph. _ Mr. Carnegie--From the Town Council of Peterboro', p&ying for the legalization of the Bby--law granting 8-'10,009' to the Peterboro' Rincoln, praj lng sor cl:r:.al Lws. Mr. Loaton--From the County Council o' fin, praying for amendments in the law ting to grand jurors; also for amend: ments in the assessment laws; also that wit-- messes attencgz criminal prosecutions may Pbe remunera o Mr. Crosby--From the County Council of Y¥erk, praying for certain amendments in the jury laws, also for amendments in the assess.-- ment laws; also for amendments in the law relating to the investments of surplus funds by municipalities,. Mr. Carnegie--From the Town Council of terboro', p&ying for the legalization of the --law $40,000 to the Peterboro' a nfim iuu way Company. Mr. Rykert--From the County Council of incoln, pny:f.fpr amendments in the Mu:-- eipal laws relating to hawkers; also pray: r certain amendments in the asseasment sil of the United~ COUNDCICOU |"0 _ _.; Grenville, pr&{mg that the .gs.fllh;l.'of On:-- Sario be distributed to municipalib168 and their officers free of. charge; also for amend-- ments on the assessment law. Mr. Hays--From H. Hale and others, of Clinton, praying that Mechanics' Institutes :da{beplsoedon the same footing 28 Agri-- ural" Societies as regards aid from the public funds. ; Mr. Blake brought up the report of the Select Committee appointed to cho08@ the Standing Committees of the Session, which were mainly the same as those of last session. MOTIONS. --_ On motion of Dr. BOU LTER leave of ab-- sence for three weeks Was granted to Mr. « Corby. Mr. SMITH rose to move that the thir-- téenth rule of the House, with referencs to the language to be employed in conducting a a TT P 3 0A mawer ho M H. .'id th't Mr. SMITH rose to move §NDS® ®"" "_" . téenth rule of the House, with referencs to the language to be employed in conducting a debate, should now be read. He said that he found in Taxr GLOBE of the 10th instant, a report of the proceedings of this House, in which some things very offensive to the dig-- mity. of the House had apgeuod. He now med leave to move, seconded by Mr CAL-- _--That the report or statement in "1".111 L & uie o ie fheme m Gr1osr of the IVLD + is Atvetelv l statement made bymzke' Pn';:gbonr South Bruce (Mr. Blake) reflecting on the truth or véracity of the member for South Grey (Mr. Lauder) be now read. ' The motion was adopted. The CLERK then read the fic alluded to by Mr. Smith, wherein Mr. Blake was made to say these words :--*"I don't believe that the word of the hon. gentleman is worth _ Mr, SMITH--(To the Clerk)--Read the sentext. . It is hardly intelligible as it is now Mr. BLAKE.--I don't understand that the metice of motion calls for anything of the hind. Hon. Mr. WOOD.--What dees the notice of motion say ? f : Mr. LA UDER said that befere any fur-- ther steps were taken, he would desire, as a member of this Hono':hto know whether the hon. member for South Bruce had anything to say with reference to the statement, Mr. BLAKE--If the course of ordinary ?nrtu%, lndoed:.:ay say, the :g'nmdoi or» inary decency, been pursued, and any communication had been made to me, the member for South Grey would have no reason to complain; for it was my intention, Mr. Speaker, to have called your attention to the words of Tnx Grose, and to have stat-- ed what I did really say. What I really did say was--that I gid xtot 'l:olievo the.bone of the member for South Grey was worth anything--not his word. Now, however, I am quite ready to uz to him that his word is as good as his bon Mr. LAUDER said he would leave those who knew him, to say whether the statement by the member for South Bruce, in reference to bis (Mr. Lauder's) bond, was to be taken. He was willing to put his bond, cent for cent, and dollar for dollar, against that of the member for South Bruce. _ Mr. SMITH said as far as he was conmcern-- ed he accepted the apology of the member for South Bruce. Mr. BLAKE--You misunderstand me. I made no apology. I merely made an explen: ation of a mis--report. Mr. SMITH said that he himself was not in the habit of paying much attention to the opinion of members; but he thought he would take the course he did in the ordinary way. The matter then dropped. Mr. BLAKE said that he was desirouc that such of the notices of motion as could be disposed of, without oliservations from either side, should be disposed of as #10n as possible; for he did not wish to interrapt the debate on the address. Hon. Mr. CAMERON said hs did not see why they should depart from the usual rule. He did not see among the notices any of #uch importance as would require to be taken up immediately. DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS. On the order of the day for the resumption of the debate on the address, Hon. Mr. WOOD rose to address tke House. Mr. BLAKE said the hon, gentleman hsd already spoken once on the elause, . He un-- derstood that the object in ing all the clauses of the address down &'?h. last was to prevent members ngesking more than once.{If so, it should apply equaliy to gentle: onfi 1 t t n e e s css Ur ehne T mz sitting on the® flmuteriul side of the | Hause as on the other. | u m:nf" to be a Pm:?:bor or South ng on the truth or r South Grey (Mr. Leeds and tes of On: 4 + tpek Te adt M s un w AP 43