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A"WPP7N' "'T"'"T7T ."t 'r- - J." C' . , ".. " ME ...~ Ts" in " , did not think that. the t -verurnen and 'mllt" : '. House had no control over the matter. , v' kt, Mr. WOOD explained that according to I' ' . the award the onl way in whrch relief could be given in the case ot the Com non I _ School lands was out of the revenues of the _ _ Province. (Bean) , Mr. BOYD-rut is the paint. . Hon. Mr. RICHARDS said that. st some future time the Government mightmak" rune compromise with Lower Canada, In y'al- peet to those land s, but at the present tune q were unsble to do so. In respect to the wry i . in which the Government intended to act to the matter of these landsnhe might say that the Government would send personsnto up- praise these lands, and if it did not like the , manner in which they were appraised would . T act accordingly. As to the present Govern- , mtnt, he denied that it had ever been esr- , lied on upon any other princrples than those l which had governed the Reform psrty, of which the Attorney-General and the Treasurer were distinguished, and he (Hon . - Mr. Richards) an humble membrane-l He pro- I ceeded to refer to the reunrks that had been msde by the other side on the appornme it of Mr, timely to the Shrievslsy of Pan: , T Edward, and alleged that the Hon. Mr Baldwin had appointed members of the then House to conduct the Crown prosecutions. _ If the appoint merit of Mr. Gresly were cor- ruption, then the appointment by the father (f the hen. rrrerr'oer for South Bruce use I corruption. Mr. BLAKE.--" havehs1seet1 on the notice papa the correct principle which should be I acted upon in these csses. The substance of that resolution is, that while the existing ' s) stem of patronage continues, it is inexpcdi- ent that a member should be appointed to an ctiice of protit in his own constituency. fhe observation does not in the slightest degree apply to a member of the Government or the house, who is not appointed in his own con. stituency. It has been the understanding of all the Governments I know or have read of in constitutional history that the Attorney- General in the tint instance, or the Solicitor- General after him, should receive any judicial appointment vacant during his oilioe. With reference to the law otfiaera of the Crown, the understanding has been perfectly distimt for centurion. To compare the appointment to which reference has been made and the one held by my late father, and to seek to draw even iidkentially a comparison, is an act which I shall not characterise, but shs'l leave the House and country to characterise. ( Ap. plause.) The resolutions were then passed. RETURNS. Hon. M. C CAMERON laid on the table returns to address for copies of deuositions taken " Ottawa in the case of father Richot Ltd Scott; plea for letters of resis nstion of . certain officra's of the Court of 6'l'at2'lj'.,' i also correspondence between the Dominion i and .Provincial Governments touching the , public debts and assets. I SUPPLY. I Hon. Mr. WOOD moved that the Hun. receive report ot Committee of Supply, reler. 1 ring to vote of credit. Carried. l V . On motion of Mr. WOOD the House went into Ccnrnnttee of Ways and Means, and I DIVE: passed a formal vote. rose and re. porte Concurrenoe on Monday. BUSINESS. In reply to Mr. BLAKE, Attorney-General MACDOYAI and the 1 Education Bill would be prom. Fl with to. . monow. ' ' The House adjourned at 10 25 pm, - _ - l