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s Tuurspay, Feb. 2, 1871 m _ The SPEA!.fF 5 sook the chair at 3.15 7 Om s »~TITIONS. | Mr, Fergu«o»--"rom the county council ._-- _ of York, p»«»);:z« that the proposed Bill to extend th= towuships of Albion and King, may pase 'wlfi. Ferrier -- b-on'tho county council of | ollingwn. praying for certain smendments . to the Juwy law Mr. Ofiver--#From the county council of Oxford, to <b8s aamse effect, ~ Mr. Perry ¢rom the county conncil of Orford, prsy'~s 'or certain amendments to 'the munic:,~| :a= ~»QUTINE, Hon,. J. =. M ACDVONALD presented the thirteents so----w* »tf the Private Bill Com-- mittee, an-- =:=~ trs iiiteenth report of the .R.u'.)' Con nittte® + AINAGE ACT. Hon Nr ©=»LING introduced a Bill to «amend the ('n+s :n Drainage Act. AGRICUULT: RAL AND ARTS ACT. Hon, 1\r 1.INC introduced a Bill to amend th« > «ml:ural and Arts Act. § NUDIAN LANDS. Mr. 8SCO T (Grey) inquired whether the Governmen: jpurpose taking any steps, in co:i'unonu w»ith the Domtfion Government, with the vi~= t-- acquire control ove: the Indian Je0©» ic this province, so as to bring |the same u=<«r she rules and regulations of 'the Crow» !=::<s Department, thereny se-- curlogbto the secwer on such Indian iands 'equal benetits with those enjoyed by settiers on Crown lazs~a _ Atty Geu. HACDONALD said that no communica'~~ +natever had been he'd with the Dominion CGoveroment on this subjsct, THEC EOUNDARY LINE Mr. 8CO@®S (Grey) also enquirad if the Governnme>: b=d tekep, orintended to take, & any steps jor A<nning the boundary lise be tween the F:--vinces of Manitoba and On-- tario, Atty,.Gen. MACDONALD sald that an | > afl)'mpmra-:., ¥as placed in the estimates for t purp(me s THE MCEDXR OF THOMAS SCOTT. | Mr, BL \© . shen rose to move the foliow-- hg resolutioiis :-- 1. That i~s sold.--blooded murder for his out--spoken |~yaity to the Queen of Thomas Scott, late'y a resident of this Province, and an em.:=~=: thence to the North--West, -- has impresses «is House with a deep feeling & of sorrow 2c <~dignation, and in the opinion & of this Ho@=« «+ery effort should be mauie to bring to tris} the perpetrators of this great :;:mo, who, ss yet, go unwhipt of jas-- | 0. | 2 That an humble address be presented to | His Exroeile»cy the Lientenant--Governor, embodying the foregoing resolution. and praying h:m %o take such steps as may be best \ caloulated to {urther its views. \ Mr. COY NH suggerted that the dehats on : | these resolstions should be fixed for six \ --| o'clock. [ Mr. BLA k ® said if there was any debate * \ _/ on the m--tio~, it would probably not be over \ -- by six o'cic~*. .He had given notice of his \ 'Antention to nrocued with these resolutions \_ westerday a'*=--noon, in order that no mem-- _ ber of the use 'should be taken by sur-- \ prise. | _ Atty--Gen MaACDONALD sald the debate '._ had better #o on. } This bei»n; the sepse of the House, \/ _ Mr. BLAKE said :--Sir, when we first ! met here. is whe speech which His Excel-- t lency's advisors , ut into his mouth, we were [ called on ~© <member that " while your im ! / mediate functios 6 are limited to matters of ' _ local concerr, you form the most prowinent \ and populovs vortion of a new boro Domnin-- | _ Jop, which 1 veuture to hopse will ere long | _ extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific. asd | _ be the homws 0; a vast multitude of thrivi: & _ and conte:« subjects of the British Crown " | \ _ To that ssyirstion we cordially and usani-- | mously ass«»i«d, in our answer to the spsech \ on that occasion Since that time somse \ wears bave elspsed, and many events have \ (taken plsos. Some steps, also, have been \ taken towards the realization of the assivs-- ~ _\ tlons contsined in the aspeech--a very large step indeecd in _ the annezation of the great .. \ North-- Wost But we have not found any recurrence to 'the topic in any of the subse-- «@uent aprech«s that the Lientenant--Governor has .X:'rered to us _ We hbave nst, on thoss occasions, heard any allusion ' te the realization of the aspirations to which, | I bave alluced; and it appears to me tha.