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T uk 77___.____7*' m Sithier ' } rIpay, Feb. 3, 1871. The SPEAKER took the chair at 3.13 | JB --. h6 is : PETITIONS. | Mr. Scott (Ot'awa)--Frm Wn. H. Beattie and others, of Othww'l,.hg for certain amendments to the 8c w, ani two others to the same effect; also three for amendments to the Municipal law. Mr. Lyon--From the County Council of Carleton, pnytnf for certain amendments to the Assceesment law. Mr. Coyne--From the County Council of | Pel to thesame effect. | sifars, i Cesipe genging taas ie proponsd | era, of Gu: % pro | Bill for the dlmm'(:t the County ofp&,:l- lington may not pass, | i EXPLANATION. | Hon. Mr. WOOD rose to make an ex-- planation. Tng Guosz of this morning had made him say, in his speech of yesterday on the motion of the bhon. member for South Bruce, that he (Hon. Mr. Wood) blamed the Roman Catholic authorities of the Province of Quebec for fomenting the insurrection. What he did say was--that when the hon. * __. member for Sufihuemul the Catho-- lies of the Province of C he was care: ful to limit it to those of Ontario, and did not extend it to those of the Lower Pro-- vince. A