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4. etgn [¥ to fill . y 0 ,"_ TMca be had | bcen called to fill He had very great ploa. snre in making these AaAssurances, and the more 80, ashe had known that gentleman's parliamentary career for some years back, _| de was glad to remisin silent on ths subject when he (the Speaker) was proposed to tak.; the Chair, and also because it was his Garn. est desire that the first act of the ney L --gig. | lature should not be stained by the rscord apon its votes of thke names of gentlomen who had no right to sit there, He was glad that had been avoided, and he trusted they | «hould not fing these gentlemen's names rg-- corced upon ary vote, as he could not help | regarding it as a catastrophe, | __On motion of the Attorney--CGieneral the _ House then ad Journed at 3. 39, / -- The unseated members who took the oath and their seats wore, Lauder, of Se ith -- -- Grey; Colquhoun, of Stormont; and Hani. ton, of Presentt, HOL. J, i3, MAVDUOUNALD and Hon. Mr. CARLIN escorted Mr. Scott to the chair. The SPEAKER then returneda thanks. He said he begged to roturn his gratafal thanks for the high honour. He would en-- deavour to discharge his dutics fairly and «mpartially, and ho trusted he might look , with confidence to the cordial suppors and co.operation of gentlemen from both sides of | «he House. (Applqause). |__ Hon. J. 8. MACDUONALD congratulated vhe Speaker upon his unanimous election and he believed he would receive the support of both sides of the House in the discaargo o#A his duties as Speaker, He moved the ad. jourpment of th@%lonle. Mr. BLAKE sad he could assare Mr. Speaker that he would have no cause at auy 'ime to regret his elevation to the CcraAlr, our.. ng to anvthing that might arige from that side of the House, He might count upon their support being accorded to hin in ihe responsible position which he had vcen called to fill He had very great plea. --nre in making these assurances, and th4 more 80, ashe had known that gentleman's garhamen_ta_ry CMEestr {fO0r. somm waa... i1 *4 The motion made by Hon. J. $. Masion. ald was then put to the House by the Clerk., It was carried without opposition, The ULDEK vhen declared »fr. R. W, Scott duly elected. Hor. J, S. MACDONALD and Hon. Mr. CARLIN# escorted Mr. Scott to tha chaiz@ came forward ho had sworn th:m in; an be as Ulerk of the House, could no: ques on their right to take the oath. Has ora «umed th«t the motion of the membs fer Bruce was to direct him (tho Clork) t lay certain papers on ths table, but he ha: been advised not to do so, as His Exsellone: bad not yet opered the Houss It woul. rot be competent for him to lay the paper on the table, because there was no Houss t make an order to that effect, Hon J. $ MACDONALD said ha wou'!ld leave the clerk to decide what course he should take in rfiud to the objections urged by Mr. Blake. He (Mr. Macdonald) held a different opinion from that of Mr. Blake. That hon. gentleman had chosen to state that these gentlemen were wanting in com-- mon sense of shamg if they, should ven: ture to sxercise their rights in this H»~73 _ th:t:%hh with which their eonstituents in-- ve them, Mr, Blake thought that, be-- caiuss he said so, these gentlemen should bs dragooned out 6: itne House, But he (Mr. Macdonald) fancied that thess gextlemen would act according to their conscience and their taste. That was the way in which he (Mr. Macdonald) regarded that these gentle-- men ought to qnme their course in this House. -- The clerk was here to perform only one single act, until the House elected a Speaker. He (Mr. M.) held that the Houss was not perfectly constituted to receive the reports from the judges. A high authority said that the Houseof Commons was only breathed into existence when the Queen addressed the House, and the Speaker was elected. . Hore was as yet no Speaker, and there was no ad-- dress. This was the education they hal had, and thqg were not a House until the Lieutenant--Governor called them togethor He would not dictate the course the clerk should take ; but would leave that officar to do what he considered to be his daty. But he (Mr. M.) apprehended that there | wa;a nothing in the objections that had been | taken. ~VIu2i0f 0' vio Aclb, an inadvertency ; but hs contenged that the Act was clear ani ox plicit; that tho decision of the judges was tinal; and when once that decision was ran. dered no one who wes unseated by the judges bad any right to appear, hear and vote apon any «uestion befors th= Hou o 't was quite evident that the first duty of the House was its purgation, to declare who was entuitled by iaw to take a seat there. His horourable friend bad said that for any gentleman unssated to come there and vote it wouid be an oifence against public law and public deceacy. Uhar sentiment he bslieved was the sentim--nt that prevailed in the public mind, and he was glad to know--at least he had been so in-- formed--that of the six gentlemen who had been unseated orly two had ventured to break the law in the way advised by th« Attorney--Gencral. That even two shouli do so was a matter of very great regret --a matter of almost as much regret as that the honourable gentleman opposite should con ceive it to be his duty to advise, far less to permit, such a violstion of public law and public decency. (Cheers.) Mr. PRINCE said that it seemed to him proper first to know whether there were any auch persons as those referred to by the hoa. member for South Bruce. Then in thse nex: place the question might arise why did they | come there? It might not be proper to lec. . ture members on taste and decency, but if there were such persons as had been mon-- tioned, no dGoubt they would act according to their own taste and conscience in comin . to come here and take their place as if they had been duly elected. If it was possiole that the law could be so construed as to jus-- ti'y, in any pretext, such advice on the part of the Attorney--General, it was quite manifest to everyone that it could only have been an ~uniantentional wording of the Act, an madvertency; but hy contenged that the Act was clear ani ox plicit; that tho decision of the judges was fioal; a»nrd when once that daciston was ran. whem, above all othere, thie qublico shonld lock to gusard public morality. taking upon tm to advise those who had been unssatodi Mr. MACKENZIE said he was astonished and paincd to find the Attorney--General of the 'PrO\Linco and the leader of the Houss, to wr;f.m aborve all 1)th?'rl', the j.)llv!)?i.) shoald The CLERK said og accorded to position which h He had very great 86 AS8Urancecs, an id thas as the gantleman bhad sworn thom in; and > House, could no: ques mtc -- sut . __ uo UOALVL, 1140 ora-- n of the member him (the Clerk) to a table, but he had , as His Exselloncy lnq cominyg rA