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M oi( of thiul i ved no credit TOFSAVINE the SurpiUs, nas-- could compel: the carrymg"se Suppos® [ much as it rolled in of itself. )'Vell, if it , award, but that was not ho © what posi-- J was not the Ministry's doings, this surplus, that the award was ilega), D. 1f if it at-- | surely they could not properly be con-- tion would the House find "f"estion, and | demned for the possession of it. But ths tempted to deal with that q4 In view | was only one of the many inconsistencies found they had no poWwe* do Sfs ment | developed in the arguments of honorable ] Governme of that, and that the Imperi? a the Privy | gentlemen on the other side of the House could place the mattel behm; the Houss] He would support the motion fort he a-- Council, it was impossible 1 af the muni--| doption of the address, because he felt could deal with the questi0n 0 ition to do | that the Government was a good one, and cipal debt. It was not!n fingd whether | because his constituency almost to a man so until the question was 46C) t or not. _ It| endorsed the general policy of that Governs the award was to be carned (iust se ssion | mont. was certainly expected da'it with,] On motion of Mr. COYNE, the House that it _ would be 19'1 changed.| adjourned at 11:15 o'clock. : but circumstance* c i th 'lagmg prompommarerseranmemepmenres mnerery C oy cour o rexvemms Then it had been charged that the P AC /5 a t the disposal of the of this large sum & d corrupt /s 67 improper and corrup G@cvernment was &n inciples of COn-- act and contrary to the pMNCIP ETLE stitutional Government, but he in inci i hich the Govern that the principle in W tally the prin-- ment proceeded was substantialiy th0 P t j hey had acted in 1849. cipie on which they ised The Government of that day comprésg | the best men of the Reform party, and NC | p their memories | would not stand by and see he blighted. The hon gentleman opposIe professed to hold in high repute th({)emenl\; h ory of that Government, and 1t i11 be 1fahll J him to censure the Government WRICN M8C ; introduced asimilar legislation. .1._. . / ject of the Government was to open out' the country by aiding the construction of lines towards the North, and in l the cases of lines running through | poorer sections ot the couuntry it was felt that aid was necessary, and ho could not understand how it could be claimed | that thke County of Essex was cheated. ;'I'hen a very large revenue had been de-- | rived from these very lands, arising from | the. timber dues, and in that shape they | had received almost the entire sum which was now put down to that item. Consi-- dering that those roads were to be a public benefit by admitting the emigrant into the ' country, he said that the measure was Jus-- l tified, it was only an act of jJustics to the people. Before that million and a hailf would be expended he would venture to say there would be two millions of revenue arising to the public treasury from that par-- ticular locality. It had been part of the Government scheme of last year to reserve a portion of that fund to indemnify the municipalilles which had borrowed money, and they bad thought it | R unwise to devote the whole of that sum to other purposes. The hon. gentleman op-- posite had sneered at the borough which | ; he (Mr. Hichards) represented, bnt he thought that the representative of that constttuency was as much entitled to re-- t spect as others. The hon. gentlemen ex-- plained the cireumstances under which he had changed his position from the dlepart--, ment of which he had formerly had charge, I and in which he had acted chiefly from| ( personal considerations. While he had oc-- cupied -- that position he had intro-t duced a new syatem of collect.| ing the timber revenue which h'-dri increasel _ to _ upwards of $420'00&'!L I and had effected a reduction of $14,000 in | ! the expenditure of the department. A | ! large number of disputed cases had been| I settled during his tenure of office, and he| ! believed the department had never been better managed than during that period. Mr. CURRIE made some general re--| ! marks on the character of the Speech, in which he complained of the absence of unyl promise of legislation worthy the Govern--, | ment. Hedid not believe that an agricul-- tural college was needed, and thought the money might be better applied to the as-- sistance of railway enterprises. He would vote for theamendment of the hon. mem-- ber for South Bruce. An hon. membermoved the adjournment of the House, but it was not seconded. )r. BAXTER referred to the allusion in the address as to the projection of an Agricultural College. He thought that the high schools of the Province were suf-- ficient for the dissemination of agricultura cducation. He proceeded to attack the t'rtfc grant policy of the Government wWhaen Hon. Mr. CAMERON enquired if the hon. gentlcman could adduce any instancet where settlers were affe--ted by any ordel in Council affecting the timuUer on thost grants ? Dr. BAXTER eould not, but he couli ««y that he did not intend to vote for the adoption of the address. (Laughtet). , Mr. READ had supported the Ministry for four years and intended to support them still, (Hear, hear). _He felt that their policy had been a sound one, and if ltl was held wrong, those large. majorities | which bad supported them during former Sessions must be condemned also. If the hon. members on the other side of the House should be able to sceure the Trea-- svrry benches; if such a mis'ortune gp{)uld befail the Province, he felt sure that the persistent cries about corruption, &c., would then be realized in all variety. He referred to the wisdom displayed in the selection of the site for ths Blind .Asylum | at Belleville, and concluded by saying that | he felt himself bound to support the adop-- tion of the address. a \ Mr. SEXTON, after an eculogy of his constituents for clecting him, admitted that the Government had sanctioned the passage of many good and mani,; excellent measures, but conterded that the Opposi-- tion had moulded them. He did not par-- ticularize the instances, but concluded with the general asserti®h that he had no con-- | fidence in the Government. \__ Mr. DEACON wished to define his post-- ! tion as a new member. --Io 1869 he had ! outspokenly declared his intention to sup-- 9 port the Government. He read from his ! cle_ction address of that time to verify this statement, and to his views on immigration policy. In 1871 he had agai addressed his constituents in a slmilaq strain and he was elected to support the Government. The electors of North Ren-- frew were a unit on the railway policy of the Government; they considered it a cound one, one conceived for the best in-- terests of the Province. Here e s garded the amendment as a reflection on the last para-- graph of the address, anq therefore T ' flection upon the last Parlfament '§ *A the members of the C )pposition con ome the Ministry for accummulatin foiot f j id that the M; § a surplus, nistry deser--