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kWh crime hull" whim to V _-_ gunman won one ot wmwho squelchod the offer of reward when it was first unwanted. m adverbd to the hot that the'very pol-Ion whom the hon, member for Simcoe oalled omunieru- had since they last not mined his chutes ot being clack-d to the Ottawa Parliament in fin/our of A noted Dominion politician. 0mm and in animating justice. Tint doclmtion was racchood by every member of the Home from ()nbrio. m would not when"! to follow the history of the lament. nble, dilgnceful, disaatroui, imbecile Mani. tobn batman, from the sending of the Hon. Was. Mammal" down to the pment haul Inpht." Allowing. tension of the HEREIN; Mr, WOOD raid tint when the intell- zzence of the murder of Scott reached Ottawa Dr. Topper rose inhie piece in the Home of Commons, and said he ho'fed there we: some mistake. The Hon. . H. Cameron aloe naked the Government if they had in. formation on the subject. and stated that if it were true that a loyal Canadian subject, without T,',"iettt,,iey had been lavegely murdered e believed he could week for the whole Province of Ontario that they were willing to thed their blood and Ipend mil. lion- m vindiceting the honour of the British Asa-... -" = ,,,-. .. _ - ' 1""; him. gentUatan was one l..L-.' " - A «a. Mr. LAUDWt--With Englsnd. Mr. WOOD said the hon. gentlemen should be ashamed ct himself to mute that observation. It wss with the Governor- General of the Dominion. Wear, beer.) The British North Amer-ins Act declared that you or was vested in the Governor-Gen- ersl of the Dominion and his counsel. Until Menitobs wss made e Province, and the 01-min! law extended to that Province, the 110'"! to punish the crime rested with the Government st ottawa. -(Heer, heard Bat Ppon . the establishment of tribunals In Manitoba, and the appointment of P Lieut. . Governor and judges. the Jurisdiction over this crime pessad to the tribunals of Minitolu, and there it was at that moment. He would ask the House and the country who wss res onsible that no offi- cerswere senttoFort Gpsrry who had sub tiqient moral coursge to at into execution the lsws of the hind. fll referring to the bsekwsrdness of the LteutMorernor and Attorney-General of Manitoba in the matter, ho alladird to the eircumstsnce of Riel sub- s¢qu<ntly sttempting to sessssinste another subject within s few miieh% of Fort Crarrr, and observed thst it might be mid that the authorities would not move in the mutter. Why was not some one sent there who would move in it and vindicate the honour and justice of Englnndl The hon. gentleman rooeeded to describe tho hasty trial, and suhsequent oold.blooded emotion of Scott. m would not ssy that Riel should be lunged, but he maintsined that he ought to he brought before u British court, and take his trial, and suffer the con. sequences of the great crime he hsd com. minted. Btsthlr. Wood) wss not reopens ible for the subject being brought before the House. which/Jus thought, understood his \ich upon 1he/iutsatian. He was prepared Para-ir, 1870, whilst that part of the cnuntl'y wu known In Rupert'd Lmd and the North-West Territory, the punishment of the Ct has tested. iiauiiii ,7". byiho iNaisa iiiiiGriGGGaiiFl and explained the reason of the absence of I and explnineti the moon of the obsenee of the Hon. Mr. Bloke upon the division taking place on the motion for an invostigation into the charges against Mr. Delorme. lie alluded to the" mutton particularlyto show that every member of the Government, down to the whifpere-in, formed one sohd phalanx in voting own these resolutions. Sir John had said It Peterborough that he only wished he could catch Riel, at there had been abundant opportunities to catch hint since then. buy,this Riel had been a candidate in Manitoba for Parlinmenta honours. and had graciously made wny Zr Sir George Cartier. (lieu, hear.) If the gentleman who had brought forward the present reso- lution thought he had elevated his party by doing so he was welcome; but if not, either let him take what ho had got to-night as a blessing or hert after hold hie peace. (t 1 nut apphtueer.1 \leWs upon tlte/tuesttan. He was prepared to lay and a groucr Irotnprpmisa, a grosaer instance of compsuningnfelony, never occurred than the compromising of the foul murder under' discussion, under such caro,urituuoeg, It refleckd diugrace on the whole people, on the whole nation. Hy 1}"de tuterEtrd tft, theruct'. h taken in Mr. ROPA YSoN wee glad that the matter wu brought up, became he hoped it would be continually brought up until A chmge was made in tho Government at Ottawa, which was responsible for the long freedom of the mnrdcreru of Thomas Scott. Perhaps the hon. gentleman who now brought the matter before the Home did so to cover his mmy bad actions in reference to it. Tho motion of Mr. Blake in 1871 had been voted down by the aid of the member for S. Simone, on account of a telegram from Sir John Mec- (lonald, who wished the motion eqnelehed at any cost. lie. believed it a piece of hypocrisy on the peltof the hon. gentleman to bring this question before the public again. The Government "Ottawa were afraid of bringing Riel to juatice because they dreaded that he would disclose some of their own bad ne- ti' no. He was rejoiced to see tut, out of the forty who had voted against Mr. Bleke'e retcirdion, only about twenty had returned to the Home to tell the tale. Mr. CAMERON did not think that, in the present Itate of the public business, much time had been lost by the present dia. cussion. althou h a good deal of gel had been emitted. fl 1871 the Adminiitration of John Sanddold Maedormld deem-ed tint in their view the question of the arrest of the murderer of Thom" Scott wen one not properly pertaining to this House, and that new w now borne out by the legal opiniqn exp-eyed by thtlearrEIl counsel legal opinion 6 ms led try the learned ooumel cml'hresl by z, Pram Irody. when ttys mdhiot ttk resolution; introiuced into this House in 1871 had been taking no action to. tttyds, bringing. the. mugdererl pf Soptt to Ctiti,