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irhfer" to hold otiiott during pleasure." N "" Queen's Conan! were Provinnisl oftiesra, and if the thmrrtunemt had the right to Ip- point any Provinoinl omen" it certainly had a right to appoint ottiearg to do em part of the ancn's business which belonged to In. Since this question had been before the Ham-.9 on n former occasion it had been .vveertaitcd tha' Queon'n Conn"! w-re appuxnun in England under the Great Seni and notun'lor the Privy Sea]. In this can the Queen". (innate! had been appointed tv..,' .' tun nal oi the Province. _ i Hon Mr.C HOOK-'3 argued that the Queou'v I authority cruld bo exercised in Ontario by ! tho LeginMnn or thn Executive in all nut m- wbich came within the, ac me u its juris ' diction under the British North Amer-in Act. and, therefore. having control of the oourtr nf justice, Ontuio hid by inslngy Dower to Appoint any otlieo" in connection with those court: in the nuns of the Queen He aid tint in the Times of February 5 there appeared t c I iutmentu of seven! Ovun'u Gounod 1t,Pll'l Great Real, nhrw Mr.CAMElir)N Mid if he argument of the Attotosyuurmsral w: . "w myming it showed that them was no necessity for this legislntion at " It the power nlreudy rated with the LieuEtasrernor, than was no necessity for this measure. lie nrguod that Queen? Counsel was not essential in the conduct of the hnninou before our Courts. And therefore the inference drawn by the Attorney-Genernl that the loonl govemtmerf mutt "0905.:in hare the power to appoint them was not unmet He concluded than the section of the Corthuisseatinn Act referred to by the Attorney-'Mnonl applied only to Lends of daspartme1nta, and not to prerogative other." like Queen's Counsel Re commend the Bill offered a direct attroat to the Governor-Gourd. Mr ll. B Wth H) said that he thought argument. could be mod on both hides ot this ' nation, and luggeatcd that it would have 1been well on an importaat n constitu- tional point to have hmught the matter be. foro the court. tor a daemon. ovaNtjoGuat undér'tho Grant Real, than ing. that they were constitution] appoint. menu. Mr. Cameron's amendment we! then pu' and lost, tho Bill we. reported, end the report concurred in. PRECEDENCE AT THE BAR. Attorney-General MOWAI' moved the the Home go Into Committee on his Bil Tgyttt precedence ct the Bar, end ex. tl,," ed " he gropoeed to amend the Bil y giving ex- o1icitoraAhsttera1 of Upper Cumin precedence over Queen's Coumel. The Home my" into Committee, and plated and reported the Bill with that amendment. CANADA CENTR, f, RAILWAY. Mr. GAMER?" c-'w. if no Attormm Guggrtlhu! "t , i, _ _ 'p-'Atumty (gulp- Reeling ngnins. ttdsr,rw, -6. W ' Vice- 'hencdlor i. Lt my; a. ' . c, xla Coral Baiursr. Thin Watt 3 mos. imp F an: mtt. ter, involving landto the nine 015 2""),000. Attorney-Genernl MOWAT would no glad if the hon. gentlemen Would lute in want puticnlnr the case we: not properly enh- mimd. He had consulted the counsel who were employed in the cue, And they ware all ntietied that nothing we: omitted that should have been urged. . Mr. CAMERON obeerved that if tin-k l were done hrther evidence ought to be hung" in. There were eeverel pointe upon which the evidence wee Mount. It did not meet from the evidence whether the Mr CAMERON mid, umong other points, thus was one which was not argued r. all. Attornttlenera1 MOWA1? aid that was became all the counsel considered the point perfectly clou- against the Crown. m was of opinion that the one should he roheard before the three judges, and "up. were now being taken to have a no "heard. "If" "flinging, At the proper time. Attorney. Show MOWAT uni-l that he had amvvreedprith Mr. Cltrittoplytt £0ka GT, it"EiSLm" GG,%aid" mfmu, all of whom had been aotina ttttu GOVOanncnt imagini- we: end 7 the} all expreeeed theat. ulvee " being oonthUnt that ell the poieu which would be "untrue to the Govern- ment had been thoroug y ergued. The Home edjouned " 12:10. Evsr since Mr. Treasurer Crooks un- folded hls tinandal statement, the ngits- tion of the Tory orgsm hss been terrible to witness. In the anguish this fearful uhiblt hss inspired, all other sorrows, tribulstions,snd "outrages" sre forgotten. " Spas]: now " ls silent; " Proton " hsrd- ly falls from s single lip ; the publlo do- main, ravaged and noted by the reckless and hmpomibYo Scott, is proioetod no longer; the Brantford gudener is left out in the cold; the " Eight frauds " no for- steed of a surplus, ruinlmtesd of pros- perity, and, on the top of it all, . fast hastening Nemesis in the garb of direct tsxetlon. 'lh's wonderful that, with ell this there is no psnic in the streets; no withdrawal of Private bills before the House; no eager enqulrios end bsted breath " to when the end of the world any be expected as the only chance onrel ef. Or rather, let us say, it would be wonderful, if people generally were not so used to the diurnal dose of alarms and out- ages from the same quarter that the in- fluenee'.of the alaradata is neutralized,end folks pose round the word " all right," and take courage until the next explo- gotten; my, even the " deserving young man " is without a. friend to remember hi: oftrurtion. All-all is overlooked, condoned, or dirrmneahsrrsd, in face of the awful prospect of national dafioit ia. 1. Of nil oorempoesdenee with the Da. minion Went in reference to the chin mom Ind ordnance land along the Niagara river. 2 Copies of .1! paper! and documents in the Crown lands Department in reference to aid lands. for n retain. Hon. Mr. thoo1m-0n Friday msrt--Bilt respecting Ivan and Shop Moon-u. - Mr. 'rktsrt-0n Friday next-Addr- Eng py'leuc or lease: of my part ofuid laid. 4. Copies of .11 lease- of my part (if hid land at or near Nissan Falls. We will put before our readers a few tigures taken fr m the Public Accounts and Eltimetoe in order to show what in the true ante of "hire, and how little fonndetion there is for this clamour. In the first place, let us see what was the difference in the iinandal position of the Province of Data-lo on the Mat December, 1872, as compared with its condition " the end of 1871. On the 3let of December, 1871, the balance to the public credit stood as fol- low :- There was invested or on deposit at Interest 3 sum of $3,637,979 32; there m cash on current account 8172,085 81; and, up to that (lute, the money 'pprat on public buildings. the property of the Pro.. vince and forming pert of our onsets, Amounted to $1,203,662 80, showlng n total cum of $5,019,627 96. Now, then, for the balances " the and of 1872. They were fa follows ..--Mntius lnvestrd or on dope-It " interest, $4,297,- 979 32; call in mount current, 8352,- 991 " ', mount expended on public buildings, $1,475,427 75; and already paid "my on behdf of the Railway Aid Fund. $372,786. Th1: shows I tots! M $6,499,184 31 ,OR AN IMPROVE HENI' IN ONE YEAR UNDER THE MAN- NRONTO. THURSDAY FEB fr. TH] FINANCIAL POSITION. NOTICES " MOTIONS. of all Orders in Couaeil m