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It cost $200 to build a cott;lge. and CICar #ve acres of land for each in vidual. Mr. RYKERT thought that no better in-- ducement to immigration could be afforded than the homestead aystem. He was cer-- tain, however, from the utterances of Mr. Arch in England that he still believed that | these homesteads would be granted. Ho| read extracts from the speeches of Mr. Arch in England, in which it wnltated that thoe Government had pledged ftself to look after and take care of inimigrants from his Union, and at Leamington Mr. Arch told the Eng:-- lish people that the Government were pro-- m to build a comfortable log hut for cach igrant and his fawily, would clear five acros of land, and would find the seed neces-- sary toplant it. _ He (Mr. Rykert) called the att:ntion of the Governmentto this de» elaration of Mr. Arch, which had bsen cir-- eu'lated ali over England, because the Com-- mirsioper now said that this policy was to be | abandoned, and only twenty--tour cothAges | built. _ Ho asked whether twenty--four | cottages would be sufficient tor all the !'ng-- | lish immigrants who might place faith in the promises of Mr. Arch. One English im-- migrant deceived would do more harm to | this country, than could be remedied by the exertions of a Mr. Arch for twenty.--five years. If the Government had altered their policy, the people should be informed of such | change. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ARDAGH said the way immigrants were received on their arrival was calculated to create in their minds a very unfavourable homestead. P Hon. Mr. McCKELLAR said that Mr. Arch had the impression that homesteads would be given to immigrants in the w&y mentioned, but before ho 1eft for England thoe Government disabused his mind of the idea. A fow oott:gea had, however, been erected. _ He ought . it inexpedient : extend the fund for homesteads. h anee "martt'kx huil} s cottane and cloar ¥hat the Government bad prol Arch to give every immigrant on impression of the country. He had often advised immigrants not to go by the immi-- grants' train, but to pay the additional sum in order to travel by the ordinary trains. He had received complaints from persons following the lattes ccurse that they had not been allowed to avail themselves of the aavantage secured by this additional pay« ment, but had been forced to travel by the irnmiprants' Srain. _ _ .. .. . ... _ Hon, Mr. MOW AT said thas the GoveTh« . ment bad taken every pains to prevent the claims of this country bsing exaggerated when immigration was invited. The ad« vanteges cffered . to the agricultural labourer by this countiry were 80 im« portant that there was . PO necessity for exaeggeration,. It was impossible to prevent immigrants from forming too san-- guine views of a uew country. -- With regard to Mr. Arch's spaech at Leamington, he was not acquainted with it, but the Government had distinctly told him that it was only pos-- gible to build a limited number of these cot-- tages, and he thought that comparatively fe» would come to this country with the ex-- pectation of settling in this way. He was extremwely sorry if the claims of this country had been exaggerated . _ The item then passed. _ The item of $2,000 for Trent River Bridge was then passed, and the Committee rose and asked leave to sit again. Nx. 23 _ Mr. CRAIG (Glengarry) moved that the ' absence from this House this session of William -- Craig, _ FEsq., member _ for the County of Russell, and -- Thomas McC. Fairbrirn, Esq., member for 'the West Riding of the County of Peterboro' having beau caused by severe illness, this House _ unanimously authorises the ac-- countant to remit to them the sessional al. lowance to which, but for their absence, they would have been entitled, but that this resolution shall not be taken as a precedent . o t e o0 ts Hon, Mr. MOWAL moved vhe ment of the House. The House acjourned at 1, 30 p. Evening Session. (NOTSR T 4 c aid d c contamntcnt s ol fhaes 50 E to authorise such payments in future, Carried. MISAPPROPRIATION _ OF _ PUBULIC MmoNEY. The SPEAKER Hon. Mr. CROOKS moved that the House go into Committee of Supply. Mr. MERRICK said that in the debate last night the Premier had declared that it was a sound constitutional rule for the Gov-- eroment to divert public money from the use to which this House appropriated | it. He thought the House ought either to sffirm this principle or to disavow it. There ABSENT MEMBERS. MOW AT said that the Govern-- ken every pains to prevent the his country bsing _exu!'gented MOWAT moved the adjourn-- hild prom.ed Mr. . °o 'srant on arrival & the chair at 3.20 was no right which the House ought to :und mo:; carefully than this, no action of the Government which ought to be pro-- testeod against more strongly than the diversion of money voted by the House for a particular purpOs@ to any different purpose. He could readily understand the principles which had actuated the Attorney--General to pursue the course he had tpken on this question. They bad bad an .llluvtuhon.of his views in reference to the rights of Parlia: ment in the manner in which ho bad treated certain -- bills passed by, the House last | session, but by bis advice not assented to. Jast _ yest the House | voted a certa... --am of money for the crection of a lock--up at Bruce Mines, The Government, however, raw fit to revoke that decision and expend the money 300 or 400 miles away from Bruce Mines, for a similar purpoS$@, it was true, but without the sanction of the Legislature. The Astorney--General bad said it was necessary to expend the money at Silver Isiet, and had contended that the amount, if: not charged under this head, \ might be _ charge under the head of | Unforseen and %nprovidcd. Unfortan-- ately for the Government, however, the amount voted for the unforseen and unprovided expenses had been aimost entirely expended. The Government bhad | spont last year about $49,500 of the $50,000 voted for that purposé, and the balance would not have beon sufficent for the pur-- pose, -- The Public Accounts ought to be entirely correct in the whole and in detail, or bon. members would be unable intelligent-- | ly to express their opinion on public expen® ' diture, This money was spent at Silvor | Islet, and yet the Government stated in the | Public Accounts that it was expended at Bruce Mines, which was not correct in point of fact. It had been asserted that one of the principles of the Reform Party was that money appropriated by a vote of Parliament ' should not be diverted. That was at all ' events the principle of the Opposition. He thersfore moved in amendment . that all the words after "that" in the original _ motion -- be struck out, and | the following _ substituted : _' In the | opinion of this House no public money ap-- | propriated by Parliament for & particular PE Lhe 0A ccMbe < -- Mlamawte was no right which the Ho guard more carefully than this, the Government which ought testod against more Asf;\roug] _ CE 0A Nexs h work in -- a certain . locality . sNOuUIG be _ diverted _ by an _ Order _ in Council at the mere will of the Executive, theroby ignoring the express will of Parlia-- ment, such diversion being a violation of a well understood principle of constitutional practice, and fraught with danger to the liberties of the people and the privileges of Parliament." ing, and was utterly preposterous aud ab-- surd unless it condemned the conduct of the Government in establishing this lock--up at Silver Islet. He knew hon. gentlemen would deny the truth of an argument, 'no._ matter how -- clearly stated, if Hon. Mr. MOWAT said is was impossible for the Government to accept this mption, inasmuch as any amendment to a motion to go into committee of supply was necessarily a motion of no confidence. In the case of an invasion of the country, the Government would be bound to use every dollar in the Treasury for the purpose of resisting such invasion. -- An emergency of this kind would override any appropriation of this Legis-- lature. -- While the rule laid dowa in the re-- solution was nearly of universal application in regard to the money voted by this House, there were still occasional exceptions. The Government were also bound to attend to the administration of justice, the enforce-- ment of the laws, and the maintenance of peace and order in every part of the country, and if there was any money in the Treasury which the House had appropriated to other objects, then it was the duty of the Govern--. ment to use that money towards securing these ends. Except in these instances, he believed, and quite as stronzgly as bon. gen-- tlemen opposite professed to believe, that money veted should be spplied to the purpose for which the Legislature had ap-- propriated it. HMe would form no partof a Government who wore not prepared to carry out that principle wherever practicable. In this case, however, there was zo margin in the unforessen and unprovided fund. The Government discovered, after the money bad been voted, that it was not required for the Bruce mines, that the mining population had gone to Silver Islet, and from frequent representations of the officials of thas dis-- trict the Government found it was abso lutely necessary for the protection of the people there that a lock--up should be pro-- vided. He bhad no hesitation in saying that upon all principles which statesmen recog-- nize, that it was the duty of the Govera-- ment, under these circumstances, to «pply the money, although not voted for the pur-- pose, to establish the lock--up. T&nt being the caso, the resolution was withotrt mean. certain -- locality _ should