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Wm worth to the Province ollars a thousand, therefore there wer < 000 belongingw to the people of Ontario, 1y f disputed country, In other words the Inm Government robbed the Province to the extent of $25 per head of the population, An Hon, Member of the Opposition--Hear, Mr. HAY--ton. ge.Riemen say hear, n..'r'fi I if they were prepared to go so ?'ar as to lui:pon the contentions of the Uominion Governmeunt in this matter they wou'!d, he thousht, go any lengths. In that Mouse the Opposition members supported their Province, but outside of it they supported Bir John Macdonald. In this respect theleader of the Op{msmon nccupied a humiliating position. |_ Reveriing to the character of the disputed terri-- |-- tory, the hon. gentleman referred to the great |-- mineral wealth atuributed to that section of the -- Province by those competent to judse. HMe would -- read to the Mouse from a report issued by the Department of the Interior showing their estimate of the areas of the various Provinces in this way : --Ontario, 103,430 .«rmru miies ; Quobec, 195,-- 355 square miles, Mow did his hon. friends © like that comparison ? Manitoba was stated to be 150,000 square miles in extent. _ With reference to the statement of Sir John Macdonald to the cifect -- that they had the written statement of Sir Francis Mincks, one of the arbitrators, admitting that the . arbitrators did not settle the true boundary in makingy the award, but settled it on a basis of convenience, the hon. gentleman read from a pamphlet issued by Sir Fruncis tlincks, in which the author said :--* It is not a littie singular that the award was promptly accepted by Ontario, althougch the only questions of doubt wore decided in favour of the Daminion. Both on the west and north the doubts were whether Ontario should not have had more territory." -- 'The legislation of the last session of the House of Commons with respect to this territory was of such an extra-- ordinary nature that he was not surprised to learn that the Government had addressed a protest to the Fedceral Governments If the Domin-- ion Government had boldly taken a stand in the maiter before thefHouse and before the | reople. then they could have respected them. But n a most cowardly way the memvers of that Gov-- ernment tried to shift the burden off settiement from their own shoulders upon those of Manitoba and Ontario, He had boen surprised to see a member from Ontarjo for the House of Commons (Mr. Daiton MceCarthy) defend that act, and actnu-- ally congratulate his constituents that the Do-- minion Government had managed to get out of a difficully by precipitatingy a quarrel between On-- tario and Manitoba. That, in his opinion, was Gishonourable course to take,. (Applause.) Ho hoped that the Government of the Province «o d takea drasticcourse in administering justiGe iut!. at.. territory, and support the stipendiary masis'rale I there with a competent counstabulary force. . "he timver interest was sultfering froin the la wless uuls* committel to the extent of hundreds of thou-- / gands of dollars, and that would go on so long us the present Dominion Governinent and its sup-- porters triiled with tho rights of this Province. (Applause,) He trusted that his hon,. friends of the Opposition would inform Sir John Macdonald that their support ut the coming general elections would be conditional on his conceding the rights of Ontario and performing an act of public jus-- tice. -- le could not believe that the position taken in the matter of this award by the presont Domin-- ion Government was endorsed by the Conserva-- tive party at largo, as the cluims of country should always take precedence of those of Parly. The disallowed streams Bill, reforvred to in the Speech, he characterized as a blow at the life of that House more than at its indlependence. If that Mouse had not a soverecign control over all such legislation as was within its competeuce then they might as well have no control at all. (Mear, hear.) Eome persons were in the hubit of comparing that House with a county council, but they had not b&lf the dignity of a county council, No one gould interfere with the ac's of a county council so lons as it acted within the municipal law, Tuae retoin: of the Streams Act amounied to this ; there was no Act of that House !nsae'l at last sos» sion not subject to the same arvitrary ' exercise of the vero power ut 0. ta va. (Hear, hear.) lt meant the subversion of the political autonomy of On-- tario, and in that event they might as well step dow» ind out, 'There had been among the lead-- P the Tory party --he did not sav in that 1i« «se, but in the Domiain. an cvident inteation to 0e vle that HMouse, ~. d so educate the ub ie mind toa«itate by :r"'"' e for its atolition, Y-. wa .. my the other day ".' "" in Onatario organ, breathing the ue Tory i( \ { [ of cenwralization of power, expressed the opinion that the next | | thing woulid ve an agitation for the abolition o | the Parliament of Outario, 'The Liberal party of this Province would at all events maintain in all its intezrity the constitution as we bad it, just as they would in the interests of its cit'zens stund by the maintenancee Of the territoriai rights of the Province. 'The endcavour of the Federal Govern-- ment to rob Ontario of her presiige. of her tercri-- tory, anud io destroy the position won by | her by virtue of hoer. wealth, intellizence, and by the extent of her contributions to the Fedecral treasury, the laberal party _would continue to stoutly oppose. (Applanse.) He noted the appreciation of the Agricultural Commission's report by the farmers of the Pro-- vince, and hoped that the Government would issue another edition of the report. With refer-- ence to the purazraph in the Speech seiting forth the intention to establish a Bureau of Agricultural ' Statistics, he heartily concurred. 'The statisticsat | present furnished were, he ventured to say, so | unreliable as to be cuurcl&' valueless. --In prool of | this be read figures regarding the average value of personal property and reality in the various l counties in Ontario, figures they knew to be totally false. He hoped that the scope of the Burcau | would be enlarged so as to include industrial re-- | turns as woll as ngricuitural. Medid not aatici-- pate any considerable expense connected with this scheme, as they could utilizo existing machinery. The stail in connection with the Im-- mixration Department, with an efficient head, would.he thoucht, be able to perform all the work. The hon. gentieman concluded by a reference to the late President Gariieid, and resumed his scat amid lond applause. Mr. '-th"i('l;s---iblrl, ']'iié.;fl"{}' next--Bill 'to amend the Aet respecting Lunatic Asylums and the Cus-- tody of Insane Persons. Mr,. Dreden--On Wednesday next--Order of the Houge for a return showinz the number of sheop killed by dogs, and the amounts patd for the same, in each of the municipalities in the Province for xlxg_ve"r r3 1872, 1@?0. and 1821, respectively. § Mr. MOWAT suggested the adjournment of the debate, 1t would not be possible to bring it to a conclusion in one siiting, and nothing would be wained by prolonszing it into the evening. He paid a hish compliment tothe mover and seconder of the address. Mr. MEREDTTH concurred in the suzgestion of the Attorney General, and moved the adjourn-- ment of the debate. "Mr. MOWA'T moved the adjournment of the 0s@, The House adjourned at 5:30. a NOTICZIS oFf MOTION. nds &