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dom fail to exercise on the popalar mipd. T:ys Lower Canada party, whether you call it Rouge, Liberal, or Rxtorm, has u.'lnul“n straight record for the past three years, as measuring itself by its former course on Ab lic an L party question«. â€" It siruck its flag to nobody. _It iss Western aesdesertedlâ€"as they didâ€"desertâ€"it, the malt was not with it, and if Lalsy it shouldset up its pretenâ€"n t+.** old _ and uninterrupted party distine» moa, through all these reeâ€"nt changes, we There is but one purty in the whole ) minion, which cither on one side orf the other, has not lost or compromised its idenâ€" tity on the subject of Conféderation, and that partyâ€"led by Mesers, Dowiow and Horrox â€"â€"has been shora of its strength by the up heaving among the others, and the force of attraction which few and bold measures selâ€" by the peculigr}! lres ogpodite «4 'hl“m dwm-w gfi‘tfirm ?.'I poured oft their respective backers, did their po | there was no possivi litical fencing in@New Brunswick, until Conâ€" | the building, though federation came npâ€" and tramped them out P04Â¥ 0f fire must ex of uight ? â€" Or by the lonig amd indlelitife sgore | Presently â€"it o m e 'hichnber.-lolun separated, and stull sepaâ€" :‘:::: '::::;:* rates, Mr. Casmen and is «upporters . from Mr. Donto® and his triends ? it m....».hn.“) Tux member for Lambton‘s appeal for the resuscitation of old party lines fell upon un» saympathising care. At the beginning of a new _ Parliament, even in theâ€" oldest of Parliamentary governed countmes, there is always more or less of party disorganisaâ€" yesterday, and a gool many members gave their views an giting. . It will be reeumed today, Mr. Joxss having the floor. Tije Government evinced a desire to close it last night, but deterred to the feeling of members, and consented to an adjournment. . > K@" Up to this Morning. The WEEKLY TIMES may be had at the office of publication aftee TEN o‘clock THIS MORNING. Copies will be put up in wrappers for mailing. Truzs Orrict, Kev«12, 1967.. > < â€" ChrOttameCimes THURSDAY, NOYEMBER 14, 1ss: Mr. HUCH McDONALD, Will appear IN FULL in the WEEKâ€" LY OTTAW A TIMES of Tmis Morxâ€" 1Ixc, together with «& * FULL REPORT OF Parliamentary Debates Hon. Mr. Howe and Or. Tupper, ‘”,.. Kb h 4: >* ______ Ottaws, November 9, 1867. â€" 586td Governerâ€"Goneral‘s Ofiiifl d'opomvo by t‘o Eastern door of the building. ral person appointe 1 to mtT-,-.urcurun,i and the other to the M"h'lll l'-nnmi their name# to His Extbiidncy/ the Borernorâ€"Geneâ€" Wentlemen attending the Lovee will please to beiig with them Two Cazos with their names logiâ€" bly writtenor printed on them, one to be given to the SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16,â€" The Departmental . Buildings, The Governor General L KV EK ! By Comma®i. W ( J L4 A THESPEECHES lfin-obymi-éi-od-ludy-iotlbo Reoliangs Gants On no accasion will the names of wfilm"“lmu AT TWO O*CLOCK, P.4. HIS EXCELLENCY NEW ADVERTISEMENTS °> AT WIS OFFICER is WiILL HOLD a J. G. IRYVINE, AXB lrun changes, we | Gold closed 139; a »A.¢ Sirst strain| The Gremon did . men â€" gould 4 ? Bythe| but wnhx imlzv‘liit was :n&nc:: narked the" that the fire eduld not byrefched from "bâ€"low + and Conâ€" | the firemenmounted the she tand worked open e agitation | the iron shutters, and thers used the water to phev‘n out? the best advantage. ~For newrly two hours A.D.C coutd not leara open the front doors and shutters, but still lit. tle or no fire conté be found. In about baif an hour the flames burst out from the roof at the east end of the building, and gradually ’lpm‘b the other end,.. It was now a hopeâ€" less case ; there was no power to save it. The firemes, who from the begining labored ibnw!y to saveâ€"the property, could do no more than delay the w‘aml di-lruction,' withoutâ€"the Jeagt.prospegtof doing more. The } building was constructed of stone, with iron ! doots and shutters, and designed‘ to be fire« proof. _ We believe the winter stock was all in, ready for meeting the demands of Bate & Co‘s extensive business. There was probably no less than $100,000 worth of property in the building at the time of thw fire, and we were able to learn only that there insurances amounting to about $45,000. $10,000 being Stigin "of the fry moila be mots‘ "Hue t. & re were three bonded mrth building, but the amount â€"of property in them we cusds Ougts ua P 1 there was no possivility of entering to explore l the building, though it wesevident that a great ' body of fire must exist in some portion of it. | Presently it was deemed advisable to bronk | Last night at a quarter to ton o‘clock a fire broke out in the stotchouse of C.â€"T. Bute & Co., wholesale grocers, on the canal bank, The firs was first seon at the shed, in rear 0y the builging, but ’n‘oh‘ : the plate, the back door of the/main building &at found open, and the fire burning on the inside." All the cugincs were promptly on the spot, and the storehouse being close up to the canal a pleatiful supply of water was casily obtained. New York Woney Market. The Post says Loans are active. Stook market more active, mnmwrmxhwn?fi the restaurant of the Hotusp. . Fortunately for the country, members seem really it catnestâ€" desirons of more work and less playâ€"than they have seemed to be for many sessions past.» of Ontario and Que thlofll-â€"-decid:: " I believe all the learm that Mr. MeGoe ron have not required :fi the bar removed uge.. Oneâ€" of Speaker was to refer t itself, and the House, leader, backed by the _ Tus writet of « lct’k‘fl:; C the Montreal Gazette, w y be st know peottravclthow mattomgo in of Commons, says : ‘ & ::oviui. We -'L:':::Mi the members fi‘w re visited the Aariâ€" time nces in 1864, Mr.Compton ecarned the gratitude of the visitors, especially that ‘of his confreres of the fourth estate, by . his affability and his strenuous efforts to make their stay in Halifax as pleasant and agree. able as possible to them. We most heartily welcome his arrival tomil;.\‘.‘( wA g , us 4 and by his efforts and strong influence, he has Torat of Confahiatinny mhigh hae denly vor C mas lat manifested itself in the public op(piolo(l:.{ * We announce with much pleasure the arâ€" rival at the capital of one of our friends and confreres from Nova Scotid, Mr. John TCompâ€" ton, one of the editors and proprictors of the Halifax Zxpress, the most influential sheet in that Province. Mr. Compton has from the first encouraged the Confederation â€" scheme, Our city. confrers, Le Canada, has the follow» ing complimentary paragraph in refeyynge to Mr. Compton, of the Halifax Lz»pres:, in‘ the sentiment« of which all: of our contemporaâ€" ries who were represented in the excumsion alâ€" luded to, will doubtless shars : | part he took in _ carrying . Confederâ€" ' ation, and. hisâ€"at that timeâ€"laigst impor» | unulry'ii taking oftice under 8Sir Jome A; ‘ Macposar». Perhaps in these, Mr. Macpor. carns did. in strict accordange with the Reform p::y,:ml. or perbapoxdid’; Lat the people did not stop to consider the point.. They looked at his record a« a ~paublic than,‘ and without stopping to settle the question whether the Hon. Gzonee: Brows had deâ€" serted the Hon. Wiuiiim Macpovaant, or whether the Hon. Wiriiaw Macporears hadâ€" deserted the Hop, Groros Brows, they ap proved that record and renewed the expre» | sion of their confidence in him. â€" This one illnstration ought to satisfy Mr. MceKexziz that though he may firm parties under the 0‘d name#, he will be compelied to discard the wae of the old amd worn out dividing fines ; and, indeed, we think it not a Itttle remarkâ€" able that the experience of the lute clecâ€" t‘on in the West had not already led him to the discovery of this fact. I hew in re«pedtâ€"of the diversity of interesta | they will affect, :l new in the. altered cirâ€" cumstancesy under whnols the Goveroment , must apply them. _ The atd questions, invol. ving the principle ot the olt party distinecâ€" ; tiou® in the Cammias, have either been settted | "lo the inutual: satistaction of both parties, ; or remoyed by other means from the region ~l , of debate ; and with respect to the new, it is utterly absurd to suppose that men can be induced to think of them in the intellectual ‘ strughtâ€"jacket of a defunct party combina | tion. We may stitl cling to the ancient poli. | _ weal nomenelature, but the mere jingle of a l naiive haslost We virtue with the people, and w in tion as the popular mind becomes « hm:: ‘flene‘ s«WÂ¥ject of governâ€" menf, in proportion as it bezin« to realise, « Mow like Whig Ministers to Tory," | the fi"l.l‘nk%nflllénte of the name under which the politician s«eks the popular con® fidence â€"will ~diminiâ€"<l. And; though the ; names of Conmervative and Reforimer or Tory | and RealiOAF may We preserved, the particuâ€" | larâ€"objecta of the partics bearing them must | differ from what they were under the ancient | egime. The public will juige ot the parties | not by their names, but by their principles. < . To 4* make our npplication" the member | for Lambton will understand ns when we eay | that his calling the Commisioner of Public] Works a "traitor" to his party antu | ©Tory,"} difl indt finffuence the"glegtors of|: Lanark. They tried the Hon. Mr. Macâ€" Dorvgars by hig #6ts; by. Biy gonduet. witk '] to his participation in the deeds, or | , mmm Contitich of 18614 by the | : DESTRUCTIVE PIRKE. | c . smdke l::l:to:g*. h,;! Mr. McLELLAX, N. S., had listened with pleasure to the agpoals from the hon. inem ber for Cumberland, but there was‘a stronger appeal from the people behind the represenâ€" tatives from Nova Scotia. Ifthey should folâ€" low the advice of the hon. membet they wonld not by deserving of the courteay ot this House, which he admitted they had received. . The House had given their attention to the mem>| bers, bi.t. be Selt they should give it even wore to the sentiments of a whole peopfe.. He referred to the clections in Nova Scotia, ‘ stating that the intlaence of all the Govern. ments, and the railroad inf@uence was given | in favor of Unio®, and yet egatnet all these inâ€" Mr. BELLEROSE continined the debate in French. . CR i Th d Jil qn eieitnn t ihun t n lrriics us W# the address, . He said . some hou. gentiemen | C might take objection to bringing before the | a1 House afterâ€"dinner utterances on public ques. | pt ‘tions, but these were the occasions taken ad. | di vantage of in Engl@nd by statesmen to make | »! there sentiments known, aod of that ature| W was the hon. member for Hants‘ drill shed | bi speech. In that speech he had thanked God | m ho wiatk nok anto a Muese nsb . es . e h Messrs. WEBB and ‘POPF and their seats. Hon. â€" Mr,* CAMPBELL said that ns the Forests had been tmnsferred to the Local Governments, it had not been thought partiâ€" cularly nucessary that ‘the Ottawa region should be specially represcnted, but at the same fime was perfectly willing to add the hon, menider‘s own name (Mr, Skead‘s) which was done, . The House then adiourned Before taking the vots on the motion is; these committeew, Hon. Mr, sx‘z:u togk exâ€" ception to the â€"nonâ€"representa * offthe Otâ€" tawd District on the list, and frmly expressed his opigion that its immenso lumbering busiâ€" ness entitled it to some reptesentation, He did not ask to be put upon the Committue, but suggested that the name of the Hon, Mr Hamilton, of Inkerman, should be added thereâ€" ta. Hon. Mr, * CAMPBELL said that as the Forests had Ifwn transferred to the Local STANDIKG ORDERS AXD PUIYVATE BiLis, )'Ieurl._ Blair, Allan, McCrac, E. Duchesnay, Sanborn, Ferrier, Oliver, McCully, Ritchie, Botsford and lobertson. BANKING, CONMMERCE: AxO Rraitways, Messrs. Hamilton (Kingston), Simpson, Macdonald, W ilson, Ryan, Foster, Weir, K onny! Wilmot and Walsh . CoN TIXCB»T Messrs. Seymo Tessier, Armand, Cully, Dickey, Me tie. (The error consisted in conpling Mr. Steeves name with Hon, Air. Mitcheli‘s in the very brief report of a ‘rather «tmpleksant discussion between the latter hon. member and Hoo. Mr. Hazen, ‘The reporter not beingas Yet conver. sant with the names of the Senators from Nova Bcotina and New Brunswick had inquired from one of the employes of the House, and was misledâ€"unintentionally no doubt, °Jt â€"was quite nroper for Hon. Mr. Steeves to vindicate himself, w i‘ areâ€"glad to be able to correct our in P Y llo};\: VDr. Tl}}’PEl_&_ummw the AUT ___. & CORKECTION.. . e r Heo.Mr.SLTEEVES thought it but right to noâ€" | tice that i2 the neowrpaper report of yzouumm | proceedings his name bad been given instcad of that of another hon. member, and hoped the } reporters would endcavor to avoid such misâ€" takes in future. i _ APTERNGON. #B8s10X, 1 ~â€" . Wapn®espay, Nov. 13, 1807 The SPEAKER took the Chair at th Wensespay, 13th Nov., 1867, The SPEAKER took the Chair ut 3 o‘clock After the menuat routine business the ~ * j Hon. Mr, ul‘l'l‘:!}wl. (Postmastc 'v.(‘r;n# ntrod #& for® An for t ldin tion o::’ H’fi' !lwvicv,"ha.i. h was read a first time. CANADIA!! ~PERUIAMENT, House then adjourned HOUSE OFP commoyxs petitions wer Nes PARLIAMENT : Isr ®ESsto THE SENXATI McClelan, Mitchell and Chris« "2°% Fesumyo the Gebute on suid . some hou. geatiemen had not been thought partiâ€" MAGET T it lm)rmn, Dickson Hnmil!on_(lx_:kg-;m:m), Moc &T fl.|" | 90 ) | l CX ECCEZ CORmCidned mt Cmon ecneme. Even w the House in ""“:-’"’l that a ’ Dptk.bll UL LCO LLUNU, J. *\ the hon. member for Cumberland owed his | broad national spiritshould pervade Canadians / s« vl ction to the influence of a work belenging | irrespective of country or creed. | _ Mon, J. H. GRAY said, it was to the Dominion. It lad been swid that there | _ Mr. M. C. JAMERON, â€" (Huron,) would | ted thit the hon. members from SESStO ¢ was such unanimity in favor of U{nion that it | make a few observations, His hon. friend | would take the eariiest opportun ~~ yooetâ€"wemâ€"wiet necessary to submit it to the Pwphl from Hants did not present the appearafice ho | before the House their views, t E. _ â€" _ [at the potls. ©‘The fact vas that up | had been led to expect from the description | and the wsongs they fancied t m to 1804 the Union with, Canada had | of the Minister of Pablic Works, From that } had mstslgc-l, apd it was equally it Nov % »aitpely boon anooted in NovaScotia. He read | description he expected to see horns and ‘a | ted that their statements would / \ Nov.,.1867, from a speech from Mr. Howe in that year, | tail, He had listened to the member for the members of this House the u air ut 3 o‘vlock.4which said that it would bave beeu injudicious | Hants with pleasure, @nid felt that NXova | tion and consideration, and #o it ress the to join a country with such financial difficulâ€" | Scotla had cause of complaint, and when he | as it was now apparent that is wa nastcrQâ€"netal), | as Canada,. . He read from Lord Durham‘s ’ had heard the leader of (Fne Government supâ€" | ed on their part to submit any for hi l';'" + t an extract stating that Confedcration | porters from Nova Scotia (Dr. Tupper) he ' proposition for the solution of t hich was read a" &), -u.ld not be enacted without the consent of | was. convinced that Nova Scotia had a tics ; nay vyen as it was appare t!.» people, If the scheme had been fflorz |grievance. | He argued that any oonstituti ltg?.rlurntl”‘! by several of thos * e by the prople of Nova Scotia, a dozen m to gain any hold tpon the heart oflhwvop?t: that they Were now seeking redr« but rightto noâ€" | lthe the member for Hants could not luvo‘ must have the assent of the people at ppal to the Imperial Governmer bof yesterday‘s | t ingod it, but they felt that they were an inâ€"‘ the polis. He thought that appert was | perhnps, be as well for the House t given instead | d pendent Province leaning upon the Mother I not necessary in Ontario when Confederation | the considâ€"ration ot ng\:m-diom and hoped the }u‘u_mryâ€"and he hoped that notwithstanding | pad few opponents, and where side 188468 | those inpo>«cant qucstions affectin void such misâ€" | this Confederation, the connection would long | would . have : takenâ€"the place of that great | ost and weliiwe of the whole peop ;. . J centinueâ€"=and it would be unwise to jeoparâ€" | question. But ungenerous as the conduct of | in th. Spcoch from the Thron ng" Mr. Steeves‘ | dize their position of safety by thoohn‘a proâ€" | the Government hbad been, he appealed to his | whici ought to be approached wit It‘s in the very | posed. . ‘They felt it would largely increase | friends from Nova Scotia to ask themselves | which rieys above alt persoual co wnt discussion | their expenditure, and. that the governing | whether it would not by better to wccept the | and with a brendth of view which and Hon. Mr, | body would not be contented with the salaries ' Union and join those who would endervor to | all sectional interests. Within ‘d8 Yet coriver. | poid by the late Province of Canada, and in. do them justice in the future. He attacked knowledge of history no instanc tors from Nova | stanced the iucrease of the Governorâ€"General‘s ’ the tinancial policy of the Government, sayâ€" | oceurred whore the Executive He inquired from | sAlary. When he looked back at the long list | ing that when the Mmistry Vrought down | ernment had ever placed tefore t louse, and was ' Of Governorâ€"Generals that had bsen in this | thcir financial measures if justice were not | tatives ofa froe Parliament assen ubt. ‘Jt â€"was | country, he snbmitted that the best talents | done the hon, memver for Hants would have ‘ tions so varied and so important, vs to vindicate | of England bad been sent us for $31,000 | another name to hix demand for repeal. | In | circamstances so peculiar. But b able to correct ’ per annum. o also objected to the appoint» | angwer to the member for West Toronto, he I into the consideration of these‘ q | miont of thirteen . Ministers. It had been said | said all reforms bad been forced upon the | wished fo be permitted to exp . ) th it hon. gentleman bhad made great sacrifices Conservatives by the Retorm party, by th > f concurmance ba the regret of th MPRELL | for luiuu,. but he _thmi:ln_t. the. country was coercion of the people. (Applause.) member jrom Camberland by i; fattowing | it "* sacrificed in rewarding them. Jt had | Mr, G. M. McDONALD, N. 8., said, Ngva | the hon.| inctuber. trom Hanis ( x 3"""“l beon said the people of Colchester had been unâ€" | Scotians could not congratulate the Governurâ€" | was‘not. in a position to givichis kind to an hon. gentleman, but it was the bon. | General or the Howse on the acomplishme=nt | his whole country, instead of to ”"”“l'. ks [ mâ€"mber. for Comberland was more unkind in | of Confederationâ€"they stood in the {\milion That he who had been: one of t “k"‘» Ns -"""‘r | induging his friends to accept an oftive that was of a conquered people, but they would mot tay | ablest awivocates of Union should ;‘l'm'.;l)-_‘ "C~ | ur necessary, and which acceptance had led down their arms, but would die with the liberâ€" oppouent of that great measure. ell and C """! to Lis defeat. It had been felt in Nova Scotia} ties of their country. ‘They had depended pori‘fiun of those two hou. gou j | that if they; should keep up their local imâ€" | upon their Loeal Padiamapy 323 [ Reneeo | position of those two hou. gou at three ind â€" tw the oath biut | of B bett. Unic SA W o . Ee emmoey TV ‘.l rigit to the virtues of either party, Th | return, showing the amount remaining unex g | pasty‘ of progress in â€" Nova Scotin was ; punded, on ist July last, of the sum grante n | the _ great _ Conscrvative _ party, _ while | last session for Secret Service ; and also of th @} the â€" party _ that retarded progress . was.| sum remaining at this datc, f 7 a | th: sreat Reform party, He spoke of reforms Mr. BLAKE.â€"Friday nexi.«Addross fo , | that bad been carried by boalitions, that coutld | correspondence and disputations, between the â€" | nol haye been otherwise carried without blood. | Governments of Canada and England relatin; r ) shol. The Coalition bad ten sustained in | to defence, with reports, papers and plans. 0 | Un! wio, and there was no oljection rmade to xo mm mm mmmmmnnmmememeum . > t Tits policy in this House. Some of its members P emr_ ts | had been chicfly instrumcntal in giving us n | â€"â€"=Bright is »aid to be getting up quotation; | nat.onal manhood, We found the Union was { to shoot his oppoftents with next session. He i | accomplished,. He honored the member for | hak hit on one, " Lowe, the poor Indian whose i ’ Hants for what he had done. The House had | untotored mind," : | nothing to do with that gentieman‘s inconsisâ€" | t | tencies. If he had spent twentyâ€"six years in : _ ~Accounts from I.'dxu state that a small | kili ing off the question of Union, every five | Erub called the © borer" has been dorng great . or six years it showed that it had a groat many | mischief in the coffee district I:°° one plantaâ€" gi lov ¢s, and grew the strouger the ofterer it f tion 400,000 trees have been yed. :| was killed. The Union was a nccessity for f c I _ | our «afcty in the face of the grasping power on | Aliâ€"’;u’-. g‘ "'i’"‘"“ that a few days since :‘ our southern border. He showed Canada as | j I:d i. ‘;;"‘ C m'm found closely | she was beforc, aud Canada as she was n'u-r‘ :cm to ;:r ::b::ll MW â€" They the Union, quoting valuable and interesting | m‘; hn:\:Ir Y ® P a dagger in | Sta‘!stics at leagth to show the vact improve. | Ts me>? in our present position. Men who had _ â€"In 1823 the city government of Paris sold proâ€"wocrsd in busipesg selfishly opposed the | the ud collected in that city for $1 Un m because they fearedrival in tradeâ€"that ] aince then its value has steadily hfln.ia ' feet ag had been manifest in Malifax, T the / is now worth $120,000. f n‘ted States had bad tile s between y the states they would never have become the ‘ * l'\B"i" "‘:,'::! Ireland,a skeleton bas been | great power that it had. | He refefred to the dug up um’ *T w m“ a schoolâ€"house. It improvement of out sceurities in England, is '“‘l’i“"“"f J“ b“. young woman who whi h rose to far when the Union Bill was ;'“ ecoy«d away by ":‘MM" more pas . Complaints had been made of the "““'i" Nuet Leny , hae loft home and was debs of but it bad been incurred for| MCY®T Afterwards heard from. o rl-:k worka were worth all they cost, | _ â€"â€"Mrs, Vilate Murray Kimball, for fortyâ€"five t had Iained that we had Io‘ ears wite of the Mormon Kimball, has just armv or the army and navy t {een buried at Salt Lake City.© According to of B itain at and we could not have | the Mormon paper, B. Young delivered an able bett‘c. He the carly position of the | and eloquent speech at the funeral, l Unicod States that we had adean, | tage« llh:t M\evfi:na he hoped we wonid lmcome. great h Dr'l“\liliti,-nh remarks ou the addr ®«, and -l“'lrb'.d bre would take another Opportanity of giving his ’n upon public questions. | iL | lov Was our our she the sta) e proâ€" THF OTTAWA TIMES,â€"NOVEMBER 14, i ~., tha nol who Un i of ; rer shi me Co at Can wh ha th> peoj ~«* | by the p ) noâ€" | lime the tay" & } ot. ingod tead | dopende h Qountryâ€" .I.t?'.'.' *'tf. T:}«m «4; , J continue ‘¥es‘ | dize thei very ; posed, â€" sion | their ex Mr, | body wo vÂ¥er. ‘ paid by t ova | stanced t romn | sAlary, was ’ of Gover was ) country.: were able to bear it. We now held the lest po:tion on this continent in regard to tazaâ€" tio=, and we should be careful to preserve th«r position. Canada could not forget all they owed to Englafid of liberty,of civilization an< arts, and b:goped we _would ever be able to lasp the hands of the peopte of the Motber Country Ln fl‘!\.tlldl.blp and in peace (applause,) sh We |t | louged to the samoe Empire, and lived under th» same flag. When hisâ€"people came up here they were amazed at the extentof this m-‘;‘ry, and the magnificence of its Pablic Works. It being rix o‘clock, the House ros». ArTER RECESS. Mr. YOUNG (Waterloo), asa wostern 1:« “mut, might be permitted to make n tew ’ remarks in the Perliament ol his rativ< coun» | try as an humble member of a pacty tem posatiâ€" | ly betrayed by false friends, lYu must take ex» | ception to the policy of the hon. gentleman at the head of the Government, who had so luong denigd justics to bis own section. He thought the censtitution â€"cumb msome, M«l] ! might be very cosatly, 1t had n tendency to | o niraiization, and he feared local inu-relhi | would be invaded. _ HMe honoted the Minister I of Customs for stbmitting the measure to the i «people of New Brunawick, for he believed it , to be a bad principle that gentlemon elected | to catry out constitutions «horld overthrow su h _ constitutions _ without nrlullllill‘i th« people, e hoped the Nova Scotians | 1. FORTIN addressed the Honse in French. @xplained that the hon. member for Hants ! repented m ridienlons story which had a in print for years, (lrin{ him the title of pmodore, _ He had sailed a small vesse}, ‘his duty was to protect the Fishetics of wla and Nova beotia alike. (Applause,) r. hARRIRON, socing th«; favor with h the efforts ot new men.â€"b ts hul been ived, he felt encontaged to make a few wks.. The Tocal matters of the Provincés ild not be introduced, We were heré as iber of the Dominion Parliament. He spoke arty, showing that neither had a distinetive provements as they had done beforéC »nfederaâ€" | ation, they must resort to direct taxation. Us went on to consider the local resources aud revenue of Nova Scotia for the purpose of showing that .its interest‘ would be sacrific« d rather than behefitted by the union with Cana. te. ‘The instinet of the one was inland, of the other uut to the sea, ‘They lived where (hv," could hear the ceaseless throb ot the mighty oc un.. (Applause.) 1t had been said that they ) could not obtain the Antercolonial rail way [ without Contederation, but if so it was nottheir fault, as they had been willing to build 29 miles f mure than their share of that road. Re bad | thâ€" most kindly feeling toward this Province, | fee ling that both Canada and Nova Scuiia be. | flnâ€"nces Nova Scotia bad with singular unâ€" animity condemned the Union echeme. Even | the hon, meimber for Cumberland owed his «i: ction to the influence of a work bebl‘lng to the Dominion. _ It hacd been suid that there was such unanimity in favor of U{nion that it »w««â€"wiet necessary to submit it to the people roctk® were we lso plained Â¥ had t} n at oue and w He o the en »h‘flr # th at they nev , a ©0ms & groat u I th; favor with mb rs h ul been to make a few of the Provincés ; muaication with Berlin, or in case of "‘w&.vmh. sity with the Commanderâ€" .:'1: the genius of ‘ol:'n:r-y * es iwchNif_of & :'nh Ta 1814, t | gone some changes. The real d â€"â€"The tortress of Mayence, by the laying of | g:::. some c:“?lw outnj“ a cable under the Rhine, has jast been conâ€" ; x° it "x:' whote . Framd <at | nected ul& tl;:" uh‘n&h& l:h:::k‘-hloh 1 rz. e ) 1 resses com,. | Afties before them C i iz:‘:w.fl :l(h“tul'fll.A”.!( noces» wn.. :_'.!}., N__ measure i POTOR T rroP : in sn t / | _â€"â€"Mrs, Vilate Murray Kimball, for iody-fln | years wite of the Mormon Kimball, bas just | been burfed at lnlt‘!“k'o City.." According to P e t oc sanepi amame ue n ied . T â€"=Accounts from Madras state that a -flfl grub called the © boret" has been dong great mischief in the coffee district ; on one plantaâ€" tion 400,000 trees have been dl'dmyed. â€"â€"lt is reported that a few days since in Alicante, Spain, two men were found closely locked togethe: and both stone dead. â€"They were turribly stavbed and each had a dagger in his hand. â€"Bright is »aid to be getting up quotationg to shoot is oppottents with next session. He haÂ¥ hit on one, " Lowe, the poor Indian whose untutored mind." Mr. BLAKE.â€"Friday nexi.«Address for correspondence and disputations, between the Governments of Canada and England relating to defence, with reports, papers and plans. Mr. llL.\KE.â€"Frldqy next.â€"Address for feturn, showing the amount remaining unexâ€" punded, on ist July last, of the sum granted last session for Secret Service ; and also of the sum remaining at this date. a : Mr. BLAKBâ€"FridAy‘ nextâ€"Address â€" for copius oft letters or circulars addressed by the late Hon. Commisgioner ot Crown Lands to the lectors of Algoma, with ref:rence to their choice of candidates. | was the desire of the Government that the deâ€" | bate on the Anf:n-u should be closed toâ€"night, ‘ { and if one or two gentlemen wished to speak | the: House could very well remain an hour or | two to hear them, +__ Mr. F.JONES then began to address the | House, when f | _ The Hon, Sir. JOHNX A. MACDONALD | moved an adjourndent in order that gentle= { men should bave a fair hearing. | The adjournment took place accordingly at | twenty minutes £0%12 @dlogk., ;s g; ;s / | $1 } NoTick or moriox. E Mr METCALFEâ€"Enquiry of the Ministry «â€"â€"Whether it is their intention in the meaâ€" sure to be submitted to Parliament for the adoption of a uniform Postal System, to reduce ‘ the present postage on letters, and if so to what extent. | mr,. MoCALLUM â€" Friday â€" nextâ€"Address to His Excellency that he will be pleased to enuso to be laid before the House copies of all evidence and proceedings taken at a Court of Enquiry assembled to enquire into the conduct of Lient.â€"Col. Dennis at Fort Erie on the 2nd June, 1866. drees be presented to His Excelle rayin for a I‘c!illl'll showing the names ::Zflpofl{eers employed in the Dominion for the collection of custorms and harbor tolis, the date of pointment, name of place, where lmlo:: salary paid to ench, the amount tollected st each port during the fiscal year, showing separately the amounts collected upon imâ€" ports, ex ports and harbor tolls, Mr. ‘McCALLUM â€"Friday â€" nextâ€"Address Hon.J. 8. MACDONALD for leave.to withdraw the petition, covplaining of the return to the House of J. C. Abbot for: the Covnty of Argentcail. ‘) _ Mr, ALONZO WBIGBHT said if the House | was all of his mind they wonld give Nova Ncotia every assistance to get ont of the ! Union, Some gentlemen had addressed this Mouse in a most lugubrious tone, one gentleâ€" man having ushered in the Dominion in a | tone more fit for a funeral, than that auspiâ€" | cious event. â€" He agreed with the Address, and | if the Governmentcarried out what was there | forvsladowed, they would deserve and receive | ths. support of the conntry, Afteran amusâ€" ’ing ®peech . the mumbcr%t Ortawa Coudty i sut down amid great applause, Dr. FORBES, NMova Scotia, after speaking . | of the Qusb»e ‘Conference, maid Nova Sogâ€" | tians haiT nover suspected that the scheme of a Union would 4w voted upon without an apâ€" poal to the people, but they had been deâ€" | ceived, _ Me felt: it his duty to express the: , Vicws of the people ut Nova: Scotisa, which | were opposed to Confederntion on any ground. | The learned gentlcman, amid much laughter, \ continued, avd sat downamid the clapping of l hands and cheers. Mt. RYMAL sauid mach as he would like to j see the Nova Seotians come cordially amoung us, no act of his would prevent them from leaving us. . ‘T‘he whole scheme of Confederaâ€" tion was a‘snare aud a delusion, but if it was to work well at all, we must cease tofind fault with it, Mr. JONES took the floor amid calls of "question" and «adjourn."* * 3 | whether it would not be better to wocept the 8 I Union and join those who would endervor to â€" | do them justice in the future. He attacked s l the tinancial policy of the Government, sayâ€" t |ing that when the Mimistry Vrought down A | their financial measures if justice were not s | done the hon, memver for Hants would have ) | another name to hi« demand for repeal. In «/ angwer to the member for West ‘Toronto, he 1| smid all reforms bad been forced upon the 8 | Conservatives by the Retorm party, by th> & | coercion of the people. (Applause.) 1 [ _ Mr. G. M. MeDONALD, N. 8., said, Nova e { Scotians could not congratulate the Governurâ€" «| General or the House on the acomplishment ‘ | of Confederationâ€"they stood in the J\mitiou | of a conquered people, but they would not tay | | down their arms, but would die with the liberâ€" | tles of their country. ‘They had depended | upon their Local Parliament, and upon thul | honor ot British Statesmen, but the former { had been induced to betray their constituents, [ J and the latter bad byen grossly deceived. He pointed to men‘who oveupied positions in the j Senate of Canada, who. had changed their opiuions under very suspicious circitmatances. f Me would not say they were bpught." He aid | not deny that the Nova Scotin‘ Parliament, or | the Rritish had the power to pass the Act as ; it had been passod, but he donied: that they | bad the right. He went on w":rctk at length | of the influences which affected the elections | in Nova Scotia, giving as an instance the fact | that no less than 15 voters had been promised Mr LA WSONâ€"Monday nextâ€"That an ad th« position of lighthouse Iu'ertloc their votes, The Unio® of Nova Scotis, which had not had a deficit for 12 years with one that had not bad a surplus in 12 years, was not just, Sir JOHN A. MACDONALD said that it not necessary in Ontario when Confederation bad few opponents, and where side issués would have : takenâ€"the place of that great dressed the Mr. M. CA_Y]_@Y, {Beauharnois,) next ad y USDI® | © Arma pini |ferte Armaâ€"Yoeat Ins ultima protim, , abd | Reddite me Dinzis hodie nar omn» moricmur here inulti." * eive | And his hon, friend, on his left, was not unâ€" mug=| AÂ¥enged. As ho heard him answering the hon. tity mmfm from Hantsâ€"â€"charge by chargeâ€"readâ€" ing from that hon. gentleman‘s own speeches ing | passages of glowing power mnd beauty, in Seq. | which he had himself described the advanâ€" e of | tages of Union, When he saw the hon. memâ€" ap. | ber from Hants shrinking under the infliction, de. | and shading his brow with his hand as if to the| scrven the vision of the past from the \'ilion hich | of the presiut, he could not help thinking ind, | there was another picture before them, Where iter, | a great manh who had been the victor of a ; of | handred fightsâ€"had at length succumbed to a pow.r he conld not controlâ€"there sat c to The desolater dosolate, ‘ ug The vietor overthrown, : PMR ; sn arbitér of others fate, b A paptpliant for his ownâ€"â€" :,T; And it waf with deep regret he saw it. The mJt | how. gentlemen residing on these mland waters did not understand the feeling with of | which the men who came from the Maritime Provinces, where the wiid sea waves beat an t q | unceasing requiem on their shores, regarded de. | the hon. member from Hants. ‘They looked tht, back to the styruggle of his early life, when alâ€" gak | most unaided and alone he contended in his ror | own Province agarost fearfal odds, for the rights,.and liberties we now enjoy. When t.> the | hand of power was Jaid with iron graap upon the peopleâ€"when the very debates of the pub Lp | lic assemblies were held with closed doorsâ€" 10. | when exclusivensess and favoritism governed the countryâ€"and Sustice to the nasses was unâ€" ag | known. Sir, they believe that to himâ€"more . .) than %0 any other now Jiving murâ€"they ows * * the‘constitational liberties of British A metica, But on the questions now. before them, he try | differed with the hou. invinber, The hon. ca» | member had objected to that passage in tke the | speech which reforred to our " new nationalâ€" loe | ity," but if thete was one passage in it more to | than another with which he fully aud cordially |. concurred, it Jn that passage. Here was the aw | representatiyg of the Hovereign pointing out | he | to ns, the path of greatness, of power; that | . of | we were no! longer Colonists; that â€" we | , must prepare ourselves to take our place | idâ€" | amid the natione of the carth; to be the |. Dg | masters of our:own destinies; to control and | . ‘rs | guide our own footsteps; not torn from the | . on | Mother land like the thirteen Colonics of old, | « :»- with bleeding trunk and severed limb, but | « , | going forth in the full power and strength of 1 «t | a vigorous manhood with a parent‘s blessing | , ig | on our head. Bat there was one thing that | ‘ n« | was wanted, which the people would demand, | , which this Pailiament ought to foster and t &8 | create, If the recollections Of his schoolâ€"boy $ to | days were right, there was a myth amid the t of | clussic legends of the past, that on one ocâ€" i rt | casion a statuary formed a figure of such t he | faultices mould that be fell in love with the v te | wor‘k of his own hands, and poured forth his q soul in adoration of his own creation, but | & or | when in the impassioned freazy of the immoâ€" 1 st | ment he clasped the figure to his arms, the | j e | cold marble gave back naught but an icy chill. | q ®, | There was no blood, there was no life, there p d | was no heart there. â€" And so it was with us, we | q i+ } had a noble constitution. ‘ Jts jonndations « , | were laid broad and deep upon the common t iâ€" ] law o1 Englandâ€"upon the broad basis of t &A | equal, civil, and religious rights. No privileg» | i eu class ; no wronged ‘and trampled race aj lâ€" | marred thewyminetry of its fair proportions. | $ Y | Every man from.ths highest to the lowest ri e | could stand forth in the presence of the maâ€" Cc â€" fi:ty of the law upright and. scllf respected. | c, d [Ats guperstructure had been reared with a due ol t, | tegand to all those precedents which the in â€".| history of the Mother Country proved were pf the best guarantees for stability and freedom | w t | in the Government of a country, but still there | ay ¢ | was something wanted;~ We wanted a national | o. 0 | Spirit; a national pride ; a national heart, We ta r| wanted that every man who belorged to this ne countryâ€"never mind whence he came or wi t | where his birth place, should feel that his aa â€" | interests, his hopes, bis all, were identificd | a~ 1| with this country. That he must share in H | its adversitios and trinls as well as in its Pro#â€" | w ‘l"ri'y. That it was not a place to come and th t ) make a few pounds, and then go off to ; other s l.:;u',x-l:wn it was the first and Int_é‘eflo m ; | whic affect his devotion, his attachâ€" icent should bs (‘:..lld, :: " That go where‘er he ma: , whero‘er bis footâ€" ‘* steps roam, _ .’ no | _ This spot‘s his country, and this land his home." 312: .| That to be a~ Canadian, not in its former °| limited sense, but in the sense of the new | * Dominion, was to belong to a country of | %" '“nylnnlachm This national | H« ; must fortered, must be enâ€" rep |couraged. He was an Englishman in cvery | i\ Mdhuhwfly pulsation of M-‘(AI | heart. He loved still, but he foved / me Canada more. (Hear, hear.) And this must | die be so with all, who wish to be true to this I the country. Such were the sentiments he gathered | con from the expression in the speech from the l pill Throne, and with it be most cordially con. curred. Bnulduo-tonbhpodnon, and | springing from it were new dutics and new | â€"B responsibilities. Wecannot expect to have all | hay the a‘vantages of freedom, without assuming | P# 4 it« burdens, and prominent among them was brgr the question of our defgnce. It would not perhaps be correct to enter fully into the discussion of this q ubtil the Governâ€" ment had submitted the they proposed to the House, but as it had been ed of a great aeal, and discussed very in the fp-pm. it might not be out of thih way to make a few observations. It said that very large sums of money were to be 1 expended on permanent fortiications on | ** the subject ot such defences ; public opinion, ,".‘A during the last ten or tweive years had under. ¢ g':“' changes. ‘The real defences of hfizl on the lsnd "side which kept whole _F * and Englisi armies before them â€" some _ fiftec, | 45t. were in a e improvised af the genins of in a few short| In 1814, the defence of Kew Orieans ‘ ‘af Speech of the Hon. J. H. Gra.yf throu 4 would take the eariiest opportunity of placing eTore the House their views, thoir position and the Wongs they fancied their Province had m-uxgml, apd it was equally to be expec» ted that their statements would receive ‘rom the members of this House the utmost attenâ€" tion and consideration, and zo it has been, but as it was now apparent that it was not intendâ€" ed on thoir part to submit any substantive ' proposition for the solution of their difticulâ€" tics ; nay ryen as it was apparent from the |p?mu.‘ut made by several of those geatiemen, ’ that they Were now seeking redress by an apâ€" ppal to the Imperial Government, it might, perhups, be as well for the House to go irom the consideration of meye sectional matters to ‘ those fin gortant «qacstions affecting the interâ€" est and weltare ot the whole people, submitted in the Specch from the Throneâ€"questions which ought to be approached with a calmness which rises above alt persoual considerations, and with a brendth of view whichgoes beyond all sectional interests. Within bis limited knowledge of history no instance had ever oveurred whore the Executive Head of a Govâ€" ernment had ever placed tefore the represenâ€" tatives ofla free Parliament assembled, quesâ€" tions so varied and so important, and under I cireamast¢nces so peculiar. â€" But before . going | into the consideration of these‘ questions he | wished to be permitted to express his full | concurreance ba the regret of the honerable member jrom Cumberlaad by his side that the hon.| incimber, trom FTanis (Mr. Howe) wWas‘not. in a position to givichls serviges to his whole countey. instead of toa part of it H. GRAY said, it was to be expec tant, avd under | clous managemen Jut before , going | these, its best defs se‘ questions he | fortifications. _ Ar express his full | the young men 6 of the honerable | well, and he beli y his shie that | arose, willing he ais (Mc. Howe) | would | consutate ihls serviges 10 ] fence than perma to a part of it. | might entail enorn Nova Scotia ‘ member for l discharged the manuer complished , pillars of th " | sitting over in what might b» calted the " | Temple of Janus, but which in this Augustan + f ago of Canadian politics was shut for t‘c first 7 | time, whose occupaut generally had one eye I | looking »t the opposition behind, and the * | other pecring> over iuto the Governiment * | pasture, whether be had ever known an Canaâ€" ‘| dian politician use this animal except as a ~] hack, ‘The fact was, the public had Joet all | contidence in the word. _ What the people did ~] want was jastice to public sâ€"rvants â€"a fair _| day‘s pay for a fair day‘s workâ€"pay your | public men what their abilitics, their integri | ty, and their industry would comumand in the | other. pursuits of life. : You want the first men <~for the public service, let your | compensation be "such as would secure them, but get rid of the dromss that bang | around the Public «4epartments. _ Burke | had daid itdown ~somewhereâ€"* that . the " the statesman who based the fonndation of « his country‘s greatnoss on the possession of © extmordinary virtues, would find its aupor. «* structure raised in extravagance and corrn pâ€" @ tion."" We mmust legislate for men as we fiud thom,liable to temptation, to tolly â€" with faults i and vices. We can‘t expect thein to be angels. The hon. member from Hauts referred to the Governorâ€"General‘s salary as being far larger than that of the »President of the United States, but was it not well known that while that salary was only $24,000 a year nominally, it was actually $100,000. What was the pic» ture presented in the United States at this very moment ? â€" nc wife ® the late President offcring for sale the most costly articles, and stating over her owa hand writing in the paub= lic prints, that those presents had been given by the supporters of the Administration, and j others, to obtain places of emolument, and | profit and contracts for themselves or the é members ot their familiee, or triends. â€" Better give the Governorâ€"General twice the salary than see the public offices of the country barâ€" tered and sold by his household or his minâ€" | . isters in such shameless corruption, »Buch a aystem demoralises the wholso country, Far ‘ better to pay your public imen wellâ€"exact a P rigid discharge of their dutics, discountenance 1 corruption, and preserve the character of the 1 conntry, He trusted that in the consideration | ; of all these qzestions, they would be tegarded « in the light cf a broad,ample, and generous P pstriotism, that they would approach them 1 with such a spirit. A lofty/patriotism rising | above all sectional interests and all personal & considerations, would be like tho ~ serpent f raised by the Jewish lawgiver in the wilderâ€" & nw ownly the emblem of your country‘s f wisdom, but the emblein of your country‘s | j salvation. Look upon that and live, | / act upon _ this, . â€"and bse _ saved. | , He trusted, moreover, the Government|> Bavax‘s Wareus whole country > woulid hbecome responsible, and which the whole comntry would hare to pay, should be expended on that route, which wonld best serve the gencral interests ot the whole: Dominion, us they could not have the Intercolonial Railway runniag to every man‘s door, or make its construction subservient to petty local cluims, . He then referred to the subject of" retrenchment, which had been alâ€" laded ts by hon. members.. He believed no word in the English language nad been put to more unworthy uses than the word * ecoâ€" nomy." _ Egonomy had been imadethe packâ€" horse of every politician, and had rarely indeed been rigidly practised. The gentleâ€" men â€" on | the _ Treasury benches used it to keep themselves in oflice, and the . Opposition wsed ite for the : sake of getting there (lauchter.)> His hon, colâ€" league from ow Lruaswick, the Minister of Customs, and himself, had been in Parliament together some seventeen years, and until the question of Confederation came up had been opposed to each uther, ‘ He had otten heard that hon, gentleman culogise this splendid animalâ€"soe be would sayâ€"his small and well pointed carsâ€"look at his full clear eyes, and _see what withersâ€"what broad loins for strength ~and then look «t his hocks and his pasterns, why Fanny Elster could‘nt show such heelsâ€"has n‘t he & slashing trotâ€" wnd what a lope in his canterâ€"isn‘t he a splendid unlmr; And when he says to bis hon. friend, Well then, why don‘t you mount and ride? What was his answer, "So I would but he kicks"â€"(Iaughter)â€"and so it always was. | He would like to ask the hon. gentic= abou®he r that preat inlerests of not â€" where above. All of~ the Dominion below seemed entirely ignored,. Me fancied from what he hadâ€" heard, and read since beâ€" ing here that maoy people in Ontario conccived that New Brunswick was composed solelyâ€"of Mr. Tilley and a fow oysters. and that Nova Scotiz was occupied by Ar. Howe and a codfish, ((Laughter.) Me hopâ€" ed before the Parliament rose they would be of a different opinion, â€"Another question to come before "IQ Mouse was the Intercoâ€" lomial Railrogd. | He had heard a go>l seal abouWithe roite which «houll be chosen, but welil, and he believed when Th necessity arose, wiiling hearts and Inndx ably led, would consutute a morte available: de. fence than petmanent fortifcations which might entail enormeus cost ‘upon the country (hear, hear) . But ho found it discussed> as if it was only contemplated to defend Montreal and _ that _ portion _ of _ the _ country above. All o%~ the Dominion â€" below had no reason to dread anything, assumed a feartul respousibility; â€" He himectf believed thht the best defences of any country would be found in the attachment of the people to its institutionsâ€"in the confidence, they had in the administration of its laws, and in the judiâ€" clous management of its finances. Beyond these, its best defences consisted in moveable {octifications. _ Arm and drill, and organise the young men of the countryâ€"pay thein well, and he believed when lb("ucccuity arose, willingy hearts and hand#& ably led. nuer in which the Union had been acâ€" shed, would be found one of the irmest of the Dominion. (Cheers.» but for Sberman‘s march across the country were bothing but temporary ramparts hastily thrown up, aud which probably ere this have again becu levelled by the farmers plough, [ may be that in some positions permanent defenâ€" ces to some cxtent imay be necessary,but in this respect he ‘ally concurred with the opinions expressed . by the member from Durham, that suâ€"h expences ought only to be incursed alter the most thorough considerstion. Th« Minister who undertook to spend a million or a million and a. haifCof pounds, raised qut of the revenues and taxes of the people of this country, at such a time as this, Wwhen «we had no reason to dread anything, assumed a feartul respousibility: He himectf believed thht the best defences of any country would rj was made by hastily number of bales of cot splendid fellows of th has sealed tr ramparts stormed the walls of Talavera to Domouse the Member for Cornwall, who was tit Hants (Mr. Howe) »jter having his duty. in protesting against ou dnaCarsas . . . «â€"â€"(The great public remedy,) the TK mils nust be pla intrÂ¥ most r on had been acâ€" work tur which the become responsible, uniry would hate to »Enapliy . â€"(lfe red it, SePy o to this day, the country hcar uud 44 4}, 41. . S 7/ TINRTE T 10 Tis own fate, and a9 the disease spread, until from the Paâ€" M C ooo o e ome Home e one of his legs had turned Papist hter,) He fancied ll-“l;:uomptd to a..fi‘?fl.‘. into the Catholic c lvhmmhehppeucdw be near.it. Bi;:dbytbhhphtle‘ became diseased, and Mayor thougkt he would then have an excellent opportunity of râ€". venging himsclf upon it for its secersion to m(lumu.) He would not call a plyâ€" alcian to beal it, but Ieave it to 1is own fat W 1 . _1 5 NAFOr O UDstty. ‘This worthy muâ€" nicipal functionary took it into his head that Br 1|¢‘ll| but the ind the not to . be there, but having like bis friend, Mr. Howe, l(’lhuth many hard Nz: \ said between this -:: the :!I;:tlc within. past few the, might permitted to call N-“h friend (a bow of assent from Bir. Howe); having got into the hands of the Sheriff he folt bound to obey his mandamas, even if he had scarce a leg to stand on. Bat for this weak member he never felt better in his life, never more checred and sat. isled than he had done since his arrival in Ottaws that day week, and the l-e-mv there that night was such as to give him i. tional pleasure in contributing his hamble efâ€" forts to its success. On such an occasion as this it was allowable to «xpress his feeling of prige that he was an Irishmas _ a w* aud resumed lis seat amid loud upplou: At a subse nent rtage of the proceedings, the President brLly‘ introduced the Hon,. T. D. McGee, who on coming forward was received with cheers, . MHon. :r. McGee saidâ€"He wis afraid he would have to disappoint them by making an excuse rather than a speech, He stood there under peculiar difficulties, but supposed it was nout the first time (alluding to bis walkâ€" ing cane) they badt seen an lrishman on I.Lu stage depending ndnry.o. his -u‘ckA (laughter). He hed done His best â€" kept up their celobrations, and renewed their social intercourse, while throughout Ahe year they continued quictly to sock out and, relieve the distress of their fAlowâ€"country men, Though a stranger amougst thein the knew the -obj#hof their soicty, be knew that the blessigg of the widow and the orphan, and the R...'nt up to heaven for the good it Lad done, @ poor and the helpless deserved the proâ€" tocting care of some such society. In Olger countrics there might be overcrowding of popuiation,but in this country every childznu in it, if brought up and protected, and trained to usefuiness, would become a source of wealth and strength. It was necessary that there should l political diferences, for without these there would be no free Government, but political discussion tended to divide the people and "repress ~social feelings, â€" These charitable associations were necessary to corâ€" reot the consequence of political division, and by their gathefings and free social intercourse they tended to perpetuate good fceling among . all clusses. _ Though not a preacher he would give them a short «ermon on behalf of their society, but it would not be of ie on making. 1t was reported of Dean Swift that on one ovcasion when invited to â€" proach a charity sermon, he took for his text * He "that giveth to the poor lendcth to "the. Lord," : and, said, * Brethren xen was received with great applause, He said it was a hard case to be placed in the hands of the Sheniff of Carleton., (Laughter.) He rcâ€" membered on one festive ‘accasion when the Sherifl of Halifax was entertaining every body , that hbe (Mr. IF) proposed the following toast â€"â€"*The Sheriff and the Coronerâ€"may Provi« dence keep us out of the hands of both," (great laughtcr,) but having tor once fallen into the hands of the Sbcriff he was bound to aubmit . He had of late had to make two short speccher in Montreal and two long ones in Parliament, and he ‘thought be s>uld bardly bave mach mote to say, . Heo felt like the Frenchâ€" man whahaving been invited to dine out l by sefcral friends at one, three, and five o‘clock, had to excuse himself froum cating ‘ much at the fourth dinner to which he had been invited at seven. (Laughter.) â€" How»â€" ever, he understood this was n charitable socict?, and they had just such socicties in his own country. _ There on 8t. George a day the â€" Englishmen ‘assembled to drink their national toasts and sing their national songs, and everything uw dane was of England, but these social mblies were only the @ leathev and prineli@‘ ot the society. 1t was only when ‘in retleving thé .distress ot the poor, in protecting the orphan | and the _ unfortunate, that the society showed its fall strength and its truly charitable nims. Bo with the St. Patrick‘s Socicty and 8t. An. drew‘s Socicty, On their anniversary | days .ulr Beotchimen and Irishitnen of his country The Prevident, W. F. Powell,"delivered the opening address. After alloding in bis wel} known happy manner to the obligations they were under to the fair sox for their kindneas in enlivening the assembly by their prexence, he alluded to the socie ty, which the said hag nothing sectarian in ‘its character, except its name, for its objects were charitable and na. tional. _ When one of the .chief contributors to their snccess in raising funds had been his Roman Catholic friend, the Hon. T. D. M. Gee, when the dighitaries of that church, when the Premicr: of Ontario himself, whose devotion to his religion was so well known (laughter) had graced their Protestant platform with their presenee, they would all understand how little of rectarian prejadioe Of tecling ex. isted among them (upplause.) Then as to the national spirit whic‘. they desivred to culâ€" tivate, he merely wished to remark that they did not desire that the Roman Catholics should monopolise ali the national fecling of their common conntrr, and he hoped to #s> thers build it up together, or mther to work tip a common feeling of nationality in our new Dominion. As the programme was a lengthy one, y« a«ould n.t â€" detuin theim farther â€" than (1» say that they were: now about, to be addressed by on of whom it might justly be «aid, withont disparagement to any other public man n the Dominion, that as a political orator he ligd not his peer (applause,) and he was a gentleiman who did not confins his cloquence to politics, but assisted to fors ward works of Irâ€"nevolence such as they now hand in hand. He (Mr. P.) was proud to claim i SOIREE OF THE LRISH PROTESTAxq | BENEVOLERNT soc1ETy. l ngg â€" Lauder; Rev. Mr. Johnson ; Rev. Mr. Alle. good, (Montreal); Rev>.E, 8. Dawson ; Rey Mr. Collins and theâ€"following M.P.‘s ; Jo by Holmes, Esq.; R. A. Hayrison, Esq ; Jam»s Beaty, Exq.;. D. A. Macdonald, Esg.; ©, illgill, Esq. ; Dr. Grant, and others. We aiso noticed Judge‘ Armstrong, R. W. Scott, Esg ., ML .A ., the Oficers of the Society and others Want ot space prevenits out allusion to th, musical programine further than to say it was iengthy, well selected, and admirably executed On the platform were scated *** F. Po» I';aq.; Shoriff of Catleton, the President of Society ; the Hon, the Speakcrâ€"of the H of Commons, Mon, Joseph Howe ; Hon, 1 McGee ; Hon, J. 8. Macdonald : Itevy. / [The following is the lbslan crowded out of vesterday‘s issue )Tled of Dean Swift that m invited to presch a took for his text «e ho poor lendcth to said,. * Brothren you t â€"if you like the seâ€" the dust." . ‘That was his WB came Torgard and A applause, He said it placed in the hands 0t Powell,"‘delivered the awiluding in bis wel} ) the obligations they x for their kindness sident of th T. Db Olxe 1j» " Erxa, tention in other colur Iasurance in Canada . kind, whiz several Seo tions alrom successful wh th e *g:.\ the defich 1 Coampany for Ottawa ot insurans ed aevermb doubt a got Montreat 7 went of a; companics Faq , w io Ersa F Couraxte® ments of t and the = K umny toâ€"da Dalbousie» grocerien. mill, hand standard . , stoves and att â€"ntion * private fan sale, as We purchasers the extra as yot pt lard‘s of Mr. D Same to day, by Mr. W. ket Drug & from the W in at1 of to be the last thir | t n« wouids Th trom the i paud or th ments, the h Mr. McGee. audience on toletation m Hoer Majonty tunity , year not onl attracted to n._u«,-j lor'u“ (@heerk.) eyn> the of the preciation «» she yndvnst« = a fine scre " bke thei 3> (Laughter,) thing im-i ought . to well asva voice, a Pra was called p wition e Orrawa who wore n would tind ¢ the unbroke lesson of th away upun slill a «oi tach to a m Lo lil(uq (Applause). tlemen was hill on point of take joint conti inâ€"nts ahd try (apple now nesis th bodics of m or tor #11, to Lu@ Legisial 0 surpassin pended very of these war "I Bsitish Par Lody, but t are, for dhe prowent, ai semblage pile «n tion, and «ny . »qual ~vents of t in this city of eole struck dop here of the was stro th the Mon. 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