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4. se«lon« of Parhament. _ | _ ; > **The ShelHWLOPThZNWiadém nity" receivcl ratier a -.J.de. from some of the speakers. It was held as covering remburseâ€" available for nineâ€"tenths of the distance that any member has to go to_reach his home, “N wall be inclined to beheve that ten cents per mile is by no means a niggarily allowance. _Tus discussion on the intemnity to memâ€" bers was the festure of the proceedings in the Commons yesterday. It was to have been expected that members wouli Bave sired their peculiar nutions upon such a b-“,;%-c very much question the necessity of spending a whole day over it. Witihh respect to mileâ€" age we cunfess that with evergrieâ€"ire to «ym patinse with the representatives of .liaum.l constituencies, we cannot agzree with those who argued in favor of the extravagant rate ot w shilling a mile which, it appears, luu‘ been the usual allowance in the Maritime Provinces. It would readily be conceded that were thetravel necessarily to be made by earriage road the whole diitance, the com plaint of the New Brunswick representatives would have some toree ; but when it is the case | that railways and steamboats can be male | We. also publish today Hon. Mr. McKzaoxer‘s speech, in hich . he lays down the logical .-u..} i that Conâ€" federation must now be sn to the test of uctual experiment %-m to set it aside. Every cons ion of pruâ€" dence and states hip supports this view, ~and we ....'! the Nov ’mm- will utterly misapprehend the h}pr of the Imperial Government if they anticipate compliance with their wishes, until they shall first have had some practical grievances, as the result of the operation of the Union ‘Act, to lay before is The very acceptance of seats in the Dominion Parliament logically involves the conclusion to which Mr. McKeaczey has wrrived, and practically, it not in theory, this conclusion will im ose itsell upon every one of his culleagues. presentatives of the recalcitvant Province re conciled tthe situation, not as men suc 'o-hig ha'iur force, but as sharing in what, it well and wisely administered, will con tribate to the common goud. On ourside, that is, speaking tor the Western Provinces, the cuse hus gone the region of debatej we must -;::0 Nova Scotian«, if we convince them at all, by actnal demonstraâ€" tion, that fiu&. is for the general good of all the Provinces, in which they are sharers; and if we accomplish this, we need not fear, but that the sorenessâ€" which : now existe, because miuua of its accomâ€" plishment, will be healed with time. Tw this issue we publish rt of the Speâ€"en on the Addres#delivert i . E. M: Macpoxarn, the Member for Lunenburg, N. 8. As anargument on the sidg of the «* Nova ** Seotin party®‘ we consider it the ablest and most exhaustive that wasalaid before the House, and in a sprrit of impartiality we lay it before our readers. Itis gomething towards the settlement of a difficulty to have a preâ€" cise understanding=of what it really| con sists, and we ‘yet hope to see the re *‘ Tus Local h"u-hlm of the Province of Quebes meets tor the despatch of business on the 27th of next month."® The date of the meeting of the Legi=lature of Ontario has not yet been determined, but it is expected to meet about the same time.> Tle Assembly ”'il-uhmd) at To to, at a much earlier date, so that the in call the Legislature together by the mi next Yesrzanay was the last day for réceiving petitions against the return of members. It will be noticed by the report elsewhere that the business of the election committee is mainly furnished by the Province of Quebec; The standing contmittees were also reported and the Government days fixed for Tnesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. o‘clock a. m., put up in wrappers ready for mailing. NT WEDNEsDAaY, NOvEuBeRr 20. i=o: A KG* Any number of Copies may be had at the office of publication after TEN , HOX. T. D. MGEE, y | Mr. R. A. HARRISON, Mr. E. M. MeDONAL D, And _ HON, Mr. Mâ€"KEAGNEY, M full Reports ofâ€" Parliamentary Debates up to day of issue. c ThrOttama Cimes " WEEKLY_ TIMES" * Of Toâ€"morrow Morning Will icontain the Specches of _ Wantedâ€"Wm Porter. Brick Dwellingâ€"R. blackburn. Her Majesty‘s Theatreâ€"Tha Idiot Witness Canadian Cotton Yarnâ€"J. A. Pinard. Extensive Saltâ€"A. Rowe. Tuilors Wante â€"T. & W. Hunton. Foundâ€"Garland, Mutchmer & Co. A Room to Let. On no occasion will the names of d Auvertisements be inserted Citw and County Oficial Paper OTTAW A, Novrum«r 20 NEW ADVERTISEMEN Is te J call the he mi nex n rt of the vers i ¢. E. M enthusiasm and improved in his elocution till the conciosion. Mr. Saiter kept steadily to his role all through. The final tableau, to which Miss Clifton contributed so much, was very grand. The farce was admirable, _ Miss Cfl.-, Mr. Tylerand Mr. Lampee were the principal characters,.and these three are equal to the ammsement of an audisnce for a night The rapturous applause which grected Miss Chiton and Mr. Lampee knew no bounds, Toâ€" night they N *The Idiot Witness,a Tale of Blood" with; a splendid cast, and the "Swiss Cottage." This will, no doubt, be the best night yet. * A @Woman‘s trials" would not be so well rc. ceived here, because one of the principal characters delineated, that of the poacher, not being known in Canada, we thought would not be appreciated or understood. Tueart of the actors, however, so generalized the whole picce as to render it most effective, so much #o inâ€" deed as to hold the attention, as it were, enâ€" tranced, and aguin to clicit outbursts . of ap. plause, such as have seldom heenbeard within the walls of the theatre. Miss Marion Clifton: as Rachel, gave evidence of great power, and in the last scene especially, she was really magnificent, making her power felt deeply in the hearts ot all who heard and saw her. Mr. Daly, as the picce progressed> warmed up to Tus Tasates.â€" Mason‘s ¢ramatic company achicved a great success at the theatre last night. We must confess that we feared that Gugat Corartxe Sanpeâ€"MUr. J. T. Prudâ€" bomme advertises that being about to close one of his stores, Sussexâ€"st., he has determinâ€" ed to seil, at an immense reduction, his stock of readyâ€"made clothingâ€"a great variety of eloths, including Beaver, West of England broadâ€"cloths, cassimercs, docskins, &c., &¢. Worsted goods, boots and shoes, groceries The whole to be disposed iof befuore the 1st day of December.â€"Sce advertisement. ‘Powce Covurt.â€"Francis Danfousse was charged with stealing four sticks of cordâ€"wood. Fined $1, aund one day io jail.â€"Thos. Goulin was charged with assaulting Thos, Hinchey, and fined $1 and $2 costs. of our fellowâ€"colonists of French origin by the Imperial Government, wih a mew to flatter them. â€" Such distinctions would ve anything but complimentary ; but we do think cure should be taken to keep the_baâ€" lance strught. It will readily be concedel that no slight to Mr. Curtier or the French Cunadian population ot Lower Canada was intended ; that the distribution of titles was guided solely by the consideration that Sir John A. Macdonald was the chairman of the delegates, still a moment‘s reflection would convinge any reasonable man that the ruie followed was totally inapplicable to the case in point, and consequently the error should be at once remedied. As colonists we have no organ of communication with the Home Government, save the Governor, but it seem« that his duty is to make it known at once to the Colonial Minister, that the treatment of Mr. Cartier has caused the most profountt dissatisfaction among the rvuplo Ot this cour try, both French and English. On no unhj(l,' that we remember "has there been L':U unanig mous an ex ion ot feeling. Uncontraâ€" dicted Mr. Jnchen:ie, & pmmfmm member of the U Canadian oppositioft; declared in the dum that Mr. Cartier was entitled tov diâ€"tincuon equal to that given to Sir Joun A. M.edunald, and that the people of Upper Canada would have been pleased by his get ing it. s However much we may condemn, the bad | _ Mr. HUOT presented the petition of Adol taste displayed in the devate of last Friday | Phe Guagnuon against the return of F. X. night on the subject of C. B. distinctions, it | Cimon for the Cnnnlé of Charlevoix. _ gave expression to the feeling universally | _ Hon. Mr. CARTIER presented the petition entertained, that to Mr. Caruier we owe the | of the Hom J. C. Chapais, complaining of the success of the Confederation scheme. Other | return for the District of Kamouraski and men doubtless aided in shaping and popularâ€" | Claiming the sent. izing the measare, particularly in [own Mr. FORTIER presented the petition of Canada, where there were unusual wifticu}â€" | Mr. Lanctot against the return of lfin. G. E. ties. to contend with, but without the | Cartier for Montreal East. wuthority of his name, without his inâ€"| _ Mr. CASSAULT presented the petition ot domitable Frnvonnoé, the Briush North | J. A.N. Provencher against the return of American Provinces would be now the loose | Mr. Fortier tor the District of Yamaska. ‘ bundle of sticks they were a year ago. That| _ M:. SIMARD presented the petition of L. English statesmen should not have seen, and | B. Massue against the return of F. Geoffroin telt ting, says but little for their perspreacity, | for the District of Vercheres. and it now becomes incumbent on us to exâ€" | _ Hon. Mr. DULION presented the petition press the dissutisfaction we feel at seeing Mr. | of L. B. Caron against the return of Ee Pouâ€" Carner‘s services overâ€"looked, or inmself | liut tor the County of L‘Tslet. slighted. . For ourselves we are not affected | _ Mr. ARCHAMBAULT presented the petiâ€" by any maudlin ‘national sertument. We | tion of J. Lanvutte against the return of the care not two straws whether a man be | Hon. A. A. Dorion for the District of Hoche English or French, Irish or Scotch, and we | laga. recugnize no other test for political prefer.| _ Mr. McCARTHY presented the peution of ment than capacity and Iuyu’:; to our lady | 8. Franchemuntagne against the return of A. Queen Victoria. But the knowledge that a | H. Puquet for the District of Berthier. national sensitivene»s exists makes it doubly | _ Hon. Mr. DORION presented the peution iexcusable to pass over the wellearnes | P. V. Valin aguinst the return of P. G. cluims.of a representative of a majorityâ€"of flot for the electoral Division of Quebec that population which has no sympathy of | East. ues 5 race with the Imperial Government. ~We| Hon. Sir JOHN A. MACDONALD preâ€" do not desire to see any overâ€"estimation | sented the Report of the Select Committee for To Conmusrosoexts.â€"The letter of "Jusâ€" tice" in reference to the attack on Mr. Skead in yesturday‘s Citizen, was crowded out of this morning‘s paper. . It will appear toâ€"morrow. Province of Canadaâ€"and quite small enough eo.tkriq the social obligations which the incumbents of the Chairs ot each House are exptuod to discharge. In fact it would only have been in keeping with the dignity of the Dominion to have increased the incomes of the Speakers to $5,000. The sularies of the speakers were fixed at $3,200â€"the sume as tormerly paid in the need seldom be exceeded, and there is not a solitary reason given why members should receive six hundred dollars for any shorter term. . The subject is disposed of for the preâ€" sent, however, and it will reâ€"t with members to show by their attendunce to their duties in Parliament, in case a long session should be required in the public interest, whether it will be necessary in that interest to ugitate lof a Fevision of the system. tion of pablic business, and it will neither add to the dignity nor the usefulness of Parlia: ment to make that indemnity a temptation to the needy, or a profitable speculation for the avarigious, As we have sard, a mileage rate ot tem: cents, and a sessioncl allowance of $600 wilk not generally be complained of by the â€"country ; but if it shall be found ty experience that the z-césio«n_t, lrj sonre remarkable and inexplicable coincidence, shall terminate just about the time that the members have overâ€" run their thirty days, " honorable gentlemen and gentlemen " need not be at all surprised to find the press speaking out in favor of a revision of the system, â€" For our own part, we should have preferred to have seen the wloption of a per diem allowance of cight dollars, during any one session not exceeding seventyâ€"five day=; that period we think l ment for loss, consequent upon absence from business, &¢. ; but this we think entitely beâ€" yond the scope of the term. â€" Theâ€" indemnity to members of Parliament ought only t cover ‘ presumed . cash disbursements necessarily made while atiending to . Parhamentary duties. . If gentlemen are to exact.compensa tion proportioned to what they may be able, intheir professional or business avoeations, to realise during the same period of time, the honorable position of a representative of the people Would at once be reduced to a system of petty huckstering, and constituents might be fain to choose those whose time was of the least value to themselves. The pringiple upon which the idemnity, or sessional allowâ€" ance is based, we takeâ€"to be simply a~ reimâ€" bursement of the money presumed to be necessarily expended during the time in which members are engaged in the transacâ€" LOCAL NE WS [Â¥From, the Montreal Gazette, Nov. 19th.| Wr our own part, > have seen the mwance of cight m not exceeding | that Mr. Archibald still retuined the position, | and would continue to do the duty ustil the | Government had decided whether a successor the Consutution hud given‘ such increased duties w the Department that it had been imâ€" possible to bring down the accounts as carly as destrable. Hon. Mr. HOWLAND having laid on the table the accou ts to end of June, 1866 . Hon. Mr. HOLTON enquired wher the wccounts t June 1867 would te brought down. He thought they ought to be ready the number of Ministers ought to be made, now that there waus a chance. t he had no doubt that the Fishery Bill would introduced early in the secondâ€"part uf the Session. _ The normal time of calling Parliaâ€" ment together would hereafter be late in would be ay that the Act for the construction of statutes be extended to the Doninion.â€"Carried. 5 Hon. Mr. LANGEVIN moved for leave to introduged a bill respecting the Departâ€" ment of Secretary of Stute, and explained the nature of the bill in Engtish and French. Mr. ANGLIN asked if there was still what was called a Home Secretary. Hon. SirJOHN A. MACDONALD said ment together would hereat January or early in February The motion awas carried. Hon. Mr. HOWE smd, that a statement had been made in the Senate that the Fishâ€" ery Bil!l would not be ready till Spring.> The fisuermen should have the Act this Session, and at least its general features should be ansounced at once. of Ontariv. and Quebec would meet during tae interval, and appoint arbitrators to act with one for the Dominion tor tne division ot property: â€" Until this was done a statement ut property cuuld not be made. The Impeâ€" rial Act made it necessary that the Intercs lomial Ruilway shou‘d be proceede) with at once.. Government would also intruduce an Act lor the punignment of foreign aguressors, and in relation to the Aabéas corpus, so that there would be the same tmbusaliin all the Provinces for the trial ut #uch offenders. Mr. HUL‘I\‘)iN asked what measures Govâ€" ¢rament wou! during this part. of the session. It i’:’:-n"mw that ul: seaâ€" sion would be divided into two parts, in order to give the Government "time to .prepare measures. He hardly knew which side of the House he was on as yet, and hoped such measures would be brought dow;», that is friends would have no cause for making the Sir JOHN A. MACDONALD said it was the intention to divide the session. The ume occupied in securing his own election, and that of his friends, had left no opportuâ€" nity of preparing measures, _ Tuey would, therelore, pass necessary measures, of waich he would give information to morrow. . Thae House would not meet again untl February. In the meantime Government would prepare meusures, and send them to members for their imtlormation. _ The Local Governments Commuttee on Rules had not reported, and he, therefore, propused for the expedition of bustâ€" ness, that p'l'tsfiys andâ€" Fris::v‘u be Governâ€" ment days, aud thut Government business tuke precedence on Thursdays, and that alter Government business the orders of the previous day be taken up. ui °1 Wistinction. _ He hoped the Government would communicate the order of business. Mr. McKENZIE moved that a message be sent to the Senate for the appointment of a Juint Commuttee on Printing.â€"Carried. _ sented the Report of the Select Committee for appointing Standing Committees, which was edupteg . """~ ~"_ s Mr. McCARTHY presented the peution of 8. Franchemontagne against the return of A. H. Paquet for the District of Berthier. Hon. Mr. DORION presented the peution P. _ V. Valin aguinst the return of P. G. Huot for the electoral Division of Quebec M:. SIMARD presented the ition of L. B. Massue against the return oil';'“ Geoffroin for the District of Vercheres. _HMon. Mr. DOKRION presented the petition * Hon. Mr. CARTIER presented the petition of the Hom J. C. Chapats, complaining of the return for the District of Kamouraski and claiming the sent. H The SPEAKER took the Chair at three o‘ciock h A & uld be app inted. Hon. Mr. E()WB sarid that a reduction of _ 5th. Is interest allowed by the Bank of Montreal on balances‘at the credit of the Domâ€" inion ; it so, at what rate per annum ? _ 4th. Does the Bank of Montreal respond the Dominion notes in specic at the various branâ€" ches throughout the Dominion, as well as at the parent institution, or must the notes be presented for pay ment at the placeof issue ? 6th., What rate of interest is charged by the Bank for advances made on account of the Dominion ? Hon. Sir JOHN A. MACDONALD moved Hon. Sir JOHN A. MACDONALD said 2nd. Isa commission allowed the bank ? if so, at what rate perannum ? _ yfi 3rd. Will the Government beâ€"willing to al. low the banks of the Maritime Provinces to issue Dominion notes on the same terms as those extended to the Bank of Montreal ? Hon. Mr. LOCKEâ€"â€"That he will ask the Government whether or not 1 is their intention to extend the sy stem of bounties to the fisherâ€" men throughout the Dominion, and if so at what time such system is to come into operaâ€" tion ; and further, in what manner such bounâ€" ty (it granted), is to be apportioned, whether in the tonuage engaged in the fisheries, or on the quantities of tish caught. Hon. Mr. ANDERSONâ€"Will enquire 1st. Under what terms are the notes of the Dominion issued by the Bank of Montreal ? Hon. Mr. AIKENS, on the same day, if unâ€" der the provisions of cap. 52, clause 427, see. 3 of 20 and 30 Victoiia, Statutes of Canada, any extra number of copies of the Municipal and Assessment Acts have been printed and distributed, as therein provided, and if not why not? Sir JOHN A. MACDONALD said the Hon. Mr. DICKEY gave notice that he would inquire on Thursday next whether the Exceutive Government iutended,to propose a measure for opening water communication beâ€" tween the Gulfof St. Lawrence and the Bay of Fundy ? Hon. Mr. STEEVES inquired whether a mail for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Wwas made up each day? _ If not ‘how many mails tor those places were made up each week, and by what route or routes they were sent ? Hon, Mr. CAMPBELL replied that mails tit those places were made up every day, and forwarded by way of Portland ; and also that another daily mail was sent by way of Madaâ€" waska. * CANADIAN P4RLUAMENT, ev After routir Hon. Mr. 8 Terspay, Nov. 19, 1869. The SPEAKEt took the Chair at three Mr. HOWLAND suid the change in HOUSE OF COMMONS Is:r PARLIAMENT: ist SESSION inted THE SENATE. Teskspay, Nov. 19, 1867 INQUIRIES NOTICES THHE OTTAWA TIMES3, NOVEMBiEE 20, I‘:xxy Reapixog â€"It should be rememberâ€" ed that the Peuny Readings will commence at Webster‘s Hall on Friday night, at halfâ€" past seven o‘clock. All who are desitons of secinu this great institution flourish in this city «should attend and give it countenance by thei pressnce. Admission by cara or payâ€" ment ofone penny at the door to defmy exâ€" ic JOHN A. MACDONALD said that the Government business would be resumed on Fri:ay, and the House &djourned. * {ter considerable discussion, in which Mr. Jol.v/-on, Mr. Connell, Mr. Cartier, Mr. Blake, an‘/others, took part, the resolutions were put an< carried, and a bill founded on those inâ€" trouced. lon. Mr. HOLTON admitted that the Minâ€" ister of Militia had shown that Mr. Brown and some ‘of his friends had admitted the principle of the resolutions. Mr. Brown had ma‘e mistakes, and this was one of them, but this one was not so great as that when he joincd the hon. gentlemen opposite. His (M:. H‘«.) friends up to 1864 had looked upon th: scheme of payiment as unwise. on«. . The hon. member had said thers was no precedent «xcept that of 1858, where over $1,200 was paid to each member. lion, Mr. HOLTONâ€"No, no, Hon. Mr. CAR«IERâ€"You did. I heard you.. . The hon. mewmber, Mr. 1 , could not reâ€" collect the seesions of 1852â€"3 and 1854â€"5 when thore was a very large expenditure, and tor what reason theé measure was brought in 1859. He read from the Journals of the House to show that the principle of the resolations was passed. without a division. . He had stu lied the question of mileage and found the same system had been adopted by Conâ€" gro»s. 1t was admitted that the business of a sesâ€"ion could be completed in 100 days, and tor that $600 was a fair sam, _ While considerâ€" ing expense there was a point which had not be: n touched, and that was the great expense att ndingâ€"each day of the session tor extra clerks, light, fuel, printing, stationery, &c., which was as large, if not larger, than memâ€" bers‘ allowances. _ The question of milcage presented at present difficulties, but ‘the comâ€" pletion of the Intercolonial Railway would obviate them, and he recommended his friends froia the Maritime Provinces to urge its comâ€" pletion as soon as possible in order to equilize mileage, ___ . _ _ It being nearly six o‘clock, the Speaker reâ€" sumed the Chair and the House aidjourned. AFTER RECESS. low,. Mr. CARTIER said that in 1859 he bad brought a similar motion before the House, Ho was surprised to see the hon. member for Cl steauguay ‘endeavoring to find inconsisâ€" tenvies in the conduct of two of his former coileagues. The principle of these resolutions ha‘! been admitted by the leader of the Opposiâ€" tion (Mr. Brown) and his party as a correct Mr. BLAKE said a maximum was establishâ€" ed by this House in the case of witnesses, and he thought it would be wonstructive lying for him to take $55 for what ouly cost him $20. He argued that expenses up to a mazximum should be reimbursed on the certificate of me:nbers. The indemnity might be extended for loss of time, but he conceived the intenâ€" tion to be to meet expenses. The simple sun to one member would not be much, but when multiplied it would be a larze sum. Mr. MASSON, in French,argued that cvery man should get what was his due without re= gard to others. . Militia ofticers, who travelled us gentlemen, only got 3cts. pet mile for railâ€" way travel and 10cts. for carriage travel. Mon. Mr. JOHNSON suid the term indemnity was improper. ‘The sum would merely pay expenses. _ He was willing that the. pay should be reduced it members of the Governâ€" ment would be content with six hundred a year, . The 6d. mileage proposed would not pay expenses. Hehad been seventeen years in Parliament in New Brunswick, where 18. was always paid. He ‘would preter that it should be striken off altogether, and credit given to membersfor bearing their own exâ€" penses. S 7 Mon. Sir JOHN A. MACDONALD said, he was prepared to do justice to the members from the Maritime Provinces. ‘The hon, genâ€" tleman, (Mr, Fisher,) bad stated in his speech on the Address that be wished to disabuse the minds of the people in reference to Canadians, but the first thing he did was to complain hitaself; but he could not be in earnest. He obj cted to wagesâ€"the good old English termâ€"being eked out by constructive mileage as immoral. ‘He would prefer raising the wages. . He argued that sixpence a mile would pay all expenses and something over, He thought the length of sessions would* in a short time be as great as ever, Newspapersâ€" an;l they would attack even the highest parties â€"had spoken of the willingness of members to put up with the inconvenience to which they were subjected and protract sessions for $6 per day. ~By paying a fixed sum and no more after 31 days Sessions were reduced to a reasonable compassâ€"an average ot two and a hulf or three months. Hon. Mr. FISHER complained that the rate for mileage was not just to the member» from the Muritime Provinces. He said it should be a question of protection. If the time of Ministers was worthâ€"a certain sum per annum, how much was a member‘s tinve worth during a session. _ The Canudian members could go to their homes during the sesâ€"ion, but those from the Lower Provinces could not. _ He made some amusing remarks on the eubject from a domestic point of view. paid tw each member, _ He thought they exactly met the question, and he would vote tor theim. _ Mon, Mr. MACDOUGALL said he would be guided by what he conceived to be for the publhc interest, _ Under these resoluaons the expense had been reduced. The ses ion be fore they were adopted over $1,000 had been Mr. HOLTON suid the scheme proposed ha l worked very ill indeed in the Frovinee of Canada, It â€"was an‘ adoptation of an American system, unsuited to a British Legislature. He supposed that und«s Conâ€" federation it might be admissible, but under our _ old _ system _ it _ was . denounced as disloyal. In the United States the time of meeting was fixed by law, but here the whole matter was in the hands of the Execuâ€" uve, and Governments‘ had been known to use the power for there own benefit by bringing in measures after pay was stopped and memâ€" bersa were anxious to get home. â€" He would propose to pay for the time the exigencies of the pablic service required and no more. PA ~ aro s a rmavre se + C2ad i vas _/Mr. BLAKE said the principle proposed in the resolution was various. â€" After 31 days ha l expired members felt that they were atâ€" terding to the business of the country at their ow 1 expense. The true principle was to pay a certain saum diem, if $6 . was a tair rate, it might be fl’;:l at that figure, but in no case to exceed $6. The members were their own paymasters and they should net faisly. ‘There was a great deal of work thi« session, but in future there would be no priâ€" vate business of consequence. â€" He hoped the se=«i us would be inuch shorter, and it would be usjust to pay upor & former basis, . Mr. FRANCIS JONES said he did not thisk any member of that House would proâ€" long a session a day for the sake of a day‘s PMR s na t h Nee ob o n oi docn Sir JOHN A. MACDONALD said in that case a large sum might have to be paid for a sersion of a day/ or two, and named an inâ€" stance. Mr. McKENZIE said that there were ob jections to members receiving $600 after 30 days. It would be better to name one sum for each session. * Sir JOHN A. MACDONALD said motions might be made to reduce the sums, but not to increase them. _HMon. Mr. JOHNSON said thatthe sums should be named by the House. â€" Member: might be willing to vote for the principle of the resolution, but not for the sums namedâ€" thit was the practice in England. If Governâ€" ment filled some of the blanks they should fill them all. _ Hon,. Sir JOHN A. MACDONALD moved the House into Committee of the whole to consider resolutions relating to the indemnity of members. â€" He stated that for this part of the session it was proposed that members shuld receive $6 per day, and that for the second part $6 per day, if the session did not exceed thirty days, and $600 if over thirty duys, and ten cents per mile each way by the nearest mail route, for travelling> exâ€" penées for this purposeâ€"this session being reckuoned as two, and that the saluries of the Speakera‘ of both Houses be the same as heretofore in the Province of Canada. In relerence to Speakers‘ salaries, however, thore were blanks left for the House to fill uJ f ences, fair and unfair, were used to . induce members . of the House to abandon their principles, and violate the instrac. structions they had received from their constituâ€" ents. Even the Licutenant Governor of the Pro: vince forgot his dignity and dishonored his position by Pm'fi the part of a petty canvasser. All those offici«l and social influences within the control of his high station, were freely used, and he did not hesitate even to misuse the name of the soverâ€" ;n‘;.m- he represented, l: influence those principles -[fuon vert. Senatorshi and seats in thq" ative Council of mdr: vince, were the d to so ne of the pure -hbdm. wm:n conversion was nhhlbfiollhq‘a-cl tacir country.â€"~Thus â€"by the â€"treachery of Executive, that first lulled the m‘ into a false n.:‘:‘( security in order that representatives m be more ecaily v-fiofiuburbroqwhlehm poqkm a total subversion of the political institutions of the doantry, without the cons +nt uf the people ‘But they did ~ not content thom«elves merely with this passive conidence in their â€"members; they took the proper and conâ€"titational mode of bringing their views oefore the legislature of the Province, and from every county rt.‘uionn with thousands of signatures were run into both Houses, asking that a measure invoiving such radical changes, and caloulated to affect so serious‘y the interes:s of the sountry should not be passed without the consent of the people. A very brief glance at a fow salient features of the policy parsued with respe st to the question from that time down to the date of its finil accomplishment, wilt show how much reason Nova Scotrans have to complain of the trickery, corruption and: coersion by which the autonomy of their Province was destroyed,: and their political status changed. In the session of 1865, the hon. member trom Cumberiand, then Provincial Secretary, and leader of the Gavernâ€" ment, of Nova Sootia, stated inhis place in the House, that Confederation was at that time im rrutleablo.nnd would not be attempted. Lulled into a faise security by this statement, and by the favorable reception accorded to their petitions, the roplo assumed that the movement, as far as that rovince was concerned, was practically at an end, and made no further effort to preserve the constiâ€" . tution frouf encroachment. But by-tul:bi a change came. _ A second election was had in New Brunswick. It is not my place to enter into rme-' lars as to the secret aud extraordinary inâ€" uences by which the dissolution of the New Brunsâ€" wick House was accomplished. Enough to say it wasâ€"accomplished ; and by means that even the widest range of courtesy will scarcely enable us to n'Spou were as honorable as t.lo\{ were sue. cessful, a imajority in favor of Confedsration was secured at the polls in that Province. Then comâ€" menced in Nova Scotia the system of petty inâ€" trigues that atâ€"last culminated in the corruption of the legisiatare and the passing of a resolution in the Uouse of A;rnbl , authorising a new conâ€" vention to as«emble in &ndon. All sorts of inflaâ€" MR. E. M. MACDONALD‘S SPEECH ONX THE ADDRESS. ased if | mast I Exeet. | now t i to end Sn9 °+ 1 the Hs victors | ber fr rejoice | right t much to | here, b uo cou at th@ | suffere olitical | owa p« ©OuUIe EmEA ts itions, | ~â€"this last an . _ | their rights w CCU2‘® | withia and ilsion | suppliant peo is une | Y®rY altar of 1 jects in Nova **° | the highest t n, and | deny | to ># ies the | I do not, ‘.}l:. ment, to disp ?n-Ian adopted. Bt! iee, to | the theory wh ar ra. | of Parliament . Db [ the Proviace to be g lova ! own Legisiature had riop; | haid never usked, an 4 | testod in the stronge 9T Fop the manliness| an the | be inherent in the r, it | people of Nova) se £ in | betitiona to the Parl l .to be permitted to de inspire. , Â¥et in QQCO;J,-;"Y:M"“M:-;: oou'f.lb‘ to offer as a candidate in the Conâ€" lr.d.m-h for the House of Commons, while plog m ime ced |â€" ru"‘"'...."""'a ~Aâ€"a was a ate, an an { dred votes out of the 2,744 elootors of that | EXpTessing their opinions. . He professes to believe thi«, however, an : attributs the fact of the people voting against it, to any other cause rather than that of nustility to the measure. The influénce of Halifix and Halifax merchants, he says, was so powerfol, as to sway p-olh‘xlnion throughout most of the constituencies ; yet he boasted to the House five minutes afterwards that the Conâ€" federates polied a large majority of votes in the city. of Hnlli?u. Tie honoruble gentleman should try to be ‘consistent in his inventions. But the inâ€" fluence of the bankers, he tells us, was against hiim If this were so, no stronger proof of their disinterâ€" estedness could ba given. The laws of Nova Seotia prevented the:re gentlemen from taking more lgan six per cont for their nong.. while we read ‘in the commercial columns of the Montreal papers that for the last month discounts havre ranged in that city at from nine to fourâ€" teen ‘Per cent ; and under theso circumstances the fact that a namber of the ‘bankers did ©ppose the measure that was calculated to allow them to charge as much «s they pleased for their money, was creditable in the highest degree to their patrictism. Bat the statement that afl the bankers were on that side is not consistent with the fact. Among the gentlemen selected by the hon. . member himself for seats in the Senate, on account of their Confedoration leanings, three were Halifax bankers ; and two of the Candidates for that counâ€" ty, on the same side, atâ€"the last election, were also bank Directors. ‘Then he tells us, that the henorâ€" able member tor Hants agitated the country, and prevented a fair expression of opinion. Bat was there no dgitation on the other side? The honorâ€" able member from Camberland himself, tried his hand at it pretty extensively, and so did the honor.â€" able Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Hon. W. A. Henry, Attorney General of Nova Scotia during the last four years, as well as the Hon, Mr: McCullyâ€"all men of marked ability ; and does he intend us to beliove that the combined efforts of all these gentlemen had less influence with the people than the single handed labors of the hon. member for Hants ? If he does, he has placed for onee an estimate on his own abilities that he would not be too well pleased to have prondunced by any member on this side of the H Ancther ex. cuse for hij defeat is the assertion &u@ the Governâ€" ment were unpopular because of the new law esta. blishing taxation for the upcfidlelodl. A brief statement of facts will show how unfounded is this position. The County of Yarmouth is warmly in faâ€" vor of the 'nahool’ls- In the town of Y armouth magni baildings for academies and schoolâ€" houses, as would be mbh to any city in the Dominion, have been ; and the schools have been pquipped, and are being conducted on a seale of expenditure that only a complete faith in the system, and desire for its success could viction, that ths thing itself is dangerous and wiong. The honorable member from Cumberland tells you a d.fferent story, and would have the House believe, in pite of the record of the electiuns, that there is a strong Union feeling in Nova Beotia. If he belioves that a majority of the Loo- ple of that Province are for Union, he must at least admit that they took a somewhat singular mode of exffre:ssing their opinions. _ He professes to believe have acted so precipitately as they cid, had not three Colonial (!Ablneu conspired, by misrepresenâ€" tations to trick and deceive them ; and only one of the three was the Cabinet of Nova Scotia.. " Is it to be wondered at, Mr. Speaker, afier this brief reâ€" view of a fow of the facts, that the people of Nova Seotia should feel indignant at the manner in which :.r'oy have been treated, and that they should be etermined to punish at the hustings, these men among themselves who so deoylf wronged and inâ€" sulted taem. . The hon, member r:nm Lambton has hinted that it is in vain for us to éntor on the disâ€" cussion of this question now, because the Act of which we eon;l.ll is m thing of the past and _eannot be. reealied ; and that this being the _ease, we should rather set ourselves to the cunsideration ot the new dutics, that the new condition of things imposes on us. The same .argument was unfl,n Nova Seotia previous to the elections, by Confederates who tried to persuade the people, that as the act was completed and m Ml“l, tlnou was no object but revenge to be gai by voting against the men who enacted it. What wuuld be thought of a homicide in the criminal‘s dovk, pleading in mitigation of punishment that the life of his victim was past recall, and that it w.xnld be only gratifying an unchristian spirit of revenge to punish him for his crime. lnei such | anjone adttressing the judge,â€"and saying : "May it plgase your lorishlp, it is true, 1 committed um‘ ofllâ€"n« against the litws of God and man, but the litg I destroyed is now a thing of the past, and can not be recalled ; you may rfnhh me, but that canâ€" uot reanimafe again with life the mouldering clay, or bring back to the cirele of friomhhig and duty that cold clod that yesterday was n& fellow creaâ€" ture." Sir, it may be only too true that the wl- cal independence, the political life, of Nova A, is a thing of the past ; but even if this were #o, the first duty of every Nova Scotian should be to see that the demands of justice were satisfied by the punishment of the mea who laid rutbhle*s hands upon the life of their country‘s constitution. This duty has been discharged, although not rtrh:}u to the extent that the complete vindication of our country‘s honor rm‘nirod; and now the representaâ€" tives of Nova seotia here, and hor representatives in the local Hariiament as well, have to set themâ€" selves to the consideration of the next duty that devolves upon them. I have suid Mr. Speaker, that Nova Séotia‘s bostility to Confederation, was caused not merely from. dislike of the way in which it w as curried, but from a deep seated con. to be swung out of their Constitutional orbit, and thrown into a new system and amidst new allianâ€" ces, where distrasts, and suspicions, and heartburnâ€" ing«, springing out of a sense of injustice and wrong, mustlong prevent the harmonious working of the now state of things, if it does not cause it speedily to end in disruption and disaster. But Mr. speaker, the Househas veen told, I think, by the hon. memâ€" ber from West Woronto, that Nova Scotia has no right to briug this story of hér admitted grievances here, because in all this, it i8 assumed she can have uo complaint against Canada. ‘The wrongs shehas lud'ercj, we are told, were wrongs inflicted by her owa people or by the Parliament of England, and that Canada is not to blame for then, and ought not to be bored with their rehearsal in this place. Sir, I cannot consent to allow this view of the case to be accepted by he House without sontradiction. 1 hols, sir, that for all this story of wrong and opâ€" pression the statesimnen ot Canada are chiefly, if not whully to,bla ne; for who that knows the cireumâ€" stances, but mus: admit that but for the patronage of the Do.minion about to be established, that was plased by the statesnet of Canada at the disposal of their coâ€"workers in Nova Scuti«, the Confederaâ€" tion Scheme never could have been carried in that Province. Sir, there are at this moment occupying seat« in the Senate of the Dominion, three gentieâ€" men, formerly members of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotis, whose sudden conversion and subâ€" sequent promotion to that post of honor, justilies the strongest suspicion as to the means used to proâ€" cure their change of opinion. â€" Another f;ndcnun. who formerly was a member of the Legislative Council of Nova Septia, and apparently an earnest Antiâ€"Confederate, also suadenty changed his base and gave in his adhesion to t 0 cause he former‘y Jpposed, and toâ€"day he not only is a member of the Senate, bat he also hoid, a departmental place in the Privy Coanc.! with large emolumpnts. Now, I f: not say that these individuals wgre all bought like s#o many sheep in the shambles ; or that they sold their votes for places and distinctions that dught .0 belong to honorable men.: It would be wrong to say this, because that might be a breach of: Parliamentary privilege. . But I‘do -:b that from being apparently earnest Antiâ€"Confederates, they, without lt: occarrence of any new phase of the political position to warrant the change, sadâ€" denly bee ame the zealous promoters of that scheme. It would be wrong to say that these individuais, who are = all honorahle men," were bribed like so many venal voters at a hustings booth ; I only say, that the cause of Cunfcdentions their votes and they got ths .\'ennturlh?u; and the members of this Mouse, learniog these facts, can draw their own inâ€" terences, 1t may be, Mr. Sgukor, that in all this these partics were actuated by a spirit of the purest patriotism; but the House will at‘least gnrcoin. that it is a patriotism that pays remarkably well, so much for Cnnu{iiu influence in the Nova Scoâ€" tian Legislature. And for what.took place at the other side of the water, the ooutl.inl of Nova Seoâ€" tin‘s &eo le does not lie against her own politicians and o%rifioh Government, solely ; for the Govâ€" ernment and Parliament of hgl}n‘ never would sequent the stron cure the who for withia and withoutâ€"the ple;din‘f prayers of a suppliant people were spurned aside, even from the very altar of the temple of liberty, and British subâ€" jects in Nova Scotia were denied the rights which the highest tribanal on earth would not dare, to deny / to â€" the British subject in England I do not, Mr. Speaker, deny the power of Parliaâ€" ment, to dispose of this question in the manuer adopted. B\!t even admitting the correâ€"tness of the theory which‘says there is no limit to the power of Parliament, I deny the right of the ugnar:tuu to destroy the Constitution under which it exists without the popular consent orâ€"€ontrary to the popuâ€" lar will. Admitting the power, was it right, or was it decent cven, for a people, trained for over half a centary to cherish their political institutions, thas by. an arbitrary exorcise of thit power, and for po fault of which they were guilty, by one fell stroke the highest tr deny | to > tt I do not, Mr. meat, (to di-&n adopted. Bat the theory whi y | cupy too much of the time of the"Wouse at b,- this late bour, but I must respectfully ask the is | attention of imembers while | briefly refer to â€" | a few. of the features of the Confodcration ®, | scheme that cause the people ot Nova Scotia * | to dislike and distrust it The hon. inember * | from West Toronto has spoken of the scheme * | as a partn:rship, in which the party holding ,: the smallist capital was to be enriched by p | participatiog in all the wealth of his more I | prosperous neighbot. But «ir,in such partâ€" t | nerships, the advantage is not always on the Y | side of the small trader. _ A case of this kind t may sometimes occur :â€"a man of vast means, 2 | but of vaster speculative ideas, while carrying t | on an iminense business, may be yearly plung s, | ing deeper in debt «n sdifficulties, while his f | neighbor, living prudently and trading careâ€" â€"*] fully on a limited |capital, gradually; but + | surely, increases his weaith, and is enalled * | to greatly extend Lis operations. ‘It might °| be natural, perhaps, for the larger trader in j | such m case, to seek a business connection 4 | with his unpretending nelghbor ; but such & â€"| partnership could not possibly be productive s | of good to the latter, and would be pretty cerâ€" * | tain, sooner or later, to involre him in his » | partner‘s ruin and financial destruction. â€" This â€" | is ucarly the case as regurds Nova Scotia and ; Canada,. Compared with the latter, in area, . | papuiation, _ and _ commercial _ operations,. s | the former is a small country ; but though â€" | small, her financial condition is sound, she 1 | has prospered as few other countries have prosâ€" ( * | pered, and she bas not had a deficit in her treaâ€" } sury but once in twelye years. Canada, on the , | contrary, has never had a surplue but once in . | the same period of time.‘ A partnership under | such: circumstances, may, perhaps, be bdvanâ€" ‘| tageous to the larger and more extravagant | Province ; but Nova S¢otians, as prudent busiâ€" | ness men, feel that the connection is one in | which they cannot have much to gain, and ) may have much to lose. in looking at the p| British North Ameri¢an Act, which creates | | these Provinces a Dominion, 1 find that the | 1st clause of Section 19, gives to the Dominâ€" | ion Government the ppwer to control the pubâ€" | lic debt and the public property of all the Proâ€" | vinces. ‘The Provi all had debt enough, | but Nova Scotia feels that in this respect she | is not fairly delt with beside her farger neighâ€" ;| bor, Canada has very little in the shape | of available assets to o‘mw for her debt, while | that of Nova Scotia is represented by a valuâ€" | able railroad property that in 1866 paid all ; | its working expenses, and left a margin to go towards the interest on the cost of its construcâ€" tion, While the debt of Canada is representâ€" | od by little else than @ long series of annual | deficits and a large bundle of useless railway bonds, almost every dolisr of that of Nova Bcotia is represented by & railroad which was her own, a railroad that when the Intercolonial is built will pay every gent of its working exâ€" penses and interest on the cost of constrnction â€"â€"a railroad that is toâ€"day the property of the Dominion, and can be spld at any day, and the proceeds put in the Treasary for the benâ€"fit of the Canadian Proviayes, who never contriâ€" nuted a dollar to the cost of its construction. It is true, Mr. Speaker, that ander the proâ€" visions of the Act b.'futc me, the Dominion assumes a large part of the liabilities formerly borne on the revenues of Nova Scotia. She pays the intcrest on $3,000,000 of our delt, â€" she also pays the salarigs of our Licutenantâ€" Governor, our judges, customs officers, postâ€" masters and lighthouse keepers ; but, siz, she takes our monsy to do it with, .and she takes from us a great deal mote than she returns to us again. The hon. Minister of Customs has told the House that since the first of July, the Dominion Government has paid out on acâ€" count of Nova Scotiaa great deal more than was received from that |Province. He ought to have been candid ¢nough when making this statement, to haveé explained how this | excess of expenditure 1rou, for every one knows that it can not be accounted for by the disbursements tor the ordinury services of the |â€" country. . It will be in the recellectionâ€"of the | House that a general election has taken place since the first of July. I may also explain |\ that iythat Province several very important |â€" public works are in process of construction. || The Pictou Railway is nearly completed ; the | Windsor and Annapolis road i« being built | under a large Governmental subsidyâ€"a new | aud very costly building! for a postâ€"office and | | custom housejs being finished, and there. is | also some expenditure on St. Peter‘s Ganal in Cape Breton. It |was never intended | that the cost of all these works was to be borne |â€" upon the ordinary revenues of the Province. || The money for their construction was to be | ! borrowed on the Proviccial credit, by the issue | ! of debentures, and would have been obtained | / in that way, had the Province remained in her | former position ; but the Dominion Act having | | taken from her the poweLto borrow money for | such purposes, it had to be provided out of the | Dominion Treasury, and will constitute a |! debt against that Province, on which she will | ! have to pay the Dominion interest at the rate | | of five per cent. per anoum. This is the proâ€" | ! bable explanation of the cause of the excessive | disbutiement on Nova Scotia account, spoken |! ot by the hon. Minister of Custems, and lpo have | i no doubt that when the public accounts are | 1 brought * down, it will be found to || be _very mnearly, if ‘not quite correct. | The second clause of this section gives to the | | Dominion Parliament the power to regulate | | the trade and commerce of all the Provinces. | 1 have already, sir, “V’ild to the commer.| i cial aspect of this question. ‘The ‘hon. memâ€" | ber from West Toronto has entertainec the | i House with a long of figures, showing | 1 how greatly Canada has -.? the Uni # â€"how many more ships, y more n?l- § lions of dollars of imports and exports, how | 1 many more thousands of| sailors .E'[:um' t M!bchdhnynr;mdr.il proves | 1 anything, it proves that gain is :‘:. on | C the part of the Canadian than of the itime | I Provinces, and that the have been drag. | 1 ged into its Union to and aggrandize | ¢ their larger and more neighbor. He | ! speaks about the great that must | 1 acerue to St. Johns Halifax from the | " building of the t Railway, and | ll'-\:dnhcwdmuuun- i ture in store for those cities when the hunâ€" | ! dred and twenty millions dollars of imports | # being thus inadequate to the demands upon it, the road and bridge service, and the schouols must be deprived of a large amount of the asâ€" sistance they have hitherto reccived from the Treasury, and thus a large increase of direct taxation â€"will inevitably be forced upon the people; And sir, I would warn our friends from â€" the Provinces of Ontario and Queb=c that this Conféderamon scheme may not prove to be "all their fancy painted it.‘ Their taxation in the shape of customs and excllu du:t:l can :::mdy be less, and are likely to the general of the Doo'ldo:‘"'m Mvzc for Cnp:mu under the old Colonial system ; an4 then th ere will hflhe'truaol the Local Parliain ent in addition, which can hardly be met by the local revennues now nld'u, and . whi ch almost incvitably will have to be guppleâ€" P ane oo c on ooo eemioopy eae Hnt En had a Legislature of her ow» to contend for her rights, is it surprising that they should entertain some doubt and distrust of the Conâ€" federation Scheme, that gives to the darg r inland Provinces the Tentire contral of her commercial policy and affairs. Another claus: of this Act gives to the Dominiou Parliament the power to tax ali the Provinces by any mode or system of tazation. ‘This power it will be observed, is also possessed by the. Local Parâ€" linments of the respective Provinces ; so that in every Province of the Dominion, we are to have hereatter a double taxing machine for grinding the taxes out of the pockets of the poor, and there is only too muchk reason to Fear that the machine, both general an 4 local, will be worked to its utmost capacity. With five Parliaments now existing where formerly there were but three, five Governors, five exe>~ cutives, five sets o?wmnhl machinery , instead of three, is not‘possible, but that the cost of governing these Provinces must be very largely increased. ‘Then as regards Nova Scotia, we find that the whole of the local revenueleft at her disposal, if the returns from Mines continue as large as they were last yeur, which I regret to state is not the case in the present year, will be about $200,000 less than is required for the expenses of the Local Legislature, the hnimane institations, the road and bridge service, the schools and other exâ€" penses to be borne by the Tocal revenu«, if all these services are maintained in the future at the same rate as in 1866. It may be said that that was an exceptional year, the ‘expenditure having been larger for these services than ever before. ‘This is quite true, but the fact reâ€" maing, that the money was in the Treasury or it could not have been paid, and had Nova Scotia retained the control of her own tevenues, it might have been there again, and being there, would have! been expended for the benefit of her own pedple, instead of being, as must 1e the case hercafter, while the Dominion stands, expended for the general purposes of the new hationâ€"purposes in which, it may be, Nova Scotia has little or no interest. ‘The local revenue of that Province rel. 1 know the theory is, that the consumer pays the dutics, and if that theory was correct under all cirenimstances, our fishermen ought not to suffer from this adverse tariff, Bat sir, the Nova Scotia shipper does not trouble himâ€" self to reason over abstract commercial theoâ€" ries. He only knows that when he takes five hundred barrels of fish to the Boston market, he receives no larger price per barrel than he did two years ago,â€"scarcely s0 large i â€"while he is compelied to pay intothe Uni States Treasury the large sum of one thou dollars in gold, a tax so enormous, as in m« cases to sweep the entire profits of a whol summer‘s fishing venture, rendering the trade almost ralueless, J sit, the ipterence from the after dinner #peech of the hon. Minister of Finance is correct, and Nova Sootin is thus i»â€" juted in hor largest commercial iuterests by G‘:‘Idl'l commercial policy, while whe stiil but for the repeal of the Reciprocity Troaty, he might not have beon permitted that night to " toast the Don.inion of Canada." 1t may be very gratifying to hon, geftlemen to be able to toast the Dominion of Canada, but if the luxury bas been obtained at the cost of the Reciprocity Treaty, it will prove a very expensive luxury to Nova Scotia. By the repeal of that treaty, not only Las the trade in wood, gypsum, potatoes, and other products of the field and the forest, between that Proâ€" vince and the States, been virtually destroyed, but the trade in the great rtaples of coal and fish has been crippled and rendered aimost valueless. Our coal is now met by a duty of a dollar and a quarterâ€"a ton in the United States, and under this restrictive tariff, the exâ€" port of that article from Nova Scotia this year has fallen off about 300,000 tous, causing a loss to the local revenpe of the Province of $30,000, and when our fishermen take their mackerel to Boston or New York, they are met by a hostile tariff of two dollars per barâ€" by â€" the honorable Minister . of who _ stated at _ & _ political some . three or . four . mouths but for the repeal of the Reciproc he might not have beon permitted to * toast the Doninion of Canad: But #is, I do not sce any reason to eudorse the bright hopes entertained By the hon. gontle» man to whom I have referred, es to the great ‘through traffic it is to bring from the citics of Canada to those of the Maritime Provinces, Montreal has the St. Lawrense open to I six months of the year, and the Grand Trunk Railway, :92 miles to Portland, always Under these circumstances it is hardiy reasonâ€" wble to expect that she would «ither in sumâ€" mer or winter send a very large quantity of merchandise by the Intercolomial, 700 miles to Halifax barbor for shipment, and it is hardâ€" iy probable that in the ov&hury course of trads, there would be sent over that lin« from Montreal to Halifax, a thonsand barrels of flour in a thousand years, while the 8t. Lawâ€" rence remains where it is, and the Portiand road lasts«, unless that war or famine or some other causes producing an abnormal state of the market, render it possible. The people of Nova Scotia, whether correctly or not, bâ€" lieve that they have already suffered scrious injury in their commercial relations, in con~ sequence of Confederation. It is believed, that butfor the very earnest desire felt in Caâ€" rada ‘to carry Confedecration, but for the anxiety to have Nova Scotia in a position where her commercial necessities would compel het to come ingo the Confederacy,the statesm en of Caâ€" nada would have made a little strongereffort, either to |obtain a renewal of the Reciprocity Treaty,or at least to havo established with the United States an understandiog for an ex* change of products under a t4rifl that would not have proved so atterly destructive as does that now in existence, to the commerce of Nova Scotia with the neighboring Republic. Some countenance was given to this view hing th pes entertained By th hom I have referred., ‘inange, banguet ), â€" Abhat serve the fine regil their Col m most Cof the utims lature a soctions closing, all this taint of the cont and the flag « any ond Other gonth wat the twn, vinges M <od and this cellency ful or, Dom! legiance the prome whole rs counties, theiranm no longe law that: petition have action fact, constite that it for any sir, that things ? wo ~ uol fearing C federatio conseutel and his ing the arouged several hands, fo he receis oath ol a panick ai trom a b a part of going to Mother regiment mand )‘ldz the hour avoid oc niear hatog‘ againet t tiobods it pecially very ‘.l there in Nothing pushes t sentimet mnor jady sontime the pot ww it ho That fee tound Marit nront by on the moment mene but two. land at when 4h dress to that the power Act (a Act has blot on | out dict th the direct the susapich ment take, w the j duty lml'llflll poal or c ho jtin country aguinet su preup ple whe stood i agrocm the peo tatives, yoad t predece sure to Oor un idea is tbout fidence a British f ple ot a H ment has alr this M tions 6 stat Were achric for than foderath than h mented th wt at=# potw ugiat o ut cal