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duction of the Nova â€" Scotian standard f} throughout the Dur.ivicn woulkd compensate $ for all the inconvemience it would cause, by i Athe advartages which would altimately be derived from it. _mew, and judiciou«ly adds (pp 93) " O f : > this would depreciate all legal values m. Onfitario and New Brunswic‘, # .. ... . 80 that the statute must provide * that â€" creditor® might add 2.74 per cent. to * their accounts." Mr. Harver also says that °* the reason for adopting the American * dollar as our standard vanished, when the * United States, by making paper a legal * tender, made that value fAnctuate." This is undoubtedly correct, and though there must necessarily be some temporary inconâ€" venience caused by the adoption of any plan ot . assimilation, we believe that the intro, When this measure, relating to mfi rency, does come up for consideration, we hope that, unless there are insuperable ob jections to the step, the currency of the three Provirices may be Assimilated to that of Nova Seotin, where the pound sterling is equal to five dollars, and the silver coinage ot the realm is legal tender at the same rute. The * Halitax currency‘" of ours, which is not current at Halifax, with ‘the subsequent division .of the pound into four doilars, grmoiht be replaced by the pound sterling divided into five dollars. _ We have urged this view on several occasions, as being most desit able, in that it would not only harmovise our currency with that of Britain, but also because it would have a tendency to get rid of the American silver nuisance in a manner the most simple and sutisfactory. We are glad t# notice that the Kditor of the * Year Book" .,Q the edition just published, commends this It may be of interest to our readers to know that the Bunk smhh North America receives the bills of th@ Banks of Nove Scotin and New Brunswick, lh_g;.. at five per cent. and the latter at oneâ€" cent. dis mfi;HM'hhnS ch curâ€" rency in their possession may, i:;;m‘n the operation, cali upon the brokers and get it abaved for ten ! ‘The discount of one per cent. upon New Brunswick dy is but a reasonable charge for col and the reason why the Nova Scotia bunk notes are subjected to four per cent. additonal dis. count, is because in that Province the English shilling and the English sovereign count for twentyâ€"fire cents and five dollars respectively. These notes are therefore worth of the other three Provinces. Doubtâ€" less the currency of the Lower Provinces will become somewhat more tamiliar to us than itâ€" has been heretofore, and until the Legislature il!mtpl.fl' uniform the qurrency of the whole Dominion, it is very desirable that the notes of the Lower Proâ€" vince Banksshould not be subjected to an unjust shave. â€" Business men, and the pub lie, should receive them at the rates estabâ€" lished by the Bank of British North Réfore the adjournment Sir Joux A. Macâ€" lx'-“-*w,'hhh‘uvu the intention of the G@vernment to pass beâ€" fore the adjournment. These measures reâ€" late ‘to the POkt i.eo; the Intercolonial Ruilway ; the T. Excise Laws ; the mu-dmcâ€"bmzxemne‘pm- ments ; the extengion eqafinumof;:s: Habeas Corpus Su«penmon Act of last sion; aod the Supplies. These are all snt jeots of great importaaée, and will; no doubt give rise to considerable debate. . . ; letter, should be consulted. Now, the intenâ€" tion of the law is that the advisers of the Crown shall sit in Parli us the Act applies to the Parliament exclusively, or to the Local linments exclusively, as the case would be unreasonable to its operation could be held to exclude (r8®y she one any member otherwise duly qualified, whom it would not, exchudé ftom the other. The subject will have to be disposed of by further legislation, -unu.';?uu.m-m, we think, the Local Ministers wte preity safe Tasâ€" House wijourned at six o‘clock yesâ€" terday after a lengthy discussion, on the subâ€" ject, broached by Mr. Hoitos, as to the right of the Local Ministers to hold seats in the House of Commons. It was a rich theme »for the lawyers, and except Mr. Hortox, we did not notice that a ‘single lay member opened bis mouth on the subject. As the question is to be still further debated, we shall not for the present volunteer an opinion, further than to say that as the Indeâ€" pendence of Parliament ~Act, cited to the econfusion of the Local Ministers, was passed under a condition of aftairs, which did not even contemplate the actual circumstances under which it is now sought to be applied ; and that, therefore, its spirit, rather than its in their seate. .~K@ Any number of Copies may . be had at the office of publication aftcr TEN o‘clock a. m., put up in wrappers ready aemaiing. TCbrOttawaCimes Of This Morning â€" Will contain the Speeches of ' HON. T. D. MGEE, Mr. R. A. HARRISON, * _"Mr. E. M. MeDONALD, _ _ * HON. Mr. MKEAGNEY,* ce xe. a. WAeLELAN, And _ Dr. J. F. Forbes, Besides full Reports of Parliamentary Debates up to day of issue. Mesting of the Corinthian Lodge: India Rubber Carriage Cover Found. Anstion Saleâ€"H. McLoan. « Newf.undland Pup Lost or Stolen. Intercolonial Assurance Company.\ BSchool Teacher Wanted. ~ Borreeâ€"St. George‘s Society. Ter Majesty‘s Theatroâ€"Don Casar do Bazan. * WEEKLY TIMES" On no eccasion will the namos of O1d Advertisoments be inserted THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1861. Citv and County Official Paper OTTAW A, Novium«s 20 NEW ADVERTISEMEN Fs T H E Carrets axo Hoouse Fuasismsos.â€"Garland, Mutchmor & Coi 20 Sparksâ€"st, make a speciality of carpets and house furnishings, Tacy hase a large stock, co.aprising new whoicg patterns .o Brussels tapestry, two and three ply carpettings, to which they are making weekly additions. Carpets made and laid with Lp‘ch Inspection invited. 882â€"v no doubt but she will soon distinguish herâ€" self. Of the gentlomen of the company we have not space to speak in detail, though we eannot pass over Mr. Lampee, whose contriâ€" butions to the amusement. of the audience last night were so great, both in the characters ot the Idiot Witness and Natz Teik, as well as in his grand dance, which we have seldom, if ever, seun surpassed. Of the acting of Messrs. Salter, Tyler, Daly and Murphy, we shall have occasion to speuk hereafter, but if they keep up to their present work of excelâ€" lence, as evinced last night, they have little to fear, ‘The company have already made for themselves & reputation here such as has never been made by any other dramatic comâ€" pany. At the particular request of a large number ot influential citlnu,l):. Caqri de Bazan will be played again toâ€"night, with the Merry Cobbler for an afterâ€"piece, ; W; 'm_;-t admirably by Miss Marion Clitton, who, since she first apâ€" peared here, has never entered the stage withâ€" out the ‘most enthusiastic applause. The ease and freedom with which she enters into the spirit of her character, marks het as an actress, in her line ot business, of groat exâ€" cellence. â€" Miss Nelite Dunn isa most spirited und vigorous uctress, who never misses the strong points. Miss F. Logan, a young acâ€" tress, is very unassuming, but she has eatered with spirit upon the profession, and we have, at the Theatre last night, and produced a most James R. Benson, _ C. Wilson, W. Shanty, John Morrison, John Ross, Geo. Kempt, James Metcalfc, J. H. Thompson, T. W. Anglin, Ed. Heath, John O‘Connor, F. Hurdon, M. C,. C&tneron, Geo. A. Drew, Alex. Morris, P. M. Grover, Thomas Workman, Edward Barber, W. Vickinson, E. A. Meredith, A Friend. a Trearmicac.â€"The Idiot Witness was played Musszoxa Missiox.â€"The Rev. Mr. Wray is at present in this city collecting fungs for the building of a church in the Muskoka Settleâ€" ment. The rev. gentleman preached in Christ‘s Church on e;luhy evening, and ‘has «since been engaged in "introducing bis benevolent object to the members of the Legislature. . Mr. Wray will doubtless call upon our citizens in the course of the week, and we bespeak for him the assistance ofall who can afford to aid him. The following document will shew that so fu he has been assisted, irrespective ot consideraâ€" tions of creed or class : thrilting effect. ‘The character of Walter Arâ€" We, the undersigned having responded to the Rev. Mr. Wray‘s appeal for one dollar trom each‘ member of both Houses, hope that others will tollow our example â€" A. Walsh, Escare axo Recarrons or a Jovexine Pasâ€" soxzn.~â€"The boy Medard Perrillard, who was committed by the Police Magistrate yesterday morning, for robbing the till of Mr. Fredericks on Tuesday night, was permitted to go, in charge of a policeman, to see his mother, who was represented to be in adying condition, having been badly beaten by her husband, and confined the night before. On entering the house the boy was ‘allowed to go into his mother‘s whilo the constable should wait for him in the roo«n adjoining. After reâ€" maining what he considered a very long time for the prisoner to come out, the guardian of the law overcame his delicacy so far as to open the door and request him to appear, but to his astonisbment the boy was not thereâ€" the bird had flownâ€"baviog first divested him* self of all but his trowsers and shirt that he might fly the faster. Chase was given, but his trail h” covered up by the falling snow, pursuit of him by that means was given up, but he was afterwards captured in bed in the house of a vendor of quack medicines in St. Patrickâ€"st., and taken to jail, 1 Porics Court.â€"Cyrile Lortic was charged with assaulting Vanase Labelle. Case dis missed without costs.â€"Mary Ann Thompson and Jane Waters were charged with the larâ€" ceny of & buffalo robe, one blanket, and two garments of ladies‘ wear, the property of Mr Aunable. _ ‘The property was sworn to by the owner. Policeman McVeity proved finding the property on the prisoners when arrested. Both prisoners were committed to take their trial at the Recorder‘s Court.â€"Medard Perrilâ€" lard, a boy about eleven years old, was chargâ€" ed with the larceny of $4 from the till of Theâ€" odore Fredericks on Tuesday night, where he had gone to sell newspapers, and seeing where the money were kept returned when the proâ€" prictor had gone up stairs to his tea and cmpâ€" tied the till of its contents. _ T wo dollars and t:n cents were found on his person when arrest. ed, the same night.. He ; vas committed to be tried at the Recorder‘s Court. Tus St. Grones‘s Soctery.â€"This Society always to relieve the distreased, propose givâ€" ing their annual concert in aid of the Christâ€" mas Fund at Her Majesty‘s Theatre, generâ€" ously relinquished by Mason‘s theatrical comâ€" pany for their use on Tuesduy evening, the 26th inst. The Hon. Thos. D‘Arcy McGee, M.P Hon. Thos, Howe, M.P., Hon. Col. Gray, M.P and other distinguished â€"gentlemen bave conâ€" sented to be present and deliver addresses on this occasion, ‘The Band of the P.C.O. Rifles, with the usual liberality of the Colonel and Officers, will be there and form a leading at* traction. ‘The rest of the musical arrangeâ€" ments will be under the chargé of Mr. Fripp a sufficient guarantee that a treat will be afâ€" fforded the public rarely met wito, except under the name of St. Georg«. ! _The Ottawa Tixuzs ofthe 1st inst., contains | an article headed " Departure of the Goverâ€" ; nor," which it credits to the Halifax Chromic/e. | The article abounds in fulsome lanudation of l Bir W.F. Williams, and could only appear in | the organs of the party which the lfero" #o | faithfully served. We do not wish the Fiss Ants.â€"Amateurs, connoisseurs and lovers of art are informed, that the oil paintings to which we referred the other day, have been removed to Hope & Co‘s., that they might have the advantage of a better light, and a more convenient position . for public inspection. The owner being desirous to realize has deâ€" termined to dispose of them at a great sactifice. Such an opportunity to secure good pictures may not again occur. ~ s Pexsxy Reapixas.â€"Remember the Penny Reading‘s at Webster‘s Hall, Albertâ€"st., toâ€" morrow evening. Admission by tickets, or one penny at the door. This reading will be the first of a series intended to be given in the several school houses in the city drring the winter, and the coâ€"operation of all philanâ€" thropists is carnestly requested to organize a scheme for carrying out this object. The article referred to was clipped from the Halifax Expres. We have no desire to "sully" the Caroniclz‘s® reputation‘" by imâ€" puting to it respectful language towards Sir W.F. Williams or "any other man," and therefore willingly apologise for *having inâ€" advertently credited the wrong authority . Chronicie‘s reputation to be sullied by having such toadying productions p to our credit, and therefore we would k the Ottawa Tiwzs to inform its readers that the article never appeared in our columnas.â€"Hulj/ar Chromele. LOCAL N WS. John Simpson, E. Keuny, C. Wilson, John Morrison, Geo. Kempt, J. H. Thompson, Ed. Heath, E. Hurdon, Geo. A. Drew, P. M. Grover, Edward Barber, E. A. Meredith, Hon. Mr. CARTIER said this did not make the hon. gentleman‘s constitutional position correct. He (Mr, C.) held that the oftices held by Ministers of the Dominion were prerogaâ€" tive appointments for which power was given to the Governorâ€"General by the Confedcration Act, and they would remain so until legislaâ€" tion took place by, the Purliament of the Doâ€" minion ; and steps would he taken to estabâ€" lish the departments of which Ministers were heads by Acts of Parliament, ‘The hon. Secreâ€" tary of State nad already introduced a bill to establish his department. ‘The Imperial Act stated that the Provinces desired to unite under a Constitution &imilar to that of Great Briâ€" ' tain. ‘The Minister of Finance had resigned his seat on his appointment, not because there was a law to compel him to do so, but because the Government acted as if there was a posiâ€" tive enactment, because they intended to make it so. He read the 63rd clause of the Act to show the difference of the manner of constiâ€" tuting the public deparments in the Dominion and in the various Provinces. He also reâ€" ferred to clause 134, and clause i25 to show that certain powers wers transferred from the officers of the Inte Province of Canaâ€" da to the officers of Ontario and Quebec. These latter officers, as such, had not:ing to do with the Domivion of Capada,. The Conâ€" federation Act also provided that those holdâ€" ing offices of emolument from the Governâ€" ment of the mim should not be cligible to sit in the 1 Legislature, except Exceuâ€" Mvu officers, and argued that it was monstrous exclude these from this House, when the hon. gentleman admitted that Members of the Privy Council in a similar position had a right to seats in this House. ‘The proposition could not be maintained thatâ€"bon. gentleman who had nothing to do with the -ouuq affairs ot this House conld not sit in it: | Hon. Mr. JOHNSON, showed that geoâ€" graphical lines confirmed the functions ot Local Ministers to their own Province, but they were not excluded from taking part in the affairs of the Dominion. Mr. HOLTON said he referred to the Indeâ€" pendence of Parliament Act, and those subject to its operation, .. Hon,. Mr. CARTIER was glad to see that his argument had had the effect of causing the hon, gentleman to recede from his broad proâ€" position and confine himself to the territory ot the Inte Province of Canada. _ Mr. HOLTON said he held that the Local Ministers had no right to seats in this House, because they were officers of the Crown withâ€" in the territorial limits of the late Province of Cauada, to which the Independence of Parliaâ€" ment Act applied. He had not Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. Hon. Mr.CARTIER said, the hon. gentleâ€" man had stated his case from his own point of view calmly and in a fair spirit toward the Government, as could be expected frun a member of the Opposition, He regretted that the hon. gentleman had not put the remarks on a written basis. He seemed to think that the leader of the Government should take his statements for flctauud rcter them to a commitâ€" tee. The Local Ministers had been publish» ed in the Gazefte, but the hon. gentleman (Mr. H.) had brought no proof of any of his stuteâ€" ments, He (Mr. C.) said the Local Minister‘s were Members of the Executive Councils for their respective Provinces and were Heads of Departments. â€" Whether they were Crown apâ€" pointments or Governor‘s appointments. _ As to the payment of emoluments it was not by the Government, but by the Local Legislature, The proposition of the hon. gentleman was rather monstrous. If Local Ministers were granted apnual salaries, his position was that they had no right to seats in this House, He had used the "@rgumentum ad absurdum. The argument was that because the gentleman reâ€" ceived a salary from another Governinent they had no right to a seat in this House. This would exclude gentlemen from all the Proâ€" vinces who received pay from their respective Governme¢nts. This would make the Provinces mere appendages of the Dominion, while, in fact, they) were distinct Governments. ‘The hou. gentleman assuined, because he could not know that these gentlemen recuived salaries, but he must know that the Local Legislation must tix the salavies, still the Ministers were not excluded from this House. Any member of the Prince Edward Island, British Columâ€" bir, or any Province, if he had property quaâ€" liflcation, and was a British subject, could sit in this House. ‘The power of the Local and General Governinents was received from the same authority. â€" The Locaul Governments did not receive their power from Canada, but from the Imperial Act, in the Queen‘s name, which gave them an existence, distinct from the Government of the Dominion, and in their ‘ proper position they represented the Governâ€" ment of the Queen,and acted in her name. In order to prove his position, be showed that the Constitution of Nova Rcotia and New Brunswick had not been in any way changed, except to take certain matters from their leâ€" gislative jurisdiction, ABd transfer them to that of the Dominion. ‘Fhe late Province ot. Canma had been dividedâ€"into two Governâ€" ments, and therefore it was Recessary to <proâ€" vide constitutions for themin the bill, which wes not the case in the others, which still preserved their old 1&-' minus the matters trangferred to the Government ot the Dominion. . He quoted from tha Act to prove his case. Each Local Legislature had the right to alter its own constitution,. The proâ€" position of the hon. gentleman (Mr, Holton) was that the Provinces were mere appendages of the Dominion. Mr. HOLTONâ€"No, quite the reverse. Mr. CARTIER had wished the matter put in writing, so that he could contert it. Mr. HOLTON said except for the express provisions not one could be appointed. He submitted that the memoers of Local Governâ€" ments had no right to sit in this House. Ifit were necessary that certain members should be admitted, there should be an express statuâ€" ary provision. In England the subjact was referred to a special committee, and a bill of indemnity haa got over the difficulty, He hoped the matter would be referred to n committee by the hon. gentleman at the head of the Govâ€" ernment. He was not &t present under a temptation to strain the law, and he hoped the practice of England would be followed. â€" Bir JOHN A. MACDONALD said there were only three at one time, then four, and then tive secretariats. Mr. HOLTON rose to put a very Imporiant question, both practically ‘and theoretically, He appromched the question calmly, and ‘he hoped it would be discussed in a manter worthy of those possessed of Constitutional Government. _ He had hoped some legal genâ€" tleman would have taken up the matter, ‘The question was whether Ministers of the Crown for Ontario and Quebec, sitting and voting in this House, was not in violation of the Canaâ€" dianâ€" Independence of Parliament Act? By that Act all officers of the Crown, except Exeâ€" cutive Ministers, were excluded. Me quoted the statute stating the exceptions, which were the Ministers for the late Province of Canada, and certain officers of the army and navy. Under the new Constitution the Privy Counâ€" cillors occupied the same position as the late Executive Council, and they were the only ones. +It might be argued that the Local Ministers were not officers of the Crown, but how could an Attorneyâ€"General prosecute in the Queen‘s name, and not be an officer of the Crown. Anuther point was the position of Under Secretarys of State, who were appointâ€" «d by the chiefs, and were allowed to sit in the House of Commons, but there was an ex.. press statute limiting the number to four, . Mr. MILLS, seconded by Mr. McKenzie, moved for leave to introduce a bill to disâ€" qualify members of the Logal Legislature from sitting. in the House of Commons, Mr, BELLEROSE moved the first reading of a Bill respecting timber on the navigable rivers of the Dominion, ‘The Bill was ordered to be read a second time toâ€"morrow. o‘clock Mr. FERGUSSON obgclcd that certain affiâ€" davits attuched to the Essex petition, which should not beso attached, and also that the petition had not described who or what they were. 5 Hon. Sir JOHN A, MACDONALD said it was a subject for the Election Committee. . Pressure of matter compels us to defer the publication of the report of the proceedings in the Senate until toâ€"morrow. CANADIAH P+RLAMENT, On the first reading of the Essex Election Petitions, 8 rouibhaiin Wenxzspay, Nov. 20, 1867. The SPEAKEHK took the chair at three Is: PARKLILAMENT: Isr SESSION THE SENATE. IHOUSE OF COMMONS THE OTTAWA [[MEB, NOVEMBER 21, 1i s0ouv. Tn: ©Gzeat Rasteax" Srrausuir.â€"Unlike any other exhibition, we believe the sight of this noble vesse! has given good satisfaction to the thousands d'.rtmmhvflhlebm her, and I rspaid them for theiroutlay ; and it is just so with the " Canadian Pain m&uvnur was any that gave such ; it releives p.h-;-ut .mhh:“h‘rm world flm stomach, &c. lm:flm--mdl& Sold by all Medicine Dealers, Romember the name, and see that the signature .‘i.:“ b:..h-oflpak'a:o.c.' etors for the Canadat " Soid by ail Medicing deniers t:om a variety of diseases, remdering them alâ€" ‘::-'. mmmumu.muy and sound condition, and a value given to them of whic‘i their owners never dn.-:. would they but use the means within their reach.. From 1 to 3 x of Darley‘s Arabian Heave Remedy and mmovulhdlmwmn satiâ€"factory result ; hundreds have testified to this cure solds, coughs, sore mu‘.‘ roat, and all Bronchial affections. One fair trial will convinee the most skeptical. Sold by all medicine dealers, at 25cts. per bux. «mssc @â€"lees.....â€"..~..... Por Horsts.â€"There are thousands of horss dragging out a miserable existence, u?o: Brvax‘s Warees.â€"(The ”gnu public remedys have now been in use over 20 years, hence it canno be s1id that they are on trial. They have been thore ugil{uiod. and pronounced (cn the authority of th se whose lives and health they have preseryâ€" ed):> be a sure, harmless and eminently salutary prep vration, and if taken in season will invariably ly interested in the progress of that un«ertaking, but he must repudiate the idew advised by the Hon. Minister of Militia that New Brunswick members were actuated by .ny paltry desire to get what they could froun the public chest. He desired to see a #pi.it of economy exercised ; but he did not want to see it applied in a partial or invidious ma:ner. ‘The country required that such & conâ€"istent system at the outset of the Doâ€" minion should be adopted as would relieve the public mind of any fears of extravagance ruling. Let the Government in their efforts for cconomy begin with themselves, and so dow 1 through all the departments apply the sam« principle. Me hbad given notice of an enquiry which would bring some important information before the House, and enable hon. me:mbers to know for what special service so many employces as were to be found in conâ€" neciion with Parliament were required, and bow they were appointed, and how much salury they received. â€" He had come here an ind: pendent member, representing an indeâ€" pen :ent and intelligent constituency ; he was not pledged to the support of any govern. mert, but he was bound to try all measures subsmitted, and act upon them ia the light, according to his judgment of their effects upon the country and its interests. | Hon,. Mr. CONNELL (Woodstock, N. B.,) said that coming nere as, he suppose«d, all hon. me:iabers came, a representative for the Doâ€" minion of Canada, he was surprised to hear so much stress laid on former Canadian practices, and to have such references made as hon, memâ€" bers had indulged in. It was of no imporâ€" tanve to them what Mr. George Brown‘s opinâ€" ions had been, but what it was of importance for them to consider was, how best to serve the general interest and how do equal jastice to tre Maritime as well as the irterior Proâ€" viuves of the Dominion. He only wanted justice, and it was a matter of small moment to im what the pay of members was, or how muw h mileage they were paid so long 2s a spirit of justice governed the decision. He quil: sympathised with the remark of the hon. Mir:ister of Militia, with regard to the imporâ€" tance of an early completion of the Interâ€" colonfal Railway, upon which so largely deâ€" pen led the future prosperity of thy great Doâ€" mimion, which they had now assembled to inangurate ;. he was, as were the peopl: of New Brunswick, anxiously and warmâ€" ly interested in the progress of that un«ertaking, but he must repudiate the ideu (The following was omitted ftrom our report of the debate on the rate of allowance for milâ€" age yesterday :) * Mr. JORANSON.â€"Monday next.â€"Address for names of Departmental Officers with salâ€" arics and sums paid to each, and also a list of emjloyees in the service of each Department ? Mrc. ANGLIN.â€"Mon«day.â€"Enquiry whether the Government inteud to do anything to imâ€" prove the ports of New Brunswick on the Gu!t of 8t. Lawrence and Bay Chaleur b{ dre‘ging or otherwise, and if so, when suc works will probably be commenced ? Nir, MACFARLANE.â€"Friday.â€"Leave to introduce a Bill for the better regulation of trafiic on Railways and Canals. N. lfll‘l‘&.â€"lo-dx.â€"Whouor the. sal« arics of the Judges of the County Courts reâ€" cenily established in New Brunswick, are paid ‘l’o: the Governinent of the Dominion of Canaâ€" 9 NOTICES OF ENQUIRY AND MOTIOXN8. ‘The following notices have been given : Mr. ALEX, JONES. â€"Morday.â€"Enquiry wh: ther the Government have taken means to ascortain the views of the Amvrican Governâ€" ment on the subjct of Reciprocity, and whther it is the intention to endeavor to seâ€" cur« a renewal of the Treaty, and in the event of [ailing, what course they intend adopting with reference to the granting of licences to Amcrican fishermen ? â€" _Hon, Sir, JOHN A. MACDONALD then announced that the following bills would be introduced by the Government during this part of the session, viz. : A Post Office Act. | An Act relating to the Intercolonial Railâ€" An Act affecting the. ‘Parif® and : Excise Laws, \ + An Act to regulate the Cuastoms. An Act to regulate Excise. The Habeas Corrlu suspension Act, and The Bill of bupply. "The Houe then adjourned till Thursday at three otclock. ® lon. Mr. DORION said that: there had been cases before the House in reference to contractors. There was grave doubts whoth:r Local Ministers had a right to sit in this House, and also whether they ought to sit. ‘The Ministers of this House could not act in the Local Legislatures, as he went on to show by queting the Act. After further discussion Sir JOHN A. MACDONALD said he. would consult authorities, and bring the question up again toâ€" morrow. _ ds en ol i w Wt y ‘lion, Sir JOHN A. MACDONALD, was well awars that the question might be exâ€" tended to the Ministry of the ‘Dominion. He referred the case of the Under Secretary of State in England, saying that it was upon a motion that it was introduced there. Mon. Mr. HOWE said, a public duty was _ discharged by bringing up this ques tion. It was a matter of great impor tacce, and the hon. member for Chateauguary had asked the Government to deal with it. In every Province they had the spirit ot Britains, and the desire was that the House should not be crowded with officials. He believed some twenty were already in the House, and when the other Provinces spoken of came in, the number might be unlimited. The subject should be dealt with by the Government at once. â€" He did not wish to occupy the time of the House till he would find the Hon. Mr. Mcâ€" Gec in hbis place, when he proposed, with the permission of the House, to reply to the extraordinary speech of that gentleman. _: Mr. MORKIS argued that in establisbing the Dominion the Local members should â€" be adimitted to this House, but the practice she uld be discontinued in future Parliaments. lon. Mr. SMITH quite agrsed with the Hon. Minister of Militia that the Governâ€" ments of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were the same as betor», except that they had not so much power. ‘The Minister of Militia objâ€"cted that the Local Ministers were not entitled to salaries, but as he read the Act they were entitled to whaterer had been reâ€" ceived by the occupant of the same office in tiie late Province of Canada. Hon. Mr. DUNKIN wished to know if he was entitled to two salaries as he held: two ofti :es. I think, renderit gracious, or even just, on the part of Parliament to u::y'n"fli“:’l:c: I had the pleasure during the past year of | visiting Canada, and conterring frequently and at considerable length upon the question | with public men from all parts of the Pro. vinee, and gathered to a large extent views not only of its public men but of its people. I may state to the House that the: result of thess conversations and of the information which 1 was enabled to obtain has convinced me that for mauy years it would be quite impracticable to obtain the larger Union," Again he says, "I am convinced that whilst the financial fcondition of affairs has been such as it has been for years in Caaada, the deficit now between expenditure and revenue being more, than a mmillion dollars, these Maritime Provinces would look very doubt. fully upon a proposal which was to unite them with a country that is placed in a posiâ€" ‘tion of such financial embarrassment." In the: same .speech, further on, he uses> this exâ€" pression, "‘Tue House will see that if such a Union wers even in contemplation," and then he makes this declaration, ©That public attention bas been turned away â€" trom ~Tie greater or a Union of British North America to a Union of the Maritime Provinces." From these extracts from the hon, member‘s own specch in 1864, it will bs evident that the question of a Union with Cunada could not have been a question at the ‘polls in the elecâ€" tion shortly preceding that speech, and whe a few months later the hon. member mi-lm'; in framing the Quebec resolutions, and anâ€" nouuced to the people of Nova Scotia his de.% termination to carry them into effect, if posâ€" sible, without consulting them, it was regurdâ€" ed as a surprise, and apart from the merits of theâ€"scheme, excited the strongest indignation., Bat the msaber for Camberland asserts that in all the resolutions passed by the Nova Bcotia Legislature at various times, it was no-s cuu:shn‘ to Lave the question decided the hustings. I am sure, sir, the people of Nova Scotia never for a moment supposed that so great a change would he made in the Constitution of their couutry, without ascerâ€" taining clearly that they desired it. The memâ€" ber for Camberland denies that Lord Durham proposed to have the question submitted to | the e. Lt me set that matter at rest by | to the lnouse his exact words; * The | state of the Lower Provinces, though it | i| Mr. McLELAN (Colchester) said: _ Mr ; | Speaker, I have listened to the fappeal to the t | representatives from _ Nova _ Scotia . by . | the hon, member from Cumberiand, . to ; | accept the situation and aid in perpetuatâ€" ing this Uuion. Earnest and energetic as the : | hon. member was in his appeal, there is one ) | of much more power and effect coming up to us from the people we left behindâ€"whose ; | wishes we must obey ; whose interests, we : | must never forget. He asks us to follow the : | example of the member from Westmoreland, | N. B., who gives in his adbesion to the Act, | but he forgets the difference in our positions. . | The member for Westmoreland is here from a . | Province, the large majority of whose people | approve of his coursy, whilst we are sent here | by a people who strongly disapprove of the , | Act in all its main features, and desire to have <| restored to them the power to control the | affairs of their own Province, in conformity to | the principles of the British Constitation. He | reminded us that we have been treated by this | Houseâ€"with courtesy. â€" ‘True, we have no cause | for complaint on this point, but if we folâ€" | low his adviceâ€"if we disregard the wishes of | our constituents ; if in a word, we betray thein, then will we forfeit onr claim to the civilitics: and courtesies of every honorable man in this HMouse, Hs thinks we should rest satistied with having had our revenge at the poli«. H« mistakes the people of Nova Scotiu, it he supâ€" s they are to be satisfied with this, . They m been insulted and have had some meaâ€" sure of revenge, but the wrong done them has not been redressed, and without that they will not be content. â€" ‘The hon. member would have this House believe that this fecling is not general throughout Nova Scotia, because the Unionists polled about 13,000 votes at the recent election out of 47,000, but the Honse will bear in mind that this number was only obtained by the uimost possible pressure «l both _ Governinents. under the â€" favorable circumstances of having the measure passed inducing very many thereby to believe that as the act was done, thers was no remedy, and the men who tramed the immeasure ‘of Union should be clected to put it in opera tion. He refers more particularly to the counâ€" ty of Aunapolis, and states that in 1864 thit county gave a majority of 250 in favor of the gentleman who now rapresents it in this Parâ€" liament, whilst at the last clection, run on this question, his majority was only : one hundred and fifty. He should have informed the House, that in addition to the change in the franchiso reduciog the number of voters, that the Union candidate had sustaining him all the inflaence connected with the building of eighty miles of railway for the b;nefit of that county. He tells you that in the counâ€" ty of Colchester, the gentleman appointed to the oftice of Hom: Scerctary, polled a maâ€" jority of the votes in one Ridiag. ltis trae thatin that Ridiog of the county, where all the ofticius reside, and through which the railways to Pictou and to Malifax pass, my opâ€" | ponent had a imajority of fortyâ€"two votes, | but the whole county gave me a majority of 372. If the hon, membe:,from Comberland medhs to have the House infer from this that [ only represent a portion of Colchester coun. ty, I might retort upon him, and by the same mode of urgument, prove to the House that the hon. member himself does not represent the county of Camberland, or in tact any thing belonging to Nova seotia. â€"I could inform the House that taking the county of Camberland im its original boundaries, the vote was | against the hou, gentleman, but in a polting section recently a dded to th: county, he had a imajority saificient to return him. for the county. I might explain to the Houss thit in that Parsboro polling section, there is a public wharf known «!1 over Nova Scotia as the Parsboro Saag. Ever since its construcâ€" tion this Suag hs been a continaal drain upon the public treasury, sy mach so that the ons gleam : of _ comfort we have in Novs Bcotia is that Confederation _ rsâ€" lieves us of the whole cost of its inalutenâ€" ance,. The House will already understand that this continual expenditure made under the authority of the hou. member renders him very popular in that polling section, giving him its yote and thereby his election. Now, applying the hon. gentleman‘s node of argu» ment to his own case, he becomes the repreâ€" |â€" sentative of the Parsboro Bnag, and as that now belongs to the Dominion it follows, that ho does not represent any Nova Scotian inâ€" terest which gives him !lcisure to undertake | the task of representing the hon, member for Hants (Mr. How«), which he does in a manner which that hon. member calls misrepresentaâ€" tion. The hou, gentleman from Cumberland has spent a part of two days in atiempting to prove the member for Hants inconsistent on | the question of Union. Sappose he should succeed, it would only destroy the assertion | i he made in the outset, that the result of the | LNou Scotia elections was due to the cloâ€"| quence of that hon, member, Buppose it to | be trus as asserted that he did in former years |â€" indoctrinate the public mind in tavor of Union, |â€" then his subsequent labors would not more |â€" than noutralize ‘his earlier eforts, and, there» | i fore, he proves his own first nssertion incorâ€" | rect, Greatas is th» personal influence of | the inember for Hants, the Houso must! not suppos that any â€" individual influâ€"|/ ence can create so decp and strong & feelâ€"| ing as exists in Nova Scotia on this question, |â€" mainly because it is regarded by the great | body of the people as calculated to prove highâ€" | ly iujurious to their interests. I admit that | the feeling is somewhat intensified by the | total disregard o( the people‘s wishes maniâ€" | fested by the Government, ‘The Member for | Cumberiand says his action in advocating | ! Union in the Provinces was never questioned, | and if there had been a difference of opinion | it would haye been teeted at the election in | ! 1863. in 1862 the question of Union was con â€" | sidered set at rest uuder the résolution of the | | Houss, which was passed with a spscial view | 1 to that object, and public attention in Nova | Bootia was turned away from the question of a | 1 Union with Canada to the consideration of a | ‘ Union of the Maritime Provinces,. In proof | 4 of this I will give the words of the hon. memâ€" | t ber for Cumberland himself in moving a reâ€" | 4 sulation of a Union of tho Maritime Provinces | f in 1864. He says, speaking of the Union of | « all British America :â€"* Difficulties have been | i foundâ€"I may say insuperable difficulticsâ€" | t in grappling with that which so many of the | 1 ablest minds in this country have advocated | © in connection with this subject,. ‘The Union | t ol the Maritime Provinces with Canada has | ® hitherto pressuated insarmountable obstacles, | 1 MR. McLELAN‘3 SPEECH ON THE ADDRESS. der der your: control, for C_“’...â€"... -;"m;: member says, ot dcnlom it, an iges of the ridiculous presents itself to the mind I to the lists of Licut.â€"Governors, including some of the best minds of England, with half that salury, you cannot point to one chargeâ€" able with official corruption, | Again, see the vspense which tho unnscessary creation, as many believe, of so many Heads of Departâ€" ments, will involve. The hon. member for Lennox spoke of the great swcerifice, which he says, the public men of the. Provinces made for Union. Looking along the Treasury nenâ€" ches at the smiling faces of the occupants, ons foels that it must be a pleasant sacrifice,a happy and profitable kind of martyrdoin, for which I have no doubt therg has been a conâ€" siderable rivalry, â€" There are two of the offices now vacantâ€"â€"two altars without an oftering, but we must not suppose it is because states. men cannot be found for the sacrifice, when it is the country only that bleeds. And let us see to what extent, ‘Tarning! to your official returns I take a number of the Heads of Deâ€" partments coming first on the list, and find the average cost to be nearly forty thousand dol. lags, this multtplied by thirteen will sbow that in the sacrifice spoken of by the hon. member, the country will be bled to the extent of half a million dollars, ‘The hon. member forCumâ€" berland, however, advises retrenchment, and thist the two vacant offices be abolished. He should have spared his friend who held the of. fice of Home Sucretary. We would have the House believe that the poopre of Colchoster were unkind to that hon. gentloman in refusâ€" ing to clect him, but the member for Camberâ€" land is much more unkind in charging him with accepting and holding so long as possible an office which he thinks the public necessiâ€" ties do not require. Nay, more, the hon. mem. ber is unkind to himself, as he came here from Nova Scotia to assist in the formation of the Cabinct, and aided in creating theso two offiâ€" ces. But the people of Nova Scutia believe that while an increased expenditure will be made in the gencral administration, that it will bear especially hard upon them under the lowest tariff of the Confederated Provinces. We raised a latger revenue per head of the population than any of the others, and we see that when our tarifis made equal to the others, we shall be taxed out of all proportion tor the maintenance of the General Government. Taking tho importations of Nova Scotia for a year, and applying to them the tariif of Canada, we found it ‘gave an increase of about fifty per.cent. or $633,000, for which the people see no just return, Not onuly was it evident that there would be this increase of taxation for general purposes, but the allowance to: local purposes fell short of what the people had all Calong been acâ€" customed to. Our revenue, even with the low tariff was sufficient to provide for the necesâ€" sary Public Works, and maintain all those | local services of the country which here are | provided for by the counties, and in conseâ€" quence our direct taxation was a mere trifie. Last year our Legislature gave for the mainâ€" of roads and bridges nearly double o sum that you hers in this great country were able to provide, but under this arrangeâ€" ment our local expeniditure will have to be reduced trom two dollars a head to about one ‘ dollar twelve cents. Our grants for roads and ‘ for education | last year, were within two thousand dollats of what our whole local reâ€" yenue would have bsen under Confederation. To these and othâ€"c points, on which we feel the injustice of the terms to which we are comâ€" pelled, at least for a time, to submit, may be actributed the result of the election in Nova Scotia. Th chon. member for Camberiand tells the House that there | are advantages which Nova Scotia will reap in this Confedeâ€" ration ; I have only to say that he entirely failed to convince the people of Nova Scotia of azy real and ‘substantial benefits He speaks ot the development of our mining, ; and the promotivon of our commercial inter. usts. ‘Tarning to the official returns from our mines, we find the argument against him; In | 1863 |we raised 429,351 tons of coal, and in | 1865,] 651,220 tons, an increase of 221,869 | tons, fand in that year, 1865, only s«at to Canâ€" | ad« 21,000 tons, and the trade in coal as free, | as it tan be under Confederation : in the firar The hon. member for 8t, John would have us infor from his remarks that it is necessary to prevent corfuption, and reminds us that the widow of the late President is accused of haying accepted presents as bribss for place and oftice. . I{.the hon, member looking down the roll of names of the illustrious men who have filled the Presidential chair from the days of George Washington to the present time could find no other case to suit his argament, ho‘might have had gallantry enough to have spared a woman whose lawlul head was so ocâ€" eupted with the momentous events of the time as to prevent him giviong that sttention to his domestic affairs which we see it requirâ€" ed. But turning to the list of distingnished men from Durham to Elgin who have governâ€" ed thess Provinces on theâ€"smaller salary, or fore usedâ€"to liken him to an‘engine that has only beon working hitherto at half power, and that this increase of salary is to cause the onâ€" gine to work at its full capacity, 8ir, 1 misâ€" take it you Lave not had, questions arising in the Government of Candda during the past years which required the exercise of the whole powers of mindâ€"ot those ut the head of affairs, without first referring it for the ample delibeâ€" ration and consent of the people .of those goloufiel." This report read by the people of ova Scotia in the ligkt of Earl Grey‘s desâ€" patch ofthe 2nd ot March, 1847, which deâ€" clares | that differences of public opinion "@should be settled at the hustings," gave them ah assurance that their wishes would be ascerâ€" trained and respected on this question, Is it any wonder then that the people of Nova Scotia fvel indigeant at the conduct of their Government in forcing them to accept this Union without consulting their wishes, more especially when they see grave objec. tions in the terms ofthis Union, and serious ground to appichend that their interests will suffer.| In Nova Scotia we have bad but litâ€" tle personal iitercourse with the people of Canad4, but as feltowâ€"colonists, subjects of the same sovercign and living beneath the same flis, we felt an interest in their welfare, bit bolieve,d that each Province could best promote its individual interests by preserving its own identity. Looking at the Provinces included in this Act of Contederation we find interests so distinct and separate that there will be & tendency to sectional legislation, which too often producesa conflict of interests and a sacrifice of the weaker, _ You have inâ€". eluded an extent of country that cannot be . moved by any ons interest ot influence any more than the agitation of one pool can be made to move the waters of separate and dis. tinct pools. Sometimes you have storm and shipwreck upon your lukes bere, whilst we have calm and sunshine down in the Lower Provinces, und so do we feel that you will have political storms and tempests in which the interests of our little Province will be shipwrucked. We also object to Confederaâ€" tion on the ground that ic will greatly in. eresse the expins: of Legislation and Govâ€" eroment to the whole Provinces. Five Governâ€" mynts have boen organised to do the work perâ€" formed hitherto by three. Besides our people felt that the promoters of this scheme had become 80 eXvited over th : idea of a new nationality â€"A4 new Dommionâ€"that they would incur expenditares which would largely increase the burdens of the people. _ In this respect, so far as we havs the evidence, their fears are to by| realised. Th« salary of the Governorâ€" General has been ‘increased about $19,000. The hon. member tor Cumberland asserts that it was necessary to have this increase to secure the best talent of England toâ€" work out the new systemm. . How does the hou. member reâ€" concile this usgertion with the fact that we haye the same min, and are now paying to him fifty thousand dollars, while formerly he regeived but thirtyâ€"one thousand? Does he mdan to sayâ€" that the noble Lord did not hitherto give to the administration of public affairs the fall powers of his intellect ? â€" Does he wish us to compare him to a machine in which there are wheels and powers never beâ€" fore usedâ€"to liken him to an‘engine that has only buen working hitherto at half powsr, and that this increase of salary is to cause the enâ€" to the psople of Nova Scotis; 8 did Spoaker, they did so, and until ti Whes t uio CC qh C 00 es 20â€" | posea n the ple of New Brunswick. I «id not question | which be belo the legal right of our repressntatives to carry | presentatives « through this measure, for I knew that they | be confined to were the legal guardians of those rights, and | but should inci that we hat placed them in their keeping | tion of our new with every confiience in their lnhx:t'y to } the largest pro preserve the same, but at the same , alâ€" | ports, and the is though they had the legal right, I did not | try. Was this h--ndtfluk,&oymhm&uldfln:m right, and force it through without an appeal | that to this House in clear and decided tones our united views upon this all importaat subâ€" joct. In my first consideration of the subject of Confedcration, I am free to acknowledge, that I was strongly drawn towards it, and I think had the Quebec delegates submitted the question to the people in the abstract, or rather only on the simple question of Confeâ€" deration or a Union of the colonies, 1 should ’ have given it my support, but coming down to us with the Quebec Scheme as a basis of ’ the Union, it immediately challenged discusâ€" sion, which resulted in raising a very sirong and decided opposition to the measure, which I think has since continued to increase, and which fact is evidenced by the large majority of memmbers returned to this House, in oppoâ€" sition to it, from the Province otf Nova Scotin. One of the priacipal reasons of our opposiâ€" tion to this measare was, the people were not asked to accept the schems at ths polls, the only constitational mods«, ds we considered, under responsible Governinent, by which this question shoald have bsen decided, â€"more particularly as the Province of New Brunswick had bsen appsaled to on the question, and the voice of the peeple res ted, and on their refusing to accept the &:fwc plau of Confsâ€". deration the farther consideration of the subject was deferred motil after a sscond election, : when it received the people‘s sanction and acceptance; this was the manâ€" ner in which the leader of the Government of \ ¢l|ll .ll’n;.flmnrueocud the rights of the peoâ€" } whw lislaw Luut old L aS, ; & for some considerable time, I do so, feeling that I would be recreant to the trust imposed upon me by my constituents, and also to the interest of my country, and the Province I haye the honor to representâ€"if I did not state Mr. Speaker,â€"In rising, if I am not too late to spea‘: to this question, which has already occupied the attention of this House i0 of N Bcsotia, but, Mr. did so m until mb.t« To: TCmfAanu,l folt that it | .Une would suppose, that our local papers | would be the last to discredit our local repreâ€" i gentatives, much less to utterly falsify the rcâ€" cord for the purpose of gratifying the spit», ',u evidencing the stupidity of one, who shows no capacity in the use of his pen, save | exposing the gall in which it has been l dipped. be confined to the cast and to the west, but should include the Central Canada porâ€" tion of our new Dominion, which contributes the largest proportion ot the trade, the exâ€" ports, and the industry of our common counâ€" try. Was this mht,ot was it wrong ? He did not suggest own name, but proposed that dhh-lIT-,th Hon. Mr. Hamilton. He was met in most kindly spirit by the leader of the Government in the Senate. Not only was his proposal acceded to, but further God knows the valley of\the Otteaws has little to boast in its representative men, but i one there hbe, who has with faithfalness and sound sensible ability been true to his trust, that man is the Hon, James Skead. In the exercise of that steady adberence to our section of country, when an important committee, embracing the trade, commerce and railway interests of the country was proâ€" posed in the branch of the Legislature to which be belongs, he submitted that the rcâ€" presentatives on that committee should not To the Editor of the Tiues. Sir,â€"It is most unfortunate, that our Jocal jourâ€" nals should not rise superior to reflecting the pekty spites and miserable, personal feelings of their conductors. MHappily, sir, I can say without the suspicion of flattery, that in the conduct of the Ottaws Tixes an honorable exception has been shown, which might have been copied with advantage by your contemâ€" poraries. The public will bear me out in saying that in no instance has the Tiugs been made the vehicle for expressing likes or dislikes personal in their character. HONORABLE MR. SKEAD AND TuE _ 6 CITIZENX.®* to be forced into a Union so entivrely distastâ€"fa} and repugnant 40 their sympsthics and foel. ings. 1 will not detain the House at this late hour with goingâ€"over the subjects which have been brought again and again under their noâ€" tice, but will consider a few cpoints which have not received: much consideration, but which are and will be an interference with rights and privileges which have been cnjoyed for a century by our people, or particularly by the people in the County 1 bave the honor to represent, I aclude to the leasing of our viver fisheries, which must take place under the Union Act. When the laws are consolidateg the poor peofile under this Act will have 4o pay forscttiny a ncet and catching a salmon, and I can assure you it will be a severe tax to make the poor netâ€"fisher pay the bounty, to the man who owns a vessel and fishes in the deep seas. . And anothor oijection‘is, we do not consider the amount we are to receive for our local wants at all safticient to supply the necessary means to carry out the requirenicnts of those services and keep theim up to their present ('flic'it:{. Mr. Sperker, we are told we are a new hationality; for my. own part i ptornjoot This hose, as well as . cople not iute}» mestion of such s and _fl'rlhh- * f avho ha‘¥e been * h they suflered, ict, but still no and so in this â€" but is it right, blegovernment _ . irely distasteful thics and ‘Teel. onse it this late _ *, ets which have | _ under their noâ€" | / ‘ .m‘t wlhiie h # isideration, but terference with ve been enjoyed ~.> or particularly. * * bave the honer . ~~~ sing of our giver . lace under the in ~ova ‘ll'olld of oyal 10 we will Aorcraes® i Sir â€"Freders primte} !r:l(‘ay a Fons10® Sin: I ha a I have al irected er i e Ifiu&o._iu câ€"anmunical The toll Lord Stanl vate, jealou Privg Coun need| have 4 sclection t midebnt > eani "4 great legal 4 A:y.-lj-q a ripe and ga yreat experi men of Nov tcated at the lecling whic news wulcl me b].l*‘ simple.~ p« your conter grading thâ€" high and br merited con withdut inj so unjustly the i wlad to ed me in OMM you to vou have it wans that added of some oversight i tion, aud in was accti ‘I"fl'td nud Dbeltt tenantâ€"Gov mast We app thiat of Sir : of Quebec, factibn. 4: Privy Cou Provincos; provailed 4 Ontario, it The ov.. _But he defeat ll*;i lll‘!l‘lh‘ for H ness of pur ing, and approach hi sir, made would be; Privy C tirely with Her that of the tary of Sta ficed hims it would be tants of No any public strong part May 1 sir, publi ly to tho’la Majesty‘s whuch they ““u“h‘ 1 1c an '::nich He .m 1‘7. cognize .in called fort ment and ; unly â€" for veased : which licy abd in culti those But not: J the U_I know ledgu due. 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