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On no miwlll the names of 0d Advertisements be inserted Bread at Ninepenceâ€"George Shouldice. Annual Drawing ot Prizes â€" Robert O‘Reill; Skates, WM_M"lcâ€"T. Isaac. Situation Wanted by a Young Man. Situation Wanted as Housekeeper. Tendertsâ€"Wm. P. Lett. > tcpt@pumogilj‘uts Ix the Commons yesterday afterncon a considerable amount of business was disâ€" posedof. The fifth report of the Standing Committee on printing, recommending the official reporting and publication of the Parâ€" liamentary debates, was left over for conâ€" shleration of the House at its reassembling after theadjâ€"urnment, though a strong feelâ€" ing was manifested on the part of members to dispose of it at once. A large number of questions and motions for Addresses to bring down.return« were gone through, and the UOcvernment business was reached Lefore the six welock recess. The Address on the Northwest Territory was agreed to. In the evening the resulutions of the Hon. Mr. Rowz, in reference to the means prope sed tor=the absorption of the public debt, were passed through Commuttee ; and a long debate ensued on the motion for the second reading .of the Interculonial Railway Bill ; and at a quarter past one the House adâ€" We give up a consilerable portion of our space this norning to a second letter from # S.fety" in reply to Mr. Lawaesxce on the aubject of the route of the Intercolonial, No upology should be necessury to our readers for this. The subject is one that not only affects us tiâ€"day, but will nave an influence on the prosperity of the Dominion for all time to come, and we are tree to admit that from our own eatimute of the importance of the several put.lic questnons which have come up for conâ€" sileration, there is not one which equals that of the selection of the rou‘e of the Intercoâ€" lonial Ruilway. . The question is an eminentâ€" ly patrivtic one, and ought to be considered, nout merely in relation to present exigenciés, but also, and we should say more particularâ€" ly, in regand to its future effects on the pros# perity of the "new nation,"" which it is the desire of every Unionist shall be founded on this continent. . In this light we are only surprised that any advocates should be found for other than the * Northern," or that modification of it which has been called the @ Northern Central," and in favor of which every argument that applies to the Northern, proper, can be quoted with undiminished force. It is this route only which can give the fulâ€" lest development to a truly national traffic in time of peace, and this route is beyond all dispute the only one that would serve the country in the untoward event of war. It would develope a very large proportion of the heretofore uncuitivated territory of two out of the four Provinces now in the Union, and accommodate more than any other, the trade of the other two. It would also, we believe, better© accord with the interests of the two â€" Atlantic â€"Insular Provinces, which we yet hope to see wmembers of the Canadian Confederation : and with frespect to the Northwest and Pacific Provinces, it is very certain that whatever will best contribute to the internal development of the existing Canadian Confederation, will be the most conducive to their future prosperity. Upon the decision of the route of the Intercolonial Railway, very much of the future progress of this Dominion depends, and as it has been cleurly proven that the whole interest of Nova Seotia, the interest of the greater part of New Brunswick and Quebec, and the comâ€" mercial requirements of Ontario, point to the selection of the "Northern," or * Northern Central," it would be a: serious calamity, detrimental to tlie future prosper ity of the whole of British North America, were it not selected. ks We regret to learn that the member for Montreal Centre, Thomas Workman, E«q., is unable to attend his place in the House of Commons from the effect of a severe cold: He is attended by Dr. T!ill "Tus Caxaptas Mosstary Tiwes."â€"Dr. Kempson, of the Canadian Monetary FPimes and Insurance Chromicle, a well conducted and watuable paper, published in Toronto, is in town canvassing in the interest of that j>urâ€" nal, . Mr. Cochrane has been appointed agent for this city and neighborhood. . The Monetary Fimes is high!y spoken of by the American as well as the Canadian press, and we are glad to learn that, so far, Dr. Kompsonâ€"bas been most successful in his canvass, £ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1 The Recorder‘s Conrt for the City of Ottaâ€" wa wus opened yesterday morning, J. B. Lewis,â€" E«q., Recorder, presiling ; Robert Lees, Esq., Crown Prosecutor. _ ; The Grand Jury was empannelled as follows: James Cotton, E.. Chairman, Andrew . Camptell, Frangis â€" Chartrand, Geurge Mox, Jeremiah Evans, R. S. Cass well, Henry Gough, Henry Inglis, Alex. Kelty, Francis Kelly, R. Lipierre, Ansdrew Mason, Anthony Mathewman, John Middleâ€" ton, Win. MceFarlane, Andrew Porcy, Chas« Rwan, Nichola« S utlier. * Grand Jury, xl such other instructions a% would enuble thFin to discharge those duties conformably with the réquirements of the law. The Grand Jury deâ€"patchet a large amount of busine««, and in the Court much wa salso doneâ€"â€"Jalia Huft, being arraigned on three indictments tor larceny, plewled guilty to each ; Chas. Boxter also pleaded gmity of the charge of larceny ; Tonssaint P. ;& Louis, charged with stealing from the person of Hon. E. B.Wood, was acquitted ; Jane Waters tor the largeny of wearing apparel, a buff«lo robe, &c., was found guilty, and a former conviction was proved again=t her, which entitles her t the Peoitentiary ; Mary Ann Thompson was tried for being implicated in stealing goods from Mr. Annable, and acquitted; Medard Periliani, ehvfd with larceny, pleaded gnilty; Elzir Jolean was pat on lis trial, charged with ‘the lurceny of three pais of buots, and found gwlty of hnm'b:m in his possession, knowing them to been stolen. Has ‘Worship the Recontcr delivered a brief churge to the Grand Jury, explaining theâ€"nature of the principal cases that W\y‘ come betore them; the general dutics of a NEW ADVERTISEMEN IS. RECORDER$ COURT. 1867 THE INTERCOLONIAL HALLWAY ROUTE. To the Editor of the Ortawa Tixzs. Siz,â€"Thanking you for the space allowed me in your last issue to correct the misstateâ€" ment of Walter Buck, C. E., I crave your further indulgence to perform the same duty in reference to J. W. Lawrence, Eâ€"q. 1 shall be as brief as possible in following the inâ€" genious tortuosities of this gentleman, and shall endeavor to compress my remarks withâ€" in a reasonable space. Mr. Lawrence commences his attack on the "Otawsa pamphlet" by attemptingâ€" what no one, except himself, has ventured to doâ€"to throw diseredit upon the trustworthi> ness of Major Robinson‘s survey. In doing this he resorts to his old tric‘s otf garbling quotations, and by taking a word here, a «enâ€" tence there, a part of a sentence in quile anâ€" other connection, and weaving them into one apparently consistent whole, he leads his readers to infer that Major Robinson himself adnuts that his survey was only a partial one, and had no pretentions to accuracy. â€" Beâ€" cause Major Robinson uses the word | ** ¢xâ€" ploration" inn.tplw,mdthvonl " ap» proximate" in quite a different place and conâ€" nection, Mr. Lawrence has the effrontery to put the following words in the Major‘s mouth, as if it was a bona fide quotation from his reâ€" port :â€"** His work 'u.ouly exploratory and his igures approximate." Mr.Lawrence then proceeds to garble several pagggraphs and weave them into one, so as to wholly distort their meaning. That a gentleman of Mr. Lawrence‘s pretentions | to respectability should descend to so shabby a subtertuge is so incredible, I will first give his quotation, and then Major Robinson‘s own words, in onler to show the public Mr. Lawrence‘s mode of arguing a question of great national impurtunce. As the great bulk of Mr. Lawrence‘s letter is mude up of these garbled quotations, trom Major Rolinson and Mr. Fleming‘s reports, and even trom the pamâ€" phlet itself, where it suited his purpose, â€" this one instunce will serve as a sample of the ) whole. % Mr. Lawrence makes Major Robinson say : (the itahe= are Mr. 1..‘») "Thut in reference " to the country between Shediac and the * Northwest Miramichi, . to which relerence " is mude in the Bouk Exploratory, sheet 6 * und 7, the whule of the country 18 believed " to be generally low und fAat, with occa* * jonal undulations, its exploration and &â€" * amination were therefore left to the lust. " Aythis time the semsuon wus rapidly cloâ€" * oi;, sthe ¢Llordng parties were directed " to cut straight lines through it, (80 miles) " us the best means ofâ€"ubtaining the general *# alutude of the country. No _attempt was * made to contuur the mll«." He then wids : * Tuere is nothing in this, like the accuracy " of survey, which the +Otfana Pampblet‘ «" cluims, as huving been mwle, and which it «* 2o prominently sets forth beture its readers."‘ Major Robinson really says: (the itali¢s are mine): "It is necessary, however, to "muke some remurks in reference to the 4* sections shown in the Book Exploratory, * sheets 6 and 1,. comprising that part of " muke some remark 4* sections shown in t * sheets 6 and 1,. cot "Nnmk‘n ** the Northwest * The whole of this " is belevedl to be ge eaantp u,.â€" " 1846, towards Bri« "1‘1?-00-. & * Its exploration & & “.Y:: left to the " unti really form " had been u'pfind * over, that the atten " turned to it. * * * As at this time th «* closing, the explorit " to cut straight lines «* means ofobtaining t “.kml«lpofgo U was masde in annto Now mark how caretul Major Robinson 3 ud 12 did noe give gradee j the ratlong, , did not give or t i A he made .ponl?mnuou of these as shown. And that mentionâ€"shows that the whole seeâ€" tion was so easy and favorable, as had been proved by the * section run through it in the * previous season of 1846," that it wus really unnecessary to survey it more carefully. Now to show what Mr. Lawrence knew, but did not wish the public to know, that Major Robinson‘s was really the careful and uccurate survey that the pamphlet representâ€" ed it to be, let me muke an extract or two from the Mujor‘s report,â€"I will not garble it. He '?"â€"5“' italics are mine) : purh ..r.-.i"..,..s“'" Te in Avvoral " panyi ix, No. 1, Gene «t &M.nfiw , Mudel Map, No. 2, ard bouk «* contauining expluratory sheets, No. 16, conâ€" " taining plans and sections of the whole " route, and comprises the line recommended " m» be wdopted." And ugain :â€"** The details of the line are " given in the Appendix, No. 1. I'hoJl.nl 4 referred to are the General Plan, N. 1, * the M««lel Mup, No. 2 (which should be * atrei¢hed out on the flor to be properly " viewed,) and the Bouk containing fiteen «* gheet« of plans and sections which relate * exclusively to this line." I huve seen those plans and sheets, which are now in Ortawa, eachn bearing Major Rubâ€" insun‘s signature, showing a complete conâ€" wurl:“ the wnule ll‘::‘ll'::u “"l“ t;) Ruver du with the per mile of every sectiun, Z'ml the salculations ut cuttings, &c., &o. +I have stretched them on the ;fl'.r und tollowed carefully almost every mile of the «Jistunce. â€" Perhaps Mr. Lawrence has not seen them, but he knew such plans were mude, und he also knew, while he was penâ€" nioag his letrer and garbling his extracts, that ‘ the appendix Major ~R. referred to, was under his haed, and he had only to turn to it to see that the details Are r.ost minute. Mile by mile the different sections are describâ€" ed, and the main difficulties commented on,‘ trom Hahfax to Quetec. Mr. Lawrence knew all this, but presumed upon the ignorâ€" ance of hisreaders, and calculating upon the xeneral inability of uscess to Major Robinâ€" son‘s Report, owing to its rarity and the very few copies that are extant out of the Journal« of Assembly of the several Provinces, he dared to garble his quotations, and make unwarâ€" ranted assertionsâ€"was it for the delhberate marpose of misleading his readers? If Mr. i.\wrmee did not respect the intelligence of his readers, he ought at least to have had <ome respect for his own reputation, which hitnerto, at least, has given himâ€"wrongly I learâ€"tae ergedit of being. above such paltry work.u When a man assumes to be a guide in is matters of vast importance, we lmr':uu right to Took for fair and honorable treatment, especially when patriotism is the plea for his assumption of mentorship, and we cannot but grieve to see wonsiderable abilty prostituted to serve personal and political ends. Mr. Lawrence hus occupied a prominent and honorable position, both in priâ€" vate and public life, and has given evidence ot more than ordinary shl:':itiu; I can ouly exâ€" press my . regret t his late use of them is not calculated to enhance his reputaâ€" He must have been aware of the fact that thi«s section forms no part of the Northern Central, so that if all his baseless assertions were true, they could not affect the line that the pamphlet advocated. But Mr. Lawrence did not choose to intorm his readers of this iac and fact. â€" Mr. Lawrence may have read that " the :lvfiu:fl:mâ€"of truth is more than but he evidently does not believe it ks P uind Ssincscnnde Th oo ue Mr. Lawrence still continues his garbling | 4 for it quotations, which taken without the context, #* ul.u'y appear to support his assertions, but when | _ Reall; they are: rewl in the connection in which | L iwrenc they appeor, the conciusion is entively citlerâ€" | is he jol ent. To follow him in all these would ‘ a anmb awell this letter to un inordinate length, and | map, 1 must refer the reader to Major Robinson‘s | as uni report, which will shortly be reprinted, for | readiest the prvof of my u-uenio.nss 6Â¥ a% u.ot_‘l-am surcey. â€" Major Robinson‘s survey did not Jmleu-l to be one for the location of the road, and this is the strong point of the pamplhlet. The fact that Mr. Fleming found few@r diftiâ€" culties than Major R. did, is all in favor of the route, and I have not the least doubt that when llQ‘l‘acalo'au is made, it will be toand that the Northern route can be built very considerably inside of Major R.‘s estimate. What possible end. does Mr. L. g:»pou to gain by such arguments as these ? rely he errs in rating the intelligence of. hi« readers so low. i Mr. Lawrence pursues this same style of argument till it grows wearisome. I, howâ€" ever, assert that not m single point 1s made without having recourse to garbled quota ons, just as brazen as the sample given above, and for prouf of this assertion I appeal Ilpuueonun from which the pretended quota« tions are taken. f e EAt . [EEGIOT 2C Pout s ECE C Mr. Lawreage lhas made what he considers a notable discovery, but what his friend Mr. Buck could have informed him is an almost invariable re«w t. He says that Major Robinâ€" son dil not know the number of briges that would be required on the Metawpeiia section, anmd where be mentioned about h, Mr. Flemâ€" ing fuind that only one would be required. Does Mr, Lawrence seriously mean to Lbring this. as an argument against the Northern route * Does he not know that a preliminary survey is never intendédâ€"to locats a rowl, and is he ignorant of the fact that an estimate based upon a prehminary survey is always sure to be in excess of one based upon a location mt e I per mile, or about $35,000. It is true he wlâ€" ded one tenth for cuntingencies.â€" But it must be borne in mind, that was w'{ 20 years ag= ; =ince then iron and materials ure much cheaper, und the average of treighta dur a «e ries of years is much lower, Major Robin #on alluded to the mrriur advantages the Intergulonial would have over American lines in respect of irom, and the advantages ure still T" now, _ At the present price of iron in England, there will be a -vinf uf £150,480 sterling in this one.item. lron bridges have since béen perfected, and what waus a very costly structure in his day, iolno: ‘ comparatively a cheap one. Besides which, thére has aince been a splendid roud conâ€" structed t.hro'nh the Metapedia valley, which will greatly reduce the cost of construction. Steamers now;ly regularly to several of the ports on the North shore, and the facilities ;n :i much greater now than vbc&.h: made is eatimate, that they more.. coun terbalance all that Infl allowed for conâ€" tingencies. If to this be added, what is inâ€" variably the case, that the location sursey will very materially reduce the difficulties and the cost, I have no hesitation in expressâ€" ing my conviction that the Northern line can be built for less than $35,000 per mile. The writer of the pamphlet knew that those for whose o{u the paper was apecially intended, were well aware of ull these facts, and if he did not specially enumerate them, he had no fear of their being overlooked by fair and intelligent men. Had booxretal the pecuâ€" liar line of t that Mr. Lawrence exâ€" cels in, he :!:m not have left this chance for cavilling. Â¥35e4 +« A # Mr. Lawrence is peculiarly verbose on the subject of distances, and sets Mr. Fleming‘s estimates against Major Robineon‘s in a numâ€" ber of cases, and then, with an air of triumph asks * Which of the two statements are (si¢) correct? Let the ‘Ottawa plmfhlfi’ deâ€" cide." Now the Ottawa pamphlet stated plainly that Major Robinson‘s data should be the writer‘s 51:'-!0, in preference. to Mr. Fieming‘s, an glnguod and sufficient reaâ€" sons for the preference. He stili thinks these reasons sufficient to justify his choice, and with all submission to Mr. Lawrence, he reâ€" phes to his triumphant quetion, that it is not for the Oftawa parmphlet, tut tor the intelligent public, to decide which of the stateâ€" ments i3 Correct. In one case only has Mr. Lawrence‘s ingenuity been uble to find a weuk point in regurd to distance, and that one is more apparent than real. Mr. Lawrence knew, or uught to have known, how this occcurred, but if he did know, it suited not his purpose to make the explanation. I will do so. lq'r:-&;linm gare the distance from River ‘ tu Loup to Quebec as one hundred and ten miles. The piamphlet mays, "that section hus been built, and gives the distance as one ' hundred and eighteen milgs." _ Mr. Lawrence urges this as a proof that !‘;jur Robinson‘s figures ure not reliable. hen the Major surveyed the route, he nrp'molu-l Quebec in a nearly direct line, and gave the distance properly, but whenthe Grand Trunk built this section, many years after the Major surveyed it, it was continued on till it met the ChauhereJunction, whence a branch was builtto ~Pouint Levi, thus muking the two sides of a trinngle to be traversed, instead : of the hypothemus=e, which mukes . the differâ€" ence between Major Robinson‘s measureâ€" ment, and the distance now to be run. (It Mr. L iwrence will add to the one hundred und ten miles given by Major Rotinson as the distance between River du_ Loup and Qiebec, the difference between the two sidea uf this triangle, which the road now traverses, and ‘the h{puxhemun, which was Major Robinson‘s line, ne will find that it will jast make up the eight miles which be erroneousâ€" ly ll{l to Major Robinson‘s account. This is only mnother instance of Mr. Lawrence‘s tairness in dealing with a grave question. But the pullic must by this time be tamiliar with his peculiar idiveyncracy. Mr. Lawrence becumes tiresome in his iteration, and appears to have lost his ordiâ€" nary acuteness, for he qautes again, and again garbles, the same i}uflge he used beture, to show that Major Robinson‘s * were not surveys in any seuse of the word," beâ€" cause, over a nearly ~level section, the exâ€" ploring ruy did not * curvature the hills." Really this is cixidish, and I am ashamed to have to nutice it. The writer of the pamphlet stated fairly that he should give Mr. Fleming all the advanâ€" tage otf his figures: for his own lines, but should object to his altering Major Robinâ€" son‘s, until, by cqually careful survey, he showed them to be erruncous. _ Mr. Lawrence says in relation to this, that "these illustraâ€" tions strikingly show the unfairness of the o\;mi;unu;u'::l the Ottawa pamphlet." If the public agree with him, I am content to abide by their decision. y esns Mr. Lawrence reserves to the last what he evidently considers his two great guns. I will give him the full advantage of their discharge by quoting both. Thefirst is this :â€" " In addition to the evidence already adâ€" © duced to sustain the correctnees of Mr. " Fleming‘s figures, the writer of the ‘Ottawa " pamphlet,‘ by prefixing to it a map on © which a number of routes are drawn, furâ€" * nishes unconsciously, and for himsell un :‘ Ilc:nnuel_v. evidence that ;. indisp:':hle. t any one take a pair of dividers, ap «* ply them lotb.di&.t routes laid down, * maad it will be scen that the comparative IHE OFTAWA TIM:®S, DECEMBER 17 1867 hail a lie, " for it mathematically demonstrates the 6 falsity of the Ligures." _‘ Ro-le this is too laughable! Is Mr. L .wrence, a practical mechanic, serions, or is he joking? A pair of dividers applied to a anmber of hastily drawn lines on a skeleton map, got up for & totally different purpse as the face of it shows, but adopted as the rewdiest one at hand, to give a general idea of | _ ti.e three proposed routes, â€"a pair of dividers! | \! t» show the comparative distunces!! And | 1 this from a man whe pretends to guide C public opinion! I beg to be excusel from anewering this argument. T am writing seâ€"| ri--m-lyâ€""i‘ have no â€" ambition to amuse | (} cinldren, or to make fools laugh, so 1 shall | C leave to Mr. Lawrence all the advantage he | (; can derive from this argument, and give the | w lust and concluding discharge ot his very | peculiar artillery, reserving, however, llu.-“, right to watch Hr. Lawrence closely, tor he is uncommonly trickey, as will be seen :â€" _ | t! "The Northern route was not the one | o * Major Robinson would have preferred (1ce | 1 4# report,) nor yet the one the British Governâ€" n © ment is 'Qilhllo. In 1852 Eiurl Grey { * wrote the Hon. Jooeth Howe : I h «* You will observe that I have stated the ©lme is to pass through British territory, | * but l’lc;‘ Majeâ€"ty‘s Goverament do not neâ€" : * cessarily require that it be the one recomâ€" | s " mended bmaj«f Robinson. If the opiaâ€"| r on which is entertained by many persons | 0 * well qualified to form a judgment is corâ€" | e 4 rect, that & shorter and better lne may b | l :‘ :s'ond in Nov"Bmmwick. it will of course | 4 'm| | With regard toâ€"the first sentence of thi , | let us see what the Mujor says. I prefer ns | t own words to Mr. Lawrence‘s inference. | a Aiter showing that the mized route by way of Windsor and 8t. John, acruoss the Bay of Fundy, was not to be thought of, Major R »binson says:=~ " To understand the comparative advan: " tages possessed by the other routes, as well 64 “'0‘-" Aranta R The Major then gives a most minute desâ€" Niriol ut the other routes, occupying five and & half pagee of large quarto, in which the favorable and untavorable features are very fully shown. He then says that the Whitetavern route * is decidedly recominendâ€" ed to be rejected." Rerpecting the "Direct route (No. 3 and 4 4), viz. :â€"the line from the bend of Petitâ€" © cudia by Briestown to the Restigouche and * the 8t. Lawrence, crossing the range of * New Brunswick mountains, having to surâ€" " mount two summit levels of 1,216 and 920 « feet, causing heary yrades, and increasing © materially the cost of transport; passing " through a totally unsettled wilderness 4# country ; involving greater difficulties in " the ?nnnpuflmg (? the materials necessary " for its construction, and nupzl'yinm food to * the laborers ow in its formation, ¢xâ€" «© cluding the towns aad settJements on the " Gulf .-'bore, and so preventing the developâ€" «* ment of the vast resources o’the country 4 to be derived from the fisheries; and also 4 inflicting a serious loss to the interests of * the main line, and to the intehded branch . " from the City of St. John in New Bruns * wick, is, notwithstanding its one great ad «* vantage of diminished distance, recommendâ€" «* ed most strongly to be rejected. * And the route No. 2 (the Northern) from \ e gnélf:l, to Truro, at, the nead of t‘t;enBlclny 4 undy, passin mlhoCohfi:i ille, " und on or near to‘Aquut and Bay Verte, 4* crossing trom thence over to the Rivers * Richibucto and Miramichi, above the flow " of the tide, so as not to il:mrfo.ltr witl&their “u.:&:um’ ion ; then by the valley the * Northwest ‘ Miramichi â€" and Nepissignit " rmver to Bathurst ; then along the shore of " the Bay Chaléurs to the Restigouche river ; " then by the Valley of the Metapedia over " to or near to the River St. Lawrence ; then hy the route as showa in the general plan b !‘o._!, along the banks of the St. Lawrence distances, as given by Mr. Fleming, are currect. The map is a valuable addition to the * Uttawa pl’n?ll‘fl,' fur the public, for it mathematically demonstrates the " to River du Loup " tinued through eif * Concession .lo.i " proaches Point * the best m‘m " line 0 6 Nm{s:”“cm a6 'i!ln Major then . " uo River du Loup, and from thence conâ€" " tinued through «:'bor the Second â€"or Third * Concession .lo.Ltho river until it ap " proaches Point Levi, is recommended as * the best diraction the proposed trunk ine rom an ort in " line of rca-g". eufl: p «* Nova Scotia igh New Brunswick to ‘The Major then occupies two pages in a minute deseription of the great advantages thi : line will possess over any other, but still, with this before him, Mz. Lawrence has dared to inuke the above bold assertion. With: regurd to the second sentence, and the quotaton he has made to support it, Mr. L=wrence, still true to his instinet, omits the cunclusion of the sentence, because it told against his assertion. The conclusion is this:â€"* Any deviation from the line recomâ€" " mended by Major Robinson and Captain 6# !Henderson, must, however, be subject to the * approval of Her lqjml’o Goverrment." Taus showing" what Mr. Lawrence was speoially desirous of keeping out of sight, thut the British Government had not lost, and never would lose sight of the mulitary charâ€" «c‘er of the road. _ . } as to© be able to weigh the objections which may be raised against each, and atverwards determine from their relative mevits, which is the best direction four the proposed line to take, it will be neces sury, previously, to give some description of the cuuntry through which the lines pase, the present amount and d; tribution uf the population, and the engis cring difficultes which were met with along the lines examined. + 4 As it will be seen in the end, that ouly one of the lines, viz., the second (the Northern) has been explored and carried out successfully from its terminus onâ€" the Atlanus quite through to Quebec, it may be, p-rhmmu«ul superfluous. to enter :ron the dircussion of rival linesArut the »ject to be gained by so duing is to show that so much has been done, aad is known ot the country as to rendef further exâ€" plorations for new lines unnecessary, be cause, if completed, they would not be likely to be recommended in ference blk}m-&b-tuhpmpojjr;radop llaving now followed Mr. Lawrence prett ol <ely through his tortuous câ€"urse, I Wouk‘v, it I had epace, muke some extructs from the Major‘s report, to show Mr. Lawrence‘s resders whut the nature of the obstacles were th t led him to reject all but the Northern lino,â€"suffice it for the present, to say that thâ€"y were very serious,involving enormous ex» ‘ pense, and very great engineering difficultics, Alie concludes a long enumeration of these as follows :=â€" * But as the advantages in ‘every way, «* (xcept distunce, are so much in favor of the * Eastern line (the Northern route) it would «* . nly be incurring delay and perhaps useless «© »xpeuse, in further explorations ol this part " «i‘ the country." > And Mr. Fleming‘s further surveys have co roborated the correctness of the Maujor‘s co«slusions, notwithstanding that he wrote 20 vears ago, and Mr. Lawrence says that th= country is now better known, they have fom 1d that the Ceutral route is all but imâ€" pristicable. _ In conclusion, I would seriously advise Mr, La vrence to apply his mind tostudying the « »igns of the times,"" and to make Inmseli ac ; rminted with the state of public opinion, nut in 8t. Jubn alone, but threughout the wl le Dominion,â€"this may result in saving his any further exercise of his most ingenious talent for twisting facts and fignres, so as to ‘ " rmake the worse appear the better reason."‘ Yours, &¢ , cR of carpetings no! wh his tal New York Money Market. New Yorr, Dec. 16.â€"Gold closed at 134;}. 'l':w:u‘n wm is still easy. Scocks irre B \ (G »wvernments rather lower, J «ilroad shares frm. 1; nk statements shows in loans a decrease of $1,123,539; in specie a decrease of $91.346 ; in circulation a decrease of $26,709 ; in «~posite an increase of $2,117,895 ; in legul ten iors an increase of $2,358,853. 8 us tesy Cows.â€"New goods to Garland, Mu:chmor & Co., 20, Sparksâ€"st. Amongst the last arrivals are Crossley‘s new mm in Bru .«els and tapestry carpetings. stock rpetings and bouse furnishings is large very complete. Inspection invited. 582y Sarety CANAD Tucrspar, Dec. 12, 1867. . The SPEAKER took the Chair at three o clock. j #" T Peutions of some of the officers and serâ€" vants of the House whose services were proâ€" posed to be dispensed with by the Contingent Committee were presented. . § GRaAXD TRUSK RAILWAY. © Hoa. Mr. HAMILTON (Kingston) from the Committee on Banking, Railways, and Commeree, reported the Bill to amerd the Grand Trunk Railway Arrangements Act without amendment. R t passed ~_The SPEAKER announced a Message from the Assembly with the Bill to amend and consolidate the several Acts of the Canadian Inlan| Stecam Company, and to change its name to the Canadian Navigation Company. Read and ordered for & second reading toâ€" murrow. RESOLUTIONs® oN THE NORTHWEsT CoUXTRY. II m». Mr. BLAIR moved to defer the conâ€" sideration of these resolutions until tom«:‘r- row. _ Tuey had not yet quite E:na.l the other branch und as he wanted them to be exactly like those passed there he thought it better to wait, INTERCOLONIAL INSURANCE COMPAXY. Hon. Mr. ALLAN stated that the Commitâ€" too were not ngrged in opinion as to whether the Biil could be entertained by the Paurliaâ€" ment of the Dominion, and it had been deâ€" ciled to refer the matter to: the House itself for decision. He himself was, bl:omm vyinion that it might properly upn here. . In the Union Act he found that tie regulation of Banking and Commerce was couti led to the Parliament of the Dominâ€" ion, aud he therefuore thought that unless it culd be shown that this power was restrict ed, the Bill before the House was a proper subject of legi«lation. _ If a measure was sut» mitted M‘!lj:f furth that the business which was proposed to be done under it was to be transacted in the several parts of the Dominâ€" ion, he éould not see under what pretext this House could reject it. It was true that in many respects the Parliament of the Dominâ€" ion and the Local Legislatures had coâ€"ordinate powers, but he thought that bills of this kind were hkely to ve treated in that of the Donunâ€" ion with more impartiality than in the Local Legislatures, for in the latter, local jealousies might have undue influence.â€" In the petition the objects of the measure were plainly set torth, und the House clearly understood what it pruposed. : _ ___""~ * o iiomaw t H m. Mr? BLATR said a few words, which were very imperfecuy heard, but was underâ€" stood to inean that the Parliament of the Doâ€" minion was the proper Legislature to deal with spuuehy @AbbHpEHA 0200001 2occ) Hon, Mr. McCULLY said that this was a. question of considerable importance and ‘ which very properly challenged investigation. . The Hon. grem-lent of the Council (Blair): had said that the Courts were nout to judge of the autuority ot Purliament to pass such measures, and tlat their business was simply to administer the law, _ But supposing a Comâ€" »iny should obtain an Act from buth the ".u'lmmeut of the Doniinion and a Local Legislature, and these Acts were found after: wards to conflict how was the Court to proceed in such a case? Would not the Judge imâ€" mediately refer to the Union Act to see which of the Legislatures in }uutiun had a right to pass such a law. The hon, memâ€" ber went on at considerable length, and withâ€" out positively aflirming that the power in question resided in either the Federal Parlia ment or the Local Legiâ€"latures was disposed to conclude, from cunsidering the spirit of the Union Act, thaf the intention was to lodge the authority with the Local Legislaâ€" tures Hon.: Mr. TESSIER was also of opinion that it was exceedingly important at the very outset to determine the rights of the Federal and Local Legislatures. In the United States all the power not conceded by the constitution to the Federal Legislature remained with Legislatures of the individual States, but the exact reverse was the case in Canada. The Imperial Act hai defined the power of our Local Legislatures, and those not dcw to them belong to the Confederate Purliaâ€" ment. Perhaps he would have preferred that . it ohonlr have been otherwise, but we were to be governed not by our wishes, but by the constitution. â€" hk Hon. Mr. BO3SE, who was also very im« perfectly heard, seemed to take a different Â¥iew from the last speaker, and to hold that Local Legislatures, and they alone, possesâ€" sed the requisite authority in matters of this kind. Hon. Mr. DICKEY spoke at considerable length, and, though like other speakers, not disposed to dogmatize or make very Eolil.iu ussertions as to the true merits of the case, leaned to the opinion that the Confederate Parliament aad not the Local Legislatures had power to legislate upon TIon. ur._ciflPBELfo sa sirable to have a full expression of opinion on 1 this subject and, moreover, thought that both branches of this Parliament chould try t» come to an agreement on the subject. . It had been decided that a commercial company hulding its charter from a Local Legisiature ‘ gould not exercise its corporate powers. beyond the limits of the Province over which that Legislature had jurisdiction. For in stance, they could not forfeit the shares of parties who neglected to pay the calls nor gonld they enfurce the calls by l:snl proceas. An important case of this kind had been tried in Upper Canadabefore ita union with Lower Canada. â€"The Montreal Bank hud brought an action in the Upper Canada Courts on a pronussory note, and three of the most eminent jnrists Upper Canada ever had, viz. : lute Cuiel’Ju‘(ioq.lr;binmn with Judges Muâ€" canlay and Sherwood had tried the action. The lawyers who conducted the case were Messrs. Draper and Sullivan, two of the most eminent men at the Bar. After a very full examination and discussion by these eminent lawyers betore these eminent Ju%u, the Cuurt decided that the Bank of Montreal holding on(lsv a charter from the Parliament of Lower Canada had no right to exercise corporate powers in Upper Canada. Hon. Mr. Campbell went on dlscnni:lx the imatter at some fen;',th, and concluded by moving that the subject be referred to a sj‘)ecul Comâ€" mittee to mact in conjunction with a special The Bill was then read a third time and Committee of the Commons, and the followâ€" ing members do form said Committee: Hon. Messrs. Allan, Blair, Bosse, Dickey, Le Telâ€" lier de St. Just, McCrea, Miller, Tessier, Mcâ€" Cully, Odel!, and the mover. Hon. Mr. g‘?REET begged to assure the House that the Bill had been introduced in good faith, and that the campany intended,to effect insurances all over the Dominion. The motion for reference to a Committee was then put and carried. Hon. Mr. SEYMOUR read the second Reâ€" port of the Select Committee appointed to examine and report up>n the contingent acâ€" counts ‘fur the present Session, Tie Report recommended the reduction of the salaries of the Clerk of the House, Clerk Assistant, Law Clerk, Black Rod and other officers of the House, and the dismissal of nine of the permanent staff, whereby a sayâ€" ing of $13,000 would be effected. It also reâ€" commendedl the appointment of Mr. Miller to one of the vacancies ceated to be filled up by a gentleman from the Lower Provinces, at a salary of $1,000 per annum. _ _ â€"_______ Hon. Mr. WILMOT did not know by whom, or in what manner, the patronage, with regard to gentlemen from New Bruns wick, was to be distributed. He certainl had signed a recommendation of one lpd cant for office, but was not aware whether or not that person had succeeded in his appliâ€" cation. What he wanted particularly to know, however, was whether w was to be left entirely in the 1 of cne was to be left entirely in the hands of one person, who should happen to be a memver of the Government, or whether other repre Hon. M.«. BOTSFORD said, that Mr.! Milâ€" ler was a gentleman altogether unknown to him, and desired to krow by whom he had been recommended. % is: PARLLAMENT: 1st SESSION â€"~ THE SENATE. TV PARLTAMENT, on such measures. said it was very deâ€" rentatives of the people of New Brunswick were in such matters t be consulted, . For his purt he was not prepared to acqimesce in any such suppusition, as that all patronage should be in the hands of one or two men. He had been along time in public life~una always identified with the hiberal varty ; but he had nut come to Oitawa to idenuty him self with any particular New Brunswick party, fully believing that now all party lmes were Lfid; but he did say this that tnere should be no appointments whatever without consultation with those who were on the opposite side in politics. Hon. Mr. WEIR had the cther day n-l membered with reference to the appointment of ufficers by the Senate, that it would lead to 1 unséeimly, und even unpleasant, : discussions. . One hon. member woula allude to the merits: of his triend, another to the virtues, qualiticaâ€" tions, and aptness of another friend, when all their contending claims would necessarily come up for discussion in the Coamber, a pusition which he looked upoy as derogatory to the dignity of the Senate. And now we had exuctly arrived at that condition of things he had anticipated, and were about to discuss the merits of an appointment to a paltry office in open Sznateâ€"a pru(:eediupL which reminded rim of the mode of muking apâ€" }l)‘ointmenu peculiar to lunicit-l Councile. he evile of such a mode of making appoint ments must be very apparent. h,:fmi"" ments were in this way to be discussed more than half of the sessionâ€" would be taken up with such unprofitable and trifling matters. Tuere should, in bis opinion, be some other mode hit upon, than imere political bias, to ascertain whether a person was, or was nol, gl:ulifled to hold some office in the gift of the mate. Hon. Mr. MITCHELL partially agreed with the previous speaker as to such discusâ€" sions being derogatory to the dignity of the House, and would simply® say what was neâ€" cessary to defend himself. is hon. friend knew well enough, what was intended. Hon. Mr. WELIRâ€"No, no. Hon. Mr. MITCHELL explained briefly what had taken place in the Privy Council with regard to the distribution of patronuge, and stuted that although with ouly one or two exceptions, noue of the old Canadian oftiâ€" cers really held their former offices, that they had pertinuceously clung to thein, preferring, as it appeured, the larger offices ut the DJ minion .o those which might have been open to thein in the Provinces of Ontario and Queâ€" bec, of which uld Canada had been compused, and on which only they had claims. l;:l! he hrmself been similarly placed, probably he would have acted as these officers had done. He looked upon the removal of officials us a delicate matier. When hechad apsked for a share of the patronage, the Government had directed the Ean. Mr. Tilley aod himeelf to bring each two persons to vecupy subordinate positions. . Some officials trom Nova Scotia had come and had obtained pussuions ; but he nad failed to obtain a locus standi for New Brunswickers in this brauch of the Legislaâ€" wre, He, however, preferred that the dignity ufthe House should ve sustained, and, &s as ufficer of the Government, would . waive any right of p.uon#e prouperly belonging to him in favor of the House. § * e Hon. Mr. MITCHELL was not out of orâ€" der, and would thank the hon. member. not to interrupt him. â€" For bis part, he went for the House exercising the power of appornting their own officials. _ Although he had caused a number of gentlemen to come up from New Brunswick, with the view of receiving apâ€". pointments, he had been, so far, unable to get a single position for them. It was a fact: that all the officials: of the late Legislative Council of Canada, ‘ had lost their pusitions by the insuguration of the Union in July lust, but these officials nevertheless remained here. â€" He did not advocute their discharge ; that recommendation had â€" not eumuueé from him, but he would, nevertheless, not consent to these officials remaining as offf cers of the Senate of the Domimon, if they were not wanted. He did not advocate the discharge of any of the officials of the late Legislative Council of Canada withoni‘e muneration. / Doubtless, they . had sugâ€" tained loss, and they ought, in some manâ€" ner, to be compensated for it. The only question with hn was where such remune ration should come fromâ€"whether from the old Proviuce of Canada, as now represented by the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec, or from the Domimon. They had no claims upon Nova Scotia or New Brun:‘wicl‘:'._“ With _â€" Hon. Mr. LOCKE rose to order. â€" There was no motion before the House. l:;nd to the nomination of Mr. Miller, he was prepared to take that responsibility. . He had named him. Mr. Miller was a profesâ€" sional man of good capacity, and of unâ€" biemished character, and the committee hayâ€" ing left two vacancies to be filled up by:wien- tlemen from the Lower Provinces, he looked upon Mr. Miller as a fit and proper per sun to fill one of those vacancies. ____ _ _ Hon. Mr. STEEVES was nurfnnd‘ that any person should have received an office without the representatives of the Province claiming such exercise of patronage being consulted. se ce ye Hald Hon. Mr. SEYMOURâ€"Indisputably the duty of filling up the blanks devolved upon the Committee, and in fulfilment of that duty they had filled up one of the vlanks with the name ot Mr. &iller. his being the only mulr:: mbmit;o-l to them, but as there seemed to be so muc ition to it he might be permitted to m suggestion that the blanks should be left unfilled, so that the reâ€" port might otherwise be adopted. aware that anvy blank had beenleft for a Nova Scotian. Had he been so aware, he might have taken advantage of the circumâ€" stance. â€" It is sometimes customary to adverâ€" tise for applicunts to fill public positions, and he t'houfm the Senate might hereafter adopt so excellent a practice. Had he known in time, he had some friends in his eye, whose cluims he might have put forth, as he should like to have them appointed. He would only uek if it was fair that the Senate should be thus called upon to uct in the matter of apâ€". puintments. _ If appuintments are to be made publicly, and to be matter of discussion, why not let them be thrown open to public com â€" Eetilion, and let us have a fur fight forit? But he looked upon this discuasion as much beneath the digmty of the House, and deâ€" rogatory to its character as a Legislative body, to be engaged in the discussion of the churucter and acquirements of persons deâ€" sirous of being its empluyees. Is: did not E“ much streds upon the right of having Jwer Province people appointe 1 to office. To « young ntan, such an nrpinunent was not by w{, means desirable. It rendered him incapuble of rising in the world, shutting off from lhim forever the avenues of wealth and sn':. There was scarcely any young «man, ver moderate his acquirements~ or natural alglities might be, who could not do much better than fifl a Government situation. Unfitted for anything beyond the ordinary routne dutics, which, in time, were perâ€" formed by a sort of instinet, the Government official might become grey in the service, only to be turned adrift, as & matter of politiâ€" cal expediency, which he could neither see nor mcme The Government employees remi him of old horses that for years had been empll:f«l in turning the wheels of & ferry boat, and when the old horsebwat had given way to the steambout, had been sent Lo plo:fl, going round.and round in the fiekt 1 the mere force of habit almost in spite of the frantic exertions of their drivers. He did not, of course, mean to speak of the officials of the House as old horses, but imerely used the expression as illustrative of the torce of habit, He thought that the m‘mdtm&mu u?lu not to have been i upon the House as a subject tor discussion, â€" Had his friend, as a member of the Government m, made the «ppointment, he would have no objection to it but appoiutments made in this way, afforded a bad Ewaknt. Hon. Mr. LeTELLIER oe 8ST. JUST moved that u;r:':onudem of Lh‘;: rem pudrond i second part of this i of Parliament, and that all the officers and servants employed since the first day of July last be continued in their reâ€"pective enr-comn and with their tormer salaries, as well as tne new officers and servants suggested in this report, with the expectation that such officers and servants of the late Legislative Council Hon. Mr. WEIR had certainly not been of Canada whose services may be Jispensed with suall be provided for by the Loeau Gov ernments of Quebec and Ontaric, o (The hon. gertieman repeated in Eaglish what he had stated in French on the previons discussion of the report.) _ â€" _ > _ Hon. Mr. SEX MOUR compfained that the hon, gentleman nad gone inis tae merits of the report betore it was,. properly speaking, under consideration, â€" He migat draw ns aâ€" tention, however, to the c.reumetance that he himselt (Mr. LeTelher ae 8. Just) as a memâ€" ber of a Contingent Committee, had in 1863 pursued a course precisely similar to that which he #aw fit to câ€"ndemn now. would rather be inconsistent than unjast ; perhaps he did. advocate economy in the matter of salaries in 1863, but that was no reason why he should lend himseif to what was not economy, but injustice, now. Hon. Mr. SEYMOUR did noT wish to in terrupt the hon. gentleman, but would remind him that in 1854 a Juint Committee on Conâ€" tingencies stated the #alaries. Hona. Mr. AIKENSâ€"A different state of things existed then. _ _ .. 5 Hon. Mr. WILMOTâ€"From the remarks that had been made, m’l which had so loag occupied the attention jof the House, it was quite obrervable that appointments had been made, and he was surprised, as one of the members for New Brunswick, that he had nt been consultel. If the House were t5 take the maiter of appointments into their hands members dor the Lower Provinces ought certainly to be cdnsulted in such appointments, and whether it were dignified or undignified he would give expression to his views. " " C i ns Moxpay, 16th December. The SPEAKEK took the Chair at three o‘clock. Before smcndlng with the order of the day Hon. Dr. TUPPER desired to ask what course the Governiment proposed taking with regard to the question ot assimilating the election system in force throughout the Doâ€" ‘minioa, so. that. candidates.in Nova Scotia might be freed from a charge which in the other Proviaces was detrayed from the public treag. "1o Apenten ts ie .' Hon. My. CAMPBELL moved / the adâ€" journment &;f _the House, it being a few minutes to W G‘clock, until Friday nex*t at 3 o‘clock. * hob Hon. Mr. MeCULLÂ¥Yâ€"The House ought not to adjourn until both #ides are betore the country. â€" From the position occupied by the Postmasterâ€"General {nc ought not to be anxi ous that the matter should stand over. ___ _ It being now six o‘clock Mr, SPEAKER left the Chair to resume it again at 8. Hon. J. ROSE had made enquiry into this matter, and found that the average cost to each Nova Scotia candidate was about $40, which, as being entirely pecaullar to Nova Suotia, where each candidate was upon nomiâ€" nation compelled to deposit a certain amount towards defraying the cost of polling booths, he proposed to insert in the estimates of next session for reimbursement, so ‘that candidates might stand on equal footing in all parte of the Dominion. A‘L the same time be suggested that it might be worth consideration whether the general estobli<shment of the Nova Scotia practice might not be advantageous in checkâ€" ing bogus candidates, (Hear, hear.) LOXDON BOARD OF TRADE, The House having, upon the motion of Mr. CARLING, gone into Committee of the Whole for consideration of the Bill to render valid cortain appointments made by the Lonâ€" don Board of Trade, Mr. MORRIS in the Chair, _ Hon. Mr. MeCULLY rose in explanation. This question has been agitated and: brought up. _ (Cries of order.) ____ . > Mr. BLAKE, aftter alluding to the previous reference of this Bill to the Select Committes upon Banking and Commerce, took objection firstly, that no legislation was required upon the subject; secondly, that any wach ~legtsiaâ€" tion, if to take place, should be not enacting but declaratory ; and thirdly, that the proposed legislation was inexpedient as raising unnecesâ€" sary doubts as to similar appointments by uther Bourds of Prade, which would be virtualâ€" ly invalidated by exceptional legislation in favor of that of London. He considered that the subject should be dealt with, it necessary, by the introduction of a 'enenl Bill by Govâ€" ernment. l l oinh n t _Upon the motion of Hon. Sir JOHN A. HhACDONALD, who concurred in this view, the committee r re progress, and ob â€" tained leave to :i.:' -g-f:."d f 8T. LAWRENCE AXD OTTAWA RAJLWAY «BILL, This Bill was passed through committee withoct amendment, and the third reading fixed for the evening Session .‘ BANK OF â€" UPPER CAXADA. The Bill for the settiement of the affairs of this bank was, with some amendmer.ts, passed through comunittee, and fixed for the third reading at the evening Session. BAXK OF HASTINGS. The Bill to lw&m&u this bank was read & second time on mation o‘ the Hon. Mr. READ, and referred to the Standing Commitâ€" tee on Banking and Commerce. qUEsTIOXS. In reply to the Hon. Mr. CARLING, who asked whether it is the intention of the Govâ€" ernment duaring the Session to bring in a measure having for its object the equalizing the quli?c.tlon of voters for members of Parâ€" liament in the several Provincesof the Doâ€" minion, adding that the frauchise was fixed at $600 in Ontario, at $150 in Novsa Scotia, and at $400 in New Brunswick, inequalities which he considered deserving remedy, _ _ _ Hon. Sir JOHN A. MACDONALD replied that such a measure would beintroduced next SBessibn, the Government recognizing the jusâ€" tice of an uniform franchise throughout the whole Dominion. i dnpmppabg Hon. Mr. Le TELLIER »e St. JUSI In reply to Mr. ROBITAILLE, who asked whether it is the intention of the Governâ€" ment to take into consideration claims of cerâ€" tain contractors on the Metapediac Road, and to luclude in the estimates a sum sufficient to meet the reasonable claims for indemnity of such contractors, _ ______ _ _ i lirradts Hon. Mr. MACDOUGALL replied that the question was at wpcmnt before the Dopatâ€" ment of Public Works. It was also elicited from Minister} â€"â€". In reply to Mr. KEELER, who asked whether it is the intention of the Government to order the removal of the dam at Chisholm‘s Rapide, on the River Trent, for the purpose of restoring the public bealth of the neighborâ€" hood, so long and so injuriously affected by the flooding of lands caused by the said dam, as stated in various petitions to the Legislaâ€" ture off the subject ? that there was no inâ€" t:nltion of unovln““tbo" ldun referred to which was required milling purposes, and any interference with which would give rise to a legal claim. . fosy BF To Mr. BOURASSA‘8 question, whother it has come to the knowledge of the Governâ€" ment that certain extraordinary dismissals bave recently taken place in the Post Office of the City of Montreal, by order of the Postâ€" master of that place, and whether the Governâ€" ment is in a position to communicate â€"to this House the reasons which occasioned such disâ€" missals ? that two or three employes had been dismissed by the discretion of the Postmaster, who had considered theirexplanations in reâ€" ply to his enquiry into the loss of certain letâ€" ters as being unsatisfactory ; * To Mr. POZER‘S question, put by Mr. Mcâ€" CONKEY in bis absence, whether it is the intention of the Government, at an carly date, and whether in this or in the next part of this Session, to take any and what steps towards adopting a common standard for weights and measures for the Dominion? that it was the intention of the Government to introduce such a measure next session : Government has taken any, and it any what steps towands Sliing the oiice of Inapucior of To Mr. YOUNG‘S question, whether a setâ€" tlement has been had of the accounts betweeu the Government of Canada and Thomas Robertson, in connection with the Dundas and Waterloo Road ; and if not, what steps have becr taken to secure suulemt;nn-rfiu whether the said Thomas Robertson has furâ€" nished vouchers for his expenditure during his munagement of the w Mr. Robertâ€" son‘s account was still , the Departâ€" ment not considering bis vouchers satisfactory . _ To Mr. HARRISON‘8 question whether the Excis« at Toronto, vacated by John Rose, the former Insp.ctor ? (laughter) that fluéov- :Mmumm.u.-tm«- y : II0USE OF COMMOXNS ELECTION EXPENEES To Mr., THOMPSON‘S (H «i¢imand), wi) ‘L» 8t it is the: dubonGeB or t Govâ€"rem / to reecstablish the Castom Hous at Calodoni« ? that the Governmont wâ€"re dot at proscut in# position to give a definite reply. The following motions for addreases were agreed to ; Mr, SAVARY ~Addressâ€"Râ€"tura of fin« and wazurs in the Connty of Vigby for breaches of the Revenue Laws siuce the first day of July last. &o Mr, MeCA RTM Y â€"Addvessâ€"Sq the Corporation of the Town of § l:o‘llul of their ind cbtedncss to th... Loan Fund, &0. pig secsiag t erigs s Mr. BENOITâ€"Addressâ€"Number of perâ€" sons eimployed in the Montreal Post Oflice &e wr, PAlhELâ€"Addressâ€"Statement shewâ€" ing amount at credit of Government of Canada at the Bank of Montreal, &c. P Mr. CIMONâ€"Address â€" (‘lpll\'i("“ and pepaltieslevied under Foh and Game Act in the District of Saguenay. Upon the motion of Mr. MILLS for an Address for Report of Court of Engquiry in reâ€" fetence to the conduct of Lieut.â€".Col. T. R. Fergnsson being called, Mr. FERGUESON ex. pressed his desire, which he bad lln-ld{wco-- municated by letter to the Premier, the fullest and specdiest investigation, and comâ€" mented upon the mover‘s absence from his place, and the consequent injustice to such a motion being permitted to stund upor the paper, in the: sense of which Observations Sir John A. Macdonald concurred; and upon Mr. MILLS subsequently taking his place and putâ€" ting the motion, which bad been held over in his absonce, Hon. Mr. CARTIER stated that the circumstances had occurred priot to his taking oftice suggesting that time should be given him for enquiry into the facte, which was agreed: to,. and the motion ordcred ‘to stand. C M:. McKENZIE®S motionâ€"for adoption of the fifth Report of the Joint Commuttee on Printing was postponed for the present sesâ€" sion, the mover stating, with the concurrence of Sir John A. Macdonald, but in opposition to the opinion of Mr. POPE, that the recent vote of the House authorized him in requestâ€" ing the reporters to continue taking reports of the debates, as they had been doing hitherto, wich the understanding that they would be properly remuncrated. INCORPORATION OF RUPEATS LAXD, 4C. y The Address to Her Majesty founded upon the resolutions adopted by the House was read m second time on the motion of Hon. Mr. MACDOUGALL, and ordered to be sent up by message to the bupate, Ministers having intimated that it was their intention, and would br, as they believed, the action of the Imperial Government, to press forward the consequent proccedings without delay . RAILWAY® ANIE;/CANALS, Mr. MACF A RLA NE 8 motion for the second reading of the Bill for the better regulation of the traftic on Ruilways and Canals was withâ€" drawn, upon the statement of Ministers that they proposed to deal with the subject themâ€" selves in the proximate session. CUsToMs aAXD ExCiSE. Hon. Mr. TILLEY‘S Bill respecting the Castoms, and Hon. Mr. ROSE‘3 Bill constitutâ€" ing the Dâ€"partment of Inland Roâ€"venue were read a second time, the former passing through Committee and being ordered fora third readâ€" ing at the evening scssion, and the latter with the understanding that it was then to be comâ€" mitted. % Mr. FORTIN‘S motion for correspoudence between the Jmperial and Provincial Governâ€" ments relative to licensing of American fishing vesscls, &c., was withdrawn upon the repreâ€" sentation of Ministers thet the correspon dence had not bein yet concluded. On inotion of Hon. Mr. ROSE the Bill for the collection and the management of the pubiic revenue, and the auditing of public acâ€" counts was read a second time. The Hon. J .ROSE, in Committee jof Ways and Means, having moved the eighth ofl‘e’ weries of resolutions, of which he bad given previous notice, relating to the imposition of these datics, . Mon. Mr. FISHER, who was very imperâ€" fectly beard in the gallery, was understood to wbject strongly to the measure, which he characterized as one to which British Ameriâ€" can Colonists felt a hereditary antipathy, as being likely to yield, in the Lower Provinces, no revenue corresponding with theannoyance whichk it must occasion, and in the attempt to impose dutics herctotore utterly unknown. He would dcsire fo see the resolution, which he regarded as odious, at least postponed until next session. > & Hon. J. ROSE explained that the effect of the resolution would be simply to extend to the Maritime Provinces an imposition hitherâ€" to working well in Quebec and Ontario. At would take some time to prepare the reâ€"quisite maghinery, and the duty would not be colâ€" lected until the 1st of February, and could not be very onerous, yieldingn the Western Proâ€" vinces only $100,000., Mr. SAVARY, belicving that some other less odicus mode might be chosen by which to raise the requisite revenue, would rather abulish the stamp dutics altogether, as the last to which we should make recourse when all uthers had filed, than extend tu the Lower Provinces an imposition so â€" unequal ‘in its working, He would much prefer, if the deâ€" tuiled estimates when presented should prove such revenue to be requisite, to gee it raised by the imposition of a small duty upon supdry articles now included in the free list, orby mising some other dutick comparatively trifling now, Upon brandy or other spirits for example,which lby Government might hear with satisfaction that the people of his Province had no great desire to oltain too cheaply. ‘The Anterests of the Lower Provinces were uot sufâ€" ficiently regarded, as wasevident from the iwâ€" posts upon flour, utterly novel in New Brunsâ€" wick, and introduced last year in Nova Scotia only to prepare the way for the new burdensof Confederation, having been chosen in favor of Western Canada in preference to an ‘import duty on coal, which would be beneficial to the maritime communities, He was well aware that any argument he might use would be inâ€" effective, having come here prepared to find the House treat the intersts of his constituents with contempt, but would at least afford bimâ€" self the satisfaction of offering his protest against the measures to which he was earnestly opposed, _ __ _ eE TT > Mr. PABKERâ€"Addre Mr. BLAKE remarked that the argument for proceeding to layâ€"upon the Lower Provimâ€" cus the dutics now in force in the West did not apply to the Stamp Act, Gov» erament themselves admitted not he put in force until alter the 1st Â¥ y. He thought that the collection of some $500 or $600 would hardly compensate for the disadâ€" vantages to arise from the consequent exasperâ€" ation of their enemics and disbeartâ€"ning of their friends, Hy sbould have thought that the appeal of the hon. member for Sherbrooke (Mr. Galt) would bave had more weight with nis late colleagues, and drew a conclusion as to the objectionable chatacter of their measures from the fact of the gentieman who had moved the Address (Mr. Fisher) having found it neâ€" vessary to denounce from Ministerial benches thy Ministerial programme. Hon. J. ROSE said that the extension of the Stamp dutics might be npnb:u the permanâ€" eut policy of the Government, who desired to lose no time whatever to equalize the bur dens of tazation through all the Provinces. . The Customs Act, the 8t. Lawrence and Otâ€" tawa Railway Bill, and the Bank of Upper Canada Bill, the latter of which provoked conâ€" siderable discussion among Messrs, BLAKE, FERGUSSON, J. H. CAMERON, and others, were read a third time and passed. * waAYS AXD MEAXB am Upon the motion for going into Committee of Ways and Mcans, _ _ 9 g Hou. Mr. HOLTON would not, at this hour, enter thorouguly upon un examination of the financial or revenge policy of the Government, but wou‘d confine bis observations to the proâ€" posals with rkgurd ‘to the foating debt, for whic. the bop. gentlicmen on the Treasury benches were responsible, and which the moaâ€" sures of last session had fuiled to diminish, He thought it particularly to be regretted that so large an amount skould remain due to the Bank of Montreal, which, while baif of As capital was thus locked up from the public uccoummodation, was enabled to exercise B iuB@uchee over the Ministry waich in any pafâ€" tles i ble to Parlizment was eptire ly un . Of this infuence we bed * ‘spccimen in the now famous letter recently It buing then siz o‘clock the SPEAKER left the Chair, | NOTIOXS DEPEKRED. motion of Mr. MILLS for a eport of Court of Enuquiry in re e conduct of Lieut.â€"Col. T. F ADDkESSE®, 40 PUBLIC ACCOUXTS. STANP DUTIES AÂ¥TER REOBSS Hhfl-â€":fiq-{ paid .by * of Borcl on &ac» to the Municipat the Reminion siock. gonvertible se any trouble i only be done h who had mon ment, and he di t disturbance i: try Hs ap; he inss the . a@n «s evincing bbeva‘1 ‘The ’.IIP «hu Pceesn un , ly. Tue soo ‘ «11â€" throus and especially sas mercantiie af m that tran=wot \ln Bt. Joun or H« s stamp duties | «s 100 cab t ® s p be dbraws . but from the « impost in ~ Wr, KILLA M « that â€" Nova . Soot “.fi&la,u}l-l, wilt Lctresicety Ne =.mt. with regard to ’Gt"erunl"ll' had bo« '.u-fllt‘ policy -‘ yet obta! e believing ¥®P®"*"?" apportt m POPE roviewed ima me unfavorably, esp « 4nja «tice of ex â€"pi4 burthen upoo four. that Nova Scotians i ut aganst the evinced toward had already 6 capi~ me of the #cssion in n jou8 Eo friend with pl e to the P"“"' ad pever howrd ch than ho had :A aizmand lus earnings. T ‘# go against _”‘ilvcfil m tal it would a ing inatitutio to susgest the floating: < Mr. HOLTQXâ€" rld pr.-m»v}v . " Mr. ROSE‘â€" Wi .‘.‘ before he d inedebt. Ho (Mr = «kpodiency .« t deaying 4 deuying that u Ancreased taxation Province of New that the fain TeÂ¥eRue was One poor | &ua . draw wealthy mercants? the stamp revenue be P“J by the € cheerfainess of this w take upon bias « Dr. PARKER animadve "the Government hagin the enancias*" s bank dep Mt could »0L ich establis anouitic would sinp t Di“‘.‘\nu‘u ament to colle I of the counttÂ¥, min from préssin at moment, and own '.r.-ducti-m , should deal, wit neively. ng cout mdent « every con! Government noes of the > h here€oforc. be 8 2 ucre ie sil yer as he Ce® .« gaased from th that of ment 0 the propo®it whilling of . it 6. The mon: ““‘ pm\'l- from foreign c ,‘;. Govern ..'w‘ Bank w Hon. Mr. TIHIA p â€"other than provish he was using a modcta‘ ted the combinaton * ury Benches ws 1 upâ€"a an claborate C roposals, which c ote the prospet voudemmiag thâ€" of Montroal, aud which be chargs pursuing. «ome â€"remaik® mc t®r ***. . Minister of | e in hearing T that. with C * Mr, WEBB deprec q., so far s 4 J’BS deten it to be the u ": of his portion #goner the relauons 4; Hon. Mr. CO me ol is pTc Mr. MeMILLAXNX the Bank of M »»*r the better. _ As to 1 new curreacy was U the example. of E for its intrin«ic v alue Hon. T. W . AXGL mw.‘ oppusith ho was about would submit to wi the inevitabls tu‘la imposed upou es _ Mr. FERGUSON waces complained wm us bein marking upon ucii with every impost IHT MORRIS entered obtain Mr. J.6. Ross made to the East a of the Intercol. nis western extension wids had more & with the stamp im posi sents per gullon «l which npon 3,500 raies an equal a of the = posed m asurcs ol adiag the sazzost im <nt Savings Ban After some ren the House went resolutions were intimating their rence therein to d * Thos n HO it, but he an ’::M him mak e had toâ€"night. mained from ~ Hon. Mr. 4EA on ROSE alw , aund & sosd thig and * CO NNEL with rek t 14 e# e hd not 10.A «t IXTERC W the : reoo NiS1 Lt thin t H 1 L4