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Mr. ROBERTSON said he did not intend to apply the term knave to that gentleman, nor was there any danger of the trap catching him (the speaker). He opposed the bill be- cause it would affect persons who had no in- tentionof doinganything illegal. He favored doing away with canvassing altogether ex- cept addressing meetings. Dr. STRANGE thought the present law was atringent enough. and did not require to be made more so. He hoped the bill would not be allowed to pass. 7 Hon. Mr. MACKENZIE said if the hon. gen- tleman applied one of the terms to the proâ€" mofer of the bill he must accept the other himself. Mr. ROBERTSON (Hamilton), resumed the adjourned debate on Mr. Casey‘s motion for the second reading of the bill to amend the Act respecting the election of members of the House of Commons. He objected to the clause which provided for dis- qualifying a candidate Who might, at any time before his nomination, have treated an elector. The bill was like a trap set by knaves to catch fools. Respecting the ‘ Consofidated 7 BREEâ€"Bi Canada. To incorporate the Atlantic & North West qulwaz Gomqany. After some discussion the bill was reada second time and referred to the Committee on Booking and Commerce. Mr. DOULL -m5ved the second reading of the bill relating to the protest of inland bills of _e}zchange. To amend the Act respecting the “Isolated Risk and Farmers Fire Insurance Company of Canada.” and to change the name thereof to the “ Sovereign Fire & Marine insurance Company of Canada,” as amended by Stand- ing Commitlee on Banking and Commerce. The Bill passed ii 03mmittee and subse- guggtlx 13 was reqdfia third time. On motion of Mr. ROBERTSON, (Hamilton), the House Went into committee on the Bill to amend the Act incorporating the Canada Life Assurance Company. To amehd the Act of incorporation of “The Confederation Life Association.” â€" Tha'following bills were also read a third tinle and passed. Mr. KILLAM moved the House into commit- the on the Bill to incorporate the Yarmouth Dy}_ing_gpmpany. The Bill was opposed on the ground that it was purely a local matter and called only for local legislation, and on the leader of the Government expressing his concurrence the Bill was withdrawn. A number 6f other returns were ordered to be brought down and at six o’clock the House took recess. Hon. Dr. TUPPER said it had given him great pain to make some changes recently on the Intercoionial, because the Government had been obliged to dispense with the serv1ces of some good servants. He would say. how- ever,that Whenever it was possible work would be given to those persons. With regard to Mr. Stark, he had not been dismissed but had reâ€" signed in consequence of an accident on the road. The complaints he (Dr. Tapper) re- ceived were more from his friends on the road than from opponents. Mr. DOMVILLE moved for papers respecting the dismissal or resignation of Mr. E. O. Stark, station agent at Spring Hill station, Intercolonial Railway. He had no desire to embarrass the Government, but the friends of the individual mentioned thought he had a grievance. He went on to speak of the changes recently made on the Intercolonial Bailway. He hoped the road {vould be run in future so that it would pay. But he thought it hard that some old servants of the road should be turned out of their situations. He hoped the Hon. Minister of Public Works would give an expression to show that the dismissals were not made for political reasons, and that worthy people of whatever side in politics would receive employment when practicable. ’ . After some? %&"_IfJ£.'“§§'£ Albert Smith and Hon. Mr. Huntington the motion was agreed to. M1. THOMPEON (Catiboo) agreed that the Hon. Dr. TUPPER said the hon. gentleman was entirely under a. misapprehension with regard to the case" This case was in an en- tirely difierent position from the others a1- luded to. In this case the judgment had been given in favor of the contractor. While in the other cases the judgments had been given in favor of the Government. The orders of Judge Fournier had been that the evidence should be taken before the,Registra.r of the court. The Deputy Minister of Justice had stated that the evidence might be taken before a Civil Engineer, and Samuel Keefer had been selected, and an award for the amount claimed had been made. The paâ€" pers would be brought down speedily. ‘ Several petitian were presensed in favor Pfuthe Canada. Life Assurance Company’s bill. Mr. MCCUAIG introduced abill ta remove the doubts as t9 the meaning of certain pro- visions of the Canada. Temperance Act of 1878. _ In reply to Mr. Keeler, Hon. Dr. TUPPER said it was not the inten- tion of the Government to place any sums in the ampulementary estimates for completing the dredging of the I’resque Isle Bay, Lake Ontario, or for constructing the Murray Canal in the East Riding of Northumberland. Hon. Mr. MACKENZIE moved for papers, etc., relating to the disputed claims of Messrs. Murray & 00., contractors on the Intercolon- ial Railway. He referred to several decisions which had been given by arbitmtion. The sum of $99,000 had been awarded to this firm, and he contended that the case should have been been taken to the Exchequer Court. He was opposed to such cases being disposed of before [single arbitrator. The Speaker took the chair at 3 o’clock. After routine, The SPEAKER laid before the House the re- port of the last general election. Hon. Mr. MACKENZIE said the work was 11 bur- den of expense, and that was the reason it was given up. He denied that there had been any political consideration involved in it. He thought that several other public works in the Province should be given up. The Rideaucanal, for instance, cost fifty or sixty thousand dollars a year, while the re- venue was only $8,000. He denied that the late Government were under any obligation in regard to maintaining the works for the benefit of the railway connected with them. After some furthei' discussion the rmotion was carried. Mr. KEELER moved for a select committee to consider a return relating to the River Trent and Newcastle district navigation and canal works. These works had been trans- ferred in a secret manner to the Ontario Gov- ernment two days prior to the resignation of the late Government of the Dominion. He thought there was something wrong in the matter and that the transfer had been made for golitical purposes. Mr. COCKBUBN (Northumherland) con- demned the action of the late Government in transferring the works by order-in-Coun- ail. Throwing aside all obligation to the interests along the works, and giving them to a, body, the Ontario Government, on the express stipulation that they should not be responsible for these obligations. The trans» fer was made, too, without consulting a. single member belonging to the Newcastle district. Mr. CAMERON (Victoria) seconded the mo- tion condemning the act of a defunct Govern- ment in giving away a million dollars belong- ing to the Dominion after the country had cast them -Out of power. He went on to sketch the transaction which he claimed was unjustifiable. The works would be a mighty engine of corruption in the hands of the Local Government. Mr. BUBNHAM followed in support of the resolution. The whole matter required strict investigation, and if any mistake was made it should be remedied. DOMINIDH PARLIAMENT. [Touth Parliamentâ€"First Session. After recess. OTTAWA, April 2. Mr. SNOWBALL contxnued the debate on the tariff, saying it would bring ruin to the con- stituency of the hon. Finance Minister. Canada was in a better position than most other countries, but there was no guarantee The Speaker took the chair at 3 o’clock. On the orders of the day being called. Sir JOHN MACDONALD rose and said be- fore the orders of the day were called he had to state that he waited on his Excellency the Governor-General and informed him that after the resolution of the Senate of the last session of Parliament and the resolution of the House of Commons during the present session, it was the opinion of his Excellency’s advisers that the usefulness of Mr. Letellier, Lieut.-Governor of Quebec, was gone, and advised that in the public interest it was ex- pedient he should be removed. His Excel- lency thereupon was pleased to state that us i the Federal system introduced by the British North America Act of 1867, was until then nu. ’known in Great Britain or her colonies, there were no precedents to guide him to a decision in the present case, and as it would settle the future relations between the Dominion and 1 Provincial Governments, so far as the office of LieutenanLGovernor was concerned, he deemed it expedient to submit the advice offered in, and the whole case and attendant circumstances, to Her Majesty’s Government for their consideration and instructions. After some remarks from Mr. Hesson and Hon. Mr. Macdougall,the motion for adjourn- ing the debate was withdrawn and the bill re- ceived the six months' hoist. Hon. Mr. MILLS got up to speak in the same wayY and the uproar was renewed, the general feeling being in favor of the matter be ing disposed of in some way. Mr. Mills spoke at great length. urging that the bill should be sent to a. committee. Mr. CAMERON (Huron), protested against tthbill haying thrown out. Hon; Dr. TUPPER said the hon. gentleman had been given that opportunity by the right hon. lead er of the Government and had refused it. He did not see that any good object would be served by sending it toa. Committee, and he hoped the motion for the six months hoist would be carried. Mr. CASEY rose amid considerable uproar and cries of “question,” “order,” etc., and expressed his willingness to al- low his bill to go before the Committee which was to deal with the hill of the member of North Simcoe. After some remarks from Mr. Anglin in which he stated he would not vote for the bill as framed, Mr. WHITE (Cardwell) reiterated his charge that the hon. member for West Middlesex had sneered at the Hon. Finance Minister, and said it was impossible to take any other view of what the member had stated. He denounced the action of the Dominion Alli- ance and other political temperance organi- zations which had done all they; could to embarass the Conservative Government. But had swallowed their principles rather than embarass the Government composed of their friends. He prophesied that before five years were over the hon. gentlemen op- posite would be striving to embaress the Government. Mr. Ross (Middlesex) rose to defend him- self against the accusation made against him by the hon. member for Cardwell. He de- nied any intention of sneering at the Hon. Mr. Tilley, and it was a nnstake to construe his words in that way. With regard to his own record he was not ashamrd of it either in the House or out of it. He repudiated the assertion that he had ever traded on his temperance principles. Referring to his course on the question of prohibition in the late Parliament he said that he had acted under instructions from the Dominion Alli- ance, which did not want to embarrass the Government. Mr. WHITE (Cardwell) ridiculed the claims of the lion. member for West Middlescx to being considered a leading advocate of tem- perance principles. That gentleman was in the habit of shouting his own virtues from the house-tops on every opportunity when he thought he could make any political capital out of it. The hon gentleman had a reputa- tion of a certain kind in connection with the cause of temperance, but where, he asked, had gentleman been on the temperance question during the last five years 7 Why, no one knew where to find him then. When a mo- tion was brought up in this House for a Prohibitory Law the hon. member for West Middlesex had seconded an amendment to the effect that it was inexpedient to take any such action at that time. That was the sort of temperance principle which actuated the hon- member for West Middlesex, a gentle- man who went about the country trading on his reputation as a temperance man, and making capital out of what was nothing more nor less than political clap~trap. When hon. gentlemen opposite were in opposition before there were hundreds of petitions with hun- dreds of thousands of signatures praying for temperance legislation presented by them. That was trading on the temperance cry, but during the past five years, While these gen- themen sat on the Treasury Benches, not a petition had been presented, and not a single step taken to prove their professions. He thought it came with an ill grace from the hon. member for West Middlesex. with the reputation he had, to stand up and sneer at the hon. Finance Minister, a gentleman whose temperance principles were above reproach, whose honesty in those prin- ciples was above suspicion. who had the love‘ and respect of the temperance people through- out Canada. The hon. Finance Minister had carried his principles into office with him and out of office. He had never used those principles as clap-trap and was safe from the sneers of those who trade on the principle as a means of promoting selfish interests. The hon. gentleman from West Middlesex had a record on the temperance question which renderedinnocuous anythin g he might say with regard to the gentleman, who dif fered from him in opinion. He then went on to refer to the Bill, which he condemned in strong terms as containing nothing which would contribute to doing away with corrupt practices. After some remarks from Mr. Casey, Mr. ROBERTSON (Shelburne) moved the ad journment of the debate, which was lost. present law was stringent enough in its pro- visions. He denounced the ballot as un- British and slavish. He had always voted against the ballot and would continue to do so for all the time. Mr. PLUMB referred to the tinkering of the election law during the past five years. It was a. notable fact that though amendments Had been introduced in 1875-76 and ’78. there was always some loop-hole of escape for those guilty of corrupt practices. He took up the various clauses of the bill under discussion, condemning them in detail as weak and useless. The provi- sions of the bill were not calculated to im- prove thc Election Law, but rather to make it worse than at present. He considered the bill was a» miserably puny attempt at calcula- tion. It was calculated to hold a candidate responsible for acts which should not be punishable. He referred at length to the clauses relating to the ballot, which, he said. would foster and augment such frauds as had been perpetrated iii the J acques-Cartier case. He hoped the House would unanimously re- ject the bill. Mr; WHITE (Hastings) spoke strongly against the bill, contending that it should not be sent to a committee, but should be thrown out. Mr. Ross (Middlesex) defended the bill pay- ing special attention to the clan ses referring to treating. He did not wonder at the oppo- sition to this part of the bill by gentlemen on the Government side of the House, as it came within their practices at election times. He wondered what the Finance Minister had to say on the subject. He and the hon. gen- tleman stood together on the same high- toned platform of temperance. He was ready to speak for the principle, but he would like to know What the Finance Minister had to say in the company in which he sat. He hoped the bill would pass. The House adjourned at 12:30. OTTAWA, April 8. Mr. LIOUSREAU said he agreed with the re- marks made by the member for N orthumber- land. He considered the Governor-General should have received the advice of respon- sible advisers. He Considered that the ques. Mr. DESJARDINES condemned the course of the Gouemor-General in refusing to dis- miss Lieut.-Govern0r Letellier when advised by his Ministers. He supported the motion for adjournment. Mr. VALLEE Vspoke in French, supporting the motion for the adjournment of the debate. and agreed with the previous speaker that the case was too important t9 be pgsscd over. Mr. COCKBUBN (Northumberland) regretted that he could not accent the statement of the leader of the Government in regard to what had occurred to-day. It was a mistake to suppose that this was a matter the “people of this country could stand idly by and accept on the plea that we were safe in the hands of her Majesty’s advisers. Under our constitu- tion absolute control was given the Dominion Government over certain matters by the British North America Act. and one of which was the appointment of Lieut.-Governors, of whose acts this House could only be the judge. He remembered when the New Brunswick School Act was referred to the Imperial Government. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council made a case for her Majesty, where she was’advised that under the British North America Act she had - given up . all her prerogative rights and con- stitutional authority over the different Provinces of the Union to the Dominion Grov- crnment. This being the answer given to the enquiry of the House, Why. he asked. is a question of greater importance, 3. question which had shaken the whole Dominion and which was strictly of a Provincial character, should her Majesty. who was divested of all her constitutional rights, be asked to say whether the advice of her Ministers should be followed. He considered it painfully humili- ating to the House and preferred to see the tariff debate go off until another occasion, until the grave question which had come upon this House should be settled. He though it was of the utmost importance that such a matter of the most vital importance to the people of this country should be disposed of before anything else. Sir JOHN MACDONALD said at the late hour the motion made might have passed as the discussion had proceeded so long. With re- gard to the subject of the hon. gentleman’s ; motion concerning the action of the Governor» ‘Geneml he could not agree that there had been any infringment of the Constitution. The Queen was the sovereign in Canada as well as in England, and though she was not here in person her representative was here. There had been no violation of the Constitution. The advice of the Government had not been rejected. He would have been pleased if the advice given by the Government had been accepted at once, as the Government con- sidered it would have been well that the Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec should have been dismissed; but. as he said before. the advice of the Government had not been re- jected, and there was no infringement on the rights of the people. The case, he considered, would be safe in the hands of the Sovereign, and certainly as safe as in the hands of the Sovereign’s representative. Mr. OUIMET rose and said he had a few re- marks to make concerning a statement made in the afternoon by Sir John Macdonuld with regard to the Lieut.-Governcr of Quebec. Sir John Macdonald had stated that the Gov- ernment had informed his Excellency that in consequence of the vote of censure passed on the Lieut.-Governor, they considered his use- fulness gone as Lieut.-Governor of Quebec. His Exceilency had stated that the question was a grave one, and decided to refer it to the Imperial Government. He (Mr. Ouimet) did not wish to blame the Government. but he wished to say that the 'case was one which ought to have been disposed of in this country. He questioned the conduct of the Gov.-General in refusing the advice of his Ministers ; he repudiated the idea that the Ministry should be forced to send their advice to be reviewed by Downing street clerks. What ‘ we the use, he asked, of discussing the tariff ‘if there was a chance of it being also sent to : Downing street. Until this afternoon he thought there was responsible government in Canada, but he had been humiliated when he heard the announcement made by the First Minister. The battle of responsible government would have to be fought OVer again. It must be understood what the rights of the people were, and these rights should not be invaded with impunity. He‘ claimed that the Governorâ€"General had n01 right to refuse the advice of the Ministry as i he had done. The Meat-Governor was merely i a servant of this Government and to dis- miss him was nothing more than to dismiss any other official. He thought the debate on the tariff should not go on any further until it was decided what the rights of the people were. The question was not the Letellier question any more. That was gone from this House. The question to dis- cuss now was whether the Governorâ€"General had a right'to refuse the advice of his' Min- istry. He closed by moving the adjourn- ment of the debate, which was seconded by Mr. Vallee. " Mr. LANGLEY said that from the day the National Policy was announced he believed, as he still believed, that to that policy would the people of Canada have to look for relief from the difficulties under which she was suf- fering. Under it equal rights between Canada and the United States would be restored and placed on a fair basis. He felt quite confident that Canada was able to compete with all comers successfully. Mr. TASSIE followed. He rebuked the leader of the Opposition for his offensive re- marks concerning the members on the back benches, and then went on to defend the Government’s action in connection with the tariff. Mr. WHITE (North Renirew), said the inter- est manifested by the gentlemen oppomte in the taxes imposed on the poorer classes was a strong condemnation of the administration of public affairs by the late Government. He reminded the House of the fact that Mr. Cartwright had said he was willing to impose an income tax. such as they had in England. He sketched the opposing policies of the two parties in Parliament, showing that the results of the course followed by the late Administration had proved disastrous to the whole country. Mr. :MACDONALD (Victoria, N. S.,) continued his speech on the budget. He advocated fa'fr play for Nova Scotia under the new tarifi”, which, he was confident, would work well for Canada. that she would. long remain so under the new tarlff. Mr. GIROUARD (Jacques Cartier) said he be- lieved the duty of Parliament was to carry out the protection policy which the majority of the people had demanded. Mr. VVAD]; (Digby), censured the Grits for wasting time on a matter which the country had settled. Mr. MACDONALD, (Victoria, N. S.,) referred to the hard times which had prevailed. For several years there had been a great depres- sion, and that depression still existed to a great extent. In these circumstances he thought it was the duty of both sides in the House to unite in order to bring about a change which would benefit the country. He condemned the weak and unpatriotic course which had been followed by the late Govern- ment, who had looked on calmly while Cana- dian industries were ruined, and the people allowed to suffer. He did not blame the scapegmce general depression for the mis- fortunes the country had suflered, but rather the miserable one-sided policy of free trade which had been adhered to in spite of all re- monstrances. He was prepared to give the National Policy a fair trial, as he was con- vinced it would work well for the country. If l‘er Majesty’s Loyal Opposition would intro- duce a better policy he Would not oppose it. 'At 6 o’clock the House took recess. M}. MUTTART retened to the arguments at the Opposition as fa‘cetious and such as could no} _he gqpported by gyidence. After Recess, THE LETELLIER MATTER. On the orders of the day .being called Mr. MACKENZIE said he wished to ask for certain papers in reference to the announce- ment made on Thursday last by the hon. leader of the Government. The House had been informed that the Government had reâ€" commended to his Excellency the dismissal of Lieutenant-Governor Letellier. He claimed that as the announcement had been made the House ought to have the prder-in-Couucil end The Speaker took the chair at 3 p. 111. After routine, A number of petitions were presented. Mr. MCCUAIG introduced a bill to amend the Act establishing a, Man'time Court for On- tario. â€" Sufiéeque‘ntly n. r. DOMVILLE stated that if had said anything unparliamentury he begged to ‘v3ithd_1'§.-w _i_t, and the mgttpr drppped.‘ Hon. Mr. TILLEY moved that the tariff de- bate be continued on Monday in order to get through with it. The motion was agreed to. The House adjourned at 12.40 mm. ‘ QTTAng, April 7. Mr. GILMOB then rose and tendered! his 3113?]qu to 12119 Housq. _Hon Mr. MACKENZXE and HSn. Mr. MAC- DONALD (Pictou) though both gentlemen should withdraw What they had said. Mr. SNOWBALL said the member for Charâ€" lotte had been provoked by Mr. Domville. and both ought to withdraw the expressions usep. When Mr. Gilmor referred to it hav- ing been said on a former occasion that he was a bankrupt, the hon. member for Kings county asked if it was not true. That was equal to a. repetition of the charge. Mr. Donme said he had a statement to make in justification of himself. He had not thought it necessary to take the words down that had been used. He read from the Hamard the language reported, which contained a number of opprobrious terms. He asked if the House would allow such language to go on record. He challenged the hon. gentle- msn to prove his statements or retract them. Hon. Mr. MACKENsz admitted that Mr. Gilmorhad used unparliamentary language, but held that he had been provoked by Mr. Domville. Hon. Mr. BOWELL characterized the attack as utterly unjustifiable and unprovoked. It was certainly _owing to the dignity of the House that an apology should be given. Mr. SPEAKER read the rule of the House which required that when unparliamentary or offensive language was used there should be an apology. Hon. Mr. TILLE’Y said that very offensive and unparliamentary language had been used and though the words had not been taken down, 11; was only right that they should be withdrawn. Hon. M}. RIAEJKENVZIE asked what the hon. gentleman (Mr. Tillej) referred to, as it was togjate f9 take any we):de down. Mr. GILMOR said if he had stated anything offensive to the House or to any member he wa_s_ willi_n_g tgAapologize. Mr. FLEMING then spoke some time on tho tariff, condemning it in every particular ; after which Hon. Mr. TILLEY rose to call the attention of the Speaker to the conduct of the hon. member for Charlotte. That gentleman had used unparlamentary language towards an hon. member of the House. That language should be withdrawn. Mr. BUNBTER administered to Mr. Gilmor a severe caStigation for his audacity in insult- ing British Columbia, and proceeded to con- demn the late Government for breaking faith with the Province. rhitâ€"o‘eo‘fi't’eaeration, which Province, he said. was an incubus on the Dominion. After a time he abandoned the matter before the House, and proceeded to make an abusive and personal attack on Mr. Domville, against whom he seemed to 'have a. bitter personal spite. After being called to order several times he went on to discuss the tarifi, which he condemned in toto, arguing that it would prove disastrous to the country. Mr. MCCALLUM said the gentlemen on the opposite benches were all harping on the one string. They were all united in denouncing the tariff and appealing to certain classes for support. The speech of the hon. member for South Wellington (Guthrie) was of the regulation kind. A few months ago hon. gentlemen opposite had spoken of the farmers as the honest yeomaury of the country, latterly they had been spoken of as the igno- rant farmers. When the farmers refused to give their votes to hon. gentlemen opposite it made a great difference. The hon. gentlemen who had preceded him had talked about the Conservatives saving their reputation. He (McCallum) thought the hon. gentlemen oppo- site would not be troubled that way, as they, politically at any rate, had no reputation to lose. Mr. GILMOB (Charlotte) proceeded to criticise the financial policy of the Govern- ment, and accused them of having made a great mistake in taking ABritish Columbia Mr. GUTHRIE resumed his speech. He went on to say that the policy of equiva- lents gave no equivalents to the peo- ple of New Brunswick, Manitoba and British Columbia. although heavy taxes were imposed on them. After proceeding {some time he read a letter with the purpose 10f showing how injurious the National Policy would work. A voiceâ€"Who wrote the letter ? Mr. GUTERIE replied that it from Mr. Chase, a Reformer, one of the Reeves of the town of Guelph. (Laughter.) Hecontended that no proper grounds were given for insti~ ‘ tutingadiscriminating tarifi. The balance of trade question was next taken up. and figures given to prove that when the distress was greatest in England the balance of trade was in her favor. A moment after, however, the hon. gentleman corrected himself. and ad- mitted that at the time referred to there was a slight balance of trade against Engâ€" land. He then went on to denounce the tarifi as injurious to the poor man, opposed to British connection and calculated to lead to annexation with the United States. He supposed the tariff would pass and he hoped there would be prosperity in spite of it. The Speaker took the chair at 3 o’clock. After routine, , - Hon. Mr. Porn, (Prince Edward Island) presented the return of correspondence relat- ing to Canadian'veasels being obliged to re- port at Port Huron instead of Cheboygan. Mr. Oumnr resumed the debate on the tariff, speaking in French. Mr. BURPEE (St. John) denied that the the people of Canada had settled the question of protection at the polls on the 17th of Sep- tember. There were other issues before the people which had done more to place the Con- servative party in power than protection, and especially was this the casein Ontario and Que bec, while New Brunswick had pronounced strongly against it. He said the Conservatives who were candidates in that Province did not dare to appeal to the people on the score of protection. He believed the great mass of the people in the Dominion were dis- satisfied With the high duties which had been imposed. The people had wanted a. readjust- ment of the tariff, not increased taxation. Mr. GUTERIE (Wellington) denied the peo- ple had demanded a. protective tariff. It was idle to say, it this policy failed, that the peo- ple asked for it. The people of England would not be satisfied with the Minister’s explanation. The Grit party never objected to raise the tariff to pay their deficits. At six o’clock the House took recess. Aner Recess. Several private bills were advanced a stage, after which tion of 'Mr. Leteflier’s dismissal should have been disposed of without sending it to Eng- land. He would support .the adjournment of the debate. The motion was carried and the House ad‘ journed at 12:25. Mt. VALIN spoke'iu support if it'he figiigfigi Policy, paying special attention to the ship- building interest, which he said the late Gov- ernment had persistently refused to protect in_a_ny gray. Mr: Cofinson (Montreal) followed, advocat- ing protection and the tariff. He spoke in Frenchfland madgrzf gumberpf good points. OTTAWA, April 4‘ Hon. Mr. MACKENZIE said he had listened with a great deal of interest. More than half had commenced with taunts at the smallness of the numbers on the Opposition side of the House and boasts of the victory they (the Con- servatives) had gained at the polls. He would rather be defeated while contending for a right principle than victorious while fighting for a wrong. Alluring to the inconsistent course of the members for North Norfolk and North Oxford, he entered into an elaborate defence of these gen» ‘ tlemen laying down the doctrine that men were perfectly justifiable in chang- ing their opinions. To be sure, these mem- bers had spoken in favor of free trade several ‘years ago, but they had obtained new light. As a paralell case he mentioned Sir Robert Pcol and Gladstone, whose conduct could scarcely be called inconsistent. He then ac- cused the hon. Finance Minister of having gone through his election campaign on the cry that he would not give any more protec~ tive duties than were required for revenue purposes, and had promised that the tariff would not be increased. The hon. gentleman had then come to Parliament and raised the tariff to 35 per cent. Ho (Mackenzie) thought the Finance Minister would not smile when every member from Mr. BURPEE (Sunbury) apologized to British Columbia for the insult thrown out ‘ against it by the hon. member for Charlotte, who he thought had not intended any ofience to the Province. He then went on to criti- cise the tariff. After alluding in a semi-co- herent manner to ten and sugar he thrned his attention to the lumber trade. This in. dustry he contended was not protected and he thought it was not in the power of the Government to improve it no matter how it I might legislate for that purpose. In respect to this trade as well as to the farming industry there was no compensation given by the tarifi. 0n the whole it was profitless and disloyal and de- served to be denounced. Mr. THOMPSON (Caribou), rose to refer to the charge made against British Columbia. on Friday last. He defended the Pacific Pro. Vince against the assertion that it was an incubus on the Dominion, as the member for Charlotte (Mr. Gilmor) had asserted. That gentleman had constituted himself the buf- foon of the House, and had made scandalous and blasphemous assertions. He claimed that British Columbia. would become ere long thegrandest province of the confederation. At present the exports exceeded the im- ports by half amlllion, and he thought it was the only one of the provinces now which was perfectly solvent. He thought the people, too, were superior to the corn-eating inhabitants of New Brunswick, taking the member for Charlotte as an example. (Leughter.) He urged that the Government should proceed at once with the Pacific Rail- way. Mr. BAIN complimented the member for Cardwell on his eloquezgt speech, and then went on to attack the National Policy. He continued till 6 o’clock. when the House rose for recess. After Recess. Mr. SPEAKER read a message from the Senate, reporting the passage of the following private bills: Bill respecting theInternationnl Bridge Company. and an Act to revise and amend the Act incorporating the Montreal and Champlain Junction Railway Company. Mr. WHITE (Cardwell) resumed the de- bate on the tarifi. He could not agree with the member for Bothwell (Mr. Mills) in his statement that a popular Government does not imply popular infallibility. For his part in?) thought that in the present case popular Government did mean popular infallibility. When the late Finance Minister made his last budget speech he announced the exist- ence of a deficit, but proposed no remedy to meet that deficit. The leader of the then Opposition proposed a means-of meeting that deficit, but the then Government opposed it. The motion was the announcement of the Na- tional Policy to the country, and it was on that motion that the battle had been fought. Yet we are told that the verdict was not a true one, because the people were taken by sur- prise. He could not see, in the face of the facts he hadstated, that that charge could stand for a moment. Another statement that required explanation related to the famous telegram sent by the right hon. leader of the Government to a Mr, Boyd, of Halifax. It seemed that the right hon. gentleman had made a speech during a rain stelm, of which no notes were taken, and yet during which he was reported to have said that the party in- tended to give a protection of 35 per cent. He had no doubt it was in relation to this statement that the telegram had been sent, and was responded to by the right hon. gentleman under the same im- pression. It was. he believed. a statement that it was not the intention of the party to impose a 35 per cent protection. but simply such a readjustment of the tariff as would afford a due protection to Canadian industries, a pledge he held the Government had carried out. as'was even acknowledged by the late Finance Minister, from whose speech he quoted to that effect. He then took up dis- puted items to show that the tarifi was not op- pressive to Canadians. Sir John A. MACDONALD replied that It was the.iutention of the Government to propose that when the House adjourned on Thursday it should stand adjourned till three o’clock on the following Tuesday. Mr. Ives asked‘what course the Govvemmbnt intended to take with regard to adjourning the House for Easter. Hon. Mr. ROBINSON called the remember- ance of the hon. gentlemen opposite to the time when they had made attacks on a Gov- ernor-General. (Hear, hear and laughter.) Sir J 01m A. MACDONALD admitted that and said that the Government would not tender advice unless they thought it ought te be ac- cepted. ‘ J Mr. ANGLIN made some remarks about a series of attacks having been made on the Governor-General in certain_ joyrnnls. the date when it was passed and when pre. segfied'to hi§'_Exeellency. A Sir JOHN MACDONALD said the advice ten- dered his Excellency by the Government was not reduced to the form of an order-in-Goun- oil. The advice was given as from the Cabi- net and not from the Privy Council. Sir JOHN MACDONALD thought the hon. gen- tleman had been too long a. Cabinet Minister not to know that in a matter of this kind the Government could only announce what his Excellency permitted. That had been done. Hon. Mr. Homox said he presumed the object of making the announcement was to invite the consideration of the whole subject. He said it was not usual to make such an‘ nouncements, but since this 'had been done in this case, full particulars should be given as to when the advice was tendered, etc. Sm JOHN MACDONALD said the alivice had been tendered before the announcement was made. Mr. DESJAEDINES asked if the rumors to the effect agents of the Government were to begenl; to quland were founded on fact. Hon. Mr. MACKENZIE said the hon. leader of the Government in his second statement on Thursday had expressed regret that the advice of the Government had not been ac« cepted. Hon. Mr. MACKENZIE said he was quite aware of that, but the advice had been given and the announcement had been made in the House. If an order-in-Oouncil had been passed, the House had a right to demand that that order-in Council should be brought down. Sir JOHN MACDONALD replied that Hon. Mr. Langevin would sail by the next steamer for the Mother Country. He would go by the au- thority of the Government and with the con. sent of the Governor-General. He had to state, too, that the Government held them- selves x'eeponsible for what had been done. Si'r JOHN MACDONALD said if the hon. gen- tleman would read the statément which he made he would find there was nothing which could bear such a construction. Hon. Mr. MACKENZIE expressed his plea.- sure at hearing the last statement, as on a previous occasion the right hon. gentleman had shown a. dispoaition to hold the Gov- ernor-General responsible. (Cries of “No. i The long protracted debate on the budget ‘was continued this afternoon by Mr. Caron, the member for Quebec county, athorough specimen of the young French noblesse. He addressed the House in English, which he speaks with the utmost fluency. His speech was a. representative one from the Quebec district, whose several industries were care- fully reviewed, while the whole was an elo- quent defence of the National Policy. Mr. Kilvei‘t. of Hamilton, followed, and he is fairly entitled to the credit of making a. very suc- cessful maiden speech. He presented his views in a clear, logical and argumentative manner, and his remarks created a very fa.- vorable impression. Hon. Jas. MACDONALD (Pictou) said the matter alluded to had reference to a thigh official of the country. He had some days ago received a letter in regard to the matter he thought from a gentleman named Boyle. He would remind the House that this case was very different from that of a. fishery inspector in England. The gentleman against whom the charge was made held his position for life or good con- duct as a Judge of the Supreme Court. It would be unbecoming and improper under these circumstances to say more. Hon. Mr. TUPPER repudiated the charge that there was any ground of suspicion and then announced that he would lay the whole of the reports on the table of the House. V. c. BLAKE. Mr. Cosnom rose with a file of the Irish Canadian in his hand and asked if the atten- tion of the hon. Minister of Justice had been called to a charge made against Vice-Chancel- lor Blake, of having used certain language in- sulting to a community or sect in this country. He cited a case which had occurred in England in which a Government officialâ€"fishery inspectorâ€"â€"had been checked for similar conduct. He thought ‘it much more important that the Judges of the country should hold themselves above conduct such as were made against Vice- Chancellor Blake. He read from the Irish‘ Canadian the words imputed to the hon. ‘ Judge, which were to the effect that Protes- tants should unite to fight against papery and infidelity. He would make no motion, but would leave the case with the Minister of Justice. Hon. Mr. MACDOUGALL thought it might generate suspicion to withold any reports from the House. Hon. DB. TUPPEB said he would he quite willing that the hon. member for Chateau. guay (Mr. Holton) should inspecii the re~ ports in question, but the reporh were in some respects confidential and on this account he could not agree to submit them to the House. Hon. MR. MACKENZIE said that the hon. Minister had intimated yesterday that he was going to make a communication of this kind. He quite concurred in the idea that certain reports of engineers should not be submitted to the public. There were other portions which should be submitted for the criticism of the House. Mr. Bncmnn followed, opposing the tarifl, Hon. Mr. HOLTON said the hon. leader of the Opposition did not want the papers in the capacity of a private individual. He argued that the House had a. right to have these reports and objected to the pro- position of the Hon. Minister of Public Works. Hon. Dr. TUPPER said he wished to refer to the papers moved for by an hon. gentle- man opposite. These were the reports of the engineers comerninp,r the contracts on the Pacific Railway. He did not think it wise to lay these reports before the public, but offered to submit them privately to the leader of the Opposition. On motion of Mt. LIAGGAM papers were brought down in relation to certain contracts on the Pacific Railway. and were referred to the Public Accounts Committee. Hon. Mr. Homo»: rose to a. point of order, on which Mr. DeCosmos resumed his seat. summnc COURT! Hon. Mr. MACDONALD (Pictou), introduced a. bill to amend the Supreme and Exchequer Court Act ; also a. bill respecting the Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Females. Ontario. With respect to the latter the bill was intro- duced at the request of the Attorney-General of Ontario. Hon. Dr. TUPPER laid on the table a. num- ber of returns which had been moved for, as also did Hon. Messrs. Pope (P. E. I.) and Bowel]. 7 Mr. DECOSMOS said he was glad to find that even among those hon. members who every day styled British Columbia an incubus, an excrescence, and other similar terms, no see- onder to the motion could be found. â€"Mt. THOMPSON (Cariboo), moved the ad joqgnnleng of the House. No seconder could be found to the motion. Mr. DeGosmos was proceeding to speak to his motion, but was ruled out of order by the Sp99k8& Mr. DECOSMOS moved that leave be granted him to introduce a. bill entitled an Act for the Peaceful Separation of British Columbia from the Dominion of Canada. Sir John A. MACDONALD and he would not object to the amendment, but he thought the debate had proceeded far enough and he hoped the House would get into Committee of Ways and Means to-morrow night. The House adjourned at 12:15 a. m. OTTAWA, April 8. Mr. MACKENZIE said the right hon. gentleman would not say so himself. He went on at great length denouncing the National Policy, which he said was contrary to all laws, human and divine. He concluded by moving the following amendment : That the resolution be not now concurred in, but that it be resolved that while this House is pre- pared to make ample provision for the require- ments of the public service and the public credit it regards the scheme now under con- sideration as calculated to distribute unequal- ly, and therefore unjustly, the burdens of tax- ation; to divert capital from its natural and most profitable employment. to benefit special classes at the expense of tlie~whole commun- ity; tending towards rendering futile the costly and persistent efforts of this country to secure a share of the immense and growing carrying trade of this continent and to create an antagonism between the commercial policy of the Empire and that of Canada, which might lead to consequences deeply to be de- plored. Mr. Cums moved the adjournment of the debate. New Brunswick got up and denounced his treachery. (Cries of “ order.”) He meant the word to apply in a. political sense. not in a personal one. He and his friends had gone to. the country to advocate a revenue tarifi and had been defeated. They had opposed protection and would continue to do so. He proclaimed himself a free trader, but admitted that it was utterly impossible to carry out the principles of free trade. In 1874, at Ham- ilton and in Brampton, he had given a com- pleteexpose of his views. He admitted that the hon. gentlemen opposite had carried out their promises as to protection, that they had gone even further, but they had not fulfilled their pledges. He charged the Government with having framed the tarifl in the interests of classes, while the farmers and the working- men had been neglected. The hnn. leader of the Government had told the manufacturers of Hamilton in 1877 that all they would have to do would be to ask the Government for what they wanted and they would get it. The policy of the Government was avowedly in Iavor of certain classes in the country. He argued that the tax of 15 cents a. bushel on wheat would not increase the price and asked the right hon. leader of the Government what he thought about it. Sir JbHN MACDONALDâ€"The hon. gentle- man’s friends from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Quebec say it will increase the price. The Speaker took the chair at 3 o’clock. After routine, PACIFIC RAILWAY CONTRACTS. BRXTISH C DLUMBIA. THE TARIFF. RETURNS. â€"If a man has but one leg, of course he can’t take part in a pedestrian match, but then he can assume the character of amaimed veteran, and grind a remunerative haml- organ. â€"A very important invention has been adopted by the Augsburg Worsted Mills. An electro-magnetic Instrument stops the ma- chine on the breakage of any of the doubling threads. â€"The Baden Aniline and Soda. Factory has cleared during its fiscal year some 3,250,- OOK) marks, which will allow a dividend of ten per cent., as against eight per cent. last year. The stream at the point of crossing was very deep. When the front file, which was stretched out a quarter of a. mile in length. had nearly gained the opposite shore, the ice isuddenly gave way under them. Some four or five hundred animals tumbled into the opening all in a heap. Others fell in on top of them and sunk out of eight in a twinkling. By this time the rotten ice was breaking off short under the still-advancing herd. They were wedged in so thickly that they could do nothing but struggle for a second and thou disappear. In a. minute fromlhe time the first we broke not a buflalo was to be seen. (From the Chicago Times.) An army officer, who arrived in the city from the Yellowstone Valley aday or two ago, tells a story of what happened to a herd of buffaloes that were migrating southward. The herd numbered 2,500 head. The herd struck the river near Cow Island. The ani- mals came upon the river with a solid front, and began the crossing with closed ranks. “ If there be a man so kihd to me, will he shoot me in the heart or cut my throat 1’" was the cry raised by Nicholas Sehillinger as he lay in agony, the victim of an accident on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The Buffalo d‘z Western Express train from Philadelphia and New York, due at this city at 1:15 a. m., left on time. The engineer and fireman had been changed. The engine was one of the best upon the road, and the engineer Schil- linger, one of the oldest employes of the com- pany, had taken his seat at the lever. Henry Stevenson,for the past half-dozen years upon the payroll of the company, was in the fire- man’s seat. The signal was given, and the long train, loaded with human freight, started off at a thirty-mile run. It was bounding along through the suburbs of the city at the usual even speed when -it entered a cut at the northern boundary of Wilkes; barre. Pa. It has never been considered a particularly dangerous place, and no watch- man has ever been stationed there. The train had proceeded but a few hundred yards into the cut when, as the fireman said, the engine began to go up and down, and, on an instant later, it had plunged headlong into the right bank of the cut. The engine tender doubled over top of the engine-house, and buried in the ruins were the engineer, Nich- olas Schillinger, and Henry Stevenson, the fireman. The pipes, filled with scalding water and steam, were broken, and , their contents turned upon the poor unfortu- nates lying under the engine. The baggage car of the train alone left the track, but the suddenncss of the stop produced several severe contusions and great fright. Ladies fainted and men were thrown over the backs of seats and upon the floor. The voices of the en- gineer and fireman crying piteously for help almost drowned the noise of the escaping steam. Schillinger was a German, and, in his broken accents, he pleaded to be killed, and when he found his appeals for deliver- ance from his terrible posrtion unavailing, he cried like a cl d. till unconsciousness and death hushed i. 5 voice. The fireman was lying very close to him. but in a more favor- able position. The willing hands of succor were greatly baffled for some time. The escaping steam was so dense that nothing could be seen around the wreck but the frag ments, and when assistance did come the brave engineer was past all human aid. The fireman with great difficulty was extricated, but died this evening. Your correspondent visited the families of the men. Stevenson, before his death, lay upon his bed writhing in agony and praying for the end to come. “Why was I not killed at once and put out of this misery?" was his oftrepeated ejacula. tion. He said he was compelled to breathe the furnace flames, while the steam had so scolded him that the flesh hung in shreds upon the upper portion of his body. His hands were burned to the bone and the fin- ger-nails dropped off. Schillinger, the en- gineer, was scarcely recognizable by his old comrades. He leaves a wife and daughter. Stevenson had a wife and two children. ICE BREAKING AND BUFFALOES ALL DRO‘VNED. Brave [Engineers “'Jvo flogged to be PW!“ Breathing [furnace Flame: and Steam. 0n the conclusion of Mr. (iunn‘s effort, Mr. Drew moved tha adjournment of the de- bate. ' Mr. GUNN, of Kingston, followed, but whether he said anything or not it was im- possible to tell as his remarks were entirely inaudible. Of course he opposed the tariff! Mr. COUGHLIN approved of the tariff. and was perfectly satisfied that all the pledges given by the Government had been carried out. He showed how beneficial the tariff would be to the agriculturists by quoting statistics of produce imported from the United States, and theheavy duty to be paid thereon, but which formerly came in free. He argued that the provisions made for protecting farm produce would prove highly beneficial. He approved of the tarifi as a whole but thought it would be well if some advance were made in the duties on pork and wool. Mr. Tnow proceeded to read an elaborate calculation, the object of which Was to prove that if the great Reform party had got a few more votes at the general election they would have been returned to power. He then repeated the stock assertions that the farmers and laborers had been neglected in the framing of the tariff. Mr. Rocanemn spoke in reference to the lumber trade in repudiation of the statement that the tarifi' would increase the price of lumber 50cts. ’9. thousand feet. He denied that the price of lumber would be increased in any appreciable degree. As 9. practice! lumberer he claimed that he was better authority than the great ma- jority of the gentlemen opposite, so far as that industry was concerned. and continued speaking until 6 o’clock when the House rose for recess. Mr. BECEARD continued his remarks. giving special attention to the features of the tariff relating to the farming interests which he contended would receive no benefit what- ever. Sir John MACDONALD rose ton question of privilege. He referred to a paragraph in the correspondence of the Toronto Globe of this morning. The paragraph had been wired in anticipation and communicated to him. He‘ then read the paragraph from the Globe. After which he stated that he had submitted it to his Excellency the Governor-General, asking his permission to contradict it. His Excellency replied that he was quite willing to do so, if he (Sir John Macdonald) thought it worth while. Sir John Macdonald then read a letter from His Excellency in which it was stated that the Globe paragraph referred to was entirely without foundation. The announcement was received with loud cheers from the Ministerial benches. Mr. VALLEE spoke in French. favoring the new tarifi, congratulating the Finance Min- ister on his success in inaugurating a. policy for the general good, and declaring his be- lief that Canada would prosper under that: policy. The House adjourned at 12:15. 1'30 AS'I‘E ID T0 DEATH A her Recess, TARIFF DEBATE . PRIVILEGE.