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Mr. BOTLTBEE censured the conduct of the hon. member for Gloucester (Mr. Auglin) for introducing the religious: cry into the House, as such was calculated to do a great deal of harm. After some remarks from Mr. Yen, Hon. Mr. MACDOUGALL said that at the late hour, 11:50 p. 111., he would not claim the attention of the House for a very long period. He claimed that the issue which had resulted in the introduction of a protective policy had been placed fairly before the people, ; Mr. DOMVILLE presented the report of the Committee on Banking and Commerce. THE TARIFF DEBATE. Mr. DREW resumed the debate on the tariff. He said he simply rose to place on record his reasons for supporting the policy inaugurated by the Government. As the debate was to be brought to a. close to-day and as there were several other members who wished to speak he would not occupy much time. He ex~ pressed himself perfectly satisfied with the tariff, as it gave the people the protection whichthey required. The people had demanded protection and they knew what they were asking for. The Speaker took the chair at three o‘clock. After routlne, ‘ A number of petitions were presented and several returns were laid on the table. Mr. Anglin said he knew as much about the politics of Prince Edward Island as any one else. not a resident of the province. He said the National Policy had nothng to do with the elections, but that the result had been brought about by a religious cry, the " No Popery Cry.” Mr. McLennan on getting the floor wont on with the budget debate. He took up the 0;» position [imam-imam which he criticised closely, showing how incosistent it was with the practices of the hon. genbleman who supported it. Mr. ARKELL followed, supporting the gen- eral policy of the Government. He believed the new tariff would result in a great deal of prosperity for Canada, but he thought there was not quite enough protection for the farm- ers. He believed there should have been a duty of ten cents a bushel on corn and also an increased duty on pork. He was sure enough pork could be raised in Canada. to supply the home demand and leave a consid- erable surplus for export. He advo- cated a duty on wool also. These changes, if made, he felt sure would Work well and only fill a want felt by the farmers in connection with the tarifi. As a whole, however, he favored the tnrifi, which he believed would bring prosperity to the country. MLMASBUE followed in French, supporting the tarifi which he regarded as a complete fulfilment of the pledges made to the pggplel Hon. Mr. MACCENZIE then took the floor and indulged in an excited harangue of several minutes duration. He was partic- ularly indignant at any reference to Provincial elections being made in the House While such a. solemn discussion was going on. He grew very demonstrative on the loyalty question, accusing the Government of opposing Great Britain and favoring the United States. Mr. BRECKEN administered a, scathing re- buke on the (exâ€"Premier for his intempemte and uncalled for diplay. It suited that gen tleman, he said, to sneer at Prince Edward Island now, but he would remind him that he Was indebted to that Province for the position he had held as Premier of the Do- minion. The people of Plince Edward Island had only Waited an opportunity to throw off the shackles of Gritism, and they had done so. He spoke at some length in defence of his Province and in condemnation of the re marks made by the member for Lamhton. Mr. chrnm said there had been a perfect preparation of the measure brought down by the Finance Minister. From ocean to ocean the people had pronounced in favor of a pro- tective tarifi and that had been given. The tarifi was in perfect consistency with the object of obtaining a sulfioiency of revenue, and also of affording the pro- tection necessary to revive the industries of Canada. He continued speaking till six o’clock, when the House took recess. Alter recess The following private bills passed the Com- mittee of the whole House, were read a third time and passed : Hon. Dr. TUPPEB said that these matters might be better dealt with in Committee. The bill was read a second time. An Act to amend the Act incorporating the Ottawa. Loan and Investment Company and to change the name to the Manitoba and NortliwestLoan Company, limitedâ€"Mr. Kirk- patrickâ€"was also read a second time. THE TARIFF DEBATE. Mr. PLUMB resumed the budget debate. He began by reading Mackenzie’s amend- ment which he proposed to take as a text for his remarks. He then proceeded to review the operations of the late Government during the time they were in power, With a View to showing up the reckless extravagance which characterized that Administration. Mr. KILLAM spoke strongly in favor of deepening the canals and the expenditure upon the St. Lawrence River. He depre cated the tax on grain and thought the idea of trade seclusion was not calculated to pro- mote the welfare of any country. He thought that the tariff would be rough upon shippers from the Maritime Provinces to the United States if they were not allowed to bring back return cargoes without taxation. Hon. Mr. POPE, (Prince Edward Island). again rose amid cheers and continued his reference to the Provincial elections, the reâ€" sult of which he claimed was an endorsntiou of the National Policy, as that question had entered largely largely into the campaign. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Ottawa river for the use of the Quebec. Montreal, Ottawa & Occidental Railway, and for other purposes, as amended by the Standing Committee on Railways, Canals and Telegraph Lines.~~H0n. Mr. Holton. Mr. Domnm did not wish to oppose the bill, but the promoters asked ten years in which to build the bridge, yet they only had a. capital of 85,000 with ten per cent., $500 paid up. He wished to have some explan- ations on the matter, as the river was a boundary between Canada and the United States. and the bill was not in the hands of the member for the county, a fact that cer- tlinly required some explanation. Hon. Mr. Pom: (P. E. Island). rose and said he had a little pleasant intelligence to communicate to the House. which would doubtless be of great interest to the hon. leader of the Opposition and some of his supporters. The local election took place in that Province to-day, and although it was said the National Policy would ruin Prince Edward Island, the Liberal- Conservative Government had been sustained by a majority of about 20, the numbers being 25 to 5. He was going on to speak when Mr. MACKENZIE jumped up in an excited manner and commenced to make an attack on the Minister of Marine. He had never seen such a performance in Parliament be- fore, and thought if the hon. Minister had no more sense than to make such an announce- ment, he ought, at least, to have some respect for the dignity of the House. The insulting remarks of the ex-Premier were greeted with loud cries of ” order.” Hon. Mr. BWELL rose to a. point of order, stating that the hon. member for Lambton had seized the floor before the Hon. Minister of Murine had finished speaking. Mr. SPEAKER ruled thzit the finint of order was properly taken, and the member for Lambton sat down. An Act to incorporate the Geographical Society of Quebec, as amended by the Stand- ing Committee on Miscellaneous Bills.â€"-Mr. Fortin'. Mr. Bunmm (Sunbury) moved the second reading of the bill. to incorporate the Calais anglAStL Stephen nglway Bgidge Co. DOMINWN PfiRLIflMEHT. ll l‘lh Pin-lining Kiri: _ glut-fie; .; OTTAWA, April 8 indeed, more so ‘han he had seen any issnel during his career as a. public man. He 1 announced that he had not been entirely in accord with Sir John Mnmlonzild on many questions. He felt that that; gentleman was anxious to advance the interests of the couxr try, and in that respect he was always ready to assist in promoting any measure which jwould increase the prospeiity of the Do- minion. He proceeded to discuss the question of free trade and pro- tection in an able manner, and said he was a free trader in a general sense, but in] the present instance he found no one to freejtrade with, and consequently it was the duty of every true Canadian to encourage a National Policy which would place Canadian interests on a firm basis. (Hear, hear). Sir A. J. SMITH pointed out the import- ance of the question, it being a radical change in the tariff of the country. He proceeded to detail at great length all the in. cidents connected with the entry of the Province of New Brunswick into the Union, and blamed Mr. Tilley as the chief cause of that act. He charged him with break- king faith with the people of St. John by consenting to the imposition of increased taxes in the face of his assertions previous to Confederation. He stated that while Mr. Tilley was speaking in the House of Commons at Ottawa, in November, 1873, there was in existence an orderâ€"in-Council, passed in October, appointing him Lieut- Governor of New Brunswick, and the hon. Minister of Finance must have been aware of it. He charged Mr. Tilley with having, while yet Lieut.-Governor of New Brunswick, visited St. John for the purpose of receiving a requisition and making a political speech there. Hon. Mr. TILLEY denied the statement. Hon. Mr. SMITH said anyway the nomina- tion was accepted while yet the hon. Finance Minister was Lieut.-Governor of New Bruns- wick, and, therefore, he became a partisan while he held office, and yet with all his per- sonal influence and official influence he was only elected by a majority of nine votes, which majority he owed to Sir John’s tele- gram declaring they would not giave protec‘ tion but simply a. readjustment of the tariff. He complained that Dr. Tripper in his election speech had called him an office-seeker and a fool. He was surprised that Mr. Tilley, who was present, had by his silence given acquies- cence in the assertion, but he was more sur- prised When that hon. gentleman had been a colleague with him for over seven years, and he knew well that the charge was untrue. During the whole eight years and upwards that he was a member of the New Brunswick Government he had only held a portfolio for about two. Besides, the hon. Minister of Public \Vorks knew well that in 1872 the Dominion Government had offered him the LieutenantGiNurnorship of New Brunswick, which he declined. In the following year he had met the Hon. Minister of Public Works in N. S.. and then that lion. gentle- man propost that he (Smith) should tnke‘ the Governorship of N. 8., and Hon. Dr J Tupper that of N. B, That ofer he ulsr)‘ ‘dorllned. Shortly after he was offered a seat‘ in the Cabinet by the Right Hon. the Premier, i and in October 1873, the Hon. Minister of Pululic Works within a half an hour after his arrivnl in Oitawa offered him for the second time a portfolio. and yet in the face of that the lion. gentleman lind styled him an oifice- - seeker. He then gave the House an interest- ing and graphic account of his politicalI career to the present time to refute theI charge that he was a fool. and afterwards turned his attention to the tarifl, which he Mr. CIMON replied in French, reading from Mr. Laurieris speech in 1871 to show that that gentleman was a protectionist. Then he made a decisive reply on the loyalty ques. tion. showing by extracts from Grit speeches and press articles in 1873 how that partv disâ€" played the most disgraceful disloyalty to her Majesty’s representative in Canada. Mr. 1310fo moved the adjournment of the debate. Hon.Mr. TILLEY said it was very important that a vote should be taken at the present sit- ting and it was the general Wish that the de- bate should not proceed further. Sir ALBERT SSHTH objected to this arrange- ment, as there were several hon. members whg Wisyed t_o speak yet. Hon. Mr. Txniny sfiid that if there were any others who wished to speak they might gororn. r Mr. ANOLIN then stated that if he must speak he would do so. He proceeded to re- view the fiscal operations of the last six years. He denied that the late Administration were to blame for the increase in the expenditure or for the deficits which had occurred under their regime. Tue deficits, he claimed, had been occasioned by the falling off in the revenue. He went on at great length, defending the late Government and its financial policy, occasionally complaining that he did not receive proper attention, and at one time there was a. leeble “hear, hear,” from some member of the Opposition, and he (Mr. Aug- lin), expressed his satisfaction that there was one gentleman in the House who was cour- teous enounh to listen to him, as a return of the compliment he said he would address the remainder of his remarks to that gentleman. (Hear, hear. Chorus of solid snores.) He con tinued speaking in opposition to the Govern- ment and the tarifl until 4:30 mm. when he set down. SIR ALBERT SMITH moved the adjournment of the debate which was lost, and the Speaker gave the order to call in the members: u The vote was then taken on Mr. Mackenzie’s amendment, which was lost. Yeas, 53 ; nays 136. YEYsâ€"Anglin, Buiu, Bnrden, Bourmssa, Burk, Bm‘pee,(St. John), Burpee, (Sunbury), Cameron, (Huron),£,nrtwr' ht, Casey, Cusgrzun, Chandler, gharltop,___ Chr _t_ie, _ Cogkbprn,_ (Muslgqm), Dumont, Fleet, Fleming, Galbraith, Geofirion, Gillies, Gillmor, Gum], Hmddow, Holton, Hv‘ntingbon, Killmn, King, Larue, Luurier, Muc- donnel] (Inverness), Mackenzie. McIsaILc, Malouin, Mills, Oliver, Olivier. Paterson (Brant). Pickard, Bil-fret, Robertson (Shelbume), Rogers, Ho 5 (Middlesex). Ryma. , Scriver, Skinner, Smith (Sel- kirk), Smith(Westmorelund). Snowball, Th mp- son (Huldinmnd), Trow, Weldon, Yeo. Toful yeas, 53. ' NAYs.â€"Allison, Arkell, Baby. Baker. Benoit, Bergeran, Bergin, Holduc, Buultbee, Bourbeuu, Bowell, Brooks, Bunster, Bunting, Burnhum, Cameron, (Vienria), Carling, Caron, Cimon, Cockburn (Northulnberlund). Colby, Connvll, Costigan, Coughliu, Goupnl, Coursol, Currier, (Jutlmert, Duly, Dawson, Decosmos, Dcsmllninrs, Desjzu‘dins, Dewdney, Dmnville, Drew, Dubuc, Dugus, E1!i0tb,F1u‘row, Fel‘guSun, Fltz-immons, Furtin, Fulton, szlt, Gigxullt, Gill, Gir- ouzml (Jucques Cartier), Glrouurd (Kent), Graadbois, Huckett, Haggurt, Hay, Hes- nnn, Hilliard, Hooper, Houde, Hui-team, Ives, Jackson, Keeler, Kilvert, Kll‘kpatfick, Krunz, Landry, Lune. Lumber, Little, Longzlny. Macâ€" donuld (Kings), Mucdonald (Victoria, B. 0,) Mc- Donuld (Gripe Breton), Mnedonnld (l’ictou), Mac- (lnnnlrl (Victoria N. 3,) Mminillun, MuCullum, McCurtlly,1\IcCuuig,MuodouguthcGr evy, Mo» lungs, McKay, McLemmn, McLeod, Mchule, McRory, Mussue, Merner, Methot, M ngeuuis, Montpluisir, Mans-301m, Muttn't, O'Connnr, Ogden, Orton, Ounnet. Patterson. (Essex). Pinson- neamlt, I’en'uult, Flatt, Plumll, Pope, (Comp't'on). Papa, (Queens), l’oupore, Richey. Robertson, (Hamilton), Robinson, Rnbitmlle, Roch- ester, Ross, (Dundas), Runlcuu, Routh- ier, Ryan, (Murqnctte), Ryun, (Montreal), nykert. Shaw, Spronle, Stephenson, Strange Tusse, Tellier, Thompaon, (Curiboo), Tilley, Tuppel‘. Vulin, Vallee, Wade, Wallace, (Norfolk), Wallace, (York), \Vhite, (Curdwell), White. (Hastings), White, (Renfrew), Williams, Wright. Toff}. nuys,1‘ '. THE TARIFF. 011 motion to receive the report Gopmittcfe 911 Ways and Means, The Hbuse’adjourned at 5:10 n.m.. It was decider] that the House should adjourn this evening tlll Tuesday afternoon. Mr. KIRKPATRICK moved that the Printing Committee be instructed to take into con- sideration the quality of the stationery sup- plied to me House and to report thereon. Carried. The tériff resolutions were carried by the sarge majority. ‘ Hon. J. H. Pope presented the report of the Committee on Railways and Canals Several petitions were laid on the table. On motion of Mr. RYKERT, the Selkirk and South Saskatchewan Railway Bill was with- drawn. The Speaker took the chair at 3 p.m After routine, REPORTS OTTAWA, April 10 of the _1,he critinized and condemned as a means of [11mm ruin to Canada and the Maritime Provinces especially. He argued at great length in this connection. more particularly on the duties on the maturiaes for shipping which, he declared, would cause an enormous increase in the rice. He continued at some length his re- marks concerning the tariff. ‘ Hon. Mr. TILLEY explained the circum- stances of his being appointed Lieutenant- Governor of New Brunswick. He stated that when he rettirned from England, in 1873. he had been summoned to Ottawa by the Pre- mier. He went there by special train, and arrived there on the Thursday on which the House had adjourned till the following Mon- day. He at once went to the Executive Coun- cil Ham-end then the Premier had told him that he had had a narrow escape of being made Lieutenant-Governor of New Bruns- wick. He waited on the Governor-General the following morning, and. after having communicated to his Excellency the result of his mission to England, he then informed him that under no circumstances would he accept the position of Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. It had been his in- tention, if his Government were do- feated, to go down -With them, but when the Premier informed him that it was the intention of the Government to resign. and that it had been customary for a member of a resigning Administration to accept such a position as that of Lieutenant- Governor, he had listened to the proposition that he should accept the office. HlS hon. friend had charged him with having spoken on the 5th of November that could not be true as it was not on that day that he had spoken, but on the 2nd of November. and at that time he had refused the appointment of Lieutenantâ€"Governor. And more, before his departure for England the Hon. Peter Mit- chell and himself had determined upon the gentleman whom they believed to be the most fitted for the post when the time came for one to be appointed. Another thing, the appointment of a Lieutenant-Governor was brought up in the Council after he had informed the Governorâ€"General that he would not accept it and it was decided that at that time they would not make any appointment. Besides, if he had had the slightest idea at that time that he was to be the Lieut.-Governor, did the hon. member think he would have gone to the expense of bringing up his whole family all the way from St. John to Ottawa? He had not the re- motest conception that he would have been Lieut.-Governor when he spoke on thev2nd of November. Sir A. J. SMITH réad the letters. Hon. Mr. TILLEY Bald he had not the letters with him, but he had them home. In one letter he (Smith) said he was anxious to to see Hon. Mr. Tilley, and would have called on him at Fredericton if he he had not been detained at Hnlifax by the Fisheries Com. mission. What he wished to know was Hon. Mr. Tilley’s opinion with regard to a second term. He also wished H011. Mr. Tilley to be his colleague. that they were certain of the Province of Quebec, and he had no doubt Hon. Mr. Tilley would shortly be a Cabinet Minister, as his (Smith’s) party would celtainly be sustained. To that letter he had given the same answer as hehad given to the 1101:). Senator, and that. no doubt, was why the hon. member for Westmoreluud hail charged him (Mr. Tilley) with having made use of his letter at a. public meeting. Sir. A. J. SMITH hére rose and atutempted to speak, but was met with shouts of “order, Hon. Mr. TILLEYâ€"More than that. After he (Tilley) had been over a fortnight in his position of Lieut.-Governor, at a dinner given him by his constituents, the hon. member for Westmoreland had been present and con- gratulated him, and expressed his regret at not having had the pleasure of nominating him for the office. He felt he had fulfilled the duties of his office in a manner that even the hon. member for Westmoreland lhad acknowledged to be satisfactory to the lpeoplc. The hon. member for Westmore 1 land had charged him with making a partisan speech at St. John. The facts were these. ‘ He had made an appointment at St. John to . describe some of the bountiful donations given by London and Liverpool for the relief .of the sufferers by the terrible fire at St. ‘ J ohn. and while there was waited on by some gentlemen who wished to know when they could see him to present a requisition. He made an appointment with them at the hotel and there they met him, but owing to the number of gentlemen who wished to be present they told him if he would come down to a larger room they would present it there. He did so, and there the requisition was pre- sented and he told them that being Lieut; Governor of the Province he could not say a word as to the doings of the late Administra- tion until after he had communicated with the Governor-General, and he left that room without having said a single word that could be construed as a partisan speech. He immediately communicated with his Excellency, and after a. short delay his resignation was accepted. He had been charged with havingY at the Mechanics’ Insti- tute, made a. speech in which he stated that he might have retained his office as Lieutenant- Governor and received his $45,000 had he chosen. Sir A. J. SMITHâ€"That was not so? Hon. Mr. TILLEY-‘NO. Well, the hon. gentleman knows better. Continuing, he said that he had been approached by a Sena- i tor, who was a brother-in-law of one of the! Ministers of the Crown, who had told him that if he would accept a second term he had no doubt he would receive the appointment. More than that, Mr. Dunne, a gentleman held in high respect in St. John. had asked for an inter- view. Mr. Dunne said he had had an interview with Messrs.Burpee and Smith, and that they had authorized him to state that if Mr. Tilley would accept a second term he had but to signify his desire and it would be granted him. He would also refer to certain letters which had been written to him by Mr. Smith, marked “ private.” He only referred to it as it had been mentioned by the hon. gentle- man himself. but he would not reveal the contents, as it was private. but if the hon. membu from Westmorolaud would lift the veil of secrecy he would then be able to better vindicate himself before the House than he could at that time. Hmi. Mr. TILLEyâ€"Well in that letter he said. Sir A. J. SMITH consented to lift the veil of secrecy, fl Hon. Mr. TxLLsYâ€"Never mind the order- in-Council. It was passed while he was in England and he knew nothing Whatever about it. It was only when he knew the Ministers were to resign that he listened to the question at all, and when he had been informed by the Governor- General himself that; there was nothing inconsistent in his accepting the offerâ€"that it had been done in England under similar circumstancesâ€"that he took the matter into consideration and it was an entire surprise to his family. who were first informed of it by the Secretary of State. He had been charged with voting and drawing his pay as a Minis- ter of the Crown, and at the same time re- ceiving his salary as Lieutenant-Governor. The Sarnia Observer had published an article to that effect. Here he read the article. That was but a sample of the accusations that had been brought against him ; accuse~ tions that were as untrue as they were numerous and which he would speak of and refute more particulnrly before the debate had ended. He had never voted in that House after his return from England. and as to his drawing the double pay for a fortnight it was as absurd as it was untrue. Long before long before he had the slightest idea of be- coming Lieut.-Governor the member for Westmoreland had spoken to him on the question of that position. and had told him that his acceptance would be acceptable to the people of New Brunswick. He was sure the hon. gentleman would not deny that. Sir A. 3. SMITH said if he had 110% said that he had intended to say so. Sir A. SMITH and Mr. AxeLINâ€"‘What about the order-in-Council of the 26thof October 7 . ..~-.-"*‘~-“"' " ' . 'w v.7 order," \vlnch changed to cues 0f“cha1r,” when the Speaker rose. Sir J oHN MACDONALD said the hon. member must sit down when the Speaker rose. 811' A. J. Snrmâ€"Not when you tell me to. Several hon. membersâ€"Call in the Ser- geant-et-Arms and remove him. Sir A. J. SMITH then resumed his seat. Hon. Mr. TILLEY continuing, said he under" stood the hon. member for. Northumberland had stated that the tariff was the last act of the Finance Minister. If that was so then he would be prbud of his last act and his children after him would be proud at de- scending from one who had conferred such a benefit on his country. It had been stated by hon. members on the Opposition benches that even from his own county he would be deluged with letters of remonstrance against the tariff. He had not received three letters of remonstrsnce from his own county. The whole Province was awakening to the benefit of the Government’s policy. There was an uprising throughout the whole Dominion of the people, who were realising that the tariff was to produce the most prosperous results ‘to the country. as they would see at the end ‘ of the first twelve months. â€"- Eight Methodist churches in Detroit have resolved to pool their debts and raise a common fund to pay them. Hon. Mr. MILLS opposed the bill on the ground of unconslitutionulity. He thought the matter should be dealt with by the Pro- vincial Governments. Sir JOHN MACDONALD spoke at length on the necessity of subdividing the labor of the Public Works Depaltment, which, he be‘ lieved, was far too great at present, The bill was read a second time. On motion of Sir JOHN MACDONALD the House went. into Committee of the Whole on the bill to provide against contagious diseases afilicting animals, Mr. Mousseau in the chair. Sir JOHN MACDONALD announced his inten- tion of withdrawing the Act to amend the Dominion Lands Act. The bill passed through Committee without amendment, The Act to amend the Post Office Act of 1875, was read a. second time. Hon. Mr. MACKENsz thought that when railways and canals were taken out there were noimanj pulllic Works. Hex}. Mr. HoLToN argued that one Minister was suflicient for the Public Works Depart- ment. Hon Mr. MACKENZIE concurred,and further expressed his opinion that six or seven Min- isters, assisted by'a number of inferior Minâ€" isters, on the same system as now in vogue in England would be an improvement. Hon. Dr. TuPPER enumerated a list of public works, such as harbor improvements, etc., which required attention. He mged the desirability of the proposed change as the work of the Department was now too great for any one Minister. It being six o’clock there were cries of “adjourn,” when Hon. Mr. Tilley resumed his sea; and, §ir A. J. Smith agaip rose}: On motion of Hon. Dr. TUPPER the ‘Honse went into Committee on the bill respecting the offices of Receiver-General and Minister of Public Works, Mr. Plumb in the chair. There was considerable discussion on the clause for d1viding the Department of Public Works into two, the heads of which to be known as Minister of Public Works and Minis- ter of Railways and Canals. Sir JOHN MACDONALD moved' the adjourn ment of the House. Sir A. J. SMITH said he could speak to the adjgurymenfi The SPEAKER declared it to be six o’clock and left the chair. The House took recess. Alter Recess. Hon. Mr. Home»: rose and said it was not the intention of the Opposition to keep the House sitting. and expressed a. willingness to close the debate. Sir JOHN MACDONALD acquiesced in the sug- gestion and withdrew the motion to adjourn the House. Hon. Dr. TUPPER thought that as the bill had been a long time on the paper. and as the session was very far advanced, it was scarcely fair to ask its postponement on the second reading. When the third reading came on there would be ample opportunity for moving amendments. After some further remarks the House went into Committee, Mr. Plumb in the chair. T119 bill was regg‘a segond‘time and repgrted. Sir JOHN MACDONALD said it was agreed to adjourn at six o‘clock and that hour had ar- rived. rl‘he House went into Committee on Hon. Mr. Baby’s bill to amend and consolidate the Acts respecting duties imposed on bills of exchange and promissory notes, and amended section six by striking out the words " upon any chartered bank," from the fifth line of page 3. The 10th clause was amended by adding the words “ or initials " after the words “ part of the signature,” in the forty-eighth line of page 3. Also by adding the words " or the witness attesting the same ” after the worda “ maker or drawer," in the i9th line of page 3. The 20th clause is amended by giv- ing the power to the Governor-General in Council to make regulations for the redemption of any stamped paper or spoiled stamped paper in the hands of banks or private individuals. After Recess, Hon. Dr. Tnpmm moved the second read- ing of the bill to amend the Truro & Pictou Railway_’¥rah§fer Act of 1877.7 Hon: Mr. MACKENZIE stated some objec- tions he had to the bill. and asked that it be allowed to stand for further consideration. Hon. Mr. HOLTON said it would be better thgtrthe Speakerrshouldilgave the chair. _ Hon. Mr. TILLEY moved the adjournment of the debate. Sir ALBERT SMITH said he had removed the seal of secrecy concerning letters he had written, on condition that they should be pre- sented to the House. Referring to Mr. Dunne he said that gentlemen had always been a strong friend of the Finance Minister, but that gentleman had never had any authority to say that Hon. Mr. Tilley would be con- tinued in the office of Limit-Governor. After -somâ€"e further discussion the bill was regoyted wi§hou§ further amendments. 'It being6 o'clock the Speaker left the chair. Hun. Mr. Poms (P. E. I.) brought down a return concerning the fisheries of British Columbia. Hon. Mr. TILLEY said that in the letters referred to by Sir Albert Smith he thought he (Mr. Tilley) had been requested to destroy the correspondence. but he did not think he had done so. With regard to Mr. Dunne he stated that that gentleman spoke without any reservation as to the authority he had for conveying to him the offer of the position of LieutnGovernor for a. second term. The House adjourned at 8.30. The Speaker took the chair at 3 p. 111. After routine, Several petitions were presented praying for the appointment of a, permanent Railway Commission. On motion of Hon. Mr. POPE (Compton). the resolution and bill respecting the census and statistics were read a second time. Hon. Dr. TUPPEB brought down a number of returns. The bill was repofted with amendments on the understanding that. if thought necessary by absent members, the bill should be re- ferred back to the Committee of the Whole for consideration. On motion of Hon. Mr. POPE (Compton) the House Went into Committee of the \Vhole on the Senate bill respecting census and statistics. In reply to Hon. Mr. Cartwright, Hon. Mr. POPE said the bill was substanti- ally the same as that passed in 1870. In reply to Mr. Anglin, Sir JOHN MACDONALD said the reason why the Act was sought to be passed this session, two years in advance, was that in 1870 so much hurry was occasioned that Mr. Dun- kin, who was then Minister of Agriculture, was nearly killed with the work it gave him a chance to get everything ready on time. The House adjourned at 10.20. OTTAWA, April 15. â€"The works of the St. Gothard tunnel have not been interruptad a. single day for six years. â€"Pi Bert finds that, by placing a patient in an apparatus where the pressure can be in- creased to two atmospheres, nitrate oxide can be administered 30 as to produce con~ tinned anaesthesia, while the blood receives its normal supply of oxygen, and the normal conditions of respiration are maintained. â€"In Venezuela. they are making flour from unripe dried bananas. ~Joseph Wharton has sent to the French Academy a marine compass with a. nickel needle. It is proposed that it should be put on a French ship for comparison with steel needles. Dt-cnilfulness and Unrellalfll ty of "on bus! lVleu~Sick People sun: to Live Longest A writer in the Portland (Me) Press, possi- bly taking the hint from a recent paragraph in the Times, proposes a new plan of life in- suranceâ€"a company in which only invalids and weaklings shall be insured. He says : “ The robust man shall be shunnedâ€"â€"for he is a deception and a snare. You cannot count on him. Heis always sure to diewhen death is least expected. He has been the utter ruin of many strong companies. and the cause of embarrassment and impoverishment to many others. Just when you are counting on his premium for a. dividend he drops off. and you have a policy to pay. The invalid. on the other hand, is tolerably certain to live to a good old age. The sickly youth who promises to die before he is 30, often lives to be 90, and sometimes reaches par â€"and is then redeemed, let us hope. Of course, there are exceptions. Once in a while a vigorous young man lives to be old. Occasionally an invalid who is very, very good. dies young. But in general the weakling outlives the other. The trouble with your life insurance system. as now conducted. is that its managers ob- stinately work on the assumption that a healthy man ought to live longer than awoak one. Perhaps he ought, but he doesn’t. The facts are against them. Still they go on in the old way, obsti- natcly clinging to their unfortunate theory. They are unable to see what other enterpris- ing men in other branches of business have long seen, that the invalid, it well worked, is â€"-M. E. Du‘er, in a. paper read before the French Academy, showed that when a Leyden jar is charged with either positive or nega- tive electricity its internal volume increases. and that this eflect is a new phenomenon. unexplainable by either a theory of an in- crease of temperature or of an electrical pressure. â€"-M. Berthalot has ucently suceeded in producing alcohol without the intervention of any ferment or organisms 0! any kind ; it is said that by simultaneously hydrogenizing and oxidizing sugar, alcohol is produced, though in very small quantities. Th1! most recent discovery of Barthelot’s refers to the production of alcohol by the electrolysis of a solution of sugar. â€"â€"â€"'I‘he process of treating wood for paper manufacture is based upon the action of bisulphite of lime, for making pure cellulose. When wood is exposed to the action of a. hot solution of bisulphite of lime, all its consti- tuents, excepting the cellulose, will be dis- solved, aud may be easily separated by wash- ing. The cellulose can then be converted into pulp, which is very white and possesses great tenacity. The Methodist puts in a plea for the more general use of pockets by women, and quotes from Harper‘s Basar the story of a boy who, when brought before the judge for snatching a pocketbook from a young lady said he was hungry and could find nothing to do, and added:â€"â€"“ The tellers all say to me. says they, ‘ Jimmy, why don't you learn the finger business and grab pocketbooks from these here women as goes around showin’ them and temptin’ such hungry fellers as you ‘2‘ and I thought I'd just tryit tor once; but I got nipped and won‘t do it again.” The Methodist says :â€"-" The remark is often made : ‘ These is no excuse for such care- lessness ; a woman can just as well carry her money in a safe place as a man can.‘ This is certainly the way the average man feels about it; but it is quite true? Is there not some excuse ? The feminine system of pockets is wretcheily meagre and defici- ent, and stands greatly in need of reform. We hope the attention now being at- tracted to the subject may induce an effort in that direction. Look for a moment at the immense difference both in number and convenience between the pockets in aman's dress and in a wo- man 3. Costs. over and under, each with four or five pockets ; vest pockets of an equal number, outside and inside ; pantaloons, with their side, hip and fob pockets, making as many as twenty which a man may wear at one time, every one of them safer and more convenient than any of which a woman can boast. She may have in her cloakâ€"it depends on the style of the garmentâ€"two shallow, Widevmouthed pockets. In the body of her dress possibly a watch~pocket is in. sorted or appended, under protest, by the dressmaker, since, in the long, closely moulded basque now worn a pocket makes an unsightly bunch on its smooth surface. The idea of clinging flatly to the figure extends to the skirt of the dress, and there is real- ly no pocketable territory until low down and far backward a little fullness in the drapery allows of a departure from the svere outlines. Even then the pocket must be ornamented or it must not be ; and apatch of puffings and plaitings. trimmed with buttons and bows, is set jauntily on one side; but it is a receptacle to which nothing more valuable than a handkerchief ought to be entrusted, Where. then, can a woman safely carry her purse 3 In the underskirtâ€"the real skirtâ€"there is a pocket, one pocket., which might be useful but for certain impediments. With the long, cling- ing over-skirt rigidly drawn and fastened backwards, completely covering it, it is a safe pocketâ€"â€"so safe and so very difficult of access that the wearer is always tempted not to use it at all. The careful and prudent, who are reckless of appearances. defy impediments and use it sometimes ; but the physical diffi- culties to be overcome are great. and the effort is always ungracefnl and sometimes ridiculous. “ Where. as in the city, the purse is in constant requisition, the difficulties amount to a particular prohibition. We would re- commend carrying, for small expenses, small sums in a more convenient if less secure place. Men who provide the money for feminine expenses would like to secure the co-operation of every sensible woman in the land in demanding of the fashion-makers and the dressmakers greater safety, convenience and number in these very desirable append- ages of a woman’s garments.” â€"A very simple and safe method for detecting alcohol in ethereal oils or chloro- form is the following : The suspected oil is shaken with water; after the water has separated it is drawn 013' and now a small quantity of sulphuric acid and a little bich- romate of potassium are added. When alcohol is present the water will immediately turn green and the smell of aldehyde will be per- ceptible. Very small quantities of alcohol may be detected in this manner. LIFE lNSURtNCE FOB INVALID.‘ â€"A lengthy communication in the Scienti- fic American from a. resident in Madrid. recommends Spain a good field for patents. The plows now used are the same as those leit by the Moors, sowing and reaping machines are unknown and grain is tread out by oxen, just as it was in Scripture times, and these are many places where wine is thrown away for want of purchasers and vatsin which to keep it. In Upper Atragon the mortar with which the houses are built is made with wine instead of water. the former being the most plentiful. \VOLVIEN NEED POCKETS. SCIENTIFIC NOTES. is a mine of wealth. 'Look at the army of‘ doctors he supports. Look at the great drug stores he has .built. See the fortunes he has made for the owners of patent medr clues. What a help he is to the fruit trade, and the people who put up jellies and other " delicacies for the sick.“ The only man he does not assist is the undertaker. That wor- thy loses great sums in the interest while waiting for him, and sometimes goes into i bankrupcy with a. large stock, shopworn and ‘ out of style, on hand. In face of all these facts the actuaries go on in their blundering‘ way, insuring the strong and refusing the weakly. They do not perceive that the robust man has his head turned by the possession of a great capital of health and goes and squan~ ders it. He does not appreciate its worth. It came to him without effort on his part; perhaps he inherited it, and he regards it lightlymlightly come, lightly gone. The in- valid guards his little store, husbands what strength he has, lives frugally on his narrow income of health, and takes good care not to use all the income, but puts by a little year by year, accumulates a surplus stock of vital- ity, and when old has a. substantial capital of health to live upon. Here’s to the invalid 1 May he live long and prosper l” â€"-In the difierent styles of boy’s suits for early spring the cut of the garments is reguâ€" lated by the ages of boys. Very small boys wear kilt suits of French cassimere or fine French dress goods, such as figured metal- asses, beside all the fancy suiting in plaids or diagonals, Scotch suitings. camel’s hair, and chariots of all kinds. For older boys who wear “trouser suits,” fine French and Ameri- can cashmeres, tricots, and diagonals are made into coats, Vests, and knee trousers, or, if the boy is old enough, regular trousers. The coats are made in different styles more or less ornate. but all very jauuty looking. Much attention is given to perfect (it and finish. Spring overcuats in the English single-breasted sacqucs. lightweight ulster-s, and semi-ulsters are much in demand. â€"‘-‘Smile when you can,” is the latest thing we are asked to do by those gratuitously admonitory beings, the poets. No one can smile when he can’t. â€"-A clerical wag thus epitomizes the pecuâ€" liarities 01 the canons of St. Paul’s. London. in the matter of sermons: Canon Gregory can read hi.q sm-mons, but can’t write them : Canon Lightfoot can write his -sermous. but; can’t read them: ' immon Liddon can do both. and Bishop Clzmghton can do neither. -â€"ans are very handsome as well as ex- tremely odd this season : some have ebony sticks and tops with embroidered flowers, or the tops are of plush in Persian designs; some striped fans are embroidered in the stripes or painted by hand wilh little pumps? dour bouquets; others have black and whim satin stripesfind the black stripe is filled in with tinsel. Fans are made in all the ha.ch somest satin striped materials used {or dress- es, and are specially arranged to suit cos‘ tumes ; the tans and grsys are very rich and are in satin brocades. â€"The fashion for flower bouquets is to have garden posies with several old-fashioned flowers in them ; bunches of thou and-10a: roses, a. spray of mignonette,a pansy or two,a marigold or a buttercup, and a few ferns are tied together and used in bonuets or 1hr waist. bouquets. â€"-â€"The new Spanish scnrfs and mantles for spring and summer are both long and large. They may be worn at will all over the head, as a drapery in the Spanish fashion. The semis are also for street wear. -â€"-Feather bands of curled ostrich feathers are used for hat trimmings. They are in all shades, bus the light Tuscan and cream shades are the most used on yellow straws. Mambout tipped ostrich feathers are made into ornaments for the side of a bonnet and curled up with one or two small humming birds in the centre, as if in a nest. â€"â€"The newest ornament for a. bonnet is a shell of silver with a pearl resting in it, and a bearded fringe of fine silver beads hanging from the shell. â€"-â€"In some of the evening costumes shown the panier is fully exemplified. and longitudi- nal puffings of lace fih up the fronts. A peculiarity also shown in these costumes is the upholstery trimming consisting in large tassels which hang down between the loop- ings of the train. All of these dresses have basque wastes, some opening over vests of embroidered damask. Street dresses do not show the panier, as the loopings of the dress have to be lower down to allow the jacket waist to fit closely to the hips. Gay People Pilchlng Down Ice Ell"- Aboul SI. Felon-burg. This is the season for troika parties at St. Petersburg. I had the pleasure of being inâ€" vited to a party which was given for one of the distinguished visitors at the winter Palace. There are. by the way, 6,000 people including servants, now staying at the place. The party was a few nights ago. There was no moon, but bright starlight, and the mer- cury was about at zero. A troika is a vehicle which I do not suppose is ever seen out of Russia. It has two seats opposite each other, each wide enough to hold three persons. There is a tiny box into which the driver squeezes by chmbing over the horses. These latter are harnessed in avery peculiar way. One in the middle is fastened to a pair of shafts, and he trots, while on each side is a kind of inde- pendant horse who gallons. There are hells on the harness, and one is supposed to spin along at the rate of sometimes like twenty miles an hour. Once outside the city with a clear road ahead of him, the coachman emits a sense of warwhoops, and starts the horses 01? at a sweeping pace, while the occupants of the sleigh keep him up to his work by yelling at him atintervals. [supposed they Were call- ing him some very bad names. and was quite surprised when it was translated to find the followmg endearing epithets had been used : “ Go on, my dove i" " Go on, my beauty I” and so on. The troika parties generally go about half an hour's ride from the city, and there they all take a turn at the ice hills. When I stood at the top of the hill and looked down that smooth precipice of ice, my heart failed me, but I was not allowed to back out and With many misgivings I got on the sled and pitched off the incline. There was a man who went behind on skates and guided us. I remember to have dreamed once that was falling down a bottomless abyss, and ertainly I thought the dream was being cealized in the few seconds it took me to descend that hill. Such a horrible feeling of goneness as came over me 1 hope never to feel again. Yes people do this for pleasure l It is like reading accounts of murders ; there is a horrible sort of fascination about it. In any case, it is the proper thing to to down the ice hllls when one goes on a trolka party ; so, of course, we did it. Then we all went into a sort of restaurant, and after taking some hot too. we listened to the songs of the Bohemians and watched them dance. wondering how they all happened to be so ugly. We had supper about 1 o’clock. and danced until daylight would have ap. peared if we had been in any other latitude. For supper we had several national dishes. One was soup made of beets, which rejoiced in the name of "batchuk," or something like that, and afterward we had bear steaks and asparagus. The coming home was the most delightful part of the excursion. Rushing through the air with only the sleigh bells and and gay voices to break the utter stillness around us, the snow fields stretching away on either side, the stars shining brightly above us, and finally the Neva. across which we sped, the long row of lights up and down the river on the side of the city, the deserted streets. and then home, and a. distant clock striking five. We ought to have had a run- away. Every one should on a troika party, but we escaped it.â€"Boston Advertiser. â€"The new bright shade of crimson iscnlled “peony,” and the slrade of red in crepe pop- pies ia carmine brune. THE LATEST FAS IIONS. 'I‘ltolKA PARTIES Speckled trout, brook or river trout, 15th Sept. to let May. Bass. 15:11 May to 15th June. Pickerel (Dore). 15th April to 15th May. Maskinonge, 15th April to 15th May. GAME. Deer and cariboo, 15th Dec. to 15th Sept. Moose, 15th Dec. to 15th Sept. Partridge. lst Feb. to lst Oct. Duck, lst Jan. to 1st Sept. Woodcock, 1st Jan. to 181; Aug. Snipe, lst May to 15th Aug. Quail. lst Jan. to lst .Oct. Bess er 1st May to lst Nov. Fishing without licenses is prohibited. Each person guilty of violating those regu- lations is liable to fine and costs, and in de- fault of payment is subject to imprisonment. No person shall, during such prohibited times, fish for, catch. kill, buy, sell. or have in pos- session any of the above-mentioned kinds of fish or game. Game cannot legally be dis- posed of one month after the beginning of the periods limited for their protection. maintained by many physicians, can be vented by obeying nature’s laws in diet. if you have incurred it, boiled celery is nouuced unhesitatingly to be a. specific.” Col. Pearson llolduinn impregnnble Posl I‘ 0“. CAPETUWN, April 2.â€"â€"Ekowe is the oldest of the ubnndoned missionary stations in Zulu- land, and is well provided with substantial buildings, including a chapel and farm-house. It is about thlrtyvfive miles from the Tugela, in an open country not favorable to the Zulu tactics of night surprises. While at Ekowe and bringing up the train, the Colonel heard of the disaster of Isandula, the practical wiping out of part of Lord Chelmsiord’s column, and had instantly to change his plans. Fearing that if he retreated the vie- torious Zulus from Rorke’s Drift might join those hovering about him and overwhelm his column. and knowing that by remaining where he was he would keep a large portion of Cetywayo’s force occupied and probably save Natal from invasion, he promptly determined upon intrencning himself at Ekowe and wait- ing until reinforcements from England would ‘permit Lord Chelmsford to come to his aid. He “ weeded down” the force, and sent back part. with the cavalry. all the native contin- gent and the sick, retaining about 1,200 men. enough to hold the intrenchments. and yet not more than he could feed. The force shut up in the Plcvna. of Zululand is as follows : Here we come with another cure, This one’s pronunciamento is that celery is a. cure for rheumatism. He has tried it over and over again with uniform success. The disease, he declares, is impossible if celery be cooked and freely eaten. It is ineffective when taken raw. He prescribes that it should be cut into bits, boiled in water until soft, and the water drunk'hy the patient. “ Put new milk with a little flour and nutmeg into n saucepan with the boiled celery, serve it warm with pieces of toast, eat it with pota- toes, and the painful ailment will soon yield.” He adds, say's the New York Times, “ that cold or damp never produces but simply develops the disease, of which acid blood is the primary and sustaining cause, and that while the blood is alkaline there can be neither rheumatism nor gout. English statistics show that in one your (1876) 3,640 persons died of rheumatism, and every case, it is claimed, might have been cured or prevented by the adoption of the remedy mentioned. At least two-thirds of the cases named heartâ€"disease are ascribed to rheumatism and its agonizing ally. gout. Smallpox, so much dreaded, is not half so destructive as rheumatism, which, it is The Third Foot. also known as the East Kent and the “ Buffs,” on account of the color of their facings, was raist by combining various companies of the Trained Bands of London apprentices in Queen Elizabeth’s time. in memory of which fact it is the only regiment entitled by spicial privilege to march through the city of London with drums beating and colors flying. a. privilege last ex- ercised in 1853. During the Peninsular war the men were temporarily known as the “Nut- crackers” and the “Resurrectionists,” but the name of the Bnfi's has survived all other so- briqnets. In 9. sense the Third stood sponsors for the Thirty-first, or Huntingdonshire regi- ment. whom a general encouraged, mistaking them {or the Third, with the words. “ Well done old Buffs l” correcting himself when the men repled, “We are not the old Buffs, sir i" with, “ Then, well done Young Buffs l” the name the men of the Thirty-first still bear. The l’rmcclvion Laws of [he Province. The loosencss with which some parts of the game laws are regarded has prompted us to publish the prohibime seasons as a warn- ing note :â€"- 001. Charles Knight Pearson, half‘pay, Third Regiment (-‘ Buffs”). entered the army November 23, 1852, as Ensign in the Thirty- first Regiment. He served as Adjutant of his Regiment in the Crimea from September 3, 1855, including the siege and fall of Sebasto- pol. and the armck of September 8 (medal with clasp and Turkish medal); was promoted to Major May 2. 1865; Lieutenant-Colonel August 14, 1868, and Colonel August 14. 1872, and went on half-pay November 30. 1878. He. however, returned on the breaking out of the Transvaal war. FISH. Whitefish, lst Nov, to 10th Nov. Salmon trout and lake trout. lst Nov. to 10th Nov. _ At the same time 001. Pearson placed Maj. Barrow in command at the Lower Tugela, Where he is established in two forts, Pearson and Tenedos, one on either bank of the river, with three companies of the Ninety-ninth Regiment and two of the Third, forty-three men of the Naval Brigade, two 12-pounder guns, 8, squadron of mounted infantry, half a troop of Natal Hussars and four troops of mounted rifles. These forces have regularly patrolled the country and with 3. torpedo company make the river sure. The Zulu forces immediately in front of Col. Pearson are about 9,000 strong, but the whole country fairly swarms with Zulus wall- in easy reach, should it be necessary for them to attempt to storm the place or to attack a reinforcing column. The two Zulu corps conducting the siege are the Umsinyati (mur- ried) and Nkobamakosi (unmarried) regi- meuts. Ekowe is quite impregnable. The camp is small, but compact, and well protected by earthworks seven feet high, so 0 Instructed that those inside can see the enemy,\vhile the enemy cannot see the heads of the defenders, and a ditch seven feet deep and ten feet wide. Ammunition for all arms there is in abun< dance. The only chance the Zulus have is to delay Lord Ghelmsford’s advance from the Lower Tugela, (Fort Tenedos) till they can starve out the garrison. The Zulu strategy has certainly been clever. They began by destroying the roads, so that in any case the advance of a relieving force must be slow, and then put in circulation a story that they had attacked Ekowe in im- mense force and been disastrously routed which seems to have for a time answered their object of delaying the dispatch ofrein- forccments. The rumor that Col. Pearson had made a sally and burned Cetywayo’s old kranl is probably a story of the same sort. So Well have the roads been guarded that it has been impossible to communicate directly with the besieged garrison, or even to get within signaling distance (by the sun system). -001. Charles Knight Pearson. command- ing. Royal Artillery, Lieut. W. N. Lloyd, R. A., twenty-three men. Natal Pioneers, one company. Gunsâ€"Two 7 pounders, two 7-pound muzzle-loading guns, one Gatling, one rocket- tube. 'Third Regiment (Second Battalion) Lieut.- CO): H. Pamefl. gix qompanies. r Ninety ninth Regimeht, Col. Welmnn, three companiqs. Naval Biagade, Captain Campbell. R. N., 128 men. Tm; aluminum!» wus. THE CELERY CURE Flt-ill AN I) GAAVIE pre- But pro-