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The SPEAKER took the chair at 3 o’clock. After routine business of an unimportant character; the House Went into Committee of Supply. 6i item 61, to meet the probable amount required for pensions to veterans of the war of 1812, Mr. Ivms objected to the meagre sum set apart for this purpose. He believed it would be perfectly satisfactory to the people gener- ally if the original amount of $50,000 had been again voted. Ee protested against the small amount of 1520 being given to each veteran. Mr. PLUMB advocated a liberal treatment of theveterans. He had made application to the Government on behalf of an old veteran, and he hoped it would be favorably con- sidered. Mr. JONES thought it was a small matter for the Government to place such a small sum in the estimates. He did not believe in giving the paltry sum of $20 to each veteran. Mr. HAGGART said a company of artillery had been formed in his county in 1837. and ithad been promised that a. hundred acres of land would be given to each member. This promise had been issued in general orders, but no member of the company had ever re- ceived the land. After some further discussion, Hon. Mr. TILLEY said numerous applica- tions had been received by the Government to increase the estimate for pensions, but in the present financial condition of the country the amount could not be increased. He hoped that in future years a. larger amount might be voted for this purpose. Item passed. On item 63, salaries of military branch and iisirict, there was considerable discussion, Messrs. Scriver and Brown contending for a. reduction of the staff. Item passed. On item 73, Military Schools and Drill In- struction in Colleges, Hon. Mr. BOWELL explained that a. stafi of drill instructors would be maintained, who would inspect all military schools, colleges and collegiate institutions in which there were pupils of an age sufficient to receive military instruction. The item passed. On item 76, ordnance and improved fire- nuns, Hen. Mr. TILLEY explained that the sum was put in to cover the sale of some ordnance and fire-arms now in possession of the Gov- ernment, the proceeds of which would be in- vesjed unproved gums. _ The bill to amend the Acts incorporating the Goteau & Province Line Railway and Bridge Company, and the Montreal & City of Ottawa Junction Railway Company and mending acts and to amalgamate the said oompanies was considered in Committee, was read a. third time and passed. I-téni 77, Tnterc'olonial Rafiway to Deep Wgter at St. John $100,000. 940,000. Item 91. Lachine Canal, $1,150,000. The Pacific Railway items, amounting in all to $5.910.000. Item 94, Welland Canal, $2,000,000. Item 114, St. John Harbor 85,000 The Committee, after passing the remain- ing items on Public Works, rose. The House adioumed at 12.45. The item- passed, and at 60‘clock the Speaker left the chair. The House met at three o’clock. After routine. Hon. Dn. Towns, in the absence of Sir John A. Macdonald, moved that for the rest of the session the House do meet on every Saturday at two o’clock p. m., and that pub- lic bills and orders take precedence on that day after; routine, except on Saturday next, when the notice of motion of Mr. Fortin of the 9th of April shall take precedence after routine business. Hon. Mr. TILLEY said that after consulting with his colleagues, and seeing how the ses- sion had been protracted by the discussion of the tariff resolutions, and also looking to the importance of the subject, he would ask leave to withdraw the resolutions. The resolutions were withdrawn. On motion of Hon. Dr. Towns the bill to amend the Canadian Pacific Railway Act of 1874 was read a second time. 0n the Government order for the insurance reaglutiona bging called! _ The House again Vient in Committee of Supply agd pgssed the {alloying items :r The House went into committee on the bill) and r9port9d_ it agendmgnts. DOMINION PARLIAMENT. On motion of Hon. Mr. POPE (Queens) the bill to amend the Acts respecting the Trinity House and Harbor Commissioners of Mon- treal was read a. second time. 7 The House went into Committee on the Bill and reported the same with amend- meats. On motion of Hon. Mr. P0911: (Queens, P. E.I..) the bill respecting the harbor of North Sydney, in Nova. Scotia, was read 9. second r The House went into Committee on the bill and reported same, and the bill was read a. tyird tilpe 9.1151 39.85631: On motion of Hon. Mt. POPE (Queens, P. E.I.,) the bill to amend the Pilotage Act of 1873 was read a second time. On motion of Hon. Mr. POPE (Queens, ,P. E.1.,) the bill to amend the act respecting the harbor of Pictou, in Nova. Scotia, was read a second time. The House went into Committee on the Bill am} reported sung: The House went into Committee on the bill and reported same, and the bill was read a. third time‘and paged. _ On motion 6i Hon. Mr. POPE (Queens. P. E.I.,) the bill to amend the Seaman’s Act of 1873 was read a second time. The House went into Committee on the bill and reported the same with amendments, and the bill was read a. third time and pasqeii: On motion of Sir JOHN MACDONALD the bill to amend the Indian Act of 1876 was read a second time. The House went into Committee on the bill and reported the same, and the bill was reqd a third tiny-17 and Qgssegi On motion of Hon. Mr. MACDONALD (Pic- tou) the bill to provide for the salaries of two additional judges of the Supreme Court ,of British Columbia was read a second time. On motion of Hon. Mr. MACDONALD (Pic- tou) the bill respecting certain Ordnance and Admiralty lands in the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova. Seotia,from the Senate, was read a. second time. ' The House went into Committee on the bill and reported the same, and the bill was r9316: 9. gird time gnd passed. In regard to the half year’s mail subsidy between Haliiax and Cork and steam naviga- tion between Nova Scotia. and St. Pierre, not included in estimates, The House again wént into Committee ‘of Sugplyi Mr. Kirkpatrick in thephair. » Tile. item maifitenance and repairs of Governmth steamers,r$125,000, w'gs pqsepfi. The remaining items on Ocean and River Service and Fisheries were carried. The Committee rose, and at six o’clock the Speaker left the chair. Items for fisheries, Item 146, Marine and Immigrant Hes- pitlla. Quebec, $20,000. Item 157, Geological Survey, $50,000. Item 162, Indians of British Columbia, 950.920. Item 180, customs, 8707.069. House adjourned at one o’clock. The Spun-.2 took the chair at 3 p. 111. Mr. anam introduced a bill to regulate the labor of young persons and children in (eateries. Mr. Conny presented a report of the Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament. It Item? 78,1ntercoloniai Railway nut locks Fourth ParliameuI~Flnl Session Alter recess, Anu- Receu. OTTAWA, April 30. OTTAWA, May 1. OTTAWA, May 2. states that a valuable collection of coins and medals commemorative of the principal events in the history of Canada. had been offered by GeraldVH. Hart, of Montreal, fer 32:500. Mr. HOOPER inoved to introduced a. bill to enable the Court of Chancery of Ontario to disolve contracts of marriagc in certain caseg. Mr. ANGLxN said although he thought it would be a. relief to Parliament to have a Divorce Court established, yet, having al- ways opposed all divorce bills, he must call for the yeas and nays. Hon. Mr. Eamon thought the bill had better be withdrawn. The motion was lost on a division. On motion of Hon. Mr. BABY the House went into Com- mittee of the Whole to consider the following resolutions : That it is expedient to make better pro- vision for the inspection and safe keeping and storage of petroleum and the products there. of, mg for that purpose to provide, 1. That such inspection shall be made by} officers of the Inland Revenue or of the Cus- i toms, and that the following fees shall be1 payable for such inspection and shall form part of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, that is to say: For every package of Canadian petroleum containing more than ten, but not more than fifty-fl 19 gallons, ten cents. For every package of Canadian petroleum, not containing more than ten gallons, five cents. For every package of imported petroleum containing more than ten, but not more than fifty-five gallons, thirty cents. For every package of imported petroleum containing not more than ten gallons, ten cents. For every package of imported petroleum con- taining more than fifty-five gallons, five cents for each additional ten gallons or fraction of ten gallons. A 2. That the Governor-in-Council may make regulations for the safe keeping and storage of petroleum and its products, and for any contravention of such regulations or any other offence against the act to be passed in that behalf. the oflender shall incur a. penfilfiy to _be herein provided. ‘3. Th'at the enacttfieuts now in force on thig subjgct b_e repealetj.’ Hon. Mr. BABY explained the resolutions, and said they had been introduced with the approval of manufacturers of coal oil and pe- troleum. The bill to be introduced was a consolidation act,‘ and provided for a difierent mode of inspection, and as the work would be greater the fees would be doubled. “ The committee reported the resolution, and a. bill founded on it was introduced by Mr. Belay and_read a first tjme; Hon. Mr. BOWELL for Hon. Mr. Masson moved the House into committee to consider certain resolutions concerning the militia. The resolutions provideâ€" 1. That the next enrollment of the militia shall be made and completed on or before the 28th of February, 1881, and so on, or before the like day in every fifth year thereafter, ex- cept in case of war or other emergency. 2. That when the active militia or any corps thereof are called out in aid of the civil power, the municipality in which their ser- vices are required shall pay them, when so employed, the rates authorized to be paid for actual service to officers, non-commissioned officers and men, and $1 per diem for each horse actually and necessarily used by them, together with an allowance of $1 to each officer, 50 cents to each non-commissioned officer and man per diem in lieu of subsist- ence and 50 cents per diem in lieu of forage for each horse, and in addition shall provide them with proper lodging and with stabling for their horses ; and that the said pay and allowance for subsistence and forage, also the value of lodging and stabling, unless fur- nished in kind by the municipality, may be recovered from it by the officer commanding the corps, provided that the said payand al- lowancs of the force called out, together with the reasonable cost of transport, may, pending payment by the municipality, be advanced in the first instance, by order of the Govemor-in-Council, out of the Consoli- dated Revenue Flnd of Canada, but such ad- vance shall not interfere with the liability of the municipality, and the commanding ofiicer shall at once, in his own name, proceed against the municipality for the recovery of such pay, etc., and shall. on receipt thereof, pay over the amount to her Majesty. 3. That any land held for Militia pur- poses, in connection with drill sheds, rifle ranges, armories. or such like uses, and found unnecessary to be retained for the same, may be sold or disposed of under order of the Govemor-in-Council, and that if any portion of the cost of such land or any building thereon has been defrayed by the munici- pality in which the land is situate, a fair pro- portion of the proceeds, to be determined by the Governor-in-Council, may be returned to such municipality or expended therein for militia uses of a permanent nature. The resolution}; were reported, and a bill founded an them was introduced and read 'a first time. The following bills were read a third time mg passgd} To explain and amend the Act respecting the appropriation of pertain Dominion lands in Manitobaâ€"from the Senate- Right Hon. Sir John A. Macdonuld. To amerd the Canadian Pacific Railway AGE of 18747â€"175[011._Drr Tapper-L To amend the Pilomge Aim ‘ot'1873â€"Hou. Mr; Pope (Quepn’si, E. 1.)” To amend the Act respecting the Trinity House and Harbor Commissioners of Mont- real, as amended in Committee of the Whole â€"I_{_on. Pope (Quqeng, P._E:_I.) ' Hon. Dr. TUPPEB moved the secénd read- ing of the bill to amend and consolidate the RailrwayiAct of 1868 and atyengiing acts. The bill to-an‘lénd the Indiafi Act was paged tyrough a Committef) {and repogted. A The 'Committee rose and askedâ€"leave to sit again. The House took recess at 6 o’clock. Aller Recess. The House went into committee on the bill to incorporate the Saskatchewan Colonization Railroad Company, as amended by the Stand- ing Committee on Railway 5, Canals and Tele- graph linesâ€"Mr. Schultz: v The bill was reported by the Committee, reagl a. third tim9_s:nd_passed. _ On motion of Mr. KILVERT the House wen into Committee on the bill to amend the Ac incorporating the Detroit River Tunnel Com WES" _ Hon. Mr. MACbOUGA-LL moved the second reading of the bill for the relief of Eliza Maria. Caypbgafll from _ the Senate. r'filé bill was reported by the Committee, reg} a thifd t_i1}15_&nd passed. THe bill was read a second time. and re- ferred to the Committee on Private Billa. The House‘ again went into Committee on the bill to consolidate the Railway Act of 18(18_, a_n_(_1_ the Acgs nmppdiqg the same. The bill was adopted in CBmmittee, read a thifli ti§3e and passqd. The ithm (if Weight's and Measures was pas_s_ed. The remaining items of the estimates were passed, it being understood that certain of them might be discussed on concurrence. The House adjourned at 1.15. The House fient into Committee of Supply â€"-Mr. Ryan (l_\Io_n_t1_'ea_al) in th_e gyair. OTTAWA, May 3. The SPEAKER took the chair at 3 o’clock. After routine, Sir JOHN MACDONALD presented the report of the Committee on Immigration and Col- onization. On motion of Mr. WHITE, (Cardwell,) fees on the bill to amend the Act incorporating the Northern Railway Company were ordered to be returned. Mr. For:er moved the House into Com- mittee of the Whole, to take into considera- tion certain resolutions on the subject of the rights and interests of the Canadian fisher. men, as aflected by the admission of inhabi- tants of the United States to our fisheries. and setting forth that in the opinion of this House the amount of the award accruing to Canada, after paying expenses, should be madea special fund, and the interest thereof be employed in restoring exhausted fishery grounds and developing in every way the fisheries of the Dominion. In speaking to the motion he thanked the Government for giving precedence to the subject, and called to the recollection of the House that he had interested himself in the fisheries of the country for the last twenty- seven years. Mr. MACDONALD (Kings, P. E. I.) urged the special claims of Prince Edward Island as being greater than those of any other Pro- vince. He thought the money could not be better applied than in protecting the sea fisheries, but Prince Edward Island must not be neglected. He therefore moved in amend- ment to the following efiect: That as Prince Edward Island has special claims upon the moneys received under the award, such claims should be settled as soon as pos- sible." Mr. MACDONELL (Inverness) spoke in op- pogijzionjo the motipn. Mr. HACKETT advocated the claims of Prince Edward Island. Mr. ANGLIN urged that the difierent Mari- time Provinces shuuld unite in pressing their claims. Hon. Mr. MACDONALD (Piston) introduced a. bill to provide for the safekeeping of dangerous lunatics in the Northwest. The House adjourned at 6 o'clock. TheIHouee met at 3 p. m. Hon. Mr. T11.an presented a. petition from the Consolidated Bank of Canada ask- ing leave to present a. bill for the reduction of its capital stock. He read the petition which states they expected to obtain that reduction under a clause in a bill amending the Bank- ing Act. That clause, however, having been withdrawn they had no other course to pur- sue. but to petition the House to allow them to present a bill without the usual formalitiea. The petition was read and referred to the Committee on Standing Ogders. Mr. METHOT presented a petition from members of the Bar in the district of Three Rivers. praying for the dismissal of Hon. Antoine Polette, Judge of the Superior Court. He moved that the petition be received. The SPEAKER ruléd the motion out of order and it was w1thdrawn. The House went into committee on bill No. 101, an Act to amend the Act incorpor- ating the Canada and Detroit River Bridge Company, as amended by the Standing Com- mittee on Railways, Canals and Telegraph Linesâ€"Mr. Kilvert. The Committee reported the bill. which was then read a. thirgi time {and phased: Dr. Scnun'rz asked whether the Govern- ment had any official knowledge of the alleged facts contained in the following Washington telegram to the St. Paul Pioneer Press .- “ Washington, April 21.â€"It has been de- cided, ' after repeated conferenees be- tween the Seeretaries of State, War and Interior. that the troublesome individual on the northern frontier known as Sitting Bull, is a British subject ; that he, with his followers, voluntarily left the coun- try of the United States and placed them- selves under the protection of her Majesty, who will hereafter be held responsible for their good conduct. The Secretary of War has written aletter to Gen. Sherman to this effect and the Secretary of State will notify the British Government. This may become a serious international question if Sitting Bull makes a raid on the frontier during the com- ing summer. Gen. Roger. who has gone north of Dakota, four miles south of were Sitting Bull‘s camp lies. with the 18th Regi- ment of infantry, to build a post in that locality, has been notified of this decision and will govern himself accordingly.” Hon. Mr. TILLEY‘sâ€"aid the Government were prepared to meet all engagements between the Dominion and Provincial Government. Hon. Mr. MACKENZIEâ€"Th6 question states under the award. Hon. Mr. TILLEYâ€"Well, the Government are prepared to meet all legal liabilities under the award. Mr. DUBUC asked whether the Govern- ment intend to concede the lands squatted upon by the settlers on the Red River at amore reasonable condition than $5 per acre, the price fixed by the late Gov- ernment in 1877. ‘ Mr. GILIZIES asked whether it was the in- tention of the Government during the current year to pay over to the Government of On- tario the amount due that Pravince from the Common School Fund, including the Land Improvement Fund, under the award of the arbitration recently confirmed _between the late Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. Sir JOHN MACDONALD said there was so much competition among settlers to obtain the land at 85 an acre that it was not the inten- tention of the Government to reduce the price. Mr. LANGLEY asked whether it is the inten- tion of the Government to introduce a. bill this session for the purpose of settling the long pending dispute between the Windsor and Annapolis and Western Counties Rail- way Companies and the Government. Sir John MACDONALD said neither the Gov- ernment nor the Department had received any information whatever on the subject. The whole thing was a canard, for neither the Secretary of State, nor Secretary of War norIInterior at Washington can decide who is a Bgitish subject. _ Hon. Mr. Turf)!!! and the Government were not able to'bring in a bill for that pur- pogg th_1'_s session: ‘ Mr. Hoomm asked whether it is the inten- tion of the Government to take into conâ€" sideration the services of the volunteers of 1837-38 by giving to each of them a grant of land from the unoccupied Dominion lands in Manitoba or elsewhere. Sir JOHN MACDONALD said that subject was brought under the consideration of the Gov- ernment for the first time by the question of the honorable gentleman, and it was now too late to take the question up this session. Mr. MACMILLAN moved an address for copies of accounts rendered by the Postmaster at Toronto or compiled for him at the Post Office Department between the lat of July, 1874 and the lat of July, 1878. Carried. Mr. DOMVILLm, in the absence of Mr. Plumb, moved an order of the House for the papers, reports and accounts connected with the purchase, repairs and unseaworthiness of the steamer Glendon. In speaking to the motion he explained that the Glendon was purchased for $20,000 when she was only worth $55,000, and totally unfit for the pur~ pose to which she is put. He said the pur- chase was a. mistake and had been acknow- ledged to be such by the late Minister of Marine and Fisheries. The motion was then carried. - Mr. Moussmo’s motion on the Letellier questionwas coiled. A Sir John A. MACDONALD asked that the hon. member for Bagot (Mousseau) would allow the motion to stand. Hon. Mr. HOLTON said it was the first time in his experience that a. First Minister had asked that a. motion of want of confidence should stand. The motion was allowed to stand over. Mr. DOMVILLE moved on order of the House for a return showing what drawback was al- lowed to manufacturers on goods manufac- tured in Canada. in 1877 and 1878. He ex- plained that the late Minister of Customs had stated that drawbacks had been allowed on certain goods manufactured in Canada and then exported. In consequence of that state- ment he made the motion. Mr. ROBERTSON, in the absence of Mt. Bunting, moved an order of the House for a return of all letters and papers connected with the payment of fees, etc., etc., to James G. Currie and John M. Currie as solicitors for the Welland Canal. Carried. Mr. BUBPEE said he was not aware that he had made such a statement, but he had said. that the Act of 1877 allnwed such drawbacks and he had understood some applications under that Act had been made. Mr. DOULL moved an order of the House for agreements. papers, 6130., since the first July, 1875, with respect to the transfer of the Pictou & Truro Railyay. Qprried. Mr. MCCARTHY moved an address for the ordain-Council under which a portion of the land situated on the Aasiniboine River, in the Province of Manitoba, known as lot No. 1,211 was granted to the Hudson Bay Cogpanyrâ€"Gtm'ied. ME. Gotham. movod In order oftho Home OTTAWA, May 5. for the names of all ofiicials in New Brune- wick who are entitled to receive copies of the Canada Gazette. Carn’ed. Mr. DAWSON moved an order of the House for a. statement showing the amount derived from sales of land on the island of St. Joseph up to let July, 1867.â€"â€"Ca.rried. Mr. CAMERON (Victoria, 0nt..) moved an address for copies of letters, certificates, re- ports and correspondence relating to the re- count of ballots, at the last election, for the electoral district of Selkirk, in the Province of Manitoba. â€"Carried. Mr. CAMERON (Victoria, 0nt.,) moved an order of the House that the certifi- cate and report of Mr. Justice Betour- nay, as to the re-count of the ballots at the last election of the electoral district of Selkirk, and the return of the Re- turning Offioer be laid on the table. He ex- plained the circumstances connected with the late election for Selkirk, after 'which two Judges made separate orders for a re-count. J ridge Betournay for a re-oount only on October lst, and Judge McKechnie for a re- count or addition on October 3rd. A 1e-count was taken before the former on“ October 151;. but when Judge MoKechnie came to hold a re-count on October 3rd, the papers were not forthcoming, having been sent to the Clerk of the Crown by order of Judge Betournay. It being six-o’clock the Speaker left'the chair. The Héuse wént into Committee on the bill relating to the protest of inland bills of exchange, as amended by the Standing Com- mittee on Banking and Commerce.â€"-Mr. Doull. The SPEAKER read a, message from the Seggte Leporting a. nrumbeli‘r of bills. The Committee reported the bill, which wag then read a third time and passed. The House went into Committee on the bill to make further provision in relation to statutory holidays, as amended by the Stand- ing Committee on Banking and Commerce. The bill was reported. 0n the motion for the third reading, Hon. Mr. HOL'roN moved the three months’ hoist. He considered the bill frivolous and mischievous. Messrs. Domville, Tilley and Tupper sup- pofied the bill. The amendment of Mr. Brooks was de- clared carried on a division, and the House went into Committee and amended the bill by exempting the Province of Quebec item having the new holidays. The bill was then reported. The House went into Committee of the Whole on the bill to repeal the Insolveney Laws now in force of the Dominion of Ga- nada. Tile Committee reported the bill. On mo- tion for the third reading, _ Mr. MACDONALD. (Piston) moved the three months’ hoist. which was lost on a. division. Yeas, 55 ; nays.107. The bill was read a. third time and passed. The House adjourned at midnight. OTTAWA, May 6. A Hon._Mr. CARTWBIGHT thought the opinion of the House should be taken on the bill. Mr. ELLIOTT thought the fewer holldays bank clerks had the better. A division was taken and'the motion was 103}: Xena, 54; naygt 100. Mr. Bnonxe moved in amendment that the bill be referred back to the committee of the whole, to amend the bill so as to exempt the Province of Quebec from its operations. He said the Province of Quebec had already thirteen bank holidays. Mr. MCDONELL, (Ivemess,) moved to add a clause that it should not come into force for ongyearr. The Speaker took the chair at 3.25. After routine, Several returns were brought down. Hon. Mr. Timmy presented a. message from his Excellency transmitting a copy of the dispatches and papers connected therewith transmitted to the Secretary of State for the Colonies relating to the tarifi now being con- sidered by this House. Hon. Mr. TILLEY moved the House into a Committee of the Whole to consider the following resolutions :â€"“ That under the circumstances appearing by the minute of Council of the 18th April instant. upon the financial pesition of the Province of Manitoba laid before the House, it is expedient that Canada should pay in half yearly instalments as a temporary annual grant to that Province the sum of $15,653, being the amount necessary to bring the revenue of the Pro- vince derivable from Canada up to $105,653.04, such grant to commence from the first day of July, 1879, and to continue until the close of the year 1881." "He ex- plained that the' population of Manitoba was increasing. it now being 55,000, and expect- ing soon to reach 60,000. Government con- sidered it advisable to increase the grant up to the standard of 70,000 inhabitants. Sir Joan MACDONALD, in reply to Mr. Gart- wright, said the position of Manitoba. was ex- ceptional. They had but few sources of revenue. and the expenses of legislation being greater in comparison to those of the larger Provinces, he considered the increased grant was necessary. He did not agree with his hon. friend that a qninquennial census would be preferable to a decennial one. He added that after the next census had been taken the house would have to consider the whole matter very carefully. The future relation of Manitoba to the Dominion must be settled on a basis which will serve to regulate the relations of any other Provinces that may be hereafter added to the Dominion. ‘ Hon. Mr. MILLS suggested the transfer- ferrence of a portion of the Crown lands to the Province. Mr. RYAN (Marquette) said there were very little Crown lands in Manitoba. The House went into Committee and adopted the resolutions, which were concurred W'Hon. Mr. TILLEY introduced a. bill founded on the resolutions, which was read a. first and second time. On motion of Hon. JAMES MACDONALD (Pictou) the House went into Committee of the Whole to consider the following resolu- tions ; “ (1)'That whereas by an Act passed by the Legislature of the Province of New Brunswick in the year 1879, entitled‘ An Act relating to the Supreme Court.’ provi- sion is made for the appointment of a judge in equity in the Supreme Court of New Brunswick in addition to the number of judges now authorized to be appointed to that court, it is expedient to make provision for the salary of such additional judge. (2.) That the salaries of such additional judge ot the Supreme Court of New Bruns- wick shall be $4,000 per annum, and shall be payable out of any moneys formingfpart of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Canada." The resolution was reported and concurred in and a bill founded thereon, introduced and read a first and second time. Mr. MACDONALD, (Pictou,) moved the House into a Committee of the Whole to consider the following resolutions :-â€"(1.) “That it is expedient to provlde that the salaries of the County Court Judges in Prince Edward Island be placed on the same scale as those of the other County Court Judges. (2.) That the salaries of the three County Court Judges in Prince Edward Island be $2,000 each per an- num for the first three years of service as such judge, and that after the period of three years’ service as suchjudge the salary of each of said judges be $2,400 per annum. (3.) That the above provision take effect from the 131: day of May, A. D., 1879.” Hon. Mr. TILLEY presented a. message from his Excellency forwarding the supplementary estimates for the year ending 30th June, 1879. The message was read and referred to the Committee on Supply. The House went into Committee and the resolutions were and concurred in, and a. bill founded thereon was introduced and read a first and second time. On motion of Hon. Dr. Topping the House went into Committee of the Whole to consider the following resolution: “ That it is expedient to provide that a. sum not exceeding $15,000 may be paid annually from and after the first day of July, 1879, out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Canada as a. subsidy to- wudl the oonatruotipn and maintenenoo of After Recon. submarine and land lines of electric telegraph to and upon Anticosti and the Magdalen Islands, under arrangements to be made by the Governor in Council.” The “resolution was reported and concur- red in, and a. bill founded on it was introduced and read a. first and second time. On motion of the Hon. Mr. Pom: (Queen’s, P. E. I.) the House went into Committee of the Whole to consider the following resolu- tion: “ That it is expedient to extend the Act respecting certificates to masters and mates of ships, 33 Victoria, chapter 17. to persons desirous of obtaining certificates of competency to act as second mates. and to provide for such examination on payment of a fee of five dollars.” The resolution was reported and concurred in, and a. bill founded thereon was introduced and read a. first and second time. At six o’clock the House rose for recess. Mr. Husso‘N called ~the attention of the House to the calamity that took place yester- day morning at Stratfoi-d, by the eXplosion of uitro-glycerine. He thought the Govern- ment should take some steps whereby such an occurrence might be prevented for the fu- ture, and therefore brought it before the House in order to bring it under the notice of the Government. Hon. Dr. TUPPEB said no doubt the ques- tion was one at very great importance. The attention of the Government had already been drawn to the subject, and they had re- ceived an assurance that a most searching investigation would take place to find out where the deception took place, for there can be no doubt that the rail- way company were totally in ignorance of the character of the explosive they were carrying. The Government would take the matter into their most earnest consideration so soon as the investigation had been con- cluded. W jbggâ€"M;gn;nkflp n30v3d the' izhird rend- mg of the bill to amend the Indian Act of 1876. Carried. Mr. MACKENZIE said there was already 9. law {egulaitjng the car-tying _of__e;xp_1(.>si‘ves. On motion of Hon. Mr. MACDONALD (Pic- tou) the House went into Committee on the bill to further amend the Supreme and Ex- chequer Court Act. The Committee reported the bill with amendments. On motion of Hon. Mr. TILLEY the House went into Committee on the bill to amend the Act relating to Banks and Banking and the Acts amending the sameâ€"from the Senateâ€" as amended by the Standing Committee on Banking and Commerce. The bill was re- ported. read a. third time and passed. On motion of Hon. Mr. MACDONALD (Pictou) the bill to amend the Act 40 Victoria, chapter 21, to establish a. Court of Maritime Jurisdic- tion in the Province of Ontario was read a second time, and considered in Committee of the'Whole. The bill was reported, read a. thll‘d time and passed. On motion of Hon. Mr. BABY the bill to provide for the inspection. safe-keeping and storage of petroleum and the products there- of, was read a. second time and considered in Committee of the Whole. The bill was re- ported, read a third time and passed. fiiTheWfill Wis thLen read a third time and paqsed. . ‘ _ __ - .. . .n On motion of Sir JOHN MACDONALD the bill to amend and consolidate the several Acts re- specting the public lands of the Dominionâ€" from the Senatefiwas read a second time and considered in the Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported with amendments. On motion of Mr. DOMVILLE the bill to make further provision in relation to statutory holdings, as amended in Committee of the Whole, was read a. third time and passed. On motion of Mr. KIRKPATRICK the bill re- specting Building Societies carrying on busi- ness in the Province of Ontarioâ€"from the Senateâ€"was read a third time and passed. The House adjourned at 11.30 o’clock. CHATEAM, May 2. The Court of Chancery. His Lordship Vice- Chancellor Blake presiding, closed here at a late hour last night, six cases having been disposed of. The most of the day was ocou pied with the case of Sivewright vs. Sive- wright. a family contention as to the posses- sion of some medals. The late Dr. Sivewright, of this town, having accompanied the Bri.ish. Legion, under Sir DeLacy Evans, to Spain in 1836, he appears not only to have rendered efficient aid as a medical officer, but was al- ways ready to lend a hand when fighting was to be done, and in due course, in recognition of his services, after the war was over. receiv- ed three golden medals from the Spanish authorities; and establishing himself in Chatham at an early day he obtained an ex- tensive practice and wide reputation for skill, and at his death in August, 1877,1eft;~besides a widow, two sons in the medical profession and two daughters, and considerable property disposed of by a will. The medals proved a bone of contention, undisposed of by the will, and Miss Willena Sivewright instituted the present action to recover them from her brothers, alleging that they had been given to herjust before her father’s death. The brothers claimed them as a prior gift ‘ through the mether. The medals were highly prized by the deceased and his family on account of the eventful circumstances under which they were earned, but intrinsically of little value. One was inscribed “ Irun,” making its pos- sessor a Spanish knight and variously repre- sented as worth from five dollars to twenty guineas. Another was called “The Order of the Golden Fleece," and the third ” The Order of St. Ferdinand.” These latter were said to be worth fifty cents. The evidence, as in such cases. revealed a sad state of domestic infelicity. which the present suits are not calculated to heal. His lordship found upon ,the evidence that the medals were a gift to ‘ Miss Willena Sivewright, and so ordered. She, however, not having taken the proper means to obtain them without litigation, was compelled to pay the costs. His Lordship reviewing the circumstances of the ease com- mented in severe terms upon the lamentable hostility existing among the members of the family, saying thatjt was with the deepest regret one witnessed such a household con- tention, about what were at best miserable baubles intrinsically, and that it would have been infinitely better for the daughter to have given them ten times over to the sons, if they were so unreasonable as to demand them, after what had taken place at the death-bed of the father. A Curious Dispute over' a Deceased Vet eran’u Elednla. It would be amusing, if their operations had not begun with ‘such a hideous tragedy, to watch the doings of the Kelly gang of bush- rangers in Victorie_ and New South Wales. Here we have four young men. the leader little more than a boy, who have kept the frontier of two great and flourishing colonies in a state of constant alarm for months. They dash into one township in Victoria, lock up half the inhabitants, steal the whole of the available cash in the bank, and disappear. The colonial police are as powerless to catch them as the Russian police are to put down the Nihilsts. Time passes on, the bushran- gers’ funds are perhaps running low, and they suddenly come out again, this time on the New South Wales side, at the Township of Jerilderie. Here the band begin by captur- ing the policemen on Saturday, February 8, pass Sunday in decent quiet, and on Monday proceed, as at Euroa, to take into custody and lock up such persons as might interfere with them. Then they robbed the bank of £2,000 and,having made this nice little haul, they were gracious enough to treat the townspeople at the various bars, and from being simply murderous, became quite urbane. Later they went off once more with their gains and two capital police horses. A reward of £8,000 was offered for their capture; but two month have new elapsed and the telegraph has not brought news that this has been efiected.â€" Pall Mall Gazette. -â€"Ba.chelorhood is a. sickness which may be owned at my moment. AN ENTERPRISING GA“ Aller Recess; CHATHAM‘ THE (A! NADIAN TA BIFF. "The following letter appears in the Lon- don Times of April 18th : To the Egitor qf th_e Times. Sm,â€"Near the close of 1876 some Ans: tialian gentlemen, who had been represent- ing that continent at the Philadelphia Exhi- bition, visited Canada. In conversation here they avowed themselves freetraders in prinr ciple, but they added that the circumstances of Canada were so peculiar that how she could carry out that system did not very clearly appear. In the Australian colonies, only relations between themselves and the Mother Country afiected the trade question: but Canada, With her population of 4,000,000, was subject to the vast disturbing influence {due to the existence. along 3,000 miles of lfrontier, of 45,000,000 of the most energetic and enterprising people on earth, quick to take every advantage that protection on their own side and free trade on: ours. could give them. In brief, our Australian visitors candidly admitted that the position of Canada, lying alongside a. great nation of 45,000,000 of determined protectionists. was something peculiar, and absolutely without a parallel in the wide world. It is the spectacle of protection in the United States which, more than anything else, has rendered free trade impossible of continuance in Canada. But let not people in England think that Canadian protection is aimed against the Mother Country. It is purely a defensive measureâ€"the thing that we are compelled to do to save ourselves. Our business competition is in the main with the United States rather than with England. It is always two of a trade who cannot agree. Now, it so happens that such branches of manufacture as we naturally “take to" in Canada are precisely those which over the border are the most advanced and the most aggressive. Owing to a variety of causes which I need not enumerate, manufacturing enterpnse runs in very nearly the same lines here as in the Northern States. In manu~ factures of iron, steel, leather, cotton, wool, etc., we follow American methods and pat- tern as distinguished from | European. For instance, farmers here could neither be coaxed not driven into using such clumsy tools as English hoes and hayiorks, but we can take American patterns of these tools and match or even beat the Americans themselves in making them. The competition of Sheffield razors and penknives touches us not, for we are not making these articles; but we have rebelled against the policy of admitting American hardware, fur- niture and heavy cottons at 171} per cent., while the American market for such goods is closed against us by duties ranging from 35 to 60 per cent. In a} word, leading lines of manufacture in Canada are like those of the United States, and comparatively unlike those of England, for which reason, it is that our competition must be and remain with the former rather than the latter. Not that there is no competition with England, for some lines of woollen goods constitute a notable exception. But while American competition touches almost every manufacture likely to be started in Canada, there are a thousand and one articles that we shall not attempt to make for a long time to come, but must continue get from the other side of the Atlantic. Then take imports of hardware and menu- facturee of iron and steel : ' Great United Other Britain. States. Countries. Total, 1872â€"73,..$2,416,634 $2,208,106 $67,618 $4,692,559 1873-74... 2,487,454 21327273 53,173 5,367,900 1874â€"75... 2,265,621 2,947,090 46,300 5,259,011 167546.; 1,196,539 2,392,092 36,945 2,625,576 1876-77... 942,265 2,367,970 20,349 2,330,584 1877â€"78... 845,092 2,474,319 24,272 3,343,683 These figures are official, and may be de- pended upon. They tell the story of whither we have been drifting, and of what the des- tiny of Canada. would be under free trade con- tinued on one side of the border only. Our fate would be, first. commercial annexation to the great Republic, with political gnnex- taken and the extinction of our “new nation. ality" to follow. As a means of preserving our separate existence as a' Dominion, :and still remaining a part of the British Empire, we are obliged to declare our commercial in- dependence of the United States. FATHER ABRAHAM BIVALLED. A Second Adventist Meshes 3. “Won- derful Revelation," ‘ ‘ Pocsssar, Mass, May 2.â€"Yesterday Chas. B. Freeman killed his five-year-old daughter. Freeman is a Second Adventist, frand became greatly excitedlthe last few days.‘ at- tending revival meetings about ' a week ago he claimed to have recived a “ wonderful revelation," and has not eaten or slept since. He says the Lord directed him to sacrifice his daughter and declares she will rise again in three days. Yesterday morning he sent word he would make the revelation known and oifer an orthodox sacrifice at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Anumber of Second Advent people assembled at his house, but previous to their arrival the deed was performed with cool deliberation and accompanied with a strange ceremony. The little one was trans- fixed with a knife and her blood poured upon a table improvised as an altar. Freeman has driven every one from the house, locked and barred doors and windows, and being supplied with fire-arms threatens death to any one who shall interfere. Alone with the dead he goes through with a horrible incanta- tion which, he says, in three days will result in resurrection. AND SLAYS HIS CHILD. -In the aptly: the youth and maiden linger in the oven :15 air, And she sighs, in broken 10cm“, "Jo-eph' don’t you must: my hair I" Freeman is a mail carrier at Pocasset, be- tween the railroad station and post office. He woke his wife at 3:30 o'clock Thursday morn- ing and told her he must make a sacrifice to the Lord of his youngest daughter. He got up and took the child from her bed and stabbed her in the side with a butcher knife, causing her death. His wife said it was all right and Abraham would raise her next Sunday. Freeman says the child gave one scream and died in a minute. It is stated the Second Adventists held a meeting in his house the same afternoon and appeared to wish the aifair to be kept quiet. Freeman carried the mail as usual and showed no signs of insanity. The cause appears to be religious excitement alone. Freeman in- formed a reporter that he was told by God to offer Edith, his young and beautiful daughter, as a sacrifice to God and that he did so. As God would not stay his hand he had to do His command. He said God would justify him in his act. POCASSET, Mass., May 3.-â€"Yesterday after- noon the Deputy-Shem} and Medical Ex- aminers arrested Chas. Freeman and wife, and conveyed them to Barnstable. The body of the child sacrificed by Freeman was re- moved to a neighbor’s house. The funeral takes place on Sunday. On his way down Freeman addressed the passengers loudly, reiterating his conviction that he had obeyed a Divine mandate, his wife seconding him. Both expressed no anxiety as to the future. Ottawa, March 17. J OHN MACLEAN SERIOUS GDHFLIBRITIGI. St. J can Baptisté Village in Flames. ' ' ;. Moxmmn; April 30.â€"A fire broke out this evening in St. Jean Baptiste vilhge, a. suburb of Montreal, chiefly inhabited by French Canadians, which threatens to destroy the whole village owing to there being no supply oi water.. Some forty. dwelling houses belong- ing to the poorer classes have been destroyed and the fire is still raging. The fire brigade of the city is in' attendance, but their services witheutywateriis of little email. > _ ' The fire originated in potable belonging to John McCaughan. Some children were play- ing in the place. and It is supposed that matches were used by them, which ignited and-set the plaee: on fire. . The flames soon spread to the house adjoining, and owing to the scarcity of water the firemen were unable to subdue them Altogether about forty houses, chiefly dwellings of two stories. and mostly occupied by more than one family, each were reduce‘d to ashes. During the pre- gress of the flames a large quantity of fur- niture and effects from the houses were taken to a place of safety, but a. great many poor people have lost all their household goods and some sixty or seventy families are ren- dered homeless. The members of the city brigade were on the spot soon after the fire broke out, but owing to there being little or no supply of water their efiorts were confined :principally to saving goods. The fire ‘was finally extinguished about ten o’clock. Had there been even a moderate wind blowing nothing could have saved the whole village. The following are among the chief sufferers by the fire : P. A. and Leondre Lanteaux, owners of three dwellings. unoccupied; L. S. Henault. D. G. Poitvin. M. Laplume. loss about $18,000, in- sured in the North British for. 85.000; Jae. O'Farrell loses two houses, loss $3,000. in- sured ; Alfred Morrell and John McaCughen, shoemaker, neither of these insured on the building, but stock insured in the Niagara for $1,000; Fabien Vinct, Dr. Uelvecchio, M. Latour, 0.}Vanier, dwellings, ,no insurance. The above houses were on St.‘ Lawrence main street. On St. Dominique street the following losses occured: Valliere’s. owned and occupied by Pierre Bedard, Madame Pre- vost and son, Edward Lairette and B. Vali- quette, loss about $6,000, insurance on building 33,000 in Queen’s; F. X. Hague. loss $2.000, no insurance. About 300 cords of wood belonging to L. Fauteaux were de- stroyed. The Citizens’ Insurance Company is involved to the extent of $10,000. North British $17,000, Scottish Commercial 67,000, Queen’s 85,000. ' MONTREAL, May 1.-â€"-A number of people rendered homeless by the fire last evening in St. Jean Baptiste village camped out in the fields all night, but this morning all received shelter from the municipal authorities. The losses stated last night are corroborated by statements given this morning by parties in- terested. The following are the chief losers with the insurance : M. 0. Vannier loses $13,000 ;_ insurance, $3,000 in the Western, $3,000 in the Queen’s, $2,000 inthe Commer- cial Union and 01,000 in the British Ameri- can. J. E. Beaudry, grocer, loss $5,000 ; inâ€" surance, $2,500 in the North British and Mer- cantile. A. Beauehamp, loss $1,000 in fix- tures ; uninsured. R. Vallieres loses four dwellings; insurance, 84,000. Dr. Paiteven. loss 07,000 ; insurance. $2,500 ,0 in the Northern and Citizen’s. J. McCaughatiJhoe- maker, loss $2,200 -; insured in the Niagara. The Fauteux block, owned by Mr. F. Fauteux. cashier of the Banque Ville Marie, valued at $18,000 ; insured for 05,000 in the North British. ‘Dr. Delvecho, druggist, lost $100 in cegh. which he could not save in time, and a large stock. Mr. F. Leroux, boots and shoes, loses $1,000; no insurance. Joseph ‘Hogma loses $3,000; no insurance. 'Widow Prevost loses three dwellings; insured for $2,000 in the North British. Ed. Laviolette, insured for 81,500. The total less, it is thought, will not fall short of $160,000. with about 335,000 insurance. Joseph Provost, Pierre Bedard and Mr. Buette are among the losers not mentioned. There were no acciâ€" dents, but many narrow escapes by the fire- men. â€"For the first time in the history of Ger- many a public street has been named after an Israelite. One of the streets in Frankfort-on- the-Ma‘ine he's, been , called , Konigswarter Strasse, on “(want ,of the benefits which the city has received at various times from the Konignwartor family.-â€"Jmish Advocate. I I (From the Pall Mall Gazette.) ' A series of special revxval servmes are now being held in' Manchester, and to judge by the programme they must be of an attractive nature. The handbills on the subject. which are widely distributed. are headed, “The Sal- vation Army in the Salvation Temple, Gros- venor street.” The following eininent re- vivalists were announced as being engaged for the services of last Sunday: “Captain Booth. with his hallelujah fiddle 1; Happy Bill and Glory Tom from Sheflield, Shaker Bill from Blackburn, and a converted collier, a band of hallelujah .lasses, the champion pigeon flyer,and the champion wrestler of Over Damon, and Mrs. Wilson. the singing pilgrim, who will pray and speak for God." Thelservioes, it is stated, as: conducted by this jtroupe, Were of themselves unobjection- able; but in the afternoon and evening there was much interruption and disturbance, reu- dering‘the presence of the police necessary. The persons. however, who caused‘the row were not the bona fide congregation, but “rowdies” who came for the purpose. It seems hard that Capt. Booth‘ should not be allowedtq play, on his “hallelujahj fiddle." assisted by Happy Bill, Glory T911). and the restvof his band,’ without being exposed to molestation; for their proceedings are hardly more grotesquethan those of the Ritualists. ministers of an ,estfihlished church though they heMMoreover, Capt. Booth and con- freres m‘doul)tless conscientious people; en- deavoring to do good to the best of their Ibility, and “acting up to their lighten! As the kite season is now at its height, boys will be interested to know that a man in Rochester has succeeded in making a kite which dispenses with that troublesome adjust- ment, a tail. It is made after a Holland pat- tern, and the Rochester Express thus tells how to’copy it: “The shape of the kite is what the boys call diamond. The cross bar, which in tall kites of diamond pattern is straight, 'sh'Ould be made of hickory and bow- ed by connecting the ends with a taut string. It' should then be placed at right angles with the perpendicular stick and fastened securely, the bend of the bowbeing backward from’the intersection or the sticks. Run a string around over the ends of each stick, andcover the frame with light tissue paper. For a four- toot kite the perpendicular stick should ex- tend three ieet below the point of intersection and one foot ab0ve it. The bow“ should be one and one half long on each sideiof the point of intersection with the perpendicular stick. The» belly cord should be united at the pointpf intersection, and ,at the same distance down the perpendicular stick as the arms of the bow extend'on each side of the perpendic- ular stick. The band is attached at only two points. the point of intersection and at a. point below, in the four foot kite mentioned, one and one-half feet belowthe point of inter- section. Tie there two strings together and attach the captive cord, balancing it so that the captive cord shall be exactly opposite the point of intersection, or at right angles with the perpendicular stick frame. The face of the kite is then convex and the back. of course. concave. If at first you don’t succeed try again. It is a fun for all sorts of boys. This term of kite is sometimes very eccentric and as game as a wily fish. ' ' Direction: for Making thlu' Wonicrful Traveler oflhe aldeu. LARGE "NUMBER OF DWEIIWGS 'DESTROYED.‘ _' ~ ,.; REVIVAL SLANG ‘lN ENGLAND. A ’I‘A ILLESS KI'I‘E.