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The Huron Expositor, 1878-04-19, Page 5• 4 THE HURON E , P01 TOR NEW AD v_P,RTISEIVIENTS. Stylish Hats and Caps—John Rogers. The Latest—Limisden 84- Wilson. Spring Mantles—Hoffman Brothers. Property fof Sale—Edward Cash. Summer Goods—The Golden Lion. Tenders Wanted—Y. G. Proctor. _ Rooms to Let—Thomae Kidd. House to Rent—A. W. Sperling. Estray Cattle --David Walker. French Tom—Davis dr MeEwen. Toting Enterprise—Peta McEwen. Basket Lost—William Hill& Co. Insolvency Notices—Robert Gibbons. Great Offering—A. G. MoDougall ct Co. Seed Corn—e. Brownell. New Goods—Hoffman Brothers. Extra Value—Waddell (tic Co. • New Speing Goods—George Dent. 4y - urn x1o5itor. REAFORTH, APRIL 19, 1878. The Quebec Crisis and ithe House of Commons. During the discussion in the House of Commons of the resolutiou of Sir John Macdonald, questioning the correctness of the course of the Lieut. -Governor pf Quebec in dismissing his Government While it was supported by a majority of the representatives of the people, the • conduct •of that official was pretty • thoroughly canvassed. After a careful perusal of the arguments on both sides, we must confess a stronger conviction , than ever, that: in attetnpting to pass judgment upon the matter at all, tlie House of Commons entirely departed from its legitimate sphere of enquiry. Why the question was brought up, by the leader of the Opposition, 1111 - less for the pnrpose of making political capital, himself and those who followed him in the discussion, utterly, failed to show. It- could not be for the purpose • of determining whether or not the ac• - tion of the Lieuterient-Governor was constitutional, because, owing to the diversity of opinion aleteng the best au- thorities, it would be utterly impossible to :naive at a correct conclusion in such a way. The only evident reason was to secure a vote of censure on the e6n- duct of Lieutenant-GoVernor Letellier. If this were the intention, it is fortun- ate that the good sense of Parliament - refused. to interfere in matter with • which it had no business. It is true - that the Opposition Cla-gued that the Lieutenant -Governor, being appointed • by the Government, is the servont of Parliament, and. it is, consequently, competent for the body whose servant he is, to pronounce on his conduct. This was thoonly reason put forward by the Opposition why, Parliament should interfere in the matter, and a very flimsy one it is. If the Dominion Parliament has a tight to call in ques- tion. the official acts of the Lieutenant - Governor of any Province, it stands to . reason to assume that it wpuld breve an equal right to dictate and direct his of7 • ficial actg. Were this the case local government would be a nullity, as the entire power would rest with the cen- tral body. By a combinatipn of On- tario representatives iu the Dominion ' Parliament; they could control the des- - tithes of either or all of the other Prp- vinces. Or the Dominion Government, were it so disposed, •could force the Lieutenant -Governor of any Province to do their will, and be their submissive tool. ; Surely the Opposition do not pro- pose to advocate an Y such monstrous); and dangerous doctrine as this, and yet this is just the natural outgrowth of wy they edvoeated in the House the otiler day. If, on the other hand, as the Ministaielista contend, and as clearly seems most reasonable, the Lieutenant -Governor, through his per• - visors, responsible for his action to the people whom he governs, and is en- tirely independent of the central au- thority, it would be an impertitient act for the Dominion Ptuliament, without being asked, to interfere with a matter over which they have no control. .The Governor of Quebec, through his .ad- -visas, has appealed -to the people of that Province for their approval of his course. They aro the interested par- ties, and it is they who should have the only right to pronounce -upon his con- duct. Why should the representatives of the other Provinces, unasked, inter- fere in the affairs of the rrovkice of Quebec, in which they have no interest? the Lieutenant -Governor refused to ! obey the behests of the people of his reastaete and they appealed to the Do- ! Minion Parliament for -aid and counsel, I then, and. not till then, should the lat- ter body interfere. The people of Quo- 1 • bee have made no such appeal to the Deminiou. They consider themselves I comuctent to settle their own difficul- ties, and so long as they are able and willing to do this, it -would be an act of ouparilonable insolence and presump- ton for the Dominion Parliament to public sentiment at the polls on that action. If Sir John Macdonald. had se unworthy a motive in view, it is well that he had not the power to carry it into force. The Senate, in order to accommodale. Sir John, have since passed a resolution similar to that proposed by him in the COxnrnonsa But, it does not matter much what they do, as no person pays any heed to their vagaries: _ _ The -Canadian. House of Com- mons on a Drunk. • A few weeks ago when we directed attention to the disgracefeel proceedings enacted, in the American 'Senate, we did not anticipate being called upon to refer to proceedings eV'en. more discred- itable in our own Canadian Parliament. Had the proceedings described in an- other dolmen been enacted in the Lo- cal Legislature, or even in' the County , Council, we might not feel so mtioh scandalized, but for high-toned and pre- tentious men such as those who compose the Deminion Perliament to disgrace themselves by such unseemly and row- dy conduct is really distressing. We • are not disposed. to blame either party at the expense of- the other, as we be- lieve that both partiee were to blame. In the fleet place the Opposition were to blame for wasting _the time of the House and the moiety of the country,t by attempting to prolong a discussion for which there was no necessity, sire - ply that they might gain party advan- tage. In the second place the Minis- terialists were to blame in attempting to stop that discussion by illegitimate means. In justification of their course the Opposition claim that ittwas abso- lutely necessary that several of their members should have en opportunity of speaking on the Constitutional ques- tion before the House, and that. their opponents being in. the majority intend- ed using their strength to ceush discus- sion by bringing On a division. In jus- tification of their conduct the- Minis- terialists claini that the question had been thoroughly discussed, that theOp- position simply wished to waste time so the result of the division could not be made known at political meetings in Quebec on Sunday afternoon, andm_ore- over, that certain members of the Op- position Make a practice of purposely obstructing the business of the House by continuous speechifying in and out of season, mid that the only means at the disposal of members to stop their gabby' associates is to insult them by making unseemly interruptions. when they are speaking. Now let us` see how far the plea of the Opposition holds good. If it were necessary that the subject should be further discussed by them, .why did. they agree to abandon all discussion of the subject if,the GOV- ernment would consent to delay the di -- vision until Monday eight.? for it must. be remembered that although they talk- ed from two o'clock Saturday morning until set o'clock Saturday night, they did not pretend to discuss the subject they, professed such anxiety to be al- lowed to discuss, but each one vied with the other as to. which could. make him- ; - . self the greater fool. • It is, therefore, made perfectly clear that the Opposi- tion did not desire opportunity for pronounce in advance upon a matter • -with -which it had nothing to do.. . If the object of the OppoSition leader was to make political capital, as we Mere Ulan suspect it was,he would have gained consid&ralde in that way by having his resolution sancti„nied by the Dominion Parliament. Sucli a decision materially aid his fri 1 i• c -nes .11 -te ceming €.4ections. With ignorant and'unthink- ing peeple the fact of the Dominion , Par lament declaring agam the on. - duet of the Lieutenant-GoVernor wouId. have considerable influence, and would roads that would wprk to it. That sounds very well; but it is exactly of a piece with the advocacy; a. short time age, of persons here interested in a few small steamers for regulations that would prevent the , United States steamers from coming farther than the boundaryi, the rdsult of which would. be that the Ameridan steamers Would eharge the same rate to Pembina that they otherwise would to Winnipeg, and the people of the Province would. thus have to pay the cost from Pembina to Winnipeg more than the already high rates. Thus it would be were the Pem- bina Branch worked as the Mail would haveit done." THERE is nothing new to note from the seat of war. indications are gract- ually growing more favorable to a peaceful settlement of all disputes. wommtwoommita Doings at Ottawa. OTTAWA, April 17,1878. On Thursday evening last, after rou- • tine business, Sir John A. Macdonald moved, in amendment to the order to go into Supply, his resolution condemn- ing the -action of the Lieutenant -Gover- nor of Quebec in "dismissing his advis- .ers. He urged that the complaint he had to make wadi of the nature of a • grievance, and, therefore, a fitting amen.dment to the proposal to vote sup- plies. He took the around that any evil precedents must- be guard.ed against, especially in the earlier stages a our national history. The Lieutenant - Governor, he urged, stood in the same relation to the Government of Canada • as the Governor-General to the Imperial authority. Before Confederation every Lieutenant-Goveynor was liable to have his conduct reviewed by the British Parliament, as was that' of all colonial governors—the cases of Governor Eyre and Sir Charles Darling and. others be- ing mentioned as especially in point. It had been argued that as a strictly legal question the relations of Lieutenant - Governors to their Legislatures were not precisely' those of the Governor- General to Parliament, although he (Sir John) was willing to assume that their powers were in this connection the same. It was not sufficient to argue that the Craw -n had certain extensive powers. _There might be the legal powers of the Crown, and yet it might not be constitutional to exercise 'them. He read several authorities on this point, .and asserted. that the late Min- isters in Quebec stood in precisely the same position towards the Lieutenant - Governor as. the Ministers, in England to the Queen, and were entitled to con- fidence so long as they possessed a ma- jority in the Legislature. He quoted at great length from various ;authorities to • thew that the power of dismissal was never resorted to in England. He re- ferred. to the. allegation that the crisis in Quebec was brought on in order to affect the Federal elections, a,m1 quoted. some newspaper rumors in support of this charge. He concluded a four hours' speech amid the cheers of his friends. Immediately upon Sir John conclud- in.& Mr. .Mackenzie rose, and was re- ceived with loud applause from the Ministerial benches. He began by as- senting to much Sir John bad said, but declined, in •view of that gentleman's history, to accept him as a high author- ity on constitutional Government. He challenged many of Sir John's preced- ents as not applicable, and while ad.- mitting the right of the House to die-, ouss the conduct of 'a Lieutenant -Gov- ernor in extreme cases, said this should be used with great deliceey. He point- ed. out that the resolution declared that the Lieutenant -Governor had acted un- wisely. But that was a matterpf opin- ion, and for the people of Quebec to de- cide. If the Yecleral Parliament were to censure the Lieutenant -Governor, what position would it be in if the peo- ple of Quebec were to approve the dis- missal of the DeBoucherville Govern - ment by their milieu •at the polis? • He ead from Sir John's O'WH official pa- pers to show that he had upheld. tite lo - al authority as against any FAteral ntervention, and pointe.d out that he - bad carefully.avoided stating in express erms that the action of the Lieutenant - Governor had been. tuaconstikationale The resolution was cunningly drawn, and might; like most of Sir John's pro-, ductions, be read two or three ways. To interfere now wonld be -to subvert.. he lira - principles of !Responsible Gov- rnment. He could not censure Lieu- enant-Govetnor Letellier without cem ming his- advisers; -mid thus antictpat- ng the free aetion of the people. Let he result be what .it might, his (the Premier's) determination was, that so ar as he was concerned., there should. e no interference. • Mr. Mackenzie -went on to correct some maccoracies in Sir John's historical reminiscence, and alluded in scathing terms to the out- rages; upon constitutional government involved in the action of Sir Edmund Head in 1858, and which found. -in. Sir. Olin a ready apolo,gist. He glanced _ he extrairdinary character of the legis- ation of the late Quebec Government, nd. at the defence of the Lieutenant - Governor constitutional grounds by ir F. Hawks. The form of the reso- lute= itself showed the doubt and. hesi- tation, in Sir John's. own mind as to the; . precise nature of the events •he depre- cated, ancl stigmatized: the movement of the Conservative leader as both un -,1 wise and indecent. Ile called. On every -friend of responsible °government to ° ote down the resolution. • The 'cheere- ng when he sat down was: loud and. ong centinned. • , Sir John's speech was, sonic re- 1 pects, an able effort. It. showed him /Table of an =mint of physical en - mance which his appearance does not udicate. On S911.10 occasions he waxed . loquent, but the effort upon die whole vas too long and too labored;and the • minense -number of long quotations he ead detracted much from thei interest d speech, especially 40.3 many of hem had. no Obvious bearing on the -,oint in question -and also on acconut if the awkward pauses he made Arlli10 Ill. -Elting up his authorities. His desk nd around on the floor was leaped. up v;dth books, aud frequently then searching for one there .1,VOUld be pal:1.Se of several minutes. When lia esumed his seat he 'seemed thilroughh- xhansted. Mr. Mackeuzie's reply, al - hough entirely impromptu took much. etter with the 'audience. He only read wu short extracts, and Ibis language -as vigorous, forcible, and to the point.. le spoke for about forty minutes, and 1 that time went over pretty' much the -hole ,round taken up 1,,y Sir John'. further discussion, but simply to delay, r the division for a party purpose. The doverninent were, therefore, amply ins- 0 tified in refusing them e party a.dvan- tage at the expense of the public, and the country will approve of their course, and will hold the the Opposition responsible for the expense and delay which their factious and Mash non - duet has caused. But however unscru- t pulous certain members ofl the Opposi- tion may be, and howevei-annoying 'the s useless and continuous ,blathering of such obstfuctionists as Mitchell, Plumb, t Pope and Bowell may be, all 'this af- fords no excuse for unseemly conduct b on the pai:t of their opponents. The better way is to Vet them talk. them- selves to death if•such a thing be pos- sible, and pay no heed to them. The country can appreciate them at their fr value, and it is scarcely worth the while of any Ministerialist taking the t trouble even to interrupt them, much a ess icp o t Tho only pity is, that the expense caused by the delay S -which they occasion, can not be levied on their severalconstitue. 'cies If eh a thing were possible, thou is not much danger that either one of them would be on haud to cause treub e and annoy- ance in the next Parlitune . What Those Who Know Sa - • T1 proposition o Government to lease the Pe of the Canada, Pacific. L period : I be • V tight to t e- Dominion s nb in a branch c ci ailway for a 'tn condemn- e ed by the Opposition presS as an out- ° i rage and. a job. The Manitoba i• ree r Priss.which ought to know whereof it ( speaks, and whiele by the way, is nut t by any means' ,,yerly, friendly • the 1 kevernment, thus speaks of the scheme ( 1 and. its opp,,nents : a " Doubtles,s at - the instigation of I interested parties- — those, perhaps, who, ever since there • has a been• a prospect of an flume- r diate railway for Alanitoba, have been e opposing it—the Toronto is fol- t lowing up its.endeayors to frustrate such all accomplishment. The latest wav of t putting it is. Why lease the Pembina NS Iiraneh at all ?" The Government, it I - very materially prevent the possibility ! is urged, should complete this road and securing an unbiahed exprLssion of , work it in conneCtion wit any or all Ns The debate was continued- by several other. speakers. Mr. Devlin, of Mon- treal Centre, made the bestespeech that was made during the debate, The de- bate was resuined ,on Friday, and was continued until 2 o'clock Saturday morning. when the imseendly proceed- ings, narrated in another lace, trans- pired. On Monday, after transacting large amount of other busigess, the or- der for the resumption of this debate was reached about 10 o' lock .P. M. Mr. Mitchell, ;the irrepres ible leader, rank and file, of the Left C ntre, saidhe declined. being regulated bythe arrange- ments made the previous Saturday, by Sir John and Mr. Mackenzieand deliver- ed in hour's harran,gue. During the de- livery of this speech no attention what- ever was paid to it by members of eith- er side, and -at its conclusion no reply was offered. The division on. Sir John's amendment was taken, and it was lost by a vote of 70 to 112. There were 13 ,Ministerial members and 8 Opposition members absent when the division was taken. Thus ended the debate on the great constitutional question, and it will be lona remembered by eyery mem- ber of thepHouse. It was not denied by the Opposition on Monday that their object in resisting a division being taken on Friday night, was ta.prevent the re- sult of it being announced at the Sunday political meetings in the pro- vince of Quebec. Shortly after Sir John began his speech on Thursday, Dr. Tupper left his seat, and, for the first time this ses- sion, went and gossiped. with the ladies in the Speaker's and Senatolis' galleries, and did not do Sir John even • the peer compliment of listening to his lucObra- tions. Be remained. there during the entire debate, and disappointed those ,who had anticipated he would reply to !Mr. Mackenzie. The impression now prevalent is that he recognized. the right of Lieutenant -Governor Letel- lier to do as he did, and that he refused' to be 'made a tool .to make political capital out of Boob. a Mat- tTeurp, Wpehiri.Ch is saying a good deal for Dr. THE MOYLAN ACCOUNTS. All the evidence in the Moylan ac- counts matter has now been taken. The • report of the Committee hes not yet been made, but that matters wery little, as the public rely very muo more on the evidence in forming an at inion than in a Committee's report. When boiled down the evidence leads to the follow- ing conclusions: "That Sir john gave money out of the Public Treasury to Moylan for which no value had. been re- ceived, nor was intended to be received or given, but simply to relieee his im- pecuniosity and. silence his begging ap- peals; that When th.e transaction _was discoverede_Moylan revived an old dis- carded. claim, and to all appeara,nce ex- aggerated it so that it wouldtcover the amount of the plunder given to him by Sir john: Altogether it seethe to have been a barefaced transaction, inexcus- able, and unjustifiable, and, as in the case of the Secret Service payment, without warrant or authority. Either Mitylan or Sir John should be compelled to disgorge by replacing in the Treazury the money illegally abstracted from it by the latter and paid to the former. . THE KAMINISTIQUIA. COMMITTEE. Mr. Kingsford,Engineer of Rivas and Harbors and Mr. Bousset, his essistant, were examined. before the Kanunistiquia Committee on Monday morning. Both gave the straightest evidence in favor of the Kaministiquia River being made a harbor in preferenceto Prince Arthur's Landiug. The failure of theliaminie- tiquia investigation so far to injure the Government is a bitter disappointment to its promoters, who are at their wits' ends for evidence of a sort to justifytheir accusations and confident predictions of damaging scandals. The zeal. and in- dustry of those unhappy gentry will be sorely taxed in the production of a re- port of any use forporty purpoeee. DEPARTMENTAL SPIES, Tupper's statements in the 'Course of a slightdiscussion in the House,the oth- er day touching OD. the extension. of the Canada Central as a branch of the Pa- cific Railway, that the Premier had in his possession the report of the acting engineer of the Pacific Railway on the route to be selected for the Canada Pa- cific and the accompanying map, skewed that the business secrets of the Depart- ment are regularly reported. to the Op- position leader. It is a notorious fact that a large number of the old employes in the Departments are neither more nor les than spies in the interest of the Opposition leaders. If Ministers con- sulted their own interests or desired to preserve ordinary Oficial secrecy invio- late they would have to rid the Depart- ane.nt of almost the entire Board of Civ- il Service officials and appointed by Sir John and his colleagues. KNIGHTHOOD. ° A. Tumor in the,lobbies has it that the honor of knighthood ; has been offered to distinguished Member of the House of Commons and that he is likely to ac- cept it. The names of Messrs. Anglin, Blake and Smith, 'Minister of Marine and Fisheries, are mentioned, but none with,certainty, for those who knew posi- tively refuse to give. the information. Mr. Snaith is now a millionaire, and a title would sit well on him. . There. is some doubt whether Mr. Blake will ac- cept -the honor, and it is known that Mr. Mackenzie will not, as be refueed it in 1874. . GOD'o NEWS F.ROir (=EEC. 1 Devlin anuouneed in the House. last night that he had inforMation wh_ich warranted him in saying that the Joly I Government wthild be sustained by a! majority of 20 in the Legislature NOAVS of it similar character from the Quebec Counties mut also have 1 reached :the Opposition members, as I there liaS been a. rapid. movem.ent of - menaberafrena th.at side to Quebec and . great anxiety among the reniaining French Conservative members to follow their example and rush to the rescue of their individual Counties, which are - in 4110er of falling into the hands of the LiberMs. ' A LOCAL iNTEEL:ST. MailS Nyillin all probability, lie carried. over the Loudon, Huron and Bruce Railway on and after the lst .of June-. There was no appropriation for this particular service in-• last years esti- mates, hence the delay in transferring the cairiage of the Mails by- that route. The service will be put in operation as soon as Tfiossible. A. Mr.moitain.E CAELER.—The mother of Edison., the phonograph man, Illary Elliott Edison,Nvas of Scotch parentage, but born in Massachusetts. She was finely educated, and for several years taught in a Canadian High School She 1 was an industrious, capable, literary, and. ambitious woman. She died in1862- at 67 years of age, Tliomaa Alva Edi- son was bon]. Feb. 11, 1847, at Milan, Erie county, Oliio. The Jambocroememillonths,,HOuse of Of all the disgraceful scenes that have happened in Parliament for twenty years, that Which occurred last Friday night and Saturday morning -in the Ca- nadian House of Commons, Ottawa, outHerod'sthem all. It • Was during the debate on' theconduct of the Lieu- tenant -Governor of Quebee. Nothing of any moment -took place until two o'clock. In the meantime Messrs. Pal- mer, Laflamme, Hector Cameron, and Huntington had, followed Mr. Devlin. But about two o'cleck- Mr. McDougall, ef Three Rivers, rose _aud moved. the adjournment of the debate. The Gov- ernment; believing the. sobj eat had. been' -.exheusted, demanded a division. The Opposition resisted it stoutly and Mr. MoDougall then proceeded to address the House, which by that time was in an execrable htunor. He was unfit for the task he had undertaken. He talked so stupidly in English that those of his friends who were able to see that he was making a fool of himself called to him to speak in French. He then be- gan. in that language and continued ramhling,about in the most demented way. His face was flaring red, his hale ttvisted. into all sorts of positions and, his general exterior exceedingly dis- creditable, which everybody regrets, as he is one of the best -natured men in the lIouse and." well liked. He had, -however, been egged on by his friends to take -the floor, •anci. having done 8.0, - Ids stubborn persistency kept him on. his feet for an hour, although he was interrupted in a manner the like of which has not been seen since Confed- eration. After talking for an hour and saying what 'nobody understood, and what nobody cared anything about, he • was called to order by Kr.' McDougall, of Elgin, who drew the speaker's atten- tion to the fact that Mr. McDougall, of Three Rivers, was not speaking to the question of adjourning the debate. The point being well taken, he had to re - smote his seat. . He was promptly fol- lowed by Mr. Cimon, who spoke in French for two hours. He occupied_ most of his time in. reading extracts from books, and the confusion, which beggars description, continued until the uproar became something • positively dreadful. The Ministerialists inter- rupted, and the Opposition joined inthe row, each side trying, with stentorian lungs and herculean strength, to make a 'clatter that Would put the other down. If a member would. rise amid the general din to a point of order, he would be met with a howl as if from thelower regions, and would be com- pelled to drop -into his seat. Desks were. pounded, kicked and scraped; the cov- ers were lifted and dropped; trumpet* were blown; songs sung, and, an uproar kept up. The Speaker appealed to the House to Come to some arrangement and prevent such an unseemly exhibi- • tion. Neither side was willing to give in and cups of coffee, refreshments, cake, etc., soon afterwards made their appearance on the desks of several naembers, there being an evident de- termination- to "sit it out," , The little pag.6 were rim to death, as all the members thought that something might be gained 'by showing that they. were fortifying for the siege. ,Mr. Cimon at 5).20 closed by moving the adjournment of the House, which gave the members liberty to say what they pleesede and speak as often as they liked. Mr. Mc- Dougall, of Three Rivers, thereupon rose, and for another hour, kept on try- ing to fmish his speech. He told- his interrupters that he would not be put down, and. _Tent on though Scarcely o word could be heard. As his eyes Were useless, he could not see that piles of. old newspapers, files and all sorts of books were being piled up by faeetious- members on his desk. When he went to look for a, reference he was puzzled over the strange authorities 'lying be - foss 'him,- and . the House laughed. its loudest. The .immortal Plumb rose at six o'clock and spoke, °I:rather readout. of a book, for two hours, during .which time Bedlam itself seemed to be let loose. He. was met with a salvo of desk slamming,hoots and yells.. Sir John Macdonald, who had been . lively early in the evening and been sleeping sound- ly at his desk, was wakened. He look- ed up with 'the most- cqinical expres- sion imaginable, and. seemed for mo- ment to be lost. , Suddenly taking in the eituation, he rose, with a. grin from ear to eat, and demanded order, adding that he himself proposed to speak again. as briefly as before (three lamirs.) On this subject Mr. Mackenzie pointedly., retorted, and Mr. plumb resumed,. amid the MOSt frightful noises. '-He reed page' after page, which nobody heard, and seemed tO select his matter at ran - dem. He was frequently called to or- der for not speaking, to tlio subject, but as soon as he got up went coolly on. The singing was begun again, and "La Marselleiec," " Atild Lang Syne," boat songs and shanty ditties, with rousing choruses, were rendered. at the Op of the singers' voices. During this uproar Mr. Campbell (Dr. Tupper's goose). tumbled into the Chaanber, and ad- vancing to the Speaker's chair, began to address Min in a high key and talked in the broadest possible broad Scotch, but not a word could be heard, and as he danced in the wildest manner, throwing his legs about in the most uncouth way, he cut a figure that provoked trom.en-- dous applause and. laughter. All the members avero- present, as the Minis- terial "whips" had refused "pairs" to the Tories. Finally, the noise c-easeil -suf- ficiently to bear old Mr. Campbell say- ing, "There pee no Speaker; there pee no Pe. t: 'overn- ments !,' The old. man flourished his rowdy hat in one hand and. a long clay pipe in the other, aiir.L it is said. hav- ing used some very profane language, ; called. for three cheers for the Queen. I Mr. Mackenzie called upon' the Ser- * geant-lat-Arnis tri keep order, and at the I i,nstant some of Mr. Campbell's frieride seized him and. dragged him. behind the ; Speaker's chair and hustled him out of ; tile Chamber. Plumb. pretending to .- nothing f this,1 _ .." on anfron. While the singing eentin- ' fled Mr. INIacdennell, of Inverness, did a mat, t cal Mg the Speaker's at- ,. tention to the faci-, that 31t. Plumb was 1 interrupting the _music.. During the row. Mr. McMillan went round. to the 1 Ministerial si,de-of the Honse, and tried to get up a fivarrel- with ,Mr. (Theyal. He called him a " dirty- skunk." and. i , • other names, threatened to11' lick " him when he caught htm. in the Tobbies, and charged him with leading the interrup- tion. Mr. Plumb kept on Until 8 o'clock, when MreDomville, in a alawthaanmer coat and white necktie, for he had beau dining out, took the floor and spoke for two hours, so that his friends might go and get breakfast. The Ministerialists took the same opportunity, and the " whips " told off the. relay, so - that at no time the House should be ;without quorum. Mr. Orton spoke for an hour, and then Mr. Ouimet followed. for two, he haying the floor until noon. •Since eight o'clock there have been few in- terruptions, as the House had -become exhaustied. The smoking, rOxling and. other -rooms were, filled up to twelve o'clock with members -trying to get some sleep. This sort of thing continued un- til about two, when Lady Dufferin took a seat on the floor of the Haus° near Mr. Speaker. In the afternoon about this time, the noisy ones having return- ed Irefreshed, . the uproar 1 was at its greatest—French members were sing- ing the "Marsellaise," English ones join- ed in "Auld Lang Syne" and " I Won't Go Home Till Morning," toy balloons were squeaking; desks were groaning, members • were shouting "order " and "call in the members." Her Excel- lency appeared greatly amused at the extraordinary scene. About 4 P. M., When she rose to leave, the members on the Ministerial side sprang to their feet, andi as if by concertl the patriotic 'trains of "God Save the Qiieen " burst orth from their throats. The Opposi- tion took it up. The galleries, which were crowded. for the most part with la- dies, echoed the anthem, and the entire chamber rung with the loiral melody. Three hearty cheers followed, and when the members resumed their seats a feel- ing of cordialityi aptpeared to have spread over the chamber,' softening the as- perities that were creeping in as a re- sult of the struggle that had been going on for so many hours: The compli- ment was no dotibt appreciated by Lady Dufferin. The sight of some two hundred men forgetting for the moment' their pibrty contentious and uniting in an expression of good will to her Excel- lency and d.evotion to the Queen, was one that could not be forgotten. After the departure of Her .Excellency and party, and. the °Tabora which ensued, things went on quietly until six o'clock. First one Opposition member would speak and read until he grew .weary, when he would be relieved by another. At five- o'clock Saturday evenina Mr. Bowen took the floor and spoke tilsix. While he was speaking Sir John crossed. the floor and held a conferenee with Mr. Mackenzie, at the ccinclusion of which the Premier, interrupting Mr. Bowen; stated. that he had agreed upon certain. \ ts conditions to an 'adjournmente These conditions were the proposal of the leader of the Opposition, and were that a vote should be taken without debate on Monday evening after the arrival of the evening train. The House would proceed to business on Monday till that hour. Sir Joh9. Macdonald corroborated. this agreement, and said he would be greatly diSappointed g ' a vote on the resolution was not taken at 10 P. M. on Monday. On motion of Mr. Bowell, the debate was adjourned, and onmotion of the Premier the House adjourned after being twenty-seven hours continually .cineivseedsswiointh loTuhdecheeisadjournmentfrombo behy assidesre- of the Frouse. I . , 1INCIDENTS AND INFERENCES. The Premier remainedl at his pest, as did most of the Ministers, during the entire night and day. Sir John left early in the morning, thoroughly ex- hausted, and did not appear again until late in the afternoon. He was not preseut during Lady Dufferin'e Botvell figured as Oppositionleader at the time, his duty being. to Spoon-feed the infant orators with newspaper clip- pings, scrap -books and almanacs, to sustain them in their efforts to talk time out of countenance. With the ex- ception' of the drunken scenes that cropped up chiefly between 12 and 8 a, M. there was nothing outrageously un- seemly in the proceedings. Everything was as amiable and good -natured -on both sides as could possibly be expected. There is no doubt that the object of the Opposition in struggling against a vote being taken was a double one. First, they desired to preventethe result of the vote going to the Quebec electors* the Sunday meetings; and second, they expected to be able to return on Mob. - day \vial fresh material With which to renew ite d.ebate and prolong it several days. They succeeded, in the first, but the had to abandon the J0,0, so that the result leaves the 'honors easy be- tween both parties. But what does all this cost the country*? Calculating from. 3 P. M. Friday until 6 o'clock Saturday morning we find that the twenty-seven hoiirs of speaking—most of it against time—has cost the country $33,500. This sort of thing may be fun fpr the Opposition members who ganeed it, but it is not so pleasant for those, who have to foot the bill. Lady Macdonald, Mre. Mackenzie and several other ladies sat the debate out until time to partake breakfast. The fiansard reporters have been - very hard worked, the French. one tak- ing notes on pne occasion for three here's without resting. Dining some of the speeches some of the poor fellows who were exhausted stopped taking notes, but the attention of the House was called to the matter by Ministerial- ists, who want the stieeches to appear in the Hansard and stand on record in • condemnation of the trickery of an un- scrupulous Opposition. The last important 9ceasion when 1 this speaking against , time took place was in Toronto in 185(5, when Mr. ,Hol- ton moved a want of confidence nao- tion, which, being sustained by an Up- per Canadian majority, led to the resig- • nation of Sir Alan McNab, At that i tina6 the House sat for two days and two -nights or during 52' hours. The OppesiLion spoke against tiine in order -t6 give an opportunity for Sir Henry Smith and Hon. Sidney Smith to conic up from Cohourg. The Government refused an adjournment of the debate until it was reported that the steamier Magnet wa., coming up Toronto., Bay, when they gave 'way, knowing' that if they did not they would be defeated on ni ion., APRIL 191 1878. 1,11 ing on the blacksmithing beseaa this plaee for Borne time, have enget% a first-class carriage and wagon melee and are now doing a gtiod° bugle*: bringing in throughbred stock. re Philip Rickm.an, of farmers in this neighborhood, ea / whom are improving their herds by We have also a very enterpiising let et the boundary_att imported a fine cart stallion. News of the Week. MED. -an. Dion, Chief Engineer a the Paris Exhibition, is (lead. DEATH OF AN OFFICER. --Dr. a. Painter, of the United States navy, atg at Nagasaki, Japan, on March 231,11, EARTHQUAKES.—Barthqualles are ee, usually frequent this season in Japan, but not severe. The emissions a the volcano Asama Yaka, sixty miles beta Tokio, have suddenly ceased. THE TREASURY OF ITALY.—Duringtho last decade $106,000,000, derived tam confiscated. chinch property sold at auction, have been paid into the trate ury of Italy. DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE A.T CANToz. A. hurricane, accompanied by two water spouts, has caused immense denier/eat Canton, China. No deaths arerep.orfAi among the population. MESMEritC POWER.—A physician tete. his mesmeric power a girl in Ilene .selaer, Ind., and put her to sleep real ily ; but he could not awaken her, ana sh.d remained unconscious for two dare NEW RAILROAD TICKET.—Mr. ,ifijam Robinson, ticket agent of the Greet Western Railway, in Detroit, has tee plied for a Tatent for a new 'style of railroad tidlret, of his own invention. THE TEX,EGRAPH No T AVAILABLE. --Its the Chinese Itave no alphabet, the tele- graph has proven worthless; but the telephone has been adopted by the au- thorities, and 500 miles have beee spoken over readily. - ABSCONDING Onunx.—The young De. troit absconding bank teller was fowl at the Windsort'hotel under an. assinnal name, and. on learning that his lathe had. Made good. the $10,000 deficit, lie consented to return with the detective. A RENOWNED MURDERER. — Sae Steenbury, -awaiting execution at Flori- da, N. Y., for murder, has made a full confession.. He is guiltyof eleven mua ders, the first committed. when he was 14 years old, besides innumerable but. glories and Incendiary fires. FATAL IMPATIENCE.—SiM011 Conger, an aged and eccentric man at Matawaye New Jersey, bruised. his toe recently. As the toe was painful, and did not heal rapidly, Conger, in a fit of impa- tience, cut it off with a hammer -an ahisel. Mortification set in, and he died on Friday night. A HANDSOME WEDDING PRESENT.— Among the stories floating about is one to the effect that the new Lady Rose- berry presented her husband orb their wedding day with a box in which, on opening it, hA found a cheque for £300,- 000. A COMING SCA'NDAL.—.A. Detroit cor- respondent of the 'New' York Gragic telegraphs that an extraordinary Sesea dal, involving a very prominieit churell dignitary and. a young marrted womaii is about to be made public, suppression having been pronaised until the derv- rnan could sail Ler Europe. The Boss InvenTionea-AnAustralian is trying to invent a machine which shall reap, thrash, clean and bag wheat ae it moves along. When he gets it done an AmericOn,will add. an attach- ment which sells the wheat, grinds it, puts it into barrelsrand stamps each barrel with XXX's. A TERRInC. TORNADO!. — A special says a tornado passed over Cottonwood on. the Santa Fee road, Kansas, last Saturday night, blowing 46 cars off' the track and destroying a number- of houses. Some lives were lost. It is reported a stock train wan wreekel near Empona. BURNED TO DEATH.— -John Lyon, President of the Boston, Concord. and Montreal Railroadavas burned to death at Petnigewassa House, Plymouth' N. H. He arose during the night, being ill, and fell with. the lamp in his hand, breaking it and setting fire to his clothes. A SER/OUS JOE:E.—Recently a gen- tleman in St. Louis closed the door•of a safe upon the son of ex-Congiess- man Newcombe, and. stepped out, not kno-wing that the lock closed with ee spring which but one other in the of- fice could open. This gentleman was out and a whole half hour elapsed: be- fore the young man Could be rescued. When found he was insensible, but has since recovered. MURDB11 WILL OUT.—Another mys- tery has 'been cleared. up. Isaac Blake was returning from New Brunswick to Maine fifty years ago with -$1,500 in his possession, obtained by the sale of eat- tle. He stopped. at a tavern in Well- born one night, and thenceforth all trace of hint was lost. Some days ago a man aged 70 died. in Atkinson, col- _ tossing that he had killed Mr. Blake for his money. THE RAPIDLY ADVANCING PRICES.— A Paris special says prices of lodgings 'and all the -necessaries of life will be largely advanced during the Exposition. The proprietors of furnished apartments already innke extravagant demands. The Grand Hotel will advance vices of table (thole dinner to 7 francs.; Cheaper hotels and restaurants will advance prices proportionately. Dram OF RoSS TWEED.—Mr,..WIn. Tweed, the chief conspirator in the late Tammany ring frauds in. New York, died last Friday at 12 o'clock at the. Ludlow street jail. About a week ago Tweed first complained of coldand took his bed, which he kept to his deatht Up to the night before his death, aoptpreaiplepne:irmi,t1fiaort it tny aseciesousil ingly said, 1' I'll be all right again by' next Monday." A. short time previous to death he whispered in disconnectea sentences with ()Teat In. "1 hope nvig ,,that everyone is satisfied." The news of his death spread.' rapidly throughout ihe city and many. of his former friendS hastened to the jail. The body Was placed on ice.. Dr. Carnochan certified that death was caused by pericardis con- traction of the Membranes around tlle heart, pneumonia, bronchitis,and chron- ic diseases of the kidneys. He add-, althou h. this was not included in the . • deposition, that death WaS U1s0 CallSea - -The f011owing notes from '; lmrst, township of Tuckersmith, will bc of interest : - Our village, which has • been very dull on account of - the bad condition of the roads, is now hezoming more lively. Mr. MeTaggart, mer- chant, is d.oing a good business. Messrs. kt- Henry who have been carry- ' • cbt'Isttlal tileixricriatlem.slelic)telut nid)leYrgiturleiei ITs,3 vv.tebeae had been laboring. A paragraph has been discovered in the rules governia,g Greenwood Cemetery, whero TweedS family burying ground is situated. Pro- hibiting the interment within it of allY person dying in prison. Ann 19; inf --At a Convention. of of South Pert -beheld at Mit day last, Drilornibrook, vzas nominated as the can -Convnons, and Mr. A.Mioni ford, as the eandidate for Auction Sa- Tue8dY' April 23, Thames Road, Ifsborne,Il eiiture, Buggies, Cutter, Gracey, proprietor; A.. -• tioneer. Tuesday April 231 011 L ffullett, Farm Stock itia Thornas Cowan, prop] Bullard, auctioneer. Births- Tiactermnith, on All Mr. William Dale, of a. son, COWAN.—In -Morris, on 'March' Henry C,:aan, of a FOIL STBAITON..-1/1. Clint011, on A Mr. A. Straiton, G T. IL, of Blyth, on April" James Wilson, of danghte GOSNAN.—InMorris, on, April llent700sroan, of a son. latEINNON.—In Blyth, ou pri MaJcolm F. M11 non, of a ANOX,—In Hallett, on AprilWflhim '9 ltn-ox, ef o. on. _ BIT011E.--1.12 Wavanosh, on -I Mr. Josb.na Illtehie, of a son DUNLOP. ,In Seaforth, on Ar Mr. C. unlop, of a son. arriagei VatSON—TOWLER,—At tixt- iimra on April. 2, by Ito B. miss Perninsh 1. Sowler, of ILACKOLLY—ERNM—A.? bride's father, on April 0, b . Mr. Tames D. Alseaulsy, to daughter of Mr. David. Erwi DOUGLASS—McES'tt bride's father, •on April 1 Lean, Mr. Robert Dougla,cs'i eldest ilinight,er -of A. McIun STEPHENSON — April- 10, by Rev,lTx COUrt phan,301l, to Miss Ellen r ton. Deaths', IENANS.—In Turnberry, t th • husband, nu 4yril 12, Mat R. J. Evans, aged 30 yearsl SIGGERS.—At the residence Boyd, Seaforth, John - the late Thomas Biggers, o years, 8 months and 10 daY STMONDS.—In Morris, on Apt George Symonds, aged 70 xi wismos.—At Kivkton, on Al mart, aged. 66 veirS. 3tTIN —Li Seaforth, at the! on April j'7, Mr. Stones 111c0GBEG0B.—In Detroit, on of Capt. Gregor W. McGreg THE MARE SEAFIIRT1 Fall Wheat.... . .. . - . • Spring Whoa -t, Fife, per bushel Spring Wheat, Bed. Chaff,per bi Casper bushel.... , Peas per bushel.. ! Barley per Butter, No. 1, Loose, trikc..i Butter, No. 1, Loose, cash; Clover Seed, per bushel.......! Timothy seed, per bushel- • Eggs.— ... 'Flour, per barrel.. - Hay.. . Hides, pet lb..... Grubby Hides per 100 lbs... Fallen Hides, per 100 lbs....4 Salt (retail) per barrel, .... Salt (w-holosale)per Potatoes per bushel. - OatnioalV at'. -.- Toole per m. "Dressed Hogs, per 100 lbs.— Beef, in quarters, per 100 lbs. -Cu= Fall What, per bushel...—. Spring Wheat, per bushel ..... Oats, net Barley; per -so Peas, per bushel. -.......... Clover Seed, per bnshet....,. Tinaothy Seed, per pushel; 0 rk, • .}.,r • Hay,per . Liv Stock Axi.ONTX1EAL.; Apri115; cattle ranged. from 3c-. elaxtttrepricear egittleb; being pat. L. sold. seven choiee told lbs, 6c per it; _also nearly 1,200 is, atthe also sold 3 steers at 51: at 4ic per nxia 6 -cat $65 each. H. Gould"-, Whitby., sold 20 choice /b. Mr. Gould alk) so per 11); 6, at 5c; 5, at at $8 50 each. Win, stock, -sold 10 -cattlu, ni $10 on the kb, 3 ehoi on the lot; also 50 she iPia.g0'B 4,06o0nrkeia3s, StOolraupa .$ no. rnanville, sold seven o and 7 other cattle, at each. -J. Stone, o 20 head of cattle at Se calves, at from 5 ti aogsfaatt 4$15 eGPaccr tte li had. 5 -carloads of catt and sold.50 head at at each:. T. Crawford., o cattle at -11:40 per M. sold thirty head of no A. Reeves, of Toronto 5ic per lb: A. W also sold forty-three Hfsr000laipupt:r.:3013nottloYd:!reetatleectt::::,.. or from to 5.1c per' per lb, Grand T -Trains leave Sealorth follows: GOING WEST*-- SE,NE01, Express 2-45 P Express-..— tiN`38 P Mixed ; 2:00 A -GOING EAST— f,i}.A1,01 - Mixed Train..- 7:52 A Express Train- 1:15 P Mixed Train5:00 k Mixed Train.... 10:35 1\TOri.7 HOFFMAN t E. EUTTERICK ABLE For all kinds of garmeni. a.lwayg on hand. Mont' be h ad on apOization fi • for one cent main!). 1101:MAN BROS.,