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4 f -- ' :;,x. .",t j ; and according to the last statement. of the 'Hon,. Treasurer it now amounted to $4,-- 703,000, or within a paltrty $3,000 ol the amount in Sandficld Macdonald's time. (Cheers.) _ And this notwithstanding the f large _ surplus -- distribution _ and _ the ) amount expended in aid to railways, le regreotted that the leadership of his hon. . friend toe imember for London had been stained at the outset by the position he had tahen on the matter of the indemnity. The question had been raised as to who had ' tirst hoisted the black flag,. Me read from | | the Mail of February 10th, 1876, an extract | ' copied from the London ZHera/d, which as-- i 8 serted that tne Opposition had strenuously | { ' opposed the increase in the indemnity at | F the time it was made, and laid the blame | * entirely upon the Ministers, _ Not one ¢ 3 statement in the article was true. Had ' . | there been a word said agsinst it by the | | gentlemen opposite? | o Sm Mr, MEREDITTH--Yes, f j f Mr, ROSS--Had the organ in which it $ @ appeared ever contradicted the e_.'lutemcm,? | < i That was the first hoisting of the black 4 flag, That article had been lL-c_ text upon which & local paper in his county had made a bitter attack upon him, because it had stated that he was one of those upon whom the Government could . depend to support the increasec. 1In the secret scssion when the indemnity was in. l § -- creased bse had raised us voice against the B increase, but as a new member then ne had ' . e felt a delicacy in opposing an overwhelm-- iescs ing majority o1 the older members upon the : c matler, «1t was unfair, after the hon, gen. t . tlemen opposite had torced the matter upon i \ the Government, now to endeavour to throw ' A the cntivre respousibility upon them, and to ~~ . h f '*\ make political capital out of the increase, <«# \ But the trap was baited too clumsity to lure } hou. gentlemen upen that side of the House, i @ I lle thought the motion was one which, | when it was afterwards alluded to, would | % 3 cause whe movers of it to hang their heads | 'fl % \ with sharme. -- (Cheetrs.) ' V\ Mr. BAWIR criticized the Address, and | ' ,» commentcd in a hostile strain upon the l legislation which it foreshadowed. He would support the amendment to the l < ty a amendment, and contended that the Oppo-- ' sition had a perfect right to move in the | '!4" matter, HMe was even prepared to wipe out | . | the indemnity altogether,. (Hear, hu.'u'.)l e ! Provision had \been made tor the deaf :y $ and dumb and the insane, but nouve for that l | t e untortunate class--the idiots, | & l Mr. CROOKS--The hon. gentleman is } mistaken, because an asylum has been es. { tablished at Orillia, and contains two hun. t dred inmates, (HMear, hear.) 4 e Mr., BAli complained that some parts ': Tok of his constituency were unsupplieca with [ _ magistrates, and accused the Attorney-- ; eA General of withholding appointments {or 8 political reasons, f $ j Mr, \\'llrl'l!"lt;l.l) moved the adjoura. ! § meat oi the debate,. * l 'l'hu debate was adjouracd. and the House ' w adjourned at 10;:50, ; f Frommrmmmes ': NOTICES OF MOTiOx, n M";-i ""{'[lh";:c--Uu Monday next--Bilt to \& e Aduen 10 W 'Espectine s ; h e cieties, fesperiing building so-- 3 Mr, Bell--Ou Monday next--Order of the House for a return for each of the citi { § Ontario of the articulars of bNimaibe :3 Schoot A P, eWars of the Separato J »chools for the year 1876 as the sar . tabulated 5 88 nud Io ar (te ato I t .On Pages 38 aud 39 of the report & 0 }'m M'IIHS(CI- of Education for tb year l 1870. (8, P.;, 1878, Pt. 2, vol. 10. A(lso on Monday, Order of the House tor a return ( Te for the year 1876 similar to that or ' j the Public Seh i fike {DR(le for ,. 6 menoois of cach city of Ontario 3 on Pages 16 and 17 of the Ro A Minister of Educati eport of the d d Wel the Ske As#: gl}wtwn {or the year 1876 tor % nla'ao 1[;?"' (; t"'lOpls of cach of those cities : | 6G--SitRY ifc N'L'hOOII; "l"fll'l}m':g that made for Pub: f M : l l'cbovl'l for m(l'ql'-'l.c's Z@ and 23 of the same | d Ti l'l"lHimihr: neparate Schools ; also a re-- | % n $ ar to that made for Public Schools t--cla® "{1 pages 28 am'l 20 of the same report for eee«ks-- l,"'.(' ,"\'"l'fl..m'c Schools of the said cities, * TIT / (8. P., 1878, Pt. 2, vol. 10. | e se w itlhlc 1L'utll(llu(---()u Monday next----Address | AiX: lll(\lu.\'sA s co.l.l :(.':.leor for a return of all t r 9 "Oniariq t';') Cc wb." the Province m g9 IdBGS" »sikce :"n 0 sales of -- school ' P \ 's _ Since Confederation, Also, _ on art Monday next, Address to the Lieut.. f ) 383 Governor for a statement of all income and