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NOT MUCH KOHANCK IN IT. Kllaa Juue rii|:l> <-<^>-' «<'>0 from Old ticorgv Mcliiiwaii I'T HrcHcli of Fro- mlaa. A KiogBtoii dt'Hpatch eayii: At the Assizo Ooart to-day (Friday) Kliza Jaue I'ugh, •ged .')7, reoovtrtd >760 and coata from Ueort-e McOuwan, aued 00, a neighbor, (leaf and decrepid. Eliza, wearing a loofj cloak and a daabing Gainuborouf^h bat, told of the eiijjaKDinriit of the old wooer to her. They met liiNt at a funeral, and George bcHOUKht her to let him eeu her ofton. Bbu assented, and fortnightly, rain or ehine, the aiicii'ijt suitor hitchud hia chair dose to i'Ai/ii'a and talkid with hor iibout farm nrodiicuand a littluabout lovo. Hum- mouiii^' lip courai^c, bo iit length aukid >]|i/.a if ho ilare »rk htr to marry him. hhe auki'd liini if he liked any one bcttur than her. llo said "No." On hii nfxt visit ho ankcil her to ho his wife, niid Bho accepted him. The weddinf^was Imld back at hia reijuent until a houue was linidhed. About f'hriatni«B, lss7, ho wanted to tjet married, but Bhe anked him to wait until after (>hriiitinaa. When alio wiiu ready for tho ceremony to take place ho said ho was sick. At last h>< aukod to be relieved from bis contract. lie offered her SI, 0011. Bhe refiiHed it, but would have taken JU.OOO. No lelters puiised between the pair. Unu day, in talking to McGowau's sidter, that lady tiiid (Ii orgu was looking for a housekeeper, and Kliz* jocularly remarked, " Keiul hiin iduiiK this way." This remark was made bi furu their tnta^jeinent. Mc- Gowaii iiiaile her iiresenta. j^ivin^ her a Hold watch aril chain. Bile returned the cliain beciiuBt^ it was hia daughter's, lie saiil ho waa Hick, but alio di<l not think ho waa very aick, an he alwaya looked tho aanie to her. Bho had ri f uned an offer of marriage from one T. Ktovonaon. Mr. Mil- sap, a wi. lower, had bIho viaited her, but ahe never kept company with him as a lover. In crenn e.xaniination Mr. Mclntyro, Q C, afked Misa I'liiih, "Are you willin|4 to marry him now ?" Witneaa â€" " I like defendant well enoujjh, hut before I would marry him he would have to tfive an ac count of hia past conduct." ller wedding outfit (Obt S.OO Bom» minor evidence waa Hobniittcd, but no defence waa set up. The jury awarded llieir verdict after a short absence. ANI> HUK LOVKH HIM HTII.I.. blie He UuiiKril Out Ilotli Ilcr E)r^, Inil C Hiiir ti> s«-i' llliii In FrUfiii. An Aiibarn, N. V , telegram says : A large, riiul, lie aged woman, blind in botk eyes and led by a girl of IH. applied at the prison giite yeatirday morning for adinis- aiun. Kho axked to see William Dohan.her huabanii, who was received in a draft from Sing Biii^ laat October and was serving a â- -'7 years' sentence for t,ouging hereyi s out. Uccaase of this terrible crime, liohan has been oatraciuod by hia fellow- convictH. >jven thieves, burglars and murdererH â- how their detestation of a man who cniild treat his wifu au. i'ur the past two weeks Bohan has been an inmate of the honpital, â- DlTerin^ from a severe altackof pDeum'>nia. IIo has been in oommanication with hia wife, and when abe heard lie waa aick alie determined to visit him, arriving at the prison yesterday iiccninpanied by her iiieci'. Hhe was permitted to vialt lur hUHbaml in the hospital, anil their meeting was \'('ry alTuctionate. lie walked up to her and, placing hia hands on her iliei kn, kiaacd lier several tiiiiea. lie then letl her to a eliair near his he<l and they spent an hour in oarneat coiiveraation, iliiiing which the oonvict liuaband cried like a cbilil. 'I'lie woman's niece, a hister's dangliter, re ooived the man Very coolly, and through tho interview alio m ver spoke to her uiiclu To a reporter i\Iia. Itohan Haiillhal. while she waa unable to ancuiiiit for lier leelinga, nho Btill loveil tile man ami would livn with him again to nmrrow if litt were relta:. mI from prison. Hlie added that it was hard to keep him in prison, as it did her no good and ban an injury to him. Khe exciiaicl hia oriinu by aaying that bo waa in toxicated, else bo never would liuve injured hor. "When â-ºobi'r," said she, "ho alwnya treated iiit) kindly." Bhe added, tlittl when aent to piMoii lie deeded t' I her all hia projierty, amounting to alioiil <7 (liKI. She aaid : "A wife'a a wife, and 1 oan't help my fi*elinga. I love my hnahaiid atill, and wool, I do anything for hiii). Aa aiiDii rh 1 nut able. 1 aiiall •ot about cjbtaining hia pardon and, if aiic OMsful, wo shall livo together aa before." ItlKIt A MONK HTUANdKK". A Tor<»iitt> tVitiiiHirM ^lt<l Mtiir> himI l.tmely Drat It. A llarrisvilli' ileapatiO) Pays: Mra. Arinir Oardiier, ageil :i'i, waa f.iuinl dead in bed at thia place on I'tiday inoniing. I'lve yeara ago alio waa a happy wife and the motle r of two linthi lioyit. Hho then lived with her hiinhnn t in Toronto. An eatrnngement oocurriul niuj one night her hualinnd took the two lioya and i:itnie to Micliii.'an. The distrai'.ted wife and mother fjUownl, and after a .veary aearcli. heated liiiii near (Ireen Itiiah a ainall village aix miles anuth of IlarriHville. Mrs. (Janlnei came by â- teamer to llarriaville, but hor liiirtbainl learned of her arrival and at onitn lb d to Hagiiiaw, where Ibe two hoya aflerwnrda died. Till' mother follovvi d the liutibaiut to Baglnaw, nnly in learn of the death nf her two boya and that the father bad bnrii'd theiii in an obacrire apot. Kliti, after a long Bearch, foiiiol ihn grave and had their re mains eihnmed and buried in ihocometery. Then the heart broken miither retiirnod to thia place, where her sad story gaini'd her ahelter and frn ikIh Bho was atill young, but care and aorrinv had whitened her hair, and her buwed form aremed iiio 'O like that of a perami far advaniiul in years than that of a woman of her age. 'i'hen cann) lior death, ami the inrom r's jury returned a verdict that Mra Gardner (lieil tlirough the viailktion uf Ood by natural oatisea. Iit*lii-v*«il til li«i llyliiK. A Ilrantfurd d> Hpatch aays : Almiru Wmn Karnor, the iiiotluT of tho child which she and the gramlniitlier are ac^i^iiaiil of iniir deriiig, is so ill that lilthi hopea are held out for her ruoovery. Bhe has been released from jail, but it la not thought that her life can be much prolonged. HTANLKV ANU KMIN. Further Particulars of the Kxplorer'a Waiiflerluicaâ€" Kinlu Coutented to Ke- malo, A London cable says: Btanley in his letter aays hia expedition was IIJO days in the forest â€" one continuous, unbroken, oompaot forest. The grass laud was traversed iu eight days. North and south the forest extends from Nyangiva to the southern borders af Monbutta. l')ast and west it embraces all from tho Congo at the mouth of the Aruwhimi to about east longitude 2'J ° , latitude 10 ° . The saper- ticial extent of tho tract deacribed totally covered by forest is Jiri.OOO square miles. North of the Congo, betweeu Upoto and Aruwhimi, the forest embraces another "20,000 ecjuare miles. Between Varabunga and Nyanza Stanley came across live distinct languages. The land slopes gently from the crest of the plateau above the Nyan/.a down to the Congo Uivor. Fifty miles from hia camp on the Nyan/.a btanley saw a towering mountain, its summit covered with snow, probably IH.QOO feet above the sea. It id called Kueven/.ori, and will prove a rival to Kilimaudjaro. Stanley does not think this is the Gordon Ueuoett Mountain iu Gambaragara. Stanley says Kmin I'asha has two bat- taliona of regulars, the first consiatiog of about 750 riUes and the second of lilO men. lieaides these he has a respectable force of irregulars, artisans, clerks and servants. " .Mtogether," Euiiu said, "if I consent to go away from here we shall have about H.OUO piople with us. Wo have such a large inimber of women and obildren â€" pro bably 10,000 people altogetherâ€" how can they all bo brought out of here? " Stanley told lOiniii carriera for the women and children wtro not needed. The women could walk aud the children could be loaded on donkoya. Stanley sirovo hard to per- suade llinin to leave, but tho latter brought up various objections. He desired to send awiiy with Stanley lllO Kgyptians who undermiudtd his authority and who wanted to leave. Hut the regulars were having such a goad time that he thought they would not care to leave. Kniin did not care to leave the' regulars behind. He feared they would light among themselvea aud that would be their ruin. Stanley concluded, " 1 left Mr. Jephaou n Soudaneae, and eeiit a meaaage to be read to the troops as the i'asha rei| nested. Everything else ia left until 1 return with tho unit -d e.\[ieililion to the Nyan/a, within two monthH. The Taalia propoaed to viait Kort Itodo, taking Mr. .le|diaon with him. At l'"ort Ifo io 1 have left inatruutions to tho otlicers to deetroy the fort aud accom- pany the i'lta'KL to tbe Nyan/.a. 1 hope to meet them all again on the Nyaii/a, as I intend making a abort cut to the Nyan/.a along a new route" DOMINION PAKLIAMENT, At a fi'io'.iiig club in luindou the otli* r day a feoi r, iniiking k heavy lunge, aniaidieil hii ndveri^ary's wire neial, and drove the full c.'inplitely throiigb lij.i eye into the brain, killiii){ him almost instantly. A CUU.UdN-SKaMS I.KTrKlt. To iiii; KiiTi'ii : -I see that newapaper articles are again making their appearance calling atteiiiion to iiiatlira (lerlaining to health as »• ll as to the iin ana whereby diaeaao may bo reninved and good health preaervod. I am thereby reminded that I have receiNtd from time to time pamphlet publii alior.x issued by the well-known linn of H. II. Warner iV Co., whicli dwell u[ioii the hidtory and growth of kidney diaeaaea ; allowing how auidi la the caut-eof eonaump lion, Inart, brain and nervoua diaordera, which can only be aucceaatnlly triuted by niiioving tho primary disease from thu kidneya. At the aaino time earo ia taken to ri'mind the reader that Warner'a Safe Cure ia the only mea:<a whereby the pbyaician or the individuid can auoci aafiilly pri'Veiil and cure tliia claaa of diaeaae. Wlii!->t I have peraonal i-atiat^ to feel grate- fill to Warner'a Safe Cure for the benel'il winch 1 derived from it when aulfering from kiilney truublea laat spring, 1 cannot aee, aiuce that remedy ia already ao will known 111 every hoiiaohold, why the purliea inter eateil in ita maiinfactnre ahoiild coiitinueto expend money in calling attention to what the imblic already knowa ao well. I am aware, Mr. i; litor, that tbe ini iiibi ra c f the niedii'al profeaaion are aeldoiii diapnaed to givi' due creilit to proprietary meitici lea, but public eonlideiice ia likely to bi' even more aliakeii in thoae learned gentlemen allien tliii atartliiig diacloaurea in tbe Kob iiiBon p[H8oniiig cases were made in Bonier ville, Slasa. 1 1 ere it was diacovered, through tbei (foil a of nil inaurance i ompaiiy, that eight catiea of death from arsenical I'Oiaoning hadooeiirred -aeveii of iheni in one family, and williin livii yeara, and lii" other that of a relative wherein tho true caiiao of death had not been even anapected by prominent pliyn ciana who were in attendance, but who Heated the caa-'a for other cauaea, and Miially, when ileath oeoiirred. iaaiied eertili cates for ain'li cauaes as pneuiiionia, typhoid fever, meningitis, etc. .\f tor audi an evidence of tlio utter in conipetency of those pbyaioiana who were regarded as experts in their profeaaion, I cannot conceive why it will be longer iiecea aary for further ailviTiiaiiig to be done in behalf of Warner'a Sato Cure, aiiico I deem tbe Soinervilhi diacloaiiro to bo the beat poaaible eiiiloraemenl of the gooil aeiiae iiianifeHted by those who take inattera of health in their own handaand iiae a renu'dy whi.di experience haa aliowii to be fully adapted for tho piirpoaoa intended, inatead of triidtiug themaelves iu experimental '"""'Is. Exi'Kiiu:N,r. I.Ml«iat fruMi Ireland, rriiico Albert Victor ia to visit Itelfaat on Iho 2lat May. Tho nninlur of emigranis who lift Irish porta in Ihhm waa 7!i.'JI I, a decreaao of ll.'.l'.il aa coinpared with lss7. Tile Lord Lieutenant Ima appointed Mr. Hugh aierernaii to boa Keaidont Magia trato for County lloaci'inmon. The ilefali^atioiis of the two olhciald of a bank in Dublin who were arreateil in Bpaiii are now said to amount to fJO.OOO. President I'ortor, of tbe l^lieen'a (College, lli'lfaat, died on tho Ullh iilt. from con- geation of the brain, alter a ftw days' illnesa- Thu committoB appointed to impiire as to the advisability of holding an inter- national exhibition in llilfaat has reporltd adversely on the scheme. The (IrandJiiryot Wexford has awarded (!oiiBtahle Cornelius O'Urien I'.'iOO com- pjiiaatioii for injiiriea reooived at an ovio tion at ('oolroo Inai .\iigiiHt. It is not what we intend, but what wc arc, that inakis us useful. Mr. Cboqaette, on motion for the adop tioQ of the report of the PriatioK Com miltee, moved in amendment that the report be referred back to tbe committee with iuatraotioDS t3 inijoire into and report upon tbe circumstances connected with tbe dismissal of Meaara. Tremblay and I'oirier, French translatora. Th I Speaker ruled the amendment oat of order. The motion waa carried. Mr. O'Brien, in moving for the correa- poudeoce with reference to tbe arrears of annuities due to Indians who surrendered their lauds under the Kobinaon Treaty, said it waa a shame that these people should be kept out of their rights simply because tbe matter waa in dispute between the iJominiou and I'roviiicial Govern- ments. Mr. Dawson said that the opeoing up of the country north of Lake Superior to aet- tlemeut was effecting a great change io tho circumstances of the Indians there. Tbe game upon which they relied almost wholly fur sabaistencu was fast disappearing, and they would soon become dependent on the Governnaeut for support in the same way as the Indians of the plains. Uo urged that s3me arrangement should be come to for the payment of tho arrears due to these Indiana. Mr John Macdonald aaid â€" No doubt some hardship had been caused by ihenon- p»yment of the arrears in the case referred to. Thu dithculty in regard to the settle- ment of thia claim had existed for many years, and was present to the mind of the leader of the late Government (Mr. Mac ken/ie). who placed a sum of money at the diapoaal of these Indians fur tlitir tem- porary relief, pending tho settlement of their claim. Bouie correspondence bad taken place with the (.lutario Government on tho subj-ct, but it appears that thu Government of Quebec waa also concerned, and corruapoudence with them would be nccesaary. lie hoped that in further nego tiationa, soon to be had with tho Ontario Government, the aubjeet would reeeive conaideratiou. Tbe moll >n was carricil. Sir John Macdonald caid â€" Mr. Speaker, it IS my lamentable duty to have to announce the decease of the lien. John Hinry I'ope, my friend and colleague. Although the event was not unexpected, yet the blow is so severe that when it falls 1 feel I cannot say more juat now. I shall therefore incve the adjournment of the HuUBO. I havo no doubt that an oppor- tunity will be taken by myself and by some hou. members on both aidea to express the great regret which this Ilouae and thu country feel in the loss of Mr. I'ope. In conae'iutiice of the great desire, I believe, on both aidea to get through with the buai ntaa uf tho aeaaionas speedily as it properly can be, 1 will move now that thu House adjourn, instead of moving tomorrow, and as there are some private Bills alanding whii'h ought to bu reached, I will consent to the Uoii'o taking thu first hour after receas for that purpose. Mr. l,aurier I ,ertainly deem it my iluty to Htcond the n.otiun which has jii^'t been made. As the right hon. Premier has said, tbe death of Mr. I'ope waa not at all unexjieeted. and under auch circuinatancea the event doea not present tbe harrowing grief \7hich tho auitden termination of a iHef ul career would be sure to produce. At the Fame tune the country will reali/u that It in m< ordinary or common life which haa been ended. Aa an opjiortunity will, no doubt, be given the lloiiae again to expreaa ila viewa 1 ahall aay no more at |>reaenl. air Mitchellâ€" I feel that iii tuia event I have Icat a very eld peraonal fre iid. The deceaaeil genlleiiian occupied a jiroiiiineiit I'lacn in every public movement in Canada for the last twenty. live years, mid waa iini- verc'ally respected, and passiug from the C'abinet he has lift ecaruely a man peaaeacing i|ualiticatiou8 auptriur to hia in a certain line. We have looked forward to this I vent for the laat few davB with verv ill ep regret. I am ture the country will iiniie 111 regretting the decoaas of one who. bad bo livid and eiijoyetl his health, would have continued to perform thoae iiaeful ser- vicea to the country which he baa to faith- fully performed formally years. Sir Kichnrd ( ariwright intimated that on going into Biijiply to-morrow ho would, without olTiriMg an ameiidinent, bru l\y n fer to certain facta in conneciion with tho rt lent ;i per cent, loan, and he hope i the I'lnaiice Miniater would bo able to make certain explaiiationa which lie deemed neieaaary to the better understanding of the subject. Sir John Thompson, on motion for the second reading of the Kranohiae Bill, ex- pUiiH'd t' at the object of tho llill waa to iiialie tile 'rinteil electoral lists now ready 111 the I'rintiiig Bureau available for re viaion during the preaont year. It provided that aa aoon after ihe latof June aa practi cable, and availing hiuiaelfuf all the sources of iiitorniaiioii which the present law pro viilea alioiibl bo iiiado available, tbe revia- iiig olli.er shall proceed to make a supple nieiitary hat of those who are to be added to the hat as now printed and ol those who are to be atriu'k olT. Theae liata ao pre pared by him are to bo tranamitted to tho propel 1.111 cer in Ottawa, to be printed aa aildiliona to and i .irrectiona of the liat as now ait lip. The liata, so amended, ahall bo forwarded to the returning otVuer in sul- hcieiit numbera to enable him to post them in proper places and to distribute them through the pidling districts to tho proper peraona, aiel from ibeao the tliial liata upon rev iaioii ale prepared. It waa propoaed that tile revision aliould take place iu tliia way during the preaent year. Mr. I'.dgar aaid tho moat acceptable llill would be one repealing the Eranchiao Act. The ameiulmenta propoaed wore uo doubt iiecoaaary to carry oui the now syateni for printing the linta. He would, however, aak the Hoiiao to strike out the clause provid ing that tbe preliiiiiiiary liat ahall be made up by the roviaing barrister from tho aaaess- nuiit toll aud from any information ho might obtain from any Bource. He would suggeat that in making the hats regard he had to the last revised voters' hot, tlio last asaeaanient rolla and that, for tho purpoao of rttriking out tlioso who had died, tho reviaing barriater ahould pr.icure cipita of oltu'ial liatd of deaths. Beyond this, ho slniuld havo no power to make alterations, additionaor correclioua, except under statu- tory declaration made by the pert-ona who ahall have peraoiial Knowledge of f.»ctd. Mr, t burltmi taid tlio rranchiao Act was cumbrouf, expiiiaivo and unneoossary. Ho believed tbe Government ahonld adopt man- hood aoffrage. Mr. Mills (Botbwell) argued that tbe Government in adopting tbe francbiae for the Dominion had deviated from tbe coarse laid down at the Quebec convention. There was bat one rational coarse, and that waa to adopt the Provincial liata. Tbe pre- sent law was a nuisance which should be abated. Mr. Colter said that if the liata were re- vised in Ualdimand thia year, at least a thousand new namea would be added. Bir John Macdonald aaid it waa unfor- tanate if the general qneation of franchise shoald be brocght op on the Bill amending the Francbiae Act. There was no danger cf a general election in the near future, especially after the strong vote of conii- dence in the Government the other day. They would last for a year or two. (Laugh- ter.) Mr. Mitchell -Some of these votes were given under protest. Bir John Macdonald â€" Yea, but we got tbe votes. The protests stand for what they ars worth. I aak that this Bill be consid- ered upon its merits. Mr. Laurier said that the position taken Mas that the Franchise Act waa bad be- yond (Kiaaible remedy. lie looked oa fran- cbiae aa a civil right which must be determined by each Province. Tbe tend ency wa^- in the direction of manhood suffrage. The standard provided by the dominion was not up to the standard pro- vided by the Provinces. Though he claimed to be a Literal of the Liberals, he would not impose upon Quebec manhood autlrage, because the convictions cf the great ma- jority of tbe people of that Province were against it. When he looked at France he saw that the great fault of that people waa in passing from a limit' ' franchise toman- hood suffrage. The poi..,. o! England waa to enlarge the suffrage gradually. L'nder such circnmstances he moved that the Bill be not read now, but that it be resolved that in tbe opinion of thia House the Elec- toral Franchise Act should be repealed, and It id preferable to revert to the plan of utilizing for elections to this House tho Provincial voters' lists. Mr. Bmall moved the second readin^; of the Bill for the relief of William Gordon Lowry. Bir John Thompson said Divorce Billa were frequently passed by the House with- out the members having made themselves acquainted with the facts of the cas'.'. It waa true that each case was fully imjuired into by the committee of the Senate, and evideucd was taken, bat that did not relieve the House from the responsibility of allow- ing such legislation to paas. It was the imperative duty of the House to inquire into all the facts of the case as fully aa if they were sitting in tbe capacity of a jury in a trial. After having txamiuel the evi- dence in the case now before the Uouae, he was satisfied that it was not strong enough to tstabliah the charge of adultery, and tluro was room for a pretty strong pre- aumption of collusion betweeu the parties. I'lider the circumstances, be would oppoao the passage of the Bill. Mr. Jamieson said the Senate Commit- tee, before whom the witnesses had appeared in person, had unanimously recommended that a divorce be granted. Bir John Thompson aaid the Bill only paaaed the Senate Chamber by a bare majority. Mr. tV'eldon and Mr. Davis concurred in the view of tho Minister of Justice regard- ing tbe value of the evidence iu the case under conaideration. On the call for yeaa and nays, the motion for the second reading waa lost â€" Yeas. 7'.'; nay a, HO. •â- r. Bmall moved that tho Bill for the relief of Wm. G. Lowry be placed on the order for aecona reading tomorrow. He exnlainetl that be made the motion beoauae, aliliough the Bill waa negatived in the aecoiul reading yeaterday, he waa informed by a number of numbers who then voted agaiuat the Bill that after having read the evidence they would support it. I he motion waa carried on division. Sir Kuhard Cartwright inquired if the Miniater of Finance was y«t in a position to make his promised statement iu regard totheiointa he (Sir Bichard Cartwright) had raised on the terrna of tho :i per cent. loan. Mr. Foster aaid he had read very care- fully and had conaidered along with the olhcera cf his departmtnt the r. marka that were made by the hon. iieutleman with reference to the loan cf IHhs »ud the para- graph in the proapectua referring to tho purchaao of that loan ftir ainking fund pur- posea. In order to understand the matter more clearly, it would be well to go back beyond the loan of iH.ss mul take cogiii,- anee of tho fact that our earlier loana had, in the different years in which they were negotiattd, sinking fund.s attached, b,- which the Ciovernment were pledged to set apirt certain auiiia of money each year to piirchaae aocuritiea, which were to be set (.11 as against that particular loan, and thia, together with the accruing interest from year to year, wore to constitute a sinking fund aa regards the set off, and aa regards each loan. At tho present time wo were face to face with this fact, that aa a reault of theae conditions we have set apart from our loana on an average about two million doUara per year, that ia to aay wo have to buy out of stocks or securitiid what would" bo equal to two mil- linns of dollars each year on an average to offset tho loana which had sinking fnnd attachments. 1 he prospectuses issued iu c uinection with tho other loan had not that clause, which bound tho Government to buy out of tho loana so long aa they were not above par, bus left it at the option of tho (iovernmeiii when above par to buy or not, as they chose. Aa a matter of fact, when our atocka in Ks.So, or about that period, camo up to or above par, sinking liinda Were bought out of our own stocks. Still, even though they were above par last year, we paid fiir sinking fund for our i per cent, stocks ai high as 114), or thereabouts. Tho proapictua i.f the loan of 18tl8, now under oonaideralion, carried out the same principle aa waa obaerved in the pros- pectuaea of the preceding loans. Although he waa willing to grant that it waa stated a little more explicitly than in tho clauses of the preceding prosjiectUBea, still there waa thia to bo understood, that it had been tho prai^lice from the earliest time to pledge tho Government to buy from atooka at or below par, and to use the option to purchase when they went above par. Here was a loan, the minimun ptioe uf which =3 proepectaa simply eipreased tbe intention of tDe Govarument to purchaae for the sinking fand out of that stock, which maat necessarily be a stock below par Tbe GovernoieQt did not bold that they were bound to porchaae oat of that atock for the purpose of the sinking fond if that atock was appreciated anreasooably, or if it was apparent that there waa a oombina- tion for the purpose of raising tbe sleek andaly. With reference to what tbe hon. gentleman had aaid aa to the exhausticn of the loan long before the fixed time for ita termination, that would hold good with reference to most of our stocks. For inataac', in some classes of fours, which expire in l'.l03, we would exhaust them eleven or twelve years before the expiring of tbe loan, and. of LOurae, we have reduced our debt by that much. His own opinion and the opinion of hia cfllcers was that, taking all things iuto conaideration, there waa no ground for alarm and the possible condemnation of the Government, which waa rather fore-shadowed by the hon. gentleman. Bir Hiohard Cartwrigbt said that at pre- sent he woald only say a few words on the anbject- He feared that the Minister of Finance had cot at all comprehended the probabilities, aud he would not now apeak of the poasibilitiea involved in the arrange- ment which had been entered iuto. A good deal of what he said waa not relevant to the eubjeci, and aeveral of his opiuiona, he was afraid, be would at a later period have to dispute. Of course it waa 'juite true that It had been our habit to buy our own stocks, and it was very well that ahouid be done under certain circumstacets. but the hon. gentleman had failed to entirely appreciate the enormous difference between the eni,agemeat we had now entered into aud our engagements of previous years. This engagement was unlimited, it had no word of restriction whatever, and it bound us to apply, under the ordinary siukiug of one balf per ent. per annam, tbe sinking f uud which probably amounted to 10 per cent, per annum towards the pur- chase of our loan- The one point wtiich the hou. gentleman made, that at this pre- sent moment we were able to buy at 'Jll or even lower, would prove, he was afraid, a very broken reed to Isan upon. The hon. gentleman was no doubt aware that the course of business was auch that when a loan of the magnitude of 1 t.UOO.OOO sterling was tloated in the English •narket a good deal of stock would for a couaidarablo [leriod be loose up-, n the market, and might, as lu this case, be re purchased at even a lower rate than was obtained for it iu aelling. It was not for the tirai few months that the reault uf the hon. gentleman's arrangement waa likely to be felt, .'vud no aort of conclusion could be basi.l on what could be done at present. It waa when theae loans had got iuto the hands of permanent inveatora, and when they found that we were compelled to ex- pend these enormous auma from year to year, that Ihe full resalts of what the hon. gentleman or his predecessor bad done would become clearly manifest. He would not say at present how far the Finance Minister was warranted in importing words or a qualitication into a prospretus so clearlv as haa been done here. There was a gocd deal to be considered before he would atVirm or dissent from the p 'Sition the hon. gentleman had taken. Ha re- gretted exceedingly that it waa necessary that a Minister cf Finance in Canada should use words which, under auv con- ceivable circumstances or in the remotest degree, should savor sf a repuaiation of au agreement published broadcast from one end of the Itited Kingdom to the other- He did not accuae the Miniater of that, but there were perplexities ahead of him with respect to the queation which be did not at all appear to appreciate. He proposed at Ihe earliest opportunity. On going into Supply, 10 record bia opinion as lo the riski we were running, and the probable contiugeuoies involved in this loan. On the item of S'-'S OOO to pay the cost* of arbitration between Iho Government aud the I'anadian Pacili^ Kailway, Sir Kichard Cartwright said there muat be a very large sum involved if the Govern- ment were going to expen»ively into the matter. He aakcd the nature and extent of the claim Sir John M»o.lon»ld repliel that the Canadian Pacilic Kailway claimed that the britiah Coluiubia aeclion, when handed over to them, waa not up to thei standard re|uired by the coutrict with tho Govern- ment. They claiiii-'d four or live milliou dollars. The item passed. IIOTU ItAI) MUt>T!l. IMilol l'raetU'« lletweru a Kubber auti am Kxprvsa Ageut. A Winnipeg despatch says ; .Vt Indian Head yesterday morning a bold attempt wan made to rob the O- P- K and Domiu- ion Express Company's office of a large sum of money. .\gent Lewis had retired at 11 30 leaving three packages of money in charge of Night Operator Boss for ship- ment. About midnight a man came to the wailing room office and rapped. On open- ing the upper half of the door a masked man presented a full cooked revolver, cover- ing Uoae, aud said, " I want that money you have in the drawer without a word" Boas went to the drawer across the otTice, keeping his eye on the robber until he got hold of bia revolver lying in the drawer with the money. He then imtnedialoly blew out the lamp, and tbe robber tired in- alantly, just niiasmg the operator. Boss returned the tire just aa Ihe robN-r turned to go out of tho waiting-room. Tha bullet penetrated the door behind him. Kosa then followed him to tho platform, whtre they exchanged ahola again, the second bul- let from the robber penetrating Uoaa' hat. Police have arrived from Q I'AppelUi aud will take up tho trail by wbioh the robber uacaptd in tho darkness. I May a Man Htarve Uluitalf '.â-  .-\n Atlanta paper says: " The long and fatal fast of John Adams (under arrest for some monetary tranaaotion) haa excited the woniler of the public, and various com- memo ou the couraa of those who had him in charge are heard. Are they re.aiionaible for hia death. That qaestioii was freely diaousaod about Atlanta yesterday, and the opiDions expres-el were varied. Many pe(>ple thought that the oftioera in whose care Adama was are responsible for hia dettb, Uiiiers thoaght not, argaing that if A'lams wanted to kill himaelf b^^ had was lixol at ll'.M. and which must perforce that right. Could be have been kept alive? be a stock below par, and the olause in tbe Phyaiciaua aay he could."