EXTRAORDINARY SCENES IN THE QUEBEC LEGISLATURE.

Temuka Leader, Volume 2, Issue 129, 15 March 1879, Page 3

EXTRAORDINARY SCENES IN THE QUEBEC LEGISLATURE.

A remarkable scene occurred in the Legislature of the Province of Queuec, on th<T 12th and 13th of August. On Friday, the 12t.1i, Sir John Macdonald moved a resolution condemning the recent dismissal of the Ministers of the' Province of Quebec by the Lieutenant-Governor. A discussion ensued which was protracted ' until six o'clock on the foil owing Saturday', when the Premier and the leader of the came to terms. Ludicrous in in the extreme were some of the scenes which enlivened this protracted debate. Noises of all kinds were indulged in in different quarters —slamming of the desks, blowing tin trumpets, whistles singing, cat-calls, Jews’ harps, and all kinds,; of nmnelodicus sounds. M aste paper baskets and blue boots at times were flying around, but all good humoredly. As the • /first streaks of daylight struggled through the skylight, one mcifiber roused the House by a loud imitation of a cock-ciow, and the drowsy occupants of some of the backseats struck up the “ Marseillaise ” and a vairety of other chorus songs. Coffee and other stimulants were brought to various members’ desks, and from time to time, as the day wore on, songs loud and lengthy were indulged in, drowning for the time the voice of whoever then had the floor. In the afternoon of batnrday the Countess of Dufferin, with some of her relatives, accompanied by Colonel Littleton, the military secretary, amt aide-de-camp of His Excellency, made their appearance on the floor of Pailiainent, desirous of seeing a sight seldom to be witnessed. Some oF the trench, membeis —whose voice's, by the way, wore really o-ood —finding that the Countess relished the jokeand enjoyedhcartily the situation, again struck up a string of melodies, while a member of the Opposition was vainly attemuting to address the House, and the various noises filled up the intervals as they had done before. After remaining over an hour her Excellency the Countess rose to take her departure, and this was the sinmil for an outburst of' cheering, which showed plainly, at least, tliojloyalty of the commons, ■whatever else might be thought of them. The National Anthem was started, in which, aftir a moment’s hesitation, the whole House, including the speaker, joined, rising to their feet, whilst the strangers bp the galleries numbering some 1500, while catching the spirit of the floor, loudly joined in the chorus, ladies waving their handkeichiefs; and at the close three hearty British cheers from floor to gallery, from Premier and members, Speaker and Clerk, Sergeant-at-anns, and even the pages, followed her Excellency as site left the chamber and the Parliament House. The best of good feeling seem to be restored by this probably unbeard-of-beforo occurence, and | order was regained in the House, widen. | prior to tins ebullition of loyalty, was rapidly drifting into demoralisation and disorder.