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IMv Loui), * lluviriii;, in coiifonnitv witli tlu! roaoliition adopted by tlio Delegates from Xova Scotia and New Hnuiswiek, and tlie ineiriliors of tho Canailian Govcrnnii-nt, asscnildiMl at (iiii>l)ci^ in .St^ptiMnluT, Won inHtnu'tcd t)y IHh IloUfir tin; Adnunistrator to (n-dccod to l';ii!j;land to discliar;^e tin; duties of tho misfiion <^ont('iii|i';iti'd l)y that ro!St. Lawrence;, were mit expecteil tor a weeik after; and ^^e thoiigiit it oidy respectful to wait tlieir arri\ al. bef'ore communicating \\'itli tlie public departments. The next n\ail from ('ana1. to enter heartily into the views ami polii'y of the (Colonial (Jovern- nients in respect to tli<> intercoloni.il lload — thoULcht the i|Ui.itiledged to us Ids cordial eo-operation ami aid, n jdedire wliicii was amply redeemed. On tin; 17th Novemb(;r, the Iloncu-able ii. \'. Sieotte, AttfUM.ey Oeneral of Canad.'i Kast.andtlie Honorable W. 1*. Ilowland, Finance .Mini-'ler. avri\'ele- gfite.s W(;re honored with sever.al interviews, and explaiuecl to ills (irace the reiisoii.s npiui whiidi all the resolutions ado|)ted al t^iitdiec were tounded. and discussed with him ;dl (he ipu'stions which eanu' within the purview of his own /lepartnu'iit ; and I am happy to be able lo report, that we ulli- m.atelv obt.ained lli.i (irace's cheerfid ac(piiescen<'e in all that had la-en doiTe, and his suggestion.') n« to tlie best mode of adjusting tlujse qin'stions which naturally cann; under thi> control of the Ijords Cuinniissioners of tho Tre.Lsiirv, As Ills firace's presem'i> in ((n\ii was no loULrei- lu'eessarv, it was arranired that .Mr. Ilowland and Mr. 'I'illey, the l''inanc(! Ministers of (heir rcspe<'ti\e I'rovinees, slmnlil discuss those (ptestioiiH with Mr. iramillon and Mr. An- derson of tlie Treasury ; and tlirt Sir Frederii; Rogers. I'uder Secretary of IXTEU-COl.oMAi- I!AiI,\\AV .S|.;ll<-' I'lir llir ('olullii'5, slioul.j t'"nu lilO Dl'vlilllll ol' f()limillilii-atin|\ lirlWt.MMl tlu! Sccivtarv of St-xti- and tlic l)<'l.'.;atos, ii' it Ix'caimi luvtvssary to invoke Ills drai-c".- liiftiier intortrr-ncc. Mc-^sr.-f. Ilowlaml aiul 'rilicy liail siviTal inh-rv lews with the g(Mith".iicn at tlio Ti'(!a.siirv ; ami. snlisi'inu'ntly. all tho l.)i'l('i>atc.< met Messrs. Hamilton and An'lorson, and dir^i-nssed with tlicm at Inr;.;*' the important (|iioslii)iis invohi'd in the liuaraiitee. It was an'aiigeil. to onr entire rfatisfaetiou, that the money should he h.iiTowed Ity the Iii'ilisli (iovi'iiunent, and paid over to the l'ro\ inee;*, withont any ehai'u'f for liroUiTaiiC or eoniniissioii, other than the ordinary oxpen.ses «hieh the Hritish (tovevnui'Mit are n^jnircd to pa\'. This was a very important eoiUM'-sion. calmlati'd to sa\e a very lar^e amount ot' I'lniimissions, which wmald liave heeu lost, had we he'Mi left to hiirrow till' money and niMna_;'e the lurtanee. wo were met in a spirit .so liberal, as to leavi' us nothing {» desin'. Tlie Xi'^^'-'^'i'T proj'osi'il tu give es forty yi'ai's to repay the loan, by instahnents to fall dm^ a; deeenni.al perioils : and the sums to be repaid at the iiel of the lirst two d.'eades were so moderate (,t'2r>().0(HJ at llu- .'lid of ten, ami ,C'(M),(KI() at tie- end ..f twenty yi'ar.-). as to brinir them ipiile within the eonipass "f tiie .lecuoinlatin;^ revenues of all the Provinces. Upon out" point only did tiiere seem t(' h • any dilllcnlty. ihe [uestion of a sin kim; fund ; aiid ihal ;ip[>rared of Mdlieient impnrlanee to warrant us in st'eking an interview with the Right lluunrable ihf ('haufelhir of the Jvxelieijuer. .Mr. (Jladstiiia; an>W(>rei' our ap|die:ition jironiptly. ti-eeived us graeiously. and disen-sed with us the whole siilijeet in a spirit at once frank and eoneiliatory. The ( hani'elior admitt.'d the n.itional rli;iraetir of tiie work, and the strong claims of the ("oloides ; lait iid'ornn'd n- that a gnar.anleed loan, un- covered liy a sinking fnml, w.is a n.ivclty in i>ritisli logislalion ; — that it was oppi.-i'd to the priiK'ijdes ho had always advocaled, and (o the invariabh; pra' tiee of ihe House of Commons. That the whole stream ef pr(>cedeutr. was again-t us. exce|)t in the singh^ cast^ of the Turkish lo.m, wliiidi was ill the nature of a war suinidy. granted to eiiai)le the Snlt.in to pl;ice his army in the lleld at lie- ouila'e.dv of the Crimian w.ir, ami very ami.dy 30- eured. lie a->nri d us, ih.it, e\en if tiie t'aliinet cviiild be get to con.seiit to takeiloun to I'jiiliaiut nt a measuri! without the aecustouied provision, they would be outvoted and tile iiieasure lost. IndtM* those eirriiiu.-ilanees, al- though we exliau.~ted all tlie ar^'uiiieuts wh'ch naturally oc-ur to the t.'oloiiial mind, they tailed to shaiie the Clianeellor'.s ,-i rong convieiioii, and it wan evident that we inu>t accept the guaranlei-, upon the only term- mi which ii cuiihl lie given, or abandon all Impes of being .able U) aeeomplirtli the Wofk. A--uniin'j:, therefore, that provision I'or a sinking t\ind musl iiceoniptiiiy tlie gn.'irantee, it a(>)teared (o be sound policy to endeavor to gid tie- slipu- laiion so modilievl .as to rcmler it but ligiitly burtiiensome. It w;is a|i- p.irent to us ail. that d", in ailditioii to the intere-t lo Ix; jiaiihthe I'roviiices were expectecl lo accumulate, from the commen''eineid of tiie work, a sink- ing funii. to be iuvi'.stt.'d in three per cent eonstds. while money was worth, at least, six piT cent in North ,\nier en. that a large .iinount of interest would be lost, ,ind that the burl hen .voiild be L'reater nt the outset, and before the road was opened, than the j'rov jnces could bear. In this view of till' ease all tlie deleu'ate.'* eoiieurred, and. had not tiie iiroposilion bei.ii iiioililied. W(! should all, jierliaps. have jibandoncd thenegoeialioii. We stated to the ( 'hiiiicellor, that there was a mode by which the recpiire- inents of I'.n liainent would Ijc im t, and yet liy which the I'roxiiice.^ might III! enabled to ;issunie the biirlheu. It would lake four ye'ar.s lo imihl the road, and, at lea.-t six more to people the wildei'iiess, through wliich a largo IXTI<:II-C()L0N1AJ. KAl I.W A Y. portiitn ot it wiis to pa-i;-;. It uiis uiircMSiniaiiii'. tliiTi'i'urc, to <.'\|i(.'('t u.s to be'j;in to ivpny tli.- iM'in.^y until tlio nbj.'ct fiM- wliich it liiul been IjmTowoil was acciHiipliHliiMi. ISut.'il' ten ycriiv were allowcil lo clniisc iM-forc any sink- ing fund ntt.u'lii'il, witiiin tliat p.Muoil tlic road would bo liuilt. tlio wildornc.'^s peopled, and the population of all tho I'rovincfs would !«' lavuidy iiii-ivasod. Tlu'v would lie enlivened bv tlie aniinat'nii:- inlUiences of the work it.-ielf.and would, In l«7f, be in a coiidition to bear up buoyantly under oldigatioiis, vliich. in 1>S(U. it niiubt bi< |iorilou:-; to at-sunie We al.-o pointed out the positive loss wliieli niusl lie eiitail(>d ujion the rrovinucs, should tlioy be compelled to invest an aenuini; siukiufr fund in the three [ler eents ; and suu'ii'osteil I hat, as it aceuniulated, after the end of the lirst ten ^ears, we should be permitted ti> invest it in bunds of any of tlie < 'olonies,' bearinv: si\ per cent, or in any oth<>r seeuiities, t(i be ajiprovod by Her Majesty's {;ov(niiment. I'pon neither of the -e points was Mr. (iladstoue prepared to liive us an answer. He said they were nmv to liim, and lie would reflect U])on them, with every desire to nicet our wishes, if he ciuild; l)ut, being new and very .important, he must not be asked to decidi> without consiihu-atiiui. On leavin-- the Chancellor's ri'sideniit, 1 felt that the whoh^ matter turned upon the concession of the-t- two i>oiuts. It they were conceded, the siiduiig fund was shorn of its terrors, and I wa< preiian-d to accept the propo.'^i(i..u. If they wore imt yielded, then I w.is iirepiared, so far as Sovn Scotia was concerned, to have closed the ne^o(!iati(Ui. Mr. 'i'illey toidc precisely tho same view of (uir po-ition. We hoi)ed that wc ct)uld carry both. The Can- adian (leK'u'ates we\'e le-s sani^uine 'riiey Indii'V.'d that, after huip' diday, the decision would Iw against us on foth, and that tin- whole neuociat^on would bo ultimately unsucccs.st'ul. In this lielief they lett Loiulon fir a short visit to J*aris,"Mr. Tilley and 1 being free to obtain these conccssicms, if wc could. We atoiH'e put ourselves again in direct communication with His (Jrace the Duko of .Newcastle, aiul made it elear to His (iiace, that, in our judirments, the whole iieueciation hung upon these two points. Our vir-ws wereciunninnicated to the Chancelhu-of the I'lxcliciu.'r, and. on the folhiwing Uii'' , we h;ul the .satisfaction to learn from His i:ra<'e that i'ot-h points li;id ber-n yielded by Mr. (Iladstoue., A.s"the netroci.ations were now virtually brouglit to .a close, and Mr. Tilley was anxious Vu reuirn home by the steamer from Liv(.'rpool on Saturday, l-lth December, we arramivd* with .Sir I'rederic Mogors th.it the propo- sitions, as they were n.'^v mutually understood, should lie sei\l ton..* in form that Mr. Tilley would then .accept the gu.aranlee in .-lu ollicial letter, leaving mo to do'the same, if on thereturn of tho Canndi an Delegates from V;iris. thev were still dis-.;ilislied. and indisposed to join in such a letter as, in mv judgment, was T'lpiinal to meet tin.' ca.-.e. The loliowing Treasury .N'.inute was sent to us by Sir Frederic llogors on the L'Uh December: (Cnev.) It is [iro]M-ised — I. Th.at Hills sh.ill be immediately submitted to the Legisliitures of Canada, Xovii Scotia and New iJrunswiidi, authorizing the respective (b>v- ernments to liorrow C.'VOOi ),(«)() under the guarantee of the liritish Oovern- menl, in the fdlowing lu'opm-lions -. Five-tweltths, Canada; three and a half-twelfths, Nova Scotia; three .•ind a hulf-'weli'llis, .New Hrunswi.'K. IXTER-m[,0\IAJ> R \1L\VA\. 2. Fiiit no surli l.tfiii ti> lie .•<.iitr.i.'t«vl on liclialf of ftny one Coloiiy until • corrcsiiiinilinu' jMiwors Iiiiac lnvn ui\rn Id tlio (lovcrnnu^nts of tlio other two Cdloniis cDiu'i'rnccl, nor milfss tlir liiipcriat » Jovernnient shall guaran- tee payment of interest on sueli loan until rojiaitL 3. Tlie nionov to l)c aiipliod to the compUition of a railway corinoeting Halifax with (Juehoi;, on a line to he approveil hy the Imperial Government. 4. The intere.st to l.e a Invst ehnrL'c on the consolidated revenue funds of th'> diireveiit Provinces, after tlie (.'ivil List a. id the interest of existing dt!l)ts;and. as rei,'iU'd8 <^inada, after the rest of tie six charges enumerated in the 5th and i5tli Victoria, Cap. 118, and 3rd ind 4th Victoria, Oap. 3o (Act of fnicn). 5. The d.'hentnres to be m series as follow. ^ iz. ; £2')t).0le ten years after (•oiitra<-ting loan ; toOtUXRi. twenty years : t'l.(HKl,(K)(>. thirty years; £1.:.V)0,()00, forty years. In tlie event of the dehentures, or any of them, not heiiig redeemed hy the Coloides at the period when they fall due, the amoupt iitijiaid shall hecome a charge on their resjiective n^voniies, next after th" loan, until paid. The firineipal to he repaid as fellows; Ixt Decndf. {.w/ 1803 /" 1872 induMve) — fl'oiMMM) in redemption of the first series, at or before the close of the tirst deeade tVonk the contracting of the loan. 2nd Di'i-fuJe. (mii/ 1873 /-■ 1882 iadu.-rove. 3rrf Decaih: (.-ini/ 1883 to m)-J\iiiclusirr) — \ sinkinj: fund of .£80,(1(10, to be remitted .innually, being an ammint adeiiuate, if invested at 5 percent, ccimpound intercut, to provide £I,O0O,(MH) at the end of the dwade, the amouui, v.oen remitted, to be invested as in the case of the sinking fund for the pi'. . ling decade. This amount, when remitted, to ln> imi'steil as in tiie jireeediiig deeade. Ath Decadr. (.sa^ l,Sl)3 h \W2 inclusive)— X .sinking fund f.f £10(MXK), to be remitted annually, being an amount adeipiate, if invested at o per cent compound interest, to provide £1,200.000. Iieing the balanct; of the loan at the end of the deeado. rthoiihl the siniviiig fund of any deeade prodiu'e a surjiliis, it will go to the eredil of tlie next ileeade, .and. in the last deeade, the sinkin.,' Imul will be remitte'd or rediuied accordingly. It is. of cour.se. understood that the assent of the Treasury to tlu»so arrangements jire-siipposes adei|uatc jiroof of the Hufh(;ieney of ilie ('olouial revenues to mi'el the eli.arges inli^nded to be imposed upon them. 6. The eonstruetion of the Railway to lie condueted by live commis- sioner.-', two to Im' .tppoiutcd by Canada, one by Nova rScotia. and one by Now Ib'Miisw iek, 'Jhoso four to choose tlu' remaining ('oiMiiiissioner. 7. The jireliminary surveys to be ellecteii at the expense of the (\>lonies, by three engiiieiTs, and other ntficers nominated, two by the oommissionera, and one In' liie lloinc (Josi'rnment. 8. Fitting pni\ision to he madi! for the carriage of troopa, &c. iv, 1 NTI:K.( OI.OXIAL RAILWAY. 5 rarliaiiK-iit not to 1h> asked tor tins i;uMraiiti'c until llic lim- and surveys 'sliall liavo been sulmiitted to, and a[i[ir<>V(;d of liv, Her Majesty's (Jovern- iiu'iit, and untd it shall have been Hliown to the satisfaiitiou of Her Majes- ty's (JovornnKMit that ihe line can In; conslrucUd -.vitUout fiirtli-.-r ai.plica- tiuii for an Iniiarial guaraiitee. ii© O © (C'OPV.) ® Canada, New Jirunswu/c, and I'/ova Scofm Jnfrr ■colonial Railway Loan. l8t 2nd 3rd ' 4th Decade. Decade. : Decade, t Decade To ]»ay annurdly for Interest I nO.OOO , 45,8:J3i, 37,o(X) j 20,«3;{1 At the (Mill of the firht ten years a j priiii'i[ia! siiin of ^ llJ4.oH3r4| ..I And atur the first ten year.s a .sitddiiii: 1 i land per annum '.\ , KVIWS; 33.333^ \\m\l I'.r annum ' ofVM) j 6i',o(J() , 7U,833ij t)2,r)(X) \ndatthe end of tirst t'-ri yearaa priii- I ; eipal sum of J()4,oS3.i .\i:w nun.vswtcK. To pay annually t\.r interest ' 35,0(MJ i 32.083J' 26,2*10 I 14,583i At the eiiil of the tirst ten years a; V^ I iM-iiieipal sum of i 72,7081i l : And after t lie first ten Years a sinkintr i i | fund ,w.r annum ! i WmM 23.333* 2i>.1(;»5^ IVrnnnum. • 3r.,(AK) ^ 43,7r>U ; 4it,r,y3i 43,7u() And at the eml td" the first ten years _ ! ; j a principal sum (if... , 727U8J' ! NUV.V S('(>TI,\. j ' I To pay annually for intrrest ' 3/^,0(»0 j 32,083*1 2G,2^0 | 14,u83i .\t the end of ' the tlrst, ten years a \ | )>rin(ipal sum o'i 72.708! After the lirst ten years a sinkiiij^i ! ' fund per annum....: | \ \Umi 23,333*: 21t.Ui(i5 Per annum i W^y^^M) \ 43,750 4!t,o83.V i3,7r)U And at tli(( end of the first t//i Ikcimiwi-, ISH^. A.-^ 1 iiiii-t rrtiirii limiio liv thiy ni;i]it'!< mail, Mr. IIowo ami I !ia\e iiiixiiiiislv ciPiit'crrcii iijioii tho sutijcct of tlic 'rrivisiirv Minuti' iTud ti> iih tiii^ iiiiTiiiii;:'. It accurately dcsfriix's the terms ]ir(i|Mise(i t<> the (lel<",'al('.-( ill flic \Mrinii< iiiterx iiv.-i uiili whicli wc liuve h/'cii liondrcd iiy His 'Jrace tlic (iil'iiiial Secretary ami tiic Jtiujit, l.IonoraMe tlie < liiuicellur ut' tho F-\c|ie(|iier. As I iiiiilersluml the matter, tie' ileli'i^.ates have (iKtaiiieil tlie assent of I for ifajoj-ty's (Toveriuneiit to every proposition they have suliiiiittoil, and there is no (litVorenco of (ipinidii except as to the siie^le imint nf ijio Hiiikinu" l''u)id. As the lutcri'iildiiial ilailroad i.s a \*o!'k in wliidi the Imperial and Cdloiral (jiivenuueiits are assumed to have a joint interc>t — as, in tiie I'l'ovinces. we regard it as imli.^pensible to national defciii ■■, and tu the transportation to this country, in winter, of Ureadstnll's in cas,- war with the United States shouhl evi'rarise. I li^pe that Mr. (iladstunc may he induced to reconsider the mailer of the Sinkini; Fund, and that the I'aliini't may l>e eiialiK'd to CHiniiicc I'ariiaiii.nt that, under all the cirenmslances of fhi.s peculiar case, a Sinking I'und .slnnild not he insisted upon. Jiut if it is — >!'•. (iladstone haviiiir coii.sonted thivt tho iSinkiiig Fiiml may bo.invested in .'!ie(|uer and tii" Tahinct may reheard as an indisiiensihie condition. 1 Innc the iionor t> (Sij,'n.xl) '. dear Sir, Yours truly, S. L. III.LKV Sir l'n;.i)i;i'.ic Ruijeu.s. Mr. Tilhy lef London on the Kitii Kecemlier. Jfes.^rs. Sicntteand llow- l.iml returned early in the foilowiuij: week. 'J'o my inlinite rcLn-ct, tliou<,'li nearly all that we had .asketi had li(>eii conceded, and tlnuiirli the. siiiL'h? point which liad not lieen yielded was tlic one which we hail lieei- a.-.snred Parlia- ment could not yield, and a per.sistent demand fur w hich must he fatal to the netrociation, still the ('anadian F'eh'i^'atrs appe.-ired in lie indisjiused to auree to aiiythim,' which .slmuld hind them or the (lovernment they refiresented to acc.i'pi the only ti>rm.> which ILjr Maji'sty's (iovortiment assured ii.s thcv could obtain, itavin'.' sntisiied my.self that the views of ea(;h dele^'ation must bo e.tpre.ssod in a separate pap(;r, I road the followimj: letter to Messrs. Sicotle and irowlainl. as the expres.sion of my nwn. and .se„nt it to Sir h'rederic Ko.2'erc5 on ihel'.ith Di'cember: (Coi'V.) Di'.AK Si SI, ^'.,. 10, S',c/.ri//r- Sfn-ff, lUi/i Drrembn: ISl'.:?. Messrs. Sicotle and llnwlami returtn'il from I'aris \-esterday. I shnwed them thv Treasury Minute, and diacu.ssed with tiiem tho whole subject which it co\(irs. They will aildress to you. or to His (irac.o the Duke of Newfa.stle. their xiew-, in a separate pa|)er. Xolhin,;,' remains for me, therefore, bul, on llie pari of the (Miverniiieiit of >'ova Scotia, in jiccejit the lXi'KH( (ti.OXIAL J{.\[i.\VAV } ■(■wis iin.|)(-M'il, :i^ tlio l^bt ih.it., uiiikT all tlic ciri-iiiiist;iucc;s mid al'ti'i- I'lili (li.scii.S!*ii>ii, c'iui 111- liinl. ! n.nciir I'ullv in .•lU that Mr, Tilloy has said, or tliat .Mc.-,si-s. Sicott- and Hi wland niav ^•a\', on tin- siil.ja-l <>f tho siukinu' fiiml. It will l-Ivc ti-oulde, and iiiii-;! liil^c m sumo intoivst, however >kil1'ii!ly niniiajrcd. I stili liopo llial I'aiiiaintiit may Ix; iiidiic'd i" rely uiion tin- liuiior and tli'' aniplo rovoniios of llio Provinces, for tiio i)roini)t paynii^nt of tlii^ iiistaliiicnts, as tlii-v tiwomc dntv, l.nt. if tluit cannot, ix- done, ilcr Maj. -sty's (iovornnicnt li.ivinj^ conceded I'vcry otlier point tiiat m-.> -.irired. I >*h:dl l.c quite prepared to sulMiiil til!! measure to my i:y lej.'islatien. at tlie apjiroaciiin.i; session. la closimr lliis netriiciatlon, wliicli lias rim over two years.! am niuto sure that lexprtss t!ie feelings of all tiie tjeiitlumen wlio have Inrii a^s.so- ciati il Willi me. when 1 ask you t.> .-onvey to Ui.s (irace the Duko of New- casth', our ackn'.iwled.'emeiit^i of the tirlianity, patience, and readiness of access, liy wlii'-h we iiave been enaliled to discuss tliis ,u'«''>l i^ulii^'ct. in ad its l>i"ariiii,'8, witii tlie ulmosl freedom. Tu His (irace's liearly ••o-operatjon, ami i>ersoiial intluence willi the Caliim-t. the rr^.vinces will !ari;v|y owe the .siicce.-iS of liie e|.-\aled <'..l"uial p'>iicy wiiieh it iias l.cen tlie oiiject of our missions to uri;c. o nelicve me. My dear Sir, Very trulv vfuirs, (Signed) ji)Si:Pll iiowi:. .SiK l'"Hi-:iiKti!(' I'n'niu;.-. Tliis letter was thus ackmiwl.dgod : Dvwninij Sinef, ',i\.-'f Ii'tcmhcr, IM)2. 1 am direct. "d hy the Duke of \,'wcastle to acknowled-c the receipt cd" your h 'ter of the littli of ihi- iiiontli, and to aei|uiiint you lh.it it is uratify- iiiu- t.i His (iraco to learn tluil the iie^'otiations whieli iiavi; taken iijace ou thesuhiect i>f the Intercolonial Railway, have heen ci.n.iiieted, in a manner salisfiK't'iry to tlie d.'h'pites sent to Kiiaiand hy tlie ((■•s crhments of the North Aioerican rcovinces. 1 am. Sir. V.)Ur oheiliont serxrint. FJvEUKiUC K0v of ii iias heen idv.'d iur l.y tele>:rM].h. and prouii.sed. n a few (lavs I preViime that ii will bo forwanled. willi some ollicial intiuia-^ ion a.s tu'thu uaturo of the policy to he pursued by the Uoverument ol t <'.inad:i. I havi' tlic honor to lie. My -Lord. Your Excellency's m ist obedient. Verv iiumhlo servant, ' .HlSKl'H IIDWK. His I'lxceiieiit'y. Tlie Ui;,dit ilonoiMbie. Tin: Jv\iu.