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Show The Caaniliiiii 4 miiiissioii. Ottawa, '20. TJie royal eummis-ion is now appointed ami consists of County Judge Oowan, of Simeoe. Jiulgc Day, who was judge advocate in tlic rebellion of 1S17, and Pulil-', a bitter prejiulicetl French conservative, and wlio in Parliament was considered consider-ed ft dull man. The committee is a strongly partisian one, and not if the best material. Tlic investigation is announced for next week. The '!!: asserts tliesc men were delilu'ralely selected because of their pliability Ui the powers that be; or their bitter political prejudices, and that it is certain that no persons more unfit to1 conduct such a case could have been found. The composition of tin1 nom-missioil nom-missioil furnishes only an additional reason for pursuing the obviously proper course of treating the appointment ap-pointment of that body as :m altnnpt uf the accuseil to fvade the cniise of' justice by the i'onuiition of a packed j tribunal. |