An Unfounded Ch\rog against our Re porter. — The Hon. Speaker of the Provincial Council treated the members on Wednesday last to a homily on the sin of tampering with publio documents, and, in the course of it, made a very gross and unwarrantable attack on a gentle man prominently connected with this paper. He said he had previously allowed the Press — meaning our reporter — to take away private papers from the Council, but that he would for the future, have to discontinue the practice owing to a certain amendment of Mr. Callaghau's O n the railway question having been tampered with. This was the substance of what he said, and the assertion would have passed unqualified bad not Mr. Richmond asked him if the original dooument had been altered. It then was explained by the Speaker that the original document had in no way been meddled with, buf. that the report pnblishud in the newspaper was not verbally the same as the original resolution. The charge made against our reporter of tampering with publio docu ments is too grave a one to be over looked, especially when to our knowledge the paper referred *o was not m his hands on that occasion. When a person holding the responsible position of a Speaker of a legislative body, deliberately makes suoh a statement as to lead the publio to be lieve that a document has been tampered with— well knowing that his assertion is nntrue— he is not fit to oooupy the position he holds. The Speaker knows little of his duties if he thinks he can hinder the press from access to the publio records. He is the servant of the Council, and if the Council wish publicity given to documents, they will see that we have the means of getting at them. The press, so far as we are concerned, has received very little courtesy from the Speaker personally, but to the clerk of the Counoil, Mr. Lawaon, onr reporter is under great obligations. That geutieman has on many occasions copied out doouments to cave ns tronble, and we take the present opportunity of thanking him for so doing. With respedt to the Original papers that our reported hag had lont hini^thay are vacy few — Mr. Lawson preferring to copy them rather than allow them to leave the Council Chamber. 