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Mr- Lauder moved for return showing
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receipts and -expenditure 111. detail since the
-date of last return ',connected - with the
• estate of the late AmIrew Mercer, showing
also separate account a detailed state• -
ment of the cost of the building known as
theAndrew Mercer Reformatory. At the
time of -the death of the late Andra
-Mercer the value of his estate was lis9ea
• at about 6185,000. it stooks,' real estate,
gave a linanire011a dedeion in. favor of the
Province. The Government were fully
justified in everytbiniitheY haddone. With
regard to tbe motion. he had not the slightest
objection to it. -
Mi. Lauder 'denied that the estate was
taken possession of by &midfield Macdonald
when Attorney-Geheral. The commission
of inquiry - was issued in December, 1871,
and going out of office in the same month
that step taken;
• Mr. Mowat -That was all he c do.
LIQUOB LICENSE - LAW..
Gibson (Hamilton) moved "for a re-
turn showing for .each heenee 'district the
- securities_ -encl. personal _property._ This number of times in whigh, tinder sections
Act; the powers:of Comity judges have been
'exercised in the matter of (a) revocation of
licenses inipreperIy obtained (b) the in-
vestigation of , riegligetice of inspectors:'
The reason he triads the motion was be:
.caese uoder the -Act some persons had been
guilty of negligence. The provision allOV-
Ingihdges-tocancel licensee when certain
'clauses of the Act had been intringed was
not taken advantage of stifficiently. He
only been 448,00h, and the balance WEiS .thought that. the return -would show the
taken Irten the Provincial chest, without Previte.= wasavailedof seldom or never.
vote of tbe House. There were no votes The object of tite second portion of the re-
taken in the House expend any moneys. turn was to ascertain haw far the -provision
on account of the Mercer...304e ;ether than providing for the removal of inspectors for.
out of the proceeds of the estate; and if it glaring negligence was enforced. Her was
was shown that, the Provincial funds bad not aware of any Such ease, as members of
been paid out 'on fund which it was a community did not Care to WHOM@ the
responsibility of enforcing theseplausei.
Mr. Flardy. was inolined to think that
there were no such cases, and if so it might
be well to allow the motion to stand Tend.
ing iuquiries. Meredith was surprised, after the
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recent statement of, the Attorney -General
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aintnint Wait taken possession of by the 62 and 63respectively of the Liquor License
Ontario Government, and it might be that
they. would • be required to refund the
. whole stira expended by thein out of this
estate, whieh amounted to 6161,000. This
expenditure had exceeded the realization
- out of the egtate, or in other words the
Governmeet had trenched' on Provincial
fundsittantioipation of sales of. property
and securities belongingtoihe estate- The
amount realized BO far -from the estate had
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the case of any one Individual. • TheBillable tothecontention ot.
was iluhmitted-tO Meet the Palle interest man, then it"woind be iir4
and the ptihlio-necestitti and he that the Bill., and meet the
in the discussion which would . ensue the 'encOrintered wider such
question- Would be -dealt•-With- from that of the law. At that
standpoint: Heproposa`to:shoW4ithat video for the Opposition b,do more than
the Bill was requiredinthepublie interest, enter their protest, hu4.., When the -Mil-
an& (2). -that polar as any private interests reached another :: stage iiNVouldbe their
were interfered with or affected by it they duty : to place On 'wag:, heir °Pinions
6 hon. gentle-
nough to pass
Wks difficulty
t interpretation
it would be
Were fully_ pr-oteeted.-- They all- knew the.
importance _ rtliettluMber-trade: of this
colintry. Next after the agricultural interest
cants that the lumbering trade. The
egtionlierai exports from the Previiiiitsoft
Ontario, exolustee of aniinals:and their pro-
ducts, for the ten years ending 30.th June,
1880, amounted- in value -to --$83,000,000,
while the products oftheVta-ids-altd-l-foreits
for the same: period were exported to the
value of 651,0003000.- The annuals riAtenue
of the Province . from timber was overhall
a million- o! dollars. Hentgentlemen would
therefore tee the importance of -
the question • from a public staiidpoint.-
The right to-11%1116Se accord-
ance-stri-littnis---in-
with the plain Weaning- :Of the Act.
had never been refused, -until.: about
eighteen months -ago, when it was disputed
by -McLaren.- He ' had. not lost sight of
Boale Dickstih, but the --issue In this
'case was not whether the ptiblic had the
right to use the streanis---or-2.not.Vhe
defendant had refused to pay the plaintiff
reasonable compensation for the use of his
improvements, and thnaction.--Was_brOught
to ccimpel hiin_tadO so.--Aut_down-tetthe
time that McLaren took 4 advantage ta the
deoision in. this caietio_onelatuLT.iatteiripted
to dispute . the righteofzeitery-petson-,:td
the free Passage . of ;all streams,andlie
ventured to say that the _reason for • this
was that people felt it would be monstrous
and repuguent to ' emitineit swats to ' say
that a man_ -should
use of -a stream because he had expended -
a few dollarsin4rnaking imprnietriente Upon
&particular portionOt•iit,--14-,TO_Iiii_mind it
.Was rdneh neorOfair-iiidIealiohableitO-say
to the owner of theiroprovertientiOliaiing
regard to the:public-interest in the streams
upon whichyon have improve-
ments,inadeTthege
it is onlyjnitithatthe-publicithould
have the right_ toZuse.:_tbern kora:time to.
time; -not interferiogrsetionaly-with your
user of them„,and-thAryou for
such user •_acoording-to_itia7-real_vallet."
Take the rt -case ----with-regaitt7te.trailWays.
They were under-chaiteregratited
by Act of arliamentt-whicheeenttedtte the
public the use -cif them- uponiPayment---Of
certain •freights---and.-tollst. - Suppe-se-the-
phlthe were sildilerilyetartled-hy-thet
oision- of a judge who should declare
railways - to be pfivatit-properly;:- -and
that the - owners of -them had a "right
to the absolute use of thentletthe:exclu-
-sion of everybody else., Now, what
would
be the .duty of the-':Iteeightture-ii-7ijkoatee_of.
that ? -Would it be,
cotatentioe • oftlithen.Tentleine---nopposite;
to buy up theeeiailways; or *cilia it-beto
_ . . - _
pitsaati Kat placing the laiv. where it was
intended to7bel--1-The course
advb-Cated-byAion---IgentlercienLOPPost4
would havetobe-followed..,71-itildtherailwaya
bought-- up, otherwise the G-Otertinteitt_
would bernalitog•theowners diliosre_zlin66
. Hardy presented a, return of bonds .tell-lte 'opera -against their-willi-Thecaies,
and securities 'registered in the Provincial hia contended, wereexactlY-aniageus..._.The
Registrar's Office sincethe last retiiruz .Adt *as a.,publione-cogity.---7Itwasentirely-
doubtful if the Government had a sound
theircourse was certainly deserving
of blame. He contOnded that neither the
Dominion inor the Imperial Governments
would have dealt so harshly with the.
clainiantato an imitate eels& been done in
this case, and the Government would n .
• that the *eople of the country hadixtere -regarding :the successful working o e
sytepathy , with the Mercer family than . Crooks Act, tohearthe statements, of the
they iinagineL •• • metaber for.Hamlltonewhesthightto throw•
Mr. Mowat . said that most of the obser-
vations made by his hon. friend had. been
made -before, and the circumstances to
which he referred- presented no new paints.
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He Lander). had expressed on several
oceasione the: opinion that the estate of a
person who died leaving iliegitiniate. child-
ren, with tIQ other claimants, should go to
.the children. He entirely differed from
. hint in that reepect-that there should: he
a !dame upon the county : judgetv whioh
should properly rest .on the Government,
whose duty it was to enforce these provi-
sions and dismiss negligent inspectors.- He
ir..new of one T case . where, although com-
plaint had been made of theconductof a
-LiceneeInlipector, the Government refused
to interfere- It was skid thatthe member
for West .j Middlesex stood between the
Inspector and the Government. He had
regarding ite.
Mowat said,that t
hadforgotten to bear in
the House :well. understo-
etream. . in which
was concerned was .1
a large -number el etr
this Bill applied. It WS,:
cuinstatice that; while th,
streams to Whiblithe Bill
a recoftnized difference m the aw. himself seen the papers connected with the
of this country as regards ;legitimate complaint. •
and ' illegttimate children. It was Mr. Hardy thought ' that if .. his hon.,
-, because :of that. difference that - a por- -..iend had Seen.the papers his memory was
tion of Wel property had been. taken bad, or he would have recollectedthat far.
public purposes- His hon._ friend:heti-said froni the -Gotteittinetit declining to inter, -
that public sympathy was in favor of the fere it did -interfere and ordered an invegti-
illegitimitte SQII. of Mercer. If the public- gation,'Which took place before the Police
wa,s.awate of the ' facts there would be no Magistrate of Strathroy, wholwas. appointed
such. sympathy. There had been a num- a. cemmissioner for that purpose. The
• ber of Such cases before hiaattention while Government had gone -8.8 .i as the, dr-.
f
• occupying his present position, and the cumstancea of the „case -ap eared tb war -
course taken 'depended very much upon. the rant. - - - • • . ;
eireutristanges of the case sad, the veins of The motion' was allowed t Stand. --.
Lora. gentleman
a Eii fact whit.%
Mz.,- that -the.
. : lticlatten
fily one :. of
this to which
remarkable cit -
4i were -so many.
•-oulti apply -so
mahystreatotoonwhich . owners'had . made
imptoventents, not one a millhad made
any objection to it, with • he. exception, of
Mr. Moletren. .. . --- ta itli • : \ .
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Mr t Meredith -What COO the _member
for.tleskoka ?• '. '. - ,-
Mr. Mowat -He actin,
Bill last year, although
was .the best till. He 14
theother. day that it Ws
Bill at all. . The hon. : A
had defended the disallow
upon • the disallowance
..monstrous.that he did not
ernment at-,OttaWa-Woul
'again,. Ile-wanted:to gilt
tunity. Of -: reconsideringsee that was a matter
Government felt compete
They had:. declared. so "
years, and the Ottawa:
-no_ longer. interfere. . 'II
interest- of . the constitti
revenue -of the cotintry.aii
:t
, the estate: L In the preSent Cage the estate `
ma- BUDGET..;
' Wag a very arge one, and. eUabled 'them to
'settle on the illegitimate son of Mr. Mercer Mr.eleredith. inquire w
• • en it was . the'
-a much larger income than - his father a . intention of the. Government to submit
. ever been accustomed. to 'expend. It their financial: statement to the Etonse,
appeared ftoro the evidence. that $1,41)04 .1 Mi. Mowat said the Treasurer _would;
-a-- year was -.-utmost 7 of his father* Make hiestatemeiWon Thursday. _ •
expenses d ring his hfetinte, and they had
settled upon the 13.011 and his fanaily suet
exceeding that amount. - appeared that
his father had contemplated -putting hint
in. postession of a farm, and intimate a
he did not. -intend' doing anything more
for him-. 1 He had endeavored to. find Out
whet. the father's . views were; and.. the-.
he did. not contemplate doing anything
temperate° telt- books may benitroduced where it operlY
of the evidence. was to the effect -that
More- than that for. hiiii7-,that the govern-
Cominon Schools;- ' by • Mr. .6113Son, Set legier-1 PP°8
t • b - • defehded- it, and
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the best of ti; They had not only Samna (ApPlau . •
uttpetted the,
id notthink it,
in" :speeelr
otter than no
ber.s oppceite-
be: He looked
as being so
lieVe the Go*,
allow the Bill
lem an °Oper-
and let them
„ the. Ontarie,
to deal with.
o successive
u otitieg Sheuls].
ed that in the
On and .of the
lit the 'interest
of ellpergong engaged ttpartidulat and
itriportatit trade of lerelte: 'ng, the matter
would be teemisidered ;Abe Dominion
Governinent. Holding •• base views the
GoVernmeet did not feel liberty to allow
the matter testa:Ea-over-1 Smother session.
-MS hone friend Said th the "property 6fs
privateindividual sho not be expre.
n imperative
Opening of tlit Imperial
- on Tueklay.
FULT TEXT OF T11:E QUEE
Extensive Progratnite of Refo
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Foreshadowed.
ailment
OREM
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m -Measures- .
STATE Or'111,ELAND. CO Slt.bEEED!. n.
LormoN, Feb. 7. --The Imp ilia Parlia.;,..-et
twit - reassembled to day There was ;
brilliant assemblage in both Houeeg. The -
Queen's Speech is as follbvte !
MY Lords and Gentlemen :
phate& uplees .there -wet 0
public refteon fOr Was clear- that
,
there was an imperative
the -Streams Bill, and a
to the manifest facts .of
admitted that. .A.• large
sons - engaged in the.
. .
expressed _ a. decided o
necessity anAdesirability
After considering the AI
ment came to the Cone
had hit -upon the trip
sating -parties who had
ptovinitentsw.pWned. by
tha&tolls*ere the -only f
mode of compeneatioitit
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Vir&S f04 to Hay that to
- The House iallourned at 4.45. „. thee - etehey Of theltrougeta-Pass
Spear-er took -the end thi gtthe-cese-he---_c_o_tetended-itt
h ti t I
• It is with much sa C ag
advice and assistance in the con
affairs._
Olio:reason for-
il -must be blind
tnem3aber'u. 14ofiesvps'ehte;
hinter -.. trade
bit --_ as to the
hob:legislation,
r the Govern, -
ion that . they
e of . competi7
o class of :.im-
, act.ittreii; and
and reasonable
0.iph .cases. •It
ito could not be.
levied that , would be. pa teient. complies,.
lien. The very fact that -'companies benipanies-: had
i
been formed for the pur - : _ii of lint-fraying-
-streami and rivers, and„ hat they. relied
fortheirreturn- on toll -tieceivect from:
those who Used those _int tevernents, Was:
ats.ufficient answer- to th t,.,i -6E-640., The
eiMple eireuttieteitee, tieretote,. that
private • inclivideals, ha profitably .
en-
gaged- : :in - -veuttiree , . this -; kiud,
showed that , eompen on by - tolls
,wite.---t - -Method-, witicA. -furnished' - a-
reasanable return. The ii.:. gentlemen
had said taking toile 0 be 4 . dis-
graceful -act. This w_aff &new uetiori,
Ile (Mr. Mowat knew of :iing whatever
that was disgraceful ui., leptons or in
eh
eolleetipg them: . As - goo ee as . he or
thelent-tinembet . were .. , aged :in. :that
;Weil, without being colt t d at all aii,-
-grideful:. :. ----:. '-
--....-.-,Mr. Morris said that as Government
Was deteriniried to pass tilv ill, the only
-course to betaken by the cig ()Sidon *mild
be protest againg$ b. He con-
tended -that the.Bill When I introduced
was suggested by the .part ar ease of Mc-
Laren vs. Caldwell, aticl.fil ;Pile was net
tbe instance in .whic difficulties- -of:
this nature had arisen,:-,- ',measure Was,
apposid:to_natural tustidet ., lie such I it.
ought not *Tess, ,, and,,heg. &d .rie doubt
that When it came before Authorities at
tZttteWa they would simply'? their ' duty.
and it td, be mice. tutional and
contrary to sound preced.en. '''' :: • , ',.' '
---__ .----Mi. Lyon thought that iitie Bill did not
•patelt -*timid • be a:great .1,i ilstiee to. the
PrOVinee>of Ontario, and)" ticulaxly to
thatportionof the provin ' mil which
came. _ It was well amtvin t nearly . all
the timber. taken: from .t11, pies of the
GeorgianBayWadi floated arlteti and if
lutatierneen were not - -alio• o We those.
..
-streams On - reasonable -tette the settlers
Would not he able to sell th.Le ...timber and
the Genternment would losatarge gums in
timber dues. The _protieid61,- of the Bill
Were jugtend. ,ample in_reg4d to compen-
sationi-takihg int* account; fig they did, the
*it .of the improvements. lithe -exclusive
right .to-streanni-WaB nOtit*-11 away from
monopolists- iit. some Way A* provided by
thte-tAct, their) - -would -. ht.'t numberless
THE COMING ROYAI. MAR
I hate ;given my ftprirova
between Prince Lecipeld and the P
Of Waldeck; - I ha;Ve every -reason
will be a'happy • union. ,
in intite yotir
net Of public -
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GB.
he Marriage
ineess Helena
o believe this
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- POE,EIGN =LATIONS i ..
• P '
I cont -nue orelettionsnf cerdial armony With .
all foreign powers. -The treaty for the ceesion of
Theeisaly to Greece_ has no* been executed. t In
the main 'provisions ,..the transfer f sovereignty
and occupation was effected in a iffanner honor-
trr
able to all concerned.
In concert with the President . the French
Republic, I have given . -careful a, ention to the
affairs of Egypt, where - existing angements
haveimposed on me special °wigs( ions. I shall cd
use_my influence to intentainthe . ights.alread$c A_
established,. whether ;. by . the F'' ans. Of the ..
Sultan or by various international engagenients .
in a spirit;favorable to the goo government
of the country and the prudent d velepraentof
its in.stitutions. ' . .
. plifttA's vnosPturits
- . . . .
: I have pleasure in .inferming yon that the
restoration of ,peace loeyond the erthwestern
frontier, together with continued internal Oen.;
quility plentiful seasons, and a ; increase of
ent in India
zevenue has enabled nay Govern
to resurne, 'works of .public which
were suspended', .and - "deyt-ite attention
to . measures for the further improvement. ;
of • the -cOntlition,:of the people. - • ,
- . - SOUTH -AEHICAN*.A.1.7 S. • '
• The convention: With the Transvaal- .1-itts been
ratified by the Representative Msernblyt and •
have seen no -reason to qualify icy antiemation
of its advantageous worldng. I have; howeter,
to regret that although hostilities have not be -en
:renewed i,n 'tut BastAoland country, it . still re -
Mains unsettled.
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Gentieineri Of the Hotise of 0.oinin
. The estenetes for the serviceef
snataigedr°tfe.y1:ireedl:aJ234°
-panro-anidpvtainycseudb-
obaii at 3 o'clock. • ' • Wee tbe tr°1- 'tlifta°irerni:413142b6---131115init.
Petitions were presented: it in the eine a -apeettethitiii--Vhieli_:-itthad-
Nairitt---W. Youniane-andotheis, been pa _ Sada- tlfe-egienTand.--to-----leicve--the
E. of Bt. Thomas,- ' praying that scientifie responstla --pagm of:disallowance belongod, viz.,- with hon.
.
. meat ghoul take the property and make with thei frieigl- at Ottawa Who -2 -nm -elt:-
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to the son t a farn property, but had alse . Meredith-- tte Ofitftitioif-- that While
aettled,upo his family 24- very considerable he proper - e----- tinction-of_thet-Atat„: 1:2-
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additional aura. The • only gieund upen Victoihe - Under the consideration of
which it couid. possibly be gal.& a sufficient
- Hamiltoni. of Bev. Se/Annus Jones and
others, of Toronto ; of iohnson Harrison
et al., of ECalton ; of R.. S. Woods -.et of
Chatham ; of Wolverton . et (114, of Wood
stook t of D.. J. MacdOnnell, of Toronto . -
R. Davison, of Dundas ; S. S. Nellei,
04 .the - coutte of._ - this-tlaiid_-_Tilie, ------Lte,gieletenre
. sumi had not been settled upon the son and . canourg, to the same effect. •, -. . should' not - terfere,..with:=i1.=7::_-1Ie----tlenie=d--
his family Was that everything should go: - tee. Naten_clehe Elgin county Council, the propositio-_that----17-etream4" were
-that-no matter what the viewsof the father :toe enteudments. to the -.Dog Tait Act; natural taighWayn-There-Waarrilibt-----t0-.
• were, and if he choose_ to die without it: also for .amendiaents to :the Act respect- se the -water whenthastream_riy_l_!,--fleit--
- will -,-that the' whole of the estate should go jog the.teir.10Vel of persoes front the_county -a e Ord),--1.11t--.imiS otherwise: The origin -4i
to an illegi iraate son. He repudiated that jails to Provincial -Institutiaitto - - - . - Ac as pa_sied_witn-that-V-iete_of tbe state
as a prinei le that should be recognized in Mr. e Caseaden=tOr the Elgin County of the --_-. The contention thitt-li-e-t-Aet
any civilized and ChriBt4i4laild' and bnPild Council, for the abolition of market fees. .., applied_to -other st-ftrinit ;4eidie-pioved, he
- his hop: friend weuld. never ask Et.Legisla- Mr. Nfoltdari-Of the Council of Welling- .contelidod,--becanselt --di-d--nbt-trotn''&e_ ied----
My t orde and.Gentlethert
2.
. My commuilicatione with Franc
ject of the -
NENS7 COMMERCIAL ',rum Tv
. •
he year are in
anA. wiil be
•
..•
• on the Slab -
hate not been closet)... They will !be presented
by the; as I have already acquainted you with'
theaedeeire to conclude a treaty favorable :to
extended intercourse betzeeu til
to whose Close amity so.
r • . TRADE nufpnovnto.
The trade of -the country, both
foreign, for. some time has been:'i
the mildness of the winter has b
suited to -farming operations. B
are; II -rust; thus Opened for the
diately -cencerned in_ agrieuiture
revenue; which is &treaty, thoug
once affected by the state of inii
wee; -to pass an 4ot of that The against bonusediailWaye being allowed compensation •-to_tlie_Owiriersof
improve -
reason -the, money wee:Settled upon the tt.
Le amalgamate, except with -the consent of 'merits-, it_inust have beenfamuly
was . that it was found that the the municipalities granting the bonuses. _ intended to apply .001111011-HititamsJ---ett
- son was .41‘. :.thriftless, . extravagant man. Mr. McMahon -Of • the '• • Wentwerth. were -fie -a -table without and independent
of
The question; was not whetheirtheProvince County • Connell, - for: aniendinent to the What was
f tbe late, Mt. Keeper -should Jury • thecetitelation Ot hon.. gentlemen oppesitel-
• er the son
have the
• Proitince
tion was a
• to a contin
. had been
the Cent
tete, but it ;Wan between the - - Mr. Fraser presented the iirst- report of That althengli. haltattnillion- might,
a the Dominion- • The metita- ,the•Private. Bills Conunittee. . be expended by. a private upon-Ihte
017 valuable one, and neceestrY Detoche presented the 7th, 81h and ,dwn- 'sudsier thepurposeofieeproving
aloe of the Prison sYSte.112 winch- 9th"reports of the Committee on Standing strewn,- neVerthelets---Jegielation enacted-
augurated itt the .riuvutntli Iii •, •.thirty-three yeare-age-teektaway-from the,
ral Pri801111-teP• alorieN'tere confined The reports were received: : itidtvidual.and.gave to the use.of the publio,
' and Fail811 d, and there was nooq. of a' eqr7 Thefollowing -Bills wereintiodtmed and -all those improvements effectedatsuch.=
.read: the first time:
eespending histitntioh.fer women, as recom-
two nations,
est value: . -. -
. . .
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- • . - ,
domes c an -
proving, and "
en eitiinent13r
ter prospects
lasses: iname- '..
The , public -
not always.at
stry Slid com-'
anerce, has not yet exhibited .au upward move-
ment in-properbion-toLtheir-inerea ed-aCtivity,„-,.
- - • .. ,
,
-1 ,TH CONDITION • OF ./:REL HD.
• - . . - .. -
This time, compered, with the- beginning, of '
last yeari, shoWs sign; -of ,. bunroyement - ,.,and,
, eneburages the --hope that ipers-ev recce in,fthe -
course yott. pursued will be rely -aecl. , by ,iine'r."
happy results so. much ' til be Ale ired. Justice . -.
has been s;dinini-stered with greate effleacy,end
intimidation Which had been. emplaye1.
to deter oCcupiera of .lail fir . ful-
filling obligationti and.from-ayair, g t ern -mites
of the Act -of the -last session, sh ws !Open the- .
ho
'w
diminished fore - my effor s through the
bounty . of Providence has been avored by an
abundant harvest An that portio of the:king- c
provisions ofthe.ordinary Lauri lait not hesititt,ed. -
dont. Li tiAlclitien tatthe vigorous election Otthe '
under the painful neeessitY of the, easel° eniploy ..
largelY-the-exeeptionaipewers- enpusted to me
for the protection of life and propertY by the -
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two Acte of the last session.
EXTENSION OF: SEIZ'-GOVER
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You Will be -invited tto-deal• with proposals .
the testablishthent in English and N eishcqunties '
Of local seitgovernmelit;Whieh lies Po long -400h -...,-..
enjoyed by- towns, .With- enli, geld powers, 6
,ildininistratien and whiel4wili.
'
give you artepportunity of consiti ring, bah(
to toWn and County, What May b the proper -
-ettent and most equitable -and provident ferrn.:
of contribution from the Imperitt) 'axes in. the ..
relief of local -charges:. -These prep
as they arefinanCial,-- will apply to
Groat Britain: It will be necessar
tbe ease of Ireland -for -Separate cOn
..-Di cennection . with *the -Oiler-
local. adrainistration,.I.have (bilk:
be prepared and submitted. to you 4
of the ancient said distinguished!i orporation of
London, and ' for the extensienl. 17- intirildipal ,
government to the metrOpolieat large. -
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' - thortholignostt-..withnutany compensation,
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,mended from time to time by the 'impeder ..,. kr. onneate_an. Act to ... incorporate whatever. The ta.Qt that 9ip Act aid not
of ' Prisons itt , his reports. ifideed• the men colter.. _ . .- - . - provide for -L compensationwas. to
•'' opinion 1104 been'tretlneutlY eximeeced that ' Mr.' Morris -An ',.Atit to amend the Act hitt mind - tt_htt---Cleareati4.tiort-that• •
• . it was of Mere iniportince than theCentrat of ingerporation of the Rogge nouseMetel the 1-inteiat? :Of the 1.S3Oplitiiiii---7-iii_:
• • Prison itself, to have a proper institution Company. - 1849 Was wit131--itiference-solerY=U-=those
for the. - reform of female Uri-mil:leis, , Mr:. Gibson -An Act to amend the Act Streatits.--floatable-in:tit--.statei----Of_nathee:
. because : ether erovisioil ;had been limit :of incorporation Of the --Ontario Trust He tecogniz.f3d -the rightleCtlittegialitilie-
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for male ()timings; while no provitiOniAP.-- &Investment pompithy. . • ., to interfere private_proppity-Tand-tk
hitherto . been made . for the feeteles. -Mr..; Neelon--tAU' Act respecting the exprottitate_itrivateProperty-forT:thetpeblie.
He had I'm tioubttathat it woi.EW prOvis' ion ,14adi:esvchrietian .Assoeiation of St. Cattlt- interest; - butit-.-„Ditet---be--.-conehisiielf,
whiekthis.. Rouse Would have eanetiorted aeons, .. , ... .; , . deinonetrated that it is -in the public inter-
- out ot the ublie "revenue' ;; but whine -Wig Mr. Gibson - (Hariiiiton)-Ao... Act . to est Were the Legisliture-canteo-interferei
the - charter :of tbe Ontario. Trust and . then- --dfiet-compeoisation-must_i_ite-
- estate cam into the heeds of the .. Gotrern- amend
ment. it was thought ' that, instead of _company, .„, _ - - • ' t. - • allowed. • '_Viritit-thise-previsos3hetithithat-
placing& proceeds in the Treasury, it -7. me. Meredith -Au Act -to amend the -side ofthehad objection to. the
--wonid-be-e. Ating-tbing-to aPriY ft itt: the_ tiet-incorpotatinglthe_,Weaterit -University legislature,_hyitsright_ofeminent demain,-
„ • . . d
elf,
bear Mr. Mercer's name. - Mr. Mercer- was , tittlyterriok--Aii .t.i, to incerp. orate the. sofP.PPrr(rai-tae!getnlisr'leubt---lither-de-h-nei-eil----..tilihd-C---121
, • erectien_of some' institution 'will& ttiehlt of London.- .
in his lifetine & man of e. benevolent and Loyal Orange AsSoeiation of Ontario West rightof thetGoverilinenttte .titheTth-e----Prot-.
1
kindly fee 'g, aa.:ths.tified to lilt those who and Ontario East. : - . petty -of one privttte-t-iitizen- and apply it to,
-othiteizeuns.e jlahn44.,-;: aiinterestno,:t;4tpantitoeti.atilerte_p_ririrtalef:
• had .know him; If the House ,_ Would- - „. • . .. .
- . - ' examine FAO- the history of the- case :-. emus AND. STBEAtie Mu!.
IF
instances of hardship
Algotha Similar to that i
-Caldtvelt ease. . He - supp
:believing it to be in the hit
Mx. Lees Spoke in;oppoi
.The Motion for the seoo
then' agreed to.
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- would bel land that the late Mr. -Mercer - - llir. Pfirdee said- that in rismg- to move the :Legislature in ;extreme oases te Pass
died while the Government of.114.Satidfield- the 'second- reading of this Bill he desired: retroaetive legislation; ' although -. it was a
-- Macdonid. was -in- power, and the estate to-reMarkthat-tbe-Goveriimeut-hafil Sinee, clase-oflegialatiort_prohibitedin_the --United
- *43: diaalktwanoe of - the. meesnro passed States by thelhonstitution of thatiiiirmtry-,
. vast , .,Gov i.innelot thit si. commission letcoiasottsied.secsior:4:0;,gti7:nizo'lithipati4Ottb:Iiice:bmtirptigsoaliF•inrthhteetglpu:lislasesssa.:, :sastfiuikat:e_di:lic*:0;watsa,itsit: c,:oltitt-otageibi-7bo f: _4:4 ; : ,- legislation7.-,_4_c-isai:cle4:_b0bc by
passingL;hisihia, v i__ in
n
.41 its bearings4 they had discussed and demanded 2 -before enacted: - What,--.---„lieconsideration. They had :cdarnined it in BritiSh--banntries, must be iniperatively.
perty, on the ground_ that escheated_ pro- had been disallowed. .1Ia- wished- to state-nnoalledlor, and Why not, he - :asked, hold: -2,&te-heing killed - and -wird
tplile.aBviiell;_eliafrtbept-ol'atehae-doc;invegrnt.7nehe,9...dii ra:0%.,.,ht:d.6-
: Wag' issue ' to ascertain what the tetate. --1!editIlfiiles18:::.P.117::::c174171111:41:11311°71:1•45:
consisted of and the property -„WaS in llie was as just atid perfect in all provisions leading -i:irgatt and attempt to enferce4hi if thewitness considers
possession ofthe .$andfield 001rp,thirtent at iis4it-rWal.ghisibleM MithotW.,,In this view Aot,V1iile it was nothihg better than waste people at -the soap' work
ik3 time. t (-33, went Out. of - office. tQlieets.): the `GoVerinnent had thought it. right to paper?, - If the Sup-keine_ Court kistained thisiciait'S-death/-" ' -1Th-0.
continui , he said that suits were neees. submit to the Legislature a till precisely the depiSiont -of7the--COUrt.HOV..&pb-_eVir--iu-_ and Mr. MeTlay:added-
`sarily bro ht for & realization- of the pre- similar in its preiisiens :to the one that McLaren've.-CaldWell; then the Bill was- authority as -coroner to p
. -Ceti ta 4i:recognized Lite right. _of the Pre- interests of 'McLaren, or . of Caldwell; law,hedbeen, finallt-deterirtined2----Ift-thet =Putt.the truth.?'
Vila e. ' The question was raised. in Lower Wept totheextent that these gentlemen decision .was _favorable. -to thelbsition0 -----,-,_ . - ---__.
a ia8;;If however, and one Judge &aided came within its Provisions • and scope. the --Cominissioner Of Crown -Lands,,then- -.,---Alefreslintent. and - dri
t t escheated property should • - '4--•- T.4‘ ' Trro-ci- MO .narrow a view " altogether the law would be established without the. *arse* have to claim -at -9
Dominion, but Ilift - decision was '
.frotar and the highest court laths
. _ . .. - e.....- .1 . 4.- ..:.-t+74,eten re; of -tlijat: _. Legislature. .......l.i f:;-':,,f,t:ri_-_ili:71e:B°fti._7g. 'Ails: *4:Eit' re--
ssession: not by him. -gr.
r by his predecessor, Mr. Blake,
Sandfield Macdonald, who was
the time, . and whose Govern -
supported. by hon. gentle
site. (Cheers.) It was -by
With taken
Mowitt)
but by Mr
Premier a
• raentr wa
men op
HARIDAIIEADnD
The 'Veinict . the
- ' Accident An
'-----klioirtreal despatch say
good-ecems - to have - r
coroner'sjury.In the .cas
.gan,--hoiled to death--yester
„ district of
f4e McLaren -
id the Bill,
'gt of the Pro--
- .
to the•Bill.
eadieg was
NT.
boiling, soap the: verdict
death of the said • 4,-Wfilligan was
caused --by the riegleet-of ' employerin-
_ -
Song- Vat
• . .
t last some
ted- froni. a
Wm.
in- a vat _Of
"That the
sals, as far
-±a- whole:of
to reserve
ideration.
'subject o
d a meas e
rthb reform -
c
.._ olusi Apt(onm =As s. .
' . Bills will again be laid before yq ' with
last session, notwithstanding the tlength
of its duration and your unweariedlahors, it was
-fOund impossible to proceed. I.refe particularly
to those concerning 'bankruptcy, &epressioti of
dI
corrupt practices at • elections, and. conservancy
of rivers and pretentien of "floods-. 1 . ,
Measures Will also'. be propose to you with.
respect to the crireinal code and consolidation
and amendment of the lame affecti a patents. -. --
.- The.iiiterests of some Portions of the 'Kingdom.
have suffered peculiarly:of late :Ypers from the • '
extreme pressure or public busioese on ' your
tinae and strength,- but 1 triast during the Ael3E;1011
you'reity beable to coneider Bills which Wilt.,130,
presented to your in relation.to the la* of entail -
and educational eudowinentS in Scotland and to •
itaprove the means of education in Wales, '.
• I.coinmend-these and other subjects with - coo- -
fidenee to your care, and it is my earnest prayer
that your wisdom and -energy , under the :
.., e , •
blessing of God, pro' e equal t Le varied and..
increasing need's of the extended i upire. .
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not hating &railing around
which the .deceased fell
the said factory, and. not o
isra epeeimenet the rtiea
the jurors adopted' to
--Usnally-the.verdict
;dental and net otherwise.'ti,
trap through
o .the boiler in
&wise ''- Here
hielf One of
'Et the truth.
es is "Acci-
Lniel Moltay,
a Sootchinane said, ." I meth% know plainly
' Hood or the
sponeible_for
her objected r
Roll have no
tint me. Men
in Montreal
otto 18
Owed to bring
• pert./ bel 1*(4 to the Province, and the that that Bill had not been passed tn, the tbe Bill over for another- sessidi-i'-iintilLthe noW-a2days, and no
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erteettlisurte °ER's:
Pint One!Mitif of Terontes Pepulittion
' Attending . Church.'
With her seventy-five churches, or ohe to
every 1r152 Of her population, Torouto well
deserves ..the • title of the . of
Churches.," .- From a Calculati n Inade. last'
Sunday it appearstuat the tote. - attendance
at all the churches•in the-.eitY, and at all
the services, was about 58,000 ; As "Many
persons would:attend 111 -re thotn, on -e service these figures :would n t t represent •
.the actual number of churehtg ere,. which;". .
,• after 'mak* due allowance, ay be safely-.
said to bebetween.---35,000 nd 40,000,
or between 40 and 46 p r Pent, of.
the entire ; of. 6,445. 'The
Methodist Chutch, if all: fourb anches of it
be taken •-tegether, heads the - hat With a
total attehdanenof over . 13,001,. otherwise
the firat: '0646 is. taken...by the Boman.
Calholic chttici4 with an a eiidanceef:'2
12,192, followed itt order by th Chuteli �l
England With 11,872; the Preshyterian,
Church with 11,815, the -Methodist Churoh
itt Canada with . 10,000, Congregational, :
4,311, and Baptist 2,971. The, largest
houses in tSPiutgalle--' atcttgdrngoaeti9tIll:eriBe *Shet'inMg 1.3ch,9a0e01!8'..Tthhee
ropiietore .next is Rev. Dr. Wild's, with an attendance
twenty-five of3,300'. and th-e third_ the Metropolitan, -
' with. 8,158..
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