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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1882-02-17, Page 64 • - - , •.-. ' • . -ttat Moat Mr- Lauder moved for return showing . • 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 - recent statement of, the Attorney -General . 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 1 - •__ -,' ,., _ _...._ -,:- _ _ , . ,,,, . 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. . 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 • : \ . _ 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 • 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 . . Foreshadowed. ailment OREM _ 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 - 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 - - GB. he Marriage ineess Helena o believe this • - 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. . • • . 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:- ____ 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- _ 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: . -. - . . . • - • . - , 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 - . ,.. two Acte of the last session. EXTENSION OF: SEIZ'-GOVER .. . _ 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. - . .. • - - - ' - thortholignostt-..withnutany compensation, . - - . _ _ ,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- .. -- 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. . . - 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. . . : . . . ..• • 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 • 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.. 1111 4: •