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__ | TORONTo is C t t gte # g'(} P sfa , At concly lever t lin:. D 1 regret to have to announce to you that | n in consequence of a protest by the Govern-- | 0 ment of Quebec, the Dominion Cabinet| n declines to give effect to the award made in | e the matter of the division and adjustment | d of the debts, credits, liabilities and assets of Upper and Lower Canada, until a decis-- | c 10n with regard to its validity shall be [ t giveh by the Judicial Committee of Her| t] Majesty's Privy Council. I ventured in [ t is Chamber last year, without admitting || t Wigt the judgment of the Arbitrators. on || i g points submitted to them had realized | p gisneral expectations of the people of | s rovince, nevertheless to express the | o sfaction which the result had aftorded [ Db , And also that I regarded it as final and [ conclusive, and that it had established for-- | o 'evcr the share of tuae public .debt which | n | this Province was bound to assume, as also | t '5 the proportion of the general assets intend~ | ed to become exclusively our own. proper-- | f. ty. In this satisfaction I was glad to ob--| y | serve that the Legislative Assembly, then | e; in session, signified its : concurrence.. The $ a delay which will arise' beforo effect is given to the terms of-- the award neces-- | ti sarily postpones measures and arrange-- | 1 ments of immense importance as well to | e the future of particular sections as to the Province at large, and which were based on the assumption of the award being | it final, is a matter which must cause general | s¢ | disappointment, inasmuch as such meas-- ures gre for the present rendered impracti-- | h cable. That the objection to the award | rg should be urged on mainly technial on grounds, is a consideration that intensifies | d the feeling of regret which a long interval | th ~of inaction will be certain to create, The people of Ontario, regarding the award as| th rendering them no more than bare justice| w in relation to the matters in dispute, had| w | hoped that all questions between them and Sc the sister Province of Quebec had been de--| 1j \finitely adjusted; and I apprehend that| N 'they fhot only will be unable to view} W / the present' 'state> of --the --case -- with| M ' indifference, but that they will not fail tol an luuuu;;lwnv,-uu- Nee s enee 1 CE in 20 e sec in it well grounded cause for alarm, les tho re:--opening of the questions involve« P i _ _ © _2 20 2 00000 § xh o nnaftommennteiacammommnapcomaint tove AssemmDblys y During no periocd in the history of Her Majesty's North American possessions can there be found recorded of any one of them a condition of prosperity which can at all approach that now almost eyery-- where exhibited in this Province, and it therefore affords me great pleasure to con-- gratulate you on so favorable an aspect of our country's stride in the path of matetial advancement. Mr..8S; » A";. CUh'v: The Specch from the Throne. The Licut.--Goverror came down to the House at three o'clock yesterday afternoon with the usual ceremones; _A very large atiendance was. present. . His Excel-- lency then delivered the Spceech, of which the following is a copy:; His Excelliency then read the following speech amidst the silence of those pre-- sent. Hon. Mr. RICHARDS replied that he had been commanded. by His Excellency to promise the granting of the prayers of 'the Assembly, ~~-- 122y V d UoUUn UV {@vit, Mr. SPEAKER SCOTT made the usual formal statement of his election by the House to act as its Speaker, praying that any jault which might be commiued by the House in its deliberations should be imparted to him and not: to the bhon. members, and asking that the Assembly might at all _ proper times have access to the person of His Excellency. _ At a quarter--past three His Execllency arrived at the House, accompanied by Col. Denison, Lieut.--Col. Durie, Lieut.--Col. Denison, B. M., Maior Macdonald, Major Alger and ~Lieut.--Col. Boxal, and his body--guard, and was received by a squad of the Queen's Oown and . Tenth Royals. He immediately entered the Chamber and having taken the chair, and the mace hay-- ing been laid upon the table, _ i MHANE APripny. . y, , _ 3 __t_ PA¥KPUIHVWCU i4 Yery brilliant Appearance. Among those present were Chief Justices Richards, Wilson, Ha-- §;1.rty, Morrison, Gwynne and Galt and ice--Chancellors Mowatt and Strong, ana Judge Duggan, Col. Shaw, U.S. Consul; Mr. Simmers, German Consul; Mr. Homer ixon, Consul of the Netherlands; Bishop Bethunc, Rev. Dr. Ryerson, Very Rev. Vicar _ General Jamot, Rev. J. McCann, Very Rev. J. R. Northgraves (His Grace Archbishop Lynch was detained by illnese), Rev. Drs. McCall and Topp, Vincent (New T"York), and Nelles (Cobourg). Archdeacon Fuller, Rev. Messrs. Dixon, Punoshon, Grif-- fin, Hutchinson and Marling, Hon. D. L. Macpherson, Principal Cockburn, Mr. Gzowski, Mrs. Howland, Miss How land, _ Nrs. _ McMaster, -- Miss Pan-- ton, Mrs. Cockburn, Mrs. Hodgins, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Stovell, Mrs. Cummings, Miss Cottle, Mrs. Fulton, Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. Elmsley, Mrs, Richards, Mrs. Famoon, Mrs. Keir, Mrs. Blake, Mrs. McNabb, Mrs. Coyne, Misses Morrison, Mrs. Marling, Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Pearson, Mrs. Mulloch, Miss. Mullock, Mrs. Cattanach, and many others whose names it was impossible to ob-- tain. n e % She @Baip Getegraph ernan,, 1.___ 4 7PA4MUVEr was packed this afternoon long before the _hour appointed for the arrival of His Excellency. The Uupper gallety was jammed to such an ex-- tent as to render its safety seemingly prob-- lematgcal, and the ladies' and Speaker's galleries were filled to repletion with gaily dressed ladics, _ Un the floor of the House were. gcated in arm chairs the Judges of the Superior Courts, elergymen and other celebritres. © "Almost ¢very member's gseat was occupied by a lady in full dress, ard altogether the Chamzer presented a very brilliant appearance. Among those present ware COhinakt Tnaitilc mro . 2 T7 Bu is Second ~~--._._____;_SATURDAY, 'DRC. 5D. l[filSlATURE CF ONTARIO Parliament -- First Uenilicmen IERIDAY, Dec a~ Leyisl tne af Session. n the 'arbitratuon sho revive those polj-- sls |tical and sectional strifes which for years 'yh | prior to Confederation had endangered the & , * peace and quict of our common country, -------->+ It is a matter of 'history that the general . 9. pacqurescence by Upper Canada in the --------,scheme of Confederation was in a great B'o measurec brought about in the hope that »| these strifes would be thereby allayed and for ever settled. -- If in this respect the peo-- ol ple of QOntario are doomed to be disap. sion. pointed, it will be owing to no act of theirs, but the responsibility of tke consequences . likely to arise from the revival of the old d this | Sectional questions .and .disputes of past inted | Years must rest upon others.. _.. _ The . SPEAKER, said . that he had ~----chad . --handed to kim-- the reports' jof" "the / lcarned Judges on the election trials in several electoral divisions, and called on the Clerik --to read the same. The--Clerk--therefore--roaud the verdicts of the several Judges in the election trials which took place in Carleton, Prince Ed-- ward, Stormont, North Simcoe and. South Grey in all of which cuses the clec-- | ons were declared void, and in Glengarry . North York, East and West Toronto and Wellanda by which the returned members, | Megsrs. Craig, Boultbes, 'Cameron, Crooks, | and Curric, were »declared -- duly elected, copies were ordered.to be entered upon | the journals of the Houg». In the discharge of the important du-- ties that will engage your attention, I hum-- bly trust that the Aimighty may help your endeawors to promote the public good. He Excellency and suite then retired. After the Chamber had been cleared of its fairoccupants hon. members took their seats and f % The financial accounts of the Province for the larger portion of the current year will be immediately laid before you. 'The estimates, likewise, will be submitted at an:early period. A measure to. provide for the payment of witnesses attending the trial of crimi-- nals, will bo submitted for your considera-- I have lately appointed Commissioners, composed of eminent Judges and Counsel, to enquire into the operation and effect of the present constitution and jurisdiction of the several Courtsof. Law and Equity of this Province, with the view of ascertain-- ing whether and what changes and im-- proveéements may be advantageously made so as to provide for the more speedy, econ-- omical and satisfactory dispatch of the business now transacted in the said courts. tion. The lgghlv beneficial results cortain to follow the construction of main drains in and through certain swamp lands, for which a liberal appropriation was made by the Legislature, prompts me to recom-- mend to yorr consideration the expediency of providing means by which individuals may borrow money at a low rate. of inter-- est, to improve their farms by tile or other draining. -- 1 amto inform you that arrangements are inactive progress for the establishmen of a School of Agriculture. -- A suitable site comprising 600 acres of land, of varied soil and easy of access to the public, has been purchased; and no time will be lost in bringing this important scheme into operation; whereby those of cur youth who desire to follow agricultural pursuits may obtain the education specially adapted to their wants. The returns from the Immigration De-- pariment will shew that, as in the two previous years, the wise expenditure made for the promotion of Immigration has again secured a large and desirable acces-- sion to our industrial population ; and as a greater proportion than usual of the im-- migrants have come from the rural districts of Great Britain and Ireland, they are the better adapted to meet the require-- ments of our agriculturists, and of public works and other industries, and eventually to furnish a good class of settlers for cur Free Grant and other lands. ' *~ Every exertion, as heretofore, will be made to induce a continued healthy immi-- gration, as well as to organize facilities for the cmployment--of ~the --immigrants> im« mediately on their srrival, and the subse quent settlement of such as may desire it upon our Free Grant Lands. Nor less useful do I think will prove the measures of the same Session for providing, by a new Schcol of Technology now short-- ly to be opened for preparatory education of skilled men as engineers, managers and 'operators in the various mechanical and manufacturing establishments, and in the steamboat and railroad systems of the country. ~When we --find these establish-- ments are springing up and dotting our country on every side,and a network of railways is covering its surface, we should be wanting in wisJom and common pru-- dence not to.provide, as every progressive people is providing, for the scientific and practical edncation of classes of men to con-- duct these vast and important operations, and thus develop the latent and unmeasured resources of our favored land. No maxim of civil government is more sound than that each country should provide, as far as pos-- sible by its own culture and skill, for the supply of its own wants, and the develop-- ment of its own resources--and it is un-- questionable that money expended to edu-- cate men for these purposes is a most pro-- fitable public investment. The demiand for regularly trained teach-- [' ers 'has augmented from year to year, and thé number of young persons déesirous of properly qualifying themselves for the pro-- ession of teaching by a regular course of aining is so largely incrcasing that it may 'be worthy of your consideration whether additional facilities should not be provided for that purpose. ing for . the more efficient inspection, by giving stability to and elevating the pro-- fession of teachers, and by rendering prac-- tically symmetrical and coherent the Pub-- lic and High Schools have been brought into operation, and they are likely to ful-- fil'the most sanguine expectations of the friends of thorough and universal educa-- tion. _'The liberal measures which the Legislature adopted at its last Session to improve our system of National Education by making the Public Schools free by law, by provid--