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. _ - . millerent and vslusble tredes.' It Em 'tli-etc'" necessery, to avoid expense and delay to the -"- ublie interest, that thereishould be some umsuwnmf mum Show 00.... to stonce in were". on. b kind of work to bedone and the wsy it wee ' to be conducted. Up to that time no de- cision had been come to, and upon that "m nlltllitElir--8ttMll mm. decision would depend e variety ot things in the butldings---thts extent of work-shops) the ----_--- 'ttttUT/ag,",',',',,",' of I',','," bpilidings, and . the in 0 men inery to pu n ; an if lam", Wt), u. l the buildings were to go on without such s The SPEAKER took the chelr et threi decision, it could only be et en unnecessary o'clock. expenditure afterwu s that they could be PETITIONS. adipted to eny_kind of trsde for which they The fell I titl ted . were not built in the first insteuce. lining g pe one were 'ee' '_ regard to ell these facts, nogotiUipns were Hon. AttomerGrneralrrNitlop of Jemes entered into by the Inspector, on bchslf of I Ingersoll and others, of Woodstock. praying the Government, to see if some satisfactory ': that no Act my P"' to authorise the own arrangement could not be come to. the Council of Woodstock to sell oertelnlends on Com any in the first instence looked with ' Vsnsittart-street. displ'iaslpre s; slay priopositiipn of the i Mr. PatYttatm--Petitlottot lance Demeu- kind, . ut t tt ""3 ng ireetor "" . coin mad the Inspector to the Stetes taelte,'d, le,";,',',', 2'tt"22tt praying 2P"'d'l" several of the prisons where , the 3rd canoe-ion t ii. all tl" in", m such Work 'wss conducted. The Fil not tt m "t may suit was that it wss found that the object pen. ' in view could be aaoomptutwd, end the MUNICIPAL BILL, leedinlg "in" of en erreugementh were . . . egreei tea ter some negotiation on t a re "3:311 ttpeg! tl 'ttIll t'e,','f"te, ; turn of these gentlemen to this country. The Committee on "tiiiurii'siii Big which wat, I pines that were to ti p316! for ttshc lagour d, . ' e ritronertr--natne ' ecu e s or reported with some Amendments. the gut two yeers, Td,',' the next JV, end CENTRAL PRISON CONTRACT. 60 cents per dsy for th? cascading two yesrs A tome -Gen ---Were far in edvsnoe o w t was receivcdin this 'tte will 1'hu'lfl',eUT,',gf,fit.t the Kingston Penitentiary, or in any of the self into e Committee to consider the follow. prisons m, the Ststcs. 1:19:23», It til" tfe, I lug resolution ..-That the Dmposed connect sets the Government egg d se P. " 1 between tho Inspector of Prisons and Asy. sores at s _,e",t',i1',tr,.,t,t fun er provuions 2 lums and the Ceuuds Car Company. re. .th.uyillheyt the e. co Pl preveuving my ', specting the lahour of prisoners 'con. injurious effect, antrprovid.irrgthtt the land tined in the tCentral Prison, do receive should beonly used for rsilway trecks, and the concurrence, of this House. He sail _ that erections should .onlvfbet 'ere, he need not remind the House th st on certain remote . portions o l ' h he i the object of esteblishing the Centre! my". Compinv were willing to slim £03391: wee to provide for the usual advantages that terms, and to leave all the other meny 0.81 ': would result from prisoners bring kept at tobe sfrerwsrds_'errenged With the consent ( work instead of being left in idleness t new; of the ytr1tetlttyta.l. This being done, i, occupied having the eilect oi leading them to a draft agreement te subsequen y pre- _ habsta of industry and virtue, whoress, if pared end executed. lhe prepsrstion of the a they ere left in idleness their habits beco.xic agreement embodying all the dotsils. and the E worse. The Act tusdtr which the Custral principel negotiations fot.that object took i Prison had been established was 1,.qu m place after he came into oitiaa. The originsl 1 Febiiisry, Len. The policy of employing abort contract WM made inAuguet. The i the prison", in tbis way wee adopted by fuller agreement made ell necessery prom. e the Legislature at that tune, and consider stops for giving ellect to the reformetory able "Dart" had been made towards the objects of the prison. lie believed aha sys- ', erection of Dawn"), buildings. Tne voto in tun adopted would uvord runny of t e gals , the tirst year waa bu50,000, and last Pri" I. of the system of enm.GUV eminent con mi, further sum of $100000 w" voted. While st the some tune that it escaped some evils ' mi. work "M in plume", and during the which sometimes flowed. from the contract [ summer of last year, a question roan but-Vceu t 'ytstt m, as gcner.Oy carried out. . The reason I the Government and the Canada Car Com. for the execution of the.iaterit.? contract Denymhwh was thenabout beinqostsblishcd, was that d'l'y tub . LIPPOSSIEE-C The i out Company succeedinge Compsuy coiled SPIN" of 1871, ettca l".mg t 0 entrs ( tne Totouto titcel Works Compsny. The l risen, gave express authority to the Inspec- Gmcinmcnt of this country had tor to hire the sbour of the conVicts, to.be purchasul from the Dominion f; "cm. iiied either in the prison or without the liar. mint , piece of land for the its of the prison, and no one could doubt purpose of erecting this prison and providing that che statute fott.ld. have suthorized tht the "(usury tpoandn. They had a." I7 Government toentcrintothiscontrsct without (blind a smell tract facing on Strsciun. coming before the House. Ofcourseit could avenue of "no tive acres, for the purpose of not be contended that the suthority lo. hire "gluing the prison buildings. This piece ' out the labour meant an authority to hire it was "we, a let-, to the Steel Works Com. out for only e couple of mouths or some short puny, which extended till ISSO. The Com time. Thu short statement would put the pony had Ipplledto the Dominion Govern. House in possession of how this contract, l ment to purchase the lend or gut the lesse came to be ietct1Plr. tol. yle1 were the reF still further rrnewcd. This application was sons new why it w" imp?rtyst that the l founded or. thr, ruin of preemption andupon sanction of the Rouse was naked. A consid- , the courtesy ot G'rveratmentg in these matters creble 'YT"')" of expense had been gone to upon which the Compeny raid they relied. by the l ompany, and the errengement could This portion of kid was considered of very not have been mule sstisfsctorily unlessthe rest importance, as isolating the I?ru'on Government had taken the responsibility buildings from the surrounding territory. which they had talters, and which the Act The are" of the occuphtiou of these authorized them to teke. live sores by the c" Compsny we: Mr. MACDONALD said that the question that the building. erected thereon i, should not be discussed in a party spirit, but would overlook the Central his" grounds, ' he bad been astonished that the Government and would tacihtau, very much commuui- l had taken upon itself to enter into soy cation between Me workmen oi the Company agreement of this kind without sanction end the prisoners. In consequence of the t {ts regards the contract itself; he thought existence of this lease for seven years and the tisal, the Inspector had the interest clsim which the Company in! making, the of the prison system at heart in making it, Inspector suggested that en nrraoirtnisnt but that he had sinuelly failed in the objc as might be made with the Compsny which . he bad in view. The action of the Govern I would "my" ad the purposes of the Coat. t merit in this matter moat fully gave the lie ' My. and at tho some time euswer 'the pan to ell the protestation which the gentlemen l, pose of the Government with reference to opporitu had inside while in opposition. Tho the labour of prisoners. The Inspector had principsl cry raised during the election 5 inprevmus reports discussed tltectunprative against the late Government was their as , advantages of the contract system and the sumpiion of control over the railway fund, ', srstem 9f lining out labour and eh. agatem and yet tie very men who made that cry l of ceriying on the. work under the manage. now turned their backs upon themselves and i y.ent and " the risk of the Government, and asurnud opul 9mm" m hopod the i his preference wee expressed for the system day was far distant when tho of Government supervision; but heving ref. Government of Ontario would be found re. ( ere-nee to the poculier oirctunatanoos of tho pudtatirg. its promises and egrecments, l pretsentcasoaud the kind of work which and, ".tly.s.Govcrnnicn.t had bound tttem. i ther Car Compeny proposed winging selvcsintbis matter, the House could not, i in, he thought it would be advisable to without breaking honour, oppose ita rum". ' , make some arrangement with "I. Compeny. I tion. tie objected to the contract system of I I The neture of the work to be conducted by a employing prison labor, and could not see , T the Car Company involved the employment ..--'"" why the chain and ball or some other system , uat employing prisoners on public Works i "ll-I-----,,----,..,,-..,,,.-,.,,.,.-,