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1-, Mr. Ctututie--To legalize, e certain agree- :I. ment between the town ot Dundee. the Des- " iardinm Gene! Company, the G. W. Iuihrar, and the Milton Road Compeny. . s??'. Mr. 8oott--To incorporate the town at L Meaford. Mr. Derocho mental the fourth to- Port ot the 8l'dull'2 on Shading Onion, ' mm m'monuwp: The following Bills were introduced '.-- V Mr. Meredith-To inoorporaU the Canada ( Silva: Mining Company. Auo--ro authorize the I816 or exohmga ( of . block tland in the vino? of Dnasden, I hnomoatherthnte+rrrgrrntn _ - _ -iiLLE; hoot-pant; {he Cathedral of the Holy Trin ty, London. AUr--To incorporate the London Life In. moo Compmy. Mr. Clarke (Norto1h)--Tp emend and con- solidate the lovers! Acts routing to the Port Dover and Port Huron Railway, end to give (fact to several by-lawe. Mr. striker-au' amend the Act to Incor- porate tho Prince Edward Railway Compmy. Mr. Monk-To onnblo the Corporation of the city of Ottawa to inane debentures for . further sum to oomplesto the eontc,rtrotion of utter-works for the city of Ottawa. "iii. iicuod-spaiting the consolidated :1th of the town of Bowmiinvillo, Mr. Fueuinger--Ttt incorporate the Trio- ity Church of Cornwall. PROHIBITION. . Mr. CLARKE (Norfolk) moved for on til. drcea to 1ruhlxcoilentN the Gtmsrtt.trp1"rtsaesr,a), resin that line Excellency will - to to laid in due 'oouree And form before the Parliament of Owed. the desire of this House that the Britleh North Americe Act of 1867 any be so amended so to anable the Legislatures of the euernl Provinces, or the Legieleture of the Province of Onurio,toytt. not such laws on in their wisdom may eeem neceeeery for the "soldier: and psi-551 or entir'e prohibition on "tpprpaaiots, of the use and of the making end vending of ardent or intoxienting liquors no t beverage, on _the became hppnrent that prohibition was the only method which could be succeaufully culled lhto requisition. Accordingly. in 1851, the Legulatririt pained the second rattling of I Biil to prohibit the n10 of intoriosting liquors _ IN . vote of 95 to 5, although it wu_throqn ---.- LEGISLATURE (Ill Mflllllll, ground that the some u.dstHerysytslto society a well as being the most pruhii ' source ot idieneas, poverty, and crime. its doing so he apologimy1 for having kept the notice so :21; upon the paper, but expln'med that he done so in order that all the questions towhioh mowers had been received might be laid before the Committee After re- ferring tothe unfortunate ststo of the low which prevented tho Bill before the House but year from pmloa, 3nd showing that the 9th section of the Bir. tith N orth - America Act gun him the right SECOND MtNEliT--Tlllllll 838m. to make this motion, he said it was not his intention to nuke what wee commonly known on e temperance speech, nor did he intend reviewing " eny lennth the present licensing system, especislly es that system was to be dealt with during the session by the hon. the Provincial Secretory. tie looked upon the licensing system in the Province end throughout the whole world as ea excellent means of raising the revenue, bat altogether inadequate in having my effect for the moral benefit of the community. He pointed to the records of the piece. of the puieeeanrts, end of judges, and to the testimmy of pri. vate individuals, vin proof of the usertion that the present lsws aitordtsd no help to those whose wish sud hope it is -- to, reform the people from . WEDNESDAY, Feb. 11. tu Spetkcr took tl.us chair at three o'. iii. evil of intempennoa ', ind 'uoon the Inability of the law to "ford this protection he ttumiet1his prawn} Igotipn. . As pferrgd to the efforts put forth by Mr. Dongall, of Montreal, and his (Mr. Ol-rko'u) own "then in order to atom the evil of intemper- moo by teetotslism, which. however, w-re oniy partially successful: and titer that it We N.rptmst .tltat propipition mug tlys REPORT PRESENTED. '"Tiitt on the third reading on amount ot . tech- nical objection. No Uzi-15mm tines that time had been minted try the same high - ot then duty to ouistlanitr. and the oo',',,',',',',, He point- ed out' the large mm " of infla. entidly signed petitions which induced the Legishtum of 1859 to come to that conclu- l Sion. and mo resulted in the passage of the Dunkin Act. He Was pmud to "Y that the feeling in - of prohibltion was increas- . ' ---- -......, Hut such th law had entidly signed PP""""' g»... ._V,, legislature. of 187fl to come to that conclu- sion. and duo rolulted in the passage of the Dunkin Act. He wu proud to "Y that the feeling in - of prohibltion was increas~ ing, and he won sorry that such th lax had been dechred GGitatatiotml last year. He thought it would hove been more in conaom Inge with the dignity ot the House to have diam: this manure to pus. Ind than have renewal lit for the consideration of the Governor-General, as had been done with the Orange Bills He then quoted the re. sort of the Select Committee "Wanted at ttuu last year, and also tl . I" u- 1.4:"! Wilson " Lu aw tif, of the Select Uommiuw him" but your, and also t Mr. JustioeI Wilson " Lu Winter Alanna at Toronto. h foot: of intempermce. He the gepqrt on the T Liam: . LL" A1§alui Mr. Jamal "can". -- h, . Winter Alums at Toronto. with. 1 the feet: of intempermce. He also referred to the report on the License Law intro. duced into the Legislature- of Que. bee, which he said would show _ how much that vaince was behind Ontsrio in the matter of the Liquor Low as in may other mutton: of public thty. He road the remarks of Chief Justice " William Bovili, of England tho answer: returned to the questions of the Select mitten of this Home to magistrates, judges, governors of gods, and showod from statistics that a 1nrgo portion of the death-rate was due to this cause. He referred to the article in the Mail attacking the Pro ahitory Lew in Maine, and. showad that Mr. Griffin, the, gentlemm who Iuvl mode oat the resort upon which the article was fonuden. hm been so much opposed to '2'. las that he gave up his aituation. He x. " from the speeches of prominent members ._ the M zine Legislature to prove that the u " a" mu si- together incorrect, and showed ti,, " - _ . wt .. in- "--. A; LI... 11.: .n 1.. , , Ctr; other States of the Unim hr: i the Prohibitory principle. Thn two gm at civilized nations in the wot1d--EugUad and the United titatea--all their grates: men and highest statesmen, tell us that nothing would BYOI' put 9n end,t.? _the evillo'of inten- tion, and one Independent member, the hop. member for N inner; He behaved it wee in the interest of the people that the public wcounte should be carefully examined and those who were interested in seeing everything we: done properly should make .1)": tsxatnination. It was therefore necessary pennce butrentire prohibition of its mawa. facture and sale. He was told that public sentiment wee not iireparotl for this sweeping chunge, but he declared that public senti- ment would never be prepsred fur my gross social reform unless it were fully ngitnted, in $50M of which be advanced the one of Sir illiam Wilberforce and the liberation of the eleven within the British Dominion. Be only wished that he had himself more elo. quence and more influence which he could bring to bear upon thin question. He had done his Jiiut-done it, too, as n duty which he owed to his Maker and hls country. (Cheen) He had been crrrgedrithyot being on nbshiner himself; this he denied, "sorting that be we. so in fact, although not pledged. _He held. how- ever. that this we: immaterial to the ques- tion. It could not depend upon the indi- vidual who advocated this reform whether it would commend itself to the Rome and the people or not. It ought to be "ilieieat that the correctness of the principle we: can!) tished upon such incontrovertible evidence Before high Haven and thiss honourable House, for the sake of those to whom the li. quor traflie brought in jarv, family infelioitg, ahd death-for the take ofPary.hurotty, our schools, our sons and our daughters-top the sake of the present and for the sake of the future, he begged of hon. members not to ra. sht this motion. (U ml cheers ) Mr. CORBY asked if the hon. gentlennn had closed that eatab1ishrturrat in Thunder Bay where it had been said hops-dd bad whiskey. Mr. CLARKE considered the question an impediment one. lie had hard . report to that effeot before, and he could give it tho lie (erieaot"0Ny") moat otnpltatioailyi if any liquor woe sold by his eon it was good liquor. m had 'nover bod any communication with that establishment, and he was glnd to any the liquor business had been discontinued in that store. The motion passed. _ ADDITION TO PUBLIC ACCOUN N Mr. CAMERON moved taut BI.. Max-rick should be added to the Sending Committee on Public Accounts. He said he found thdt there were no less than seven member-on that f?tmmittet--thrms m9m_ben of the 0990M COMMITTEE.