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Mr. Rudy ..J'e, "onsolidnte and amutl'thu charter of the Norfolk Railway. Mr. .hfuerisu-tyo incwrpwate the Loyal Orange Juseuatian of Enter!) Ontario. l Hr. Boditua--'l'o amend the Act 36 We , up; 128, arntitled an Act to inaorporate the Toronto Fuel Aamhtion. . ! Mr. Gifford --To vest col-hit: land: in the Hi h School Boardof the town of Cobain-g, mg to empower it to sell the "me. Mr. Deaoott--t'o ineorpttrate the Loyal grunge A-ocintim ot Wooten: Ontario. ' Mr. ireuirrr're Mable the trustees of the illegal" Baptut Church in Toronto to ull main Wrtyo- . f PRESENT AUG: d? PETITIONS. Mr. .WIPLIAMS. ..!' Durham, moved the pohtion presented to the Home for he inoo.rroPtioe of the Hnmllton Exohngo " """Pd' and referred to the Committee on sanding Olden. - .7 -a vv-uy-Iu Yo .Mr. llivtr.--To Ineo 'sn.rtUrc the North Suncoo Janene: mnmy "ompmy. . Mr. Bethune -.'ro incormuto the London Junction "my Company. Mr. Rykert-. 'far',','..', the indenture ba. tween the Lon" m d Port Stanley Railwq Company and no crust Western Railway Mr. 0'Donrahao-To authoriza the Dorm. ration of the fit of mum to widon Brou- street in the ui city. Mr. Woo', -I'o authorize the Church raglan of S u. Paul's, Lindny, to sell corbnu an a. Mr. 1Yince--To extend the time for the completion o' the Sandwich and Wiuclnr Raiwuy. Mr Derocuc- To amend the Act respect- ing the Credit Valley Ilailway Company. Hon. Mr. fhtrrio-itotsetia limitations of actions and suits relating lol mortgage "In, and provide a mode to conduct tumro montyge aka. . Mr, tfattrrrdl---To inoorpnato the 1tarnrio Central Railway Company. Mr. Moredith--'N ittearporu0.the London Life Imunnu "Emmy. Autr-Rtsp'etmg a concusion line in Sandwich Eat, County of Essex. Me. Caldwell -To incorporate the Huron and Ottawa Runway. ' BILL: l?, rrunUOED' t The following P,ilr, 'ntrodu 'ar. Bothums.-To in)" grate th tttai Pm", Oomph r. Mi. RYKERT odd that if this nation my. meived it would open the Sum to other petition, the promotere of which had been told they could not be received. After eome dieoneeion, Hon. ELMOWAT avoid it would .t.e inexpedient to allow my more private Bills to be received, for the toe- ," Wat ur" meny othom would hove to [be receiv ' Mr. Claim (Nortolk)-To ooaflrat by-lav 191 of the County of Perth. Mr. DERoCHE museum the men report "nth: Ita,"' inc 5:8 Committee, which LEGISLATURE 63}? (WARM. "WHO Mtl,uic-:.-Tim ttl I1llf, . -e ----_-----. I} ,1ht Spulwr took tho ch tr at thre 'tr.',radtretr.t .'-- 1mm: the (nodal; th'roa Hon. Mr. (moons. in moving the wand 'ttes/dt Bilito amend the_ humane Act, d he proposed. in explanintthq 'lfi tent to which the Government felt 'iatt.io l in awning to deal with the question of loot 'PMment, to touch briefly upon the "in" ms which in truth underiie "W, of the (Imposed tunendmenta, end elpeoielly that which releted to the alteration u: the - merit of bank stock. m did not propel? to offer any observetiona which were not on": ly pertinent to the amendment. propolod , the Bill before the Home. He knew tint the r'enerel ' nation of taxation we: on extrane- iy 1"itfi'G'G' one, and ditrieultf? ttpt't -one of the qua-tines upon which. politlon economists ind whole coniniumtiee have differed and continue to. Mot. . There was probshly the mth diirertsutm ot practice with regard to the mutter of taxation in the two communities oi. Eng- land and the United Statue The Bill M. "mud to deal with last taxation entirely, and, therefore, he would content himself with simply endeavouring to lay down some limit which should guide ioguletion in ouch municipalities as might hare oocwon to die Cuu it. Tho general principle epphceble to the system of taxation proposed was, that everv ncraon who 0111033 the .yeu? of general government shoal contribute to its maintenance in the same proportion; or, in other words, that the amount of taxation Which a man pays for the support of the Goneral Government. was no equivalent for the hendiis he derived from its ndminie. tration. The same principle we: applicable to 1koal Government, 0x005): of course. in smili- " proportion ; and to t e extent tint a men contributed to the maintenance of the Loenl Government, to that extent, relatively, should hobo benefitted" its legislation. Daring fl .'._V irrTiai also in connection with the t's21'r,'nTlict. had from time to. time been enacted, there did not .appear to hint to have been a imf1ieiant1y distinct recognition of this . ciole. Every inhabitant of a country w." wg'-',",','; general protection of the laws of that countryand under its governmental ma' chinery he enjoyed the fullest possible liberty for himself and the most c nnplete protection for hi. property which that machinery or existing could provide. Therefore to the full extent to which he in protected ha should contribute to its support, but when we cane to Local Government," was only locally that hertetites could arise, and only to the extent that such benefits did arise should the con- munity be required to contribute. l or m- etance, a mnnicipalltg' ought not to tax a men to a grcubr extent hm he derived benefits from living within the municipality, whether it were city, town, or country. The benents which the general public derived from Maui. cipal Government would be each. us are": from lighting the aticet-x. Wittering them mums with re spent to public health, and police. It did not follow that according t) the amount of a man's wealth ho realized benefits in proportion, and even greater benefits might accrue to another citizen who had realized much less. For instance, a hereon who was ooubht to live in a email "iitmiiing.howus, and invest hi, means in " other way, derived no benefit from the muni- oipal expenditure. except so far as, dwelling in that municipality. he reaped in common with those of smaller meane living in a house of the same dimensions. That is, he he t the advantage: of street lights, 't.t.te"Tatfrittg. and police in his own locality; bat any expenditure for the improvement of the streets in another portion of the Mattieipuli. ty did not bring hun the name ammnt ot advantage as if he were engaged in trade, and extensively using these conveniences. Taxation for the support of the General Gov. ernment in Great Britain and this country was derived Chit tly from indirect sources, and only when we came to Local Govern. ment was the principle of _ dircot taxation 'ot1ght to he applied. He had made some inyittigatictt into the matter, the result ot which he proposed to lay before tho House The chief eonrce pt revenue for General Gov- se,,',',',',',,',','.",",,',?",'),?:?: wan themerchandiee con- sumed. an to the extent to which the mi. cle was tum! in order to raise that reverie a no far was its purohsstrvalao enhanced Ta, same rule might be applied to real repel-my, for, to whatever extent it was taxes for mu. tterpitr, the tenant. not the owner, 1 was re V. the "liimsr. The owner ot real 1 property, in order to be rinsed in a fair Po. i uition, must have an equ valent granted for the burden of taxation to which he was sub. jected. m had mule an examination into the "which and he found that in the city of Toronto, as one instance, fully 50 per cent of the total amount raised for municipil pur. poses In directly traceable to expenditure upon real estate, consisting either in local improvement. or interest upon money bor THE ASS Eésusm: LAW.