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Mr. Williamas (Hamilton) -- To further amend the Act incorporating the Hamilton and North--western Railway Company. Mr, Boultbse--To incorporate the Lake Haron and Qaebec Railway Company. Mr, Grabam--Respecting the Grand June-- tion Railway Company, Mr. Oliver--To iucor%orato the North Simeoe Junction Railway Company. Mr, Farewell--To incorporate the Ontario Central Railway Company, Mr. Hodgins--To amend the Aot incor-- porating the St, ThomasCemetery Company. Mr, Hodgins--To incorporate the Ottawa City and Parry Sound K.nifw.y Company. Mr, Farewell--To amend the Act jncorpo-- rating the Port Whitby and Port Porry Rallway Company. Canada Presbyterian Chl;r'c_h':'f:;r;;;l;.c;:; stituting the United Presbygerian Church of Whitby, to the Rov, H. Thornton, Mr, Boulter----To incorporate the Belleville avd North Hastings Railway Company. Mr, Cameron--To amend the Act relating to the Victoria Railway Company. Mir. Hardy--To consolidate and amond the several Acts relating to the Norfolk Railway Company, and to change tas corporate name thereof to the Brantio:d and Pork Barwoll Railway Company, Mr, Farowell--To legalizs and confirm the sale and conveyances of certain lands in the Township of Whitby and County of On-- tario, heretofore effected and made by the z"ut'ces _of the Oshawa Congregation of the Mr, Prince--To incorporate the South-- western Railway Company of Canada. Mr. Deroche--To inccrporate the Toronto Dry Dock and Salvage Company. Mr, Hodgins--To incorporate the Loadon anda Erie_Railway Company, Mr. Bothano--To incorporate the London «unction Railway Company, Mr. Williams (Durkam)--To enable the corporation of the town of Port Hope to in-- cur liability for the construction of wator-- works for the town. Mr. Snetsinger--Relating to Trinity Ohurch at Cornwall. THE CENTRAL PRISON. Mr. BETHUNE resumed the debats on Mr, Cameron's amendment, _ After alladiag to the Foote frauds, he referred to the cols-- brated Point Edward Job, in which a minis-- ter o! the Crown was 'a'secret partnor in the purchase of a quantity of land ¥or £2149, sold afterwards to the Grand Trunk Railway for £24,000. _ 'They bad next the 'Tap. per--McNab scandal, which was voted down by the party hon. gentlomson opposite _ belonged to, _ This _ course of corruption began nearly twonty years ago, and had lately ended disastrously so far as the party was concerned, and isgracefully so also, BHe had referred to these things, not for the purpose of Justifying what had taken placo that d:y, becarse it needed no Mr, Clarke (Wellington) --Relating to the incorporation of the village of Clifford. Majesty Quoen Victoria, incorporating the Toronto Gravel Road and Concrete Com-- _Mr, Meredith--To incorporate the Loadon Life Insurance Company. Mr. Wood--To authorize the Courts of Queen's RBenob, Common Pleas, and Chau« cery for Ontario to admit John McSweyne to practice as an Attorney and Solicitor "Mr. Gibson--To reunite the North and South Ridings of the Count{ of Huron, for the purpose of registration 0 titles, Hop. Mr., Gow--To amond and extand the provisions of the Act incorporating the Onta-- rio Mutual Life Assurance Company. Hon, Mr. G;;-;-'l'o Incorporate the Mor: cantile Fire Insurance Company. Mr, Meredith--To incorporaté 1h0 LOLGO Fuel Associatiov, ] _Hop, Mr, Crooks--To amend the Act passod in the 35th year of Her Majesty's reign, chap-- tered 79, intituled *"An Act to authorise the corporation of the city of Toronto, to con-- struct Water Works in the city of To-- ronto." _ Mr. Bi'shop--To confirm the in sorporation of the village of Wingham. jostification, but for the purpose of showing who it was that made these charges against tha Commissioner of Paublic Works, It was found the people who grew grey in political corruption, the moment they lost power, turn round, and now at: tempt to destroy the good name of an hon-- curable men against whosa character hithor-- to not a word ofreproach had been uttered. L ACHL B on | UUVSOPAHS uid 19 K Bs A 33 hh dotchd Suinbt ons o He claimed that the hon, momber for Fast Toronto bad not made a fair statemant of the facts according to the evidence, He stated that the hon. Commissloner of Public Werks sent the men to vote, He (Mr. Bethuze) would ask any candid man if that was & faic dexc.? Mr. CAMERON--I believe be sen! theu. 3 3 Mr. BETHUNE regretted that the hon. gentleman should baild up his charge of co -- ruption on such slight evidenco, 'The tesyi-- mony given be'ore the Committes show d that the Hon, Commissioner of Public Works allowed the mon to give their votes as they pleased, The evidence showed that the hon. contloraan vielded to the request of Mr, Dickey, and if that request had not been complied with the hon.; member for East Toronto would have been the first to _ denounce the refusal as an act of tyranuy. The openness of the whole tiansaction was the best proof of the ab: sence of corruption. He maiutained that the hon. member bad no right to lay down the rule that workmen engaged on the Pub-- lie Works should not attend the elections or nominations, and he(br. Bethune)thought there was nothing wrong or criminal in al-- lowing those men to go there. With regard to the rsecond branch of the hon. gentleman's case, that the giving of this permission was wrong _ because there. was _ an im« groper expenditure of public money, e was satisfied that if the House had been sitting at the time and had been requested to gravt this half holiday without the deduc-- tion of pay, not a gentleman on the other side of the House would have hesitated to give the men that holiday, As to corrupt intention he would ask what evidence was there to show that his hon. friend desired to Influerce the mon. He gave all alike the holiday and never asked how they voted. The hon. member was pot content to lay down an abstract proposition, but had put forward something which, if carriedl, would | drive his hon, friend from public life for ever, and it was a serious matter when considered in that way. A vote of censure passed upon a Minister wis the most severe puaishment that con'd be inllicted upon a Minister; but to drive him from office simply on accounat of giving this haif holiday would be to* some extent to cast him into political infamy,. After enlogizing the character of the Hon. Mr. McKeliar, he said ho did not think the House or the people would sanction the driv-- ing from public life of, his hon. friend on so pafitry a pretext, The next point was how were they to meet this matter * They had Ereocdenfi of the English 'tovernment, but on, gentlemen were opposed to FEnglish pre-- cedent when it was contrary to their views. Theiy said what was regarded in England as perfectly right was by hon. gentlemen re-- garded as a crime, because it was done by Hon Mr. McKellar. He (Mr Bethune) con-- sidered that what adivantages were given by rivate employers should be given by the | | Eovemment as a public empioyer, He, for | one, was not prepared to censure the hon. Commissioner of Fublic Works for giving the men at the Central -- Prison works half--a--day's holiday. . Ho would not, even if he thought the honourable gentleman had been guilty of a mistake-- | and he did not believe a mistske had been | committed--centure his hon. fciesd, He deprecated the censuring of public men for a mere indiscretion, and said if Sir John A. Macdonald had done as the Comumisaionsr of Public Works did, hon, gentlemen would ' not have entertained the eubject for a mipute. He did not think hou. gentlemen who bad eupported the corruptionist party for the last twent{ years should attempt to cast a slur on his hon. friend on so trumpery a charge, and he, thorofore, would move an amendment to the amondment as follows : that the giving of a half holiday to the men engaged in the Contral Prison Works to allow them without distiaction of party to atterd a public nomination for the House of Commons in West 'Toronto, and not withholding the payment of wages for tke said half day, was pormitted by the Hon, Commissioner of PubicWorks without any improper motive. Mr, CAMERON beld that an amndmsnt | to an amendment on motion to go into Com-- mittee of Supply( was irregular, and citeA an instance which occurred last session in the CE ie ced enc t 200 00 We statement according to the evi-- of showing h $1