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Ith 1EA that the time bad come whon all such ox-- mmo LEGISMTURE. pesses should be defraycl by the localitios, 'This was the p'sctise, he believed, in England auenmmmnantenngmner ens agraae .ndth l:dlome c.lst the Aui.:liio\n S'nt:s'oAb!:othls; j < me was for the whole amoun! paid : hast sEssi0% -- THIRI DARLIAMENT out of the general revenue, To this plan | sns o mmmmaiiGmmaemet he thought there were #everal objestions, : Torsoay, Jau. 18. one of t:em })ging fll'mt so cloge a che:k upor | % «_ payment con'!d not ho oxeroised as when pay-- | The Speaker took the unale at 3 o'clock, ment was made by the localities Thay g*4l REPORTS, also to look at the future, as our revenue was e to a very large cxtent fixed, and it was rot Mr. Fraser' presented the fifth roport of «Gesirable to put charges upon general rovenus the Private B:lls Committeo, which might be defrayed by localities. ; AJso, the Fourth Report of the Rallway Another mode was to have :mfortlon paid Commitice from tke general revenue, a porvion by f the muniolpalitie®, this being in accordancs BILLSY INTRODUCED, | with the'planno:vogflloia?dmthx;gt;? koo:iher Bllls r expensos connectod with the admiaistration ,,E,h:.,"f.'}:,"',';g, Promk were Introduced{ani of justlce. They had made a rough estimate * of the proportion to be pald by each,and lhiad Mr, Wills--To facilitate the formation of > found i t , _ Mr ound it to be about one--third by the general mm stock companies for the mancfacture of Government and two--thirds by the localitl«s, tter, cheese, and other dairy products, The J '3 conclusion they had come to on the Mr, Creighton--To enable women to vote whole was that it wonld. ba best to tollow tha at munfclpal elections, and on by--laws ro-- plan as nearly as porsible now foliowed with quising the assent of the electors, regsrd to the other expenses of the admials-- Mr, Deroche--Rospecting the Streetaville tration of justice. The Bill was not a very and Port C.cdit Railway Company.§ l::g one, udto" contu!nodhluch clauses as | re n I ORANCGE TINCORPORATION, hade necersary to carry out the provisions he | ¥r, MERI'.ICI'{,'?:; notlce ':hafté:o vguld In answer to Mr. Scott, : * o--morrow moave that the re of the Com-- ; mittce on Private Bills be merred back to gbv;i:gmAfn .:!adu:t:fv 'f.e;::: hllnte:t:':d--to the Committes with instructioas to deciare fi:nlmry Investigation before t'ny Justl pre-- i the preamble to Bill No. 64, respecting the In & o Jusvicet, . ; Incorporation of the Loysl Orangs Associa-- answor to Mr, Merrick, i tion of Woestera Ontarlo proves, no%;tmgvzoATltm':h'h?. Gt;:emfment did n NT y r en altor the law in reference to PAYMEN1 O%H?A%SESSEs IN CRIML the payment of witnesses for the prisoner, * No Government could stand such an expon-- Mr, MOWAT moved the first roading of a diture as would be required to pay all the Bill to provide for tho g:ymont 'of erluatnal witnesses for prisoners, witrceses, Ho saii that ho might resmlad > PUBLIC ACCOUNTS * the House tosat at lpruent some witzssses T were paid in criminal prosecutlons, namely, Mr, GOW presented a report of the Patlic those who came under the class of isdigent Accounts Committoo, aeking for m reduction witneesss, Though thaore was no express of the quorum: from nine to seven, enactment for the payment of mnng wik-- Mr, MACDOUGALL complained that the neeses who were now paid, there had beca motion to submit questicas to sub--Commit. a degreo of Yborality in construlag the tess had been deteated in the Comm'ttes, statute in that rospeot, so that in reality aud the resvlt was that as a Committso of many wo;o now paid who oau}lid not roally be Investigation it was a fallare, called indigont witnesscs, Ho woent on to 1 point out t'igxs d'Miocultlcs which bad boon en« LJ" GOW said both partiss had beon sountered in {framing the mearsure, Ose of :"' t(!m' to have a thorougb iavss. thesa difficulidiles was a&s to tho classes cf 3'10"' One patt{'thonght the best way witnesses to which the law should apply, If :'h"n d bo to have su Committees, the other they had such an act is mu:t apply to hl" it would be besttolhave the enquiry in the cases of treason and felony, but it was very s 1 Oonzmxttee. It would be veryjw--ong for difiicalt to draw the lizne beyors thaze at any gentlomen to withdraw bocausa thoir viaw which they shou'd stop, witheut including was notadopted, _ Such a course as that all offenoss of ® criminal charaster under would cause the disruption of all the Com-- Provicolal and Dominion Acts, If they did | witteos. | not draw the lins somewhere, those who had Mr, LAUDER advocated a change in the | large exverisnce in these matters assurod end of the financial year, It was unde: 1 him -- thet the number of -- cases stood when so large a Committeo was ap would ba erormously larze, and they pointed that the objeot was tohave suaub Com-- all krow kow largs a olass of mittees appointed. cages which wers called misdemezsnours did uot Mr. WOOD donied that thoro was any posse»s a criminal character, Such cares were such understardingc. The Committse hsi very cumsrous, and they would ba likely to mot objected to the appolatment of sub-- Com-- | increase if they provided for the payment of miitees on questions of minor importance, ! all witnessos who might be summoned to give but bad folt that the more scrlous makstors | evidence in therm. What they would like to should be dealt with by tho whole Comuit-- | do weu'd ho t:xl make provision for fltxe pay-- tee. | ment of crlminal witnesses in cases of orims according to the popular signification ol ths The report was adopte1, f terma,. Au thought it extremely doabt{al if it MATTERS OF ADMINISTRATION. | would be expedisnt to go bey aad treason and ty & ' felony, which wou'id ermbrase about five-- $ Mr, MOWAT Introducad a Bill respecting sixths of thoss carss in whick wikasssos for certain administrative matters thersin men. | the C:rown shculd recsive pray, Aunothsr | tiozned. He stated that the Bill contained4 question was, how far, and beforo three clauses, which rslate{ to as many sub. | what Courts, thoy should _ authorizs jects, The first clause propszed to ralleveo | the payment to be made, The con-- the Licuteraut-- Governo®, when he Gesired, | oluslon they bad arrived at was that wit-- | trom the necessity of signing certain dowu-- | nesses in the Couris of Common Law, Oyer | ments by givisg him powr to appoint a ard Terminer ania Goneral Gaol Delivary, Deputy Governor sim!lar to that posssesed General Semiouns, and Conaty Judgas' Crimt-- %Y the Governor--General vnder the British nal Court® should be paid, excluding thome orth America Act asd under his comuais-- | who sitexded as wituesses in cases betora sion, The signing of marriage lsanses, for Justices oi the Peace in matters which were instance, was a vory onsrous duty, somse-- under their jurisdictiona, If they found it $imes occupying several conmsecutive days, derjrable to alter the law hercafter 1t could while mhge cortificates wore not signed, be done much more easily in extending tho and in like manrer when 'his Houour was ab. crscs in which payment should be made then sent there woro documents of a routias and in lessering them. _ In 1874 the total num. formal charaotor which it was inconvenicnt ber of witecsees suromoned to atiend Connty to leaveo unsigned, Daring the illiness of tha Judges' O:rmiral Courts throughout the Pro-- late Governor arc'at inconvenioncs was ex-- vinco had been 2,235; the totfi number at-- perienced in this respect, He proposed tending the Assizes and Sossions, 4,219, or in not to icterlexs with the datiscs of the LMsut.-- all, 6,454. _ Adding others who might be | Goverror as definod by the British North suppored to come within the operation o" the | Amerlca Act, but to coufine the operatlon Jaw the number might be Incronsed to ssy of this measure to those mattors which ware between 7,000 azd $,000, 'This would givo within the legislative authorlity cf this hon,. gentlemen zommc idea of the sum that Honwe, With regard to the secoand clause, world be required to maet the expenditura, it had beon found that from the fncrease of taking tho averago at $5 cach. _ Another business in the ccurts increxs2d accommoda-- auestion was as to who should make the pay-- tlon was required at Osgoode Hall, The mont, and upon this suvjeot there had basa amount in the hands of the Court of Chan-- great differences of opinion, ssma thiaking cery bad increased from something lke $80,--