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three or four ocoasions, aud have not bsen C West Cwillimbury, Notiawassgs, and Hal-- s abie to proceed with business owing to thora & ::l ;'tobjcoted toryéhe sixteon months' exten« S not being a quoram (the quoram being nina k . ston of time asked -- for. o mmr'x':?-)é g :-Sll::ol;nt!h.: xéfi:?xu:':y";: lAl.fter d!sc;:ssiond,'the oconsideration of the A f 3 Bill was postpone : y m k = | :(::3: a qacrum to sever members, Car Mr. D Awsox;, bm"S'i{ ::p the I}}ll to lno-)r& |\ _ On m r. Crara® 14 was ordered corporate the Prince Arthar's Lanaing an * . that a l?'.:::n:'ny be grepnrod showling the Kaministiquia Railroad and Harbour Com-- & toet of the Central Prison from the com: paby. ' merocment of the work to the 3lst of last The Bill wis strongly onnosed by Mossrs. | $ Dccember 4 Oliver, Davidson, & Co., who dcsired s It was also decided to postpon© the consid-- the road should go to the mouth of eration of the items relating to who Central the Kemivistiquia Riveor instead of to Thun-- Prison until the statement was before the dser Bay. Colmmltteo.h lntlon toctbs Rduskilss Ds Ulimately the Bill passed. : | 'sperk relation to the Education D3« s partment and Cclonization Roads ware order-- The C""'"M:d'__ ' | ed to be produced, after which the Commit« e ansonmmennaetttiaaiten n ase n w ['lf 28 tee adjourned. | E 1 8 e e _ _ ____ | E|l PRIVATE BILLS COMMITTEE ; i wmaae P I | , The Private Bils Committes met this i " { mornln&, Mr. Fraser in the chair. y e : Mr, Merricx proposed the Bill for the > 1 '| incorporation of the Loyal Orange Association P {| f of Western Ontario, suggesting that a Spacial f ' Aot was necessary in this case, as there were } some g:ovhlonn in the General Act which | might be found hardly to apply. 2 Mr, MAcpovaann (glmooe) asupports4 the measure atrongly. i Mr, McMAnox contended that the Goneral ; Aot was sufficiont to meet the cases of all ( ff Hocisties of a benovolent character which s ': required incorporation or shoul4 have it. [ % Mersrs. Grant and Sexton followed on the i -- same slde, and Mr. Broder favoursd the | t passing of the Bill. , «JAl A diviston was taken on the question | N whether the preamble was prover, and the 1 it & Bill was rej . cted by tha follo wing vote :-- | U Yras--Messrs, Macdougall (Slo:one), Bro-- ' | if der, Lauder, Mercdith, Marrick, Monk, J Preston, Richardson, Tooley--9. F Nays--Meesrs, Outrrle, Ballantyas, Clarks 3 + i (Norf~Ik), Finlagyson, Grazsm (Lambjou), .« Hardy, Harkis, McMabhon, O Donoghus, Bextorx, Patterson (York), Sinclair Soetsin-- gor, Watterworth, Widdificld, Wilson--16. | , Mr, Lavor® proposed the Bill to confirm | i the sappolat::ont of trustecs in connsection f } with the Tomporance--strest Charch, in ths I [ --f fity of Toronto, and to vest in them certain [] | ands, J | F Mr, Robert Wilkes explaincé to the Com-- 1 ! # mittee the position of the promoters of & | | the Bill Ho said that a your ago a | vnion was effected between the Methodist | New Connexion Church and the Mothodist ! 4 C..arch of Canada, Trustees were appoin'ed, | and endeavoured to gell the chursch to M«. Samuels, re%rezenting a Jewish Synagogus, for $0.000, but the representatives of Mr. ' R,. H. Brott informed the proposed pur: | charers that the title would be contested.and E1 the transaction acoordingly fell through, j 'The trustees, under advice of counsel, de-- ' cidcd that the best way to quiect the title was f to apply to tho Legislature for a short Act '€] confirming them in the administration of the i N trast, There was a mortgage onthe buliding, | BE the psymezcts on which wore in atrsars, «P ' arnd forsclesure had bsen _ throatenad, u} | so that relief was absclately required, | ' The intention was to apply the procseds ' of the sale after redesming the obligation to | | l tte support of other Church properiy. The £ L 3 parties who were opposing this Biill were not I| | mersbers of the congregation at all, The § opponents to the action of the trustces did | | not number more than & fourth or a fifth of | the congregation, | | Mr I'g;at« r appeared on behaif of the dis: aldeuts, R. H Brett and othors, aud stated | | that the original deed of the cocgregation | [ |¥ provided that when it became extinct the | , j proprty should be vested in the Methodist | j || C New Copnmcxion Missicnary Committes in ! | England in trast for the Cuurch here if it | { should be resuscitated, The congregation -- bad become extinot by its being moerged in | | the Methodist Church of Canada | l After some discussion the considoration of | the Bill was poltflonod till to--morrow. [d Some other Bills ware disposed of, and the | Coxmittee adjourned, aommmemmemnat@mmmmmmmmrcaem RAILWAY COMMITTEE. The Railway Committee mot this morning, | | Mr, Pardee in the chair, . | Mr, WiurIams brouflht up the Hamilton | and North--western Rallway Bill. } Objections to the Bill were raised by Mr. | ; W,. Thomson on behalf of the Northe®. Rail-- | | way, and by Alder en Turner and Withrow on behalf of the city of Toronto, on the | | ground of Its tonding to depreciate the valuo f . of the Northern Rallway, Deputations from y 4 | 4i |