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ONTARIO LECISLA THIRD PARLIAME®T------SECOND SESSION By Mr, Merrick --Of sixteen Orange Lodges, praying for the incorporation of the h'? Mr, Deroche -- UL 0100 VIAEgU ges, to the same effect By Mr, Preston--Of six Orange Lodges to %he same effeot, X By Mr. Wills--Of one Orange Lodge, to | She same effeot. * By Mr. Flesher--O! seven Orange Lodges, \ By Mr, Flesher--Of 1 Bo \L same effeot. fi.flr. Boulter--Ol %9 same effect. By Mr. Rosevear-- Lodges to the same effect. 4 Mr, Clarke (Wellington)--Of the High Hohool Board of Klora, praying for certain amendments to the School Act. Railwasy may not pars. By Mr. Hardy--Ol the School Board of Uhe village of Scotland, praying for certain amendments to the School Aot, STANDING ORDERS, Mr. Deroche presented the fifth report of the Committee on Standing Orders, BILLS INTRODUCED, The following Bills woere introduced and read a first time :-- Mr, Boll----TFs incorporate the Poople's Gas CUorkty"BY o & go sc ars Ozaad af the Mr. Hargraft--To onable the munloipality of Cobourg to aid certain manufacturing Mri. C~.~som--Respgeciiag ®*"** '**~--~ | Fork Erie, «4| Mr, COlarke (Wellington)--Relatiog to th. Hami{lton and North-- Western Railway Co, | Mr, 0' hue--To amend the Water: works Am. City ol Oitawa, establish certain atreets in the Clty of Ostawa, Mr. Macdougal! (Middlesex)--To enable the Municipal Councol! of Adelaide ho sell Toronto, 19ih Jan., 1877. 'The Speaker took the chalr at 3 o'clook, PETITIONS®. 'The following politions were presented:-- Mr. Meredith--To author!za the Synod of the Diocese of Huron to sell cartain lands. Mr. Masais--To incorporate the Guclph Btreet Railway Company. Mr, Mowat--To incorporate the U Canada Bible Society. y9* Mr, hodongdl (Simovse)--To amend the Aot incorporating the Toronto Sireet Rall-- Mr, Maodougall (Simose)--To incorporate the Canada Industrial Exhibition Compaay, GovERNORS OF GAOLS, Mr, HARDY asked whother it war tha Intention of the Government, in view of the escape during the past years of prisoners from confinement in the common gaols of the Proviros, to introduce a measure during the present sersion to provide for ths ap-- pointment by the Governmeant of the Gover, nors of gaols within this Provinos ? Mr, MOWAT said the matter was being considered by the Governmont, but there would be no mersure this ses:ion on the rubject, Mr, MOWAT apologised to the House for again troobling them with au explenation upon the personal matler to which he had referred yesterday; but he was afrald from what appeared in the Mail newspaper this morning that there were one or two poink: upon which he had nok been sufficlently ex. Mr, O'Donoghue-- rtain abtreets in the Mr. Boulter--Oi four Orange Lodges, ) same effect. Mr. Rosevear--O1l twelveo Orange he--To eng._jo the Synod of the Toronto to co2489% enquiries EXPLANATION, To cbhange the name of 2 fhe yb of Maiis artiOIO Q--007 SADSY" . 2" _ _ dunat tha in the Soott matter bad reported againat the entate, That was a mistake. The Commission-- ers had reported in favour of the estate"to the extent of $6,000, The article averred that upon reference to bim (Mr, Mowat) subse-- P0 "" " i 1. ned allawed this exveuys oLE $9,0008 CCC 20 ago 2as upon reference to bim (Mr, Mowat) subse-- uently to the repart he had allowed this 26,000; but the faokt was that: the subre: quent reference of the matter to him was nm a claim additional to the $6 000, and ho wlghed it to be distluotly understood that on that application to allow a further sum he had not decided in favour of Mr. Mac: lennan's clients, but against them, It was alio auggested that Mr. Klg}::m:n' had ap» tlons, and of avy report or reports which ' may have been cfisrad or which the Senate . may have pasted during tha's perlod, bearing . upon the sutbjeot of the existlog affiliations of Medical Schools with the U aivers!ty of Torouto ; also, the names of members of the Senate who mssy have given notloes of avy motlons, or moved or seconded auy rosolo« tlops or the adoption of any report or reports of the Senate upon the said subject of Medi-- wal Sohool affiliation; also, a liss of the yeas and nays in any care whers thess may have beenrecorded. 2oad, A copy of all corres-- pondence which may have taken place be:-- sween the Government and the said Medical Bchools now afli.iated to the sald Uaiversity o Toronto, with a copy of all replies from the said schools received by Government, 3rd,?A copy ortny Order or Orders in Coua-- ell which may have been passed by Govern-- ment 1elating to the subject of medical afft. Mations with the said Univeraity of Toronto. He said that in any omse these documents were such as the Lsgislatureahould be pat in possersion of, In 1853 the Parliament ot Canada passed an Aot by which one arkt onl lego and three mediocal sohools wers sffillated with the University of Toranto. Receutly, It appeared, the Senate of the Uaivars!ty of Toronto. kad cancelled thoe affill!ations o! all medical zohools, and the House ought to have a full statement of the reasons for this Mr, CROOKS sald thore war every reaason why the moion should be ao-- ceptable to the House. The acilon of the Senats had merely tended o slear away the anomalies which exieted in regard to the medical schools, No now scheme of affiliation had yet bean submitted by tho Senate to the Lisusenant.Governor in Council, but no doubt any such scheme would be based u&on the !Hberal principle which had guided the Sonato in the past. In answor to Mr, Macdougall (3imco:s), Mr, CROOKS raid the returns from the Unitveralty had been brougat down aunualiy, but the Printing Committse had not sonsi4: ered it advisable' to print some of trem sted in the