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Mr. MACDUUGALL replied that the Government had no right to establish a boarding-house when there were plenty of private ones in the city. The ground taken up by the Upper Canada College was 'gqrmlly well covered by our Iligh Schools and Collegiate Institutes, and these Worded (iii" opportunity of eunerior education at it much cheaper rate than tho College. He went on to disparage the education of Upper Canada College, and advanced the opinion that a much larger number of pupils would come from the High Schools and Collegiate Institutes to the University than from the Upper Canada College, and yet these institutions did not receive so i much of the public money as did the one l under discussion. It the pvoplo of the, Pro- ; Vince knew all the facts with reference to the management of the University College and Upper Canada Collems--if they know the extravagance that bad characterized that management in the past -if they understood how little those institutions had yr0Pmplitilted-thor would declare that the t _ Reform Government ought to find menus of lstopping this extravagance, and utilising I this maittu'titxrat public had tor ttto bone!» the special bandit of tho Tory gentry of this city, in fact, to use Mr. Mackenzie's own words, it was a " prepare-a-torg" school. (Laughter.) ' When the Reform party came into power there had been a thorough examina- tion ofthe accounts, and it appeared that upwards of £40,000 of the University en- dowment had been consumed by Upper Canada College, and that sum had never been repaid since. He went on to say that ho did not think it wan fair that an institu- tion which cost the people of this Province $25,000 per annum should be sustuined for the hem-tit of the few pupils'wuo attended it from the city of Toronto. , in the interests of the public that the repre- ' sentatives of the people should exercise a 5 supervision over the management. of. the institution, but that a great constitutional principle was involved in the question .of whether the Government should exereiso such powers independently of the authority of Parliament. It was;eontrary, he believed, to the wishes of the people, and certainly opposed tol old Reform principles, that the members of this House, who Were the trus- tees of the people's money, should have no voice in the expenditure of the large sums required for the maintenance of tUpper Canada College. The buildings recently erected for the pur- poses of the institution had been spoken of as additions ; but in reality they were entire. ly new structures. They had been planned by American architects, at tho instance, he believed, of the Principal and a gentleman I connected with Tue Upon- newspaper. It i was a usurpation of the rights of this Ltsgits lature that these buildings should he put M-" he understood they were-with money drawn from the banks on the strength of the public securities, without the members of the House having any voice in such expenditure. It was absurd to contend that the existence of an old law was any justtitieation for such a state of things, for if that law were note proper one, it could be repealed. He had mule public reference to the matter last summer, and the newspapers supporting the Government had come out and said that there was no borrowing-no usurpation of the authority at tho Legislature. He thought the time had come when the endowment fund of Upper (Luanda College should be utilized for the benefit of superior education over the whole ot this Pro. i Vince. At the time it was established ; the country was sparsely settled. ' There were only two or three Grammar Schools in tho Province, and it was perhaps desirable to set aparta portion oftho public funds for such an institution. He remem- bered that there were a good tmany scandals i in connection with the institution; and E that that good old Reformer, William Lyon Mackenzie, had said it was an institution for Mr. CROOKS pointed out that there was now accommodation for one hundred and nifty 1yardingpuptis,aud that it was taken (all adyautage of. 7,7Vw-- --..-. V" V'"'es'""'ft uv """tvoPvv'""r a lawyer, would have made such aspeech before dinner. (Renewed laughter.) Ile (Mr. Bethune) was not aware whether the beverage at this peculiar picnic was cham- pagno or cold water. (Laughter) " ___ V..'__.--w_.-.- -..v..'...,°. .. tleman had recently obtained would make him wiser and mom cautious when he went to the next picnic. (Cheers.) But perhaps the hon. gentleman's speech was, an after- dinner oration (laughter) ; no otte,espccially -- IA__,A ' n . _ Mr. MAC'li0UGALL-.r have no doubt of that. I have looked at the statute, Mr. Bry1'luJlile-Pout so great is the re~ spurt of my hon. friend for constitutional iaw that, notwithstanding the absence of any statutory prohibition, he declares the Government Were wrong, because their action was "opposed to the principles of responsible government." daughter.) The, I hon. gentleman was one of those who con- sented to the passage of the Act deleting to i the revised statutes, and yet he now took , the position that the law in question, which I is Contained in the volume, is musty and l ought not to be respected. The Home itself I had taken the " must " out of it by re-enuct- ( ing the statute. (Chet-rs.) But the hon. l member had diécovercd his mistake I since his Napanec spceeh,aud he (the spvuk- ' er) trusted that the information the hon. gen- l. uncut were violated by borrowing without the consent of the Legislature; but his hon. friend found out afterwards that he had made a mistake in this particu- lar, and then he concluded to assist the hon. mmnher for East Crrey in at- tacking the Government. But it would be found that the Government in this matter had done nothing except what the law of the laud enabled them to do. (Cheers.) Mr. BETHUNE-.'I'he Collegiate Insti- tuhs have all they want, and do not need any money. With regard to imputing motives, all he could say was that this motion was a direct attack on the Toronto University and the Upper Canada College. The hon. member for South Simcoe (Mr. Mamlougall) had made a speech in an un- guarded moment. That gentleman had evi- dently observed the Govunmcnt buildings when on his Way to a picnic, and had the subject of expending money "without the authority and sanction of the Legislature" s'uggeritcd to him. The hou.member was not halfats good a lawyer as he was a politician, or he. would not have made the statement that the principle-a of legislative govern- Mr. BETHUNE said he did not know 1 how else a distribution could be made unless it was made to the denominations. The l Collegiate Institutes, were progressing very well, and did not need more aid than they . obtain; and, moreowr, the County Counciis I had never asked that any share of the fund f in question should be paid to them. The hon. member fur Simcoe (Mr. hIacduugall) ' urged that the fund should be distributed I mnong the various denominations. i Mr, tufts. Mr. LAUDER-Tu hon. gentleman is quite mistaken as to my motives. Mr. BE'WTUNir,-It the hon. gentleman docs not entertain such views he does not agree with the hon. member who sits on his right (Mr. Mucdougall), who wants' such a distribution. Mr. LAUIJJ'IR objected to motives being imputed to him which he did not entertain, and he called the hon. gentleman to order for doing so. Mr. BETHUNE (continuing) said the hon. member had learned something about the fund from gentlemen on that side of the House. The hon. mover of the motion Was anxious to turn wide that fund, which was intended for the benefit of all Upper Canada irrespective of thmominatjong, from its ori- ginal purpose and to distr'x'butc it among the denominations. Mr. MA0DOUGALL-a want the surplus distributed. Mr. BETH UN E said tho hon. gentleman who had jusHakcn his seat did not endcac vour to conceal the object of his attack-ho (Mr. Mauduugull) had declared that he wanted the fund of the University and Up- per Canada College distributed. of the people of the Province at large. (Opposition cheers.) '. LAUiJEit-hnd the Collegiate Insti.