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, . -. = _,,_, - 4 "my .3 F" - L' A" i. i - . r , owl C" _ lie, , I I _ 'it' I ' . _ i I lilrl monrnnms'xdrnemesis:' «We the Government had come to tg LI I . 'ld,' notfoundto amount to lo unannounced i proper decision as to the distribution of G i. I maxilla?" thousand dollars be paid to the aid the property. No one, he thought, . o' a I r i I 'd','h'l'l', are" ' that the purchase ot the lot-in the " l 1 that it was otherwise F _ V 'i'] bl _ pot Etobicoke, containing one hundred d won I . 8ay . e . "; (lil 33' "if": in "Sport ot which yell, Mr. Mesa: than tight to give the young man some por- », "r, - , ti m . intoa ttrut Imoment. whichm men- a I tion of the property had it not been for his J', 34 I and m the said T090" be completed and come ed I . ' . ."r.6a 'iM . totrturteea for the house? "mm", mm," Info, ' own misconduct in being a party to the _ . I} I Kid's" family, with an usual trusis and "ii,'Git"i'Gl attempt to impose on the :Uourt a false will q . I thongs; Att5 B.nd that a further sum of tifteon and registration. It appeared also that he © _ l totrmst o H.'."' "och or "cm-""3" "mm" had been summoned as a witness in the I on h ees on the trusts, or that in lieu of the and ' . a, '". "tired and titir. acrtNtlta said Andrew Mercer, _ case, but, though notified, he went out of . " I ' 21Q 1,tavo,the option ot "will" mm ottern thott- the Court-room when he was to give His 'ag " I all" dollars in nooks or securities, being invested " evi l n d th C 11 t l dt o on without a . d 'hr2,1id, making the whole amount tin") thousand . ' e set an e o " m as . . I. I . 0 I"- it. 'lhe young man had a moral claim , lil I l opt/it',",',,',)?,,',',,,'::,": advise. that out ofthe rest. to a share of the estate, and the Government ' ~,: , 0 our es 3 e t to sum of ten thousand dollars ll d on the whole decided to tuk the H0038 '- I be nppro t d t . . ..' a i . . r , I myouiipiv'mnfii'zi'ai'i1?:5.'.'f.'.$'.'i&:.'§5'i°ilf;'i§ to treat him P a humane and generOPS way , . . - . _ 3:33:33? P'grit ye,', bo 011119;: "The Andrew notwithstanding his misconduct. The At- , . m . . ' an 'ar u rmar ,"an a furthers m - ' - . . r, , ' of'mnety thousand dollars to {he erection of a 'ld'l'le tam", ("incl-a! then "(If lite the "gmc',,' 'j' I " ' miter; 1ustitutiontot,oeaiied "TttoAndrew Mercer e PP.' ution. Wit re ereucc o is "C)' RI RI 't)et'atfgedtog/o,r, humanly," each institution application of the balance of the estate over 't a . all manage int elame w " _ . . . " C l the Reformatory " ?ettetatuiuuhttmt, and U'd,'i",', the portion P, be Swen to .ve?f..f, - the reception anomalous, irrmspectiroof one. Mercer, he traid thet.. for two 303" , ' The Committee further advise that this Order he past_ numerous}: '"1i/oi,te' bid a, bctfm ' In, [ not acted upon unless approved by resolution of the received P. t tt ouse . as In, or . E5 lil' I Legisltxtiee, Asseutbly. an appropriation for the establishment of a l 37 I . Crertu1uu1, Provincial Eye and Ear 1uiirmary, and he r EI '. I J. G. Seorr, had no doubt the House would appreciate ' --,' 1' Clerk Executive Council, Ontario. V an institution of that kind, for which $10,000 t , " I ; on March, um. . was proposed to be set apart. Sine building _.: rq J . would robabl cost more t an that but 11:? F', > I He taiti the amount of the estate Wttts' not the gushesy of the Toronto' Hos, ital Q " precisely known it i . , . ll F I . ' _ I Ilands d f ' as .".fom' Med partiy of were prepared to complete it with. 1'" a , an o debts, but it was not less than out any additional assistance. The, a I $140,000. It was thought that it would be .: w TFF . "q I proper to make ll necessity of a Ptefortuatory for ft- I u, I some a mum" to the imalcs had long been felt in the Province. T . , natural son of the deceased and to a l \ " . , I I I th -at . l t PP y I From time to time during the, past few years ' o prmeipa part of the balance to perma- Grand Jutics had comm micd on theextrome f c, nent Public ch ritie to be t d . h .' * v I v _. I l ' tl n a" s '"",2ff e wit e'nls of the present system, and the Judges I r , rT Mm. tune (rt the deceased. lhelute Mr. 'on the bench had cnliiely concurred in the I, , ercer died in IMI, and those viev,s "pressed l the tha id Juri bl' Jie " [ H . . ' r . rl' bil - ..'i_Ll . ilk-'0': A F who Ul, best 't.ctymintetl with him were WK»; Gntf fo" Ltr that B? Hohhot??? um.) a ' ' tiot a are . that he had 'W. hi!" fomnlc use con1vaitthcito pris: .l, from her ", ' 't or next-of k'in. He had never biirlikniis% associations there, she b,rruncs worse in- ' I C' to Speak of a'tl8 relations, and inhis papers stead of Letter. The G'vve'rmner.t had " T, I "wire was no reference to tuw. In "use" , been unable to tlid: of an? clrvit1 , IE), . queues the Gg'crnmcnt of P. Jen to tdir-lt Hwy could v uh g..,.,;dv.r.x- mi; I RI y i't,fti1,ftdeict"t d, it ihat time "1 power, I vantage to tho community as]; the House l . I . so? P0393"? of yt papers 790d estate. Ito consent to a portion of this csiiilc Iii-inb- i 1 ' teps were fab" to have a hominissiou I applied than (he one he hudjusl, u.viiurn, ii. ", ', hasnedito make the usual enquiries for heirs; I It might be objected that under tluslts.ic.hc..ats . tht '/Jiird"tfr'e'1mtet 1f" "the Ottate Law no distribution of the propertycould be . - Government An dll yy ' tt present made by the Government till after ten . ' , s d d'.th ti r or m Council Was I yours. As, however, the declaration had , in; I',',', L". 't "I! ,'omy of an Act WHO" been made that there were no heirs, andas it ' MI ,3, 'ilife :1 338 fflil/', tttare {Eczema years ago, Was extremely improbable that any would s-p" i, ' g l _ t ds I' son " t u deceased on ' be found, no object could be served in long- f' , F, , more gronn ti, until efforts should be made er delg ' If the Home a reed to the rcso- ' . to find the real heirs. On that o- . - t~ y. _. "' "of; 'g . . ' s, t " . fil . . 'l t'Ca8iott tlie lution he proposed to embbdv IU substance s % r 3011138 man ed 8 bill, In which he describ. ofitin an Act Then it mi rlit be objected A' ' I, . . ed himself as the reputed son of tltodeceascd, that the amount ro osed togbe iron to the , and exyres.slryFatidthet his mother had not Bott was too littleporptoo much 8 He was a e t ' been married t9 the late Andrew hlerccr, young man of sober habits; he had not been .. , _ (rind that his fl:,? f"ion: not aware that able to add much to his means of living- . F', there were anvnex o gin. Upon applica.. an . . ' - T . .- . d it was 'r . r er to t , r, two to the Court a decree was issued to find enable him ttYI'),,""),, "d d some I ill , ' if the," wa? Ill Ice). ot kin.: Advertise, degree oi comfort that he was accustomed to , t ments were inserted wltry.srrit was thought during his father's lifetime the House would ' there was the least possibility ofiinding uny not be doing wrou'r in voting him $30 000 persons who might'be heirs to the estate. In a Christian cguntry like ours iii'irc. " 1he f'c-'l'lth "i" phat ' several cliyyauti; ssunwd that the traditions of England, draw. I appeared , t e )oulng: mun MW" did not ing a strict line between legitimate and ille.. . , Ila: Tlt' dude-id?" MAINE", """Lta:.s. gitimato children, shouldbe followed. 1f l I ifiiv' we, wht,",' he war, t l b '/l ":',r: ' the moral rights ofillegitimate persons were a , i I I 1 t I, . . .1', . " " Ot.' A I the same as those of legitimate, those v I Iyears at age, it "as pretended that an rights ought to be made legal In some I litnwitnesscd willof "m oldgcntleinaa was: of the Western States a Ci" state of . I i found in an old law book in his library, and l morals prevailed but in this countr he V" I I curiously enough there t.nrntf Ill) simui- , thought the good'old English rule we); the ' . ! taneously a register showing that a inoiill. T ll . I I _ . . . t one to adopt. 0n the whole, he believed i belore the birth ot the ho. ll r. Mercer had the House would admit that the Govern- , I been married to his mother. Upon these . so,',. ' . . _ ' _ " . . . ment desired to dial Yery liberally with . , pretended discoveries the young man young Mercer. . 'rc g _ '. foundedra 1lf/ihfttei."pe,,t, he was after . Mr C'Ai1HM'sON asked if tl Alto , , all the seirof us a icr. "icre \vasa trial , l . ' Jd ' ". ' . te rney- " r I of.tly.,cltiny and the Vice-Chancellor who I "'/1"i1'a2,'a1'c1aifi,eree as t? Midway ' . . . , I tried it declared that he haul not the shadow h a u lit txIresily a Wit; l as I of a doubt that there was no marriage, that to ow his property should be disposed of. l, the young man was not the legitimate son Mr. MOWAT said that he stated m his , I of the deceased, and that both the will and report that the deceased had expressed at _ 5 the pretended entry in the marriage register one time his intention of leaving his estate I were fabrications. He had the judgment to the Government, and at another of pro. , I printed for the use of hon. members. There . viding for his boy, ttot caring what Wt18 _ I were other claims, however, which were done with the test. made in the Master's ot'ticc, but he as well I The balance of the above re ort isl ' I as the Vice-Chancellor had reported that; ovE-r for want of space.) p b icld s', l ', the deceased had died intestate, and 1 P-ep-e-rr-er-er-e-e-teu-ee-e, , ' l the Court pronounced a decree to thatefrcct, 1 . . - handing over the property to the Pro.. t 1 , ' vince. He thought that everybody would I a 1 it: , l admit that the Court/rad come to a right I I 'dl' I 'decision. Then the question aroseas to;