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C UF Wistialh d eninan ts stt P ci tcaben ds © . B0 2+ his place, one whose recoru gave us assur-- Anhces that his rule would be marked with the highest success. Of noble lincage, lofty aims, and active zeal, we could reiter. bte the hearty welcome that Canada had given him for his own sake, and thrice wel-- come him for the sake ofi his royal wife, Cheers.) With loyal pride the people of k:l.du bad welcomed to their homes a ughter of their much--loved Queen, (Re. nmewed cheers.) Her Majesty had long lived enshrined in her subjects' hbearts, sur. rounded with that best satermnard /s q000 ; Lrersrartys AgsemBuy, } Toronto, Jan, 10. \ The Speaker took the chair at 3 o'clock. \ Prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Young {Methodist]). _ & number of petitions were presented, THE ADDRESS. | Mr. HARCOURT on rising to move the adoption of the Address was warmly cheered. He expresssed his pleasure at being enabled to do so, because it gave him an opportunity to state on the floor of the House the great mdmiration he had tor the leader of the #yants, interested himscif in all their pur. duits, and by his tact and his kindly words bf encouragement endcared himself to all tlasses of the people. (Cheers.) By his patronage he gave a helping hand to the purguit of science, art, and letters. -- In fact he identificd himse® with every phase of life-- intcllectual, social, physical -- and though uo longer our Governor--General he Wwas still none the less a poweriul bdrocaie of our interesis. Might Eng-- land never jlack as able;astatesmen as he ; might Canada, in her gratefulness, mevrer forget the good he ibad done for her. !Loud cheers.) Another Governor was in LEKIGi L. h & not for the price they pad., This stimu-- lated the production otf goods, which en-- touraged wild speculation,. 'The recoil came; Endiscriminate confidence led to a collapse ; fprices fell, and goods, if sold at all, must be gold at a sacrifice; the maurkets were dis-- turbed; ard barkruptcics resulted, 'These brplanations, which referred to any period bf depression, applied to this Province, The commercial sky would not lighter un-- Eu men resolved to buy only what they Meeded, lived within their means, and sought less for short roads to wealth. His gonour referred to the departure of one ovetnor~General and theadvent ol another, We MlL regretted the departure of Lord PDufferin. When he went, he carried with bhim the honour and respect of the peopie he had so wisely governed. During his term the expansion of this country in all direc-- tions calied loudly for the services <of an mble Miuister, and he hsa performed his duties admirsbly, With amazing zeal, he wisited every sortion of this country, be-- game acquainted with the people and their En RRe S Oe Te e Ee o Nn S c We : ;ist:ny,-whc'n that gentleman for a second kime 'euntered political life. 'That gentle-- kmar had done more than any other iman towards puriiying: and elevating bur party politics in this Province. He was glad also to be able to state here that be had unbounded confidence in the Ministry, and he belicved there was every prospect that the people would give them m new lease of powoer. (Cheers.) His Monour expressed his regret at being unable ko congratulate the House on a return of wommercial prosperity. Although they all kegretted the contmued depression, they would take some comfort from the recollec-- tion that the pressure had fallen compara-- tively lightly on the people of this favoured Province. (Hear, hear.) 'This, he believed, Was in no small measure due to the wise policy of the Government in expending large sums of money on deserving public @nterprises, (Hear, hear.) 'They were all gratified to know that new channels of trade were opening up in the Province, and they had reason to anticipate as a result the alleviation of the present depression . Without attempting to philosophize, he thought they could see the main cause of these ever--recurring poriods of depression to be the breach of simple economic laws, When times were good men were extrava-- aut; they bought too much ; they cared + 27 17--A 100 100 4 .0 0 Aiiiennnans Ministry. 1t was a fortunate day for this Province--a red.letter day, in fact, in its 1 12 is 1 Cacleemast HIRD PARLIAMENT--FOURTH SESSION, QNTARIO LEGISLATURE. ca Quecn. (Re. jesty had long ects' bearts, sur. sateguard of hey