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;.'.;.1.7:'.:'.!:.'.2,3':':__.."_'_".:'_",';::'.'_. en erebiiferemmay ol ONTARIO LEGISLATURE. | f o nnagprinnline: THIRD PARLIAMENT--FOURTH SESSION, pueconm mm m on m & Lxoasuarty® Assaziumuy, January 23. The Speaker took the chair at 3 o'clock, Prayers were read by Rev. Father Bergen, ; PETITION®S. | The following petitions were presented :-- 4 By Mr. Wills--From Mary Aun O'Carrol and others, of Belleville, praying investiga. tion and aid. By Mr,. Parkhill--From the Yillage founcil of Alliston, praying for certain «mendments to the Municipal Act with respect to the enforcement of statule labour . By Nr. Lyon (Haltony--From the Vil~ lage Council of Burlington, for the same. Also--From the Village Council of Acton, for the same, By Mr. McGowan--From the Village Council of Drayton, for the same, By Mr, McCrancy--From the Village Council of Dresden, for the same. pEATH OF THE PRINXCESS ALICE . Mrc, MOWAT ~-- The Address to the i.;ieutoua.m-()«ovcrnor made some reference 0 tho dcath of Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, I think I shall bhave the gutire concurrence of the members of this {Mouse when I propose that we should, as qur first act after the formal business, which we have now disposed of, agree upon An address of sympathy towards Her Majesty erxgel{, (Hear, hear.) I nced not say that | &qr Majosty has endcared hersclt to all her | ?'lbjects everywhere, not only by her fideli-- ' ty to hoer constitutmronal obligations, but | tlao by the beneficial example she has given | 6 Hor psople in allt the relations of -- social and domestic life, and the sympeaethy which she has ever manifested for all classes of her people in their affiic. _ tions. The Princess Alice has been known throughout the whois of the British Empire a§ a lady of rarse virtues and rare accom. plishments; ons who not only adorned her bwn circle, but was ever interested in pro-- moting the well--being and the comfort of Alt classes, _ We all bave read the touching gtory of her death, which was a marty rdom to hor maternal aftection, Her busband and her children had been stricken down by & malignant disease. Herown vital powers pad boeen nearly exbausted by her loving and watchful anxiety on their account, Une of the sufterers died. (Fhe communi-- pated the sad intelligence' to another suf-- ferer, and in order to assuage the agony of a littie one, she forgot for a momeut the injunctions oi her physicians, and in order to solace it gavys it the kiss of maternal love--s kiss which brought the comfort Which was intended to the boy, but was death to the mother. I propose, therefore, seconded by Mr. Meredith, ©That an humble address be preseuted to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen expressing the deep sor-- row this HMouso felt on hearing of Her Ma-- josty's bercavement in the death of Mer 'fiajesty's beéloveqd daughter, Her Royal ighnoss the Princess Alice," Mr., MEREDITH--It appears to 'me to be most fitthig that, after we have passed tho Address, this should be the first duty to UHevolve upon this House, and I do not | think 1 can add anything to what my hon. | n}oqd has so appropriately expressed, ~ I(| hiything can assuage the feelings of afflic. t{on that have fallen on our Governor--Gene-- ral aad his wife it is the knowledge that the sympathy of the people of this country has gone out to them in the s@d bereavement that has fallen upon them, The motion was carried ; and the resolu-- Hon naving been referred to a Cornmittee composed of Messrs, Mowat, Meredith, Morris, and Crooks, Mr. MOWAT, on bebalf of the Commit. toe, reported the following address :-- wo THE QURKXK'S MOST EXOELLENT MAJRICY, Most Gracious Sovereign: We, Your Majesty' i f n jeots, 'tfm Legis ffifaaalgffilgfl; lf}i'l Sgfitl'li?;'gns':l?e Dominion of Canada, in Session assembled, humbly