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'i'iiii"iiiijii iiiiiiiiiiii" l Tummy, Feb. 8. The Speaks-took the cheir " three O'clock DIVISION COURT JURISDICTION. My. HARDY introduced n bill to extend the Jadedioticn of Division Courts and to "ttft the offioer. of the aid courte. r. MEREDI i'H-Explnin it, pleue. Mr. BARDY-a'tt uphill it It the Decond feeding. The bill wee mad n first time. ANOTHER INOORREGI' REPORT. Mr. MURRAY corrected the report of his Frfday'a remain an publicized. in the Globe newepepen which nttribnted to him word: he did not nee. EXECUTION CREDITORS. Mr. MOWAT introduced e bill to nbolieh the priority of execution creditcre._ The bill wee rend n first time. PUBLIC OFFICERS. " Mr. 11RA1TAIE intgodnced n bill respect- hgrpublio otrittem of Dutch. - no bill III mad I fisat time. REAL PROPERTY. Mr. MOWAT introduced I hill found 0min Mocha in the law of mat pro- rum tBi1llll-alm l.Mtll1llllt, ' Ttie bill m and I first time. TAX COLLECTING. Mr. MOWAT introduced a bill respect; ing ttyr collegial} of by: ieftut yttr.itu of Algome, Mil-tote, Parry Sound, Nip. sing and Thunder Bey. The bill was mad . flmt time. IN SUPPLY. Mr. WOOD moved the Home into Corn. mittee of Supply. In Committee, Mr. MERRIGK euggeeted that " the Tree-um! had roamed the Public Att. oounte for 1879 :0, it would be well to wait until the mount- were down. - A - Mr. WOOD aid the mount. would be down in n few hours. On the item 8960, contingencies for the Lieutennnt.Nvemon offioe, Mr. WOOD eeid thetthe Government had determined to return to the old eyetem of trending over e cheque for $9.30to the Lien- tenant-Governor, who should be reepon- l axhie for the proper expenditure of the l mum] in contin nciee. Mr. Ml LLE 85le that the Government ahnuzd teke the reeponeibility of the or . penditure on eonthsgeucies, and not throw it upon the Governor. MR. MOWAT'S BOGY. Mr. MOWAT aid that wee just what! the Government wee doing. They iail yully prepered to take the entire reeponei- l bility for the expenditure. but they did i not cure to (incu- every little item with the Lieutenunt Governor. " While We might din-nu euuh items." he continu- ed. " with en emonnt of ireedom with Inch Litmtennnt.Gorerruom u we hove elmedy had, our next Lieutenant-Governor might nothe no enxione to meet our views u when heve been, end it would be utterly ant of the wey to enter into n hoetiie dia- .3uuion with n hoetile Governor on theee Iittle matters. We do not think we ought m be naked to battle with the Lieutenant. lien-mot over every item of contingencies an the 1'oli1_Atytt1niu.. - _ . . . . "Mu; iiiiiikiiiiir-oir don't think we q. " ugy oft.?aaity.s to ttttlet there Lwill 'te e hostile Lieutenant Governor here ' We do not hsve each Governors in thisl Province; end the only lnstence we hsve , hed of s hostile Governor hss been in s! neighbouring Province. (Beer, hen.) I ' swruinlr think with the hon. member tor: Muskohe. that the Lieutenant-Governor mould not be made elone responsible for was expendiiure." He wished to know if she Government etlll thought it necessary Ant the Governor should heve en official secrete". Mr. WOOD sold such " can" had been found to be neoeseery, and the GOVel'u- meat would not, " ell even", think of dispelling with hie eervicee new, es . new Governor wee eboutto come. " We don't know" he continued. " tut he will be hostile to us, but we do know that he will be e Conservetive, end it would be unfair to diepcnee with the ofBotal "oratory now. Why, the hon. gentlemen opposite would be the first to cry out." Mr. MEREDrrB--No. The item pea-led. On the item, Eincntion 820, 800, Mr. WOOD stated, in ',',tt to Mr. Lauder, that the Minister o ducetion being e member of the Government, his ndnry wee now properly ouaaified under the head of civil government. the heed of civil vement. The item Jgl'd!' A SUPERANNUATION SCHEME. On the item Crown Ludo, 344.750, Mr. PARDEE stated that there we: a reduction of $6,100, ttarmed by the retire- ment of the chief clerk of the Land Sole: and Free Grants and the chuty Suveyor» General of the Survey end etentl. Then an the nooountnnt would retire in nix months, he had only placed half I yonr'e sulery in the eltimntu. It was the intern. tion of the Government to introduce A bill by which thx would be ambled to du. pense with a union of eged omnid- and allow them 3 euperennneuon. In reply to Mr. Miller, Mr. PAROLE leid the impararuumtion would be equal to one month's pay for each psar's service. J. D. Edgar wan down for a sum for law matters in connection with the Crown Lands offioe; alto for mm: for litigation on connection with the Education ofrus, It appeared that the Mercer eattttet was not 'uffhaient to support the gentleman in quel- tion. He had to be minted by the various departments of the Government. Thin work might have been done by the law clerk. Mr, PARDEE eeid the mm psid to Mr. Edger from the Crown Lend- 0tiioe was Lhe expenditure incurred m defending the unit of IScott egelnet the Province. The item paused. A WELL PAID ELECTIONEERING AGEN T. 0n the item Pablia Work: Department, 319.172. i Mr. LAU DER directed attention to the i number of time: the nnme ot Even, e tin l suuith, figured for work in the nooonnte of 1878. Thin men wee very useful, it Wu and, in n politic-l war, t; the Commie. sinner of Public Worke. Did the non. gentlemen know this person? And did he lend him through the cuuntry dur. ing the election with letter: to uertein uiatiti" of the people irflitenoing them no to their political opinioue? Mr, FRASER-He. he t he, he. The item penned. l THE MiN1s'll1ilflWL CAMPAIGN SHEET. Oa the item $17,450 for the Treasury Department, Mr. WOOD eulog'zod the nocountont of the Department. whose "my wu to be incremd by 8200. Mr. CREIGHTON trtiil thy mounts" might be . very (stimnble odioer, but the sheet he prepsred for the use of the Min. iutryss . Gmpaign document was very incorrect. The very addition of several of the columns was wrong; while the ex. panditure use claimed in a msnner entirely unauthorized by lsw. under the head of controllsble and uncontrollsblo expenditure; It wsa to be hoped that the next time the Government issued seem- paign sheet " the oountry's expense, the adding up would be so correct tint the Reformera of the Province would not be 'compelled to hug) st it. _ Mr, WOOD-' he stgtement should u cowreot ' now. Mr. MEREDITH asked whether the campaign sheet in question wee the work of the nuditor or of the Trenenrer himself. Re did not know that tho Department wee iastilifd. in preparing a document and cineifying the expenditure into ordinary and extraordinary expendituree just for the aim of repreeenting offiisthtir to the pub. lic the viewe of one political party, Mr, WOOD eaid that eo far a the claeei- ihmtion wee concerned, he wee responitblst, bat eo far an the addition wee concerned, he wan not. . yr. FRASER having stated that Oppo- emon campuge eheete were incorreat. THE HEIR TO THE MERCER Eb TATE. Mr. LAUDER eid it gpposred'tbat w. - Mr. MEREDITH said there wu' one thing to be aid pbout Opposition ctmpligl} ifdiTFiuGiitetnent should u but of course I cannot add it up