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The very fact that anone of the |; URE lodges had availed themselves of the General In-- ONTARIO L a corporation Act was proof positive that the gene-- riull Act did not meet rhmrlwulm«.i It'l;ln-,ullnllsc nmmessmmmrmsers«mmercmcencmmmmmiee did not grant incorporation thissession the Orange body would persist until they did get what they FOURTH PARLIAMENT--SECOND SESSION. \:niro,iujlly entitled to, perhaps from some other w mm memmemmmemmenaemam on (€ Administration. ~ i he concluding portion of Fri-- Mr, WATEN3Ssaid he was quite willing to grant 'liw follow "'\K i"'_ the condlud img 1 1 the Orange body all the righ's they should have, day's procoedums-~' 7 | but he was satisfied that tfft Qrangemen as a body PRIVATE BILLS. | ' I \(rr(' nu; :'nn;r""ul' t{lflnpl'?;rii',flps"t'l(l;'m; SW'IIH;I';:: The House went into Committee of the Whole, \ | Act; and he believed 1@ B en R n j r d promoting the present Bill had been spent ln wet-- and reported the following Bills, Mr. Baxter in | tinz incorporation under the general Act there the Chair. s | , ;\'n!llll l)f»\l\" be no necessity for bringing in a Bill o amend the Acts relating to the Credit Valley | | or special incorporation. ilway C ; Mr. BASKERVILLE would respectfully ask the Railway Company,. k a'| | promoter of the Bill to withdraw his motion. He Further to amend the Act relating to the Hamil-- / ; had no animosity againstthe Orange body, but he ton and North--Westorn Railway Company. | | '.N.'ildl'\.i'_li.lhill alllu- Unlnmwnnrln laboured under no To amend the Act incorporating the Toronto | disabilities. e _ advocate a greater unit amongst the citizens of this no\:, country. ll{ ' Gravel Road and Concerete Company,. trusted that that would be the last time when | To consolidate the debt of the town of Windsor, l\l'l':h"'ln'l':"("l question should be brought before |_ Amalgamating the Port Dover and Lake Huron, l o Mr. MERRICK wished to reply to some»e of the Stratford and Huron. and the 'Georgian Ba'y and l remarks made during the discussion. 'The mem-- | Wellington Railway Companies as the Grand ]h-'!' for Nort |[l }'livmn:lt had '1'|"mhi ".l'.:.'lni" accusa-- | | Trunk, Manitoulin, Georgian Bay, and Lake Erie lons agains ie order with which he was con: i * y nected, and which he emphatically denied. I | l{all\fmy Company+ + 1 Al six o'clock the Speaker left the chair. | | _ To incorporate the Chatham and Charing Cross [The remainder of this report is held over for | Railway Company. want of space.] | Respecting the Toronto and Ottawa Railway «22e n nnoen en mmmmemmmmmemes & Nxo oi cininpmemisomnie m comenimetine mm«A | Company. h# I | PMy SECOND REAVINGS. | _ The following Bills were read a second time :-- \ . 'To incorporate the City of 8St. Tnomas. \ _ Respecting the Midland Railway of Canada. | _ Respecting the Whitby, Port Perry, and Lind« say Railway Company. 1 sUPPLY. 3 E * The House resolved itself into Committee o{ Sup-- | ply and Concurrence, and passed all those items f not objected to. Those to which exception was -- taken were allowed to stand. 4 PROGREsSS OF BUSINESS. Mr. MORRIS moved the resolution on the order paper having for its object the expedition of the l business of the House. Me proposed that the ons Standing Comumittees appointed sgm:ll(l continue e throughout the duration of the Parliament to be the Standing Committees. He proposed also that the Committee on Standing Orders should be dis-- pensed with, and to allow the Committees to meet before tne conclusion of the debate on the Speech from the Throne. _ His suggestions contained other provisions, which he contended would economise time and expedite the business at the beginuing of the session. HMe urged the precedent ' of the adoption of similar rules by the old Parlia | ment of Canada. He trusted that the question would be seriously considered, Mr. FRASER did not agree with the hon. mem-- ber in any one of his propositions. 'They had to remember that, having but a single Chamber in ' Ontario, business should not be rushed through a a ] merely in order to save time. Media not think k | the people desired that, The proposition to allow | orders of previous sessions to be put upon the new order paper would be a pernicious praciice. If these rules were adopted by the old Parliament of | Canada they must have been considered bad, | otherwise they would have been continued, and [ handed down to that Legislature. At present the | various Committees got to work about a week !ul'ler the opening day. HMe contended that the | session could not be appreciably reducea. The early days of the session were most valuable in the promotion of Private Bills, These Private Bills were considered always by the Government even before the work of the Committees M began. It was only a fair provision, and a ** due notice of Private Bills was necessary for their l k g>-- proper consideration. HMe thousht it would be a n¥ disastrous thiny to hurry legislation through with fi but a single Chamver, 1t might be suggested that | the Public Accounts Committee should sit oftener, but last session, when that Committee was called | together nineteen times, there were but twelve | meetings for business owing to a frailure to secure l a quorum. The Government thought it would be un wise for the resolutions to pass, ' I Mr, DEROCHE, as Chairman of the Comumittee on Standing Orders, said that he could not see } how the proposed rules would expedite business so | far as the introduction of Bills was concerned. Lie | recommended hon. members to comply more carse-- fully with the rules of the House ajready existing. l ' Mr. MEREDITH thought the 0; position to the ' ) resolutions was perhaps because their enforce-- | ment would prevent that consultation among ' | their friends regarding mea,igres to be introd uce | | which now existed. . He azreeq however, with | the hon. Commissioner.of PabK® Works, that ' | legislation should NOL be hurrierthrough too ta-- pi"l\'. But he drew their atiention to the fact that nearly three weeks of the present session had passed before the Private Bills and Hauilway Com-- mittees met for the transaction of business. The l Government, he thought, ought to consides Private Bills before the sesauon began. 'The time within which petitions regarding Private Bills could be + received should be limited, he thouzht, to three days, instead of ten, as at present. ie admitted | that members on his side as well as members on | the other side of the House ueglected their mo-- tions on the order paper,. hvt he thoucht when ; members were not prepareu at the proper time to 3 go on with thein they should be struck from the 0 paper, No doubt nearly hali of the time of the $ session was wasted. He did not blame the Gov i L ernment for that, or yet nembers on the other 4 side of the House. He was satislied that with the adoption of the proposed rules and a desire to ex-- - pedite the business the session could be limited | within thirty days. |__ _ Mr,. MOWAT recurred to the appointment offa | committee some years ago which had framed seve ! ral good rules for the guidance of the House. It | was a proper thing to ask whether the appoint-- ment of another committee would tend to turther 4 good, and it was a question the Government would take into consideration. It was evident that strict rules were more requisite for a House where a large amount of business was transacted than for A Hoqse where a smaller amount of business was gone into. It was well understood that it was not f > f mus L MAeL 4 ... e &