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' Moxpay, Feb. 18. The Speaker took the chair at three o'clock. PETITIONS. l .Mr. WIDDIFIELD--The rector and church -- w:{;ans of St. James' Churck, Toronto, my'"' that the bill to amend the Synod and tory Sales Act may not pass, ME TWREY --Uharles Marshall and others, of Saltfleet, that the bill to confirm the union of the Methodist Ohurch of Canada may "'{'d","'"' ' Mr. CLARKE (W. Toronto)--Coopers' Union t of Toronto, that assisted passages to immigrants may be abolished. 8 & Nir. CLARKE (W. Toronto)--Coopers U nion | 4| of Toronto, for the enactment of & manhood | suttrage. / / f Mr. AWREY--Earl of Onslow, that the bill to amend the Synod and Rectory Sales Act may noixpus. s r. CLARKE _ (W. -- Toronto) --Maltsters Union of Toronto, that assisted passages to im-- migrants be abolished, and for the enactment of a manhood suffrage. Mr. BALFOUR--Township Council of An-- derdon, for relief on account of their enéage- ments with the Canada Southern Railway Com-- pany. l\L. BALFOUR--Township Council of An-- derdon, for the establi<shing of a Provincial police force on the Detroit River frontier of Essex County. FIRST READINGS. Mr. BADGEROW--Bill to amend the Act respecting pawnbrokers. | _ Mr. BA&EER()\V --Bill to amemd the As-- | sessment Act of Ontario, | RETURNS WANTED. _ Mr, CARNEGIE asked when certain returns | would be brought down. Mr. ROSS (lfurou) stated that the first portion of the returns had not been brought down, and he thought all the information asked for was eontained in the statement of the Treasurer, brought down in 1882 and 1883,. _ If the latter portion, as to the value of the outstanding amount of subsidies, it could be furnished if de-- | sired. The value of a security at a certain rate however, depended upon the state of the money market. _ If the report was still desired it could be brought down. The subject then dropped. SECOND IkEADINGS. Mr. ERMATINGER moved the second read-- ing of & bill to amend the Municipal Act, to make the property qualification for reeves, deputy-- l reeves, and voters in incorporated villages and | townships uniform for municipal purposes, |_ Mr. PARDEE pointed out that if the biill | went to the Municipal Commuttee it would be considered on the established principle, as the (Gbovernment were not responsible for a measure till it was considered in committee. Mr, MORRIS thought it was better to discuss | the bill in the House on its secondfreading. Mr. MOWAT explained that the grounds of the arguments of his hon. friends opposite were so bad that the House had not concurred in those amendments. The (Government did not take the responsibility of savingtnat a bill of this sort -- should not go betore the Committee any more than a private bill. Unless there was some strong objection to a bill of this kind it was only proper that it should go before the Comumittee to be discussed in that Committes. Mr. HARDY thought there was very little to complain of as to this principle which had been carried out. Every measure brought before the | Municipal Committee was thoroughly discussed, and discussed in a manner wnich could not be done in the House. 1t had not been found that the work done at the Municipal Committee had to be undone at the next session of the Legls-- lature. , Mr. MEREDITH said every person knew -- that when a bill was discussed in the House it was i better circulated in the press than when it was discussed incommittee. | _ Mr., ROSS (Huron) thought the Act should | not be changed except where really necessary, | and this had been the principle acted upon by the Municipal Committee herstofore. _ The chanTes in those bills were merely matter of J detail and no Snrticulnr principle was involved. They had had a more thomugl;x understanding and discussion of the bill in the Municipal Com-- mittee than they could if the discussion took place in the House, This was one of the reasons while the Municllml Act was such a good one. MrCARNEGIE thought the bill before them should be discussed in the House upon its second re;nrd'mg, as it involved a principle. ie motion was passed and the bii the Muncipal Coml?)itt.ee. iL eefectod to POLICE COMMISSTIONERS, &0 Mr. MEREDITH moved the second readi of a bill to amend the Municipal Act. H .\?::atgg that the principal clause proposeqt a change in the constitution of the Boards of Police Commis-- sioners, The House would be aware that the Board was now composed of the inayor, county judge, and police magistrate. HMe proposed that two members of the Council should be added. He also proposed that a city may by by--law enact that the auditing of its accounts mag be carried on monthly in the current year as it was done in Toronto ; and proposed to alter the law as to sinking funds. The bill was read a second time and referred to the Municipal Committee, '