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b" - tr-go-ee-s-est,-..;.-..----.. , n . F . I I' Sixth Parliament --. Fit st _ N . beSSlOn. = el (By Ont-Own Reporters.) MONDAY, March 29. l FIRST READINGS. - l Mr. AWREY introduced a. bill to amend the Municipal Act, which was read the first time. Pill TATE Bl LLS. The following bills w ere read the third time: --liespecting the City of Stratford. Mr. Hess; respecting the debt of the City of Kingston. Mr. Metmdl'c: to incorporate the l Suntliern Ccutval Railway Company, Mr. llc. , Katy; to change the 'tattire of the. Thunder Day . k oiouisation Railway Company, Il r. Har- , court: to aunt-ml the, Act respecting the incur. . poration of the Village of Huntsville, Mr. . Mortar: to amend the Act incorporating the . Bruckville 1m Light ('ouipuny, Mr. Fraser: . respecting the Corc ti;trict Mutual Fire in. , sut'ittssu? Company, Mr. tiilrson (llznniltoni. . Alt5llhih'TitA'l'iU.N or' JUSTICE. ,. The Attorucyuleneral's hill ',e'y.ci1t,ituf, the . administration of justice in Algolnu and r "lulu. . er Bay was passed through committee. . CU.c0't)DY or' 'l "LF', DEEDS. . The Attornccvultmrwalls hill respecting the . custody of ducutnt'nl's' relating to land titles . new passed through cornmittev. ,. PRoTlu'T10N or' INFANT CHILDREN. . lion l). MoWAT, on moving the second _. reading at the hill for the protection of infant FN children, said that the bill Mus aimed at the .. practice commonly known as Irabyuc.rruittx. it . ., was an evil w hich existed more or less in every .. part oi the Province. but more especially ' in the larger cities. lie had heen interviewed .i hy a deputation of beucvoleut persons with re- ( gard to the matter, and had made enguiries with regard to the extent oi the. evil. e had also itscertaiucd what legislation there had been in the matter elsewhere, and had found that it had Leon dealt with in several of the 1 United Stutesnnd in England-all substituti- 1 ally in the some way, by giving the local municipalities power to deal with the matter under certain reguhttions. The bill which he , had introduced was very largely in uccord with the provisions of the English Act. The hill was shortly this '---No one shall be at] r liberty to receive infants for this purpose. ex- , cept under regulations of the Municipal Coun. l oil of the bwality, nor without first gottingt registered on application to the municipal t council. It will he the duty of the council to I i see that the pel'uon applying is " proper person , and the house "a proper house. It was e.\- tremely sad to learn what he haul learned in connection with this subject. There was no room for doubt that in Toronto there were several places where this business was carried on, null the general result of the treatment of the intents was that they died in four or fire weeks partly from medicines given to (tile: them, and partly from iusutticicuut food. Ci'hey , Were mostly illegitimate children and were i " taken there, he could not doubt, with the ex- l pectation and hope that i 'rlnzv )Ilon'r .N'OY mvn. Those why took them there Were not willin to run the risk of dcstroying them in any IU', Way. The municipal council, it was provided