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ap V EDNESDAY, MARCH 13. 1889. _ "THE LECISLATUORE _ INerncrtmantameoewik the Mayor had told him was held by many ople, to the effect that the city owed the &A DIVISION ON THE TORONTO vnivonity nothing, and should endeavor to REGISTRY BILL. make an agreement which would give the e ericiocn gaote itaee s n womeed University as listle as posu:le. Me thought it would be a pity if, in such a city as To-- The City and University Agreoment ronto, so imI['mxytun't an inltit.utiyon as the Discussed--Mr, Murray's Speech _ | moroutoUniversityshould be in any waylook-- on French in the Schools-- _ ed down upon. Even looking at the matter Deputations from Lon« from a financial standpo'nt, therevenue to the don and Petrerboro' »+city from the presence in it of a university --General Notes having at the present time as many as 800 of the Deay. . students, was very considerable, to say | ~x--p--s--~mp. ' nothing of the dignity and prestige ja. great | | university conferred upon a city. Mr. Ross ' ho Maror 12th, 18 89. . | closed byycommenting':gain upon the satis-- | l The House was apparently exhuausted to-- | factory character of the agreement arrived day with the effort of yesterday, and the : at. All partios were eminently satisfied, he i proceedings were very quiet, most of the Lluinl, and the Government woald stand to _ day, in fact, being speut in committee of its part '{f |t'w1tE| pleasure. _ _ s § _ the whole, attending t ious secondar NMr. *. 3. Clarke,: anseloing in [his G svernment meu.ugfl" YAFIOUS Y | enpacity as Mayoer, -- endorsed all that . EW B.ILLS. Mr. Ross ha:ilt s:;d, lza'nd l}lsed]f i?llnlll'fll' F i terms in regard to Mr. Ross himself in his f RA' bill entitled an Act to amend the dealings wgir.h lim. _ He thought the agreo-- | Registry Act, was introduced by Dr. Pres-- ment was creditable to the City of Toronto, _ tom and read a first ume. and he would say further, that the Govern-- 1 The foll T."me.fi"'AmNGS' «d hird ment were to be congratulated on the fair-- ' time : onowing . bille--were : re & thir ness with which (tlhey con;iucted the nego. onl L o k . | tiations which ied up to the agreement. So cnt{o ":thorll". th:'.Sixlpreme"(.:ouzt °f, Judi. far as he (the speaker) was concerned his ure to" acdmit en ies alter Pope to only object was to make provision for giv-- prlslf:tu'o theroin as a loll'cylt')l'--.\lr. Leys. j ing a practical education to the youth of R'i;:w:'ncz"pornte ':'_N\l-l(i!"(.:lnt.u Belt Line the Province, and he felt'sure the arrange-- y Company--M;:, Gilmour, | o ment made would result in that, w Ro(!;pectmg m;dl "Lkv"h Loop Line Rail-- In answer to Mr. Meredith, Mr. G. W. o OOA SAF . 89 8. se said that property owners in the park Renpo\cluui St. James' Cathedral, To-- 5:" Detter l}',ov'mej for under the new lor'}:to---' l C Sr s agreement than formerly. His remarks | 6 revige and amend the Act incorpor: were endorsed by Mayor Clarke, who stated | ltingctho Barnia & Lux'nbton Southern Rail-- @that no complaints were made by lessees, | '"}K om'p'&uy--Mr. Graham. s so far as he knew, their rights being taken | B fifslpe;'{"!:g thé 'loronto,M Hamilton & | care of with respect to the agreement with | uffalo Railway Company--Mr. Leys, the University entered into recently with | GovERNMExT orpERS. the Government. + | The House then went into committee on | . ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE | Government orders, and passed through |-- myp, Attorney--General moved the second th:u' stuge of procedure the following bills:-- Wreading of the bill respecting the adminis--| To ameud the Pharmacy Act--Mr. Gib-- tration of justice in certain cases. He ex-- son (Bum{ltun). s | plained the bill at some length, the points Respecting damage to lands by flooding |) uj being identical with those previously in the new districts--Mr. Hardy. explained in Tus Guopz. Respoctm'g oaths under t!w Manhood Suf-- || My Meredith took serious objection to frage Act--The Atiorney--Ganeral. '%he fourth clauuse of the bill, which provides p lo_protact .tn(: b:;ail.chesl and sho\rles Bf the 1MDMs follows :-- rovince agains epredation----AMr, Drury. ; rhe All these bills were considerably debnte(yl, _ fig'?}':sl";(',?,f a."mtlo',': "';.','['fif,.,fih"utfi'l?r'y"fr?- but no change of consequence was made in || hercafier to be disposed of before the day of their contents. [ the trial (subject only to any right of appeal); Mr,. Leys' bill to amend the Municipal | ':,g':fi;'h b;:;p 'U'::s!:"fn omm eracion" nl["?{:; Act was read a second time and referred to ial : nor shall the judge at the trial, and the Municipal Committee, and then it being |{ cither sitting in court or in chambers, during six o'alock the Speaker left the chair, im sens ols anfarat SiLE redls CITY AND UNIVERSITY AGREKMENT, pense with a jury or to order the aciion to be Aiter dinner the House went again into ried by a jury. ~ id2.S.0., ch. 44, ss. 76 et seq.) committeo and considered Mr. Drury's bill | [ Mr. Meredith's contention was that the respecting steam threshing machines, and ctment of this law would cause great the Attorney--General's bill respecting elec-- olongation of the sessions of courts, and tric light companies. Then the Minister of ould be inconvenient generally, He ob-- Education moved the second reading of his Bcted also to the twelfth clause, which pro-- bill to validate a certain agreement between des for the appointment of a second poiice the University of Torounto and the Munici-- istrate in any cisy in which the City pal Corporation of Toronto,. He briefly ran uncil passes a resolution aflirming the over the leading points in the dispute that id of the same. had led up to tue agreement which e bill was then read a second time. it was here proposed to validate. After the @ foliowing bill was also read & decision in the court« against the city and time :-- in favor of the University, and while mat-- wonveyances of lands granted under ters were pending by way of appeal, nego Grants and Homestead Act--The t ations were opaned between the Mayor of General. Toronto and the trustees of the University, | J iE RKGISTRY »yvIsION,. a proposition looking to the satisfactory (tho afternoon the Attorney-- settiement was made by the Mayor, and General had moved the House into Com-- after negotiations »xtending over a perind mittee on the bill respecting registry ofices, of -- several weeks]} the desired Ag ee-- |' | Mr, Meredith, looking around, noticed that ment was _ arrived _ at, "In _ this at that particular moment the Government conmection," ;said Mr. Ross, "it is | | benches were rather thin ; at the samo time proper to say | that the Mayor of his own were comfortably full. The Toronto acted with great prudence and temptation was too great, and he resolved foretheught, prudence in regard to the to make one more desperate attempt to city's interest, and forethought as to the | | smash the Government So he announced interest of the University, -- There appeared that he would now, and at -- every to be no anxiety on his part all through to other stage of the b'flL call for the take any advantage of the trustees of the " yeas " and "* nays." The Attorney: University, or to make a bargain which General saw -- the manceuvre, -- and would in any way place it at a disadvan-- | | even while the Opposition leader was toying tage. On the other hand, Mr. John Hos-- with his cup of sweetness it slipped from kin, Q. C., who acted as negotiator for the his lips by the Attorney--General announc-- trustees of the University, displayed great ing that "in that case he would go on with skill and tact in conducting the negotia-- another order," and the House forthwith tions in question. He waus deputed to make | proceeded into committee to discuss beaches a settlement of the dispute that should not and shores. Mr. Meredith took his defeat be in any way prejudicial to the interests of | | on tactics good--naturedly, and when the the University, and I may say with entire | | motion to go into committee on *' the same frankness that his services are scarcely to be bill came up again in the evening he carried overestimated, and that any concessions he out his intention, and caulled for the "yeas" may have made were such as no objection and "nays," at the same time announcing could be taken to." The hou. Minister of his conviction that the legislation proposed Education then explained the effect of the by the bill was of a most iniquitous char-- | agreement on the part of the city to create | | acter. The members were called in and a || and endow two chairs in the University on vote duly taken, It was a straight party terms already well known to readers of | encounter, resulting in a vote of 51 to 31. Tux GLOBE, and expressed his pleasure that | -- The only members absent were Messrs, swhen the matter of settiement came to be | ; Gilmour, Leys, O'Connor, Pacaud, Pardee considered by the City Council neither the | | and A. F. Wood, five Liberals and one Con-- l) #x * ies .