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' P. . , r "r I t . -. . .. BM,' - M " f" M1." F,' a t 7- " MM V: in . ~ , t Fe, > " LeeNRE Illlet5T, =' ' "- - , A. 'd iriiii'ia'iutdte" . l , a... _ F' ' , " [G's ' I A mmnos COUNTY LICENSE. ; M; 'at "e _ ',RF at". ' " Mr. Hudsonz-Order ot the House for . Mm'mgh l'temarked than 5." _ tetutn of copies of all 'ig'gge,',",'i'lr the- _ "Meier" a. mummy mm. c, t . .. ween Mrs. M. 'H. M. Dav son an to ) The . _ 'yd, ' government. or any officer thereof, relat- _ that wthrntettintye, said he ttr%t in: to her application for a license in the "WWW. he was 1u,ltte",1f,,t,i,S,ei,te,iy, "it yam 1892 and 1893 for the Albion Hotel. in the protest" ' e unsatisfactory to ' on to have a man taken froml the Village of tmannotrvitte. . _ l their ranks and place t m il Mb nodson in moving this sax that the bench. Moreover he did 2%?291' kout the owners of the house could get no ea- leading member i ' . . ' n a . , ot the but would consentt . son for the refusal of the license ' there [ to tttite such a. position tor a few m nth: _ seemed to be some mystery in the ctMW. "in" thereby run the risk of to: 0 I The house was a good one. there were no portion of his practice. iL1.eatitrttl, irregularities, and the commissioners n.3- Bay his hon. New! himself would refus- signed no reason. He Would like to tind such on otter. not as to the idea ot in-! the reason. creasing the staff ot Judges, there was " Ngttt. Mr. Harcourt 0." "WNW boon. Hood delil of difference of opinion in regard i no correspondence. BO far at, he knew, to ll. One Judge had expressed the DMD" . between Mrs. Davidson and the Govern- 5 ion that thore were too many Judges. a13- ment or any officer of the Government. that one of their number might be a." + He promised to find out. if the inspector ot housed with. He did not think this opm4'l the county had had any correspondence ion was gouovul, but the fact that it was! with the lady in question. Meantime he 3:11] by one Judge, and perhaps by murc '. nrked that the motion might stand. CT C3rttr Juan. was sutrhrjerrt to Flow" um'U'l'Y REEVES. t ut it Was not sterner-11W agreed that there . my" up _ Were loo tnziiiy JuUues, The Attorney- Mr. GnqCechnie-Ayruer of the House for Gangral concluded byui'emarkinr- that thc a return of the number of ltccvcs and subject Wu one of extreme interest to _ Deputy Reeves comprising _the svvel'ul him He desired "a; more than that County Councils ot the Province tor the Justice miqh: be admlnistotwrt in the Pro, year-1693. l \ince with all possible speed and pan-pr. This was carried without opposition. ' IL. would look coin-fully into the matter. or Course here w . ll n:' e Loss BY FIRES. , i motion. Cl t e a." IO objec um to the ' Mr. Ryerson.-order of the House for. al ,), Mr. Whitney suggested thut cw." if it 'return showing li) the actual loss over, was necessary to increase the number of and above insurance sustained by the "WW I Jodp,es to remedy the evil to which Mr. Vince by the burning of the Toronto l'iil-i Mindinh had called attention, and he was versity building ', co names of each Intiut'-l, not stire that such a neccssity existed, h.) once company. amount paid by viii-h, mus Hurc it would bu in tho interests of amount insured in each at the time of the the people that such an incroase should be fire, dates of payment; co the pl'L'St'nt. made. He suggested also that it might amount of insurance held by the tlow-rn- 9 be possible to change the law in such it ment on the new Parliament buildings, t way that (uses which County Courts Hm. University and L'pper Canada College, giv- not now allowed to dispose of, and which ing names of each company and the have to go to the High Court, should be amount each carries, and the rate per 3700; tried in the County Court. Mr. Whitney (4) what loss was sustained over and above thought the arrangement of the courts of y insurance on the burning of the Central New York one that worked well and that Prison 7 descrvetl some investigation. These matters were of great importance, Mr. Meredith remarked that he was Mr. Ryerson observed, and the House .vivprised that the Attorney-General had would be glad to be in possession of the not had his attention called to the matter information for which he asked. The mo- or had not noticed the facts .is they had tion wag carried without remark. bcun discussed in the Ptiv. lie had treen spoken to by many members of the on in COURT OF APPHAL CASES. reirnrd to the matter. Mr. Meredith-Order of the House rpr a The motion then passed. 'return of the number of cases now stand- f'] ABOLISH GOVERNMENT HOUSE. ing for argument m the Court ot Appeal, . land the number which were standing for Mr. Mutter then rose Do move his now argument on the first days ot January, well-known motion. It ran as follows .- -. 189 1892, 1893 and 1801. "That in the opinion of this House the H F. ereaith said he intended no re- maintenance of Government Housi' and flecticn upon the court named by this mo- the establishment connected therewith at tion, but he feared the condition of things the OXI'CMW of the Province should, after existing in it in regard to litigation was the expiration of tive years from the ap- really alarming. The last case on the pointment, or other earlier determination present list. it seemed to him. could not" of the term of omee of Ibis Honor the pic be heard within a year. This must be sent] Lieutenant-Governor. be dirocon-r most disastrous to many litigants. some tinned." _ of whom had their entire property invoiv- Mr. Martcr first referred to the similar 1 ed. Behind the Court of Appeal lay thc) ,motio which he had brought up in the Supreme Court. The difficulty was not con- last .rliument. and which he had SUI" ttned to Ontario. The same thing, he re- port on the ground tMat the expenditure membered, existed in New York until a. was unjustitiable. His views had not rearrangement had taken place, He could changed, and he still thought that the ex- not suggest a remedy for the evil that penditi'rc was totally unnecessary and [Would perhaps cover the whole case, but one that the Province could not afford. . he thought something could be done in lie remarked that the terms of his motion [the way of division of courts. each divis- nterely specified tho end or me 191"" ot in to sit and try cases until the arr-oar. the present Lierutenant-dovernor, so as age was worked off. There were other not to be unfair. He had no feeling peoph. who had looked into the matter against the present incumbent. of the t.otta.t e, 1 who advocated the abolition of the Court who had done all he could to popularizel' of Appeal. Passing between the two ideas the ottice, who had gone over the whole a remedy could be found. Possibly an in.. country to various meetings wherever mil crease in the number of Judges might be voted, and who had commended himsclt' necessary. temporary or Permanent. He to all. His opposition w.as based on prln- was convinced that under the present svs- , ciple, cn what he conceived to be the In- . .tem there was " great waste of judicial terests ct the Province. ienergy. The system, he thought, was too His ttret reason was that the Province {elaborate for the results desired. Ho at present does not meet its expenditure f , thought nothing was more desirable than out of its income, and all that was useless :that there should be speedy Justice. Some should be cut off. He would not then Cite People pieferred a bad decision at once the figures, but he would before long- show than a good decision deferred. and thero his reasons for making this statement. was something in it. He did not any the Secondly. the expenditure was useless. lie Attorrsey4enerat was wholly ros'ponsihle did not know who was benefited by it, and for the state of affairs of which he haul could not see what bearing for !Tod it Spoken. but he must be held to have sotrw! had on the community; and in this con- responsibility tor the evil while he Gh) i"oCtitUt,se,1ot/iuylfiil'y f,'/"I'?/,',','eg'e,-, ' F r . , ., , . re..e . . i icr {Liedgogzer of applying a remedy and fallei 4, upon the 1di'vu1"l,renntif,h"i,'i'i't',r's res'.. I The Attornov-Cre o . u , . dence. The on y e once mate before] had not been 'callend To] 't'irleuftt1,t.teg1,t/,or'e "than that the entertaining was neces- ' red to, either by suitors or by members B6HW. He took exception to that. All of the profession. as involving serious those in public places were obliged to en- sTrievances. sun it might do so. He r'e: Ste??, more or less, and if this allowance cogntzpd fully the immense importance of WI!!!» made for one, why not for all ? In speedily dlSposing of matters that cam" h "n//.?ettio'li, a salary of $10,000 t'h.ould be before the courts. He greatly doubted,, intu t em: or such purposes. Again, the 'however, whether the Sllggcstlons of his', 'a',"'il', was bad. It was in accord with hon. friend would become Prve'ir'abie, withl i e overnments usual plan of furnish- a view to diminishing the delay or even _ _ ng perquisites, which were so hard to the expense of the prnscnt system. He trace, and which ran up so high. He did not know that it would br, quoted Mr. Edward Blake's maxim that , u r s n , . - e, an e d he to make any changes that would thcre had been great extravagance mum ' case. The coat of the buildings had been i