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[J. T. Gilmour. The following membet® i i ie Sainiees, 0. A . Brower, 3. -- 0. 0 y * * Tucker, G. N. Kidd, R. R. . low. G. Macdiarmid, H. Kilber, &g'; o ney, Hugh Clark, T. E. Br &"'ufien, Fisher, George Kerr, T. G. . D H. J. Lackner, A. B. Thompson;, _ Sutherland, W. R. Smyth, E. eay, 8 lop, T. W. McGarry, A. G. Machay, ~. P» J. 8. Gallagher, Clarke, J. J. Preston, J. 8. J~ H T. H. Lennox, F. W. Lewis, 5. Aa. Devitt, W. Anderson, M. Currie, R. A; Thompson; W. N. Anderson, A"!:umt Treasurer; A. W. Campbell, Ass! S Commissioner Public Works; %holx;;s- Mulvey, Assistant Secretary ; S.. Feries: tedo, Deputy Commissioner of Fishe o+ P x 'yog Sergeant--at A. Pardoe, Librarian ; the Serg Dr Arms ; Lieut.--Col. Delamere, Hon. Ur. Pyne, Hon. H. L. Boutwell, Boston. <Private Bills Committee. S | Clause 13 in the city of London bill # rivate Bills 'proved unlucky at the Priva h Committee this morning, and the whole bill had to stand over on accou_nt of th; _'opposition it aroused. _ The city "Ot; $15,000 to renew the embankment of the river, which last year broke down above Saunby's dam, and flooded London West. The city wished to be relieved of the responsibility for damages which might be incurred, and desired powers of _ex-- !propriation. Mr. I. F. Hellmuth, K.C,, 'appeared in behalf of "vested interests. _A dam, known as Saunby's dam, which 'lies across the river, has been a _chl'ef ; cause of flooding, and litigation is in ; process between the city and Mr. Saunby. _ Mr. Hellmuth saw a flank " movement against his client in the right !to expropriate, and he also took excep-- tion to the exemption from damages. The bill was left over. A stand for public rights was made over the United Nickel Company's bill to acquire the assets of the Huronian Company, Limited. They have control of 3,750 square miles of nickel--bearing 'land, and the proposed bill would give |the company, and it was hinted indi-- rectly the United States Steel Com-- pany, power to hold the lands in per-- petuity, instead of for seven years, and to tie them up without development or regard to public rights. Chairman Carscallen reminded Mr. J. W. Nesbitt, who appeared for the com-- pany, that they had 114 townships, and to allow the company to hold lands in perpetuity as a corporation was in opposition to the whole public policy. Mr. Gamey said it was an attempt to get all the small companies welded into one, and then endeavor to escape law. Mr. Graham thought it looked as if they had taken all the old bills and put in all the privilege clauses they could find, in the hope that some of them might go throush. ' Mr. Carscallen believed if any special \conditions supervised the company could yery well come back to the Legislature | in six or seven years. The bill was laid | over. ' Orillia wanted authority to spend $75,000 on its electric plant and $30.000 lannua.lly hereafter, but the committee referred to limit the expenditure, and gmo,ooo was the sum fixed. The bill will be reported when reprinted. ; l Point Pelee marsh drainage system, undertaken by the township of Mersea, . has been in some respects altered, ow--| ing to difficulties in construction and the bill confirming these was approved.| St. Catharines' arrangement with Ridley College to supply water free to the college was approved. The town of Maitland bill to con-- solidate debt on waterworks and electric, plant was approved.. | The Nepigon Mining Lands Company | will be permitted to issue land--scrip cer--| tificates for sale among its sharehold-- ' } erg.