By the Honorable Mr. Christie; of Barton Farr of the Township of Canboro, in the County of Haldimand; of the Representatives of the several Wesleyan Circuits in the Counties of Brant and Oxford; and of the Official Members of the Mount Pleasant Circuit in Quarterly Meeting.

By the Honorable Mr. Renaud; of H. Lappare of the City of Montreal, Notary; and of H. Brunet and others, of the Parish of St. Timothée, in the County of Beauharnois. By the Honorable Mr. Leslie; of Ashley Hibbard and others.

By the Honorable Mr. Ferrier; of E. Griffin and others, of the City of Ottawa; and of the Official Members of the Merrickville Wesleyan Circuit, in Quarterly Meeting assembled. By the Honorable Mr. Tessier; of the Municipal Council of the Township of New Richmond in the County of Bonaventure; of the Mayor and Secretary-Treasurer of the Municipal Council of the said Township of New Richmond; and of Malcolm Fraser, a resident of the Kempt Road, in the County of Ristigouche.

By the Honorable Mr. Boulton; of J. Cameron and others, of the County of Northnmberland; of George Tice and others, of the said County; of William Cothingham and others, and of Thomas C. Patrick and others, of the County of Victoria.

By the Honorable Mr. Masson; of Martin Lemay and others, of the portions of the Townships of Ireland and Woolfstown included in the Parish of St. Ferdinand d'Halifax; of Jean Baptiste Moreau and others, of the Parishes of St. Jean, Ste. Marguerite de Blairfindie, and St. Valentine, in the County of St. John, and of the Municipal Council of the Village of Terrebonne.

By the Honorable the Speaker; of the Reverend S. Belleau and others, of the Parish of St. Croix, in the County of Lotbinière.

By the Honorable Mr. Vankoughnet; of Allan Gilmour and others interested in the Timber Trade of Canada

By the Honorable Mr. Patton; of W. McConkey, as Chairman of a Public Meeting of the inhabitants of Barrie; of the Collingwood Mechanics' Institute; of the Town Council of Collingwood; of the Municipal Council of the County of Grey, and of William Mann and others, of Barrie.

By the Honorable Mr. Panet; of C. Arcand and others, of the Parish of St. Charles des Grondines, and other Parishes, Navigators.

Pursuant to the Order of the Day the following Petitions were severally read :—

Of the University Lying-in-Hospital, in the City of Montreal; and of the Mercantile Library Association of Montreal, severally praying for aid.

Of the Local Committee of Management of the English and Canadian Mining Company; of Herbert Williams, and others, of the Township of Leeds, in the County of Megantic; and of the Reverend W. Richardson, and others, of the Seigniory of St. Croix, in the County of Lotbinière, severally praying for a grant to complete the Road from the Township of Leeds to Methot's Station, on the Line of the Grand Trunk Railway.

Of the New City Gas Company of Montreal, praying for the passing of an Act to authorize them to increase their Capital Stock.

Of the Protestant Board of School Commissioners of the City of Montreal, praying for a grant to build a School House.

Of the Active Militia Force of Upper Canada, praying for the amendment of the Militia Law.

Of the Municipal Council of the County of Missisquoi, praying that the Counties of Shefford, Missisquoi and Brome be erected each into a separate Judicial District, and that the moneys to which the District of Bedford is entitled, may be equally divided between the said Counties for the purpose of erecting District Buildings.

Of the Reverend F. McDonnell, and others, of Stoneham and Lake Beauport, praying for aid to open a Road.

Of the Perth Mechanics' Institute and Library Association, praying for a continuation of the annual grant to the said Institution.

Of George Bartlett and others, of the County of Shefford, praying for the passing of a Prohibitory Liquor Law.

Two Petitions of the Corporation of the City of Montreal, praying for the passing of an Act to authorize said Corporation to purchase property for a Terminus in the said city for the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada.

And also praying for the repeal of the Act 18 Vic., chap. 162, "To amend the several Acts for the incorporation of the City of Montreal," and to establish a more equitable and judicious system of taxation.

Of Thomas Robison, and others, of Kingston, praying for the amendment of the Act respecting Joint Stock Companies, so as to enable Express Companies to invest in the Stock of Incorporated Banks, or to grant a special Act of incorporation to "The British and American Express Company."

Of Joseph Paré and others, of St. Vincent de Paul, in the County of Laval, praying for aid in favor of the County of Laval Hospital.

Of Samuel Smith Macdonell and others, of Windsor, Amherstburg, Sandwich, Hamilton and Toronto, and of Boston and New York, in the United States of America, praying to be incorporated as "The Windsor Improvement Company."

Of the Kingston Mechanics' Institute; praying for a continuation of its annual grant. Of Edouard de Stoechlin, Engineer, late of Fribourg, Switzerland, praying for the passing of an Act to naturalize him.

The Honorable Mr. Seymour, from the Select Committee appointed to try and determine the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue Election and Return for the Electoral Division of Saurel, informed the House that the Honorable Eusèbe Cartier, a Member of the Committee, was not present within one hour after the time appointed for the meeting of the said Committee this day; aud submitted the following affidavit:

PROVINCE

OF

Augustin Norbert Morin, of the City of Quebec, Judge of the Superior Court, being duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelists, deposeth CANADA. and saith, that the Honorable Eusèbe Cartier, of St. Hyacinthe, had the misfortune to be struck with blindness, in the course of last summer; and that when the deponent saw him last, that is to say at the end of last September, the symptoms of improvement were not sufficient to give hopes of a speedy recovery; further the deponent saith, that from correspondence with the relations of the said Honorable Eusèbe Cartier since the above date, he is led to believe that he remains in the same state. And further the said deponent saith not.

(Signed,)

Sworn before me at the City of Quebec,

in the District of Quebec, this 23rd day of March, 1860.

(Signed,)

A. N. MORIN

J. MAGUIRE, J. P. Then, on motion of the Honorable Mr. Seymour, seconded by the Honorable Mr. de La Terrière, it was

Ordered, That the Honorable Eusébe Cartier, being absent from his seat in this House, owing to serious illness, as appears by the affidavit filed with the Report of the Select Committee appointed to try and determine the matter of the Petition of Jean Baptiste Lamère, William McNaughton and Thomas McCarthy, complaining of an undue election and return of the Honorable Jean Baptiste Guévremont for the Electoral Division of Saurel, he be relieved from further attendance on the said Select Committee.

The Honorable Mr. Allan, from the Select Committee to whom was referred the Bill intituled "An Act to repeal the Acts incorporating the Toronto Mechanics' Institute, and permitting the said Institute to be incorporated under the general Act incorporating Mechanics' Institutes," reported that they had gone through the said Bill, and had directed him

to report the same with several amendments, which he was ready to submit whenever the House would be pleased to receive them.

Ordered, That the Report be now received, and

The said amendments being twice read by the Clerk, and the question of concurrence put on each, they were severally agreed to.

On motion of the Honorable Mr. Allan, seconded by the Honorable Mr. de Blaquière,

it was

Ordered, That the said Bill, with the amendments, be printed and read a third time, on Monday next.

The Honorable Mr. Christie moved, seconded by the Honorable Mr. Crawford, That the forty-ninth Rule of this House be dispensed with in so far as it relates to the Bill intituled "An Act for the Incorporation of the International Bridge Company." The question of concurrence being put thereon, the same was resolved in the affirmative,

and

Ordered accordingly.

On motion of the Honorable Mr. de Blaquière, seconded by the Honorable Mr. Knowlton,

it was

Ordered, That the Petition presented yesterday, from the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and Senate of the University of Toronto, be referred to the Joint Committee on the subject of the Legislative Printing, with a view to its being printed in both languages for the use of Members.

was

On motion of the Honorable Sir E. P. Taché, seconded by the Honorable Mr. Matheson, it

Ordered, That the swearing of the Members of the General Committee of Elections be postponed until Friday next.

The Order of the Day being read for the third reading of the Bill intituled "An Act to provide for the Election of the Speaker of the Legislative Council;"

On motion of the Honorable Mr. Vankoughnet, seconded by the Honorable Mr. Knowlton,

it was

Ordered, That the same be postponed until Monday next.

Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Bill intituled "An Act to amend the Act for the Incorporation of the International Bridge Company," was read a second time.

Ordered, That the said Bill be referred to a Select Committee, composed of the Honorable Messieurs Christie, Crawford and Patton, to meet and adjourn as they please.

The Honorable Mr. Prince enters.

The Order of the Day being read for the second reading of the Bill intituled, "An Act to grant additional aid to the Canadian line of steamers, and for the extension of the line of Telegraph to Belle-Isle,"

The Honorable Mr. Vankoughnet moved, seconded by the Honorable Mr. de Blaquière, That the said Bill be now read a second time.

and

After Debate,

The question of concurrence being put thereon, the same was resolved in the affirmative

The said Bill was then read a second time accordingly.

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, presently.

The House was then, according to Order, adjourned during pleasure, and put into a Committee, on the last mentioned Bill.

After some time the House was resumed, and

The Honorable Mr. Crawford reported from the said Committee, that they had gone

H

through the said Bill and had directed him to report the same to the House without any amendment.

Ordered, That the forty-sixth Rule of this House be dispensed with, in so far as it relates to the said Bill, and that the same be read a third time, presently.

The said Bill was then read a third time accordingly.

The question was put whether this Bill shall pass ?

It was resolved in the affirmative.

Ordered, That the Clerk do go down to the Legislative Assembly and acquaint that House that the Legislative Council have passed this Bill without any amendment.

Then, on motion of the Honorable Mr. de Blaquière, seconded by the Honorable Mr. Knowlton,

The House adjourned until Monday next, at three o'clock, in the afternoon.

On motion of the Honorable Mr. Patton, seconded by the Honorable Mr. Morris, it was Ordered, That one of the Masters in Chancery, do go down to the Legislative Assembly with a Message to that Honorable House, requesting that effect may be given to their Standing Order Number Twenty-Seven, communicated to this House on the twenty-first June, 1841, setting apart a space for Legislative Councillors desirous of hearing the Debates in that House, and further to inquire whether the space so set apart is intended for the exclusive use of the Legislative Council.

The following Petitions were severally brought up and laid on the Table :

By the Honorable Mr. Murney; of John Stevenson and others, Reeves, Deputy Reeves, and Municipal Councillors of the Counties of Lennox and Addington.

By the Honorable Mr. Ferrier; of A. S. Lyman of the City of New York.

By the Honorable Mr. Campbell; of James A. Henderson and others, Members of the Bar of Upper Canada.

By the Honorable Mr. Patton; of the Provisional Council of the County of Peel. By the Honorable Mr. Hollis Smith; of R. W. Hencker and others, of Sherbrooke. By the Honorable Mr. Masson; of Séraphin Le Blanc and others, of L'Assomption, in the County of Montcalm.

75

By the Honorable Mr. Boulton; of Charles Perry and others, of the County of Peterborough.

By the Honorable Mr. de Blaquière; of the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Huron, and others.

By the Honorable Mr. McDonald; of Daniel McPhail and others, of Fullarton. -By the Honorable Mr. Matheson; of the Smith's Falls Mechanics' Institute, and of William Wallace, Reeve, and others, of the Township of Ross.

By the Honorable Sir E. P. Taché; of Joseph Thiboutot, of St. Anne, in the County of Kamouraska.

Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the following Petitions were severally read:

Of the Municipal Council of the Parish of St. Marcel; of the Municipal Council of the Parish of St. Aimé, in the County of Richelieu; and of the Municipal Council of the Town of Sorel; severally praying for aid to deepen the Yamaska River.

Of the Municipal Council of the Town, or Borough, of William Henry, in the County of Richelieu; praying to be incorporated under the name of "The Town of Sorel."

Of Peter Maitland, Reeve, on behalf of a Public Meeting of the Rate-payers of the Township of Montague; praying that no Bill relating to the debt of the Brockville and Ottawa Railway Company to the Municipalities may be passed till the question shall have been submitted to the Rate-payers of the Counties of Lanark and Renfrew.

Of William Crawford and others, of that part of the Municipality of St. Gabriel de Valcartier, situate on the North West of the River Jacques Cartier; praying to be formed into a separate Municipality.

Of the Literary Institute of St. Jean Port Joli; praying for aid.

Of the Municipal Council of the County of Simcoe; praying for an amendment in the law, so that the lands of non-residents may be placed on the same footing as occupied lands, in regard to the time and mode of payment of Taxes.

Of J. R. Ardagh, M.D., and other Medical Practitioners; of Judge Gowan and other residents; and of the Warden and Reeves of the County of Simcoe; praying for the passing of a Bill to regulate the qualifications of Practitioners of Medicine and Surgery, in Upper Canada.

Of the Quebec Board of Trade; praying against the passing of the Bill to incorporate the Pilots for and below the Harbour of Quebec.

Of J. L. De Bellefeuille and others, of the County of Two Mountains; praying that the application of J. B. Bélanger and others, to be remunerated for losses sustained during the Rebellion of 1837 and 1838, may be favorably entertained.

Of the St. Thomas Mechanics' Institute; praying for a continuation of the Annual Grant to the said Institution.

Of the Mayor and Town Council of St. Catherines; praying that persons who have not paid their taxes may not be allowed to vote at Municipal Elections, and that Councillors may be prevented from authorizing expenditures of money after their successors have been

elected.

Of the Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, and Senate of the University of Toronto; praying against the passing of any measures to divide the endowment of said University among

other Institutions.

Of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec; praying for aid towards obtaining a permanent residence, such as has been awarded to the Toronto Canadian Institute, and the Montreal Natural History Society.

Of the Toronto School of Medicine, in affiliation with the University of Toronto ; praying for a grant similar to that made to other Medical Schools of the Province.

The Honorable the Speaker presented to the House a Return of the Baptisms, Marriages and Burials in the District of Iberville, for the year 1859.