St. Anselme Bridge Company Bill. Message from the Council. Personal Property Attachmeat Bill. (U. C.) Huron Mining Company Bill. Mount Her Bill. The Order of the day for the House in Committee The House accordingly resolved itself into the said Mr. Laurin took the Chair of the Committee; and Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; And Mr. Laurin reported, That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made amendments thereunto. Ordered, That the Report be received to-morrow. A Message from the Legislative Council by John Mr. Speaker, The Legislative Council have passed the following 66 Bill, intituled, "An Act to authorize Attachments against personal property for sums of Ten pounds "and under, in certain cases in Upper Canada: " Bill, intituled, "An Act to incorporate the Huron "Mining Company:" And also, 66 The Legislative Council have passed the Bill, inmon Cemetery tituled, "An Act to incorporate the Mount Hermon Cemetery," with several Amendments; to which they desire the concurrence of this House: And also, Joint Stock Ameliasburgh Orders deferred. Bridge Bill of A. M. Delisle and others. The Legislative Council have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to provide for the formation of incorporated Joint Stock Companies for manufacturing, mining, mechanical, or chemical purposes; to which they desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 66 66 The Legislative Council have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to confirm a certain Survey of the Township of Ameliasburgh, in Upper Canada;" to which they desire the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew. An engrossed Bill to authorize Marc Antoine Primeaux and Primeaux and Antoine A. Trottier to erect a Toll Trottier's Bridge over the River Chateauguay, in the Parish of Bridge Bill. Ste. Martine, and to make a Plank Road from the River St. Lawrence to the River Chateauguay, in the said Parish, and to fix the Tolls to be taken upon the said Bridge and Road, and to make further provision in that behalf, was read the third time. Resolved, That the Bill do pass, and the Title be, "An Act to authorize Marc Antoine Primeau " and Antoine A. Trottier to erect a Toll Bridge over the River Chateauguay in the Parish of "Sainte Martine, and to make a Plank Road "from the River St. Lawrence to the River "Chateauguay in the said Parish, and to fix "the Tolls to be taken upon the said Bridge and "Road, and to make further provisions in that "behalf." The Honorable Mr. Price, one of Her Majesty's Mr. Ogle R. Ordered, That the remaining Orders of the day be to Office, and removal therefrom, of Ogle R. Gowan, Then, on motion of Mr. De Witt, seconded by Mr. The House adjourned. Mercurii, 16° die Maii; ANNO 12 VICTORIE REGINE, 1849. N engrossed Bill to authorize Alexandre M. De- Resolved, That the Bill do pass, and the Title be, 66 Ordered, That Mr. Armstrong do carry the Bill currence. Esquire, as Supervisor of Tolls, west of Lachine. Pursuant to the Order of the day, the following Petition read. Petition was read : Of the City Council of the City of Hamilton; praying for certain amendments of the Municipal Corporations Bill. Boundary Mr. Thompson reported from the Select Commit- Walpole and Ordered, That the Bill and Report be committed The Honorable Mr. Robinson, from the Standing Thirteenth ReCommittee on Miscellaneous Private Bills, presented port of Com to the House the Thirteenth Report of the said Com-cellaneous Pri mittee; which was read, as followeth : Your Committee have examined the Bill to constitute a new Township, to be called the Township of Elgin, out of part of the Township of Hinchin mittee on Mis vate Bills. Ninth Report on Railroad brooke, and have agreed to report the same without tance should be afforded to the following literary smendment. undertakings, which they deemed, upon due deliberation, to be deserving of encouragement :1st. That 150 copies of Mr. Christie's "History of Committee and Telegraph sented to the House the Ninth Report of the said 2nd. That 50 copies, when published, of a manuCommittee; which was read, as followeth :- script work, by Mr. Gorrie, on the "Civil Laws of Your Committee have taken into their consider-" Lower Canada," should be taken. (The original of ation the Bill to amend the Toronto and Lake Huron this work, which had appeared to Your Committee to Railroad Act, referred to them, and beg leave to re-be very commendable, was unfortunately destroyed at port the same for the consideration of Your Honor- the fire.) able House, without amendment. Sir Allan N. MacNab, from the Standing Committee on Railroad and Telegraph Line Bills, pre-" of Canada" should be purchased by the House. Line Bills, 3rd. That a collection of papers upon various questions of " Parliamentary and Election Law," by Mr. Alpheus Todd, should be published at the expense of the House, and £100 granted to Mr. Todd for the preparation thereof. (This work was also destroyed at the fire.) 4th. That 200 copies of a small work on "Agricultural Chemistry," by Mr. Aubin, should be subscribed for. Sir Allan N. MacNab, from the Standing ComCommittee on mittee appointed to assist Mr. Speaker in the direc-" tion of the Library, presented to the House the final Report of the said Committee; which was read, as followeth : 5th. That 50 copies of a compilation, entitled, "Petit Guide du Jeune Notaire," by M. Eugène L'Ecuyer, should also be purchased by the House. It is with feelings of profound regret that Your Committee have to record the total destruction of the 6th. That a grant of £150 should be made to enable Library, at the burning of the Houses of Parliament, the House to procure copies of some valuable manuon the 25th of April last; the entire collection hav- script papers relative to the early History of Canada, ing been consumed, with the exception of about 200 in the possession of the State of Massachusetts, and volumes, which were with difficulty rescued from the at present deposited in Harvard University, near flames. The minutes of the proceedings of Your Boston, the authorities of that State having kindly Committee at its several meetings during the pre-intimated that they would give every facility to a sent Session, together with the original Reports, three in number, which had been presented to the House, having also perished, the following Memorandum has been prepared of the contents of the Reports and Proceedings aforesaid, as well for the information of Your Honorable House, as for the purpose of preserving a succinct record of the past deliberations of Your Committee. The First Report was on the subject of Rules. It proposed the rescinding of the old Rules of the House respecting the Library, and the adoption of others more suited to its actual condition. This Report was printed, and the new Rules, as agreed to by the House, recorded upon the Journals. person to be sent by any public body in Canada for that purpose. The Third Report concluded with recommending that the surplus copies of the above-mentioned works should be hereafter distributed, under Mr. Speaker's direction, to various learned bodies and institutions in either Province. This Report was presented to the House on the very day of the conflagration, and it embodied the sole remaining proceedings of the Committee up to that date. Your Committee, in adverting to the melancholy catastrophe which has deprived Your Honorable House, and the Province at large, of its valuable Library, a loss which it must be the labour of years, The Second Report recommended the sanctioning to replace, feel the necessity of re-considering their forof various small purchases of Books made from time mer recommendations, and of making such modifica to time, for the Library, up to the date of the Report, tions therein as may suit the altered circumstances. and submitted lists of French and English works which have since arisen. While they sincerely trust which the Committee suggested should be purchased that efforts will be hereafter made to replace, as far during the ensuing recess, to be added to the Li- as possible, the collection which has been destroyed, brary. It further recommended that a Messenger, they are not prepared, at this late period of the Ses-. who had been nominally styled Library Messenger sion, to recommend any large appropriation for this ever since his appointment to the service of the House purpose; but would confine themselves for the presome years ago, but who had not been exclusively sent, to the suggestion, that in lieu of the purchases. employed in that capacity, should thenceforth be set recommended in their Second Report, Mr. Speaker be apart for attendance upon the Library, daily, through- authorized during the ensuing recess, to procure such out the year, except at such times as he might not be Books of Reference merely, as may be deemed indisrequired for that purpose, when he should continue, pensably necessary for the use of Members in the as formerly, to act as a general House Messenger. business of legislation. And as they doubt not, much The Third Report was relative to copies of Bou-sympathy will be felt abroad for the heavy loss which chette's Map of British North America, and of Dou- the Legislature and the People of this Province have cet's Work on the Laws of Lower Canada, which sustained by the destruction of the only Libraries had been purchased by the House in the Session of therein, of any magnitude, to which the public at 1847, in aid of those undertakings, and which still large could obtain access; and as they think it highremained undisposed of, with the exception of ten ly probable that wealthy individuals and Literary copies of the Map loaned, by order of the Speaker, Institutions in England might be found, who would to Mr. Bouchette, (to be replaced this summer,) and come forward with donations of books in aid of the a few copies of the Map which had been presented, re-construction of the Library, were the circumstances by a similar authority, to public bodies in the Pro- of the case properly brought under their notice, they vince, or sent to France. The Report recommended would recommend that Mr. Speaker be instructed to that such of the remaining copies of the Map and write or to cause to be written, official letters to the Book as could be spared by the House, should be Speakers and Librarians of both Houses of the Imdistributed among various educational and other perial Parliament, the Speakers of the several Coloinstitutions in either Province. It further stated nial Legislatures in North America and the West that, in view of the liberality hitherto extended by Indies, &c., and to the Custodians of Public Librathe House to literary enterprize in Canada, it had ries in England, or otherwise to bring under the determined upon recommending that pecuniary assis-notice of parties in the Mother Country, and in our Sister Colonies, the efforts which are being made to replace the valuable Library of which this House has been deprived, with the view of affording opportunity to those who might be disposed to assist in a work of so much interest and importance to the people of this Colony. The recommendation of Your Committee, in their Second Report, for the permanent employment of a Messenger in connection with the Library, they do not desire to repeat, feeling that there is no longer any necessity for the same. With regard to the recommendations in the Third Report, the total loss of the Maps and Books therein proposed to be distributed, disposes, of course, of Your Committee's suggestions on this head. Upon the question of pecuniary aid recommended in this Report to certain literary undertakings, Your Committee, notwithstanding the increased necessity which now exists for economy in the public expenditure, are not disposed to alter their former opinions as to the propriety and expediency of affording to the parties before mentioned, some encouragement in their useful and meritorious labours; and they trust that Your Honorable House will sanction their recommendations on behalf of those gentlemen. The procuring copies of the papers on Canadian affairs in the Harvard University, they also consider to be highly advisable, more particularly now that so many of the Historical Records of the Province have been wholly destroyed; but as there is a probability that these documents may be printed by the State Government, they defer for the present their recommendations concerning them. As respects the manuscript work of Mr. Gorrie, which, as already stated, was consumed at the fire, Your Committee, in expressing their deep concern for the loss incurred by Mr. Gorrie, would suggest that a gratuity of £50 should be granted him, as an encouragement to re-commence his commendable labours. The proposed publication by Mr. Todd having also been destroyed, together with all his valuable papers, in which were embodied the fruit of his researches into the law and practice of Parliament for several years past, Your Committee recommend that a gratuity of £100 be awarded him, in token of the sympathy felt by Your Honorable House for the losses he has sustained. The attention of Your Committee has also been directed to a work entitled, "Digest of Precedents For Decisions by Select Committees appointed to try "the merits of Upper Canada Contested Elections," from 1824 to 1849, which has been skilfully compiled by Mr. Alfred Patrick, an officer of Your Honorable House, from original documents and other sources, for the guidance and information of parties who may be hereafter concerned in Controverted Elections before Committees under the "Grenville Act" of Upper Canada. The usefulness of this volume as a work of reference, which, under any circumstances must have been considerable, has been much enhanced by the total loss of the original papers from which it was compiled, and though it does not pretend to the character of an official publication, yet its pages now present the only record in existence of the past proceedings and decisions of Committees on Upper Canada Elections; it is, therefore, in the opinion of Your Committee, deserving of the encouragement of Your Honorable House. They accordingly recommend that the sum of £100 be granted to Mr. Patrick in aid of his meritorious publication, on condition of his depositing fifty bound copies of the same in the Library, for future reference, and presenting a bound copy to each of the Members of Your Honorable House. Ordered, That the said Report be printed for the use of the Members of this House. Judges, &c. (U. C.) Mr. Solicitor General Blake moved, seconded by Salaries of adthe Honorable Mr. Attorney General Baldwin, ditional That this House do now resolve itself into a Committee, to consider the expediency of making provision out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Province, and by the funding of certain Fees of Office receivable or to be receivable under any Law for that purpose by different Officers of the Superior Courts of Law and Equity in Upper Canada, for such additional Judges and Officers of those Courts as an amended system of Judicature for that section of the Province may require; The Honorable Mr. Attorney General Baldwin, a Member of the Executive Council, by command of His Excellency the Governor General, acquainted the House that His Excellency having been informed of the subject matter of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration of the House. Resolved, That this House do now resolve itself into the said Committee. The House accordingly resolved itself into the said Committee. Mr. Lemieux took the Chair of the Committee; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; And Mr. Lemieux reported, That the Committee had come to a Resolution. Ordered, That the Report be received on Friday next. Ordered, That the Honorable Mr. Attorney Ge- Bankruptcy neral La Fontaine have leave to bring in a Bill Bill. (L. C.) to make provision for the continuance and completion of proceedings in Bankruptcy now pending in Lower Canada. He accordingly presented the said Bill to the House, and the same was received and read for the first time; and ordered to be read a second time, on Friday next. and Ordered, That Mr. Morrison have leave to bring St. Andrew's in a Bill to incorporate the Minister and Trustees Church Bill. of St. Andrew's Church, Montreal. He accordingly presented the said Bill to the House, the same was received and read for the first time. Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time; and the Rules of this House suspended as to the same. The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and committed to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General Drummond Writs of Prehave leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Law rogative Bill. relating to Writs of Prerogative, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Court Houses and Gaols, (L.C.) Montreal Merchants Reading Room Bill. Joint Stock Ship Canal School Law Quebec Trinity He accordingly presented the said Bill to the On motion of the Honorable Mr. Attorney Ge- Resolved, That this House do now resolve itself The House accordingly resolved itself into the said STON, Robinson, Seymour, Sherwood of TORONTO, NAYS. Messieurs Armstrong, Attorney General Baldwin, Solicitor General Blake, Duchesnay, Egan, Fortier, Fournier, Holmes, Jobin, Attorney General LaFontaine, Laurin, Lemieux, Méthot, Morrison, Papineau, and Polette.-(16.) So it passed in the Negative. The eleventh amendment was then agreed to. Clause 3, line 22. After "be" insert "Three Mr. McFarland took the Chair of the Committee;" hundred pounds." and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; And Mr. McFarland reported, That the Committee had come to several Resolutions. Mr. Christie moved in amendment thereunto, seconded by the Honorable Mr. Boulton, and the Question being put, That the words "Three hun"dred" be left out, and the words "Two hundred Ordered, That the Report be received on Friday" and fifty" inserted instead thereof; next. The House divided:~And it passed in the Negative. Ordered, That the Bill to incorporate the Mer- On motion of Mr. Richards, seconded by Mr. Ordered, That the engrossed Bill from the Legis- 66 66 The Bill was accordingly read the first time. Ordered, That the Bill, with the amendments, be Mr. Crysler reported the Bill to provide for the Quebec Health Ordered, That the Bill, with the amendments, be Bill. The Order of the day for the House in Commit- Court of Chan- The Order of the day for the second reading of Ordered, That the Rule of this House requiring Bill, intituled, "An Act to incorporate the Asso- St. Roch de "ciation called "La Congrégation des hommes de la Québec Con"Paroisse de Saint Roch de Québec: Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend the Act passed Commutation "in the eighth year of Her Majesty's Reign, inti- of Tenure Bill. "tuled, "An Act the better to facilitate optional Mr. Lyon reported the Bill to consolidate the Laws "commutation of tenure of Land en roture, in relative to the powers and duties of the Trinity" the Seigniories and Fiefs in Lower Canada, into House of Quebec, and for other purposes; and the" that of franc-aleu-roturier:" And also, amendments, as far as the eleventh amendment, The Legislative Council have passed the Bill, in- Inland Bills of being read a second time, were agreed to. tituled, "An Act to amend the Laws regulating In- Exchange and The eleventh amendment being read a second" land Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes, and Notes Bill. time, as followeth :"the protesting thereof, and Foreign Bills in certain Clause 3, line 20. After "be" insert "Three" cases," with several Amendments;" to which they "hundred and fifty pounds." desire the concurrence of this House: And also, The Legislative Council have passed a Bill, inti- Official and Messieurs Boulton of NORFOLK, Boulton of To- tuled, "An Act to provide for the insertion of cer- Legal Notices RONTO, Christie, DeWitt, Galt, Macdonald of KING-"tain Official and Legal Notices in the Canada Bill "Gazette only;" to which they desire the concur- And then he withdrew. 2nd. "of Upper Canada which amended the same. "Of vesting the Endowment of the said University "in a General Board to be incorporated by the Legislature, and of adding to such Endowment an approThe Order of the day for the House in Committee "priation of Public Lands, so as to make it suffion the Bill to make further provision for the Admi-"cient for the purpose, first, of granting to the four nistration of Justice, by the establishment of a Su-" Colleges now established in Upper Canada, as well perior Criminal Court of Common Law, and also a" as to any Colleges which may be hereafter estabCourt of Error and Appeal in Upper Canada, and "lished by any Christian Denomination in that secfor other purposes, being read; "tion of the Province, an annual sum, not to exceed " for each College, the sum of £ ; secondly, "of establishing in each District or Union of Coun"ties, Grammar Schools affording a higher order of "education than that now attainable in the Com"mon Schools of Upper Canada, each Grammar And Mr. Holmes reported, That the Committee" School to be endowed with an annual sum not to had made some progress, and directed him to move "exceed £ nor to be less than £ for leave to sit again. "thirdly, of establishing and properly endowing an an Agricultural School and Farm in each District "or Union of Counties in Upper Canada;" The House accordingly resolved itself into the said Mr. Holmes took the Chair of the Committee; and Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit The Order of the day for the House in Committee fession Organi- on the Bill to amend the Act providing for the organization of the Notarial Profession in Lower Canada, being read; London Muni By-Laws Bill. The House accordingly resolved itself into the said Mr. Burritt took the Chair of the Committee; Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; And Mr. Burritt reported, That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same, without amendment. Ordered, That the Bill be engrossed. The Order of the day for the second reading of the cipal Council Bill to confirm certain By-Laws passed by the Municipal Council of the London District, imposing rates to be levied on Lands and other property therein, being read; Orders defer red. University The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and and ordered to be engrossed. And the Question being put on the Amendment; the House divided: and the names being called for, they were taken down, as follow: YEAS. Messieurs Badgley, Boulton of TORONTO, Christie, Crysler, Gugy, Macdonald of KINGSTON, Sir Allan N. MacNab, Malloch, M'Connell, Robinson, Seymour, Sherwood of BROCKVILLE, Sherwood of TORONTO, and Smith of FRONTENAC.-(14.) NAYS. Messieurs Armstrong, Attorney General Baldwin, Beaubien, Bell, Solicitor General Blake, Burritt, Cameron of KENT, Cartier, Cauchon, Chabot, Chauveau, Davignon, De Witt, Dumas, Fergusson, Fortier, Fournier, Fourquin, Galt, Hall, Holmes, Johnson, Attorney General La Fontaine, Laurin, Lemieux, Lyon, Macdonald of GLENGARY, Marquis, M'Farland, Merritt, Méthot, Morrison, Notman, Papineau, Polette, Price, Richards, Sauvageau, Smith of WENTWORTH, Taché, Thompson, Watts, and Wetenhall.—(43.) So it passed in the Negative. Then the main Question being put; the House divided: and the names being called for, they were Ordered, That the remaining Orders of the day be taken down, as follow:- YEAS. Messieurs Armstrong, Attorney General Baldwin, Then, on motion of Mr. De Witt, seconded by Mr. Beaubien, Bell, Solicitor General Blake, Boulton of Richards, THE So it was resolved in the Affirmative. The Honorable Mr. Attorney General Baldwin moved, seconded by the Honorable Mr. Price, and the Question being put, That the Bill do pass, and The Honorable Mr. Macdonald moved in amend- the Title be, "An Act to amend the Charter of the ment to the Question, seconded by the Honorable University established at Toronto by His late Mr. Sherwood, That the words, "now read the third" Majesty King George the Fourth, to provide for "time" be left out, and the following words added" the more satisfactory government of the said Uniinstead thereof: "re-committed to a Committee of "versity, and for other purposes connected with the "the whole House, for Tuesday next, with an In- " same, and with the College and Royal Grammar "struction to the Committee to consider the proprie- "School forming an appendage thereof;" "ty: 1st. Of restoring to the University of King's College its Royal Charter, by repealing the Statute 66 The House divided; and the names being called for, they were taken down, as follow: ; |