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lid a longing desire to enter auorcrruturnt, and it he was only patient his wish might yet be gratified. (Laughter) The same hon. gentleman had made an unwarranted attack on the judiciary. He (Mr. Hunter) well remembered that on one occasion, when he had complained of the interference of i a county judge in political matters. the hon. member for Peterborough most ; heartily took him to task. Now, however, the judgment of one who was not a county i judge was clianwtcrized as the statement of I an advocate. I Mr. SCOTT said he had never referred to the matter even most remotely. Mr. HUNTER stated that the attack upon himself had been made by the hon. member for Peterborough, but the attack on the Su- perior Court Judge was made by the hon. member for South bun-roe, from whom it came with a very bad l,tace. (Hear, hear.) It being now six o'clock, Mr. NOWAT said that as probably all hon. gentlemen who intended to speak on the Address had done so, it might be mm:- cessary to postpone the debate. He my puscd that the Vote should now be taken. Several hon. members expressing their desire to speak, it was agreed that the de- bate should go on, and the llouae rose for recess. . after recess, Mr. HUNTER continued his speech. He said the country would regard with satisfac- tion the distribution of the statutes 'among the magistrates. The fees this, class re oeived were very small, and it was not to be expected that they should be compelled to purchase the statutes. lie congratulated the Government in having provided such a liberal bill of fare for the deliberation of the House, and one in which the Opposition, with all their known ability and parlia. mentary experience, had not succeeded in finditrtt a single clause upon which to base an amendment. (Cheer-s.) Mr. RICHARDSON criticised our educa- tional system at some length. While not admiring may of the regulation: of our schools, be thought it was the duty of every one to endeavour to strengthen the hands of the gentlemen at the head ot the Depart- ment. The winding up at joint stock com- I panics mentioned in the Address was n step I in the right direction, and ho trusted the Government would go a little further and give the. House some information about the winding up of insurance (mnpanies. With , regard to the iarucroph relating to railways, ', his opinion was that 1loverttntcttt had gone i as far as is right in spending money for the ' construction of railroads. If, however, the, country "we to be dcvclopcd, the Ministry would he doing no more than 'thcir duty if they pushed tor-ward colonization roads. lie. {earring to the agricultural question, he, urged that an incrcased grant in favour of tre soeietits would prove a great benctit to the whole community. Instead ofcentralisiug the ugrirultural socieths, as it was feared might be the effect ot such action, the l tendency would be to diffuse more help and ability into township organizations. Ile. was sorry to notieethe abscneeof nclnuse in the Addrens treating on the exemption of l Church property. This question of ex- emption was an important one, and it be- hooved the Chamber to take it up and tree tlu-nrsx-lres on it from the reproach of being claw legi~lntors. If the Government wanted to have their names on the records of me rountry, thcy could not eti'eet their "Meet in a surer tray than by dating with this suhjcct. (Hear, hear.) Mr. URElGil'i'ON urged the wider circu- lation of the revisedstututes. Lansing on to the constitution of the Cabinet, he said it mutt matter for regret that the Govern. ment, in making the recent addition, did not seize the opportunity of strengthening the lay element. But. he did not see the necessity for enlarging the Cabinet. Two members of the hovvrtttucttt last summer did the whole business of the country, and he could not understand why the live gen. "omen who managed the affairs of the country last year could not do the some this you. The system of governing by commis- tsion-of nbrogating the proper functions of Ministers-had lately been introduced by the Government, and he would suggest that the hon. Attorney.Gcneml should dig. miss all his colleagues and appoint connnis- Blotters to run the alluirs of the country. Such a step would give as much satisfaction as the manner in which public hum-ms is now attended to. (Opposition clients.) Mr. MONK criticised Several paragraphs of the Speech. With regard to that relating to railways, he thought it was inspired by a spirit of scltishiwsis'. The desire seemed id be t get as nun-h an possible for the west, bu" oppose erery scheme which was cal- culated to [rennin the eastern Section of the Province, Mr.1'dp,SEvEAR said out of nothing thet world was made, and he did not know but that grcat, things might yct come out of this little pirce of pnpcl'. (Laughlcr.) There "as not much good nor yet much harm in the Address, andif nothing could he found to add or tnku from it, the Government, he must confess, had done well. lie thought when the Address was introduced that an hour would stdlice to dispose of it 2 but there were prosi'wcts now that the debate would last a week, and as there was nothing more for the House to do when the Address was passed, he sincerely hoped the discus. sion would continuefor.thirty days longer. (Laughter) Mr. "',X'l'0N said that with regard to] the Liccnse Act it might not have worked as well in some'loculities as in others, but l he would mention that in hrs constituency l the number of licenses in 1873 was 52,; while in is?!) they had been reduced to 24. (Hear, hear.) The number of shop and tavern licenses throughout the. Province in 1873 mm 6,048; in 1875, 5,716; while in 1876 they had been reduced to 3,771 ; in other Words. there had been a reduction of about one-third. lie believed the Act had worked well as a general rule, though there might Lo exceptional cages. The cry had hem raised that Reformers had rrtcivod more consideration than Colmet'vutivvs in the matter of rc"- cciiing lieunses. The incorrcctncss of this statement was shown by the fact that while the Pwformers were in a majority in the l'rovtnce, there had been granted in 1876 2,018 licenses to Conservatives as against 1,146 to lleiormers. Mr. llAlililN approved of the establish- ment of County Model Schools, though there might be some improvementtn the details ol their maintenance. One great ad- Ttitttitur' to be derived from such institutions Woc, that there would be uniformity in the tin-lie of teat-hing. Referring to the recent sale of timber lauds, he said that dealers would searttly he able to repay what the) new owed the banks, much less to ctirry"lt further operations. He thought that a new tenet: should be built around the grounds of Government Home, and he was also of opinion that steps should be taken tor the erection of new Parliament Build. ings. The present building was unsafe, it was poorly lighted, its sanitary condition was Very bad, and it was a disgrace to the rich Province of Ontario that its Legislature should no obliged to meet in such a struc- ture. Referring to the, question at railway aid, he said that it was rather umair that Western members, after getting all the railway facilities they re- quired,should now refuse to extend the saincrulvautagc to the eastern part of the Province. Mr. Firi'Zh'iiEIt disputed the statement that the trade of the country Was in a tiottr. ishing condition, and attributed the depress siontothc liscat policy of the Dominion Governnwttt. Ito agreed that there wuss. necessity for greater accommodation for the insanc, us many of thcsc unfortunatcs were now tsctit to thccommou guols. The fact that the Government now considered it noccssary to exercise special can- tion in granting aid to railways impiicd that such caution had not been ex- ercised in tho past. Ile contended that the 'i'oronto,1ircy,and Bruce had not had proper consideration at the hands of the Govern- tnent, for it was not a competing line, as many of the roads wore which had received aid, and it ran through uscction of thecuun.