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ONTARIO LEGISLATURE. | o k i Third Parliament--Third Session, mm cmd m " L:aisparive AssesxuBLY, ! Monday, Feb. 18. ; 'The Speaker took the chair at 3 °'°1°°kh ' Prayers were read by the Rev. pr. Castle | (Baptist). PETITIONS. The following petition were presented :-- By Mr. Mostyn--From George A. K';.k; patrick and others, of Ottawa, praying 19 certain amendments to the Game Law. | LANDLORDS AND TENANTS. Mr. Mowat introduced a Bill respecting | landlords and tenants. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. Mr. Mowat's Bill respecting the winding-- up of joint stock companies was read the third time and passed. THE WESTERN UNIVERSITY. Mr. MEREDIiTH, in moving the third g reading of the Bill to incorporate the WCHP- | on University of London, regretted that l!ll hon. friend from North Bruce (Mr. Sinclair) had thought it proper to give notice of an amendment to deprive this institution of university powers. He fully sympathized with those who were in favour of one uni-- versity in this Province, but it seemed to him that it would be unfair, in the existing state of affairs, not to extend to the Westerr University the privileges -- that -- were enjoyed _ by _ several _ universities _ in | the eastern part of _ the Province, | The principal object was to secure a high | standard of education, which he? thought | the Bill fully provided for, The University | could not commence operations until it had | obtained $110,000, and had four professors. He believed it would be impossible for a Government in this Province, however strong, to take away university powers from the four or five universities besides the University of Toronto., Me believed also that jt would be a difficult thing to induce the wgeople of th1s Province by any sum of money, to relinquish those several universi-- t1es. When, therefore, the people living in the Diocese of Huron, containing almost half the popuiation of the Province, applied for the privileges of higher education, they should not be denied to them. If university powers were not grantcd, the efforts of the | gentlemen who had been labouring on be-- | half of the institution would be rendered | uiterly abortive. 'The Bishop of Huron,| | whose exertions on behalf of higher educa-- | tion were a standing monument to him,' had, by the aid of a number of other gen-- ' tlemon, already secured $30,000, and steps | had been taken to acquire property for the purposes of the University, _ All these ' efforts would be entirely thrown away if | university powers were not granted. Be-- | sides that, the promoters of the University | had received assurances of support from | Englandand elsewhere in the event of its | obtaining university powers. _ 'To rcfusc} these would be practically to refuse what, was asked, _ 'The Synod of Huron, com-- | posed of a large number of clerical and lay | representatives, had adopted a resolution | requesting him to proceed with the estab-- lishment of this University. A provision had been inserted in the Bill that the Legislature might withdraw the university powers at any time, so that it might become affiliated with the Provincial University., In view of that, and in view of the exertions of the various gentlemen who had inter. ested themsclves on behalf of the insti-- tution, he did not believe that the House would refuse what he asked, He himself was in faveur of but one university in On. tario, but he thought it would be an injus-- tice to deny privileges to the people living in the western section of the Province that were so fully enjoyed by those in the east. Mr, SINCLAIR said that there was a principle involved in this Bill which the House should not approve without due con-- |