Journals

By Mr. Galt,-The Petition of William Brookes and others, of the Town of Sherbrooke.

By Mr. Campbell,-The Petition of Mrs. Selina Wood, Widow of the late William Evans.

By Mr. Hogan,-The Petition of James Baxter and others, of the Village of Durham; the Petition of David Sawyer and others, of the Ojibeway Tribe of Indians; and the Petition of James Willey and others, of the Town of Durham. By Mr. Carling,-The Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of London.

Mr. Dorion, from the Standing Committee on Miscellaneous Private Bills, presented to the House the Sixth Report of the said Committee, which was read, as followeth :

Your Committee have examined the Bill from the Legislative Council, intituled, "An Act to alter and amend the Acts relating to the Niagara District "Bank," and beg leave to report the same, without Amendment.

They have also examined the Bill to amend the Act of incorporation of the College of L'Assomption, and have agreed to an Amendment, which they submit for the consideration of your Honorable House.

They have also examined the following Bills, and agreed to certain Amendments to each of them, which they respectfully submit, viz:

Bill to incorporate the Montreal Mountain Boulevard Company.

Bill to annex the new Townships of Carden, Dalton, Ryde, Draper, Macaulay, Digby, Longford, Oakley, Lutterworth, Anson, Hindon, Saxton, Minden, Dysart, and Dudley, to the County of Victoria.

With respect to the last mentioned Bill, your Committee would beg permission to express a doubt as to whether a Bill of this nature comes within the province of the Committee on Private Bills, inasmuch as it affects the Territorial Divisions of the Province, the Representation, and the Administration of Justice, in so far as the particular locality in question is concerned; they have however prepared such Amendments to the Bill as appear to them desirable, and leave it to your Honorable House to determine whether their Report should be acted upon, or other action be taken on the Bill.

On motion of Mr. Galt, seconded by Mr. Pope,

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Excellency the Governor General, praying His Excellency to cause to be laid before this House, a Copy of the Report of the Harbor Commissioners of Montreal, with copies of any Correspondence thereon.

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to his Excellency the Governor General, by such Members of this House, as are of the Honorable the Executive Council of this Province.

Ordered, That Mr. Galt have leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the further improvement of the Harbor of Montreal.

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 to-mor

row.

Ordered, That the Petition of J. B. Mongenais and others, of the Parish of Ste. Magdelaine de Rigaud, County of Vaudreuil, be referred to the Select Committee appointed to consider what Amendments it may be necessary to make in the Lower Canada Municipal and Road Act of 1855.

Ordered, That Mr. John Cameron have leave to bring in a Bill for the regula tion of Insolvency and the management and realization of Estates under Deeds of Assignment.

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 To-morrow.

Mr. Turcotte, from the Standing Committee on Standing Orders, presented to the House the Sixteenth Report of the said Committee, which was read, as followeth :

Your Committee have examined the Petitions of the Trust and Loan Company, of Upper Canada, and of the Western Canada Loan Company, and find the Notices sufficient.

The Petition of the Board of the University of Victoria College, for an increase in the number of Members of the University Board, is not of a nature to require the publication of notice.

On the following Petitions, your Committee find that no notice has been given, but they would not appear to affect or interfere with private rights; and they therefore beg to recommend a suspension of the 62nd Rule in each case, viz. :Of the very Reverend Father P. Point and others, of the Town and Township of Sandwich, County of Essex, for incorporation of the " Assomption College;" of the Zimmerman Bank, for an extension of the time for paying up their Capital Stock; and of the Municipality of the Village of Ingersoll, for the legalization of a certain By-law under which they have raised and expended a sum of money for local purposes, and of the validity of which, doubts have been raised in consequence of the same not having been advertized for a sufficient length of time in the local papers.

Ordered, That the Honorable Mr. Attorney General Macdonald have leave to bring in a Bill to amend and extend three several Acts, passed, respectively, in the 7th, 9th, and 14th years of Her present Majesty's Reign, relating to "The "Trust and Loan Company of Upper 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.

Ordered, That Mr. Hébert have leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Act 20 Vic. cap. 134, altering the limits of the Township of Halifax.

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 Monday next.

The Order of the House of Thursday last, That George B. L. Fellowes, Esquire, do attend in his place in this House this day, being read d;

And Mr. Fellowes attending accordingly;

Mr. Patrick moved, seconded by Mr. Brown, and the Question being put, That at the late Election for the County of Russell, G. B. L. Fellowes was returned as the sitting Member for the said County, by a majority of fourteen votes over his opponent, Mr. Loux. That at the said Election the following names were recorded in the Poll Book for the Township of Cambridge, as persons who voted upon the properties therein named, and in the order therein occurring: