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General Kyle's Admit-aunts oi the (ll-me or the Black Watchâ€"'l‘he snaklm ad- vmceâ€"Earle'l Successorâ€"Gordon’s Denlh Still Doubtful. A last (Thursday) night’s London cable says: The London Standard's correspond- ent. telegraphing from _Hamdab, near Merawi, gave the following as the compo- sition of Earle’s force as it left that place: Three boats with skilled officers and Cana- dian crews, under Colonel Alleyne, went ahead as scouts. They .were followed by two companies of the anti; Staflurdshire Regiment acting as the a vancedguard. _A boat-load of men of the 26thuG-cmpanygof- Royal Engineers, under Captain Black‘ burn. led the main columnfiot whal'ers;= in the following order : The rest of the Star-- fordshire Regiment, under Col. Eyre; the Naval Brigade. commanded by Lieutenant Bourk; the Black Watch, under Colonel Green ; and a section of the Field Hospital escorted by a company of the~ Gordon Bighlandlers. Simultaneously. Colonel Butler advanced on the river bank ' with forty Hussars and the Egyptian cavalry; they will carefully reconnoitre the country as they proceed, and render. any sudden attack " upon the boats impossible. Gen.‘ Earle with his stafl followed later on. and a party of Hussars then started along the. bank,,acting as a rear guard to the column. This formed the main body of the column. A battalion of the Duke of,.;00rewall"sBegi- _ ment, Captain Lea’s Transport Company and the Egyptian artillery under Major Woodhouse, and the Gordon Highlanders followed a few days afterwards. . A COUNCIL OF WAR. A Counoir of War was held at noon to-day. The Duke of Cambridge presided. The ‘principal officers who have been selected for service in the; new expedition were present. The Queen a‘nthe Duke of Cambridge will review the Guards previous to their departure for Egypt. ' GORDUN'S DEATH BASED ON HUMOR. ‘ Wolseley telegraphs again that. no relia- ble particulars about the fate of Gordon, have yet been reoefivedj, He assures the Ministry that the press" reports have all been based on rumors collectedby Wilson's party upon their return down the Nile. The Mudir'of Dongola and all the natives thereabout persist in the belief that Khar- Ftoum has not yet fallen. Wilson, howaver, ‘is positive that there can be little or no doubt on this point. Wolseley hopes to re- ceive in a few days specific and reliable information concerning the situation at Khartoum from trusty spies. Wolseley believes that there will no no more fighting along the Nile. until Brackenbury reaches Berber. ‘ » The following additional particulars are given by the Standard’s correspondent of Earle’s capture of Berti. ' After the British had completely surrounded the enemy’s position on Tuesday morning. Earle com- manded the Black Watch Regiment to carry the .works at the point 0! the bay- onet. The regiment respondedVgallantly The pipers struck up. and with cheers the men moved forward with a steadiness and valor which the enemy were unable to withstand. and which called forth ex res- sions of admiration from Earle. rem loop noles in the enemy’s works rifle glide shot out continuously. but the Black aich ki pt bravely, advancing. They scded‘the nifiic‘ult rooks in their path. and drovs the rebels from their shelter attbe point of the bayonet. Unhappily Earle tell at this point as he was leading the troops to victory. Meantime the cavalry pushed beyond the scene of conflict and captured the' enemy’s ‘camp three miles below this. The indiceuvre was accom- plished before the Black Watch had car- ried the main position. While the main attack was being delivered two companies of the S luth Btaffordihire Regiment were directed l0 seize a high rocky bill which Arab riflemen were stoutly defending. The Brilirh rprang boldly to work,but the enemy clung desperately to the position, and disputed the ground inch by inch. The Btaffordshire men drove the enemy from the bill. This biought the battle of Eli Keliekam to a close. THE REBELS LIE DEAD IN HEAPS. From first to last it was gallantly con- tested. The Arabs belonged to the Monassir and Rebatal tribes. With them were numbers of dervishes from Berber. It is impossible to judge of the number of the enemy. owing to their extended position and the rocky nature of the ground. Corpses o! the rebels lie in heaps upon the ridges from which the enemy was driven. The leader, who was from Berber. and several Emirs were killed. The number who escaped from the field was very small; Half a battalion of the Black Watch regiment will remain in the‘enemy’s position. The wounded have been brought into camp. and everything possible is being done for them. The main body of our forces will advance on Wednesday some miles further up the river. The guns spiked by Col. Stewart when he was forced to abandon the steamer Abbas were found buried at Berti. 600 asses sum. A den-patch dated “ In the field, Feb. 12h," states that 600 Arabs were killed in Tuesday’s fight above Dulka Island. THE Misni‘s erosx. A copy of an official document addressed to " the faithful ” by the Mahdi, has been found in a deserted Arab being near Dalka Island. The document is in t _e form of an encyclical letter, and states that the Pro: pbet took Khartoum by storm on 96th J anuary, that he had killed the traitor Gordon and captured his steamers. The document ends with the words, “ Praise be to God.” Gen. Brackenbury telegraphs under date 1 ol Ksrbekan, Feb. 11th : The translation of ‘ the Arabic document found near the camp deserted by the rebels on Tuesday shows it is from the Governor of Berber to his faithful, in which he says Khartoum was taken on Monday, 9 h Rabi. 1302, on the side of Elhaom, in the following manner : “ El Mahdi prayed and blessed the troops, who then advanced against fortifications; They entered Khartoum in a quarter of an hour killed the traitor Gordon and cap- tured his steamer and boats. God has made him glorious. Be grateful; thank and praise God for his unspeakable mercy. I announce it to you." g‘hlinth Rabi” corresponds to January _6th. European style.) The foregoing confirms the previous report that Gordon was killed. one BUAKIM ADVANCE. ‘ It is reported that Gen. Graham in the War Council 19-day advocated the adv .ncp lrom Suakim without waiting for the rail- way. Wolseley has ordered Col, Buller, at Gubat, to send steamers up the Nile 913 a seconnaissanee toward Khartoum, gpieg left Gukdul on Monday for deurrman to ascertain the late 0! Gordon. saposran CAPTURE or manning. A rumor comes from Kmti that Col, Buller attacked the Arabs entrenched at Metemna on Tuesday and carried their position by assault. No official confirma- tion has been received. Ihe Baynnéis and Bagpipes of the Highlanders Too Inch for the Rebels. EALLAIIBY [1F IHE STAFFflflflSHIRE MEI. Plucky Capture of the Bebel’s Fortified » Position. THE LATE BATTLE. . mm mum's DOCUME A BTIRRING ACCOUNT. ttainiug the cells. h‘i'om the conflicting accounts to be obtained ‘it appears the first alarm was given by an insane patient on the first floor of the main building named Nadine. who occupied a room adjoining the stairway and dryiug-room with twenty other quiet patients. ’ 'He saw smoke issuing new above the door opening into the wing con- He ran to the iron- grated door fronting on the main corridor ~and cried out “ Fire! ” This fearful sound reached the ears of Joseph Schroeder, attendant of the ground floor. who wu in his roomI directly opposite the one from which Nadine gave the alarm. An attempt was made to put out the flames with buckets of water. and at first it Was sup- posedthe flames were only burning from the ground floor near the stairway,~ but in an instant it was found that the real point from ‘whioh the danger came was the second floor at the top of and above the dry-room. The attendants then hastened to get all the ~patients from the main building, extending back from the east wing. 3038038 OF THE SCENE- Attendent Schroeder relates some of ,the horrors of the night. He says : “ I do not know who sounded the alarm. As soon as I heard Nadine cry I rushed to the foot of the stairway, and after a short attempt to check the fire set to work to get out the patients. I unlocked the door of the room in which Nadine and his companions were. They ran out at once. By this time the {lumen were gathering in fury, and dense volumes of smoke were ascending into the upper stories. I succeeded in unlocking all the cells on the first floor and getting the inmates out. I had no time to look after them further than to run them into the yard, for the flames were getting so fierce it was almost impossible to break into the fiercely burning building. The‘ smoke in the upper stories was -so ‘thick that breathing was impossible. While I was getting the men out, attendant William Strain was doing the same for the inmates on the ascend dear. I met Hannah. the nightwatchman. who was also helping. and we went up to the third story. but were driven back by the flames, which had forced their way through the stairway and were creeping along to the cells of the doomed inmates. We ran around to the other stairway near the new building on the west, and by that time some firemen had arrived. All the inmates had been got out. of the secind story, so "that there remained‘about twenty-eight on the third floor, twenty in cells. and eight in the large common room on the west end. The unfortunate occu- pants of these cells were being smothered to death by smoke, and blistered and burned'by the flames. Their cries were heartrending. Some of them cursed and swore, others laughed hideously. and others yelled with pain, with such awful cries as would have appalled the hardest heart. The firemen. myself, and a patient named Rafferty crawled on our hands and knees to such of the men as we could reach and dragged out fourteen of them, eight alive, (our suffocated and' two so hurriny burned they died before we could get them out of the building. We could not see any of the men in the cells, but we could hear their horrible cries above the roaring of the flames as they came to realize that a horrible fate was in store for them." While Schroeder was going through this terrible experience the flames were extend- ing to the main building of the department. The wing in which the victims were being burned alive was wrapped in flames. which were shooting many teet into the air and illuminating the city. TERRIBLE STORY or AN ATTENDANT. Ward M, in which the untortunates met their death, was in charge of Wm. Strain, who had his face singed before he could escape. Strain tells a terrible story. He says: “ The rules 01 the institution require all the inmates to retire at 8 o’clock. I had just succeeded in getting 87 men under my care to bed, and had sat down to make out my usual report when somebody rushed into my apartment and shouted ‘ Firel‘ In an instant the utmost confusion prevailed. Smoke came rolling up the stairs in vol- umes, and before we could realize our posi- tion the flames burst in upon us. Sixty-one occupants of bed-rooms all managed to make their escape downstairs. The rooms were not looked and there was nothing to prevent them escaping. The flames spread with terrible rapidity. I tried to reach the cells where 19 of the most violent patients were confined. I knew they would be roasted to death it the doors were not unlocked' Smoke and flames poured into the ward, and before I advanced far I was driven back, and had to fly for my life. I barely got out alive. I could hear the poor fellows in the cells hallooing and cursing like demons. The thought of their being slowly roasted alive, coupled with their curses and piercing cries for help, was terrible. I could hear their kicking and pounding, but they might as well have tried to get through a stone wall, as the cells were constructed with the especial View oi confining desperate and violent patients. The other 'nmates were organized into a fire brigade. hey shouted and engiuraged one another, and were of valuable assistance in trying to fight the flames during the earlLstages.” Watchman Hannah curd : “ While pass- ing through a bed-room, from which I had driven six men the moment before, I found two qt them hid returned to their beds. though the lire was dropping down on them {porn the eeiling. I compelled them to leave, and than helped to get about thirty feeble men out of the infirmery." The six hundred and thirty inmates who were turned out of the various wards were as far as possible provided for in outwards and ether pens ol the almahouee, Many of them? however. eegeped inta the city and wandered about the streets, where some were captured hy the police and were either returned to the institution or locked in the Itatlon homes. A,“ were finally pared for. 0! nine bodiee recovered only three appar- ently died from burns, the others evidently being eufiocated. There were absolutely no means of aubduing the fire. An investiga- tion will be held immediately. The build- ings were erected in 1830. Horrible Scenes Enacted In lll'e Burning Bulldinzâ€" l‘he ‘Vlcums llowly Ron-I- In“ Aliveâ€"IDr-pcraue Eflorls ol Ihe ._ Allendaut- lo Ila-cue, Ihe Inmatesâ€"- "earn-ending shriek: ol the Perl-lung. ' A last (Thursday) night's Philadelphia despatch says: Eighteen raving maniacs were burned to death in the insene depart- ment at Blookley Almshouee, on the west side of the Schuylkill River, to-night in a conflngretion which needed nothing to make it the most horrible disaster 0! the kind eve'r known in the history of this city. Disastrous Fire in a Philadelphia I Almshnuse. EIGHTEEN INMATES BURNED TO DEATH. ANOTHER ASYLUM HORROR. VOL. XXVI THE YORK HERALD. Mr. Blake said he was sorry the Premier had adopted this way of reaching the 'con- olusion he wished to reach. It would have been better in the case of an important ‘change of practice like this, to refer the . question to a select committee. This course ‘ had been adopted in matters of‘less import- ance than this. The present Speaker did not appear to have sufiered in health through the performance of his duties. He did not suppose that it was meant that this motion should lead to the more frequent absence of the Speaker. In this House the attendance of, members was generally regular and constant, so there was not much diflerence in this respect between the occupant of the chair and the other mem- bers. He thought it important that, except in the case of an emergency, the chair should be occupied by the Speaker. The gentlemen called to the chair had dis- charged their duties reasonably well. In this instance it seemed to be a case of a man who Wanted an office rather than an oflice that wanted a man. (Cheers ) Could it be possible that a gentleman, who would himself admit that he had not taken many occasions to show his parliamentary capacity, was to be appointed to this office to make up for hopes deferred, if not blasted», of a Cabinet position which he could not fill, or to which it would not be safe to appoint him, seeing that it would compel the opening of his constituency? Instead of being an independent member, as he should be, this office would hold a position virtually in the gift of the Administration. The people had already seen enough of influences tending to destroy the independence of members in contracts to companies of which members of Parlia- ment were members. Timber limits. coal lands, Departmental favors and railway subsidies were all used as machinery by which this Parliament was being prevented from being a free and independent Parlia- ment to something Very different, which it would not be quite parliamentary to mention. (Cheers.) He did not suppose that his view‘ would he adopted, for, as this House had swallowed camels, it would hardly begin to strain at gnats now. (Cheers and laughter.) However, even if, contrary to his advnoe, it was decided to appoint a Chairman of Committees and Deputy Speaker, it would be well to pro- vide that the Speakerand deputy should represent the two languages spoken in this Chamber. If action was to be taken now he would prefer the selection of two regular Chairmen of Committees. As this was such an important matter, however, and one involving a definite change in the Standing Orders of the House, he moved “ That a select committee be appointed to consider and report to this House whether any, and if so what, improvement may be made in reference to the chairmanship of Committees of the Whole.” Sir John Macdonald contended that the appointment was no more an appointment 0: the Government than that of the Speaker was. It the appointment was confirmed by the House there was no infringement of the rights of the people. The hon. gentle- man complained of the expense of the appointment, but the expense would not be nearly as great as that incurred in making up returns moved for by the hon. member for West Durham. He accused theleader o! the Opposition of trying to create a sec- tional feeling by proposing that the rights of the French members 01 the House should be considered. Mr. Casey said that the hon. Premier had contended that the appointment was not a Government one any more than that of the Speaker. If this were the case. the Deputy Speaker should not have a place on the floor 0! the House and should. at all events, have no vote on party questions. He was not surprised that the Premier should accuse the leader of the Opposition ol sectionalism, because sectionalism was one of the secrets of the Premier's strength. There was nothing sectional, however, in desiring a recognition of the rights of the minority which could be made without detriment to the rights of the majority, and without the slightest interference with the business of the House. The principle had been already reocgnized by the appoint- ing cl 9. French and English Speaker alter- naielyu? uv-q‘ ‘p-n... - "Th3 House divided on Mr. Blake’s amend- ment, which was km by a. majority of 121 to 59. The tollowing is the division list : YEAHâ€"Messrs. Allen, Armstrong, Auger, Bain (Wemworth), Bechard, Blake, Boumasa. Bur- pee (Sunbury). Cameron (Huron),~ Cameron (Middlesex); Cartwright, Casey. Casgmin,0atu- (ml, Charlton, Oookburn, De Sm Georges, Edgar’, Eai‘rbank,Fiuher, Fleming, Forbes. Geofirion, ‘lillmor,G.u_uu, Harley, Holton. Inues, Irvine, ackson, King, Kirk, Landerkin, Laugplier, Lau- rier, Lister, Livingstone, Mackenzie, McCraney, Melange, McMHleu, Mills, ulock, Paterson (Brant), 1mm, av, Rinfret, {obertson (Shel- hurue),Hcriver, Somerville (Brant), Somerville (Bruce), Sprihghr, Sutherland (Oxford), Thomp- son, Trow, Vail, Watson, Wells, Wilson.â€" Team.” ‘ Nagsâ€"Messrs. Abbot , Allison, Amvot. Baker Miissgqiuoi). Baker (Victorial Barnard, Beaty ,e I. ,e lean. Benoit, Benson, Bergeroq, Bergin, filly, Blondeau, Bosse, Boqrbeau, unwell‘ Bryson, tsulruham, Burns, Qumoron (Invemess), Camp- belWictqrinl Oarlmg, Caron. Chapleau, Coch- mug} Colby, boatigan‘.‘ Coughlin, Coursol, Cur nanny, Daoust, Dawson, Desaulnlere (Mas- hinonge), Desaqluieri (St. Mann-ice), Deujar- dilnsl Dicklpiqn, Dodd, Dugas, Dundas, Dupont, armw, Ferguson (Welland), Fania, Foster, ggne,Gaudet, Gault, Gigault, Girouard. Gor- donl Graudbois. Guilbault. Guillen, Hackett. Ball, Hay. Hesson, Hickey. Hilliard, Homer, Harman, Ives, J amieson, Kilvert, Kinney, Kmnz, LandrHKentLLandrv (Montmagny), Langevin, Lusage, Maodonald (Kings), Maodonald (Sir Sir John Macdonald moved that this House do elect a chairman of the com- mittees of this House at the commence- ment of every Parliament 'as soon as an address has been agreed to invanswer to His Exoellency's Speech, and that the member so elected shall take the chair of all Committees of the Whole. including Com- mittees of Supply and 0! Ways and Means in accordance with' the rules and usages which regulate the duties of the similar officer generally designated the Chairman of the Committee 0! Ways and Means in the House of Commons of Great Britain. He said these resolutions were intended to introduce the practice in vogue in the Eng- lish House of Commens and in the Houses of Legislature of Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales and New Zealand. It had been found that the chair of the Speaker was not exactly a bed of roses; The duties of the Speaker had been found so onerous as to aflect the health of those who had this office. The practice of calling upon any member of the House to take the Speaker’s chair in.his absence was very unsatisfac- tory. The person so chosen usually. lacked ; the experience necessary, and frequently had to ask the committee to rise when doubtful points had to be decided. The system in vogue in England had been found to work very well. The average- length of the sittings in Canada was fully as great as in‘Eugland, and although Cana- dians were a hardy race this could hardly be urged as an objection to the motion. DOMINION‘PARLIAMENT. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26; 1885. Albert Thomas. the witness tor the Crown, who states that he was an accessory before the fact, in giving his evidence brought out some details not previously published. On the Monday after Christ- mas, he said. it was agreed between Forbes, Mrs. Stillwell and himself that they were to shoot Stillwell with a pistol. Stillwell was at the Village and Thomas and Forbes lay in waiting behind a woodpile at Still- well’s house. Forbes was to shoot him when he was taking his horses to the barn, but instead of taking them there their victim took them in front of the house and called for Thomas. Still- well was pretty drunk and he fell On the porch after getting off the sleigh. Thomas came round and lifted him up and carried him into the house and laid him on the bed, and then took the horses round to the stable. Forbes then said to him: " It you had had the pistol you could have shot him easily. couldn't you 2’” Thomas replied, “ I wouldn’t dare to do it." “ 0h, you‘ve got no stuff in you." was the reply. The next day Forbes went to Rutherford’s, a neighbor. and borrowed a Spencer repeat- ing rifle and tour cartridges and brought it to Stillwell's house and left it there. This was the night before New Year’s. The same night Forbes, Mrs. Stillwell and Thomas were in the house, and Forbes said if he could get one shot at him with that rifle he would fix him so that he would never kick again. The next day the murder was committed in the manner already published. Thomas’ statement was corroborated in every material point by other witnesses. Judge Hughes oom- mitted the prisoners for trial for the murder of Stillwell. Ransom Forhea and Mrs. Sllllwell Com- mill“! for Trialâ€"Thomas Gives Fur- ther Details 01 the Deed. Government Detective Murray returned to Toronto last night from So. Thomas, having arrived at another stage of the shoot- ing of Louis Snillwell in the township of Bnyham on New Year’s Day. Owing to an informaliuy in the coroner‘s commit- ment all nhe evidence had to be gone over ageing. Mr. Blake moved tor papers showing the payments made by the Colonization Com- panies and all correspondence respecting the change in the agreement with those companies. He said it was stated in the public prints that it was intended to relax the conditions on which the Colon- ization Companies got their land. Seeing that the Government had decided to grant lands outright to the railway companies at $1 per acre, the facts in these matters would beg! great public interest. Sir John Macdonald, in replying _to Mr. Lister, said that the office of Indian Super- intendent had not been abolished. ' ~ Sir John Macdonald, replying to Mr. Holton, said the Government had obtained a copy of the judgment of Mr. Justice Mathieu, of the Superior Court for Lower Canada, dismissing the claim of the Gov- ernment, as a privileged claim, on the assets of ,the Exchange Bank in liquida- tion; that the Government had obtained no security from Senator Ogilvie for the repayment of the money loaned to the Exchange Bank and guamnteol-by him; and that the Government ha ken no proceedings against Senator Ogiivie to compel him to pay the amount of the guarantee or give security theretor, because the judgment was in appeal, and it the Crown's priority was upheld in the Court of Appeal there would be no necessity for taliing proceedings_against Senator Ogilvie. Mr. Blake moved for the correspondence and petitions to the Postmaster-General or any member of the ,Goveonment with refer- ence to the adoption, in Canada, of a sys- tem to encourage small savings similar to that brought in by the late Mr. Fawcett in England. Hie-said that” the plan was that aslip was handed out to the applicants, having twelve compartments or squares. The applicant bought penny stamps and pasted them on the slip when he had filled making a shillin‘g’s worth of stamps, he could put it_i3 the bank._ Sir Leonard Tilley said the Government had considered the matter, but for certain reasons it was thought not advisable to adopt it at present. Under the present system of savings banks it was possible for guy person to deposit as small a sum as s ollar. Replying to a question by Mr. Casey as to the {$395,600 damage awarded Messrs. Alexander Manning, MoLaren,MoDonaId dz 00., the Section B contractors, Mr. l’ope said the amount was paid,eertifioates being issued as follows: On the 2nd of July, $100,000; 14th of July, 3550000; on Oct. fllst, $245,600. v The GoVernment had eon- sulted counsel before paying the amount, and the advice was that it must he paid. The Government had no separate report from Judge Clarke, who refused to sign the award in the Section B case made by Messrs. Brydges and Light and the other arbitrators. The time {or receiving Private Bills was extended to March 5th. - * In ispiy to a question by Mr. Wilson, Sir John Meedonald said the Government held not investigated the charges against County Judge Hughes, 01 Elgin, nor had the Government any intention of appoint- ing a. commission to investigate the ease, as they thought there was no ground for the investigation under; the law. Replying to Mr. Farrow, Sir John Mac- donnld said it is not the intention of the Government to create a. Divorce Court instead of having applications for divorce come before the two Houses of Parliament. In reply to'MrQ Glgoult, Sir John Mae- donald said the Government hoped to bring down a measure this session to establish 8. Bureau of Agriculture and an Experimental Farm. ‘ In reply to Mr. Charlton. Sit Leonard 'Tilley said the grosa'amount of the public debt otvthe Dominion on film lstpranuary last was $253,739,146.77. Mr. Royal moved, seoonded by Mr. Girouerd, that alter the second paragraph in the resolution the following be inserted: “ That the member elected to nerve as Deputy Speaker and Chairman of the Com- mittees shall be required to possess full and practical knowledge of the language, which is not that of the Speaker 'tor the time being." - The resolution as amended then carried. Mr. Charlton introduced a Bill for the punishmentot seduction. The Billwae read the first time. John), Mackintosh, Mscmsster, Macmillan (Mid- dlesex), McDougall (Pictou), McDougall (Cape Breton), MoLelan, McNeil, Msssue, Mitchell, Montplaisir. O’Brien. Orton, Ouimet, Paint, Pat- terson (Essex), Pinsonnenult, Prnyu, Reid, Riopel, Robertson (Hamilton), Robertson (Hast- ings). Royal, Rykern, Shakespeare. Small, Smith, Sproule. Stairs, Taschereau, Tssse, Taylor. Tem- ple, Tilley, Townshend, Tupper, Tyrwhitt, Wallaoemlbert), Wallace (York), Whitewsrd- well), White (Hastings). White (Renfrew), Williams, Wood (Brockvius), Wood (Westmor- land), Woodworth, Wright-Total, 121. The; moti-on was carried. TH E BAYIIARVI TBAGEDyo Mr. Meredithâ€"Do you propose to pro- vide for the validity and exchange of old titles under this system ? Hon. Mr. Mowatâ€"The Bill adopts them. Mr. Youngâ€"I rise to say that I recognize this as a great measure of law reform. The point I intend to bring out is that the appli- cation of the measure should not be confined to the city of Toronto and the county of York. I am sure the whole country will regard it as a great system of law reform. For my own part, though I have thought a good deal about the Torrens System, I did not think it would come in force here for sev- eral years yet, and I do most heartily con- gratulate the Attorney-General in bringing this measure before the House. The diffi- culty and expense of investigation of titles is felt all over the country, and I am sure the country will rejoice to know that a new system is to be introduced. I cannot, how- ever, see under those circumstances any reason why it should not be extended to the whole country, and I trust the Attor- ney-General will give it to the whole Pro- Vince. Civil Government. Legislation ......... Administration of PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. The receipts of the Treasurer during the year were as follows: justice ...... Education... I .- Publicinatitution maintenance"... 608,180 33 Immigration ...... 19,900 00 Agriculture, arts, literary & scien- tific institutions. 151,870 00 Hospitals (52 chari- ties.. 96(420 54 Mninte repairs oiGovern~ ment and Depart~ mental huildi'gs 45,365 00 Public buildings â€"â€" (1)Repa.ira ......... 22,845 00 (2) Cap'l Account Public Worksâ€" (I) Repairs". 17,400 00 (2) Oap'l account Colonization roads Olgarggs on Crown Lafi’ds.......;.....r.‘.. Refund Account... Miscellaneous Ex To balance... Hon. 0. Mowetâ€"No, not even that. We have considered that, and think there are some objections to that just now. By-end- bye I expect that the country will desire that it should be applied to all newly granted lauds, but now I think it would be inegpedient to do so. Estimates, Revenue and Expendi- penditure ......... . Unforeseen and Unprovided Hon. 0. Mowatâ€"I was going to refer to that. In the first place the system is made optional. It it 18 found to work as well hereâ€"es I believe it willâ€"as elsewhere, no doubt the whole land of the Province will be brought under it, but at the present time we must regard it as an experiment, and in order to make sure that our meas- ure is right we propose to limit it in the first place to the city of Toronto and the county of York. Hon. 0. Mowatâ€"Bill to simplify the transfer of land. He said-â€"The general purpose of the Act is one the importance of which it is impossible to exaggerate. Its purpose is to make the transfer of real estate as simple as the transfer of bank stock, and the title of the holder as free from danger or difificulty as ordinarily the title of the holder of bank stock is to the shares which he holds. This object requires to be but stated in order that everybody may see how very important it is, and how large a number of persons are interested in it. Now the complication of titles is very serious, and there is no title to land in the country, which is not in danger of com- plication. Every transaction which takes place, every deed, every mortgage, every willincreases the complication of a title and increases the danger of a defect that may arise somewhere in that title. Now, this system which this Bill proposes to introduce puts an end to the complication. Mr. Meredithâ€"Does the Bill make it optional? ‘ Mr. Meredithâ€"Is negly ggaqged landgr? Mi. Ballnntynéâ€"To incorporite Strat- fogq 9.119. city. Mr. Neelonâ€"To legalize a by-law of the village of Beamsville to build a. tramway. Mr. Freemanâ€"To incorporate Turkey Point Company. Mt. Meredihhâ€"Bill respecting St. Paul‘s Cegeterg, Lopdon. Mr. Meriiokl-Bill to amend the Assess- ment Act. Mr. Merrickâ€"An Act to incorporate the Brookville, Merrickville & Ottawa. Railway. Mr. Harcourt â€" To incorporate the Niagarg‘Fglls Improzement Companz. Hon. G. W. Ross, in introducing his Bill to amend the Act relating 'to High Schools, stated the main provisions of the -Bill. Last session the House adopted: certain resolutions indicating what the constitution of a High School should be before advancing to be a Collegiate Institute, and he now proposed to give a statutory status to the Collegiate Institutes, adopting the basis of the resolution. It is now provided that the average attendance required shall be 100 for the first hall-year and 80 for the second hall-year. fl‘he Bill also indicated themode of appointing High 'School trus- tees. Mr. Meredithâ€"Any change in the mode ‘2 Hon. 0. W. Bossâ€"No. A slight change was made in regard to the power of the Chairman of the High School Board. the law now allowing .the chairman a double vote, and the new Bill would give him one vote only. He would also give trustees power to suspend or expel pupils whose conduct brings reproach on a school. The treasurer of the High School would be the treasurer of the municipality. He con- cluded by moving the first reading of the Bill.â€"â€"Carried. ‘ Dr. Widdifield presented the second report of the Committee on Standing Orders, reporting certain Bills as having ‘cor_n_plied with the gules o! the~Houee. Hon. A. S. Hardy presented the reports of the inspeotors otvretormatories, eto , and that of the inspector of prisons, asylum! and charitable institutions for 1884. Current Expenditure for 1885.. 021 Capital Accuunt.. Other Purposes... .... 2,314,230 19 279,610 67 22,802 19 Amount of Estimates Total 0NTAR10 LEGISLATURE. ture of the Province. ESTIMATES. SERVICES‘ râ€"To be Votedâ€"q is? a“: E , «*3 FIRST READINGS 181,337 33 120.550 00‘ 325,020 00 517.119 00 608,180 33 19,900 00 91,400 00 66,822 99 50,000 OI] it not to apply to 151 279,610 67 22,802 19 30,723 00 97.400 00 .. $400,821 54 2,616,643 05 "£2,832 19 WHOLE NO 1,389 NO. 38. College,Guelph. For Normal School Toronto ........... .. For School of Pracâ€" tical Science, To- ronm........... For Parliament- ary Buildmgs.... F o r N o r m :11 School, Ottawa... For Osgoode Hall, Toronto............. For Government House, Toronto. For Registry Office and mi], Thun- der Bay............. For Registry otfice and lockup, Par- ry Bound Dist'l: For lockup at F’r William ...... For lockup at Mnganettawau . For survey and drainage swamp lauds ......... For Gull and Burnt River 16,415 76 7,95fi 10 2,594 89 3,533 18 2,823 77 36“?“ 65 3,509 83 6015 13 00 44 83 5.471 03 1.600 00 For Mercer Refor- matory ....... . ...... For lockup at Matmwan......... For lockup at Rafi Portage............. For lockup at Huntsville......... For Registry office and jail Mus- koka... Sudhury ..... .. For Muskoka R v. works....... ..... For Niagara Falls fencing............. For bridge, Des Joachim rapids For Nation River, dredging ...... .. For Lake Nipis- sing, dredging... qu tony Lake, dredging .......... . For Porn Elgin pier. . For Le. ching improve- ments ............... For Orilliu Asy- lum, mortgage investment ac- count ..... .... .. For railwa lub- sldy, 35 ic...... For railway aid, 39 10... m... m... .u For Asylum lor Insane, Toronto Ditto. Loudon.. " Kingsto “ Hamilto “ Orillia... For Reform». y for Boys, Pene- tauguiahene...... For Central Pri- son, Toronto ...... For Deaf and Dumb Institute, Belleville.......... For Blind Insti- tute, Brantford.. F03 Agricyltqrgl 4,528 61 8,502 95 $1684 82 35.174 29 985 08 6,520 01 48,413 11 5,681 45 6,879 69 Refundti.. ForMiscellaneoua For Sgrveys, In- spections: étcL. Fm: Locks, Dams, For Pu 1c Bulld- ings mainten- & n c e, repairs, etc ... Uhariti’es .. For Education For Refunds Egg Crow}: Lands Expenditure F9; ()rown Lands tion of Justice... For Asyluma and 0 th e r institu- tions' mainten- ance.................. For Cent’l Prison maintenance For Reformatory for Boys do For A. Mercer Re- furmatory do... For 1) e a f and Dumb Immune d0..................... For Blind Insti- tute do For Immigr . For Agricultural, Bcientific, and Mechanics’ 111- stitutes For_flo§pitals and The payments by the Treasurer during the year were as follows : CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND. For Civil Govern- ment ......... . 179,825 23 For Colonization Rosda............... 185,772 65 For Legislation... 141.4“ 98 For} Administra- Stationery Officeâ€" Excess of distri- bution over ex- ‘ penditure‘....... . 4 Amount with- drawn from spe- cial deposits ...... debentures. .. Fr’m tiledmin ge From annuities... From Look-up an RatPormge, cap account ........... . From Lunatic Asylum, Kingsâ€" ton, cap. acc’t.... From Municipali- ties’ Fund ......... From Oom.School lands" ............ From Agricultur’l Farm,Mimioo... From Municipal Loan Fund ...... .. From drainage w 0 r k 8, rent charges ............ E‘er A drainage Do.. Kingston . Do., Hamilton Do , Grimm. ........ . Deaf and Dumb Institute. Helle- 371119.... Agricultural Hull” stitutions : Central Prison..." Rgformatory for A} Mercer Reform- Lunatic Asylum, _ Toronto.... From licenaefund account F r o m a a revenue F to m A l g o m a. Department..." From Educational D e p a. r: t m e n 1; School or P‘raotL cal Science. . From Publlc In- taxes ...... :1. From law stamps. 17'er Educational From Grammar School lunds...... F r o m C r o w n Lands... ....... From woods and forests............... From casual fees, etc... .... work. From interest on ca. ital held and de ts due by the Dominion... From interest on investments...... From Dominion of Canada: Subsidy .........1,110.872 80 Specific grant. 80,000 00 etc .- Total 1395's- CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND. g T 89‘? 2,595,834 34 OPEN ACCOUNTS. OPEN ACCOUNTS. 137,682 40 24.362 28 94,218 83 531,651 00 3,898 84 331,026 69 195,362 64 103,006 53 395,956 72,359 34 -. *1666 667 70.149 91 4,528 61 8,502 95 EELS“ 82 35.174 29 985 08 2,594 EB 3,533 18 2,823 77 36“?“ 65 40.440 22 33,271 04 43,369 95 22,111 66 83,U14 70 2,465 10 8,304 21 39,869 28 28,320 03 1,200 75 2,289 35 2,653 21 8‘28 25 LOU] 00 2,302 36 55,173 62 464,529 88 12,023 38 1,988 96 8,400 41 1,739 35 907,903 86 57,521 '79 670 47 2,040 35 53,615 32,281 19 8,044 35! 3,319 33 4.433 36 1,916 10 37,069 35 3,808 37 42784 295 24 196 00 24 80 2496 618 30 175 00 255,894 63 23,097 37 9.940 DU 250,643 67 4,196,872 80 ....... .u...1,72'3.410 42 108,211 68 534,029 24 211,353 71 33,426 45 2,915 85 66,599 98 33,618 37 265,425 . 65 13,738 '14 22,537 43 626 60 4,476 20 37,969 35 753 36 4.942.761 35 8,458,104 71 362,159 7! 1.173 94 R. Wait, 0! Caledonia, was 11th by horse treading on his head. According to the returns just issued 0! convictions for drunkenness on Sunday, the north country maintains valiantly its repu- tation for hard drinking. No counties in any other part of England can at all com- pare in the abundance of its Sunday tipplers with Lancashire and Durham, where the proportion of persons convicted during the year for too great indulgence in spirituous liquors on the first day of the week is no less than one for every thousand of the inhabitants. Yorkshire and Cumberland are less bibulous regions, for here the rates are respectively one in 2,200, and one in 2,500, which is, however, decidedly in ad- vance of any southern or midland county. In Cumberland the proportion falls to one in 7.000. and in Westmoreland to about one in 8,000. But these figures have to be com- pared with very poor totals exhibited in other parts of the kingdom, as, for instance, one to 20,000 in Dorsetshire and Cornwall. one to 30,000 in Northampton, and one to 87,000in Cambridgeshire, while neither Rutland nor Bedford nor Huntington managed to pro- duce a single conviction for Sunday drunk- enness in a whole year. These statistics relate only to the extra-urban districts; but the towns in the north take an equally long lead in the production of Sunday tipplers of the m we determined sort. > Manchester is well ahead of any other town in this respect, since for every 250 persons there may be expected to be at least one convic- tion during the year. But Liverpool is a pretty good second, with one conviction to 300 inhabitants; and no other town comes anywhere near this. Curiously enough, the persons convicted in the latter town are almost all bona fide residents; whereas in Manchester, on the other hand, they are almost all visitors. 0! the other big towns, the most hard-drinking are Bir- mingham, which produces one conviction for every 1,500 inhabitants, and Bristol, with one for every 1,800.â€"â€"St. Jamu’ Gazette. Prince Edward County. Peterborough & Port Hope. Toronto, Grey & Bruce, C.P.R. Toronto & Nipissing.... .. Victoria ....................... Wellington, Grey & Bruce Welland ...... ....... Whitby, Port Perry & Lindsay Hamilton & Lake Erie. P. A. Landing. North Grey..... Port Dover dz Lake H N. Smcoe ...... 11101]. Buffalo & Lake Huron Bybown dz Prescott“ Berlin & Preston......- Brockville 65 Ottawa, O. Canada. Atlantic .......... Canada. Central, 0. P. R” Canada. Southern. ....... Credit Valley, 0. P. R ..... Oobcurg, Peter-bore & Marmora ‘ Erie & Niagara ............ . .......... Graigq 'I'Yuuk. Georgian Bay & Erie ............ Galt & Doon .. Gall; a Guelph Grand Junction... Hamilton & Notchwestern‘ Kingston & Pembroke ........ London, Huron & Bruce ..... London & Port Stanley ...... Lake bimcoe Junctxon.......l Midland yorthern“ Emma, N. & P. B .. Belleville & N. Hastings Erie & Huron... .. Surglus of assets after deducting lia- ilitiea presently payable ...... ......86,859,666 39 SUMMARY HEOW’ING TOTAL MUNICIPAL AND P30" VINCIAL AID TO EACH RAILWAY. Quebec’s proportion accordiggvia'figp; ' lation of 1881.... LIABILITIES OF THE PROVINCE AT PRE- SENT PAYABLE. 1. Balance due to municipalities re surplus distribution... ..... .. ......... ....$ 9,000 45 2. Balance due to municipalities, re land improvement: fund (balance of $124,685.18, see Award) .............. . 3,808 55 3. Quebec's share 01 Cummon School Fund made up as follows: Collections on account of lands sold between 14th J une,_1853,a.nd 6th March, 1861 ..................... 838557 52 Less 6 per cent, cost of man- agement.........$ 50313 45 Less one~qum= ' tar for Land Improvement Fund 239.639 38 s 4. BANK BALANCES : Current Accounts................$196,50'I 2‘) Special Deposits . 71 5'79 75 Balance we Municipal Loan Fund debts ......... Balance re ‘ Mortgages Me- chanica‘ Institute, Toronto and lam] at Orillia. Asy- lum.................. ...... ............ Balance re Mimico lo$s 2. CAPITAL HELD AND DEBTS DUE BY THE DOMINION To 'ONTARIO, BEARING INTEREST: , 0. Grammar School U.‘ Fund, (2 Vict..0&pt.10)$312,769 04 U.C. Building Fund, (18 Sec , Act 1854)............ Land: Improvement fiu‘nd, .......1.472,391 41 (see Awardn...,.,......,,,.... 124.6833 13 Common School Fund. (Con‘sol, Btats..â€"Oap. 26)â€" proceeds realized to let 'Juiy, ‘ 1867, $1,520,959 24â€"' after deducting Land Im- provement Fund portiqn beIOnging to Ontario. Capital declared owing to the late Province 0! Unn- ada bv Dominion Act, (47 Vict, Cap. 4)â€"â€"$5,397,503.13, bearing interest at 6 per cent. Ontario’s propor- tion on basis of award as dew’rised by Finance De- 891,201 74' pal-hmth ..........................2,848.289 52 Ontario's share of Library (see Award).... 105,641 00 Drainage "v'voiiib' â€"municipal as- séssmenbs.... .. 278,779 77 Drainage 5 per ct. debentures, invested 3191; December, 1884 241,602 48 Tile drainage, 5 p. ct. debentures, investedBlsfiDeâ€" camber.1884...... 26,239 61 OVerdye interest For bala'ncérnt 1351:1125 ASSETS OF THE PROVINCE. 1. DIRECT INVESTMENTS: Dominion 6 per cent. bouda......$500,€00 00 M’rk’t value over par value... 59.000 00 w ___ A (special)... 338 26 For surplus distri- bution...... 150 00 For drainage de- ‘bentures..;.4....... 68,498 04 For tile drainage. 3,6w 00 For Widowu' and Ol'phans' Fund. 3,264 84 For annuiti:s...... 6,700 00 â€"â€"-'â€"â€"â€"3,207,889 6 For invggygngp‘ts, special deposits......],5§§,364 g 1:-..L,., _ A_A 7 £5 For ,Land Im- provementFund (special)... For surplus distri- bution...... F9r d_mina.ge de- ties For For For land subsidy, . 40 Vic...... For land subsidy aid, 41 Vic...'...... For land subsidy ~__aid, ~41 Vip Collections on sales made since 6th of March, 1861...$302,657 68 Less 6 per cent.. cost of man- agement... . 18,159 45 3. OTEm DEBTS DUE To ‘PRDVINCE : on above" or Municipali- ties Fund... or Land Im- provgmegtFlgnd Total... Total......... Drunkenness In Enx'and. Railway. 37223645 6) 239, 639 33 63,735 SI 8.765 10,. 19.237 79 13,181 '(8 ‘ 6,814 42 1.649 90 $863,102 91 284,498 22 $578,804 69 259,959 83 $86,976 ‘32 548,271 76 356.250 757 Total Provincial and Municipal aid to each Rail- way. 1,323,999 Lake ....... .. 196150? ié . 357,370 21 8’5 362,979 91 $4 942.761 35 $ $0,591,952 1,998,271 76 i,75l,877 89 263,066 97 101,408 98 7.927 352,454 787,128 249,020 1,100,000 1,449,354 491,712 723,317 919,276 190,000 351.790 66.960 75,747 41,040 126,000 144,241 129,353 114,206 123,834 380339 569,400 153,000