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TNE CAREER OF A FORGER.

‘The Glasgow Herald gives some cuvions particulars
respecting the antecedents ot Greatrex, the photo-
grapher, who was recently arrested in New York city
on the charge of having been the principal in the late
extensive forgery of bank notes in Scotland, and sent
back to that country.” It says:

* Greatrex was known in Glaszow as an active mem-
ber of the Pivmouth Brethren, In this city he frequent-
ly preached, and.ig said to have converted some well-to-
do citizens, whe are now zealous in the faith, The
talent which he possessed for this kind of harangue was
steikingly exhibited on the oveasion of Pritchard's ex-
execation, when, mounting a rostrum erected near the
tereen railing about three o’clgck in the morning, he
xonght to improve the coming spectacle to the assem-
bled multitude,

‘Phe same ostentatious display of piety led him to ex-
hibit a series of boards bearing Scriptural exhortations,
such as appear on the walls of schools, in the show-room
ot his photographic establishment; and bis stacdio, also,
was weil supplied with books of a religious character.
Added to a very preposgessing appearance, his gentle
and dignified wanner was well ccleutnted to gain for
him the favorable regard of those with whom he came
jute contact, In short, he possessed all those graces of
person and manner which, if employed only as a mash
fer hypocrisy and decict, make aman one of the mosi
dangerous enemies to society.

Whatever tears Greatrex may have at firet entertain,
ed as to his apprehension, he had evidently atopted the
belief latterly that his’ plans to outwit the authorities
had been completely successful, Accordingly, we tind
from 4 letter which has just been reveived from the bank
clerk who went to America along with Superintendent
McCall, that be had commenced operations as a preach-
er and revivalist in New York and its neighborhood,
and had seemingly attained to a measure of popularity,
which was denied him in this country.

it would appear that after his arrival in America, Mr.
BecCall advertised in the New York Herald for a first-
«lass photographer, the advertisement being worded in
such a way as was thought most likely to aitract the at-
tention of the person ** wanted.” Amongst other re-
plies to the advertisement was one which, from its
garded tone and the character of the handwriting, Mc-
Call believed to be from Greatrex. ‘This letter appears
to have communicated the applicant’s address, and the
clue thus gained was at once followed up.

Mr. MeCall, with one of the New York detectives
and the bank clerk, who knew Greatrex by sight, went
on an early morning to a German lager beer saloon.
commanding a view of the boarding-honse in which
Greatrex was supposed to have taken up his quarters.—
Several hours passed away with no result, but they were,
by-and-bye, rewarded by seeing Greatrex and the young
woman who went after him from this country, put then
heads out of the window as a band of music passed along
the street.

The oflicers waited until’Greatrex“quitted the house
for an afternoon stroll, when they followed him, He
had taken off bis beard and whiskere, and wore his hair
after the manner of the Yankees, but notwithstanding
this*change im his appearance, the bank clerk at once
identified him. The American detective then came for-
ward and quietly slipped his arm within that of Great-
rex, accosted him by name, while Mr. MeCall took him
by the other arm, and the trio walked ir the most
friendly way along the street, Greatrex did not speak
for some time, but when addressed by the bank clerk he
started, his face became Aushed, and he affected not to
know the person who was speaking te him.

As we have already hinted, Greatrex bad so improved
the shining hour in America as preacher and revivalist,
that at the time of his apprehension his settlement over
a Baptist Church in New York was considered an ex-
tremely probable matter. He occupied one of the New
York pulpits in place of Rev. Dr, Adams, who appear-
ed to have been pleased with him, and recommended
him as a suitable pastor to A congregation out of town,
whieb had been deprived of its spiritaal guide.

MgWith a view to secure this appointment, in all likeli-
hood, Greatrex had labored for four or five days in the
neighborhood of the vacant church, where a great work
of reviva! was going on. He also turned his talents to
account in seeking to convert his fellow-lodgers im the
boarding-house. Upon this point a writer says: ‘I know
most of those in his lodging. He was there very busy
in what he called the Lord's work, The lady of the
house, aged about sixty, I think, he had been very
anxious about, and bad reasoned often on others. He
prayed regularly in the house, and altogether was very

lmonstrona or iniquitous tissu of faleehoods than bis
‘leader contains on so limited a subject, it hes never

|been my let to peruse; for, on earefully seanning the | Supreme Court, and uuless persons so cireumstanced

larticle, [ find it to contain no less than seventeen of the
must palpable misstatements, each of which [ am fully
‘prepared to combat,

1 would a thousand timed rather be the ** balf-erazed
backwoods school-master than the infamous liar that
the editor of the Hzaminer is; and if I had the choice
of selection, 1 would forever voluntarily remain in hon-
vst obseurity than prove myself the rowdy and political
bully that he proved bimself at the Head of the Bay, on
the 6th inst. Whelan mast be utterly lost to shame
when he has the efsontery to record falsehoods by the
dozen in a half-column editoria!, withoat considering
the risk he incurs of having himself exposed as a
wanton slanderer.

The tree and independent electors of St. Peters’ cer-
tainly have large forbearance to permit themselves to be
bullied into accepting, &t this most critical period in
gur Island polities, as representative for their suffrages,
aman of Whelan’s moral calibre, and very humane. dis-
position, who can lie by wholesale, and make a jibe of
a murderous assault on a fellow-being.

Not wishing to trespass further on your too valuable
space, L reluctantly leave bim for another week, when
le may regret ever having come in contact with the
* half-crazed ” echool-master.

Lremain, ete.,
JAMES J. O'REILLY.

Byrne's Road, Lot 39, Feb. 15th, 1867.
PUBLIC MEETING AT FORT AUGUSTUS,

Pursuant to a public notice, a very large meeting of
the Third Electoral District of Queen's County was beld
on the 9th February, inst., atthe house of James Me-
Donald, Esq., at For. Augustas, jor the purpose of re-
ceiving from their late representatives an account of their
-tewardship, during their past te:'m of office, and for the
purpose of nominating their Candidates for the ap-
proaching election, :

Mr. dames Callaghan was appointed Chairman, and

‘Electors to record special votes, alfor
'thore who may be absent on duties connecte

‘ean manage to poll their yotes at their own Polling
Division before they proceed to the Court, they must
be deprived of the advantage of voting at all.

In Great Britain, instances have occurred where
elections have interfered with the business of the
Assizes, and the Judges have allowed some latitude to
those who desired to exercise their Franchise. We
conceive, therefore, that the Supreme Court will not
be too rigid in enforcing the rules against Electors who
may be a few hours behind in reaching the Court on
the first day of its sitting; but we recommend th:
Electors to poll their votes early in the day, and those
who have business at the Court to proceed on their
way thereto as speedy thereafter as circumstances will
admit.

REVIEW.

Op Pertius Cato, who had so much at heart the
interest and welfare ef the Roman Republic, was
accustomed, when debating in the Roman Senate on
matters referring to the opulent and powerful rival of
Rome, to end his speeches with the very characteristic
and forcible sentence: Carthago delenda est. When
the Islander, equally interested in the prosperity of
his isolated home, reviews the acts, the non-fulfillment
of premises, and the manifest duplicity of the Govern-
ment on the great question of the day, he cannot be
less emphatic than the old rigid Senator in pronouncing
4 paraphrase of Cato’s sentiment, that the Government
must be overthrown. Eight years ago, before the
present Party obtained the reins of power, and when

Mr. John A. Lawson, of Mount Stewart, Secretary of
said meeting. ‘The llon. Mr. Coles being first on the
platform, reviewed, at considerable length, the acts of
ihe present Government during the past eight years, in-
cluding the Land Commission, the Delegation to Eng-
land and elsewhere, the Fifteen Years’ Purchase Bill,
their action on the Loan Bill of their predecessors in
the Government, avd the Land Purchase Bill of tae for-
mer Government, which the present parties so loudly
censured; both of which measures they have now to ap-
prove of and attempt to copy. He also glanced at their
amendments asd alter&tions of the Free Education Bill,
rendering it almost nugatory; also, the new Barracks
and Drill Sheds, togetber with their oppressive measures
against the Tenantry, involving an expense of over

increasing the public debt of the Colony from £39,000

to the enormous aniount of £150,090!

on Confederation with Canada, which he dwe!t on at
considerable length.

placed in his hands since the summer of the year 1858,
and gem to thank them for the high position in
which they had placed him from that time to the

their votes to continue him as their representative, or
intrade himself on their further notice as such, unless

bation.

Colony would not be worth living in if under the Can-

adian Government. Ife knew, from sad experience, the!‘

Great Britain, «fected by the culpable supigeness and
— of its people to the flattery and finesse of
Cornwalli

wore the petitions they got up oe to have their

ship of the late Mr. O'Connell, the then greatest and
best man in Ireland, at the celebrated hills of ‘Tara, and

but from which meetings they were dispersed by parks

good, Greatrex told that he was a victim—a sort of
martyr for others. However,"none here who knew him
would believe word he says.”
Correspondence.

To the Editor of the Herald.

Sir,—There are, I believe, a great many candidates
in the field for the Cardigan District, and, among the
whole of them, there are none should be chosen in pre-
ference to Donald Munro, Esq., by the Liberals, as his
votes will show, by reference to the Journals of the
House, where he may defy his opponents to prove that)
he ever gave one vote injurious to the interests of the,
Island; and surely they can place more confidence in
his honesty, as their representative, than they can in any
of the new-made converts to Liberalism, who always
supported heretofore at every election the enemies of the

ple and the most bitter Tories, and, when they have
the chance, they should return a man who ** would be
above suspicion.” It is rot for the purpose of making
speeebes they should send to the Legislature a repre-
sentative of their District, but a man who, they may be
sre, will give an Lonest vole, and who will not vote
their old enemies to power, when he would have the
chance of doing #0. o doubt but there will be many
advisers, telling the people to return none but a good
speaker; but let them recollect that the Liberal party
will have plenty of speakers in the House, and all they
require of the people of Cardigan Is to send a member
who will assist them in voting. They will not require
any assistance in the speech-making line atall. Of this
they may rest assured, as Mr. Coles and a few friends
that will be returned along with him, will be quite suf-
ficient for that part of it. Munross a good, sensible
speaker, a plain reasoner, concise and brief. He is also
a man of good, sound knowledge, and has an extensive
information on any subject that will be brought before
him in the House. I was very glad when I seen his
ecard in the JZerald last week, for [ believe there is no
Libera) District in the Island but should be proud to re-
turn a man of such known uprightness and patriotism.
Lam sure the Liberals of the Belfast District would
vote again for him to a man; bat Belfast is not a Liber-
al District now, although at the time they elected bim,
they were as Liberal as the Cardigan District is now;
therefore I have no doubt but they will return him with
a handsome majority over those new-made Liberals, who
disagreed with the present Government, and who, all
their life time, done everything to injure the Liberal
canse, Mave nothing to do with such men. People of
Cardigan, beware of deceivers. Return Donald Munro
who, when the bribe was offered, refused to desert the
¢, and who knows, and proved it to the satisfaction
~ people, that honesty and a good name is before

riches. Hoping that you will give this a place in your

ated paper,
I remain, dear Sir,
bd Yours, ote.,
TRUTH-TELLER.

Feb, 12th, 1867.

P. §.—I forgot to mentionthat T seen a report of a
mee at Baldwin's Road, published in the papers,
where they appeared to be for a Mr, Clay; but perbaps
what accounts for that is, thet Mr. Munro had not come
oat then; but it is to be hoped that the Irishmen of that
road will stand true to themselves, amd vote for an hon-
eat Celtic Seotebman that will not deceive them.

tun Eprron or tam Heratn.
voterance to the Examiner of the 11th
the pditor takes some unwarrantahl

.

iday To

of artillery and troops of cavalry—there was to be no
Kepeal—neither will we ever get repeal if once we lose
our parliament,

Hon. Mr. Haythorne, the new member elect for the
Legislative Council, was then introdaced for the first
time to this part of his constituency, where he was un-

~ ‘animously gteeted with enthusiasm. Te also reviewed

the policy uf the present ruling party since their as-
sumption of the Government, contrasting very favor-
ably the acts anc! measures of their predecessors in
comparison to theirs, He gave his views of the Quebec
scheme of Confederation at mach length, together with
that on Education, and all the other topics in agitation,
regarding the publhe expenditure, revenue, and many
other interesting matters with which the audience were
inuch delighted,

Hon. Mr. Lord also addressed the electors in a brief,
humorous, and appropriate speech, on the difterent sub-

jects connected with the discussions of the day, which

was listened to with marked attention and satisfaction by
all present.

After several very appropriate speeches by Francis
McQuade, Esq., Mr. dobn Mooney, William Clark,
Esq., and a few others, the following resolutions were
put from the erair, viz:

Moved by John A, MeDonald, Esq., and seconded by
Francie McQuade, Esq.,

“Resolved, That this meeting, having the most per-
fect confidence in oar present and long-tried representa-
tive, the Hon. Mr. Coles, as the able advocate of every
beneficial measure for the people’s good, gratefully ac-
knowledge bis past services to this District in particular,
and knowing his determined opposition to the obnoxious
scheme of Confederation with Canada, we, therefore,
respectfally invite him again to be one of our repre-
sentatives, and pledge ourselves to secure hig return at
the coming election.” Carried unanimously.

Moved by John A, McDonald, Esq, and seconded
by Mr. John McCarron,

our members in the Legislature for the past eight years,
having procured more substantial benefits for this Dis-
trict than it ever before obtained, and having the fullest
confidence in his trastworthiness, integrity and abilities,
and being well assured of his opposition to the attempt-
ed Confederation of this Island with Canada, we, there-
fore, also respectfully invite lim to stand for re-election
in this District, and that we will secare his return.”—
Carried unanimously.

It was then moved that the Chairman vacate the chair,
and John A. MeDonald, = be called thereto, when
a vote of thanks was carried and tendered to the charr-

man,
It was also resolved and agreed that the report of this
meeting be forwerded for publication in the Island

newspapers As soon as convenient.
JAS, CALLAGHAN, Chairman.

— The Herald.

Wedionmie. February 20, 1867.
THE GEORGETOWN COURT AND
THE ELECTORS FOR KING'S COUNTY.

Tuk appointment of the 26th February for the Polling
day ef the General Election in King’s County, being
the day of the opening of the Supreme Court in
Georgetown, will produce the utmost incoavenienco
to all those Electors—and they must be numerous—
who, as Jurors, Suitors or Witnesses, are under legal
obligations to attend the Georgetown Court. Why
such an unsuitable day has beon named by the Gov-

friends” to review his

*

th. Tat it enlice to say that @ more that the new Bill,

‘ernment we never bave heard explained. It is certain

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and upwards, and/hands others of them receive

Hon. Mr. Kelly next addressed the mecting—Said he| monie
was much gratified at seeing so many of his eonstituents! floor of the House of Assembly; the Land Question
assembled from the different sections of the District, to) was to be settled eight months after their advent to
whom he now felt mueh pleasure to return the trust office; every Leasehold was to be converted into a
Freehold; and the Tenantry, who, it was said, received
re-|the most manifest foul play at the hands of the Gov-
sent, He did not now come before them to solicit) ernment of that day, would haye justice meted ont,

his past services and line of policy merited their appro-/©
Asa member of the Legislature, or as a pri-|¢
vate individual, he would, on all oceasions, oppose Con- j
federation with Canada on any terms; believing that this those promises, they had recourse to other plans more

wnisfortane and degradation for ever entailed on his|to see the people haye
native Island by its absorption or confederation witb| true light.

s and his witty minions—many a bitter day and) see how those pledge
vear they deplored their folly and misfortune. Many public expenditure has been curtailed; how the
Aa ad : ‘Tenants have become freeholders; whether oftice-
Constitutions restored to them—public meetings of : al ‘the IL ;
millions of them assembled under the peacefal leader- bearers have been excluded from the floor of the louse ;

whether the Queen’s Printing was given by tenders ;/or four thousand pounds worth of property. Of the)
manner in which some of the School Visitors perform
the very responsible duties pertaining to their office,
we will not at present speak haying, extended our
remarks further than we at first intended.

In conclusion, we trust that the people will show
themselves acutely alive to their interests at the ap-
proaching contesi—that they will reflect on the gross
mismanagement and deception practiced on them, and
that the more recent shuflling of our Conservative
Government will meet its due reward—their igno-
ninioas deposition from power.
be an important day for the Island, as it will then be
decided whether our public debt is to go on increasing
at such an enormous ratio; whether men who are
prepared to hand us over to Canada will rule us any
longer; or whether useless delegations will continue
to be the order of the day, while Education and other
important matters are overlooked, In view of these
matsers we wish the people to remember

* Who would be free themselves must strike the blow."'

no effort was left unexerted to secure the defeat of the
Liberal Government, we remember to have heard
prominent and blustering Conservatives, at the top of
their voice, and in presence ot the intelligent electors
of Queen's County, make the most extravagant pro-
mises to the people—promises which they never
intended at the time to fulfil, as the sequel very clearly
demonstrates. They truckled with the people, it could
very easily be seon, for the purpose of upsetting a
Government that had conferred inestimable and lasting
boons on the Island, of securing for themselves and
partisans the long-desired and much-envied emoluments

ad ee besides ee mtr ane ew wend of office, and of shielding the interest of the Proprietors,
military equipments for Mi eee eng po) class to which many of them belong, and at whose

8; office-bearers were to be excluded from the

and we see, but not to our surprise, that in every cir-

vlsewhere, to petition for the repeal of that hated union ;|eymstance directly the reverse has been the caso.

Take the Land Question first, transcending in import-
ance any other matter that ever engaged the attention
of the people, since it affected the bosom interest of the
majority of the country, and had a direct bearing upon
the prosperity of the whole Island. ‘The famous Land
Commission, instituted at an enormous expense to the
country, terminated asingloriously and disastrously as
the Leader of the Opposition predicted. Next comes
the Fifteen Years’ Purchase Bill~the result of an ex-
pensive delegation to England—which did the ‘Tenants
nota tittle of good, but darkened their prospects by
confirming the titles of the Landlords. There can be
no better evidence of the worthlessness of this act than
that the Tenants in a mass petitioned the Home Gov-
ernment to disallow it, As long as the title of the
Landlord was disputed, there was some reason to
expect that he might be induced to renounce his claim
on terms somewbat favorable or just to the Tenant.
‘The Government did not make proper use of this ad-
vantage; aud, by the passage of this Bill, have pre-
vented any future Government from using it in making
purchases from Proprietors. Profound statesmen and
sagacious politicians, as they vaunted themselves to
be, and feignedly interested in the welfare of the
Tenants, they at lengih, after spending thousands o}
pounds in paying Commissioners, and in sending
delegations, after confirming the Landlord's titles, and
after causing much uneasiness and Jitigation in the
country, found the roal plan by which to remove the
Tenant grievances—a plan waich was no other than
the famous Land Purchase bill, of which Mr, Coles
was the parent and founder, Now, it must be re.

“Resolved, That the Hon, Francis Kelly, as one of} membered that this very measure, which the Tories may not be unnecessary.

had ultimately to adept, received the most determined
opposition of the latter, when it was before the House
Let us see what would have been the result had the
provisions of the Land Purchase been extended and
carried out. With the assistance of a Loan, by sound
legislation and a stern mode of dealing with the Pro-
prietors, the Liberal Party, if they had been re-elected
to power, could have bought, om the strength of this
great measure, all the Proprietor’s claims; and the
Tenantry would, ore this, have been freed from a yeke
always considered galling to their spirit, and injurious
to their prosperity.

Mach of their time spent in agitating and in forming
Tenant Leagues would have been devoted to the im-
provement of their farms, or to some other useful
employment; and large amounts of money, spent in
establishing and maintaining those Leagues, might
have been appropriated toa more profitable investment
—tho of theirfarms. Soldiers, in the capacity
of policemen, would not have boen brought here to
enforce the payment of rents. Some vain-glorious
Spartans were wont to boast that the Spartan women
never beheld the smoke of an enemy's camp, urging
this fact as a proof of their superior prowess. The
P. E. Islander might have hitherto gloried in a some-
what similar strain; not indeed on account of any
great achievements wrought by his valor, but on ac-
jeoant ot his respect and obedience to the law, his un-
diverted ‘nelination to pursuits of industry, and his

lundoubted allegiance to the Mother Country. No)/monoy thrown away on delegations to Canada was a

passed last Session, to enable)longer, however, oan the Tenant make this boast ; ee weconery expenditure, The impartial reader, afver|

% s

‘a doubtful I

very poli

to proclaim that a bloody despatch would be made ot

mands of the Proprietors? Who would ever imagine
that this very Party would be the cause of exhibiting
to us scenes witnessed in no other British Colony, and
never betore in this Island—ths expulsion of honestly
inclined and induatriows farmers from their humble

with all the luxaries of life, and inturiatsd by the
effects of strong liquor on the brain—let looss to Con~-
strain for rents? Surely his keen indignation must be
aroused—his acute feelings of resentment must be
excited, when the farmer roflects on the time when
the glitter ef bayonets and the smoke of the hostile
camp was open to his view.

dismissed ; the Queen's Printing was to be given out
by Tender; the Solicitor Generalship was to be
abolished, it being considered almost a sinecure office ;
and every means was to be adopted that tended to
economy. It is needless to say that in all these par-
ticulars they have been anything but faithful to their
promises, Deputies are still-retained in the public
offices; and three years ago the Solicitor General-
ship, with a salary double of that given by the Liberal .
yovernment for the performance of the duties of that j
office, was revived and given to the Hon, T. IL,
flaviland to heal up the difference occasioned between
that gentleman and his Party when he resigned the
Speakership of the House. A costly delegation ol,
England, that did more harm than good; another to),
Brazil, net more suecessful in its results, the erection
of a Barracks, which, on the withdrawal of the Troops ‘
next Summery, will enly be a standing evidence of the
wilful and unpardonable extravagance of the Govern-
ment, and many other useless appropriations of the
revenue, show the great economy which was to be

plained bitterly ot the absence of
< I gi

stabulary—pammperod, at the expens? of the publics) io ives for the struggle which is aif at ary
Whether this advice was, in whole or in part, the
enuse of the activity which both candidates and electors
now m=uifest, we do notat present care to inquire; but,
certain it is, {hat the present excitement is unpre-
ecedented in I’, EB, Tsland's history. From every
Electoral District, and, in many cases, from half-a-
dozen localities in the same -District, we hear reporis
To retrench the public expenditure and lessen the of meetings held, candidates

: ‘ proposed, and important
public debt, deputies in the public offices were to be resolutions introduced, _A great want of unanimity on
some subivcts appear, from all we hear, to prevail
amongst the electors; but there are two questions on
which they are all bat perfectly agreed, and these are
the rejection of the Quebec Scheme of Confederation,
and the complete political annihilation of the Pope-isl:
faction.
people for having worked themselves up to such o

ls no remedy for unsound legislation of the present Conservative Party considering the course the Hxaminer pursued about
d with the hag placed his character, hitherto unimpeachable, in year ago, will be obliged to acknowledge that M).
Who would ever believe that those Whelan acted more like a Conservative than a Libera.,
as who often whined over the Bloody If, instead of misrepresenting and maligning us, he ha
Despatch, and made so much political matter out of it,’ steadily opposed the Government, we think he woula
would be the very first to enforce its provisions, and have acted more in accordance with the principles of
the Party of which he pretends to be so steadfast, ex-
the Tenantry if they would not comply with the de-|emplary and uncompromising a member,

WORK FOR THE NEW LEGISLATURE.

A few weeks ago, one of our contemporaries com-
litical excitement

We are net going to find fault with the

vitch of excitement, nor with their determination to

stamp out, at one blow, both Confederation and W.

[. Pope-ery. Our sentimentson the last two subjects

are too known to require repetition here; bat wo
respectiully advise the people, whilst keepfag their
attention riveted on one er twe public questions, not

o forget others that are of almost equal importance to
be country. Some time ago, we, in common witha

contemporary or two, drew the attention of oar reacers

o many subjects of the highest interest to the inhabitants

of this Island, and, as soon as the ** campaign” is over,
we hope to do so again.
too strongly impress on the people the propriety of

In the meantime, we eannet

Party.

such a prominent characteristic of the Conservative
The public debt, when the Liberals retired
from office in 58, notwithstanding the large amounts
paid towards education and the erection of many
wharves, bridges, ete., amounted to the comparatively
d lucrative employment) ..noit sam of £40,000. To-day the Colony has a debt
which the Government, or its orgaus, have not presumed jin the shape of agencies from the able and determined of £150,000, bearing £9000 interest annually ; and, in
to deny; and last, not least, the inviduous machinations legislation of the Liberal Government, Strict economy! addition, the tariff is increased from 64 to 10 per cent.
was to be observed in the appropriation of the public) phe duty imposed on the necessaries of life is far more
than would be required under a Government of
mediocre economy ; and it is the poor farmer who has
to pay it in the end.

Next comes the Free Education Act, originated and
put in satisfactory working order by Mr. Coles, but
virtually crippled and destroyed by the se-called
amendment of the present dominant Party. The re-
and would be made, as they deserved to be,independent) duction of the Teacher's salary to the sorry pittance of
{all Proprietary claims. ‘Their superior statesmanship| ¢ 40, has very materially injured the cause of Educa-
and tact would devise measures that would conler/tign, and has obliged men of talent and energy to
ncaleulable benefits on he Colony. In addition to/relinguish the profession—it being unable to afford
anything like a comfortable and honorable living.
lespicable and more dishonorable, which we are glad/The gross mismanagement in educational matters is
long since regarded in their) so generally admitted,and has been so severely felt, that
it shall necessarily be one of the first questions to
After the lapse of eight long years, we look back te/receive the atteation of the next llouse. Of the
4 were redeemed ; how much the|inequality of taxation, whereby the farmer with three
hundred acres of land—worth perbaps as many pounds wnaukind assure us that, of all temporal gilts, it isthe most
—has to pay more for edueatiosal purposes than the
rich gentleman of Charlottetown, possessed. of three

Next Tuesday will

Tux calumny that we are the nominee of a certain
clique, vyenomously given to the public through the
Esaminer, and industriously circulated through the
Se cae abe pd om. Plt any seed 1c only of the intellectual, but also the moral, qualities

matter would not be construed against us, The person

palpable falsehood. But for those who have been

receiving an office, if a change of Government shoul

enough against thym ve warrant us the belief that we

any covert connection with any of their factions, We

account of the manner they were hambagged and}

the Barracks, the sending of Delegations to Canada
and Brazil, etc. What has been the tone of the
Examiner on these subjects? We answer, directly the

organization ; and descended to the lowest personal

ought to be the last person to be suspected of having we

have shown their want of statesmanship, which led tol mess’ = peg. Act as we have proposed, no Gov-

the bringing ef troeps to coerce the payment of rents; ernmert will refuse com

h I al ch a course be ado
oe ee ee ee pr ‘. og that we have Siren, not only refuge, but even

itive encouragement, to quacks, who would not da
hunted down; we have not endorsed the building of ” a themevives ja there true colote i ami
self-governing country in the ervilized world. It cannot
then be said of us, as it can now, that we liberally
patronize a fellow who has no other qualification for
reverse of what it ought to be. The Editor of Cink reroatiog pers on ghee bey — having acquired a
paper vilified the Tenantry on every eccasioh; repre-| jsjand, and returned with balf the alphabet stuck to his
sented them as banded in an illegal and disloyal name.* The firs thing, however, to be done, 1s to re-
‘turn to the Assembly

making their representatives thoroughly acquainted
with their wants and wishes, and, now, that Confedera-
tion has been for the preseat shelved, and the death-
knell of landlordism sounded, let the Colony once moro
resume the path of progress. Before we can reasonably
expect such a consummation, however, there are a great
many things to be examined and amended, The inter-
ests of agriculture have been, so far as the Government
is coneerned, sadly neglected; the money that should
have been employed in this, our principal branch of
industry, has been shamelessly squandered in delegations
to the land of ** sharks,” and in other investments of an
equally prefitable nature. Our Fishery laws would be
a perfect disgrace to a Municipal Board, while our Eda-
vation laws-—-well, we cannot qualify them in muck
stronger language thau by saying that they would be
ditto.

Woe cannot, of course, refer this week to one-half the
subjects to which the attention of our Legislature should
be directed at its next Session, bat, before we dismiss
the subject, we must briefly refer to a highly-important,
bat highly-neglected matter—the protection of the public
from the impositions of Quack Doctors, People are
never tired descanting on the blessings of health; our
best poets have made health the subject of some of ther
bappiest intellectual efurts, whilst the wisest and best of

precious. Yet we, in Prince Edward Island, have, in
a great degree, practically ignored this important truth
by the extraordinary encouragement that wo have so
often given to those who trade on man’s natural dis-
position to cling to his existence. Let one of us be laid
low by the band of sickness, and, as a general rule, he
takes very little care whether he is attended by a quack
ora qualified practitioner; and, in many cases, he can
not do otherwise, ‘There is scarcely a thriving settle-
ment on the Island that does not boast of, at least, one
of those ubiquitous Quacks. Itis high time that an end
was put to the maudim sentimentality which encourages
these traflivers in buman lile. The people have the
remedy in their own hands. If their representatives in
Parliament fail to set this important mater right of their
own accord, they can be told to do so by at once estab-
lishing a Medical Board, belore whom each aspirant to
the practice of medieine should be obliged, by Act of
Parliament, to undergo a strict examination, uniess he
held a certificate of competency from some University
of well established reputation, In case of non-com-
pliance with this law, let the offender not only be
incapacitated from revovering bis fees by legal means,
but, fhe administered medicine, let him be also sub-
jected to a heavy penalty. Such an Act, and nothing
nes should be deemed sufficient, would at once secure
the public from the infamous operations of those pests
of every young commuity, but would also give protection
to the regalatly qualified practitioner amongst us, to the
skill and integrity of many of whom we cheerfully bear
witness. Such an Act as that to which we refer, and
which could be easily made out, should contain a clause
empowering the Medical Board to take cognizance, not

requisite for a skilful aud upright Doctor, If we look

have replied to it if we thought that silence on thejto xclmost any civilized country, we will find the ex-
istence of such a law as we wish to see passed bere,
who hae observed how the Hanan lias been conducted, together with this clause regarding the moral quatifica~

S 6 ‘fai tions of the members of the profession, On this latter
and the view that it has always taken on public affairs, | uyiect in particular we may be allowed to cite the fol-
must know the vicious and lying disposition that im-|Jowing from the 29th Section of the Medical Act for

pelled Messrs. Whelan and Clark in spreading such a/ Great Britain :—

‘If any registered Medical Practitioner shall be con-

partial observers of our line of conduct, afew words |victed in England or Ireland of any telony or mis-
Without the expectation of demeanor, or in Scotland of any crime or offence, or
q shall, after due enquiry, be judged by the General

Couneil to have been guilty of infamous conduct in any
take place, we have always, through principle, opposed professional respect, the General Council may, if they
the Conservative Party, held up to the public their see fit, direct the registrar to erase the name of such

extravagance and mismanagement, and have done medical practitioner from the register.”

We respectfully suggest to the public in general, the
opriety of submitting this important matter to the new
gislature at ity first session, and as we have no hesi-

that if a generous appeal be made in

ing with such an appeal. If
‘ te cannes hereafter be sak up

y he went off the

such persons as are willing and
to attend to the wants of the country, and this, we

abuse of some of its members. The policy of the Gov- “eth that every elector in the Island will bear in

ernment in bringing the soldiers here was not only on the 26th instant.
endorsed, but admired by him; and, on this account, )/——

* Whilst incidentally introducing the case of thie

he could not, as we have done, render assistance to ‘

# scamp, who, we may say, does not live quite a hundred
the Liberol Party by showing the extravagance of the spiles on of Samuarsian; we are soniladed of an aneedote
Conservatives in building Barracks, paying Whiskey pejqted to us some time ago, which we had almost for-

bills, ete. His new! uired friend aad compeer in
a socasionslly, asked his servant who bad just seeu the

the pet Scheme, W. H. Pope, had been exercising his

are fellow's card, what was the muaning of all these letters
magic induence over him. I . es - je after bie name, wheo the sorvent readily answered b
treatment of the Tenantry was just and proper; the a .pin

oven. A gentleman, who was inclined to joke

the following question: ‘*Do you think that
would be so impudent as to understand all the big titles
of that great man?”