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improvements were required. In order, therefore, to also of the appoiutment of geutlemen of suporior|
answer the questions of ike Hon. Mr. Duncan, Wtaleuts and attainmouts for the discharge of those
would be necessary to infor the Goverument of hati onerous duties connected with the office of School
ajterations or improvements were sought for, |Juspector. And he was happy to say that he be-
Hon, Mr. Duncan alluded to the unnecessary delay *Fitiaved there were those amongthe young men of this
breakiast aad diuner bours, and also frequently at low ‘Chlony who possossed those required abilities,
on We ee oes tah Be Laeden af the boat Mr. Arseneaux said that, irom his own personal

i I » would laye gous complaints k ro é
san ln dn miiien, “Be wight mung state, knowledge, the School Visitor's Report of certain

that the Contractor had informed hina of his willingness/Sehouls in parts of the District which he had the
to give up his contract, at a loss, owing to the many|ihouar to represent, was not reliable. Ta proof of
pomp)gints thay had Qeon mage egainst him. his remarks, he referred to the Report in question,
Hon. Mr, Davies said, thet in regard to information) audread its statements, touching Schools at Lot 15,
respecting the Ferry, the constituents whom he bad the! .aid to bg waocenpied, and also attributing apathy,
honor to represent had so frequently yrenyors the vt in regard to edweation, tothe Freach population of
sislature touching their poe ogy ny oe pres 38 ves that part of the country, Such statemeuts, he said,
ry Raengpae Saas ang ik 7 pede ie : were uot true, and ouly furnished evidence of the ful-

, eoll should now expect improvements to r )
4 pane age oy vee anatensa by he lute Gov-|lacious uature of such reports. He then explained

eroment, of which that hon. gentleman bad been althe difficulty of procuriug licensed Teachers under

member, It was not tiv constituency alone that Were/the revised School Act, which evjoined the impart-

interested in the ferry accommodation #other sections offing instruction iu Euglish as well as French. Ju

that portion - ener he pedi ng fen 1, |the absence of such teachers, young ladies were em-
reat a quantity o Peullu cc H ' ie : 3 mn

to pend by that Ferry as came on any of the ober ai Any ~~ the pg wr pei rg ER

shorwaghfaave loading, to Chariopetans. seven Schoolhouses in the vicinity to which he alluded,

Hon. Leader of the Opposition said it was time to put), proot sufficient to show that the inhabitants were
& stop to that discussion, which was as inregular and) of umpindful ef the necessity of educating their chil-
contrary to Parliamentary rule, ‘The proper time to risa
discuss the question would be when it was regularly Mr. Cameron sald that merit, and aot political bias,
submitted to the House. :

Hon. Leader of the Government did not object to the! School Visitors. From personal knowloug’?, he could
irregularity of the proceeding, on the ground that hel youch for the correctness of that portion of. the Repuit
was anxious to gbtain information relative to the griev- now betore the House, relative to Schools in his Dis-
ances complained of. The late Government had the/tyict, [oe then commended the assiduity of the present
matter before them last scasion, and went to 80%) Visitor fur the Western Section of the Island.
trouble collecting information on the point, It appear-| Mr, Boll coneurred with the 1emarks made by the
ed that one boat was not sufficient for the work required! hon, member (Mr. Cameron) relative to the diligent
from the increased trafic, The Government would dol and painstaking conduct of the Visiter alluded to. He
all in their power consistent with justice to the Contrac-| (\qy, Boll) urged the necessity of placing the edacation-
fora, al system of the Colouy on the best possible basis,

Hon, Mr. Davies congratylated the Mouse on the lion, Mr. McAuley vould not understand what the
unanimity which had prevailed “p to this period of the/question before the House was. Surely it was not
session, no counter resolutions having been submitted/ contemplated to place restrictions on the thoughts and
in opposition to any question of importance, opinions of men who might bold Government ap-

Hon. Leader of the Government sypposed that mat-| pointments.
ters had deen so well conducted that no room was left! Hon. Mr. Davies said that parents generally were
Jor censure. more capable of judging the progress made by their

Hon. Leader of the Opposition would correct the} children, than were the Visitor, who, from a basty call
Hon, Mr. Davies, and inform that hon, member that! at a School, could know but very little ofthe real state
two counter resolutions had been submitted of consid-jof such Schools: » ‘The principal amendment which re-
erable importance, the one being to recommit the queee to be made in the School Act, was the paying of
Revenue Bill, with the view of lowering the duties on|the whole of the Teachers’ salaries from the ‘Treasury,
certain liquors imported to this Colony—the other re-/so as to enablu them to make a respectable ath and
lative to the grant tor Steam communication with] cause young men ot abilities to take 4 greater and more
Souris, Gz. How such resolutions could have escaped} permanent interest in their profession, Schoolhouses,
she notice of the Hon. Mr. Davies, if he were in his}in some localities, were erected too close to each
seat, he was.ata loss to know. other, Some settlements appeared ta he morefhighly

Tlon. Mry flensley said that the matter must have es- favored in that respect than others, It was, in his
eaped the memory of his bon, colleague mm the Govern-|opmiey, absurd tg haye eleven or twelve men galled
ineiit. together to examine candidates fur the office of Schoo!

Ihouse adjoursed. _ | Teacher... One person of gu@lifjed attainments could
Wepnxespay, May 1. | perfgrm the duty as eflicient yas wholc Board of Edu-

G l ted to the Hi vation. Hie alluded to the satisfactory manner in which

Hon. Attorney ( SHOFRS POOH OT 10 58 Sh 008 Ok, Grammar School at Belfast was conducted, and
Bill fof the continuance of certain expiring laws,| said that high schools of that nature, if more generally
which was received, read, and committed to a Come established, would be praductive of much good, The
mittee of the whole. Hoy. Mr. Laird in the chair.| ordinary Schools could be conducted by Teachers of a

Reported agreed to, _ {lower class, and Females might, as in the United Sta-

On Motion of the Hon, Attorney General, the| tes, be more generally employed. In those high, or
P imited tor the reception of new matter was ex+ Grammar Schools, a ef Mathematics, Naviga-
lime limites P : tion, and such other branches of a practica] education
tended to Weduesday next, the 8th, in eq far ag reli. Were essential to the ardinary pursuits of life,
lates to matters of a public nature. should be imparted ; and those parents who desired te

Hon. Colonial Secretary presented to the House] vive their children the higher attainments of a classical
a memorandum of the Stock now on the Government jvdueation, should not procure the means of acquiring
Stock Farm. : — aigioregnly iim Fae eee pms sak

: : ». Hon. Me. Hendersan sa . in justice e gen-
a nie se 7A br ee ——, 4 — tleman who held the office of Sehool Visitor for the
Re ye Eastern Sectivn of the Island, he felt boynd to state
Beanswick, to obtain Letters Patent (yr the inveo-| nat some of the allysions made tothat gentleman were
tion of a new and. usefyj) improvement in the cou- unjust anduntair. It was well known to hon. mem-
struction of Spinving W hop}s. bers on both sides of that House, that the officer te

‘The same Bi

HF was received, read, aud ordered to] whomallusion was made, hadf for many years, been a

; : speci i report/teacher of youth in the Colony, and also master at one
ll i ee " time in tha’ principal institution. -of learning on the Ts-

‘i * oes land, in both of which capacities he had done some

The Bill to diminish the delay and expense of PrO-| sorvice ¢0 the country. When the small gglary allow.
ceedings: iy the Court of Chancery was read a third) 2) hin, as Visitor for the whole of the Eastern’ section
time and passed. of the Island, was considered, and glso his advanced
Hen. Attorney General presented to the House the years, hw thought some allowance should be made for
Reports of the Visitors of Schools for the Easternjany imperfections that might appear in his Report,
and Western Sections of the Islaud for the past He (Hon, Mr. M:) was astonished at the reniarks of

: 2, . tho hou. member from Belfast (Mr. Davies) com ring
year, aa trausniitted by the Board of Education, the knowledge of parents with that of School Visitors

Hon. Leader of the Goveryinent said that from relative to the improvement made at Schools. It was
the yoreliable manuer in which the information given] oj) known that there were those who cared but little
in those reports was caligeted, the House in pre-|for the Education of theirchildren. It wag, therefore
vibus sessions did not consider them of sufficient im- eonmenry that the Government of the coyntry shonk
portance to be published in the Journals. _ But as/protect the children of such pgrepts, even against the
the Board of Education had transwitted the: said|negiect of their own pyrents, Pre anion ag such ne-

ra to that hon. House, it would, perhaps, be as capac mg ineyitably lead to dangerous consequences

* F 4 o .
wello pubis at least a portion-of them in the Sed, iE of the Government ravlewed the aie.
Journals. ent experiments that had been reso © in the Free

Mr. Reilly—It appeared that but little importance School 5 ystem, with the view of improving it. ‘The
tind beou attached to the Reports of School Visitors) Visitors’ department had also been chynged trem one

that how.’ House. When the large amouut of|for the whole Island at first, to the dividing of tho work
isis iB Verte expended on Education would be}inio two sections, and appaluting a Visitor for each,

J - ees A ‘The latter mode, it appeared, had not given the gene-
taken into cotiéiMerstion, it appeared strange indeed ral satisfaction which was expected. The whole woes!

that the Printing of Reports, which should be of ma- tion would, however, shortly be submitted to the
‘terial importance, was considered a waste of pyblic/iqonse, wheu the subject generally might be fully de-
‘money. * He believed, and in fact it could be proved,/paied. He hoped, however, that no party feeling
if necessary, that muck of the iaformation given injwould be manifested on that questign.

those Reports was from the hearsay ‘of others,-and| Mr. MeNeill—It was impossible to know, frem the

me ‘ Reports transmitted, what the state ef Edueation
' moh the Ceiaik Sf pervownl: obeervation. on the pest: of wee ik the country, Much of the stuvcess of twaching

“ahe Visitors. That, however, could pot be wonder- was the result of tact on the part ofthe teaher, Loeal
ed a}, when the small pittance allowed for the Sebool) ponds should be appointed in different localities, the
“Faspection of the whole Colony was but £800 a year— members of which should be competent to examine
than that given to the Superiatendne!] schools and they should attend at the visits of the in-
yea smear se h ~ travelling feas alone mo rs. y.
: i Z wat ar as trayelluo. aione,|spectera, %.
: av bes taaitles of School Iuspector 2 Bis. benon-| Ordered, that said Reports be laid on the table.
” political, and merit, rather than political favoritism,| Hon. My. Duncan then asked what alterations ov
a should iudktones the appointment of officers, whose|attangements, if any, the. Government contemplated
neal i MEAS stink to. the bedt interests of edu- relative to the Hillsboro’ Fepry~~and at the same time,
dytiaa: were sq easentint fo, the bef he H would correct a remark made by him yesterday, rela-
eation. Wheu theqaestion. came before the House) i. iy the Ferry Steamer stepping at four o'clock in
tha more ria form, it ve entered ig MOre/ the Fal) of the year. me 7s since intormed that they
ful ad, be -hoped, with satisfactory results. always ran till five o’elogk.
i i ytiatee A iar al-Whes the Education| | Hon. Leader of oe kage aad mis. in reply, that
did & few ys to the consid- there was ng time, singe notice was given, for the Go-
“Act would be’ - f the G vernment to investigate the matter. If any material
eration of the Joyse, the views of ¢ he ssoyeroment change wag required, it was better fur the House to
would be known -rolative 7 the a apr tha 4 Visi-|eonsider it in me, and come to some resolution
: the general question of Education. oh the subject. The Govenment was prepared to give
a lea: ‘nea of “he Drveatiion said he was al- Srey possible facility to the publie, yelution ta that
‘ int School Visitors were|Ferry, and he would be willing to hear. the subject
ways of the opiniqn that the Schoo s wore dby tho H la © itteo of
joadequately paid. Clorks in Merchants’ Establish- wr A debated by the House in Commitwo of the
i i hap were t. '
ments, iv many eases, had better salariog thup House adjourned,
for the inspection of Schools cf the whole
‘Gola He al alopisies that one Superintendent bs
of Schoels for the whole Islaud, properly paid, and| Won, Mr, Howlan presented a petition from
of su attainmepts, would give more genera}! Augustine Callaghan and others, Merchants, aud
‘satisfaction than the present mode. He said that/other inhabitants of Cascumpee, praying for an
Dr. Ryerson, Superintendent of Kducation in Upper|/amendment ju the Small Debt Act, se
Canada, had held that office for orany sears, ao mat- Hou. Mr. Howian, iv presenting the above petition,
: can vty had the Government in that country. /¢xplained that petitioners prayed for an amendment
» KEE ae Oe ba vi icall hould|to the law relatingto the reeovery of Small Debits,
‘The offies should not be, viewed politically, and should , is
. beheld desing good hehyjopr. by providioz, in cases of appeal, that the Respondent
+ ba@ey — Ae as well ws the Appellant should be required to give
, ‘Mr PoSincair was beppy to hear that thore ap-|"* ¥* :
Mer - sesition to make the offe of Sehoyl|*eeurity for the costs of the wppeal. It was alleged
—— a a eatiicnl. Ie wes high time that # that cases frequently occurred where parties baving
sitor non-p kind was made, He was of apiuron yofoiuded claims. went to law, anticipating that,
, *gedage of some Bie aor tliree Counties of the|*ter tuan incur the costs of defonep the defendant
5) thinta Visitor for each anéral ‘satisfaption, He|Would compromise such claims. If characters of
re Haland woul! give , rama “Me dppolated dys |'iat class, were compelled to give security, there
_ oMpuld be w Ifing to haye 8 & pe _ | would be Tess litigation in the Courts, He therefore
Ring! hed behaviour, i selihied shales (x a hdped the prayer of the petition would teceive the
. Mr, Howlan said it was io a 6,000|°arelul consideration of the House.
relbling 80 the expen dite on ern i selnse |’ Ordered, that onid. petition be referred to » Com
of the Revenue, ape’ aa setts "gatitinin y_| mittee of the whole House to-morrow,
uureliable o . ‘
age sae Mr. Ramsay presented a petition from diyers in”

tiongl interests of the
waa ee ccd a teoper sem then had hither-/ habitants of ts 10 and 11, praying far the egtab-
to been voted for that service.

Tuorspay, May 2,

membe !gould not be entertained as it had not been forwarded
rs on bothsidesot the House would concur in) sou : 1
Abe necessity of not only increasing the salary, but to the Government according to Statute,

| of Small Debt. Courts, its follows.—.

should be considered veiniiye te the appointment of

{|commended the pringiple af paying Teachers oxclu-

He hoped that hon, lishment of a new Post Office ; the prayer of which Th

Hon. Attorney General presented to the. Seen!
several petitions, all praying for the establishment

Petition of M,.Rowp ful ‘other inhabitants of
Montague Bridge, . 4)...”

Patrick Doyle, avdvathers,.of South-west Settle-
ments, Townships Nos. 26 and 27. :

Thomas Caineyandjo{fer inhabitants of George-
town Koad, Baldwin's Road, Sparrow's ‘Road; aud
the Barrens, King’s Cotnty. :

Ordered, thai said petitions. be referred to a Com-
mittee of thé whole House to-morrow.

Hon. Leader ot the Gavernmont presonted to the
House the Detailed Public Accounts for the past

ear. '

Ordered, that the said Accouuts be referred to the
Special Committee appointed to examine the same,
and report thereon,

Ou motion of the Hou, Attorney General, the
House went into: Committee to take into consider-

to Education. Mr. George Sinclair io the chair.

Hon. Leader of the Government presented to the
House several petitions from School Teachers,
setting forth uumerous grievances with which they
are oppressed under the existing Education Law,
and praying the attention of the House to the defects
of the suid law, and fora remedy of such grievances,

Ordered, that said petitions ve referred to the Com-
mittee of the whole slesen on the expediency of am-
ending vig Uducatiqn Law, i

Hon. Attorney (everal, in ‘submitting the Reso-
lutions, addressed the Conimittee, reviewing the

ation the Expediency of amending the law relating)

’ - )
Ifon, Leader of the Opposition well remembered
when in the year 1852, as a member of the House of
Assembly, he was appointed one of the special commit-
tee who agreed to the Report on which the Free Kdu-
cation Act was first founded, and fyom that day to the
present he never regretted the sup he then gave on
that question to the Mon, Mr. Coles as Leader of the
Government of that day, Whatever differences of
opinion might exist on other questions on the floor of
thet House, all should meet as patriots on the all-im-
portant question of Education, He spoke of the ad-
vantages of education to all classes, and alluded to
several eminent persons in the presunt dav, who bad ae-
quired distinguished positions because of their learning,
more than from any birth-right inheritance. When the
Education Act was altered in 1862, the then Govern-
ment had no intention to cripple the system, but on the
contrary to make it more effective by getting the peo-
ple to contribute towards the payment of Teachers’
salaries, and thus lead them to attend more closely to
the edueational interests of their children. It appeared,
however, that teachers and parents thought di aie
and hence the expedienvy of cancelling the amend-

ent.
llon. Mr. Davies said he was pleased te see that
those Who supported the obnoxious amendment, now
about to be cancelled, had seen the evil of their ways.
The principle of paying the teachers direct from the
Treasury was preferable to the difficult and impraetica-
ble mode of collecting a portion from the people, and
paying the balance out of the revenue of the Colony,
The Free School system av at first enacted, extended
the privileges of Free Schools to all classes irrespective
of rank or condition,
AFTERNOON SESSION,

House in Committee on the expediency of amending
the law relating to Education.

Mr. Bell spoke of the inconvenience to Teachers,
arising from their having to attest on oath to the average

privcipal clauses’ inthe School Act @lich had se
given general satisfaction. Owing to the latenoys
the present session, it was not intended to enter fully
into the whole question, ‘The repeul of that clause
in the Act touching the payment of a portion of the
salary of Teachers by the people, was loudly culled
for, as contemplated by the Resolution now betore
the Committee, ‘Iie’ estimate sum thus provided
was about £4,000, which would, ou the payment of
the whole of the Teachers’ salaries from the Trea-
sury, be taken from the geucral revenue. That

itfendance at sehools. Much indifference was felt by
many o: :2¢ people, especially in back settlements,
touching the atu. ace of their children at school,

‘ i * u
hence the necessity cf auc, ing, =e seem omg

a coercive system, in order to seus!
tendance at schools. He commented ys the ae
benefits arising from the free school system, anu ><'4
he was not disposed to find fault with the late Govern-:
ment for the amendment relative to the raising a portion
of the salaries of Teachers by subscription, as the prin-
ciple of direct taxation was, by some, contended to be

of the Visitor of the Eastern section of the country,
was to form a standard, the state of Education must be
at a very low ebb, ‘That document was slovenly exe-
cuted, and what the author termed a Tabular Synopsis
of Statistics, was carclessly prepared ; the spelling was
bad, and the writing not legible. The money spent to
—— such Keports as that might be appropriated to
tter purposes,
Mr. eee was glad to find that the Government had
at last laid hold of the question of Edueation, which
they should have done more fully than appeared from
the Resolutions submitted. ‘The want of interest taken
in schools, under the Free System, was so great, that it
was with difficulty meetings, for the appointment of
Trustees, could bw raised, That apathy and carelese-
ness induced him to believe that the amendment, making
it compulsory on the part of the people to contribute a
portion of the Tescher's salary, would be productive
of good results. It appeared, however, that to som
extent, that experiment had proved a failure. Attest
ing to the correctness of School Journals on the part @
Teachers was, in his Opinion, very proper, but he coe
sidered that reedering it:imperative on Trustees to mee
in presence of each other before a magistrate, was us
called for, Non-attendance at schools, in many case:
was owing to want of proper clothing and other neces
saries, and the principle of adopting » compulsory sys
tem would require to be approached with great caution

The Berald.

sera memcentce e mh

SS

Wednesday, May 15, 1807.

A NEW LOAN,

On Thursday last, the Hon. Attorney General intro-
duced into the House of Assembly a Bill to authorise
the Government of this Island to raise a Loan not ex-
ceeding £100,000, sterling. This Bill is of a twe-fold
nature, inasmuch as £40,000 of the above amount may
be raised in this Island, and £60,000 in the English
money market. The paymect of this Loan is to be
gourd by Government Debentures, bearing interest
at not more ‘han six per cent per annum, and pay-
able—the smaller »jiui in ten, and the larger one in

change, however, could uot very materially affect the|the most equitable. ‘The machinery for the collection of| twenty years, from the daic °f issuing the same, A

resources of the Colony for at least the first year.
It was considered just and proper that young men,
who had just received license to teach, should be
engaged in the business for some time before being
placed on a level with.gld Teachers. A reduction
of £5 a year for the first throe years in the salary
of young Teuchers; which with the fact that 5
mouths of thi piieeyt Goancial year would oxpire
before the Bitf would ‘Be in operatien, would leave
the total additional suin that would be paid from the
revenue at the eud offihia financial year, £2,800, as
the result of the change about to be introduced.
There would, in all probability, be less money ex-
pended for military: purposes this year than last.
A revision of School Districts, in some eases, would
lessen the number of’ Schools, without endangering
the efficiency of the Act. He believed that the eoan-
try would sustain the change without injury to the
Revenue ; but if agt, they would, iv his opinion,
prefer an additional tax, rather than continue subject
to the present mode of taxing themselves for the
payment of Teachets. “Asa member of the Board
for many years, aud’ in the course of his profession,
he saw many difficullies arising from the system of
collecting @ portion of the salary of Teachers by eub-
scription, ‘Themost sfiicieut pnd satisfactory method
was that of payidg the whole salary from the
Treasury. a ’

How. Leader of the Government—Not only the
late but previous Governments had made alterations
in the Free SchoolActyall of which failed to give
satisfaction. He believed the object of the amepd-
ment compelling the people to contribute towards the
payment of Teachers’ salaries, was to relieve the
revenue; but after* the people had enjoyed the ad-
vantages of Free Schools, it was a difficult matter
toattempt any change in the system, Ife then re-
viewed the general working of the Free School
system, showing. the disadvantages to Teachers, and
the difficulties oxperieuced hy Trysteps, as the result
af the amendment now about to be abolished. He

tively from tho "Freasury, as the bert, most practieal,
and satisfactory that eould be adopted.

Mr. Brecken would not admit that the "principle
upon which the amegdment sought to be repealed
was based, was wrong, although it had not worked
satisfactorily. If more atrivgent means were adopted
for the collection of the amaquut necessary to be paid
by the people, and the allowance from the Tregsury
withheld until athplé proof of the collection was
given, different results might have followed,

Hon» Mr, enderson doacurred with the remark
made by the hon, Jéader of the Government, to the
effect thatit was to get the people to contribute
towards the salary: of the Teacher, after having it
previously paid iv full fromthe Treasury, His own
experience, as a Trustee, afforded him ample proat
of the correctness Of that remark,

Mr. Howatt said he would support the Resolution
under consideratign ; the amendment in question
had proved a great failure. We alluded ta an adress
of a late nember of that House to hisconstituents,
previous to the last general election, in which it was
made to appear that the amendment, which had
given such general dissatisfaction, would not have
been adopted by the late Government had jt rot beeu
for the snpport given to that measure by him (Mr.
Howatt) and the Hop, Mr. Laird, Sueh, however,
was not the fact.

Mr. Reilly—That portion of Teachers’ salaries
supposed to be coutributed by the people, be believed
was seldom paid. The Govergment allowance was
all the Teachers generally reeeiyed. ile favoured
the principle of placing young teachers in a subor-
dinate position for a few years; it was but right that
those who speut a great portion of their lives in the
profession should receive some extra compensation.
The general question presented many points deserv-
ing consideration, ‘The Free School system in this
Golony was superior to that which obtained in the
other Colonies,and our young men compared favorbly
in point of talent and attainments with those of the
Sister Provinees, and even ia the Great Republic
they acenpied pgpitions of equality.

Hoo. Mr. Duncan—Tho amendment respecting

the view of causing the people to take a greater and
more direct interest in the education of their child.
ren. The prinetple tipou which it was based was

other places.

in miétny localities than was necessary. He would

favor any measure icaleulated to perfect the Schoo!

Act, and to encourage parents to educate their

chitdtensi ? Qhin Sf my

ott P.' Sinclairsaqid that School Teachers, Road
o

would eg Md officials in rlottetown.
be glad 1 salaries of Teachers could be raised, but

quarterly returns, wag too stringent and should ke re-
pealed.

solution restoring to the teachers the {u |

which so much Wad been said was introdueed with the

sound and wassimilar to that which prevailed in| The fact that the benefits of a Free System
Phare were more schools established)" were not prized by the poople, was evinced by the

thisdiotert.*simb Country officials generally, wore |t all, in every walk of life, who, a

poorly paids he would net ay that the wame ‘remark |!abors of the pe could enjoy that lea,
ha He would |!eisure hours, whie seers

it appeared that the present state of the revenue would |sound practical education, and thereby pre
bot warrant any very material change, beyond that con-|lay hole

templated by the Resolutions before the Committee, —~ boqnden daty of the Government.
@ clause compelling teachers to attest on Gath to their/of moral anc

Small Debts was very complicated, and having to refer
to that process for the securing of a portion of Teachers’
pay was indeed very disagreeabl« and vexatious. Le
would fayor a diffurent system for the jnspection of
Schools than that which now obtained, ‘Phe establish-
ment of subordinate Boards of Education in each of
the three Counties of the Island whose duties it should
be to inspect the Schools, ang report on all matters per
lating to Education in their respective sections of the
country to a entral Boapd at Charlottetown. He also
alluded to the bardship of cqmpelling ‘Trustees tg at-
tend together before a Magistrate for the purpose of
certifying to ‘Teachers’ papers,

Hon, Mr. Laird—On thp principle that the state is
hound to educate the people, the attendance at schools
should be compulsory, Jf 4 Government be compelled
to pay for dueation, parents should, on the same prin-
ciple, be compelled tg send their children to school.
‘That was a question with which, im bis opinion, the Go-
vernment, sogyer op Liter, would have to grapple. Ie
then enlarged on the pecessity of educating ali classes,
iryespective of rank or condition, ‘The applieation of
machinery for lessening manual labor, in relation to
agricultural and mechanical pursuits, was becoming
universal, henve the necessity of educating the laboring
classes, that, hy well regulated and cultivated sminds,
they might be able properly to apply and appreciate
those inventions and improvements ealculated to im-
prove their conditien, bake by merit alone was
the true principle, and the poad to fame should be free
to all. The gifts of nature were not. confined to the
sons of those in high rank. ‘The child of the poor man
frequently rose by lis own merits to places of position
and honor, to which, withoyt education, he could never
attain,

Mr. Cameron regretted that the lateness of the pre-
sent session would nos permit of 9 more general revision
of the School Act. There were severa very objection-
able clauses in that Act which should be repealed,
Corapelling teachers to certify, on oath, to the vorrect-
ness of their journals, and also consequent upon the
non-attendance of scholars, were matters which demand-
ed serious consdeyation. Female teachers should be
paid in more equal proportion to Male Teachers than
they had been. ‘Their attendance at the Normal
School, and the branches which they were required to
teach were the same. ‘The pecrifous of the law should
therefore be myre equally djyided; but as it was not
pe at present to enter fully into the question,
he would but express the great pleasure it gave him to
support the Resolution under consideration, having for
its object the Sarge Hog ‘Teachers from that degrading
position jn which they had hee d by the unjust
and deservedly ynpopular gmendment of thy late Gov-
ernment,

Hon, Mr. Henderson said that the principle acted
upon in regard to Teachers attesting on oath to the
correctness of their journals, also applicd to Road
Overseers and other salaried officers of the Govern.
ment, It would be well to dispense with that system if
the morality of the commymty would justify such »
step. But if correctly informed, and that, too, trom
the records of the Board of Edueation, representations
had been made to the Government that the law was
eyaded in regard to school attendance. Mence the ad-
aption of thas princjple in the School Act. ‘The prin.
eipal object, yelatiye to the amendment, for raising a
portion of the ‘Teachers’ salary by subscription, was to
secure, if possible,the more direct interestof parents inthe
educatipn of their ehildren, av well as the rehef of the
Revenue, a large proportion of which had been spent in
education, Le Was, however, prepared to admit that
the amendment in question was unpopular, and he was
prepared to give his support to the Resolution before
the Som sittee.

Hon. Mr, Coles again explained the difference between
the Free School svstum of this Island and the system
which obtamed in the Province of Nova Scotia. There
taachets were but partially paid by Government, and
parents had so contribute in proportion to the number
of their children attewding school. Under the Free
School system of this Colour, as at first introduced,
and as the present Resolution contem lated, it should
again be placed, paid the whole of the Teachers’
salaries from the ‘Treasury, thereby enabling the poor
man to send all his children, regardless of number, to
school, Ile hoped that system would be kept up in its
integrity. The principle upen which it was based
was sound, and had proved to be the best that could
possibly be adopted.
which arose from the unpopular amendment made by the
late Government was proof of. the efficiency of the
Free School Act ag at first enacted,

Mr. Breckon said he would support not only the Re-

their salaries from the Treasury, but would even go
further and support the raising of their saluries,

8
would ciated that it was sound. Any boon conferred
Spon & community or an individual, without personal
orts oF cost, was seldom, if over, duly appreciated.
f Educa-

non-attendance of ehildren gt suhools, The immediate
and no doubt unpleasant connection which was neces-
sarily caused between ‘Teachers and unwilling rate-pay-
ers, under the working of the amendment now sought
to be abolished, was no doubt no es to the interests

of Education. He then commented upon the advantages

the ajoso of the
during
h Education imparted to the mind,

Dr. Jenkins~To impart to the youth of the Colony a
id of tho different pursuits of life, wae
religiqua culture, caloulated roy po

culture, calou
manities virtgeus end honorable, also cartel

sonsidergtion., Lf the Report whieh ie held in his ad

The agitation and discontent

payment of

sinking fund of £5 on overy £1u:) actually borrowed
is to be provided by the Bill for tiv payment of
interest and principal.

We think there aro fow persons in the colony of
ordinary intelligence, not biassed by sinister or selfish
motives, but will approve of the action ef the Govern.
ment in introducing this Bill. Whether we view the
sybject in the light of our present monetary difficulties
or from the expedieucy of carrying into effeot the pro-
visiqns of the Land Purchase Bill, and developing the
latent resources of the colony, we must come to the
conelusion that a loan is absolutely necessury at the
present time, Upon the soundest principles of political
ecynomy, as well as trom a review of our fiaancial
ciroumstayzes and position, we approve of the measure
of a Loan. The great want of ail young countries is
capital, and Priace Ealward Island is no exception to
the general ryle, Limited as our newus as a Cvlony
have been, and restricted as our speciv currency Ia,
especially in the precivys metuls, still the trade and
public service of the colowy, the construction and
management of pablic works, and the purchase of all
the Proprictory lands in the Island, haye te be effected
by them, and, what is nore, the present geueration
has to bear burdens which more properly: belong te
posterity. Nearly gl] Hep Majesty's colomes have
jvarned the lesson early, and acted upon it, that it is
mpossible to make qny rapid advanves In material
grosperity without a loan, We haye the examples of
Queensland, New Zealand, Ceylon, Mauritius, Cape
‘Yewn, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, ete., to guide us
in the matter. ach of these vonntries is much mere
extensive and much richer, in moneyed wealth and

it judicious and expedient to obtain loans im foreign
nuwkets in preference to local loans, for the earr ying
out of important public works. A loan obtained by
young countries such as these fur a long term ef
credit, and at a lew rate of interest, must, in the very
nature of things, prove advantageous, In this Island
especially, which is not a manufacturing country, and
whote iraports exceed its exports, and which, ip ad-
dition to these drawbacks, is cursed with an absentee
proprietory, the judiciousness of obtaining a ‘foreign
loun to fimally settle our land difficulty, would not
seem to alivit of « doubt, nor would it meet with the
slightest eyposition but for the political and selfish
objects of a fraction of the population, . There is
scarcely & man in the Island who has not experienced,
withia the last year, the trouble of obtaining
money, particularly sterling exchange. This difficulty
has principaliy arisen from the buying up of proprietory
estates, the purehase-moncy of which bas to be diverted
from trade aud withdrawn in the precious motals from
local circulation, and remitted to absentee proprietors
in England, Now, as the total amount of gold and
silver in the vaults of all our banks, and upon’ which
their paper curroncy is based, amounts to ‘aborg
£25,000 currency, we are not surprised atthe difficulty
experienced by our merchants in obtaining sterling
exchange, nor in creditors obtaining their ordinary
debts, when about £156,000 have been already ab.
stracted from our circulation, and nearly the sane
umount has to be remitted within the course ef = few
months. From these figures it will be sven at a
lance that the ordinary trade of the colony edbned bo
successfully carried on if the lands of the colony are te
be bought and paid for at the same time. When
manufactories come to be established, as we hope they
will be before the Loan becomes due, and when our
unoccupied lands come to be settled and gultivated, su
4s to swell our exports, it will be much easier to pay
for the proprietory lands of the colony tham it is at
present. ‘The interost which will have te be annually
exported will not be equal to the rents remitted tu
absentees, but which, under the operations of the Land
Purchaso Bill, will bo saved to the colony. In fine,
with # Loun, the Land difficulty of the Island can be
finally settled without injury to its trade, whereas,
without a Loan, that ohronic difteulty will still remain

Teachers from| 2? *tHed, and genoral bankruptey stares ue in the face,
had not given general satisfaction, yet ho| less, indeed, the Confederate Government te

the rescue and offers us the $800,000 *pre re-
jected. Between tho Loan and Confederation wo seo
no alternative, and it is rather suggestive that every
Confederate ig the Colony 1s opposed to the measure.
Should their opposition triumph, and the Legn un-
fortunately fail, we weuld not give much for the future
opposition of the ‘tight little Island ” 0 Confederation
Wpon the $900,000 basis.

The session of the Newfoundland Legislature te élosed.
The members have neithor accepted the Quebec nor
London scheme of Confederation.~—Thé Seal Fisheries
are reported as being fully an ayerage catch,-Produce 1s
in good demand in Newfoundland this spring. —By pri-
vate advices to @ gentleman in this city, welearn that
Potatoos are selling at 45., and ate at Se, Gd., Island
Urrency, per bushel,—Pat,

resources, than this colony, yet, still they have deemol

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