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thilttred vf you labourers to go to school, aud if s0
Whit ought they to learu? ‘The farmers all thought
the children ought to goto school, Saw uo harm
othat, Shouldthey learu reading? Yes, reading
pat HO more than is necessary to read their Bibles !
hot more, in order that the school might be cheap
and not bear heavily ou their pockets. Well, aud
writing? Well, yes. Just enough writing to, sigo
Vheir uames ; (uot endugh to open aay other fivld
of labor to them.) Well, aud Arithmetic? Km-
phatically ‘no !” trom all the farmers. No use at
all in Arithmetic. Arithmetic might throw au uv-
pleasant light upou ihe rate of wages, and besides it
is » woadertul slarpever of childish taculties !”

This was the opiniou of farmers iv a Parish in
Eugtand not tong siuce, and 1 would like to draw
the attention of your houvrs to the ditference iu the
footings of our tarmers. Tnstead of retarding edu-
vation in avy way, we should do our utmost to en-
courage it. Seme yousy persovs educated in the
veouutry scheels have, to my own knowledge, left
home to Ail sttuations iu Charlottetown aud else-
where, and this is encouraging. There is ove other
subject to which 1 would wish to draw the atteutiou
of your honors, and that is the Beliast Grammar
School, which is mentioned in one of the Reports.
I happened to have an opportunity of visiting that
school not long ago, aud can coufirm the Visitor's
Report. 1 was exceediagly weil pleased with the
school and the system pursued, which were excel-
lent. ‘The season at which | visited it was oue during
which the attendance ia usually small throughout
the country, bot I fouud a large number present,
“od among them some young men and women, |
considered it a good feature to see such a school es
tablished in the district.

Hon, Mr Dixawext: Ido not wish to preveut the
publication of these Reports, if they are really worth
it to the country, 1 merely wished to take the op-
inion of the House on the matter.

Reports ordered to lie on the table.

Oa motion of Hon. Mr Palmor, the Bill to diminish
delay in proeeedings in the Court of Chancery was
read a third time with the amendments and

On motion of Hon. Mr Haythorne, the Bill to coa-
tinue and amend certain Acts therein named, was
read a third time and passed.

House ajouraed till eleven o'clock ou Monday.

Monpar, May 6th.

Hoo Mr Lord presented a petition from Cornelius
R. O'Leary, M. D., but not being regularly drawr,
the House conld not entertain it.

Hou Mr Hensley from the Zlouse of Assembly,
presented a Bill to amend the Land Assessment Act.
Received and read.

House adjourned tilleleven o'clock to-morrow.

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.
SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS.

Wepnespay, May 8.

House in Committve on Roads, Bridges, and Wharfs,
After some time spent in Committee, progress was re-
ported.

House in Committee of Supply adopted several Re-
solutions and reported progress.

Dr Jenkins presented a petition from several mer-
ebants, traders and mechanics, of Charlottetown, set-
ting forth the insufficiency of the present amount of the
mouey circulation of this Island, and praying for a
further issue of Treasury Notes, with the view of reliev-
ing the enbarrassments of trade and eommerce, con-
sequent upon the want of a larger supply of the cireu-
lating medium.

Ordered, that the said petition be referred to a com-
mittee of the whole House to-morrow.

A Bill to amend the law relating to Trustees of
Estates was received and read.

Hon. Attorney General presented a Bill to amend the
Act relating to the Prince of Wales College, which was
received and read, and ordered to be read a second
time to-mortow.

The amendments contemplated im said Act relate to
the more efficient management of that Institution, by
giving the Principal, or Head Professor, a more direct
superintendence and contro] over the different depart-
ments of learning in that college, including the Grammar
School in connection therewith. The said Head Profes-,
sor to be responsible to the Trustees or Governors of
the Institution for the maintenance ef order, the regu-
larity of attendanee on the te of Teachers, and the
efficient instractions imparted in the various departments
of said College and Grammar School. The duty of the
Principal or Head Professor shall be to examine, once
a month, the echolars taught at the Grammar School,
and quarterly, the stulents and scholars taught by the
second Professor, and also to order the arrangement of
classes in said College and Grammar School, subject to
the approval of the Trustees of that Institution. ‘The
Bill also providés fortwo public examinations of the
students and scholars in all the departments connected
with said College; one of said examinations to take
place immediately before midsummer holidays, and the
other at Christmas.

Hon. Attorney General then remarked that there
were other and more general changes reqaired in connec-
tion with the Prince of Wales College; but it was not
intended for the present to enter into detail. It appear-
ed tbat the discipline of the Institation was defective,
hence the necessity of the Bill to amend the law relat-
ing thereto, a
ilon. Leader of the Government said it was high time

regulate the system upon which the College, but
more especially the Grammar School in connection with
the College, was conducted. The Master of that
School was unable to impart instruction to the whole
School, numbering over seventy scholars, An assist-
ant should therefore be provided for, in order to the
more efficient working of the Institation. At present
it appears students (tom the Normal School are sent to
assist in the Grammar Scheol department; those
Btudents, on receiving their license to teach, go to the
country, aad others unacquainted. with the working of
the Schéol are again placed over a portion of the
scholars, Such changes were aot calculated to give sa-
tisfacti

to

House ‘again in Committee on Roads, Bridges and

Hon, Mr. Davies complained of the proportionate
subdivision of the Road Scales relative to Queen's
County, stating that the District which he had the
honor to represent had not received a tair share of the

le was supported by his colleague, the Hon. Mr.
Dunean, who also contended that Belfast Distriet had
not been liberally dealt with,
Flon. Mr. Kolly said that when the gp Scales ae
being prepared was the proper time to offer any objec-
tions fat hon. tauibers tnd to make on that Bee ws
The subdivision of ssid appropriations had been care-
fally considered and arran by hon. members from
the different Distriete of the country, and equitably ad-
usted previous to their being submitted to the Mouse,
it was therefore unfair to attempt auy alteration at
OS aed. setten irom ‘Sete 1
. Breckon presented « tion from John Ings,
mug eso stating oe potuatere, with several
iin Om cabecsivet & large sum of money, and are
about

to form a Company for the purpose he ge

Charlottet Clase Hotel, and prayi
i Caarenedeperation for the Onarlettelewe fete

The petition was received and read, and « Committes

appointed to bring in a Bill in comformity there-/goutiomen, the High Sheriff declared on Declaration
prob « neue | in "Georgetown tht th Poll Book was the most
Mr. Brecken alep presented a Bill to amend the Act) unfair that ever un is notice. t why. it may
Charlotte-| be asked, bad you not representatives Who would have

relating 10 the Incorporation of the City of ipeleted on your rights, aed provented the and
usuice done you? My reply is simple: Gedipers-

cultural Inbourers, They were asked—ought the|

illegal acts perpetrated at the polling

reveal further tots authenticated by oath if need og
ciples forever ashamed of meeting his iwaion, Ves,

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second time tu-motrow,

Mr. Howatt moved, in amendmetit, that it be read
that day three months. .
Said amendment was then negatived on the following
division, viz :—

Yeas—Mvesers. Howatt, Kickham, MoNeill, Cameron,
MeVormack, Ramsay, G. Sinelair, P. Sinclair, Bell,
Arsetenux, Hone, Kelly and Laird—12.

Nays—Meesrs. Brecken, Jenkins, Prowse, Green,
McLennan, Reilly, Hons. Duncan, Henderson, Havil-
arid, MeAulay, Calibeck, Coles, Davies—13.

On motion of Llon, Mr, Haviland, the Louse went
into Commitiee on the Lill relating to practice dnd
ereoting in the Supreme Court. Mr. G, Sinclair in the
chalr,

Hon. Mr, Haviland again explamed the leading prin-
ciples involved in said Bill,

This Bill authorizes the taking of gold and silver
coin, in execution, from a Debtor, aud paying the same
over to the Creditor as money collected; and also that
Government Debentures, ‘Treasury Warrants and Notes,
Bank Notes, ete., may be taken in execution and paid
to Creditor at par value, if he will accept them, if nat
they shall be euld after giving two months notice of sale
thereot in the 4.oyal Gazette newspaper. 1 provides
that the neceasary wearing apparel and bedding of the
debtor and his family. and the tools or instruments of
his trade or calling, and bis last cow, shall be exempt-
ed from execution, All distinctions relative to sue:
and being sued, as an Attorney, are by this Hi
abolished. Jt also regulates the order in which, ad-
dresses to Juries shall be delivered upon the trial o
any cause, civil or criminal, by allowing the party or
counsel who begins, in the event of his opponent not
announcing at the close of the case of the party who
begin, bis intention to adduce evidence, to address the
Jury a second time at the close of such vase, for the
purpose of summing up the evidence; and the party or
counsel on the opposite side shall be allowed to open
the case and also to sum up the evidence, if auy; the
right to reply to be the same as at present.

Several clauses of the Bill were rvad and agreed to
without amendment, :

Hon. Mr. Davics submitted a Resolution, to the ef-
fect, that no person laying claim to the laods of any
svttler on this Island in possession of such land, should
be allowed, on any pretence, to summen or take pro-
ceedings for the appearance of such settler a second
time at Court, with the view of rgeovering rent or
otherwise,

A long debate then ensued on the subject of said re-
solution,

Hon, Mr, Davies spoke of the hardships endured by
parties who wore dragged to Court by pretynded
owners of lands, and thus kept from one term of Court
to another, and indeed for years, in trouble and anxiety
touching their lands, because of the neglect or indispos
sition of Plaintiffs in such cases to have cases pending
brought to a final close, He imstanced cases in point,
showing that, alter many years of anxiety, advantage
had been taken of the absence of defendants, who were
frequently thus deprived of their lands, not by the fair
and equitable administration of justice, but because of
the unjust manner in which judgments bad been obtain-
ed against them in the Coufts,

Mr. Ilowatt supported the Resolution submitted by
the Hon. Mr, Davies, and also remarked upon the great
ineonvenience and loss sustamed by persons not learn-
wd in the law, and of limited means, in keeping up con-
tinuous law suits against parties with whom money was
no object, as long as they could ultimately sueceed in

unfortunate victims of their lands, upon the cultivation
of which they may have spent their best days, with the
hope in their declining years of leaving to their children
the enjoyment of their bard labor. Some law should be
enacted to put a stop to such endless, unjust and vexa-
tious lawsuits.

Ifon, Mr. Laird—It was highly improper to continue
any principle ot law that enabled the crafty Plaintiff to
summon over and over again the peor defendant, until
3 last, perchance, he secures the judgment of the

ourt,

Mr. McNeill instanced the ease of Winsloe against
Doirant, and remarked upon the peculiar hardship en-
durved by the defendant in that ease, in proof of the
evil consequences resulting from the mode of postpon-
ing suits, from year to year, which, in the care reforred
to, ended in the defendant, though he obtained judg-
ment, baving to pay all the costs of the whuly suit,
amounting to oyer the value of the farm, and thus kept
ers harassed by being deprived, from time to
time, of his hard earnings, to meet the payment of said
oosts, the final liquidation of which he will never aceom-
plish. He, Mr. MeNeill, would like to know why the
property of the Plaintiff, in that case, was not made
available for the payment of said costs. The Agent for
the Land Commission stated in his report tliat, out o/
six of the best ‘Townships on the Island, 40 per cent.
oaly of the Tenants could raise supplies on their farms
to support their families without paying rent. Was it
then to be wondered that attempts would be made to
evade being served with writs for the payment of rents,
when such writs were said to be served by being thrown
in at doors, and at night into houses through windows.
Hon. Mr. Howlan also referred to cases of cruel
treatment from the continuous nature of cases pending
in Court.
Mr. Davies was wanting in legal construction, it was the
duty of hon. members, learned in the law, to point out
such errors. Ile opposed the Bill in ite first stage, and
he would oppose it again.

Gorrespondence.
(FoR THE HERALD)
TO THE LIBERAL AND INDEPENDENT

ELECTORS OF THE FOURTIL DISTRICT OF
KING'S COUNTY.

The Act is plain upon this point. The Presiding
OMicer can eo = one or more of the oaths preserib-
ed in the Schedule to the act, and not such oaths as the
following :—** Will you swear that you got your certi-
ficate within two months of the time you performed
your Statute Labor.” ‘* Will you swear that you got no
payment from Mr.—for permitting him to settle on
your place for the winter!” What was this to his bust-
ness 50 ome, | as the man held his lease and was willing
to swear to his qualification. ‘* Will you swear that the
landon which you vote was willed to you?” In what
particular year of our Lord was such an Act passed,
requiring such an oath as this? 1am ata loss to know.

On the same Poll Book votes in my favor were ex-
for such reasons as the following :—* Your

, sir; the property is your wife's and not

The 29th Sec. of Act of 1865 ought to settle
this point. Again:—'Your yote is no good, sir, you
exchanged farms twe montis ago with your father.”
For the information of this sagacious Presiding Officer
I would recommend him to spell his on through the
22nd Section of the Act of 1856. But the question is
this: If the Son's yote was bad on account of exchang-
ing farms with the father, then the father’s vote was
equally bad. But the son’s is expunged; and the
father’s is recorded. How can this be accounted for!
Very easily—‘The father voted for Henderson and
Prowse, the son for Rowo and Fletcher. Another
man's vote was refused to be taken because it was al-
leged that he was insane, when it 1 well known that
the same man ased more practical good sense and
honesty than the creatare who refused to take it.
Strange that this important discovery was never made
tentil
en the grounds of the roters being the worse ot loquor,
when itcan beproventhatnelther was intoxicated. Th
them was capable of weap Hood pre-

siding officer or his a locia associates the true na-
tare of the laws which they were sent there to act upon.

Such, gentlemen, are a few of the high-handed and

vision on Lot
63. Time and space forbid me going into the matter
tore fully at present, but if an occasion offers I shall

wa a]

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vote is no
yours !”

which will be sufficient to make any man of an

On motion of Mr, Brecken that the Bill be read atively unaequainted with vletioneeting,

If the Resolution submitted by the Hon.|P®

26th of February last. Two others are erased |y

1 vetieweies
to men in that jtiay who were respectable,
impartial and just, rattler that men whojwere acquaint-
ed withthe liw. As« uence, these men were
not able to cope withthe log-tried, sulyieg. but poli-
tically-blinded cavilers of ny Opponents. I relied on
the Integrity and truth of mea who were sworn to give
even-hantled justice, But my eonfidence was mispla-
ved. have been taught most salutary Jesson ; it
shall not be lost upen ma,

J shall now tlirect your attention te the polling divi-
sion at Lot 64, Even here 1” have been treated most
unjustly,, dam informed on the mest credible author-
ity and not by my representutives merely, but a number
of disinterested electors that ne fewer than five persons
refused to s\yearto thelr qualifications when #0 request-
ed by my Inapector throughthe proper channel, The
duty ot the presiding officer in such exses is cldtrly de-
fined in the 21st Sec. of the Act. of 1861. Has he ad-
hered to the law in this matter? 1 loave it to his own
conseience ? But I do feel that if these votes were polled
in my fayor the law Woald have been rigidly enforced,
and they would have been erased, ‘his accusation is no
randam assertion—it ié the statement of several highly
respectable gentlenion who offered to appear before the
House of Assembly and give ‘ovidence to that effect.
[have documents in iny possession ‘at this moment
which will prove several ofthese voters for Messrs.
Henderson and Prowse, to be ‘only eighteen and nine-
teen years of age, and who were absent from the Is-
land at the time of the performance of Statute Labor.
All these circumstances taken into consideration. toge-
ther with the threats uf a certain nocturnal orchard per-
ambulator who has been dignified with the office of
constable, and who, by the bye, was to be made an

defeated me in the récent Election contest. 1 expect
soon to see this gentioman’s name gazetted, for both
those men are now in a position to redeem their pro-
tise? Many simple Liberals were thus afraid of ap-
pearing at the hustinga test this worthy and consistent!
man might fleece them, and wring from them the
earnings of much teil, | shall now give you seve-
ral of my reasons for vot prosecuting the scrutiny. .
Ist. The amount of money required for such a pur-
pose is very considerable—much more than | at first
anticipated, and as:there is no law on our Statute
books which warrants (aé House in defraying such ex-
pense, it might ruin mie for life.
2nd. The trouble and expense of getting fifty or
sixty witnesses from all of your district to Char-
lottetown—a distanoe of about forty miles, was a task
almost Ilereulean in such a state of roads as existed
three weeks age.
3rd ‘The trouble ef getiing up a Petition signed by
six electors, sworn before the nearest magistrates, to-
gether with Bonds and Securities, at so short a notice
pd oe such roads, was next to impossible, And if
add totais the apparent shuflling clear of the matter by
two certain Liberals, who were at one time, when
doubtful of their stretigth, extremely anxious, I became
careless ind felt that even if Itook my seat, I could
not become a pita, doa! fo'such men, 1 hold to inde-
pendont Liberal pringiples—liberal in spirit and in deed
—and, although | believe the present Government to
be infinitely superior to the late Conservative one, yet
I believe that there are men among them no more qua-
lified to canstitute a Liberal administeration than Lord
Castlereagh would be to form part of a cabinet with
such men as Jobn Bright, Ww: E. Gladstone, and
Earl Russel, ,
Inthe meantimé Timuyst clese. Many will say that I

securing their object, namely, the deprivation of their rwrite this smarting undéradefeat. It isnot so. Iam

not defeated—nouch less conquered: I[ have been
Wronged out of my seat. I fvel that 1 received the
majority of the votes in your distriet/ Mr, Henderson
need not Lay the flattering unction to his soul that he
represents a majority of the district, He does not. He
may contrive to make his india-rubber conscience easy
onthe matter—for I believe he can stretch it to any
length—-but he cannot be so stupidly blind as not to
see that he is the mere creature of cireumstances—the
occupant of a sent attained by fowl play and dema-

‘ogical art. 1 shall scan nis actions witha watchfuleye
P shall see how fur bot he and hiscolleague carry out
the alluring and: charming premises which they nade
to the people. 1 shall witness with pleasure the am-
endments whieh they, wilbafiix to that noble Act which
Mr. Henderson had previously lent his aid in despoiling,
I shalt notice the number of Post Offices which they will
establish: the great new roads which they are to open ;
the assistance which they will give to the poor tenant-
ry on Lots 61 & 63; and if they fail to redeem all that
they have promised,,they may expect to hear of it.
We shall also see how far they shall carry out their in-
dependent Conservative’principles, in voting with the
Liberal party on all good measures, We shall wait.
In conclusion, gentlemen, permit. me to thank you
most sincerely for all the kindness and hospitality which
you haye ever shown me during the campnigu. The
many marks of friondship, the ‘interest and zeal you
have manifested on my behalf, the serrow which you ox-
pressed at my rejection, will ever endear you tome, wd
on my part, your kmdness and well-wishes shall be en-
graved on my heart as-if written on marble, T can
only say in return for all, that the day is not far io the
distant future when I shall accomplish something for
you which will have a tendency to add to your. pros-

rity, to increase your ——w and to cement
our friendship more closely still, '
Tam, Gentlemen,
Yours as ever,
‘JAMES HAYDEN FLETCILER.

Orwell Mills, 7th (Manbh; 186% ;

(For tne Hrrawp.)

To Mr. Ansenzacx, M. P, P., '
Sir —)n the 2d inst., while the House of Assembly
were discussing the expediency of amending the Free
Education Act, you are reported to have said: ** Teach-
ers, holding licenses alike, were deserving of the same
salary. Young men, just from the Normal School, hav-
ing obtained Viconses as* Teachers from the Board of
Kduention, were entitled to the same pay, and as com-
etent to perform their duties as many old Teachers,”
Well, Sir, to convince you that your logic ie sotiewhat
following letter written by a
young man who isa gradyato of this faamous Normal
Seboul of which we hear so much. He has taught
school some three years, and holds a license entitling
him to ae high salary as thy oldest and most competent
firet-clase Twacher on the Island. So you will see, m
dear sir, that the fact of .a.young man’s being ‘* fres!
from the Normal School,” and holding license-from the
Board of Education, is not'a sure guarantee that he is
really entitled to the same pay, and as competent to per-
form echool duties as many old Teachers; or, ae in the
present instance, competent to teach af all, There are
many young Teachers throughout this Island, who are
unable to write a correet and intelligent letter, although
they hold licenses from the “ Board,” as being qualified
to teach school. Read the following epistle trom this
Normal School graduate. I have in charity withhela
the naine: But still 1 think it unfair that so many of
this stamprshould be sent to the vodutry, to teach and
draw the same amount of salary as properly qualitied
and experienced Teachers. :

Me

incorrect, I transcribe

Yours, &c.,
IL- EST VRAL,
Cardigan, May 21, 1867.

G. River, Dec. 12th 1867.

-—— _Esq., please Sir you will understand
that I wrote to the trustees of your school tor to get my
money, and to you as-one of thent but know you done
our ; .

This is what I sent to the trustees and it is as follows
Sir I sent to you these few lines in order to let you
know that there is about £2 its, (two: pounds Ten
shillings) or little more of the assess money from last
year that I did not recoive yet. And now I have got
the Agreement for to eoHect’the’ money from ye Trus-
tees that s end sonlede ind I sent-to youthisline
20 that you will as one of thé Tr have your share
of the mone + Onetdtnves day, or
else let me nee that yow will not pay ‘nor’ collect, and

I will soon, find a way of making ya-pay, as yo went and
choose anothor T rin my place at that time. And
if it is the ease that I will have to pur ye to trouble be-

fore 1 will get it, perbaps it will net stop with the sum
mention iy to your lines against my £15,
whether are right or not.

Send one word or the other or the money to ———
Esq.. on or before Christmas.

iequire when Henderson and Prowse were returned, |

To ras Evrror ov Tue Heravn,

Sin,—I perceive by your last iveue that you have
iven space to a portion of my address to the Liberal
sleetors of | ‘ourth District ot King's County. J
feel much obliged to you. At the same time, I see that
the whole artiele is filled with typographical errors—-an
oveurrence whith is rare in the Herald, But at the con-
chusion of the communication, two very material errore
oceur, which completely darkens my narra 4 One
sentence reads thus: “ How is it, 1 would ask, that
when a man who votes for Henderson and Prowse, and
refuses to swear to his qualification, that that vote is
left on the books, and that good and valid votes which
were in favor of Prowse and myself are expunged ? ete."
It should read: ** Mow 1s it, | would ask, that when a
man votes for Henderson and Prowse, and refuses to
swear to bis quatification, that that vote i= left on the
books, and that good and valid votes, which were in
favor ot Rowe and myself, are expunged? ete.” The
very next sentence reads: ‘*On the same Poll Book
there can be seen those votes which were given to me
on the grounds of being ‘objected,’ ete.” is sentence
is quite obscure and unintelligible. It should read :—
On the same Poll Book there can be seen three votes
which were given to me, erased, on the grounds of
being marked * objectud,” while those which were
marked ** objected * by my representatives are left re-
corded so long as Henderson and Prowse received
them.”

Please insert this communication in your next issue

and oblige,
J. H. FLETCHER.
Orwell Mills, 23d May, 1867.

[We have to apologise to our correspondent for the
errors alluded to. Absenee from the city on our part,
and the consequent employment of an inexperienced
proof-reader, account for the appearance of the
blunders.—Ep, Henan.)

— Bhe Merald.

Wednesday, May 0D, 1807.

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GALLANT CONDUCT ON THE PART
OF AN ISLAND CAPTAIN,

Some time Inst winter we read, in one of the papers,
of the loss of the Ship Monmouth, and the rescue of
her crew by Capt. Walsh, of the Ship David Cannon.
Capt. Walsh belongs to this Island, and on two pre-
vious occasions—once while in command of the Ship
Sir Alexander—rescued, at no small risk to himself,
the crews of shipwrecked vessels.. We are not aware
that he has ever reecived any public acknowledgment
for these humane services; vor does he seek it. The
conaciousness of having willingly performed a noble
duty is a suflicient reward to one of his unassuming
disposition. It is with pleasure, however, that we
copy from the Liverpool Mercury the record of the loss
of the Monmouth, and the rescue of the crew by Capt.
Walsh, wherein a fitting tribute is paid by the ship-
wrecked sailors to the skill and intrepidity of their
gallant rescuer. We sincerely trust that some more
substantial testimonial to professional skill and moral
worth than mere newspaper encomiums wil! soon be
tendered to Capt. Walsh for his noble and praiseworthy
conduct, af detailed in the following oarrative:—
TOTAL WRECK OF TILE SHIP MONMOUTH, OF
LIVERPOOL,

To tux Evirons ov tur Liverroor Martvury

Gentlemen,—My object in troubling you with these
few lines is to bear testimony on behalf of myself,
officers, and the surviving crew to the intrepidity,
hospitality, and kinduess of Captain Walsh, of the
David Cannon, his officers and crew. We wish also
to convey our most heartfelt thanks and deep gratitude
tor the saving of our lives; and we do hope that this
gallant conduct may be duly appreciated by the Board
of ‘Trade, and sowe suitable acknowledgment made
for services which, if rendered to any foreign vessel,
would doubtless meet with a fit reward from the repre-
sentative of such doreign country. The rs of
Saturday last contain Captain ‘Walsh's report of the
picking up of the survivors ol the Monmouth. It may
interest some of your renders, and might prove
materially useful to the relatives ef those who perished
if 1 append a tew of the culars connecied with
this awful visitation. We left Ponsacola for Liver-
pool, timber laden, Dec. 24, 1866, Atter ern
through the Florida Straits, bad weather sot in, whic

radually increased until January 16, when, in a heavy
squall, the ship capsized on her starboard side, every-
thing being carried away—boats, houses, &c, mainmast
parting in two places, sapehie| away the mizentopmast
and gear with it. This caused the ship to right again,
It was on this day that four men managed to get on
board the loagboxt, but she, coming in contact with
the floating wreck, wae capsized, drowning the whole
tour, names of whom are at foot, With about 15 Tos.
of bread-and four gallons of water the twelve sur-
vivors, lashed to windward ofthe lower mastheads, re-
mained, with one exception, exposed to the fierce and
bitter gales for six days. Voor us Grey perished
with cold and exposure, fell on deck anc was
washed away. All this time the ship was continually
breaking up—deckbeams and stanchions gone, and
the cargo floating out at the stern. On the 20th Jan.,
1867, lat. 80 N, long 46 W, the good ship David Can-
non, hove in sight. Captain Walsh, with characteristic
boldness, rescued us frum our perilous position, ex-
hausted and almost dying—limbs sweilen, clothes
gone, and almost destitute of hope. ‘The kind treatment
and judicious nursing which we experienced will never
be effaced from our memory, in testimony of which |
beg to subscribe myself obedient servant,

GRIFFIN JONES, Master.

My officers and crew heartily subscribe to the above,

(Signed) RK. GRIFFITUS, Mate.
JOHN BELL, Carpenter.
HENKY THOMPSON, Boatewain.
W. M’CALL, A. B,

The namos of the drowned mon are as follows :—
Edward Croney, A. B., Portwilliam, Wigtonshire,
N.B.; Thomas West, O. 8., of Liverpool, shipped at
Liverpool; Wm. Scannell, runner, Newport, Mon-
mouth, shipped at Pensacola; John Thomas, runner,
Penzance, shipped at Pensacola; Magnus Grey, sea-

man, perished on the rigging, shipped at Liverpool,
sadbnety ti G. JONES,

os

Rerort or Cavratn Griveiras Jones or tar Sup
Monmourtu, of and for Liverpoc), 881 tons, from Pen-
sacola (timber) :—

Loft Ponsacola Doc, 24. Proceeded till Jan. 5, when
a heavy gale commenced from S W to N W, with high
sea and severe squalls, On 6th sounded pumps and
found 4 feot 6 inches water in the well, and upen ex-
amining round the ship to ascertain the cause of leak-
age, found the sternpost, rudder-trunk, and headknee
started, also part of cutwater gone. Kept pumps
constantly going. and endeavored to secure everything
as far as possible heavy seas breaking on deck, At 8
a.m. hove ship te on starboard tack, wind about W,
inclining to NW. At6 p. m. more moderate; run her
before the wind, sounded frequently, and found the
twater gaining fast on the pumps up to the 13th, when
the water h ned to 10 feet, a continuance of heay
gales and ha ualls, On 14th the water in the well
was 13 feot; on Lith, at 6am 16 feet 6 inches; at 10
am 17 feet 8 inches, the crew completely exhausted
from constant exposure te the weather. At noon
knooked out the stern windows, in lat 39 24 N, long.
50 W. Furlod all sails the Foretopmaststaysail,
and, a8 ¢he sea was making clean breach over the
ship, We were compelled to take te the ropes. On the
16th, in the forenoon, she capsized, drowning four of
the Men. I got into the lifeboat, with three men, and
driftel waay frem tho wreck about three quartors of a
mil . 1 was washed out of the boat, and picked up
— by the men, After tho mainmast went ovor thy

de,

{port with high sea, the decks swept of everything,

, anda

: ee
portion went into the forerigging, it blewing a fea: -
our provisions except a little bread and small of
water was gone, At 10pm another seaman was lost,
having fallen out of the mizen-rigging into the sea.
We remained in that posistion anti) the 20th, when we
were rescued by the ship David Cannon, Captain Welsh,
from Mobile, in lat 40 N, long 46 5 W. e were well
treated until landed in Liverpool on 2nd February.

Twice Taxex: An Ilistorical Romance of the
Maritime British Provinces, by Cuas. W. Hans, Leo
and Shepard, Boston, Publishers. This is a work of
242 pages, l6mo., which has just been laid on our
table. Its author, Chas. W. Hall, is a son of I. C,
Hall, Esq., of this city, and who bimself resided for
some time in this Island, and, if we mistake not,
attended school at the Central Academy. We have
not hed time to give the book a careful perusal; but
from a hasty ran through it, we are willing to accord
to its author fair powers of imagination, combined with
facility of expression, and an intimate acquaintance
with the facts connected with the uprooting of French
power in what are now known as the British American
Maritime Provinces. With the exception of a party
bias running through the work, and more especially
manifested in the grotesque and unreasonable pour-
trayal of some of the characters—Du Thet, for example,
and a rapid hastening over of some of the sad cireum-
stances connected with the heartless expulsion of the
Acadians from their beloved home—the book is un-
exceptional, Louleburgh, the city “ Twiee Takén,”*

naturally occupies a prominent position in the work
before us. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince:
Edward Island are also the loeations of many of the
heroes and scenesswhieh help to weave the story of
** Twice Taken,” and on this account we have no doubs
the book will command an extensive sale throughout
the Maritime Provinces. Having so early adventared,
as an aspirant for fame, into the Republic of Letters,
we are inclined to the belief that, with additional ex-
perience, Mr, Hall—now in his twenty-fourth year,
and a member of the Massachusetts Bar—will become
a useful, ag sae and, we trust, distingnished
writer, With these hasty remarks we commend to the
reading public the story of ** Twice Taken,” which
ean be obtained in all the Book Stores after the ist of
June. Should time permit, we will give it a more
lengthy notice in a future No,

Fripay last, being the Anniversary of Her Majesty's
Birth-day, was observed as a general Holiday in the
city. ‘The public offices, and most of the stores were
closed, ‘I'wo Companies of the 4th Regt, and several
Companies of the Volunteers, were reviewed in the
forenoon by the Commander-in-Chiof, A feu de joie
was fired, as alse a Royal salute. His Excellency the
Lieutenant Governor held a Leveo at Government
House nt 12 o'clock, noon. In the afternoon, the
members of Victoria Steam Fire Engine Company,
under command of Capt. Strickland, paraded through
the vity, aud presented a very fine appearance. Alto-
gether the day was more generally ebserved than we
remember to have secn it in former years, and the
military pageant more satisfactory than could have
been anticipated.

On a recent hasty visit to Halifax, we had the
pleasure of shaking hands with our friend and late
fellow-townsman, Dr. Sutherland, Mo has made quite
an attractive spread on Hollis Street—in fact, has
taken the shine out of the Malifax druggists in tho
vlegance of his store, and tho varioty of his stork. We
haye no doubt that the Doctor's urbanity, skill, and
assiduity will, as in this Colony, raise up for him a
host of admiring friends in the Liverpool of the
New Dominion, which is to be the field of his future .
labors. While we shall miss him trom amongst us,
and regret his departure, we very heartily wish him
success in his new home.

Tur Islander, in its essay of Friday Inst upon the
Loan Bill, has wandered into the region of prophecy,
into which we have neither the desire, nor the neces-
sary qualifications of divination, to follow him. -We
are content to await the result of Mr, Hensley’s
mission in the firvt place, and, If successful, a short
time will tell whether our views or these of the
‘slander, in regard to the Loan Bill, are most correct.
In the event of the failure of the Loan Bill, it will re-
main for us to consider what course to pitsue upon
any favorable proposition that may emanate from the
Dominion Parliament. For the present we have no
reason to change our opinions upon the matter, nor to
regard as * ridiculous” and “ absurd ” the only feasible
plan which can, without irreparable evil, relieve our
monetary difficulties, and finally settle our Land
Question. ;

Toe Wrstinster Review.—We have received
from the Leoqnard Scott Publishing Company, of New
York, the April No. of this so-called ‘Radical Quarterly,
Itcontains a most instructive series of articles, as may be
gathered trom the table of contents :—1, Italy and the
War ot 1866; 2. The Papal Drama; 3. Thomas
Hobbs; 4. Contemporary Music and Musical Litera-
ture; 5. New America; 6. Mr. Swinburne's Poetry;
7. Tho Hopes and Fears of Retormors; 8. Contem-
porary Literatare—Theology and Philosophy ; Politics,
Sociology, Voyages and Travels; Science; History
and Biography ; elles Lettres,

A fire broke out on Thursday night last in the house
next to the residence of the Mon. Geo. Coles, Kent
Street, but was fortunately discovered in time and
suppressed without much damage being done. The
fire is attributed to incendiaries, and several suspected
parties were brought before the Police Court on
Saturday last: without, unfortunately, any definite
information being elicited.

We understand that the Hon. Joseph Hensley will
proceed to England shortly to negociate the Loan pro-
vided for by the Bill of last Session. This we believe
to be the only effectual method by which te obtain the
Loan, and we have no doubt thet the mission will be

crowned with success.
*

Ee Those interested in the building of a first-class
hotel, will have an opportunity of forwarding that
object, by attending at the hall of the Police Court,
this evening at eight o'clock.

Tax Steamship Africa, from Liverpool, arrived at
Halifax on Tuesday evening, the 2ist inst., and the
Mail for this Island was brought over from Brule by
the Heather Belle on the following evening: As might
be expected, the principal news items had been pre-
vieusly received by the Atlantio Cable. The Hon, Mr.
MeGee was a passenger by the Africa, .

Convent Bazaar. — This Bazaar will be
opened on Tuesday, the llth of June, instead of
Monday, the 10th. It will be continued for two
days, commeneiog each day at 11 y'clock in the
morning, aod closing at 10 in the evening. The
admission fee will be 9d,

ing the mizen ast with it, the ship righted.
nn Into the misenrigging

We returned, and got