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_THE HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1868.

Sage seem one oe ae aN aE ae —

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he would ask what bad they toe from the other side |
ofthe House? It were, in his opluion,

** Better to bear the ills we have,
Than fly to others we khbow not of.” i

Mr McLevuau-—the subject of Education, above all |
others, should be approached in a dispassionate manner, |
He regretted that so much trrevelant matter had been}
dragged Into the discussion. Ue spoke of the system

adopted in Nova Scotia relative to the construction of
the Board of Education, the appomtunent of a general
Superintendent of Schools, and of Examiners of canili-
. Gates. Ie said that County Boards of Education should
now be formed on the Island, as the necessity of attend-
ance at the Normal School was abolished, it would be
to compel the attendance of candidates from the
other Counties at Charlottetown for examination. He
believed others asx well as Roman Catholics would feel
disappointed at the amendments to the School Act now
before the House.

Mr Cameron regretted to hear expressions sed by
hen inembers on both sides of the House which might as
well have been kept out of the debate, as they would be
productive of no good. ‘The consolidation of the schoo!
Act was, In itself, av improvement. The Normal School
xystem Was not generally practiced in country #chools.

ecould not, therefore, see the justice of compelling
candidates to attend that School. It was, however, to
continue oper. and would be available to those who, in
the opinion of the Board, required to attend thereat.

Mr Bell—The School System, as established, was free
and comprehensive—all could embrace its privileges.
It was confertng lasting benefits on the youth of the Co-
jony, many of whom distinguished themselves at home

abroad by their educational acquirements. He alla-

Memorial of Lis Lordship the R. C. Bishop, asking for aid |

_ | getting public grante— h.ving for their object denomin- Juded to, had been placed in the hande of hon members
prot, : icon that the tree system, @ | nyt acquainred with the locality in question. nok with

utional teachings on the
established, embraced all that was requird, and necessary, |
to be provided on the part of the state, Ile alluded to the)
towards the support of mnatitutions of learning presiced over |
by His Lordship, and said that as the schools established |
bylaw, were open and accessable tovall, he could not see)
the justice nor necessity of extending Legislative aid to any |
denommational institutions, however superior their charac- |
ter or laudable the exertions of those under whore patron-|
age they existed. R |

Hon Leader of the Opposition followed, and reviewed |
the different points touched upon by the hen member, Mr}
Davies. He referred to the wide field that existed in every
country for charitable schools, ard their usefulness, Some
of the greatest men im England had been educated at sueh
instiiutions, ‘The fact that the schools referred to in the
memorial in question, were full of scholars, was, he aid,
the best proof of their being appreciated. tle alluded to
the variety of opinions which were expressed by hon mem-
bers of the majority, and of the Government on the vital
question of Education, and said that the Government should
know but one opinion on so. momentuous a subject.

llon Leader of the Government said that it would appear

ithe Opposition entertained different: views on the subject,
| from the fact that he (Ilon Leader of the Opposition) failed

to give expression te any opinion relative to the question,

After some further remarks from the Hon Mr Henderson,
and other hon men.bers, the bill was, on motion of the Hon
Attorney General, comr itted to a Committee of the whole
House, Mr George Sinclair in the chair,

‘The clause relating to the office of Secretary to the Board
of Education, elicited some remarks from hon members on
both sides of the House, coneurring in their expressions of
opinion, relative to the arduous and important nature of the

ded to the laudable exertions put forth for many years | duties iwposed on that officer, the able and efficient manner

by His Lordship the present Roman Catholic Bishep of
Charlottetown, not only on behalf of education, but also
in the cause of Temperance He knew, from his own
personal knowledge, that no man in the Colony had done
a§ much to encourage education as that worthy gentleman,
yet he could notsupport his memorial relative to a grant.

rom the mixed state of the population, separate schools
would be impracticable’ He would support a compul-
sory clause in the bil. Many parents were careless and
fodifferent, and would not voluntarily send their ehtidren
to dchool.

Mr P. Sinclair said that last Session the Schoo) Act
was amended in order to pay Teachers their full salaries
from the Treasury as promised by the /iberal party, and
though the bill now before the House did not contain any
important change. yet he believed it was an improve-
ment. He alluded to the arduous duties of the Secretary

.” of the Board of Education, whose salary, he said, was
inauficient, ond he hoped the Government would Increase
it. He was opposed to Scctarian grants, on the ground
that two systems of instruction could not be carried out
in the country. The Free School System, as pow estab-
tished, extended privileges to al! alike, and was, in his

inion, the best adapted to the wants and acquirements

of the people.
' Mr Reilly regretted that party spirit should be manifested
nthe debate. He spoke of the importance of Education in
its physical, moral, and intellectual relations. ‘The fruits
produced fn the United States, where the secular system
originated, could be seen by referring to the Criminal
Statistica and Courts of Divorce of that country, The
ablest and best minds in urope, argued the question on
its own merits. In Prussia they had their Catholic and
Protestant Normal and other schools, The adoption of
®@ sound system of Education, baseu upon proper training,
would tend to elevate man, and thereby lesson crime, and

i c quent exp to the countiy. The Memorial

of his Lordship about which s0 much had been said, only
iked ald fer those schools named in that Memorial, and

in which the present incunbent had discharged the onerous
duties of his office for many years, and the inadequacy of hiv
salary, which was then, on motion of the Hon Attorney
General, raised from £50, as formerly, to £76 per annum.

After some time spent in Committee, the Chairman re-
ported progress.

Hon Leader of the Government presented correspondence
and papers relating to the Wharf at West Point, as previous.
ly asked for by the hon member, Mr Ramsay,

House adjourned,

’ Monpay, April 13:h

On motion ofthe Hon Mr Callbeck, the Bill to In-!
corporate the Minister and Trustees of the Baptist
Chureh, was read a second time and agreed to.

Mr P, Sinclair, from the Special Cominittee, enbmit-
ted their Report on the Public Accounts, which was
receivec, read, and ordered to be committed toa Com
mittee of the whole Tonse, on Wednesday next,

House in Committee on the Eduneation Bill, and
having agreed to several cluuses without any important
amendments, reported progress.

Hon Mr Coles, Leader of the Government, said that
it was with feelings of deep regret he had to announce
to the House the sad news reported hy Telegram, that
the Hon, T. D'Arcy MeGee was assassinated at Otta-
wa, on the morning of the 7th instant. From the
knowledge, as a co-Delegate, he acquired of Mr.
McGee's character, during the late Conference on the
subject of Confederation, he could bear willing testi-
mony to the love of jostice and fairplay which actuated
the noble heart and able mind of that distinguished
statesman and orator, Political independence and love
robonar gs marked the career of the deceased, and it be-
hoved all who loved liberty of speech to deprecate the
atrocious act of the cruel assassin, at whose deadly aim
tell one who ably advocated and boldly upbeld the dear

, a8 Was admitted, the Education imparted in them was
better and cost less than that to be had in other schools
im Charlottetown, was it unreasonable to ask for a grant
in ald of the one ax well asthe other. If it is just to
impose a tax for Educa’ ion, should not the tax-payer have
fn Voice in the system towards which he contributed, If
not, the right of taxation might be denied.

Hon Atty General then moved that the House go into
Committee on the Bill, on saturday next, and In doing
80, entered fully into the question of E.tucation, relative to
which every map, and al! bodies of men, bad a right to
their opinions, He had the honor to represent a constl-
tnency, a large majority of whom were Roman Catholics,
and he was never asked by Bishop, Priest, or Layman,
to promise any change in the School system of the Co-
lony. Ie condemned the allusions made during the de-
bate, to questions, which, he said, had no bearing on the
*4bject, and calculated only to reproduce ill-feeling. Had,
hesaid, the opposition tabled any amendment to the
ill, there would be some reason for the course pursued
by them, in the debate,

Hon Leader of the Opposition, in speaking on the mo-
tion to go into Committce, nlso addreseed the House,
and said that much of what had been said from that side
of the House, was called forth by the speech of the hon.
member from Tignish, Mr Howlan. tle then entered at
length into the general question of Education, and re-
viewed the different systems that obtained in Europe,
United States, Canada and the sister Provinces.

He was followed by the Ilon Leader of the Govern-
ment, who reviewed the whole question in re'ation,
more cspecially to the cause of Education in the Colony,
fince the introduction of the free system. ‘The fact that
Protestant ‘parents patronized the institutions of learn.
4ng aliuded to in the Memorial of His Lordship the R.
C. Bishop, by sending their children to be educated iu
them, wes the best proof ofthe high character of said
schools.

‘Mr. Brecken replied to the remarks of the Hon. Mr,
: Hewlan, and denied ever having sanctioned the writings
alluded to by that hon member. We (Mr Brecken) then
read extrects from his speeches on the occasion referred
to, In proof ofhio (Mr Brecken’s) opposition to the writ-

ings In question. ‘
After some remarks from the Hon Mr [towlan, in re-

» phy, showing that the hon member (Mr Brecken) was
one of the Committee who Introduced, and one of the
majority who voted for, and passed the Orange Bill, the
debate closed.

The question was then put on the motion of the Hon

fi * rey General, nud.carried, that the bill be commit-

ted tos Committce of the whole House on Saturday

. Sarenpay, April 11,
Honse in Committee on the Report of a Committee ap-

. ol and continuance of the Act relating to Alewives

est interests of his country. After some further re-
marks touching the sorrowing widow and bereaved
orphans of the deceased, he, hon Mr Coles, submitted

| the following Resolution, namely :—

The asenssination of the Hon T, D'Arey McGeo, of
the Dominion of Canada, having been reported by
Telegram :—

Therefore, Resolved, That this House tegarda with
horror and detestation the atrocious and blood-thirsty
act; deeply sympathizes with the bereaved widow and
orphans; and sincerely regrets that the Dominion
Government should have lost such an able and patriot-
ic statesman,

Hon Mr Haviland, Leade: of the Opposition, eecond-
ed the Resolution, and said that ve. too, had the plea-
sure, during the Conference alluded to by the Hon
Leader of the Government, of the arquaintance of him
whose melancholy death had just been announced. He
(Hon Mr Haviland) spoke of the superior attainmente,
patriotiem, and love of constitutional liberty which char-
acterized the life of Thomas D’Arey McGee, of whom
British America might well boast, as one of the great-
est and most gifted of her adopted sons, Je then
glanced at the history of the deceased from early life up
tu the present time, showing that he had always been
actuated more by a love for liberty of conscience, and
an ardent desire for the welfare and prosperity of his
conntry, than by any selfish purposes, or mere empty
popularity; and concluded Ins remarks by saying that
Thomas D'Arcy McGee had added another to the noble
hand of patriots, who fell in defence of those great prin-
ciples which shoold govern every lover of his country
and of his race.

Hm Atty General, Hon Messrs Howlan, Davies,
Kelly, Laird, Callbeck, and Messrs Reilly, MeNeill,
avd Bell, from the Government side of the House,
and Hon Messrs MoAulay, Hendereon, and Mr Brecken,
from the Opposition, severally expressed their approval
of the sentiments conveyed in the Resolution before thie
House. They all expressed their utter abhorence and
detestation of the horribly atrocious crime committed
by the blood-thirsty assassin, They also expressed
ther feelings of deep regret that a man inthe prime
of life, boldly and fearlessly acting up to his honest con-
victions, employing all the energies of his large heart
and cultivated intellect, in the serviee of his country,
should be cut down by the cowardly hand of an nesas-
sin, That the masterly pen and touching eloquence of
the deceased were ever ready to aid in the promotion of
every noble and patriotic work, and, that in him, his
country. and fellow-conntry men too, had one of the
ablest advocates and boldest defenders of their best
righte, dearest privileges, and true interests that ever
adorned the pages of Colonial history, could be beet
seen and appreciated by tracing the productions of his
gifted mind. and perusing the utterances of his gener-
ous heart, were the sentiments uttered with

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the condition of the people more immediately interested
in the matter, He did not believe that the Government
had recourse to evel nafair means, but there were those
who, through seliigh motives, had beet unfairly med-
dling with the question. There were a few individuals
at Montague Bridge eagerly pressing for a long central
line of road whith eodld not be completed without very
extraordinary grants for twenty years to come ; where-
as the road so earnestly prayed for by the petition in
gnestion was already open from the Sturgeon to St.
Ainty's Road, and the remaining portion of it could be
opened at a very reasonable cost, and when open, would
be easily kept in repair.

On motion ef Mr Yeo, it was Resolved that the pe-
titions and papers relating to the West Point Wharf be
referred to a Special Committee, to report thereon

Ordered, That’ Messrs Yeo, Prowse, and Bell do
compese the said Committee, p

The Revenue Bill was submitted to a Committee of
the whole, and progress thereon reported,

The Rill relating to Alewives’ Fisheries was read a
second tine, and reported agreed to,

House adjourned,

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Wepxxspay, April 15th,

Tlon Leader of the Opposition regretted to aay that he felt
it his duty again to call the attention of the House lo the in-
necuracies Which appeared in the extended debates of ‘that
House, as officially published in the Examiner newapaper,
as well asin the Parliamentary Reporter. The Ecaminer,
he said, was a paper thot circulated across the Atlantic, in
the United States, and was placed on the Reading Room
tables of the Dominion Parliament at Ottawa, where the
leading men of all the Colonics assembled, and if the speeches
attributed to hon members in the columns of that paper,
were to be token asa criterion of their educational acquire-
ments, public men abroad woula form a very indifferent
opinion, ot legislative talents in the colony, Ile eaid he
would not accuse the officia! Reporters of tery G for he
observed that hon members on both sides of the House were
incorrectly reported in the extended debate on the answer to
His Excellency's Address, as published in the paper named,

Hon Mr Henderson and Mr Prowse severally complained
that some of their remarks, during the debate alluded to,
Were incorrectly reported, and read extracts in proof of thctr
assertions,

Mr Brecken and the Hon Mr McAwlay protested against
those extended debates of the House bung hereatter quoted
as true records of its proceedings.

Mr McLenuan said the whole system of reporting, ax
hitherto adopted by the House, was wrong. ‘Io have the
debates which took place early in March, appear in the
newspapers in September following. was extremely ridiculous
and a waste of public money,

Hlon Leader of the Government hoped that in future the
official Reporters would be more careful; it was due to
tiem, however, to reniark, that they com;liined of the
printer kaving published their manuscript before handing

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News by Telegraph.
Orrawa. April 10.—Whelan, the man suspected of
being the motdérer of Mr. McGee, examined yesterday.
Testimony igdimet him so strong, remanded to await

forthdt examination until 16th inst,

Mo¥v'reat, April 10.—Ata meeting of the City Coun-
cil this afternnon, it was unanimously resolved that the
funeral expenses of Mr. McGee be borne by the city
Also resolved that the Mayor be authorized to offer a
ge of 85.000 for the arrest of the murderer ~The
wife of Whelan was arrested laat night, her residence
was in Alexander atreet.—The foreman of a latge man-
ofacturing establishment here disappeared on Saturday
night last; he was well known to be of Fenian proclivi-
ties, and ts suspected of being implicated in the assasein-
ation.—At a meeting of the St. Patrick's Society, Mr.
Devlin denounced the assassination in strong terms.
Resolutions passed expressing sorrow and indignation
at the crime, and heartfelt sympathy with the widow.—
Mr. MeGee's funeral will take place at 9 a. m, on Mon-
day, and will be the most imposing demonstration ever
witnessed in Montreal.

Orrawa, April 11th.-A bout fiften persons were privately
examined yesterday by O'Reilly, Crown prosccator in the
McGee case. No authentic statement made public since the
examination before Police Magistrate, but rumor, I think,
correctly says that evidence will be produced, shewing that
Whelan concealed himself in the porch on main entrance of
Parliament buildings as members were going home on
‘Tuesday morning.—A lady in the gallery of the Commons,
when Mr. McGee was speaking on Monday night, noticed
Whelan standing near when members applauded, and says
the expressions of his face were diabolical,—The impression
18 gaining ground that some messengers of Parliament were
cognizant of intention to murder McGee.—Three more
prisoners brought in to-day. Finance Minister busily en-
gogec on budget. Will have tanff betore Parliament early
next week,

Orrawa, April 11.—The murder of Mr. MeGee continues
to cause intense excitement throughout the country. The
authorities are daily receiving additional evidence against
James Whelan, ‘To-day footprints were discovered in the
snow in the vacant Jot in Sparks street, opposite the spot
where the murder was committed, which correspond with
the boots worn by Whe'an, The authorities are convinced
that a gang of men were connected with the murder, and are
gathering evidence which will enable them to discover the
whole plot. They are confident that Whelan iv the man
who fired the fatal shot,

Ortawa, April 13 —Business is suspended here to-day,
asa marx of respect to Mr. MeGee, Nearly five hundred
persons left here on Saturday night and by especial train
vesterday, to attend funeral at Montreal.—It is con-
fidentially believed that the authorities have evidence suffi-
cient to convict Wielan, There is no doubt of the murder
having been a Fenian plot, and hopes are entertained that

The country is mountainous and very difficult for the ar.
tullery and trains. King Theodorus is near M and
intends to make a stand Letters from the captives say
they are well, The health of the troops is " The
effective force under Gen, Napier, now advancing: on Mag.
dala, numbers three thousand. __

Panis, April 12, (Sunday).—The ‘ Moniteur’ of to-day
publishes an official report made to the Emperor by Minister
Pinatd, in which an account is given of the military chan
made since the bill for the reorganization of the arm

gone intd operation, and of the effect they have had on the
country, e Minister states that all the reforms introduced
into the Guard Mobile, in accordange with the provisions of
the Bill, are now complete, and he asserts that A tee

have op oy em with popular applause almost .
whete it the Empire. He contradicts the report of Gua,
faction, and says that the army law will be sustained and
defended by the patriotism of the French people, who thus
give new proots of their confidence in the Emperor, Gold
opened at 1384,

New York, April 9.—Charles Dickens gave his fare.
well reading in Bosion last night toan immense andience, -
There is little reduction in the price of gold, which ¢lo-
sed to-day at 1388

New York, Apel 10th.—Good Friday, ne gold board
to-day.—A special despatch from Ottawa says: a plot
has been discovered to blow op the Honszes of Parlin
ment by means of Nitro-glycerme. It has prodaced
most intense excitement in every circle. Extreme vig-
ilance is maintained by military ‘and civil authorities to
prevent any outbreak.—Government and English Cabi-
net are constantly exchanging long Cable tches
concerning events past. and possible of fatare.—Judge
Curtis, one of the President's Council, opened defence
yesterday, in strong legal argument, which will continae
to-day.— Steamer Sea Bird barned yesterday on Inke
Michigan, and out of 100 persons on board only 2 es-
caped death,

‘ew Yorn, Apel 11 —A Montreal special dated yester-
day says that, st St Eustace, a man named LeBlanc and his
wife, who were in the habit of robbing and murdering way-
farers and travellers who stopped at their house, attacked a
traveller; the man with an axe, and the woman with w
razor, The travellor knocked down his assailants, and the
wife, mistaking her husband for him, eut bis throat. She
has been arrested, and confessed all of her past horrible
transactions, ‘Three skeletons found in the house.

New Yorx, April 13.—-A special despatch to the Her:
ald from Mazatland, Mexico, saya: the British frigate
Chanticleer is closely watching the movements of our
Fleets in Mexican waters and a'ong the California and Gulf
coasts. When it became known that the American men-of-
war were in port at one time, the wildest rumors were put
afloat that the U, 8S. Government intended to take forelble
possession of Mexico, and immediately interfere in this state.
Another report followed that a large American Naval Fleet
was sailing and steaming here with all haste.

several parties will be implicated. Investigetions r *
to-morrow in private.—Parliament re-assembles to-morrow
evening.——Cartier, Tilley, Mitchell and Langevin, represent
the Privy Council at Mr, McGee's funeral, ‘The City Cor-
poration of Ottawa, headed by Mayor Friel, went in a body
to Montreal to attend ‘funeral,

them proof sheets. The Reporters, last Session, had an ad-
vantage. from the fact that one of them (Mr Laird) had also
the publishing of the Debates,

Iion Mr Howlan said it would appear that Reporting was
avery difficult business, Even the Reporters of the Oppo-
sition, who were said to be almost perfect, were guilty of
misrepresenting hon members, He then directed attention
to the reports which appeared in the Putriot newspaper,
showing that tie remarks of the hon member from St.
Peter's, Mr. Cormack, were misconstrued by the insertion
of the word * dissolute" for © destitute; ” and the fact that
the word was italicised, proved it was not a typographical
error, but used intentionally, with a view of ridiculing that
hon member. The remarks of other hon members of the
majority, as well as himself, he said, were also in that paper,
intentionally misrepresented, a charge which would not be
elleged to the official Reporters, as their errors were as ap~
j @ ent on the one side as on the other. IIe said he was as-
tonished that any gentleman coxducting a newspaper, and
to whom was accorded the privilege of a desk in that
House, should lend his columns to euch wilful perversion
of the sentiments of any hon member, however widely he
might differ from him politically,

To. Mr liensley said that it was nothing unusual to find
errors, typo, ri shical and ot! cwise, in the extended debates
of the Legislature. When in Kngland last autumn, he took
up an Island paper, sent to him, and was much refreshed by
re: ding ‘n its columns his own speech delivered in his place
in the House, in the previous Session; showing that the
present system required some radical change.

Hon Mr Davies said that though some errors and m'sprints
Appeare lin the official debate, it could not be said that they
were intentional or exparte,

Mr Jolin Yeo, from the Committee, to whom was referred
the petition of Arthur Ramsay and others, relating to West
Point Wharf, presented to the House the Report of said
Committee, which was received and read. Said Report was
to the effect, that the said Committee were of op!nion that
from the very great advantages that the erection of a wharf
at West Point weuld be to a large number of she people of
the western part of Prince County, the Government should
take such action as would cause the construction of said
wharf to be proceeded with, with as little delay as possible,

Hon Leader of the Government said that it appeared from
the exposed | ppg of that wharf, it would be with great
difficulty, and at a heayy cost to the country, thata wharf
could be constructed with safety at the place referred to,
It might, perhaps, be better to expend the money in some
other adjacent shipping place.

Mr Yeo said that the Committee in drawing up their
report, left the course best to be} adopted, open for the
Government. He then proceeded to show the hardships
uader which the people in that part of the country labor-
ed, in not getting thuir due share of the ordinary appro-
priations for roads, &., of which they were willing to
be, to some extent, deprived, provided the Wharf at
West Point had been constrpcted according to contract.
Many of those who subscribed to the work ad paid fn
their shares, it was, therefore, extremely tnfalr to de-
prive them of their just rights. The report of Mr
Boyd, he said, would show that the wharf could be per-
manently built, There were no less than four populous
Townsliips in the Western part of the Island, destitute
ofa shipping place; they surely had a claim on that
House and the Government, and he hoped the subject
would receive that attention which its importance de-
manded,

Hon Mr Howlan sald he accompanied the Engineer,
alluded to, when he went to the West Point Wharf.
That Wharf, he said, was from first bailt on a bad pritt-
ciple, and proceeded to show that the Wharf in being
rebuilt, should be differently constructed. He was in
favor of securing to the people in that part of the eoun-

Moyrreat, April 13, 1, p. m.—The funeral of the Hon.
Mr. McGee took place to-day, Long before the haur ap-
pointed immense crowds assembled in the streets, and the
principal buildings along the line of procession were draped
in mourning, with flags at half-mast. The weather was
clear and cold, the sun shining brilliantly, the ground frozen
hard.—The Volunteers of the City, with the 78th High-
landers and the 100th Royal Canadian Regiment, lined the
streets through which the procession passed.—At 9.50 a. m.
the corpse left the house of deceased, and was placed in a
magnificent funcral car, specially built for the occasion, and
drawn by six grey horses, ‘The procession was headed by
the City Police, City Officials, Corporation and Mayor,
Members of the Senate and House of Commons, representa-
tives of the Governor General and Lieut. Governors of
Ontario and Quebec, Military Officers, including General
Russell, General Windham and Staff. the Uorticultural
Society with flowers in their hands ; and then came the body
followed by the Chief Mourners, the Legal and Medical
Professions, Professors and Students of MeGill College, all
the National, Benovelen: and Working Men's Societies of
the city, with Banners, Flogs, &c., draped and an immense
concourse of citizens of all classes,the Rand playing the
Dead March. There must have been six thousand people
in the procession, and probably sixty thousand ia the streets.
It was the largest procession ever seen in Montreal.—Re-
mains were taken to St. Patrick’s Church, where Grand
Requiem Mass was celebrated, and an cloquent sermon
preached by Father O'Farrell of this city, eulogising the de-
parted. After the religious ceremonies were concluded, the
procession re-formed, and marched through the city to the
Cathetlral of Notre Dame, where the Libera was sung, The
procession then proceeded through the principal streets of
the city to the Romd@h Catholie Cemetry near the mountain,
a distance of two miles, Batteries are firing minute guns
and bells are tolling.—The manifestations of mourning are
universal. Large numbers came from Ottawa, and towns
slong the Grand Trunk Railway east and west. The pro-
cession formed six deep, and took half an hour to pass a
given point.

Ortawa, April 14,—Whelan requested an interview with
the Police Magistrate yesterday, and it is understood that
he desires the Hon, J. H, Cameron to act as Counsel. It is
not likely Mr, Cameron will accept. Hon. B. Wier of
Halifax, Senator, died this morning at the Russell House,
about six o'clock. He returned last evening f-om Chicago,
and was in good health. Cause supposed to be disease of
the herrt,

Orrawa. April 15.—Other four persone arrested in
Montreal for McGee's murder arrived here by fore-
noon train.

Loxpon, April 7.—Three days later dates have been
received from Montevideo via Rio Janerio. Report of
assassination of Gen, Flores, President of Urognay,
confirmed. He was murdered at Montevideo soon after
his return from the allied camp on Rio I’arana. His
successor has taken his seat without any opposition,
and the city and state remain tranquil notwithstanding
alarming evidences,

Frorencr, April 7.—Admiral Farragut has gone
from Naples to Sicily, A despatch from Messina an-
nounces his arrival at that port.—The tide of emigration
for present spring for the United States has commenced
with increased violence. It is estimated that seven
thousand emigrants left Germany last week for Ameri-
ean ports.

Lonvon, Apett 7, ove.—It is reported Lord Cranborne
has been tendered office of Governor General of Cana-
da, to succeed Lord Monck, and Earl Mayo, Secretary
for Ireland, has been offered Governor Generalship of
India. Lord Fitzgerald, Lord Jastice Court sore

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The Herald,

Wednesday, April 22, 1sos

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SEED GRAIN FUND.

By order of the Mouse of Assembly, we place Before
our readers to-day the action which the Government
has taken to supply destitute persons with the means
to procure seed grain tuis Spring. The great severity
and length of the winter having exhausted the fodder
of a number of farmers, they were compelled to en-
croach upon their oats and potatoes to save the lives of
their cattle. This, as a matter of course, reduced their
supply of secd, already dwindled to a minimum quan-
tity from the demands of Government and other credl--
tors,"for lands, &c. The matter having been brought to
the notice of the Government, it was resolved to ex-
tend assistance, as far as the funds of the Colony would:
admit, because it was considered that, if the land were
left unsown, much individual suffering and general loss
would be the result. In extreme and exceptional cases
only, like the present, would the Government be justl-
fled in advancing money to enable farmers to obtain
seed grain; because once such a plan is adopted, the in-
dolent and the poor in spirit look to a continuation of it
to be relieved fom thelr difficulties year after year.
State aid generally tends to destroy that principle of
self-reliance and respect which are the secrets of suc-
cess in life. In every country there is a class of people
whose slothful, improvident, and dissipated habits keep
them in poverty and wretchedness, however good the
times and favorable the circumstances of the land in
which they live. To encourage a class of this kind in
their censurable habits, by extending State aid to them
every time they find themselves in difficulty, would be
folly of the simplest kind, and censurable in every
point of view. We are happy, however, to be able to
state, and we bear willing testimony to the fact, that the
inhabitants of this Island are a most industrious peo-
ple, who use every exertion to place themselves in a
position of comfort and independence. To attain this
end, they lead a life of laborious industry and self-deny-
ing economy; and, thanks to their sturdy spirit of inde-
pendence, aided by the labors of their strong and wil-
ling arms, the great majority of them are the owners,
in whole or in part, of well-cultivated and well-stocked
farms. Viewing their privations and struggles to gain
the envied goal of independence, it is no mere fancy to
say, In the language of ope of England’s most admired

poets, that;
“Oft have we seen them at the peep of dawn
Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews away,
To meet the sun upon the upland lawn ;”

nor are we far astray to assert that, from the pleasing
prospect of a release, at some future day, from proprie-
tory influence, the arduous labors of the husbandman
have been often rendered light and easy.

“Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield,
Thetr furrow oft the stubborn pk has broke; |
How jocund did they drive their teams a-field!

Steg « | eM Bell, Chairman‘of the House in mid Committee, re-

»» qported the said report agreed to. A Committee was then
ee ae to Sie in a bill in accordance with said Re-

agep emo- | try, the privileges alluded to by the hon member Mr
Tous Yeo. ’ a

in Ireland, is on pointof resigning his offies.
Irish hierarchy will present a petition to Queen in per-
son, against any change in position of revenues of
Established Church in that part of the United Kingdom.
Deeds of violence against persons and property of daily
occurrence in Cork.

How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke !"”

In fact, much of the present trouble has arisen from
over-exertion on the part of our farmers set them-
selves free from the bondage of the rental system by

tion by hon members on both sides of the e, in
a paying ap ey eg of respect to the memory of the
“yg : . deservedly popular and mueh lamented Thomas D’Arey
wi 0° JHiin. Mr. Kelly, hespovrees of on rye ago ne McGee. the mourning and sorrowful widow, and be-
9% @ Ball) as prepared by seid Committee, to revive and con-| enced orphans, were commended to the gare of the

Hon Mr Davies said that the Committee should have
particularized more fully in their report than. an opinion
of the stability of the work. ;

Hon Leader of the Opposition said that Boyd's report.

~~ of

Sais sections of the Act for the preservation of the
: i and to repeal a certain Act therein

) tmentioned. Bil) was received, read, and ordered to be read

se

«» second time on Tuesday next.
_.., Mon, Atty. General, on moving that the bill for the het-
‘ter security of the Crown and Government of the United
ithin this Island, be submitted to a Committee
whole House, took oceasion to remark on the horri-

Dominion, of which the departed husband and father
was one of the principal foonders;and the assurance
was uleo exprésted that *howld P. E. Island be ealled
upon, her sona would readily ecntribute their mite, if
ae towards the support of the helpless ones.

lis honor the Speaker then put the question on, the
Rerolation, which was carried unanimously.

And it was, on motion of the hon Leader of the

should ‘be the best authority on that point, from which {t
eppeered there would be no difficulty in erecting the
Wharf in question. It was, jodeed, desirable that a
public work so earnestly prayed for by so large # section
of the country, should be entertained by the Govern-
ment. Mr Green also urged the necessity of completing
the West Point Wharf.

On Motion of the Hon Mr Henderson, a Special Com

Loxcox, April 9.—AN doubta of the safety of Dr.
Livingston, the African explorer, are now wares
Sir. F. Murchison received a letter to-day from the dis-
tinguished traveller, which came by the way of Seonz-
dear. De, Livingston writes that he is in good health,
that hie journey of exploration has been successtul, and
that he will soon return to England, ‘The Grand Jory

paying, to the last farthing, the instalments on. their
lands. The untoward erent of the past winter being
nearly two months longer than usual, greatly increased
the trouble; and, under all the circumstances of the
case, it would have been cruel in the extreme if the Go-
vernment had not come to the rescue of the people. We
have great reason to be thankful that the condition of

_ al: ble and alarming news just received by Telegraph, of the
: amenssination of the Hon. Thomes D'Arcy McGee, of Cara-
“da, In alluding to the high attainments of the deceased,

he anid that the melancholy news cf his death would be

‘o)) » dpeard with deep regret by the hon members of that Louse,

mittee Was appointed to report upon petitions pra for
the opening of a new road tien de. Mary Nou to
Burnt Point Bridge, Lot.68, with power to send for pa-
pers and records,

Ordered, that the Ion Mr Henderson, Messrs Green,
Prowse, Bell and G Sinclair do compose the said Com-

have brought billé of indictment against all the prisoners
except O'Neill, who were charged by the Coroner's
Jury with complicity in the Clerkenwell outrage, The
trials will commence next weck,

Lonpon, April 9 (eve.)—T rials of Fenians announced

Government, seconded by the hon Leader of the Oppo-
sition, ordered that a copy of said Resolution he com-
municated tothe Honse of Commons, at Ottawa, and
also to the widow of the deceaved.

House adjourned, '

the country Is no worse than it is. In all human pro-
bability, three thousand pounds spent in seeding the
ground, will represént twenty or thirty thousand pounds
in the Autumn. The country will be so much the

wooed bid Leader of the tion followed, and said that
al ha penal intelligence of the assassination of that distin- mittee.
i ‘ and scholar, would be received with deep = Tupspay, Apeil 14th Hon Mr Henderson sald that his sole object was to |to have commenced during holidays have been postponed | gainer, and the people, relieved not merely from a tem-

porary, but a permanent embarrassment, will be ena-
bled to return, with taterest, whatever funds they may
borrow from Government, Three thousand pounds is
the sum voted by the Legislature, It is not a large

show that the road, as prayed for, and pointed out by
him, was much required, and was actuated by no im-
proper motives, when urging the necessity of doing jas-
tice to his Constituents in a matter of no smal! Impor-
tance to them.

to 20th. se pom to-morrow. and business generally to
be suspended until Tuesday next.

Lonnon, April 10.—The War Office are in receipt of
Inter despatches from the British Expedition in Abys-
sinia, operating for relief of English captives. General

‘of ‘sutrow throughout the whole of British America,

then drieflytouched upon the history of the deceased,
and concluded by saying that what the late Hon F Whelan
was to P, EF. Island, the Hon. T. D'Arey McGee was to

House in Committee on Panper Granta. After some
timefepent jin eard Committee, the Chairman. Mr Bell,
reported progress.

of House in Committee on the Edueation Bil), upon
tonadt 4 i Mr Prowse said he ho th t
Mon Mr Davies caid he wished to make a few remarke| little debate, and progress was reported. ‘ w hee Lanier Of tb Otten enn the | Hom aéty dorus, was at pw dala, ready hr siege. Hie lessee met, weil - i 6 great Pte is sae emadanvahah

oni a 3 P
The greater portion of the day was nocupiéd by the | General, sald that the “question involved, required rma. '| consisted of five thousand effective men, and 26 large | tnis spring, and led to the forced emigration from the

+/+ +) weletive to the general principles of the system of Education
reat: . the Colony. ‘The amendments to the School | House in Conferences with the Legislatite Council. ture consideration, and that, though no definite action | guvs. Gen Napier already completed plans for general
le) euch perl omaly 1 polio yg diner _ Hon Mr Iendervon, agreeably to notice, asked the | had, as yet, been taken-on the subject, it was not fair to| Assault on works. Among a assengers by the Colony of & number of farmers. The manner Ih which
— nr. relative to the modes of procedure | Government what action they intended taking on cer. | Presume that the Government were not disposed to en-| steamer Wm. Penn yesterday. was tephen J, Meaney, | the money fs to be advanced Is detatled below, with one
tev Vbome te mg ee nthe tag oe Be erat of | 180 petitions relating to a newline of road from St, | Wrtain the prayer of the petitioners in question. It was | Fenian Head-centre. toleased by the British Govern- | exception, and that is, that a Committee of three Is to
oat Sea epee om maisconceptions hed | friquenely Mary's Road, Lot 61, to Burnt Point Bridge, Lot 63, reat ang eg fo open & new line of road in the locality | ment on condition of hia rotarning to the United States. | be appointed for each Read District, whose duty {t shall
eerie! the Trustees and people, He then proceeded] Hon Leader of the Government in reply eaid, that beet be ad sa" Cun pattiontor lite of route had not yet! English officers accompanied him to Havre, and banded |'be to advance a fale @lowatice—not exceeding four
oF a8 _ piaen, principles of the Free School system, the an- | no definite course had yet boen determined upon rel Wabiece ted pon. After some further Remarks on him a pardon just as st fled. Gold opened hecesst
bi Lure sppoatted OF With bad’ been the work of th ons ered oF| live to the salject, egret suanion bo dieshettoa? motion, ordered that sald Com-| gq" Prion J maaan ts or © | pouaaneite the realty ’ ns Aha Act tn
hitiey ee aon ofan comrary; rod — ; med oh Boen g Hon Mr Ilenderson then gave notice that he would,} The House in Committee of the whole, had under ba Keene Apel Jr OMe hes from Den ae re terest at etx per ee’ Sha ube Coepaltbelene fe dock
said, wae non-sectarian in principle teachings, there- seid pacithiie: bod oald ae ee siete a pone osm oop a poe owe Which was’ ré- hy remeron | 7 pny ye by ree District ts to act as Chairman of Committee. As oon
: t : ) Ae agreed , ordered A i a at
od’ ant I eee paskat Pdeestge Hee tiene a nesiee OF thie Helied’ Wi conneuion myth ihe question, | ‘The bill to tinea the Simall Dobe “Act was veustves a age Tol peso segs BR 86 possible, we will publish the names of the other
img he the, poor as well as the rich. principles of | the fact thut the Plan drawn by the ASS hd ral, / and read, and, on motion of the Hon Mr Kelly, it was King of Abyssinia to pialebnniae. apler members of Committee. For the present, further es-
hee pl ocd of Education within the reach of |tracing the different fines in question. had been tamper- | ordered that said bill be read a second time to-morrow. in his latest despatch, Ny ap yaar Mh ads j | Planation i unnecessary, as the following Resolutions
pate ey itd in the ¥, were armed at by the Free School ed with. as might be seen on reference to it; and aleo,| House adjourned “|reach Take ¢ to-mortow, The veer with of the House are sufficiently explicit to be paderetood
system. He wes opposed to sectarian or pvt schools, | that separate plans representing the marilated parte al- A. MeNerst, Reporter. | artillery os cee trains ie theee daye's march «| by the commonest capacity-~ :