THE SDAY, APRIL 15, 1868. Spencers nagaprsieteeasanenineiniasinnaninn a en eo a (Coutinued from fourth page.) Petitioners reconimend the adoption of a like mode of procedure to the Wards of the City of Charlottetown which, bd believe, Would be found to work ydvan- usly. etitioners, therefore, pray that the suggestions sub- mitted, be embudied in an amendment te the laws now ng the sale by license of spirituous in force, regulati liquors. wae motion of Mr P. Sinclair, it was ordered that id Bill be submitted to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. On motion of Mr Brecken, that the Bill to amend the City Incorporation Act, be read a second time, a sion relative to the merits of said Bill ensued. objects of the Will are; to levy an assessment upon the proprietors and owner? of Real Estate; to fix the amount of license duty payable by shop and tavern , , for the sale of epitiedous liquors, im less quan- ‘ities than two aliens, and to inflict penalties for the infraction of such rales relating thereto, as may be en- is Thirdly—To levy duty on goods or merchan- _, ize, the property of non-residents, sold at public auc- Mion; and to compel aactioneers selling the Sdme, to _ Rive @ true account thereof to the City Council. ‘To re- _ quire! every person not a native, or who may not have wsided three years, previously to the passing of the Bill, 3 the Island, before commencing ary trade or business to a ena cae + § it 2 2 hy the City, to take out a license, for which to pay, if a i 8 £4; ifan alien, £6; no such license _ to. be demanded, if the party will, on oath, declare his ef tion to remain over one year on the Island. _, 9, The asking for an extension of power relative to ' “eriminal jarisdiction. The Bill sets forth that there are various improvements which the increasing popula- tion and commerce of the City demand, in order to protect health and promote comfbrt, fur which the pre- sent revenues of the City are inadequate, and, that, therefore, it is essentially necessary to grat the Cor. poration such powers and privileges aa are asked for by the amendments propos.d and submitted in suid Bill. “On motion, the debate on the question was adjourned, after{which the House adjourned till 10 o'clock to- merrew, f Wepnespay, April 1. Han Loader of the Opposition regretted that the un. pleasant task of again directing attentiun to discrepan- cies in the extended debates of tho House seemed to de- yolve upon him. That sheet of the Parliamentary Re- rter then before him, was full of errots and incortect “statements. In proof of which he quoted extracts from said sheet, to. show that the Reporters were not only defective in their knowledge of the rules of Parliament, _ but also unable to comprehend, in many instances, the meaning of the Speakers. : Mr Brecken, Mr. Prdivse, and Hon Mr Henderson also alluded to mistakes miade in reporting their re- » | marks, and disclaimed ever having uttered certain sen- timents attributed to them in the Parliamenta-y sheet in question. Hon Leader of the Government and the Hon Atty _ General hoped that the Reporters would be more parti- cular in extending their notes, and that in future they » would submit thelt mand-cripts to Hon Memliérs in | order that errors, especially regarding the fules tid » ‘forms.of the House, might be corrected. . > (Mr Breckon moved thatithe bill to amend the City In- P\ corporation Act be read a second tinie, ‘The principal bas, ts of the bill were fully explained wd gi on Mem- we, der for the City (Mr Brecken), wlio urged the propriety vf going into Committee on the bill, in order more fully _ to investigate its provisions, any.of which, if considered tory to some principles, might then be struck out. Several Hon Members on both sides of the House @ favorably. of sonie clduses in the bill, whilst ai »the same titne they expressed their disapproval of other ‘provisions. in it. After a lengthy discnssion on the matter, the bill was, on mution of Mr Brecken, com- -mitted, to a Committee of the whole House. _Mr McLennan in the chair. ‘The clause relating to increased taxation called forth a ngthy: debitte, which was adjourned for further con- 8 : The clause increasing the powers of the City Council, in regard to the gtanting of licenses to retail spirituous nh Was agreed to. ! e clauses felating to the imposition of taxes on the and wares of non-residents sold by auction. The payment of a license fee on the part'of aliens and e rs doing business in Charlottetown, for a less period than one year, and the sirenstee of power in re- Terence to certain contiact8 made Within the City, were all considered, discussed ‘and severally disagreed to, _ ‘principally on Mp ewe, that their provisions were ' | gomtrary to the free ‘trade ev of {he day, and - contained restrictions caleulated to prejudice the best interests of the owe: : -... Hon Atty General submitted an amendment to the , . clavcse preting to increased assessment on real estate, ___ in the shape of a proviso to the effect that the tax to be _, imposed on Real Estate, should be expended in perma- _ -* -‘"éht improvements, and not spent in the ordivary ma- _ “‘nagement of the Co poration. he debate on the bill was adjourned till to-morrow. | Progress reported. Tnunsvay, April 2. The following bills were read a third time and 4 vie: |. Ball to peevent accident by fire. : Bill to incorporate Baptist Church at Long Creek, nt AB 65. Rill relating to Savings Bank. - Hon Mr Davies referred to a petition from William Yardine, of Crown Point, Rot 49, which had been laid - oh the table, aud moved for a Committee to report theredn by bill or otherwise. nee soine reinarka on ' the nature of tie petition from Hon Attorney General, Hon. Leader of the Opposition, and others. the motion was withdrawn, on the ground that the grievance com- _ plained of was of 4 pecaliarly personal nature, and wold not be entertained by the House. _Mr Bell presented a petition from Geo. Maggieson, ‘of Lot 5, Prince County, setting forth that m the year 4788, petitioner's father purchased from the late Win. _ Haszard, for 75 guineas, 300 acres of land. which. was wriginslly loyalist grants. and granted to the said Mr . Magard, of Bellevue. ‘That m the yehr 1815 — _er's father died, and in 1817, one John ‘Hill laid claim ‘to said land, and served an overt bh Mrs Maggie- edn, to which she paid nd ‘attention; and after setting Forth'certan vances cdinplained of, praye that he rar be reinstated in the lands, that the petition be referred (6 a Committee to examine the saine and report thereon, Mr Bell, Hone Davies and Howlan, ‘appointed said Cominittee. Hon Aeey General int "yp ‘the bill ‘to hmend and consolidate the Education Act, ‘Receivéd ahd ‘read, and, on motivh, was ordered to be fead a second ne on next. - Hon Attorney General, ‘in ‘introducing the bill, ex- -€ plaitied ‘the principal amenditiidhts to the Education : ‘contemplated by'the bill. The salaries ot teachers ‘the m of ‘payitig the earho, was not to be . The constitation of the Board of ‘Eduention o undergo a revision. by adding to its members s Whdeo * gowns duty it would be to attend examination ‘of candidates for the important of teachers. Suid examiners would be expected y regtilarly at eadh movting of the Board, and te rules und reguli . examine said cahdi- ™ atidtis branches required to qualify them the, different ‘classes of teachers, The Nofmal gaid, was not to be abolished, but the chinese Act relating thereto, compelling attend- iance for five months at that institution, was to be re- wut, ‘however, making their arance ‘the Board ‘upon to ag eg me Se ee and found incompetent, won'd be called a ternvat the Normal School, in to ‘fret-divan institutions, were ‘to ‘mohtha at the Normal School ather SRory ones, lof lya ‘bow ‘to euch an hamiliatory conrse, isle aanive bores, and thereby the land of their birth was deprived of their valuable services as teachers. Jt was contemplated ; ’ v7. § " Ae tone : ae ‘aand Prince af W let Dunstan i l‘examination. He, ig a ay cases of liar then froth the sister Colonies, Normal! School to train youth, provided a sufficient number of children would offer, at a fee of 40s. a year for each child. When 30 boys would thas attend, a Teacher would be employed, to whom a sum would be paid from the Treasury, in additron to the sam thos subscribed by parents. ‘There was no vital change in the present system of learning imparted at schools contemplated by the bill. The assessment clauses of the Act would he rendered more explicit, in order to prevent troubles and disputes, arising from misconception thereof, among Teachers and ‘Trostees, The Act itself would be so consolidated as to reduce its present number of pages to one-half, The bill contemplated the appointment of three Visitors of Schools, one for cach County. There was a clause to exempt Ministers of religion and Professors of Col- leges from the payment of school assesement. It was, on motion, ordered that the bill be read a second time on Saturday. Hon Col Seeretary—A number of petitions which had been laid before Hix Exvellency the Lieut, Gover- nor in Council, praying aid for paupers, Ordered that said petitions be referred to the mombers fur the several Vistricts. Ilon Col Secretary presented to the House extra ern ety estimates for the current year, as fol- ows : Special Grants for Bridges and Wharves, £250 0 0 Towards erecting a Light House at Cra- aud Harbor, 10 0 0 To Commivsioners for revising Laws from it 1862, 60 0 0 A sum safficient for taking the census, Dr Jenkins introdaced a till to amend the Militia Law. On presenting the bill, Dr. Jenkins explained its principal features. The object of the bill he, (Dr. Jenkins), said, was to increase the efliciency of the Militia hess, and, at the same time, relieve the people from sume of the inconyenierces to which they were subjected, under the law as it now stood, by calling out, in tine of peace, one-half only of the people, and al- lowing any one unwilling to serve to provide a substi tute, who should undergo a medical examination. The Militia to be called out five days and drilled faur hours a day; under the present law they were liable to Le called out ten days, aud drilled one and a hall hour per day, by whieh men lost the whole day, for they were onfit after drill to perform work the rest of the day. If men drilled 4 hours a day for five days, they waa perforin 20 instead of 15 hours as at present, and, at the Same time, not 'ose aa much time as under the present system. ‘The efficiency of the Militia force would thus be increased, and men unwilling and unfit to serve, by being allowed the privilege of a substitute, the country would have in their places men capable of doing their work, and under proper discipline, one-half the force would thus become more effective and be ta* pable of performing more eflicient servjee than the whole Militia force of the Islaud as at present. Hon Leader of the Opposition took exception to the bill, on the ground that its principles Kad alréady been heforg the LLotise thls Session in the bill presented by Mr.. Mowatt, dud 4jso because it contemplated the in- fliction of fined dnd penaltics, and should, therefore, have originated in u Committee of the whole Louse. After sdéme further remarks from hon members on the subject, the Speaker declined receiving the motion to read tho b:ll a second time, ou the ground that its in troduction was contrary to Parliamentary practice, On motion of Mr P Sinclair, the House went into Committee on the Temperance Petition, Mr Arsnault in the Chair. After a long debate on the general question of Tem. perance, and the best method to be adopted for the (aeprpesion of the various evils resulting from the traffic in Spirituous Liquors, Resolutions to the foHowing effect Were suvcrally submitted and adopted, viz: That no Government oflice nor Court House be kept in any house licensed by law to sell epirituons Liquors, That Uw Certificate for a Taverh or Store Pint Li+ cense be obtained by two of the nearest foar magistrates calling a public meeting of the inhobitants, giving two weeks’ notice thereof, and dpon A Majority ot said meet- log aeprsing to have a publie house or a store licensed to sell by the pint, the applicant shall have a certificate for said license. The following committes was then on motion ap- ieietet to bring in a bill in accordance with said Reso- utions, viz. Messrs. Peter Sinclair, Bell, F. Brecken. House ajourned, Fripay April 3. Mr. Prowse asked the Government what action, if any, would be takeu on Petitions relating to the establish. ment of a Post Ollice on Township 63. Hon Leader of the Goverment i: reply observed that the subject of additional Post Offices would receive ‘due consideration, The Post Master General would report on the subject to the Government. Hon Leader of the Opposition gave notice of his inten- tion to ask the Government for any correspondence be- tween His Lordship the R. C. Bishop of CharlottetowWa, aud the Government, relating to the subject of Educa- tion, The Bill to amend the Sammerside Bank was commit- ted to aCommittee of the whole House and reported agreed to. fon Mr Kelly presented a petition from divers Inhab- itants of Townships Nos, 36, 37, and 48, praying for an amendment to the Small Debt Act, and to remove the Small Debt Court from Alex, Hayden's Point to Fletcher's Corner, Fort Augustus. Petition was received, read, and referred to the following Committee to report therc- on, Vit:—Hon Mr. Kelly, Mr Reilly, Mr McNeill. : Ordered that the petition of Thomas Mowbray, ‘aud others, of Egmont Bay and vicinity, on a similar subject be referred to the above Committee. House in Committee on Ways and Means, Mr G Sinclair In the chair. : Hon Atty General presented several Resolutious'dn the subject. and said that it was not contemplated to make any material change'in the bill of last year. extracts from letters received from gentlemen in New Brunswick touching the necessity of alfording facilities to parties from the Provinces who were disposed tuo establish manutactorles on the Island, ahd with that view were ‘estrous to ‘learn what action the Legislature would tke to‘encatirage tlie titroduction, free of daty, of machinery and other articles required'to carry on such factories. Tle then alluded to the prospects of an inflax of manufactures to the Colony, as the result of the high Tariff imposed by the Dominion Government. He, Hon Atty General, then submitted a Resolution having for its object the granting of drawbacks to parties Importing machinery and other, articles for manuficturing pur- poses. als submitted a Resolution touching the necessity de a ibore stringent mode for collecting duty on goods retdived from stéamers. The Chairman thén teported said Resolitions, and ob- tained Jewve to sit again. . The debate ‘on the City Bill tvas again resumed. Mr McLennan ‘tn the chalr. The Clause relating to increased taxation, amended by the adoption of the proviso stbmitted thereto by the Ifon Atty General, to the effect that the increased rate of assessment should be expended in permanent improve- ments, was agreed to. The clause relating to the extension of criminal jnris- diction elicited along debate, The principal point in debate was the principle of inflicting punishment by im- posing fines instead of imprisonment. It Was contended by Hon Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Atty General, and others, that the principle of in- flicting finés, as a panishment for crime, was wrong. and shoukl nob he recognized In the bill under consideration. The more effectual principle for the prevention of crime being that of imprisonment. Parties addicted to crime regarded fines, which in many cases, they could payout of the proceeds of their ill-gotten gains, as a trifling pan- ishment compared to that of being thrown into prison, rod there to be made to atona for their crimes. Mr Brerken contended that in the absence of a Work- house or Reformatory, the priticiple of allowing the Court the discretionary power of inflicting punishment,either by fine or imprisonment, was absolutely ry. It was a great hardship to cause young offenders to be thrown into the same prison, and made to associate with old and vile criminals, whose society would tend to strengthen, rather'than eradicate the propensities for evil in the minds of such youthful nders. MMe (Mr Brecken) urged the propriety of leaving the exercise of discretion- ary power in the hands of the City authorities, who would inflict the punishment in the manner and to the extent called for by the nature of the offence. Several hon members on both sides took part In the discussion which followed, at the close of which, the elanee under consideration was thrown out of the bill, The chairman then reported the bill, as amended, to engage a seconil Teddher at the | agreed to. House adjourned. HERALD, WEDNE He read | Sarurpay, April 4. Mr Aranault presented a bill to incorporate Societies j tor the sale and distribution of seed Grain, | Bill veceived and read, yet of the bill, and Mr Arenault explained the vol ! | stated that parties dispcsed to unite themselves into a Club or Society, with the view of outing seed grain, &e., on credit, to those requiring relief in that way, showld he placed in a position legally to traneact their business ; with that object in view, they desired to be incorporat- ed, 80 that the power of sucing and being sued should extend to them as to other corporate institutions. Ordered that said Bill be referred to the epecial Committee on private bills, Mr G. Sinclair from the Committee of the whole Ilouse on Ways and Means, reported 5 Resolutions, to the effect :— ; Ist, That the present Revenue Bill be continued until the Ist May, 1869, 2d. That when any party shall notify the Govern- ment that he desires and intends to import into this Islanc, any machinery for the purpose of establishing manufactories, the Governor in Council may make an order to admit the same daty free, 3d, ‘That upon the exportation from this Island of articles manufactured thereon, from materials imported into it, aud upon which duties have been paid, the Government shall pay from the Treasury to the person entering said goods for exportation, sach drawback thereon, not exceeding the amount of impost duties, which may have been paid on the materials out of which such articles have been solely manufactured. 4th. That onthe entry of the manufactured goods for exportation to avy port or place, not within this Is- land, and oh the production of a duly authenticated copy of the entry inward of such goods.and their arriv- al atthe place of destinatisn, the said drawback for tne amount of duties paid on the materials entering into the composition of steh ntanufactuted goods, shall be paid to the party exporting the same. . oth, That all materials oded for manufacturing pur- poses may be imported by the manufacturers. for that purpose only, and entered at the Custom Llouse: ; Ov motion the question was separately put on said Resolutions and agreed to by the Louse. Hon Leader of the Government presented to the House a Copy of Memorial of Ilis Lordship the Roman Education, and also copy of minutes of Council in re- ply to said memorial. Said memorial states :— That in 1835 the: late Right Rey. Aiuveas Bernard Trustees by an Act of the the support of said College, That with the aid of a grant from the Legislatere every year up to 1844, the College was kept in active opvration, when it waa deemed advisable by the late Right Rev. Bernard Donald McDonald, the R. C. Bishop of Charlottetown, to erect a College on a large seale near Charlottetown, now called St. Dunstan's College, and which he endowed with certain lands in the Royalty of Charlottetown, and in aid of which the income arising from the property of St. Andrew's Col- —_ has been appropriated sinve it was opened in 1854, That in 1857 a female Boarding and Day School was opened in Charlottetown, conducted by the Ladies of Congregation of Notre Dame, in which most of the higher Lrauches of female education are taught, while a large number of the poor children of the City have been, and are-still, taeeht free of any expense what- ever, That in 1862 another school wax opened on Pownal Street, known as St, Joseph's School, conducted by the same hidies, which, althotigh nomerously attvuled, very few of them pay any fees whatever. That another female Boarding and Day School was opened in Miseouche, in Prince Cotnty, in 1864, in which the usaal higher branches of female education are ae at which alegre namber of pupils attend daily. at between the four Macational Tnetitutions just named, upwards of 500° pupits are edueated—three- tourthe of Whom belong to the poorer glasses, and con- sequently pay nothing. He feels convinced that the education imparted is superior to that taught in distriet schools, he leels it a grievance that he gets no aid from the schuol fund ofthe Colony—not even as much for the number of children taught free, as should be paid for them if they attended District Schools. That m seeking a tedress of thiy grievance his Lord- ship disclaims all idea of any exelnsive privilege—no- thing more than even-hen Jed justice is devired—and that he has for some years, with no little racrifice and iveonvenience, endeavored to establish and maintain thowe Inetitutions, which he considered essential to a sound Cathohe education, in the earnest hope that, one day, simpte justice would be received at the hands of the Legislature. : His Lordship, therefore. earnestly entreats His Ex- cellency iv Council to consider impartially his case, and ask the Legislature to alter the present School Act, so as to permit his schools to participate in a fair propor. tion of the echool fund. according to their number and wefliciency; or te grant asnm specially for the purpose. ‘The copy of Minutes ef Council in reply to sald Me- morial states’: ' That whilst His Excellency in Council freely acknow- ledge the great and meritorivas exertions made by Ilis Loredliip in the cause of education they regret that they do not fecl themselves iv a position to submit the propo- sed grant to the consideration of the Legislature. Ordered that said papers be laid ou the table. Hon ‘Mr Callbeck presented the Eighteenth Annual Report of the Medical Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum. Hon Atty General gave notice that on Monday next, he would move that the Bill relating to Education be committed to a Committee of the whole Haase. House in Committee of the whole on the Report re- lating to the improvement of Highways. Mr Yeo in the Chair. ; Hon Atty General, in submitting the Report, re- marked that it was not intended to take immediate action on the question, involying, as it did, a radical change in the whole system hitherto pursued relative to Road making. It would, however, be well to publish the Report for genwral information, in order that public opinion might be known on the different suggestions it contained, relative to so important a subject. The Re- port recommends placing the management of the High- ways under the control of a Board of Works, consisting of tive persons, three of whom to be members of the Executive Council, and the Chairman of the Board to be appointed by the Goyernor in Council. fhe purchase of one of those machines known as ** Blake's Stone Breaker,’ with a portable eight horee power Steam Engine, is recommended, for the purpose of breaking stone for roads in those localitice, where the concentration of traflle renders it essential that transit should be as safe and unobstructed as possible; | and the appointinent of a skilled Superintendent, under the direction of the Board of Works, whose duty should be to conduct all Public Works cormmected with the pro- nage system. The contracting a loan, with provision or its repayment in twenty yeare, is suggested, on the hae od that the cost of roads lastirg for half a ceatury should not be borne entirely by the presont generation. The Report also recommends, that the Board of Works elould select three Superintendents, under whose immediate management the principal mail routes should be placed, whose duty it wonld be to control the uxpen- diture of grants from the Legislature, subject to the direction of eau! Board of Works; and to report, from time to time, on the state of said mail routes to said Beard; said Superintendents to be paid a salary suffi- eient to enable them to devote their whole time to the road service. Other Highways ‘to be teft under the management of the cxisting Road Commissionera, who, being relieved from the care of such Main Post Roads, would be able to devote more attention to the inepes- tion of the different precincts; and that the Statate Labor should be performed at an earlier period in the season than was now customary, The radical faalts of the prosent #)stem, as pointed out in sald ort, are said nent management, Mr P. Sinclair said, that as one of the Committeo appointed to repart on the subject under consideration his namo was mentioned in the fifth séctron of that Re- port as being adverse to borrowing for dhe parpose don- Catholic Bishop of Charlottetown, en the subject. of | templated, He was against comm encing by borrowing. Government works were not always as successful as voutd be desired. It was therefore, in his opinion, bet- ter to appropriate for the first few years the sum required from the revenne of the country, and, if the result was satisfactory, a Joan could afterwards be con- tracted for. The Report was read by the Chairman, clause by clause, and its general principles favorably commented upon by hon members on both sides, all of whom con- curred in the desirability of adopting a more effective and systematic mode of road making than that which had hitherto obtained in the Colony. The necessity of & competent supervision, such as that pointed out by the eetublishment of a Board of Works, was generally admitted. ‘Ihe expenses consequent upon such an ex- tensive undertaking, were taken inte consideration, and the comparative difference between the amount of work: that could be performed by machinery, and that of manual labor, as well as the relative expenses requir - ed to carry on such work, was also discursed. Mr P. Sinclair submitted a Resolution to the effect, that the Report under consideration be printed once in the several newspapers of the Island, and that its fur- ther consideration ie deferred until next Session, Said Resolution was accordingly adopted, Mr P. Sinelair, from the Committee to whom were referred the Resolutions on ‘Temperance, introduced a Bill in conformity therewith. Said Bill was received, read, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday next, louse adjourned, Monpay, April 6. IIouse in Committee on the bill to incorporate Societies for the sale and distribution of seed grain on credit. Mr, NeNeill in tho chair, Mr, Arsnau't explained the object of the bill, which was to empower parties, so disposed, to form themselves into Clubs or Societies of not less than nine members, with the view of selling or loaning seed grain to parties desirous of obtaining it on such terms as might be agreed upon, It was, therefore, necessary that such societies should be incorpor- ated, in order that their transactions would be legalized. He, (Mr, Arsnault), alluded to societies of that nature al- realy established in the country, and spoke of the advan- tages derived from such organisations, After some time spent in Committee, the chairman report- ed the bill agreed to, lon, Atty. General submitted several resolutions, having for their object the amendment of the School Act. ‘The principal of which are to the effect: MacEacheru, Roman Catholie Bishop of Charlottetown, | mem did establish a College or Lnstitusion of learning at | je Saint Andrew's, in King's County, which he endowed | candidates for the office of teacher, subject to the rules of With certain lands and property, which were invested in| the Board, [egblatere the same year for cach. | | That the Board of Education should consist of eleven bers, instead of nine, as formerly, two of whom should titled Examiners, whose duty should be to cxamine Such examiuers to receive a salary ot £20 One of said eleven to be the Secretary of the Board, to whom should be paid a salary of £50 per annum, Ordinary members of the Roard to be paid £9 per annum, subject to a reduction of 15s, for each absence. ‘That it shoutd not be essential for candidates for the oflice of Teacher to attend, as hitherto, for a term of five months at the Normal School, provided the Board of Education considered them competent Without such attendance ; but, if not, said Board should have power to compel their attend- ance at that imstituion for a period not exyceedirg tive months, That ordinary pupils attending the Normal School, not intending to qualify as teachers, should pay @ tuition fee of £2 a year, payable quarterly, into the ‘l'reasury; and when, on that principle, 30 pupils should be enrolled, the Government would appoint an assistant Teacher, to whom, in addition to such fees, the sum of £25 should be paid from the Treasury, making in all a salary of £85 That ministers of religion and professors in colleges, and district teackers, shonld be free from assessment for building school-bouses, purchasing books, &c. That on the School Visitor reperting to the Board any district teacher incapabie of conducting u school, or impro- poly Ppriwerg: | his duties aa teacher, it shall be the duty of suid Board to re-examine such teacher, or suspend his license as they may deem advisable, The numbcr of Grammar Schools not to exceed three in King’s, three in Prince, and five ir Queen's Counties, in ad- dition to those Grammar Schools now established in Char- lottetown, Summerside and Georgetown. ‘That there should be thice School Visitora, one for each County, ata Salary of £150 cach, ‘That Distiict Teachers who may receive from the Board of Educauon licenses © EL eer teomends 4 eee. Bmmwnends language, and who shall teach that language to not leas than ten pupils in each School, should receive an additional sum of £6 per annum, for their services as French ‘Teachers, the Trustees to provide an equal sum of £6 for said object. The different alterations referred to in. said lesolutions vlicited remarks from hon members on both sides. The increased number of members on the Board, the ap- pointment of three School Visitors, instead of two, as for- merly, abolishidg the necessity of attendance at the Normal Schvo!, on the part of Candidates for the oflice of teacher ; and the Resolution granting Five Pounds extra salary to Teachers of the French language, were the jprincipal points brought up by the Opposition, the discussion on which, at greater length, they would reserve watil the Education bill be introduced. The question, at the close of debate, having been severally put on said resolutions, they were reported agreed to, and the following committee was appointed to bring in a bill in conformity therewith, viz: Tlons, Attorney General, Col- onial Secretary and Howlar,, Ilon. Col, Secretary presented the detailed public ac- counts for the past yerr, Referred to spceial Committee on public accounts, WAYS AND MEANS, Mr, Geo, Sinclair, from the Committee on Ways and Means, repsrted to the House three Resolutions, to the et- fect that Proventive Officers be appointed at Charlottetown, Summer ide, Georgetown, Souris and Murray Harbor, whase duty it should be on the arrival of the Mail steamer to be the result of the want of responsible and perma. |" ot other steamships to go on board said steamers and demand 4 manifest of the cargo, and hand over as soon as possible to the Collector of Customs at such port, said manifest pen- jalty for false manifest, £100,. Goods for which no permit has been procured, shall, if landed, be delivered to said Preventive Officer, who shall store the same carefully, until delivered to the owner, on production of permit, aud payment of expenses of storage, freight, ete, The question having been been put on said Resolutions severally, they were reported adopted, and the following Committee appointed to bring in the bill in accordance with said Resolutions, viz :~lfon Attorney General, Hlow- lan. Mr, George Sinclair, Hon Attoraey General presented a petition from John Chappel and other Ministers of the Bible Christian Church, praying that an Act passed, conferring on that body similar powers, touching the celebration of Mar. liages, as are re by Protestant Minis.ers of other churches on the Island. Said petition was received, read, and the following Committee appointed to Uring i a bill in compliance with the prayer thereof, viz:—Hon Atty Gen- eral, Mesars Prowse, Brecken, ; Hon Col