so remarkable in the larg Roman Pontil wnajority of his Mock, and iit ever repre-| ot spirits, now sented a party it now rcprescuts the Catho- | lie Charch, | THE ELECTION OF TIE Pores. | ‘A rumor has obtained some currency, but | \only on the authority of those NY RTE ved with ecclesiastical history, thatthe Pope ‘would suggest to the council the propriety | of electing during the liletime of the Popes | ‘their successors. “There are some mauilest “advantages to be derived trom this pri ‘tice, but none that would counterbaluuce ‘the evilsto which is might give 1 was tried once before by Pope Boniti | 4 Lee IL, | “but betove his death he annulled the ap: | pointment he had made and condenmed the | : practice. | CELIBACY OF THT CLERGY, Equally unreliable is the rumor that the | “Ohurch will abolish the ancient disciplinal ustitution of the celibacy of the clergy. | * Clerical celibacy is looked upon by Catho- lies as a mainstay of theirchurch, Lacor- | aluire points to it as convincing proof that “the Catholic Church must be divine sine able to enforce such a condition, Father Perrone, the Jesuit, is ulinost emphatic whea he clains that no other religion has suceceded in establishing such an order of ahings. Popes from the earliest: ages en- ! gorced it, and Pius EX, is not likely to walk otherwise than St, Sericius and his other predecossors did. What would be its ob- ject? To secure a certainty of continence among the clergy? Bat while Catholics do not admit that this is needed to secure that result, they agree with John Tlenry Newman that marriage is no assurance of continence, and to put itin the mildest way that wmongst the married clergymen | of the Anglican or Dissenting Communion, there is just as much incontinence as wmong | } ' the celibate clergymen of Rome, It is hardiy doubtlul whether this sup »osed reform would be popular among the tuman Catholics themselves. In one por tion of that communion the Maronite pliests are ullowed to marry, but it is a singular tact that the people will not go to contession, or allow their wives and chil- dren to go to confession, to the marvi a priests, choosing rather celibate confessors Of course, the Pope and Council | powerof changing this mutter of d but nothing can be conceived more iipro- Dable than that they wil! exercise it. LISCIPLING OF THE CLERGY, ‘Tt is likely that there will be numerous tanous passed in retercuce to the discipline of the clergy : for, no matter bow stringent the regulations allecting the pastors of the | Catbolie Church are, no Council has ever met without adding turther important re- strictions calculated to make the discipline at the clergy as complete as possible, Care will be taken to exhort the superiors wt ecclesiastics to iaspire in their subjects the highest ecclesiastic spirit, and to place before them, even more strongly than be- fore, a high sense of their obligations. As Trent ordained the establishment ot divi- sion, or at least of provincial seminaries, the Vatican Council will probably direct that in these colleges higher branches of secular as well as of clerical education be taught, so as to make the clergy of the yrowing generation better suited to combat the peculiar errors of the day, which are no longer specially theological, but drawn rather from the domain of philosophy—| mental, natural aud moral, TUE GREBK CHURCIE AND THE RITUALISTS, It was publicly announced some time ago that the letter of invitation which the Pope had sent to the Oriental Patriarchs was rejected,on the ground, it was strange- ly stated, that (he Pope had claimed an authority which did not inhere to his See. While that may be a matter of dispute, and might be readily waived under pro- test, it seems a trivial ground for men to go on who are really anxious for reunioa, ‘dn the copies of the Pope's Ietter tu the Patiiarchs, generally accessible, the ad- dress is not given, but if it were in the usuitl form of Papal letters, and if it ac- corded with the body of the letter, couch- ed iu respectlul aud sympathetic terms, there would be little reason for the spiritu- al descendants of the Greek Fathers of the Council of Florence, or of those carly Kas tern Councils which made so many ac- knowledgments of the Primacy of Rome, to reject the proffered olive branch, Hence it may be doubted whether this ramored refusil of the Patriavchs was cither vuthen- tic or final. IMyven if it were meant to be so, further offers may be made by the Council which will assuredly spare no ef- fort to reunite Christendom. In the same spirit every conciliation will be offered to the Ritualists, especially those who believe that it would be adyantugeous to sce re- union brought about, even by sacrifice, But it ean hardly be hoped that the Coun- cil will admit, as they may be asked to do, that the Anglican orders and the Nag’s Jivad consecration are y ‘ COMPOSTIION Ol THLE COUNCIL, | | {t / her outside the barbor with a dusky pilot, The Greenluiders are Raselbantay fond | atter how vile may be the quality, so long as it ‘brings on the drunk” They are allowed a glas King's birthday, and other high festive and when vowing in boats the Danish ofli- cers are accustained to give them one glass ot ‘+ schnapps” (costing Od. per quiet) every tour miles. It is remarkable how quickly they know when the distance is accomplished, If the officer is not cog- nizant, cough, anda pantomine of swal- lowing a glass of grog seon remind Lin that the boatmen require their ** brandy- milk.” ‘The priest at one of the settle ments had engaged an old fellow to fed his dogs in winter, the stipulated pay- ment being a litle money and a glass of schnapps. Every morning emptying his grog, he v ven to bend his head rever- ently; until, being watched, he was (ob: served to squirt the spirits back again into n bottle concealed in the breast of his jacket, ‘Chis he mixed with water and ld to the other natives, so that the old seal lived royally ou Lerr Pastor's morn- ing dram. When the annual ship comes trom Denmark a crew of natives board Por their services, in addition to pay, they reecive a glass of schnapps, | Sometimes this glass is sold to another long befor hand. A captain of one of these ships told me that he could never understand how, yearly, it constantly happened that! one or two of the crew Were intoxicated after receiving the dram, until old boat- swain put him ‘*up” to the wick, Aman ter receiving grog will get behind a boat or mast and squirt the contents of his mouth into that of his neighbor to whom he had sold it, though the amount of selidenial required to be exercised ina case of this nature must, to an Eskimo, be enormous | Thirty thousand bartels of whiskey, valued ut five millions of dollars, were consumed in a fire at Philadelphia, Wed- hesday, dth inst. Walls sixteen inches thick, iron shutters and doors, where no more than paper to the fearful heat. Several lives were lost. How many lives would have been Jost had the whiskey burnt men’s vitals instead of being burned itseli? [Low much more money tov? Dr. Guthrie says: ‘ Before God and man, before the Church and the world, I impeach intemperance. I charge it with the murder of iunumberable souls. In this country, blessed with freedom and plenty, of the Word of God, and the liber- ues of true religion. I charge it as the cause—whitever be their source elsewhere —of all the poverty, and almost all crimes, and almost all the misery, and almost all lenorance, tnd almost wl the ivreligion, that disgrace and afflict the land. * Lam | not mad, most noble Festus, I speak the | words of truthand soberness,’ 1 do in my conscience believe that these intoxicating liquors have sunk into perdition more men and women than found a grave in that deluge which swept over the highest hill-top igulling a world of which but eight were saved.’ Ziows Herald, A curious discovery, kept seeret for fourteen ye has just come to light at Ravenna, 2g workmen engaged in dig- ging a canal near the present railroad sta- tion, in 1854, found « skeleton with a breastplate of fine gold, buried face down- wards. ‘The precious piece of armor, whieh weighed six pounds, was broken up and the pieces seerctty sold to jewellers, Two large pieces, which appear to have been the shoulder bands, aid are covered with chasing and enumel,uave been given up by a jeweller ia Paenza, but the re- inainder ave probably lost, ft is knowu that Theodorie buried the body of Odoa- eer, after his murder at Ravenna, tice downwards; and the Italian antiquarians suppose that this golden harness is really that of the first King of Italy, The Detroit Posf coutains an account of | a woman, who, to * give the world as- surance of aman,” went out West, bought tO acres of land, grubbed out fourteen | acres of heavy oak, chopped and split rails, | built a house, sowed cight acres of wheat, dug ditches, supplied her neighbors with axc-helyes and splint: besides at- tending to her dom sores,” all with her own hant She 1 (G i Sy Is, in a year and half. lone, ** keeps her own seerets,” and is regarded as the * coming woman,” Let her vote, Tue Souru Sea Isranps.—Of the great work that has been done in the South Sea Islands—a suggestive encouragement to missionary zeal everywhere—an English periodical remarks :— ‘‘Tnecssant war, merciless cruelty, in-| fanticide, indescribable vice, in many) places cannibalism, made the strong races in the South Sea Islands a ceaseless terror toeach other and to the world outside them. In all but Western Polynesia, the LERSIDE JOURNAL, CE, NESE” 24 INTON. COR RIGS PON DION A TRIP THROUGH THE DOM Mn. Epiror:— nest Vresuming that an account ofa trip through the Dominion, and a description “of its’ in- habitants, may net be without interdst to'ydur humerous readers—even to that class of hem who regard with horrer thé prospects oth Confederation with Canada—L have ventured to put into readable form my ** jottings by the way.” i, The Cab-men of St. John, N. B., are the mostattentive cliss of people the traveller yer meets. Before the train stops, you will an eager crowd of * Jehus” winking and nodding, and waiving their whips#to attract the attention and secure the passenger. He who prefers to walk uptown must ran the siuntet through long lines of whip-stalks, and have his cars dinned with persistent in- vitations to ** ride up,” which invitations are generally couched in all the sweetness and persuasiveness of the Irish brogue, ‘The cab- nun miects you upon every street, at every hour; and tor fear you may have lost your way, Will often ask you to turn about. and ‘ride up” in his direction, On Wednesday morning the Boat started from St.John, Just as she left the wharf, the cry of t man over- board” was raised, and looking out to sca we ec saw a Ste: mer under tow of a steam-tug, and a man overbourd,swimming boldly away from his vessel. A boat was svon upon the spot— too roonfor the suke of accident—and the energy with which the drowning man hugged | his deliverer, and the vehemence with which he embraced the whiskey, both appeared too carnest to be unpremeditated. ‘The proba- bility was, the man had shipped, and having received his passage money, had contrived to un-ship by accidentally falling overboard, trusting ty the well-known dogged persist- ency of the Captain of the tug-boat to con- duct the vessel safely from the scene of the disaster. We were soon out past the Island, and battery, and light-house, and fairly upon the bosom of the Bay of Fundy. The ebb and flow of the tide is here strongly marked. You cannot see the long succession of waves towering above each other as they roll in majesty uv the Bay, but the line of demarca- tion between thedark melancholy iron-colored waters of the St.Jolin is always plainly visible. Although the morning was calin and pleasant there was a very heavy swell, and that large bout would ride up and down upon the waves as beautifully and 4 fully as the smallest skiff. Some of the passengers appeared to grow sick under the operation, and some np- peared to enjoy the pleasing consciousnéss of culting a heavy sweil for the first time in their lives. ‘l’o the left appeared the wide ex- pause of the Aulantic, beautifully dotted over with innummerable fishing vessels,their white sails glistening in the sun-light which oeca- sionaly burst through the clouds upon them, and a dangefous, rough-looking coast it is, from St.John to Portland, ILard, iron-looking rocks of slate and gneiss, suv different from the sandstone of EF. E. Island, apparently scowling in anger at the passing steamboat; some scraggy shrubs, some speciniens of the cedar and spruce, aud some solitary, decayed Lirches, standing like monuments mourning over natures lost fertility, aud sume few scat- tered huts among the hills, which would re- quire something more than love ina cottage to muke delectable, completed the scenery. When half way between St. John and Last- port, we were shown the place were our boat had struck on the rocks the day before. Com- ing up to St, John, of course the coast lies to the left; but when nearing the light-house during a very thick fog,they heard the report of a gun a little to the right. he order was atonce given to reverse the engine, but before this could be effected the boat struck heavily two or three times upon the rocks. At this moment the fog suddenly difted, and revealed to the passengers their situation. ‘Lo! the right and lett were breakers, and the bow s so near the shore that you could jump with ease upon the rocks. It was a narrow escape, for the wind was blowing briskly at the time, anda few minutes in such a situation would have completed the tragedy. The coast and scenery from this to Mastport is monotonous; the same dark steep granite cliffs, and the sine varieties of inlet and harbor. We must turn to the passengers for points of interest. The first impression one gets is that they are all Yankees, both trom the fluency of their speech and the thin, care-worn, business-like appearance which they present. ‘The Yankee is i lways comuiunicative, and is ever ready to interchange ideas. Ie is not at all lke the gloved, dignilied individual whom we fre- quently meet with on British soil, and who is sure tu take the »pposite side of the street. On this account the t iler likes better to travel with the Yankee, for with him it is easier to infringe upon the tyrannical rules of etiquette in introductions, which rules were certuinly never made for travellers, Jus After sailing past many small volcanié. is- lands, whose sides run_ perpendicularly ‘into the woter,we reached Kastport. Itis a small town, alittle larger than Summerside, but with the same checrless, treeless aspect. Lts harbor was filled with fleets of fishing vessels, wl apparently busied with the finny tribe. From Eastport to Portland the coast is rocky, but deeply indented with bays and in- lets. Away to the leftis Grand Manan Island apparently looming up, with its bold, precipi- tous sides, from the bosom of the ocean. . ? vospel has swept this heathenism away. Cardinals, 67; Archbishops, Bishops and | Mitred Abbots, 850. ‘These dignitaries are distributed as follows; 40 Italian Car-) dinals, 204 Italian Dishops, 46 Spaniards, $0 French, and 22 Portuguese, a3 weil as) 77 Bishops of the Lattho-Aiwerleau races, | From the United Kingdom there wiil be! 48,—68 hom North America, 20 Greece and ‘Turkey, 12 trom Prussia, 8 trom By 1, 46 from Austria, and 21 from Belyi- gin and Tolland. ‘Lhe remaining bishops are distributed throughout the rest of the world, RESULTS OF TIE COUNCIL, Fertile of speculations as this theme must de, and effering varying solutions accord. | ing to the point of view, the results of the council piust, if ever measured, be chron icled ina future column, ‘Those who hope with the council for its success regard it as the only cure for the ills of s to-da “ Kither [luman Society.” say a Cattolica,” ‘must perish out- right, or it witl be saved by this Council.” PERMANENT CONNECTION WITd ENG- LANL, Atthe banquet given in [Toronto to Sir Francis Uincks, that gentleman said, in the course of his speech ;— At Ottawa he had pointed out that not- withstanding difference of political views, there were certain suljects upon which they could all agree. One of these was Uie ques- tion of the intergrity of the British Mupire. Ife was rejoiced to hear on every side the ex- pression of loyalty which he had listened to, Some people talk of Annexation, and some of Independence, but these did little justice to the sentiments of the people of Canada. All he could say on this point was that he, and those with whom he had associated, always regarded itas a first article of their creed, tuat, with such institutions as they had, there was bothing to prevent @ permanent connect- jon with the Mother Country. Colonies, he regarded as an integral and essential part of Hritish Empire; and he hoped he would never live to see the day when Canada would sever her counection with England.” That is refreshing after all the empty head- ed nonsense about independence, and the distoynt rant respecting annexation we have been lately doumed to read. — St. John News. The potato blight has made its appearance ( jt 4 ¢ t their brethern forth as merey have 200,000 peo bers of the church. expended on the process le News, and we fully endorse every word of ety of | ago—that is 10 cents per word for private The four gveat socictics which hay sent messengers of thered into Christ's fold) , of whom 20,000 are inem- They have together than £1,200,- | N00; a sam which, nowdays, Wiil only nakea London railway, ov furnish the avy with six ivon chuls. Yet how won-! lerful the fruit of their toil! ‘The woll| Iwelis with the lamb, the leopard lies | Jown with the kid.’” We copy the following from the St. John t. Itis admitted by persons who have my telegraphing to do that the price is tuo nigh :— The telegraph tolls between P, E. Island und New Brunswick are the same to-day » tolls between any part of the West- vinees and St John, or between and St Jolin were twelve months messages, and 2 cents tothe press. There is no reason in the world why this should |be so. It the Montreal and Western Co, could see their way clear to reduce their |charges one halt, what is to hinder the | Cowpanies in charge of the line between the Island and St. John from making ao reduction? In this age ot cheap travel- ling, cheap postage, cheap newspapers’ and gradually cheapening telegraphy, it is preposterous, to say the least, to levy between the Island and St. John, and vice versa, double the tolls that are exacted in every other part of British America, We recommend attention to this matter by the concerns interested. The St John News says:—*t In the course of an excellent speech, delivered by Mr. ht. G. Haliburton at the great meeting held in ifalifax lust week to make prepar- ation for the suitable reecption of the Governor General on his arrival in that city, that gentleman is reported to have dechwed that ‘nothing operated more against the renewal of the reciprocal trade relations with the United States than the} unfounded beliet, current in parts of the | Vuited States, that a very large portion jot our people were disloyal, and looked for an opportunity to rupture our connect- ion with Great britain.” ji The wheat experts from San Francisco | laltof it was obscured by a fog, and its 8 se, Lincly, weird-like aspect, would sug- gest this as being the native place of fogs, or ut least their favorite summer residence. Further en we saw hundreds of small islands, many of which required the use of the glass to distinguish frou whales, so low do they appeur inthe water, Dut the nightis coming on, und the outlines of the coast are fading from view, and only a dim, saw-tuothed ap- pearance of the hills is seen against the west- ernsky. ‘The lights from the shore loom out to guide the vessel upon its course, and it is night upon the, sea. Hy In the early morning we reach Portland, pass Uirough its narrow entrance, which scems hardly a stones’sthrow across, and past, a strong battery of guns, Uere was an innu- meravle swarii of fishing vessels, each with alight burning, and as the steamboat winds its way through them, the appearance is very beautiul, ‘Lu apersonota highly unacquatic disposition, just wuking froma sound sleep, they might suggest the idea of taking a trip to tleaven among the stars. But the sleepy traveller is quickly undeceived on neuring Portland, for neither ia the appearance of the city nor in the character of its inhabitants, can be found the slightest resemblance to the beauty of the New Jerusalem, or to the divine perfection ot the Saints. Continued next week. Beamsville, Ontario. ee B. J. Ul. Mr. Epiron; . The editor of the last Progress gives pub- licity to the greatest falsehood that was ever circulated, when he asserts that ** It is well known that if the people of this Island were to-day free to chouse between Confederation and Annexation, an overwhelmiag majority would decide in favor of Annexation,” The people of this Island, no doubt, are at present opposed to joining the Dominion, but great as is that opposition, I firmly believe that every. man on the Island except perhaps the pre-; prictor and editor of the above named played out sheet, and the few American sympathisers who are to be found in the country—would prefer joining it, and preserving their nation: ality, rtther than join such a country ag thé United States. What lias the Isiand to gain by becoming annexed to sucha heavy taxed tnd over-burdened country? Would the free und independent people of this Island be willing to throw off their allegianve to a Sov- ercign and a Constitution that give them every protection and every blessing under Heaven, andin exchange allow themselves to be ruled over and ruled down by Jack Chi- in Auuapolis County,butitis hoped its ravages | for duly were 28),000 sacks, valued at) naman, a Fenian mob, and a lot of outcusts wy, Ae da, this year will Le less disastrous ‘ £ b | $500,000 who coutrol the clections in the Uniped States 7 THURSDAY, ‘To the right appeared the line of seatcoast;: BER 2, 1869. 1 think not, and Tam inclined to believe that if the individual who wrote the article L have referted to, was asked by one of the Normal School Students his honest opinion, lic would idly admit I was right. Perhaps the t of the sonot our beloved Queen may e him an opportunity of witnessing the at- tachment and love to the British ‘Throne, of the thousands who will asseu ble to wglcome him, P OBSERVER. E Bedeque, Aug. 31, 1869, Summerside Gournal. PEMBER 2, 1869. " THURSDAY, SEPT No notice can be taken of annonymous com- munications, We must know the names and addresses Of our correspondents as a guaranty of their good taith, We cannot undertake to return communications that are not used. PRINGB ARTHUR'S VISIT. Ture Prince arrived in Charlottetown at hulf-past eight on Saturday night last. this Royal Highness was expected at a Lmuch carlier hour, ‘Lhe City had put on a holiday dress in honor of the Royal visitor, Tags streamed from hundreds of windows, and lines of them were stretched across the streets in several places. A very handsome triple arch, decorated with evergreens, flowers and flags, and bearing suitable mottocs, was erceted on the Main Street, and another very tasteful one, similarly ornanented, was raised on the Queen’s Wharf, near the place where the Prince was to land. The Province Building underwent a com- plete transformation, ‘The sombre, and indeed somewhat dingy chamber of jus- tice, was converted into a handsome Lanqueting room, and the Hall of Legis- lation was, not by the hands of fairies or Genii, good or bad, but by those of the very substantial Mr, Duchemin and his family, metamorphosed into a gay temple ‘Verpsichore, overhung with festoons of mingled foliage and flowers, and gorge- ously draped with the brilliant banners of allnations. Dull offices were changed into bright robing rooms, resplendent with mirrors; and the Council Chamber, cleared of encumbering tables, complete- ly lost its heavy, though dignified and official appearance, and became a spa- cious, light, and cheerful reception room. It seemed a pity that all this lightness and all this beauty must vanish as sud- denly as it was created. But jealous business will again demand its own, and unseemly invasion of its peculiar domain. ‘The City on Saturday evening presented quite a lively aspect. Crowds of people perambulated the streets,anxiously await- ing the arrival of the Prince. The Vol- untecrs, under Col Beer, took their sta- tion on the Queen’s Wharf at an early hour. ‘This wharf and the adjoining one was at one time crowded with people, patienuy awaiting the arrival of the Dart. The patience of the sight-seers was doomed to be sorely tried. It was fally expected that the Prince would land some time betore dark, and consequently all those who wished to catch a glimpse of the son of our beloved Queen, posted themselves, at an carly hour, at different points on the route which the procession was lotuke. Hvery window along Queen Street was ornamented with fair faces, and hundreds of sight-scers on the tops of the houses awaited the coming of the Prince. IJlour after hour passed away, and still no sign of the Dart. About six o'clock the firing of the cannon announced that she was scen from the blockhouse. 14 was still hoped that she would be in the harbor before dark. But as time wore on, the expectant crowd had another practical illustration of the truth that there is nothing in a name. ‘The Dart proved a very snail, for it was pitch dark before that misnamed gunboat cast anchor in the Hillsborough, opposite the Queen's Wharf. After some little time, a boat wag seen approaching the wharf. A cry was raised, ‘* The Prince is coming !” and three hearty cheers were giver by those who stood on both wharves. ‘The good people were, however, unfortunate- ly ‘+ sold,” for the boat contained, besides honest tars, nothing more than sundry yalises and portmanteaus. It was cer- tainly very annoying to hear such hearty cheers thrown away on the Prince's clean shirts. ‘This blunder made the crowd more cautious, and when Ilis Royal Hlighness actually did arrive, he was not greeted with a cheer until he had fuir- Hly set his foot on terra firma. ‘The cheers were then loud, hearty and prolonged, But alas for the vanity of human expec- tations, after all tWeir patient waiting, but a very few of those assembled were grati- fied by a sight of Prince Arthur. ‘The night was dark, the lights were dim and few, and the stay on the wharf was very short. But for the presence of mind of some loyal subject, the royul cortege would have passed through the streets in comparative darkness, but not in silence, certainly. When the carriage containing the Prince and Sir Robert Hodgson was opposite I. C. Hall's establishment, some thanks of the community, lighted a torch, and holding it aloft, gave the assem- will no doubt resent this unwonted and good, thoughtful soul, who deserves the) mediately on his arrival at Government llouse, the Mayor and Recorder of the city were introduéed to Prince Arthur by His Honor the Administrator of the Goy- ernment ‘The Recorder then read the following Addyess :— May it Please Your Royal Highness: ~ The Mayor and Corporation of the City of Charlottetown, anxious to manifest the sense of the honor which the visit of Your Roygl Highness has conferred upon the City, desife to give you a hearty welcome and present you with an Address, which, with your pre- mission, the Recorder will now read. ADDRESS. To Wis Royal Inghness Prince Arthur Patrick Williain Albert, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter and of the Most illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, §e., Se. May ir viease Your Royat Hicuness: It is with the highest satisfaction that we, the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Charlottetown, hail the arrival of Your Royal Highness in this City,the capital of Mer Majesty’s Island Prince Edward, We rejoice in the opportunity thus afforded us of tesutying to a son of our Beloved Queen the sentiments of loyalty and devotion to Ler Majesty’s Royal person, and of regard and esteem for Her august family, which prevade the hearts of Her subjects in this Her City of Charlottetown, Itis our happiness as well as our pride, that we live under the sway of a Monarch whose eminent virtues, displayed in the ex- ercise of Her duties, cither us Queen, wife, or mother, have justly endeared Her to Her loving and faithful subjects in every quarter of the globe, and gained for Her the esteem, admiration and respect of the whole civilized world, We would remind Your Royal Highness that the Island has the honor of bearing the name of Your Illustrious Grandfather, who took great interest in its welfare, and whose memory has been gratefully prepetuated among us. We regret that this, the first visit of Your Royal Highness, is to be of such limited du- ration, as we feel confident that a more ex- tended knowledge of the country and its peo- ple would be as productive of pleasure to Your Royal Highness as of gratification te its inhabitants. Whatever may be the dispensation of an Your Royal Highness, we beg to assure you, that itis our sincere prayer that it may be attended with health, happiness and pros- perity. Given under our common Seal, at the City of Charlottetown, this Twenty-eighth day of August, in the Year of Our Lord 1869, THEOPHILUS DESBRISAY, Mayor, JOUN LAWSON, Q. C, Recorder, The Prince, in peculiarly distinct tones, and with a pleasing manner, replicd as follows :— REPLY. To the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Charlottetown. GENTLEMEN ,— Tam deeply touched by the address whigh you haye just read to me. Your loyalty and attachment to Her Ma- jesty’s Throne and person are well known to the Queen, and it will afford me the greatest satistaction to report to Her these fresh proofs of devotion so unmistakably evinsed by your reception of Her Son, and by the eloquent words of your address. The deep interest which her Majesty takes in the welfare of the people of this portion of [ler Dominions cannot be more clearly shown ty you than by my informing you,that although my stay in this part of the world would be of very short duration, it was Her wish that I should not omit to visit the Island of Prince edward, Pray accept my hearty thanks for your kind wishes tor my welfare, and for the cor- dial welcome you have given me, ARTHUR. The appearance of the Prince is very prepossessing. He is, we think, rather above medium Leight ; his complexion is considerable resemblance to the Prince of Wales, but is, in our estimation, much more intellectual looking. ‘There is no- thing very striking in the Prince’s appear- ance. He looks like what he no doubt is—an intellectual, well-bred young gen- tleman. ‘Those who have had the honor of meeting him in private, are charmed with his urbanity and the unaffected sim- plicity of his manner. Ife would not be the son of his mother if he did not show the utmost consideration for the feelings of the humblest of those with whom he comes in contact. On Sunday the Prince attended Divine Service, in the morning, at St. Paul's Church, The Church was crowded, and many were unable to obtain seats. Whe- ther so many went to see the Prince or to hear an excellent, plain, gospel sermon from the Rey. Mr. Parnther, we cannot ‘say. In cither case none were disappoint- fed. Betore the Service had ended, an immense crowd assembled around the en- |trance to the Charch, anxious to geta glimpse of His Royal Highness. It was | With great difficulty that the congregation got through the crowd, The Prince grace- fully acknowledged the courtesy shown him, stepped into the carriage with the Administrator of the Government, and drove slowly away, thus affording the as- sembled multitude a good view ot him, In the evening ho walked through several of the principal streets, accompanied by ‘the Private Secretary, It. RK. Lodgson, Esq., some of the oflicers of the Dart, and other gentlemen, Monday was kept as a holiday by the good people of Charlottetown, The shops | were closed, and the streets were filled with people of both town and country, anxious to catch a glimpse of Prince Ar- thur, A Levee was held at Government all-wise Providence in the future career of! fair, and his features are good. He bears! blages along the route an opportunity of | House,at which about two hundred gentle- seeing the Son of their Sovereign, ‘The | {Gen were presented to His Royal High- scene during t'e passage to Government Bess: This was for the different layers of Ifouse was an amusing one. ‘The street | Upper ortists but tor thosa wives full Gor aded war ihe will j dress” was a homespun cout, and trowsers on both sides was lned with people.) to match, there seemed, in the early part who kept cheering Justily as the carriage | of the day, but a slight chance of their approuched them, and as it passed closed | getting & peep at tne Prince, whom they in behind it, forming, if not a very order- | liad waited so patiently and como so far ly, at least a very merry and entliusiastic |t9 see. Owing to the kind consideration procession. ‘The exhilerant loyalty mani- CHUL TIRE PTR OR nn the este: ; a» fe sntleme al ini? ; ’ wth com- fested bs re few Be oe / bined, an excellent opportunity was at- AeA ER Penge to the liveliness of the | forded the loyal undressed of setting their seene. ‘The Prince seemed much amused, | eyes on the son of Victoria, ‘The Prince and we think he enjoyed himself better and suite, with the Administrator and than if he had made a more orderly and Suite, at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, more imposing procession through the |*ppeared in full view for nearly half an streets by daylight. He repeatedly ac. | Hout he teeter hilo ithe Cena knowledged the cheers of the crowd; | a ARAL d 8 UN Na 23 D 4 : : ily gratified, and evineed th 7 indeed his hat, during the passage from vies nyitoledec lelda shad ul | their feelings of gratitude and loyalty by the wharf to Government House, was not! loud and repeated cheers, tunmnedtately on his head for five consecutive seconds, | aiter this, Mr. Lewis, Photographer, too We were much pleased to see the houses 4 sun picture of the Prince and Sir Robert on both sides of the street brilliantly il- Hodgson, as they sat in their carriage un- laminated, private as well as public. St. der the ureh in the Main Street, Patrick's: Llalt was: one blaze: of light. The most beautiful and the most impos- Tw exeltcd crowd followed the Prinoe to jing part of the whole proceedings in honor Government House door. Drawn up ae Tapeovied by Gapla, Sirbkiond, receive the Prince was Capt. Morris's fine | Rogers aud McKinnon, of the vity firemen Company of Volunteer Artillery. Im-|Mure than two hundred firemen, each wr bearing a lighted torch,escorted the Prince from Government Ilouse to the Colonial Buildiog. ‘The scene was really magnifi- cent, We hear that the Prince was much leased with this mark of attention paid im by the loyal Fire Brigade of Charlotte- town, The streets were crowded with spectators, whose |uzzas were quite as frequent and us enthusiastic as they were on Saturday night. A large bonfire was lighted on Rochtort Square, which illumi- nated the whole ofthat part of the city. ‘There was also a display of fire-works on Queen Square, near the Colonial Building. We must not forget to mention that St. Patrick’s Hall was again, on Monday night, from basement to roof, one blaze of light. ‘The Ball was kept up until about half- past two, when the Prince, accompanied by the Administrator and suite, drove to the Queen’s Wharf, where a boat was wait- ing to convey him on board the Dart. Ile was loudly cheered as the boat left the wharf. It is said that Prince Arthur is mucele pleased with his visit to the Island, and we know that he has won golden opinions from ai classes of his Royal Mother's sub- jects in this small and distant Colony. _ Roavs.—The roads near Charlottetown are in a disgraceful state, considering all the money that has this year been expended on them. The roads leading into the City are much worse than those near Summersides The only reason we can give for this is that the stone used here is better adapted for road- making, and that the men who do or superin- tend the work, know better how to do it. If the money expended on the public roads lead- ing into Charlottetown, had been judiciously laid out, and a man appointed to oversee the work who understands road-making, farmers going to market would not be compelled, at this season of the year, to wade their teams through a foot of muck. But so it is—and so it ever will be so long as a halfdozen men, such as we saw the other day, are kept mere~ ly throwing soft earth on the roads, Sr. Peren’s Cuuncu.—We attended ser- vice in this Church, in Charlottetown, om Sunday evening last. The Church stands on the west side of Rochford Square, and is built of brick, The ground around it is rather **bouuy,” but we suppose the foundation is onavock. Vo stranger, the inside of the ' building presents an unfinished appearance; | but we were told that it was finished accord- ‘ing to the Ritulistic style. ‘There are no pews, each person is provided with a chair. The rules are for the ladies to sit on the left side and the men on the right; this rule is not very stiictly observed, however. On the right, inside the entry, is a large font containing wiier—holy we suppose—on the front of it are the words ‘ remission.” Inside of the communion rail, and in the very rear of tho building, is the altar, which stands consider— ably bigher than the floor on which are seated the congregation, On one side of the altar, but entirely hid from view, stands a large or- gan, which sends out sweet music. The ceiling over the altar is painted blue, and dotted with crosses and stars of gold color. Painted on the wall, in different colors, are the words ** The Word was made Flesh and dwelt among us.” When the bell, which is. erected outside of the main building, ceases: to ring, the Parson comes out of & roomon the lett side, followed by about twenty or thirty boys, all dressed in white. ‘These take their places on both sides of the altar. and do- all the chanting, ‘The VParson is dressed in awhite surplus, having a scarlet cross on the back. ‘he whole of the service is chant- ed, except the delivery of the sermon, The: pulpit is erected outside of the communion rail onthe west end. Overhanging it is a beautiful piece of embroidery with a cross om it. The service was conducted by the regu- lar Parson, the Rey. George Hodgson. The sermon was preached by a Rey. gentleman from Halifux. He choose us his text the 620 chapter of Isaiah, lst and 6th verses, His style was very much like that of Henry Ward Beecher. He pitched into the Dissenters and others, right and left. Many such watchmen we fear, spend more time in abusing those who huppen to differ from them, and who will not embrace this new religion, than they do in giving the alarm when the enemy is ap- proaching. Some trumpets give an uncertain sound, We learn that this Church is not un- der the control of the Rector of good old St. Paul's, neither does*the mode of worship. pricticed in it, receive his sanction, The above is a brief outline of Saint Peter's Protestant (?) Church! Bisuov Binnuy,—His Lordship Bishop Binney preached at St. Eleanor’s last Sun- day morning, and confirmed several persons. In the evening Lis Lordship preached in Sum- merside, toa crowded congregation, from Ist Corinthians, Ist ch. and 80th verse. ‘The sermon was excellent, and was listened to with great attention. ‘’o some it would ap- pear that too much importance was attached to the Sacraments, as the Bishop dwelt much on the Lord’s Supper as a means of grace or achannel whereby blessings are communi- ¢ated, ‘The Bishop denounced self pride and selt-glorifyin.. Before the sermon, and af- ter the services of the evening were read, the Bishop expressed his gratification that the debt on the Church was paid or nearly paid off—was sorry that the building was so small fora growing plice like Summerside, and would like to see it enlarged. He hoped that the payment of the dues for the support of the Ministry, would not be forgotten, and the congregation were now called on fur more ex« ertion on account of the Parent Societies having withdrawn a portion of the support heretofore given. ‘The Bishop also carnestly eommended the fund for the Widows and Orphans of the Clergy, to the consideration of each congregation. On the importance of Sunday Schools, Lis Lordship ae earnest- ly—to the Sunday Schools, ina great measure does the advancement and the prosperity of the Church depend, The ‘Teachers should be encouraged,