BOD... eran Fe... House of Assembly, Fripay, March 6. ‘The Hon. Attorney General, frou 2 Committee ou Expiring Laws, submitted the report of that Committee, and on mou- tion, it was ordered to be submitted to a Conimittes of the whole Mouse to-morrow. Mr. P. Sinclair directed the aitention of the Louse to the desivabitity of caush extended Debates of the House to be | lished in :Jl the Island newspapers, | the | thelr spee' fn | thenchanced by it SUMMER ernment, for they had quareled among themsulyes and ultimately burst their cage. The opposition, when in a mejorily. did not alwi eimporlantmeasures in tthe opening of the Se"; It was however sion, that th Wt { ing in the Speech of »niused state, | thal the country wasd not be maintained. and that the hivine hon. leader of the Op: j iho dey ui question, and believed | positigdrial inierests ol the country would The export trade of ' Parchr IDE JOURNALS 1 erented agai me Act, ap | tonantes apa OLODY WE of cae ye ment of lying been cancelled by os, donds, the bil, ait. P. Sine ral benelits r contended that no gene- aeerned to the tepanty trom ,, the provisions ofthe Pilteen Years Pui- thasa Act. The lands were valued attoo ravute In that Bill, and if was a talure wit coerciveimeasure, The suia required o buy the land under the Fifteen e Act would yield the tenant it erest more than tt de. Yours) ine, THPOVAY, MARCH 19, 1868. Ollivers of the Crown would be presented to the House, and then the subject would be tek rents, | eutertained in a more definite manner, and a tiaeasure well matured would be submitted, such as would Tand such a measure too as woald stand on its ewnm Tle would however in the mean- time of ye, that the rate fixed on the lands on t Estate was much higher than that re- commended by the Land Commissioner. The aniount pai cCashup to the Slst of dannary, iby the setders, amounting to about £ 1, a sun sufficient to cover the ud working expenses of the Estate us required by law. | Me was therefore of opinion that seven, in- | ive satisfuction t) the people, | To run Eptror or tue Journau 'Sin:— In glancing over the pages of the last issue of the Progress, | noticed tl that paper gives a report of a public meeting jheld in this place on Saturday evening last, |for the purpose of placing our Fire Depart- } ment an a more efficient footing. | ‘This report f contend is nota fair one, and jit allowed to go forth uncontradicted, nay | Summerside jofa municipal law or act of Incorporation. | Mr, Kirwan s atthe Iditor of jlead the public to believe that the people of are almost unanimously in favor} 8 that ‘the opposition to Habeas Corpus Act in is suspended lreland——'The Fenians Burke, Casey & Sheen were, for fear of a threatened res- eue, brought to Newgate by a guard of 20 police. No attempts were made, how- ever, A civil war is raging in Japan, and great excesses are committed on both sides. UNITE STATES, From the United States the news is of anexciting nature. Linpeachment is the chief topic of disenssion in all our Ameri- he repor. P the C itte vais techle -les axche ul Séne As res 4 order that the generat public night knes the Colony last autumn was exceeding] could not be t or it) Stead of ten, iostalimests, should be demanded | aed Piatuinely tance ule Al ake iteelt inte aeiiigh ne bgt nes ee ry 5 rk 2 ; ‘OseTOMS. fF roliave Whangiaienl , ty proposal on the part ef trom the people on that Ustate; and tiat| sg lita Mote se o gh Court ¢ each 4 ay hina » their represeut «| prosperous, and relieved, to agonsider ble} v vvoluntary proposal oa the part et | tt PEQNO F ; ie very ba sto from i ‘ cl Obtar Siti Tina lwaal at He Kidd ee ee it i extent, the mercantile depr on that had) the I stors in p ot the A w ard of | those who have paid-over that amount, should | with very bad taste froma person wao took! Chief Justice Chase presiding. In the ong estions affecting ay ee q tint 1 i 3 : ; then submitted « Resolutiatteen pounds, | thnt a sumvot exceedsiers who be paid to such Pebates of the Louse publish in te tnder their control. inthe par, Wavilind took exception to Lesolution, on the ground that i was sntroduced contrary to the pringiple upon would | 2? been apprehended, [t was rather anusial lew the Speech before yy {tee; he was however alway alto hear the opinion of the | erof the Oppesition on all public i sto the fasolvent question, | that subject nber when he} gw into! Conn | =, the Land Gomis Ile was highly | have the surplus remitted to them. pleased with the course pursued by the | Hon. Mr, Dancan felt disappointed that tton. Attorney Genera! Waen in Ey ni. the paragraph contained no allusion to any and as Propricto sed to sell he I bill to be presented by the Go “nt, to support a cocreive measure, and he hope He at i‘ en ; ik fat Doth eidos ot tho Hote would Uitto| ee Meee ae NeNe U8 DEC Dares tO) auppon uiture a Bill by : A » | any measure for the relief of the petitioners, tupnture a Dill by which the question wilich might bo eubuitted ‘ state. | j part in the discussion, to ¢ | ponents’ jis Me. Kirw aracterise his op- ruments as feeble and unsound.” | nthe proper person to judge? i If meeting the arguments of an opponent ina gentlemanly spirit of fairness is a sign of weakness, then was the opposition weak, and jif'a resort to course language and low abuse is an evidence of strength, the arguments of meantime Senator Wade oc Presidcntial chair, In the ey 5 Johnson being found guilty of high crimes and misdemennors, Mr. Wade will keep it until next March, he trial is going on now, and willin all probability continne for some time.——Jetl. Davis is in New ‘ sets ston! A aal ROE pv oiat some of the speakers in favor of the report) York. THe was repeatedly cheered by, which was based the initiation oi money | on i Ay The penis we ane He paiee Wiaae llaitan: Mausre ch Golsltes of iia touno | werd poor indecd. STS some. citizens, and the bands played votes, : ae wane bl : YAN MOTOR T aaen abot es ay ns | cussion which followed.) Again Mr. Kirwan says that ‘ the Resotu-|‘* Bonnie Blue Flag.” The loyal citizens Hen. Attorney General said that thou A phy of hat To ee Ga | ‘There was a di ty of opinion: relative to | ions of the Committee were accepted after a| are indignant, and trouble is’ feared: strictly speaking, the objection urged by. 6 Ney ot Sen an cea dit wan ae General was 1} ie question, ¢ ed on each side of the thorough discussion.” How, Task, could the| Advices from San Francisco. state that the hon. and learned member was correct, yet the purport of the Resolution might be | the Hon. Mr. Howlan. A yet-bo seen that it! grouse, principal difficully appe tha Pro- ve been th | be involved in the construction that n »¢ | ** feeble and unsound?” wssion be thorough if the opposition : there isexcitoment at Victoria over threats A thorough disen vere mide he tha Hon. Mi fain j ie wail | ; : | rsoundd £" by the Fenians. A gunboat full of Ma- adopted without affecting any vittl pilncl- | Were made Dy tho Mon. Mr, I, | Wey to have at portion of the Land Pure Act sion of any subjectimplios that the arguments, | rines patrolled the harbar, and the maga~ ite ing the general depression felt, beenise of | 1 ae sulinitted, sustaining principle of the| pro and con, were urged with ability and to zine was double guarded; the engine . > . tl vith L fr e chy alg I. : on. Ay. t > mince Mctute rohase ay 2 i . e iscussi of ‘ : My. Rielly observed that the Resolution the witharawal from the channels of trad | Ilon I nel to bill each Estate purchased under | the point. A thorough discussion with a] houses w so guarded and the volun- might be ameuded by striking out the words naming any given amount, and leave it with the House to pay out of the of such a larg chase of the ( Hou, Mr 2 sum of money for the pur- unard Estate; to which the Diincan re stating thal | posited in the Banks, show that upwards of | ite pe with the view of paying for it to be priced with other elf only, or was tates previons- (ats proot of thei | a bonus of 6 per cent I just) \ devil) } pi was to be priced separately, | eble and unsound opposition is something I jeannot understand, ‘Vhat a majority of that | meeting were in fivor uopting the Report teers were ordered to be in instant service.——Ba readiness for pnun’s Museum was i Bs A | Aes 4 : ae ; ; ; 4. {recently destroyed by flra; some rare ani- . Aaa ite hae TY e dono reity of money, in ed in the Bank of B, ielind. | ly purchased, with the view of meking up the jot th ommittee isafiet; but theta majority ne aba ay Veterans ‘ sum tat would be voted HEU An gt wh | proof hohe stated that large 4 ums ‘ sald, i ether unnecessary, | 18s on the one at the of thy oticr, | of the taxpayers of Suminerside are da fiver; Uitte Were burat, Ie ts going to build a Bare ea thot sien vatulte Wate trols te fof mo: were deposited in te Banks! and cents st interests of the| istate separitely v intended by | the conteinplited alteration in our alias. | HEe-prvot one, + Llouse Fs ALK ) } ane each publisher of the Debates, fon, Col, Secretary said that the only objectionabis feature in the Resolution await investments, Ailey which the Iivase went into. a Com- mittee of Meron the address in an swer to I! t jug and spirit of e Act to be self-sustaining, and that no oe state should be called upon to make up the loss incurred of the pur @ of an Colony, to 0 ¥y lona from abroad, when plenty of capital could be had for all | availible purpos + | he jin respect OY, ape | remains to be seen ee Yours, &e., OBSURVER, Summerside, March 19, 1864. NUW DOMINION. The Revenue of the Dominion in February ( 4 : Henavis shod Mr. How would ask {fu ‘ ic ! ON3,224, and the Expenditure $782,943 Wi: ing oi gmount intended te reney’s speech, pee Wee WOU HITE TG Ids | aoarad to Be (he uroviiing opinion hoe} -F, ind the expenditure $782,943, a ihe ithe “A eae 2 who aaa Hon. M in the chair. neys deposited i the Banks were nyaile| bron Be The Denaline. duinion of he) brian —oemnrciacinneaicienbedinemenion dtd pagent ~The Olficial Gazette announces the ap- Hee He HATE u Hons oi i Sniinaneed by) A lone debate on th cond paracray able for the purchase of nds; he thought} para of the ess in questio Dy, Ealeam of Wild Cherry ee Sol ea ae ASOD ACER in the matter was ne doubt tmiitess ee Hk ane devia Ont ONL paragraph not, ‘The b : E Me : he ex3 in questio: Fi Paley i a Lys of the Nova Scotia Government in General motives of economy in naming the amount! tn the address (hon od, ilons.Jead- yuis been agreed to, the Chai — property of mino er on Whose behalf, depo Doyle’s absencee——The Dominion Parlia- meut assembled at Ottawa on the 12th. ‘The session will be a very important one, and it 1s thought that many changes will be made in the ‘Pariff-——A woman was arrested at ‘T'o- 4, by whom, | ceeded to its were made} settling wi that could not be appropriated to the pur-| Hon, L se ot lands. Business men, and Mer-| that some ¢ (the following one, x derness linds. der of the Opposition remarked planation: to the nature of the In the whole history of medical discoveries {NO REMEDY has performed so many such remarkable cures of the numerous affections of the throat,.Lu nd Chest, os this long tried and justly ce-ebrated balsam. So gen- or of the opposition, } Dunean, and Messvs, Bree en severally addressed the Committee, ition side of the flouse; dt was indeed wisdom to name the sun! which each publisher would reecive on | the duo performance of the work, and the | safest method, therefore, was the adoption , of the usual course touchiug such qi tious, Ton. Mr, Wayiland then stated that the Resolution had taken the [Louse by sur- prise, no notice of it having appeared on the Order Book, in accordarce with the established rule of TTouse, fion, Attlorney val said Se the ruk e | relative to the initiation of money votes! leader of tho Government, Atty 1, Davies, Howlan, Laird, and| McNeil and Sell, ou behait of the} tng topie in the} ‘Lhe le debate was portions of propric’ ony. The spe contended t sideration w the purchase of the remaining ty lands in’ this on the opposition sik iph under co sitistictory to the ma had accounts with the Banke, | contempt: tins placed to their credit: wer | should be given to the House. Habis toa call at any moment, and was|. How Leader of the Government replicd, deposited for tie purpose of makine it! that the object of the Bill alluded to was to available for the prosecution of the urdi-, AE Ona tne i é ‘tual seu a Epa B and ly feaen i *. | Wilderness lands, thy yas given by the H neat Rata kane aan Land Parchise Act as it now Loud En- freee ue sen nes couragement should be held out to the young Of propri lands, : a men of the country to settle on those lands, adr of the Opposition said that) and not seek a hoie in other counties. Ss net pi | ed bill alluded to in the paragraph ho Any | * erally acknowledged is the superior excellen- cy of this remedy ithut few of the many who have tosted its virtues by experience fail | to keep it handy as a speedy and certain cure jfor sudden attacks of cold—fully believing j that its remedial powers are comprehensive ‘nough to embrace every form of a e, am the slightest cold to the most dangerous mptom of pulmonary complaint, ronto on the Sth, on suspicion of poisoning her husband and three children, Summerside Journal. - ‘THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1868, ‘ y ; : | . “red to express his view suction that would be dein tl i { ee ATA TAC eh rye N ‘ i nan | te nai aa ae s would not apply in that ease; it Us nol Lenat : ¢ Jed to believe that! .. ; i yay ' : j eaucuon that would be made in the price o: UNSOLICITED TESTIMONY. No notice can be taken of anonymous com: usual to introduce iuttes touching the ie i ; at gn tlis new measure respecting whieh + | these lands would be amply met by the sti munications. We must know the names and publishing of the Debates or the payment of the Onicers of the House in accordance definite measure fo it relict hant leaguers especially had sent repre sentatives to P t majority would initiate some | ‘The ‘Te-| lus which it would fand thereby prove a benefit and not a loss to | the revenue of the country. correspondence had taken place between the Local Gorernment and the Home De- yurtment, which course was rather novel | give tothe actual settler, | om Rey. Francis Lonpen, Pastor of the South Congregational Church, Bridge- port, Connecticut, addresses of our correspondents as a guaranty of their good faith. We cannot undertake to i led Batt j nN, te ‘ ; : deturn communications that are not used. with the rule in question, | ; Parliament for the vary bur=| under Responsible Government He) ‘Phe paragraph touching the expenditure of |, ‘1 consider it a duty which Towe to suf- : - ae Mr. Sinclair then said that he had no} pose of carrying out their declared jaten-! would like toknowilany distinction would | the past year ring been amended, by strik- | "ine humanity to bear testimimtony to the| : arb np desire to press his motion, as objections! tions, relative to the propriety of intre- NOY CRUG EM i outdie alluetonHtie i virtues of Dr, Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cher EDUOATION. ) si i —— had arisen; he would, therefore, withdraw it, and place a notice on the Order Book | declarative of his intention to bri: question at another time, Ifouse adjourned, eup the Sarurnpay, March 7. House in Committee on expiring Jaws. My. Geo. Sinclair in the chair, Hon, Atty. General submitted two Re {them further than to car ducing 2 comp Sory measure for the land | ‘estion, and it would now seem that the | ses made to them were to be brok | speakers on the Government ‘the House denied that they had m ises to the people which th tot endeavored to earry out. ‘There reno promises nor pledges made by | ! y out the prin- ciples of the Land Purehise det, At the close of the debate the quostion | | 2 | ter part thereof touching the demands made upon the ‘Treas- jury, caused by the gales of last autumn, was be drawn by the contemplated measure, | betweso local and absentee Propvictors,or were (hey all to be put into the same eutes | ‘ed gory. Ife instanced cases in which te-!"S ee nants over whota &e was acting as agent, | had been rei i winounts of | ee eerrerrere rare apenas ae eae rs Purchase Act, | if him teil =GUoTreayondinte, bore A. McNetu1, Reporter. for NO ee mle: | Lotter from Charlottetown, 's Purchase [ill | 5 Mr. sion of opinion ¢ neron said there was an ry. Ihave used it—when I have had occasion for any remedy for coughs, colds, or sore throat—for many years, and never ina single instance has it failed to relieve and cure me. ve frequently been very hoarse on Satur- I} day, and looked forward to the delivery of two serinons on the following day with 1 mis- givings, but by a liberal use of the B many hoarsen T have preached without dificnlty. I commend it to my brethren fh the minis- Tire attention of our Legislature hav- ing been invited by the Speech of the Lieut. Governor to the subject of Edu- cation, it thay not be out of lace to devote a short space to the consideration | of what are somewhat generally regard-— ably been removed, and! ed the defects in our present system, and some of the remedies which may probably remove them, : solutions, Which were severally read, to relative to the hich ae try, and to public speakers generally, as a tho ellect that it was expedient to con- a a @ pardsraph in question and hag y ard Mi aye nu i Duan Jourxar halt a remedy for the bronchial troubles to] ‘The intention ef the Normal School at tinue and amend the Act ee to i . j Prige douse adjourned, the fena (hough tie had never been In cny last I intended to haye mentioned | which we are peculiarly exposed its institution was, we believe, to prepare yside, and the; a4 dents by fire at Summe rola’ he would | that Thad been present on the evening of the bay None genuine unless signed I. Burrs ‘ 4 ; a meni: nant League the teachers for the more efficient dis- removal of nuisances from the streets | Day, Mareh 10. | Ga aRaaing o Moen pina 4 is ee - she [ON the wrapper, : : : ‘ eae as stond the conduct of the lar majority | fourth instant, Sf © public tea given by the eharge of their duties, by instructin thereof. | Phe Tlouse in Committee of the w of bine body. ae lies ofthe Rey. Mi, Falconor's Congrega- Prepared by Tl W. FOWLE & SON, ibe eo 8 Hon, Mr, Howlan expressed his surprise that the hon, member for Summerside (Mv, McLennan) was not prepared to subinit : Resolution for the Incorporation of tl growing and important town, Publi meetings had been held there, and it ap. peared from the reports which were pub jished in the newspapers of that place that | resolutions were adopted at public ineet- ings touching that subject, Hon. Mr. Mowlan {a nember of the Gov ernment) was prepared to side; he however thoughtit advisable to) dcfer any action on the subject until it would be found that the people of Uiat | place asked for an Act of licorporation, | Ion, Mr. Davi | growth of Sun ide, It was now al place of very considerable importance, it had progressed by the real industy ol its | which they refused, ‘TI Mr, McLennan was glad to find that; aud had aw tight) to expect t Suimiuer- | | ) which they could not ji #9 spoke of the rapid | ler any material loss i L A resumed the conside in answer to Hiis 3 Hon. Mr. Kelly in the chair, Tho third paragraph inthe address hay-| ne beentead, a long debate on the subject | ollowed, and was kept up antil 10 o'vioek, j p.m, Mr, Howat observed that proposals had | been made to absentee proprict: yall of | country expected | some further tion on the all dinportant question of re- the tenantiry of the Colo Proprictory bond Some deti of purch should’ be fixed, anda able compensation made to propriet stly be The Liberal party accused the Conservatives of not effectine the final settlement of the question, and now the former were expected to adopt ion of the addr ' celloncy’s Spe | i 1! | re j fer: f Schoo! children, under G. Lockerby. ONS pie 1 (ei | tion, to the Sabl he Superintend ON, Ifon. Leader of the Government Viewed the several enactments of the Hiboral purty relative to the Laud Ques | Mr. Hubbard, of this city, treated the children j t l ni ay ' al * . rere . + lion, ve suid nosy that ail i 1 ob to several exhibitions of the Magic DLantsrn. aud cy en | H j hale te pure Prapieuuiy ¢ ! i” aed | I know that many children in the country had partially in totally abol ! tyo | have in their reading funiliarized their minds the tenant system, it was not to be wou- / With the scenes that can be presented to the dered at, that a coercive measure weuld|eye by means of the Magic Lantern; but . jeye by £ ; Le resorted to. Some stringent meas ’ would have to be adopted, eof there are others perhips, who h not, and Ath Biel : }to whom «@ word or two on the subject may i he sre APD reverted fo {ne arguments | not be uninteresting. Jet any of iy young that had been used in favor of the loan, | ; i and said it was well for the interes * readers then suppose themselves placed in a/ ae ne tauche i N, mea lal of the | dark room, where no light is to be seen ex- ay | aN We jon, Atty, Ge eral, whoin leopt one bright circle on the wall, about five ye wits ready to admit, had conducted his! ¢uce in dinmeter. ‘Then let them igine | inission conscientiously and diligently,bad | iyat t men making his appearance | not succecded in borrowing money under) on one ‘side of this bright spot, and t it on the Loan Bill, ‘the opposite side they see # mouse. ‘Lhe sce a After they and their guests had taken tea, | lof the nution—has bee 18 [Tremont Boston, atid tor sale hy Dragyists jgenerally. We. R. Watson General Agent for. Tsland {March 6. ‘NEWS BUMMARY, Tur news from (i is “teresting, eat Britain this week The excitement caused in monetiry and other circles, by the trouble which might arise out of the Adaubama jclaims, has subsided, and confidenee is more firmly established. ‘Che dark cloud Which was thought so portentious of evil has passed over without doing anybody any harm, ‘Che threatening attitude as- sumed toward England by a few fanatics —which was first thought to Le the voice frowned down by them in the art of teaching, and not in the completion of their education in other respects. From some cause or other, it is used for the latter purpose. Young persons come there to learn what they ought to have acquired at the District Schools; and having obtained sufficient knowledge to pass am examination by the Board of Mducation, receive a School License, without their capability of teaching having been tested; at least such is the information we have obtain- ed. The generality of our teachers are. we understand, well instructed as far as their own attainments go,but we consider that their usefulness would be much in; creased if they underwent a special training, under an eflicient instructor, in the art of teaching, before they applied ras “vy however stay | some energetic eourse neti Troe ek ‘ thi i i re patri inded of the} { iee hee es foie aie ere evant the COnBEREAL eee “a NROA ue 1} Mr. Prowse said that many of the poores | appearance of this man is repulsive. Ie has | the more patriotic and clear-tninded of the | for a license. P g Purchase Act, Rte vik 2 Years tenants would rather ends for atime ¢ n uncombed head, a long beard, a large} American people. The thinking menand bill for the Incorporatioa of that town would be submitted. Mr. Green suid it would be quite time enough for the House to take up the mat- ter when the people of Summerside asked jor it—he would then be prepared to en- : all events partially compulsor Pho abolishment of proprietory in Canada was a precedent upon which toact, ‘Lie British | Government sanctioned that Act. Why | not attempt a similar measure in this Col- | ey mouth, and very long teeth, He gives a | sudden Took at mouse, just as some fittle boys may live seen a snake do when he has canght the eye ofa toad, with this difference, all events, hardship and pvivation, in or to pay their instalments and become fre: holders, than continue to pay rents all thei litetime, The loan bill was not ve- the most influential members of the Pr declare it would be politieal madnoss. to engage such a powerful antagonist as the ithe mnake keeps perfectly still, and by his | power over the ¢ re bi him, compels quired, as money was attainable in the Britiza Empire There appears to be a ds: Tn Scotland, we are informed by author- ity before us, that an applicant is first testedin his ability to interest and arrest the attention of a class, before his edu- cational attainments are proceeded with, tertain the question, ony? It could only bei It ap- coun RNa lao Anite Fitto move toward it, and hopping and wailing, | sire on all sides to have the matter settled and ifhe Ca Os by, pee aH A Committee was then appointed to} peared the loan was now ble, and ; Pt eu engcon it approaches the Snake, gives a cry, and) amieably. In the House of Commons, on | 82d otherwise, succeed in commanding bring in a bill pursuant to said resolusions, | he would lend his support to any measure set a tee DOS MUD, on the , enters into its mouth, I have no doubt but! the Gth inst., Mr. Shaw Teforro stated the| the attention of the pupils, he is kindly viz:—Mr, McLennan, Hon, Mr, Haviland, | that would bo submitted for the purchase | “St Orne ee OE sound | that many a dear Tittle fellow in the country | te ee A Gel Hg intormed of the fact, and advised to pur- Hon. Mr. Howlan. | of the land tenures, policy f overniment to mature mca" jas seen a sight + Butin the scene} case from the U. 8. point of view; Mr. Jtouse adjourned. Moxray, March 9. Hon, Atty. General conenrred partially ‘with the remarks of the hon, member (AL | Howat). tle, Attorney General,then gave} Tlon. Mr. Haviland said, before going | in account of his interview with Miss Su-| into Committtee, he would mike a ilying livan, to whom ba offered, on behalf of} commentary on the Speech with which the | the Government, the purchase of her Bs-| Session had been opened. He felt disap-| tate on the Island, but which she rei pointed that the hou. member who pre-| to recept. sented the draft address to the ILouse,had | ed to Lord Me not made the motion to go into Committee. He thought the hon, member would haye culver: an eloquent address on tho vital interests that were brought before the aj | He also read his letter addve Iville, to the effect that he | was authorized by the Government. of the} Colony to offer, for the purchase of his| Lordship's Estate in the Island, estiinated | at 10,000 acres on Lot 29, and 1,182 acres} |surcs without consulting their supporter » exhibited by the Ma. Lantern, the dark | ‘din not ugly man ke g and shutting his | upoa the mouse, | @ enters his mouth. | and approved of the course purst delinitely stating the details of the mea-| mouth, as he keeps stves alluded toin the address touebing | By and by poor little mou | | the paragraph in question, when the old fellow che way quite fast, 1 Myr Laird held the Nets li and soon swallows him, tail and all, when AO ae UO ORIRION LUNE smacking his lips he looks around for another, the soil of any country should be the PULO- | ind not { y, withdraws out of si perty of the tiier of t soil, ‘The tacti ty the that Lord Melville,an absentee Proprietor, | jnngine that they see ships, r received annually, from the soil of Lot 29, | object they choose, is presenting itself the sum of Ost, Was no small tax on | the the setters on that Lownship. It was not is exiibited to the view by a to be expected that the people thas bur- |The children were ay re o 5 it. | i a | John Stuart Mill, Mir. Gladstone, and Mr. Foster spoke. Lord Stanley, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, defended Mngland’s treatment of the question, and advised the appointment of a mixed commission for its adjustment, The Zimes says the debate must convince the United States that Eng- sand Wishes to settle the law in this case jeu bright spot, and they hive an idevofwhat|in the American sense, and that the failure) to 4 in to refer the Alabanal \ ‘Inins to arbitration is due to no desire to} School Vi of Great Brit sue soine other calling; and we have long thought that some such arrangement hi . . might be adopted in this Island, The encouragement h out to second class teachers we regard as by no means sufficient. ‘The advance of five pounds per annin does not remunerate tiem for the time occupied and the expense in- s cost of the DOole nedessary le them to complete their pel. e sing any opiniday 1e ors, or the manner in which wane f : Sa Baw aot panne | thened would remain dormant. their kind pastor, Rey. ’ ty by Drv} r Ne ae, : | pee 5 ane si a House, Last Session the reason giyen by | on Lot ¢ Praanin with all arrears of : Mr. Rielly said it was a vitul principle Young. Professor Anderson, and 3). Laird, |avoid her just obligations. Mr, Seward] these ae iae perform Ge guties tHe GO ee ORE Ray Oy aa Oa eeu er tt em sume due) io decide whether {1 peoplo should be! Nsq-) when presents were presented to the /has only to meet Lord Stanley in a like; WOuld merely suggest that untegs*¢ \d grave questions was the lateness of the | thereon—the sum of £5,000, stg., payable governed by the bayonet or by public several scholars for good attendance, one} fs j appointed for each county—whieh we Session and the short time they had been in power but now no such excuse could He offered, and yet he could not congratn- Jate them on their production; true, it al- ‘Juded to the loan which was to give free jand to the down-trodden tenantry, and by instalinents, as described in said letter, to which his Lordship replied declining to aceept the proposition, on the ground that the terms would be disad Beous to him, He (lon, Attorwey General) then spoke of his interviews with several other ae a : lofw was a pretty old man, eee ae ae hae po Me Oar anponaes give more pleasure to well nant League for ASIC HY 1D iy Hou ey but | balanced minds than that which es froin was dependent, in co hae with his tellow lthe knowledge that they have been instru- coun ery en On the Seas of the Agri- imental in making glad the hearts of the young, culturist. The people of the country were | Ny doubt many of the children who were grossly libelled by the letter of Sherif} present on that pleasant evening, and who spirit to end this misunderstanding. An important change las taken place in the British Ministry. Lord Derby has re- signed from ill-health, Ie was one of the most suc: essful Premiers which Eng- would like to sece—one examination in the year, if thoroughly performed, would be suflisient; and if the parents as well as the trustees could be prevailed upon to be present at these examinations, we re fete fi e} landed proprietors in Ene Q te. | f ‘ ‘ : § land ever had, and he possessed a great! oy 0 a » effect both upon vas also to give assistance tothe combier litt hr ia p As 1 a gland, nnd a Dodd, and the actions of the Conservative | were so cheerful, s0 joyous, and so happy Be i diver ad ass that the effe . i cial interests of the Colony. ‘Ihe oppo-|gretted to hare to say that they were not Governarent relative to the question to} jaye days of sorrow and days of sadness be. | Save of the vonfidence of all parties in} scholars and teachers, would be highly sition side of the Ileuse last Session said | disposed to m not his views on the subject which that eorrespondence alluded, Could) fore them, and who in after life will look | the British Parliament. Ile is sueeceded| beneficial. A spirit of emulation would that there existed no necessity for a loan, | 0! selling their lands to the local Govern- | | The Loan Bill, however, was passed, and js now on the Staute Book a dead letter. die alluded to the Attorney General's visit to England, as a delegate to secure the loan; but the Speech records no benefits aceruing from his mission. Jt was most extraordinary that the Government should send to England for a loan, and plenty ot money to be had on the Island af 6 per cent. Tho money due on the Cnnard Ei tate had been paid, and the Banks were hy no means embarrassed. There were, he said, at the present moment £28,000 in the two Banks at Charlottetown, waiting for investment. He alluded to the para- wraph touching the petition from the set- flers on the Selkirk Estate, and contended that the Government should haye declared some course of action on that important question. He reviewed the paragraph re- dative to Education, and said that it tov, Jike that on the subject of the Selkirk Ls- tuto was very indefinitely worded. He ced at the subject of Road-inaking, AU OX tre, auepitie ring the agricultural a ¥ ae oe: lie expressed his if AMeaiyat? t io Nellusion was rant in the | “ ‘ey Aa (Gen dan haan arated to the ad- 1g deel Dpy Is O posit Peay, When") Its mugy,, er vond rey or Aiingrhaen pressed his readiness to givo his |p ai to any measure that might be in- pre : Seaity of impreving our) ment, | purchase Act, enabling the Government to j loan to tenants, pared mm, under provisions of 15 ye ¥ ind-| half the sum ” i tand many of the tenantry availed gelves of tha priveleges of Despite all the prejudices that ment. ‘The question was not howover to remain in abeyance, acorrespondence with the Home Government on the subject had been opened, aiswers to which might be expected in a few days, when the subject would be laid before the House. Ifon, Mr, MeAulay said the question had been made a stalhing horse by many for the purposo of securiug places and po- sitions, the duties of which they were very incompetent to discharge. Ife was not sorry that the loan had proved a failure, his opinion on the subject had not changed since lass session. ‘Lie inowusure was not calculated to benefit, tho’ tenantry, and} would only (if obtained) sink the Celony | into debt. ilon, Mr. HWendexson said his sentiments relative to the questien of obtaining «loan wero tinaltcred, Tt would appear from| the amount of capital in the Banks, a loan} Was not neces Ile obgorved that the compulsory principles of the 14 years pur- | Tfouse adjourned. it be denied that the Colony was saved the | back upon evenings thus spent, among tho ¢ payment of £5,000 by the mission of the; who love them, fe bright and happy ones, the Ion, Atty. General to England? That) reminicences of which will cause a streain to was the sum demanded for the mainte- flow from the emotions of their souls. nance of troops stationed here hunting te-| The proceedings in the House of Assembly, nants i jin so far as speech making is concerned, has ony i sing bee ogressive one, ‘The debate on the ie Tae cet tk ree ye Wha Aare if reply to Hlis Excellency’s speech |by Mr, Disraeli, late Chancellor of the Exchequer, who will himself be succeeded by G. W. Tlant; Chelmsford, Lord Chan- cellor by Sir Hugh Cairns. Mr. Disraeli has called a private meeting of all the Tory members. ‘Train whs again arrested as he was about to lecture, for debt, Ba- a close on ‘Thursday evening, and on Vriday agreed to. lat four o'clock the address was presented to Progress was then reported, and the} 44; Excellency. The debate was character- \ised at times by rood reasoning, interspersed a | with some humor, some wit, and occasionally Weonrspay, Mareh 11. ne feeling, but upon the whole, hon, mem- The House in Committee had under con-| bers displayed more than usual courtesy sideration that paragraph in the Address re- | towards each other. In this respect some lating to the petition of the inhabitants on the hon, members do better than they were in the Selkirk Estate, asking for the adoption of! habit of doing in former years, measures for their release from all further | Hon members in lebating, are not over payments on ount of their purchases on rticular in confining themselves to the sub- that state. ‘The Report of the Ilon. Atty ‘t immediately under discussion, The General and Solicitor General on the subject | chairmen is ger was alluded to inthe course of tha debate of men, and allows any hon, member to pur- which took place, and was kept up the whole) ene his own course, and asa consequence, chase, introduced by the Conrervative » Were now to be adopted by the! mt majority. he provisions ot that! innch despised bill were coercive and binding upon consenting Proprietors ; and} a bill was passed also by the late Govern. | | 48a supplement to the 15 years sing their Jands| | 's Purchise,one | required) for that purpose, | them-| those bills, | had been day. these are wider departures from the rules Hon Leader of the Opposition said the| laid down than could be allowed were they question peculiarly affected the constituents enforced. Among the young members, Hon, of the hon. members for Belfast, and he had) A. Laird, Mr. P. Sinclair, and Mr. Rielly, no doubt, however widely they might dif confine themsely the most closely to the in other matters, they would be of the same | subject under discussion, and have their re- mind touching the question involved in. the paragraph under e side fon. He had ex- ‘dl thata measure would have been ma- tured by the Government, based on. the opinion of the Law officers, and submiited to the ITouse. another occasion. ‘There has been some rain this week, there isa good deal of wate }some of the crossings in mild weather is welcomo ¢ Iton. Mr, Davies in reply, directed th | tinuance of cold, attention of the Ceminittee to the paragraph in question, and sail the reportot the Law m the streets, but the ver the long con- OBSERVER, March 14, 1868. ally the most good natured | ward, in the respectful hearing they receive. | T may allude to the persons! of the Touse on} iron Rothschild isto be raised higher in | the peorage, ‘The Prince of Wales will }soon make a visit to Ireland where he. is /to be made a Knight of the order of St. Patrick. Despatches from Annesley Bay say that King Theodorus has arrived in the imme- date neighborhoed of Magdala with his troops and war material, ‘The advance of the British Nxpedition was steadily push- jing ahead under General Napier, and at last avcounts was four days mareh beyond j the village of Attergal. | In Portugal matters are not going on }smoothly. An efligy of their Queen was burnt by an excited mob in (he Capital of the country. ——The Fenians attempted to blow up a machine shop in Limerick, but were frustated in their diabolieal cesign by the vigilanee ol the police.——-On the {th inst. Myr. Disracli, the new Pre- mier, took his position amid the chee jand congratulations of all parti —— The be excited in the one, and the’ other would be aroused to use greater efforts, when he perceived that his*labors were appreciated, . in New Brunswick, we believe, a county examination takes place period- ically, when small prizes are distributed to the deserving scholars. In Nova Scotia prizes aro also given to the district scholars. Marshall's History of that province having been selected as one of the books thus distributed. One of the most important offices in the promotion of education is that of the trustees of a school; and yet how seldom are these duties discharged as they might, and ought to be. These duties we know are arduous,often involving disagreements and producing opposition “fiom their neighbors, and above all from the intri- cate wording and contradictory sections of the present Act. ‘The office is at best a thankless one, and those who fill it properly are entitled to the lasting grati- tude of the whole District. In the new Act we should like to see plainer direc- tions, for the guidance of trustees. We hazard there few remarks in the hope that they may elicit some -practicat suggestio: s from parties conversant with the dificulties which beset this most important question,