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For Sale,

T OTS suitable for Villa Kesidences, situate on the western 4A moiety of ** Spring Park’’ Estate—within a few minates walk of the Province Building. For further particulars, plan, &e., apply to Tuzo. Dssprisay, or to the subscriber,

May 18, 1857. tf W.H. POPE.

For Sale, —

FAVUAT valuable Leasehold Property, situate in Grand|

Tracadie, on Lot 35. containing one hundred and sixty- mine acres, with a valuable Marsh, cutting about six tons o Hay, or thereabouts ; Lease for 999 years,

Atso—!ifty acres of Commons, which cannot be taken from the above during the term of the lease.

The whole frosting on the entrance of Tracadie Harbour, and the rear bounded by the Winter River, which makes it a valuable situation for business, vessels being able to load both at frontand rear. Sixty acres are now under tillage. Building stuff, longers and firewood in great abundance on the

Jand. It is also contiguous to Cod, Herring, Salmon, or ’ oo

Gasperaux fishing grounds. Also a Dwelling house 32 4 22,

with good cellar and chimneys, and out-buildings clearings being now in excellent order. Rent £10 2s. 6d. per annum.

Colonial Legisiature. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

Frivay, March 19th, 1858.

FORENOON SESSION.

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A message was received from the Legislative Council, inti- | mating that that body had passed a bill entitied ** An Act to | confirm the appointment of Constables and Fence Viewers for | | King’s County, made at the last term there of the Supreme |

Court,” which Bill was received, and, under the suspension of the teath rale of the House, was read a first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the whole Honse, Mr. Mc- Donald in the chair. The B)!! then passed in Committee with- / out amendment, and the chairman reported accordingly, which

| report was received. The Bill was then read « third tine and | | passed, and Mr. McDonald sppointed to carry the sane back |

| to the Council, and acqvaint teir itlonors that the Liouse had | passed it without amendment

Mr. Douse presented a petition of Donald McLeod, Post- | Master, Orwell, praying for an iuerease of salary as such. Re- | ferred to tre Committee on Post Offices.

Possession can be given at any time from this date. For}

further particulars apply to Hon. Cuartes Youne, Charlotte-|

tuwn, or Mr. Ronaiy McDonaxp on the premises. March 2), 1858. Valuable Farm. OR SALE, and immediate possession given, 50 acres of LAND, north side of Lot No. 44, East Point, the pro- perty of Ronald McDonald, jun., Tulloch, and now in posses- sion of Ronald MeDonald, Esq., his father, who is authorised to sell the same ; and who will extend a good Jona fide title of it by reference to the Hon. Charles Young

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Big Bush, April 26, 1857. R. McDONALD.

Loasshold Farm for Sale.

FAVIAT valuable leasehold property, situated at South Shore, Lot 65, now in the oceupaticn of the subscriber, consist-

ing of 75 acres, 40 acres of which are in a high state of culti-

vation, and the remainder well covered with wood.

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The Stock will be sold with the Farm if required. There |

ison the premises a never failing spring of water. Please . & .) . wour apply on the premises to JAMES FOLEY. Svuth Shore, Lot 65, Mareh 22, 1858.

C LUTION. — All persons found trespassing on the late wroperty of Charles S. Hant, Esq., on Lot 55, whose bottles are defined, now the property of the subscriber, without written authority from him through Mr. John Cahill, farmer, of said Township, will be prosceuted according to law. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON. Goose Pond, St. Peter’s Road, Lot 34, Feb. 22, 1858.

Notice. HE Imported American Stud Horse ‘* ECLIPSE” will stand uring the ecasen at the following times and places :

Saturday, the lst May, at Mr. George Smith’s, Charlotte- town Common.

Monday, the 2d, afternoon, and Tuesday, 4th, forenoon, at the ‘‘ Seven Stars Inn,’ Malpeque Road ; the same day, after- noon, and Wednesday, the 5th.

‘Thursday , the 6th, ferenoon, at Ling’s Mill, Wheatley River

Bridge ; the same day, at noon, will call at Mr. Jolin Mathe- |

son's, Winslow Road; and then proceed on to Mr. Thomas Rodd’s, Brackley Point Road, and remain there until Friday, 7th, afternoon; and on Saturday, 8th, in Ch. Town Common. Monday, 10th, and Tuesday, Lith, at Beile View. Wednesday, 12th, and the remainder of the week, at his stand Charlottetown Common. The above route will be con- tinued during the season until August. Tenus.—Cash 15s., for the season, paid to the Groom at the

time, or Note of Hand, 20s., paid on or before the Ist October. |

EWEN CALAHAN, Groom.

Notice. VHP Horse “« MOUNTAINEER,” imported by the Royal Agricultural

Belle View, May 3.

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Suciety in 1853, willstand for the season at the following places, viz: |

Monday, May 3and 4, at Hooper’s Correr, Bedeque; at W. W. Lord’s, Tryon, from Tuesday, the 4th, until Monday, the 10th; at John Wright's, South, the 1th and 12th; at Richmond, Lot 19, from Wednesday, the ith, untii Monday, the I7th May; and will continue the above route once a fortnight during the season. Terims—20s. cosh,

Richmond, Lot 19, Marc 11, 1858. Isl CHARLES UY DE.

Ivotice.

HE celebrated Entire Horse ** COZUR DE LION” will

leave the subscriber’s premises on MONDAY, the 20th instant, and will pass through St. Kleanor'’s, ‘Townshend's Corner, Barbara W eit, Indian River, Malpeque and New Lon- don, from thence to head of North River, and return by (rapaud, Tryon and Bedeque, continuing said route every fortnight during the season. ; :

sg Terms made known on application to Edward Iar- rington, Groom. JOHN CUNNINGUAM. Miscouche, Lot 17, April 19, 1857.

Notice to Fishsrmen. . ITE subscribers will pay CASH. for Green and Salt FISH

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of all kinds at their place of business, Campbell’s Beach, |

one mile inside the Lighthouse, in the harbour of Pictou, and avill keep a supply of SALT and other things required for the fisheries. THOMAS T. McKEEN & Co. Pictou, May 3, 1858, Ow a TMotice of Co-Partnership. IE subscriber haying taken into partnership Mr. THOS. MORRIS, the business in future will be conducted under the firm of «J. & T. MORRIS.” . JAMES MORRIS.

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For Sale, N the Stocks, a superior-built SCHOONER, 60 feet keel ; 19 feet 4 inches beam; 8 feet 4 inches deep. HILARY ROBERTS. White Sands, May 31, 1858. di Stove Varnish. OR Sale at the Dave Storr of M. W. Sxrvver, an excellent article of STOVE YARNISH, to preserve your stoves during the Summer. Charlottetown, May 17, 1858.

Grain, Grain. oo highest price given for BARLEY and OATS at Colos’s Browory and Distillery.

Constantly on hand at prices cheaper than can be pur- chased in the Market, the best of Rum, Brandy, Gin, Whis- key, and a superior article of old Malt Whiskey. Also — X, XX, and XXX Ale. Ch. Town, Feb. 16, 1857.

JOHN & ROBERT SCOTT,

KENT-STREET, CHARLOTTETOWN, Carriage and Sicigh Builders, &c. &c. &c.

Feb. 8, 1858. i ohare

\ttorney-ai-Law, | ‘Charlottetown. Time will be given for one-half of the pur-|

— «;~=scecs Monpay, March 22d, 1858. ’ > FORENOON SESSION, |

Hon. Mr. Wightman from the Committee eppointed to pre- pure and report the draft of an address to His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, pursuant to the recommendations con- tained in the report of the Special Commitree on opening New Roads, presented to the Louse the draft of an address prepared by the Committee adopting the report of the Special Coimmutee, and praying His Excellency to give effect to the recom- mendations therein contained, which was agreed to by the | Liouse, and the Committee who prepared the address ordered to } wait upon Lis Excellency with the same. | Ou motion of the Ifon, Col. Secretary, the engrossed Bill— is An Act to continue a Certain Act therein mentioned relating to the Central Academy”—was read a third time and pissed. | A message was received fromthe Legislative Council inform ing the House that their Honors had passed a Bill, entitied “An Act to continue the Act regulating the publishing of Notices and Advertisements,” without any amendment.

The petition of Angus McDonald, Rector of St. Dunstan’s Cullege, praying for a grant in aid of that institution, and

The petition of inhabitants of ‘ownship No. 67 and vicinity. praying the House to disallow the prayer of the above petition, were both taken up and read.

lion. Mr. PALMER said that one of the petitions just read, |viz, thatof Rev. Mr. Melonald was placed in his hands to | present to the House, and he had promsed to do so; but at | the same time he did not pledge himself or give anv particular pledge to support it, and therefore he did not feel himeelt | justified in voting for or supporting the prayer of the petition. | The lostitution was an excellemt one, and the facts stated in ‘tue petition he believed to be correct. The College had been | very nberally endowed by the Ronan Catholic Bishop—in fact lithad Hust erected at his expense, and was so conducted that

| a very superter education might be obtained at a very moderate rate of charges, So far the scholars under tuition there bad ad- |vanced very creditav'y in various of the higher branches of learning. ‘Then, as statea by the petitioner, it was not confined (to one denomination, but free to all ; and a Protestant m git receive education there withom having his religions epinons | interfered or tampered with in any wa, : but still the institution | was of a character that might exclude othe denominations, and should therefure be considered sectarian. Tha’ being the case, it ts but natural to suppose that a great deal of je.!ousy should exist, in the minds of the public of other denominatio.®: relat- | ing to the granting of money to sectarian purposes, and as this {| was the only application of the kind made to the House, it was }a very questionable mode of proceeding—an act of great in- | pelicey—to vote money for sucli a purpose ; for if a sum were voted, it would be locked for from’ session to session. It would [be affording a precedent to other denominations to establish a thing of that kind. ‘The question then presented itself, —should /such a precedent be established ?—-where was the !louse to draw the line of demarcation ?—where was it to stop ?—which ) denomingtion was it to refuse,and which endow ? for there were many other denominations besides the Roman Catholics, that | were large and respectable, and if they should establish Col- legiate Tustituuons, and ask the House for money, they could not be refused. Lie (Mir. Palmer) would advocate the same course with reference to the present petition as well as to peti- tions of a similar nature from other denominations, and would | not give it his support. It had been suggested by various persons, | bot in and out of the House, that it might be proper and politic to grant endowments to th:s and other institutions of a similar character; but he did not think ita preper maxim to adopt ; for if it were anestablished rule, they did not know but Wesleyans, Baptisis and Presbyterians, and in fact all other denominations inight claim the privilege, and it would be impossible to draw the line of demorcation, or exclude any of them from such endow- ment. Lie thonght it would be better to Jeave al) institutions of an exclusively religious nature dependent upon their own resources | —to be supporied by the denomination to which they belong. At the same time he fully acknowledged the exce!lency of the | Institution (St. Dunstan’s College) and thatthe rev gentleman | ‘who founded it gave largely towards its erection and support } ‘from his private purse ; but to endow it would be the means of creating ul f€eling among a large portion of the community, and he did not therefore intend to vote for any grant on its behalf.

Mr. COOPER said there was no doubt the institution was an excellent one, and well conducted ; but still it ought to be an established principle that where any sum of money was granied to an educational or collegiate imstitution, such institution should be under the control and managemeut of the Groverninent and not any particular party of religionists, He believed the College to be an institution creditable in every way to its founders, and would enable the Catholics to give a good education to their children. This was showing a good ,example to the Protestants, and one they would do weil to follow ; but at the same time the members of every religion, while they had the right to educate their children in Colieges uoder the control of their clergy, should support such institutions from their own resources.

On motion of Hon. Mr. Montgomery the petitions were | referred to a commitiee of the whole House—Mr. Clark in the Chair,

Hon. the SPEAKER said he could not support the prayer of the petition, because he thought it impolitic to endow one institution, under the control of the clergy of any religious body, and not any other. He agreed with the prayer of the counter petition, and thought it was a measure that would be highly objectionable to a large portion of the people. The principle was wrong. It was his earnest desire to see the institution flourish, to know it was productive of much good, and to see it well supported ; but the Catholics should support it without calling on the State for aid. Such a request had never been made before, excepting in the case of the St. Andrew’s College, which was endowed by the Legislature ; but that was no precedent. The system of education was different now from what it was then—buat even than the endowment was found to be money misapplied, and the institution gradually dwindled down until it ceased to exist altogether. It might be thought under the peculiar circumstances which he (the

Carriages and Sleighs always on hand, and built to order, at the shortest notice. Carriage and Sleigh Trimming dene with heatness and espatch. :

Now on hand a variety of new and second-hand Carriages,

for sale at reduced prices. ‘fhe public are requested to call and oppose it as he would oppose any other petition of a similar

fe thom bofore purchasing elsewhere. ly May 3, ’93.

Speaker) was placed that he would vote for granting the prayer |of the petition; but he had always opposed grants of that nature, and was sorry to see a peiition of such |ike the one under consideration coming from where it did, for he would

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Mr. LAIRD said he agreed with the prayer of the counter petition, which was largely signed by persons of various denominations, and would not vote for any grant in aid of the ) St. Dunstan’s College. He then moved that it be inexpedient | to grant the prayer of the petition.

Hon. Col. SECRETARY said he agreed with the hon. /members that it was unwise and impolitic to endow any educational institution of a religious or sectarian character, and while he made this admission he would state that this House had been for years giving grants to schools of a sectarian character, and if it Was wrong now, it was wrong then. He would ask the hon. member who introduced the petition, what he called the Infant School and the Bog School in Charlottetown ? i(the latter of which was established by a number of members of [the charch of England). It was true they did good, were ;attended by children of every denomination; but were still

‘under the control of a certain religious party, and bound to the

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; students of St. Dunstan‘s College, (and he felt proud that there Was Stich an institution in the Island) and would venture to say that there was notin North America the same number of boys,

tuition, &c., who would acquit themselves so well as the scholars did at the examinations referred to. ‘The Hon. Col.

religions party just as muchas the college is tothe Roman) Catholic clergy. He had been at two examinations of the |

‘from the sale of the Glebe Lands, and not under the control of the Assembly. Dispatches had been sent out from home \directing that a proportion cf the money derived from the sale of the Glebe Lands should be reserved for the use of these schools ; and it was nothing but right if the House did make up any deficiency by grants, for the fund was robbed and the money expended for other purposes. With respect (to the Bog School in Charlottetewn being sectarian, it was not true. It was attended by children of all denominations ; and although the Bible and Church Catechism were used, they were not made a test. The school had been established where there were a number of poor children, thé parents of many of whom could not afford to pay 2s. 6d. for a district school book, which was there furnisied them gratis. As to the school itseif, it was a useful one, and rescued many children from leading a life of vice and crime; and it was well known that in that part of the city there were a_nam- ber of children who, if they were not taken and educated in such a school, would be running about the streets, and pre- paring themselves for future inmates of our jails and prisons. Before he sat down, he would make just one observation more: He said he would leave the other members of the

Secretary then alluded to the Infant School in Georgetown,

which was supported by the fands arising from the sale of the | Glebe Lands, and also by grants froin the Assembly, which was | under the control of the Bishop of the established church, and |

| | } : any iastitution for learning with the same advantages of

also the Roman Catholic school in Cnarlottetown, which | received yearly grants fromthe Legislature before the ree | |Education Act came into operation, and asked if this were not | endowing sectarian institutions? in the present instance, he | believed it was the minority who induced the Rev. Mr. | McDonald to bring in the petition, and they were, after all, its | greatest opposers. Ie did not stand up to advocate endowment | —[Mr.T. HW. Haviland, interrupting, said he (ion. Col. Seere tary) seemed to be going for an endowment then] Lie, Lion. Col. Secretary, would soon show the hon. me:ber, what he was going for, if he would only give hima hearing. te would advocate—not an endowment—buta grant to enable the trustees to obtain Globes, Maps and Mathematica! instruments. For, he would ask, how could it be expected tiat poor people, who could barely afford to pay £17 a year for board and tuition, obtain for their children such Maps and Instruments as would be necessary for the proper knowledge of the higher branches of education ?—and how could the endowers of such an institu- tion, with the scanty income derived from the institution of }such pupils, be able to furnish such Mips and instruments ? £17 a year tor board and education! Why he considered an institution holdimg out such advantages a boon to the country! And were they going to set their faces against it because it was a Oatboiic institution? He hoped not. The St. Andrew’s College received fron the Assembly £85 a year. That wae an endowment, and if the College were continued it would be viven still. die, therefore, thought the St. Dunstan’s College entitied to some consideration, and, on the same principle, were the tresiees of any other educa’ional! institution (io matter of Wout denomination) to ask for a grant he would be prepared to go for giving it, [t was not weil te meke fish of one and flesh of the other. He heid in his hand a resolution which he had prepared for the purpose, and he would read it :—

Resolved, Vhat it be recommended to the House, when int supp!y, to vetea sum for the purpose of purchasing Instruments. Maps and Apprratus for the St. Dunstaa’s College.

lle thovght the House could not refuse so reasonable a suggestion, and wou'd therefore move the adoption of the resolution, The hon. member then concluded with some remarks in reference to the exceliency pf the system of Free Education in this Colony.

Mr. DOUSS suid, he wondered why the Hon. Colonial Seerctary could not get up on the floor of the House without ja nuting motives to hon. members. He, for one, gave eredit to tno fuunders of the St. Danstan’s College, and hoped it would prove a lasting benefit to the Colony; but, at the same time, he did not approve of having such institutions endowed by the State. ‘ue Col. Secretary said it was the minority who encouraged Mr. MeDonald to petition, and promised him | their support. Now, he was of the minority, or rather he was considered to be“ botwixt anu between’’ the both parties, and as far as he was concerned did not pledge himself to support the prayer of the petition. When Mr. MeDonald called upon him, he (Mr. Douse) did‘not promise 1c advocate the prayer of the petition, but said he would give it his best consideration. Now, he was what was termed a big Pro- testant; but he always felt pleased when he saw the students of the St. Dunstan’s College go to their place of worship in a body, and there was nothing he would so much desire as to see learning advancing hand iv hand with religion. But he was not now acting for himself—he was guided by the in- structions he received from his constituents, and they felt very much on the subject, averse to giving anything towards the support of sectarian institutions. These instructions were to him binding; but if he acted on his own individual re- sponsibility he might feel differently on the subject. He acreed with what the Hon. the Speaker said on the subject, and thought it was establishing a bad precedent to endow one | institution of a religious character, for if they gave to one | they would have to give to all. Wzuth reference to the en- dowment of the St. Andrew’s College, times were, as the Hon. the Speaker very justly remarked, different from what they are now. He was well acquainted with iis founder, the late Bishop MeEachern, who was a worthy, good man, and a man who commanded the respect of people of all denomi- nations, '

Hon. Mr. PALMER said, he would not have troubled the [Touse again did not the Hon. Col. Secretary piake statements ‘conéerning him which were not true, by stating that the Rev.

Mr. McDonald received promises of support from the minority, and as he (Mr. Palmer) belonged to that celebrated | number, he would, on his own part, give tha statement his | | most unequivocal denial. He never gave the Rev. Mr.| | MeDonald, or any one else, a promise to support the petition. It was by mere accident it was placed in his bands, and if he | ‘suid he would advocate its prayer, he said what he did not | \intend to do; but, on the contrary, when the rey. gentleman ;

‘placed it in his hands, he said he wished (Mr. P.) to present |

minority to speak fur themselves; but he felt it to be his duty to state, that he had recently a conversation with an in- timate friend of the petitioner’s, who asked him what he thought would be the fate of the petition. He (Mr. P.) re-

lied he thought there was no prospect of having the support of the minority. To this he readily assented, and said such a thing was never expected. He (Mr. P.) believed the geu- tleman spoke the sentiments of the petitioner.

Hlon. Mr. MONTGOMERY said, as one of the minority, he had never given his promise to support the prayer of the petition. He was ill, and confined to his hotel when the petitioner came to ask him for his vote in favor of tbe prayer of the petition. He told the petitioner that there was then as much money appropriated, under the Free Education Act, as the Colony could afford, aud that the time had not arrived when it could support sectarian institutions ; and that if one denomination received endowment, others would be looking fur the same. He(Mr, M.) was not prepared to support the prayer of the petition.

IIon. COL. SECRETARY was surprised at the statement of the hon. member, Mr. Palmer, that the money voied by the House to the Schools under the control of the Church of KMngland was solely derived from the fund realised by the sale of the Glebe Lands. It was not so. he money was raised from Catholics as well as Protestants. The hon. member (My. Palmer,) said the Bog School was open to children of all denominations, The petition says the same thing with respect to St. Dunstau’s College; and that no book will be forced upon a Protestant pupil attending it that would be in any way prejudicial to his religious belief. There was, no doubt a necessity for having a school in the Bo>, but as it was provided for under the Free School Act, there was no necessity for having it a sectarian school, which it was. The Iufant School in George - town was also sectarian, and the salary of its master was paid by order of the Bishop of Nova Scotia. (fhe hon. Col. Secre- tary then entered into an explanation of the method of raising and applying the money derived from the Crown Lands of tins Colony, with a view to confute the statement made by hon. Mr. Palmer with reference thereto.) Wath reference to sectarian schools, he said there were four schools of this nature in the Island, but the one at St. Kieanor’s gave up the Bible and - Catectism for the sxke of getting its portion of the money disbursed for free education. He did not know whether the Bishop was aware of this, but such was the fact. Then, with respect to the petition before the House, the petitioner came to him and requested him to present it, which he (Mr. Coles) agreed to do; but remarked that the majority would not support any measure for endowment. The petitioner said the minority would support i1, and he then told the petitioner to give it toa ine.ber of the minority to present to the Hlouss But the petition contained two distinct prayers—one to lave the College endowed, and the other asking for a grant for apparatus. Lie would not go for endowment, but as the Catholics comprised one half the population, and had public spirit enough to found an institution where their children could be educated for £17 a year,—while at an Academy it would cost £40,—he did not think the most bigoted Protestant would object to having a grant given them for apparatus, &c., for such an institution. As far as he (Mr. Coles) was concerned he wished the petitioner had consulted with other Catholics before presenting the petition, as it would have saved imnch debate; but he did not even consult the Bishop, so he (Mr. Coles) was informed. In fine, it was the duty of every legisia- tor to make no distinction in such a matter, whether the petitioner was Protestant or Catholic; but if a grant was necessary tothe advancement of education, he should cheerfully support it. He was convinced if parties of any other denomins- uon petitioned for a like object, lie thought they would freely get a grant, and why not the Catholics ?

flon. Mr. WIGHTMAN eaid there was no place or country so generous in the support of free education as Prince Ndward Island, but when they considered that there were so many other public wants lo be provided for out of a revenue not over large, he thought that litle could be spared even were the public feeling in favor of sucha course,—for the endowment of auy religious institution ; but he thought there would be no objection o the granting of a sma}! sum for the purpose as stated by the Hon. Col. Secretary. But as to endowing that, or any other sectarian institution, he thought, it wou'd be the means of creating great dissenticn throughout the country. If means weré available he would have no objections to give grants to or endow all sectarian institu‘ions ; because, as all denominations contributed towards the public funds, al! should, in justice, he entitled to a share for such an object ; bu',to make an excep- tion in favor of any oue party was he thought, highly imjudicrous. ive would support the resolution of the hon. Col. Secretary ; but he hed also prepared one whick he wouid shortly submit, as an amencinent or preface thereto.

Hon. COL. TREASURER eaid he had been at the last examination of the pupils in St. Dunstan's College, and he bad been very much pleased at the very creditable many in which they acquitted themselves, As Visitors were told they might ask them any questions in the various branches of science, he asked several, selecting the pupi!,to whom he put them, at

‘random, and to his surprise and satisfaction they did not miss

one, but gave correct answers to al! his questions, lle did not

‘it—whatever his opinion was as to the propriety of its being | think it was right or necessary to endow any institution of such ‘granted. He (Mr. P.) told him he would present it; but be) 4 character, but be would go for giving them a grant for Maps, made him no promise of supporting it. Shortly after, he &c., which might be necessary. Last session a eum wae voled ‘learnt that the petition had been in the hands of a member | for a similar purpose to the Central Academy, and he did not

} iti it | w, why there could be any objection to granting a sum ‘of the Government; but that when the petitioner found it| see now, why objer

: y other religious [ie ‘ ed b m f the; to the College. But as to endowing itor any ot g ) _Was not necessary to have it presented by a member o | ealaibee ts ils apeiensd, to Silay

Government, he brought it to him. He (Mr. P.) was tole Mr. McDONALD said, the rev. gentleman who presented | by the petitioner that the members of the ryinomity would | the petition, did not ask his opinion with respect to it; fhe | support the petition, and he would leave inem to explain |/he petitioner) bed, he would have given him his ideas upon | whether they did or not ; but as for himself, he never gave | the subject, which were averse to its being presenied at all, ‘any promise of thekiaud. The Hon. Col. Secretary said he| because he did not think it right to endow say institution of a ‘agreed with what he (Mr. P.) said with respect to the un- |religions nature. He was opposed to the Gog Schoo) on the

4 j ; instituti : ‘iple: but he had, lust session, voted fera grant to oun \ 3 wing institutions, and then | &@me principe , oul fy , » Vv soundness . : 4 policy of onde am £ thn nsincinle he cone | the Infant Schoo! in tzeorgetown, because tte pupils aliending pant he © ee Sree Ce eee ~, | that schoo! received a purely secular education. He had no

'demned, and iilustrated his arguments by allusions so the | objection to gv for a grant for Maps, &e > but to endow that or

Infant School in Charlottetown and Georgetown, saying they | any other denominational institution he considered to be an-

|were supported by grants from the House. ‘This was not| ypwise policy. _ , . the fact. The money given for their support was derived! Mr. POPE said he did not, at first intend to say anything

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