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modest leader, declare that Senator sei eS | Haviland was acting a dishonorable part

‘ ° = : Ch’town, March *, 1874. in retaining, while the law allowed him, as i. alae his seat in the House of Assembly? Well FIRST ATTEMPTS might the two Opposition Legislative |

Tux ineffable modesty of Mr. Louis H.

Davies was conspicuously displayed in

his first public attempt to lead the Oppos—

tion. Even before the House of Assem-

bly was properly in session, he found it |

atterly impossible to resist the promptings ofhis retiring nature. The (Clerk of the House had barely read the resignation of the Speaker; the ‘‘olonial Seeretary had hardly moved that the resignation be re- ceived, when the youthful leader sprang to his legs and “congratulated the hon- orable gentlemen opposite on the new light which had recently dawoed upon them.” The blush of modesty mantled his check , the smile of modesty wreathed

at Ottawa. Indeed, it hardly possible that he would have uttered a statement so palpably talse in the pre- sence of such a large number of educated

torial duties

and intelligent gentlemen, had he been

Ottawa during at least thirteen days of the session before he can draw his allow-

of a senator while he attended to the duties of his office in the Local Govern- ment and his position in the Loca! Legis. And then, while Senators Hay-

thorne and Montgomery. both retain their

lature.

seats in the Legislative Council — how could even the youuthful and ineffably

Councillors and Senators ejaculate, “ save us from the cutting sareasm of our youth ful Leader!” it isneedless to add that his ‘pretty speech ’? was answered. Mr. Brecken, in a brilliant address defended the position taken by Mr. Haviland. In + the course of his remarks, he stated that

| the Government “ had taken the wind out

of the Opposition’s sails ; and that a mea sure was being prepared, and would be submitted during the would secure the independence of the

session,

Legislature.”’

| Before concluding this article, we can. | not forbear expressing a hope that the | youthful und modest Leader, for whom

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as |

is

of the Dowinion Parliament to stay at |

ance, or he would not have charged Mr. | Haviland with enjoying the emoluments |

which |

minion Jaw, and enables our Banks to do a larger business on the same capital than could be done by them if chartered under that law.

That the provisions of the Local Bank- }ing Law are such us guard the publie in— | terest, the state of our Banks fully prove | They have been of inestimable benefit to

the public, and have also offered sufficient inducement to the capitalist to place his money in them and allow it to be manag~ ed by a Board of Directors to his profit aad to the public advantage.

When we remember that it is but two | years and four months since the Mer—

| ehants’ Bank of Prinee Edward

| commenced

business, and a'so bear in | large amount of money was lost, and

trade for a time so completely prostrated that it took the better part of the year to

| . recover, we think the management could

not do less than congratulate the stock- | holders (as they have done in their report) on the prosperous state of the institution, that the stockholders | equally well satisfied with the manage-

and have been

ment is evident from the unanimity with which they have elected the same Board of Directors.

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AN IMPORTANT MATTER.

which comes into operation on the 16th |

| passengers shal’ be carried by water from one port of Canada to another, except in | British ships; und if any goods or pas- |sengers be carried contrary to this pro-

*- in j vision, the master of the ship or vessel so

carrying the same shall forfeit the sum of

| Shall be forfeited as smuggled, and the Customs at the port to which the goods or passengers ure brought, until the penal- ty has been paid and the goods have been delivered up to be dealt with as goods forfeited This Act, if will prevent the steamships Somerset and A/-

enforced,

hambra from * breaking bulk ’”’ at any port on their route between Boston and

| trade altogether. We need not say that such a result would be very detrimental! to the interests of the Provinee ; trust the will make some special provision to meet the British

} sooner or later be procured to carry on

Pominion Government

ease steamers will,

his lips, as he ivsinusted, in tones sub- | We possess a sincere re gard, wil! do better | the thriving trade opened up by the Boe-

dued by modesty, that M:

Maleolm Me- |

in future.

a ed

| i: os : eat {ton and Gulf Ports Steamship Company ;

Leod and Mr. E. J. Hodgson, the Attor- | VERCHANTS’ BANK OF PRINCE |b" in the meantime the commerce of

ney Genera! sud the Solicitor General, the Colonial Secretary and the Adminis- trator of the Government, had all been wrong, and he, the youthful leader, had alone been right Had not those who are popularly keown as the foremost lawyers and the most experienced politicians in the Province, expressed the opinion that Hon. S F. Perry Speaker of the Honse of Assembly, could uot legally resign his seat to the representative of the Queen ? And had not \r. Louis Hl. Davies de- elared that he cou'd ? And did not the motion of the Hon. Colonial Secretary, which set forth that the House was with- out # Speaker, prove that the youthful, modest, blushing ieader of the Opposition had uttered an opinion, which was now acknowledged to be correct ? Here, in- deed, was cause for exultation; now, it ever, was a fitting time for his follow-

ere to applaud—and they did applaud!

But, the scene soon changed. noe motion earried. The members of the!

Assembly waited upon the Administrator. Their Clerk announced the fact that the House was without a Speaker,and they re ceived command to return to their Cham- ber and elect one. Then a “new light dawned!" The Colonial Secretary rose and metaphorically drew v«ide the thick curtain of party prejudice which had so completely obscured the mental vision of the modest youth who leads the Opposi tion. He showed that the resignation which had been received was addressed, pot to His Honor the Administrator of the Government, but to “ Archibald Me- Neill, Esquire, Clerk of the House of Assembly; ” that Mr. Perry had resigned —not his seat as a representative of the people, but his office and position as Speaker of the House of A-sembly—and that the document was dated, not previous to the first Dominion election, but only previous to the last Dominion election. Hence he drew the conclusion that Mr. Perry had himseli tacitly veknowledged bis first resignation to be irregular; and that a legal light, brighter than that held up to him by the youthful leader, had at last lit up the crooked poth of the late Speaker, and showed him the right way That the notice of resignition to the Clerk of the House was «ll right and regular enough, the Colonial Secretary proved by citing precedent s— two from British and ove from Colonial history.

But he pointed out that it could not be |

received unti! the House met, and for-

office, and that Mr. Perry wis Speaker of | the Assembly until the moment it was | declared that the position was vacant, It) is needless to suy that this explanation did Bot cause the modest leader to hang his | bead. The of his! gature so overpowers hi« sense of shame, that he is unable to detect the exact mo- ment at which he renders himself’ ridi- eulous !

Besides, he had another ecard to! piay. He would yet win the game, Ue) was carefully prepared for the dernier | resort. He had a pretty little speech | upon the tip of his tongue; sud ner the inward contemplation of its we'l bal— anced sentences served, in some degree, | to blind him to the outwardly expressed ehagrio of his followers. Hardly had the | Speaker taken his chair; hardly had the Clerk risen for the purpose of formally reading the Administrator's speech when the youthful leader interrupted the regu- bar order of proceeding, by the delivery of ao irregular speech. te declared that the independence of parliament was in danger ; that the spirit, if not the letter, of the constitution had been violated ; that it was a settled principe that no member cou'd sit in the Levislature, and

supreme modesty

yet

| m king stockholder is centered

mally released him from the duties of his that the gross profits of the Bank for the

EDWARD ISLAND. We have reeeived the Annual State— | ment snd Report of the Directors of the above Bank for the past twelve months, as

held at the Banking House, on the fifth

rect business with Banks, take very litt'e

interest in anything respecting them; but Banking is the ‘‘ breath of life’’ to com—

” to

merce, the ‘vital principle are as keevly watched, and as surely io— dicate the health of the commercial body to the financier, as the pulsations at the wrist of his putient indicate the health of the physica] man to his medical adviser. An examination of the Statement of the Merchants’ Bank of Prince Edward Is— land, shows that it is in a really vigorous

and healthy condition. All its working

and activity to trade in the community, and the promise of a handsome profit to its stockholders. us, generally, is the responsibility of the Bank, and its ability to meet its liabilities to the public. These liabilities consist, first of its notes in circulation, amounting to $150,493.00, and its deposits of $258,561.00, both making a total indebt- edness €s the public of $409,054,

To meet this there is in the yvau'ts in

But what most concerns

gold, silver, Dominion legai tender notes, aud notes of Banks incorporated in this Island, and other Bank notes, «n aggre—

ances due from other Banks and Bills of Exchange, there are $216,656.17, making the total of this portion of the assets amount to $264,909.10, or about 64 per cent. of the liability to the public, which is available from these sources, and could be used at any time. It, therefore, only requires the payment of 60 per cent. from the $247,458 (being the umount of Bills under diseount) in order to discharge the entire liability of the Bank to the public. The amount of Exchange which the Bank has to dispose of, and which the commu- | nity now so much require, would, if the

Bank did not continue to discount other

| paper, soon enable it to withdraw its own | notes entirely from circulation snd trade on the specie it would receive, or on the notes of other Bunks taken in payment of | the Bills of Exchange sold.

Turning now to that portion of the ac- | countin which the interest of the money- we find

past twelve months are $26,248.14, and if we deduct from the gross earnings the rent and expenses of management, $8,— 762.75, the interest paid depositors and commissions paid other Banks, $2,808.09, and also $5,530 for losses made by the unfortunate failures of 1872, we have re— maining « c ear net profit for the year of $12.873.98. We also learn that the whole capital was not paid up until about November last, so that the average work- ing capital of the Bank could not have amounted to $80,000, oa which the man— agement shows a clear gain of 16 per cent.

From the profits of the Bank two di- vidends of five per cent. each were paid to the stockholders within the year, and we think the Directors have shown com— mendabie forethought in reserving the

| balance of $15,586.16 net profits now in | hand, thus increasing the funds at the disposal of the Bank, and providing the , nucleus of that clement of future strength, _a permanent rest or reserve fund.

submitted to the meeting of Stockholders, | jortetown.

instant. Many persons, who have no di-| ¢hic important matter.

|

capital is actively employed, giving life |

gate of $48,252.93 in cash ; and in bal—

the Island will suffer unless on order of the

Dominion Government be issued, under be allowed, until others are obtained, to

“break bulk ’’ between Halifax and Char

which the Nomerset and Alhambra may |

The attention of the authori- ties at Ottawa is respectfully directed to

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THE POLICY.

trade. THe Colonial Secretary announced in

and the variations of the monetary pulse the House of Assemb y on Thursday last

| that the final settlement of the Land }

is THE POLICY of our Local | We trust it will be to carry out this policy in a satisfactory |

(Question Government, able | manner. Judging by the perscnel of the Legislature, we think it is not likely to receive opposition. Every member of both Heuses will, we feel convinced, vote in favor of a poliey which has for its object the total abolition of the leasehold sys- tem. There may be—there doubtless will be—opposition offered to details of the |

measure «about to be introduced: but it |

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settlement of the ‘“‘ vexed question ’? more perfect and satisfactory. —_—

MR. PERRYS RESIGNATION,

|

In the House of Assembly ou Saturday | afternoon, the Leader of the Opposition | moved the following resolution :

Whereas, the Hon F. Perry, lately re- presenting the First District of Prince County in this House, did, during the recess, resign | his seat by notice in writing the Lieutenant Governor and the Clerk of the House

And Whereas, in the absence of express Statuary provisions governing the case, dif- ferences of opinion have arisen as to the legality of such resignation

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And Whercas,the same S. F. Perry has been elected and returned a member of the Do- minion House of Commons, and practically the said first district is represented in the House by one member only—

Therefore Resolved, that the House declare the said seat lately held by the said 8. F. Perry vacant, and do desire the Speaker to notify the Administrator of the Goverament thereof in order that a writ may forthwith issue to fill the vacancy.

A short article on the subject of Mr, Perry’s resignation is crowded out.

SANITARY.

We are informed that the civic authori- ties promptly ordered an investigation of the ** nuisance’ reported in the Examiner of the 2d inst. ‘Two policemen visited and examined the slaughter-house of Mr. Brydges — the only one on Hillsberough street —carefully, but failed to find the source of the “villainous compound.” So we conclude the nuisance is not on the premises of Mr. Brydges. It is however, somewhere in the vicinity of his establish, ment, and we advise the civic authorities to continue the investigation until itis found. A thorough examination of all the slaught- er houses in the city, is, we think, expedi- ent. Ifsome of them are nuisances when the thermometer is at zero, what will they be after the thaws of spring. It is much better that a few butchers should suffer temporary inconvenience than that the public health should be in greater danger than it already is Slow fevers have been very prevalent, owing to the vse of poisonous water ; and who knows but cholera, with all its horrors, may be the result, if poisonous water is supplemented by poisonous air. A writer in the Montreal Gazette, who warns the authorities of that city of the probable result of a similar nuisance says . “Next to heaven, the object most desery- ing of the efforts of man should be the attainment and preservation of good health, which is the fundamental acquisition of earthly happiness,” Then letjus not court a pestilence.

Since writing the above, we learn that

Island |

} mind the failures of 1872, by which such |

An Act of the Dominion Parliament, |

March, inst., provides that no goods or

| four hundred dollars, any goods so carried |

vessel may be detained by the Collector of |

Charlottetown ; and will probably have the | effect of driving them from the Island |

and we |

of course, |

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SCHOOL VISITORS REPORT.

Reports of the Visitors of our Public Schools have been published. They show that there are on this Island 392 schools, of which 47 are vacant ; that the total num. ber of examinations has been 355; that the total namber of pupils on the registers kept by teachers is 16,257: of whom 8368 are boys, and 6889 girls, and that the aver-

out the year has been 8351. not show what proportion these figures bear to the total number of ehildren in the

and we therefore are unable to compute those who are untaught in our public | schoo!s.

Mr. McSwain, the King’s Gounty, submits ‘‘ summary of statistics ’

the following

| Number of Schools in County, 103 -” examined 9] * closed or vacant,

in which were examined,

| Scholars in Districts the schools | Average number in each of these

Districts, 10 591 | Number of scholars registered, 3907 | Average per school, 42 85-91 Number of boys registered, 2059 + girls " 1848 Number present at examinations, 1264

Average number present, 20 44-91

Average daily attendance for the

County, 2193 | Average daily attendance per school, 23 89591 | Number of scholars reading, 3502 " " Writing, 2310 | Number studying Arithmetic, 1930 | “4 “ Grammar, 766 " Geography, 961 i Dictation, 878 ” Recitation, 1221 ‘ ‘ Bookskeeping, 43 , " Composition, 37 & History, 109 ' * French, 36 ” “ Latin, “ “ Greek, ! “ sid Geometry, 8 | « he Trigonometry, 4 “ « Algebra, 3

Mr. MeSwain also reports that the Gram- mar School at St. Peter’s Ray is now va~- cant; but the other grammar schools of King’s County are, he reports, in ‘ satis- factory operation,’

Mr. McPhail, submits the following Table of Statistics for Queen’s County :—

Number Common Schools, 17 | Number Grammar Schools, 8 | Number Normal Schools, 1 | — Total 180 Number schools vacant 16 | Number schools change of Teacher, 109 | Number Teachers Grammar Class, 10 | Number Teachers Second Class 14 | Number Teachers First Class, 71 | Number Female Teachers, 67 | Number French Acadian Teachers, 6

| Number Teachers left the profes

sion last 3 years, 113 | Number Teachers, Presbyterian, 100 Number Teachers, Roman (Catholic, 48

Number Teachers Wesleyan, 8 Number Teachers Baptist

‘ Number Teachers, Episcopalian, 5 | Number pupils enrolled, 8033 Number Boys, 4153 | Number Girls, 3880 | Number Present, Examined, 4207 | Numbker Daily Average, 3651 | Number Reading Scriptures in 104 Schools, 2532 Number Reading Class Books, 8033 Number Writing, 5161 Number Arithmetic, 4645 Number Grammar, 2271 | Number Geography, 3116 | Number Dictation, 2674 | Number History 543 | Number Book-keeping, 15) Number Composition, 187 Number Mathematics, 49 Number Latin, 4] Number Greek, 13 Number French, 51 Number French in 6 Acadian Schools, 350

Mr. McPhail notices, with regret, ‘ the continued increase in the number of schools which have had a change of teacher ; and ‘the increasing number of our best teachers who are abandoning the profession year after year. We notice, with pleasure— as a sign that our people are beginning to evince a more decided wish than hereto- fore for religious education—that the in- crease of pupils who read the Scriptures in

the schools (in Queen’s County alone,)

has been 842, Mr. McPhail also regrets to

Mr. McPhail says, ‘shows that the daily attendance is yearly becoming more and more irregular ;’ and, hence, Mr. McPhail thinks, ‘it is every year becoming more evident that a compulsory Jaw is needed.’ Mr. McPhail reports that new schoolhouses

| are needed in the following Districts, viz:

1, Little York, Lot 34.

2. Rona, Lot 62.

3. York River, Upper, Lot 32, . Pisquid West, Lot 37.

. Mount Stewart, Lot 37.

. Third Ponds, Lot 20.

7. Irishtown Lot 20.

8. Lower Milton, Lot 32. 9. Milvale, Lot 22. 10. St. Patrick’s Lot 22.

. Bethel (Minor) Lot 48.

this city, the number of pupils en- rolled is 630, of whom 356 are boys, and 274 girls. The decrease of the number enrolled during the past two years, has been 42. Respecting school accommoda- tion, Mr. McPhail says, ‘it is no better than it was years ago. The schools in the Temperance Hall and DesBrisay’s Lane, should be closed immediately, unless de- cent outsida conveniences be provided at once,” Mr. McPhail remarks that—

“ THE VERY LOW EBB to which the commen schools of Charlottetown have fallen, ought to be cause of alarm to all who take any interest whatever in the future well-being of this, the Capital of one of the Provinces of the great Do- minion of Canada. That alarm must surely be increased to every considerate mind, when it is known that an army of about 800 children, of school age, within the limits of the city, or about one in three, neverenter a schoolroom at all. The twelve or thirteen poor schoolrooms now in use, with difficulty accommodate the 630 children enrolled ; but if the 800 children, who do not go to schoo! at a'l, could be induced to make their appearance, about sixteen addi- tional schoolrooms would be required. Turse FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.”

The names of seventy-two students are, we observe enrolled in the register of the Normal School. During the past year, six candidates obtained certificates as taachers of Grammar schools, viz :—Messrs. Dugald McLean, Isaac McLean, John N. Robertson,

Roderick McRae, Hector Campbell, Ewen Stewart. Eleven candidates passed as Sec- ond Class teachers, viz :— Messrs. Ambrose D. Fraser, Leigh Gregor, John McKinnon, Finley D. Martin, James McKenzie, Donald Currie, Donald McLean, Alexander Robert~ son, Hector McDonald, Roderick McRae, Miss Charlotte E. Montgomery. Ninety- four obtained certificates as teachers of the First class. Only four of the pupils in the Normal School study the French language ; and not one learns either Latin or Greek Mr. McPhail thinks that ‘If our school system is to be maintained, and the educa- tional wants of the youth of our Island are to be duly supplied in the future, imme-

the objectionable smel| has disappeared. The nuisance (wherever it was) has been removed,

| To those unacquainted with the nature | ot our Bank Charters, the amount of Bills under discount may seem too large for

| the capital; but our Bank Charters, al--

at the same time hold an office of emolu—| though fully guarding the public against went, Without the consent of his consti-| any possibility of lors, are yet more lib- tuents; that it was necessary to guard eral than any charters which would now

P jealously the separate interests of the be granted tos private Bank uuder the Do-

Lec Broxen.~—Mr. Michael Foley, of Al- berton, had his leg broken on Thursday evening last. While on his way from home to this city Mr. Foley's horse ran away ; he was thrown out of the sleigh, and the painful accident was a result.

—— <i iat The Tichborne claimant has been sen-

diate provision must be made for the fol- lowing among other matters, viz.,

I, The raising of the Normal School from its present ‘ anomalous position of being a high school for children in Charlottetown, a little in advance of the other public schools,’ to the status of a real Normal School, the main object of which would be ‘to do for the teacher what an apprentice~ ship does for the mechanic, the artist, the

physician, the lawyer—to teach him theor- etically and practically how to do the work

teneed to 14 years penal servitude.

of his profession.’

age daily attendance of both sexes through- | But they do |

Island within the ages of five and sixteen, |

School Visitor of | at

If. Raising the standard of teacher's ‘qualifications, and the attending at the Normal School of all future candidates for the office of Teacher, for at least one term the salaries of such teachers to be propor=

higher standard of qualification required, and such increase to be graduated through | a course of three or five years.

III, The payment of Teachers, as is now | done in other countries, ‘ by results,’ t.¢., | according to the quality and quantity of the work done.

IV. The payment of an equitable share of | the public funds, (in proportion to average | attendance) to all schools open to Government

| lations of the Board of Education and the Teachers of which had submitted themselves to

| the Board of Examiners for license.

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school during at least seven months of | the year.

VI. The compulsory attendance of trus~ tees to the duties required of them

VII. Provision for the supply of school

| suitable text books at first cost.

- | VILL. The appointment of a Superintend-~ }

ent of Education, who should have the | general oversight of all educational matters, ‘and who should also be the Inspector of

‘the Grammar and City Schools. In Ons

| tario, besides the Superintendent id In- |

|spector of common schools, there is an | Inspector of High Schools.

| IX, The division of Queen's County into

| two Districts for the purposes of schoo! Inspection and the appointment of a Visi- | tor for each District, in view of the fact that

the number of schools therein is about double the amouut of that in either of the other two Counties.

,._ X. The appointment of one Board of Trustees for the City schools, (instead of having a separate Board for each school) with power to provide school buildings with

| the establishment of graded -chools.

XI. The grading of Grammar schools into |

| two departments, a higher and a lower, with

; ® qualified teacher in each.

XII. The adoption of a system of res | wards to pupils, by meens of merit, card, | or Otherwise, for good conduct, proficiency in studies, and good attendance. This would perhaps materially diminish the necessity for compulsory attendance.

XIU. The providing for the retirement and support of those teachers who have become aged and infirm.

XIV. The payment by the inhabitants of each school district, of a local assess- ment, either upon property, or so much per head of all male adults, the proceeds

| of teachers’ salaries. In Prince County there are 109 schools,

of which number 1! are vacant. Vr. Rob~

Whole number present at examin-

No. of specimens of Writing shown =—-1367

During the past six months new Districts have been erected at Howlan Road ; Alma, Lot 19; and Mount Pleasant, Lot 27 while at Piusville, Lot 4, a grant has been given for the establishment of a minor school,

New Schoolhouses have been built in the following sections, viz:—South Shore, Lot 27; New Annan, Lot 19, Linkletter Road, Lot 17; Fifteen Point, Lot 15; and Cape Wolf, Lot 7.

We judge that Mr. Robson is not a man | of decided opinions ; for, in summing up | the result of his examinations, he says ‘I |

mts

have pleasure in recording that, with few | exceptions, the general status of the schools | in this county is as high as can reasonably

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will on y be with the view of making the | notice that while there has been, during be expected.’ It is wholly unnecessary to | 1873, an increase of 515 in the daily at- demonstrate the inanity of this high-flown | tendance, ‘ there is the enormous decrease | sentence.

‘of 834 in the daily average.’—a fact which |

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MANUFACTURES OF CANADA.

Tue Manufacturers’ meeting of Tuesday was by all odds the largest and most in- fluential demonstration of the kind that | has been know in Canada since the agi- | tation of 1858, I859, when a heavy pressure of public opinion caused the adoption of a | tariff having for its avowed object the fosters | ing of our ‘infant manufactures.’ In| years subsequent, the spirit and purpose | of that legislation were strongly adhered to such alterations as were made in details | being all in the direction originally cons | templated. Since the change of 1866 move; | ments for a return to the tariff policy of | 1859 have been made, but the back weight of public opinion to drive them home was | wanting. Yo all appearance that want is | now supplied, or is about to be; and to change the figure, we are already ina ras pidly arising tide cf general public en- | thusiasm in favor of fair play to home ins t rests, mining, manufacturing, agricultural and all other.

The main cause of the present industrial reaction is neither far toseek nor hard to find ; it is the very one which has been set forth in these colums time and again during the last few months. The late panic over the border caused to fall at once ike the walls of Jericho, certain artificial obstructions ‘to that general decline in prices which should have been gradually going on since the war closed, but which was by unatural means and for speculative purposes long held back and delayed. The artificial obstructions referred to, having been swept away, Canadian manufacturers quickly discovered thata new era had been entered upon, and the large and enthusias- tic meeting of the other day is one of the first results of the discovery. With the old high prices on the other side, our tariff might be either fifteen per cent, or fifty, no matter, whenthe Americans could not sell at our prices But ‘the case being altered alters the case,’ very much indeed, in this instance; and for the first time in our history we are face to face with tlhe practical question, whether it be possible for us to live and hold our own with fifteen per. cent. on our side and from thirtysfive to fifty per cent. on the other side, our competitors being the most enterprising and gosahead people on the face of the earth, and living along our border for a distance of three thousand miles. The gentlemen assembled in the Rossin House on Tuesday, evidently have their answer to this question - whatanswer the assembs led wisdom of the Dominion will give to it, remains to be seen.— Toronto Mail.

Histoxy or New Bruyswick.—Mr. Duns can Campbell Nova Scotia’s latest historian} has decided to prepare and publish a_ hiss tory of New ! runswick, and is now in Hali-~ fax collecting the requisite material for that purpose. He has discovered many valuable papers in the Nova Scotia archives. and will occupy the next eighteen mnnths

& preparing his work for the press, — Hale

tionally increased to correspond with the |

inspection, and subject to the rules and regu |

V. The compulsory attendance of pupils

suitable apartments, and all ‘requisites for |

| of which would be applied to the increase

son, the Visitor. submits the following | synopsis —

Number of pupils enrolled 4317 Number Boys, 2156 Number Girls 2161

ations 2384 Average daily attendance 2507 Number of pupils Reading as taken

trom the Register 3382 | No. pupils Writing 2174 No. of pupils Arithmetic 2150 No. of pupils English Grammar 1078 No. of pupils Geography 1470 | No. of pupils Dictation 1102 | No. of pupils French 331] No. of pupila Latin 31 | No. of pupils Geometry 28 No. ef pupils Algebra 25 | No. of pupils Greek t No. of pupils History 204 No. of pupils Book-keeping od No. of pupils examined Reading 4352 | No. of pupils examined in Geo-

graphy 664} No. of pupils examined in Grammar 452 No. of pupils examined in * rith-

metic 570 No. of pupils examined in Dictation 1367

OF THE LEGISLATURE,

OPENING At three o'clock, on Thursday afternoon last, His Honor the | Government came Chamber. After taking his seat upon the | throne, he desired the attendance of the The Usher of the

down to the

House of Assembly. Black Rod announced his Honors pleasure to the House, when the Clerk rose in his | place and informed the House that since | the last meeting of the Legislature, he had | received the following letter :— ‘To Archibald Mc Neill, Esq. ‘Clerk of the House of A-sembly: | “Sir, —1 beg to notify you that I do heres by resign the office and position of Speaker | of the House of Assembly. I have tle honor to be, etc., « Spanis.aus F, Perry.” | « 25th Jan, 1874.” The resignation wes acempanied by the signature of a No.ary Public. Hon, Col. | Secretary moved that the House do attend

| port that it is without a Speaker.

| Leader of the Opposition here made some |

|remarks, after which, the motion was put by the Clerk, and carried. The House then proceeded t) the Council Chamber, | where they were commanded by his Honor

|

ito choose a Speaker, and then return,

sdministrator of the | Council |

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CORRESPONDENCE,

CPR LOLOL LL OL le hel

To tage Epiror or tuk Examiner.

—

Sir, —In the Examiner of the 23rd instant you have advocated the abolition of the Second Branch of the Local Parliament, the culling and pruning of the other two, and also the abolition of at least one Govern- ment- office. May your advocacy on this point have free course and success. have just entered a new era in our Colonial

should be our political watchword. local revenue may appear to be sufficiently flush at present; but let us wait a wee, and we will find that, unless it be carefully guarded and husbanded, it wiil be scant enough, ere long, for carrying on the pub. lic works of the country. You well re- marked that our local legislative duties | have been greatly diminished by so much of it having fallen to the care of the Dox minion Parliament. Indeed, if all those

@ fai : Jf able eaaggae | * : é » OC es : 12 libraries, apparatus, aud a uniform series of | upon his Honor, and that the aye | duties of which our Legislavure has been 1€ |

| relieved by our entrance into the Dominion, | were summed up, it will be found that only a few comparatively slight matters have | been left for our Local Parliament to legis-

kia. ta parliamentary machinery, | ten times more confused,” | rises one from the midst of the

| of modest mien, but vigorous voice and lu.

| Which we support at present, for carrying

}on the business of this smali Province, is

We)

history, and retrenchment and economy | Our |