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We, the undersigned, Trustees of the Bay Fortune/the Sunday School a ,

° . ‘ ? . nd his Ss 3 ae which is at present conducted by Mr./duly and gratefully appreciated ean caacilesine a “4 ae having this day, Monday, 20th|the people of the Settlement generally; and we trust wer, 202°, In pursuance of a certain provision of} that, although the sphere of his exertions may be huin- > existing “ ct for the encouragement of Education,”|ble and limited, and his pecuniary recompence but ee by W. Underhay, Esq., examined the/small, he will cheerfully persevere in the good work - ars, ine the said School, have great| which he has commenced ; encouraged by the grateful pleasure in making the following Report of the Exami-| respect and approbation of those amongst whom lie now nation, for the information of the parents and friends of resides, and fully satisfied that his labours of love aud the scholars, and of all who take a friendly interest in| usefulness will finally receive a meet reward the progress of Education in the Settlement of Bay For- Wiruiam M‘Kre, i

tune: ‘ REPORT: James DineweE ct, Trustees,

WwW ‘KENZIE - In the first place, we are satisfied, from an observance egy hart ak J

ALEXANDER DINGWELL of the affectionate and_respectful department of the W. Unpernsay, Subscriber.

scholars towards their Teacher, Mr. Irving’; and from the regular and methodical manner in which it is evi- Pe ee ear eae dent they have prosecuted their studies under him, that, : . whilst, with steady uniformity of practice, he has re- Colonial and United States News, quired, and exacted from them, the due performance of ail oo sob-pabed ae he a ree es a te . so} The Colonial Mail arrived on Thursday evening last. anner, that, wenera t av ‘ i) fis been ever stimulated to the few dachiewe of cheir my rea Fattertng, Tame OF Baws soe ont pare duties, not by the dread of corporal punishment, (which| Arroinrment To THe Benca 1x Hanirax.—The we find it cannot be said he has ever administered to|Hon. Wm. Frederick DesBarres has been appointed any of them,) but purely by a love of learning and im-|one of the Assistant Justices of the Supreme Court of ean and a sincere desire to gratify their anxious|Judicature, in place of the Hon. Judge Hill deceased ; eacher, by progress in their studies and practical at-|and the Hon. Alexander McDougall, to be a member sention to his admonitions and counsels. of the Executive Council and Her Majesty’s Solicitor _ Making due allowance for the general backwardness |General, in the place of Mr. DesBarres, xn learning, and for the untrained and undisciplined} Earraquaxe 1x Canapa.—A correspondent from educational state of the minds of the youth composing |the parish ef Green Island, on the south shore of the the School, at the time when Mr. Irving undertook their| St. Lawrence, informs us that a shock of an earthquake tuition; and also bearing in mind the retardation in| as felt there on Monday morning, the 6th instant, at a their progress since, occasioned in several individual quarter past five. It lasted about three minutes. matances by the want of suitable Class Books and; Sezures.—Within eight days the Revenue Officers Miationary ; we feel that we have abundant reason to pro-jat St. John, N. B. seized 36 cases of rum, illicitly land- mounce that the general and individual improvement of ed in that city. the Scholars is such, as could have been accomplished; Mertancuory Accipent.—A very melancholy acci- ely by the unremitting, anxious, and well-directed at-|dentis reported to have occurred lately on the St. John tention and exertions of the Teacher, and the cheerful| River, about ten miles above Fredericton. It appears obedience and docility of the Scholars. thata man named Darcas was amusing himself by In Speuiine and the explication of Words, the Classes skating, with his sisfer’s son, a child about seven years acquitted themselves with greatand ready: correctness. of age, named O’Hara in his arms, when the ice sud- In Reapiva, the more advanced Scholars performed) denly gave way, and both were plunged into the river the exercise with great propriety of pronounciation, witlr to rise no more! The bodies were found in about an due slowness and clear articulation, and with such at-| hour after they eunk—that of the child being firmly vention to emphasis, tones, and pauses, as satisfactorily| clasped in his uncle’s arms. eonvinced us, that they are rapidly acquiring a just andj A horse and waggon fell over a wharf at Quebec, a accurate mode of delivery. depth of probably 20 feet, into the water, and yet both Mr. Irving's method of teaching Write is, we be-| were got out without injury. A boy succeeded in leap- lieve, peculiarly his own. It imposes a great deal of) ing from the vehicle in time to save himself. what may be deemed extra jabour upon himself; but The schr. Olive from New Brunswick, bound to Bos- for this, we are satisfied, he feels himself sufficiently ton, went ashore on Nantucket Beach on the 20th, recompensed by the credit done to his skill by the re-| Where ajl hands perished. Two of the bodies had been

gular and very visible improvement of his pupils in the washed ashore. art. Newrounptanp.-+Thursday evening’s Mail has fur- In the teaching of English Grammar, we find that Mr.| nished us with our regular files of papers from thie Co- Irving is careful, not only to fix well the grammatical lony. The general election was in progress. The definitions and rules in the memories of such of his Royal Gazette of the 2ist instant gives the official an- Scholars as are studying the art; but also by giving/ Houncement of the return of three members for the Dis- them daily Lessons in Parsing and by the regular exac- trict of St. John’s,—-they are: Lawrence O’Brien, John tion from them of carefully written Graumatical Exer- Kent and Robert John Parsons, Esquires. ‘The Courier @ises, to promote their practical knowledge of the gram- of the 2Jrd says, “ that enough is now known to leave matical principles of the language; and we are convin-/ no doubt of the party commonly called the Liberal par- ead that, with pupils of good or even only ordinary ‘Y, having a majority.”—A fire broke out at St. John’s mental capacities, his method must be productive of on the 12th instant, but did no damage beyond the wary satisfactory results. house in which it originated.

In the teaching of Arrrametic, we consider Mr.) Desarivc Socretirs.—There are three Literary Trving’s system of tuition to be equally judicious and_ Debating Societies in Halifax-—the Catholic, the Young satisfactory ; and we have been much gratified indeed| Men’s, and the Atheneum. Why can’t a good debat-

by the evidences given by the Classes in Arithmetic, of) ing Society be started in Charlottetown ? Oprsion oF GeneraL Taytor mm Canapa.—The

the sure and steady progress which they are making in) : bene ‘Kingston British Whig thus notices the election of Ge-

the art of computation. c thus 1 Generally speaking, we may farther observe, that we | neral Taylor to the presidential chair: ( * We hardly know whether we should congratulate

strongly incline to attribute the success, which so evi- ' dentiy attends Mr. Irving’s exertions as a Teacher, to the country on this elevation of General Taylor or not. ‘He himself is an estimable man, aad his party is com-

the example which he systematically sets before his, a Bcholars of doing every thing well and. carefully him-' posed of nearly all the wealth and intelligence of the se)f; and by his constantly endeavouring effectually to. Union; but on the other hand, that party is, and ever umpress upon their minds this vaiuable precept, “What. has been opposed to a low tariff and the introduction of ever is worth doing at all is worth doing well; but it) British goods. ‘The ery is Protection for native produc-

is impossible to do any thing well without attention.” itions. Whereas, General Cass and the Democrats, al+

Although the Sunpay Scnoon, established and con- though opponents in speech to Great Britain and her éucted in this Settlement, by Mr. Irving, does not ne-| interests, have always advocated a low Pariffand Free eessarily form one of the direct subjects of this Report, | Trade. Thus while the Whigs speak the fairest to we think we should but very ill discharge onr duty on Great Britain, and treat her with the utmost courtesy,

the present occasion, were we to omit to state that, they close the ports to her merchandise and manufac- xnmediately on his coming into the Settlement, he vo- tures ; while the Democrats, furious in denunciation, juntarily proposed to open and gratuitously conduct a and threatening war every instant, nevertheless freely @unday School for the benefit of the youth of the Set- admit and consume the commodities of the nation they

tlement ; and that, his proposal having been cordially | provoke.”

and thankfully aeanenied On by the people, he has ever} Tur New Casivet.—The Washington correspond- since, assisted by six Superintendents and seven Teach- ent of the True Sun names the following Cabinet as ers, conducted a Sunday School, heid (by permission of current at Washington :—Secretary of State, Mr. Crit- the Elders)in the Presbyterian Church of the Settlement;;tenden ; Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Stewart

‘ja which upwards of 60 young. persons of both sexes of 9 : are earehally taucht to read and study the Holy Scrip-\of the Navy, Mr. King of Georgia; Postmaster-Gene-

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The City Gas Works were nearly consumed, and seve- ral thousand tons of coals were burning when the last mail left.

ImuigRaTion.—During Saturday and Sunday twep- ty-one ships, nineteen barques, nineteen brigs, and more than fifty schooners, entered the port of NewYork; and during the same time more than six thousand stees age passengers, chiefly from Ireland and Germany, have landed in the city.

Growtn or New Yors.—New York city is now second only to London and Paris, of all the cities of Europe. London has a population of 2,000,000; Paris, 1,000,000; New York over 500,000.

SONS OF TEMPERANCE.

According to announcement, the several! Divisions ef the Sons of Temperance met at the Division Room ané having formed in procession proceeded by a circuitous route to Brother Scowt’s residence, where the G. W. Bs read and presented the following Resolutions :—

Resotvep,—That the Sons of Temperance do deep- ly sympathise with Brother Scott and his family for the loss sustained by them at the late calamitous fire, and do earnestly hope that this visitation of Divine Provi- dence may be fully sanctified unto them, by shewing therm the uncertainty of all earthly possessions.

Resoxtvep,—That the Sons do also condole with Brothers Squires and LePage for their losses, and alse with those other members of the community who have suffered so seriously by the late conflagration.

By Order, j Joan Wicuanms, G. 8.

To which Resolutions, Brother Scott in a most feel- ing manner expressed his thanks, and said, that he felt happy in belonging to an order, which could so sympa- thise with him in his misfortunes, and that he firmly believed this serious affliction would be the means of doing himself and family much good in a spiritual point of view.

The procession thenmoved on to the wharf belong ing to W. W. Lord Esq. where a boat being in waiting, the G. W. P. Officers of the Grand Division and other officers and brethren were conveyed on board the brig Douglas, owned by Mr. Lord, lying ata short distance from the wharf,when the Fiae was presented and hois® ed to the mast-head, amid the cheers of the Sons, proud- ly waving over a ‘Teetotal Ship, and triumphantly bea» ing witness to the onward progress of the Order.

The Officers and brothers having returned to the wharf, the procession was again formed and marched through the town; arriving at the Division Room, the meeting was regularly elosed, and the brethren returned to their homes, in Jove and harmony.—.4dvertiser.

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BE. R. Humpnreys, Esq., late of this Island, was, on the 25th of September, unanimously elected a Mes! ber of the College of Precepters, of London.

There was no appearance of the Packet with the English Mail when we were going to press,

DIED.

On Wednesday last, Elizabeth Harriet Stukeley, - fant daughter of the Honorable Chief Justice Jarvig, aged | year and2 months.

At Covehead, on Wednesday. the 22d ultima, af Dropsy, after a lingering illness, Mr. Donald M‘Millan, aged 64 years,

THE ELECTION.

Wepxespay, Dec. 6.—The Election for Charlotte- towa was decided last evening at 5 o’clock in favour of Mr. Palmer. His majority was a little more thana hundred. We shall notice the matter fully in our next.

BEAUTIFUL HEADSTONE,

During the last week we have been shown a beauti- fal Head Stone, brought fromthe United States by Capt. E, J. Feeney, of the American Army, and placed over the remains of his father, who lies buried in the new Cemetry of the Roman Catholic Church, Capt. Feeney, we understand, has been absent from this Island for several years. He formerly served in the British Army, under Capt. Cumberland, in the 96th, and nevi purchased his release, shortly after entered the Unite States Service, where he has continued to the present

‘of Pa.; Secretary of War, Mr. Jobn Bell ; Secretary |

wares, according to the usual system of Sanday Schools ;, ral, T. Smith of Conn. ; Attorney-General, Reverdy and lave every Sunday, after the tasks have been re-| Johnson of Md. peated and the lessons read and explained, an opportu-;) On Monday week snow feil at New Haven to the)

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mity (together with such of their Parents and Friends} depth of a foot. The snow was so deep between Hart-|

as may choose to attend,) ef being still turther benefit- ford and Springfield, that the Rail Cars on that route) ~

wd and instructed by the reading of a well-selected Ser- were four hours accomplishing 23 miles:

moa by Me. Irving. Four fires occurred in New York on the night of the!

— 118th, by one of which 100 horses, 26 stages, and 25) in conclusion, we now beg leave highly to say to Mr.'sleighs, valued in al] at.about $70,000, were destroyed. |

breimg. that we teliove his valuable services, both in} A very great fire lately occurred in Philadelphia |

moment, and signalized himself in the late war against Mexico. Capt. Feeney’s father, who was for many years an industrious farmer at the North River, died about six year ago; and his son, entertaining a strong filial effection, felt itto be his duty to visit the home of his early days, with the view of paying a proper tribute of respect to the memory of his parent. The Stone is of pure white Italian Marble, and is inserfbed with the name, place of birth, and age of the deceased. “Jt is admirably carved and engraved ; and is, on the whole, we think, the handsomest headstone we have seen in any of the Grave Yards of this Island,

\T OTICE.—AIl accounts due the Subscriber over si* ~* months will be sued for, if not settled before the firs® of January, 1849. Oats and Flour taken at cash prices DONALD McISAAC.

December 4 aw.