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IITIMATII.

Hou.. Coconut. Sncnsnav, by command of His Excellency. laid before the House the Esti-; mates of the expo-nditnre of the Government, for the current scar. and moved that they be referred to the House when in Committee of Supply. ‘ l

Ordered accordingly.

DITAILID PUILIO ACCOUNTI. Ilon. Cci.oimii. Sneuusv, by like command,‘ presented the Detailed Public Accounts, for the‘ past year, and moved that they be referred to tha' Committee on Public Accounts. Onlnred seeimlingly.

I ‘Pirate cossisrlnd or rrrirtoivs AND" Itnroars.

The lion. COLONIAL Sxciinriar presented c~.n.iin Papers. consisting of Petitions and Re- pmo. aunt in to -the late Executive Council. and bv them tIlI'llclOlI to be laid before the House of Assrtnbly.

flu motion of the Hon. COLONIAL Sscnnriiiv. they were severally read, and ordered to he enter- ed in the Journal accordingly, and laid upon the

_ PETITIONS.

The House, during the greater part ofthe time tli-y eat today, were engaged in receiving Peti- lltms, all of which, with one exception, related to |I|s|. opening of short lines of new roads, or. the re- pairs of hpdgea and wharfs.—'I'he exception was mu, prrslnli-(I by the Hon Mr. Montgomery from divers iuliabitsnts of Princetown and Roy- aliv. praying for a suppression of the nuisance .,...-,,.......ed by the running at large of Swine in the said Town and Royalty.

sA‘l'I.'IDAY, March 18.

Petition from the ‘hostess of St. Dniistsn‘s School, Charlottetown. (Condensed Debate.)

The Hon. tlie'Ar'roiisr:v GILVERAL presented a Petition from the Trustees of St. Dunstan‘s Sc-‘tool, Charlottetown, setting forth that, al- tho-.i;;li the School Rooms are s acious on well ventilated, yct, owing to the _ efects_of_the Si-I-ool Act, or the difficulty of bringing it into useful and satisfactory operation in Charlotte- town, Momorialisis regret to have to state that those Schools have, as yct._derIved no benfillt wlnitover from the Taxes paid by them and tho parcntsoftlio Children attending thereat_: Phat. though ltfemorialists seek no exclusive pri- rilwro whatever for the Schools under their C they nevertheless think it a very hard .—,...,,;, that, while they are taxed equally with their fellow colonists, in sup rt of the General Fund for the purposes '0 Education. “'07 glmulil not equa ly participate in the benefits thereof in proportion to t.heir_numl_)ers; and a poaling to the wisdom and discretion of the IIIIIISG. earnestly hoping, that the circumstan- ces of their case wil receive that full and III!- partial consideration. to which. in strict .ii_istic_e. they are entitled, either by an alteration in the Law, or otherwise, as to the House may seem meet. , 'l‘ho Petition having been received and read, it was ordered, on motion by the Hon. AHORNEY Gs.\'i.n.u.,—Tbat the Petition be laid before the Cnnniittee appointed to report on the Free Education Act, with a View to its amendment- lfr. Davin was surprised that the Hon. the Atiorne General should recommend to the Ilouse the laying of a Petition, of the nature of t'm one he had just presented, before the Coniinittoe on Educationa Reform ; because he liolioved the complaint. The Free Schools under _tb_e pre- sent Act, said the hon. member, are, it is well known, open to all denominations: none are excluded ;aiid neither are youth. ‘l'°"°ln: tanghtsuy sectarian dogmas dent Schools are wished for, _ _ any church. or sect, they lm_V0. In “"0 fl‘ country. full power to establish them: b they have no right to expect the tribute to the support of_ such neither have they any just _ lain, on acount of their hem and compelled to unless they can prove arejsupported by that tax. or opinions, adverse or on their own church or sect, the minds of the Scholars. cannot do; and, under_these _ the leader of the inajorityéi that the Petition shall Committee up _ _ _ Act and report thereo_n,_is givin ment to sectarian principles an _ _ and is, in fact, cultivating sectarian eelings If the Petition be referred to the Education and they on as evideu they must report fa they do, it will then, duty of the Governm _ _ commendation which they originated.

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I upon it; and, I say, lice

Mr. Bssa thought the Government were _not

committed to any particulpr course of action. with respect to the Petition; for it would, surely, be absurd to suppose t Hon. the Attorney char op e. presented, to the _ _ otition of a rtion of his constituents, an moved that it referred to the Comlnlllfl. 30 which it had been previously agreed that all such Petitions should be referred,_be, by so doing, bound the Government, of which he was a member, to take up the prayer of that Peti- tion as a Government measure. _

llon. Mr. Mscsuur.—[t appeared to him that, under the cloak of liborality, tha_ hon. nieniber for Belfast (ldr. Dnviea‘))wsa seeking to provoke sectarian ICI’lI:O: To 0 ject to the In consideration of s Petition, relative to Educa- tion, merely bea_usa it proceeded from the members of n rtteulsr church. WI! MP9‘! ‘[0 evidence of I. truly liberal To blip. 1' and rather to savour strongly of I ¢"P°' nition to prescribe certain religious danotnins-i sions; but how far the I)::- ipsinlaor Elm lad objoctsdto the motion in o y t 0 °II- 0 Attorney General. with reference to the Poti-

Petitioners had no just cause of

But, if indepen- by the members of

ublic to con- And reason to com- called upon pay the e ucationnl tax, that, in the Schools which religious sentiments gonistic to those of are inculcated u on y ‘I , Y

ii recommending the inted to revise the Educational encourage- pre'udices, I m ly with the wish of if ome the boundsn out to carry out the re-

hst, because the General had, in the dis- of his duty, as a re rescntative of the ones, a respectful

tiou which he had 'ust presented, meant to carry proserl tion of churches coal not to . He should, know what sect or sects he win to ros- cribe. Was it the Preshyterians of Bclliistl was it the Methodists! was it the Baptists? or was it the Catholics! With such a spirit of intolerance he (the on. Mr. Macaula )could have no fellowship; and he hoped t at such exclnsivencss, sue despotism, such toryisni would never again be displayed upon the Ho ll’ of the House.

on. the Arronxsr Gnssiui..—'I‘he hon. mem- ber for Belfast (Mr. Davies) was evidently most anxious that the Government rty should commit themselves, before the pu lie, by some not at variance with established principles of legislation and the liberslity of tie age. He wished them, as was said in law, to raise the uestion, to whic he had causelossly and needlcssl adverted. IIe would, no doubt. said the on. and learned gentleman, have been very glad, had we, on this side of the Iiouse, taken up the pro er of the Petition which I have just present , and roposed to deal with it in such a way as he as vainly striven to show we are disposed to do. lie is, I dare say, grievously disappointed in our having given no cause of oflbnce, to no denomination, by the course we have pursue : but he must console himselfin the best way he can. Itwill, I think, require more ability than be is possessed of, to enable any one to show that, because a member, in the discharge of his duty, presents a Petition, baring reference to education, from, or on behalf of, a of his constituents, being all members of one church, even althoug in that Petition they mi ht indicate their at- tachment to the tenets 0 their church, he is, therefore, seekin to introduce the spirit of sectarinnism intoglegislation.

Mr. DAVIE! was about to reply; but, being interrupted by the lion. Mr. MACAI..'I.A\' and the Ilon. Mr. Moxrooiiitnv, in succession, who be maintained that he was out of order in speaking to it question already disposed of by the llouse, he refrained from further remarks, maintain- ing, however, that. in noticin the motion made by the lion. the Attorney eneral, with res

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EUROPEAN NEWS.

‘rim WAR wirii RUSSIA. (Tlis European Tism.)

Some French and English ofiicers have at last been appointed to commands in the Turkish army, and when the campaign fairly opens, it is quite inconceivable to us that the Russians can achieve any thing agnivst the allied army. If they should

eradventure force the position at Kalnfnt, and cross the Danube, they stand the change of being utterly cut ofI'_by an Anglo- French army taking them in the rear. Prince Paskiewitsch has been appointed Generalissimo of the Russian forces, but below will be found ii list ofa dozen French generals with whom he will have to cope, the least of whom will prove more t on a match for an old Prince of 70 years of age. Lord Region and Sir Baldwin Walker have been to Paris to concert with the Emperor the plan of both the military and naval operations, and a circular of M. Drouny de Lhuya to all the foreign French agents abroad, commanding them to act in concert with the English authorities against the common enemy, gives fresh strength to our alliance with rsnce, and must

sowing disunion between the allies. The Greek insurrection, or rather the rebellion

Albania, is most inconvenient at

juncture. Whatever momentary success may attend these instruments and depes of Russia, who, by the bye, has always abandoned them in the hour ofperil, it is uite certain that the movement will be speedily suppressed. Prompt measures hone been taken from Constantinople to

needful, the French and English naval and military forces will step in and prevent the useless effusion of blood. he Russian frigstes in Trieste have taken refuge in the inner harbour, where our English frigates watching them cannot reach them. The speech of the Emperor of the French at tli opening ofthe Chambers will be found in extenson in another column. Paris, which was threatened with disturbances a few days ago, continues tranquil, and the funeral of the eccentric Abbe Lammensis, who has paid the debt or nature, took place without any disturbance. The following twelve generals, beside General St. Arnsud and Marshal Vaillant, have received com- mands in the French expeditionsr army: ‘Prince Napoleon, Canrobert, squet, Forey, d'Allonville, Boust, d‘Aurel|a do Paladins, Dantemsrre d’Ervillee, De Lour- incl Es inssse, De Mnrtinfrey, _Cassaig- nolles, inoy, fitc, Several divisions of infantry and cavalry are ready for embar- kation. We shall not be surprised to learn that a military force of some thouss men will accompany the fleet to the Baltic.

BPAII. One of those frightful tragedies which occur in Spain alone has been elnpcted at ra ossn. Gen Hora hsvin raised the the revolutionary In , srchs at the head of his regiment. s 0 MID DIV 30

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l and sects, hel ,q..,.-4-,_

however, like to!

‘convince the Czar of the hopelessness of

ofthe Suliotes in the distant province of ' thi

ut down this hopeless scheme, and, if

whom he had distributed arms, to the great Here he was encountered by the otlicern and troops who remained fsiil-ful to the Queen ; and, tiller a bloody encoun ter, the general and the whole regiment t were cut to pieces. Upon the news arriving ' at Madrid, all Spain was placed under niar- tial law. Gonzales Bravo, Castro, and , Iii-riniidi-z, have received their passports 1 for foreign parts. Conchu has esciiprd to lliordennx. It is not known yet whether E the affair at Saragossa is only an isolated case. Barcelona, as usual, was said to be lin arms, but at any rate Saragossa was i perfectly tranquil at the lust dates The ‘ Queen, when the news ofthe above troubles reached Madrid, rods ostentatiously through the streets, as if to defy public opinion. “'8 are afraid that iiiteatinc troubles in the Peninsula are about to recomincncc.

INDIA.

The news from India, with dates from Bombay to the ‘28th January, and Hong Kong to the Ilth January, is interesting. The Governor General, after fixing the boundary line beyond Monday, had return- ed to Rangoon. The north west frontier

fresh troubles in Persia. The insurgents in China appear to be once more gaining ground, and it was reported they had cup- tlie Emperor's escape The French seemed liauleur by the leaders of the rebels. The Rusisin Admiral left Shnnghue for Japan on the ‘24th December, whither it was ex- pected the United States squadron would sliortly follow. All the wild stories about Khivn are repeated" by this mail, but the real facts are precisely as we indicated some inontlis ago. Sir Charles VVood, in the ouse of Commons, says that some subjects of Kokan had erected a fort within

the Sir Deria; it bo y of Russians were despatched thither, and after destroying the fort, returned to their quarters at Kainiak. Writers constantly confounded the Sir Deria (Jnxartes) with the Amou Deria (Oxus), which runs through Kliivii, and thus per- petually blunders arise. '1‘ e tales about treaties between the Khans of Khiva and Bokharn, and, still more absurdly, with

each other, and separted by frightful inac- cesible deserts and mountains, are ofcourse destitute of foundation. the mud fort constructed to resist the attacks of the wild Kirglleso, merely horsemen, has given rise to the stupid reports repeated during ma_ny months. The story of the Russians constructing “ ciintonments” with- in (too days’ ma-‘ch ofKhiva exiiibits deplo- rable ignorance of the nature of the country. It is all a fiction.

Scan: of the leading members of the opposition

unwarruptable attacks an the Honorable Emanuel McEschan. There is no species of abuse of which he has not, at times, been made the object of,—but without injuring the honorable gentleman in the slightest degree. As ii dsriiirr resort, they have attacked his qualification as a member of the Assam- bly. How the party who sustained the right of Le Lacheur and Whelnn to retain their seats, under the titles produced by them, can have the assurance to question the rights of others, might be matter of asto- nishment, snd would naturally call forth axclsmationa of surprise, were we not fully aware that nothing can equal the intensity of the blindness, forgstfnlness, and folly of partisanship, save the hatred and malice en- gendered by political animosity. Under the influence of these feelings. and supposing all others to be as nnpvinciplad as themselves, they have taken it for granted that Mr. Mellaehsn was as lax in his princi- K plea and as careless of the obligations of an oath as i either of the two worthisa above mentioned. They { hsv__e, by this time, however, we take it, found out

e 1 their mistsks,—tha hon. member having tabled his (

, title to a qualification for a seat is that Hoass—not,

ltvnly, a dead assented snbsaqnsut tothsslactioii, '

l and depending for its validity upon an agreement that 1 would not bear the light, but a clear and undisputed freehold title of inheritance, in fee simple, to his share of the estate left by his fsthei, who died intestate; and of the prescribed value of which there can be no possible donbt.—Rather s difl'vrant qualification, and

wilderness land. pnvt swsinp, which had never been paid for, and of which neither bnyar nor seller had aver been in legal possession. There is something highly amusing in Edward Whalan taking the land in such an investigation ;—it is on the principle, we sup- pose, of setting a thief to catch a thief; or. insking s successful smuggler an sscisa officer. They have also asserted, that Mr. Ifclselmi is Insane; and truly they have n bsttei right, in our opinion. toinska such an assertion. than to question his qualification. Com- pars the aondnct of Meliaelieii and Wlielan, and it will he found that the one is as opposed to the other as light is to darkness; if, tliavefcra, Wlialan's con- duct is that of a sane ‘man, llcl-Iacken‘s must be that of a mad man. And naililan it may be matter of‘ qaspiioa whether a was who sets as honestly, ap- rhhtly, ad hdspfidnltly B poll-lasl infill‘! as It

was tranquil, but we have vague reports of

tured a city north of Pekin, so as to cut off

to have been treated with some degree of

the Russian boundary, on the right bank of

Dost Mohammad, all implacable foes of

The destruction of

nalszuinis GAZETTE.‘ Wednesday, larch 29,135;

have commenced, and are carrying on, a series of

aoniewhst better, than that derived from 15 acres of

does in private ones, may not he considered somewhat wetilt of intellect, seviiig that those who consider tliaiviaelves giant politicians pursue the vight contisvy course. and esteem lying, duplicity, tresrbery. and nieenneea of every description. the true tins and legi- tininlvi weapons of an accomplished IIl|I_l'.III|lIlI; and hold in eonvi-nipt those who pursue a different ronvse. It doth not become as to run counter to such high authority; but we trust" we may be pardoned if we suggest that there sva those who are of opinion that truth, candor, and simplicity are equally available, or rather, more potent, in the long run. in political as well as otheu mstters,thsn their opposites. We would, therefore, counsel the hon. member to-persevere in the course he has hitherto adopted; for it is better, we think. that he should fiill under the reproncli of folly and madness from the lips of rogues and knuvss, than be even suspected of rogusry by honest man.

Six Disquisiiions on Doctrinal and Practical Theolo- gy. by the late Willisni 'l'liomiis Wishart, of St. John, N. B.; printed by A 6!. J. Mclllillsn, I858, pp. 246. Sold by Geo. 'I‘. Iliisznvd. at his flock- stoie. Charlottetown.

'I'nn: aullior of this book was evidently a man of no common mind, as even a very superficial examina- tion of his work will convince those who uiny be dis- posed to try. Not thinking ourselves competent to give any opinion on the doctrines endeavored to be inciilciiteiI.—wliich are somewhat novel, we think,-—

ths lectures, which is best calculated to show the tendency ofilic work :—

" '|‘he fourth lecture is on the oneness or unity o the cliiistiun system. l’iiisiigea of Scripture are ad- duced, iiiiil reasons given why this unity should and does prevail in the very extent that the spirit of chris- liniiity obtains in the world. The hereaies, divisions, conleiitioiis, and t|(.‘flIll0lI' that have disgraced the ,church, are traced to the fiici that men have look .

‘C upon but one half or side ofa doctrine, itiid that each I party contended for the view of it that he had taken, . without believing it possible ihiit llierc could be sno- I that aspect which did not destroy or degrade his ‘ favorite one, bill that would on the contrary iiiaka it, if true, the more perfect nnd harmonious. So that while men thought they were contending for the truth, they were in renlity fighting ii bottle for their ‘; own iiiabilily lo understand the whole counsel of God. Another, and far more fertile cause of division and contention, is assailed to be the literal, cereinoniiil, or cnrniil eleioent which has been mixed up with reli- ion, though not entitled to it place there, brought in y taking that as s realiiy—ss the end aimed at- which the spirit used but as a symbol of his deeper meaning, which, suiting huiiisn nature in its first and not in its second intention, was laid hold of as it stood; and that room was thereby left for disputes, which would not have occurred had iiien sought for the spirit instead of the form. Another manna b which I "s evil has been promoted is this : the spent as and other men have consented to old ceremonies that men loved, lest they should refuse to accept the doctrine they were anxious to tascb—whsn they found that it re uired them to renounce what they before held sacred. They did this, intending. when the new doc- trine had taken root, to eradicate the old idea; but the old was more consanaiit with huninn nature; and instead of the combination preparing them for the purely spiritual, the spiritual was diluted, paralysed hythe opposite principle; that religion, being thus vttiated by csrnnlity, cannot overcome the cnrnnl pro- pensities of our nature, and hence conic wars an I’ ' ' In rpi. I I .

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“' ‘ :. unity would remain; each word would be fouud_as harmonious as him run whom it re- ceeded; it would teach one doctrine to all; an all being influenced by one spirit, there would be one Lord, one faith, one bsplisin; man would see with a single eyc—sing with one voice—be nnimaisd with the same hope, and love, and zen|,—piirsue the same abject, and so become the one body, one bread, one building, or tempts, or church. which Christ has call- ed hia people

THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC. To the People of Prince Edward Island.

I"el|cw Countryiiicii,—It is objected that a pro- hibitory Liquor Law would be evaded. We admit, I at. in some instances, this would be the case; and, are not other Laws ,also,sometimes avnded.’ There are in society, individuals so reckless of cons uancbi, as to be restrained by no enactments, and t ey some- times succeed in escaping with impnnit . But we know many new engs ed in the Liquor 'Irafic, who, were a Prohibitory I.nw passed,would not, for a moment, think of continuing to sell the Intoxicnting Fluid. A few instances of detection of offenders, and of vigorous infliction of the penalty of the Law, would, in a great measure, extinguish the inqiuitous traffic. We are not to harbor the praaumptioii, that a Law, constitutionally enacted, ma not bssnforcad.