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but the report under consideration reeom- meoded that this power be given tu two- thirds of the householders in a district. In| —was perhaps the best to ascertain the views hie opinion bach a provision would sufficient- | of a district in regard to an application for ty guard the interests of the tavern — license. The whole subject was one of grave} for if a majority consented that he should re-

veive a license, at the end of the year two- thirds would scarcely be found to come for- ward and petition that i¢ showli not be re- newed, unless they bad @ good und sufficient) lion. Cot. Secretary knew tha: documents | ‘ reason for so doing. That part of the report were sometimes sent to his office to which) he therefore considered to be based upon a/ forged names were attached ; but it was not ecund principle. He thought there were several reasons why it would be unadvisable

and it was right that iegislution should place | ¢ ' restrictions on the traffic.

was granted.

ting license ; cases might arise in which | jt was. le it would be difficult to take the sense of the} Hon. Mr. Hanstey had listened to all the

, : : : “i it. by one they see t! eir hopes meeting. th respect to the quantity to! ents which had been urged against the | cised abuut it. One —_ Net S ee ol ee | dashed cruelly to the ground, and day by day

be sold under store licenses, he thought the | report without being convinced that its rey recommendation of the report to rise it from | commendations were not just or desirable.

t

@ pint to a quart a move to the right direc-| He was serry to hear from the bon. member) ieasure fot factidue ibotives.—On Wednesday,

tion. Parties ao doubt might club together for Prince County (Mr. Howlan) that people i to drink a quart as well as a pint: fut it —perhaps it was peculiar to his own part of | would take « larger number, and their con- | the country—could be so easily influenced _ duct consequently would be wore hkely to! to be bought by a pound of tea or the like |

Upon the whole, therefore, he thougbc the | mittee certainly did not provide. He would |

notice of the Louse. | porting. Some hon. members had expressed

| : : . culling a public meeting—though such meet- Mr. M. C. Cameron has woefully deceived his ings did not alwaye arrive at a correct Opinion constituents. At bis election, when be ran against

he said fe was in favor of the Confederation. and

importance ; the evils resulting {rom the too) opposed the - free use of intoxicating drinks were great, | grounds ouly, the latter admission secured his re-

protest against his want of faith.

au appeal be inade to the country svon hia chance easy to detectsach, and of course the iicense | for re-election will be slim indeed.—The address : He would not object to the/ of the manufacturers and mechanics of St. John, te compel house-holders to atwad a public) system of calling public meetings, still ho |N. B., in which they declare themselves in favor meeting to give their opision for or against |shought the law upon the whule better w of the Confederation, bas been received here, and

Government of having given pabulum to the ex- tent of £10,000 worth of priuting to the Journal come ander the notice of the peighborood.| This was a contingency for whieb the Com) q_ Quebee—an order for one hundred thousand

: : onde ith _.| Copies of one blank, fifty thousand of another, i es iies sees t,o + Reem ene oe ee “ | and twenty-five thousand of a third. Hon. Mr.

he Hon. Mr. MeDougall, Provincial Seeretary, Provineial Secretary on pereonal

urn, and his coustituents are now loud in their He has gained

he ill will of most of his constituents, and should

he oppovents of the scheme are very much exer-

hey learn that it is hard to oppese a popular

he Ist instant, Mr. A. A. Dorion accused the

i treal last week, and his funeral is said to have

ten and Gordon, and these have each and all had

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Hon. Mr. Waravagoy believe! that all the |

legislation of this Mouse on the subject had made the matter worse rather than better He agreed with the bon. member for George- town, that if the recommendations of the report were carried into effect, we would scarcely have @ respectable public house on the Island. 8c tar as set!!ements were

concerned, there was no need of taverns; |

they were merely for the benelit of the tra- veliing public. aeighborhood there were some half dozen ebanties were liguar was euld without license This he lelreved to be the case, though he had not suficiently positive information to actin the matter. Jt would be better even for the community to have licensed taverns than this illeit traffic. being restricted tv a quart, it would not mend the evil much, tur very few bottles would bold that quantity. and the purchaser might be induced to drink «hat remained after the bottle was filled, and, before he reached home, might, perha;s, drink the whole. (Laughter.) On this ground, he

from a quart toa pint, and here they were asking to have it raised again. He under-

: ime thi estir i sfore the House | on, * You dare not do that to me.’ Messrs. Lol- stood that a party who received a tavern Ji-| time this question had been before the L pen a rer | Those indefatigable individuals—the Sons o! |

cense at Alberton obtained it contrary to Jaw ; and if this could be done in one case, it might be done in another. [le did pot,

therefore, see the use of amending the law |

to make it more stringent, if the provisions of the Act as it stood were set aside.

Mr. Llowias said he could scarcely agree

with the recommendations of the report, for)

he thought it advisable that the matter of

acceding to a license should be brought be-|

tore a pablic meeting in the district. There the tavern kee; er might have te opportunity

of explaining how he intended to cviduct his house, and the householders, after having |

heard all the arguments on bot! sides, would

be able to form 4 pretty correct opinion as to | As

the propriety of granting his request. the law stood, parties could go round from house to house, and coax one, and offer an-

other.a pound of tea, and so on, and thus seopre @ majority; whereas at a public |

meeting euch artifices could not be attempt- ed. The case of a license being granted fur

#tavera at Alberton, contrary to law, was

correctly stated by the hon. member from Loti. A person at that place who wished to open & house of this description went tuund and procured several naues ; and find- ang that he had not enough, added a few more, and sent the papers into the Govern- ment. The license was granted, and it was tuund to be a difficult matter to break it die (Mr. HI ) would have been better satisfied with the report had it provided for the cali- ing of public meetings in districts tu consider applications for license.

Mr. Conroy thought public meetings would

be uo advantage, for he knew it was a diffi |

cult watter to get people to attend meetings inthe country. When a meeting was called for considering even such an important sub- Ject as the education of children, frequently ot more than two or three persons in his meighborhood could be got to attend. lie iknew that there were several ewall shanties

in his district where liquor was openly suld,

and magistrates as well as otliers drove to tiem ond had their glass. visited one of them himself; but he bad been informed that this was the case. The Jaw

should be made as stringent as possible, but!

he could not agree with some jun. members that a public meeting would be on advantage.

Hon. Mr. Cores did not thirk the sugzes- tions of the report would have any beueticial effect. If magistrates and others interested to see respectabie houses kept up, did not inform on those shanties where liquor was Hegally sold, then they ought to be left to

He believed that in his|

Hie had never)

| chemselves opposed to increasing the quantity | ‘under store licenses from a pint to a quart. | | He, for his own part, thought the suggestion | of the report was an Improvement , still he| ‘admitted that it would be better to place

licenses.

Mr. Llowar was willing, if a quart was! Speaker rose, and a

thought too mach, to divide the difference | with the advocates of a pint license, and say three half pints.

| Mr. Hastaw believed the“object of the pe- | titioners was to remove, as much as possible, from young men in settlements the tempta- ition which taverns afforded them to spend | their money and waste their time. In his district, a year or two ago, a person succeed

As .to store licenses | ed in getting a license by coaxing some to) tye notion ascertain who really was the propric-

i sign for it, intimidating others, and forging two or three names. An effort of the kind | had since been made, but without success A public meeting, however, he thought would be the best way to prevent imposition ‘in this matter. There were Sons of Temper-

|; ance In amost every district who would at-)

believed the Temperance peopis some years | tend thes: meruneP. pees he syeene, ste version, plumply, ‘You are a scoundrel and aj ago petitioned to have the quantity reduced | in favor of applications for licerss, an | tiar.”

| cuss the subject. Mr. Sinctair thought this was the third

| Tempersnce—had gos up petitions time and again praying for increased restrictions on the license system. Ile was one of those members of this House who at first opposed | grantiog to & majority of householders in a school district the power to prevent taverns heing licensed in their midst. But as the House bud admitted the principle that the /people should have a voice in this matter, /and be empowered to judge whether taverns | were required in districts or not, it certainly followed that they ought to have the privi- lege of suxying when it would be advisable to The petitioners asked | that a majority should have this power; but the report recommended that it ought to be | placed in the hands of not less than two- | thirds of the housebolders in the district. | This was surely fair if the first principle be admitted, and he would therelore support | the wotion for the adoption of the report. | The question was then put on Hon. the | Solicitor General's motion, that the Speaker | do take the Chair, when there appeared | For it—Hons. Solicitor General, Speaker, Coles, Warburton, Laird, Thornton, Messrs. | Ramsay and Duncan—8. Against it—Hons. Messrs. Liensley , Davies, | Col. Gray, Longworth, Kaye, Pope ; Messrs. | Howat, Haslam, Brecken, Sinclair, Howlan, | Conroy, Yeo, Montgomery—14. | Tue main motion that the report be agreed

| to, was then carried, and reported accord-

| discontiaue them.

jconformity thereto, viz:—Messis. Howat, | Hensley and Davies.

Hoase adjourned.

i j

| eeeeeeestecendoenenandoesmeenatngnastion ——— — RAND i

_ CORRESPONDENCE.

—_—ww™~

CANADA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT ) Teronto, March 7, 1365.

CONFEDERATION

| Goes bravely on here, and the day is not far dis- tant when it will be an accomplished tact. The debate is still progressing in the Lower House, j although it has received its qguietus in the Upper | House by being adopted by an overwhelming | majority. The Government have adopted a wise | course in allowing all the members who are op- | posed to the scheme to have their full swing, and

| each has an opportunity to have his say. It is

put up with the nuisance. Le was rather| thought here that because all the apeeches are ti yn favor of the proposition to eall public| be reported verbatum, that there is a great deal meetings; if the peuple did not choose to more said than there otherwise would be, as each

ettend, it would just be like their neglect in

sasea of elections, they would baveno person |

to blame but themselves. That two-thirds of # district should have the po wer—after a

person had gune te the expense of providing |

« house, feather beds, stables and other things required—to discontinue his license, would be a great hardship. ile contended shat a]] that was necessary was (tv have striu- gent lawe in regard to how these houses should be conducted, and then to alow free scope as to their situation. It did seem to him very absurd that Temperance poople

siould ask that licenses might be granted to |

sell a quart instead of a pint. He could not see tat it was encouraging temperance to compel a man to take more than be wanted. lf we were going to impose as many restric. sions as were sought for, we ioigtt as well have the prohibitory law at once. Le be- lieved travellers had been put to great in- convenience because certuin districts would not allow taverns to be Jicenseo within their bounds. This House had no control over those who kept mere boarding |iouses, to sce shat they were provided with beds and other necessary acecmmodations.

Hon. Mr. Loncwoxtu said that the hon. leader of the Opposition seemed to have mis- taken the prayer of the petitioners. They did not ask that stores should te licensed to sell a quart instead of a pint; they request- ed that store licenses should be placed under | she same restrictions as tavern |icenses.

‘member is anxious to have his name handed down to posterity as havirg been a member of the | Legislature when the most important event for | the British North American Provinces is about to transpire. Had it not been so, it is net at al, likely that they would have had quite so much t say. It is just as well, however, to let them ai: their views, and let them have all the notoriety they wish. All that has been said against th: scheme here yet has, however, had little | weight, and net a vote has been gained. The four members who spoke in favor of the scheme | exhausted almost all that was to be said, and are given the Opposition plenty to exercise all their ingenuity aud powers of rhetoric. Mr. Dorion ix still a bitter opponent of the scheme, and he is dving all that he can to render the scheme un popular. He is introducing petitions, and flatters himself that he has made a great stroke of policy by getting a monster petition from Montreal con- taining 5,000; but these petitions are easily got up, and this one is nut unlike others; hundreds of names are written by the same hand, and it wil be very amusing to examine these names and find out whether the people whose names appeai are really alive, or if they wished their name» appended. It t possible to get signatures to »

, Petition to hang almost any one, and it is not t

Hon. Soutcrror Gexerat contended, with | be wondered at that this monster petition is pre- all due deference to the hon. member fur sented. The people of Lower Canada, at leas:

Queen's County (Mr. Longwort!:), that there, Was no necessity for the a? which he wisbed to place im the handa of a two thirds’ | majority. If a tavern was kept in a disor. derly manner, the Grand Jury could break the [Pca He (Mr. L.) said chere was no danger that two-thirds would iwiproperly re- fuse an application to renew a license where a majority had formerly acceded to it; but we did not know what change might come over theepiritot theirdream. A temperance lecturer might visit the district and prevail upon the people ; and when the tavern- keeper came to renew his license he might find a vetu in the Seeretary’s office. Nor could he (Mr. H ) agree with the latter part of the report, that the quantity under store licenses should be extended to a quart. This would have the tendency of increasing the evil, and the tem people, in waking such a request, had certainly committed a great mistake, for he supposed there were not a dozen bottles in the Jaland which would hold a quart. Should the purchaser drink what was over, it was likely that befure he reached home be wight drink the whole. Were the liouse to comply with the prayer of the pe- titioners, probably next year they would be

the French speaking portion, are well known t offer cousiderable opposition to the scheme, and ia Montreal so many influencea can be brought to bear upon the Aabitaans, that it is not a matter of surprise to any one to see thein appending their names to the petition. Mr. Bellerose charged the Rouge emissaries with scouring this country to obtain signatures for the petition, aud Hoa, Mr. Dorien did vot deny the soft im- peachmeut. Mr. Eric Dorion is busying bimseli also in getting up petitions, but they might just as well save themselves the trouble, as they cannot accomplish anything. Canada West is ripe for the change; in fact, must have a change, and that uow offered is the beet that has been proposed yet. Mr. Dunkin is the only member who has, as yet, offered anything like tangible reasons for delay, and for an appeal to the people; but even all Ais eloquence and sophistry fails to accomplish the end he wishes. He fears that the new syste of Governmeut will be too expensive, and that the Federa! Government will have to foot more bills for the Local Legislatures than will be for the common weal of the whole of the Provinces.

eas ne oe Pty that the He also fears that with this Union we wil! on. Mr. Larnp seconded the motion, be nu better prepared tu meet the advancing

r. Breckew was not of opinion that the ttee should rise witbout reporting.

coluwns of & common foe. The last argument is of course opposed to the well known adage, “that

When @ public house became a nuisance, | . ni, ; okt : purely those in its immediate neighborheud ee aoe lens in- Jere the judges in the matter. If a q y the propogation of a man

best opened a house, the probabilities should the Gini tndesions of , that he would be al-

: i;

like Mr. Dunkin. Some wea are so constituted, however, that they always look on the dark side of everything, aad hem and haw until they are

Jowed to con it. Did it prove to be a led by the tide uf pubiie opiniva, then they join eae ate te pentroying the morals) the ranks ithe crowd, aud bugzah and shout as pa gon i a iw cae loudly as those who were in favor of the move-

peerifeo than that a whole comnupity should puller. ) thought that tip atten of

ment from the first, so it will be with any who have litted up their soices aginst the Union, —

on

or selcent WR unpeuty, —

| Brown defied the opposition to shew that taere

, der the same restrictions as tuvern Confederation, but that now it is one of its strong- them uode i ai .

jingly. The following gentlewen were ap- pointed a Committee to bring in a Bill in

was one tittle of truth in the statement. Mr. Holton said it was notorious that a short time since the Journal was opposed to’ the scheme of

est supporters. A discussion ensued when the

SCENE transpired, of which the Toronto Globe gives the

tullowing account :—

beat Mr. Cauchon, crossing behind the Speaker's | chair to the other side of the House, approached the desk of Mr. Dufresne (of Iberville) and made jan angry remark about the way in which Mr. | Dufresue had pressed his motion, Mr, Dufresne } said that more than that, he intended to make

| tor of the Journal de Quebec, and also what bad | become of certain mautel pieces. Mr. Cauchon j said in that case he weuld make a motion about /a certain Insurance Company, an agent of which itor twenty years had been robbing the public. | Mr. Dutresne retorted, according to one version of the story, with, * If any one says that with re- ference to me he is a liar;’ according to another

Mr. Cauchon then struck him, or gave him a fillip iv his face with his finger. Mr. White stepped in between them and said to Mr. Cauch.- |

ton and J. S. Maedonald then rose ard requested | that the gallaries should be cieared, aud the | House then preceeded to discuss the fracas with i closed doors, It is understood that, after a good ‘deal of talk, Mr. Cauchon made an apology to | the House, and withdrew his statement with re- }tereuce to Mr. Dufresne. Mr. Cartier moved i that the apology be accepted. The Opposition | resisted the mution, contending that Mr. Cauchon {should make an apology also to Mr. Dufresne. } Lhis Mr. Cauchon refused to do, unless Mr. Du-

whieh Mr. Dutresne declined doing. Mr. Hol- tun moved in amendment that a Committee be appointed to enquire avd report on the whole facts. This was vegalived by a vote of 47 tu 31, and Mr. Cartiers motion was carried on the same divisicn.”

THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS which have been laid on the table show the fol- lowing figures: — Expenditure fur 1864, $10, O87 ,142; revenue, $11,170,966 ; plus from Ist January to 31st December, 1864, of $583,824. Expenditure for 1863, ¢14,909,- 182; or, if we deduct from it $4,166,375 for re- demption of debt, it was $10,742,307. Expendi- ture for 1864, $14,544,882; or, if $3,957,739 ex- pended in redemption of debt be deducted, it was $10,587,142 ; showing a decrease in expenditure of $155,665. Total receipts fur 1863, $14,382,- 508; less loans and sinking fund, $4,622,191, they

showing a sur

tresue would first withdraw the imputations hej tense value or usefulness of the Prince of had made against himself during the altercation, }

ANOTHER DEATH. The Hon. Geo. Moffatt died suddenly in Mon-

been a mile long. THE MILITIA are still out, and military schools have recently

been established in Montreal, Kingston, Hamil-

all the Cadets entered that they ean now take. The military spirit is being wel fostered, and our Volunteere are acquitting themselves wost creditably. SKATING has been all the rage, and the lovers of that healthy amusement bave had a grand opportuni- ty of enjoying themselves this winter. “ Jack Frost” still holds sway. The winter seems loth to leave us. The ground is still covered with snow.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. The wanner in which the subject of Confede- ration will be treated in Prince Edward Island is of great consideration here. The Toronto Leader hopes that the people will reject it, but if they do, the Globe says they will not know what to do with themselves, because if the other Man- time Provinces adopt the scheme, Prince Edward Island will be left out in the cold, and it is searcely probable that they can hold out as a separate nationality. The Ingersole Chronicle thinks that if the scheme is defeated in Prince Edward Islaud, that the people will resemble those who drew the elephant—not know what te do with their new nationality.

ADJUSTED.

At one time it was thought that the dispute between Messrs. Cauchon and Dufresne could not be settled except by recourse to dwelling; happily, however, Mr. Cauchon has apologized, thus ends this disgraceful affair.

ob Me 32) OES FATE EE To rug Epirox or Tue ExaMtner. Sir: The attention of the inhabitants of Char- lottetown has been called to a rather unusual circumstance in the passing history of Prince Edward Island, and especially of this city ; I mean the examination of the students at- tending the Prince of Wales College, eun- cerning misdemeanors which haye been com- mitted, and which have led to the expulsion of three of them. I think it but fair to the people of Charlottetown that chey should be allowed to see the true state of affairs con- cerning that College and the late axamina- tion.

‘Lhe facts which I now would wish to bring before and impress on the public mind are not out-door tales, or oft repeated stories, nor are they the imaginations of a prejudiced mind; but they are stern realities which ought to be enquired into, not on account of the in.

Wales College, but that the minds of parents mey be enlightencd, and that they may know what kind of institution they are sending or are going to send their children to.

As tu the examination and suspension of three of the students by the Trustees, | must say it was rather tuo severe a sentence When I say too seyere a sentence, [ mean no- thing against ar prejudicial to the character of the Trustecs; they are all men of the high- ‘est integrity. and men who, I think, would [show no partiality. They may say the boys’ conduct has been very bad. Atiowing it so, isitusual to expel a boy for the first of- fence? Luse the word egpel, for J think the suspension fur two years is just the same, suving the harshness of the term. What is

I would not wish my remarks to be con- strued into anything condewnatory of the Professors personally, or of the College as an institution. A seminary of that kind is ne- cessary to the prosperity of Charlottetown ; but when the Government bas expended and is yearly expending 80 much money to sup- port it, there surely should be eome better management on the part of those whose duty it is to see that the students conduct them- selves properly. Were this the case, there would not in my opinion be so few students attending that College as there are at present. and the fruits of the hard labour of both the Professors would not be so comparatively small. Sincerely hoping that the present state of the College may be amended, Jam yours, &e. CUSTOS. sian aggemgeci SSSI

To rue Epiror or tHe Examiner.

Sir ;—I wish to draw public attention. through your widely circulated paper, to the “Inspection of Pickled Fish Act,” as it stands at present. No doubt, before it was passed, sume jaw was much required to pro- tect the purchaser from being deceived in the quality and quantity of fish, as it could not reasonably be supposed that farmers and other consumers were great judges of the like, and too often bought fish unfit for use. merely on the word of the seller assuring their being good. ‘The error exists in each barrel of herrings, &c., having to;be emptied out, weighed by the inspector, and repacked. It adds un expense of three shillings per barrel for salt, pickle and packing, without in any way improving the fish for cunsump- tiun here. It is impracticadle in the case of herring arriving here late in the fall, whieh is by no means unusval. In many harbors and rivers in this Island where fish are brought into for sale there are no stores o1 warehouses with stoves in them,and how, in the name of common sense, can persons pack off fish exposed to the cold and trust. Last fall L had occasion to take an account of part of a cargo of herrings landed, the ends of the barrels | found covered with about an inch of ice. In less than av hour, although [ had a pair of good gloves on, my hands were so benumbed with cold I could not mark the tallies, In such weather who will our law makers get to ** bell the oat.’’

It has practically been found such a vse- less trouble and waste, that in most cases the Inspectors only weigh one barrel out of a certain number, say five or ten, thus leaving themselves open to an action at law for not fulfilling the requirements of the Act. In Nova Scotia, inspection is optional, but when fish are inspected it is done the same as pre- scribed in our Jaw, the charge for which is two shillings and sixpence yer barrel that currency ; but the differenee is that when inspected they are supposed to be fit for ship- ment to the West Indies or other warm climates, and consequently are repacked with coarse salt, which in many cases the fishermen do not attend to.

The proper method for us is the barrels to be a certain size—the inspector to measure by callifers, or otherwise that they are of that capacity, and by opening the end ex- amine the quality, and see that the barrels are packed full. This will be found to be quite sufficient and more effectual in prevent- ing the consumer being imposed on than the present expensive and impracticable plan.

Iloping our public men may see the ne- cessity of changing an Act so detrimental to that valuable but sadly neglected branch of industry, our fisheries,

I am, Sir, Your ubt. servant,

March 10th, 1865. JOUN.

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the boy to do in the meantime? Is the bene- fit of the high moral and intellectual edyea- tion of the Prince of Wales College of go} great a consideration, that a boy can afford! tu waste two yearsof the most precious time |

were $9,760,317. 525,548 ; less loans and sinking fund, $4,354,531,

Total receipts for 1864, $15,-

with 1863. Expenditure decreased $155,665, the receipts increased $1,410,650; financial in- provement over 1363 awounts to $1,566,315.

On Thursday the debate on Confederation was again resumed, Mr. Archambault opening the ball. He was, however, in favor of the resolu- tious, aud thought that union would put to all sectional difficulties. great reason why the scheme is so vigervusly pushed through, as all along ever since the quasi union of East and West, there have been sectional difficulties, which, at times, seemed as if it would be better for the two seetions to go off independ- ently, and each fend for themselves. Messrs. Blauchet, Beaubrin and Cauchon followed, all speaking in favor of the scheme, The latter di- rected most of his speech to the course wuich the Hon Mr. Dorion had in former times pur- sued with regard to a union, and shewed very clearly that the opposition now offered by Mr. Dorion was not altogether sincere. He closed an able speech by confuting the doctrine that the Parliament was unable to deal with the question without av appeal to the people.—On Friday, Mr. Perrault and Col. Hamilton spoke. The former urged time in the deliberations, and is evidently oue of those who neglect to take the wheel of fortune just at its turn, but waits irresulute until it rolls round and is lost for ever. The latter spoke strongly in favor of the scheme, and re- viewed Mr. Dunkiu’s speech, showing up the points in which the latter gentleman had failed to make his mark.

an end

THE ST. ALBAN’S RAIDERS Are still kept in Montreal, and on the tender hooks of uncertainty. The hearing of their case has been postponed for some time in consequence of the indispgsition of Judge Smith. The case is, however, expected to go ou teeday. Few euter tain any other opinion here than that they will be

the abolition of the hatea

PASSPORT SYSTEM

which has wrought so much evil in Canada. The railways have been necessitated to take off their trains, and to discharge hundreds of men in con- sequence of the cessation of the passenger travel; but it is an ill wind which blows nobody good, and what has been lost in the passenger traffic, has been gaiued iu the amouut of freigut carried on the read.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

I regret extremely to state that we have been afflicted with the news of accident after accident on the Grand Trunk Railway. Most of these have not been attended with serius injuries to passengers, except one on Friday week last,which happened at a small village named Petersburg, iu the vicinity of Berlin. The train ran off the track, and the passenger car, with about thirty persons in it, were hurled over and ovey duwn an embankment which is thirty feet high. As may be expected, almost all the passengers were in- jured, but, strange to say, only two seriously. Oue of these, Mr. Nassau C. Gowan, is not unknown to the people ia Charlottetown. He unfortunate- ly bad his spine fractured near the neck, aud lingered in life until Friday last, when death re lieved him. He suffered very much during the week which he lived, but died contented aud in full bope that his Redeemer lived. If rumor is correct, the death of Mr. Guwan will bring soi row into the family of an Hon. gentleman in Prince Edward Island. ‘The remains of the de- ceased were buried on Suuday last, and were accompanied to their narrow bed by the mem- bers of the Orange and Temperance Sucieties in this city and vicinity. Mr. Gowan had beeu an active and zealous member of both organizations, more especially, however, of the latter, and to- day, many thousands of wives and families bless .bis memory for having been instrumental in weaning their brothers, husbauds and fathers, from indulgiag in spirituous liquors. Since this last accident on the Graud Trunk, the speed of the trains has been reduced, ut least, until the Spring opens up aud renders the road fit fur travelling.

they were $11,170,960; thus shewing that the | receipts have inereased $1,410,650 as compared |

That of course is one |

‘about policemen and the police-office, and given up as demanded, and then we may expect |how did it end? The boys, not only these

of his life im order that be way again parti- |cipate in the edacational course of that Col- | lege, the Trustees of which, on account of its loose and bad management, have been com- pelled— I say compelied-—to have an investiga- | tion of the disgraee(al manner in which that | College was kept both by the Principal and ‘the boys?) Ithink not. Therefore. L think the sentence was too hard. If those boys had |} been publicly reprimanded before the Trus- | tees, and the whole school, that would have | been ,in my opmion, a sufficient punishment, and it would have effectually checked that course of conduct concerning which the Mas- | |ters were either 80 careless or indifferent |that they allowed it to continue for s» long ja time. That investigation ought to have } been had two years agu. Dr. Inglis, tne | Principal of that College, when spoken to | 06 the subject, says: **Lhiscourse of conduct | has gone on fur two years.’’ Such an admis- ‘gion for any Master to make! What the | Doctor says is not exactly true. It was not

Does the Doctor expect that

|} so bad at first. such conduct, allowed to go on for two | whole years, will not get worse? No, he }cannot, nor canany man think so. Way | then was it nut stopped in the beginning ? | Let us look at the state of affairs in that | College the summer before last. | comlorters, caps, boots, gloves, coats, and all | kinds of things, were destroyed, burned, torn, |orin some way damaged. But you may esk jdid Dr. Inglis know it? Yes, I say he did | know it, and Professor Anderson knew it, | (but he being in one of his amiable moods |only laughed). Dr. Inglis, on the oceasion | uf every new offence, said he would inyesti- gate it; but did he investigate it? No. Le allowed boys to come to the College full of mischief and deceit; he allowed them to go ‘from bad to worse, and other boys to be led

broken, the furniture destroyed, yet Dr. In- glis beld his tongue. Was that the conduct of a Principal of any school? Boys broaght up in the best society to be ruined, parente to take away their children and the College itself to be defaced. Dr. Inglig did vething, worse than nothing, He told the boys stories

three, but nearly all, laughed at him ; they had no respect tur him; they carricatured him

lege, past which he walked every day ; and, when sull the Dr. held hie tongue, they grew worse. ‘They drew obscene pictures oi the walls, and endeavoured to irritate him in every possible manner. But was this state of affairs to last always? Was any school ever known to stand when the Masters were openly disrespected, and quietly submitted to it? Was that conduct just in the sight of God or man to parents who entrusted their childrea to their care—to parents who not only entrusted to them the minds and bodies of their children, but also their immorta! souls, at least when they were under their tuition? No, [ think not.

The climax came on Monday evening, when the Doctor was lecturing vefure a large and respectable audience. Previous to the lec- |, ture, a quantity of pepper was put on the stove by one of the three who have been sus- pended, which, when heated, caused such irritation to the audience that the lecture bad to be postponed. This boy first went to that Colleye with unimpeachable character, but by megns of those Loys whom the Pro- fessors bud allowed to dy what they chose, to write what they chose, and ruin other boys when they chose, he was led away, and in an evil hour es trust it may yet turn out g good one, both to him and to the Cul- lege, in gs much ag it brought things to) i light) he was led to put the pepper on the l stove, by doing which he publicly set the Professor at defiance. [, however, sincerely thinkthat he did not mean to do that ; it was but a boyish prank which he bad been led to do by bad companions—by those yery boys whom the Protessors themselves, knowing their bad conduct — for they viten aceused them—had permitted to remain and to con- taminate the whole school.

This act at last compelled the Professor to

ulso to the other boys committed to his|! charge which he ought to have done long before. The investigation tovk place on Friday. We know the result. Some were justly rewarded, one was not, of that one I have spoken before. But perhaps the Trus- tees were afraid that their bright charac. ters might be stained, or that the world might | that they were partial, if they let him off with a lighter punishment, therefore they

punished thew al) alike.

Boys’ |~

jon to do those things which they themselyes| submitted. Indeed, everything indicates a were irightened to do—in short, to be their rapid ay proach to a termination of the Ses- dupes. The Normal School windows were sia

debate in the House on Wednesday evening, ostensibly on the despatches from the Colo- nial Office to the Lieyt. Governor; and, in the course of the debate, the Land Question, the Fifteen Years’ Purchase Bill, and the great many smal] matters of a personal na- and his son on the very walls inside the Col-| ture, which led to much crimination and re- crimination. The debate was abruptly post- poned, without the louse passing an Opinion, by resolution, on any measure under con- sideration.