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will here witness. whenever necessary.

has resisting farce ttss lists; more to hunting people. however. believe that fisplsfal presastlmeats. but tee well the waredlsotesd nilsturtbe falls! landed. with which my heart was rate. V Iliad. tr“ 3‘.“ w pw.-vrh. , co, "New. amidst the fever which has - lr tinsetel takes held of all men's *“ll‘m‘ "' m ""‘“"" of... 1 Lost with dilculties which

ed setsny 'sstlrnatlag the strength of the German pesitioo. sl- theugh the hesiegers. wisely enough. have not attempted with the force at their disposal to fortify and entreneh s Stud and continuous line right round Paris. Although one my ride about a rest deslwvithout seeing any large godless of troops. still the pickets are so rod. and the natural lie of the lands

as been so carefully studied and turned to advantage in the disposition of the supports. that long before an snacking force eould penetrate for enough to inflict eerious dnrnu . a sufficient number of teen would are been caused to bar sficicntly its further progress. The ex‘ porienes of to-dey has amply proved the excellence of the arrangements. The Germans did not expect the attack, but when it came. they were perfectly prc~ sred to meet it. liver hollow has n utilised. and ever vrllsge turned

to the best account. ‘ach detachment

y present the most striking analogy with

those of the past. I now declare that. having the most entire fulch in the re- turn of'fortuue. which will bedne to the great elurts d resistance which are so conspicuous during the siege of Paris. I will not code to the pressure of public impatience. Inspired with the duties which are common to us all. and with the responsibilities which no one shares with me. l will follow out to the end the plan that l have already traced out ~tvlthout indicating it—snd I only salt from the population of Paris. in exchange for my efforts. the continuation of that confidence with which it has until new

' honored me.

“ Receive, Monsieur ls Maire, the assurance of my high consideration.

“ l‘he President of the Government, Governor of Paris, (insult. 'I‘uecne.”

lIesrtrsr. Scsurs u Vsss.n.r.us.-’l‘he

and regiment knows exactly to what

at and b which it late proceed n ease of dye... an the roost available places have been fortified. By the ad- mit-Clo sat-slums its which they thug practically employ their accurate topo- graphical knowledge, the. beeiegers are so screened and uarded that they offer scarcely any mar for the enemy’s guns. and are even difficult to be found by those on their own side who do not know the exact spot on which the dif- ferent bodies of troops are posted ; but in case of an alert. -or when the outposts are relieved.the detachments come pour- in in from alldireetiens with such regu~ lucky and speed, that in a few minutes a large force is collected in a place Where one would have previously sup- posed there were scarcely a hundred men. Everything is done so as to run» der the outpost duty as little harassing aspossible. The sum are three days out and six days in quarters, and when on duty are so dieposrdms to sustain but little dam o from the enemy's fire. Another s vantage of the open line svstom is that even should a large French force out its way through, there is no way for itto go. except at one or two points of strategical importance, which have been carefully prepared. and Would be most resolutst held.

TROCIIU’S PROCLAMATIONv

The following is General Trochu’s lust proclamation :~

“ Monsters tr Muse—I have the honor to make known to you the basis on which. in concert with the General Commanding the National Guard. 1 pre-

eao to organise the battalions of the . stiensl Guard capable of mobilisation. Their mobilisation unsenxltersl‘conslder- able dificulties, and. consequently, delays of which the public feeling—very natursll impatient. in consequence of its live y patriotism —oxpeets some satisfactory account. It is my duty to enlighten It. without being carried away by mm new show that no one more than in If has more at heart the honor of the . stional Guard of Paris and the responsibility of the greakinter- csts which it will engage on the day when it marches to meet the enem . When I undertook the defence of Paris. with the assistance of devoted colleagues whose names the gratitude of the public will one day proclaim, I had to struggle with a sent meat very different from that which is evinced new. It was believed, and it was repeated. that a great city like our capital. influenced by interests, by passions. by such diverse require- ments, was not Capable of being defended and it was only with t dimculty it was at leeglli sdmi that the fortifi- cations of the capital and its forts. con- structed long ago. and under very difl‘erent military conditions to those which are in vogue now, could be ade- quntcly prepared to oppose. without the assistance of an army operating outside. a aeriottsand lengthened resistance to the attacks of s victorious enemy. Be- sidee. it was not expected that the pop nlation would he prepared for the sacri- fices of every sort. for the resignation, which a siege of any duration necessi- tatcs. Now. that the trial has been made—1's. that the state of the defences has arrived at such a state that renders the approaches to the captsl invincible; that the inhabitants have given proof of their patriotism. and silenced a number of men whose culpable designs sided the enemy’s golects; that the enemy even, retiring fore our formidable defences, has contented itself by surrounding the oil y with masses of troops, without dar- Ing to attack theeity; the public feeling has become considerably more calm, and It has new but one premenpstion— to throw. in its turn. large masses out. side the fortification to meet the Prus- stsn army.

" The Government of National Defence cannot but enoeurs this clan of the whole population; at It remains with the commander ie-chief alone to direct ltgforaposhi-aleosreatssaehso Ira- neibillty. To this sad he is bound not to allow filmself to be per. seeded or influenced, excepting by the rules and experiences of war. and by these special experiences which we owe to the painful events which have over- thrown the army of the Rhine. They

revs that no Infantry. no matter how l'hrmldable it may be. can be advanta-

’etancesw

Times correspondent at the Crown Prince‘s headquarters describes, in a letter of the 25th ult.. a visit to the Palate wards, beginning with those of the Dutch smbulaneox—The first I entered was the " Sullo dos Guerricrs Celebres "—thc ancient antechumber to the apartment of Madame de l’ompsdonr —-in which were the usual hospltul scenes—o Sister of Charity with a bowl

in one hand and a spoon in the other.“

feeding a soldier too weak to rise ; a surgeon dressingsdrendfulwonudx "I’m trying to save the joint. but I fear-still it's a neat case. The poor tvrotch looked at the shattered bone as if he more than shared the doubt. While I was in one of the Sellers dos Mareehuux. a surgeon was probinga gnu-shot wound in the thigh of’a man. who uttered such harrowing yells that the Sister ofChru-itv wllICl’G is one in each room—turned and fled, a wounded man near burst into tears, and all in the ward were agitated except the surgeon and his assistants, one of whom tried to stop the outcry, by putting one hand on the top of the patwnt’s head, and squeezing his mouth and chin with the other. till the doctor lost his patience and reared at the wretched sufl'erer do be quiet, applying a strong term at the same time. The yell died into a whimpering moon, still more dreadful, and I retired. The doctor is a very clever man. I am told. and has his hospital In capital order. One man was alive with a bull lodged in his brain ; he had even been conscious. Another had the side of his skull carried off by a bit of shell; is third. in a ward all by himself. was —bnt no I It was too horrible. The man was in mania, and and Mr. Furely (who was with me) and l hurried into the next ward. whence an order] was sent to keep watch and ward over t o " case." The gallery of Louie Xlll., of the atlmirsls of France, and so on all round, are filled with wounded men to the end till we come to the oilicers’ rooms. The suites upstairs in the pulses, or chateau as it is more

generally styled, are occu led in the ass-e way as “1080 below. here I! |l

least silence in the rooms, broken only by the whispers of the Sisters of Charity, the voices of chapluins by the bedsides. and the rustling of newspapers, which are eagerly read by the wounded; but the rooms are drunghty and cold, and as winter increases in harshness, there will be difficulties in ventilating the wards. Every day there is a ceremony nhich attracts a crowd in chnllics. and makes its sad sensation-4hr: departure of funeral parties from the front of the palace, with their burdens for the cemetery. Those military funerals are conducted with great propriety and decent solemuity The emcers’ coflins are covered with a black velvet pail, with a cross edged with whltb thrown over it, end the More

are decorated with wreaths and Chaplets;

the men’s are draped with white. When

all is ready the bearers take up their loads, the band leads the we , and noth- ing can be more touching, p nintive, and tender than the strains of the funeral

march. Then comes the infantry guard with sloped arms, not reversed; then

the ofllcers who are mourners; next, the chaplain. wnth an ofllcer on each side;

the comes are borne behind the chaplain, who is on foot. and the procession is closed by the firing party and by soldiers and civilians. All along the route to the cemetery the streets are crowded. and the windows are full. You see women in black with streaming eyes look out on all that remains of an enemy whose hand may haxe filled the unconscious house with mourning. In the cemetery there is an immense excavation. capable of containing some hundreds of outline. And so Protestant and Catholic are left to their rest. " {they will never enter Paris,” growled a young man near me as he walked off; “these there, at all events." "Hen amt,” said, in agentle tone. an old gentleman. turning round on him. " let us hope that they will enter a far better place. where we shall meet them." _ The few words were said with s shaming grace and sweetness. It was one of these little phrases in which Frenchmen excel and which in its (our- rmre covers s thousand faults.

The Independence Helge publishes the following :--” An ollcor who escaped from the ca itulation of Mots. brin a es s number 0 the Independentds Urwnelfe alournsl published in Meta at the time o the entry of Germans. The dream

Ich preceded the surrender

are there narrated in a detailed and rocise manner. From this account it clear that the besieged arm has been unwerthlly deceived by its eh efs, who, in order to quiet the soldiers when they demanded to be buried upon the enemy, to cat s way through at any price, prom. feed that the arm would soon be able to out intact tri all the honors of war. leaders declared all France to he s ray to anarchy ; that Paris. um, arsslllee. Boolean, and Moses wees ls open elvll try; that fleece and Ilsvre had demanded help from the Pruaslsns. that it was impossible to obtain any- more than a eapftulatles on the basis and terms as thstof Sedan.

Wednesday. Neva-be: SCI ION

parlance of the subject upon which they are from the fact that they ought to serve as vouch-

lsrge amount of public money invested in the service of education. In this latter as- pect. we are of opinion that the reports In question, do not possess that clearnese and distinctness which such documents should hove. W; have scattered facts and figures In abundance. but we have no practical re- sults drawn from statistics or observation—-

amelioratlonv-no Indication what proportion the frults bear to the outlay. This we re-

more as it is chiefly upon the Visitors re-

duce venture to suggest two innovations;

from his report.

in the Education Act.

Instruction of Nova Scotin. at a future time.

drawn from the pororml of those reports. and itls. that however well our School Act

in runny respects dangerously out of gearing. The machine is not bereft of motion: it has indeed an overstock of it. But every move- ment is isolated—there is a lack of combina- tion. and progress is. in consequence. Infini- tcslmsl. if any at all. To illustrate our meaning practically. we will consider in detail the working of our school system. on the evidence set forth In these reports. 'We begin with the Normal School :

A Normal School is an I nstittrtiou design- ed for the effectual training of school teach- crs. As such it should possess all the re- quisites for efiecting this. The Principal should be a man of talent and practical ability, capable of imparting to his students every essential in the theory of their profeso slon. and of Illustrating his theories by practical examples in actual touching. For this purpose. attached to the Normal School. there should be a practising school. This in classification arrangement and discipline. should be a model. Here the students are expected to be instructed how best to reduce the theoretical portions of their training to practice. what system of grouplng to pursue. what methods to adopt in teaching the dwar- out branches. bow to enforce and maintain a stringent discipline-la a. word. whatever Is within the range of purely technical sub- Jeers. or can 5- M s. . mourn. until, u it were. depleted on a map. should be there acquired with precision by the students. We have no data in the reports before us to compare our Normal School with the above outline. We are only informed of the num- ber of students in attendance. We know. howevor. that the Normal School is not. as It ought to be. the vestibule through which Schoolmssters must pass. to enter on their profession. It is no draw-back. on this Island. to a candidate for a teaching license. that he has never attended the Normal School. Itcsn. in military phrase. be compleme turned. and left isolated. Again. there is a " Model School taught in a room Immedlately ad- joining that in which the Normol School ls taught;" but the School Visitor tells us the connection between these two schools is merely nominal; and he adds. “ there is ap- parently neither common ground of action nor community of Interest.“ Thus. not only is the Normal School itself isolated. but its

school. is rendered of no use whatever to it. With the main spring of a system so de~

try discharge their duty lamely.

teachers is noted both in last year‘s reports. and In those of the present year. Indeed.

our school system will increase.

with countless fuepts in both professions.

I aid-.thmhwlo- moi Council a. cowlbuted we Mummtnm rmezmmul'nnomm-m. . themsesdsaeftreasoa. ershythsSagueusyhe.

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Tn: Report of the Visitors of Schools for the three Counties of Prison Edward Island for the years 1369-40. have for some time been below the public. They are entitled to consideration. both them the great Im-

lntstaied to furnish us with Information. and

era to show what returns are derived from the

no hints for guidance in any course of ‘

gsrd as s shortcoming to he regretted the

ports. that the members of the Board of Education must rely for direction in the exercise of their functions. One inspector

but neither of these ls shown to be necessary "0 gives us no data by which to ascertain whether the irregular attendance at school is woofer in Prince Edward Island than in Great Britain. and so rendering necessary a compulsory clause The lntroductlon of graded schools is also recommended. for reasons set forth by the Council of Public “'u may have something to say regarding this suggestion In the meanwhile. We may state one inference which we have

may look on paper. its practical Working is‘

most essential feature. the practical training

ranged. it would be unreasonable to expect regularity of action In the parts. Let us glance at one or two. The frequency of complaints in the Vieltors‘ Reports of the remissness of Trustees. warrants the Infer- ence that these bodies throughout the couno Over and over again. the Visitors complain of their suggestions being unattended to. Were the law administered. as it should. this might be prevented; but. in the meantime. Itis per- fsctly true that there are a very great many Boards of Trustees who perform their duties with a sovereign air of independence. noting when it suits them and abstaining from all action. just as circumstances prompt.— Agnln. as to the teachers. the percentage of them condemned by the Visitors for’lnca- psclty or carelessness. is exceptionally large. They can. as It would seem. assume Inde- pendent aetlon. The Instances set down In the reports are not numerous. but they are flagrant. Some teachers consult their own judgment in the matter of taking vacation. and by a curious coincidence the time set aside for that purpose is the very time that the Vial- tor Is expected. Disrespect to Visitors by

we are firmly of opinion that. so long as the Normal School remains In the Isolated con- dition In whlch these reports represent It. the evils which the Visitors complain of In Let school management be made a leading feature In the plan ofstudios carried out at the Normal. and let the candidates for teaching diplomas be tested by the exercisers on their ability to teach a clan. and to convey to children clearly and interestingly. the knowledge they possess themselves. Born tsechersare sersress born generals. Theeadst hrs- qaasas the military school —- the young teacher the Normal. The country that leaves the attendance at either institution optional. must be prepared to content Itself

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Tn audits synplh! hr 30'” and diam to which the W has. he nu, ma. pus, given expression. ln NI“ section with u» may 2:501“ ;; length hernia legitimate is. on. memsstdarlngaetsthat Inseveroaem-red In Charlottetown. It will be renumbered by our readce that we chronicled. some time ago. the capture. by ll. hf. S. Plow. of an American fishing schooner named the Clara 1“. Mead. which had been repeatedly caught in the act of fishing within the three- mlle limlt. and ordered olI‘. Having been handed over to the civil authorities on her arrival in Charlottetown. a guard of three men was. by order of the Court of Vice Ad- miralty. placed on board of her. to protect her until after the Court had decided her case. The Court met for this purpose on Tuesday. the 22nd inut.. and after hearing evidence and arguments. was adjourned for a few days. In order to give the Judge time to prepare his decision. In the meantime, the Plover left for I'll-ton. and on Thursday night. a lot of desperadoee. some seventeen In number. proceeded on board the Clara F. Friend. overpowered the guard and started for par" unknown. On Friday morning. the facts of the outrage became known through the guard. who had been sent ashore in the boat from which the schooner had been boarded. The authorities immediately sent despatches to llnlifsx. Pictou. or other ports where any of the Dnnlnlon or Imperial cutters might be at the time, with Instruc- tions to in‘. arecpt and capture the runaway. The I‘Iorrr having received one of these telegrams nt I’lctou. she immediately pro- ceeded to the entrance of the Strait of Canon, where she lay in wait until about eight o‘clock on Friday evening; at that hour. the watch on the look-out reported a vessel without lights. Although Capt. Pollard did not think the runaways would be so foolish as to attempt to escape in that direction. yet the circumstance of tho sighted schooner having no lights up. aroused his suspicion. and he gave orders for n chase. the schr. being ahead some live or six miles. The steamer came. up with her nearly opposite Port Mulgravr. She was found to be the Clara 1'. Friend. and she and her crew. five in number-some S or 9 having escaped in a boat as soon as they observed the boarding I beat making for her—were recaptured. The 'schooner was brought back to this port on Sunday last, and on Monday evening. after a preliminary examination in the Legisla- tive Library. the prisoners. under the guard of two Marines and two Artillerymen. were brought before the Mayor's Court for ex- smlnatioa.