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Charlottetown, August 7, S76,

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OBJECTIONS MET. cnet

TuxeEE objections are urged against |

It is said :

ist. That if Mr. Pope’s scheme be once |

Mr. Pope’s seheme.

adopted in the towns, it must of necessity | '

extend to all parts of the country. 2d. That the expense attending pon |

its adoption will necessarily be out of all

proportion with the amount which we can i

afford to expend on education. “4, That, if once adopted, it will be, like the laws of the Medes and Persians, irrevocable. Now,

written

we have Senator Haviland’s

statement that,

Lowi ti bi ‘

; ¥y ‘ ‘ ve ‘yy | Senator Haviland has never yet ‘though |!

repeatedly challenged so to do) shown | cause for changing his opinion on this)

point ; so that it is of at least as much |

value as the simple statement he now | /:

makes,that “ this principle mine free non-sectarian schools through- out the country. Judge Hensley, who was a member of the Board of Edu- cation for upwards of twenty years, has stated, as his opinion, that the Scotch system might be applied in the towns.” If applied, he thinks it would likely remedy the evils of which the people com-

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plain so loudly and so justly; and he clearly implies that he thinks it would not interfere with the non-sectarian schools of the country districts. Halifax has separate sehools—pure and simple— for Catholics, Protestants and Negroes ; and yet, the free, non-sectarian system ‘is maintained in its purity and in- tegrity ’ throughout all other parts of our sister province of Nova Scotia. It is admitted by Dr, Murray that a law which is suitable to the country is unsuitable to the towns. In truth, the circumstances of town and country people are so widely different that it is hardly possible that a law or system which would suit the one would suit the other. The first objection | is, in view of the opinions of the high |

authorities quoted and the facts adduced, |

free,

entitled to little weight.

Under Mr. Pope’s scheme, a school in whieh good secular education is given | would receive the same amount, per pupil, as if the same secular education were It is easy to arrive at the average cost, per head, at which children throughout the country may be educated under a pro~ perly-worked secular school system ; and, to give for the children secularly educated in city schools the same amount, would be nothing more nor Jess than just to the city. Citizens contribute their share of the general revenue, they pay a tax on town lots, and, in addition they psy a special tax of 3d in the pound, on their rental, for education. Yet they now rex ceive nothing—or next to nothing; they are wholly unassisted in the education of their children. The money which they pay goes to the country or is mis-spent in ‘dirty dens.” Mr. Pope would utilize good schools and give the city the amount of money which rightfully belongs to it. |

taught in purely secular schools.

If it appears that Government is not abl to support the schools of both town and

country, then let the ameunt required to | make up the difference be raised by Fy} assessment on town and country alike. That would be fair. exact

But it isnot fair to |

from citizens a large sum _ of

money to be expended throughout the | country, and to give them nothing in | return. So much for objection number | two.

It remained for Mr. J. R. Calhoun, of to discover that if Mr. Pope’s scheme be once adopted, it can- not, if unsuitable, be supplanted by an- other. Senator Haviland and Mr. L. Hi. Davies are cast into the shade by this great and startling legal luminary of the west. As lawyers and politicians, they have, doubtless, studied the British North American Act with some care, Bat they never thought of quoting the following sub-section to the clause which enacts that, “ Jn and for each Province

Summerside,

the Legislature may exclusively male laws in relation to education,” to con- found Mr. Pope and his scheme :— ‘Where in any Provincea System of Separate or Dissentinent Schools exists by Law at the Union or is thereafter establish~ ed by the Legislature of the Province, an Appeal shall lie to the Governor General in Council from any Act or Decision of any Provincial Authority affecting any Rigtt or Privilege of the Protestant or Roman Cath-~ olic Minority of the Queen’s Subjects in re- Jation to Education.” We deny that, under Mr: Pope’s scheme, a system of “separate or dissenticat schools ’’ will be established. The Locai Government recently utilized Mr. Samuel Batt’s tug-boat, for the purpose of carry- ing passengers to and from Shaw's wharf; but it did not prevent Mr. Batt from doing a little tugging in the mean- time. It simply paid Mr. Batt for doing work which should have been done by the Government's boat. The public were | served as usual; but Mr. Batt’s boat did the work. Now, Mr. Pope simply pro- poses to utilize the fine schools which have been erected ; to get them to do the work which Government is bound to do —and to let the teachers and proprietors of the schools do a little teaching on their own account, if they see fit. The public will | thus be well served—peace will be pro. | moted and econ»my maintained. But no system will be established. As in the case of the West River Ferry, there was no interference with the Government system of ferriage in other parts of the Island, so there will, under Mr. Pope’s echeme, be no interference whatever with the Govern- ment free, non-sectarian school system in our country districts. But admitting, for the sake of argument, that free, separate schools are to be established, there can be no reason why the Local Government— which “ may exclusively make laws in rela- |

tion to education” —should not the very \gAdministration.

next year, if separate schools were found to

be impracticable, return to the com- | mon school system. The local authorities liave the very same power with respect to education, which they possess with respect to any other department of government over which they exercise control. An

appeal may be made to the authorities at

Ottawa from “any act or decision of any Provincial authority” whatever. The Go- ¥ernor General in Council has the right to

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| appealing

2p ONS ERE TR DPrgrven

| veto any and evefy Act of the |

lature. But the Governol Gonei Council is expected to arbitrate justiy and i to decide fairly; and to suppose that they would compel a Local Legislature to expend i the money of the Province in manne! | repugnant to the well-und tood wishes } : | of a majority of the peonle of he Province except in a most extreme case i ridiculous. in the matter of ic there is, however,—in an extreme casé 1 power reserved to the LDarliament of Canada, to which we beg to divect the at- tention of the people of this Province, It is within the bounds of possibility that, i should Mr. Louis H. Davi ind | non compromising friends succeed in d ting Mr. Popo’s che me, that power may | ex erted. Subs-section fotr of t! clau whichenacts that the Pr cial | ture may exclusively make laws in relation to education, provides i { r se any n G Council on any Appeal un this t duly executed by the proper Pu ul Authority in that Behalf, then and in every such case, andas far only as the Cu stances of each Case reguire, fhe P l of Canada may ? ke remedial OS (OF & due Erecu won of the Provisions j { g Sees na and of any Decision of the Governor i General in Council under this Section,”

Now, supposing that Mr. Louis Il, Davies

is successful; and supposing that he pros |

ceeds to force his purely secular] ing system upon the forty-seven thou- sand Catholics of this province in ops |

position to their conscientious convictions; and supposing that Catholics should resent

such treatment, should withdraw their ’ children from the public schools entirely — |

as they may without any breach of any law —should pay their texes under: protest, and should send a petition to the Governor General in Council stating their conscien- tious convictions, setting forth their grievs ances, showing that they had petitioned the Local Legislature and agitated the Province in every constitutional way for years in vain, relating how they had agreed—by accept- ing Mr. Pope’s scheme and unanimously voting for Mr. Pope—to a fair compromise —which was rejected by the Protestant majority; representing that, notwithstand-

ing the fact that they had erected excellent | Protestant | majority was actually forcing them to as~ |

schools for themselves, the sist in maintaining schools into -which no Catholic child ever enters; and to main- tain a system, under which one-half the schools are vacant, and with which nearly one-half the people are discontented ; to the Governor-General Council and the Parliament of Canada to pass a ‘' remedial law”

gave Separate Schools to the North-West

the clause we have quoted—hesitate in the passage of a Remedial Act similar to that in force in Ontario? Protestants would do well to reflect, before election day, upon

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to meet the case,— | suppose such an ultimatum as this—is it not | likely that Edward Blake, and Alexander | Mackenzie, and David Laird—the men who }

the possibiliti« Ss, should Catholies be driven

to extremities: Such refiection feel sure, result in a decision to support Pope and Brecken in their effort to effect a a fair and amicable compromise. If Catholies can make it ‘‘seem to the Governor-Gen- eral in Council” that the majority in this Province have failed to enact a law “res quisite”’ for the due education of the youth of the Province, then the Parliament may interfere and pass a ‘‘ remedial law,” That seems clear. We do trust that racourse may not have to be had to this provision of the British North America Act. sniper a aicelga ; NOMINATION DAY.

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a is fucrspay next is Nominati lay. There

will, doubtless, be a large number i persons in town. [Plotting politici o! la certain cl 133, are, we hear, counting upon a breach of the peace on the part of the supporters of Pope and Brecken. This is their last hope. We trust that it will not

be realized. Whether Mr. Davies wishes

to speak before Mr. Pope or after Mr, | Pope—or whether the intelligence of elect. | °

co. lan ith in the edad of the Abotlionrios ors is insulted or not insulted—we trust | t0 * barn in the rear of the \pothecaries

that strict order will be maintained. We understand that Mr. intends, a last, to answer the question put to him by Mr. Brecken, and to explain to the country the meaning he attaches to those talismanic words — ‘“‘unsectarian,”’ ‘‘ purity ”’

Davies

and

panied by sundry incantations, he, a radical, has succeeded in obtaining the support of so many good liberal-conservatives. It 1s therefore, in the highest degree, important

that, when§the youthful magician speaks, | It should be | remembered that Mr. Davies has not yet | Square

perfect order should prevail,

announced, in language which may

understood, any part of the policy his new | the

party ” intend to pursue on the education

stion ; 3 i ed the pe | . : 1 question ; nor has he informed the people | ae ensited out ba thucedete?

how he intends to restore and maintain— that first great requisite—the con‘entment of the people, should he be returned to power. Therefore, the electors will naturally be in a state of watchful expectation when Mr, Davies addresses them; and any supporter of Messrs. Pope and Brecken who will give Mr. Davies an excuse for wandering from the points, will be a subject for serious censure.

But, independently of Mr. Davies and his policy, the supporters of Messrs. Pope and Brecken, will act foolishly if they allow themselves to be tempted to a breach of

the rules of order. They are strong—strong |

in numbers, strong in the justice of their cause, strong in the men who laid down the platform on which they have taken their stand, They can allord to let Mr. Davies announce his policy and tell his reasons in peace. They may admit that Mr. Davies’ reasons are good; for Mr. Pope’s are better. And “ good reasons must give way to bet» ter.’ To maintain peace and contentment —to restore peace and contentment where they are violated—is the first and highest duty ofa statesman—the fundamental duty of a government; to do justice and to yield as far as practicable to the conscientious cons victions of a free people is politic and right: It is to restore peace and todo justice by yielding to the conscientious convictions of Catholics—by permitting the teaching of religion (which is no crime) in towns— that Messrs. Pope and Brecken are now seeking the suflarages a majority of the people. We hope they will succeed, ee ee

THE GLENGARRY ELECTION.

Tue tide of public opinion is evident-

ly setting hard against the Mackenzie

At Glengarry, Ontario, the Ministerial candidate was, at last gen- eral election, elected by a majority of six

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hundred and seventy-six.

| the nominee of the Grit Party only mus- |

| tered a majority of one hundred and | sixtyscight.

Tne Etectors at a meeting held at Fort Augustus, decided almost unanimously, in favor of Ferguson.

will, we |

| of course,

| Senator Haviland

: | Charlottetown ? would—with power placed in their hands by |

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7 SD URE ai nah RECORI] iN 7 ate are ai ® ‘ . De ® i TirE irqus of the ?5th ot OUwy it- forms those Protestants who intend to

for Pope and Brecken, that they are |

“ veereant ’’ to their Protestant principles.

We can tell the editor of that paper, that many in Great Britain and in the Pomini- mm, quite as Christian in their dispositions and prae- denominational The

and Breeken do

be ileve in

° } tices as ne, sh ] 7

noo pure

and simple. Protest-

nt sup] yrters of Lope

not go so far; and whether they do or not, nt question is purely a political st question revarding Catholies

show that Protestants

itl not a

em or Roman

re not violating any principles which they hold d in voting for Pope and br ), We copy an ¢ xtract of a speech lelivered a few days ago in Philadelphia, y Sir Charles Reed, M. P., President of i n Common School Board. Sir ( ] I y amis

| . «We have thorough practical religious teaching yen in our schools, though we j} have no Catechism of any denomination Itai rht in them. To-morrow morning, at jn ‘clock, in every Board School of Lon- | don, 190,000 children will hear the Word ol | God read; will have such explanations of- | ered as are suitable for children to receive : offered, not by any clergyman of any | Chureh, but by the responsible teacher, who | will join with them in simple prayer and sing- ing a hymn, More than this, a voluntary ex- | amination in Scripture teaching takes place | every year, and six thousand chillren out of | thirty thousand who wentin are next week to receive their rewards for excellence dis- played in this study. This is- what I call

practical religious teaching.’

This extract should, we think, satisfy any reasonable person that Protestants are 'not reereant to their principles when they to utilize the schools belonging to the differ- Whether

results,”

| iy | support a measure which proposes ent denominations in this city. it be

|“ utilizing ”

called “paying for

or “denominational teach- A difficulty stands in

ing,’’ we eare not, | way, which some one must grapple with.

Messrs. Pope and Brecken are the only leaders who have the ability to place our schools on a good footing,-—the secular

‘hools in the country and the de oe schools in the country and the denomina

tional schools in the towns—and Protest-

ants, believing in their ability and fidelity, can conscientiously support them. We ask the editor of the Argus who is the

best authority on educational matters, Sir | Charles Reed, M. P., President of the of | the Sunday School Union of England and J. H. Fletcher? Is J. H. sounder Protestant? In lace has the greater use of time,

London Sehool Board and Chairman . or

} etcher a

money and brains, been made, London or Let the editor of the Argus answer these questions like a man, if he is able, and not indulge in diatribes and in the same style of abuse which has characterized all the

school question. Perhaps he will indulge

his writings on in a little spread-eagleism again, and point to some city in what he calls “ our United States, the freest country under the sun,’”’ London as some obscure village somewhere in Eneland.

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“MY ALMA MATER.”

and charaeterize

In his famous “ Upas Tree ’”’ speech, Mr. Louis HU. Davies said that he was proud of his “ Alma Mater ?’—meaning, the secular schools of this city. boasted of the part

| which he had taken in establishing the

lo

iree school syste m. Now, if Mr. L. Hi.

| Davies and Senator Haviland are sincere,

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they must be satisfied with the present 7 ’

state of the schools in Charlottetown.

if the Minister of Education at Ottawa

were to visit

our city, it would be the luty of Mr. Davies, as Dominion Agent,

nd

to ext to him that courtesy which his position demands, by escorting him from

We

take the centleman

one school to another in the city.

isk, would Mr. Davies

Hall, walk with him up two flights of stairs, and point out to him the room in which many of the boys of the town were educated, and say, with as much pride as

the Market Hall,

swelled his breast in

|< Thisis my Alma Mater, a8 well as of “integrity "’—by the use of which, accom- many

of my young fellow-townsmen ?’’ Or would he call at the Colonial Secre- tary’s office for Senator Haviland, who

is more reponsible for the present state of

our common schools, and, with him visit the school near Hillsborough

or the Athenzum ? And would the Senator expatiate upon

glorious results of the free secular

| system—which he helped to establish —

? We imagine that, as these gentlemen slunk out of the back yards, they would be taken by peaceable residents in the vicinity of the schools, as policemen examining the yards to see if they were free of rubbish! In all not Mr. L. H.

Davies and Seuator Haviland, in the event

seriousness, would of such a visit us we have mentioned, en- gage a close cab, from fear of being seen, and drive to St. Patrick’s School, the

Phe other day, |

Methodist Academy, St. Peter’s School, and request permission to show the Min- ister of Education our excellent schools. Weare positive that, in such a case, the Senator would feel his wing clipped when he attempted to soar away with his usual glory arguments about the secular schools, which he took so prominent a part in estab- lishing ; and would regret that he had not used his influence in assisting Mr. Pope to muke free public schools of the excel- lent educational institutions established and maintained by the various denomina- tions of Charlottetown.

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“ OUTSIDE OPINION.”

Tne Toronto “ Matt ”—the organ of the Protestant Liberal-Conservatives of Ontario—hasa long article on our school The concluding paragraph of the article reads :—

“So far as we areable to judge at this distance from the scene of the political con- flict, we regard the men who are endeavors ing to settle this question upon a basis of e :mpromise as the truest patriots. We had our separate school trouble in Upper Canada ; but, after all, it was much smoke and little The separate schools were a_ politic

ession to a large class of the population. The amount of public money given to them Luntiaily. is very small indeed; and they have nota very flourishing existence. But | none of the danger anticipated from their establishment—none of the great trouble to the State pietured by the heated im. agination of political demagugues — have

question.

fire.

eon

happened. The people of Prince Edward | island will do well Lo adopt the policy pros | pounded by Messrs. Pope and Brecken. It | 1s the henestest policy, and it will prove the

best in the end, despite the misdirected zeal and palpable hypocrisy of the * political religionists.” We trust our friends by the sea will be governed by common sense and not by impracticable ideas and religious bigotry.”

‘an Honorable Senator of the

sound Protestants, quite as |

CIVIC ELECTIONS.

No worps of condemnatic. can be too strong to use in condemns: ion of the party which, last Tuesday, tried, for a political purpose, to make a “ itspaw . of Dominion. How any body of ssne men sould imagine for © moment that Senator Haviland would consent to act in the eapacity of Mayor of this city, passes our comprehen- The Chief Justice and Lis Llonor the Lieutenant Governor have as good a right to seek civic honors, and might just reasonably Le put forward as candidates for the mayoralty as Senator Tiatlanl, When, however a political purpose hes te be effected, the meu who back up Davies and DeBlois are, it scems, blind to the

sion,

requirements of the senatorial office and the dignity which hedges it in, They thought, it seems, that the clection of one who had taken so prominent a part in support of Messrs. Davies and DeBlois to the office of Mayor would have “ a good the Drowning men catch at straws. So it was arranged that Senator Haviland shoald run against Mayor DesBrisay, Persons were ap- pointed to represent the Senator at the various polling booths—tiough how re spectable gentlemen could consent to re- presen§ Senator Ilaviland, without Sen- ator Haviland’s consent, is a mystery— and the election went on, The design of the new party was soon evident. Liberal- Conservatives, who went to vote, were challenged and compelled to show their tax-receipts for the current year. It was observed that the followers of Davies, almost to a man, voted for Haviland. The word passed quickly round. The supporters of Pope and Brecken were soon on their mettle; and when, about noon, Senator Haviland, having learned what was going on, withdrew his name, it was evident enough “how the cat wag going

effect on seventeenth.”

tojump.” The vote stood :— Ward. Haviland. DesBrisay. 1 30 39 2 21 3l 3 7 13 a 19 21 5 20 99 Total vote, 97 203 97 Majority for DesBrisay, 106

This result, together with the severe rebuke of the justly indignant Senator, will, we trust, prove a lesson to plotting politicans. The little episode will also teach Senator Haviland that if he wishes to preserve his Senatorial dignity, he must ‘ act like other Senators.”

The following gentlemen were elected Councillors:—Ward 1, Thomas Morris, re-clected ; Ward 2, John Quirk, re-elect- ed; Ward 3, Richard Heartz, in place of W. B. Allin; Ward 4, C, F. Harris, re- elected; Ward 5, H. B. Smith, re-elected.

WHAT ENGLAND EXPECTS.

“ T]INGLAND,” exclaimed an impassion- ed orator at the “ new party's ”’ last meet— ing, ‘* Hingland hexpects hevery man to do her duty.” Yes, England does ex- pect “every man to do his duty.” In the matter of public schools, England, re- presented by Lord Carnarvon, a British statesman, who evidently regards the maintenance of peace and harmony as the first duty of Government, has ex- pressed a strong opinion respecting the duty of the Protestant majority which governs, He wrote:—

“At the same time there can be noimpros priety in my expressing the slrong hope [strong language] which I entertain that, as in other British communities, (he majority of the population, in-New Brunswick fread P. E. Island] which through its representa- lives controls the educational system of the Province, may be disposed to adopl such modificaton of the existing rules as may render them less unacceplable to those who, from conscientious reasons, have felt them- selves obliged to protest against the system now in force.”

England thinks it the duty of every good, sensible, loyal Protestant elector to vote for men who will adopt a modifica- tion of existing rules, Thatis the duty England expects. Pope and Brecken are the men who advocate such a “ modifica- tion.’ Loyal Protestant electors, vote for

Pope and Brecken.

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JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL,

Justice will prevail in the minds of some men, despite prejudice and opposing influences from within and from without. It is reported that Mr. McMillan, one of the candidates for the representation of Summerside, lately declared that, in his opinion, the fairest way out of the School difliculty would be to ascertain how much each man is taxed in order to support schools, and to remit back to those men who maintain schools of their own the exact amount they contribute. This isa fair proposal, It is the scheme which is carried out in Ontario and the Northwest. The difficulty about it is, that in this Island the cost of education is defrayed, not by local assessment, but out of the general revenue ; and it would be difficult to arrive at the exact amount contributed to the education fund by each man. Mr. Pope’s is the better scheme. Should it, however, be defeated, we hope Mr. Me- Millan will be enabled to develop and carry a measure based on the just prin- ciple indicated. ‘ Where there's a will there’s a way”’

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THE SIOUX STRIVING TO FORM A CANADIAN ALLIANCE,

Despatches were last week received by the Dominion authoities at Ottawa, to the effect that Sioux’ Indians in tie United States recently made overtures tc the Sioux and Blackfeet tribes in Canaditn North- west territories for an offensive and de« fensive alliance against the white race generally. These overtures were rejected without parley, by the Canadian tribes, wherupon the messengers fromthe Ams erican Sioux announced that they were in structed by their council to ask the Indians of British America to join their tribe in their war against the United States. It is believed, however, that the Canadion In- dians will remain neutral, although many of them are of the Sioux who perpetrated the Minnesota massacre in 1862. The Crees, Sioux and Bifckfeet in the North West number 12.460 warriors, well armed and equipped, If they were to seek to join the tribes now fighting in the United States nothing on this side of the line could prevent them, The Canadian force in the northwest consists of only 250 mounted police at Fort Pelly, and less than 100 militia at Winnipeg.

“ORDER ON tHE TentH,’’—Mr, L. H, Davies is going to announce his policy! !

THE CANDIDATES.

Tose who will, in all probability, be nominated on Thursday next are: QUEEN'S COUNTY.

First Districr—New London —Stewart, Campbell, Holmes, Dr. McNeill.

Srconp Disrricr—Rustico and West River—Donald McKay, Donald Far- qubarson, William MeNeill, Hon. J. Longworth, James Currie, Ksq., C. (., of Charlottetown, is also speken of.

Tuinp Disraicr—Hon, F. Kelly, Don- ald Ferguson, and Henry Beer,

Fourtu Disrricr—William Welsh, J. ©. Robertson, Grant.

CHARLOTTETOWN AND Royautry—Hon. J.C. Pope, lon. I’, Brecken, George W. DeBlois, Louis H. Davies.

KING'S COUNTY.

First District—East Point and Souris —J, R. McLean, Lauchlan McDonald.

Secoyp Disrraier—St. Peter’s—Hon. W. W. Sullivan, John Caven, Hilary Melsaac, William Hooper.

Tuirp Disrrict—Cardigan—James E. McDonald, and Scrimgeour,

Fourta District — Dr. Malcolm McFayden.

GrorGeTOWN-~Hon. A. J. McDonald, Hon. D, Gordon, Westaway.

PRINCE COUNTY.

First Disrrict—Nicholas Conroy, Ed- ward Hackett. Mr. White, who also intended running, is very ill.

Sxconp District—Hon. John Yeo, W. Richards, jr. ‘

Trisp Disrrictr—Hon. Joseph O. Ars- neaux and Messrs. Gaffney and J. A. MeDonald:

Fourta Duistricr—Cornelius Lowatt, A. E. ©. Holland, J. R, Calhoun, William C. Lea.

Fifth District — Summerside— Richard Hunt, Daniel Green, John Lefurgey, Angus MeMillan.

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A SENSATION STORY,

Robertson,

A TUNNEL USED FOR SMUGGLING UNDER THB ENGLISH CHANNEL.

We find in the Montreal Herald a curious and very improbable story about a tunnel under the English Channel which has been known for ages to some people in Kent, and a family of Picard nobles named Geris cault. The story, it is said, was told by a Mr, Heald, senior partner of a firm of bankers in London, who is himself related to the Gerricaults, One of this family, so the story goes, resisted an attempt to arrest him, killed a lieutenant of the guard, fled to a tower near the coast in which a baches lor uncle lived, and when the persons ap~ proached was taken into the cellar.

“ He lifted a stone from the floor of this cell and disclosed a stone stairway, down whice he instructed his nephew to descend telling him that they led to the cavern of “ Gerricault’s hope,” which had been known to one member of the family ever since the days of the northmen. He added that the cavern led under the sea, Young Joscelin it seems had provisions conveyed to him, and, after several days, finding that the tower had been destroyed by his purs suers, wandered about the cavern com- pletely lost. At length after exploring no end of blind passages, and at last losing his light, and stumbling on for a long while in the dark, he heard voices, faint and muffled on the other side, a wall of chalk. He knocked and cried, but there was no response. At last, in despair, he drew his couteau de chase and cut himself a passage through into semi-daylight and fainted. Where he had arrived after his weary wan- derings, was ina smuggler’s cave on the coast of Kent, whose occupants kindly re~ ceived him, The smuggler’s name was Heald, and having married his daughter to the young Gericault, the two communi- cated with France, and entered into the business of smuggling. Although they took into partnership with them Glyn and Jansen, by whom their buying and selling was conducted, they retained the sole knowledge of the secret route, and became the sole means of conveying their goods along it. The tunnel had never been used for any but for smuggling purposes, but one of the younger Gericaults, an ardent roy- alist Vendean, and particularly hostile to Napoleon, on one occassion took a French officer through it from England to France. Heald did not know this persons name, but shortiy after this transit word came to the Healds that the tunnel was suspected, and the Gerricault’s had closed up their end. Che Heald’s thereupon closed up theirs, and the business was not resumed until 1815. From that time business was carried on until Mr. Fleetwood Heald succeeded to the secret, of which he is said only to have availed himself to close up the English entrance.”

It is further said that enquiry having been made in France it was found that in- formation of the existence of this passage was given to the first Napoleon as the prize of a Royalist’s life. If Mr. Heald knows where the Knglish entrance is it would be very easy to test the truth of the story without searching the French Archives for evidence.

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The difficulties caused by the mistake of putting letters in the wrong envelopes have often served the story writer as the basis of amusing sketches. Just now a similar blunder is the basis of a divorce suit in England. Sir Simon H. Stuart had written two letters, one to his daughter and the other to a Miss Blandford. But he mis- directed the envelopes, and the daughter was startled by the receipts of a note con- taining the following :— My own darling: I was so pleased to see you last night. How good of you to come over! Ido love hav- ing you here, dearest. It seems so nice to when I wake to be able to say to myself, ‘1 shall see my darling to-day.’ What shall I do when you are gone, dear? It is so wearying then to know that I shall not see you for days ; but it will not be long, will it? You will come to me again,and soon,” The writer on discovering his error, tele« graphed to his daughter to burn the letter, but she had already handed it to her mother, and it has led to the institution of legal proceedings.

Our neighbours across the line have been much troubied in the country part during the last year or two by the nuisance of tramps, who, like the sturdy be. Blas, frequently enforce their petition in a manner more peremptory than servile. In some neighborhoods the pest has been felt to such an extent that residents feel almost inclined to resort to the severe en- actments in force in England about the time of Elizabeth. The laws were then ex» ceedingly stringent. Any person for the first time found ‘wandering or roguing about,’ was to be whipped on his naked back until his body was bloody, and then sent from parish to parish straightway to the place of his birth; or, if this was not known, then to the ‘ parish where he last dwelt for the space of a year.’ (49th Eliz., 1,497). ‘Poor Tom,’ says Edgar, in King Lear, whon he plays the madman, ‘who is whipped from tything to tything, and and stocked, and punished, and imprison- ed.’ In order that the vagrant might be recognized, he was to be branded on the left shoulder with the letter R, and if a second time found begging or wandering about was to be adjudged a felon and hangs ed (2d James I, 1504). This barbarous law though probably not often enforced to its whole extent, was quite in keeping with the criminal legislation of the time, which condemned the thief who stole any article above ten shillings in value to die as a telon on the gallows,

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MEETING AT WHEATLY RIVER.

Pursuant to notice, a meeting of the elec- tors of this locality was held on the evening of the 27th inst., on the premises of A. Mc. Millan, Esq. Mr. Thomas Drummond was called to the chair, and the undersigned appointed Secretary,

Donald McKay, Esq., was proposed by Lawrence Buchanan, and seconded by Mr. ‘Lhomas Chandler, as a candidate,

Mr. McKay then stepped forward and said that he did not covet the situation,and if shown that he was not the choice of this end of the Distriet, he would retire from the contest. He believed that the principle upon which our present school law was es- tablished was sound; believed in the grad« ed system ; was opposed to Pope’s scheme as set forth in his Summerside cgrd, and would not violate his principles for any man or any body of men.

Mr. MeNeill, the late representative, be» ing called by the chairmaa, spoke next. He thanked the electors for the kindness shown him from time to time, and said that at a certain crisis he might have done more for them, but he always did what he thought best at the time and would not re~ call a single vote that he had given. He said that Mr. McKay held the same views as he did on the question of education. The free schools had done wonders, and he bes lieved that system to be the best in Ameri ca, but it required to be amended.

Hon. John Longworth was next called, He had promised to attend a meeting at Milton, where he was nominated, and came here to hear the sentiments of the people. He gave the sectarian platform a severe handling, and went on to show that the in. troduction of two systems would lead to endless confusion and would impose bur- dens upon the people which they were not in a position to bear. He maintained that because the sectarian institutions existed it did not follow that the non-sectarian should give

way.

D. Farquharson, Esq., on coming ferward, went on to show that he had been unfairly used by some of his pretended friends who now tried to ignore claims which they ads mitted four years ago. He claimed large majorities in his favor at meetings in the southern section of the district. His remarks on the school question were of the same tenor as set forth in his card.

' Messrs, McDonald, McDuff, Laird, Doyle, and Mutch gave short addresses.

A division was then taken between the candidates for this end of the district, the result of which was given by the chairman, thus :—McKay, 32; McNeill, 28. Mr. Mc~ Neill being first nominated by Wm. Laird, Esq., and seconded by Mr. Malcolm Mc- Donald,

A vote of thanks to the chairmen, and three cheers for McKay, brought this orders ly and well conducted meeting to a close,

J. K. McInnis, Secretary. —_—_————S >

MEETING AT SAW MILL BRIDGE,

Pursuant to public notice, a political meeting was held at the Saw Mill Bridge, Little York, on Monday evening, the 31st July, for the purpose of nominating persons to represent the Third Electoral District of Queen’s County in our Local Parliament. David Douglas, Esq., was chosen Chairman and the undersigned Secretary.

Hon, Francis Kelly was p by Thos. McGraith, Esq., seconded by Mr. William Carroll. Henry Beer, Esq., was proposed by Mr. Donald Crockett, seconded by Dr. Henderson. Donald Ferguson, Esq., was proposed by Isaac Foster, Esq., seconded by Mr. Abraham Gill.