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Lates than Europe. ‘ London. ,\l:trch ll

It is \hlrtl that lllt‘ European l‘tl‘it‘l'h it no tntlt-tl to ugh-n on the Eudora Ques-

Ru-sta tlctuauds additional t‘tlllt't‘l~ ~ions tor the t'hrisliau subject- of the Silk l‘lli, lterpatchwx Il‘tvtti t‘unstantinoplr alab- thut the 'l‘urkidt Government is tit-- tet'ntiued to cutttttttte the war in (Hindu. and is preparing to send l'rcslt batallions ot'tmopstotltat island. under the cone t:t.tttd oi llussitt l’arha.

Liverpool. March 1'1.

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The American Chamber ol t'omtucrct-g

in this city gave a grand banquet to-nlght in honour ol the lit-recs of the Atlantic t‘able. at which five gold tncdalswn'e pro. settled to t'yrus \\'. Field. t‘apt. Anderson. lit. t‘atttti and Mr. Willoughby Smith. The entert. tuent was a splendid ali‘ai London. March Ill.

The Snrvian question has been settled. l-I trl Derby says olllcially that the tort ol

tlu tblltne l'ut‘lo are to leave lit-lg td the \ tatt capital city. attd that tltccott I

try thl be practically lrec. ot the Turks there will be merely uontittal.

Lord Lyons.ambassador ol’tit'cat llritain at Constantinople, writes that the Turks will hastth reform itt lavot' of tin-- Chris- tians itt L‘sndia and elsewhere itt their do- tnl. .otts.

Vienna. M ‘ch ill.

Despntches have been received front the South which announce that the ‘i‘nrkish ‘lorces have been successful in a battle with the rebels at. Thessaly.

London; March 10.

Large bodies oftroops litti'u been sent tt}.i.i\'erpt>til to prcSevve the pence—nu .arising ol the iris t in that city being up- prchended. Large numbers of Fenian» have been captured itt many parts ol ire- iand. attd many have been committed for high treason.

London, March 17.

Emigration to America front Cork for the past fetv days as been axlrotttguglprgs. Many ol the cmi traan have been rceog~ nizt-d as having teen eonnocttal witlt the recent Fenian uprising near Killarncy.

it is supposcd tltat the unusual uxodous is caused itt p'trt truth the anticipated bloodshed in ireland.

Paris. March 17.

The .lqut’Ieur to-d-ty in :tn ollicial article- says Marshall llazatne atul the last of liit' French troops iul't Mexico on the 10th ol March.

L‘onsnls [ll ; 5-20‘5 7-”.

field Slit.

According to report. it has at length been decided that. a Bill for ttn imperial guarantee cl it loan ol £l.OUU.tJUU to thc t ntcdcrated Government ol'tinnttda. for

the construction ot tlte ltttcroolonial Rail-l

way. will be brought by the tlovcrutm-nt into the Iiousu of Conunnns in the coursi- ol next Week. The disappointment ex- perienced by the absence o1 any such pr \ision itt tltc Confcderation ilill. wltich was read a second time itt tlte House of Lovdson Tucsdav is explained by the

tact tltat such a t. tusc would have re 1 -r-.

3.

ed it a Money iliii. and have access d its introduction lit the first instance into tlte House at Cottutnms.\\'ltile it wasthought desirable that Lord L‘anarvon should be enabled primarily to give the explanation

of a measure belonging to his own depart-‘ lct‘u‘ning u...- m». “mapping,

tttcttt. 'I'hc Unarautc us at pt'esrnt arrange Mr. Disraeli. Itappeat'sthatncarlv Government. as rcprcscntcd by Slit, (.‘olonial Ministers. trout Lord Grey in Hill to Mr. (.‘ardwcll in 1866. has been

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Pursuant to noticr. a largt- number of the tom-hers of Queen's t'outtty III“! III the Norm d 1 School. Chadian-town. on Friday. the lath t ltittl.. 0n- thc purpou ol‘omfting a petition to i the Lexi Ire. praying tor the rcdrcu of 'ceruttn gttetunt caused by the detectin- state oftht- present Education .\rt.-prtcvnn~ ‘csn. which though more directly atl'ectmg lltc llt‘lohurs of the Island. Itru tho cause of much . trouble and tnt‘tlllt‘elllcllt'. to the community ‘I at large. The meeting was organized by appointing v ,\Ir. Jonathan McWillinms to the chait. and ’ the undersigned as Secretary.

i The chairman. in announcing the object of , the meeting. said tltat he had been chit-ll)- in- illacntial ixt calling it. Iic considered titat it E “as tinn- that teachers were becoming alivoto

' . their own interests. and tltat. unless (It-y took

!tltc matter itt hand. it was not at all probable i that any other body of turn Would do it for 9 them.

A lengthy divcussion cutued, of which the following is an outline:

.\ir. McLeod was the first who ndtlrcl- ted \ilL meeting. He spoke at considerable length. bringing to the notice of the meeting the most (llllll't':~l\‘t’ grievances which have to be borne by the lc u'ht-rs nl’lhis island at the iprescnt dtty. ile i iltillltvll Act. so far as it relates to the procuring tol't portion ol'a teacher's salary which is cxpettstl to come trout the inhabitants of. n scltool district. contained so many contradic- tious tltat tt was next to impossible to under .slund or obcy it. lie advocated. tt complth (change iii the system of Education. argutng ;that the engagements of teachers should all commence at the same time. and advanced the idea that all schools should be considered as one institution. of which the Prince of \Vales College or Normal School should be the head. and all other schools branches of said College or School. He said that the Professor: of said College should have power to engage or dis- mistt a teacher at the request of the Trustees of any school district. lie also denounced the law requiring the teacher to certtty on oatlt to the correctness ol‘his journal, main- taining that it was a piece of the most unpar- allclicd injustice of which our,LL~gislaturc had ever been guilty.

Mr. Ii. llocbc. in speaking of the small average attendance at schools. said that it was unjust that tho test-her should lose a part of his salary bcenu~e people tit-zlcClvd l0 send their children to school. ilc thought tlntt some means should be employed to cowl)e1 parents to keep their children in more regular attendance at School. lle advocated a. greater dill‘crenec between the salaries of First and Second Class teachers. adding tltnt the quali- iieations wrrc, in his opinion. high enough, bttt that anchor: were. in tuatty instances, very deli icnt in the branches in which they are required to instruct others. and maintain- cd that, as female teachers were required to possess the same qualifications as males, the Lsalaries of the former should correspond more nearly with those ol'tlte latter. lie said tlttti ‘llit' School Visitors should be better paid than ililt'y arc at present. and required to perform ltheir duties itt a more satisfactory manner. lie spoke of the national series of school lbooks as being unfit for the youth of nttr ls- ’land. lie said that candidates, for the ofiice .of teachers, should be examined in, and found qualified to tench the several branches rc- .qoired. before cntcring the Normal Sciltl‘l. in order. ti .t'. while there. in. end of spending their time in acquiring a knowledge of these ‘bt'alit'ltcs. they should rather spend it in llc also advo- Tcated the lessening of tltu term of attendance

i. be brought iIt byjal. the Normal School from live to two, or_

‘at must. (love months;

: Mr. lobert ltobcrtson said that teachers should petition the Legislature foran increase of salary—that they should receive, at least,

committed to a certain extent to this mca-t the sum of £55 from Government. and that a

4 sure. l'hu original estimate of tile cost of construction was £7,000 per mil . the present guarantee will cover £9,000. so as to afford a good margin. It is cont- pnlcd that the whole line. running.r from tho terminus of the Grand Trunk llailway at Riviera tlu Loop to llalilax. may he completed within three yettt's,—-Lotz:.’ou Times.

Ottawa. March 15.

. Rumors are in circulation of Fenian movements iii the neighborhood of St. A|« ba s. Vt. it is said that. the Government is ill possession of important inlorutation on the subject. and ti - the lion. Mr. lilair. the only Cabinet Minister here. intends to leave for Montreal immediately.

Montreal. C. E., March 15.

1555 regulars under the command of ('apt. Bolton. with a lull supply ol‘ammu- nitton. left by train this morningr tor Chaut-

)lalu. A stron l‘orco oftbu ltoynl Artil- er . with it tielt pieces. will be sent. on frontier duty to-dny. Frequent conforrcn- cos took place yesterday, betwrcn the regular authorities and stall’ at the militia. department. '

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A M.\ Mtv‘tc . r (lurk—Business men who think it won't; pay to advertise. are requested to read the following item, and then put their thinking caps on :

A celebrated wholesale merchant in London. England. has presented the pro- prictot’s oi the ” Telegraph" with it press which cost. 325.000. as a token of appreci- ation. In doing so. be accompanied the gift. with a letter. which said: “ in your paper. by judicious advertising, I first ouilt the foundation of n fortune—and itt ,your paper by judicious atlvurtising. i itntasscd tho fortune which enables me to oti'er this testimony of regard and good will."

S‘rmu COMMUNICATION WITH THE Low- 2-th l'novtxccs.—'l‘n-day. Capt. lhtvison, anti Mr. William Barbour, Engineer of the Lady lleatl. lanve town for Halifax. to inspect. two steamers lying,r there. which the newly-formed company intend to pur» chase. should tltny n tpnnr suitable for the route. Tito first call on the shareholders luv 10 percent. of the capital stock has been Inch—Quebec .llur. (/lwniclq.

Sumtt-‘tcsa’r.——lu Kansas the, people are to vote upon the female suffrage question. by ordering of the Legislature. In lins- ton Rev. Dr. iiuntingdnn favors the cs- txtblisltment of an order of dcaeoncssns. 'l‘ho female‘mnlptors at this city take the highest rank among artists in llomc. Fe- male teachers are ill such demand in Cali- fornia that " nouo others need apply.“ Female telegraph operators manipulate the instrument. with Wonderful skill. ' Fe— minine clerks in the Treasury Dcpartment are said to accotttplish more in a day than those of the opposite sex. There are so- vcrai professional female barber: in New York who handle their razors with great dexterity. These are certainly significant ev‘idcnces ol the tendencies at things.

Advices frotn St. Thomas state that tho. cholera had completely abated. Over nan persona. mostly ucgrocs. had died ol the epidemic.

An Eastern editor says that n m. N. Y. got hitnauit into trouble by mar

two wlvcv. '- A Western editor replieS. many-mien in that. section had done the mm... by marrying otte- A Imrthorn eds not rctorts that quite a nutnlmr ol his ne- qttulntances found tronblocnough by bare~ ty Promising to marry. wtthout guilt" any further. A 50 item editor says not a may"! at his w bothered enough when pimply found in campany With another

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[ Committee of the Legislature should be up. lpollltcli to inquire into the state of Education. lie also maintained that it was almost impos- . aib ' teachers to swear to'thc correctness ul'tltclt‘jouruals, as mistakes might inadvert- | antly be made. _ Mr. John McDonald said that it was unjust 5 that boys. just lrottt the Normal School. should I-ccp‘nvr- as in c ‘lll amount of remuneration fl". “mil. “In. men who had spent some lyears at the bttslncsi- i Mr. John McMill. from King‘. County; f said that he was an old ttan. and lntd pn. ' an exantit tion before every lioartl of Educa- tiott since ltc institution at that body iii the Island. lie said that, uccordingto his opinion. teachers of the First Class should receive at least £60, and those of the Second Class £70. annually. Grattuttar l'lchoois, he considered. were pretty well provided for. He also argu- mt um; the salaries of teacht-rl should be in- cmmcti every ys-nr, for a number of years. and then to become iia'f‘lli “ml I'm-‘1‘ lm'lnb' spent twenty or thirty years 5" 1"“ “ccullilllmb that he should receive ll. retiring allowance to assist ltint itt old age.

Mr.Jatncs McDonald advocated the appoint- ing of it t'omutittee. whose duty it should be to confer with tlte leaders of the Government. and attua‘tttin what could possibly be done for the teachers. lie did not agree with tltu per- son who said tltttt itiglt salaries was not the best. way to advance the Education ofa coun- try, nrguiug that. “ scandalous salaries would tttnkc scandalous teachers." it was hit opin- ion that some means should be adopted to produce a more regularattvndanec ofscholars at school. He advocated the granting of a salary of £55 at the very least. and approved of the yearly increase of salary, but still would not. ignore tltc ctlleicncy cl young teach- era . . ‘ " Mr. Joseph ll. \Vcbsler said that it wnsjuat that a. difference should exist ltchcL'll the salary of a young teacher and that of a person of experience. alleging that persons who had spent years at the business should be consider- ed more capable titan boys from the Normal School, and that whilst all remained on tho same level it was an encouragement to incfil- cit-tit persons to continue the occupation. lie ndvocu ted the classification ofteachc rs' salaries in full. lie applauded the framers of Educa- tional system. ottd said that, until the late alteration, it was the best. in all the British Colonies.

Mr. William McGrcgor advocated the. ox- amining of teachers for the purpose of as -r- laiuiug whether or not tin-y had improved itt their occupation; il'thcy had. he would advise an increase of salary. and gave it as his opin- ion that every school district should be cont— pclletl. by law. to provide a. house and “null piece oflttnd for the accommodation of the teacher.

Mr. Ildlaldcrstnn said that other gentlemen had been valuing themselves too low by oli'er- ing their services for the sum of £55. annual— ly. lie. for one. thought himsclt‘worth more than that. lligh salaries. he said. by bringing forth runny aspirants. would be beneficial, by. ill the end. causing that none bttt the. must competent teachers would be retained, and suggested that mimics should range frotn £75 lu £100.

A communication front John McNeill. Esq. Set-rotary of the lloard of Education. was now read. setting forth that gentleman's views on the several questions before the met-ting. and offering a few suggestions. but. having taken no notes ol‘the said conttnurtimttion. I am un- able to inttort even the substance of it here. “is ideas. hnwcvcr. were pretty nearly itt unison with those ot‘totnc of tire before-men- tioncd gentlemen.

I Mr. William Mri’hnil. from Orwell, rend minutes of a meeting of Teachers held at. that place. setting forth their views on the subject of Education. ilc advocated the lt-ngthcning oftho Spring vacation to four weeks. and the Autumnal to six weeks. He laid that for a considerable time in the fall and spring. al- though school: were kept in operation. no one

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man‘s wife.

receives any benefit, cxrcpt, prrhttp.c one or_

i that lltcpruscnt i‘itillt'A'.

titan»: Jt it ‘ its .\

tun tsmibm who ‘rvv not nah-ted by the hit. equal to the .\'u n Seman- um!

Maine-r of the nelson; olvmtittg that the

aveer attendance was often nniuecd balm- ‘Ihllhllt‘u in the an of fishing. together with .

that rcqttin-d by law. l») ttww tut-ant.

John Mint-p. Kbq.. trutu i‘rtnw t‘nunl}. spoke at considerable length. Ind Introduced m-ntc \cr} good hint.

I Mr. l.. ltteily said that the salaries often-h- era should be raised. and the standard ol'tnlu- ‘catiun hop! as high as Invisible. and that candidates for the olllt-c ul‘tcachcr. who have I 1 attcndrd a college. should be exempt front at- lalttlalu‘! at the Normal School. The present mlarie- ol'b‘cbmd Visitors. he llld. were loo‘ ‘ low. ilr argued that the omco of School '

l \'isttor should be nuupolitical. and concluded ‘ his spt-toh by making some rctttarko not very coutplimcmaryto the tiiergymen who cent- polo our Board of Education At this stage of the proceedings. I number of gcntlcnten briefly addressed the meeting. but their ideas gent-rally coincided with those of previous speakch . Itev. U. Sutherland. being present. was {called upon for all expression of his st‘llllA tttents. He expressed hilllst’lf much pleased with the remarks oftltoue who had spoken. observing that he helicud Fdncttitut was progressing in this country. I . E. Island hadt done its much. till recently. as any of (IN llrit 'h I’rotittrcs itt support of Education. llc \ ir 'od the educational institutions ot‘tlur

'conntry tor a number ol'ycars pot. markiltp' ..

the progress tvltirlt ltatl been tundc. cape - since the introduction nl'the system ot ‘ Education. to the introduccrs ofwhichhcgnve great praise. He agreed with other speakers itt saying that the salaries of teachers were too low. uttd that it would tend to the ttthllnt. - tttcttt and honor of 1’. ii. Island thathcrte urs should be well paid. lie advocated a longer term of attendance at the Normal School. as the time at present spent there by students was. in his opinion. too short for them to acquire a thorough knowledge of teaching. He would not advocate the lengtl- citing of the va-ttions. but said that then shuttld be it non-exacting ot‘thc average dur- ing the busy week-t. 'l‘he calling ol‘this lllt‘t'l- ing w ts. in his opinion. a more in the right direction. and its cilch would some time be felt inthc country .

Mr. McKinley said that in case the Educa~ tion Act should be amended, this tnecting should petition the Legislature tltnt the in- creased ntttount of salary, granted by said amt-nthncnt should be paid to teachers from and after the passing thereof.

It was then moved. seconded and

Res-01ml. That it in the opinion ofthis meet- ing. that the Legislature he petitioned for the sum of 1175 as the yearly salary of first-class teachers.

Resolved. That a committee be appointed to draw up a petition to the Legislature, praying for the redress of grievances. and that the following persons compose said committee, viz: Jonathan McWilliatus. Artetntts Morrow, Wm. Mcl’ltail. Jame! McDonald. Robert liobcrtson, F. ll. Collin, Archibald McKenzie, Alexander McQueen.

It’esulrttl.'tltat till the Island papar- bo re- questh to insert a notice of this meeting. Fauna. ll. COFFIN.

March is, l867.

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’I‘c 'rttv. Burton or run Jocnxtt. Sui:—

In your number of the 7th inst.. is a com- munication signed " A Farmer." I have en- deavored to understand Farmer‘s meaning. but the only cnuciurion I could arrive at was that the greater part of his remarks are more quibbling; this is evident from the manner lte Ints garbled thc meaningr of sonic ot'tlte stalle- tncttts I made, or else " A Farmer's" intelli- gence and discernment are not. of ti. very high order, for lie appears not. to know that n tttatt may be deficient in the knowledge of any art. withoutbciug subject to the charge ofindulepec stupidity, ttttd want nfiutclligenee. Also, his ttottllncttls on the remarks 1 made on the po- tato illustration, he takes it for granted tiijtt l aid t‘arntcrs here cannot cultivate pottttoul. Now it‘ “A Farmer" ltad read my letter with only a small deg of attention, he must have '00" that the putnt of my remarks proves something altogether foreign front what, he appears to take out of them. But the pre- cocious “ Farmer." in the heat of his indigna- tion at such it foul slander on his brother farmers. rushed to their rescue. anti with n llcurislt proclaimed that. he will show that 1'. 1:1. Island farmers cttn raise potatoes. Now at this stage of his perturbation be ap-

ncars to have subsided into a profound reverie; ' ho ‘jcum but that be poured away into the sublime region" of any ttothtnguess, from. which, when lto awakcs' 1? “UHFCIWS'W” “i sublunary things. he exclaims " TIN" he m" eultt'vrtle turnips. and if farmers are not too lazy they may rut'vo potatoes." Very logical indeed. Mr. Farmer. Most profound reason- ing. 0 shade of “ Aristottlc," tltou couldst not have expected to have such a tilst'lplu. And for terscness even A rtemns Ward is put into the shade. But as the gist of the whole matter. he emphatically expresses his ltonost abhorrent-e of any government aid. even to farmers. Well this beats Barnum. Does " .i Farmer" knotv, or has be forgotten. the “umy [lt.“ulnlitls of pounds granted at various mm... out .,_n' the public revenue for agricultur- n] purvmu' M“; h. f: panstblc that he does not know that every ftan "“ "‘9 I‘l‘mfl “"5 ltad a direct benefit from thSW Brent! "I ll“! improvement of cattle. stirrup; Pm! “"3” choice seeds, and improved furtlllil.“ ylml’l‘fi‘ menu. New " A Farmer's" meaning “I W“ dently this: That class Legislation in Ii’l’t class Legislation when farmers are the recipi- cuts oftlte benefits, which is of it piece with it‘s former reasoning. Now to be a little more serious on the matter. I would not do the forutcrss generally such injustice as to think that the above is it true specimen of either their intelligence or discernment. for I know to a certainty that very many do see clearly the very great benefit agricultural interests have received by tile timely aid of government grants of money. and the different order of things such grants have been the direct means of bringing about Nor do "I believe there is one intelligent man in the Island rcgrcts the assistance than rendered to the farming interests, although it may be just possible there may be a few that. do not titlly appreciate the valttc thus received, because a fcwdollar! have not found their way direct from the public chest. into their pockets. imagining they have not participated in the least lrotn public grants; all the while oblivi- oils of this fact. that perhaps then our stock has bccn enhanced three fold itt value. he- sides tltc benefit ofothcr improvements which they cannot help having a lilttru in.