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SIR JOHN YOUNG.

ere y mentioned, He Llighness The following address, with the signatures! occasion, beecme a Catholic, which will b of one hundred persons, settlers tn Ganada | the first member of the Russian Impe ial Fa- who came from Sir John Young’s native | mily that will ever have abandoned the Greek county (Cavan,) was transmitted to Otlawa relizion for Catholicism.

few days ayo, aud prese ted to his Excellency A most extraordinary trial has just been

We. the undersigned settlers from vou soneluded at Ait France and inw rey ono native county (Cavan ) request vou will lees than sx married women were charged wept ts expression Of our f:ti-tact vith murdering ther hashande by poison ‘our spoomtment as Clover G i which they proeared from am trerbalist, who this Donainion Poe many h and wae ineluded in the indictment All were at offices you have been ehuse by 1 aentenced to hard labor for life exeept one. Whig and Conservative Gov “m6 * whose term was limited to twenty years we COoCusWe | prouts ft yuu unity as : . =e i statesman, and afford satis! y ass ‘ The Marquis of Bute Ifas juined the oman ta the reo! le ‘ { tu . I) puaiettle ‘ I the +f | C ath it ; ut ateh His L r is! '? denied » a solicitude foe the welfare by the lan port to that effeet a few months ng > hut there tiovernment. To us vou ar k W ite p enow no doubt that he his been ad nitted to alone as a Wise sintesman aud moderate | the Renan Catholic ¢ hurch at Nice politician, byt as en indulsent, rod landlord The 50th anniversary of the ordin ition of though vour duty to vaur country and he Pone will o evr on the 10th of Aprile xt sovereign necessidited repeated absence { Pine the Ninth received minor ord rs the Sth home, the wants of your te ury were « ¢ January. 1817, the subdeeonate 20th of

ez 'ected M ny Of thes ‘ nildrees haan how 2 the order of Dencon 6 h lived on your dish extate, ad tathors Mareh. 1818. of Priest. l0th of April, 1819 of others lived as tenants of 1 tut whieh was iloly Satu day lle was on faime Willam It may pleas VS Snvw & Priest by Myr. Catrara afterwards Cardinal as-ured that around the ley es th :

Canadian homes, their former sdlorda are Tt issaid that, in consequence of the hostile spoken of as among the best of many land-! atritade of Turkey and Greece the journey lords of Cavan. Hoping your stay am st of the Prince and Princesa of Wa'tes in the us may be lowg, hanpy ard pleasant to you Fast will be given up. and that a residence in seit and Lady Young, y Will accept Italy or the South ol France will be selected

hearty welcome, and the assurance of s ve for the winter

tugeh merge u * ' « : i . atinchipernt to Vv r Exes cv 3 yp ‘ On the death of one of England’s most eminent

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Government. In re ply to this address, Si: Physicians, all hie effects were 80 d br aue ion Jotn Young said he reco tii Ze d amonzest and au ther things was a sealed packet mark the signatures many nam*s of fanjites we d ‘advice to Physicians ”" which brought a great ksown to him in Treiand—names which! prin. — The purchaser on opening the packet, wsreeably recall the associat a of forme rend as followa: ee Keep the head eool, the years. : bowels open, and the feet warm " Tf phvsie is : ED neeessary, uve Parsons Purgatire Pile; they

are the most seientifically prep rred pill hat has

Peratate Taaceoy itv St. Sreraen. N B. : appeared in the bast hundred years

—A telezram from St. Stephen, on Monday to the St. John **felegraph”™ says A horrible murder and suicide have just been committed

Lctest News by Telegraph.

FROM EUROPE

in Milltown, St. Stephen, by one Stephen li es, who was reoent!7 discharred from the L natic Asylum. The sister with an axe and himself with a knife,

wretched man Kiiied !

ae oe moth at would have London, Jan 26, evening

wen killed also if she had not escaped from

the ro - The your aad ‘a ; | ms } The Sublime Porte, in a ctreular denies the e roc ° i ve wv indy 4 oO HAVE wel reports that have been extensively eire ilated to

married mext week, which fact was the sup- effect that Turkey is heavily arming. The posed motive tor the &Ct. | Sultan confidently expecis peace as the result of Melnnes, after leaving the Lunatic Asylum, ‘ St John, came to Eastport where he remained

some time, and made his first ap; e i 4 Madrid despatch states that the Govevaor of

Milltown t -day, coming to his mother's hous Rer

’ ’ the lunatie’s horrible the Paris conference.

London Jan %, erening earat

ited yesterday, when about to

gos Was assassin

in his stocking feet. He entered the kitchen, | jake an inventory of the gooda in the cathedral to which his sister, who was in the sittin s room, | of that city Phe tement is Intense, the pe went on seeing hin She screamed and ra ple ger erally sustain the Govesament, acd many back followed by her brother with an axe, | arrests of suspected parties lave been wad He struck her on the side of the head, burvy- Lerd Jan. 27 ing the axe in her brain. She fell and he An official report just published at Lixbou stows gave her two more blows, one on the skuli,| that the Portuguese trooy t { i 2 , e s fix ’ the other through the back. The mother ran | a2ainst Me Na t Mezambiq ms ern Coast of A 1,12 rifled cunsa, 704 v out screaming for help. He then wert to the . . 7 fect ; ; : : ea. 2000 barre!s of powde the flag of kitehen and drove a sheath nie twice to! a: 8, SUN : ' - . ; on Ist Intar y Regiment ld f 8S wud severa his own heart and once into his bowels. ‘T ete ; : ; hundred evidiers kuled fumily are very much respected. Great in- London. Jan. 28

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dignation is felt against the authorities of the

Asylum for releasing him.

Later news has been reeeived trou the seat oj war in Paraguay, via Rw Janerio, The town of Angastura, to which the Paraguay

Fovrtess Days witnovt Foop or Warg:. —The Baltimore Americun relates that while the British Barvue Corjysopia was on the voyage to that port, with a carzo of rail. road iron, John Montgomery, suddenly missed on the {2th After an unaVailing search it

ane retreated alter the battle ot Villeta, was soon alterwards captured by the allied terces, and Lo- pez fled with the remnant of lis army inte the interior General McMahon. American M : : accompanied President Lope z. the COOK, WAS) was at Buenos Ayres.

of November. I

Hater, Adwiiral Davis vnden, Jan 30

Rio Janeir

was concludad Details of news fro: », shows that that he had fallen oyerboard at night and the success of Allicd Powers in Paraguay has been drowned. Ou the 26th the mate heard! been most complete, groans, as of a human being in ext eme a@rony, All Paraguayan Porta are t rhands They ; : . " on ' » , sul Lopez's proceeding from the hold, and after a search have captured the artillery ana baggage ol Lopeg ' « ' i Lhpeotge wr he found the supposed dead man, Juhu Mantgom- | 8°Y and (we Thee 1 prisoners, ' . ctato “ Wasa fu ve the [ ery, concealed in asmal! space between the fae Dictator, Lo; a — * “pla ame eee . ; : set, w was surrounded by the allied trueps bars or iron, where he had remained for four- est, and . arren Pee —" iil: s x3 teen days and eleven hours, haying during that ; Iriestie, Jan 2 ° . . eT 4 re oreurred the business po time tasted neither food nor drink. His ap-| .. 4% extensive fire occurred ta the business por . ae : tion of thia city last night Fue Custom LE vas pearance when found was ghaatly in the ex-| : ; er ,| Railroad Depot in the tiemity, and several Gouv- treme ; exceedingly emaciated, with pallad ‘ie . _ ' eroweot Warehouses were destroyed face and glassy, Staring eves, he more re- P ; ta 3, Jal. SJ, evening sembled a skeleton than a living man. He . ' —"

mn te day to Mr K.ubassador, and Madrid, Jan 23

The Provisional Government, tor the purpose

was also covered with vermin, and could have Prince Napoleon gave a reeept sustained his horrible condition but for ashort time longer. He refusedto give any reason for his concealment of himself, but it is sup posed that it was doze for the purpose uf) of skulking from duty.

Stiile

Burlingame, the Ciiuese

preventing the repelilion of such outrages as those Just perpetrated at Borgos, as issued a de cree estublishing

beiore the law.

the equailly of redgious sects

From Newr UNG! anp.—By the ar ival of Madrid, Jan 29 the City of Hulijaz trem St. John’s, N. F It ja stated that the members of the Provisional we have Newfoundland exch wuges toa late Gevermmeat are ananiimous in taver of the Duke

Mout peusier for the Spanish Throne Madrid

The Provisional Government of Spain yeater day issued an to the nation, tendi reason celine to take act declare they are close cessury will combat it. All rr

date. We learn from the St. John’s Chro nicle of the 17th inst., that on the previous day a large number of persons came into St. John’s from the Out posts de inandi ig relief. Awoug the crowd, we are told were very many whose faces aud persons Letokened want: but there were others burly, and apparently weil fed, and certainly well clothed. Th . people Great went to Government acme ators thes leave to be finally disposed oil by the Cortes, wards to the Cogimervinl room. and then pass- ES 6 Cee te See \ ‘i

: ; Madrid, Jan. 39. ed through the town, (in some instances using have preseuted « threatening Jangua.re to individuals,) and went a dik a on to the mill at Riverhead, which they re fused to leave unless relief were given them. A hag of bread was distributed among them, giving about a pound to each man. An As sociation bas been furmed for affording relief to the dest tute. What is termed “A dicity Workhouse’ has been Here meals are given to those who apply. cai the morning tea ae bread is s rved 7 breake Phe city of Madrid is quite, but volunteers are fast, when “hase wha receive it are set to work, oer ee Athens. Jan. 29 al various employments, such as at net mak The Action of the King ry ca upon the ings knitting, quilt-patching, and sewing, pays terma subautted by the seocat Conlerenec is Cou- ing for their meals by this means. The Jn- adered as uncertain Nething definite as to his stitation, though in its infaney, seems to werk inteations relative to the matter is as yet known well, and the poor people are well pleased to Beri . Janu. 30 thus have the means of procuring wholesome The House ef Deputies at Berlin have paseed food. The following is a list of the number re- a bill contiseating the property of the King of heved for the days indicated ~— lanover A proposition to indict the K ug for

Jan 29, evening

address

t

ealinness toe the publee aiud, They de

ve steps a but

ly Watchin

{ “acto 4 z it, and if nec-

tglvus qe *stigus

The abolitionista of Spain petition te Government asking them te decree children since Sept. bsos the Cortes. The Diplomatic Corps have address- ed te the Government to protest agaiust the treat- ment of the Papal Nuncio Men- It ia said that all the membere of the Cabinet established, @% 00W in favor ef Duke Moutpevsier fur King Ins of Spain

Issue a selting free ali born li Blavery

One petitiou was relerred lo

day. Ldth—Number to breakfast 550 treasuu Was rejecied, Namber relieved at ir, 303 — a (each receiving three exkes of \jscyit for work FROM THE STATES done ) ; : 15th—Namber ta Tveak fist 30 | : Namber to Dinner ia New York, Jan. 27 Number relieved 106 Latest adviees from Havana report the city 16th— Number to Brenk fast 434 more quiet. Many Cuban tamities who have been, Number to Dinuer Dy generally, Very prominea! revolutioniste are pre. Nawber relieved Wt pating to ethigrate, bearing a renewal of blood-

tw lading children; 18%th—Number to Break fant 489

The Chief Justice of N- has been kuighted.

shed. ne ,

On Sunday eveaing last a man was discovered perlinaciowgsly aifecwpling to en

of Gen Duice

foundland ‘rT iue apart tite eh ples asde*iny

iis exirgordn ity couduel x

a ines ciied the suspicion of the autiorties, He was

. rested, andow search a eco ceale guer B

Ervipemtic.—From the Portland Press we erresins, Gnd an erarch fe rievaled daguer Wa found oo bis pertou. Tle was seat te prison

learn that an epidemic prevails in that city. It has egusted for some time in Lewiston and elsewhere in the State of Maine. The Press says it seems to be different from the usual in- fluenza, in as much as it affects the liver as well as the mucuous membranve of the nostrils and throat. [t usually commences with vomit- ing, the head feels very mych cwollen, and the liver is more gr leas oo gesied, The patient has chills and is in quite a lich fever, and in| some of the cases sore throat acecmpatiics the other symptoms It lasts about a week, but leaves the convalescent very weak and with a seusat.on of fullness about the head that only wears off with time A great many citizens hiave been, and are now, afflicted, and it is said that in one school forty out of tifty schol- ars have been dg@n with it.

Public belied is that the assasstaation of Geueral

Dulee . a3 coutetrplated New York. Jan 27. The President has intimated that he will seon pardon De Mudd, ene of the Assassination Con- spiraturs, bow al the dry Tortugas, New York, Jan. 2). A Canadian was robbed of tourieen thousand dullars last night in a gambliog saloon,

FROM CANADA, Montreal. Jan. 27.

| Cameron has telegraphed by Cavie to ascertain oan appeal will be eutertained by the Pris Connell without consent of Canadisa Court of Appeal

Pie Railway Connnissioners met yesterday Engineers and Contractors are busy getting up

a acalliamases tenders wnd estimates. Santoid Feuiuiig’s re

righation is Coutradicted, The telegraphic accgunts from New Zealand

are very bad. It is said that fifty Kuropean families have been masggcred by the rebellious Maories, aud that one of jhe rebeds has recur- Moutreal. Jan 2s red to the traditions of egunaibalism for the Phe billard between Jeseph Dieu, of sake of reviving the old race hatred -sending, Montreal, aid Mastin Foster, of New York te round a cask of potted meat made of the one thousand dellarg aside, twelve hundred points hodies of some of his victiius. The New a stg Digu, the gane standing Dien Zealand Government seem to be pngeconnt- diag ably weak and hesitating, When {iret the

Hlowe ia expected at Goversor’sa dianer on Puesday. Ilis speech is louked iorward lo with greal interest

;

match

Montreal, Jan 29

Cawerop ja af St. Lawrence fal! here anxious

volunteers took the war in hand, they redeem-| iy awaiting a reply by Cable, as to whether the ed the colony from the zross inismanazem aut Prigy Usapaeal will take uy the Wheigy case with

“f the regular army; but now they have relapsed into all the helpless traditions, and seem 40 He quite unequal to the occasion ‘Tha: they wil recover themaelves, there can he no doubt, but we fear that before they can Ao 80 passions will Le excited which may turo. Awar hitherto most bumangly prosecuted on their side into a war of exterpination.

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eutthe copwsent of the Canadian Court 3 : the reply Ge io the affirmatise, fice thousgud de! lars will be required ly egery turward the bry ceed uA.

Montreal, Jan 30. flon. Jos Howe was sworn in at Octawa to day as Presidevt of the Privy Coungi! He speake at the Governor Generat’s dinner bere gu ‘I uegday, and then leaves tor home. Toronto, Jan 30.

The Sultgy of Turkey has about nive hundred A special deapateh from Ottawa says that M. wives, but omy three are his favorites, each of 10%" aed SirJobn A MeDonald have cottled them of remarkable beauty. Their names are: the Nowa Scotia question se tar as the pring iples * Dournet, the New Pearl: “ Mairani Dil.” the | are coneerued. a jew details only remaining to be Excellent Hegrt; gad“ Eda Diil,” the Elegance | arranged. ft ia understood Chat the setdement wt the Heart. ' . involyes ao increase of Hovey appropriations te : | Nova Sgatia, and we change is to be made iv the

of the United ingdow of Great Tarif. My Howe maintains that the grants to

Britain, in June last, amounted fo 30.369 345. Nova Scoljs are notin proportion to the value of | the railways pod public works sequired by the!

Aided aa follows: England ever 21,600,000; Scotland abyve 3,000,000, and Ireland muse than | Dowirnions the arrangement will have to be saue- 6.990009. tioned by Puiliguent,.

only

CORRESPONDENCE.

[ Communicated from Summe rside.|

A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE “BOY” TOM AND HIS FRIEND JIM

on - .

Jaime —Good morning Tom, I hope you are we 1

Boy.—ITodeed I am not; did you read the last No. of that mt——l Eecamincr?

J.—No; you prefly hard somothng exatva to il nud eXcited What's up?

Lb —1 am ashamed to walk the street; I think rat me, despises ine and

that paper, of late, has been giving

hits; but there must be now

to cause you to be sv pale

that every one tis looks i It vou read ‘Kirwan Unmasked vou would unde rstand how | feel. Tam in an wely ix; every one knows that J] ama Republi sin thatle une here to undermine the loyally el

techs at ine

the Chteago paper says isa irfy ti ink of those degraded and bigoted Cathoiica. lL was

nog my task but ] am done for Hlow L can put on a br

all hands, and what

true representacion of what our p Haw

beautiiul ys n tace l dout't

know: and, as Tean’e aay a werd in defence the hing 1 can de is to abuse the Kvaminer Phas tak os well with those whe knew ine, a vd at iy bliod these who don't Phis is my only re- i to say &@ word on the 4 iestion mooted Wet eveniuatie in ruin J But who in the werld is the Editor of the f in is. —That’s what's puzzting us all I have a or more in town tryieg to fathous that stery; but all iv vain. Tonale and R. are 4 i} to detectives; I am atraid there wall bea nid row nbout their visiting the P.O ; but after ail theie trouble they cant tiud ont the male- iciol He must be a regular Jesuit; ter he kuows semething about every one aud every

anything but

thing, and I can hardly write about t lives towards

[ aim caught say that he the east, others towards the west; seme think

Soie that be ves ma brick hcuse near town; others that he lives in the city; some imagine that he is a Priest Jesuit, others that be is a lay Jesuit He's a miystery.

j.— Dua’t you think it was a mistake to come out covertly agattst the priests aud ministers?

Bb —The greatest mistake of my iife except my falling eff frou the religion of my innocent ebild hood Lf you felt the barrenness of my eoul for the want of religion! But it is so hard todo every thing the priests want, to go to confessien &ec. 1 wish I could be a have faith. I think

and make restitution

good Catheolie aud strong they have the but 1 weuld ruin myself to chunge now.

J.—Is it true that the people, both Catholics and Protestants, are turning agaiuet the Progress and patronizing the Exramuner?

B.—It as My eraracter is rnined among the Catholies ; for many of them thonght trem my name that I was a real Papist, and you

too true

kuew there Is bo one whem they de Spise tinere than a turn-coat, especially when he turns tis coat for a purpese. The respectable Protestants lock on me with suspicion as a traiter to my creed and country I can see that in their looks. J You havea row with the Freeman. We don't vaderstand what you mean in your reply to mm). Ile must be a very talented man if he understands your reply to his prenouncements? B—That’s another trouble; you might as well

as inte the hands of

and knows

a hon

Rowmanist

tinte the jaws of

- J

Anglin. He's a regular

vic, theology, metaphysics, physics and a lot of stuff that weuld drive an ordinary wan crazy, Ile will expese my ignerance and make a fool of me. Ltry to bewilder him by writing etuf? that

wo ene can understand, simply because it is in- comprehensible.

J —Is it not very dishonorable to write thus against youl opponents ?

B —What ean a fellow do when he is woreted? It is ne use to argue with thein chaps especially when they are right aunibilation is to abuse, abuse, abuse When yeu throw a lot of dirt will stick They can't held a candle te me in abusing, for I

some of if

t! ud knew by heart all ihe slang

Was Rtit aiany words in the dietionary aud mere. Besides they ive geutlemen aod will net publish vulgarities. I

habese and many will tuink reside of the questioa.

‘ shut them up that [ have the bette dgments astound me. Your ms.

J —Your acknowl is scandal

I] do? Catholies are against

id a ot progress

Bb —What can ‘ ine, Protestants despise me, Portes abominate me and Liberals won't give me half a loat What am ltodo? If L begin to manufacture wooden itmegs and hams, [ would searcely succeed. for

!

the people here are too wideawake and houeat ; i

It is @ consolation that the navigation will be open in) twe or three wonuths, and then | ean be take myself from the scene of wy preseut misery. Oh! Jim it is frightful to act against conscience.

J.—Cheer up, friend, retrace your evil ways

repent of your sing serve God according to the

Gictates of reason and Conselenea. repair the evi

which you have dene, and then may you expect

peace of Conscience.

~ Feb. 2, 1869. wae ae -<<>-

To Tne Evirot oF ‘vite EXAMINER. Mr. Eprror,— In locking over the last issue of that “ bang up” newspaper, Kediter paid a visit te our Grammar School, as

sumed the duties of School Visitor, and reports

accardi ily

What object the Progrese man” may have in view inp ifieg ap Mr, MeRae no ene here ean tell, unless he wants to contradict the official re- t ficient School Visitor, wherein he stated that the School in question was * unwor thy School, and that ir would require a Teacher with energy and tact, to resuscitate it’ This Report, I presume, wil be pubhehed in the Journals of the House of As- sembiy, and will speak for itself. The Editor telling us that he found the Teacher had thirty six pupils under his tuition. Now this mistake, or a deliberate falaehood either on the part of the Teacher or the Editor, at Lam eredibly informed by one who knows, that be never had, in any one day. that number Such an exaggerated statement ie evidently published to deceive the public and the “able meu” in authority

What confidence then can be placed in the whole production, when the firat seutenea ia in He next tells us when be entered, the class in French wasup) He does net inform ue how many were in this class, but [ believe it would not take long to count theas—the fewer the better, as their pronounciation was very deficient. lle then tells us the reading class did well, and ‘disp ayed considerable aptitude in the compie hensionof the subjects which formed their ies cons, albhough the subj ete clionen, and the style

portot our

the name of @ Grammar

begits by

Ie & QZrooss

in his school

correct,

In Wireh tney Were weitten, were much veyond comprehension What in the world does that mean?) Could youn, Mr Editer, ea reading that paragraph anywhere, tell who penned it? Is it wet exactly the style of the * Progress man” In discussing the Mducatiou Question, aud mau; ether qacsibons ?

their

Next in erder we are informed the Graminar class did very well, He does yet tavor ws with the rin thisclasseiber Whetber they knew a toun from a pronoun, a verb from an adverb. on it they eould parse, or had any Knowledge of syn tax, all we are told is they did very well Per. haps they could tell how mauy vowels and conso- Hants (aere are in the Eogleh Isngusge. The fiditter Was then shown some composition by the boys which displayed commendable advancement inthe art of conatructing the language. All I evn say to that ia, if the Composiiion Was vo better togn thatofa lecture once delivered in * Brown's Hall? in this town, by a Granimnar School Peacher, liing tot a buadred giles from: Saw merside. it was beyond the Editor's comprehension. The composition of said lecture was so faulty, and the proveunciation aud delivery so ipperteet that he

thie De

pever afterwards was called upon to appear be- |

fore the pobbe in the Capacily of a lecturer.

Next Cutbes The clase tn Geography, and the Editor appears lo be quile at home io that in- portant braneh of learning He ventures to put pizgiing questions to the pupils whieh are not to be cound ta bosks. Ttis net easy for me to tell What theae were. but frow lis well Known annex- ati ion proclivities, his * universal” love ot liberty aud his admiration of a certain country and its inhabitants, F will © grees" they would reter to that glorious eo intry aod might be as follows :—

“Tu what countyy is Bulls Ryu situated 7’

Ans.-— In Yankee town, Sir.”

“Who does Yankee town belong to?”

Ans.—* To Gen Butler and fyuch law, Sir. “Very good.” Who would Sa) a word cgainst our glorious system of Education when children

eAn auewer questions not to be found in books se |

premptly and se correctly.

Arihmetic comes last, and we are informed iuey showed coumid-rable readiness in working Ne siiple probleme Witeow you ouly three out of thgtfirty- six advanced further thay the simjppie role of three, you may consider the problens evfved in the Sumierside Grammar School trwy syppie. His concluding puff 1s so much at tgriavee with the truth, and laughed at here by those who paid their woney in this school fer aothing, that [ shall pase it aver, merely re- marking that all the advanced scholars have with drawn trom the Grammar School, and that it as ips calied the Suwmerside Iuiant Senool. The School Visitors’ Report, corroborated by the Trustees, has been before the “able wen” for mouths aud yet no remedy provided, feeling satis. fied, I suppose, that our glorious system of Edy- cation is perfect.

i vemain, Yours respectfully, ONE WiLO KNOWS.

Summerside, Feb. 2, 1eu¥.

aes feed dhs

Buyers will find a Cheap lot Grey Cottons at Farconer & Patrick’

right side on the school question ;

To preserve oueseif frou |

the Summerside Progress T see the

eS See nn — ie

rue The Examiner.

To THE EpiroR OF THE SXAMINER. peer

Sin,— Tp your last issue you did me the favor to ingert | n short letter of advice to the Roman Catholics ei Prinee Edw ard Island. In that letter 1 ne | “great pains” te prove that se long ae the Prince

of Wales College bs provided for at the — expense of Roman Catholies and ens and, so long as Reman Catholics refuse toe send) their children te that institution for ROTO TTINe, justice, entitled to an equivalent to) | ? mee ot

SPR FR RRR RN E™®

THE EDUCATION QUESTION.

Tre great question of the day is F lucation. t re. ut roth in Catholic and in Protestant countries it ey were ther ahare ot the am se spent en the Wales Callege, te be expended in the endowment wav. fee

is a battle -field, every inch of whieh has been

of St. Dunatan’s College, or many hotly disputed by contending powers. ae cular education, they saw fit —ril jeet, however, tothe saperviston of a Minister or Board of Edueation appeinted by Government, I am to see that this fa faat becoming the hands : urged on, in some Instances, by an opinion ameng all clasaes of this enlightened cow- The editor of the Patriot is, T presume, d witha far shave of comtien sense, nie | others, hy a though TE bave heard that he not particularly tnaned for political honesty or consistency, in the irene of his journal of the 29th February, apt, | 1463, he attempted to prove ‘hat the demands of | epg experience of reeent times, to forget that, co the endowment of

stipenier,

endeavored to take this matter into its own

pleased

undue desire to enlarge its influence; in TL

low sincere desire to discharge its endaa

duties and enlizhten its people. erhaps, owing to the lessons taught by

yal Tatholes in regard : a Re = , o were vot founded on justice, |! et very many years aro, the most large Sr. Duanetan 8 Conege . not ! i lace’, j § ' :

Since thatptime, however, he has, Nomuet be SUp*! minded statesman, one w ith no erastian lean-

posed. found ibat he was wrong, for he has cor | .

\ falnost wholly to abuse the Hon, W.

fined binsel

. ; ; : Hl. Pope, endeavouring to frighten Pretestants: over that rezion which belongs more to the . >} aae'e . } ak } t stan ‘ollege : . . . - with the idea that eudowing St. Dunstan's - lege, Church and family than to the State, mish ' » y justice to emuan > n other words, doing jus : ' A ie . hs C it! Les, will subjeet them to all che “horrors” easily have gone beyond his limit in thts arn cs, Wilk stil ¢ of Popish rule; and asserting Unat such endow- matter. Doubtless, however, the problem on

“noble ’

» } rolwe verthrow of our . . : meut will involve the ove the the solution of which such a

of education. So that when even common sense, yet prejudiced, editor of the | much depended was not of the State versus the Patriot tacitly ad vite that the demands of Roman

one felt that so svatem

Catholics are founded on justice, TL think all must

jadvised Roman Cathe | mass of ignorance.

agree that they are so. lies toxet on foot a petition, praying for an annual now commit themselves to the approval grantot acertai sum oi money tost. Diunstan’s College and have the name of every enlightened and unprejudiced Protestant on the Island signed | one time adopted, lee it—teria this there would be Sitile difficulty— j and present i to the Executive Counel before | ° . oe “1

the meeting of Parliament. I trust Mr. Editor,|on the solid basis of religion and liberty. that you or some other person of influence has | already taken this matter in hand, for it is bighly } important that Roman Catholies should slow that | teent they are thorougtily in earnest, and are determined vvowth. Theories which, even when they com- —as true British treemen should—to use every lfarand lawful means in their power to obtain their rigbte. Lalso take the oppertunity fe pout tury, were yet themselves but a finer growth lout the power which Roman Catholics possessed i out of that cok of forcing their rights—without breaking any law oe : fe or endangering their character as peaceful and principles more philosophical loyal subjects—should all their petitions, protesta tions, &e., after “REPEATED TRIALS,” fail. see that this latter proposition bas caused quite a disturbanee in the heart of the editur of the Patriot. Leould have wished, that since he has we the henor of devoting nearly a column and a halt of is valuable space to a review ot ay) men and ‘sallymag” editors. he bad quoted the whole of that for | am sure thatit would have created a more faverable lopression than the worthy editor would wish to imply ; and besides, have made it more public—which, above, He says that | have contrived

sary to discard, in favor of one founded more

In this, as in some other matters, the nine-

h century has been a period of intellectual bated the materialism of the eighteenth cen-

deposit, have given place to Tn the earlier part of this century, State Education was as- serted with a eynical nakeduess in several countries States, and in this Island, by ignorant states-

done

was great enough to overcome all dangers ex-

’

“ tew word communication,”

ilar

~

cept those which were caused by his own un-

all things, I desire

to cnbedy in that © singular communication” oue | confutation of the system which he had him- | with religious aTfairs.

ef the

to CONFRige a peace! hand contented COLUMBUS

realest, prettiest and best laid schemes that was ever conceived aud elaborated by the |

cuuning and restless

brain of an ambitious and

discontented politici in,” that Dhave “ drawn the sword of religious strife; and that Lam no triend of Reman Catholics,

I bey to assure the Editor of the ‘ Patriot’ Tam Napol son, p 177.) An attempt more fatal to not a politician; and [ do deelare that I wr te that ‘singular commuutecation” with a sincere desire for the promotion of por and coucord i this my native Istand—through the administration of justice } to Roman Catholics , for I cau see no other way of lallaying the present widespread dissatisfaction in jievard to Edueation which now exists in this Is- | ; ] : ‘ land. It will be remembered that Ladvised Romau | from the love of centralization, and from jea- Catholics FiKgT TO USk EVERY LAWFUL MEANS IN THEIR Power, and if they, after REPEATED TRIALS, failed, to keep their children from the common Philippe, durin the whole of his reign, wage « schools altovether Far from thinking that there wasanything very cunning in this, DL imagined that it was very plain common sense advice, and would | wlich alone could have expelled the virps of be far more eflectaal than attempting to overtirow | the Governn orany other ** wild se Roman Catholies could then look quietiy on the wonld throughout the | ¢

ive tie ihat

the}:

ultimately to the political well-being of a na-

tion could not be described in fewer words. It

was probably from less enterprising motives—

a barren war aguirst that religious education

ent heme: for | infidelity, left behind by the first French Revo- Wee) ution. He trigmphed for a time ; byt nothing the Goverumertl, bv e'umor it rautse ’

olbera

weuld Se compelled to

wmong sehooluristers- and

Island,

which 0 ducted. aud du eit bee be his triumph, No foundation for a permanent

’ enable right. woud not Homan Catholics! order of things had been laid; and a rising in he fulls justified in doing this? 1 s Usfied that i “ they would, and | believe that if i'r stants were the me tropous Was suillcient to upset the throne placed inthe sume posilan they Would do so too, 4 the mnust wury, Wul not the wisest, oft Ie roe bat in trath, P never oucht that R 1 Cutic : : | ' > : . : lives would be forced to take advantage of thiatasr) pean monarchs, But the warning was not erbulive L have too good an opinion of Protes — ; = acca iees 8 es 1 thrown away. The Repyliic, under the Presi- this to believe tiul they would long allow pacipe . } Lie anjustice to be done Reman Catheles. Taw) dents ip of the present emperor, conceded the avtistied that t youre te sincere lo their be rs . ; , . that religion which eommands to be “ justto all) Shea. qu fon tT feeedou da educallony, foi inen,”” to “do tute ottersas you would they shoul) whieh M. de Moutalembert had su long cone do wuto you,” to “* love thy neizhbor as tavectf , . ’ : é ‘ } . sei f* miei +t on to reject the ‘repested” petiiious of their * neigh- | tended, as he restored qo the Church its Syuodi-

wiaell

for justice I believe that the (img willie om they will all cordiaily unite with Roman Catholies in their efforts to obtain frou

menuta grant In aid of St Daustan’s College, and when they will be anited by the steronvest political |

lies—the bonds of equal priv Heges and self interest

cal functio-s;and ar listous education bas been

Govern. the result. It was time Sor Soverei,ns to usbind

the on!y power that could sustain order, and

to discard the policy

Aacet 4 +t br A ee tna’ my. |

s ‘ : the Dra:icah On whic! 1 Was Siti ,. v Seb. 6. 180k. i 1 he us tiing The siecle ee “derniere analyse” of education dissociated

Secoxp Avptrror’s Orrice. ) from religion, is well iPlustrated in the follow.

ing passase ofa Leller to the Right Hon S.H.

W as! i iston, LD. 4a ) i | ie . Walpole, M P,by J.C € vlquhoun, Esq. y—

January 21st, Eprrok Examiner. “Tu the broad plare of the revolutionary his Dear Sir - | . ° , ie : tory of L845, in that chaos of confusion, delu-