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FA Oe, HOUSE OF SSAEMBLY. Pripay, April 16. The bil! to establish a polling divisicn at Summe; side was agreed to When in Committes on the amerdment of the Election Law, touching the propriety o! giving the a of Summerside a polling division, lon. Mr. Davies took occasion to remark on the question of qualification o! members of the House of Assembly, and said that many were of the opinion that the £50 qualification was altogether uncalled for Men of talent and high attainments whose services might.be of great importance to the County were deprived of a seat in the Douse, simply because they did not choose to invest £50 in a piece of land, end therefore the country were deprived of the services of the est minds of the colony. Again, men en. «aged in trade and mercantile pursuitsmight, by misf rtune, be placed in circumstances that would deprive them of their scats, how- ever matere their judgment and practical their- knowledge, yet Decause a man may meet with losses depriving him of bis landed pro perty, bo is thereby, in tho eye of the law,

Geprived of bis ability to represest his cor. |

stituents

Hon Attorney General coincided to some extent with the remarks made by the hon member Mr Davies. The standard of the Upyer House did not appear to be deterior ated though no landed qualification was re- quired ir the composition of that-body. The people eliould be the soie judges of the quali fication of their representative, and therefore he could see no reason why the £50 qualifica- tion might not be abolished. Men jn exten tive busi iess and holding a large interest in the trade of the county and paying annual rents to the amount of £100 and upwards, were deprived of the privilege of representing & constituency simply because they do no-.not hold a small interest in a plot of ground.

Hon Mr Haviland said that questions such as the one under consideration shculd be taker. up by te Government. When the sutioet would come properly before tha House he would b> prepared to express his views. In the House of Commons the qualification of snewnbere was wbolished, and ax the land ques- tion hatchet was about to be buried, the hon member for Belfast (Mr. Davies) mipht get the Government to bring down a bill to abolish the qualification of members ia that Jicuse.

dion Me Davies said that he had not yet moade up his mind to bury the hatchet on the land question. daring touching tion, 3

the recess and ascertain their views

uch yetremained to be accor plished hefore the whole proprietory system could be rooted out, and how cou'd it be eaid that the | hatehet was buried until the cause of the trouble was finally abolished. Hon Mr Laird —The bill now before the Committee was a mere local matter, and did! not affect any question of miment But the qualitice ‘ions of mombers and ihe disfranche. | sing of property voters in districts in which | such yo:ers did not reside were matters of | vital importance ard well merited the delib- | erations of the Legislature. Livose in Committee on the Despatches and | Correspondence relating to Reciprocal Free | Trade with the United States Hon Attorney Genera! reviewed the whole} eorrespondence on the subject, and contended! that the !ocal Government had not excecded | their authority in their negotiations with | the Cony ressional Committee of the United! States. The sole object of that Committee| was to obtain correct information on the sub-! geet cf Fiee Trade. It was we!l known to all! partics that the Fisheries were not within the! Jurisdiction of the local Government. If ever | there was a Colony that had exceptional | claims, aod cn behalf of whcse people effurts | should be made to rectify to some extent | wrongs infl cted on them, it was the Colony and pecrle of P. E. Isiand. The British Government might well concede to us the privilege of our own Fisheries, to compensate for the marner in which we were wronged | because of the epoliation of our lands. We} were, he said, allowed by the British Goy-! ernment to grant Fishing Licences to Ameri can Piehcrmen, by which we realized but a} very smell sum, and yet t!ey persistently | denied es the right to receize thousands of | pounds through our Fisheries, because of | red tapeiaim. He could not i: any way ap-| preciate the decision of the Lome Office in! regard to the restrictive policy displayed in she despatches under consideration, Hon Mr Haviland regretted that the Gov-|

the Gevernment policy on that ques-|

to the people of this Colony, of a renewal of

for admivsion at n‘ght but was refused. Ile, however. resolyed that if the inmates refused to open the door, he would at least disturb their repose, and therefore, he kept hammer- ing away at the door ontil they were glad to give him admittance. On the same princ'p ¢ was the hon. member resolved to act with the Hlome Office. It was evident, however, that Reciprocitys'f obtained must be general, and not exceptional ; and that, therefore, our interests with the sister Colonies on that question were identical.

Se She oe mee f JEGISLATIVE SUMMARY. have placed t)is Island was anparalleled in

the history 6f any Colony. He, Mr. Bell. then suggested the propricty of fourwardin, a remonstrance t) the cme Offie:, before the close of the Session, setiing forth the em barraseed and crippled state of the Island fo want of that market for our productions which the States offered to us.

Mr Reilly remarked on the extraordinary policy of the British Government relative t« the question of our Fisheries, They dep ivec the people of the Island of the incalculable ‘advantages which tle control of those} Mr. Breeken could not see what good Fisheries would be to them, and yet allowed | result could follow the adoptio » of a Resota- licenses to be granted to American vessels, and | tion on whieh ‘no action could be taken for a paltry eum,gave them free access to our | during the Session, and in regard to which waters. ae cane did mot eppear disposed to

Hon Mr Tlowlan sa:d it was very evident | take apy steps. that the policy of the British Gererumess | fico. Mr. Howlan said that at that tate was to get rid of her Colonies, and referred | period of the Session, po action could be to the withdrawa! of tho troops in proof of | taken further than to record the Resolution his views. The policy which Enzland had) - an expression of opinion on the part of the adopted towards her Cotonies was wrong. | House. : ie te n reviewed the trade relations emmaan lion. Mr. Haviland said that if the hon. the United Statee and this Island, nectar ot the Government (Mr. Howlan) the wast advantages that wauld follow | believed that he could have a seperate treaty, Reciprocity. he was placing himself mm an unenviable

lion Mr Davies raviowed the despatches on | position by pocketing the indignity heaped the question of Free Trade, and censured the |upon the Government, of which he was a leourse pursued by Lieutenant Gevernor| member, by the despatches before the House | Dundas relative to those despatches. The| Mr. Dell's Resolution was the pearried and | proceedinzs which took place between the| reported adopted. : Government of this Island and the Congres-| Proceedings were then brought to a close, stonal Committee never went further than to|and the Legislature was prorogued by the give and receive information on those impor. | Speech from Sir Jiobert Hodgson, Knight, ‘tant questions affecting our trade relations. | Administrator of the Goverument. | It was never intended to enter into any ne-| A. MeNeicu, Reporter

gotiations with a foreign power againet con- | titutional principles. The despatches on that (head, therefore, uttered scntiments which | FR | were uncalled-for, and not founded on the | | facts of the case. The gent'emen who com- | j posed the Copgrestsonal Committee knew eee position toa well to attempt any nego | 4, Tuesday evening, 16th uit, by a sudden tintions coutrary to just pringiples, and not | earthquake. Shutters were seen flying iu | pieces, windows smashed, and a terrible ex | fact that their Report had been adop*ed by | plosion was heard. I: appears that M. Vernon the Government of their country wis prool | joy tainc, manufacturer of chemical preducts, lof its correctness and the value placed on jjj.j,% jn the Place de la Sorbonne, has invent their labors by the authorities of that great, .4 . aon powJer for marise torpedoes, which | nation, He urged the propriety of still ad-| yon for him the eroas of the Legion of Honor. } hering to the our demands, until they were) 4 parrel containing bichrate of potassium, obtained. : iwhich is one of the component parts of the Sarunvay, April l7. | newly discove ed powder, nad been that morn- | cnsiderable business of a routine nature | ing deposited at ihe house in question, to be | wag t:unsacted and several bills read a third | jo-warded by last night’s train to Toulon. One time and passed Conferences were held with | of the workmen, wishing to carry home a | the Legislatiwe Council en the bill to provide | specimen of this bichrate of potassium, took a | for the inspection of Petroleum and Coal O11, | .y4)) portion ont of the bartel, aud let a fen

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The Quartier des Ecoles in Paris was startled ;

LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH, FROM EUROPE. —am Paris, April 15,

The.Paris Presse rewepaper says that the re- jection of the Alabama Claims Treaty by the, United States Senate will be the cause of great. prejudice to the United States in Europe —

London, April 15.

It is reported that Gen. Primm wl go out to Cuba as Captain General, accompanied by large reinforcements of troops for the surpressjon of the

insurrection, London, April 16th

In the House of Commons last night,in accord ance with netice previously given, Mr. Gladstone woved that the House go into committee on the bill for the disestablishment of the Jrish Church

Mr. Newdegate, Conservative member for North Warwickshire, moved as an amendment that the House go into committee on the bill six months from the present day. Jhis motion wae equivalent to an indefinate postponement. A lively diseuesion followed, during which Mr. Aytoun, member for Kirkaldy, created asensation by declaring his objections to the clause in the bill which provjded for Maynooth College, Mr. Aytoun js a Liberal, and ypted with the majority on the division on March 23rd, when the bill passed to its second reading. dis declaration ‘was followed by a scene of great excitement in the House. The opposition cheered repeatedly, and counter cheers and other interruptions came from the Ministerial benches, When Mr. Aytouv ended his remarks, the confusion subsided, and the debate was resumed, Moet of the speeches were made by the minor mewbers of the opposi- tion. At the end of this discussion, which lasted six hours, Mr. Gladstone ruse and said due eare would be given by the Government to the terms of the provision made for Maynooth College. He attributed much of the Opposition to the bill to the power of the clergy in Ireland. That power tad been built up by the old policy of Mngland, which has lately been partially reversed, and was now ebout to be finally and completely abaudon- ed. He concluded by saying that the success of the bill was net a question of party but ef justice.

Mr. Disraeli followed. He disapproved of a division on Mr. Newdegate’s motion fur postpone ment, and said he was anxious to ge into com- mittee on the bill with the following result :— For the wotion 355, ngainst 229: majority 126 Che House then formatly weat into commitice on the bill and adjourned.

London, April 17th.

The debate in the House of Commons on the Irish Church Bill wae resumed last evening. Mr. Disraeli moved tu omst the following clause from the Bull:

The Examiner.

Charlottetown, April 26, 1869.

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THE SCHGOL QUESTION. —

A great deal of irrelevant matter has been published, from time to time, in the columns of the Patriot on the School Question. Very often our patience has been sevérely tried in wading through ¢be stuff which finds its way into that paper upon this subject, The re- monstrances, as to the injustice of the School System to the Catholie population, are treated

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with contempt. What they really week is wilfully misrepresented, and the ery of ‘< Catholic aggression '* is raised, until people begin to imagine that there is some truth in the shibboleth. We know, however, that the sacred name cf justice has been often invoked to cloak the most grievous’ wrong, and the

justness of the operation of the present School system to the Catholic portion of the popuia- We iake Charlottetown and Royalty for The result of our investiga- tion is the following iable of figures, to which

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* On and after the Jet day of January, 1871, | the said union created by an Act of Parliament | between the Churches of England and Lreland |

| which ended in ‘osing the biil. particies of it fall on the ground, and by ae | Hon. Mr. Kellz called attention to the | ms varticles alone, but to the whole barrel. | The explosion was frightlul. The earth shook, } sion, as they were Lot now prepared with |; neighbouring houses tottered, the foot} theirreport. The Committee w as accordingly assengers were thrown On their faces, and in| al'owed to” stand over till next Session. Ile the Place de la Sorbonne alone 5,000 panes (Hon Mr Kelly) entered into the question of | were shivered to powder. The first aud second Lawyer’s Fees and pointed cut what he 30D | floors of M. Fontaine’s house were torn open, sidered extravagent churges 10 Certain cases [44g men and women, ivhabitants of these | ie urged the necessity of revising and amend |g yors, Were precipitated into the flames. The! ing the Fee Act, with the view of establishing | gtaircuse caught fire, and suing stench pre- | fixed charges, and said that in the other Colo vented a!l access to the incandescent voleano. | nies and in England the fees of the Courts 'In a marvelously short time a detachment of | and Attorn:es were regulated by statute. _ |the fire brigade, headed by their trumpeters, | After a few remarks from the Hon Att’y | g:rived at their pas de vew7se, and ia one balf| General and Hon. Mr, Haviiand the subject | jour the fire was extinguished. But what a was dropped. jscene! ‘Trupks of human bodies, arms and} House adjourned. ezs, and fragments of smoking flesh are found | Monpay, April 19. | lite: aliy reduced to powder ; the conciergo was | Tlonee in Committee resumed consideration | fattened against the wall, <A tavern keeper of Despatches. : land his wife were crushed between two brick | Mr. Bell again addressed the Committee | partitions. M. Fontaine's son is missing ; but; and entered very fully into the question of, ina room on the thud floor of an opposite} Free Trade, showing the peculiar hardships | house have been found shreds of flesh and por which the Colony must continue to endare | tions of the vertebra ef a human body which until Free Trade ts obtained He they sub-| are supposed to be the remains of this untor- miited a Resolution to the effect jtunate victim. The workmen who took the That when the late Reciprocity Treaty | snail portion of bichrate from the barrel was with the United States of America was in| biown to atoms. Que man appears to have operation, this Island prospered at grate pre been guillotined, his head cia deen blown viously upparatieled in its history, and that | off to a tremendous distance. Of his clothes for a conttpuance of that prosperity and for | there remain the fragments of a knitted shirt, the due development of its resuurccs, {rge ge- | on which are initials, Seven bodies have as cess to the large apd near market which the| yet only Leen discovéred. Two, so utterly United Scates affords, is an absolute necessity. | mutilated that they cannot be recoguiged, are That by the recent action of the Congress of | deposited at the Morgue. All the neighboring the United States, and the visit of the Con. | hospitals are crowded by the wounded, The gressional Committee to the Island in Septem-! numbers are not yet ascertained, ber last, 2-reasonable prospect Wag allurded |

ove |} fallen | i subject of Lawyers’ Fees to report next See.

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Free Trade relations with that great country. That it appeared from despatches received by | liis Licnor the Admuuistrator of the Gcvero ment from Lier Maj-sty's Principal ceereeey | There are no imminent signs of a war on the for the. Ocignies, tant she a ap rahe ri uropean Couticent, but war rumors prevail, tereon: 60 between the ace Me ge land the eonviction exists in some quarters that tee acd the Local Governauy - _ ~, (the inevitable struggle cannot be very much together mirunderetoud by the Imperial | longer postponed. Recent intelligenen ting-it autheritice. The said Government being - : 2

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ll) aware that neither in it, nor in the

eroment had postponed the debate on the) we Deepatehes until that late stage of the Ses-| Committee with which its members had com- sioa. fie, however, entered very fully into| munigation, was vested the power of entering the question of Free Trade Frinciples of) into separate and independant negotiations; which he hed always been, he eaid, a/that intercourse being, in fact, wholly in- strenuous advocate. Ile reviewed she origin! format, and held solely for the parpose of and proprees of the old Treaty, and the vast! receiving and imparting in‘ormaticn; and advantare that treaty had been to tle Colony. | that Ler Majesty’s Loyal subjects in this Is- What the real cause of abolishing that treaty | land, believing that no injury would be dove was, bac’ never been clearly manifesied, and| to their interests nor to the interests of the was only to be found in the archives of Con- | surrounding Colonies by the extension of xrees. Some were of the opinion that Co | Fishing privileges to American citizens, and jonial sympathy with the Southern States! kuowirg also, that the insigo ficant revenue dering the late war had some effect, others| devived irom fishing licenses is altogether un the escaye of the Alabama and her prey on| worthy of corsideration, when compared with ‘Americen commerce, and some suid that it| the isamense advantages to be derived from

was intended to starve us into annezation | free trade with the United Siates, und con- |

The abrogation of the treaty, was at all| sider themselves hardly dealt with, when so events, the action of the American Congress, small a favor for the lwperial Government to and not ‘hat of Englaod or her Colonies. The| grant, but so great boon for them to receive. benefits derived from free trede relutions dur | as the concession to the Local Gozerament ang the treaty were reciprocal and mutual.| of the power to grant fishing licenses to When the Americans discovered that the! American citizens at a nominal price, is denic

that war preparations are being vigorously | prosecuted by both France and Prussia. Spain | has offered the crown to Don Ferdinand ct ' Portugal, the father of the reigning King of that country, but the offer has been politely rejected. Montpensier, the brother in-law of !ex-Qu_en Isabella aud son of the late Louis | Phillipe, is likely now to be the future King of |Spain. Montpensier on the Spanish throne |must be a bugbear te Louis Napoleon. But what can he do? Jtaly is divided in its desire for an alliance with its two most poweriul | neighbors — one party preferring France, | another party preferring Austria. The difli- | culty will be all the more easily solved if in the }event of war breaking out between Prance and | Piussia, France and Austria should be found | hand in hand, <A troublesome question has i broken cut in Belgium. The advice of the | British Government has been instrumental in | preventing hostilities. The question as between Selzium and France ia to be submitted to a | Joint Commission representing beth countries.

Wolonies, instead of being starved into annex. |

cos - . a d| There is every reason to believe that the difti-

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shall be disselved, and the Church of Ireland |

to be Established dy Law.”

Mr. Disraeli supported his prepositon in a speech of considerable length,contending that the above clause destroyed the supremacy of tke Crown, and placed the Church at a disadvantage. |

Sir Robert J Colher aud Sir Reundell Palmer | spoke in opposition to the amendment

Mr. Gladstone also mad» a speech against the | ameudment. He traversed the statements made | by Disvaei. He thought, notwithstanding this | clause, that the supremacy of the Crown would | continue to exist, but in an altered form. If this | amendment were successful, it would absolutely destoy the Bill. The union of the churehes | would continue, but that union must net be en- toreed by Parliamentary bonds.

Mr Disraeli replied. He admitted that his in-}

tention was to aim a mortal blow at the Bill, but

the motion were accepted the Governmeat |

1200 yads distance. A washerwoman was} yculd still eontinue their disendowment poliey. | the School Question presents itself to us in

Tbe House decided en Mr. Disraeli’s motion | 221; against 344. Government | wajority } 2s | The result was received with tremendous cheers by the Liberals. Conse!s closed 934: U. 8. bonds 8:3; Liver puol markets unchanged. London, April 19. |

In the House of Commons this evening, the cousideration of the Bill for the disestabliehment | of the Irish Chureh was.resumed in Committee. | On amendment postponing the time at which the Bill should go into effect, until 1872, it was leat | by the following vete: for the amendment, 194; / against it 301; Government majority, 107. The | clause disqualifying Bishops of the Lrish Chureh | from sitting in the House of Lords was amend- ed, to allow prelates, appointed previous to the passage of the Bill, to retain their titles aud rights | of precedence for life, was then agreed to, London, April 20. Acceunts which go to prove the safety of Dr. Livingstone, the celebrated African traveller, | : whese Tate 8 much uncertainty }

wempecd ig . has) prevailed recently, bag juat bean receiver tis) city. It is reported to-day that Dr, Livingstone | left Zanzibar, eastera Africa, in January last, for | England and that he wouid go overland to Cairo, |

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Egypt. London, April 20, | The French Government refuses to modify its opinions as to what subjects shall be submitted for discussion at the Coufereucs of France and

Belgium.

FROM CANADA.

Ottawa, Apnil 16.

Buckley was to-day put on trial at the assizes for complicity in the MeGee murder. The evi | dence being beard, J.N- Cameron, who defeuded, argued that there was not sufficient proof to! justify putting the cause in the hands of the Jury. | fhe Court decided that the evidence was not! sufficiert,and summarily discharged the prisoner. | Buckley went bome with his wife, followed by a crowd of sympathizers, Iie has been recently | supposed tu be partly insane, but seemed all right | when liberated.

Arichat, C. B., April 20. On Isle Madame the majority fur LeVesconte is one bundred and eighty. Other districts, except St. Peters, are suppoa- ed to favor bun. Nine districts nog reported. election certain,

LeVesconte’s |

Ottawa, April 19. Kinselia and Doyle, charged with being acces- sories to the McGve murder, were brought up at the Assizes to-day, and a jury was empanielled,

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There are one or two omissions in the fore- going table, but they do not materially alter | the state of the case. Jt will be seen, that |

li id see | \ lcideutally treading on it set on fire not to the; hereinafter referred to, as said Church shall cease | for educating 528 Protestant children. in Char @ Would See his Consiituents; necessity of allowing the Committee on the | e

lottetown and Royalty, the State pays tue sum of | £1914 4s ]Gjd,or about £3 12s per head. In the same division, there are educated 792 Catholic children, whose education cost ihe State £484 17s Gd, or about 12s Gd per head. Thus, the Protestant children cost the State about £3 per head more than the Cuthelic. This, ac- cording to the Putriot, is justice; but mght thinking men of all shades of opinion will be apt to differ from that paper in iis estimate of what fair play and justice means, especially when they consider that Catholics pay near'y one half the schocl fund of the Colony. Here

unothar phase. Any person who takes the trouble to examine the figures given above, will perceive that the Bishop educates 475 children, principa'ly at his own cost, and besides doing this, he has erected school houses and coljeses which are a credit to the Colony. His object has been to do everything in the best manner possible. Let Mr. Laird go in

spect the Bishops schools, with their complete accomodations for scholars, and contrast them with the miserable arrangements in most of the Government schools, and we are sure he will not persist in his opposition to the grant ef a small sum of money in aid of institutions which are acknowledged on all aides, to be dviag a vast amount of good. Jn no other country in the world, we believe, would the State refuse to. recognize the claims of a geutleman who has made euch sacrifiees in the cause of Education. In fact he would be en- couraged, instead of being abused and mis- represented, as is the case in this Colony. When it is known that there are hundreds of individuals who will not send their children to schools where seligion is not taught, and that the State refuses to provide for the educational wants of such persons, think the blic will say that the Patriot, instead of thwart'ng the designs of a gentleman who devotes his time and energies towards supply- ing the deficiency, ought tvencourage him. We ksow there is in this Colony a small clique, whose motto is opposition to Catholic claims,

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and that David Laird is its mouthpiece ; but if we can only convince the yeneral public that the Patriot distorts and misrepresents the facts of the case,we shall have accomplished a great Truth must prevail in the end, and those who new delight in opposing the benevolent designs of the Bishop may live to see the error of their ways.

The Prince of Wales College haz 39 pupils,

ithem; seeing, as they do, that the useless ation, @ group of them confederated, and also | and disregarded restrictions on the coast

obtained remunerative markets elsewhere. tu| fisheries, are the sole obstacle to unrestricted |

some extent, the Congress, and a portico!

sy ee and do not think it necessary to

@f the American press, began to talk of a newal of trade relations As to the Uon- Beeeio. Committee appointed by a vote of 6 Hovse of Representatives of the United States, and who visited the Colony last mutuam, he would only remark that the membete of that Committee were not vested with @n7 constitutional power to originate | any terms for {ree trade, und for that reason he stoo! gloof from the proceedirgs whieh | took ploc@ during their stay on the Island And because of the course which he then thought proper to adopt, knowing as be did) ghat wich the President and Senate of the! United States alone must rest, constitutional-| jy, treaty making power, he was abused by editoria) and other articles. both through the columns of the Queen’s Printer’s paper and other periodicals, wherein it had been stated that the new administration in England, with a Mr Bright among them, would con- cede to ‘he wishes of our Government on the — of an exceptivnal treaty, but time had shown that the Gladstone Government adopted the eame = as their predecessors on the question. He then proceeded to point out the heavy taxation of the United States in comparison with our taxes, and also their public debt. Our system of Government was poorer and less liable to corruption than that of ‘he United States, Annexation news papers io this Island might attempt to poison the mic ds of the people, but they would not succeed. Our Fisheries were the common property of all the Colonies, and any treaty which may take place must be participated in by a)i the Colonies in common, and it was folly in the extreme to suppose that any ex ceptional or speciagi terms would be granted this Islond apart from the other Colonies. He was, however, as much in favor of free trade as the Hon Attorney General, but dif- ferred ss to the mode of obtaining that desitrab «end. He would eupport any con-

might adopt for the advancement of the flearest ojerests of the country.

Mr Le!l epoke of the deep interest involved in the question of free trale with the United States, the want of which was the greatest possibiv: loss to his constituents und, ia tact, fo alltiecountry. The British Government would neither the Fisheries, nor al- Jow the Colonies to enter into negotiations ' img them. It is well known that our

¢9 are not sufficiently protected, and ‘Arnerican Fishermen fish every day in

f. The'tdey of Bertish Sowol War oe en-of War goustin,; round caine keep the Ameri-

of & mere fyree. The stringent

Home Offic» towards the Isiard calculated to sup The bumiliating

commercial intercourse between them and the United States, and the great barr.er to |

their prosperity as a people ;

Therefore, Resolved, Thes the House of Assembly in taking into consideration the Despatches from Lis Lordship Eari Granyille, wherein is conveyed the decision of Her Majesty's Government, to the cffect that they are not prepared at the present moment to take any steps in eonsequence of the Report of the Executive Council, trust that Ler Majesty's Government will adopt such meusures as will ensure to this Island the benefits of free trade with the United States, even if the same cannot be secured for Her Majesty's other British North American Ehaiie.

lion Mr Davies supposted Mr Boll's Resolu- tion in which be said was involged the most unportant question of the whole session.

Hie Honor the Speaker regretted that the question had not been taken up at an earlier stage in the Session. It was pow too late to take action on a question of such vital im- portance and magnitude.

Hoa Mr Hayiland said a great many ques- tions would bave to be ventilated before legislative action eould be taken on the R«so- lution just gubmitted. Ile would, therefore, submit an ameudment to eaid Resolution to the effect that,

Whereas Reciprecal Free Trade with the United Statee, and the privilege of American citizens to fish on the coasts of thie Island, involve rights jn which the Imperial Govern- ment as well ae our sisier Colonies have certain interests, cod as Lord Gragville has declared in a Despatch to the Administrator of the Government, baring date the 13th day of March, 1869, that Lier Majesty's Lmperial Government are not prepared ut the pregent moment to take any steps, in consequence of the report of the Executive Coungii ; but that if, however, in due course of time, there should be # possibility of a general arranze- ment between the United States and the American Colonies, the sugzestions contained in the Report will be borne in mind by Her Majesty s Imperial Government.

Resolved, therefore, that it is inexpedient with this information before us, to take any further proceedings upon the said question of the Fisheries and Reciprecal Trade with the United States during the present Session.

Hon. Att'y. General regretted that it was now too late to entertain the question. He wae led to believe that the Legislative Couneil would bave entertained the question at aneerlier period of the Seesion. That lordiy body were not overworked and might have given their attention to the subjcat at a preper time. .

Ir. Jenkins said that the indefatigible

exertions of the hon. member (Mr. Bel!) re- minded him of the course he was led to | ursue

petition im which ‘the British Goveroment

at the door of a certain hotel where he rapped

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culty will be amicably settled. If the Com- | mission should not succeed the presumption is that Prussian and French soldiers will meet on those identical fields which proved so dis- astrous tothe first Empire. I|tis a question of world-wide interest how Great Britian woyld act in the event of such a war breaking out. There are but a few who have got it into their heads that no prevocation will indgce Great Britain to embark in a Earopean war. There! can be no greater mistake. The kingdom of

Belgium is ot England's own creation. ‘To its maintenance England is pledged. To allow

France, would forever dishonor England in the estimation of the nations. England iu the field, how would Russiaact? It would, indeed, be very difficult for that Power to stand alocf

She has large schemes of her own, and the time might seem opportune for pushing them. War between France and Prussia, whatever the cause, could scarcely fail to lead to a general sSuropean war. We are by no means sanguine that an actual casus belli has yet presented itself; but whon the combatants are fully prepared. a cause of war will not be diffi- cult to fiad. If we have not soon a general disarmamert, wer cannot much longer be deferred, but we hope that the councils of peace will prevail.

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OWNERS OF HORSES. CUT THIS OUT! AND KEEP IT:

Lewis A. Phillips, of Providence, R. I., writes as follows:

Messrs. Perry Davis & Son.— Gents: 1 have fer many years used your valuable medicine, the Pain- Kitcer, on wy horses, and can testify to its effi- cacy in curing Galle, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Cramps, Weak Joints, Rheumatism, Swellings, Colic, &c., &é. I have bad over forty horses in constant use, in the omnibus business, and have never known it to fail in any cage where I have used it. LEWIS A. PHILIPS.

Read the following letter received from Dr. Deal, of Bowersville, 0, who isa Veterinary Surgeon of great skill;

I have given Perry Davis’ Pain-Kituer in many cases of colic, cramp and dysentary in horses, and never knew it fal to cure in a single instance. T look upon it as a certain remedy. br. JOHN Rk. DEAL.

Pain-Kiiver is equally good for Man or Beast and ne farmer should be without it a single hour.

Sold by all Drugyists and Medicine Dealers at 25 and 50 cts per bottle.

PERRY DAVIS & SON, Proprietors, Montreal, P. Q. W. BR. WATSON, whole sale agent. Charlottetows, Apri 15.

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Oppression after eating, headache, and nervous debility, are the effects of indigestion. Ove, or two at most, of “Parsons’ Purgative Pills will give immediate relief.

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“Johnson’s Anedyoe Liniment’’ may be ad

not one ef whois a Catholic. Each one costs

when the Crown Prosecutor suid the evidence “ 4 against them was too weas to warrant his pro- | the State, annually, for his education £21 1s.

ceeding further gud the judge ordered their ac. Ojd. St. Danstan’s College has 52 pupils,

quittal } Waterloo, April 20. | Near'y all the dams on the courses of Grand | River ave giving outto-day. Those at St Jacub’s, Brestgon, Waterloo, Bridgeport and Hollin were swept away, aud othera are expected to go to- night. Two bridges and one house, a sidewalk, aud fences, in this place tiave yielded to the floud. A man named Henderson, at Hollia, while en- deavoring to save his dam wae carried away by the flood gales aud drowned. Large quantities of provisiuns in cellars are destroyed. The damage to property in this section of the country is yery great, : Montreal, April 10. The ice bas moved ont of the Chataguay River and Lake St Louis. The St. Lawrence River | rose from 30 feet on Saturday te 42 feet to-day. The lower part of Griffintown is flooded, and | much distress is auticipgted, Guelph, April 19. The heavy rain of Sunday night has swollen the river Speed and its tributaries to an unpre- cedented height. Seven or eight mill dams have

been swept away. Dundas, April 19. This district of country is completely inundated A large amount of property bas been destroyed.

Mitchell, April 19.

A fire in the business portion of this town esterday, destroyed property to the value of $600,000, partly covered by insurance.

A terrific rain storm prevailed on Sunday night throughout the country, damage to property very great.

CUBA,

Wiliiam J. Valiente, General Agent of the | Cuban Revolutionary Junta, at New York, gab-| lishes an address to the people of the United | States,in which be eays that the Cuban liberating army bas been gredually increasing, uotwith- standing the losses consequent upon a steady campaign, and now cowprises some 42,000 men under General C. M. Cespedes, who is the Com- wauder-in-Chief of that army, aud the bead of a Republican Government, duly established within the lines of the Liberators. Their lives run in a westerly direction from the eastern eud of the Island to Sagua la Grande, without reaching the seaboard either on the north or south, fer want of the requisite armament to hold it; but the terri- tory peinted eut is nearly two-thirds of the area of Cuba, in which slavery bas been abolished and in which the Spameh control only the ground where they are kept at bay. This has been dong by the patriots in ¢ comparatively short space of time, which leads to the belief that had they beeu tulerably supplied with war materials their Gov- ernment would now also cever the remainder of the Island.

Dr. Morses Inpian Root Pitts.—Before them all diseases amrrender, Get our Almanac and read the information therein of their discovery and effects. Sold by all dealers.

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Jupson’s PILLs —We give you in thie Medicine the result of a lifetime of Study and Trial, before

ministered to children with perfect success, in cases of croup, wbooping-cough, influenza, and alwost any of the diseases to which they arp liable

this Medicine ali others are but Nostruams. We ask you to use them because we know their virtues. Trial is the touchstone by which to prove them

several of whom are Protestanta, yet the State does not contribute one farthing towards their education. Any one who is acquainted with the character of the education imparted in the two Colleges, does not hesitate to say that St. Dunstan's ts equal, at least, to the Prince of Wales. All impartial persons agree, too, that a Colleze like St. Dunstan’s, in which a first rate education can be had, ought to be liberal- ly subsidised by the Government, It is well known that many persons send their sons there to be educated, in preference to the Govern- ment College, which is subsidized to the tune of £361 2s. 4d. annually. We ask the public is it fair or just that, so long as the State recognizes the necessity tor a collegiate educa- cation, the Prince of Wales College should be handsomely supported from funds contributed by Catholics and Protestants, whilst Saint Dunstan's College is denied all Government aid? We believe all reasonable persons will sav, that this is neither fair nor just, and that they will render assistance at the proper time, to remcve what Catholics feel to be gross injustice. It is useless to reasou with the Patriot, or to expect trath or fair play from an organ wkich is bound hand and fvot, body and soul, to the chariot whee!s of intoler- ance and proscription; but we cannot allow the bold assertion to pass unchallenged, that : ‘* What they (the Catholics) want is separate schools~a completely distinct system for edu- cating Roman Catholics; nothing less will satisfy them.’? What Catholics, speaking through their Bishop, seek, is stated in his Memorial, which reads follows :—