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RECIPROCITY—THE DRAFT TREATY

* RecrprocaAL Traber RELATIONS With TRE United Srates”’ stands first on the list of subjects for discussion by the “ Dominion Board of Trade at the meeting to be held in St. John. The Draft Treaty of Reciprocity, prepared by Brown, will What will be the

Senator

viewed. verdict of the

practical men of business who compose |

the Board? We venture to predict that it will be a verdict of condemnation. The Draft Treaty does not please the business men of any section of the Do- minion. Those vinces regard with suspicion the provi-

of the Maritime Pro-

sions by which the right of compensation for the fisheries ip. The Do- by the Treaty, required te

is given minion is, sacrifice two to five million dollars per year, for thirty years—money secured under the Treaty of Washiacton. the Maritime privilege of selling surplus products in the markets of the United States is nota

money to the amount of from

The people of

Provinces believe that the

sufficient return for this great sacrifice They Want, in the Atlantic coa

public ;

admission to sting trade of the Re this the Draft Treaty does not provide. They fully appreciate the advantages of free commercial intercourse.’’ But they contend that the Draft Treaty does not make the intercourse free; for they are still debarred

addition

and for

carrying goods from port to port of the Atlantic coast of the United States.

The feeling of a majority of the busi- ness men of these Provinces is expressed by a correspondent of the St. John Tele- graph, as follows :—

We have got to sacril several million dollars per year which we ought to have res ceived for our fisheries, and ild extensive canals by which the Americans can compete

with us for the trade of the west. It is true we need some of the canals, such as the Wel- land; we also need the Bay Verte, but the people of the United States have no right to our canals. If the question was given to the people of the States to decide, they would be im favor of it, even at a cost to themselves in» stead of to us. The trade of Canada is such that it cannot possibly be bound by a foreign nation. It will find channels for itself some- bow ; theref if we are prevented from sends ing our goo to the States, by duties, we certainly will be able to send greater quanti- ties to other countries. But the goods that

re I<

we produce are indispensible tothe people of the United States, and whether there is a Reciprocity Treaty or not our exports to that eountry must increase. Though this Treaty may benefit these Provinces, yet the advan- tages son the other side, even if we never expend one dollar to obtain therefore, my

Treaty may ountries, it is

conclusi is that though t be a mutual benetit to both mot worth the sacrifice made, ind might have been obtained at a much more reasonable price which s highly desirable as there isa deficit already in the revenue, as great pub-

yn

2 if}

doubtless, be re- | | the institution will be called upon to answer |

from |

THE EXAMINER | 008% t4k1TAnLe@) INSTITUTIONS, PRINCE 0

—_—___—

We trust that the disclosures made by

ithe Geand Jury respecting the Lunatic

Asyl am and the Poor House, will lead to a speedy and thorough reform of both these (socalled) “Charitable Institu tions.” The Province is in disgrace Let us set about Wiping off the stigma | with the least possible delay. Enough, (too much, indeed,) has been said: let something now be done. Voices of pau- pers, grovelling in filth, and maniaes suf- fering, in nakedness and the ‘horrors of underground dungeons, have reached us.

hunger,

| those voices have been heard in vain.

The Medical Superintendent and the | Keeper of the Lunatic Asylum have both, had letters published, in presentment of the Grand

we observe,

which the

| Jury respecting the Institution is char-| | acterized as an ‘‘ exaggerated ” and ,‘ one- |

sided” report ; ‘a very highly drawn ac- _ count,’ “ evidently got up with the inten- ‘tion of producing a deep sensativnal feel- ing in a community at all times noted for its credulity on the reception of exciting | intelligence.’ Guilty innocent, it | would, we think, have been much better for the Superintendent and the Keeper

or

to have remained silert until the evidence of their guilt or innocence had been | published in open court. surely suppose that the public will be more likely to believe their statements | than the statements of twenty-four respec”

‘table and disinterested gentlemen sworn | to be ** faithful and true.” Mr. Gidley’s | letter is as follows :—

To the Editor of the Examiner.

Dear Sik :—I observe that the Grand Jury, through their energetic Foreman, J. S. Cars vell, Esq., have presented a very lengthy report om the psesent state of the Lunatic Asylum, as it appeared to them on their offi- cial visit, and they want to know who the responsible parties are for what appears to them the deplorable state of the inmates

| That probably is not a question very easily | But, I pre- |

| answered, humanely speaking sume, the proper parties having charge of

| the report, at an early day, and each will have an opportunity of defending themselves I, for one, being quite ready and willing to | do so, when properly called upon; but I do

|

think it very unfortunate for this Island that | an exaggerated onessided report of any in-|

stitution should be published abroad until the investigation takes place, and the result is shown lam, Sir, your obd't servant, Ricuarp M. Giptey, Keeper. Lunatic Asylum, July t, 1874.

For the full text of “the Superintend- | He |

. have

asserts that the Asylum is not in such a

ent’s letter ’’ we bot space.

fearful condition as represented; apd he |

complains that the attendants are alto- gether too few in number,

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. NEARLY every thopghtful Christian in the Dominion wil) endorse the sentiments of the Bishop of Fredericton

man

respecting Religious Education. In a lately uttered charge, he said :-— | ‘Inthe matter of education, I fear we

have not kept pace with the reconstruction of our churcbes, and this subject calis, my brethren, for our earnest, careful, and unit- ed attention. In allour ordinary schools no religious instruction of the least practi- cal value is now given. And the general ery for non-sectarian teaching amounts to a prohibition of teaching of daily practic- al religious duty. pit certaiuly is mine) thatno child can be | rightly trained who is not taught continual- ly what he is to believe, what he is to do,

| and how he is to be enabled to do it, I think |

that you will agree with me that, unless | secular teaching be vigorously supplement-

ed by religious teaching, our children at |

large will greatly suffer. 1 go farther. I | | believe that teaching should not only be | | supplemented, but penetrated by religion;

by the controversies of sects, but sanc-

God and our neighbor, distinctly, daily and

| thoroughly taught.

| the parents and pastors must undertake this religious duty.

| set more, not less, | teaching. And what time has the pastor for it, when his duties often prevent his ef- | fectual superintendence even of the Sunday School, and he is obliged to leave the work to those who really require to be taught themselves? Children cannot be taught ef- fectually by sermons. The preacher shoots beyond them. This question goes far deep- er than qiestions of particular Governments, or even than the cry about Papists and Pro- | testants. It lies at the foundation of na- tional faith and national morality. If the faith and fear of God are not constantly | taught, mankind will believe nothing good, | and if they do not believe, they will act ac- cording to their unbelief. this nature, I cannot undertake to suggest

It cannot be possible that |

They cannot |

If it be your opinion (as |

not embitterec, as the common fallacy says, | tioned by the knowledge of our duty to | It is, I know, said that | If parents generally per- |

formed it, it appears to me that they would | value on it in school- |

| Ist Thomas LePage; |

In an address of |

'OLLEGE.

FP WALES

} The public midsummer examination of the pupils attending Prince of Wales Col | lege, took place on Wednesday last, the 8th inst. | Hodgson, (who presided) Miss Mrs. Anderson Miss Robertson, “r. Justice

There were present, Sir Robert \ieDonald,

| Peters, Hon. J, Warburton, Mr. Bannet man Warburton, B.A., Hon. John Longs worth, John Ings John LePage, Wm. Weeks. F. Beete, H. Lawson, and others

| The pupils in actual attendance, nuimber- | ed 39, of whom only nine were from the The admitted during

the past year was 5! —13 from the country.

country. number

| had scholarships. ‘Ten of those who left senior department ; two to the junior. After prayer, Anderson, Professor Lowe examined the pupils in the History of Canada in Grammar, and in the Geography and History of Great Britain and Europe, Messrs. Stewart, Easton, Gregor | and tattenbury were most conspicuous for and answers. | | ;

by Professor

j

correct ready Pros fessor Lowe read two essays—the first, by Lawrence Hartshorne, of Nova Scotia, the second by Easton, of Charlottetown Roy. alty. Both were written in a perspicuous and pleasing style. by ‘Thomas LePage, N. Rattenbury, and W. Stewart were read. Master LePage’s essay was exceedingly well written. It showed that

Essays

the writer, young as he is possesses a fine |

Master LePage stands first He is far away ahead of the Messrs Rattenbury best

| literary taste. in ten classes. | second best boys in the school W. Yeo N,

Francis Kennedy, rank second the Senior Department

clever young The showed a great Inck of ability in the art |of reading. To read well is, however, no easy matter.

Stewart, John in

are all

They

men, Examination

petitors) acquitted themselves most credits

| . . ably. The following is the PRIZE LIST: LATIN. Ist Class—Livy, Horace and Cicero, }ist Thomas LePage. Charlottetown: 2nd James Warburton, Royalty. 2nd Class—-Virgil. | Ist William Stewart, St. Peter's Road; 2nd Francis Kennedy, Brackley Point Road ; 3rd Wellington Dixon, Royalty. 3rd Class—Caesar. | Ist Nelson Rattenbury, New London; 2nd

John Longwarth, Charlottetown. LATIN COMPOSITION. | Ist Class—Thomas LePage | 2nd Class—Ist Francis Kennedy and William Stewart equal; 3rd Wellington Dixon. 3rd Class—Ist John McKinnon, Charlotte- town; 2nd Nelson Ratterbury GREEK.

ist Class—Homer.

ist Thomas LePage; 2nd James Warburton.

2nd Class—Xenophon

Ist William Stewart; 2nd Wellington Dixon.

GREEK COMPOSITION.

Ist class—Ist Thomas LePage; 2nd Francis Keunedy; 3rd James Warburton.

2nd class—Ist William Stewart; 2nd Weliing- ton Dixon; 3rd John Craig, Malpeque.

GREEK HISTORY.

Ist William Stewart; 2nd Wellington Dixon and Thomas LePage equal; 4th James Warburton,

FRENCH. Ist Class— Moliere and Composition.

Ist Thomas LePage; 2nd William Stewart.

2ud Class—Telemaque and Composition.§

Ist Wellington Dixon; 2nd John Craig and Leizh R. Gregor, Ch’town, equal.

3rd class—Ist Nelson Rattenbury ; 2ud Allen Fraser, Ch'town.

GEOMETRY. Ist Class—Conic Sections.

Ist Thomas LePage and Francis Kennedy equal; 3rd John Yeo, Ch’town.

2nd Class—Solid and

|} lst William Stewart; 2nd James Warburton; 3rd Wellington Dixon.

3rd Class—Euclid’s Elements, (Bks.,

Ist Nelson Rattenbury; 2nd John worth.

Spherical Geometry.

2 & 4.

Long-

ALGEBRA. Ist class—-Ist Thomas LePage; Kennedy; 3rd John Yeo. | 2nd class-——Ist Wellington Dixon; 2nd Johu Craig. Srd class—Ist Nelson Rattenbery ; 2nd Leigh R. Gregor.

Sth class—ist Charles Davies, Ch’town : 2nd Charles Coles ; 3rd John Longworth. TRIGONOMETR Ist Class—Spherical Trignometry.

Ist Thomas LePage; 2nd Francis Kennedy

and John Yeo, equal. 2nd Class—Plane Trignometry. Ist Wellington Dixon; 2nd William Stew- art.

Mechanics. Ist Thomas LePage; 2nd Francis Kennedy; 8rd John Yeo. ENGLISH LITERATURE. lst William Stewart: 2ud Thomas LePage, Francis ‘Kennedy and John Yeo equal. SENIOR ENGLISH—SIHAKSPEARE. 2nd Nelson Ratten- bury. SENIOR Ist Thomas LePage; 2nd Nelson Ratten-

ENGLISH COMPOSITION.

lic works ars promised and needed, and asthe | any plan of immediate action, but I desire bury. Pacitic Railway is to cost so large a svm,.” } to call your attention to this great subject. | HISTORY OF CANADA. | I beseech you not to let it drop, and I hope | 1. ii a ‘ . ve sl tte ‘ ia rd ’ Ist Class—Ist William Stewart; 2ud Nel: The merchants, wentees, ae mayemee | that this Synod will be moved to take the | Suteentoury and Wellington. Dixon, turers of the Upper Provinces, gt sti]] | matter into serious consideration.” equal. . a stronger reasons for objecting td the | eS eae Sogn Easton,Royalty ; i . ’ , . 2 ieorg gs, Ch’town. Draft Treaty. Mr. John MeDon¥Md. a} CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. | nd George ngs, _- n 2 : i GEOGRAPHY. wealthy and intelligent merchant of To- | lst Christopher Easton; 2nd George Ings.

ronto, (a supporter of the Government party in the late elections) has declared that the effects of the Treaty as published will be “To the Canadian manutacturers,

*

ruin: to the Canadian dealers, loss; to every projected manufacturing interest, stoppage ; rect taxation country, disturbince, uneasiness and un-} eertainty.”’ So satisfied is Mr. Me Donald of the Treaty’s certain evil effects, | that he says: “If the legislation of a country 1s intended for the protection and

benefit of its subjects, for the fostering

and development of its industries, this

Treaty as it now stands cannot pass.” The that

“* Having had interviews with a number

‘iontreal Witness states

of intelligent manufacturers, and been shown private correspondence of others, allof whom especially sclected from the support they had ever the party now in power, we are convinced its

we

civen to

provisions are regarded by some as threat- ening to the development of our manu- factures, and by some as utterly ruinous. Canadian manufacturers have to buy some part of their raw materials from the States in articles of which the raw ma- terial is usually thought to be wholly na- tive, as certain qualities are not produced here, or not prepared here in first stages. It is feared that the country will be swept elean of our cheap raw material by the State buyers, and no corresponding or compensating facilities given for import- ing those we require, or for manufactures; that in a word we shall not have the ad- vantages of either Free Trade or Protee— tion, but the incidental evils of both. The proposed Treaty is a very grave crisis for Canada, and its discussion should be on the platform exclusively of Canadian interests, not for the present as much as for the future.” The Mail states that “public feeling, #0 far as it is expressed by the merchants and business men generally of Toronte aud Hamilton, may be said to Le a unit

to the Canadian consumer, di- | Higgs, W. W. Clarke, Dr. Jenkins, and . : | to the entire trade of the |

| Chamber. The resignation was received. On

A special meeting of the Chamber of | | Commerce was held on Monday evening | last. Of members, there were present— | | W. E. Lawson, W. R. Watson, 1. C. Owen, | James Peake, G. W. Howlan, A. A. Me< Donald, F. T. Newbery, Artemas Lord, G. | R. Beer, D. Davies, T. Handrahan, B, W.

| P.S. MeGowan. Hon. D. Davies was called to the chair. The Secretary and Treasurer read a letter from Owen Connolly, in which

he resigned the office of President of the

motion of Hon. G. W. Howlan, seconded by W. E. Dawson, Esq., George Peake, Esq., was elected to the Presidency by an all but unanimous vote. The following gentlemen, viz.—W. E. Dawson, G. W. DeBlois, A. A. McDonald, A. Lord, B. W. Higgs and N, Rankin,—were elected arbi. trators, to whom all questions of dispute may be submitted for settlement, The Secretary read a letter from the Secretary of the Dominion Board of Trade containing directions respecting the meeting of the Board at St. John, N. B., on the 16th inst, It was decided that the Chamber should send two delegates ; and, (F. T. Newbery, one of the former delegates, having declin-~ ed the honor) the President, George Peake, Exq., and Hon. G. W. Howlan were ap- pointed, The following gentlemen were nominated a committee to manage and pre~ pare a suitable reception for the delegates comprising the Beard of Trade :—J. S, Car- vell, G. W. DeBlois, Geo. Peake, A. W. Owen, Jas. Peake R. R. Hodgson, W. R. Watson, Ff. T. Newbery, W. W. Clarke, L. H. Davies, A. A. McDonald, B. Rogers, B. W. Higgs. @. D. Longworth, W. D. Stewart.

A Special Meeting of the Chamber was held on Saturday evening; at which a subscription list was opened to raise money to defray the expense of receiving the deles gates of the Dominion Board of Trade in a

JUNIOR ENGLISH.

Ist Christopher Easton ; 2nd John Yeo, Port Hill and Lawrence Hartshorne, Nova Scotia, equal,

JUNIOR ENGLISH COMPOSITION.

Easton. ARITHMETIC. Ist Class—Ist Lawrence Hartshorne; Francis Gates, Ch'town. 2nd Class—Frederick Ings, Ch'town. WRITING. Ist Allen Fraser; 2nd George Ings,

2nd

READING. George Hazard, Stratford. MAP DRAWING Lawrence Hartshorne. ELEMENTARY CLASS.

Ist William Anderson, Ch’towa; 2nd ham Henderson, Ch'town.

Wil- MAP DRAWING. Alexander Anderson, Ci’town.

SPECIAL PRIZE. Alexander McNaughton, Ch'town.

Revorr oF REY. DonaLD McRar. HAtivax, July 3rd 1874. THE TRUSTEES AND GOVERNORS OF PRINCE oF WaLes COLLEGE. GENTLEMEN :—

I set papers in Canadian and Greek His- tory, Shakspeare and English Literature, and after examining those which were wrought by the students and transmitted to me,I have come to the followiug con- elusions:

That the paper in Canadian History was excellently well done— that the Shakspeare papers were very good, the parsing and analysis being wonderfully accurate. Le Page’s paper is first class and nearly as good as possible. In Greek History,Dixon’s paper is the first, though LePages is best in point of style. Easton's is also an excelient paper. Lepage’s paper in English literature is really remarkable for its excellence. The style is wonderfully matured, and his thinking power strikes me as of ahigh order. Stew- art is diligent, so too is Easton, whom 1 take to be a lad of good promise, if as I suppose, he is but young comparatively.

Indeed, taking a general view of the whole,

fitting manner, For thi> purpose, the Go- vernment has, we understand, granted $500. SreaMurs Scnx.—During the fate burri- eime the Canadian steamers “ Osprey’’ and *Coranthian” were sunk in the St, Laws | rence Kiver, the former by being driven on Ogden's Island, 2) miles below Ogdensburg‘ and the latter on the cascades at the foot of Beaubarnois Canal. Pa:sengers and crew

in opposition to it,’

saved,

the boys’ knowledge of these subjects, throughout, has really astonished me. They have in them the foundation, and no narrow foundation, of what ought to qualify them

| to be useful citizens. I have the honor to be,

Gentlemen, Yours most respectfuly, D, McRar. CANADIAN HISTORY. First Rank—Stewart 98- Dixon 95; Ratten- } bury 94; Kennedy. _ Second Rank—Coles ; Craig ; Easton, Davies ; Gregor.

Of those in actual attendance, only three |

College within the year belonged to the |

In reading, Masters George | { Hasaard and L. Gregor (the youngest com- |

2nd Francis | 1

Ist Lawrence Hartshorne; 2nd Christopher |

SES ST

ENGLISH LITENATURE _ LePage; Second do Dixon,

ae r< k . . First Ran Kennedy, Craig.

Yeo, Easton, Stewart, rhird Rank (yregor.

SHAKSPEARE. ove 98. Dixon, Craig, Yeo.

rir 2ank-——LePage 98, ] + ' wa aa : Stewart, Gre- Aceh a 6 gor, Rattenbury. " rhird Rank—Coles, McKinnon.

GREEK HISTORY.

Second Rank—

Dixon 96, Stewart 92, LePage.

‘irst Rank ‘ Ses Craig, Kennedy, Easton.

Second Kank—Yeo, rhird Rank— Gregor

D. McR.

Rerort or Duncan Mc! £op, Esq., B. A

SUPREME COURT.

Ow Wednesday last, the Grand Jury pres -

|ented the Keeper of the Lunatic Asylum, | Richard M. Gidley, for ill treatment and | | cruelty to four insane persons ; for supp y- ‘ing the patients with unwholesome food

\ in insufficient quantities ; for having board~

|ed the workmen of his son at the expense |

| of the Government, using food which should

his care;

have been supplied to the lunatics under

for insubordination towards the

| Judgement confessed, for the sum of $2) For the plaintiff, Mr. Shaw, for the defendant, |

| Superintendent; for confining two female |

| lunatics in acell measuring six feetsix inchs |

To THE TRUSTEES OF © RINCE OF Wales COLIWRGE GENTLEMEN { bave, during the last week, examined |

the classes in Prince of Wales College study ine Mathematics and French. The sub- ‘ects in which I set papers are the follow- | ing Mechanics one Trignometry | tae lvebra three classes,Geometry,

i

class,

two classes,A including conic sections, Spherical, and Plane three classes , classes. The classitied list given helow will vive a better idea of the results arrived | by the examinations than could be formed from any general remarks. While the papers in all the classes were exceedingly good, those of the classes in statics, conic sections

at |

Solid | and French two |

}

|

for coarse and and for

es by four feet six inches ; abusive language towards lunatics ; having prevented two Trustees of the In- "“. » Gidley has been in-

stitution, “Alexander Brown and Stewart, inspecting :t. dicted at the prosecution of the Queen for misfeasance in the execution of his office as Master of the Lunatic Asylum; true bill has been found by the Grand Jury, and he awaits his trial.

On Thursday, the Grand Jury presented

a

the Trustees of the Asylum as follows :-

and Spherical Trigonometry seem to me de- |

serving of special eredit, for though the numerical values allowed these papers are not higher than those in some of the other classes, tue questions were, from the nature of the subjects more difficult. In classify- ing the papers, the same method was adopt- ed as that of last year. The exact per centage | is given in all classes in which papers were

valued at ninety per cent. orupwards,those | over seventy-five per cent. are placed in the first rank; those under seventy-five and above tifty in the second rank, and those | below tifty in the third rank. MECHANICS—STATICS.

LePage 94, Kennedy and Yeo

First Rank equal.

SPUERICAL TRIGONOMETRY.

First Rank— LePage 95, Kennedy 93, Yeo 91.

' PLAIN TRIGONOMETRY.

First Rank— Dixon 91, Craig. Stewart;

| Second Raak—Gregor. GEOMETRY. Class 1—Coniec Seetions. First Rank—Kennedy 97, LePage and Yeo equal 2 Class 2—Spherical and Solid Geometry. First Rank equal 90;

Stewart 92, Craig Second Rank—Gregor. —Euclid.

Class 3

Kirst Rank— McKinnon 96, Rattenbury 92 Hartshorne, Longworth equal. ALGEBRA. Class 1—First Rank—LePage %0, Kennedy,

Yeo equal.

‘lass 2—First Rank— Dixon 97, Craig 6, Gregor 94, Rattenbury, Stewart, eqtal 93, McKinnon.

‘lass 3—First Rank- worth.

Rire iy

it

Davies, Coles, Li

FRENCH. Class 1 First Rank—LePage 93, ! Kennedy, equal. 2—First Rank—Craig 91,Dixon,Gregor McKinnon, Hartshorne; Second Rank— Coles, Davies, Easton

Nas iaSs

I may state that from the value of the ex-

amination papers set, and the values attain- |

ed by the students, the results above given indicate great thoroughness and accuracy on the part of the students. I am your obedient servant, Duncan McLeEop.

Report o¥ Rev’p. G. W. HopaGson, M. A. CHARLOTTETOWN, 18th June, 1874. fur TRUSTRES AND GOVERNORS Ov Prine: OF WALES COLLEG!

GENTLEMEN :-

At your request, [have conducted the class- |

ical examination at the Prince of Wales Col-

lege. I have examined two classes in Greek |

and three in Latin—the first Greek in

Homer, the second in Xenophon; the first |

Latin in Livy and Cicero, the 2nd in Virgil, the third Caesar; all in Latin and Greek composition. I enclose you the results— the numbers being the percentage of the questions correctly answered. ‘Those who

have obtained over seventy-flve per cent. |

are placed in the first rank; seventy-five and above fifty the second rank. only given in those papers valued at ninety percent. and upwards,

I am glad to see that the numbers are so high, The papers were passages for trans- lation, parsing, and some few historical

those under are placed in

|

John F. Robertson, Assignee, éc., vs.W. B. Clark Action of debt. Verdict for the plaintiff, for the sum of $148.30. For plain- tif, Mr. Davies; for defendant, Mr. Bayfleld. Connolly vs. Alex. J. McDonald:

Ower ' neat Verdict for the plaintiff for

Action for debt. Ps

‘ P $296.84. a Pca For plaintiff, Mr. Sullis van, for defendant, Mr. Jno. Longworth.

John MeNally.vs. James Mitchell. Judgs ment confessed, for 16 cts. drmages For plaintiff, Mr. Hodgson, for defendant, Mr. Longworth.

Subject to point reserv- |

Richard Y. McCoubrey vs. Jno. McDonald? }

00

McLeod.

McLeod vs. Montague Aldous, ab-

Verdict for plaintiff, for the

sum of $709.77. For plaintiff, Mr. Davies Nathan Davies vs. the Montreal, Fire In-

surance Company is proceeding.

Mr. ww; sent debtor

Francis Joseph Conroy and Bannerman

Warburton were admitted students-at-law

THE DOMINION AND ITS PROGRESS.

Sin Joun Rosk has been enlightening the 1

| gress and prospects.

| Che Grand Jory present that they have ex- | amined ali the Teustees of the Linatic Asy- | lum who reside in Chariotlelown Some of

the Trustees seem to have remonstrated against the existing state of things, while others took no interest in the Asylum, sel- dom or never visiting it

The Grand Jury regret that the Trustees were not impressed with a deeper sense of the responsibility of their position, and the importance of their duties; for had they been so impressed, the Asylum would not have fal- len into the state set forth in the presentment against the Master, nor could the books of accountand of record have been, as they are, in a state highly discreditable to all concera- ed The last entry in the record book is dated 6th January, 1874, while in the Trus-

tees Visiting Book there is no entrv from | 29th December, 1873, to May 4th, 1874. The }annual statement of accounts for the year

jending 3lst December, 1873, is certified as correct, which certificate was irregularly and improperly granted. In but during the past five years does there appear

| to have been any Audit of Accounts.

and Dixon |

The Grand Jury feel that they would fail in their duty, if they did not present the Trustees of the Asylum as deserving of the grave-t censure.

For if

oe Fellows,

d.

ind

».

On Thursday last, the Grand Jury subs |

| mitted the following presentment respect=

Stewart, |

The exact percentage is |

ing the Poor House :-— ©

The Graud Jury present that they have visited the * Poor H "aud regret to slate thatthey found itin an indifferent and un- satisfactory condition.

That while the interior of the building was on the whole creditable to the Keeper, the

j yard was in a state of great dirt and filthi-

ness. The privies—with a common entrance | for males and females—were in a most filthy | condition | The building is wholly unfit for the pur- | pose for which itis used. It is too small for | the forty-three inmates al present resident j there. Thereisno - dead-house.”” Whena | pauper dies the body is placed in the store- room until the time of its burial. There is no bath-room—a public hall or entry being used for thal purpose. The Grand Jury pre- sent that the system under which the Poor | House is conducted is wholly bad. The pau- ; pers are “farmed out” to the master or | Keeper at sixteen cents per head per day—a system Which cannot be too str ngly con demned There 1s also an utter absence of dis¢ ipline through no fault of the Master, but through | the defect in the powers given to him. It is | by nO means Uncommon for the paupers to come into Charlottetown, get drunk, and re- | main in the city for days together, and return tothe Institution in a lilthy condition. There seems to be no Head who is resnonsible for its condition. The Grand Jury do not think that the Commissioners of the Poor House j}are clothed with, consider themselves } clothed with, authority to redress the serious wrongs in connection with the Institution, | Which are obvious and greatly to be deplored

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| And the Grand Jury desire strongly to express | the hope, thal the time is not far distant when | the proper authorities will see it to be a duty incumbent upon them to provide a suitable building, with premises, for a Poor Asylum: |} and that its management shall be such that | while the poor are being properly cared for,

the Government and people of the Province

|The results show that the portions read | will know that they have properly discharged have been prepared with great care and the duty which, before all others, devolves | Upon them.

accuracy. LATIN. st Class—First Rank—LePage 96, Warbur-

ton; 2nd Class—First Rank—Kennedy |

96, Craig 96, Stewart 95

—Rattenbury, McKinnon, Hartshorne, Longworth LATIN COMPOSITION.

Ist Class—First Rank—Thomas LePage 93; 2nd Class — Stewart, Kennedy, Yeo equal; Second Rank—Warburton,Gieg- or, Dixon, Craig; 3rd Class—First

Dixon 93,Yeo | A : $2, Gregor; 3rd Class--Second Kank | pecting the Polling

Rank—Longworth, Rattenbury ; Second |

Rank—McKinnon, Hartshorne. GREEK. Class—First Rank—LePage, ton, Kennedy; 2nd Class—-First —Stewart 92, Dixon, Craig. GREEK COMPOSITION,

Ist

Rank

Warbur- |

Ist Class—Second Rank—LePage, Warbur- |

ton, Kennedy; 2nd Class—lIst Stewart 90, Dixon, Craig.

tank—

I have the honor to be, Yours most respectfully, 8. HopGsow

om.

CONCERT BY THE BLIND,

critics of Charlottetown the concert given by the pupils of the Halifax Institute for the Blind, in Y M. C. A. Hall on Friday evening last. The musie was first» The voices of four of the perform- | ers, viz., }.iss Hunter, (soprano) Miss J. C.MeNeill, (Alto) Mr. Chisholm (Tenor) ‘and Mr. Reid(Bass)were each finely marked, | Songs and chorousés were all exceedingly

well rendered. | art so near and yet so far,’ and * Il Bacio," in polished style,

THe musical

were agreeably surprised at

| class,

She showed a nice ap- preciation of the sentiment of the music. “In the Starlight,’ a very pretty duett

| song, by Miss Hunter and Miss MeNeill, was well received by the audience. An-

| other duett, ‘Music Trail,’ by Messrs. | Chisholm and Reid, was encored, (Of the | instrumental music it is impossible to speak too highly. Mr. Howard Taylor played a flute solo capitally. A violin duett, by Messrs. Taylor and Reid - ‘The

Evergreen Waltz’ —elicited‘hearty applause, ‘Two of the pupils slowly, but distinctly and correctly, read passages from the English Reader and the Bible. In finding passages of Scripture, named by several gentlemen of the audience, they manifested astonish- ing quickness. These sightless children, groping in the dark, feeling with the tips of their fingers the raised letters of their books, would put to shame many boys and girls in this Island who are blessed with ‘seeing eyes’ and a ‘priceless system of education,’ Specimens of their writing and handiwork were shown and greatly admired.

It is very evident that the Halifax + [ns stitute for the Blind’’ is doing a good work well, Lut it is much tobe regretted that it is not more largely patronized. It bas good, clean wholesome accommodation for fifty pupi's ,—there are only fifteen in at- tendance. However, it has only been es~ tablish d three years ; and there can be no doubt the sphere of its usefulness will ere long,be greatly enlarged. There are on this Island about eighty blind persons,— eight or nine of whom, at least, should be under instruction at the Institute. Mr, Fraser, Superintendent, announced that one of his objects in visiting the Island, “ is | to hunt them up.’’ We hope he may be successful,

At the conclusion of the entertainment it was announced that another of the same | description would be given atthe Y, M. C. | A. Hall this (Monday) evening, Apart

from the eloquence with which the “ sights

less orbs’’ appeal to our sym? athies,and the special intersst with they invest the pel=

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Miss Hunter sang “ Thou |

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For Self and Fellows, F <6 The following presentment was made re- Booth on Queen

Canve tt, Foreman.

Square :— The Gra Jurors of our Sovereign Lady the Queen, present that the buildlug on the Market Square, erected some years since asa Polling Booth, is there contrary to the Act 35 and 36 Victoria, Chapter 25, section 2. For Self and Fellows, J.

nal T na

S. Carnve.t, Foreman.

Carve, Foreman. |

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The following cases were disposed of by |

the Court during the past week :—

CRIMINAL CASES.

Plie Queen at the prosecution of Donald Mcintosh ry Jno. McDonald. Indicted for larveny. Verdict, Not Guilty. Attorney aud Sulicitur Geaeral for Crown prosecution;

Mr. Shaw and Mr. Ailey for prisoner.

The Queen at the prosecution of John Me- Laughlan vs. Thomas Noonan. Indictment or maliciously stabbing. Verdict, Guilty of stabbing with intent to disable. For pro- secution, Attorney and Solicitor Genaral: for prisoner, Mr Davies.

The Queen at the

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prosecution of Ewen McMillan Patrick Quinn and Edward Flannigan. Indictment for robbery, | Ver- dict, Not Guilty, For prosecution, Attorney and Solicitor General! , for prisoner Mr. Bay- field and Mr. Alley. ;

The Queen at the prosecution of James Dunn vs. Samuel Nicholson Indictment for Burglary. Verdict, Not Guilty. For prose- cution, Altorney and Solicitor General, for prisener, Mr. FitzGerald.

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CIVIL SUITS,

John R. Bourke vs. Julia McNeill. Judg- ment confessed for the promises which the suit was brought. Mr. MeLeod for plaintiff, Mr. Bayfield for defendant.

C. C. Hamilton vs. W. B. Clarke. Action of debt. Verdict for the plaintiff, the sum of $331.86. For the plaintiff, Mr. Meeod, for defendant, Mr. F. S. Longworth.

J.S. Carvell vs. Willinm R. Sheeu, an ab. sent debtor. Verdict for $909.09. For plain- tiff, Mr. Hodgson.

J S. Carvell vs. William R. Sheen, dict for $475.66. son,

A. A. McDonald vs. Wm. Hickey. Judg- meut confessed, for the sum of $38.87 For plaintiff, Mr Hodgson ; for defendant Mr. F. S. Longworth.

P. W. Hyndman vs. B. Richard. Action of debt. Verdict for the plaintiff, for the sum of $200.28. For the plaintiti, Mr McLeod, forthe defendant, Mr. Hodgson.

Geo. J. Boilian vs. Theophilus DesBrisay. Judgment confessed, for the sum of $283.43. For plaintiff, Mr. McLeod; for defendant, Mr. Hodgson.

4.8 Carvell vs. Jno. S. Alleyne. Plain- ull non-suiled. For plaintiff, Mr. McLeod, for defendant, Mr. Hodgson.