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In the House of'Assembfy, ~- - \ Thursday, JIM-ch 16th, 1840.

HE following Report of the Special Committee ap- pointed last session, to acquire information during the recess, touching Inch amendments as it may be expedient to make to the Act for ihe encouragement and support of District and‘ other Schools, was ordered to be printed as an Appendix to the Journals; and also

published once in each of the Nevﬂpnpen ofthil Island.

By the House, WILLIAM CULLEN,Cletk.

The Committee submit, that the Act should authorize .the assessment of persons not subscribing to any school within three miles of their residence, and having a child or children betwixt the ages of six and eighteen. This A assessmeutjo be impased by the Trustees of any School distant not more than one mile and one quarter from such non-subscribers,- and in no case to exceed thirty shilljngs per scholar, nor to be imposed for more than three chil- . dren in the same family. An afﬁdavit by any individual so assessed, that he or she is in such indigent circum- stances as to be unable t pay for the education of their children, or a Certiﬁcate y any two Magistrates or Com- missioners of Small Debts to the same eﬁ'ect, to exempt him from such assessment for that year.

In regard to assessment, your Committee beg further to remark, that this should not be allowed to apply to any children who have been three entire years at sehool-t’nat where there is only child in the family, the assessment 1 should only apply to one halﬁof the year; and that where the children are under ten years of age, and reside one mile from the school-house, the same rule should be ob- served. .

The Committee further submit, that it would appear advisable to appoint Commissioners in every County, on the same plan as is laid down in the Act of Nova Scotia, . or of Trustees subordinate to the Quarter Sessions, as in the Act of New Brunswick, of March, 1833-5—tbe former of which, with the exception of a few clauses, and the addition of one or two others, the Committee think, in all that regards District Schools, is still more applicable to this Colony than the latter; but that either of them is more adapted to this country than the School Act at pre- sent in force. ,

In regard, however, to the Grammar Schools, the Com- mittee submit, that in the present state of the Revenue, and of' the mass ofthe people, this Colony cannot afford to maintain by legislative aid seminaries more expensive than Schools for the ordinary branches of Education—~— that when these are settled on an efficient and solid sys- tem throughout the country, then, should the public funds admit of any additional expenditure, the Legislature may make an appropriation for such seminaries; but that at all times the expense of instructing youth in the higher branches must, in the counties, chieﬂy devolve on the parents whose children are expected to be enabled there- by to reap in after. years emolument and honour—and that in the meantime the whole of the public money that can be spared from the Treasury for educational pur- poses, (with the exception ofa higher allowance to one master in Clinrlottetowii,) should be devoted to the estab~ lishmeut of common schools.

The Committee further submit, that should the House decline to adopt the plan followed either in Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, yet certain changes in the present Act are imperativer called for. ‘

lst. That as to Schools having on an average ﬁfteen scholars, and where (including board, lodging and wash- ing, at £15 a year.) £30 is raised for the payment of the Teacher, and he has by the Board, or by two Justices of the Peace, been found qualiﬁed to teach Reading, VVri- ting and Arithmetic, and to be of decent character, the Teacher should get £7 10s. annually from the Treasury. All teachers of schools, where the salary and number of pupils exceed the abovehto get £l2 a year—and no other seminary or educational institution (with the exception of one in Charlottetown, to get more, till there shall be estab- lished, for every thirty-six families, one school belonging to either of the above classes. ‘

2d. Rescinding the tedious and expensive routine in drawing the Treasury money, which the present Act ini- poses on the teachers; that it should be drawn on the certiﬁcate ofthe Trustees, and the two nighest Justices of the Peace, or Commissioners of Small Debts.

3d. That all Teachers who have once passed the Board, or have been found qualiﬁed as aforesaid, shall stand quali- fied as passed dtiring life and good behaviour.

4th. The examinations to be held' quarterly by the I

Trustees, and the Justice of the Peace, or Commissioner of Small Debts, nighest resident (ifuot distant more than six iiiiles,) on whom it should be obligatory to attend twice in every year, on such days as they may appoint, giving intimation to any one of the Trustees ten days previous. The certiﬁcate of a majority of the Trustees and Visitors, that they believe the teacher has done his duty, should, on transmission to the Colonial Secretary, be laid before the Governor in Council, in order to the warrant being issued to the teacher, or any person to whom he may endorse the same. If the majority of the Visiters think the teacher has not done his duty, they are to transmit to the Colonial Secretary a certiﬁcate to that effect, stating their objections to the teacher's con- duct; and it should then be in the power of the Gotlernor in Council, on perusal of any defence the teacher may oﬁ'er, to grant a part or the while of the Government aid, or entirely to withhold it.

5th. The Committee submit, that there should be in every year three weeks’ vacation, to be at such time or times as may be agreed on by the Trustees and the teacher—failing which agreement, to be the last ten days in May, and the last eleven days ih October. No other vacations, except one Saturday in the fortnight, Christ- mas and Good Friday.

In case of dispute between the subscribers and the teacher, the same should be referred to any two Justices of the Peace, or Commissioners of Small Debts, one to be chosen by the subscribershthe other by the teacher, with power to these to call a third, as umpire. If these would not hear, or hearing, declined to decide, then let the law be open to both parties; but in every instance the teacher should be paid up to the date of the complaint being laid before the Teacher by the Trustees.

- If these referees should not in one month communicate:

to the Tinstees and the Teacher, their decision in writino, their power in that matter should cease, and the teacher ought to have liberty to quit the school, or to continue for the remainder of his engagement, and take means for recovering by law the salary corresponding thereto. If,

however, the complaint against the teacher he, that he'

has deserted the School, and will not continue till the termination of his engagement, this should not apply, unless he can prove that the school-house is not kept in

shabitable condition. But it; every Instance whet? the

' ' f thin else but desertion, they subscribers complaino any g h 1 “0d .ng we ought to be bound to pay him up to l 8 <18 e 0 (8‘

laint. The Committee submit that no Clergyman shipiuld be a Trustee-of a school, unless he send but ch 0! ¢hildren to such school; and in regard to'religious cate- ehisms, it appears to manyof the Committee, . _ "u insisting on the teacher givmg lessons therein, is ipb ; ding on him aduty more incumbent on t_ e papertit, mp“ your Committee are unanimously of opimon._ t a W a children of individuals, of dime-rent persuasrons,- atten the same schoﬁ, then every pupil ought to be taught the Catechism his parents may furnish ; if other subscribelrs object t01hat. then the teacher should not teach any re 41-

‘ Catechism. ' ‘ _

gl‘Tznr Committee have received a letter from'the Secre- tary of the Society of Schoolmasters, containing a detail of the obstacles to the satisfactory progress of Education, and also of the inconveniences to which Teachers are liable in the prosecution of their calling. _ i

In reference to which, they submit, that the Association appear to have drawn a parallel between .their own situation and that of Teachers in Great Britain; that your Committee have to remark, that not only in this Colony, but throughout British North America, the teachers are on a far less stable footmg than in the mother country. That this instability_is shared inpart with many other professions, and that it arises in some measure from causes which do not admit in many in- stances of a present remedy. The population frequently is not so dense as to afford a constant supply of young people requiring tuition, in such numbers as to be ade- quate to the maintenance of a teacher} and the .circum- stance ofthe subscribers having it entirely in their power to discharge a teacher, at the termination of an engage- ment, which scarcely ever exceeds one year—and this without alleging, far less provingtany misconduct on his part—and of immediately engaging another, too often gives room to pique or prejudice to operate. In this way, as it were, by a sort of caprice, it has happened that teach- ers have been repeatedly discharged, .others have been engaged in their places; and, after an interval of a year or two, these last have been displaced, to make way for the former. It also frequently happens, that a_ teacher chooses to change with a view to an increase Ofl‘llS. salary, or some other personal advantage. In regard to this, your Committee have to remark, that if the people choose to discharge a teacher without proving that he has done wrong, ‘any other teacher they might engage should for two years receive no aid from .the Treasury; and it 'ap- pears equally necessarykthat if a teacher rcmovc With- out the consentofthe subscribers, he should not, as teacher in any other settlement, receive any allowance from the Treasury for the same period of two years ; for it.is undeniable, that the same diligence bestowed on pupils with whose dispositions and capacities hers acquainted, should be productive of far more advantage to those under his tuition, than in a school where the teacher and pupils are strangers. .

Your Committee also take leave to remark, that if by the reduction of expenditure on other branches, double the amount could be afforded by the Legislature for educational purmses, still, in order to afford a fair remu- neration, the larger proportion of the salary must be drawn from the subscribers, and that the probable con- tinuance of thehame salary for a term of years, and a well grounded cpnﬁdence that the subscribers will judge his conduct with' liberality, and will perform their engage- ments to him equitably, ought to be, and probably will be found to be, the most powerful stimulants to produce uniform diligence and good conduct on the part of the teacher; and that when he performs his duty in school, and preserves a decent character, no diﬁ‘ereuce in religious persuasion ought to mark him as deserving censure or removal. ‘

One further observation seems necessary, as to the taking measures for one uniform system of school books being provided for all schools under the regulation of the Act. The £100 left with the Secretary of the Board of Education appears to have been of very little service, and should be refunded; and it would appear advisable to ascertain the prices at which Murray’s school books, Gray’s and Walkinghame’s Arithmetics, could be procured fmm Brim". providing the order went to the extent of £200, which would enable the House to determine, as to whether such purchase should‘ be made from the public funds. and the books purchased deposited with anyindivi- dual in Charlottetown, to be sold out at such per centage as would cover costs and charges; or if the Legislature should merely prescribe a certain system of books, and should leave the same to be procured by the parents, in the same way as any other article of trade is procured, when there is a steady demand for it.

ALEXANDER RAE, Chairman. Committee Room, 14th March, 1840:

====m LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE. POLICIES will be issued by the Subscriber, in either of the above departments, on the most reasonablederms. ‘ CHARLES YOUNG, ﬂgent of the

»“ Erin" and “ Aux/tires” Insur c C ' Charlottetown,Dec. 11, 1838. an ‘ amlmmu'

AT A GREAT REDUCTION IN PRIC EAVYB “ﬁrmer gloths—Pilots. Petershamlg: Flush- ings, llc shins weeds &c. Flnnn l B ' S Blankets, Counter ones: Quilts. ’A great variefvs’nf Siazr-yglsiigbgriadi Msmnos, and one: eran Goons, (see ﬂdéert‘isement) will be disposed ofonwery low terms, if applied for immediatel . A few Fun Capes, 'lippeu, MantillarhGlloves, &c.,'at nearly half price. so, '

Kegs Virginia best No. 1 Ton D0. Halifax manufacture: do. ‘cco’ Chests ﬁne CONGOU TEA

.AbEXANDER DAVIDSON, Brecken s Corner, No. 1, Queen Street. All Debts due the Subscriber, and contracted previous to the ﬁrst

“M8 last, will if not paid before the 10”; d placetrin the bruins of.” Anome’. for collecﬂgzpf March, 1840, be

so A'. DA VIDSON.‘ - UST RECEIVED, and for Sale- by the Subscriber,

as general assortment, consisting of ' 440 Packages Britishand West India GOODS, TEAS, FURS, so. ts-c. ‘ , DAVID WILSON.

Dec. 6, 1839. TEAS.

CHESTS of superior quality nowl d‘ Britannia, from Liverpool, and for sale. ii‘tlir C'iighfrriiily:l:;

minim. “WW”:

that the v

g LEXAN'DER TAYLOR. informs the Wu. I"

has commenced business in them“? M;

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Mlcdomld’ En" It G‘afaydgf‘rﬁevd'Itoekot‘ ,, u - General Merchandise. .: i "be.

i ‘ t k of Goods waspuruhued'upder ‘ r. anggilfbgilis;o:d of at prices, which'mlﬂt entitle'tbe My“ to. a share of public patronage, and to its inspection the cmtﬂllt, on re8 .f‘ﬁigiéfviiin give the highest market pricesqu Prod e. I ’ I .

Geii-getown, 17d: December, 1839. . ’ﬂ 4

DISSOLUTION 0F CO-PABTN ramp; I. NOTICE is hereby given, that _ the (Imus-gm“ hitherto existing between the undersigned, was, on the day of March, instant, dissolved by mutual. consent—«hot! tot:a having on that day expired. All potently baring 'QIIII‘ the said ﬁrm, are requested to render their accounts for adjust-In r, and all those indebted: are requested to make immediate pynoﬁt to“

John Hobs. JOHN Hons, /

_ DONALD NICOLSON ' Charlottetown, 6th March, 1840. ,

OHN HOBS, Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer, begs: leave-to acquaint the lnhabitants_of Charlottetown, t et- public generally, that lie is novv carrying'ori the above business,- in his Shop in Kent Street, opposite the residence of'I‘. B. Trev-amt, Esq, where all orders in his line Will be thankfully received,ui executed with nentness, punctuality,and on moderate terms. March 6, 1840. ’

HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between the Sub- — T scribers, under the Firm of Parki-n Pluadwell, carrying on - business in Charlottetown and at Crnpnud, is this day disco v_o I , by mutual consent. All persons who stand indebted to the said late - ﬁrm are requested to make immediate pa merit of the debts dhe, at Charlottetown, to Josiah Perkin, and :it rnpaud, to_Thomae Plend- - well. All accotints remaining unpaid, aﬁer the Fifteenth instalt,.

- ' l td' t' t' - Will be sued for wrt toll " me Ion JOSIAH PARKIN,

THOMAS PLEADWELL... Charlottetown, April 3d, 1840.

CAUTION- To the Editor of the Cbloninl Her-dd. IR;—Having seen in the Colonial Herald‘of the 20th

inst. the Advertisement of the Assignees of the late Heng'y \Vinchester, Esq., offering for Sole 18,000 Acres of Land, on Lot or Township No. 54, allow me, through the medium of your paper, to say, that the late Henrv Winchester, .Esq. bad no property on Township No. 54, our ad. he ever the actual possession. Ac-‘ tions of'l‘respuss and E'ectment were brought against me, it ll true, but what was done in those actions I have not been able to ascer- tain.—Suﬂice it to say that after many years' prosecution, I [was not 'nble to get one witness brought forward—this is a case of real grievance, and ought to be looked into.

I ﬁnd on referring to the provision of the Statute of 32 Henry 8, cap 9, that no one shall sell or purchase. any pretended "'III or title to land, unless the vendor hath received the proﬁts for one whole year beﬁnre such grant; or hath been in the actual possession: I ofthe land, or of the reversion or remainder, u on pain that both the

urchaser and vendor sluill each forfeit the vn ue ofsucli land to the

' d tl i . . ing an is prosecu or ROBERT MEARNS. Township No. 54, July 27th, 1839. '

PRINCE ED‘VARD ISLAND. To BE SOLD, by private Contract, an extensive and

valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE, consisting of nearly 18,000 Acres of Land, situate in the preferable part of Kmo’s COUNTY, being contiguous to GEORGETOWN, late the property ot'HENRv WINCHESTER, deceased, a Bankrupt, and now belonging to his Assignees. Vessels of any burden may go up and down Cardigan River, by which it is bounded on the Southern extremity.

The Estate is delineated on the Plan'of the Island, lie t in the Plantation Oﬂice, Whitehall, and the Surveyor General's ﬁce of the said Island, as Lot or Township (54).

For rinted Plants of the Estate, and further particulars, uppl at the 0 cos of Mr. Briggs, 55 Lincoln's Inn Fields, and Mr. Be c or, Official Assignee, King’s Arms Yard, London; the Hon. Samuel Cu. riard, Halifax, Nova Scotin; and James H. Peters, Esq., Charlotte. town, in the said Island—to either ofwhom terms in writing, for the purchase, may be made on or before the let ofSeptember next.

CAUTION T0 LUMBERERS. q LL Persons found trespassing upon any of the Esr tutes of the Right Honorable the Earl ()fSELKlBK, it! this lsland,hy cutting timber, or otherwise, will he rosectrted with the utmost rigour of tho Law. Tenants requiring imber for Farm Buildings, &c. must apply to the subscriber.

W. DOUSE, Land Agent.

CAUTION.

LL Persons are hereby cautioned against cutting or

carrying awn Timber, or Wood ofany description, from that

Burt ofTownship o. 43, belonging to the Estate of the late Honor--

lle William Townshend, deceased, ifthey wish to avoid law and aw costs.

CHA R LES WORRI'JLLr M ortgagee in possession.

' SWINDLING. TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. “7 HEREAS a person styling himself Doc'ron WinsoN,

. accomEnnied by a youth whom he represented as his appren- tice, came to nst Point, about the be inning oflast December and took a house froui.N_lr. John Macdona d, Retlaud, with the decimal intention of practising in a medical capacit ; but after a residence of'somethingl more than three months at t e East Point, dun'ngv which time c successfully played 05' several acts ofswiiidling upori the unsuspecting inhabitants ofthut quarter, he suddenly dice ed from amongst them, and has not since been heard of by any of tho individuals, who, in some degree, have been made the victims ofhic kpavrsh deceptions : This is to give notice that the subscriber will give Twenty Dollars, are reward to any person who shall give such information to him (the subscriber) as rna lead to the makin ame- nable injustice of the said selfstyled actor Wilson; and ‘1: I 0 further intended to prevent others from sufferng from t“ illiébh tions which, no doubt, he will continue, or attempt, to practise is! 3:2}- qiuarterst.‘ In aqptérdapce with these views, the followin r~

escri run an rie statement 0 li ' ' ofthe said iriipustbr, are subjoined. n e meker’ a! E": Olin“.

Doctor Wilson is a young man, apparenll bo ' " ‘ . y a ut 25 years of m {ﬁght about 5 feet, 9 inches, smooth and full faced, fair complexion-sag in.

stout. His swindlin be t' dealer Pomt. Mr. M‘Vaue, millgr, Prac .sed upon “Mt eve? “w

_ be swindled out of t' goua- subscnber be cheated out of goods to the vain: 323%.? 5:231:17 His last}

East Point, in all, seems to he to the amount of about or ls ﬁtempt upon the subscriber was by a forged Order irﬁg rigs-rile o

h anley. He, besides, succeeded in borrowing two or three watches, which‘ _e carried off. When he left East Point, it was under the pretence of '

to Charlottetown for his Medicine Chest. He was taken to Tow Donald Kennedy, whom, with his horse and'sleigh, he had e ‘ purpose. \Vhen he reached Charlottetown, he sudden} fonook man, Kennedy. found it convenient “ to remember to'lb'rget” to and has not since been heard of. He said he was from Sf.) , ow" Erunswrclt. His pretended a rentiee appears’to'be civlo "di F" ’of‘ his master. Recalled himsel Nut. M‘CALLUI and "wﬁ’ﬁhﬁ" Lot 16. Hesteyed awhile behind his master; in’the endpurchstid'ii 5m mare, borrowed a watch from Mr. Samuel Rose. and 'wbnt, tbr sign 5

subscriber knows, to‘ o' h' , - ' ~ - ' .. buttons upon the crediiliiiis slid“ 23%;? ad mu, m levy“: RONALI; 334108,. . 2' DONALD BEATON,

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