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prisoners ia Newgate?’ said the hing

The avswor wee ready: ‘Your Majesty

may have every one of them, if you wil claim them ag your brethern ’

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P reccedings.

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Fasar, Feby. 17.

After some rerafirks on tenders for Printing Trebates, the following Draft Address, in} answer to the Governor's Speech, wis pre-|

sented by Ron. Mr, Gordon ;— Ts His Hono, William Cleaver Fran

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and Commander-in Chief, &c., &e., £e., May rr Prever Your Howor;

We, Her Majesty's dutiful and loyal eub-|

jects, the Legis'utive Council, in Geseral Assambiy convened, thank your Honor tor the Speech with which you have been pleased to open the present Session.

sete.

eS lsers Beer, Dingwell, Strong, Haythorn ‘don, and | improving

Hon. Co

stock and encouraging agriculture, 1, Seo y, On next paragraph being

lread, said, we codid not be too thankfua for | = the bleasings we enjcy, avd alluded to the) Summary of Legisiniive Council war between France and Germany.

He thought it would not be a misappropristion of the public funds, were a small sum granied as @ thanks-offering to relieve some of those in, Exrope, who had not the necessaries of life,

Hon. Mr. Haythorne, coiucided with these

views; after some remarks by the Hon, Mr.

| Beor, upon the address of the Legislative Council passed last year, in reference to pass

Robt vows Lieute es meen. ing a complusory measure for the settlement ‘Kenoeth McKenzie, formerly ot P. E. Island, NION, equire, reutenan over |

of the Land Question.

Hon, Mr. McDonald, said the address had

| been acknowledged at the Colonial Office, but |

| was not aware of an answer being received.

Hon. Mr, Haythorne. wished to know it the ‘fact of no allusion to the Land Question in the ‘Governor's speech, was indicative of intention of the Government tu take no action in the atter.

e, (lore McDonald, upon the necessity of

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t him live this! Resoleed, That an accoun

i and of this merting be sent to one pers for publication, with a req

copy. Feb, 14, 1871.

' elot hee, and live on corn-meal, life, and grab away quietly and patiently, he may rest assured that he willattain independ: | ence this way, sooner than he would by teaching.

I can fully endorse ajl that Mr. McKenzie says as to the wonderful agricultural rescurces of Iowa. Indeed, it is searcely possible to exagger= ate the fertility of a country in whieh I have seen lands on which heavy crops of*torn and wheat had been raised for twenty-five years, without a particie of manure.

CORRESPONDENCE, A LETTER OF INTEREST TO | ISLAND TEACHEKS,

To THE EDITOR oF THE “ EXAMINER. Wasntxeton, D. C., rebruary 20th, 1871. Sir.—Will you have the kinduess to give me | eufficient space in your paper for a few remarks, suggested by some editvrial comments which ap-

uest for otlers

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The Graminer.

Chariottetown, March 6, 1871.

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the proceedings | of the [stand pa-|

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~ LEGISLATIVE #MALL TALK.

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Prince Edward. to startle any oue, »

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The PaTRIoT’s comments have suggested fur- ther thoughts and reminiecences, thai i shal! prob- ably give your readers at sume future time,

We are holding high carnival here to-day. Pennsylvania Avenue is one blaze of light from the Capitol to the White House, There have . been al manner of games, races and festivities | pores to be - 1 through the day, aud similar scenes are to be en-| Victor Emmancel, acted to-morrow, All the Departments, are |lows:— closed; and all this “sound and tury” — this |

‘peared in the Parrior of the 2d ins’, on a letter {written to the editor of that paper, by a Mr, WRITTEN.

now residing in Iowa. While wishing Mr, Mace | Kenzie, and all of his name, lineage or gountry,

page, we find

‘boundless specess in this country, J cannot help taking issue with bim in bis eatimate of the | comparative merits of the Educational system of | Towa, and tat established in your country. At least, I cau say, that I never found a common

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HOW CONTEMPORARY HISTORY IS

In the Patriot of last week, No. 69, first , a shocking document pur-! nessed upon the Moors of the House of Assembly.

¢ Pope's Anathema, against | Take for instance, the Debate on the Address in It is prefaced as fol- | anawer to the Governor 8s Speech at the opening

“The special correspondent of the New Stan. lYork Stundard, writing from Rome on

Ic is with unfei sued satisfaction thai we wit-| ™ ness the inauguration of your official inter course with the represeniative branches o the Legislature of this Island, and jt affords ; uc siucere pleasure to have an opportunity ot | She purchase of estates, and could not pro | congratulating your Honor upon the occasion | ise anything further at present, of your assumption of the Government of this) The House then adjourned.

Colony, under such favorable auspices, at a} Es at a e time when peage. tranquility avd commercial | HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, prosperity pervade every portion of the Empire. | —_—

It will be our pleasing duty to give your} On Tuesday, Feb. 21, Dr. Robertson pre- Honor our hearty co-operation and support in|; sented a petition from Mr. John Gaffney, | carrying out any meusures tor the advancement | @gainst the return of Jobn McDonaid, Esq., |

_| Hon. Col. Secretary replied that the Gov- | school system in any of the western states that ¢| Prment was prepared to carry out the spitit- was at all comparable to yours; and I have no

| When I shai] have a little more leisure than I i have at present, 1 will give your readers euch an | array of tacts as I think, will abundantly fortify | any position; suffice it to say here, that, uneu-

of this Colony, eutrasted to your charge by has @ member for the Third District of Prirce | mere precarious and thankless business in Iowa. |

Her Most Gracious Majesty. County. The petition recites thet some 39 | There the schoo! term is only from three to six We anticipate beneficial resalts from your| voters polled most earnest desire to become acquainted! entitied to do with our local wants and circurstanoes, and|tioner’s gent objected to the votes! hope that we may entertain the assurance that/on oclaration day, The Sheriff de- : the peried ef your Honor s Administration of cleced that Mr. Arsenau't had received 595 | duties, claimed by the most ignorant parent in the Goveroment of this [sland will be refe-red | votes, Mr, McDonald 557, Gaffney 553, and | bis district, as one of the inalievable rights of a to, as unprecedented in the history of our | Sinclair 496, commercial prosperity, as well as werked by | the object d votes were struck off he would bave the great effurts cade towards tbe advance-| bren anead of Mr, McDonald. The petition

so, and that the

Pett | in tho same school.

lant the person who youchsafes his advice, the more perilous it ia to cowbat his views on the

ment of the welfare and happwess of the people, With yoar Honor we are deeply impressed

of skilled indust -y exhibited ut the General

with the necessity for encouragement to com- petiors im ou: v&-icus industrial pursuits, and are gratified that you have had go favorable an/ upon the address, whose speeches will be fully opporta iity of exxminivg sone of the staple | given.

prod iets of the Colony, as we!l as the evidences |

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| was made an order of the day for Thursday |Fhe Address in answer to the Governor's ! Sveech was thentaken up. The first para- | graph was agreed to without discussion.

| Several members took part in the debate

Qn Wednesday, Feb, 22, the answer to

Es + the Governor’s Speech was again taken up.

| proper mode of managing a school, He wiill find ‘that fickleness which, according to the London | llustrated in the experience of a school teacher lin the west. During the first few weeks of his |term, he wall be regarded by the people as the

j best teacher they ever had; but, let bim con-

Times is the reproach of repudiics, stariingly |

ef the laws upon the statute book, relative to) doubt that a longer residence in the west will, materially modify Mr. McKenzie’s present views. the event of the paving of P

| viable as the position of district school teacher | may be regarded iv your country, it isa much} °

their votes without Leing | months; and the teacher is seldom engaged twice |

He will find the right to | bile, : } chee

} . * i AC > | “ lecture and instract the teacher in regard to ~ biodag as egisu-dutb, chs shuidhinn fed an lathe

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rush, and tumult, and confusion, which cost the city forty thousand dollars —are inflicted epon an unoffending public, merely to commemorate ennsylvania Avenue! | Who ever heard of anything so ridiculous? The | Carnival Committee endeavored, by eorrespon-

lbave a celebration of Scottish games for the occasion. The Scottish element here, however, as too weak; and we had not sufficient funds to import material from abroad, which wwe all | deeply regretted.

| Ha! oa’m bitheadh agam ana an seo da chiad du chlanuabh na’n Gaidbeal, ri guailean a le piob as le bratach, le elxidheamh,

va ma sheomar a sgriobbadh sa leubbadh mar &

| rinn mi!

Lhe petitioner contends that if | free-born American citizen; and the more ignor-)

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_ >> INJUSTICE TO THE ACADIANS IN THE DISTRIBUTION QF PUBLIC OFFICES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXAMINER, Sar;

I am a subseriber to the Examiner, ever since the late Mk, WHELAN commenced publishing it.

and [ was just about giving it up, but since you | Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy by “°"

January 9th says:—

Since the King Victor Emmanuel's tri- ‘umphant entry into Rome the chef topic ‘of interest is the bull of m«jor ex-communi- ication issued against the King of Italy iby the Pope.

'document:” About town during the week, the * Ex- traordinary Document”’ has been talked of

8 good deal, and we have been frequentiy | after exchanging their shote, two or three others | The,

‘asked what we thought about it.

\«* Anathema” has been revived by the | Standard, whica is a new paper striving, for life by being sensational. Those who have copied the document have helped to| | give the Standard all it aimed at, getting: jan extensive advertisement. But what)

about its truthfulness and justice. If it is

can we rely upon correspondents writing

Standard. Let us see. Before us is Vol. xt. of the Novelists Library, edited by | Thomas Koseoe, Esq. It is entitled the)

The following is a Jiteral, ‘dence with wyself and other Seotchinen bere, 10) 1 yeation of the extraordinary religious | whiist silence is golden, Jn the manner in which

proven to be false, how much in future! ruptions with which be is met.

in Rome to such papers as the New York | pouents, Tks question undea debate is lust

timea ludicrous exhibiiions which may be wit

of the Legislature. It occupied five or six days

instead of as many aours, Which would be amply Instead of having a debate on a want

| of Confidence Motion, at is the rule in the Brit- | iwh House of Commons, every paragraph is die- cussed, and uearly every mewber is so filled with hia own importance, that be must take part thereiu—very few of them baving faith in’ the Kesiern maxim—that speech is ovly silvery,

the Debates are frequently carried ov, a personal encounter takes place betwixt two honorable members, They commence Vbeir little duel, and

edge tueir way in to Lave @ share in the fun, and then a geveral skt.iwis!: ensues, sometimes to the delight, but more frequently to the infimte dis-

| An Henorable Gentleman, in the House of | Tut Government | Asaermbly, not long aince, cally atated that he steps © purchase J. McDoxap, Bee’. | polieged that if all the tine and money epent it During hs wack ‘ing about the Land Question were * totted belied i

The statement did not appear nd evened ta be generally | accepted; thougn the asee “tion was an exagger- ation, yet there ia truth enough.°" it to call our) Come to their assistance, attention to the fact, that there is a vst eum of to become freehoiders,

money annually epent, and many precious “ours tare is near the City, and lost forever, in the useless, frivolous, and some- first to rise in value. We

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ESTATE, should take im the Tracadie Estate

[ THE TRacanig

about expiring, position than any tenants They should petition the Rectaoall to

The Tracadie Rg.

is Vitti mit te “. understand that

would bé better to buy it now,

asked, than i a hing time, ae — haps, ten per cent ‘wore for it, The peca-- liar position of the people on the Tracadie Estate commends their case to the immedi.” ate consideration of the Government; on their behalf we ask them at attempt to do what they can towards pur- chasing the land for the bexefit of the tene

it, a8 like the Belfast Estate, the Traeadie

an assurance to tenants on other parts of the Island that, in good time, they too will have a chance to become freeholders, Tt would also help to 1emove the dread of many that the Railroad will be the means of entailing the evils of the leasehold sys,

gustof the gods in the gallery, Oceasionaly , this scene is somewhat varied by sume gentl- man, above the averege in ability, waking, or rather attempting te make a lengthy addvess; we say attempting, because he can scarcely get to the cluse of what be has to say, with the joter- Le loses bis temper at this, and pitches in amongst his op-

sight of, gud suwhers of the honorable members pop up and down .ike frogs in a pord,

Would it uot be much better if the House ld make it more of @ practice te discourage

the Rey Laurence Sterne. FEelow we

hibitior, beld suow after your Honor’s arrival | The toarth, fifth, sixth and seventh paragraphs | Unue to discharge his dulies ever so conscientious.

We ‘eel that we have reason to be devoutly | were agreed to without discussion. ‘The ily, be will flud, betore the close of his term, short thankfil for the Provideutial disp2asations jeivhth, relative to the treatment of American eajoyed by as, to which your Moaor has hap. | vessels in British porte, called up the So enialihien pily referred. ......,.. | Hon. Mr. Perry, who pointed out the ad-| . :

We thank your Honor for the intimation | vantages of American vesselg frequenting our} ‘To a teacher, reared and educated in your relative to the var ous papers and documeats | harbors, and the satisfactory trade relativus | conservative society, however, the greatest ans Ree een wnewe shall | existing between the Colonies and eens | woyance atises from the wildly democratic spirit

i Gr most delorara onsideraticO. (States, during the continuance of the Re-| sii 2) bd aid r . We are glad to be ‘nformed that the Pros | viproeity 1 reaty. The Ameena, atuenet pet eee boys — Mmipstionce at restrajet, and hibitory instraciions which kad been issued to | heav ines Mites’ the Treaty, the Colonies | Contempt tor all authority. They will hail the Castom-house offi-ials, with respect to the! had nothing so do but té fall upon their teacber as Tom, Joe, or Bi!', just as they frequent- practice of admitiing uurted States fishing righte, He hoped the Commission, about to/ly will their own fathers, or grandfathers; and | vessels to eybr7 ia tae poris of this Island, has! meet, would harmonioasly settle the matter, been withdrawn. ‘ : | Mr. Beer was giad that the restrictions re- Tue progress made im the erection of the| ferred to were abolished. The Americans |

new pnblie buiidins in Charlotietown is most | were. our | Wee eetshi see |

woe betide him, in some districts, unless be possesses sufficient physjcal strength to inspire

peut: .eastdaneawa: respect, and enforce obedience ty his commands,

| ws it i#, that they will begin to long fur u change |

became ils editor, knowing well that you will have the interest of the Acadians of this colony \t heart, and advocate their mghts in cammon with their fellow eubjects, I nave resolved to con- tinue a subscriber,

Now sir, when the present Gocernment was formed, I was under the impression that from the support it got frem our Acadian Representative , that we wou!d be recognized by appuinting some of us to the Offices which becavne vacant, but we have been sadly disappointed, The fact se, when the Acadians are wanted at an Election they are brought a par wth this ueighbours, but, they

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satisfactory, and wo view with approval the pre-| policy adopted, was not the best that could be |! have seen districts for u long time without aj have voted manfully and help to a large extent

parations being maile, in order to give increased | adopted. uccommudation to the various departments of | My MeNeill was gratified at the repeal of | deriake to maintain disci (Foverpment, for tie purpose of facilitating | the Cestom regulations, Their enforcement | . cessful the public business, gnd tor the greater se-| injured the Revenue last year. We should ee eurity of the public Becords, , cultivate a friendly spirit with the Americans

Measures for exteading the usefulnessof the! | Won. Pope, Brecken, Smelair and others Saviags’ Bank shal! receive that considerate | took part in ihe dicbate on Fisheries, and Hon

ignominiously from the held.

teacher, because no one had the courage to uye| to put a party in power, there is no more talk of pline—the boys having them, We looked to Mr. Howlan, whe is repre- r ly revoited against the authority of! senting a large numbey vf ua in the Executive | or in the water, or in'church. several teachers in succession. and driven them | Council, for justice in the distribution of Offices j th The directors | out all in vain, It is a well known fact, that | will candidly intorm each new applicant where | Messrs. Perry and Howlar,in the first District of

igive a few passages in parallel columns | jto shew that the “Extraordinary Docu-, ‘ment? is taken almost literally from the) | works of the humorous Sterne, who lived | \in the Jast century.

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| | From the Lifeard Opi | From the N. Y, Stan- nions of Tristram) dards — correspon Shandy By Lau! dent, published in | rence Sterne. | the Patriot, March } 2, 1871. | May he be damned) May he be con- | wherever he be whe-|demned in the house lther in the house orland in the field, and ithe stubles the gar-jin the open streets | den or the field, or theand in the byways in| highway. or in theihe wood in the) ipath or in the wood |water, and in the!

e charch!

\icy he be cursed) May he be eursed in living and dying;)in his birth and in his ‘may he be cursed injdeath; in his food and |

| t liectual progress awouest them.

‘members trom speaking several times on the jsame question The present system is not cal- culated to foster any great legislative er intel lectual ability, If members were to make it a) rule te speak but once ou each subject of debate, and prepare carefuily what they had te say, then they would probably say something which would deserve atteution, With the eaception of one speech, during the present session, no able, well suetained effurt has been made _ nothing, for in- stance, shewing the researeh, skill, and eloquetice that were evinced by the young gentlemen who were permitted to plead at the bar of the House this session Tits stould not be, because there are nen at present in the Legis/ature of fine abili hes, and we have a vight to expect that they should give the Legislative Malls a character for talent, wisdom and parliamentary eloquence. There is avother idea, prevalent amougst many mewbers wh'ch if adopted, will prevent any inu- We altude to the notion, that a representat ve should be a mere

tem upon us for all coming time.

ON Thursday evening last, Professor Cavin, of St. Dunetan’s College, lectured in the Athanwaem by invitation of the Charlotietowa Debating Club. The meeting was not weil attended, thie

House of Assembly at the time of the lecture 4 But to those who were present, a very interest. ing and inetruttive lecture wos del.vered, and one of that sert wich it is seldom the pr-vilege of the Cibzens of Charlottetown to listen to, The Professor chose for his subject, “A Lites

and, least to

Estate would pay. Besides, if they can - eflect a purchase of tis Estate, it will be —

tai . : pon us, end ha » ** would amennt to» sam evfficient to pure, 7 ve ex rege all the’ oroprietory lunds in the Usland of | {Ars that, as the terms of theis le s ae *

and enable then: —

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antry. ‘The Government would not lose by

we eccount fer from the fact that the debate cn | the disputed elections was in proceeding in the —

rary group of the last Century,” and made the group to consist of, Steele, Addison, Pope, Cone grieve, and Swift.

The lecturer bas certainly a great talent for the deseription of men and of the times in which they lived, and whist he bestowed praise upon those who were deserving of t, he was pot back- ward jg exposing the faults and failings of these who were deserving of censure Those who bad the pleasure of bearing the Professor lecture og a former vecasion on this subject, lost nothing by hearing 1 again for the Second ume, especially as the character of Congrieve was added to the group since ihe lecture was first delivered, aud fur those who beagd 1 tor the first time it woe & eource of much information regardiag the literae ture of the last Century.

We teel certain that if a conrae of lectures similar to the one delivered on Thursday last, could be sustained in Charlottetown. it would

attention which the importance of that most valuable institution demands.

The law reljatiny: to the limisation of the terms of the Supre:ae Court bas been found to Operate tothe inconvenience of suitors, Oar atteatioa will be devoted to the framing of such legislative enactment as will tend to fu-ther a more ex .ditious administration of

| Mr. Pope made aa abl } road Question,

On Thursday, Feb. 23, Hon, P. Sinclair

2 speech cu the Rail

j the difficulty lies, aud tell bin that he is wel-| Prince County, are returned by Acadian t= eating and dsinking ;)in his dink; in his’ _ come te the school, if he bas suffivient courage | fluence. Messre. Arsenault and McDonald, the | in being hungry in fasting and in his in-

mouth piece of Lhe passions, prejudices, or wishes of bis conetituent«,

}to undertako the task of governing it, There | same way in the third Distriet of Prince County, being thirsty, in fast temperance ; and 1n

presented a petition from Thos, W. Dodd | , | Esq., protesting against the election of the | ate always one or two ringeleaders in every such | Mr+ Lefurgy, for Lot 17,and Mr. MeKachern, for |

Hon.-D. Davies, as a member for Charlotte- | district, who never attend schoul but for tbe pur | East Polot, There is a large number of Acas| town, The grounds of the protest are, that pose of testing their strength against a new! diane also in Rustico, but, in that District they

justice,

We corlialiy azroe with your Honor in the Opinion that the means for the tra: sport and shipment of the productions of this J3.and are now inadequate to the weats of the people, und it will be cur aim, as it will be our duty. t> provide such acc af the pablic servic country demand, ut finaneral position of

Ws coneur an ¢ that the Asyjum f to be enlarged, in « tion, When the p this Institation, ar

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> as the exigencies of the i commepsarate with the the Colony »vnion with your Honor t ingane persons requires der to afford accommoda spers, baying reference to submitted, we shalj not | tail to give the matier due consideration, s We most cordia!!y reciprocate the desire § expressed by your Honor. that such relations may be established between your Honor and this branch of the Legislature as may tend to nost satisfuetory results, in the l+gislation ot the Island, aud prove beneficia! to all classes of Her M ajesty’s eu sjects.

Teespay, Feb, 21.

Council having adjourned till to day above Address was taken up in Committee Ja third paragraph being read, Hon. Mr. Beer said he would Jike to see a stone-crushe: n every county, and would hke to see five or ix schooners carrying stone or g avel from ha mainland for improvem>nts of our roade. Ze would not object to sse- the Colony in lebt £190,000 for ood permanent roads. Hon. Mr. McDo: ald sliewed the necegsity of improving the roads in the vicinity of ihipping places. [hough the Government iid ugg intend to stop macacam‘zing the roads ; mut macadamized :oads would not yield ‘evenue towards the repayment of the cst of heir construction, while a Railruad would be " -xpected to yield some retarn, | +f macadamizing ha! us day, aud that a better ystem was supersed ng it. .

Non. Mr. Halderston, referring to cost of mporting stone, and diifieully of keeping the rusher at work,

| ud use of course gravel would be better,

Hon. Mr. Dingwell agreed with this sug- estion, and said if ruts were filled up at the roner time, th» cost would not be so great,

on, *, Heythorne beiteved gravel

ould cost more. fn ‘one -pluce on the St,

© ’eter’s Road Island stone had beew applied

> the depth of teu inches, and ‘cove-ed three

ches doep with imported gravel,. Por a time

=) 1¢ road was excelieo*, but ultimately it gave Le the presst e of heavy carting,

on Mr. Strong, referred to the improve

rents on roads in‘the vicinity of: Summer-

de, made by usteg hard stone got from the

ore, where it was in a dniae H

sopght there shoul! be 4 stone crusher i:

» Hach county, und that the Statute Labor

Srould be abolished, as the law was genevally

vaded, " Hoa Mr. Reid, considered the Foard of 7) Works, Cominissio ers, and Overseers a'com- jlete farce. Men were ealled out to work for iree days, for the snali sam of (2: 64-each ind if that sum were placed in’ the hands of ~ |ompetent perzogs to expend, much more work - jould be performed, Phere was.alse an -_ \nount of Jobbing coamected with the Com- \issioners’ and Overseers’ department which 20uld be investi rated by the Government, How Mr. McDonal., believed that the Board Works, and ail parties connected with it i4d to do their duty,

ms

he

© | Hon, Gol, Sse’y., irusted that His Honor Mr, weld’ lodge a compiain', and “tt certain the Exeentive Government would

> | tend tots to which Mr. Reid replied, that ae Commissioners to the Westward were as nestasang on the Island, bat. complaints ~~ * misappropriation of money were made, and i was his duty to make them known, The : tem was rotten. Hor. Mr, Bell ! ve. Theilcad System, bad us it , was not faithfully carried out. . He ap- aved of the macadamizatidn of roads, but the t rate, the next generation would t see all the resis . The card of Works was 110 enmbersome and ex-

could not full agres with

Cf corresponding advantages, thould be repaired Pas an earlier Mbriod ‘of the season, and more attestion

“rs Diopeell thought it was strasg fon. Mr. Dingwell, was strange aatiasante were wade thromgh the wil-

athe gountry wae but

y coyld not now be kept

- Mr Haytherne thought the system |

thought the importation |

specia} votes were erasgd by the Sheriff, on ihe plea of some informalify jn the polling or sizoing of the Schedules, and that three

| wotes so expunged and wrongly recorded, W@re not so dealt with, bis vote would have been 633

taken up to-morrow.

The greater part of the day was occupi on the Railroad Question. Mr Reilly epcke in favor of entension of Railways to the North Side, and would suppors the Bil} it it included a Branch to Uead of St. Peter's Bay acd Souris, Me Howatsaidue thought 4 railroad would find nothing to do the greater part of the year Mr. Beer said he wouid have to consult his congtituents before he could support the Railway scheme. Mr, M: L-au wou d support sche:ne if pleasing to his coustitueuts, and after survey bad been | sande, Mr, Munro expressed himself in favor of Ruilroads as also did Mr.Kelly. Mr. P. Snciatr is against them: sois Mr. B. Davies, Mr. Hooper would like to kuow the route and cost before be will give it his support. Mr | D. Davies would assess land to help pay for (it, Dr Robertson would not build it for two

years. Mr, McE vchern spoke in favor of a railroad, and Mr. B. Davies submitted the fol- lowing amendment te paragiaoh in” answer ;to Address :—

| “Bat while duly appreciating the advan- | tages of @ railroed, we consider the resources

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of the Colcny toe inadequate to the undeitake

aya

ut the polis.”

Mr, A. MuDonald and Mr, Areenault will

j vote tor Railroad, Mr, MeNeill thought the | |tme Had peteome, Would not object to | | Company building it. Mr. Cameron ia in favor of Railroads, bué as some of his ronstityénig ere for it and ; some againat it, he will have fo consult the wishes of the majority. Mr. Caliber is not opposed ¢o railroads in the abstract, and would approve of a company andertaktug one, Mr. How'an hoped both sides of the House would support the inauguration of a Railroad. Mr. McMillan thought we ehould have estimates and Jans and put the work up to tender. Mr, L-furgy favored a railroad, and thought we must keep pace with the im- provements of the age, Mr. Wightman would not consent to the echeme until i: should be submitted to the people, The de- bate on the Rulroad Paragraph was very dis- coursive, and did not close till Saturday right,

Monday forenoon, the Iouse in Commit | tee considering th: petition of Thomas Dodd, bsq., against the return of the Hon. |). Dayies. In the afternoon His Honor jthe Lieutenant Governer received the Ad- dress of the Llouse in answer to his Speech

at the opening of the Session.

O.1 Tuesday the Hon. Mr. Pope submitted Despatches relating to restrictions ; laced on American Fishermen last summer. tie also introduced a Bill to extend the opera- tions vj the Savings Bank. The Hon At torney Genera submitted a Bill to prevent the exportition of arms Hon Mr. How- lan presented a petition from the irustees of St. Andrew's College.

On Wednesday, the House in Committee on Despatches relstig .o the Fisheries In the eyening, the House: in Committee o- the petition of John Gaffney, complaining of the return of Mr. John McDonald ior the Third District of Prince County.

Thursday—Jn account of meeting of the Executive Council, the House did not meet until the evening — Louis H. Davies, conn- sel for Mr. Joon McDonald, appeared at the Bar of the House.

Holloway s Ointment and Pills —'i'be be- neficial efiecia of these remedies upon all the di seases which arise frow varying temperatures aie a matter of world wide notoriety. Sore throats inflamed tensils, relaxed uvula, hoarseness, vise seus phlegm, and other throat. difficulties are dissipated by rubbing Ho!loway's O1itment brisk- ly twice'a day on the neck and chest, In all stages of catrrh, chronic cough, wheezing, and shortnesa+ { breath, the Osniment exercises g specific power in remedyiag and removing ali irritatiyn and afl tendency to inflamativa ef thé mucous living of the threat, and also in its exe teneién through the windpipe aud the bronchica tubes “Phe evil conseguences, springing trom peglected colda may. be, readily met and easily eouquered by these infal able remedice, re te

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pawns tow! 8, dietresring efretsa of iney ow that Jehasoms Anodyne certayn cure, Insevere

in thie fi whe do nat know

wih received, because not forwarded in time by | mmodation in this branch) the proper officers, He sets forth that if the |

and thatin no case should it be adopted | should transpire as their receiving peusbment without referring the question to the people |

"There are probably a buad:ed or more persone’ ‘ . hadaily suter sigubles,

}10 breaking up.

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| possessed of sufficreut nerye and physical | strength to manage the school, This is not sur

| prising in a@ society in wich you may efteu hear made Speaker, but suppose ashe ie an Aca- |B paient, Otherwise of unblemished character.| dian, be could not fill up that important situation, jand probably a member in good standing of ‘though lam uader the impression that thai |some orthod.x ehureh, relate to a group ot ads gentleman is competent to fill any situation nade

lmuring neighbors, instances of insoleut defiance jot his own authority by his young son—such as

| would make the heart of 2 Scotch parent shudder |

| with dark furebodings as to the future fate ot jthe child—with fond parents} pride, as bopetul | evidences of awakening mwanbecd, aud indepen | dent #pirit in the stordy young democrat. There /a youth of fifleen or sixteen years of age will \drive a sharp bargain with bis father, and take | all the advantage of him that he can in a horse- trade, or any other trade, It was but s few | days ago that the western papere contained an | account of the sleping to death of a young schoul- mistress by sowe boys whom ske had turned out ‘ot echool fur miscouduct.

If 89 enusual an event

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Nor can [ now call to remem |

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! berance a single Instance in which parents inter-|

paskazes of special votes ware declined to be | posed their authority to protect the teacher. Ou! population is about twelve thousand; and see the contrary, I have heard them with what | | how wany are appointed te any office, compared | conceived lo be parental piide, recount the ex- with their neighbours, There are six Justices ot | body! loite_of their boys iv breaking up schoole, and | (he Peace, and that of the Hon, D. Davies | driving of teachers 3 although, I bave sometimes | Debts, and three Road Commissioners. They are | 616. It was reseived that the Petition be | peard sowe of the more orderly and conservative | oueseigh:b vf the population, and they have ot sit portion wishing that a teacher might come along got one effice out of every one hundred, Now,

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|nity, regardless of creed or country.

jade quate to their offence, there is no doubt but that their parents would consider jt yery hard that their boys should be punished for su trifling | a bit of yeuthful frolic as stuning a sch

tu death, My own experience in an Iowa school | local wants of the District. to petition for redress

about eleven years ago, would furnish ammuse-

however, but came off with the full honors ot | war, will appear from the faci, that the you‘hs who rebelled against my suthority then, have been my staunchest friends since — and fine,

wauly, generous fellows they are—and, when

runuing for a ccunty office seme years afier- warde, 1 had the gratification to find that 1 had

received the uvanimeus vote of their township,

Lhere describe the condition of affairs in the

west eleven years age; it may be considerably

changed now. Teu years effect a wonderiul

change in western ejvilization,

I may state here, slso, that the standard of qualification for teachers in the west is vastly wteyior to yours, [can speak authoritatively

on this suljeet, as I have offen taken part in the examination of teachers in Iowa, The majority of teache « there were incapable of writing a page of a common letter without comusitting the grossest blunder in epelling, and in syntax. 1

myself, obtained a first clase certificate—which in that country is the highest—and any one that had ever been before your Beard of Education

would have lay ghed at the examination.

Of couras, any’ remarkg here only apply to common schools, Ifa man poseerses the qualifi- eation and can command the influence to get a town school he is beiter remunerated, and his position is nore permanent, My brother is now teaching the town school at Bellevine, Jowa, ata salary of either $75 or $0 a month—I aw not certain which—and it was cnly bis own relye- tance to change kis residence that prevented his receiving $100. I, wyself, declined an offer of a rown school at $100 a wonth, simply because ihat I bad resolved, come weal, come woe, to abandon forever the drudgery of “ teachizg the young idea how to shoot,” To quote the language of the genial showman,‘ I loathe and disgust it.’ When L suffer from dyspepsia now, and wy imagination revels in gloomy pictures of the future, the saddest of thear has always, as a central figuré, myself teaching schoo} for a living. I do not mean to de tract from the respectability of a business in whieh I wyself spent sptue of the best years of my life and in which eome of the best and cleverest men I have ever knowa have been engaged. Itia, no doubt, an honorable profession; but I entertain an inconceivable dislike to it, I would not advise any of my friends in P. BE, Island to go west tor the purpose of teaching school. — Jf one bas been fortunate erougirte have learned how to work, and can raise sufficient means to buy filty acres