She Prince, for his prior end subsea: sent, op arse ford

Che Crxraminer.

; ‘ ce re . + ae Ter Fe Aer Cee a Sa ogee eee eee a = — OE, OT Te TE Te ™=\1. , Fonng gentlemen of « the rristoeraey.”’ who attended there an » the : . : ; ‘ : | . beg ) » Sessi ‘ £ CenGemen ot ° arist . O% | is j i : . F ot tae ten <a te wield the seeptre they may, from a) known, asting his greatoess here, that shotild be employed | kept we shall presently see. Towards tho'tlose of the Session, and who could not be expected to degrade themselves by going | » = ieeapesede. wh olives interesting affair in the Lo eetoal knewlede> of men and things, aveid the rocks and] ; ,

#2 wis on which mony bave been wreeked, who foolish!y and

. ) That's the query—that's the wonder, What's he, she, or Wiekedly thaught that they had a right divine to govern ; }

: its name? men athip ith admirstion ef the writer's sure rong Phe above thoughts, crade as they are, have been | |; ane “8 ‘ , ail _ poe hod i | euied forth while relesting on some eiveumstances in con- | P#*8Og mental calibre ase with open moutnod avidity, and] wexion wih the ssecnt weeit of the Pranee of Wales to this and) ye? Do man answers the imposing, all imsortant fnqairy. wither parte ef british North Ameried, as well aste the United! ut fortunately at the great over votling crisis of general ex- States oi America, F ilowiny (in thought) the eoarse of bis! citement the great pac ficator, Surmise, graciously steps in) ver chee ri hu i ‘orn a F r waltw < , . rower, 2 perecived nought bat uniform proofs «f loyalty and) aad taps a tuuotain where the universal thirst may eool its @ te hie Queen! nother, an he : le oke fig : i : : " : Jow i Q nly mother, and the Ww rst evident tokens vo fiery curiosity, and thes and there fértinaeiously the anxious intemee gooa will towards himself, which was by no means - a , , . ; . 3 <a f a ; : euguirers ask, Was it the Hoo. Mr. Palmer? Can’t’say. eTmrisned yy s prine ly benefactions. What a contrast W ; M 2 v . . 2 . ie - . s ao @f tha ork Se Be ne ae he Secretary : between Britain's Queen and many other crowned heads = wthe ! “yor ? Don't know. Was it (aes ecretary § Bet a8 Olttimes, even in brig! t days. clouds pass bet «een us Might be. M as it Maj ir Cocksparrow ‘ Likely. Or was} and the sun, so now we should net he surprised if a passing (it Piihbs rtygibbet himself, J. B. C.? Can't answer; but] aloud shaded for & moment the pathway of the Prince in his) Surwise surmises, from the keen display of the political | tour: such clouds did pass, and the effects were produced, To one instance only will ! reer. Sometime since, while travelling om the St. Peter's Road,

egonomist—the penetrating acumen of the statesuan—the ‘profundity of the Coastitutional lawyer—the powerful! digest / !

. ; : , f the loea server rather witt he fui < lish aud _ ot @eas St. Andrew's Clmpel, 1 observed a solitary Wigwam, of the local observer, toyethar with the fiuisued peuss 4)

Which, on enquiry, ascertained vas the home of an aged pith of the essnyiss—the wig rand sublimity of ihe moralist ; Rquew. In-our conversation sve adverted to the yisi ef the! amd the occasional clapping of wings and erowing, indicative Prince; with what pleasure she looked forward to the time of a cock bird

of his arrival ; prepared & miniature canoe, and furnished it | vantic production, seem to poist out unm staukably the great with & miniature Indian, Squaw, papoose, and paddles; also} man; and the authorship is awarded to the steut Muuary some neat baskets, and @// for the Prince; how. when the Reoortér. ‘the ‘Hon, ‘Mei 3 Cocksparrow, al}.of which ia duly | happy day arrived she dressed herself in her best attire, pur-; — ay freer ee Hen ta chased ribbons and Sowers wherewith to decorate ber hair, | "4 respectfully subimmitied to ene met ne yoo Coun und after some delay was allowed to see the Prince, who took | "anity by PiMOPUY CATCHEM, zrom her own hands the canoe and basket-, and give them to) 7th Dee., 1860,

some one cis>, she thai git they called him Duke, wasn't y= sare, ** she was so bappy.”’ « Well, what did the Prince five you?” © Why, noting.’ * Did no one g ve you any thipg 2"? |

» pervading, sdorning and digmifying the gi-

The Examiner,

r AJ ° >

* No.”” ** Never mind ; you will get something in the Winters) qnnsiiliiiedens = ~ ae . ah = =

the Commissioner will give yau some bread, ke. * Me no}

t } : : . * 4 want um bread—me nv beg. Squaw poor now—Sque w always) Charlottetown, P.E.I., December 10, ba poor, me ne care."’ Thus ended our dialogue vu tat (tu

we) painful subject, bot not my refeections : for ', plinly saw |

fou the Loadew Touuderer, Or in the Saturday Review 7 n Bill was introduced ‘*to alter and amend the laws relating .¢o% district school, have been making wonderful progress in| Times of the 17th November. We append it to the It passed, as a mattet of course. It was forgetting their unfinished-tuition. It is true, indeed. that| and we subjoin an admirably writte

to education.” quickly followed by another Bill relating to the Normal

‘School, the subjeet of which was to provide a salary for a coming out; and we suppose he has ere this, experienced the 9°¢- the Orangemen of Belfast will become as famous fy,

second Master in that insti ution; and then came, with a flourish of trumpets, a Bill to establis) a College, under the

name and style of ‘ the Pringe of Wales Cullege,”’ and by

which the poor old Central Academy was swept out of closed ?”

existence.

Now, as regards the first Act, it has seeured no amendment whatever, but has lessened, the efficiency of the system. It provides that all teachers in-charge of District Schools at the time of the passing df the Act, siall be entitled to an inereass of five pounds in their salaries, pravided they andergo a re

examinatiot before the Board of Elucation, for which they

must prepare themselves by long and painful study under some? his pot been ** fitted up.’ [tis in the sume dingy, dirty di- he was received with tremendous grvaning and hooting, w

experienced Teacher in Charlottetown. If, after having spent considerable time and money in get ing the rough edges taken of them, they do-not succeed in passing the Board, or if they

do not offer for a re-examination atall their salary will be re-

1 duced to £45 instead of £50, as uzder the old Act. Now, as

8 Tema

n leading editor; ne “ate ‘ de ; | : ta 1,0 uw of the professors arrived some considerable time ago. Le the same pauper, in reference to it, by whieh ;

| received his appointment in Seetland, and wade no delay in Mf we mij

pleasure of drawing his first quarter's salary in this Island, | raffianism ag their brethren of Kingston are, | in the possession of which we sincerely wish him joy.

** But if there is a Professor bere on a salary. why is hé rot | : IGEMEN OF BELPAs . at work ?—why dues the building called ¢he College remain THE ORANGEMES OF COLT Ale Sal B}

at ae

The Northern Whig gives a fall acewunt of the di | We beg of you, gentle reader, not to be so impatient, asking conduct of an Orange mob towards the Bishop of Down two questiuns at a time, and we shall satisfy your curivsity as Connor at 4 meeting of the Propagat on Suciety in Berfaey | far-as we Can. Monday nght. Ic was well-known (eays the WhiY) tivas | The law requires that there shall be two Professors, and Orangemen intended to insult their Bishop by prevent, that tMe building known as the Central~Academy, ** shall hey king the chair, and placing De. Miller there in hig fitted up, repaired. compl-ted, and furnished’ suitable ** for Consequence of she antipathy which they entertais tow, | the purposes of a ollege’’ But it happens that there is only a lor having inhibited the Rev. Mr. Potter fron rene) a one Professor; and the public may be inclined to think that | in the parish coeech ki ap me anal sary: fomedig: there isjust one too many when be receives a salary of £300 | Upon the Pome oa an oe. accom panied a year fo doing nothing so far. Parthermore, the building number of tudies, deputation, and about 20

was kept up for several minutes. Dr. with the warmest enthusiusm, for which he gracefully bo seemingly overcome with the honear. A voice, ** Down »

japidated couditina it was when the Bil passed, dignifying it Miller was reeg 'with the name of a College. Itywequires the services of the mason, the carpenter und the painter; and surely Ghose ser- O°". ee | vices might bad been given - if during the long -ummer Feed ae t Gernegedous groans.) = Another wice, »

| motths that bave passed away. But the Government cherish- | ieee wy oolstte a et

‘ing, Perhaps, something like Burns's sympathy fur the mouse & : : } “tis fire.) ** Put the P

a aa 1860. | we do, what an insurmountable load of shyness afflicts the | Whentue pre eat Schco! V si‘or exercised his awful authority |

| turned up dy his plougi, | fow ox t ~ y S . c } i i ‘ : | few country scho lmasters can afford to soend much time or ohn Vente Deesesheetiwinv eaiatag,

money in Charlottetown to prerare themselves for the anguet | Buita sueil and keea,”

| ,. , . °

| presence of ** the Buard,’’ where three or four learned and | had not the heart to disturb the rats from fattening on the| i ? : : it : lo aie ‘ : ; ai s . , } i holy men are ready to confound them by propounding puzzling "8 things lefs in the _pautry and cellar of the old Central Acadewy by ihe luxurious and sumptuous gentleman who had |

| questions in science, history and geography, and knowing, as | lately charze of it.

whole class of county schoo'masters—we may be sure thata !9 that od building, and imparted, by his genius and learnmg, | Y a classicair to its crambling walis he showed that keen, Scot-

the >quaw was right, for she did not come in the character THE “ EFFICIENT” SYSTEM OF EDUCATION, stat many of them do not undergo the ordeal of a re-exami- /tish common sense « hich dves always fall to the lut of genius, |

of a beggar, but out of ber penury and wart s!jo took from | her solitary wigwsm te ¢-noe aud baskets —-t}.. own hands, (which would have brought '

: ; ae work of her} ue? yome shil ings),

and after having expended her little all jp decorating her per-| these columns to the general subject of education, and not! a ect

gon for the occasion, presented them *» t).c Prince

” us & proof | unnecessarily so. of the best feelings of lier heart. *

P it ao blan ‘ ] . s ame attache QO}; . . . oo. ee te a. . _ institution we have—it certainly absorbs more public money ‘ , i ne con- : pa elusion. Where lies the blame *% the burden ; [ eare not whethe » he. by ie ar ; er any other colour, the luad belongs to him, and carry it he, garet until itis remor . Utdlerstand that an amount was) . ee ’ : , . ; jeft by the Prince te bo Uisteihuted among the Indians. but ° Justice,” bas volunteered an able, and, indeed, unanswerable } Qenend a o. © ‘ , c - =o . . ‘ tie — aw of wt om t tite, while she expected that her gift defence of the Catholic sida af the question,—he has shown toa Princes, aad -_ « rinee the heir to Britain's throne, woul Ite recognize’ disdained the thought of being classed a , with beggars. A gmali effort would have mixed with the old Under which the whole system ia supposed to be conducted— Tl eo ‘ ‘ 4 : , ae Seep o sorrow & good degree of pleasure, but after| how improperly they are denied any controul in ‘t Pageing her ? -ed limbs more than forty miles, she must re- tire te herly’ jujy wigwaia, the subject of bitter disappointment : : vad sorrow and that caused by the eruel neglectot those who, | benefit has been derived from the establishment of the Normal ~ o Ps ’ Gel of Oe, din their cloaks of selshneas are uniformly unmiad- | School ; fal of P oe gsrrows and sacrifices of the poor. De, c 86).

is # Grey or Cole Black, | fluence on the moral and social condition of our people. Our

how Catholics are excluded from the Board of Education,

nistration of our Education Jaws,—he has ghown what little

which he clearly points out the motives that induced the

aol +2 + +S Government tq abolish the old Central Academy. : ; Vor tus Examines. We have no wish to interfere with our correspondent in the ON. DIT.

| discussion of the whole question of education ; but we trust it The Executive Couny.’, at its convention, 27th November, | wil! not be out of place to offer a few observations of our own Bat on strong debste wutil late at night. The Selkirk Es-/ on some points that may have escaped the notice of ‘* a Lover tate was again on tha bourds, and fierce disagreement respect- | . ; ing the disposal of it rang long and loud. Some of the patriotic members of thst infirapbody contended for adhesion | to the prices already set upon the lands ; but others of still, ing the letter of the late Bishop of Cha:lottetown—the narrower views argued with great ability and decency that rumpus about the * godless’’ system which the Government the estate should be pur up to pudlic competition, and sold | of that day were charged with introducing into our educational to the highest bidder, Should this Aonest course be adopted, | establishinents—the the Governihent woe! ecome a band of land jobbers, and would, with great propriety. make purchases themselves ; o ; ’ : j eo : end ‘foster aud further proprietary designs, by placing the which exemplary pious and puritannical Sectarianism turned lands in pos-ession of mouied speculators, and perpetuating YP the whites of its eyes at the alleged exclusion of the Bible the obnox ous landior} system, utterly ruin the tenantry by from our Common Sehoule—how those meetings rang with ao Executive ou'rage might upon unprotected right | bitter denunciations against the ** Man of Sin,’’ and the Tenants can see the Kxeeutive Council in uo other light of |. Lady of Babylon,” nd the Government of Prince Edward oberrvstian than ns their worst enemy.

The indefatigatle Colonial Secretary (another subject of} | : ‘ ; a = diseussiow on that stormy vight), was asked in Council to abii-| adyship,—and’ how the “dram ecclesiastic * was beaten eate the Isfander's editorial stool, or vacute his office as Secre- | UnSparingly in every dissenting pulpit ia the Island, until the vary; but that modest tan, in all meekness, and feeling) general election was over, and the public purse placed at the secure in his masiery over the Government, and being ir- | dieposal of the T reapooribie to the people, upon whose bread he sabsists, coolly iaformed bis patrou. the Lt. Governor, and his Council, en’ un tharend Bik we DAF aes that he declined to do cithér the one or the other. .'Lhe| Pretemte to be on ogg ow a road road - perdition, because augast Executive body politic received tha announcement °%°FY snivelling school boy in the land did not happen to have with mach digaity and composure. The Hon. Mr. Palmer|2 copy of the Bible in hia fist. The Government were, o! *thoogit, perhaps, that the time for his removal had not course, held accountable for all the sin and im-n rality in tle yet arrived.” The Lt. Governor wiiliazly eoncurred in that country; but they would have been fortunate if they eould tardy nation, snd the abdeation or vacation request euded |; r : in smoke. There is a smoke arising that will swoke those impotents oui at no far distant day,

‘Phe Government, in awful stare convened, shou'd not be so voriferous in débate that unlistening ears hear the subject existence of a Liberal Government in this Island ; and if aman matters of their wranglinzs and Quarrel lings in chambers: had his house burnt down, oran old woman sprained her ankle and, perhaps, it woud be weil to bave their leaky members, or broke her lex, somehow or other the Government were tu eorked, if the progression statesman, the Elon. LK. Palmer, bl suould happen to think the tive bas arrived.

Tuceday aad Tuesiay nicht, the 4th December, found the amiable and efficient Executive ia augayt Council met, and sgain, in th: Kilkenny Pussies’ agreeab lity, claw and fang, and divid wy and subdividing on an emigration scheme, but day to be a devout and consistent worshipper in a Church finally agreeing to disagree. and drop the project—the time -vhich dates its existence from the dawn of Christianity — for entering upor it * nol Aering arrived,” aud the proba- whose doct bility that the importation might not ineet a special yiew of theie coming to the Gove: nment rescue, at the approaching election, ‘The trusty and well beloved Mr. Smitn, recently ~ : b from Dundas Castle, with letters patent, and Mr. Arbuckle, 5@viour to the howling fanaticism of the Puritans, or the were both on hand as Emigrant Agents. Perhaps a more gloomy bigotry of the Spoonerites; but it was still worse for judicious selection could not be made; they would run ex- the President of his Council (the Hon. George Coles) te en- eecding!y well together in that kind of harness. ~ Birds ofa feather Bock tegether.””, A ‘ow Highland Scotchmen, occupy- ing lunds clammed by certain Proprietors, hut whose legal c : i clainrs are disputed, being bard pressed by the claimant |7sPect @ sd consideration which the Queen herself has always Landlords for rent, and looking with hope to the Laud Com- dome—an example which her son end heir has so wisely anissiea for ultimate release from the usurpers—sought, as | followed in his Canadiantour. It was vain, however, for Mr. # prevent shield from their grasping tormeutors, the counten- ance and consideration of lt. Governor Dundas; but the present tenants had the Chief Magistrate's soothing conso- wi tation administered thus; “You should be ashamed to °! Witnesses ready to swear that he was more of a Papist than

of Justice.”’

We all remember the great outery that was made respect-

piles of pctitions that were sent to the House of Assembly on the subject—the public meetings at

| 7 Island, who were accused of casting lascivivus glances at her

ories. Previous to thas elec ion tears were

shed over the fate of this unhappy country, which was re-

rave escaped with that load of trouble. The potatve rot and bad erops were clearly proofs of bad administration —violent storms were indisputaDdle evidences of divine displeasure at the

ame for it all. And all this misfortune aresa from not

having the Bible dog-eared in the Common Schovls, and every Papist thrust out of office.

{t was a shocking thing for the Lieutenant Governor of the

rines have been cherished for nearly two thousand years by two hundred millions of the human family —a Governor who had the hardihood to prefer the religion of our

ally in their social gatherings, and to treat them with that

Coles to assert, or for his friends to declare on his behalf, that

he was an honest conscientious Protestant. There wasa cloud

Let the right horse bear than any other, and is calculated to exercise the greatest in- considering that he might spend £20 in preparing himself for

correspondent, who writes over the signature of a ‘* a Lover ealary of £45, than run the risk of being rejected, losing caste |

tertain kindly feelings towards the Catholica—to mix occa<ion- |

it is a nominal amount; tecants in the old ccuutry pay £3 ateriing per acre.”

Phere was no balm for them at Government Hoase; the tree of Gilhead hai w th re! ; the Proprietors’ physician was there. Bat the hardy Scots left the Castle wiser than they entered; ang they bit their firm lips and determined to reset.

ee the Proprietor's tit!es—you should pay your rent; the Papists themselves—that so thoroughly imbued was he

with the spirit of ** Popery,’’ that he would not be eontent to siy his prayers at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Char- lottetown, but journeyed every Sunday to Rustico to assist at the celebration of High Mass, and travelled with a bottle of holy water and a string of beads in his pocket. Indeed, it was

, said that he was preparing to set out on a pilgrimage to Rome,

ination. Besides, they are not deficient of commen sense.) 0! estublishing a close connection between the useful and urna |

r ” ve: reek iv ideral -e} ’ : : ; F » capi streams of k ledge, tinctured with | ' W E have, for several weeks, given considerable spic e in Each knows that when he enters into an engagement to teach mental. \W hiulee ype pus sir¢ains of ka ywi dg tincetu d if }

sis ‘ ; the milk of human kindness issued from his lips upstairs, an , apy > 2 at . : e ae ° hool it is only for the short period of.a year after which | animal of the bovine species, snugly dumiciied in the ceilar,

Our school system is the most important! the trustees may send him about his business with as little dispensed milk of a richer quality for the nourishment of the | fire.) Here the groaning continued fur about two Winutes

| gustatory powers of some o: the juvenilesabove. Who knows | (but that the building has been again used as a Cow stable, | |snce it was evacuated by Mr. Kenny, and that this is one of re-examination, be is more inclined to put up with the reduced | the reasons why the Prince of W ales College is non est ? It was unnounced in the Gazette las week thwt the College | would be opened to-day, under the sole management of Pro-| ifessor Inglis. We thought it wonld be a queer kind of a) with the dim prospeet of getting his salary raisod to £55. | Cu llege, with only one Professor, in an old rattle-trap of a The consequence is, that the majority of schoolmosters are] unaing 5 bat the Proéesiant of Saturday last came to our re- | ef, andannounced ina svimi-offcial manner, that the notice in | the Gazette was all gammon—that the Trastees cf this famous |

remorse as they would turn edrift a common servant; and

amongst his fraternity, and honour in his circle and district

worse paid than they were under the old law; -anrd that the

he admi-| Government, on pretence of extending the blessings of educa- institution ** are convinced of tue impracticability of patting | on the platform accompanied the Bishop. Phe members of deputation renmined behind, Their vbject being accompls

the College into succe-sful operation as the law now exists,”’ ' —that in place of a second Professor, a Master will be ap- saving of the public money for this service—thus discouraging | pointed under Pro'essor Loglis. at a salary of £200 a year, |

tion, have been actuated by a desire to make a parsimonious

and we have another letter of his now before us, in younz men from entering on the ardaous duties of teachers, wed that the institution wiil not be opened until after tre |‘* The Paseyne is chased ;’’ ** Down with bum ;” ** Away @

Christmas holidays. So that after all, the great College is to | |ve nothing better than the od Academy, with the disadvan- | Another of the amendments by which a ** perfect’’ systom| tags tu tie community of having bad it closed for several | of education was to besecured to the Colony, is the provision | months, during which many youch have been diverted from | their educational pursuits, if they have not entirely abandon- | ed them. Schools when the parents or guardians of childrem require it; We intended to say something more in connection with our | to be read. Now, every person knows that under the late educational system, but we bave already taken up morespace | than we assigned ourselves. The pstience of our readers is) | not exempt from tnat law of nature whic preserives a Jimit | Board of Education to use the Bib’e asa class book, in con- to all sublunary things; and if we were not ourselves tired of | formity with a desire to that.effect manifested by the trastees the subject, regard for the feelings of our readers should | : ‘ (caution us to desist ;-but we cannot resist the temptation of }

: ‘ saying, in conclusion, a few words touching the excellent ob-

and that regulation allowed the teachers to make their notes geryance of the’ new law, which, accordieg to the preamble,

and retarding the progress of enlightenment. in the new Act that the Bible may be read in tho Disrtict Government Teachers were authorised by a resolution of the

of the schools and the parents of the children attending them,

The new Act merely legalises | ** provides for a more thorough and particular examination of

. , | School Teachers, so as that efficiency aud merit may be pro- the resolution of the old BoarJ; but tha teachers are not at | ee ~ F d Pe perly recognized and encouraged.

The following questions and answers which passed between { the Scriptures which may be read by them; so that in point ** the Board"’ and some candidates tor the office of Teacher, | ‘ f shortly alter the new law came into operation, will shew how | easily the Board are satisfied as to the efficiency of the Teach- under the new Act than it was ander the vid. If the very | ers, the candidates having im every case received the necessary | pious people who pretended to be so anxious for their children cercificates se : Bouri—W hy does water run down a bill? €undidate ~ Because it cannot run up a hill Board—W hat for u of Government gbtains in England? | Candidate—A Republican form } Heard —W iat Roayan General first inyaded Britain ? Candidat-—TVitas !

and comments, if they pleased. liberty toexplain or comment upon any difliccl: passages of |

of fagt, the religious element is less effective in our schools

to lay in ‘a good stock of religion, te save thems-lves the | trouble of imparting it at home, consider the new arranzement regarding the Bivle as superior to the oll one, we cau only | Say we conzratul .te them on being so cas ly satisfied. i

° ° . > ord ae "wel ° Another wonderful amendment by which our educational Boe rae Who was W ashington ? Candidale—An American Genera!. ' Board—\N bat was bis profession before he became a Ge~ e- and the orly one that remains for u3 to notiee—is the authority | ral ?

system was to be rendered ** perfect’? under the new Act—|} ” ; ! Candidate —An Ewperor. Board —W bat important City is s taated at the meuth o the Mussissipy 1? Candidate—Vbe City of Massachusetts. must shortly follow, if the law be adhered to. The question | Board—Uow cid the Awerican Colonies obtain their inde- | _ | pendence ? Candia

viven to the Lieut. Governor by the Lith seetion to close two |

of the district Schools in Charlottetown. One of these Selioos

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has been closed all the summer, and the closing of the cther

may be asked, what necessity was there for this restriction of tainty tiniest the means of education? Were the Charlottetown youth too) poo g— Explain ete

Candidate—Why, the Americans filled a number of empty | barrels with stures, and roiled them dowa upon the Britisa suldiers, and destroyed every man of them. |

With respect tu another question’ fF which we have heen | of the ancient pagan when he rebuked the apostie by saying | informed, 1t19 hard to say which evinced the most suprdity, the qu stion put by the Jearned member of the Board or the | : answer given to it by the Caudidate. We are bound to sey | inclined to believe, however. that there was another object in iat the questioner was not an Irishman, though Sir Boyle |

highly favoured in this respect; or, wisely solicitous for the happiness of our future men and women, were the Government

determined not to have any occasion for imitating the example

that too much learning hath madehim mid? Weare strongly } , if ea : ‘ ia ; } view. and that was, to leesen the amount of the grant for Roche bimse!f never wade a greater Bull.

; as ' : | Boa-d— What is the overland route from Charlottetown to eineational purposes. This was certainly an admirable way | ,,

| Busiun in Massaciusetts ?

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of rendering the system * perfect and efficient !”’ Candidale—By Shediac, thence to Pictou, and by Halifax,

But it may 'e said that the saving in this instance was in- and afterwards by Steamer to Boston. tended as an offset to the outlay consequent upon the appoint-| We could easily increase the number of questions and | Well has #28wers of # like nature, if ~pace permitted, and we could s ; . (shew that the simplest questions in Listory, geography, and | that appointment been made in conform ty with the Ac’? No, the present state of affairs in Kurope and America, elicited | as far as we can learn. There has certainly been no official | no answers at all, when the candidate hud not the boldness to |

'mentof a Second Master in the Normal School.

: } tt ‘ne i e@ u i i ers < i We know that the Government | 8¢* the bench or table in a roar by giving auswers as wide of |

: ; tve/aark as any of the foregoing. We have to repeat that) has been in a peck of troubles in regard to this matter. There | (he candidates who thus distuunguished themselves were con- |

are several candidates for the office of second Master. They | sidered worthy of receiving certificates, in proof of their |

, ae |* efficieney and meris,’” ow i i f public money |

are, with one except on, the protegss or re'atives of those who | _ ellicieney and merit,”* and are now in receipt of p J) ... | ander the provisions of that law whichauthorised ** a thorough |

surport the Government. If one be selected all the rest will) and particular examination” of their fitness for the office of | | |

consider themselves infamously illtreated,—their friends will teacher.

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notice of a new appointment.

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be disgnsted with the Government, and may, in their anger, | threaten to join tho Liberal Opposition to overthrow the A d- |

ORANGEISM IN IRELAND. |

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ministration. We think we can venture to say, however, | Tar Orangemen of Belfast are evidently jealous of the

that the Liberal Opposi ion is strong enough without them. |

Nevertheless, the Government are sadly bothered in respect to , ise an iil : ind . si y P the occasion of tie Prince's visit to Kingston. The latter have

this difieulty.. They want the Board of Eduction to nomi made themselves immortal by their achievements. ‘The exist-

nate the candidate, and thus incur all the responsibility. The : ‘ p ; ; ence of Orangemen in Western Canada was, indeed, known

| fora very long time ; but so quiet had they beccme before the Prince’s arrival in America, that the race, it was supposed, was gradually yielding to the progress of civilization—or be-

Board feels that it has sins enough of its own to answer for, and declines the responsibility. Meanwhile, the children who should be attending~the district school that has been clos-d | are left to wander about the streets—the law relating to the |

A voice, ** Hear Dr. Miller.’ Another Voice, * Youy

| ; that, ofall the clergy ia the divcesa, of in Sreisod, were ey, jada fewertes aud respects episcopacy more than myself, jp

Svad feeling —that you allowed a lite oad feeling vo ee the tne wind that P.owsianta e.nn t allow their pomciplew iw be (rotertered with. (A Voes, No Pope, no Pusey 5") Laws jcuufess tost ihe uonds of the peovie of Beifse: are Agiiated i Youll wing’) (Applauae.) Kbeery thought ts on ste tapice ' Voice, ** A Powish b.sivp’’) Was DOL Wise oF J id -Ciwus muea

49 Gime bere tw preside over a Protestant meeiuug. (Keates fare.) dtroctihere is not a aan op ch $ Puen ems glut wha wad

jheve every man do this reo te-aght would like to ee that

‘great notoriety which tucir brethren in Canada attainod on | native of Southampton, it would be a very pleasent relief to

}out of him.’’ (Kentivh-fire:) “ te ig Puseyite!” h—I with the Pope!’ (Groaus.) ‘Due Bishop took the A voice, © Put him dtt—out with tim? “+ No Pavey ‘(No surreader,”” “* Throw him out of thie’? (Lremen cheering and Kentish fire.) ‘ Three cheers for Or, Milier (Cheers.) “* Groans for the Puseyite."" (Tremendous gios Dr. Milier here rose on hia feet simultaneous ¥ with me

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hin, Miller, my buy,” (Cheera and Kentish fire.) The here looked round hin and faced the raging storm. Newry whole sudience got onthe:r feetand mased. The lasted fy five minutes. ‘Uhe Bishop, ** I call upon Dr. Millerag .. ihe procesdings’’—A_ voice, ‘* There will be no we opened till you leave that.’’ (\theers.) Phe Bishop, + p,

the proceedings by prayer.”” (Groans.) A Voice, « yyy m vo outof that at once? No more of your gamma,” (Ken,

The Bishop (a8 und-rstood:) ** You just seeded one wore ex hibition to ruin you, and you have gui.” A Vuice, © Way isthat he save? What are you saying?’ (Shouting , groaning.) Tis wen: oa for a long period, the Bishop ase tiled with euch cries as “tle ia wuisanee; away 9) hun.’ fis Lordstip during the time this whole ec ne of acay daious insult was progressing, louked steadily upon the rag, masa of faces, apparentiy deeply moved. At length he rogs as ifto siy something. tis brother and several ladies im him to leave, which he did, in (heir company, after a jast at the savage scene before him, Four-filibs of the clergy

ima scene Which befllea description, a long round of Ken fire, mermingled with such epithets as * Che Pope i gone:

him ;’’ brought this part of the performavce toa close, by man shoutiug, * Taey’re a parcel of scandalous coffins: they're well away.’’ (Great cheering.)

A resolution was then passed, condemning his Lordship inhibinon of Mr. Potter; god We wear, Dr. dliller, took ie chair from wiiich his diocesan had been rudely expetled,

‘The Epaengeeee Societys deputation tuen qui.ted the bull. ing, ap

Dr. Milier addressed the crowd. He said—A little agiy. tion has passed over your minds, and if anything can allay ty agitation it 1a the spirit of prayer. would ask you now to put away from you every agiated feeling, and draw to the Thy vf Grace. Juin with me now, this great meeting, in appros. ing God in prayer. “The vicar, having offered up a preyer, a, —You have placed me in a posi ion that 1 do not Covet unde the circumstances, but] fli tbat when you called upon mey take this place, and to engage im the exercise of prayer, thay was my duty to do so. Dates are ours; evens are God's. | do not wish to refer to what has passed bui a few minutes or call it to your recollection. Paimful feelings have bees evoked. I believe in my heott there 14 not @ man orcwomes tuat 1 see before me that does not love wur euurch, for I gy the same faces before me at the anniversary ef every of Unis suciety, estavleued by tue glorious Willa. (Cleon aud Keotish fire.) Bui c¢ rcumsiancea have arisen, and CHCum- stances have Caused a chinze ; and, if there be a man mw th face ul Creation (hat more qhan of ver regrets that change,4 5 the humble tndividaal that now aduress.s you; aud [ wih ay

uiy be said that you have Luis eveuiny been earried away ea

Deter of you; out, ay frends, let a go fort ou whe ngs of

bout this Blew hitiwatiwn which Is unpend pe. (A Veu-,

vf expeciaitua odour i, aud L mast say shat of one Boia, (x

$s¥ a barsh wo d against the orders of our chascn, thet there net & ban tn tebe rou lo-uight (hat would give wayllo a haves expression about the sacred office uf the episcopate; and [be

office made subservi-at to the pro culgation of good and wue Protestant prucivies. (Applause.) Now, iy frends, tet os DIDS grave aesemaiy of grave and suvvemo men uy t Mt wo uukiad Word pass our fips.

his €x raordimary outrage was weund up with the Doxology and Benediction.

THE BISHOP OF DOWN AND THE ORANGEMEN. (From the London Times, November 17, 1860.)

After all, there is nothing so refreshing us the indigenous and savage. Art fights out nature, the town beate the coun try, and civilization suis up barbarism, till there x nothing lett of the old old-world. The very weeds find favour in our cyes, in this dreary desert of professional borticuliure. Does not one’s inner heart jamp with a strange delight whea ove hears of wolves carrying off small children in Norwmandy, | a bear having bruised and eaten a Parisian gent in the Pyrenees, and af:er having been traced in the Wandle, & whale having been choked with London sewage at Gravesend, 1 a shark caught at Ramsgate, or an eagle shot in Virgivis Water. Even a simple murder, or a highway robbery of the genuine old type, carries one back to the dear old days of Finchley and Hounslow. Could one but be persuaded that the black-eyed girl whe offers to tell your fortune was nots

our odious Anglo-Suxou race. There ought to be an Abari~ gines Protection Society to seeuce from any vulgar intermixe ture, aad from justice-law, all the Britous, Celis, Phonicisns, Danes, and all the oldest inhabitants of these isics. Our posterity A. D. 2000 will reproach us for the deery, as Wo do the last age for the departure of bustards from our downs and salmon from our rivers. So it is simply in the interest

The tenants on the Selkirk Estate will petition the House and that on his return every Protestant thre of Assembly against the exorbitaut prices exacted by the would be cut. Government for the lands. Those mea are resolved to re- pol imposition, and will effec'uate their parpose by union of action. The Goverument exceedingly sick—the pulse ' ’ very low a4 to the prospect of reyaining the confidence of, when, by the force of chicanery, Urangeism and intolerance,

All thie fanatical fury, which passed under the name of | | Religion, was kept alive until the general elections were over,

‘ , ' : oh even a tithe of the country. * No man go poor to do them | the Toriea triumphed; and soon after «+ Papists’’ were ex- |

honor.” pelled from Government employ in every direction. But the

C—~—, fifth wheel official to the Executive Coach. | is by order of the Chief to be presented immediately with a green top Turnip, mounted with brass, for distinguished ser-| vices rendered to his ewployers, by bis aptitude to feteh, earry, bark and fawn; and as em)lematic of his excessive Gestion be adduced therefrom. Although no regular treaty modesty aod fing taleat; and alse in consideration of that, of peace had been signed, there was a sudden cessation vl potished, geutiemanly, powerful ictier, conceived and pro- , hostilities on the part of the very pious people who felt so duced by bis startlingly profuand intellect, and published iu , wretched about the want of the Bible in the Schools. The that very chaste, mode! Monitor of the age, Over the 8igNa-) eountry was sanctified in the most sudden and miraculous ture of * A Caledonian.” Tht marvellous bit of efferveseing genus—its brilliant concept on— its finshed periods aud! i ‘ : adil sasterly composition— its dignified diction and powerful logic Che puritannical pulpite ceased to denounce the Catholics, its iam table truth{ulness——ites mora) beauties and unex- | When the poor Catholics had been put as !ow as they could ceptionable tout ensemble, bespeak for it and its ubique | be ; and the ‘ religious’? people, who thought the I:land author a place and a name in the archives of polite literature | could not prosper without the Bible — especially the En lish thatshali endure as long as her ain sel shall « pless ta Tuk