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THE LATS BISHOP OF CHARLOTTETOWN. |

tet I jshop of Charlottetown. was born in the Parish of St. An-

drew’s, in this |sland, in December, 1797. He exhibited from Absolutions read, the kve du corps was coinmenced, the Very hisearliest youth signs of that peaceful, amiable, and pious | Rev. James McDonald being the officiating Clergymat. Holy disposition which formed a distinguishing characteristic of his water being sprinkled on the body, and tue Requiescal in pace

after life. | tion in the echoul cf his mttive dietrict—one of the rety few , lighted and the De Profundis chetted with sclemn effect. educational ettablishiients then existing on the Islard. It The wéual verses;and the ptayet fut a deceased Bishop, was observed at thi’ time, that even during his boylsh sports; | been sutig; the officiating Priest sid the

~ pl * 4 i F - “ follows, and that he was accugtdnted frequently to intruduceé | Domino being intoned, the melancholy and impressite chant | repenting sinner

intd conversstivn some topic cunnetted

titual obserfances of the Chutcéh. F

with religion end the | of the Miserere swelled through the Cullege halls, the coffined

by Divine Ftovidenve to that holy ttate which he @¢o much | tiedlately the Proceasion formed and ptoceeded tu St. Dun-

honvred, he entefed at the age of fifteen, his 4/ma Mater, the | stan’s Cathedral, Charlottetowt, it the following order :— Seminary of Quebee, an [uetitution celebrated fur the numbef! Cress Bearer and Acolytes, in Cassocks, Surplices and Choir Caps;

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of holy men of solid piety aud léafring whith it has ptepared | to preach the trushe of the Gospel. 4 Utidertaker and Doctor ;

Here he} ret luting which time istineuished | < it years, duting which time he distinguished! students ef St. D

fod sent fourth tomained fur t nremitting application tu study, and by the Is |

was-then that he laid the fuandation of that fund of varied

himself Uy his mourning ; Choristers, in Cassocks and Surplices ; Clergy, in Cassucks, Surplices and Choir Caps ; Officiating Priest, in Cope ;

edristant practice of all the virtues of a perfect seminarist.

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and extensive learning—sacred and profane—which rendered Hearse drawn by four black horses, richly caparisoned ;

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his conversation on every subject agreeable, pore oe

i ». Having completed his studies he was ordained bearing Crosier, Mitre and other Episcopal Insigna in t tive. cul ete s ure oS Wi ( uined | .

jnstruetive wing press +) ‘ , mourning ;

oie in the Sneine r 229 } 3 t ; ls srod riest in the Spring of 1822, and he soon afterwards entera “

Peie — Mourners;

on his missionary career in this Diocese There being but

Catholic Young Men's Literary Society ; Hlibernian Society ; Benevolent Irish Society ;

few clergymen on the Island at that time, he had to take

eharge of all the western parishes, including Indian River, Urand River, Fifteen Puint, Belle Alliance, Miscoushe, Cas-

In all these missions he succeeded, by

Magistracy, &c., &c., &e.

cumpec, Tignish, &c.

his seal and untiring energy, in building churches and paro-| effect not easily describéd the Miserere, Dilexi, Ad Domiaum

chia! houses. of Charlottetown and the neighboriag Missions. [a 1836 he Cathedral, a distance of nearly two wiles. was nominated by the Iluly See successor tu the Right Rev. B. 3B. McEacusay, of happy memory, and on the fifteenth of Uctuber of that year he was consecrated Bishop of Charlotte- reached Mr. Dodd's lime kila before the last portion of the

town, in St. Patrick’s Church, Quebec. Bosides thie Island Procession had left the College. At the entrance of tho City and the Magdalen Islands, the whole of New Brunswick was included in his Diocese, until the year 1342, when that Pro- Selovls, dressed in black, with hoods covered with long white veils, together with the Ladies of Nutre Dame, joined the Pro-

cession immediately in front of the College Students. Vast

vince was erected inte the Diocese of St. Jolin.

The deceased Prelate, by his kind disposition and ever ready seal in the discharge of all his pastoral duties, gained for him- self the affection and esteem of all.

numbers of persons lined the streets in the route of the Pro- ie was charitable, hospi- cession, and all seemed deeply moved by the reverence and table, and pivus ; in a word he was a model of all the virtue” which should aiern those who are called to the holy and responsible office of a Bishop.

air, his serene, yet commanding countenance. his benignant

respect which their Catholic fellow Colonists were paying to the mortal remains of their saintly Bishop. ‘The atores of all

His noble bearing, his affable she Ca holics in the City and aleo those of many of the Protes-

tants, were closed. smile, could not fail to fill the behulder with veneration and been the heart and feeling of that man who could have observ-

love for his sacred person. Having fw priestsin his Diocese, .d unmoved the solemn spectacle which our streets presented

he himseif touk the charge of a mission ; and besides attending ‘« Tt is thus the suldier is honored who dies

on this occasion. to all nis epser al functions, he always discharged the duties

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of a Parish Priest. The , «xe time which he coureenare from; c : bs Saws ? — rarthful soldier of the Cross, who treely lays ucla

the service of the King of Kings.’’ Having arrived at the Cathedral, the Cross-Bearer, Acolytes and Choristers entered, followed by the Clergy, carrying the

his duties and devotional exercises was deveted to study. | bien ° m

Seldom did any person take a more lively iaterest in the pro- | motion of elucation than did tho venerable subject of this

short notices. Ife established in his own district, schools in

coffin which they placed on the bier prepared before the High Altar.

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which the young might be instructed, not only in secular The Clergy took their places, and in a very short time kuowledge, but also in their moral and religious dutios; and

all the available space of the vast «difice was crowded to excess, ke encouraged, as much as possible, their establis':ment

many being obliged to remain outside. A svlemn Reyuiem

shroughout the whole extent of his Di ¢ -o—being careful, at! afass was then celebrated by the Rev. D. McDonald, D. D.,

the same time, not to permit the introduction therein of any | books which he considered prejudicial to the faith or morals of those committed to his charge.

the Rev. G. A. Belcourt acting as Deacon, Rev. J. Phelan, as Subdeacon, and the Rey. A. MeDonald as Master of Cere-

Aided by the co-operation | monies.

: When the Celebrant and Sacred Ministers, robed in of the charitably, and by the munificent dunation of a certain

their vestinents, had arrived at the Altar, the Chureh present- gentleman, he was cnablod, a few years ago, to establish in

The eoffin was the ceutral object, the outer casing of which was a simple but

: : s ed a most solemn and awe inspiring spectacle. Charlottetown a Convent of Ladies of the Congregation de

Notre Dame, which Institution is now ina fl urishing condi-

handsome chest of polished oak Above the junction of the

tion, af rding to numsrous yourg ladies belonging to Char- lottetown and the diffrent parts of this Island, the inestimable | blessings of a highly finished and religious education. But the educational establishment in which Bishop McDonald | appeared to take the principal interest, of which he showed himself the muni ficent Patron, aad which may be said to hava been the idol of his heart, is St. Dunstan's College, in the vicinity of Char! uttetown.

inscription :— Ruvs B. D. MacDonacp. D. D. Episcopus. Carolinapolitanus. In. Domino. obiit. Die xxx. Decembris. A. D. 1859. Presbyterat. 37. Episcopat. 23. Atat. 62. Re ke #. On it were placed the Crosier, Mitre and other emblems of a Bishop.

This lnetitution, which is both an | honor and an ornament to the Colony, the late lamented | Bishop opened eurly in 1855, for the purpose of affording to the young mon of the Island the opportunity ef receiving a complete literary, moral, and religious training. |

Above it was a magnificent catafalque of black cloth, surmounted by five candelabra, each containing five lighted candles. abra, each also containing five lighted candles. The decora tions of the Altar and the Altar itself were covered with black

The care and anxiety wit) which he watched over its progress and pro- | vided for its wants until the time of his demise—and we may justly add after it—were truly paternal.

On each side of the bier were throe candel-

wpe Long before he was! oloth. The Sanctuary, all the windows, the pillars and a ws 1 > : : ;

called tu ule reward, he had the qnteliation of seeing thie great’ part of the interior of the Cathedral, were hung in

House established on a firm basis, and imparting to numerous) black.

eleves, from the various parts of this and the neighbouring | Colonies, the blessings which he had laboured with so mueh | 8 licitude to procure for them. |

In the year |

As the mass proceeded in its stately march, as the Requiem eternam,and Dies Ire thrilled upon the ear, what thoughts | were those which sprang up within us? Were they distrac-

255 : a ai ° o é 25 he cuntracted a cough, and a decline in tiong! or were they not salutary thoughts as they flew to the

ecame perceptible; nevertheless, he still con- tinued to discharge all his duties as Pastor of St. Augustine's Church, Rustieo, until the Autuma of 1857, when, by the advice of his physicians, he discontinued the most laborious of them. Finding that his disease, Chronic Bronchitis, was bo- coming more deeply seated, he went to New York in the Sum- mer of 1853, ani consulted the most eminent physicians of that city, but to iittle or no purpose.

his health s . ; ‘ oon confines of time and cternity, and scanned the sorrowful regions

of Purgatory, or pierced through the’pearly gates © Parvin to enquire after the soul which eo tately animated that lifeless body?

reiterated expressions of H-ly Writ: ‘* Blessed are the dead

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tecollecting the many virtucs of the dead and the

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who die in the Lord, for their works follow them,’’ we were

consoled and felt assured that even then he was enjoying in His health continuing to decline, he set his temporal and spiritual concerns in the | most perfect order, and waited the time of his dissolution with | St th a ; ; @ et ¢almness and resignation. About two months be | panegyric of the deceased Bishop, furs his death he removed from Rustico, and took up his Feaxdence in St. Dunstan's College, saying that he wished to’ Aie within its w lls. Here he was attended with all the caro | THE FUNERAL ORATION. which love and gratitude could bestow. On the 22d December | Taking as his text tho words, ‘fle obtained glory in his pit., he became visibly worse, and on the 26th he reévived the | conversation with the people. He shone in his days as the

iaet Sacraments. He eontinued to linger until Friday, the

Heaven the fruit of his many labors.

The Mass being finished, the Kev. A. McJonald, Rector of - Dunstan's College, ascended the Pulpit, aad preached the which was listened to with marked attention, and from which we give some extracts below.

were in attend-/| was found just. Ife honored the vesture of holincss Lie s to subserve theit own and their pitttic’’ dtiee. Among those present #6 Hoticed the Very Rey. James interests, at thio expense of right arid truth, to thel# cwn) McDonald, Administrator of the Dioe.a>, Rev. P. Mcintyre, | Rev. J. Brady, Rev. P. MePhee, Rev. T. Phelan, Rey. D. McDonald, D. D., Rey. A. McDonald, Rev. J. Phelan, Rey. J. Duffy, Rev. D. S. McDonald, Rey. G. A. Belcourt, and | the Rev. W. McKay. Numerous early Masses were celebra- ‘the duties of » Catholic Pastor ; and to say that ove perform- Right Reverend Branarp Donaty McDonaxp, D. D., ted for the eternal ropose of the deceased Bishop's soul. | Matins and Lauds for the dead having been chanted, and the | P

He obtained the rudiments of an English educa- |being said, the tapers ef the Cletyy and Choristers were | to minister to the spiritual wants of meatly one half of the

having | travelling day Suscipiat 1é Chfistus, his deportmett was always more grave than that of hie school-| when the Clergy began to mote forward. The Extultabuni

ecling thet he was ca'led remain of the deceased were placed in thie hearse, and im-

uustan’s College, in College uniform and

and | Pour boys, in red Cassucks, Surplices and red Choir Caps, |

The Clergy and Choiristers continued chanting with an

la the Autumnof 182) he was appointed Pastor cum triftilarer, and ether Psalms, from the College to the | trons in this respect. A faint idea of the vastness and imposing effect of the funeral cortege may be! gnon pis bodily strengin no longer permitted him to do so.|owned by a member of the Executive Council, to be used as) formed from the faet that the Cross-Bearcr and Acolytes had) Well may it besaid of him, *t when he weot upto the holy |an Armoury for the few hundred lifles lately received here |

a large number of pupi's from the Convent, and other Catholic | quent sermon.

Indeed, cold and insensible must have |

in the service of his King; and it is thus the Cathore Church }

arins was & brass plate, on which was engraved the following |

Che GCraminer.

Hig faithful servants—yet we shonld remember that he was a wan,

foot walked in the right path from his youth, he has had a as posh cakdest be inperieallohs

real for good and shall not be confounded.’’ Here the Preach- er gave a sketch of the late Bishop's hife, i eubetance the tame os thet contained im this paper. After describing the justice, uprightncss, hospitality, humility and other virtues of the venerable deceased, he proceeded (—Few, except thoeo who have to perform them, know bow nuomerous and important are

vo unrewarded. c 7 not forget to juin oar prayers to those of the Church in his bebalf.

If some small frailty, and you are aware, that even the just man falleth

duties of an onerous ministry, should yet detain bis sou} in that abode,

: : heavenly kingdom, into which nothing defiled shall enter, let our sup- ed them well, tould be to accord to him the highest meed of raiso. ‘Yruly, indeed, can it be said with the utmowt justness, | that Bishop McVonald discharged all his important duties, ‘both as a Priost and as a Bishop, faithfully, and in a manner | highly conducive to the edification of the faithful, the salva- | tion of souls and the greater glory of Gud. bhow often, when ihe had the charve of about a dozen of Churches=when he had

pray that the sacred Blood of the Lamb-—the advrable and saving Victiw “which the minister of God bas lately offered for the deseased, aud which will again be offered on many altars for the same purpose—may obtain for the soul of our worthy Bishop a happy passage from the laud of purification to the celestial mausions of eternal glory.

tha Processional Croes, the Acolytes, the officiating oe | Very Rey. Jd. McDonald, the Deacon, &c., issued from the Vestry in their appteprinte vestmente and touk their proper place about the catafalque. The rest of the Clergy and

| Catholics of the Island—would he be whole weeks without | sleeping in his own bed, yea, without eleeping at sll — and night, hungty aod thirsty, through wet land evld, hail, frost and snow, to admivister the consolations of our holy religion to some poor widow, or forlorn orphan— to epeak sweet words of hope, mercy and pardon to sume

semicircle having burning tapers in their hands. The Abso |lutions fora Bishop were now sang by four Clergymen, viz., , or to pour the balmy oil of heavenly con-| the officiating Ptiest, Rev. P. Melutyre, Rev. fhomas Phelan ‘solution into the spiritual wounds of some afflicted and dying | and Rev. J. Brady. The Libera being chanted, the mortal ‘parent! **** God alone knows how many sinners he remains of the holy Bishop were carried to the vault which heunverted, how much cold, wet, hunger, and how many other | was prepared on the Gospel side of the Sanctuary, and amidst ‘sufforings common to man, he endured for the sake of his| wreaths of incense, and the sprinkling of that water whieh | heavenly Father, during these many long years in which he | pute the demons to flight they were therein laid to await the -|labored aneeasingly in the ministry of the Gospel, when the | resurrection, while still arose the chant of the Benedictus— ‘mst of others were enjoying the sweets of repose, and some, |++ that Canticle of prophecy fulfilled, and of thanksgiving both

perhaps, revelling ain gin! llow many quarrels did he not for hope and the ground of hope, the wondrous love of God in jprevent! How many dissentions did he not heal! How | the work of redemption.’’ ;

imuch drunkenness and how many other excesses did he not| ‘The service being fiuished and the Clergy having entered the bremove! Lhow amqeh charity, joy, peace and good will did he | Vestry, thousands of the immense Congregation present | not everywhere diffusesround him! How many wiso counsels | ¢rowded round the Sanctuary for upwards of an hour, to take jdid he not givet And cortiinly those who sought wisdom from ja last view ef the coffin in ite final resting place—a scene, in phis lips were. not disappointed. With what asal and inde- | jtself, truly affecting. It is unnecessary to remark that the \fatigableness did he mot preach the word of God, in season | 4 Jemn ceremonies of this memorable day made a deep impres- land out of season—his holy and pious looks speaking more | sion on the minds of all who witnessed them. ‘eloquently even than words! of the Cathedral and of the ornaments of the sacred ministers, With what holy indiynation did he not reprehend the scan- ithe magnificent yet melancholy appearance of the catafalque, jdilons, and describ: the hideousness of vice, and the umsery | with its numerous lights—the many burning tapors of the hand wretchedvess of the wicked! With what glowing words | Clergy and Choristers, the mournful and solemn eifect of the | uf sweeiness and sanctity did he not pourtray the beauties of | Gregorian chant—the thousands of weeping and prostrate ; virtue, and the ineffable joy and happiness of tye saints in worsuippers communing with theo spirits of another world— fneaven! Seldom did Prelate labour with greater geal in| wore all highly calculated to improes on our minds, the great- | preaching the saving traths of the Gospel; and never was the | ness of God, the nothingness of this world, and the inevitable jlfe of a pfeacher more in confurmity with Ins preaching than | end of al! flesh. was hia. Our worthy and holy _—? knew fall well * Tat | jib levery High Priest # appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices fo: |

sins yan never did Pontiff wore faithfully fulfili his obliga | QUERIES FOR THE ISLANDER.

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He was accustomed, when in health, ‘to offer the Holy Sucgfice every dey ¢ during his last illness he lcontinved to do the same, unti! a very advanced stage of it, |

A correspondent oaks: Is it true that the Government have rented the upper fiat of a Warehouse ia Charlottetown,

this moment, partaking of the happ?ress which God has prepeaat

Shotld be happily be in the bosom of

hig Creater, and have no need of our assistante, yet our charity will not Therefore whilst we weep over his sacred remains let

seven times a day, if some negligence in the discharge of the numerous in which the souls of those who die in yenial sim are prepared for that

plications ascend to the throne of Grace for his speedy release,—let us

The funeral oration being finished, the Subdeacon bearing

Choristers facing the Altar, stood around in the form of a |

The sombre hue |

Ship News. PORT OF GEORGETOWN. ENTERED. Dec. #6.—Pioneer, McDonald, Boston; good

chison, Halifax; goods. McDonald, Halifax; bal.

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30 — Eenerald, Stewart, llalifax; goods.

Gay, Halifax; do. CLEARED.

Dec. 25.—Brigt. Lavinia, McDonald, Bt. Johu’s, N. F.; prodace. ne

VEW ADVERTISEMENTS,

AUCTION!

‘TNO BE SOLD by Public Auctior, at the EPISCOPA’

| A RESIDENCE, RUSTICO, on TUESDAY, the 24th inst

! at 11 o'clock, the whole of the Household Furniture, Farmin.

| Implements, &c., the property of the late Right Rev. Bisho,

| McDonald, consisting of :—

| Mahogany Centre and Extension TABLES, Do. CHAIRS an

| LOUNGES, Chests Drawers, Bureaus, Sofas, Carpets Oil Cloth, Pictures, richly framed, Feather Beds any Bedding, with Furniture for eight Bed Rooms; Kitchen Utensils, Cooking and Franklin Stoves.

ALSO,—Carts, Trocks, Ploughs, Harrows, Cart and Gig Hlarness, Straw, Hay, Potatoes, 2 Bbis. Pork, 2 Bbis Beef, with a large variety of other articles, particulars o which will be given in Catalogues to be had at the offio. of the Auctivneer.

VWILLEAM DODD, Queen Square. January 16, 1800.

HIE Classes at the Central Academy will be re-opened on

MONDAY, the 23rd instant. The course of instruction embraces the following three departments, and at the sub joined rates :

1. Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammar and Composition,

2. Geography, Use of the Globes, Book- keeping, Algebra, Geometry, Trigo- nometry, the Higher eoeeny: tio Differential and Integral Calculus, with their application to Mechanics, Gauging, Land Surveying, Civil En- gineering, Navigation, and Astronomy, including the use of all necessary Iu- struments. .

The French Langaage and Literature, 110 0

3. The Greek and Latina Classics, 8 i .6

per term. £0 13 6

for it out of the public | |been heard to say that his very Sereeesnnerns Sener ae ‘revenue is £75—that the lower flat of the same buiiJing, | | yreat an impression a8 the most elo- se : eee Sadicner smaanaied Sinn offering the tremen- hs much ware valuable ae — bet o : coe |dous mysteries, and was.not strack with the deep devorion, the | #orlng merchandise for £50 ; ane our ence nde — jun. fect) dpiety, which were vie ble on every lineament of h s what necessity was there for ine Tring this expense while lfeatures! Who does not remember his profound recollection | there waa a good Armoury in the Barracks, which could be ‘which showed that hes thoughts were torlly abstracted from | ad without any cost to the Colony, and quite sufficient for ‘the things of this world, and. centred in the conemplation of | the purpose? We eannot give a positive answer to the ‘his God, then really present under the appearance of bread and qu-ries of our correspondent. We can only say that the re- wine | port of this flagrant job has reached our ears from more than one source, and we think the Colonial Secretary should give

We now come to a duty of the Catholic Pastor, which is, I wnean that of the . — : a oe {ssivation lef | the public some information respecting it through the organ |

| Altar he honored the vesture of holiness,’’ and many have | __ that the rent they propose to pay

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‘above al others, laborious and faligu ng. ‘eonfessionsl. ‘The anany channels of grace anc lin the Church of God by its heavenly Founder bear evident {uf the Government. marks of their divine institution, and cali forth our grenies: | laduuration and warmest grathtude ;.andof there is any one | among them which deserves our praise and thankfulness tore : than the rest, it is that:heaven-born spiritual aid the Sacrament) We have just learned, on good authority, that the Hon. | lof Penance; although, perhepe, there is not one of God's holy | Kdward Palmer has accepted the vacant seat in the Legis- | institutions less esteemed or more vilified by t e tynorant and |) ive Ceunc|—that an election for Charlottetown, in his | perverse. it ws impossible for me to describe with what parience | place, will be held immediately—and that the hon. gentle-—

holy Prelate labored in this extensive a ee ; :

(an. antising zeal Our ww, Ofien,even in his old age, did | ™&0 will in future appear in his true colours as Attorney | ’ ’ a | e .

“. If Mr. Palmer is to be.

[Held of the kingdow of Carts. . —ors autiye weeks, from | General in name as well as in fact. | he attend in the canfequenel, fug erverstes: Atrorney General aud Legislative Councillor, how do the, seven o'clock inthe morning until eight in the afternoon with they) ca. : » steote etedan oh'eeidels all adlaiiel [exeeption of perhaps half an hou:—chiding the obdurate, con-| party. power cafry va. ... - pecs ‘woling the afff cted, encouraging the weak, instrucing the | off e-s from the Legislature ? iguoran', and potutingeut the path of perfection to the virtuous ; | Shae i prescriding heavenly remedi-s for the sprritual maladies under |

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which each might labour, and teaching them the best manner | SUPREME COURT. —

of overcoming all the enemies of their salvation, and of arriving The Hilary Term of the Supreme Court has just termi | iat the enjoyment of those heavenly delizhts which our divine |

Redeemer has prepared in the Kingdom of tis Father for all nated, The civil business _— not characterised by any ad why Jove and serye hin. Uur pious Bishop fulfilled this ‘eatures of public interest, The case of the Queen - Shan- ‘day ine manner worthy of yur warmest admiration, and the | 99, which was an indictment fur alleged perjury, occupied | ‘ ventieness aad patience exaibited by him in its discharge could | the time of the Court for three days; and after having been ‘be sustained only by the purest love of God aad hia neizhbour. | confined in their room a night, the Jury were unable to, | Mhose only who ever bent their knee ta himin the confe-siona! | agree upon a verdict, and were consequently discharged.

can justly appreciate the excellence of his advice, and the zea’) "Three lads, named respectively Noonan, Quin and Smith, | ‘and prudence displayed by him inthe direetion of souls ; and | jthose alone, who were the unmediate objects of bis pastoral | | sulicitude, can estimate the loss which they have sustained tn | Osing him. i

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To Corresponpents.—* Fair Play,” in reference to an |

| always characterized by zeal, prudence, holimess and tumility. | Daly, is unavoidably omitted for want of space. | There existed in hun, in an eminent degree, the qualifications |35Q; some verses by “11” on the loss of the Maggie ; “ M.. | wentioned by St. Paul as necessary fora Bushop. He was, to MeL,” in reference to a Railway from St. Peter’s lay to! [use the words of that apostle in his epistie 10 Timothy, ** Blame- Grand River; and © One that whistles at the plough,” will

| lee. suber, prudent. ufgood behaviour, chaste, given to hosp | eo ove attention at our earliest convenienec.

i tality, aseacher, not given to wine, no striker but modest, nor |“ Oud of Air eerste tam tts inked shite: | |quarrelsoine, not covesous, but one that ruleth weil bis own | ee ee ee ee house.” He was in the words of the same Apostle to Titus ; | long letter to the Hon. Col. Gray, comp'aining of the non-, \** Without crime as thesteward of Ged, not prowl, no subject | fulfilment of the pledges given by him and his colleagues in | \to anger, n t greedy of filihy luere ; but genile, sober, just, / the Government, respecting the remission of the arrears of! jboly, coutinent, embracing that faithful word which is accord. | Rents, ae letter is ably written, but is too full of invee- tive; and as we have alluded at some length to the su ject

ling to doctrine, that he might be able to exhort in sound | doctri de 28 { ayers,” : 1 | : ae ee | doctrine and convence the gainsayers, Did time permit, and |ourselves, we can see no use in publishing 4

| chad I judge u necessary, | might enlarge on the edifying man- jnerin which let practiced these virtues. So continually did | |he practice ail ths emmit-d virtues which shouid adorn the

| character of a Dishop;ithat they became, 30 to speak, a part of |

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The Steamer Europa arrived at Halifax yesterday. Lord | Macaulay (the Historian) died on the 28th ult., of disease of |the heart, aged 59 years. As he was not married, his title | becomes extinct.—'Lhe enrolment of the Rifle Corps knows no | diminution —At a recent meeting of the North London Politi- “used by him to nourieh the ambi'ion of relations—no, they were | C4l “Union. over which Mr. Cox, one of the members for employed to cove= nudity, topassuage hanger, to quench thirst, | Queensborough, presided —the subject was taken up in a land >, vas _-~.gnorance, and to prepare that nobler | larger sense than we have yet seen.—Nothing of importance | part of min—the sou!—to fulfir t:7 high destinies appointed for | had transpired in the European Sqgpen. it vi reported = \t by the Creator. ‘Tne institations which he estsblished for | Paris that Austria, Naples and § a will not wwe oe (the latter purpose will be a lasing memorial of the soliciiude tentiaries to the Congress, unless the Pope is represented there.

} poverty. | gnities aad honors did not give him that proud eye | and insatiable heart of which the psalmist speaks. ‘The platn i ness of his episcopal resideace, aud of every thing connected with him, recalled te our minds the apostolic age in which | eminence of character was a reason for moderation. No person | was ever more detached from the things of this world—even trom flesh and blood. ‘Tife treasures of the Church were not

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were convicted of larceny of some articles of wearing apparel. ——

Queen Square, January 16, 1860.

WILLIAM FORGAN, ilonorary Sec’y. January 16, 1860. lia

1860! BEER & SON HAY JUST RECEIVED via GEORGETOWN : 5 Cases MEN’S BOOTS, to complete their gencral assortment of Goeds, suitable for the season, . January 16, 1860. 4i

DODD'S BRICK STORE, POWNAL STREET.

7°e= & ROGERS have received by brig Henry, from

Boston, their FALL SUPPLY of GOODS, consisting in rt of GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, AND

AMERICAN WARE. Atso—1U0 Barrels Southern FLOUR, Cooking and Box STOVES in abundance.

All of which will be sold cheap fur cash. Jan. 16, 1860. Ow DODD & ROGERS.

"Tobacco, E'lour, &c. N SALE, at the Subscriber's Room, Queen Square; 10 Pnancheons choiee M JLASSES, 10 Chests and 6 half chests Souchong TEA, 50 Boxes Digby HERRINGS, 30 do. superior Cavendish TOBACCO, 12 do. Wine BISCUIT, ~“*.Barrels best quality family FLOUR, “es Mould CANDLES,

3 Bok. ~=s4gndsome Hearth RUGS, A lot of n. <2FtNG.

3 Pieces CARPRx, A large quantity of Cooking and Franklio STOVES,

) all at the lowest possible prices.

ALt&o-————> I Covered SLEIGH, very cheap. January 16. 4w. WILLIAM DODD. CA FRY). B. IRVING, Notary Public, Conveyancer and Account- ant.

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His discharge of the onerous duties of the Episcopate was | attack by the Islander on thevate Lieut. Governor, Sir D.| Ovrrice—At the residence of Mr George Peebles, Grafton “A” Lot | Street, West End.

Ch.Town, Jan. 16, 1860. Pro & R.W. 2i

Class "Puition. B. IRVING, Teacher of Writing, English. French. Geo- * graphy, Mathematics, §c., has made aarangements for the formation and receptiva of Morning and Evening Classes ef Youth of both sexes, for Tuition in any one or all of the above named Branches.

N. B.—Classes to be opened on WEDNESDAY, the 18th instant. All further necessary information may be obtained on application to Mr. Irving, at Mr. Peebles’s, as above.

Ch.Town, Jan. 15, 1860. Proo& RW

BOOTS AND SHOES!

Bagge PECEIVED. 4 Cases of the abvve, for sale by the Subscriber at cost and charges. WILLIAM DODD.

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Private Training Academy. M R. MONK will open his Classes after the Christmas va- cation on Monday, the 16th inst., at 10 o’elock. The course of instruction embraces all that is necessary for a sound English Mathematical, and Classical Education, Foes, £2 10) per quarter. January 16, 1860. 3w. Bark! Bark! Bark! ~ ORDS OF HEMLOCK BARK wanted durin 500 C :

George Dundas, Mar- Emma, Hobbs, Halifax; goods. Pioneer,

Gold Hunter, Mackay, Boston; do. Cecelia, Jenkias do-; do. January 3, 186'—Lady Dundas, Seneebeogh, dv; dv. Ewily,

| which he manifested to. procure for his flock, the imesticshie jadvaniages not only of a sound secular education, but also of ithat whichis of imfiaitely more value, tre Knowledge of thei ‘duties to God, to themmelves, and to tier aernghbour.

In the exercise of the duties of his ministry, both asa Priest and « | Bishop, he always walked in the footsteps of the Prince of Pastors | Regardtess of is personal and worldly interests, his only aim was to

|The Rassian Aubassador would oppose the principles set forth . P the ensuing Summer, for which cash wil! be ‘in the pamphlet entitled ‘the Pope and the Congress,’ be- paid. The above quantity of Bark will be let to persons wish- ‘cause they were opposed to respect the authority of the ing to contrat for the same, in lots from twenty cords and | Russian Government. The further meetings of Congress are upwards, to be delivered between first of June and last of | postponed.—The Mificial Board of Trade investigation into the October next. Security will be required for the fulfilment of loss of the steamer /nd:en was progressing at Liverpool ; wlso each contract. Any further particulars will be made known that of the West India Mai Steamer Paramatia.—It is stated on application at the CITY TANNERY, Westend of Grafton

| morning Star in the midst of a cloud, and as the Moon at the |

| prosare the salvation of bis neighbour, and promote the greater glory | that Prince Napoleon will shorti, be appointed Grand Admiral. uf God; and for the furtherance of this end, he was over ready and | —The Paris Bourse bad been much'tr pressed, but had revived. willing to undergo every hardship, and to sacrifice his own convenience —A lengthy interview had occurred between Autonelli and to the See of a ae charities were abundant, and were | the French Ambassador at Rome. } always’at band to succoyr the needy and releve the distressed. Such | ‘=a . y ris 958 to © 5§. was Bishop McDonald, aud is it any wouder that the Catholics of P. E, | Mark -ts.—Flour dull, but unchanged _ . ; . Island should, as orphans, grieve gad mourn over their sad bereavement | R. Hi DMAN.

—over the louse ofthe hindeet ot-Spiritual Kathers—their dearly beloved | By Telegraph from Arichat, Jany- 7, to the Examiner: | of the undersigned T'rust-es.

| Pastor. 72 9 © 6 8 4 & © Betore [ conclude; jt may not be impro.- | per to say a fow words about his last days, I{+ bore hie long and psin- jul illness, which. ho contracted by his scal in attending to his pastoral |

Arrived safe at Lenuox Passage, Schooner Ameha, Remock, meter. | Joun Keucr.

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"Deacher Wanted. OR the Nail Pond, Lot 1, School, a TEACHER of the First or Second class.

PATRICK PHEE, PATRICK Mack?” NICHOLAS A®

oP oe ; os + : : —— Pn ey : ‘full. And as the Sun when it shinoth, so did he shine in the |dusies—in feeding the flock intrusted to hie care—with that meek | ; Nai ; Oth, when he exlinly expired in the 62nd year of his age; : temple ti When As on sag a holy ‘Alter hie | patience, and nants oun to ae Will, which characterise | The Charlottetown Debating Club will meet at their Room, i. ail Pond, Lot 1, Jan. 16, 1860. 3w . ing the 37th of his Priesthood and the 23rd of his Episco- honvred the yesture of holiness.”” Eccl. L ch.,5,6,7 & 12¥.,! Neck bit Week eta chs “sialde eagles atear aah ean eloeen | Brecken's Building, sepa the peak, ms ae ee | Te PR 2 t iy Beat: inortui qui in Domino moriuntur, Blessed are | the Rev. Gentleman said : — _. |sim le forsake him—never did he eviuve any peevishness; on the eun- | N@Xt, at 8 o’elock. Subject for ae _ | a “ ee | * All of you, dear brethren, who have been acquainted with ‘trary, the nearer the time of his dissulutiun approached, the nore hap- | political aspect of Europe call for the organiza ion 0 Pump an aot a . ghe™Jead who die in the Lord. | the life and labors of the belov d Pontiff whose death we, this Py was his temperament becoming, and the more did the inward joy | t-er Corps in the British Colonial Possessions ? af nesaanery, “BN intimati : wens a Few men hare passed from this life to their eternal reat, | day, eo bitterly deplore, cin well understand with what pro- “hich filled ‘his soul st the thought of being abort t) be dissolved, aud | ought they to be supported by the local Goveraments ? | BS inumatingyto his frig ’ | ¢ ri le, ‘ a hs. . } 8 l > » * i ty and justness the words of t-xt may b: applied t to be with Christ, light up bis countenance. He arranged is affairs, removal of y,jg Wel? more deservedly reapected, more generally esteemed, or more | Priety 8nd ja 6 ore on ye xe may 92. Sppiree © | both spiritual and temporal, as composedly as he was wont to prepare wad ee lases. comieidiaun os * . Sarge i Bis! McDonald His death | him, as formerly they were applied by an inspired author, to | self for any important action, when in the enjoyment of good ee lic | vied hee : ae ~~ : sincerely loved, than the late Bishop McDonald. isdeath the High Priest Simon. Truly, indeed, may it be said, that awaited the decrees of Heaven with that holy calmness which those alone’. filarried, 7 ihe eek = ¥ is deeply lamented, and is justly considered, not only by the! our pivus Prelate ** Obtained glory in his conversation with jean exhibit who epend their life in loving and serving God with their At Fifteen Point, on Monday, the 26th ult , by James Campbell, | gretete 7 ani Catholic body, but also by every enlightened man and sincere’ the people. As the San when it shineth, sv did he shine in whole heart and soul, and who say with the Psalmist ** It is good to| xq, Mr. Sampson Rose Muttart, to Miss Blisa Jaac Gambie, of the _tronage which, for several é ee P y J 3 abl the temple of God. When he went up to the holy altar he hope in the Lord.” He “poems ty be cccupied with the same | sane place. M hands, feels that he may % Chris iam in the community, & great, an irreparadie loss, bo honored the vesture of holiness.”’ In consequence of being Se ners eee Oe Seer: when he oe Ou the 28d ult., at St. Eleanor’s, by the 7, Dr. ame r. | continuance of the same ; s: . the Colony of Prince Edward Island. ‘nearly overwhelmed with grief,at the loas of one tram wham |), eiaethant sul the thena'ok my @issule*ion os honk: § tues e ae | Archibald Ramsay, Lot 11, to Mrs. Sophia Taylor, of Now London. always, by despatch, put é || experienced so many agte uf kindn-wa, and on acoount of | good fight; [ have finished my coprae, | have kept the faith. As ta a ae — ma in his oe f be ge akaiigtl la | avher Feasone, | au nat now prepared ta enter into a minute | the rest, there is laid up for me a crown of justice, which the Lord, the Died, | Smear VEN of their | TUE FUNERAL OBSEQUIKS, detail of the saintly life and apaatulic labors of our venerable | just Jadze, will render to me in that day; aod nut only me but to them . t month, in the vicinity of Saint John, N Ch.Town, Jan. 16, 1860. 1_ . —— nd worthy Bishop. Perhaps, then, { cannot in a more eff:c- | 88 that Love bis coming.” Finding that bis eud was fast approaching, | On Monday, the 28th of Iast month, ; Pond — a J ps, , : ehead Read, in this Island. His . t melpngholy off dered to th ing of | i : ’ : Soe sik he asked for the Jast sacraments of the Church—those divinely insti. | -. Cornelius Kelly, formerly rete 2 bal Kisii 7° The last melpngholy offices were render € FeTARINg tua menner consule you in your sarpow, on this occasion, f an) a meaus of aff-rding spiritual strength and cohsolation, not only to |Temains were interred by his friends in the presence of one weeping - J the yenepable dwacased on Wednesday, the 4th instant. The by making a brist owen ofa tow of the many social and the poor and lowly, but alsd to the righ and exalted. «Oh! with what brother, beneath the froaen,but noses et oe a OR SALE at JAMES H. ; fter hia death, the whale of the interior of the College | christian virtues which adurned his character. I very mug’ | ¢ spirit of lively faith, fru hope, ardent charity, and profound adoration, |J""ing the Chureb of Gur’ Lady Help Met ices { Queen Square,next door to t day after - wr? ; : s°| regret that the duty of paying this tribyte of respect to the | did he receive the sacred and ever adurable Budy and Blood of the Son | rom St. John. Reguiescat’ in pace. oe re | Office : we Chapel, having been tastefully hupg with black drapery, the. memory af the degeased did nat deyulve an sams one more of Man, of which he was not again to partake, uotil be did se in the Pv ee Sie ’ | Pickled Salmon. Af God ee “hadyof the decessed Prelate was therein laid out in full Pontifi- capalie of treating the subject in a manner warthy of the illus- —_ pr wesc d ae tb “ Jonge _ Saal hoor. tries ar Dor of Heaven to faith, Labrador Herring pg Bee nr Ts hn Site mee ngrs and six torches were kept byrning an st “— _ of We — oe tha tie — — castings tive oracliie, thet narod ssisieseanibhun ol adr ene aetna t mother, sweet mother, hear !” , 38 me Hises he | dis hie Reeves | wring vividly to Yar Fememdrance the Mamy exXoclen’ Quall- | 9, « guile of hope-tights mp his every feature, wud lisping the sweet| On Saturday, ult., at Rustieo House, of Typbus fever, Mr. m 250708 De lay exposed in hy | ties of a man, who hag, as 4 wurthy Minister af the Gospel of | names of Jesus and Mary, with a look of happiness impossible to de- | Rubort Chester Woo 38 years, leaving a widow and seve # of his burial. During this time Christ, labured amongat you, far so many years, with the | ssribe, he calinly breathes his last He died, as he had jived, ‘a séace | children to lamept en and severe bereavement. The deoested \ping persons shewed the respest | zeal of amapoatle—who has, hy his gentlemanly and chpiatian | with God aad man,—be died the death of the just—and may God in bis was a beothe to Mrs. Skinner, of this City, und Us P 6 pe ar : : 'demeanaur, merited the esteem and juye of all members uf the | @erey gramtothat our dgath way be such ashis. [o order that our) Mr. Rober” R Mescutiods a of hy “visiting his remains, and | community, sad who has, by his many virtues, enéircled his death may be as happypas was his, we must be virtuous as he w 8. busi oF tae . a org >. a. bi : : pe ie o Galle of gate dl de d -, | We should rem _ "® be did, thyt this world is a land of exile iu | avon zg F et a W, i ‘hia loved, his saintly visage, name with « halo of sanct.ty whic will descend to posterity | which it is ome” “for our true home, which is beyond the | Page 8 ee (fice far the dead was chanted through aed air tk 5 "The jon es a ‘ps Pohenn © M.men shall die? od that ever 7% : : mem 4 slus. a in mes ‘ a — the Callege on tho nights of | remembrance.*** The wtegrity of his morals, the holiness Sey