onal were ee wae “ee for distilling and reetifying, | or either, Dy aay process, tw filty dollars, "" en ot & hieepee for malting, two hundred dol- ars. For 8 license for brewing —or for manufac- turiog tobuceo—or for manu acturing in bond, filiy dollars, MISCELLANEOUS. SERFS AA FRR RRA RRR ree’ wae —— LPL LOLOL LOL LOM EARTHQUAKE IN CANADA. On Weduaesday moruing, the 18th instant, a smart shock uf earthquake was felt at Montreal The Montreal papers say that the time of tts occurrence there aad several places west of that city. was Ju. 10m. a on. The shocks were sufficiently | Vieleut fo awaken agreat wavy. Dr. Smaliwood has favored the Gazette with the following report:— “LT had just retired (3 o'clock, a. m., Dee. 18,) te bed trom a protessivual case and was perlectly awake, whew | heard a low rumbling seund pre ecveding frou the west, which | at ence recegnized as anearthqanke. This was f-llowed by a distine! strong tremulous motion, which was succeeded in ten or twelve seconds by a second aud fainter tremor than the first. Then followed the seund, which passed eastward, the whele lasting, I should say, teary three minutes At Powt St. Charles the stoves in the uppet stories of some of the brick houses distivetly) shook, and in Grey Nun Street some of the rest-| deuts rose from their beds aod lett their houses | in great terror, At St. Laureat, about six miles from the city, the sheek and earth sound were distinet and streng. We iearo that at Lachine it | was uot felt. [I way meation that at St Laureot) the direction of the earth wave was distinctly | heard tu pass from weet te east.” | aud semewha Quebee.—There was no abock of earthquake | here or eastw wt, « | Three Rivers. —Pretty severe shock here. : x) ok . ‘ } Herfier.—Slight vibration about 3, a. w. Nad SRT ae a lsaid to be recovering. CALIFORNIA HORROR. FEARFUL BUTCWERY OF TWO FAMILIES. A fearful street fight lately took place between the mem! A described :— ““Itis not known who fired first, and as those who were engaged were mostly killed, and as the spectators dispersed when the firmg com menced, all that did happen is not precisely known. Upon the ene side were Duncan, Martin Frost, Isham Frost and Elisha Frost. The three last named were brothers. On the otner side were Wesley Coates, Albert Coates, Henry Coates, Thomas Coates, James Coates, Abraham Coates and Abner C. Coates. Wes ley, Heary and James Coates were brothers. Abner C. Coates was the father of Albert and unele of the three brothers. Abraham was a cousin of all the others except Thomas, who was his uncle. All the Frosts had pistols and Colts navy Dunean, broke his in the beginning of the fight, and did} aot shoot it. Wesley Coates and Abraham Coates had pistols, Abner Coaiss had a double | shot gzun—one rifled barrel and one shot barrel, | and Wesley Coates also had a knife. Martin | Frost was seen to shoot Wesley Coates, Abra-| ham Coates and Henry Coates. Isham Frost | was seen to shoot Thomas Coates, and Aboer | C. Coates killed Elisha Frost with his shot gun, | Abner C. Coates was shot in the shoulder. | He was the least hurt of any of the wounded, | though his wound is severe. James Coates |} received a pistol shot in the abdomen, which | revolvers. however, st considered mortal, Dut there is now | hope of his recovery. It is not known who| shot him. Duncan was dangerously stabbed | and cut about the neck, back and arm. His| wounds at first were regarded fatal, but he is It is presumed that was at fir THE ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS AND|CHARLES DICK vrs of two families named Coates . : |looked forward to with most curiosity was) (formerly from W isconsin) and Fest, at Little | Monsigneur Darboy, Archbishop of Paris. Lake, in Mendocino county, Cal., which is thus | Of his devotion to the bead of the Chureh, no | fis views deserve notice. j} sible. EMR a — ENS AND THE STORM. MARQUIS DE MOUsTIER ON THE : vlteetiae ROMAN QUESTION. HoW HIS AUDIENCES CONDUCT THEMSELVES. The prelate whose views on Rome were Of Dickens’ third reading at New York, on Thursday night, the Tribune says: — A silly, infatuated snow storm, if tt thought iteell la mate for Charks Dickens! How it howled as it saw the thickening carriages, aud the merry, liberality of his opinions in temporal and bis, orushing crowd! a maliciously it lay in wait | moderation in religious matters. ‘The speech | round the must sGrantagenus corners, and hoped, | : ; by pouncing out With a screaming whistle aud which he bas delivered in the Senate was re-) if vids tull of stow balls, to drive back the} ceived with much favour and at its close be |) jo hteyed, resy, hughing giris and sweet-faced was warmly congratulated by bis colleagues. | woien clinging it mock terrer to lovers’ and | le observed, with | husbands’ arma! An ignorant, pompous, hard- reference to the conference, thata government | headed storm, that had no netion what all these | wus bound by its signature to protect the | people were after, and was made angrier aud rights which it bud sanctioned, and that if angrier by seeing that the worst be could do ou'y | any one State withdrew the unanimity of the made the drivers whip up their horses, and a others would be a guarantee for their execu- lovers and husbands cheer up their bright com- tion, But, supposing the conterence got panions, and the preity little feet trot along faster together, what could it do? There was one and taster, and hie woret Guy sola. to keep - : people away from Charles Dickens and Steimway ot three lines to follow—to give back to the Hall! If, ae we bear from several sources, Holy Futher the provinces that bave been | Dickens is reading much better bere than he did torn from bim, to take away the remaining | jy Boston, it is also true that be read last ight territory, or to proclaim the satus quo. The | better than be has thus fac read in New York first, though most desirable, was hurdly pos- | He seemed in unusual spirits, and Lirew hinsselt If it beionged to the jurist and the! with all his force mito every part, Foe Sates theologian tu define “right,” the politieian consisted of the chapters wt phar roe , should, also, do so. It would not be difficult a, or = rag anh tr a - es to define the rights of the Huly Father, for be | *™ 4 ts . Tree vant It ic plain that Mr. was the legitimate owner of what was, taken aah ie at aad actors, is very much affect- from him by force. But in this world people | 4. by his audience. Those whe heel hint dts often found theusselvesem barrassed in material | poston say that after the first pight the people vecessities ; tacts give birth to interests, and | acted on Liw more and more, like a wetter and interests come in time to be called rights ; and| wetter blanket, and that, though he struggled real necessities and facts must be taken mto| manfully ageimet the tide, vuothing but a vigerous account. In the present instance, be did not | dash for New York at the end of the week saved know what was practicable ; but this would | ie from being utterly drowved aud lust to us be a matter for the consideration of the Con-| reve’ : ference. ‘To deprive the Holy Father of |. The audiences in Boston were irreproachable what territory now remained to him, seemed |!" decorum, They came with meek punctuality, immoral, and almost impracticable. They the ladies with their kuitting aud Gerinan grau- were told that Italy wanted Rome ; but rf the one doubted; but be is also known for the mars, the gentlemen with the North American Review, and the children with Our Young Folks , LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRA PH. EROM EUROPE. Dec. 23—midnight.—The Italian Parliament by a recent vote refused to pay the interest on the debt of the Provinces formerly belonging to the States of the Courch, whoh debt was assumed by Italy when those Pro- vinces were unnexed to the Kingdom. The Lonpon, French Government bas sent a despatch to Florence protesting against the actions of the Legislatif. Fiorence, Dee. 23—evening.—In conse- quence of the adverse vote at tne conclusion of the debate in the House of Depaties last week the members of Cabinet have tendered their resignation to the King, but wait the judgment of his Majesty on their acts. The New Meuistry, it 18 reported, will be organized under Marsbal Durand. Panis, 23—evening.—It is rumored that Ratazzi will resume the premiership of Italy, and will form a new cabinet hostile to France......The French Government is seriously considering the necessity of order- ing the troops of the French expedition remaining at Civita Veechia to recurn to Rome.....M. Accolas, and other members of a secret political society, which bas held its meetings in this city, have been seutenced to imprisonment, Lonpon, Dec. 24.—The Fenians are still active. The newest sensation is an effort made last night to destroy the Gas Works at Glasgow. Attempts bad been made the night before to destroy the Gas Works at Warrington near Liverpool. In both places the efforts were unsuccessiul. ‘The authori- ties in those cities are doubly watebtal, and no further trouble is apprehended.....Des- patches received from various parts of the kingdom report everything quiet to-day.... Despatches received trom Naples mention NcDonald, Hon. Messrs. Tiley, McDougall, Archibald, and Mitchell. Other Ministers are out of town.....The Address of Parhament on Hudson Bay territory will be forwarded imme- diately to Colonial Office.....M. Lemesurier has been elected Mayor of Quebec by an over: whelming vote. His opponent was M. Cauchon, the late Mayor, President of the Senate, &e. Quesec, Dec. 24.—Two ship-yards have been re-opened in this city, their pro- prietors having provided against interference by the Ship Carpenters’ Uuion.....There is sume excitement in Montreal in consequence of contradictory reports of the loss of the steamship Hiberian. Kixeston, Dec. 24.—To-day a man named Salond, while crossing on the ice from Wolf's Island to thes city, broke through and was drowned. Monrreat, Canada, Dee. 26.—Some an- easiness was occasioned here yesterday by re- ports which had been in circulation for some time past of the proposed Fenian uprising on Christmas day, and of a scheme to blow up the English Cathedral. ‘Threatening letters were received by the Police authorities, aad us a matter of precaution, men were sent to guard the Water Works, and troops were kept in readiness to move when called wpen Nothing, however, of an unusual ebaracter occurred to disturb the festivites of the day. Quesec, Dee, 27.—-Parliament opened to- day ; Col. Blanchett was elected Speaker. FROM MEXICO. Havana, Dec. 26.—A despatch from Mexico states that the revolution in Yucatan is assum- iug large proportions, Santa Anna had been proclaimed Dictator by the Revolutionists, and was expected hourly to arrive from Havana with men and a million of dollars. The fort aud town of Sisal were in the hands of the re- bels, but the port was blockaded by two Mexi- can gunboats. A number of officers: who Pope was forced to quit Rome it would as- | suredly be a calamity for those who remained ithere after him. Let the Senate picture to | acon themselvee the august Pontiff wandering asa | pilgrim. The very earth would tremble beneath bis footsteps, and his words would be | Would they suppose the Pope ! | maledictions. lremaining at Rome? No. Rome was not Sorel aud Caambly.—Felt distinctly here at 3,| Wesley Coates stabbed and cut him, as a large a. w. | knife was found lying almost in Wesley’s hand Coteau, Cornwall, Morrisburg, Gananoque and | immediately oer we was killed. | he blade Kingston —Very severe shock reperted at all) ot the kuife was very bloody. Five ; these places killed iastantly, and never spoke, except Albert Coates, who exclaimed, “My God!" aud fell jand expired. A friend rushed to Elijah Frost instantly, turning bim over (he fell on his face), Belleville. —Earthquake felt here very distinetly about J, we. w. Cobourg, Port Hope, Bowmanville, Whitby, | Toronto, and all Westward stations, say that nu vibration or shock of any kind was felt there. Ottawa.—A_ severe shoek of earthquake was felt at Sandy Hull aud Perth. Earthquake felt distincily bere. At New York, Bostoa, Portland, Albany and Rutland, nothing was telt; but at Whiteball. | Burlingtwo and along the west side of Lake Cham- | plain, the shock was quite perceptible. Port Hope.—I have just heard that the earth- | quake was felt in Upper Town about three v’clock | this moreing. It awoke people in bed. Sackville. N. B.--Earthquake not felt here, at St. dvbu (N.B.) or at Halitax. | when he died. he threwn up his hands, gave a groan and died. Abraham Coates survived next day about noon, The shooting could not have lasted more than a quarter of a minute. It} like, as some of the listeners expressed it, the firing of a string of shooting crackers, the shots were fired in such quick succession.” | The scene at the funeral is said to have been | very affecting. The parents, children, wives, | brothers and sisters of the slayers and slain was | | few short hours before were grappling ina fierce | ‘combat, but who now were cold and still, and | lay peaceably side by side. The sobbing and wailing that rose from the numerous mourners JOUN BRIGHT ON TH : IRISH LAND | “ere enouzh to melt a heart of flint. “ My QUESTION. " | father!” My brother !”’ “My husband !’’ Me. Bright has addressed a letter to Mr. H. D. Huttou, of Dublia. It says:— “ Rocupate, Nov. 11, 1867. “My Dear Str. —I have read your‘ Prussia and Ireland’ with much jaterest, and, as far ae i | | you go, L agree with you, but I think wore re-| pERRIBLE “RAILROAD CATASTROPHE) Ebat it was desirable, if possible, that the quires to be doae. Your plan is tu help tenants | te buy farms where owners are wiiling to sell, to leud thew money ou easy terms, aud to take} quod security. Owners are vet very willing to | aell, and the grocess of creating an Irish proprie- tary, woald be very slow. In my speech in Dub- fin, I suggested anetboer plan, not unlike yours, but | mere ¢ertainly operative. I proposed a Parlia- mentary Commission, to buy large estates. and to! |in the large assembly present. **My son!’ and similar expressions were simultaneously ejaculated. Few eyes were dry The funeral procession was three quarters of a mile in iength., All were buried in the same graveyard a few feet from each other. i IN VERMONT. Monxtrewier, Vr., Dee. 11.—One of the most fearful accidenta known in the annals of ; ; | the ac : mingled their tears together over those who a| that the Papacy must abide. large enough to contain two sovereigns. He had no intention tomake personal reflections ; but a King of Italy was too petty a personage to have bis seat side by side with the Papacy. The Pope at Rome, and Rome belonging to the King of Italy, was but a dream; * the very extreme of ignorance.’ The Catholic vations would never allow the patrimony of St. Peter to pass, after 14 centuries “ into} the hands ot any sovereign.’’ 1t wasin Rome Italy only created inextricable embarrassments by cling- ing to an idea which the will of Catholic | batons would never sanction. here remained {the third bypothesis, and on this what could | ithe Conference do? Take all? give back all? |No, perhaps; but at least it might matotain | the present state of things, seek to vivify the Pontifical Governmeut, und ficd the means | of doing so in a good organization of resources. | After some further ebservations, the Arch- bishop suid that the object of those who | signed the interpellution was that the Senate ‘should give its vote to these resolutions: 1. Pontifical Government should be reinstated initslost provinces. 2. That it was necessary | pes maintain the existing situativn. 3. To examine whether there was such means to they sternly frowned down applause, and if any | il-bred persou laughed, be was very properly in- sulted, and held up to public ridicule in the even- decorum, but, like periect peeple in general, it was disagreeable toknow. When Mr. Dickens was pathetic the Bostonians became critical, aud counted their tears; when be was tunuy, they hesitated to langh tll they saw whether the best people were laughing, too; and in fine, not only were all the seala resersed, but the people who sat in them were fifty times as reserved as Lhe seats. The reason why Mr. Dickens read se much better here than in Boston is simply that his audience is thoreughly syuspathetic wich Gin, We regret to say that itis not at all a well be- haved audience. lt has never dene coming 10 It walks ip at dll stages of the performance with a lady on its arm, and the offence is not lesseued, put rather aggravated, by the fact that all the ladies are pretty, and wear enchanting bonnets, because the whole assembly in seized with a de- sire to ture round and look at them, ‘The audi- ence snickers right out Whenever it wants to. It has repeatedly stopped Mr. Dickeus la his very funpiert momenta, by laughing out as loud as it could, aud waking the reader laugh too, than | which, of course, novhing could be more repre- bensible. But, semeliow or other, all this bad behaviour dees not in the least damp the spirits of the reader. With a generous consideration ter boman Weakness, be refleets that they cannot help laughing aod crying When be is working bis spells, and he accordingly works them with a will. The more they laugh, the tunmer he gets; the more they ery, the wore tears he wrings [row ing paper next day; they grew stiller with each | lames rise bundreds ot feet above the crater. successive reading, antil ou the last evening the| At night the Bay of Naples 1s lighted up for loveliest and most embarrassing silence reigued | miles. in Trewent Temple tor the whole two hours.) side in immense quanties aud large stones are The audience was perfect ju discipline, perfect in | occasionall that the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is con- tinaally increasing in power and splendour. Immense sheets of white, yellow and crimson formerly served under the Emperor Maximilian had arrived at Sisal from Matamoras.—On the 16th an engazement took place between the Mexican gunboats and the batteries on the shore. The coast of Yucatan, in the vieinity of Sisal, was diligently watched to prevent the landing of troops coming from any foreign When the steamer Lava is pouring down the mountain y thrown out of the wouth of the voleano. A deep rumble like reverberating | thunder is heard trom time tu time as in the | bowels of the earth, and wany of the people \in the vicinity have left their homes fearing an earthquake or other calamity. No such | eruption has probably occurred 10 Vesuvius | fur centuries, and the spectacle 1s regarded as lone of the most magnificent aud sublime ‘ever witnessed in nature. Lonpon, Dee. 25th.—The precautions otf the Government against the Fenians continue ‘very extensive, and uousual preparations have been made to-day which indicate that the authoritice are in possession of intor | mation that a general attempt is to be made by the Fenians to rescue the prisoners confined in various parts of the United Kingdom for }complicity in the late outrages both in Eng- ‘land and Ireland. In addition to the regular | police force special constables are every wiere jon duty, and other precautionary weasures | have been adopted by the Government, which it is hoped will result in the preservation of order.....The Zines of today bas an edi- terial on the subject of the Abyssinian war, |which it fears will be protracted until next year. It blames Sir Wm. Napier, the Com- mander of the English forces, for the delay which the expedition bas encountered, and } country to aid the rebellion, left Vera Cruz on the 20th, the Mexican steamer Tobasco was ready to sail for Sisal on the next day with an expedition to establish the authority of the Mexican Government at Sisal. She had on board 500 or 600 men, and several pieces of artillery. —Sauta Anna is in the city of Havana. Many ex-Imperialist officers have arrived here. They all seem to be busily engaged. FROM THE WEST INDIES. Havaya, Dec. 16.—Recent arrivals here re- port that there had been a desolating confla- ration in Gaudaloupe Isiand, but no particulars of it are given.....An earthquake visited Antivua on Noy. 18, causing great loss ef life and property.....The American wife of Senor Hervandes and her child were burned to deaih at Guachoco. .... The commercial feeling m Havana is very insecure. The condition of several merchauts is critical, and some bank- rupts may be expected. Havana, Dec. 17.—Advices from St. Thomas to the 7th ist. have been received. The trans- fer of that island to the United States will prob- ably be made on New Year's day, but the date has not been positively fixed.....The Govern ment architect had ¢xamined those edifices which were left in a dangerous condition by the | Vermont, transpired to-day at what is known them; and ew far frow being displeased with con- | restore to the Pontifical Government a power- duct tor which our Bostou seighbours, if they jof the Vermont Central Railroad. as Harlow Bridge, near Northfield, on the line | ful vitality by a development of its resources. | The bridge | He boped the Government would declare that | was burned on Sunday morning last, aud|the French troope should remain at Rome | could ouly see it, would have nothing but reprool, he actually gete inte bigher spirits, and leaves the stage with a step that seems as if he were leading earthquakes, and had ordered the demolition of the English mail oftices, Lloyd’s building, Dor- mal’s Hotel, the Hjardemaal, the New Town and Butcher's Gate, and the warehouse of Mor says nothing can be done during the present season. Lonpon, Dee. 25.—The Russian Govern- ment have addressed a note to the Govern- re-sell them to existing tewan's, on terms some-| during the week about 100 men have been en-| until the security of the Holy See should be thing like theee which you propose. A sun ot | completely guaranteed, £5,000 000 would secure some large estates, and the process of creating ‘ laruers owners of farms’ would begin, and would go on rapidly. Your plan in Gilty years would do much good; mine! would do much iu five years, and in 20 years! would change the aspect of things in Ireland. | We want to wake the Irish farmer attached tu! gaged in rearing tressel work for temporary use, Most of the employees having dined to- |day at Northfield, were returning to werk, about 14 miles from that town in a passenger car, which was being backed up to the works. By some inconceivable carelessness, the eu- gineer proceeded with them at a rapid rate, The Minister of Foreign Affairs believed there was reason to expect much frou the good sense of the Italiane, and hoped that men, whe could give guarantees for judicious couduct would come into power. Tn such a case it weuld not be well forthe Holy See to count upon a dissolution of It must rather look forward to off in a contra dance, with the whole audience for | partuers. —_—.~<>o——___——- FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT, A WAGON RUN DOWN BY A RAILWAY TRAIN— THREE PERSONS INSTANTLY KILLED. On Saturday evening last, at about half and did not check the speed until too late, and | Italian unity, past seven o'clock, & frightful occurrence ; i na € * the soil by the Ue of ownership rather than by that which now exists, the vecessity to have a) holding ia land that he may live. We want.) further, to beget a new and better national eenti- | ment, lo convince every Irishman oew vn the fand that we do not intend to drive bim across | the AUantie, but to remaiu a cuoatented dweller onhisewn soil. I think my scheme would do | this. You will see the difference between your | scheme and mine—yours is for a long time and | fur the fature—uine is to grapple at wace with | the desperate malady which keeps your country | in astate of chrouic discontent and iusurrection. Your plan may be wore easily secured, but our ebildreu will only see wueh result trom it—mine | The Royal Mail Steamer Merlin, Capt. Gulli- ford, arrived at Halfax on the 29th ult. from would, I think, restore coutidence and banish speedily some cf the despair and disloyalty which sy extensively prevail. Joun Brieur.” | St. Jobo’e, N. FP, vea Sydoey, having experienced a very rough passage. Capt. John Mikes and his mate, George Miller, eight passengers. who, with a seaman named Jeremy Lane, under- | The Times says:—* We understand the twok the daring and difficult task ef sailing the | Government bave contracted with Mr. Cunard raft Noupared trom New York to Southawpton, | fer the transmission of our maile by the usual England, have lately returned to New York. | steamer from Halitax for six months from the They give an interesting account of their perilous| arrival of the mail vext week—making three voyage, from which we give a few facts not here | wonthly and four fortnightly trips. The cost tufore published. They left New York on the 4th | will be £4500—half of which is to be detrayed of June, but after reaching the Lightship, the} by the Imperial Government and half by the _— — gale compelled them to put back | colony.” sy the advice of the Captain of Pilot Boat No. 16, | ro e N 6 se they reseained at anchor vatil GO a. moon the 12th oe aot on Wonaier y pe mets at June, whes they set sail wil a favorable wind. | brigantine Rainbow left this place bound for Very soon afterward their kerosiue stove com-) Baltimore. In reaching up the shore, wae run aueweed tu leak and tock fire, A blanket that | jnte by the brigantine W. Greenough from Prinee was thrown over it to quevel the flames also took! Edward Island, bound to Frente. The Rain- fire and had to be throwa ovetbuard. “They were | bow sustained considerable damage, and the W thus deprived of all means of cooking their tood, | Greenough \oat her jibboom in the collision. fur the two gallos of sperin oil they had on fsoth vessels arrived in St. Jobo's on the morning board were reduired for their laup, and for four | of the 29th . days they bad to live on biscuit. At the end ot - this time they spoke the Bieuen sbip Goshen,| It will be seen that the imposition of postage on from St. Jola’s for Brewen, The Captai | newspapers was euly carried by thirteen votes. furnished them with a small quautity of speru vil | Had the Maritime members not left, Canada Jwo days afterward the ouly tunepiece ow board | would have beeu relieved of this obuoxioue tax. stopped; they, however, bit upon an ingenious| The heavy duty imposed on priuting paper, on twethod of reckoning tine. Taking one of the| which publishers never seck to make any profit, empty cans which had contained their preserved | looking to their advertisements for that, ought provisions, they pierced @ swall bole in it and| also to have beeu watched and cut down. The filled it with water, and, as this can was emptied | abolition of the paper duties in England, an old so many times between goon and sunset, they, and hesvily taxed country, was a great boon.— found that it required just twenty-eight minutes to | St. John Telegraph. empty each can, Thus tiey bad a very goed ae ROO water clock. Accipents.—The St. Jobu Globe reports ‘The remainder of their veyage was without the following :—A lad fourteen years of age particular incident. The wind, though fair, was) named Manaing Harley, son of Joseph Har- ae a 14 “ pont fond saw twenty | ley, living with Mr. George Douthright, at irits ee oy ’ Y scaler ee... ee Gaite 7 of Py Pe Coverdale, A. C , accidently discharged the Methelmina sevt them a live fowl, which is still ones of _ hin sight cise, he oe alice ach We tndd lett, chad colon, ta cad early part of the wonth, causing instant wiher provisions. The Captain of the Ivanhoe, death... .Oa Saturday evening last as Kev. from New Yuk to Bremen, was kind enough Judeon Bieakeney was driving op the Belli isle towards White's Point, where he intend- 100 men, was backed off the abutment into the to the engine following. The number of casualties is appalling. died. four have since ly, and some, it is feared, fatally. The casual cations, cuts, burus, and bruises. —=seo NEWFOUNDLAND. THE VOYAGE OF THE KRAFT « NONPARETIL.” —_—_~» => o—_ the whole car, with its freight of from 70 to river below, a distance of 60 feet, the tender Fif- teen men were killed instantly, and three or More than as many others were more or less injured, many serious- ties consist of broken arms, legs, hands, dislo- She brought twenty- the possibility of livizg in a community of ideas ee oe >t _ — “ eee we hoe of the railway, eight miles from Windsor. yaribaldi, nor of Rattazi, but a new Italy. No-| 7s - Ww on thing was easier to conceive by reterence to the | I ro Nighs _— rae leaving ; a - past, than an Italian Pope, living in the midst of | '°*"* when near that piace, ran intow wago /which was occupied by a farmer, his wile tranquil people, without forteiting his independ. | ence. What was wanting was net so much a| aod their son, aged about ten years, smashed facility of compromise, a® sentiments of reciprocal |the wagon to atoms, and killed all three transpired at Tecumseh Station, on the line confidence. Hitherto there has been mutual dis-| persons. One of the horses was also killed. trust.ard there were very good rersens for distrust-|; We are informed that at that articular ing Italy. The Freneh Governwent had not the | crossing a man is always stationed to watch pretension to impose confidence; it only vaid that it was necessary to seek out even for the Holy Sce, new elements of security, aud for italy the means of keeping ber trom the danger- ous line she has entered on. Italy should cease to regard France av a troublesome guardian ; because she bas rendered yteat services to Ltaly all pressure on her part seemed an offence; this wae the sentiment of the human heart. It was for this reason that the best counsels of France could not carry with them the same authority as those of Powers less committed towards Italy ; hence the idea of a conference. ‘The Freach Go- vernment desired to place the Roman question in the bands of all parties. It was religious aud poll) |. battered and broken in many places tical. Formerly a Congress composed exciusivels I : | of Catholic Powers was sprken of; but it was easy | Phe boy received seo es hw ae | to understand why such a Congress was not possi | pred in a short time after the accident. The ble. Moreover, at that moment the intervention of facuily were of Freneh origin, but their France eufficed. And, besides, a Congress of the | naures we could not learn up to the hour of great Catholic Powers would have done po more | going bo press.— Canadian paper. than France had done alone. France might have <r - wept: ber invitation = the great yaar iy RUSSIA PREPARING FOR WAR. rut three of the great Powers were pot Catholic, the mov: went of the various divisions of the and the fyurth—Italy—was an interested party. waar army westward, which we noticed the ee other day has been completed ; and the Govern- Inrerview wiru Pius THe Nintu.—Those ment is now ina position te send 200,000 men to who have seen the Sovereign Pouwff deliver} the Lurkish or Austrian frontier al a few days his benediction to Rome and to the world at! notice. 45,000 mena te stalconed between Duna- Eascer from the Laggia, officiate at the grande! burg, Poloisk and Wir*psk, 20.000 at Borigor masse at the bigh altar in St. Peter's, or assist | and Orza, 15,000 at Minsk, 50,000 In uther parte at any other public ceremony or testival—| of Lithuania, aud 70,000 oes aaa such lucky ones will doubtless forever pre-| Kiev, aud Ostrog. Byeahing er cies. serve w lively recollection of the grandeur | Preparations, the Goloss ways: a sc wo religious soleunity ofthe oscaniom, ut | dun ad Vienna to see Pius the Ninth aright, to understand | #0" a eae ceut.” his true character, and aaabniees it, you in See ee wuat strip bia of his vestments of purple and gold, and imagine him simply clad in a loog habit of creamy white, eeated in a cosy arm- chair at @ table covered with papers and documents, in @ room in the Vitican, small aud plainly furnished. [nto euch an apart- ment [ wae introduced, and it was here 1 spent the delightful half bour which [ shall) always remember with the deepest sense of plearure and gratification. It waslate when | entered—puast four o’clock-—and the lamp in the centre of the table gave a dull lizht to the rooms though quite sufficient to enable the trains as they approach, and warn back any teawes that might be comimg. At this time he seems to have been out of the way, perhaps keeping indoors, owing to the cold. nese of the night. The farmer and his family were 80 muffled up that they could not have heard the sound of the whistle, and thus re- ceived no warning until by one crash they were hurried to their account! The woman |was horribly mutilated and totally unrecog- nizable by any one, and her husband was completely beheaded, the head beng buried several yards distant from the body, which is diate 3 AMERICANS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE ANGLO AUYSSINIAN = Wait.— Wilkes’ Svaret says:—‘* We are credibly informed that a patty eof Americans in this city seme menths ago, sen” agents out to Abyssinia to obtain cowiissions aud letters ot marque from King Theodore, on which te make au Alabama venture against British commerce. Theodore, as a recognized Prince, bas an undoubted right to issue such comuiseions and such letters, and our Govern- ment would sink to depthy ef unspeakable eon- tempt, fatter what we submitted to from Eng.) land, we should fail to throw around American citizens whe accept such commissions in the to put inte Dover and send a telegraphic mes- * . / EIRP tee GR Re ew Pale ipa casas eR LIT PETMAN sage, at his own expense, to (he owners of the raft bere. This was the first vows received of the safety of the Nonpareil. On the 25th July, até p. am., they arrived at Southamplon. and were ob jeets ot curisity for many days They were visit- ed by Mr. Stebbins, President of the Southampton Chawber ot Commerce, Mr. Turnbull, ot the as- svciated Preas, aud others. ‘They then took the raft rodnd to Cowes, where Prince Altred and | other members of the Royal Family came en| beard, the Prince tasting their biscuits arid water aud pronouncing beth excellent. Mr McGregor, | the celebrated Northern traveller, Mr. White, the yaokt builder, and others, alev-visited the little | craft which was subsequently taken to the Crystal | Palace at Sydenham, where Mr. Charles Dickens | paid a spewial visit tor the purpose of examining it. Both Capt. Mikes aud bix mate, Mr. Geo Miller, appear to be in exevlieut health, the fatigue aod hardsbips of their soyage having Jett none of fveir traces upou thew. They complain, however, of the treatment received trom the geutlesman uoder whose management | the expedition wae gut up, aod accuse him of | ed to spend the Sabbath with Rev. Mr. Corey, bis horse broke through the ice of Long Point Bar, und was lost. The sleigh was swashed to pieces, and the Rev. gentle- mao algo lost a valise containing his best wearing apperel....A man who we are told belongs to Fredericton and named Reed—not Jobo Hi. Reid—while driving a pair of horses across the ice on Grand Bay on Wednesday aiternoon, broke through and Jost both animals, they dying on the ice after being taken outof the water ulive. It is suid that another | party while passing over the same spot a short time before with a single team, had discover- ed the weakness of the ive, the hurse’s fect having broken through in several places, but with great carelessness neglected tu mark the place **dungerous.”’ —_—_— —-- eo Charles Dickeus writes:—‘“T notiee that about once in every seven years I become the me to observe every feature and every little taovement of my august host. All the world has seen the Pope's photograph ; but though his photograph resembles bim in a certain degree, yet there are iew sun-pictures which ever do justice—though they are sometimes impartial—and in the present case you lose the whole benevolent expression of the eyes which ever light up the dignified countenance To describe His Holiness as L saw him; He looks about 70 years old—his age is 75— middle sized, and though rather inelined to curpuieney, yet of a frame still retaining all its muscular power. Little tiny, dumpling hands, white as snow, and little tiny feet, of which any lady would be proud. A fice one cannot Jook upon without loving—so mild i¢ itand benevolent; the large dark Italian eye being softened by the constant affectionate emile playing about the moath— a smile not assumed and put aside at will, victim of a paragraph disease. It breaks out but one of real Christian hope and resigna- having broken die promise with them, thus | #9 Eugland, travels to ludia by the overland) gion, ever present, ever suggestive of the true subjecting Capt) Mikes to arrest tor debt in| Poute, gets to America per Cunard line, strikes! characterofthe man. When one thinks of the England and toe ether incayveniences. | the base ot the Rocky Mountains, and, rebound-| trials and sufferings, political and corporeal Slit anc sae cence xy = alte ES A bowk giving a full detail of the voyage, ing back to Kurope, mostly perishes on the | with a description of the raft. is shortly te be steppes of Russia, from iuanition and extreme published “for the benefit of Capt. Mibea and) gold,” his mate, who bave returned pvvrer in pocket | ; te St ee than when they set out. A Distressing CouGH causes the friends of | ee | wu the sufferer as much pain as the snfferer himself 4T & GOOD ay | Dr. Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry will certainly Show as an intelligent family of boys and{ ere coughs, colds, arrest consumption, aud that giris, and we will show you a family where | speedily. When did it ever fail? newspapers and periodicals are plenty. No-! body who has been without these silent p>tyate| The earliest French professional fool on tuturs can know their great power for good or Tecord seems to have been named Jean, at the evil. Have you ever thought of the iunamer-| court of Charles the Simple. This fellow’s able topics of discussion whieh they suggest ag | ivfluence was so great that Charles once re- the breakfast table; the important public, ™atked to him that he thought they had better measures with whieh, thus early, our children ¢hange places. As Jean did not look well become acquainted; great philanthropic ques | péeased at the proposal, Charles asxed him if; tions of the day, to which unconsciously their he was not content at the idea of being a king. | aitention is awakened, aud the ‘general spirit | —“Yes, content enough,” was the reply, ‘ but, of intelligenee which isinvuked by these quiet | I should be exceedingly ashamed at having) visitors? Anythiog that makes home pleasant, | such a fool.” cheerful apd chatty, thins the haunts of vice , a ee aud.the Museebad and ons of the ctu We never mean te lerd an influence to make a : id . reputation for a worthless patent medieine, but | ee 4 o infl siuly bo regarded when | betivve we are dejng our polar and the public | f | a faver by cali i A ic | young, a8 a g uence sa the ver by calimg attention to Blood’s Rhewmatic | NEWSPAPER MAY DO. wand — | Cempound. {rt will reljexg pain in any fogan. —S. John Paper. j endured with manly fortitude by His Hoh ness for tae last twenty years, one cannot help admiring the spirit which bas sustained him ard followed him all through his career. | It also makes us contemplate what would have been the present state of the Rowan Catholic Church had a man of less courage and determination or a spirit less mild and conciliating, been at the head of her govern- ment during these critical years.—Cor. Irish Times. > se - Punch gives a domestic scene called “ The Tables Turned,” in which a little girl and her | and the last subject adesigiuation of St. Helena, | mamma are in the drawing room, a nurse just éntering. Nurse—Did you ring, ma’m? Naughty little girl—No, I rang. Take mamma ws please. She's very cross and disagree- able. Two butchers’ shops, for the sale of horse- flesh as an article of human food, have been opened in Paris, these establishments in the city to seventeen or eighteen. For * prime cuts” the modest price of twenty-two sous is demanded per pound. A young man who received a “blowing up” from his gweetheart, cols her a wind-lass, which brings ap the number of Abyssinian service all the protection due to re- gular prisouers of war. The first step becessary te such protection is the recognition of Abyssinia as a maritime belligereut. This cannot be done tou soon, for we know hot at what hour some of our adventurers, arwed with commissions from King Theodore, aud fired with the certainity of fortune, way intercept ve of the rich Cunard. ers off the Hook, and after sending her to the bottom, present her chrouometer to the Smitb- | gouian lustitute.” aia ai alk ls acai Coyxcerninc Cuignons.—An English Chan- |cery suit, recently commenced, has developed | isome facts concerning the construction of chig- jnons, and other hirsute deceptions. Thus it appears that mohair, or the hair of the lama! goat, is largely used for head-dresses, mousta- ches, and waterfalls. It is first boiled until all the animal matter is: extracted, then washed in a hot bath of salt and water: then is plunged into a bath prepared with sulphate of eopper, where it remains twenty-four hours; then it is | boiled in ecatechu liquor, to which, alter a while, sulphate of iron is added; finally it is| washed in waim soap-suds, aud then dried, | A Frenchman who had purchased a country | seat was complaining of the want of birds in his iyarden. ‘Set some traps,” replied an old officer, and they'll come.” I was once in Africa and there wasn't supposed to be a |woman within two hurdred miles. I hung a pair of earrings and a collar upon a tree, and | the next morning I found two women under the branches. } . { An old copy-book belonging to the first Napoleon has turned up. Strange coincidence that the last bovish theme is on geography, | viz., “a littie island.” Tue latest style of bonnet has turned up at Richmond, Indiana. It is described as consist- ing of two straws, tied together at the to the head, and red tassels suspended at ik the ‘our ends of the straws. Price, nineteen | dollars. youn The ” mairy. ment of France protesting earnestly against the shifting policy of the latter upon the Eastern question..,.. Advices fiom China by the overland Mails and Telegraph report that the Rebels are meeting with success in their operations against the Imperial Government. Tonnage was scarce at the various Chinese ports, and Exchange in England bad declined. .... To-day being observed as a holiday there was no money or flour market. Paris, Dee, 26th.—Mr. E. Gould Buffum, an old American journalist, committed sui- cide here day before yesterday by taking | Opium. Lonpon, Dec. 26.—The expected rising of the Fenians did not occur yesterday. Lonvoxs, Dee. 26.—Mr. Edward Thornton, the newly appointed Minister from Great Britain for Washington, will sail in a few days for America, to enter upon the duties of bis mission. Paris, Dec. 26.— The report that the French Expeditionary Corps remaining in Italy is to be reintoreed is confirmed this / morning by the Patrie, which states that the French Government bas issued orders fur the departure of 20,000 more troops for Civitia Vecchia. Lonpon, 27th — noon. — Consols 92 4; Five-Twenties 72 1-8. Corn45s 9d. Wheat 15s 7dal5s 2d; Barley 583d; Oats 3s 8d; Peas 468; Beef 1128; Pork 678 6d; Lard 49s 9d; Cheese 528; Bacon 41s; No. § DS Sugar 5s 6d; Rosin 6s 9d alls; Tallow 43s 9d; Turpentine 278; Refined Petroleum Is 3d 4; Clover Seed 46s ; LinseedCakes 110s ; Whale Oil 39/7; Sperm 1122; Linsead Oil 372. Loxpon, Dec. 27.—Another of those fiend- ish outrages which have characterized the operations of the Fenians has just been perpe- trated at Dublin. ‘Telegrams from there re- ceived to-day give the fullowing particulars ; —An nonusually large nuaber of letters have recently been received at the Post Office at Dublin, direeted to prominent officials, and each one of these letters were loaded with ex- plosive materials, designed to kill the person addressed. Several of them exploded before their real nature was ascertained, but up to this time no person has been killed. One of the policemen of the city was horribly man. gled by the explosion which oecurred when he opened one. It is not knowu bow many of these dangerous missives have been des- patched. Considerable excitement prevails both in Dublin and elsewhere througkout the country en the discovery of this, the latest Fu ian outrage. The authorities are actively inve:igating and will no doubt probe the matter to the bottom. The London Times this moi"ding has an editorial article on the Fenian question. It saye that no less than 30,000 speci t! constables have been sworn; and are now serving in Londoo. The writer calls attention t@ the grave public danger, rison, Mera & Co.....Up to the 7th inst. five hundred shocks of earthquake had been felt... . Divers were busily engaged in the bay, and 200 packages were daily raised from the wreck of the steamer Columbia.....Business had been generally resumed and no more failures were reported, Rents of corner lots were greatly increasing.....Advices from St. Domingo re- neither overlooking the faithful and needful labours of our ecclesiastics, nor depreciating. the, in one sense, humbler, but certainly much more difficult and scarcely Jess important labours of the schoolmaster~we think we may justly claim for our Island hewspaper press the merit of having been—in a degree which, comparatively speaking as respects the na merical extent and normal condition of a people, has seldom been surpassed, — ay educator of the people, a family friend, dispeller of darkness, and a diffuser of light throughout the land. We are thus free and liberal in this commendation of our Island press, because we have no ides of including ourself in the number of those to whom the praise belongs. To the late editor and pro- prietor of the Examiner, we may, however, be permitted to observe, @ very large share of such commendation is undeniably due; but this assertion is now made without the slightest: design of in any way disparaging the talents or merits of the editors of cur other Island journ- nals, This acknowledgment, we would most cheer. fully have made at any time; but, at present, when our object is to incite and promote, on the part of and through our Newspaper Press, a cor. dial discussion of a subject, concerning which it is of paramount importance to our community that it should be carried to the utmost verge of common agreement — we mean Education, as Jmparted, or rather, perhaps, as it ought to be parparted, through the instrumentality of our Common or District Schools — we are en. coura.ed by the reflection to hope that these gentlemen, acceding to our simple and unpre- tending invitation, will be found willing to: enter upon the enquiry, and to lay before the public—with nothing but a direct view té the common good, and without one feeling of either professional or party jealousy—such practical suggestions anent State Education, and for the- improvement of our system, as they may believe it would be well that our legislators should take ‘into consideration when engaged im framing the mew School Act, which has been promised’ to the people as one of the fruits of the up-. proaching legislative session. Our system of State Education is, with the: exception of that of Scotland, undeniably the wisest and the best that exists within the bounds of the British Dominions. It is based on prin- ciples purely secular, and is a complete ac- knowledgment of the duty of a State to educate its people. It is open to all; to- the lowest as well as to the highest in the. community; and in the language of Disraeli, its grand object is to make every man who grows up amongst us as effective a being as education can constitute him—to secure to the- people at large, such an amount of education and such a degree of enlightenment as shall. enable them to fulfil the great functions which devolve upon them as members of the State. Such being our view of the fandamental principles of our Common or District School System, we will not, we trust, be suspected of” any desire to depreciate it as a system, when we candidly avow our opinion that exsoundness and decay are now visible in its organization, and call loudly upon our statesmen and legis- lators for a ‘‘re-edification,’’ if we may so- port that two million dollars had been realized trom the last lean made by the Dominion Go- vernment in Paris... ..Merchants who refused to take Government paper as currency had been fined two hundred dollars each... ..The prin- cipal of a large provision house, called the San Ciprian, has absconded, leaving liabilities to the amount of $700,000. Assets small... .. Later advices from St. Thomas state that the city is crowded with shipwrecked sailors. The inhabitants are returning to the island, and con- fidence is restored. Capt. Samuels of the New York Submarine Company, writes that between earthquakes and hurricanes, as well as cholera and yellow fever, the place presents a dreadful appearance. The Gxraminer, Charlottetown, January 6, 1868. OUR DISTRICT OR COMMON SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. We are not one of those who fancy, or appear to fancy, that, because they are privileged to occupy ‘chairs editorial’’ they thereby acquire such increase of sapience as qualifies them to come before the public and demand to be ; received as infallible popular guides ; and who, whatever may be their natural dulness, positive ignorance, or educational deficiences, believe or seem to believe, that, because they are recogoised as members of “ the self-ordained, | self-installed, self-conseerated priesthood of the press,”’ they have had cast over them such mantles of inspiration as have imparied to them power and right to deal authoritatively with every question, whether moral, political, or philosophical, which directly affects, or has any relation to, the interests of the community in the midst of which they dwell. But we certainly are one of those who are fully persuaded that, in their editorial capacities, they lie under a | binding, a sacred—though tacit and unwritten —obligation, not only to their immediate patrons and friends but to the public at large, to regard themselves as watchmen on the walls speak, of the institution. In fact the present state of our School Act is confessedly such, that it may very aptly be compared to a garment which has been so often patched, and with shreds of hues and textures. 80 various, that it is scarcely possible to tel] either what was the quality of the original. fabric, or the purposes for which the vestment was at first designed; and which, through the: very attempts which have been made to repair it, is become so rent and tattered as vo be no- longer adaptable to any purpose of personal. comfort or economy. Our legistators have, . therefore, at length wisely determined to throw the abused aid deformed Act entirely aside,. and to replace it by a new one, by which,. whilst carefully guarding against the defects. which have been superinduced upon the old one, they will endeavour to give a more efficient: and extensive application to the admirable: principles of our system ot State Education. Of the ability of our leading statesmen to- frame such an act—and opon them undoubted- ly the duty of doing so will principaliv devolve —we entertain not the smallest doubt; and’ neither do we question the willingness and: anxiety with which the Legislature will devote: themselves to their auxiliary duty in their con-- sideration of the measure when submitted to them. But we do entertain a belief, a steadfast: belief, that our local Government would act most wisely, if, imitating as it were at a distance,. the late action of the Imperial Government in. appointing—for the especial purpose of being pub in possession of certain data whereon to base the provisions of their contemplated measure of a uniform system of National Education—a Royab Commission to make inquiry into the revenues,. administration and management of the great Public Schools of England,they were in due time before the meeting of the Legislature, to in- stitute an Educational Convention, with a view to their having laid before them, as the result of its deliberations, such well digested sugyes- tions, in the form of Resclutious or otherwise, _—— of the social and political Zion of the State, | #8 might materially aid them in the framing of | parts of Saxony except the Fortress of Konig- | of of | A Kentuckian, who had, after a protracted | courtship, made up his mind to propose to a | Of money stolen. k iady, carried his resolution into effect. ady with some hesitation replied: —“I| have appointed Mr. Smith, Controller of St. am partially engaged, but mother wants te! John, Secretary to the Minister of Marine... .. Privy Council met today. Present: SirJohu' extension of learning and calls on the Provincial cities and towns to emulate the precastionary measures of the metropolis.,...A despaten from India an- nounces the departure from Bombay of Gen. Napier to take immediate command of the): i. exercise of their assumed inspectorial exon now advancing 0 $0 0 (he tem they ay have covered Sublime Porte bas offered to the Cretans an} Such self-con- antomonens government and has named) stituted watchmen are, not infrequently, it must Prince Christian —— et be confessed, very far from being gifted with BE dpa Oe Se hae ae al that superior perspicacity, comprehensiveness Coupons on the Italian Bonds will be paid. | of intellest, and profound professional wisdom, Paris, Dee. 27, (even).—The Pope has en-| which alone could entitle them to entire and joined the Rothechilds against paying the unlimited trust and confidence on the part of Coupons on the Italian Bonds in that city. | in, public. Of them, however, generally Beatin, Dee. 27, (even).—A general | sneaking, we think it may be said, with as Couneil of the Zoljiveremn, in which ail the) ~ States of North and South Germany are to. much truth as it has been of governments, that he represented for the first time since the| they are as good as the communities in which late war, will be held in this city in the they existdeserve. Chameleon-like, they take month of March,.... Prussia oe conn | their hue from the colours which surround ean ge amc papitenn Rett => <le em \them, whether they be bright and beautiful, or stein. | dark and saddening. In acorrupt community, Fiorence, Dec. 27.—It is said that Gen-| or a community tending to corruption, the eral Menbrea has declared his intention to” newspaper, representing that which sustains it dissolve the National V’arliament now in, j iy | cealaas a ee prox, and make an ap-| —Public opinion—may be the most powerful | peal to the country, should another yote un-| accelerator of such a tendency. But, in such favorable to the Ministry be adopted before) a community as that in which we have the that time. | happiness to live, the newspaper press, in Vienna, Dec. 27 —By the re-arrangement |. .-ordance with the sentiments and opinions of the Austrian Cabinet, Baron Von Beust : : i : ceased to be president of the Ministerial | Which happily prevail, is at once the palladium ‘Council, but retains the post of Minister of of freedom, the upholder, not only of the laws, bound not only to give warning when they see any danger approaching, but to make known any signs of dilapidation or imperfection, which, in its strength or construction. | Foreign Affairs. aoe has a all along put of the rights and liberties of the people, the | ee ee ee eee ‘friend of virtue and knowledge, the enemy of foie | vice, tyranny, and corruption, and the earnest i eae oe on “ . indicator and director, touching every necessary ane, Ca, Deo. 35—-The dies of Wis step in the way of progress or improvement. Grand Trunk Railway in this place was, ; : “entered by burg!ars yesterday morning. | The advanced state of public opinion in The safe was biown open and a large sum Prince Edward Island is certainly, in the first | place, to be attributed to the improved and Orrawa, Dec. 23, 1867.—The Privy Council | enlarged facilities which our System of Free Edueation bas afforded for the acquisition and that importaut measure: such Convention te be composed, firstly, of the members of the Board of Education and the School Visitors ; and, in the second place, of a select number of vur best and most experienced teachers, as well a clerical representative of each of the leading religious denominations in the Island ; and all the recognised editors of our Island Press, every one of whom, there is abundant reason to believe, would be found well qualified to take part in the important deliberations of such a body; the whole to be under the Presidency or Moderator- ship of the talented, the experienced and much respected Secretary of the Board of Education, John McNeill, Esquire, than whom, we sincerely believe, our whole community does not possess & gentlemar, better qualified to discharge the duties, or more worthy of the honor of such an appointment. It has been very justly said that the wisest princes need not think it any diminutior of their authority, or derogation from ther sufli- ciency, to rely upon counsel; and we, there- fore, trust that our Government, acknowledg- ing the justness of the observatioa, will (bow unealled for soever they may deem our inter- vention in the matter) fee) no disposition to throw upon us an imputation of unpardonable presumption, because we have thus humbly and respectfully sought to direct their attention to @ source whence, if they apply to it, they cannot fail to derive—as must be evident to all—most essential service in their endeavours to promote the interests of education. Having already said that the Scotch Paroch- ial System of Education stands higher than any other in the estimation of the most enlightened British statesmen of the present day, and being besides persuaded that our own, which, wo and knowledge; but think, fairly ranks next to it, might easily be so eam eves