naflflgfiv-qapw—unwnu'n'aa.

Ll. n 9":2-5533‘55-2 :9

tb tic H tli dr. we is: aht to: the mo mil thr init a c- mil

I ntot est awt ’i‘hi all i tied a po nut to k ougi whet risk and your few i —-—\vl walk ennui stock grow portl tion. miiel: \Vhy less a habit ,

w «n sac-m

violation-.11.. \ h Em . m t -- n, Nihlllwl't» .w ~ ottn ~ r t. \tW‘ Ill. ‘

.‘it‘. Moi, am l't “am 14.: In .. illii :i‘u\

“'9'! who: s twat it ~ New; at 51.1.1 a IIIII".

Hun. Mr. "outta r.\ \vbu l‘illlliii‘ hi the one at titan-:11 tune to lt'hai'b-tte; in u was taught at N. lilraunr‘s,

Iinii. .\|I'. lll iiiitrson w i- i: '1 undo ii» \orablu to ultt‘ sectarian school limit another, hewastquposcd to all such on principle and that was th ‘ wound o1 oz:~ _p-clions.

.‘ir. (i. Sinclair—Strait:t’c indeed that no opposition to ~~iiiiii¢ wehools was heard of till umv. He hoped hon. members were satisfied with the explanation ,L'iU‘lI-

Mr. Bl‘cckcu—in reply to the allusion

of the hon. litt'tnlit'l', .\ir. llielly, to books at I'rinee ot‘\\'ab~s College, :.e niigiit ro- mark that he had been told hoot.» wer

used in a school, not tar distant. ot a dis‘ loyal and nnti-british tendency such as as should not. be toler tr-d in any iiritish t‘nl- ony; St. Ann‘s School w. 5 just as nun-h

.eulitlcd ton grant us the uthe scijuiils iianicri ut‘a like l'iltil'dt‘it‘l’, and iii i.ord~

ship the luman (‘atholie ilishop ot‘ t‘bav— lot-tctown deserved the tiiaiiksof the whole community tor titling that school atui emptying the streets of the children ol the poor.

Mr. liiclly——-Il' books of that dangrrous character were taught at the school to which the hon. member (Mr. iircckcu) alluded, tho iault was with the Visitor, who should 'eport on such boo

Dr. Jenkins commended the d iutcrcst- .ed and scit'-saeriiicini,,r zeal tor the poor, by which those Ladies, both Protestant. and Catholic, who t' ight the schools in ques- tion, was actu d, their sole. object being to impart instruction to the poor of the place.

lion. Mr. Iiowlan asked the hon. mem- ber (Mr. Breckcu) what school did he mean.

Mr. iircckcn—'i‘ho School taught in tile old Roman Catholic t‘hapci. iiis allusion was in reply to the hon. member Mr. Rieliy.

Iioii. )Ir. iiiiviun read From the Visit- ors" Report the books used in tiie School named, atid failed to that :iny such books ,as were alluded tooii the list. The lion member for the Cityshunid not have made use oi an assertion oi that nature, inst out) who, lot' the past 20 years, \v: s . vor- abiy known as a teacher. it was tiiigeu- strolls to brand that tcnciicr or his school, with disloyalty — an assertion without proof.

Mr. Ilreekcu would not vouch for the c: ‘l'ectncss oi the report, but he was told ol‘it, and only rci rrcd to it in reply to the statements made by a hon. member touch- ing books in Prince of W -s College.

lion. Mr. Iicndcrson—(hvinggrants for years did not iitake it right. in Scotland. the Visitor of Schools reported on similar schools lie would second the licsohttion not the lion. member Mr. 1’. Sinclair.

Hon. M:. Davies—Ale would also sup- .wi-t that Resolution; anti he wasastonish- ed to iind that the hon. member, Mr. Henderson, had, for four years as a mem- ber oi the ate Government, .. nctioncd grunts which he iiow condemned.

lion. Leader of the Opposition—1t it would be found that tests were inculcate-i in any of tile Schools n question, the glztiets:el,td.tefrantic.“titliztitr‘ttt; tilt;

gum 'i‘hechildrcn o1 all denomina- WhO kno tioiis \verc

better he town. them 0‘“ 1 Mr. Bell thou, _ prosperous is and would 1110‘“? in amendment mc'n ofpoor: hon. mcinber, .UI'WI‘: '

night at the school in (iourge-

lit the Resolution invidi- that have

: r,

0,. less, l.clvzve to withdraw itL, , ccss..__1mr¢'1‘he question was pt ’ "11 lllr‘ alllclld-

Canvas. Y "national" lessrs. Ut'ii, Jcn “ Let the i_(7.)

cut, atid negativetl as to. ens—lions. (‘olcsu kins, ilreckei

161% the! Nays—lions. Hensley, Laird. (l: "with. be taker] avies, Henderson, MeAulay, liar: illitl.

either v quanti' the me of then far her moodov

cnii's rt i \Ve wax

this. Wt".th bill to amend the lit givmg ti

1i essrs. 1’. Sinclair, (1. Sn iir, i’roi‘th‘". Ramsay, Melaninan, (ii .cu, iiowaitl. Kickham, Cameron, McCormat-k, iticiiy. ~18. : '

The Resolution was accordingly adopt-

,l .

The Law Reform bill relating' to pleati- ugs uud prat Lt! in the Supreme t'onrt. was read a third time aiid passed, and also lucation Act. lion. Colonial Secretary presented rc-

wiiich “ports ut‘various Sinaii Debt (@tirtsthrough

fruit) island.

,r

The Act to incorporate the (.‘liariotto. own llotel Company was read a second inie.aud agreed to.

Mr. McNeill directed the attention at ‘1 House to the sturbcd state of the iii-

is oti Leuox ind, and moved that '1'. 'at‘t, F.qu Indian (,‘oiiiinissioncr, he at the liar oi the lionse on the sub«

sin n lilts‘lmi .n it'itXAi, rumour, my

‘5 4| .t o? t‘t‘i i tr, and with that trm diun w pow . ~ sws .u' .‘ ioduti urdl t: l~ v ; '-t as n .ivwl liti‘ :i tu‘lai t' |- I . iii In nctil m al toe coniinzinlh. 'i h it a financial crisis oi nhre lli’lll ordiuaiy I" provision would tot- luw the withdrawal tmni Ihr t‘olnm nl‘th.‘ large :Iuiutitits yet due. and soon. to ln‘ :1. llit' payable tor the umba». l‘i Illt‘ t'u~

l'l.|~-."l ut

||Ii>l i.-l:i1c, it’llll'll'll to hint iill'\il:tlvi.‘.‘

The subject was nocot mmctimu ordinary ‘Iupartancc. rmp‘iringtbcsl'riousconsidcr- ation nd the House.

.

t lion. l.|':t'ii'1‘ ol‘tite Opposition said that ‘

he was not aware that any proprietary lands “or.- at presctitoii'cri-d l‘orsaic. The ‘(ioiermnent had not intoi'mcti that House lot‘any negotiations pendingr relative to the ‘pnrchas of any Estate or Estates. The cztsi‘ w sditli-reiit with the lite (itwt‘l'll' Iii-.nt last sissioii, for when the c\tcnsion ot the Land Purchase Act w: introduced the pnreh- ‘- oi the ('u - 'd lus ite \v ' fort-d to that :nluiinstration. 'i‘hc cd provisions of the Land l‘urcl- lett a lat ~gin tortln-present (MWI‘H‘ inent—.ntlieient to litlt'ch-tse thc Sullivan listate should it be otl’erodt‘or lie could not, tin-rciore we the dcsii biiity ot a loan on the principles contemplated in the iiiil. iltil't'mt'illg‘ money in a iiireign i ' 'kct, which could be procured troni t Ithis oi‘the State, was not a sound poli- cy, and was contrary to every principle ot' political economy, nub as it could be shown that it would be procured abroad at a eh ipcr rate than at boin . it the Con- teder ted i'roviucc ot iiri 1 North Am- cric , with all their rcsonr ml rcvcnnes' pledged, bucked too by tile lmpcrialguar- autc - could not obtain a 1mm tor the building oi the intcr~colonial I iilwny at a less 'atu o1 interest. than 1 per cent.. with- out such guarantee the moncy could hard- ly be got at ti per cent., how, he would ask, could this small and isolated Coloi expect to get a loan on more tavnrab conditions? He then alludcd to thet pen- ses that would be incurred in negoti:itin,,‘ fora loan in England. The ser 'iccs ol :ni agent would be required, which would, cost an additional sum. in re}: rd it, the commercial aspcct of the o_ lip“. 1]“. (jovernmeut should not etionipt a funk“ - ior any temporary dcpi ssitin l'csnltinn from over-t :Iding. The balance ot‘ tradc might one day be against a country ind till: “03*. the rover. i. The Land i’uii-ha. Act. he said, contained all the llitll‘ltillt.’ bee :ii'y for the further Purchase of any

rcniaini listatcsthat might be uti‘ered tor s‘a lie could, thcrctiirc, see no

reason lov supporting the Bill under con- sidcrntiou.

lions. MeAniay, Duncan, ilcnderson, alid Messrs. ilrcekcn, l'rnuse, Mela-mum alith .cu also severally addressed the t‘onimittce in opposition to the iiill; cou- ti‘lltlitlg that the lIIrthcr i’nrchase o1 i'ro- prii ivy lands should he ell'ected under the proii ions ol‘the Land Purchase liill as tormrt'ly; that the obtainingr oi .i liirci‘vn loan would intolie the country deeply in debt, :md though it might ntl‘ord tempor- avy relief to trade, the ullini: tilts would prove disastrous to the host inter- ests ot‘ the Colony; tliataioan, ii procured, should be specially reserved tor, and ap- proprii cd to, the purchase ol'iands only, and not used to relieve any monetary dif- licuii ' at hip; from commercial panics; that it “as impoliln uni unsound in prin- ciple to borrow iroiii a liti'eig‘ti market when the necessary funds

no: .15 mm... "\r-h

p..i.......t. 1.5-”..Nwmfiv (iuvcl'lilitctlii the money was procured in the country without cashiin,r Warrants at Discount. The Silllib‘pl'ilil'illill,il‘ilitiiciillis-

ly' pplicd, would eventually succeed in ctlectmgthc purchase of any remaining

Estates that might lrom time to time In- otl'ercd to the (lovct‘ltnicul. That the cause ol‘the present depre 'ion of tatlc and starcin of the circulating medium was not attributable to the purchase oi the t'uuard listatc, but to the iactthat a la 'gi-r quantity ol'goods were imported last year than was \v. 'antcd by the circumstances ol‘thet.‘oluny, and also to the fact that ships \\ we sent to market, which \Vct'c still lying in the tin liin docks unsold. Hence the want. oi c mnge to mch the bills at the merchants.

‘mlion. Leader oi the Government dei'eiid- c to principle ot'the loan bill before the (Joni uittec, and said that be had hoped botl dcsot'thc House would have on.» d in the necessin ol’hdopting means whereby not only to cil'ect the t'urtherpnr- eh ol'iands, but also to t'clievc the cm- 1 st 1 s . oi'theLlolony commercially. The principle 01 the bill though formerly opposed and pctitioticd ' inst bv the (Joust vatii party generally, was‘ now almost uniu rsaliy admitted to he not onlv sound, but also loudly called tor. in prmit oi which he rcterrcd to the petition oi many oi'tlie .\lcrch:uits and others oi t'harlottii-i town, now on tiic table ol this House, re: latit'e to the club: 'ed slutc oi the oun- tiy. iio\\'t'\ r d si .iblc it was to pure] - sc proprietory c te, with the view ot tria-mg"

'ndian claims on d island. The if the laiid commission piainiv. ‘ the Indians had been iii uniti—i Incupancy oi thatiisland lor 'wli'a century and had built :1‘

'v. le other improvements:

\II as theirdri-idcd opin-

"c iiidi-iiis to that

‘t-i't'llot'y oi their

'1 and they

in of tho

notion. l 1 ad- bou. incl ,

the tetiaiill‘y ol the colony from the rriit‘ payng .' '=l\‘ltl, care shouldhe taken thatl such pur ises should not cr iplo tradc‘ and c' ntlp-r 4: cos of tho coinmtin' ‘ to >lli in consoipicnce. The loan con- tt-inplab-d by the tail would enable the tioveinmcnt to n Jililli' t'nrand ptll'cintsu lainls uithout pat.in Anglia-gene '- tiade ot the country. it was evident that the pi :ncnlwif the instalments due on the t, tnmrd i‘lstaic. was the cause of the banks retnsing to discount. The ptymcnt of which would absorb the greater portion ot

L'udev

the (told andhilvcrinthclr vaults. the prm isions ol the loan bill the (.‘uiinrd iistali: would have been purchased paid tor, without experiencing any i-ns depression in the ordinary trade ut by, as resulted from lilt‘ said par-

"4- tl‘lis't‘llltt! oi such a measure.

lil,

. doubtless lll‘UYt‘ a bot

.ouitl be pro- "

that if: similar or t vein a no it}. v purchase tit I" th t‘ was .ig nu itlli'ltiplwl. unliom mane

snrii pnuoious m. “It lull ttmlvtttplhlml, it would i iippic all tlIel ult- iii the islaltil. euiinly autuhau- the retina.' mrdinm ul lhe (‘olony from its ordinoy and lctlilitnllc avenues. The banks haiii ; to pi-mrlc ex- change ter licaiy l't‘luitlallt't s required or the p|_\'1qu|l ot'tbe (‘iuinrd llstate. were crippled III their opcr .tion- til-i toanucntly curtail- cd, it not altogt n-r reiuscd illsci at on the V \cry best security in the place. at lwd il ,’nv-l been for these hcaiy drains for the pay- -‘ meat» of lands. the quantity oi'goods imporch but year would not baxe remained nusobt l nor would that scarcity of money compliii‘" ot'be m general. \\'ln~n ships and 0"” i'r‘l' ducliona ofthc country were sol""““’“'l' "“ change in gold was (livid. icd ““ ilii'l‘t'b)‘ the banks u'i-rc relieved. . "‘l‘" “Nil” “mild um, mun“. “m mp. o lauds. Loam ot a “mum. mum, Iva bccn obtained by other 15mm, p,.,,\~ cc . from the Mother Country; In", . “we was more plentiful, and conse- ducn ,\‘ would be I lied chcapcr thcrc, iii a. small communities, it was a sound and wise policy to obtain a loan, for the rcipiircincnts nt'thc ('olony. from abroad. Thul lultil the whole tcuautry lived the fee simple oi'thcir farms, agrarian g ‘aut'cs would e ' t. re- tardiin: the prosperity ot‘thc country; it was tin-rethrc Il\ able to adopt measures by which the whole question might be finally set at rest.

.\t the close of a long debate on the ques- tion, on motion of the lion. Attorney tieuerab that the bill he read a second time, Mr. l’rowse moved and amendment that the bill be read a second time that day three months, w b amendment \ is negativcd on the following division, viz:

Ycas—Iions. lia 'iand, 1\ic.iulay, liender- son, Duncan, Mess .. iircckclt i'roirsc, Mac- i.ennan, tircen no.1 Ramsay

\nys—ilons. Attorney (ieueral, (lei. Secre-

tar_ iiowian,i{cl|y, Laird, Davies, (1‘ “wk. Mrssns. Mt'titirmack, Kickball), (Tank-n,“y

Jenkins, 1'. Sinclair, ti .\1c.\'cill, licil. iiowntt— ..

The bill was Ilct‘iirdillg'ly committed to a Committee of'lie whole llousc, Mr. iicll iii the chair, reported progress.

“.(iusc adjourned.

A- i‘ic.\'|;n.i., :eportcr.

1|1¢i“.'i1', Arsenaux,

atlissrtll ttttt‘flltt'. THE AU$T_R1AN PRESS-

'l‘he publicist controversy has cmbilti-rcd the disput to the attitude oi Austria in a struggle of nice against i‘rt ' ibout Lux- embourg. .\s yet the nitration as not be- conn 1 urgent om d .\ustr‘ is not obliged to decide whether she will go with l'rnss' or France. .\1 present Austria not only cati re- main neutral. but shc has probably no oppor- tunity oi playing unothcr "i, even it she wished. That. however. it' nor should break out between France and i’russia neutrality would be ilillll blc for us, ifit u .rcuot suc a llt'lll“llll_)' as we obsc -d during; thc t mean w -. ainl which we had to pay for ft ,thttnl costs, no one denies cxt'cpt those who will not learn by histo l cxpcricnccs. * * * .\s t dust has not ini- iiiediatciy to decid to whose allay she will be, btit if the dcci ve Iiioiiiciit cvcr conic Aus- tria cannot follow any i-‘rench allnrcineuts but must be dispassionate and self-denying enough to accept an al'liance with Prussia it' it. be oll'ercd.

\\'e have forgotten none of the things with which Austria has to reproach l’russin. ’i‘hc troops ot'thc- two States wcnt together against Denmark. and then l’ru. '. wanted II the for he .cli'. 'i'hat. \ iiI- provoked the \v and then

Venn-nil] against Austr'i. That was shameful. i'ri sin under iiismarck tried to get up tilt at xii iy legion of revolutionary refuges and prisoin s from Hungary. 'i‘hati nndiuniticd. 1’ sin. on clitcrin;,V liohcinia issued the (‘clcl ‘ proclamation to the glorious ilobetiiiun 11 ion. That was infamous. We il:|\'l‘litil the slightest indulgence for all thcsc political crimes. and still it appears to u: that it' t-ontlict should arise Austria has no rim to cannot allv herself with France against 1 III I, who trill come into the ticld united with the German States. * * ‘i‘ ' ‘e refer to the possibility ui‘an Austrian- aii alliance, it is because we Imrc sonic idea that the day of recognition for (icrniuuy approaches, and that. Austria may find the opportunity in this to form a t h tie with (icrmany. We advocate an :11“ iv and a treaty which would stipulatc set es and counterscrviccs. one from which all idea of humiliation would be excluded. in fact, when our alliance is sought. it will be for us to de- mand the price ot‘ the salute—Die .Yenc l’rtssc - VIM/ta.

THE PRUSSIAN PRESS.

in ccaisideriint thc laixcmbouvg question, pcople are .tt‘t‘ll‘itilill'ti to regard it only s an object of dispute betwccn ticrumuy and Fruit c.

l‘.\l‘ll the English Foreign Sc rctary, Lord Stanley, made the remark that Germany was clly well able to defend herself. and that it could scarcey bc ' that m lid was bound to trouble herself bont Ihi iir.

With rcii'rcncc to this one-sided w is iict-iwsary to mention that the linrlrcss ol l.ux» ctubont‘u was for the purpose not only of scriing as a protection to the (icruian t‘ont‘i-d- i tion, but also nsa guarantee ol‘thc neutral- ity of llcluium. ‘

The dissolution of the former (‘onstitulion of tlic ticrniaii tbiuti-derntion has made no tiiIii-rcncc in this position of Luxembourg. in the first place. there is no diti'crciiuc \vith res- pcct to the ( nan States. In iitsc the tier-- malt thinicdcralion has l)l.'\'\ ~ given up thisV relation: on tbc cuntr State oi the dissolied ancient ticvin itionlcderation. the Southern States not excepted, has an :irtpt" I right over the unalteredcxistcnceoi the duties of the tortrcss of Luxembourg, iii substance and in term. V

This right .\n.stria has also. And even all the ulluranlccinu powers of tinI licluian neu- trality, who showed themselves so zealous on the election oi'thn llclgian throne. and which would certainly not have hc-itatcd to decl rc

:4

and 5

Latest by Telegraph! London. May I5. evening.‘I

c. ir-' u i v- t-n -~.~;"“ its. tun-m v

, , , . , . '. \‘ctera'i operations in the island ol ‘ ‘i '

"I _ l v m .m‘ h“ ‘ “k _‘ _ .a e. and both par- , , L'F‘ ." ‘ ‘ ' ‘ .i the latest ticsputt'it :ili‘r- claim ‘Ilt s

v - ‘iiisasiicrle that the 'i'urLisli {la-min“! lllliinfi I‘cummalnl of ()mar I’auhu li‘,i,2‘il_31“¢l‘catni III a general battle.

‘ London, May 15. Ovclilllll. intelligence has been rt ved hcrc that Ibe bark Hover. ('apt. limit. which was last reported at Swatow. Feb. 1 . wrecked in the Cililii'n.‘ Sea, and tha .ull the crew who escaped from the shipwreck except our were murdered when they lauded by the natives. —— Consuls it: 1—4, J-L'U‘s 72 1-2. Dublin, May 10. Prisoners i‘lood. Dutl'y and (lady are now on trial below the Special ('onnnission. Liverpool, 10th May. evening. lireadstull's n-aikct easier. ('orn declined lid. Sales of Mixed Western at ~lis. tid. per quarti . Wheat quotations unchanged.— ilaricy aml Uats stand at previous quotations. llcriiu. May itt, evening. The North German tiazcttc, the organ of iii nan-k, says the final execution of the ' y signed at London, aitd the evacuation of the fortress of laixcmbeurgby l’ri .ta will be diilicult within the mouth prc. bed by the London Conference, and that Prussia \viii uccd morctimc.