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Daunt's Rock has certainly much to answer for,
and now shares the lot of every creature which gets
a bad name, and may have more crimes laid to its
account than it actually commits. The last charge
brought against it is that it did on a certain night,
to wit, Sunday, the 12ttkinst., aid and abet in the
destruction of the valuable ship Chicago, thereby
endangering the lives of GO passengers, and a nume-
rous crew, involving the possible loss of specie and
cargo to a fabulous amount, and divers other terrible
consequences. The grounds on which it is sought
to convict the rock as an accessory before the fact are
the following reported facts : The Chicago was a brig-
rigged screw steamer, 2,000 tons register, and was
comparatively
under the command
new, having
of Captain
only
left the builders'
hands about a year since, and had in her brief career
acquired the reputation of swiftness. She left New
York on Thursday, the 2d inst., with a general
cargo, chiefly wheat and cotton, valued at £150,000,
and had made a splendid run until she approached
the Irish coast, which was sighted on Sunday morn-
ing, about half-past 10 o'clock. At the rate of
speed at which she was then going it was calculated
that about noon she passed the Fastnet, where there
is a telegraph station to notify the arrival of home-
ward bound steamers. A thick fog, however, had
meanwhile overspread the sea, and the land could
not then be seen. The vessel passed on unobserved
with the utmost caution, 100k-out men having been
stationed in the bow, while the captain and second
officer took their places on the bridge, and the speed
was slackened from seven to two knots an hour. At
this snail's pace she crept along the coast, and about
half-past 4 o'clock sighted the Old Head of Kinsale.
The shades of evening were then falling fast; the
fog had become more dense, and the captain, not
venturing to steer direct for the harbour, as he
would have done, deemed it necessary to keep to
the eastward, to avoid Daunt's Rock. Timidly
and warily she moved along, feeling her way
at almost every step, taking soundings every
quarter of an hour where tt3c depth waa not
great, and in deep water every half hour. The
captain aimed at reaching ltoche's Point by a
semi-circular route from Kinsale, and at half past
five o'clock, when he supposed that he was off the
harbour, stopped the steamer. Signals were made
for a tender, but there was no response, and then,
after consulting with his officers, the captain ap-
prehended that he had gone too
far eastward, and
the vessel was again set in motion, the semi-circular
course being reversed. In the thick fog, however,
the harbour light was not discernible, and the result
unfortunately proved that instead of going to
the south of Roche's Point, as was intended, the
vessel was moving straight upon the coast between
that point and Power Head. This is a shore fraught
with danger,as the disastrous fate of the Ibis, lost a
few years ago, has painfully impressed upon the
memory. The precautions were observed with still
more anxious care, as the fog still increased and
night wore on. At a quarter to six o'clock it
was found that the depth was 25 fathoms. Iu ten
minutes afterwards the sounding was
15 fathoms,
and scarcely had the fact been reported when a cry
was heard of " land ahead." The captain, who was
still at his post, observed the surf denoting sunken
rocks, and instantly gave the order to reverse engines
full speed, but before the motion of the steamer
could be counteracted she struck, though not vio-
lently then. When the reverse action took effect she
struck again very heavily, every timber quivering
with the shock, and alarm seizing all on board. It
was soon found that the rock had pierced the vessel ;
the water rushed through a deep gash into the
engine-room and extinguished the furnaces. Find-
ing that the ill fated steamer was as it were impaled
on the sharp reef, and that there was no chance of
getting her off, the captain, with commendable
presence of mind, directed all his energies to the
best means of saving the passengers and the crew.
There was no excitement or confusion, but admir-
able discipline was observed, and confidence was re-
posed in his coolness and judgment. A lifeboat
having been launched and manned by four of the
crew, under the control of Mr. Clifford, the second
officer, and eight women, cabin passengers, were
placed in it, and brought safely to land. The fe-
male steerage passengers, numbering about 30, were
next conveyed ashore in other boats. All the other
souls on board, to the number of 130 altogether,
including passengers and crew, were landed in like
manner, and obtained shelter in some little cabins
that ate scattered about the coast. At seven o'clock
the Coastguard men of the Power Head station
arrived with a rocket apparatus, by which commu-
nication was established with the Ship, and the trans-
mission of luggage greatly facilitated. After some
difficulty the Roche's Point telegraph station was
reached by the second ofEcor, and a telegram for-
warded to the agents of the company in Queenstown,
ulglLoo'rcdl o'clock, kl
ye, which reached
, and immediately
Clyde, dweshipcahtethhee reached
despatched she
th
the wreck at midnight, but could render no service,
ste am a
tt
as the passengers and crew bad been provided for.
By order of Admiral Buckle, a detachment of 50
marines was despatched from the Mersey flagship
by Captain Moresby, R.N., to protect the cargo in
the event of its being washed ashore, Lord Fermoy,
on hearing of the disaster, generously sent convey-
ances, and had the cabin passengers removed to his
residence at Trabolgan. The reef on which the ves-
sel struck extends 100 ft into the sea south of the
mainland, and is 30ft. wide. It is called the Cor-
rigles. At low water it is quite dry, but has 15
fathoms of water on each side. Arrangements were
at once made for removing the cargo, and some
hopes were entertained of getting the steamer off
when lightened, the position being comparatively
safe so long as the wind blows from shore., About
£50,000 in specie was brought to land and conveyed
to Queenstown under escort of Marines. If , the
wind veer round, the steamer will, it is feared, go
to pieces, and there is also danger of her parting
amidships. Great numbers of people have visited
the scene. The passengers gratefully acknowledge
the hospitality which they received from the inha-
bitants of the little hamlet on the coast. They
have since been forwarded to their respective desti-
nations.

The demonbtrations of loyalty on the part of Irish
residents iu England, in answer to Mr, Digby Sey.

m our's appeal, are observed by the well affected
classes here with considerable interest. The Daily
Express strongly advocates their extension to this
country, and points out the advantage which they
would confer. Referring to the enrolment of special
constables, the Express observes :—",,We do not
think any declaration would be of much importance
in this country,but the method adopted by the London
Irish Volunteers is an example well worth considering.
It has been continually asserted—it is daily repeated
in the Continental and Americ tn papers—that the
Irish are all hostile to British rule. This impudent
mis-statement somewhat refuted when Europe
beheld ps last year meeting Fenianistn with a force
exclusively drawn from the humblest classes of Irish-
men, many of them members of the popular cr, el.
But this might not be an inopi-ortune moment to
attempt further to dispel this mischievous delusion.
The swearing in of special constables in the various
parts of the country would show at once how large
a class of Irishmen of all creeds and parties felt
their interests involved in the suppression of this
conspiracy. The preamble of the act empowering
the appointment of special constables no doubt as-
sumes that the force of constabulary is not suffi-
cient to protect the law when special constables are
necessary. The public at present feels the most
complete confidence, both in the disposition and
the numbers of our police and military ; but no
can provide against the possibility of out.
rages such as the Fenians have been continually
perpetrating., Though there may not be any
urgent necessity for appealing to the order-loving
portion of the community to come forward to ren-
' der actual personal aid, there is no doubt that such
an organisation might prove most effective in the
additional forces which it would place at the com-
mand of the authorities. The state of things here
is quite sufficient to bring us within the provisions
think fit. And
poof
intthiengAscpte,caianldcotnostjaubsltesifyif the magistracy in ap-
when we consider the enormous moral effect which
such a movement would have here on the disaf-
fected portion of our population„ and in England,
in showing that Ireland was not dependent merely
on the police and the military, but had a
loyal, law-abiding population of its own, the
advantage of supporting it is at once apparent.
The Queen's enemies in America would be obliged
to recognisemet wt
ha
the
certainfact
amountif their
o f proceedings
in Ireland, they were odious to a large mass
countenance
had d
of the people. Then it would become clear that
the Fenian filibusters were not champions of an op-
pressed nationality, but mischievous intruders into
Irish affairs—that the result of their success would
be, not to establish a war between Ireland and
England, but a civil conflict between the dupes in
this country an 3 the flower of the Irish nation.
Against them would be arrayed all the intelligence,
all the orderly, hard-working, respectable portion of
the people—all, in fact, of that section of the com-
munity which goes to make up the character of a
nation, and give it stability. We are quite sure
that our Roman Catholic countrymen would not be
behind their Protestant neighbours in undertaking
this movement. But we would suggest that this
measure should be at once considered by the magis-
trates and the authorities at the Castle. Any two
justices are authorised to call a special sessions for
the purpose of swearing in special constables. Let
these sessions be at once announced, and in a few
weeks we shall have a volunteer body of Irishmen
which shall exhibit to the world the contemptible
insignificance of the numbers of the conspirators,
and the spirit which they have evoked."

OPENING OF THE LOCAL LEGISLA-

TURES IN CANADA.

The local Legislature of Quebec was opened on
the 28th ult., by his Excellency Sir N. F. Belleau,
with the following speech :
Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Coun-
cil—Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly,—lt is
with much pleasure that I bid you welcome to the
ancient city of Quebec on the occasion of this first
meeting of our Provincial Legislature. The lately
adjourned session of the Federal Parliament has
been of happy omen for the new constitution of
Canada ; and I cannot, I am sure, be wrong in
expressing the trust that the sentiments of fidelity
to our gracious Sovereign, of attachment to the
institutions of the British Empire, and of devo-
tion to the interests of our Confederation, which
there displayed themselves, will equally cha-
racterise this first session of our Legislature.
The Constitution has entrusted to you im-
portant interests and grave duties in respect
of the administration of justice, of public
education, of the machinery of our civil and muni-
cipal system, of our public charities, of the
encouragement of science, letters, and the arts, of
the improvement of the public domain, comprising
as this does our vast forests and our mineral wealth,
of the development generally of our resources, of
immigration, colonization, police—in a word, of all
that appertains to the civil law and to the rights of
property. It has, at the same time, provided that
these interests should be placed under the safeguard
of the principles of the British Constitution ; and,
and, therefore, on my acceptance of the task of pre-
siding over the Government of the province of
Quebec, I lost no time in calling to my aid advisers
responsible to the people, and in assigning to them
their several departments of administration. The
organization of these departments has been earnestly
proceeded with, that the interests confided to their
charge might not suffer from any too long interrup-
tion of the work of Government, and, at the same
time, with economy, as well in regard to the num-
ber of functionaries employed as to the amount of
emoluments provisionally accorded to them.
Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly—Al-
though certain stated sources of revenue are assigned
to the Province by the Constitutional Acts, the
yearly amount which you will have at your disposal,
without recourse to further taxation, will be satis-
factorily established only after the arbitration rela-
tive to the finances of the late Province of Upper
and Lower Canada, which is provided for by the
142 d section of the lace act. Under these circum-
stances it would not be prudent to submit to the
Legislature any measure of importance which
should involve considerable expenditure. But as,
on the other hand, the people of the province could
not willingly suffer any even temporary sacrifice of
the interests of public education, colonisation, or
the public charities,votes will be asked from you for
these ends, as well as for the civil service generally,
and for the covering the outlay already incurred in
the establishment, organisation, and carrying on of
the Government.

Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Coun-
cil,—Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly,
Measures will be submitted to you for the organis-
ation of the departments of the administration, the
interpretation of the statutes, and the audit of the
public accounts. Your attention will also be called
to the best means of developing colonisation, and
stimulating the zeal of municipalities and voluntary
associations in behalf of this great public object, so
important at once with a view to the interests of
this province within the Confederation, and to those
of Canada herself, upon this continent. You will
doubtles feel that ono means of increasing our po-
pulation must be that of drawing hither and retain-
ing among us the emigration of the British islands
and of the continent of Europe, at the same time
that we are further facilitating the settlement of
our own people upon the public lauds. The
further improvement of our agriculture, and
the more systematic and prudent manage-
ment of the forests and mines, are also objects de-
manding the earnest attention of the Government
and of the Legislature. The advancement of public
education and the encouragement of science, letters,
and the arts, are not only in our day a means of
developing the prosperity of t people, but even next

Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly,—In ac-
cordance with the provisions of a statute of the
Imperial Parliament for the Federal Union of the
British North American Provinces, and for the
erection of separate local governments in the pro-
vinces of Ontario and Quebec, I have been deputed
in the name of her Majeelar the Queen to open the
first session of the Legislature of Ontario. I re-
joice at the opportunity which has been thus afforded
to me of welcoming the representatives of the people
in this city, so long known as the capital of Upper
Canada. This day is the commencement of a new
and important era in our political annals. We are
met together under the authority of the British
Crown, to enter upon a more extended application
than we have hitherto enjoyed of the principle of
local self-government. For years past it has
been the aim and effort of Upper Canada to
secure a more direct and unlimited control over her
own local affairs than was attainable whilst in
legislative alliance with another province. Sensible
of the many advantages which have accrued to both
sections from this union, since its accomplishment
in the year 1851, the people of Western Canada
have, nevertheless, desired a wider and more elastic
governmental system, which, while it should
strengthen and consolidate British dominion on this
continent, should also afford larger opportunities for
their own particular growth and expansion. This
object we have now obtained through the beneficent
interposition of the mother country. The provi-
sion for the future government of this province
is, in one respect, peculiar and exceptional. It
confers upon you, gentlemen, the exclusive pri-
vilege of framing laws in relation to matters
within your jurisdiction, unaided and - uncheokod
by the supervisory control of another Chamber.
It remains for you to justify, by your wisdom,
moderation, and forethought the confidence so
freely reposed in you by the Imperial Govern-
ment. You begin your legislative labours with
resources at your disposal large enough to justify
the hope that they will prove adequate not only for
the actual requirements of the Government, but
also to satisfy the wants of this rapidly-improving
country. It will devolve upon you to consider the
best and most appropriate means of husbanding
these resources, and of augmenting as far as pos-
sible the, public wealth. I would earnestly press
upon your attention the expediency of encouraging
.immigration and the occupation of our public lands
by affording to the working classes of Europe, and
to the young men of our own province, additional
inducements to settle and remain amongst us. The
enactment of a liberal homestead law, with a free
grant of land to bona fide settlers, would, I appre-
hend, prove of inestimable advantage in adding
to the number and quality of our resident
population. lam authorised to inform you that
arrangements are in progress for the speedy ap-
pointment of arbitrators for the division and
adjustment of the debts, credits, liabilities, pro-
perties, and assets of the late provinces of Upper
and Lower Canada, under the 142nd sec-
tion of the British North American Act. 'When
these gentlemen shall have completed their labours
a copy of their report shall be laid before you. The
expenses hitherto attending the establishment of a
local government in this province have been neces-
sarily incurred upon the sole responsibility of the
several heads of public departments appointed
thereto, but I have directed detailed accounts of
all such expenditure to be submitted to you for
your approval and sanction. I have also caused
estimates of the anticipated revenue and expendi-
ture for the ensuing year to be prepared, which
I commend to your careful attention, relying
upon your readiness to make suitable provision
for the exigencies of the public service within
that period. In carrying out the special objects
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education commenced its sittings ~ their, Hall,
Manchester. Among others present there were the
Hon. H. A. Bruce, M.P., W. E. Forster, M.P., T.
Bazley, M.P., Lord Do Grey and Ripon, Hon. E. L.
Stanley, Colonel Grey, M.P., T. B. Potter, M.P B.
Samuelson, M.P., E. W. Watkin, M.P., B. Whitworth,.
M.P., Edmond Beaks, M.A., W. Graham, M.P., R. N.
Philips, M.P., J. Candlish, M.P., G. Dixon, M.P., Hon.
Auberon Herbert, J. Peel, M.P., Hon. Alfred Seymour,
M.P., S. Whitbread, M.P., Jacob Bright, M.P., James
Stansfeld, M.P., Sir H. W. Barron, M.P., P. Va.n derbyl,
M.P., T. Barnes, M.P., J. Cheetham, M.P., Revs. the
Deans of Chester and Manchester; Archdeacon Durnford,
Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Dart., E. A. Leathern, J. T. Hib-
bert, M.P., Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, M.P., Rev. Dr.
Beard, the Hon. G. C. Brodrick, and many other well-
known friends of education from various places in England
Scotland, and Wales.
Mr. Brii:CE, in opening the discussion, said : We have
song passed the preliii-iz a,ry stage of stati,:t:c:l in rilir:cs.
We hex, felled a L.,ehtic evil welch. no State machinery
now in force can overcome. A more stringent system is
necessary for the education of the working classes, and
all are agreed that the only way out of the difficulty is by
local rates locally administered. This is the baeis of the
conference at which it is hoped by communication of
opinion and argument to remove, or at least to reduce to
the narrowest proportions, the dialer.= that exist.
(Hear, hear.) In advocating a permissive measure, the
Council would not be held as denying the principle that it
is the duty of the State to see to the education of all its
citizens, but they wished to follow what seemed to them
to be a feasible and prudent policy. What is wanted is
cis and improvement. The most sanguine do not
in. the passing of such a measure of national
education as shall satisfy the aspirations of our best and
wisest reformers. What is sought, therefore, is a steady
and continuous progress rather than a eomplate change of
system. Mr. Bruce cited opiialonsvqkzany 1 i4-la:atitho-
rities of various shades of religious and political opinion
in favour of secular education, and in conclusion he sub•
mitted the two following points for discussion :-1. Per.
missive or compulsory rating ; 2. If compulsory, hole
set in motion ?
Speakers were restricted to ten minutes each.
Archdeacon SANDFORD believed if landowners ant.
others had given as much support to education as is given
by the parochial clergy, the children of the country would
be very different from what they are at present. In face '
of the tremendous facts given in Mr. Bruce's pamphlet,
that 170,000 children in London, who ought to be in school,
are not, and that there are eight parishes without schools,
he believed it necessary to have not merely a permissive
hut a compulsory bill.
Mr. DixoN, M.P., declared himself to be a strong an
earnest advocate of compulsory rating.
The Hon. AIIBERON HERBERT supported the same vIONI
with especial application to agricultural districts.
Mr. W. E FORSTER, M.P., said the reason why he was
in favour of Mr. Bruce and Mr. Egerton's permissive bill
last year was, not that such a measure would meet the
difficulties of the question, but because he thought public
opinion and the opixdon of the House would not consent
to more than a permissive measure. But the cause has
made great progress since last year, and the country is
now ripe for a complete bill. The voluntary educationists
are assisting instead of obstructing. The present Go-
vernment will find means to meet the religious difficulty
which could hardly be expected in opposition; and, finally,
the Reform Act will give increased power to the people
of the country. The country being ready for a compulsory
bill, it would be wrong for the Legislature not to respond
to the wish of the country ; and, if they did not, they
would find, and ought to find, that the matter will be
taken out of their hands. He would give the right to
majority of ratepayers in the borough to establish a school,
and, where that was not done, the Government should, if
necessary, have power to force a district to rate itself. It
would be unwise to come forward with a bill for the com-
pulsory rating of the whole country, as in some cases a
district is already provided for ; but such a bill as he sug-
gested would provide for districts which would otherwise
remain neglected.
Mr. BAZLEY, M.P., announced himself to be an uncom-
promising supporter of compulsory rating and of e,ouipul-
story attendance at schools.
Mr. JACOB BRIGHT, M.P., believing the country is not
ripe for a compulsory bill for the whole nation, and think-
ing a permissive bill may be carried, was still sufficiently
zealous in the cause of education to agree with the com-
promise suggested by Mr. Forster.
Professor Jam, of Owen's College, agreed with Mr.
Herbert and Mr. Forster, and shelved that the comparison
of England with Prussia in education is more to the
disadvantage of the former than appears on the stir-
face, on account of the inferior character of many of
her schools.
Dr. JOHN WATTS advocated secular education, leaving
the clergy and ministers to settle the religious matter
amongst themselves. (Hear, hear.) He affirmed the
truth of his statistics, and added that many of the unedu
cated children are also not at work. He supported Mr,
Forster's views.
The Rev. W. N. Moenswonrn, M.A., Rochdale, having
at first supported the permissive bill as a matter of
expediency, would support a compulsory bill if there was
a reasonable prospect of carrying it.
Mr. FORSTER, M.P., believed there would be a better
chance of carrying a compulsory than a permissive bill.
Mr. J. G FITCH, inspector of schools, said the loco.
rate proposed would be so heavy as to provoke resistance •
and, though it might be better than local subscriptions,
that system should not be allowed to supersede imperial
grants and the contributions of the parents. Imperial
rants involved the desirable condition of competent
inspection, while the payments by the parents gave them
a special interest in the school. The national ideal of
education would always be higher than the local ideal.
(Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN explained that his bill did not contem-
plate depriving schools of the imperial grant,
Dr. GARRETT held that as the intellect of a child is the
only inherent property which he receives from his Creator,
the State is bound not only to protect the property, but to
see it is so managed during infancy as to give the owner
the right and proper use of it in advanced life. He there-
fore supported compulsory education and compulsory
attendance.
Dr. PANICHURST advocated the same system, on too
ground that elementary instruction, being of universal
necessity, ought to be of universal provision.
Archdeacon POLLOCK, having had experience of mining,
manufacturing, and rural districts, had long ago cane to
the conclusion that without a compulsory system of edu-
cation the lower stratum of our population will never bo
reached. The working classes are always spoken of as
being desirous of doing their duty by their children. He
was sorry to say that this was not always the case.
Mr. GOSCHEN, M.P., replying to previous arguments,
and adopting an opinion advanced by the last speaker,
said it was the State's duty to look after a matter of this
immediate importance in the same way as it is the duty of
the State to look after sanitary matters. It is not desirable
to go too far. The limit is clear enough : the State is
bound to interfere in this case where the subjects with
which it deals are not able to assist themselves. England
is, perhaps, the only country where every person born has
a right to be maintained at the expense of the community,
and it appeared to him that to a- certain degree education
was a natural corollary of our poor-law system. (Hear,
bear.) If the country is bound to support the children,
surely it has a right to step in and say we will compel
every child to be put in a position where he shall have
the means of earning his living. (Hear, hear.) In the
metropolis a system is wanted which will pick up those
districts which are not dealt with by voluntary effort, and
which have neither the power, inclination, nor public
spirit to aid themselves, because in all large communities,
where one class cannot see what goes on in another tis
necessary that some public body should step in and take
the initiative. He agreed with Mr. Herbert and Mr.
Forster in endorsing the view advanced by Mr. Lowe at
Edinburgh, that the bill should not be compulsory over
the whole country, because it is more important to utilise
voluntary effort where we find it. (Hear, hear.) Where
ocoreurff,ewaoureirdtekyeoepu may discourage voluntary effort.
7.frereeaf the rate as a last resource ; but
it would be necessary to have an educational survey of
England and Wales, and to deal without delay with the
evils that undoubtedly exist. 'There are districts in Lon-
don so pressed down already by rates that it is too
much to ask them to keep them up of their own
accord. Where the rates are so high that the ratepayers
are rapidly falling into a state of pauperism, you cannot
have an education rate voluntarily adopted, A great deal
of opposition may be expected from persons who will say
that it is unfair to place this burden upon one kind of
property. Therefore it. is not impossible that the system
of rating should be reconsidered in order to deal with a
matter of this kind. On that account he trusted the
financial opposition to this measure would be kss than
might otherwise be expected.
Earl DE GREY then rose to move "That this Conference
requests the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, the Hon. W. E.
Forster, and the Hon. Algernon Egerton either to reintro-
duce the bill of last session, with such modifications as
may be deemed desirable, in conference with the Educa-
tion Bill Committee, to render it more complete, or to lend
their support to any G-overnment measure based on similar
principles." The noble earl submitted that the permissive
bill of last session would have been a step in advance, and
would have shewn how Manchester and Birmingham
would have worked under it. We should be careful not to
impede the existing machinery, imperfect though it be,
because there are districts where it would be a mischievous
waste of power to introduce compulsory rating. On the
other hand, he cordially agreed that there are many
dis-
tricts in town and country in which there little hopet
of seeing any system of permissive rating
iii
operation. Believing that we cannot wait until
these backward and recalcitrant district:
give up theirmay bepe
npulreiaosuesd.
to lay aside their ignorance and
ness, he cordially agreed in the viewqnatriVoatnieiVsib)eyaki‘eirsr:
Herbert, Mr. Forster, Mr. Goscien
While this matter was safe in the hands to which it won
entrusted, it could be better dealtwiotrltifildiyeltthtehr,eds.pi(finstiiiiielye
advisers of the Crown iand
i was e
and this Parliament did not I
deal with the question, the
new Parliament would deal with it • for confident he was
that the only safe corollary to universal suffrage was
universal education. (Applause.)
Mr
M.P.. seconding, believed a permis-
sive bill would be laughed out of the seconding,
and out of the
country. He had never yet seen a populo.r meeting which
was not unanimous in calling upon the State to fulfil its
duty in this respect. Therefore, he believed in the neces-
sity for a compulsory system of national education, and
was in favour of the reconstruction of the permissive bill
of last session with compulsory' clauses.
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