New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-23
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lis now certain that tao members OF the Ministry
w be sbscnt from tie It,use the opeaing ct Par
lament VIZ: Mir. Norm, Prov 1cIai secretary, and
Mr.. CsppIOn, Postfns%er-General, who were defeat
I'd in tleir attempt 70 obtain seats IN INC new Pafa-
mept- While these two members oi the Cabinet have
failed TO secure t<ir election two of er colleagues
have been electr1 for two constituencies each; the
InseetorC eneval and the Chief COMMISSIONED of Pub
jc Works The latter viii resign the constituency ~
B<llecbase IN favor Of Mr.. Morin, and Mr. ilincks
will resign one Of his constituencies in favor Of Mr.
Cameron. But this cannot be done till the House
meets there being Speaker to direct Srits TO issue
for the election OF members The wrts for these
double rctuns-tie only ones in the Pr0vrce-wiil
issue the first day of the sessions but it will take
fully thee weeks before they be returned and in
the interval the two Minister'S appealing to tn
sttuencies 20 elect them will be excluded from Par
hament The circumstance is sure 10 form subject Of
frequent attack the Ministry. The Opposition will
doubtless contend that the Ministry ought ~ resign on
account Of the exclusion of two of ts members; and
the reply ay be that other party in position 70
carry on the Government. OF the returo OF the two
ministers for the two Constituencies there can be little
doubt and the question therefore rather one OF time
than any thing else.
The late Speaker Of the Legislative Assembly is
said to be canyassing for reelection He will, how
ever it is well understood, not receive the support Of
the Government Mt party, who from the system OF rota
tion in vogue which gives the post alternately TO
Lower and an Upper Canadian Will support a Lower
Canadian ior the Speakershp. 1t is possible that the
Tories nay bach the pretensODs OF Mr.. Ex.Speaker
Macdonald should he allow himself to be the candi-
date OF that party, but they cannot succeed A
French Canadian will be elected Speaker, and the
vote will go far to put end To all dispute on the
actual state OF parties in the new House.
The readers OF TIE TRIBUNE will remember that
predicted the defeat Of the Ministry in the late Para
m,nt; and by just ss unerrlng 1Ddications as then
guided ne in the formation of that opinion now ven
4lott sfaIna UI fhnI
neasuIts and policy in the new House. j venture to
DO this in spite OF strong opinions dogmatcally ex-
pressed to the contrary by persons with whom the
wish i, father 10 the thought" or who know nothing
about the matter Within the last few days, some OF
the new members, who had been claimed as Opposi-
tion Liberals have given unustakabe Indications OF
their adhesion to the Ministry, provided their policy
and measures be such they are promised, on which
point there is no to doubt In the beginning of
The session, it will be clearly impossible, by any
combination Of parties TO procure vote hostile to the
Ministry Combinations there will be; these are cal
cuated upOD but they will Lot form majority of the
House. 1t is barely within the range Of possibility
that vote of want OF confidence majority OF one
or two from Upper Canada, may be obtained
sgarst minister's; but this is highly improbable
No such vote be obtained except by some factous
combination of parties, who could not unite TO carry
On the government. Upon an adverse vote so oo-
tsDed ministers would not be obliged TO resign.
Against any of their promised measures no majority
will be ObtaDabe; and it is only when government
fails TO carry its measures, that as general thsg 1t
feels itself called upon to resign office.
The reports of the Educational Department in
Lower Canada do not present so gloomy state OF
things as Paran tntary reports on the state OF
education presented The Chief superintendent of
Education reports that there are 2,333 educational
institutions in that section of the Province, giving n
struction TO los s4 Young persons Of these instith
tions IA were classical colleges; l9 academies which
prepare the pupils for clerical courses A convents
IS Independent schools; 67 styled mode" and 53 as
principal" girls schools; the remainder q ia, being
primary schools. These latter contain 81 275 pupils
the model schools 3,524 the principal girls schools
3Cll the acadamies ,l69; the classical colleges
2lIG the converts 1855 and the Independent schools
1923. The advancement of the pupils is also given.
SO $751; THAI half the number who attend these
various educational institutions, have but just mas
tered the alphabet; "a s67 read WE'LL and nearly
twice as many in exact numbers 50, ,O70, write
According to this statement it that nearly as
many csn write tell the letters of the alphabet
In simple Arithmetic there are lS, 2ol pupils in COM
pound ~ 44S in Geography l., lS5; in History 6133;
in Gran mar and French 10 1858, and in Engish-the
population being generally French-7,066.
The cholera has almost entirely disappeared from
this city ,as well as from Hamilton, where it ragged
with greater fatality than perhaps in any other town
or city in British America. Here its victims
confined almost entirely to the Incorporate
ard the persons filthy in their person and
dwellings without drainage want of drainage causing
stoguant water in cellars of the most prolific
causes of the disease Errors in diet, such eating
garbage and other things calculated to bring on diar
Ihes often produced cholera In almost all cases the
dhease was under control when taken in time. The
number of victims in this city probaby-for there is
certainty in the matter-reached 700.