Morning Courier, 1852-02-21

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ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND/SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2
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NO, 15.
cijnyjs, the address ofthe house on Responsible
Government, reported lhat the address had'
been presented, lo his Excellence, and that he
handed thein  the following' written reply :—-   •
Gentlemen,—Your address shall be for- .
Waiiiiul to her Majesty's Secrptaiy of State, lo
bo laid at the fo.ot of the Throne ; and'I will
accompany, it with sucli observations as in my
judgment will enable her Majesty's Government to come lo a right conclusion on this important subject.
Mr. Little, pursuant to notice, moved an
address to his Excellency llie Governor, le-
qucstingtiiat if'nis I'Jxcelloncy has received any
communications relative to the encroachments
of the French on the British fisheries in tiio
Straits of Belleisle, or on the coast of Labrador, he will cause copies thereof to be laid beforo the house. The address was received,"
read, adopted, and ordeied to be engrossed and
presented to" his Excellency by Mr. Little and
Air. V/iuser.
Mr. Winser, pursuant to notice, movod an
address to his Excellency the Governor, requesting tliat tho Chairman ol* Audit may bo
iurfiiahed by the Colonial Treasurer with such
documents ns ho may from time to time require,
for tho elucidation oftlio public accounts.-Tho
siddross was received, iead, adopted, and ordered to bo presented by Mr. Winser and Mr.
Little.
Mr. Prendergast, pursuant to notice, askej
leave to bring in a biil to incorporate tho Newfoundland Steam Navigation Cotnpany,aiid!oivo
being granted, brought iu the bill, which was
read a first timo.    Second reading on Monday.
Mr. PftEXDEttGAjT, pursuant to notice, asked
leave to bring in a bill, to incorporate tho Harbor Grace Gas Light Company, and lcavo being granted, brought iu the bill, which was read
a first time.    Second r«f$L_?hg on Monday.
Mr. Pahsons gavo notice that on to-morrow
ho will move for the appointment of, n select
Committee,"T» tuke evidence, and to report to
tho House the utility of a Light or Beacon
upon the Funk Island, or whether such light
or beacon would not bo more generally useful '
on the Offer Wadham.
Mr. Delanev postponed tho introduction of
his bill for tiie amendment of the Inland Post
Act until this day/<vcekx
. Mr. Little gave notict^, thnt on to-moirow
he will move an 'address to his Excellency,
praying for copies of tbo Despatches from
Lord G nloricli, accompanying the^tOtttrtr Pa-
tont establishing .1 constitution in Shis island ;
and also from Lord Stanley, then Secretary of
State for liio Colonies, doted about the 19th
November 1311, on thu s/ihject of our constitution, or the existing division of tho electoral
districts in this island.   /
On motion of. Mr. Pknso.vs„pursuaiit to order ol  the iltHTi tho Census Bill  was road a   .
second time. To bo committed on Monday.
Mr. Siiev gave notice tiiat oii Monday next
he will move the house into a committee oftho*
wholo on Ways and Moans. To be tho first
order of the day.
Mr. Parsons gave notico lhat on to-morrow
he will move for leave to bring in a bill to de-
claio tiio preferent claim? of seamen and fish
erinen, iu cases of insolvency.
Tho/house then adjourned to to-morrow
(Thursday) at one o'clock.
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THE GRAVE OF GENIUS.
Where mny the grave of geuius bc^ '
Whero tho >vilJ waves dash fearfully1?
Where nought is heard but its mighty roar
As tho tempest swoops o'er its Secret storo
(if sparkling gems, and shells thai shiue
lu wreaths of radiant coralline,
And crystal palace bright nnd fair.
Tho ocean homo ofthe spirits of stir ?
Not there may it bo—not there.
Whero tho boughs of tho dark pi no-forest wiive,
Where tiie floods of tho bounding torrent lave,
Whore tho snow-crown'd hills, tint tower high
As thoir ponks woro sot iu the radiant sky,
Wheu daylight fifties—with a crimson light
Glow in llie pride of thoir giant might,
Whero tho wild doe|fg'ories ot naturo boar
Tho miseries of culm yot cold despair ?
Not there may it be—not there.
Whero the emerald turf is meekly set
Where tho bulls ofthe beautiful violet,
Whero the white rose sighs to tho silv'ry talo
Sung by tho pensive nightingale ;
Where the wavelet woos the gulden bonm
Ofthe crescent moon on its placid stream ;
Where tho ling'ring zephyr fitfully
Bugles the leaves of the.myrtle tree;
There alone mny tho grave of okxius bo !
LEGISLATIVE
House of Assembly.
Tuesday-, Feb 17.
The house mcl at ono o'clock.
Mr. Winser presented a petition .from tiio
inhabitants of Cape liroyle, for a grant for a
road.
Mr. Prenberuast presented a petition from
the inhabitants of Brigifs and Cupid*;.setting
forth that pcliiihtmrs-liieiiig'strongly impressed,
with iho great advantages that would result to
the Labrador, Cuaskjm^Hiid Sealing interests
of this colony, IVoirfj^icing a hghf/bn the
Funk l.-lands, pray*/hat ■ tl»o house may take
euch measures W-Avill'secitre this-'lmportaui
I...011 to those piriaiiiount interests of Newfoundland.
Mr. Parsons presented a petiti.ni from planters, shipmasters and others ; which was received nml read, suiting forth that thoy were
deeply interested in tho trade of the Island,
pniiticulorly in lho coasting, sealing, and Labrador business; that they wero informed that
a light houso was about to bo c. tnblisiicd on
one oftlio islands in the Noi'.bron Di.strict.nnd
they therefore prayed tint OlV-r \Vadliam
should be selected, as offering tbo greatest inducements.
Mr. Little presented a petition from Ken-
nfth McLea, J. J. Grieve, and others, inhabitants of St. John's, praying for the erection of
a light-house-on the Funks; also, a similar pe
tition from lho inhabitants of Grates Cove,
Trinity liny ; also a similar petition from the
inhabitants ol'Catalina.
Mr. LfTTLE presented a petition from thc
Wesleyans and otbctyinhabiliinls of St. John's,
which wasieceiycd and read, praying that no
tub-division of llie Protestant Education Grant
bu mado by the house.
Mr. Little! presented a petition from iho
Rev. E. Buttered, which was received, read,
nnd is as follows :—
To the Honourable the I liaise of Assembly of New-
Jbundtaitd. in Legislative Session convened.
The Petition ol Eomod tiuTTEnixL, Chairman of
the Wesleyan Methodists iu Newfoundland.
Siikweth,—
That the chief objection alleged by the mombei
of lho   Wesleyan  Methodist Church)  against tli
further sub-iivision uf the grant f.,r tho Education
of their own children, nn.l riinse of Iheir felow-
Piotoetntits?- is   tho impossibility of   imiiiitaiiiing
llien liy eflieient Schools in the uumorous Incnliti.
where ihey would bo ieipiiw*il.    This will nppci
to any who will compare lho Census Returns of |
1845 whir ihe proposed distribution of .£7,500 lor
for Kducutimi. ns tn del ed to bo printed by the Honourable tiie Houso of Assembly.    By this process
the 8ul;joiueil results, most unfuvorablo to sub-division, uro evolved.
In ;he District of Saint Jehu's, the amount prospectively appropriated |0 the un episcopal Prates-
tiiuts. of whom 11I0110 your Petitioner intends tt
ppeaks throughout hia Petition, is .£148. About
two-thirds of this sum would bo duo to the \V«s-
leynus, and that is demons rably Inadequate to'their
necessities.
Tho Wesleyans would require" a School In St
John's, In Portugal Cove, and iu Pouch Cove. Tho
Protestimt Board of this District hove four Teachers,
whoso united Salaries me not less llinu two bundled nnd twenty pounds. At tho same rate the
Wesloynns would require ^for three Teachers not
less than _£16o, or .£05 par annum wire limn thoy
nre authorised to expect. Except in tho town of
Saint John's, tho Wi-sleynns have no School-house
iu tho district, and the Bill for the encouragement of |
Education now before your Honourable House
makes no provision for any School-houso for them
in the Outports.
In ho District of Brigus the sum designed for
other'Protestants than thoso oftlio Churchof England is s£l31. They will require n School iu Top-
sail,Bull Cove,Brigus,Friigmiirab.Cupids.nndCliirko's
Bench. The least sum for which u Teacher suitablo
for Brigus could beoblainod would bo-oCWTheii for
lho Tenchors in lho fivo other places there would
remain an average of .£18 only, a sum thnt is quite
insufiicieut to secure the services of competent
peisons, and it will admit of uo appropriation for
school premises.
The operation of sub-division would bo equally
objectionable in the district of Harbour Grace. The
sum allotted to the same parties there is .£73. Thoy
would need 11 School in Harbour Grace,Bay Rnborts,
Port-de-Grtive, nml Musquito. Il is evident that tbo
whole sum would be insufficient for tho required
School ia the district town. Or if the amount woi o
lo bo -equally divided between nil the places, lho
portions would bo so small ns to bo unwisely and
di.-courngingly inefficient for each of them.
The sum appropriated to the Cniboiicur District
is .£381. The proper education ofthe youth ofthe
unepiscopal Protestants in the L'lirbonenr district
caunol bo secured with this^am^unt. Tho Wesleyans would require two Schools in Carbonoar. nnd
oi'.c in each of tbo following places :—Freshwater, Otteibury, Salmon Cove, Perry's Cove,.
Mulley's Cove. Broad Covo. Blackhead. Adam's?
Cove, Bradley's Cove, Western Bay. Ochre Pit
Cove, Nnthoiii Bay, Gull Island, Burnt Poiut. Job's
Cove, l-.innd Cove, and Gupliu Covo, iu all nineteen
.Schools. Oao Master in Carboocnr. and 0110 in
Blackhead would require ut least .£50 per annum,
leaving for tho other eighteen teachors, an average
yearly salary of about <£I(j. For this pittance mnn
of worth and ability cannot be hired. Persons who
would accept I hi* small sulitry would b j uuiiblo to
.perform aright the imporuint duties of u good D^y.
School Teacher. 1        ■      --■■
Tho next district is that of Trinity Bny South—
the amount proposed for which is ,£138. - Th'e
members of the. Wesleyan Methodist Chinch, would
require a School in .Now Perlicaii. Scilly Cove.
Ciquin Cove, Hunts-Hnrbor, Seal Cove, Oid Perli-
can.nnd Grates Cove, in*all scvon. Sevon Teachers
would be paid only-ut the rate of about. <£ 18 pet annum, imd the Wesleyans hi Fox Harbour, Norman's Cove, and Dineo Cove, would be wholl^ excluded from the benefits ofthe Grain Tho conside-
r lion uf ibis district nloiio.uiK^r the influence ofthe
proposed Sub-division would mdu(
hie House to withhold your sanction froi
rlli
1 lho moa-
Nor is the caso expected to bo belter in the District of Trinity l>ay Nortii For that District the
sum proposed to bo given to. tho sninu., pat-ties is
<£?-.}. Thero nro \\ csleynns residing in Bound's,
Deer Harbour Thoroughfare. Shilling Harbor, New
Bonuventur , Old Boiinventure. Cucltiiolri's' Cove,
Trinity, Salmon Cove, English Iliirbour.Grent'Cii-
taliun," Litile Cutnlinn, nmTBird bland Covo. It is
simply impossible to educate the Wesleyan children in all ihose'placos with only c£72. The cou-
lilitntuce and improvement of tho existing system
of general Protestant Education would benefit equally the children of Wesleyans, nud thoso cf their
neighbours But to devolve on tho Wesleyans the
formation and support of Schools in twelve different
places on the North shore of Trinity Buy with only
<£7-2. is to set them to do what is obviously imprac-
tic. h e.
The sum provisionally allotted for the education
of the no 11.Episcopal Protestants in tho District of
Bonnvislii Buy is 53/. Wesleytms nro found in
niicqunl numbers hi Goblet's Island. Benavistn. Indian Arm. Ticklo (;..ve. Knight's Covo, nnd Lower
Amherst Covo. They would requiro Schools in nt
least six settlements, for which it is intended to
place at their command 53/. only.
The caso Would'be still woree in the District of |
Twillingoto and Fogo. Ilm Wesleyans nre found
in Twiliingato Islands, Ti/./.ards Harbour, Morton's
Harbour, Black Island, Exploits, Buint Island, Nipper's Upper Harbour, Change Islands, nud Cut
Harbour. The sum for other Protesting" thnn
Episcopalians in this District is 41/. The iinprnc-
ticubiliiy of thiB scheino for the District now under
-review is glaring. It would behove the Wesleynns
to sustain eight Schools, with n loss sum than would
bo required for tho support of two Schools.
It remains only to notice, wilh like brovity, tjie
country to the Westward ot St* John's. In the
distribution of .£7,500 furEducutioii,.£4 are set down
for tho District of Place utin. a_#d i£5 for Fortune
Buy, Bbrgeo, nud La Poile. Thesp sums unite'd
would scarcely provide furniture mid fuel and needful repairs for one School House for one year. In
the District of Burin ihe case is different, yet, nu
investigation uf the proposed sub-division in this
District*, will demonstrate the utter uufiluvs^ of the
Bill for the country. The sum set down for Burin
ii v£88. The Wesleyans will need Schools in Fkit
Islands, Rock'Harbour, Burin, Fortuuo and Gra ad .
Dunk. How cnn.Schools in nil these places bo or-,
gitnised and mniutiiinod fur «£88 7    Burin and For- I
other places would bo left unprovided for, or by
!_ king a proportional division bf the enthjo sum, it
would bo wasted rather than spent in tho good aud
udpful education of the people.       ' •
J^long the shore .from Bonno Bny to Cape Ray
mouy Wesleyans "reside who would require Schools,
for which there is no provision.mnde.
It is granted that tho Bill proposes to authorise the
Teacher of every School to receive fivo shillings per
iinnum for each scholar. It is found, however. Unit
Ibis part of tho Act for tho encouragemont of Education now iu foico is nearly a dead letter, being
wliolly inoperative in many places. Tho receipts
of School Teachers for fees bt* ing often so fractional
nnd collected wilh so much difficulty and disadvantage, as to be scarcely of-any appreciable value.
On the whole, it Jis Bubmitlod that theso statements sustaiu tho allegation of the Petition of the
Wesleynns and others, to tho Honorable the House
of Assembly. rin which they pr.-.y your Honorable
Houso uot to sub-divide further the grant for tho
education'Of Protestants.
It is submitted further, thnt theso statements
evince that tH6 present system of genera! Protestant Education, is far more adapted to this colony
than particular; and thnt without a far larger grant
fur the purpose thnn hus yet been comteuiplatcd,
^ llie education of tho Protestants of Newfoundland
can be best accomplished irrespective of tlieir do-
nomiuutiotuil distinctions.
Your Petitioner therefore prays your Honorable
House, tbat tho further sub-division of tbe^imi that
shull bo voted for tho education of Protestnut^-uiay
uot be allowed. \
Aud your petitioner will ovor pray,
EDMUND  BOTTERELL.
The said petitious were severally ordered to
lie 011 the tablo.
'J'he- Increase qf Representatives Bill was
then read a second time, and ordered for committal on Friday next.
Mr. Hoyles moved tho second reading of
tho Burgeo and LaPoilo Representative Bill.
Tho Motion was opposed by Messrs. Winser,
Parsons, Little, Shea, and Hanruhah—on lho
groupd lhal thc representation of that portion of
liio. lulaiul was provided for, in the general Bill
Mho increase of members which had just
a second ioadifig. On-division the motion
wis lost. -Yea?—rMcssrs. Hoyles, Colonial
Treasurer, Emerson, Prendergnst and Rankin. Nays, Messrs. Haurahan, Winser, Little,
Parsons, Shea, and Dclauey.
The next order of the Hay was the Reduction of Salaries Bill, which, on motion of Mr.
Winser was read a.secoud time ; and set down
for committal on this day week.
The house then adjourned.
Weonesdav, February 18.
The house met at one o'clock.
Mr. Hanraiian presented a petition from
thc inhabitants of Carbonear, prayiilg for the
erection of n Light House On the Fyjiks, which
was received, read, and ordered to lie on the
table.    •
Mr. Hanrahan presented a petition from
the inhabitants of Col's Cove, and others.which
was received and read, setting forth, that tho
branch road loading from the Brigus ami Harbour Main lino is only partially opened, that
the greater part of petitioners suffer very groat
inconvenience for want of saiJ branch road
being completed a distance of about a mile and
a-haU further, and praying for a gr#ut for
the purpobe of opening said branch road.
Ordered that tho petition lio on tho table.
Mr. Hanbahan also presented a petition
from tiie inhabitants of Hull Cove, Turk's Gut,
and places adjacent, in Conception Bny, which
was received aud road, setting forth, that tho
tho distanco from Colliers to Brigus is five
miles, and that along this line the road is altogether uufoimud, excepting ono milo partly
made between Brigus and Bull Covo, that petitioners are greatly prevented from obtaining
firewood, and any other deseiipliun^of^tirnber,
owing to extensive ponds and marshes, and
other natural obstructions, immediately-ill the
rear of these settlements^ that petitioners aro"
therefore always! cul off fiom any access to tho
nearest woods, until tiie marshes and ponds uro
hardened by tiio frost, which generally is not
cailier than the middlo of the winloi ; lhat
tho opeiiing of a branch road from Turk's
Gut, tu form n junction with tho main lino ut
Colliers, a distance of two and a half miles,
would greatly obviato the inconveniences-aud
hardships at present.experienced by petitioners, and also afford the necessary .facility for
travelling aud general iiiturcoixso between
theso growing settlements' nnd tht town of
Brigus ; tbat the number of inhabitant! from
Bull Covo to Colliers, inclusive, is upwards of
20C ; and praying for a grunt4or said road.
Ordered thai ihe petition lio on the tablo:
Mr. Litti.k, ou the part of the deputation
appuiufod to prosont' to Lis Excellency the Address of iho iiouso requesting him to fori
tuuO would require'a larger sain than this.   All the ' to hor Majesty's Sucretary of Slalo for the Co.-
{From lhc Eipresso/' Thursday.)
Tho No. 1 Div
MNCK   KI.AO T0,CAPTA!N
J J_>EKK1.I»S. I   --.
3 of Tern per-*
Ull     t:
o pr
a Temperance Flag to Captain Mgvrns, t;io
lirsi Ship-master vMiu joinOd thu Division after
Its establinhm-.'iit, a deputation of tiie bons wai-
tod upon him on board his vo.<s.;l on Tuesd ly
iii'ternooii, nml having hoisiou; the flag, presented the follovying ti%ess.      I
To Captain Msakns, of tho Brig:Pavless.
BmrniER,—
In presenting you with this Fag. wo congratulate
you most curdirtlly on your being tho first muster
mSiriher who Imd tho honor to become associated
with our fraternity in this islund, beiiovlng ns we
do thnt Muce your uuiuti with us, you hnvo been 11
zealous ildvacate of. the principles we have espoused, nud one ^e cm nt nli times greet with « " btV
thor's hiii.d and 11 bm'her's welcome."'
ThOn br .tlier, with our best wishes for yonr welfare nud.safety ulaist following your hagiirdous be-
riq-'iiti.i.u, I'l lliisllag, whieh we now present, wave
i'.o.n ilje s.iiiin of your g.illunt sliip like tho enriguuf
your eotinir , .over to be disgraced,!? t iteverpicturo
to your mi.iJ ihe ttime g'1'"1 P iaciplus an which
WO loot,   uud lho tiiroo grout   hjdics it represents .
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