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If, indeed, all that the Conserva- tive organs have said on the matter be pure truth, still no case has been made out for the withdrawal of con- fidence from the Mowat Administra- tion, much less for its transference to the would-be beneficiaries of the Bribery Conspiracy. Be onr rulers who they may, a people, not lozt to all teelings of integrity and decency, could never accept the men who, whilst disavowing connection with the nefarious scomndnellism of Kirk- land, VVilkinsonBuntmg and Meek. openly and shamelessly championed their rascahty. and thereby threw a more than gloomy suspicion on proâ€" testations which are regarded as having all the solcmnity of a legal oath. There must, moreover, be a strange obliquin ofvision where the Reader transaction, even as depict- ed by the Government's most bitter enemies, IS pronounced at heinous scandal, whilst the infamous Section 13. Job, is held to be a perfectly innocent and upright piece of busi- ness. That the men charged with the later were guilty admits of no doubt, for with quick and substanâ€" tial redress waiting for them in our c0urls, no whip ot scorpions could sting them into demanding a judicial enquiry. The terms ‘ High Schools' and ‘Common Schools' are apt to hr: misleading. Entrance into the former does not necessarily mum we study of Latin, Greek, French. &c.. 6m. It parents wish thmr children to be instructed in these branches.the High School is the proper place to send them. But if we desxreistosecure a firstrclass English education. in other words, \W’hétever, then, our Conservative contemporaries may prove.they WI“ ignomiuiouly fail to give even a Show of reason why the ‘ weak sister' should be our Premier. “’uut ofconfidencc in Hon. G. “1. Russ can never be construed into meaning iaith in Mr. W. R. Mere. dith, the heir of the gains, surely also of the losses. oi the ‘ Brawling Brood of Brihers. 1‘9 what aimt‘mstio; s; the ~£17:ovet‘mneirit was determined by the iterrible calamity which betell the predecessor in office of Hon. G. W. Ross, we have. not the means of knowing. The men of whom the MowahCahinet is composed have too profound a feeling at “what is due to an inevitable misfortune to ruthlessly lav bare tothe gage oftlie world a colleague‘s misery in order to clear tliemselxres. But we have no doubt that at the coming session, sufficient information and explan- ation will be given to show that Hon. Mr. Mowat has not diverted from that strict lineof honor and probity which has given his ministry the longest lease of p9w::r ever granted in this country. ears i'We have alreacly‘franlclv admit- ted that the Ontario Government has not, in our opinion, taken the best course in the matter 0! the New Readers. VVestéllccntend that a blunder Was made, but up to the present we have'vhad no reason to suppose thattthis blunder was at all akinto crime. \Ve repth what we before stated. The Government ought to haveretained the copyright of the books, and, beyond fixing the maximutnprice at which they might l)C sold, publication shoulrl have 4186“ equally free to all. That some limitation in the matter of prlCe was necessary requires no proof, because without it we should certainly have lbcenttreated to a ‘ corner' in Read- Elm fliheral. RICHMOND HILL, Thursdav. Jan; 29. ’85 Farmer's Advooam.â€" New departureâ€"Globe Printing C04 Health is Wealthâ€"J. C. Went & Co. Executors’ Noticeâ€"M. Teen: NEW ADVERTISEMENTS THE READER QUESTION. A TTK .‘V 7103' .’ file the the W. To a nation of brave and gallant men, Gladstonels Egyptian policy must be horribly galling. \\'e could never see much to admire in Bea- consfield, that brilliant political ad- venturer, but the open dash. 111:: high pluck, which, (by ordering tl'e British fleet to steam into the Gold- en Horn,) terrified Russia from its advance on Constantinople, stand in magnificent contrast with the wretched vacillation of his successor to carry on and consolidate, as it were, the‘work begun in the Public School, this, too, can also be at itained in the High School. \Ve have more than once advised par- ents to determine as early as possi- 5ble rhe’business in life for which ’theywintend their children. Thus ‘onlv can be acourately gauged what should be the work or any pupil, The admirable mental training and discipline which may be afiorded by Latin, French or Algebra is no idle fiction, but it would be dishonest to pretend that an equally good train- ting and discipline of the mind may ‘ not be had through the medium oti ‘English Grammar, History, Arith- metic or Book-keeping. Now while an education based solely on the utilitarian theory (taking it in the restricted sense of wealth-producing) is sure to be more or less cramped and defective, still it cannot be de- nied that the condition of most men render peremptory the adoption oi means to ends. And when the means are limited both in point of time and money, utility must enter largely into the ends. It follows, therefore, that to 1“" '00), or girl 1 .‘V whOse attendance at the High School will last but a year, Latin or French would be comparatively use- less studies. To those who under- stand the matter, the plea of the superior culture given is absurdly devoid of foundation. ‘Ve have always contended that a sound Eng- lish education is the great desider- atum, and to attempt ought else be- fore this has been achieved is the height of folly. \Vhile we are tar from desiring to disparage the pros- ecution ot the so-called higher branches, justice compels us to warn those who are most concerned, and who have at heart the best interests of their children ; ior they, in manycases, are not in a position to decide how those interests may be most surely secured. [As we go to press, we learn that General Stewart, attcr several davs' sevexe I fighting against most tre- mend ms odds, has egcrywh‘cre rout- ed the enemy, occupied Metpmneh. and opened commufiications with Gordon. Stewart hirn§elf was des- perately wounded. andjs suc ceded in the command 1))" Sir. Illarles Wilson}: ‘ H ‘ ' E0 YPT. nished at A. 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