238 EDUCATION. 



M. :\raxwell Philip. 



His Honour Mr. Justice Fitzgerald. 



Andre Bernard, Esq. 

 The last five of these gentlemen being, I believe, Roman 

 Catholics. Most of the Board of Education were also pre- 

 sent ; the Principal and Masters of the Collegiate School, the 

 Superiors and Pieverend Professors of St. Clary's College, 

 the Clergy of the Churcli of England in the island; the 

 leading professional men, and merchants, &c., and especially 

 a large number of the Piornan Catholic gentry of the island ; 

 ''MM. Ambard, O'Connor, Giuse23pi, Laney, Earfan, Gilliheau, 

 Piat, Pantin, Leotaud, Besson, Eraser, Paiill, Hobson, Garcia, 

 Dr. Padron," &c. I quote their names from the Gazette, in 

 the order in which they occur. J\Iany of them I have not 

 the honour of knowing: but judging of those whom I do not 

 know by those wiiom I do, I should say that their presence 

 at the inauguration w^as a solid proof that the foundation 

 of the new^ College was a just and politic measure, opening, 

 as the Gazette well says, a great future to the youth of all 

 creeds in the colony. 



The late Governor's speech on the occasion I shall print 



entire. It will explain the circumstances of the case far 



better than I can do ; and it may possibly meet with 



interest and approval from those who like to hear sound 



spoken, even in a small colony. 



