PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

It may be noted that John’s second son Thomas, who was born at Bedeque, at- tended Oxford with Newman and was one of his intimate friends, He went over to Rome with him and accompanied him to Italy, when he went for his Cardinal's hat, afterwards remaining with him as his sec— retary at Birmingham until his death. Wil- liam Bert, the third son. was later President of the WesleyanConference of England and set down by the London “Times" as one of the three best Biblical scholars in Eng- land of his times.

JAMES COLLEDGE POPE, second son of the Honorable Joseph Pope, was born at Be— deque on the 11th day of June, 1826. When he reached the age of fourteen his father sent him home to Plymouth to attend school, and on his return gave him a place in his business at Bedeque. \Vhen the Cal- ifornia gold fever broke out in 1849 he be- came affected and joined the party of ad- venturers who embarked for that place on the brig “Fanny." Shortly after his ar— rival he contracted “camp fever” and nar- rowly escaped with his life. He retumed home to recuperate and again engaged in the shipping business, at first in association with his father, later on his own account. He first established himself at Green’s Shore, the site of the present town of Summerside, of which he was the pioneer founder. In 1857 he entered political life, being elected for the Bedeque district, defeating the Hon. “1. W. Lord, Commissioner of Public Lands in the Coles administration. He was again returned at the two general elections of 1858 and 1859, and upon the change of govem- ment accepted a seat in the Executive Coun- cil under the leadership of the Hon. Edward Palmer. At the next general election in 1863 he was re-elected and continued a member of the new government under the

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leadership of Hon. Colonel Grey until 1865, when he was called upon to form an admin- istration. In this he succeeded and re- mained at the head of the government until March. 1867, when he resigned and did not offer for re-election. Having espoused the cause of the Roman Catholic minority on the school question, he in 1869 contested the Fifth District of Prince county, but was de— feated. At the general election of 1870 he was again returned from Bedeque, and upon the 10th of September of that year became leader of the “Coalition Government.” Convinced that the interests of the colony would be benefited by the construction of a railway connecting Charlottetown and Sum— merside in the first instance, but later to be extended to Alberton and Georgetown, he directed all his energies towards getting a bill passed by the Legislature authorizing the construction of this work. Aided by a small band of ardent supporters, of whom J. S. (later Senator) Carvell was one of the most active, he successfully strove to enlist public sympathy. After a bitter struggle, in which feeling ran high, the bill was passed, but owing to difficulties arising from the divers interests affected thereby, his gov- ernment was defeated in 1872 after the famous six days’ session. Having obtained a dissolution from the Lieutenant-Govemor, a general election took place, at which he himself was triumphantly returned for Charlottetown, but at which he failed to ob- tain a majority of the Legislature. He re- signed and Mr. Haythome became leader of the new government. Owing to the fact that in order to secure the passage of the bill it had been necessary to provide not merely for the construction of the line from Alberton to Georgetown, but also for branches to Tignish and Souris, the Colony soon became involved in financial difficulties