THE ignoble position in which the Protestants of the Province of Quebec now find themselves is a fair sample of the condition of affairs which would speedily obtain in the United States if the Roman Catholics were permitted to have their way. In that part of Canada, there are two systems of education, both supported by public taxation. Catholics and Protestants are taxed for school purposes, according to the value of their property, and the resulting funds are divided between Protestant and Catholic schools, according to the numerical strength of the two classes. All educational matters in the province are controlled by a Council of Public Instruction, composed of Cardinal Taschereau, nine Roman Catholic bishops, ten Roman Catholic laymen, and ten Protestants. No amendment to the school law is entertained in the Legislature, unless it has been recommended by the Council of Public Instruction, in which the Catholics outnumber the Protestants two to one. The Protestants, being compelled to contribute to the support of schools in which religious instruction, according to the Church of Rome, is the most important feature, are naturally dissatisfied. But this is not all. The Council of the Bar, which conducts the examinations of all young men in the province who desire to study law, is composed of graduates from Roman Catholic colleges. This council compels all applicants to pass an examination in certain studies only taught in Catholic institutions of learning, and utterly neglects subjects of far more importance. The result is that only Catholics can enter the profession of law. These facts, together with the public endowment of the Jesuits, the constant buying of lands from Protestants by the Catholic Church, and the late attempt of a member of the Legislature to secure the passage of a resolution requesting the Queen of England to assist in restoring the temporal power of the Pope—all these have combined to disgust and dishearten the Protestants of the unhappy province. May such things never take place on the soil of the United States!—America, February 28.