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MBCCCXXXVHl. V 1 I n f tl t) t^ y <; Yh i t To the Honorable the Commons House of Assembly of Upper Canada in ProHti ctal Parliament assembled. The Petition of EGERTON RYERSON, a Minister of the We«leyan MeUiodist Church in Canada, Humbly Shewsth, appoint Jop^eS^^lS' your peUtioner was duly f-.IIy prepared to meet the claims of the Academy :tZ HiH ExceUenry, before attending to the cirrumstanoe of "dvaS to thVTniHtee. of that Institution the renMiindcr ;? Te lount, according to Lord OleneIg> Inrtniction., ha. tho^ht proper to bring the ^vhole Bubject nmler the clrSon ;f?Ee LegiHlurure, and ha. -«»^. »r^Xh and transmitted documents to your Honorab e HoUHe \vhich S? iSSe U.e character of your petitioner ; and tha * ionincc of the»3 imputationH against your pchUoner he S3of yourhoaoraiJo Hou« the priv,le|C^aranteed to rCbleJt HritiHh Hubjert, of placng your Honorable Houae in posacWion of the facta of ^he ca«e «« they affec^ both the cUracter of your petitioner and tlie mtere«t« of Uie "^Tour'^^pSSlttBTn^ <•-'• '^^ embarrasBment and diJdvanC under w».Vh he «pi>ears in-fon^ you ;-unBup. n«ied as l£ is bv the inHucncc of great power, and unaided Kb HtaTion, lie thn.«-s himself enUrely upon the m.par- tiJl ns aJd 3 ce, and protection of your Honorable Hou«;, tti L oulv eflocti a) method left him of exonerating h.m«il from tireinju ice which must otherwise Ik, inflcted upon E and of saving the Upper Canada Academy from Tn3rc^re.r'n;S-to, your^ bv Hi" Excellency with having falsely attacked the Hon. and Ven tiTe ArcLeocon of York, a member of anoU,er branch of tlie Ix-gislatuas-of making "unmentet and ESL:t declarations" against the Honorable the legislative CouS-and of - nusleading" His Excellency .n respect TcTe ll^^nevolent inU^ntions of Her Majesty's Secrotarj- of State for the Colonies. , Your petitioner is confident that he expre««8 only ivhat ^vould be the fivlingH of every member ol your Honorable House were he placed in similar circumstanees, when he " mSai « of ••eine necretly impugned by the head of the S^Exiutive before He? Majesty'^ Covernmcnt, whose eSdenS and good will he is most anxious as in duty Jind! to desc^rJe, without ever iK-ing permitted even Uio peru«a of the umiualified imputations thrown upon b.m. Under such a system no man's character or ";»«'^'«;;" ^ Mfe And vol r iietitioncr fei'ls that he has the more cause Stm^ain In tin's case, after he had volu„taril>', pnvatdy, publicly, and fully vindicat.-d His Excellency from charge. ^(f which were prcfcrrod agnin^i him an.l hiH Government h««d of the (Jovon„m.„t, nci*r, on the one hami, p„ , iS' nor privately directly „or in,Ii«.rtly, lo ncknowlcd^'^ eleJ admit the Ik-sI cmlea vour. to ,„„i„u.in the (Jovorninent -but on the other, to ..i.e the lii-st opportunity to im, ^„ i^ ,1' "intigau>d and iinr|iialir,ed tenn», one «|.o hn< nnared „« pamHtosuHtnin both the (;.>vernor and the co bS, of the Province, ih calculated to discoumge every exertion to rliill every friendly feeling, an.l to denlroy ex^ry eoiSn^S "K.'Vrneer "^"""'^•-^'- ^' ^"« Ex Jcntive^netioti: But your Petitioner iiisowns tlie elinrgc« preferred arainut ctin!" ^'"^ "'"■"""'"' '" ''"'•' "'"' ""i-^ in S a^;t Your Petitioner has not, from the lieginning to the end of hm comnuinieatioii to Lord (Ilonolg, referred to v Hi. Excellency, deHignate.l the An-hcUvncon of To k ei L h, name or by chancier; nor in your .HMitioner avv^^' .."S Lord fdeneig had the fainlent idea of to ul.on. ^om Z tioijer might have „^fi.nvd nn.il the ,n,„i,„,.H intJucC Sut^Stl^rP ''•'"* r'"""y aecpiaiiiuld ;^tl. Se tocal anaimofthis Province, know to whom your petitioner's hat the Archdeacon of York's name wL, ever ev^n meT In the «tatement of your Petiti.nier, on this point, it was PmW.T*^*'.''"'^'""!""'' «*"<'<'««»>""1 i"Htn.ction in Jh Province thrmigh any other than what lu- termed and ^vh«i m .wualiy caile,! a « High Church Agene, ""^X Jhe ^t rectness of this part of his Htatement%o,!r petitioner mS appeal to successive ad.lreHses adopted by tie jlsIJff Coimcil on the subject of Heli«ion-ito tlu: result Xvera Bills psssed by Your Honorable House ia favor of appro pnations to literary Institutions an.l for School educS- and to the pubbshod spivches of nevei-nl Member^' includ .ng the Vaker of Your Hononible Hour sTid Yo,t Petitioner's communication stated in the second p ace thn ^e individual who led in the proceeding of the ^ a i'^ Council when the " HuhjwiH of R.>liRU.n nn.l Education hav«- come before thon.," had Htr^y "n»«'»'«;.' «.»'*• ;""'"^^'' '»"';; MiniBUTH und Mcinbern of tm'l'»" "j* »'! Ei-Klnnd with the British and Forcip. BiWe Society. This fact w denied by none : and the r.i)pri.|)riatcnc«» and pro|>ncty of it« introduc- tion by Your IViiliotitr at the time will appear obyiou., when it is considered that Uic rtilin^ party of the trtablmhcd Church in England oppose the British and Foreign Bible Society, aa not suflicicntly recognizing the Buprennacy of the E8tabliHhmen^ m affording too much countenance to varioim religious denominations, and for other re«««n» } and the views of that governing party of the Esta blmhcd Church in Eimland on the subject of the British and Foreign Bible Society are known to be the index of their views on the BubiecU of religion and education generally ; and therefore the allusion of your Petitioner would at once put Lord Glenelff into possession of the views of the party in the Council to wlU exclusive policy your Pet.tiojvBr attnb- uted the loss of the Upper Canada Acaden.} Bill,— and that without the slightest reflection upon ^ |e;r gpneml ciia- ractcr, as Lonl Glenelg knew perfccUy well that the advo- cates of those exclusive principles number among them thousands of men of the first acquirements, abdities, and respoctability in England, although there is aver^ large IhxIv of the EpiHcopal Church in England as well as in this Province, who dissent from views and a polity so narrow and exclusive. And your Petitioner is P^jr"^ ^o prove that the individual leader of the majority of the Legislative Council on 8ubie«t«* of religion and educaUon has, in vanous publications adv.x-at«l, with great ability and earnestness the right of the Clergy of the Church of England to the exclusive control of education in the Province, as ^vel. as of its religious instruction,— maintaining that it was what they had always possessed in England, and what they ought to have in Canada. „ . The attempt of His Excellency to fix upon your Peti- tioner the reproach of falsehooil, by stating that the Hon. and Venblc. the Archdeacon c*- York was not present in the Legislative Council when the amendment to the Uppo" Canada Academy Bill were under .(.nsideration, wiH appear abortive as well as gratuitous, when it is observed that your Petitionor never intimate«l any tiling to the con- and your Peuiioncr a«cribe.l the dcferof d.« n-.r*^? »** "'''«" l2'-»«'«voCo«nc^ oMhS'ff i"*JJ^,^'- "-""""^ »"• ■tatcn^ent of which has boon i nijS?' >,!""• ^^'^'ionerV your petitioner begs to state ImK.^ "'" ^xco'loncy, .•nation in his lH)sse«i^,t,!^''^^„^'« ""^ """rccs of infoj.' in hj. communication to L«^oS;*^''"r ««>«««« h hin. "». h« Lorishms hands. Thcyl^Au^i^^''^^^ ^y »"'•" fm of Uie 2i^d of FcbruaryVnml ?h« . £^»'/*""» <^««'-- In rognrd to the bill bein. Sn^d hJ .K i*^ ■^•'••^''' J«36. cl at U.e "eleventh houW 5,^ 11" '^'^'"''^« Coun- "hanUy be expected U.at a S^ bill iCi ,*"*"^' '» ''«n « can be originated in the A««^^«n ^ . 'f'' "* necessary) « ments, and*^ be piS ihrmi &."'"'^^'"« *^« «nend- ;; indeed quite immSl, tSfer ^ S' ;''«^.«- '» '« « be passed or not ; as it is oSs Lm? f '^'"" '* ^''o"'*' " tantamount to a refuJ » a "f u'" ' restrictions' are been given to undSd. w^J' ^"1^ n'^^"^'- h^ •mendmenta by those memb^rof ^0?,; w """^'^^ «'' ^^e ^^Th^aiie^/^Jit^i^^^^ "°"^ tive Council has been intrS^' VS''' ' ^ ^'S*"- manner calculated to imnlinntour„-. '^'^•'cncy in a er. What passed tetSn Lonl^cietf'^ f^'""' ^'^''on- relative to thepart whS d.nt H ^'^"S^"'^ your petitioner the affair is as Sw Yn..! !i°. v "*"•' "*'•''''*"«' tookin •h-ps attention to Z VolbX'tyr'V"'^*'*^ "'^Lo-i- e*m«m Guardtal the lth i^M P^^P'' '" ««e « we were not p«3sent when the biS ^ '^ *^f -" ^s « we are unable to say ant lirn/fvij^' ""*''''* '^««"88ion, '^'ij^^^vi''* .!■■ •l.ui Uii' aiucutlmcnlH wcit? u lo length ina '•tn.'" «; Jj^Mu h.m^:!.-. I'ho Hon. « U.C Chief J"-V,,7S • uX a.uenan.ent wn« cajr.e.1 « and in favor of the hi" » "* » „__, ^,„„„exion witl. the « tJd the bill of ^-"^,; t; C Glenelg the foUovv-ng .- peru«l of t».iM>""W'; iJ^tt^vccn hi- ^0"^'^?^ Uic i»uriH)rt ol ^^'"'^'jX. r, yowriHjtilionorin the tAm- vouriH-UUonor, a* l'"T. ,• Lu InJl'--'' The nocond dav C E««rJ.Vmof the ^J-» /;^j,^t 1 ,vuh honored witt. :: afier U.o following l^^'^'J' Lo^ (Senclg ; on the morning «ai«rHonalinU5rvicw > jhUjdUe J,.|^ ^^^ ^^^^ „^ , u„(' which auy J "^f'^" L^i^.a.^.dl.ythcllouHCofAH- .March.-tatin.UiatthcbU l--jj^ ,,^„ ..,, the »osembly wa« «1'IH.'^*** -,,",,,/ Though U.nl Glenelg « Hon. Chief J««^'^" ?" XorablucwaluHion to « had. on my entry, ^f^^^^^^^';, j !"^' como in respect to my « he had felt it hm f "'"K.SmyHclf of the opportunity « application, >x»t * « "i^^ "2^ « the editorial paragraph « ti direct his ^"'^'-'"P' ""f"rwa» stttteilthat the Honora- u in U.C Gunrdia,. m w uh it van ^^ ^^^^ ^.^^ « blc Chief JuHtioe l^;' "^^^^"^^^^^^^^ of the Chief Justice i. ed at the «ame tunc that hoop and ^veuld « wa. of '"<''«"'I^''^t the country than that of any majo- « K-vc more iifluenco in the t-ow'^Y,;,,, His LonUhip ox- ; Jj; that c»"''» i« '^T^'^'S tli t»^e ">•"""« '^"^ *^"'^'' u Led himself n»«^>' T '^ tdwih ml uL the Chief Ju- « •n.ony of ho ^i'^'^tlTln exception to the very extra- u Uce proved in tlim '"«7';^;,;>^t 'of Uie Council. « ordinary proc^ediP^uf^"^^^^^^^ ^^ Lo,^ 0,enelg, Throughout His Lx^^Uit lay « i ^,^^ Lcgwlative your petUioner is ri^^'^'^nun^nMhan which noUiing can CnS branch of the Gove nmc.^^^^^^^ -,„ r. »« more incorrect m itsell or u n j {^^^ of the Le- YouTi^tiUoner did '^«'»l''';'" " i,^''u,C CanSa Academy LatiJo C.»uncil in "^"l^ .^^^".JLive character of the bill; he did complain olU»c too c^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ Council cm views and proceedmp of i "7' .,? i,,,t i„ respect to tiie rjbiecllof^Vigionund i'.;;^^; \; ^rbraE. of the institution and ^^^^^^^l^^ ^^^ ExccUcncy's know • Government your iwtjtioncr iiao, th houaea of pariiament, and formed the moat ftill and correct exnoaiUon of Canadian aflaira which had ever been fummhed to BriUnh statcumen, and the Britiah ?"!i' ni *?"•• Peftipner enclosed a copy of theae lettera to LordGleneIg, for which he received hi« Lonlahip'a thanka. in the Bixth of thoae lettera your petitioner defended the Canadian LegidaUve Councils against the vigoroua eflbrta ri' wT? **""•■"' '••^ **•" "«' •«»• yeaSmricing, ™ •ubvert their conaUtution ; and after enumeraUng the Sve- na points of comparison which had been instituted between Ihe British House of Lords and the Canadian Legisl.Uve Councils to the disadvantage of the latter, your petiUoner expresaed himself as follows : « Now from 30 yean resl- mh\e annual endow- for it the requisite rdief, anjjT^'^ ^ur attention until SL;U««*«'^ ^'^ Kl^htcoSJation so graciously all hope of receiving the high reco^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ colo- MSurSd by Her Majes^r s Secretary niei, vims extinguished. Mi» r^MnMBRMv ■MM* 11 Your Petitioner now humbly imploies the attention of Tour Honorable House to the subject of the aid intended to have been granted by Her Majesty's Government to the Upper Canada Academy, to the course which Ilia Excel- lency has thought proper to pursue respecting it, and to the prwent erabarrassmenta of the Trustees of that institution. In the first place your petitioner begs to draw the atten- Uon of your Honorable House to the message of His Ex- cellency the Lieutenant Governor of the 27th ultimo, in which His Excellency represents your petitioner as havine construed Lord Glonelg's ('directions as ordering a grant and not a loanaa the Lieutenant Governor underetanda it.'» rhiB IS an erroneous representation of your petitioner's statement. AH that your petitioner contended for from Lord Glenelg 8 instructions was, that Hi» Excellency was required to advance £4,100 to the Trustees of the Upper Cenada Academy. Whether Loni '•^nelg had dven "directions" to His Excellency to adv.je that sum as a loan or a grant, waa impossible for your petitioner to say. as he had never seen but one sentence of His Lordship's despatch. Your petitioner did say what he underetood from u u '^ ^"^y ^ ^^^' **" ^^ ^^^ sabject; he did state what he also understood from private intemews with Loni Wenelg and Mr. Stephen } but in respect to Lord GlencVs "directions,' your petitioner expressly stated— »» whether Her Majesty's Government intended it aa a loan or a free grant, i& a matter between the Trustees of the Upper Cana- da Academy and Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies." And again, " It is, I submit, with Her Majes- tys Government, and with Her Majesty's Government alone, to demand, or not, the repayment,at any future period of any part, or the whole of tiie grant l$ the Upper Canada Academy." Your petitioner therefore simply contended *7*« ^»r^** ^'®"®'g'» inetiructions and upon the good faith of Her Majesty's Government, the amount ought to be ad- vanced by His Excellency with as little delay as possible ; but that if any doubt arose as to Lord Glenelg's intention in the matter, the rcBponsibilitv of advancing the money did not rest with His Excellency, and that it waa but fair both to the parties concerned, and to Lord Glenelg himself, that His Lordship should be appealed to on the subject. In the next place, as to whether Lord Glenelg really did xs«6 intend the amount specified to be a loan, your petitionjf humbly Bubmits, that it is due to the dignity aiid charactet of Her Majesty's Govemmen^ as well as to the fnends of AeuJl^r Canada Academy, for Lord Glenelg to heap- nealed to for his Lordship's own unbiased interpretation and En. In the mean time your petitioner feels .t but just tor^ZenUthat the honor of monarchy itself requires, that T( r^ or less liberal interpretation can be Pven to Ae despatohes of the British Government, the more liberal m- t3tation is the proper one. The unquestionable objed^of Sd Glenelg was to*^ve immediate rdief and asustance toAe Upper Canada Academy, as Sir ^or» Grey s letter to your Soner of the 25th of April, 1836, Lo'd Gtejels; desoatch toHisExceUency Sir Francis Head, dated »he Sof the "ame month, His Excellency's letter 1« Loid GleneTg, dated the 18th of July following, and Lo-^G^ne'g'j 'T^ Aumist most clearly declare, in WsTeSerltrd'SndgfSSSthe 18th of'july la«^ Hjj BxceUency makes a marked difierence between Je fetter ^nd sSritot His Lordship's instructions. He states that ?n oXTto have obeyed the letter of Lord Glenelg's insteuc U^onf he o5t to hive « immediately paid" your petitioMr Oiesim of £4,100. But His Excellency considers thiU he oteShe spirit of those instructions by merely furmshmg yoS^titioner with such a statement as might enable him to IZrL amount f?,m the Banks by way of lojn, u^n interest. It must U perfectiy obvousto ^^ur honorable houS^diat there is a wide difference between having £4,100 ?a hSd, and credit to that amount at the banks; yetinvert- inK your petitioner with the latter, is interpreted by His Ex- aulncy to be the spirit of the former. If tiien a simple letter Tf credit to enable 5n individual to borrow on .nter«j^ upjn hiR own oersonal responsibility, the sum of £4,100 is the s^rS^S Cmediatefy payin/' the individug that^-o-^ vour petitioner submits how it is possible for His E?««»f"f J ?olS^bly to suppose, much less justiy to maintain to Uie \^?ini Jy of individuals, and the prejudice of a bene- S; Sution, that ^ grant from Her Majesty's G^^; emment cannot be <« carrying out the sp.nt of the measure which received the concurrence of your Honorable House. U is suEted to your Honorable House whether it can be mt oni oTjust for\c very rule of interpretat.ou which is mrm ••V 13 ^t have beenidenUcally the^Z™?^' L.®.'"®^'^it8elfwoiiW HonombirHor to'SVc" fr ^t '^^'^^^on of your which took place betCn yoJ/oSl'" "^^ ^"^^dnZ from January to July 1836, ffffii-"^' *«d ^«fGlene£ hw anxious desire to make a in^ , 'P'^P«"*«"yexpreMS nada Academy; and That /L^*^ «™°t ^ the Up^TST J^ninatitution/uide^rlhtl^^^^^^ the«mpiej;:rt^vas:i''"^^ *-! RS"*"' ^e»afto? ^* ""satuUoji. 2. Thai the Legislature. 3. ThSffc??'" ^« circumstekoe to currence of *k» t __•_." '^'^r Lordship antirm„#»j *l °** *° Legislature in^tZS'^*"'^ *^" ««"■ as accustomed to coKlJ ^'f "r*"*** ^.e^n^afif^r^^^^^^^^^ l^pnation of the casuS le^:^^?^"'^ ^ ^"y othTS been made by the instrucUonsomerM ^^^"« ^^ich hH pienelg'sinsSol'^^?tt!::ih°^^^«?'-ctviWofLo^ your Honoraba House ti^ Z • i ^^'""''^ «*J s not unnn {he Upper c»„.4, A^iv i^i^'.u'"'' ?» Tnateeg ^ . i^„i«ifld vour Petitioner Bubmit*, «nTnfiL of Hia Excellency's »«*»\,f ^-Vcorrectnewj of bU previous interpretauon of Aem "» i„„ or error in to the BufferetB on that account. ^ .^. ;„ ^e eeat of So Head of •"'y DeP^^^^^p^Stlo^H^bmi^^ tobecon- wvereignty, ought not, V'^'^'X^^^^^ rXd into a reason and juBUfic^Jon ^^^^^ ^ j^ord pfpubUc injury. I" ^V ,»iTiXh'« E*'^®^^®"''^.®^^ GleU •I'^^'i t^iXetind of e ter of credit which he «ree8ly acknowledges the k")^ °' . ^^ai,, the amount of SSgWen to enable r'P«^;";^'etS upon the good faith 5^,100 by loan. The Trustees a^^^^ of Jf Oiis engage-^f * 5 5»«y ^"^dbr^ "-nis at the Banks, ^u«te individuals, and discountea lar^ ^ SoTheir u.vn individual -K^^JjOTs E^ceW S« engagement, ^^^ p jde^^o S^^^^' engagementa. TagenUeman, to^n^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^r^^^^. Beades the obb^Uons wn j ^^^ ^^ «"V"*11^ th^ !S reason to believe that the refusal on w |g^ Excellency ffiStofuim anen^-tavTm^^^ ,o«ld subieji has acknowledged *»'"'f^'* V* ^^jon at law ', and your peti- him to heavy dama^ m an jcuon a j^ ^^ ^^ ^^^, Uo^^submits to your Honorable Hou^,w^^^^y^ ^^ rity of the Government ""B^^J^'i^" ^r, and character, and SSfc^ofSown solemn ey^-^^^^ Your petitioner feels thj^ ''J","on ought to be placed, the high pound on ^^h^^/^^^^r^r Canlda College has Z ad>S>rt to the faf » J'j! 1^^^ aJfTcrritorial B«ve"uesJ Ln erected out of U^e C^ual .and ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^5,000 an expense ol ai«>wv) L J .»^..-. -r .-Tprrr-T^--^-. ^ i f^ t iX fTTlni tbmitri, ition to BfMa- l to do ing the erpreU- itnessof it not to error in e seat of ( be con- A ruin or to Lord enoy ex- which he imount of >ood faith e suniB of he Banks, r upon the 'xcellency, ^gementB> irged, your of *850 ; £1100, the ,k8, and the titioner has of a private Excellency )uld subject id your peti- lertheinteg- ►laWe BB that laracter, and I iha roainte- icending from to be placed, I College has i\ Bovenue at with 2&,000 15 Jhe'cftlJi'Tf I T ** •r'^'/» "*"*''y ^2,000 annually out of the Casual and Territorial Revenue, and is under the «.mpr mtendenceofCIei^ynicnof the Church o EnglandX; ^te.^,^""''\A^?de"'y has been established bVun hKJ: " ^^^ '" ^^^ education of Canadian vouth • has been inv^d with a :.gal character l>y our latJ S SS^ZAI? '^^""'•^ ^"''"^'St; sustains J loss in conS quence of the non payment of the promised aid to a l«r«^r STe met d1Zi^""'\'^""'°'^^^^5 ""'^ is labouring under me most distressing embarrassments ; and apneals to th« [mrmrjaljusticeand enlightened liberality of^SS; h1«' Your peUtioner bftgs further to represent, that he is n«*. JS° ^T ^^ '"*'*«"«'' ''^'^"•"^V or\eiS,onVof^: a Royal charter and endov^^ment for the UnperCanada Aca Anril ifl*4 ""'l^^^t'^nable object of Lord Glenelg in in/'a«?J!."l' Excellency did, in July last, engage in writ- ing, and has to several individuals, pledged hi«™l iol 16 f .'■ "he vance the amount of £4,100 as soon a« the fynds himds of the Beceiver General would enable him to c. without doing injustice to prior claimants. rXha^ iveil individuals have, upon a>e good &.* of His ExcelWicy'8 word, involved themaelves to a large 'Tlhat a statement under the Beceiver GeMral'a owa hand wL delivered to His Excellency in pc^'«»>«'» '*'*';! £^ p^neas to meet the claims of the Upper C.«^a Academy ; that the Receiver General sent anoAer atate- m^Jof ^he same kind nearly a fortnight aj^hat dunng Sf Jhia time His Excellency was under the full "npieaai^^ £at the amount he was to advance was a grant, 7^[^ Z Zviction and the obligation of a wntten enpigement «d p^lnal pledge, he has continued to refuse issuing his warrant upon the Receiver General. sVThat every statement made in this memorial is rtnct- W correct ; and that the Upper Canada Academy, «, jusUy entiSd to the countenance and support of the Leffriatr* JSdTsttongly recommended to its favorable consideraUon bv Ifcr Majeiy's Government, has been greatly emberrasa- S in its operations ; is sustaining daily losses, o" -c^ou'it of SJepromSand expected ^^^^^''^:::f^^^.i^^. mui at the close of the present term, be suspended if that assistance be still refused. vTr petitioner therefore humbly and eaniestiy prays thatyour^onorable House will take the premises into your mSt^avorable consideration; and that your Hon«Jle House will recommend the immediate payment of £2,0&0 bv His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, according to ZS Glenelg's Instructions and His Excellency a positive Md repeated engagements, and leave His ExceUencythe SeuSuGoveSSr and the Trustees of Uie Upper Canada ASeray to appeal to Lord Glenelg for tiie intarpretation of W^^Sus intentions in the assistance which his Lordship directed to be given to that institiition. And your Petitioner, as in duty bound will ever pray. EGERTON RYERSON. City of Toronto^ } Febmary 2nd, 1838. S v^SI^'^^ ^r B 'he VI I faith of a largo tl*B owa r, stating Canada er state- It during aprearion {ret under g^gement wuing his I is strict- , BO justly Bgislature, sideration mbarraaa- tccount of deld ; and led if that itly praya } into your Honorable jf £2,050 cording to r's positive sUency the ler Canada [>retation of laLordahip sr pray. 3RS0N. MESSAGE f • B. HEAD. j -^Sj^tpTo^a^rpS - t H- or As- Secretary of State for the Colon "L^'^ Honorable the Apnl, 1837, directing an advanS' 1^"^^. *'"^" '^^ 28th Upper Canada Academy of iTlOO t^^.^"^^^ °^ ^^e "ue, being the "amount of fh!'. • "* ^^^ «ro«^n reve- ^^^^; By a certaTn bS pas^ bJlh " h"''''^ *° ''^^^ been "» the first session of the nm«^, 7 *''? 'f^^^® of Assembly . The House will obJ^JvrC £^7"'''"^ Parliament. ^ « stated in the despatch to iStl .1 J"'' ""l ^'« advance measure which h^ already It t^ '"*'**" «Piritof the I^pslative Council andTss^ Jfi.*^ concurrence of the ^P^'S:^^.f^f:^T^^^^ -- '-« out of ant Governor to mak^the rel^d fr^'^ •*"' *»»« I^'^-ten- *here was not a sufficient 1 r/""'^ 'mraediately, as the hands of Her MSeX'rfi.f ^ V""** remaining ?n propriated. "majesty a Keceiver General and unap «ft«° arcordmgly, on 18 the lllh of November, 1837, issued his warrant on the Receiver General for the sum of two thousand and fifty pounds, being the one half of the whole sum intended to be advanced. As the order of His Lordship is founded on the anticipa- ted sense of the two Houses of the Legislature, the Lieu- tenant Governor now deems it advisable, (notwithstanding his desire to relieve the members from their attendance) to call the attention of the House of Assembly to this matter. This becomes the more necessary from a letter of the Rev. Egerton Ryerson, herewitli transmitted, in which the House will perceive ihat in the behalf of the trustees, Mr. Ryer- son insists on the payment of the remaining sum — constru- ing His Lordship's directions as ordering a grant, and not a loan, as the Lieutenant Governor understands it. That the Houto of Assembly may fully understand the intentions of He- Majesty's Government, the Lieutenant Governor herewifc transmits copies of the correspondence in his possession between the claimants and the Colonial Office, and also of a despatch on the same subject, transmit- ted by the Lieutenant Governor to the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, with His Lordship's reply. Government House, 21th January, 1838. (Copy.) 20 Guilford St., Russel Square, ^pril 18"*^»> ??T;;^ioranTSLit^^^^^^ really shewn a dispSr toTeaveTh! YT ^^'"' ^ave Ignorance rather than th^tl^^ jToni IT^"^'^"^ '» tote' other than a hiffh ch .rrh Zf °"''l^ '"«*^cted by any bigotted exclusJ^enetofthrnS^^^ Inl' r*^''"^" ^^ *« observe that the leader of it hTj^,^^ ^^""'^•'' ^ «»ay Cle.;gymen or memZZ of Lcl^'"''. S"""?^^ «8^n^ any connexion withTl^ n^;- 1 ,^'' °^ England havinj? I ha.1 hopedThaut tc^eSve'^^^^^^^^ ^'^'^ S^^-"/ patches of His Majest^r^nm^nt o^pH P""^"*"' ^^^ religious questions, and naSexr^ripn '"* ^''"^^ional and vented a repetition of such nh^T'^' ""'""^^ bave pre- party in the'l.cgy r^fve Cou^'^^^^^^^ !''« fart of the nSi„g any opposition whatever f^Ltnnl"''* ^T ^^'^'P**® myself most egregiously aX bfX ^^ ^"il ^-f^ss , I herewith enclose two CanS iJ.^''"PI^'"^- I beg to draw your LordsWrZi? '"^^^^ *^ ^^^^ 22nd February contains the rDort^Jr'^^^^^ ^^^ of the Assembly on the ubSf thl T ^'^^* Committee •temy. The other dat^ thffst nf M T' ^'^"'''^^ ^ca- .Port of the debate in uTe Hou2 of J^^'^^rteins a Re- •ng of the bill in aid of the S A r™^'^ *»" *« P^' *He Chairman of the Com^S.^etSfo^e C^^rf so Toronto, a strict churchman and Executive Councillor. Mr. Ruttan who brought the bill into the Houae is also a churchman, and is, and has been for many yeara Sheriff of the Newcastle District. So likewise are the Sohcttor Ge- neral, Mr. Printe ui. 1 Mr. Gowatit members of the Church of England. Mr. Cameron is a member of the Church of Scotland— and Hr. Manahan is a Roman Catholic. To the testimony of these gentlemen, to the vote of the House of Assembly, and to the Btrong language of tlie Report of the Select Committee, I beg to refer your Lordship in cor- roboration and confirmation of all that I have utated to your Lord«hip on this subject ; and in support of our hum- ble applications for relief and assistance. The whole case which I presume once more to submit to your Lordship's favorable consideration stands at the pre- ■ent moment as follows : r .u tt Ut. The demands against Uio Trustees of the Upper Canada Academy are such as must cause the discontinu- ance of its operations, if not the sacrifice of the whole establishment itself, at the close of the term ending in June next, unless assistance can be obtained. This is positively and affectingly stated in my Letters from the individuals concerned. They say there is no other alternative before 2nrf. The Upper Canada House of Assembly have, by a very large majority of 31 to 10, expressed a cordial desire to afd the Institution out of the public funds of the Pro- vince ; and the evidence taken before the Select Committee of the House and put into the hands of each member before the Bill was passed, together with the Report itself, and the testimony of the various speakers in the Assembly, amply justify your Lordship's former estimate of the value and utility of the Institution ;— and to those unbiassed and un- questionable authorities I refer for all that I can desire to urge in its behalf. . 3rd. As the question of the Casual and Terntonal Rev- enue has not been disposed of, or even tiiken into consider- ation during the recent session of the Upper Canadian Legislature, that revenue remains of course at the disposd of Your Lordship— and to apply a portion of it in aid of the Upper Canada Academy cannot possibly give the slightest ofifence to the Representatives of the Canadian 9o 21 people, since they have don« nil 5« .k • "lief and a^istan^e out of LS 1^?'^"^^ ^ "^^ i» ■t their diapoeal. "^""'^ ^•ave been placed bee?Jet?£tn3[^^^^ ^T'^^ Coi.e; have an expense of j?17 000 / '^'''^P''^'' «>f the Crfwn, at sources at an exiL^ of ne J y Sot' '^™ ^« ^"'"^ do*ved with 25,000 acres ofTa"d Th. / l"'* '' '^^^ «»- ^arders and day-schorars „ui ,?o ''S"^^'- '^'V^^^^ ■ee the letter of the Rov Hr ir • '■ ("* ^'''^h P ease Principal of the CoSe«3 'in h "/"'' '''' highlyK^steemS 22nd of Februaiy-E the uT '""^""^'"6 P«P«' «f the excellent e«tabS™ent 1/ tfe EfcTf^f '''r °^ ^'"»» The Upper Canada Academv hn» [^'•° Guardian.) by the voluntary contribS/r '^^". ^''^ ^" Promoted of study for ^Ci^ZX^Z^ S^TV '^' -""« Select Committ* of the El^ =- ' ^'P""^ °^ ^« that of the Upper Canada r!S^^' ^i."'. e-^tensive as lectures, ThSl5p;;rCanadaAfl'"'*''.^« «'^'^'t'°n "f a nSg/, but a coadiutor of 1?« n ^""^ " '" "« respect SSr« quite a X^t" cit ^Z^,T'^ f^"''^- already, even in the infancy of i^ nl^*"' ""^^ contains and 40 day.8cholan^Sf„ ♦°Pf"'l'''"«'80boardere Insutution is under STs^StendlnS f ^°- ^he one Church of England-IthS^T^ r? .•'•'^"'^'^'"«»«f the leyan Ministers. The oLl„/r/ .•'*"*'•>" ""^er the Wes- ted with the other by ,he Unn^r rr l- "^ "^ ^PP-^cia- serably, though not hJ« ^^- ^P^a^^'an House of As- the one ougKr^t leftT'llr" t ^.°""'="- Sui^ly «o abundanUy provSed for ""^"'"'^ ^^'^"^^ '^e other I Canacia ^^t^r s^c°ot'^;^:,:^eS^^ ^^^^^ ^-'^ - recent intelligence, and on sevemi „n^ ^' '" /"i"^- ^'^m fary to be present at ^he S Ln °""*f ' ^ ^"'^ '» "^ces- J^eforLivVolbytheUS '"• «' '"'"^ ^^refore gjaiVni'etS^^^^^^ t^?'^ of relief i„ this Chnstian and patriotic Txerti/n ♦h ^ '"ay fairly tenn Canada wiU be^hauS by Jn^^^ .J^^ announcement in of inexpressible gratitutfe^and °i *^°"f "•l"' with feelings ^hil-t the aid a£derw?l? seerfh^ encouragement,-!! -t (touaethelangua;'LVre^:^:c^:; -""^P^^^^^ fim p Ki-\ .1 <« the irreatort undcruiking hitherto «icce«- tary c«tribuUtfnB alone. Ihavethohyiiorto.N3, Mt Lord, Your obedient humble Servant, (Signed) EGERTON RYERSON. Tlw »Hht HoBbI*. The Lo»o »3m"«m». fcc. lie. «c. V Downing Stbmt, 25tA .4>»n7, 1837. Sib, ■ I am directed by Lord Glendg to acknowledge the . nf vourlJScr of the 18th in8tan^ and in reply, I am receipt of your letter oiu ihe embarrassment r :r p."-L^ :r:=i s^-x, u,. .„. >„ ,««. ^'''°* I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, (Signed) GEORGE GREY. The Rev. E. Rtehson, &c. &c. &c. 20. Gmuu«D Street, Russeil S;)^> m% jf/.n7 28, i«^37. S'*' Ihave the honor to acknowledge the recei^ of yourVetlerof^ 26th inatanl, conveying Lord Glenelg* -nti -Tin>, ucccn- volun- Uttf EISON. 1937. fledge the ply, I am rrassment d^fron tions will ng him to Academy, Province, ill in ques- ts GREY. e receipt of rd Glenelg's in behalf 01 the graciou. an«w«r to my renewed applicati> iJppcr Canmla Academy. •he Jocp interert token hv Hi. M^i'T,'"?' '" «■«""' •» I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble aervant, ToSirG.oHo.Gn.v, ^^^^^ON RYERSON. Bart., M. P., &c. &c. No. 173. Sm, (Copy.) Downing Stiieet, 28//4 ^pril^ 1837 copy .f M2^aa^^"r:x'"^}^•»'''=""■*. ••«' April, 1837,) relative toahni rl^ %er8on, (18th "embly during the last JLiJu . ^ "^ "**"•* '^'^ As- ■«. in -n4«n™ '„rp™'vSriS'w°rt^r"y Council, piohibitingth,, feceiT, fi,„,L''* '^P''""'^ «» ium therein imintoi unfe?, h„ .? Ti ! """ ""i™™! l<«oftobill,norM„I„-|fc^lfH'r^"* 'T ""^ *».. *« *. ohjec, of J .r„TJ iSK J; t' .JsL i % 24 Council was Indirectly to defeat the liberal intentions of the Assembly towards the Upper Canada Academy. But in order to obviate all risk of embarrassment to that in- stitution, I have to desire that unless some objection which I do not anticipate, should suggest itself to you, you will ad- vance the amDunt of the loan intended to have been granted by the bill in question to tlie Trustees of the Upper Canada Academy, out of any unappropriated portion of the Casual and Territorial Revenue of the Province, and on the first meeting of the Legislature you will report the circumstance to them. I have no doubt that the Council and Assembly of Upper Canada will at once recognize the propriety of this proceeding, the object of which is to carry out the spirit of the measure which has already met their concurrence. I have, &c. (Signed) Lt. Governor Sir Francis Head, K. C. H. A true copy. J. Joseph. GLENELG. (Copy.) No. 87. Toronto, Upper Canada, 20th July, 1837. My Lord, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Loidship's Despatch (No. 173, dated 28th April, 1837,) in which is transmitted to me a copy of a letter addressed to your Lordship by Mr. Egerton Ryerson, complwningof the conduct of the Legislative Council in having, «ni r-^t^rned amended by the Coun'.^^f™''^' ^^en Tt the Assembly sent no less th»n Oft bm,'' ' ""^erstand that ft'^ exceptions, were pS^d ?hm! ?''u' ^J?'^''' ^^h vSr cwne laws. P^^ through the Council and b2 -■Ttt^M-^^^ 26 adverting to .1.0 At^rJuV.— iofandahif ofmoney ship will perceive Aat »!»?'«"■;' ' . ^^ p^vince being J, ™«ri by to i;«P»'°^„^4„;™^aW»g, P'ovia«a for s^rScrxrSe°»^p-«°" '»' '»™'™« the Je4,000 on debenture. vu^t^fter the grants which The LegislaUve Co«nci knew ^*t a^^^ ^ J^^qOO in the the Assembly had made, »^^^^^^^ and consequently, Receiver General's hands ""Ke^ther ! ^^^^^ ^ ^ delu- that if the Bill passed ^n^J^^J ^a^^^^^^ ^e embarrassed by the Sc^ratS^o' i^-^^ — ^ ^-"^^ '' by this Act shall not be paul by ^»^ ^^^^^^^^^^ „,onies after there shall temammhis hands u^^^^^^ ^^^ Provinc al attending the public Revenue. ^^^^^j^ „ot This pt«««"^<>"^^''"^tT^lthV claimants, the charges be unappropriated money for a^lthe^cia^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^ for the public serv.ce vo^f "S"f^; ^1 letter to Your be firet defrayed is what "^r- Kye"^" General should Lordship terms a P^<>''««^^^,^L^^^^^^ unless he had not advance any "^^^^ S'^ had no other use. money in his hands for which nenwiu .^, j^j ^ so T Jiderstand that the Af '^^^^^^^^^ A^^ the Bill) «,verely by Mr. ^y^'^J^^tramenTent was framed, dis- I ll V tl ti <..=>*l ''"TTT" .sae; 27 o^r» 1» 4 »«S?„1L^1S1P - -J wijh ■»■'-«' -J which I respectfiiU, aZ„ ^t" r ? •^""^ °' " I^Halure PoKible support iS, tol " „ *'P "f''^ *' taesl promising l™tilit;^lpoS,'3''B ~"''""'= °'"»°- "War i. „.yL ccnSri^it"^-'- A«„hi, I have, &c. (A true copy.) J. Joseph. Ho. 221 Sir, (Copy.) Downing Strejbt, 23rrf August^ 1837. JuIy,repoi7thT/Z^^^^^^^ ^- ^^ of the 20th .the sum of 4100 S W S.IT.**''!" ^''^ «d^^»ci«g •«g to the .^presentaUon??? MrR^'^'^'^'T'^^'^^'P'y- ft^ve read the defence o7 U,e .!„ i '^f''TJ^'»h ^hich I Council which yourXZtch ' n^*^"'' ''I *^ legislative »t possible that Mr Rxi^l'^. contains. I cannot euppose have been intZna"^ TuT rr**''"-* ^'^^ ^-t S when the discussion i, TlJ ^ '''''' "«' '» the Province that he was .nS ySZZr*'' ' ''^^ "»do"S ^--yanxiou«e.LrreSrz:ui;rti^ ft^^ .98 any of the authorities of the Jjov^nj^ .uspennon toiie moat rigid scrutany 5 ^^^^^^'^'^^^^'^ati^^^^ required of my judgment can never be more imF» ^ ' "{^^ ^e- ^h t^Tpe^ ITnto^S'- - AS'to that Sl*chSt£canSan Legislature. I have the honour to be, Sm, Your most obedi•n^ humble Servant, (Signed) GLENELG. Lleui. Governor Sir Francis B. Head. Bait.. &e. &c. &C. A true Copy. (Signed) J. Joseph. CiTT OF Toronto, 30tA June, 1837. SIR) „„„t Governor tot on '"^'^^ Teititorial Itevenue, S:rf±'S^t .0 .vS "nd. from tot ««. J. (km are «*?""?" °° , ' j™ ,01^ to to iMtrucUoM of e„rije Hi. E>?f^^,'|jSrS ^» Ibr to Colonial /i 9/ 29 I have the honor to be. Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, To J. JosBPH, Esquire, EOERTON RYERSOIf . &C* &c. «ic. Sir, GoVbrnmbwt Hous., 3'*<' /tt/y, 1837. S>Ti^^^^'^^LY^^^ the Lieutenant of His Excellency's intentionTo^^L ?•"« ^ ^ ^^fonned Gmnt of je4.,I00 for the reHef n„^^ ^^^^^ °f ^^ Boy«J Canada Academv I am S "*1 assistance of the V^JZ acquaint you, fi'o^-™ ^^^^.^f^^ H|s Ex^^ t-ons out of the Casual \nd^"*tS?p'^"«^ *PP«>Pria! at present no available funds from S *''^^'"'^' *^ere*^ai« Excellency to give effectTn fi. ° J^** ^^^^e to enable »! State for the Colonies j but tiSS« hT^^ 'P^ ^'"^^ of to oany into effect the Z,hL „V rJ^'' t"?^ *"•* '"tention ««nJ^*.soonasitmayten^ctlSi' ^u^^^'^ Govern" ««• to prior oluma on WSST '^'^°"* '^^S «jua. I have the honor to be. Sir, Your most obedient humble servant. The I»«,r P (Signed) j. JOSEPH ihe Bev. Egerton Htbrson, Toronto. \ 80 V GOVERNMBNT HoUSK, ^^°'''*' Auguri 16, 1837. Sir, The Reverend Ephraim Evans having ui an mter- Aih Hia Excellency this morning requested the Lieu- ,,2j7vJ the inst actions conveyed to him m the SiquirTofp" whether you are able to meet the demand for j64,100 or any part of it. I have, &c. (Signed) J. JOSEPH. B. TuuQUAND, Esq. (Copy.) Receiver General's Office, Toronto^ nth August, 1837. ^*"' in reply to your letter of yesterday's date requert- i„„ u> be iifi nf thft Lords Comm Bsioners of Her Majesty s i \ 1837. u inter- be Lieu- ropriated and His I as little m in the cretary of lady been jUency to B demand SEPH. ICE, tt, 1837. ite request- meet the he £4,100 rincipal Se- g Academy brmation of .fter deduct* those under }r Majesty's advance on • the accom- July last are cy's anxiety 31 I have, &c., Statement of Cm,^ rt . 477 ** ^'do""::!:.^.^*'' June, ^54,368 S.g. "^^^ ^P'^y^isHnceiothJune ^'^^^ From fund D. " « E. ^771 " «* K,.*.'* 4S3 Total .A -iffl ^M82 A„t;78r7^''''^-'"'?=:m^ ' \ -e^WSfg. E. E. — B-TURQUAND. (Copy.) S«, ^ '^°'*°'*^°>-^«»««ry 22nd, 1838 ' '"'*' was given to under- i i 8S Academy. institution has iust come to the The Treasurer of that ms^wuon i.a» J ^ p^y City in order to obtain Bome relief and assj^^^^^^^^^^ a which have tee" '°^£[ SotiSiS? to all parties cannot be lon^rJelayedj^Uioutsen^^^^^^^ ^ ^^ly concerned. The managers ol me .^^ distressed, from not bemg able to meet J j ^ demands apimst them, on^account°i„^^ v^^^ protracted delay which has, »r" g^^ of the grant so Sould not foresee, ^^"J^^^? styTApril last. I there- ffraciously made by His late Majesty »n^l^ Excellennr Tre moi humbly ^^^-jiej^^jSJ ne^es^ warrant for •^riS^;ri;rnSs-^ * I have, &c. " (Signed) EGERTON BYEBSON. i \ ^^""^'^ ToBONTO, 23rd January, 1838. My dear Sm, information Mr. Rycrson w.shej to ^.^ow ^^^ Y^^^ j ^^ , S^r^otherdemandsth.^^-'^ (Signed) JOHN H. DUNN. John Joswh, Esquire. (Copy.) GOVERNMBNT HoUSE, 26th Janmryt 1838. Sm, ''»"» . , • J u«r««. His Excellency the Lieutenant n which Canada e to the 3 to pay of which ill parties le really [ pressing jcted and hich they 1 grant so I there- Ixcellennr warrant for r confer a ny, and a 3RS0N. y, 1838. information I. I beg to r. Byerson's of. . DUNN. DUSE, urUf 1838. 38 t i? '^^i^::r::::^3T'^' ^"•'-^ ^- ^^^ advance reply to acquaint yoJ tha^Tt isTi- ♦^ "'" Excellency in I^islature conies of fl.« « Weneig, to lay before the place betweeTtr S t^r^^^^^^^ Tl^ »•- "^en -u^ect of the U. C. Academy *"" °" ^''^ inrorir™;t^t?;S^^^^^^^^^ -^th the »on of the transactions whcThLl? J^^'^f *«"« '" Posses- "»to effect Lord Glen^J- • ♦ • ^''^" P'^*'® '« carryinij Institution. "^'«' intentions in favor ofthat ^4.,I00 as that fund WaSe to' ^ '"*'^'' P^^i"" of the da ms, it was in L ° ™^* consistently with nrinr neig h^ d^ct:rttTdr,;:^:r-'r ^^'^"^s;:: error into which His eSp? * K^ l""*^* *'" * ^'«»/-an •ng both in your peLtuirJewfa^;" ''*^ '^ y^"'*"^-" munications, invariably sioKZ 2 Z''"' "written com- C. Academy not as a LnbX l**® "'d granted to the U. 'ency having no reasonT 5 k. * ^''"'' ^"^ His Excel- that supposiL : Tn^ was not ti^ri '^'^r^^' ''^'^-^ terday more particularly dfrect^d ^ ♦h'\**^"*'^" ^«« yes- nelg's despatch, that h7p2 SaThS h^™' '^^ ^"^ ^'«- •nenton of the SecretaE^ o7 S. ^u''"J'*'°'"'*™'ng the misled him. It apZ^^thi^ ^^" had unconsciously M the money he SrecttTd ** "'' Excellency thS from the Crewn R^ven^ ll wT"* ^"' '" '■««*»'««" the spirit of the measure whThhJ * ""^^ ^ ««"y out fence of the Hou^ orATimbit^^T! ^''*' the concur- 'ay the subject forthv^'th S Se T ^'^T' ^'"^ ^""'y ^ ceJIency therefo.* directe me to infn ^^'^^^^'''f "'« ^x- J«ct was enclosed by Lord Glenelg to H.s Excellency. Upon the strength of my representation and the Comm.ttee s Repor^ and 5»e debate of tho Assembly, His Lordship instructed His Excellency to advance the sum of four thousand one hundred pounds out of the Crown Revenue to myself, which I showed to His Excellency, and m Lord Gleneli's instructions to His Excellency, with the penisnl of that which relates to the payment of the gra.it Hm Excellen- cy favoured me, it ie simply stated that H.s E^^e"^"^y 'f instructed to advance the amount of the grant, W'th»';t the east mention from beginning to end that he is to exact / i 3S lie Receiver OonerarZod ili, Ififh ' t,"?'' ' ■"«««»" to inte/itions of Hor JVIaieatvi r '^"'^''"«'»' of tlie benevolent fund, at .hedispn^iroShe cr„""?Tr/''^ -""'"f the Receiver General should Z^ ?' J**** "" "«»" «w ™ant would be forthS. .lu^dTor^l"*' ""®*'^* ^ amount. Acconlingly wlL the £j''^ P^y™«"» "f the «:«rd» reportedthattherew^ro !?,„,'!:?''. ^««»1 "fter- of the amount, His eZZZ i^i^'f '^"^ ^^fW. payment of £2,05o S/Jl Z^ **" "^""i-nt for the -d^U. any of the parties ^:!!:^^Z^ T.:^t^ Pi'ed to for a warrant TpJ^Tf 4, '*''.«'» ™b«^uenUy .pi remaining ^2,050 of the^„i^HifSJ'7"^""«"^ ^ ^ times informed the fiev Mr «♦• ^-^'^e^ency at different jnd myself, that he td ^v en /liri^.'S^ ^^' ^'' ^^"« Arectjons and auUmrity whTchlSr''^"^"*"' «!' «i« sum Uie very moment thni «« ^. necessary to pay the in hi» handsto do so « .d I^rp"'^''* '"^^^ Cro J7uoS «d;y declining to iS^ 'irJih ^''^'^^-General's re^ collency, you stated on^ ^^*'"* * ^'™nt from His fc must report that there we7fmL nh^T""^'-^^^"^ m it before the watanV Z^ Z ■'" i""*" "^«»nt »«> «^y waited upon the Cei^Sli^Jr**-. ^^^ i^medi- «ed to inform ^u. i„ ^ tuS^u^J^^' ""^ '^^ "uthor- t*wn informed us that S^'d •*''*"' '^'^ funds. Yon ;fa» there -e.^ n^tn« u^o^ZT t'^"^ "« "'P^ '^Pper Canada Academy P^e/" P"""" *****"* "'"^ »eoe.ver.General, and wre buL^'T ^''•**^ "PO" the ' ^ "^"^ authorised to inform yw tiut 1' 86 n C Smv. You U..n dirKted n» W oomm < whal His Excellency Y'^^ZT^r^dTiXmi^i cf receiving General ^««.f ^^^^j^'e; ^^^^^^^ f^the that '«f '^P" ^3"Sd upon the Beceiver-General, that he had fund, m hjj ha^d- to m«»t the^^c^^ ^^^^ ^^ S- Vc:£«/ "en IrmS Mn G.^n, who delive^ ?'" ^ Indwho waited His Excellency's commands at the note an\^;°J"^urt w the subject before hw coun- your «^"?;»'i'*'^^lXve deferred it to the Attorney- cdlora, who it seems im -xnediencv of requiring !^S:™:1™ Kr r "n^deraUofof *a Ho«« of Assembly. ,«an«ctfullv submit, and solemnly Now, I !n""^^";**i„^T2 Executive Councillor, protest, agamstany «"« "' " ,g Government and the interporing b«^f J "/LSS object. The grant has accompbshment of **»;« f "^/^^"^^ the Crown, inde- ^r'^rrE^^utl clT: The instructions of pendent of the t-xecutive V'" , Colonies were Her Majesty'- Secretary f^ .f f ^^'JJ, w"^ Her Ma- ilUioogb I ~» rnliGS«TndM, Stephen, thre. 11 —i f£. Biiireitt t of the I what , to the itement myself quire if 1 ua» in General 1 uB that aceiver- «ceiving [)t for the General) ;ceUency a of the knew of. delivered nands at his coun- \ttomey- requiring ly for the of bring- House of solemnly )ouncilloni it and the ) grant has jwn, inde- ructions of oniea were I HerMa- iovemment lyment of a V.cademy — , that I in- .phen, three Grey was my applica- informed in 37. ^- C. Academy n«nllv ontrh* L k * trurtecH of the was shown to me befom i(» «;„ i '• ^ ^"^ Crtorge Grey. «.w «,a. Hi, Ciirp 1 ?d S's;:; i" "."?!• " "'■ to advance, if nectfswirv th . ■ ""^ ^'e"»-tJovernor loaned by Iho ir-omS;' 'biiT'^At ,r't'' '' '"^^^ "^n « t/ necmar^," were sSick o it ^\2 "^^'^ **>« ^ords positive. I mention theTciZ: 7 '"' ""''^«' ^" "'ade rny information and SrnT-r^ '""''"'''" '"'^ «^^ must have be«,n the inteSn" Vth^« H ''" T*^*' ^''« If I had thought a more fun J r! """"^ Government. «^er could halel^erie^bTLtSrl' «?^ ^ P'« «""" the slightest doubt but l';ru?d hLe int^"''«' ' '>'»^« "o* The entire silence of the Homfi r "ubjpct of sinirity for th« ~.« Government on the actual -anaXf &is Ext,le"^f^i9l^ «~»^"'e intimaUonofsuchsecuril-Shrfnf* ' ? ' '^''''°"* *« •n support of every one of which ^ . "'^'^f '^'^^'^ ««««, adduced, show, I 8uf?mit ST '".P'® evidence can be intention^ofSrMS'sr'^ " ^""^*' ^''«t vvo,4 thi His . Wllency's orilt^Sol^ o' "^^ ^'^ '^" ginning. ""utrsianding of them from tlie be- hand, to see the Upper Canada Art '^"'.*'' °" ^« ""e |;u.ned, bysucha proceer,-;^^^^^^^^ ''"PP'^^, if not be mvolved in col ision 3 Z \ f o^J'er hand, to cutive before Her MalsU I ?^'"^"' «f the local eC entreat once mo.^ that's Exc^^^^^^^ ^ ^^-^fore whole case into conlideratlf anJ?'^ ""i^" '«"'" ^"'^ *« -t for the payment ontZ^^^lTlf Z ^if"^ ^^ I have, &c. *«• &c. &c. r«*B!BSf- 38 ! ToBOiiTO, STUi Jamiay, 1938. Sir, I kave the honor to .cknowtete Ih" '«7J?«j' Ito expreaseJ »i9 ardent wisn "» 8™ ««won« of his Lord btenc!g'8 instructions, but .laled the rwmm the LecislaUve Council in relation to the ^PP^' V*^ A S Bill On my incidentally refemng to Sip George Academy Uiii- "" »'y '"^ ^i. v--«iienev expreaeed G«y'« an.»er to my Wl'^f ^^H^^^^Xi'^.J^ a drairo to see «-»''»? »';"'^'„'!led that it left him Hi, Excellency, upon "'»'';.^\'™!?„^„hehad ,>„ di.c,«ion bntto f''""' 'J^;Shloa" Th^"««1! i.ato«mm.n^whu^h^««.k^'J^ Hi. Excdlency rf speech to the Re.. ^J'^* „i^„ „ „hich I Bhotved a»«red me that 'l-""?!" I'» '^rt 'l;^. ^S Jet to mfF 4^ ■■■.•V /, 1838. I receipt of :xceUenc3r'» ling of his per Canada ered to Hia ibjeot wiAin I Excellency kem. g day, when iate effect to lasons of his n, to the best r the Grant ; roceedingB of )uring tocon- I intentions of pper Canada to Sir George ncy expressed [ showed it to hat it 1ef% him oon as he had Then rea*ng la Excellency le" (to use his [himself of it; rey's letter that Excellency has iiosteveiyftnn Evans, as well /hich I showed His Excellency Slenelg had not busJneBS, yet he lip's instnictions hem as early as ■esponBibiliiy in 39 either leadino or «..,: i i- .. instructions, and ttvem^ f "" V """^'"e ""^ ^^'^ GieneJ^« ^th his acknowleZK:t^' ''""'^. consideration of fi -bsequent P^Z^l} l^^ZTJo^'Tn^^^^ «ndts to an unbiassed interpretation "rn-r-"^" '^"'''■' ^^^s ample •ntentione. How a,?y S^^^V^'^ l^^mnf, henevSm view to "mislead" lifs E?."n "bservaUons of mine with « «»d myself on the suyec? I Sh ^^-^''^^ * Government went upon them. I SS i,'"'^i,n«t «ne word of com- *^ing8 of the Legislative CoT.V''f'^*"°''« °" ^C^ ^rfwn the conclusfon of mvT""'^^'"«««^«n'»the Majesty's Government on f hi ™{. '^^"««Pondence with His Academy." The impr^^^^^^^ 't^l "^ '^^ ^^^ Can^a f^n to this ar pense of much personal mcou :_Lrest8 of the province, during a moM oventfu\ ^"»'» "1°"' K' „f h» Excellen- Binco the •""""""^rf.hi.Pm^nce and since the puUi- f„m the Gover™™nynh,^^™ce,^^^^^^ ^^^V ^ ^ '•fcr""'*>' him— views —and espe- Mt have read lon with that inetructiona al object for —had waited 1 the country, it information >m no other len delivered, ty-four hours em. ponsibility of ^ordGlenelg's he day before Bsed from the it appears that Glenelg's in- ell as a grant ; r Canada have «en diamiBsed m giving their ject to remark, igland, I did, to and at the ex- V dihgent atten- of the province, ipetent judges ; ral body under (en established, al history, have r His Excellen- sxpected as it is bered, assumed ncy's retirement since the publi- lodist Church of plan for settling B object of which reasons assigned il for it, and under whatever p^rofessions of regard to the impr- ests of that institution it may be assumed. ^ "^" And the present course adopted by His Excellenrv «,jn KrpiS'e'rr-^^r"'^'""^' ^'^^^ -^ wSiStt ms capital error m the inteipretation of I^ord Glenefe's In- s ructions vv«s not discovered, nor the advice of Sut ^e inreve^T'"!'^ '''l^ ""^" ^"«' ^ had succeeded in ^ol. ZJ?^ 7'^^'. «' P-^vious objecUon ^fhich had been ^S^ ai'T" *^'''' "'\?'''^"^"^y ^^^ some weeks ih«M.« I j^ '""" respectable gentlemen beside myself. A^K«^7 authonty topay the amount without any jurmer instructions or warrant. ^ vciv*S,!!l5- "'"*«»*«^ ™y«lf fi«m the unexpected and ^cry extraopdmary imputations involved in youV letter I Kii J^ ^^"^'8 ^'"^^^ f«f the interpretation of his dSThV""""^""'' '^*^.*'"«''' inthemeS time, at the tZllZ'^' *?"!' ^^^ opeoi^onnvf the U. C. Aca- ^^'Z^Sr'^ ""^'^ his I^«hip'spleasu«, shall I have, &c. A true copy. (Signed) (Signed) EGERTON RYERSON. J. Joseph. Sir, GovERNjiBNT House, Toronto, 30th January, 1838. ].u.r r L oS.?? ^°"*" to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th mstant, which I have laid before His Ex- cenency the Lieutenant Governor. ^«.?i! ?^<^"«"«y « reply desires me to inform you that all you state as having transpired at your first interview with him, on your return from England, is correctly detailed : and ^ffLi^l^Jl?^ ^*T'"« "*' °**'®' •*«"•'« than ^ carry into enect Lord Glenelg's instructions, would without hesitation J55»i- I 49 ^•A *« iKft TriMtecfl of the U. C. Academy, the which the wairant was iom^, !?nSance was to have ment; conceiving «« »^ S?,t^,el^^„cv up ^^^ date of your »PPl»''f jV*;;/ht "^e^^^^^ to comply with Trustees of the U. ^ • Acwlemy^ entertains towante tl.e The f^^f^^'^^^^S^stZghoni the pro. grec: body f f „%^L!i7^ano^him to give hie moat cord^l aSBl?3^o,tioi of ti,e youth of iJppcr Canada. I have, &c. (Signed) J. JOSEPH. I '■ A true copy. J. Joseph. ~7 ""^?'5w-^« 'z S my> the fund on di^bur&e- I to have 3 (late of ► the pro- iply vvith ) rcmain- tion hav- Glenelg'a •the 26th error. It to lay the cthe per- i as a pro- lenevolent ons of the )wards Uie lit the pro- ost cordial [noting thP sr Canada. }SBPH. P. B. HEAD. ofA^^Ju^ Lieutenant Governor transmits to the House ae^TTu'^\"' •^«™Pl«^"'-* ^vith the Addres. of the House Sfe tbtctTa-d' rr n ^"^^"•'her correspondenro^ not !?S ^L^^ ^ ^® ^PP®"" ^^"^''a Academy as have not already been communicated to the House. Government House, Feb. 16, 1838. (^°^^') Downing Street, c,„ T J. -^^f* February. 1836. 5> m,— I am directed by Lord Glenelg to acknowledre thf- receipt of your letters to his Lordship of the Siffisrf lEeTat^ ' ^r. "'f '^'1 ^^'"^ ^^^ y«"r letter to i^ff^S- ^—Sn: '"-P'^I-tomaketoyoutheforwi^g His Lordship desires to express his sense of the exertions which have been made by the Conference of the MeSi"? 2^:^^:^"^^^ '^' '*^r«" ''^ education fr^ongS classes of the Inhabitants ; on this subject he adopts withou reservation the sentiments which yoi have quoteT from I^ Ripon's Despatch of the 8th November, 1832, and h^ directs me to assure you i^iat the interest whi^h his Majesty instruction throughout his dominions has undergonl no dufv^nn ' ^k''* t""^'"^ ^ ^^ Gl«"«'g*« i'S^tive duty no .ess than his anxious wish, to follow out the benevolent intentions of His Majesty, by affoniinK ever^ selves to the promotion of so important an object; and he would accordingly be most anxious to discover a mean^ of relieving the Trustees of the Seminary of lILngXm me pecuniary embarrassments detailed in your letter of 23rd uwtant, a statement which his Lordship has perused with d«ep mter^t. But I am at the same time to reS ^u that considerable changes have taken place in the Cwiffi «nce the date of Lord Ripon»8 Despatch. T^e^S JnrSl ^? T^^ °''®'" *^ appropriation of the Casual SZ, H^'J"^ ',"^^ «*='""'^'y ^'bseAre that ho^Tever highy HiB Majesty's Government might approve of an .nsutution, within either of those ProvinLs, fS?the inSruc- 46 Sonial would be Buccessful. ^j^^ argutneHts "^tJ Glenelg has f f "S;'^^^ Snce ot this question which you have urged a^msi a re ^^^j ^ould be to the Provincial Legislature. H« ^hich you appear U, Se Councilwm te-adV^ ^^J ,„d to elevate the S:^- at Xh that endowment jaB c^r^a ^^^ CMoS. doe. »« J°";'irv£fS^!«- .e.;U ^ jn U 4 i W Wi J W » "> '■ '" I'mm V ?/, \ght appreciate ort, thoy would jrial Parliament e, by the Grant 8 of the Mother go, could they object BO purely I the arguments . ot thJB question idship would be ich you appear to roing statement h« other quarter from arive assistance.— lvattheLeg»9^a<^ve I question of such Ued by the contests the moment. He f abandon his con- BopleandtheLegiB- rate in any measvnce y and to elevate the Sttheln^itu- md,andyoure.erto port of yo"' *pp^'^j: Kd you that flin^tl'f conferred on King's place in the system 3olomal possessions » l^SjSotanrforlHd . experience of other rospectof oblaimngan STratherleadstoan ^tageously employed b> stimulus of immediate ievote their whole time i Glenelg feels himself 47 f precluded from granting an endowment in land to the nstitution in whose behalf you have applied. I n&vc ^c (Signed) ' GEO. GREY. The printed volumes contained in your letter to me of the 12th inst. are herewith returned, according to your request. Rer. E. Rverwn. [Copy.] No. 32. Ziord Olenelg to Sir Francis B. Head^ of 2d March, 183G, on tlie subject of Aid to SenUfmry of Education. Sir, — I have to acknowledge the receipt of Sir John Colborne's Despetch of the 18th September, No. 57,,trans- mitting an Address to His Majesty from the Ministers'pf the Wesleyan Methodist Church, praying for assistance towards the support of a Seminary for Education erected by them in the vicinity of the town of Cobourg in Upper Canada. I have had the honour to lay this Address at the foot of the Throne, and I am to desire that you vnll convey to the Ministers of the Wesleyan Church the satisfaction with whicih His Majesty has received the expression of their attachment to His person and Government. Since the receipt of Sir John Colborne's Despatch, I have been in communication on the subject of this Address with the Rev. Mr. Ryerson, who was deputed to represent the interests of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in this country. The subject is one to the importance of which I am fully sensible, and to which I have accordingly devoted an attentive consideration. But I regret that I am unable to discover the means of affording to the Wesleyan Metho- dist Church that pecuniary assistance which they solicit. I have announced to Mr. Ryerson my decision on the sub- ject, and tiie considerations on which it has been founded : (29th Feb, 1836,) I cannot perhaps more fully explain them to you than by transmitting a copy of the letter which has been, by my direction, addressed to that gentleman. I have to request that you will communicate the substance of it to the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Upper Canada, as an answer totheir Address to His Majesty of the 16th June. 1 have, &c. (Signed) GLENELG. Sir F. B. Head, Ac, Ac. Ac. •-"^I^ftt&wu I i \ 48 on granttng c,^ -With reference to my ^^^^^^-^ consequence of ul I'hTvrthe honor to i»^fo"« J^" Kvd. E. Kyet«>nr If ^In^ntationa made to me by ^{l! *^ .^ety to pant a the lePf^'l ;:" V duty to adviae ?*'^ „7i„JLin« lately had not felt at liwny «" % nevenuesof tne rru» rr W5W- M«ho*atCta^:S tats a Uv^ Sely eHtabliBhedbyJhem^ i should be denv^m^° and the boui^^ f'?^ ,:^^t„t of the House of Asaembiy cou«e be left to the judgm^ ^^^^ &,. ^^^^^^^^ Ltottt-Gotemor SiaF**""" #' r Ueadf idemy. «, 1836- B 2d March sequence of E. Byetson, ty to giant a arnins lately pper Canada sly pleased to ansmil to you HiB Majesty, the Province* cademy in the rnied you, that )per Canada, i ktion any pec«- fihe Province. to depart, but, lave been made he promotion oi ,ut feel a lively and a sincere pecuniary aid a» stheBepreBinto- coincide,and^e Are thatyouj^^ Provincial Up*' to the Houae ot niary ^^f °ff^ ation the Academy lof thatasMstance, be derived, must ot [ouae of Aasembly. glenblg.