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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 n PROCEEDINGS AT THE INSTALLATION OP CHANCELLOR OF €tmb\ Cnlkgt, Arnitto, On Friday, the 3rd day of June, 1853, \ WITH THE ADDRESSES, PRIZE POEM, &c. \ Reprinted from the British Canadian, TORONTO: PHIKttJD AT THE BRITISH CANADIAN OFfiCE, 113, King Street Ea»t. 1853i INSTALLATION OF THE (Hljaucdlor of Srinltij (HoUccic. » I Owing to the non arrival of the Steam c% in due time on Thursday, by which the Chancellor elect was a passenger, the instal- lation of the Hon. J. Beverly RoBiNSON,Chief Justice of Upper Canatla, as tl.*; first Chan- cellor of this University did not take place until Friday last. At Ten o'clock. The Lord Bishop, the Chief Justice, the Provost and heads of the University, the Students and company hav- ing assembled in the College Chapel, the Liturgy was there said, after which the Bishop Clergy and Students having adjourned to the Hall, where a large company was assem- bled, his Lordship took the chair. Shortly after the Chancellor entered in his splen- did robe of office, the gift to the College of various liberal friends. Immediately upon his entrance, the Lord Bishop vacated the chair and the Chancellor being led thereto, took his seat, v/ith the Lord Bishop and the Arcli- deacon of Kingston on hiir right, the Vice Chancellor, and Archdeacon of York on his left. Prayers in Latin were then said, by the Rev. Provost Whitaker, after which the oaths of Allegiance, of Office Supremacy and were administered by the Provost. The Public Orator, the Rev. E. Parry then dehvered the following address in Latin : — Gratwlatio ad Hon. tFohannem B. Robinson Capitalera Justitiarium Canadae Superioria Cancellarium Academiae Collegli, S.S. Trinitatis, iii. Non. Jun. 1853 inauguratum. llonoratissime Domine; J)omine (Jancellarie, Quum mei sit n, ...leris banc concionem coram Te habere, qua et Tibi et tbti Acadeinije banc iuam dignitatem gratuler, .siepissiine quidem id solet occurrere, neminem forte in^idere posse si tel aliqnanto longius in laudes tuaa excurrere ridear. Omnes enim UEp ore confiiinare solent huUum in hac provincia alium aeque dignum esse ; tiec ullo quidem alio nos aeque gavjuros fuisse. Quia autem pmnes istiusmodi laudes graviores Tibi sunt habendaB^ ut cui sileri sit optabilius (juam laudari; ne autes tuas obtUndam ad id me potius convertam,' quibus proecipue de causis laetus debeat hib ales omnibus haberi, et nobis •qui intimo hoc tecum vinculo jam primum con- junct! sumus, et Tibi, qui a legum paulisper et fori exercitatione deversus, in pacatas Musarum sedes teipsum cohiulisti. Imprimis igitur, (][uetaadmodum omnes solemus natales nostros dies pwe ceteris colerej et laude iomni et celebratione dacrare; itf> et.nos debeinus hodiernimi diem omni religione st memoria dig- nissimum habere. Hoc enim die tios academici naacimur: hoc die academia haec nostra |.lena forma, plenis linearaentis, cernitur : jam priiixiim absolute jure utimur, omni nostro honore et dig- nitate fruimur. Hodie inter parietes hujus cu ria3 frequcntes convenimus, non ut antea privatl alicujus studii et doraesticae celebrationis causa, sed ipsam hanc Academiam una cum Cancellario nostro inauguraturi. Quod autem aedificantibus U3u venit, ut fastigio tandem opens popito mugis ctinm listentur quam fundamentum substruen- tes ; s/c etiam nos multo magis gaudemus abso- luto jam tandera atque perfecto hoc Collegio cu- jus circa fundamina, ut ita dicam, et primordia baud ita pridem versabamur. Tum enim tempo- ris vereri erat casus quos plurimos omues scinuis in hac hominum vita accidere : jam vero nihil re?tat nisi praeterita cum gauaio meminisse, t utura, quanquam soUicite, tamen longe confiden- tius expectare. Memoria equidera teneo ilium diem quo in hunc ipsum, quo nunc sumus, con- convenimus locum eo consilio ut uasccns hoc Collegium, ut tum erat, bon votis precibusque prosequeremur, atque istis adeo parvis initiis meliorem exoraremus finem. Ilia vota nequa, quam irrita ce cider unt : eventum multo feliciorem quam quern speravimus etiam nunc ante oculoa habemus. Quae quidem comparatio praeteriti cum praesenti tempore etsi per se magnum praebet gau- dium, spera tamen majorem sufficere potest. Tu quidem hoc die, hac undique a stante et conspi- ciente amicorum frequentia, taativx et voce tua pri- mos Academiae nostrae honores conferes, quos plu- res confido et augustiores fore, uno quoque anno addito dignitatis incremento . Hoc ipso tempore nascitur (ut supra dixi) haec Academia : Crescat sane et magis ac magis indies provehatur omnes una precamur qui Tecum consociati sumus non munere solum et rerum administratione sed vof luntate etiam et vero in hoc Collegium amore. Hoc tanto rerum nostrarum successu merito ac jure gaudemus : multo autem magis gaudea- jifus necesse est quum recordamus nobiscum et 6 Cogitamug cujus I'ei Ca-.isa hoc Collcglnm imprl«» mis est constitutiim. Quuni enim magnum sit artc3 literasqiie bene et fidelitor di^licisse ; mng- niim (concerto) priidentiam physiconmi jurisque t^ivilis adhibuisse ; nisi vero his omnibus rcrum sacrarum cultus accesserit, {pgre, ut oj>inor qui- dem, vacillat tota ista edncatio atquc claudicat. Itaque quum, recenti omnium memoria^ atque in illo quod tum erat Collcgio Kegali, dirulsa erant ilia duo, qua3 conjungi dcbcre putamus, sacrahmi rt humanarum rcrum sciential, necessc eftit qua-* iibet ratione damnum illud reficcrc, et curare ut alterum Collegium meliore ominc et statu coUo- caretur, qua primas semper tcneret Religio, Edu- catio, quam vocant, secundas. Qtiod quidem consilium quibus prtibus^ quo Dei favore, felicitef effectum fuerit, in hoc loco et apud hos auditoreg nuUus moror. Hoc tantum dictum velim. Ila- bemus renovatam harum rerum societatem et conjurationem, qu?e ne laviter unquam solvatup vi et armis enitendum erit. Jam enim ubo aliquo eodemque die omnibus his studiis curam pariter impendimus. Prima hora divlnis rebus intersu- mus ; altera antiqua literarum monimenta sedulo versamus, optimos, puto, ejus ingenii fructus quod Deus sui honoris causa escolendum dedit ; tertia investigamus eas leges quibus universa Rerum Natum continetur. Itaque qu'-n suam cuique disciplime legitiraam tribuimus dignita- tem^ sacro simul omnes vinculo conjunctas tene- raus. Quam rerum conditionem diu mansuram fore pollicetur, quum bonorum omnium consen* sus, tum rei ipsius utilitas atque sanCtitas ; turn ea denique qua tu nobis cum es arctissiina con- suetudo. Jam vero (ut sub finem orationis iterum eodem revertar unde exorsus fui) omnes Tibi identidem gratulamur hujus diei felicitatem et dignitatem Tuam. Et quamquam, si quis id forte objecerit, humili Te culdam imponimus solio, tamen id etiam meliorem in partem accipias precor. Me- lius enim esset vel v&v ut aiunt, ttoXiv modo sanani, rcgere quam ditiorem et candcm ^Xgy- uaivovffav accepissc. Nullus enini vcreor ne hoc, quo nunc frueria, mupus aliquid de tua dijijnitato detrahat: potius, conlido, cumulus videbitur priori tuaj fam.^ accessisse. Tu profecto, qua es ot legum et reipubilcrii peritia,quavitai innocentia, qua dignitate et virtute, magis nos ipse ornabia quam ornaberi3 a nobis. At hiec aola sit inter noi^ lis semper atque remulatio, utcr nostrum amoreet bcneficiis alterum viucat: ct absit omniuo illo dies quum hujus te hora3 poeniteat ; longe autcm id temmis distet quum mutua hncc amoria societa=J casu ullo aut necessitate dissolvatur. The readij ed by freqtif ' the Assenibi whom the Div . was brought for^^a* ♦Vl^ address was intermpt- •ise from the learned in vhich Mr. Leach, to e had been adjudged, and introduced to the Chancellor. Mr. Charlf.s E. Thomson then ascended the rostrum, and read there from :ie English poem, on theDuko of Wellington, for which he had been awarded the Prize, and of which we are now enabled to publish a copy with the sanction of the authorities of tl.e College. It is a^ follows ;— 8 WELLINGTON. The ponml. of mirth are i.iute in Amley's hall Ao moro tho tonci. ol nierriiTient arc heard- I e STwav'^i^ '^^" 1?"?^V^!^^ gIac;.ome wonl plii ♦ S?y^^^^^^^ '" ^h'*' »^^ hour. Feels not Death's chiHinff, and mvstcrioiiR nnw^r? TInTwrhV^^r"^^^''^^^i^"'^ that with hia fatl'-rs sleeps the miffhtv dead :— i^.T'h^Tth;' f^"^ ™^ement^re,kns o'er all, A 1,1 n . I ^^'* i^^*"^'" -^^ ^ sen,ilchral pail ; * And not by nobles only art ttou wept, O'l British soil, who calls that soil his own, wftl ^ /" I ^"'^blesj peasant sh^s a tear Nnr .f T '^ r''"^-^^^ over V^ellesley'a bier: ^ or can heralchc pageantry outspeak ^ * i he silent drop that irickies down that cheek. Mjmm Albion, mourn thine iron-handed chie^-— Weep o er his corse with more than wTjow^'^pf . On that loved tomb thy floods of so^ow rain^ ^ * feuch tears as thou may'st never shed again ' Let distant India join the fun'ral wail ^ ' V*^ith those who dwell in rich Hispania's vafe • From North to South, from East to West, fet ill And hiffh o'er all let Erin's death keen ri^ And wildly mournful swell them to the s&. For Erm mourns the bravest of her brave, '* As mothers weep beside a first-born's grave. And how did Wellesiev win his country's love ? Why does his fate stic shadowing sorrWrnove? SoS ^ f ^T^^y ^'^'' extend JswayT ^ bought he to rule an empire of a day t Th'^t^ ^^' ^l^ ^'^''^^ ^» feUow-mortal's gore. That he ir.ight reign as none e'er reigned before 1 Not in ambition's maddened thirst of^Wer Nor seeking glory as his noblest dowe^ S Jor his own, but for his country's j-ood Fou^h Wellington where bravest foes^Hhstood • Hjs dutv was his watchword, this he so^Jht * The onfy motive for the deeds he wrought^ Bright flashed uis ghtiering swoixl o'er distant laiids • i ■—.'^'"■"■N .*-•-.- \ Nor souffht its sheath till every foeman diro Hat;.reagewidli^ BnrnfL r ^"^ ^' *>''^"^' '"^ ^"** P^^^e of power V^^S^' conquest, goaded by defeat^ ^sS^^!S''^lJ'7^''i!:^ to meet Var^n5"'\ '''".^^' ^^'^'"^t^ ^"'^ lands, hand;>"^ """^ ^^^ ^^'^'^^^^-^ ^rom bounteous The summit of his glory he has s-ainpd His name b. folly or b/cnme S^^ . A conquero.,-yet witliout the love Sif.^ A warrior,-yet regarding human hfe^l'"^^"" ^tern m command, unvielding in tl e ri^ht --. Yet geu'rous m the exercise of migft.^ ^ K'e France herself unwilling mult "onfess Weliesley could not,~Napoleon "ouCppress. «»«>»i.iiiiiMlirtin.»i '-^h '# «...•»« n ^^tJl*»«M*"*'»-**„«j,^W''*"'*~-' .■1*% # *»rJi*'^ ^.r^-^ 13 Iiule hie remotos, littoribus novis, Dignatur arces visere queis opes, Noil elaborata coacta. Arte suas dedit alma tellus Tuqne, innocentis prcesidium rei, tJelso precamur Jiistitije loco Descende paulisper, fori(iiift Linque supervacuos labores. Cordi disertas sit Tibi paiilulum Fovere Musas, sit juvenilibu3 Ciira fatigatas severa His studiis rccreare vires. Adsis patronus, sive quid imminet Coeci furoris, sive quid ardui, / Veroque inassuetas periclo SolUcitat mala cura mentes. Jam Musa, tali proesidio ferox, Nee ingruentum murraura civium, Kec fulmen horrescit tyranni, Nee nimium popularis aurse Capiat favorem. Ter patriae feram Bellum inferebat perniciem tuae : Ter "arma, cessantes, ad arma?" Audieras, strepitum que pugnae Constans. At absint talia : vix lyram Decet jocosam sanguis, et horridse Clades, nee infaustas canamus Insidias, meliora passi. Ne quis futuri nunc timer irruat Rebus secundis : proeside nobili Superbiamus, noc priorum De'iecore mala fama fastum. Longa, 0, (quod omnes dicimus) eflferat jEtas honores laude superstite : Et nostra te votis secundet Progenies «t hoaore digno ^pt*^" . I 14 Clara hsec nee ullo tempore copula Solvatur ; omnes et memores Tui Degamus alterni que amoris Leiiibus officils fmamur. The reading having been " ended^ Mr. Phillips, Avas led up to the Chancellor who thereupon presented him with a prize volume which he had great pleasure in placing in his hands as a reward for his successful pur- suit of a University Education. Mr. C. E. Thompson then again ascended Uie rostrum and read therefrom the following congratulatory poem, also the production of iiis youthful muse : The •watcher oft in day's declining hour "When angry tempests all around him lower, Gazing adown the sun's red Avestern path, Reads in the heav'ns the cloudy signs of wrath ; Lists to the distant thunder's sullen roar, — JTears the wild billows dash upon the shore, — Yet learns, through all the gloom that veiU heav'ns face. The promise of a brighter morn to trace. Such was the night that closed upon our land, When vent'rous power put forth a spoiling hand, And learning, stript of all her sacred guise, In sad bereavement hid her weeping eyes ; Then might our Zion with a bitter cry. Mourn her fair flower that blossomed but to die ; l^lid her despair so hopeless, so forlorn. There dawned no prospect of a fairer morn. Hope slept and still amid the gathering gloom, We paid sad homage to her early tomb, Hope slept, but Faith awoke in deathless might. Her cheering presence beamed upon the night. 16 ^ And, as the clouds of sorrow rolled away, Broke forth the happy unexpected day With growing zeal, as still the morning rose, The church advanced to grapple with her foes, More and more frequent round her standard closed Those who too long had neath its folds reposed, And true Religion, in her hour of need, Found sons to aid her both in word and deed. And what if now a joyous boast be ours — Of triumphs gained by more than human powers, His be the praise alone— that Rock of might, Whose favour is the charter of our right, May He, in whose blest name these walls are raised. Here morn and eve, with grateful lips be praised , Hence prayer's pure incense float to Heav'n above For further increase of such wondrous love. Him too we name with no ungrateful lays, Who reared this lasting monument of praise, His christian charity, his godly zeal, Toiled without ceasing for the churches weal ; The shepherd of our infant Zion's fold. No faithless hireling bought with sordid gold. Who, when the hungry wolf assails the sheep, Deserts the hapless charge he feigned to keep ! Of other mould, through evil, and through good. Firm champion in the righteous cause he stood, So true Religion, wed witjV gen'rous lore, Might hold her seat on broad Ontario's shore. And thou our chosen Guardian and our guide, Thy country's foremost son, her earliest pride. Here, where thy childhood played, thy manhood grew. Here rean the honours to thy virtues due. Not mid'the din of war arose thy fame. The olive, not the laurel, wreathes thy name ; With victories won on no ensanguined day, In halls of justice, not in martial fray Thine is a heritage of bright renown. The glory of a bloodless civic crown. 16 Here at some future day a hoary sire, His dull eye kindling with a grateful fire, Shall view perchance these walls of aspect gray, And from a heart surcharged With love shall say " Within these halls in time of early youth " 1 mingled earthly lore with heavenly truth, " And till life's latest hour my lips shall bless " The first good Bishop's work, and not the less " His name, who, pupil, counsellor and friend, " Aided in guiding to a prosprous end " This labour : faithful still through toil and loss, " Fair learning's vine to train upon the cross." C. E. T. When the applause which, followed had subsided, Mr. Thompson was also led to the Chancellor who presented him with a prize volume which he trusted he would receive as a proof of Collegiate approbation of his successful progress in poetry, a talent which all admired and which he hoped this would induce him to cultivate. » Mr. E. Beavan was next introduced to the Chancellor who presented him with a hand- some volume as a trifling recognition by the College of the services rendered by him in the superintendence of the Chapel Choir. The Chancellor then proceeded to read his reply to the addresses as follows ; — My Lord Bishop, Mr. Provost and PropessOrsj — The honor of being placed iii so prominent a position in this University; ^hd of being the first to fill it, is enhanced by seVeral Considerations which make me feel more sfehsibly the distinc- tion conferred upon me by the appointment of the Council. ff Among these is the remarkable manner in which this institution has with almost unexam- I)led rapidity been called into existence, through tlie ability, decision and activity of our venerabU^ IJishop, under circumstances extremely discoura- ging to tne members of our Church. Another is the thoroughly sound and satisfac- tory principles on which the University is esta- blished — principles which wc, who are concerned in its government, are persuaded must so strong!/ recommend it to the confidence and zealous su) - port of every sincere and faithful believer in the doctrines of the Church of England, that no doubt can reasonably be entertained of its in- creasing and permanent success. It might seem ungracious, if I were to make no allusion to the laudatory terms in which I have just been addressed ; and indeed it is not possible that I could feel otherwise than highly gratified by the favorable and kind consideration of a learned body united for purposes so sacred in their character and so important in their influence upon society as those which it will be the labor of Trinity College to promote. But I need hardly say that I rather regard this portion of the pro- ceedings as something which custom has sanc- tioned as appropriate to such occasions. I must disclaim any such delusion as could suflTer me to receive this kind mention of my name in a gra- ver sen?e ; for it is but too true, that if for tho discharge of such duties as are to devolve upon me in connection with the University, any sucli qiialifications were indispensable, as could de- serve to be distinguished by the name of scliolar- ship, I could not have been so inconsiderate an to accept the nomination if it had iDcen indis- creetly oifered. It seems that the custom which regulates these matters has been long so indul- gent as not to leave this a gfound of difliculty. Dut there was one consideration which I desired should rjceive the attention of the Council ; aad, B I! 1 1 16 tliiit is the probability of my presence here being cjiUed for on public occasions, at times wlien 1 might find it impossible to withdraw myself from other duties. I mention this now because I would unwillingly be thought hereafter to have forgotten or neglected any thing incumbent upon me to do here, when I may happen to be pre- vented by duties of such a nature that all others must necessarily give place to them. The con- tingency to which I have alluded Was considered, and it has seemed not difficult, I believe, to make arrangementi b}? Avhich any inconvenience will be obviated. ^ I shall probably not find it necessary during nay connection with the University to allude again to any personal topic, but I may venture at this time to make one other remark of a nature even still more personal. I may be pardoned for mentioning on thiS occasion the fact that the first of my father's family who came from England <• America was one of the original Governors of William and Mary College, founded in the colony of Virginia, and that his name is to be found among the trustees nominated in the Royal Charter which issued under the Great Seal of ]:]ngland on the 8th February, 1G92, I rejoice that in the contest which nearly a century after- wards ended in the separation of that Colony from the Crown, his descendant took such a j'art as has enabled me to give my assistance, iinim- ]>ortant as it may be, in establishing at this late dav in another British Province a similar insti- tulion founded under happier auspices, and with a reasonable prospect under the vivifying iniiu- ence of Episcopal superintendence of far greater and more enduring results. In looking to the future I do not perceive that the act which has been passed by the Legislature during its present session it' likely to atfect n]a- terially the interests of Trinity College. It is true that the funds which liad by a Royal Grant been appropriated to the support of an University 19 in connection with the national Church, are by this la3t act authorised to be applied in some de- gree to objects which may seem to be even more at variance with the purposes of the original grant than those which nad been sanctioned by previous measures ; bui it Can scarcely be said with accuracy that they do in fact deviate more wideiy, for when we reflect that by the Royal Charter King's College was founded, and was afterwards by Royal Grant endowed as a seat of learning for the education of youth in the princi- ples of the Christian Religion^ and for their in* struction in the various branches of science and literature, we can hardly look upon it as a greater departure from these objects that its property should now bo employed, as it is to be hencefor- ward under this last act of the Colonial Legisla- ture, in supporting an University in which it \< expressly provided that nothing whatever shall be taught, than that it should have been left to be expended, as it would ha^'^e been under th- former. law,in maintaining an institution in whic'i the doctrines of no Christian Church were to l)o ii'iculcated, . nor the religious services of any Christian denomination enjoined. The new Act however, does provide that be- sides supporting the University of T'oronto in which it is enacted that there shall be no Profes- sorship, or other Teachcrship vrhatever, ther^ «hall also be maintained from the property wliic'i had been granted to King's College another iu- stitution to be call id University College, in which instruction is to be imparted, but with tie same exclusion of Divinity Professors and of the- Religious services of any Church, which had jcharacterised the University of Toronto under the former law. The people of Upper Canada therefore will continue to possess Colleges esta- blished in delined and strict connection witli ihcir principal religious communities, but unsup-f ported, or at least with no assurance of suppoi-t iVom the public revenue ; and besides these they ifT- ■' i 1' if t 9ft JO King's Colle^eibut^a^tmul'n'';",.!!;;^' not be in connection with any relieious denom mtion-which can inculcate no fom of doctrine ' iior impose any religious service, "3 parrofhs discipline ; for in this respect it is provided with Bcrupulous precision that « no relE » tV; J profession of religious faith shairLf reouired of «ny 01 Us professors, lecturers, teacher^ student/ oflicers, or servants." Of such CnU.'.^la ,1 ' may possibly in time be more tt„ o "0 Tr here refe/,7'T" P'"^'^'°" '" "'« '««* Act to w-i cl. t " stit, le n ?T/l'Pl"' "^ ^«^^°"« shaU con " ^ Prt h, i""n *° ^ r™"' time to time appropri- " cl^ edtcadon™!"!?'"] J^orf's-ent for acLdemi. «nI&dt%tSrSfvet^^^^^^^ u;is^e:^oLaTl^trm-.^eSS:n1=S who, having been educated in the wS Jf nZ tation to those Colleges respectively which h-ivo beeii founded n communion with theirS and making also allowance for the numhJrrnf lif who may be sent by preference to reeei'^^ their education in seats of learnino. which in I?;, matters exact no assurance SffaUh, and re' o'^' mse no standard of doctrinal truths-we n^^^^^^^ Ihe Legislature of the Provinee it ™.,„. 1 thankfully remembered, in the time of o'r dXltv promptly and freely conferred the legal powt^ 21 and capacities, that were necessary for enabling th<5 members of our church to endow and manage ihii College whicli they have founded^ and for pre- serving and promoting its interests. The grant of the Royal Charter which has followed the Act of Incorporation, was also kindly promoted by the Colonial Government, as soon as some appar- ent grounds for hesitation had been removed ; and Trinity College at present stands both'as regards its legal capacity, and its privileges, on as fttvoumWe ground, I think, as iU besi friends could desire. It rests now with those entrusted with its government to take such measures as may be in their power for rendering it efficient and attractive. It can not be attractive unless it be efficient — and to maintain its elliriency tlicro must be the assurance of adequate funds. Upon the present generation of Churchmen in Upper Canada, the duty then is thrown, which they will regard rather as a -privilege, of laying a secure foundation for the independence of this University, and guarding it against any discredita- ble embarrassment from the want of indispensable support. The liberdity of those who come after us will impel them from their greater abundance to crown the work which we have had the hap- piness to see begun. It is an inestimable advantage to Trinity College that alurtost at the commencement of its existence, one generous donor, Dr. Burnside, a member of its Council, has bet an example to his brother churchmen, of a benefaction on a scale so gener- ous, that if of those who could imitate him a verv few wotdd do so, we should be relieved from all anxiety hn the ground of revenue. The Council of Trinity College, and all who desire its success have observed, and most thank- fully acknowledged the important services which have been rendered by the Venerable the Arch- deacon of York, and by the Rev. Dr. McMurraV, Mr. Fuller, and Mr. Givins, in procuring assistance II 33 from the members of the Church, both here ai.d abroad, towards accomplishing wht»t we have to much at heart. It need hardly be 8»id how grate- iul we are for the success which has attended their zealous and persevering exertions. Of course for sustaining and increasing what it required more than o'li own resources so quickly to establish, we must hereafter mainly rely upon the churchmen within this Diocese, und of the existence of the spirit which we may hope to see exempiified, a most agreeable and encouraging proof has been ufibrded in the success which instantly attended the appeal made yesterday to the friends of this University, to establish within it a scholarship under the name of the Bishop Strachan Jubilee Scholarship, as a tribute due to the Right Rev'd. Fre'iate, to whom Xhe University itself owes its existence. It was a graceful cou)pliment happily suggested by the Ilev. Henry Patton, the present Incumbent of the Rectory of Cornwall, who desiied that we should t*>u3 commemorate our gratitude to Divine Providence, which has preserved the Right Rev'd. Pr Inte to crown his valuable services to the Church, - -1 ^,o the j\v.3e of sound religious education, vi uuj fiftieth year of his ministry — a ministry which I saw commenced in the year 1803, in the same parish in which Mr. Pattoii L ow so efficiently serving. To the young gentlemen who arc reaping the first fruits of these exertions in which our Venera- ble Bishop has been engaged, and in which he has been so aF^ctionately seconded by hi" pious and faithful Clergy, the present times are full of hope and promise. The rapid expansion of enterprise in this countr}' — such indeed as it is wonderful to witness, is opening new fields to the application of science, and of the arts, and creating new avenues to employment, by which youth with principles well established, and minds well culti- V ited, can not fail to profit. May they have the wisdom to appreciate duly tae opportunities Qf 33 tl,e...-n.ay tUcy P*',';*'^'^/^" may it be their sa.y restramts of ^'-1^'"^;,*^, „„.i; to tV.o co..- happines, to b'-nS ''^■^^^^.'^^'j.^'V,^^^ admirable viclion wluch a »»f P^ ^"4"^,%c of . long life „.c„, .=r of »"' <,''7g,e;t vici^itudcs and trial., spent 111 an ago ot t.'^'*' ^ . ,. .jhat all h caused to bo engrave., o- l"^ to,nb^ i vanity tliat is not l.oneji--and tl.av luv-io re..l happiness but in solid p.ety. The applamo which followed the readui;; of his excellent address, was loud and lo..., couth.u.d and having at length 3ub.u,e • Tlio Venerable the Archdeacon of .1^, ro,o and spoke as follows:— M.. C„..cK.x.o«, Mv Lon. t™ Yxsito.., an.> Gentlemen of the Colncil. which you have just V?^^^', A pvvvpp^se3 we feel in the slig"^^''\^Srso d^'ervS/deav tc the Churchmen ot this ^ ^o'!"";*- 'I! .-.^^ vauie of a adding our humble ''^^''^"{ii*^^^^ be g''"'^'''^ prineiple winch >ve trust wiU ever ^^^g .^^ ^^^^ and maintained, ^™*' J^"^^„ ' ttments of edu- highest Aan ,m the « ^d«l^ S^,„a ,,,„ctifr :^:t.o^rb=nS:S^^withthl armour •'^L'ri^^en.too.we.o.^^^^^^^^ ^o^ts"XgKS,-Sat recollection a* lias cheered us in our warV: +h.,f ;* • ii atituted „u.-s.o- o? thr/^l^'a' Vlfl^T tourers in the vinevar^ J i r ^ . ^^^' rSvio^ • P™^'^'^ proportionate to the Sis Colony '""^ P™'"*''"^' "■"! population of Mr. Gibson the senior student oflhe Uni- vorsi.y then read the following address from li.e Students to the Lord Bishop: Mir IjOrdBishop, — The honorable and grateful part which na.. ho„„ assigned to me in the'proceedings o ' thirdav U that of conveying to your Lordjp t the name of «m- Society, our heartfelt congratulacians oTth/ comple e organization of aUnlversity tCestablis , .nemof ,vhich has long bee., the ol^ect 5 yot anxious solicitude and unwearied effoi-ts ^ V\ e have methere, my Lord, on other occasions of a hopeful orjoyous charaoterl-we have seen v™ V the foundation stone of this College-«e have M;en you preside at its inauguration-you Ime kmdiyjomed in onr festivities"at the close of our Academic year— and you have been present al,n at Its commencement,- to witness the ^8 "ion of new students to our numbers ; but a pecul ar in terest attaches to our preseni assemblage "as- nuich as the University is now, for the flj^t' time assuming Its per.ect form, and exercising in The person of its chief officer, those powers wifhwhch 't has been graciously invested by Koyal Char Ir 25 Wc are assured, moreover, that it must be A matter of the highest satisfaction to your Lordship, that the College Council, in electing to the impor- t int office of Chancellor, have been enabled to secure the services of a gentleman so pre-eminent- ly qualified to discharge its duties. It would ill become me to make more explicit reference to virtues and accomplishments which are universal- ly acknowledged, or to attempt to define diversi- fied claims to our confidence and admi»'ation, which can be duly appreciated ouly by long ex- perience and mature judgment. I may, however, be permitted to express a hope that we may not indolently rest in the honour which we derive from the association of such a name with our Uni- versity — that we may not be content merely to acknowledge it as our "prcesidium," as our "dulce decus," but that we may rather bear in mind the maxim : *' Dos e.st magna parentium "Virtus/" And that every son of this noble institution may strive to inherit, by the patient pursuit of moral and intellectual excellence the virtue of hnn, who has been first called to hold the parents place in our Academic household. But, my Lord, I hasten to safer ground, to topics which I may hope to handle, in the presence of our Chancellor, with less risk of transgressing limits which, I am assured, he would wish me to observe. There are recollections which must render the cere- mony of this day an occasion of the liveliest satisfaction to your Lordship. The poet tells us that*" the child is ftxther to uie man", and, aa you, my Lord, look on the man, you cannot but remember with honest pride and joy, that to you was confided the nurture and guidance of the child. It must be to you an unspeakable grati- fication to have seen the pupil of past years growing uj) into the friend — the counsellor — the ally of 3'^our mattircr age — ^''our helper in every good work, " requiting" in the noblest sense 23 ii |!r W- ' *' his paront". And I .im assured, that I am only expressing your Lordship's profound conviction, in imputing the honourahle and liappy issue of the relation which subsisted in past years hetAVcen yourself and our » hancellor mainly to the intiii- encc of those moral and religious principles by which through life the conduct of both has been governed. It is Christian friendship alone which ii; immortal, which survives the changes of time and the chances of the world, and enriches us even in this life, with that which is not corrup- tible. I beg j^ou therefore, my Lord, to accept our warmest congratulations on the events of this (lav— on the consummation of a work which your Lordship has had much at heart— on seeing that chair filled, and filled by one, whom you liave loved in his youth, and both loved and honoured in bis riper age. This address was received with great appl ause. The Bishop then called up Mr. Gibson, and pre- sented him with a book ; saying it was evident, from the character of the composition, that his fellow-students had chosen well, in making him ^hcir mouth piece on the occasion. Tq tlii-s uJclress his Lordship then read the i'ollowiug reply : — ^i(R. CHANCELLOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND MY YOUNG FRIENDS. Your heartfelt congratulations on this auspi- cious dav in the name of your society, are most acceptable to me, and a source of great and abi- ding satisfaction. For although deeply sensible that I am far from deserving commendations so strong and affectionate, yet I am not unwilling to believe that the anxious share I have taken in promoting the happy result which we are now ^owmcmorating, has not been in vain. 27 You very happily allude, in a series, rising a3 you proceed, in interest and importance, to the hopeful and agreeable meetings which we have already enjoyed here ; and with truth observe that a peculiar interest attaches to our present assemblage, because the University of Irinity College assumes, for the first time, her pertect form, and exercises in the person ofherchiet officer, those valuable powers ^ith which ller Majesty the Queen, the fountain of power, has been graciously pleased, by Royal Charter, to invest her. ^ ,. . . _ You do but justice to my feelings in expressing your kind assurance, that it is a matter of mucU ii-atification to me,that the College council has, by their unanimous vote, elected to the impor- tant and dignified office of Chancellor of this rising Institution, one who has been long so dear to me, and so eminently qualified to dis^ charge its weighty, as well as delightful duties I remark, with great satisfaction, your modest resolution, (and I trust the firmer,becau3e modest-. Iv expressed) not to rest in the honor you derive from the association of such a name with our University, as the Chancellor has most justly accpiired, and that you will not be content merelv to acknowledge it as your proe.^idium, as your " dulce decus," but that you will rathel^ bear in mind the maxim, "Dos est magna par- entium, virtus ;" and that every son of this l.oyal University will strive to inherit, by the patient pursuit of moral, religious and intellectual ex cel^ lence, the virtue of him who has been first calle- scription. A subscription list was immeJi- alely opened, and £300 was subscribed iu the room. At tlie meeting of the friends of the Col- lege which was iield after the installation, it was decided to raise at once by voluntary; subscription the furthe- sum of £5000 in aid of the funds of Trinity College, and nearly two thousand pounds has been already subscribed. Since then we understand the subscription list is fast filling up. Errata.— Page 12, in line 25, for "saorn " rrrtl **.saeroe," and in page 13, line 32, iov '" UeLe-rure read •* dedecoret." ?j