IMAGE EVALUATiON
TEST TARGET (MT-3)

1.0

1.1

■ 50 ^^"

2.2

1^ m

^ ||l£

L25 114 11.6

^J'

■^

Hiotographic

Sciences

Corporation

«?

23 WEST MAIN STRUT

WEBSTER, N.Y. 145S0

(716) 873-4503

%"■

*ii.4L

'/.

'Its

CIHM/ICMH

Microfiche

Series.

CIHM/ICMH
Collection de
microfiches.

Canadian institute for Historical IVIicroreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions tiistoriques

Technical and Bibliographic Notes/Notes techniques et bibliographiques

The Institute has attempted to obtain the best
original copy available for filming. Features of this
copy which may be bibliographically unique,
which may alter any of the images in the
reproduction, or which may significantly change
the usual method of filming, are checked below.

□

D
D

Coloured covers/
Couverture de couleur

I I Covers damaged/

Couverture endommag6e

Covers restored and/or laminated/
Couverture restaurie et/ou pelliculie

r~~l Cover title missing/

Le titre de couverture manque

□ Coloured maps/
Cartes gdographiques en couleur

Coloured init (i.e. other than blue or black)/
Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire)

I I Coloured plates and/or illustrations/

Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur

Bound with other material/
Reli6 avec d'autres documents

Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion
along interior margin/

La re liure serrde peut causer de I'ombre ou de la
distortion le long de la marge int^rieure

Blank leaves added during restoration may
appear within the text. Whenever possible, these
have been omitted from filming/
II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajout6es
lors d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texte,
mais, lorsque cela 6tait possible, ces pages n'ont
pas 6t4 fiimies.

Additional comments:/
Commentaires suppldmentaires:

L'Institut a microfilm^ le meilleur exemplaire
qu'il lui a 6t6 possible de se procurer. Les details
de cet exemplaire qui sont peut-dtre uniques du
point de vue bibliographique, qui peuvent modifier
une image reproduite, ou qui peuvent exiger une
modification dans la methods normale de filmage
sont indiqu^s ci-dessous.

I I Coloured pages/

Pages de couleur

Pages damaged/
Pages endommagdes

Pa(,es restored and/oi

Pages restaur^es et/ou pelliculies

Pages discoloured, stained or foxei
Pages ddcolordes, tachetdes ou piqu6es

Pages detached/
Pages ddtachdes

Showthrough/
Transparence

Quality of prir

Quaiiti indgale de I'impression

Includes supplementary materif
Comprend du materiel suppldmentaire

Only edition available/
Seule 6dition disponible

I — I Pages damaged/

I I Pa(,es restored and/or laminated/

rri Pages discoloured, stained or foxed/

I I Pages detached/

ryi Showthrough/

I I Quality of print varies/

I I Includes supplementary material/

I — I Only edition available/

Pages wholly or partially obscur«>'< by errata
slips, tissues, etc., have been re. !.iied to
ensure the best possible image/
Les pages totalement ou partiellement
obscurcies par un feuillet d'errata, une pelure.
etc., ont 6t6 fiimdes d nouveau de fapon d
obtenir la meilleure image pof;<iible.

This item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/

Ce document est film* au taux de reduction indiqu6 ci-dessous

10X 14X 18X 22X

26X

30X

12X 16X 20X 24X 28X 32X

laire
8 details
ques du
It modifier
:iger une
e filmage

The copy fiimed here has been reproduced thanlcs
to the generosity of:

National Library of Canada

The images appearing here are the best quality
possible considering the condition and legibility
of the original copy and in iceeping with the
filming contract specifications.

L'exemplaire film6 fut reproduit grSce d la
g6n6rosit6 de:

Bibliothdque nationale du Canada

Les images suivantes ont 6t6 reproduites avec le
plus grand soin, compte tenu de la condition at
de la nettet6 de l'exemplaire filmd, et en
conformity avec les conditions du contrat de
filmage.

1/
u6es

Original copies in printed paper covers are filmed
beginning with the front cover and ending on
the last page with a printed or illustrated impres-
sion, or the back cover when appropriate. All
other original copies are filmed beginning on the
first page with a printed or illustrated impres-
sion, and ending on the last page with a printed
or illustrated impression.

The last recorded frame on each microfiche
shall contain the symbol —^(meaning "CON-
TINUED"), or the symbol V (meaning "END"),
whichever applies.

Les exemplaires originaux dont la couverture en
papier est imprimie sont filmds en commenqant
par le premier plat et en terminant soit par la
dernidre page qui comporte une empreinte
d'impression ou d'illustration. soit par le second
plat, salon le cas. Tous les autres exemplaires
originaux sont filmte en commenpant par la
premidre page qui comporte une empreinte
d'impression ou d'illustration et en terminant par
la dernidre page qui comporte une telle
empreinte.

Un des symboles suivants apparaitra sur la
dernidre image de chaqiio microfiche, selon le
cas: le symbole — ^ sigrsifie "A SUIVRE", le
symbols V signifie "FIN".

aire

Maps, plates, charts, etc., may be filmed at
different reduction ratios. Those too large to be
entirely included in one exposure are filmed
beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to
right and top to bottom, as many frames as
required. The following diagrams illustrate the
method:

Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent Atre
film6s d des taux de reduction diffirents.
Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre
reproduit en un seul clich6, il est film6 i partir
da I'angie sup^rieur gauche, de gauche A droite.
et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre
d'images ndcessaire. Les diagrammes suivants
illustrent la m6thode.

by errata
ted to

ent

une pelure,

Fapon d

1 2 3

32X

yd S''

111

\ .

1 i

\ •

■i

■ fii

A BEIEF ACCOUNT

OF TBS

ORIGIN, ENDOWMENT AND PROGRESS

OP THE

UNIVERSITY

KING'S COLLEGE,

WINDSOE, NOVA SCOTIA,

THOMAS B. AKINS,

^ mmbtx of t)^t ^ssociale gJamiii.

HALIFAX, N. S. :
PIUNTED BY MACNAB & fillAPFER, 11 PRINCE 8TRKBT

1865.

TO TUB

GOVERNORS OF KING'S COLLEGE

THIS EHSAY IS

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

THE AUTHOR.

PREFACE.

The author, while engaged as Commissioner of
Public Records in collecting and arranging the
archives of the province, found among them a
number of documents relating to King's College
and the union at one time proposed between
that seminary and Dalhousie College at Halifax.
Believing that these might at some future period
be made available for historical purposes, he
was induced to copy and arrange them in order
of time. He has since, at the request of the
governors of the college, prepared the following
narrative for the press in order to preserve from
oblivion the facts connected with the early his-
tory and progress of the university.

In addition to the sources of informtHion al-
ready named, he has also made use of the re-
ports of the Society for the Propagation of the

i-l

ii.

PREFACE.

Gospel in Foreign Parts, the manuscript mi-
nutes of the corresponding committee of that
society which existed at Halifax between 1769
and 1776; the pamphlet entitled "Memoranda
respecting King's College " published by the
late Bishop Inglis in 1836, and the minute
books containing the proceedings of the board
of governors.

He has to acknowledge the kind assistance
aflfordcd him in this undertaking by the Ilev. G,
W. Hill, rector of St. Paul's, and Beamish
Murdoch, esq,

CHAPTER i;

The design of establishing a public school in connection
with the Church of England in Nova Scotia, appears to
have been entertained by the government authorities aa
early as the year 1768. The chief part of the colonista
being at the time attached to the national church it be-
came an object of public solicitxide to found a seminary
which should not only afford a good education to the
3'outh of the colony, but also be the means of training up
a native clergy to fill the offices of tlie church.

Accordingly a plan for a collegiate school, in union
with the church, to receive government support, was sub-
mitted to the Board of Trade and Plantations, by the
governor and council in 17GH. but the home government,
after some consideration, concluded that luich a project
should emanate from private enterprize and not from the
crown; at the same tmie promising '* liberal aid when"
" an institution of the kind should be set on foot."

In the following year a- committee of correspondence,
in connection with the Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel in Foreign Parts, was formed at Halifax. It con-

"^•-m

* KING'S COLLEGB.

sisted of the govcu-nor of Nova Scotia (Lord Willisiin
Campbell), the chief justifc (Jonathan Belcher), and the
secretary of the province (Richard Bulkeley). This
committee, shoilly after it was formed, made a proposi-
tion for founding a public school or academy in the
province, and npplied to the Rev. IMr. Scott, principal
of the college at Philadelphia, to procure a person pro-
perly qualified to take charge of such a school. At
the meeting of this board, which took place on the
3rd of October, I76i>, it was resolved that the sub-
ject be introduced to the consideration of the Parent
Society; and at the next meeting, held on the 17th
of the same month, it was agreed to recommend,
" That the allowance made to the Society's school- "
" masters throughout the province should be withdrawn "
^ and devoted to the support of a public seminary, be- "
'■' lieving that the funds could be so enlarged, by liberal"
'"■ contributions from the principal inhabitants of the "
" province as to beconjc an ample support for a gen- "
"tleman of learning and respectability to engage in the"
'' trust." They also thought, " that in consideration of"
"the example to youth in the capital, from a mixture"
" of tl ops and navy, a seminaiy or college should be "
"more safely and usefully established at Whidsor, the"
" nearest country toAvn, and where the youth to be train-"
*■' ed up would have less avocations from their studies "
" and pursuits in learning." *

* The corresponding eommitteo in tlicir journals at this time refer to some
vacant lands in Cumberland, i-eservcd hy the governor and council for the
endowment of a college, to b(; established at Windsor. The oollege, it is
believed, is not now in jjoesession of any lands in Cumberland.

KING'S COLLEGE.

This proposal was laid before the Society for the Pro-
pagation of the Gospiil ; but, owing to the want of
funds, they postponed the subject for future considera-
tion. Thus the matter lay dormant ; and it was not until
after tlie termination of the American revolutionary war,
that any further steps were taken towards effecting this
object.

On the removal of the loj'alists from the revolted
colonies after the peace of 1783, the project for a public
school in Nova Scotia was again brought forward, along
with that of the colonial episcopate, and was urged upon
the attention of Sir Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester, then
Governor General of British North America, by five cler-
gymen of New York, one of whom was Dr. Charles Inglis,
who had been rector of Trinity Church in that cit}^ and
afterwards the first Bishop of Nova Scotia.

The establishment of a Bishop at Halifax was resolvea
on in 1784. During the negociations about his appoint
ment, a paper was drawn up by Dr. Slmte Barrington,
afterwards Bishop of Durham, entitled " Thoughts on "
"the establishment of the Clmrch of England in Nova"
" Scotia," recommending tlie endowment of a seminary of
learning, to furnish a regular succession of ecclesiastics.
This paper was submitted to the Government and tended
considerably to influence the arrangements which fol
lowed.

The Right Reverend Dr. Charles Inglis having been
consecrated Bishop of Nova Scotia, arrived at Halifax
in October, 1787. He immediately pressed the subject of
a seminary of learning on the attention of the local Icgis-

KING'S COLLEGE.

laturc. At the same time he published a paper entitled
"A brief sketch of the plan on which it is proposed to "
*' conduct the Academy of Nova Scotia, with some re- "
'' flections on the proposed place for its situation."

In this document the following passage occurs, " His "
" Majesty has been pleased to appoint a resident Bishop, "
" to whom is also committed the pastoral charge of the "
" adjacent provinces. One great object of his appoint- "
" ment is to ordain candidates for holy orders, to supply "
*' vacant Churches with clergymen, who cannot be sup- "
" plied from Europe. But if there is no seminary, we "
" cannot expect any to be educated and qualified for "
"orders, and consequently none can be ordained; so"
" that in fact the want of a seminary will totally defeat, "
" in this respect, one principal object which government "
"had in view in appointing a Bishop, as well as the ben-"
" efit thereby intended for the Church of England."

The royal instructions, on the subject of schools, were,
at the request of the Bishop, laid before the House of As-
sembly by Governor Parr, and on the 28th of November,
1787, a series of resolutions, based upon the report of
a committee, passed the House, recommending, "the"
" speedy establishment of a public school in some com- "
" modious and central situation in the Province, for the "
"purpose of instructing the rising generation in the"
"principles of sound literature and the Christian reli-"
" gion. That an exemplary clergyman of the establish- "
" ed church, well skilled in classical learning, divinity, "
"moral philosophy and the belles lettres, should be pro-"
" \ided k-\nd placed at the head of the school, and that a "

KINO'S OOLLKQE.

" sum not less than £200 sterling j9«r annum, be allowed "
" him. That a professor of mathematics and natural "
" philosophy be likewise provided for said School, with "
" an allowance of £100 sterling per annum, and that "
♦' the Right Reverend, the Bishop of Nova Scotia be re- '*
♦' quested to endeavour to procure two gentlemen of the "
"above qualifications for those purposes. That the"
*' neighbourhood of Windsor would be the most proper "
*' place for the School, and that a commodious house be "
"hired for this purpose; until, upon experience of the"
"propriety of the situation, the. Province shall find it"
" expedient to erect a more suitable building so as to "
" enlarge their plan of education."

The house also resolved "that a sum not exceeding"
"£400 be granted for the purpose of hiring a proper"
" house in the neighbourhood of "Windsor, for an Aca- "
" demy, and also for paying the salary of the principal "
" and professor for one year ; and that the lieutenant- "
" governor, the bishop, the chief justice, the president of"
" the council, and the speaker of the house of assembly "
" be desired to take upon them the government and gen- "
" eral management of said Academy ; and that the "
" speaker be requested to eonununicate to his Excellency "
" and the Bishop the wishes of the House."

In pursuance of the desire of the assembly, the bishop
wrote to Dr. Moore, the archbishop of Canterbury, re-
questing his Grace to select and send out a clergyman
properly qualified to take charge of the institution. The
archbishop endeavoured to ftilfil the bishop's design, but
was disappointed ; and in order to avoid delay JVIr. Archi-

KING'S COLLEGE.

t Mil

bald Payne Inglis, nephew of the bishop, who had been
educated at Trinity college, Dublin, was appointed to
take charge of the school for one year.

The Academy, at "Windsor, Avas accordingly opened
with prayer by the Bishop, on the 1st November, 1788,
who delivered a Latin oration upon the occasion, and
received an address from the magistrates and principal
inhabitants of the county of Hants. The regulations
adopted for the government of tlie academy, signed by
John Parr, the lieutenant-governor, J. Pemberton, thf>
chief justice, Richard Bulkele}', the secrtitary of the Pro-
vince, and Samson Salter Blowers, the attorney general,
were read, and seventeen pupils were admitted.*

* See AppciKlix A .

CHAPTER II.

In the session of the provincial legislature, in tiie fol-
lowin^j 3'ear, 1789, the question of the Seminary was again
taken up, with a definite view of erecting a College from
this beginning. An act of the assembly passed granting
the sum of £400 sterling, per annum, in perpetuity, to-
wards the support of a College at Windsor, N. S. l>y
this law, the governor of the province, — the bishop of
Nova Scotia, — tlie chief justice, — the provincial secre-
tary, — the speaker of assembly, and the attorney and
solicitor generals for the time l)eing were constituted
governors of the college, with corporate powers, enabling
them to hold lands, — to make statutes for the govern-
ment of the institution, and to appoint the president,
professors and other olllcers (the president to be always
a clergyman of the church of England;. The sura of £500
was at the same time granted to pm'chase therewith a
proper situation for the College, and the governors Avere
empowered to employ teaiporary professors, until a suffi-
cient liuilding could be erected, and a charter obtained
from the Sovereign, to authorize the opening of the col-
lege in due form and to confer upon it suitable privileges.
The whole proceedings of the provincial assembly relative

KING'S COLLEGE.

to the academy first and then to the college, were evident^
ly characterized by a disposition most friendly to the
church of England; — the dissenters in the house, cheer-
fully uniting with churchmen to make the requisite provi-
sion for this undertaking, under the impression that the
college would meet fully the existing requirements of the
people, and would raise the character of the province.

Mr. Franklin's house at Windsor had been hired for the
academj', and land was purchased from Mr. John Clark
for £150, to serve as a site for the college buildings.

Immediately on the adoption of the favorable measures
by the legislature, the Bishop opened a correspondence
with Richard Cumberland, the agent of the province resid-
ing in London, and also with the archbishop of Canter-
bury, — the Right honorable Mr. Granville, — lord Haw-
kesbury, and others, to engage their efforts to obtain
assistance from government for erecting buildings and
endowing the college. In his letter to Mr. Cumberland
£3000 is named as the probable sum that would be requir-
ed for the buildings. Writing to the archbishop in April,
1789, he says, "the legislature has great merit in this"
" business. No other British colony in North America "
" ever did so much to promote literature. The province "
" has gone to the utmost extent of its ability ; and we "
" must now look to the parent state for help to complete "
" the design. The institution will be of great service to "
♦' the church.' It will be the means of diffusing useful "
*' knowledge, virtue and loyalty among the whole mass "
"of the people."

The bishop on the 12th October, 1789, communicated

. '<

KING'S COLLEGE.

to the governors, that the archbishop continued to meet
with difficulties in procuring a proper person to take
charge of the college. It was then proposed that Mr.
William Cochran, the head master of the Halifax Gram-
mar School, should be appointed and assume the charge
in June following. Mr. Cochran was accordingly ap-
pointed by the board of governors in May, 1790.

In Mr. Granville's reply, 5th June, 1790, to the bishop's
letter, he informed him, that as a mark of the attention of
Parliament to the encouragement of religion and learning
within the province, the sum of £1,000 had been included
in the estimates, and voted by the house of commons
towards the erection of a college in Nova Scotia: — that
his Majesty had declared his intention of granting to the
college a royal charter, and that grants of crown land
would be made to help its endowment, and the bishop's
opinion was requested as to such lands as might be proper
for the purpose.

A plan was at the same time devised by the Cabinet for
establishing, within the English universities, royal founda^
tions for the maintenance of a certain number of young
men, being natives of British North America, destined for
the ministry in the colonies, — to be elected from the col-
lege in Nova Scotia, or from any similar establishment
thereafter to be founded by royal charter, that they might
be enabled to finish their studies in an English university,
preparatory to their ordination for the colonial church.
This suggestion however after mature consideration was
abandoned by the government. .

The liberal provisions of the colonial legislature, and

I '■

H ■

KING'S COLLEGE.

the earnest solicitations made by the hishop were effectual
with the British government, who were thereby induced to
obtain grants of money from parliament to the amount of
£4000 sterling, for tlic erection of the college buildings.

The means being thus provided, arrangements were
made in the autumn of 1790, for building the present edi-
fice. The contract for the outside woodwork was at the
price of £761, exclusive of mason's work and interior
finishing. The present building was accordinglj- erected,
but its interior was not completed until several j-ears had
elapsed. .

In November, 1790, Mr. Millidge was appointed as
assistant to Mr. Cochran, and Mi^ Thomas Wood, of
Halifax, to be clerk of the board of governors.

On 7th June, 1798, additional regulations were made
for the government of the college.

In the same year (1798), Charles de Molitor was made
steward of the college.

In 1799 Alexander Brymer, Esq., an eminent merchant
in Halifax having given £100 for the purpose, a room in
the college was fitted up for a Library.

it-

•

■J

•

CHAPTER III.

The institution having now been brought into active

operation, under the superintendence of the Rev. William

Cochran, its benefits were already beginning to be felt
and appreciated throughout the province. /Die children
of the wealthy were not alone the recipients of its advan-
tages, the names of mau^^ of the sons of farmers and
country gentlemen of limited means being found in the
lists of pupils of the academy during the first few years of
its existence, and not a few of those who matriculated at
the college about the conunencemeut of the present cen-
tury attained in after life to })ositions of elevation and
usefulness in tlieir native country*.

The long-promised charter which was to place the col-
lege on the dignified footing of an university, and royal
foundation, had not yet been obtained. The attention
of British statesmen at the counnencement of the pi>esent
century being wholly absorbed in the aftairs of the gen-
eral European war which had grown out of the French
revolution, this among other objects of public interest
was indefijutely postponed. . .

ill ,

KING'S COT.LEOK.

Mr. John Inglis, the son of the bishop, went to Eng'
land in the autumn of 1800, having been entrusted at
a very early age with the ativocacy of the interests
of the college. The success which attended his exer-
tions on behalf of its pecuniary claims, encouraged him
to urge on government the granting of the charter the
royal warrant for which had been made out as far back
as the year 1792. The following extract from memo-
randa written by him many years after, when he became
bishop of Nova Scotia, will serve to show the exertions
of this excellent prelate when a mere boy, on behalf of
his Alma Mater.

" The use of the influential names of the archbishop of"
"■ Canterbury and the bishops of London and Rochester, "
" were entrusted to the discretion of the writer. Mr. "
'• Scrope Bernard* was his zealous coadjutor, and a"
'■' most valuable guide and able assistant in the various "
" offices where inquiry was necessar3\ The result was "
'' a satisfactory promise that the charter should be forth- "
" with completed, and a permanent endowment asked "
" for from parliament. The objects of the college be-
" ing advanced thus far, the writer returned to Nova"
"Scotia, made a full report of his proceedings to the"
"■ governors of the college, who well understood the "
•' views with which their commission had been executed, "
"and honored him with a vote of thanks, which added"
" to the pleasure he had felt in his willing labors to pro- "
'' mote their objects."

* A LondoD Banker.

Nii t.

KING'S COLLEGE.

The charter was granted in May, 1802. It was received
in this country in August of the same year, with the an-
nouncement of a further grant from parliament of £1,000,
and a promise of additional assistance should the institu-
tion flourish and require pecuniary aid.*

By the terms of the chiirter, the lieutenant-governor.
Sir John Wentworth, baronet ; — the bishop of Nova
Scotia, Charles Inglis, D.D. ; — the chief justice, Sampson
Salter Blowers ; — the judge of the court of vice-admiralty,
Alexander Croke, LL. D. — the speaker of the assembly
and attorney general, Richard John Uniacke, — the solici-
tor general, James Stewart, and the secretary of the pro-
vince, Benning Wentworth : and the lieutenant-governor,
bishop, chief justice, attorney and solicitor generals,
speaker • and secretary of the province, severally for the
time being, were made governors of the college. It was
to consist of a president, three or more fellows, or profes-
sors, and twelve or more scholars, who were to be subject
to such rules and regulations as should be adopted by the
statutes. The governors were to elect the president, and
they had power to add others not to exceed three to their
own number. They were to be a corporate body, by the
title of " The governors, president and fellows of King's "
" College at Windsor in the province of Nova Scotia,"
with perpetual succession, and all the necessary powers
requisite for performing their duties of office, and to hold
lands to the value of £G000 per annum for the use of the

• This grant of £1000 was afterwards continued annually by parliament unUI
the year 18^4, when it was withdrawn by Mr. Ciiarics Grant, afterwards Ijord
Gleuelg, then Secretary of State.

KINO'S COLLEQE.

college. The power of mtiking statutes was conferred
upon the governors alone, subject to the approval of the
iirchbishop of Canterbury, who was constituted patron.
The bishop of Nova Scotia was to be visitor. The col-
lege w^as made an university, with the privileges of con-
ferring degrees of Bachelor, Master and Doctor, in the
several arts and faculties, with all privileges enjoyed by
the universities of the United Kingdom of Great Uritain
and Ireland. In the recital, mention is made of the grant
of £4000 by parliament for erecting the buildings at
Windsor, and of the site for the college having been pur-
chased with the provincial grant. It bears date at West-
minster on the 12th May, 1802, in the 42nd year of the
reign of King George III.

This charter was publicly read before the Governors in
the College Hall at Windsor on the 14th September, 1802,
and a committee of the board was then formed, viz., the
bishop, Dr. Croke, and Mr. Blowers, to prepare a code of
statutes, taking those of the University of Oxford as their
model, as far as they could be made applicable to local
circumstances. They were also requested to devise a
plan for procuring from England persons qualified for the
offices of president, fellows and professors. At this time
£100 per annum was added to the salary of the Rev.
William Cochran, then at the head of the college, and
the sum of £10 to that of Mr. Benjamin Garrish Grey, *
who was appointed Master of the academy and was to

• Mr. Grey succeeded J, TI. Jenning, the first English master at the Academy
who was appointed In 1799, He waa afterwards Hector of St. John, New
Brunswick.

ri 'I

• \

KING'S COLLEGE.

assist Mr. Cochran also in his Latin classes. Tlie bishop
immediately entered into correspondence with the arch-
bishop of Canterbury and other prelates in England, and
Dr. Croke with a number of his friends at Oxford, parti-
cularly with Dr. Eveleigh, Provost of Oriel college, and
Dr. Collinson, provost of Queens, vice-chancellor of the
university, — in order to induce competent persons to
come out to fill the offices. The governors had voted the
sum of £500 sterling, per annum, as the salary of the
president, and £200 sterling, to each of the professors
(exclusive of fees of tuition), with £100 to each for an
outfit and passage money. The president was to be the
professor of divinity, and was also expected to take upon
himself the instruction of a class, as the governors might
direct. These inducements appear to have failed in per-
suading any qualified persons to come from England to
the college, though it was said that a Mr. Whateley had
at first accepted the office of president, but had afterwards
declined it.

1803. On the 3rd of May the committee reported fully
on the points submitted to them, and laid before the board
of governors a draft of the statutes which they had pre-
pared. A desire to assimilate the statutes of King's Col-
lege as far as possible with those of Oxford appears to
have predominated at the meeting of the governors. The
bishop, however, and one or two others, fully sensible of
the impropriet}' of such a course, strenuousl}' urged the
necessity of having a code of laws which would render the
college more in accordance with the circumstances of a
young country ; but these suggestions Aid not then prevail.

; I

KING'S COLLEGE.

Bent upon obtaining a graduate of Oxford for their pre-
sident, they again determined to renew their efforts in
England to obtain one. The claims of the Rev. Mr.
Cochran, who was a graduate of Trinity college, Dublin,
then in charge of the college, were pressed on their tonsi-
(lera,tion, but the opinion of Dr. Croke, whose preposses-
sions in favor of his o^vn alma mater, were immoveable,
governed the proceedings of the board. The expediency
of keeping up the Grammar school, or academy, became at
this time another subject of discussion ; and the delibera-
tion of the governors resulted in a decision that it should
be still maintained. It was then proposed to appoint a
principal for the academy, who should be a member of
some university within the British dominions, and should
receive £200 annual salary, besides fees of tuition. This
appointment was offered to Mr. Cochran, with £100 per
annum, additional, during his time. He declined the
offer and accepted the office of professor of grammar,
rhetoric and logic in the college, now an University. An
additional £100 per annum, with fees, was allowed to him,
in consideration of his reading lectures on moral sciences
and metaphj-sics. He was also to hold the rank of Vice-
President of the College.

During this sunmier (1803) the sum of £500 was ex-
pended in finishing the interior of the college building,
and improving the grounds around it.

On the 17th September, 1800, the fii'st public examina-
tion of the students in the college took place. Another
examination was hejd 11th September, 1803, before the

KING'S COLLEGE.

governors, at which William Peters,* George Fraser, and
Harris Hatch, f were declared duly qualified Scholars on
the foundation. Brenton Halliburton J was appointeil
treasurer, in the place of Mr. Charles Wentworth, § the
Rev. William Twining, || principal of the grammar school,
and Mr. Cyrus Perkins, his assistant.

One of the college statutes, adopted as we have noticed,
by a majority of the governors in May, 1803, compelled
every student at his matriculation (on joining the semi-
nary) to subscribe Lis assent to the 39 articles of faith, of
the church of England. The bishop, who was not only
one of the governors, but also Visitor of the college by
the charter from the crown, gave in a written protest
against this enactment, which he said would give just dis-
satisfaction to respectable dissenters, as it would exclude
their sons from the advantages of a collegiate education.
The bishop expected that his protest would have been
published with the statutes. This not having been done,
he addi'cssed a letter to the governors, complaining of the
interference of Judge Croke, in preventing the printer
from pasting the printed copy of this protest on the blank
leaf of the statutes (the same having been so prefixed to
the manuscript copy of the statutes when signed by the
governors), and therefore, as the bishop considered, being

* Barrister and afterwards Legislative councillor in the province of New
Bruntwick.

t Barrister and Legislative councillor in New Brunswick.

X Afterwards chief justice of Nova Scotia, and knighted.

$ Afterwards Sir Charles Mary Wentworth, the second and last baronet of the
name. Son of Sir John W., the lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia.

II Father of the late Rev. John Thomas Twining, D.D., who was master of
the Windsor academy, and after that of the Halifax Grammar School, and Chap-
lain of the Garrison at Halifax.

■il

W-l

Kixo'S coi,t,eot:.

:i i)art of the document. The fjovernors however, at their
lueetuif;" on the 1 7th Novemlier, appear to liave approver]
of tlio action of Juflj^o Croko, and the majority of theni
then present resolved, tliat such an insertion of the protest
would have been hij^hly improper ; but that there would
be no objection on the part of the l)oard to the Visitor
removing his name from all the statutes, if- he wished to
do so. •

The bishop's protest objected to several other provisions
of these statutes, which he considered injurious to the
interests of both the college and the churcli. lie felt, on
this occasion, that as the whole body of the dissenters in
the legislature had united with churchmen to pass the
grant of money to the college, and to forward to the ut-
most of their power the interests of tlie institution ; and
no complaints from them having liitherto been heard, that
he was bound, as far as possible, to meet the- views of the
people at large. He immediately appealed to the arch-
bishop of Canterbury, the patron of the college, who
under the terms of the charter possessed a veto upon all
statutes enacted l)y the governors. * In his letter to the
archbishop on the subject, ho states the dissatisfaction
expressed by those persons in the province who dissented
from the church of England, and in a letter to Lord Gran-
ville in April, 1806, alluding to the very unpromising
state of the college, under the operation of the offensive
statutes, he says, " Had the sentiments which were then "
" suggested by your Lordship on the subject, and the "

* This power was vested in the patron, by the college charter, and he might
exercise it at any time within three years after a statute was passed.

KIN'G'8 COLLEGE.

" hito urehbishop, which pert'octly coincided with mine, "
'* been adopted and pursued, the seminary had flourisli- "
" ed, and the benevolent views of the royal founder "
•' would have been realized."

Tlie Rev. John Inglis, the son of the bishop, was at this
time in P^ngland, and l)y direction of his fatlier, called the
attention of the •archbishop to the college statutes and the
protest. His grace was satisfied that alterations in them
were necessary, and on the 8th July, 180G, lie formally
annulled the whole by a written instrument, and soon
after prepared a statement of the alterations which he
thought to be needful, and forwarded them to the go-
vernoi's of the college, through the attorney general of
Nova Scotia, by letter dated 8th September, 180G.

The board was convened in January, 1807, for the pur-
pose of receiving the arcl^bishop's missive, and a new copj-
of the statutes amended in accordance with his grace's
suggestions, with a slight exception relating to scholars,
was prepared and submitted, and in this improved form
they were passed and duly ratified by the governors.
Judge Croke, however, remained dissentient and signed a
protest against the clause which now excused young men
on entering college from subscription to the Thirty-nine
articles of the English Church.

These new statutes, while they strengthened the union
betw'een the college and the Church, abolished the obnox-
ious law^ which at fust excluded the sons of dissenters
from the privilege of being educated at the College. Un-
happily, however, thi'ough the inlluence of some of the
members of the board of governors, who were opposed to

IS I

KING'S COLLEGE.

the more liberal views entertained by the bishop, this new
code of enactments was not then published ; while printed
copies of the first statutes, containing the revoked clauses,
continued to be circulated for many years. As these
pamphlets contained no hint or notice of the abrogation in
question, an impression unfavorable to the college ;:<i,s
thereby suffered to gain strength in the pilblic mind which
circumscribed its usefulness and gave rise to prejudices
against the institution, the effects of which were long felt.
Under date of the year 1820, a resolution appears on
the record of the board of governors, as follows, viz :
^'- Resolved, that the resolution for printing 200 copies"
" of the college statutes passed in 1805, not having been"
" done the same should be executed immediately." A
book of statutes in accordance with this resolution appear-
ed in print in 1821, published at Halifax by Edmund
"Ward. This new edition was never properly circulated,
and the old copy being more easily procured is said to
have fallen into the hands of the Earl of Dalhousie.* The
Earl at that time contemplated the appropriation of cer-
tain funds at his disposal to the puiposes of education in
Nova Scotia. He is supposed to have imbibed prejudice
against the institution at Windsor in consequence. His
prepossession thus originated was unhappily augmented
by the then recent refusal of the archbishop of Canterbury
\o give his sanction to removing the law, which still de-
nied degrees to those who could not subscribe to the

• George Ramsey, Earl of DalhouBie, was lieutenant governor.of Nova Scotia
from 1816 to 1820, after which he was governor of Lower Canada,

I •

KING'S COLLEGE.

articles of the church, &c., and these unfavorable impres-
sions were not removed until after his plans had been
matured for appropriating the funds at his disposal in
another direction.

?*=

i 4

CHAPTER IV.

THE LIBRARY.

The .j*st bishop of Nova Scotia, was a lover of books,
and was long solicitous tliat a good Library should be
provided and suitably lodged in the college at Windsor.
About 1790 a Mr. Lambert, of Boston, Mass., had given
to the college £50 for the purchase of books. Judge
Croke and the Hon. Alexander Brymer, a merchant of
Halifax, each gave £100. These donations were appro-
priated to the purchase of a Library, by an order of the
board of governors dated 7th October, 1799, and the
President and Vice-President were directed to prepare a
list of books immediately required for the use of the
college.

Mr. John Inglis, the bishop's son, a graduate of the
college went to England, as is mentioned before, in the
autumn of 1800, having received very handsomr testimo-
nials from the president and the governors. He was
iutrusted with the expenditure of this book fund then
amounting to £250 sterling. Through the assistance of
Dr. Moore, archbishop of Canterbury, Drs. Porteous and
Horsley, bishops of London, and Rochester, the celebrated
William Wilberforce, Sir S. Bernard Morland, aoent of

'■■X

KING'S COLLEGE.

the province, Mr. John Eardly Wihnot, and other mem-
bers of parliament, a large addition of books was obtained.

Several of them, especially Mr. Wilberforce, withheld
their contributions until they were fully assui'ed of the
connection of the college with the church. £400 sterling,
in money, was subsequently collected for the same pur-
pose, through the exertions of the gentlemen above named.
They also formed themselves, Avith Mr. Planta, lil)rarian of
the British Museum, into a committee to forward the in-
terests of the college, in England. Donations of books
were afterwards received from Mr. Wilmot, P^dward King,
esq., of London, and others, and a legacy of £100 from
Mr. Hawkins of Burton on Trent.

The books purchased with a portion of these funds were
sent out shortly after the return of Mr. Inglis to Nova
Scotia. These, together with several valuable works pre-
viously bought b}'^ the governors from the executors of the
late secretary Bulkeley, with donations from the Radcliffe
fund at Oxford, and from other minor sources, formed
the foundation of the valuable library of Windsor College,
now the largest collection of books in the province. The
whole funds in the hands of Sir S. Bernard Morland, was*
not however fully expended until the year 1818, when the
gOA'ernors made an order for a further purchase through
the agency of that gentleman.

In 1804 Sir Thomas Strange, who had been chief justice
of Nova Scotia, presented several East ^ndian natural
curiosities to the librar}-, and in the same year, Mr.
Forsyth, a Scotch merchant in Halifax, contributed sev'
eral valuable works.

KING'S COLLEGE.

In 1810 the Hon. Andrew Belcher made a gift of books,
and Sir Thomas Strange and the archbishop of Canter-
bury gave each £100, to complete the library room ; about
the same time Sir John Wentworth, Baronet, then lieute-
nant-governor of the province, presented a number of
astronomical instruments to the college. Among the
early donations was one of books, from Doctor Bayard in
1810, and another from Dr. McCulloch in 1812. There
were also gifts from the University of Oxford, and the
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, in 1814.

By the Statutes relating to the library its use was
limited to the professors and graduates. No student was
permitted to have access to the books until he had obtain-
ed his degree, a period when the young men usually left
college. This rule, which, it is said, was copied from a
regulation in force at Oxford, was quite inapplicable to
the circumstances of King's College, and rendered the
library almost entirely useless, except to the president
and two or three resident professors. This restriction
was eventually removed but the library remained for
many years after in a neglected condition. It was cleans-
ed and some arrangement of its contents made about the
year, 1835, since which it has received many valuable
donations of books from various sources, and the number
of volumes it now contains is supposed to exceed 6000.
The Libi-ary is rich in theology and history, but is some-
what deficient in modern works of science and literature,
and there are few books of rarity or great value on its
shelves. The theological works and others presented by
the University of Oxford, are among the most estimable.

Sma'S COLLEGE.

There is no fund specially devoted to the purchase of
books. The sum of £1673 10s. 7d. sterling, formerly
known as the library fiind was about the year 1853 ab-
sorbed in the general funds of the institution, and the
governors have since that time occasionally appropriated
small sums for the purposes of the Library which have
been during the last few years judiciously expended in the
purchase of many valuable modem works, especially such
as are more immediat*»ly required for reference.

It is to be regretted that no collection of colonial his-
tory or provincial literature has yet been attempted at
"Windsor.

A good report on the present condition of the college
libraiy, and a proper descriptive catalogue of its contents
are much required.

The apartment in which the library is at present kept is
small and very unfit for the purpose ; but the spacious
stone building lately erected by the alumni and presented
to the governors as a college hall and library will afford
ample room for the purposes which it is intended to serve.
This fine building was opened to the public at the En-
caenia in June, 1864, and will, it is hoped, be ready for
the reception of the books before the termination of the

present year.
8

''l:\

i ■

if'

^ -fi

CHAPTER V.

The endeavours so long continued on the part of the
Mends of the college, to obtain from England an indivi-
dual qualified for the ofl3ce of president, were at length
successful. The Reverend Thomas Cox, D.D., of "Worces-
ter college, Oxford, accepted the appointment, and arrived
in Nova Scotia in the autumn of 1804. He was duly
confirmed in his ofl3ce by the governors, and took his seat
at the board as one of their body, on the 19th September.
On the 17th Sept., a public examination of the students
took place, in presence of the governors, and at the same
time the statute which had precluded youths under 16
years of age from matriculating, was repealed.

On the 18th September, 1804, William B. Almon, *
Roger Viets, f and William Hill, J students of the college
were elected scholars on the foundation.

Dr. Cox is said to have been a man of education and
well qualified to be president, but his death occurred after
he had been but a very short time in charge of the college,

* Hon. William B. Almon, M.D., member of the Legislative Council in Nova
Scotia (deceased). '

t The Rev. Roger Viets, rector of Dlgby (deceased),
t William Hill, Judge of Supreme Court of N. 8. (deceased).

KING'S COLLEGE.

and was officially announced to the board of governors on
the 18th September, 1805. Hia daughter received a pen-
sion from this province for many years.

1805. James Walton Nutting* was elected to a
scholai'ship. Messrs. Viets and Nutting, were each al-
lowed £25, and were occasionally to assist Dr. Cochran
in the school.

The Rev. Charles Porter, D.D., of Brazennose college,
Oxford, was appointed to succeed Dr. Cox, as the priesi-
dent of King's college, upon the recommendation of the
archbishop of Canterbiu'y. His appointment bears date
9th December, 1806, and he took his seat at the board of
governors on the 25th August, 1807. He was allowed
£100 for passage and outfit, and his salary was fixed at
£400 sterling per annum. Dr. Porter assumed also the
professorship of mathematics, with an additional £100 per
annum, until a mathematical professor should be appointed.

On the 14th September, 1807, Mr. Crofton Uniacke t
was appointed secretary and treasurer of the college, in
the place of Mr. Halliburton, resigned. On the 15th an
examination took place before the govemprs. Andrew
Cochran, J Edward Jarvis, § James Anthony Barclay, ||

* J. W. Nutting, prothonotary Supreme Court of N. S., and Clerk of the
Crown.

t Crofton Uniacke, son of R. J. UniiK^kc, attorney general of Nova Scotia, was
afterwards Judge of Vice-Admiralty at Halifax.

X Hon. Andrew Cochran, a son of the Vice-President of Ring's College, was a
Councillor and Provincial Secretary of Lower Canada.

$ Rev. E. Jarvis.

II Son of Anthony Barclay, a loyalist gentleman, who became Speaker of
Aflsembly in Nova S({otia, afterwards British Consul at Baltimore, U. S., 8cc.
J. A. Barclay was afterwards Consul at New York and now resides at
Savannah,

V\\

i !

KING'S COLLEGE.

Hibbert Bimiey, * Thomas Puddock and John Boyd, were
candidates for four vacant scholarships on the foundation ;
Cochran, Jarvis, Barclay, and Boyd, were elected.

At this time the vice president. Dr. Cochran, was
obliged to read his lectures in Latin, in imitation of the
custom prevalent at Oxford. This was soon after dis-
pensed with.

In 1808 the Society for the Propagation of the Gos-
pel in Foreign Parts, in order to facilitate the education of
young men destined to enter the ministry of the chui'ch of
England in the provinces, established at King's College,
four Scholarships, with £30 sterling attached to each,
payable out of the funds of the Society, with a pre-
ference to the sons of clergymen. These scholarships
were not to be held beyond seven years. The nomination
of candidates was placed in the hands of the bishop,
suljject to confirmation by the Society. This important
boon was announced to the governors of the college, on
25th July, 1808.

In the same year, 1808, the college buildings underwent
a thorough repair. The, middle bay (or portion of the
building) was at that time finished by the cai-penters, and
an additional suite of apartments for the students were
completed under a contract made by the governors in
1804. These improvements afforded the accommodation
required, and the governors now found themselves posses-
sed of ample room for all the purposes of the institution.

On the 18th September, Hibbert Binney, and James

* Rev. Hibbert Binney, D.D., rector of Newbury in England (deceased). Ho
was father of the present bishop of Nova Scotia.

KING'S COLLEGE.

:■!

C. Cochran, * were elected scholars on the foundation,
and in the following September, Messrs. Twining f and
Bliss, X were elected to vacant scholarships. On the 27th
Dec, 1809, Andrew Cochi-an (son of the vice president)
received the degree of A. B., the statute of residence
being remitted in his favor.

1811. In this year, a number of young men who had
been imder the tuition of the Rev. Dr. Cocliran, the vice
president, presented his portrait to the college, as a com-
pliment to his talents and learning. Tliis portrait was
placed in the college hall, and is now in the Library with
that of the late president. Dr. Porter.

Another foimdation scholarship fell vacant this year.
The competitors for it were, Henry Bliss, Caleb Shreve,§
Thomas Chandler Haliburton,!! George Morris,f Neville
Parker,** and Eobert Parker.** Mr. Bliss was chosen.
These foundation scholarships were provided for from the
annual income of the college at the disposal of the govern-
ors, which consisted principally of the parliamentary grant
of £1000 sterling per annum, the permanent grant of £440
per annum from the provincial legislature, and the annual
grant from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.
The president's salary was £500 sterling ; that of the

* The Rev. J. C. Cochran, formerly rector of Lunenburg, and son of Rev.
Doctor Cochran, V. P., and now Canon of the Cathedral of Halifax.

t Rev. J. T. Twining, before noticed.

X Henry Bliss, of New Brunswicli, brother of Judge BIIbb of Nova Scotia and
a Barrister at Law, residing in London. -■'^f^-

$ Brother of Rev. Dr. Shreve (both deceased).

II Judge Haliburton, the historian, author of Sam Slick's letters, See., now
member of the British Parliament.

IT Late rector of Dartmouth, &c.

*♦ Both judges in New Brunswick.

\ [

KING'S COLLEGE.

vice president £300, with fees ; the master of the grammar
school £200, with fees ; and the remainder of the income
was expended in providing for the foundation scholarships,
the repairs of the building, and other incidental expenses.

1813. A vacancy having occurred in the board of
governors, the chief justice, Mr. Blowers, proposed that
Dr. Cochran, the vice president of the college, should be
appointed to fill it. His motion was adopted, but Dr.
Croke protested against it, on the ground that Dr. Cochran
being a fellow of the college, his appointment would be
inconsistent with the statutes. Dr. Cochran accordingly
took his seat at the board, 11th September, 1813. His
excellency the lieutenant governor announced at this meet-
ing, that H. M. government had appropriated £500, from
a fund at its disposal, called the '■Ai'ms fund,* towards
the repairs of the buildings, and ten pounds was, at the
same time, voted as salary to a librarian, who was to be a
bachelor of arts.

Mr. Thomas Murray's scholarship being vacant, Edwin
Gilpin,* and Richard Claiborne were the candidates. Mr.
Gilpin was elected on the 12th September, 1813. At this
time prizes were instituted for English composition and
for Latin versification. The number of students was 17,
and that of the pupils of the grammar school or academy
attached to it was 24. Four scholarships being again
vacant, on the 23rd September, 1813, the following cora-

* The late Bev. Edwla Gilpin, A.M., rector of Annapolis, N. 8., father of the
Rev. Doctor Gilpin, canon ^of the cathedral, and head master of the grammar
school of Halilaz.

KIKTO'S COLLEGE.

petitors were examined, viz. : James Boyle Uniaclie, *
Lewis Morris Wilkins, f Charles Ilill "Wallace, Edmund
Crawley,} Frederick W. Morris,§ William End,|| Richard
Claiborne, Arnold, and Ludlow Robinson. The suc-
cessful candidates were Claiborne, Arnold, and Robinson.

The fees of tuition, payable at this time by a student,
amounted to £4 per annum.

About this time the result of a certain negociation
with a body called the "iVew England company" was
commimicated to the board, by the Rev. Dr. Inglis. It
appeared that about 1803 or 1804, the lieutenant governor
of the province had laid before the governors of the
college, certain papers relative to a fund long before
appropriated to establish schools for the instniction of
the native Indians in New England. The revolution
in America having placed New England in the position
of a foreign country, it was thought that this money
might be granted to instruct the Indians in the British
provinces, and the governors of King's College trans-
mitted a proposal to the New England company, the
tmstees of this charitj"^, to establish at Windsor a school
for the civilizing the Indians of Nova Scotia and instruct-
ing them in the principles of the established religion, on
condition that the New England company should endow

- i|

* Son of atty. gonl. R. J. Uniacke. He was afterwards a member of assembly
and attorney general.

t Member of Assembly, now a judge of supreme court, and a governor of
King's College.

X Br. Edmund Crawley, sometime principal of Acadia college, Wolfville.

$F. W.Morris, M.D. ^

II W. End was solicitor general in N. Brunswick, and now clerk of parliament
In that province.

!: K;'

li 'li

KING'S COLLEGE.

such n school. It appears that the govciiiors of the New
England company had declined this offer at the time, but
the ropl\' had not until now been conveyed to the board
of governors of King's College.

The following chronological sketch of the proceedings
of the governors taken from the books of the college,
will sutllcc to bring doAvn its history from 1813to 1825.

1814. February 20. Mr. James Cochran* was appoint-
ed secretary and treasurer of the college, with an allowance
of £2G per anmim, and Mr. Augustus Willoughby was
appointed steward.

1817. Charles Twiningf and James Shreve| were elect-
ed to vacant scholarships. The prize for Latin verse was
awarded to Heiu-y Bliss, and that for English composition
to John Lawson.§

1818. June. George McCawley || was elected to a
vacant scholarship. Messrs. Wiggins, Crawley, Alfred
Gilpin,^ and William King ** being competitors.

In October, 1818, Mr. James Cochi-an obtained leave to
go to England, and James W. Nutting was appointed
secretary and treasurer.

September, 1819. The board of governors at their
meeting were called upon to investigate certain charges

* Sir James Cochran, chief justice at Gihraltar.

t Charles Twining, esq., barrister and Queen's counsel.

J Rev. Dr. Shreve, rector of Chester, N. 8., and of Dartmouth (deceased).

$ John Lawson, barrister, sometime solicitor general P. E. Island, recorder of
Charlottetown.

II Dr. McCawley, president of King's College, Win^or, and rector of Falmouth.

IT Rev. A. Gilpin, A.M., formerly rector of Winmor.

** Rev. William B. King, rector of Parrshorough, son of late rev. W. C. King,
principal of Windsor academy, and rector of Windsor.

i
I 1

KING'S COLLEGE.

New
, but
oard

ings
lege,
825.
3int-
ance
was

lect-
was
tion

a
fred

e to

ited

lieir

ges

er of
uth.

prefeiTcd against the Rev. Christoplier Milncr, the princi-
pal of the grammar seliool, by Asa Torrey, liis former as-
sistant. The two first charges appear not to have been
substantiated to the satisfaction of the governors ; but the
third cliarge, that of his want of qualification as a teacher,
was sufficiently made out to induce the governors to
remove him and put another person in his place.

September 22. William B. King, and William Walker
were elected scholars.

1820. John C. Hall * was elected a scholar.

At a meeting of the board of governors which took
place 24th September, 1821, the Rev. John Inglis, D. D.,
Ecclesiastical Commissary of the diocese was elected one
of the governors of the college. Charles W. Harris t was
at the same time elected a scholar on the foundation, and
Hemy E. Cogswell received a prize for a Latin essay. At
this period the foundation scholarships were four in num-
ber. Those of the Society for Propagation of the Gospel
in Foreign Parts, were also four. There were several
aftei-wards added by the Society. The sum of £500 which
had been granted by the lieutenant governor, Sir J. C.
Sherbrooke, Iq the college from the " Arms fund," was
expended this year on the buildings.

1822. September 22nd, John Moody J and Henry E.
Cogswell were elected scholai's.

* J. C. Hall was barrister nnd M. p.p. (cleoeMsc' i

t Charles W. Harris, barrister at law and o ■ 4 counsel.

X Rev. J. Moody, A. M., rector of Yarmout

KING'S COLLEGE.

1823. September, James C. Cochran and John S.
Clarke elected scholars.

1824. Edward Barss, E. Aniold, and William Cogs-
well * were elected scholars.

1825. J. Moore Campbell f and Mather Byles Des-
brisay, J were elected scholars.

1825. Doctor John Inglis, now bishop of Nova Scotia,
announced to the governors a donation of £500 from the
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and a like
sum from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
in Foreign Parts.

11th September, 1825, Perez Morton was elected a fel-
low, and appointed professor of mathematics and natural
philosophy, and the Rev. William B. King was also made
a fellow and was allowed £100 a year as a tutor.

The bishop also acquainted the governors that he had
obtained £4000 in England, as a building ftmd for the
college, also philosophical apparatus and additional books
for the library.

In the summer of 1826 extensive repaii's were made at
the college, and about that time John Stevenson took
charge of the mathematical class with £200 annual salary.
The salar}^ of W. B. King was raised to £200, and John
Millidge elected to a vacant scholarship.

* The lato Rev. W. Cogswell, A, M., curate of St. Paul'B, Halifax.
t The late rector of Granville.
I Late rector of Dartmouth.

CHAPTER VI.

Many of the obstacles which hitherto retarded the pro-
gress of the college had been now removed, the money
grants from England were ample for every purpose, and
the number of students for several years continued gradu-
ally to increase. The popularity of the institution, how-
ever, had been seriously ail'ected by the measures adopted
through the influence of Sir Alexander Croke and his
friends. Though the restriction on admission was no
longer in force, 3'et the statute l)y wliich candidates for
degi'ces were required to subscribe to the thirtj'-nine ar-
ticles and those contained in the canons of 1G03 still
remained unrepealed. A desire for the removal ol* this
obstruction to the usefulness of the college had long exist-
ed at the board of governors. At length on the 8tli of
May, 1818^ the vice president. Dr. Cochran, submitted a
resolution for its repeal and for disjiensing also with the
oath of supremacy required on such occasions. Chief Jus-
tice Blowers also oft'ered a resolution on the same subject.
It was unanimously determined that both resolutions
should be refoi-red to the arciibishop of Canterbury and
the bishop of Nova Scotia for their sanction. Several
other minor alterations in the statutes were also suggest-

I i

KING'S COLLEGE.

Nil

' ft

ed. That to remove disabilities did not meet with the
concurrence of the archbishop, whose refusal to agree to
the change proposed was recorded at a meeting of the
governors, which took place on the 22nd September fol-
lowing.

This was a very serious drawback to the well being of
the institution. The ample incomes of the professors,*
and the large snms at this time expended by the
under graduates gave an aristocratic and exclusive tone
to the establishment, and also operated to discourage
many from matriculating who otherwise might have
been disposed to avail themselvbo of its privileges. It
is worthy of note, however, in connection with this pe-
riod of its history that among the divinity students who
graduated at King's college between the years 1818 and

1827, many of the most able and excellent of our pro-
vincial clergy are to be found ; and to the aid then afford-
ed by the scholarships of the S. P. G. the country was
indebted for the education of some of the best men who
have adorned the church in this and the suiTounding
colonies.

1827. On the 24th January, further modifications of
the college statutes were discussed. The enactment
which prevented members of the university from attending
at other places of public worship than those of the church
of England was then repealed by the unanimous voice of
the governors. It was also proposed that in the case of
dissenters, subscription to the articles, jScc, on taking

* The proBldent and professors were also salaried missionaries of the S.P.Q.

KING'S COLLEGE,

degrees should be dispensed with. Finally a statute was
passed to modify the above rules by requiring the consent
of the president to the attendance of students at places of
worship not belonging to the church of England* and other
public meetings ; and in cases where candidates for degrees
(except in divinity) could not conscientiously subscribe to
the articles of the church, that the president should have
authority to recommend to a convocation to dispense with
such subscription. The latter enactment was not unani-
mously passed, but the bishop voted in the majority. All
restrictions affecting- the students and graduates were hap-
pily removed in December, 1828, by a statute then enacted
to abolish them, except in cases of professors, fellows and
graduates in divinit}'. The governors received the otBcial
announcement, of the archbishoji's concurrence to this
statute on the 2nd October, 1829.

!|i

* Christ Church, "Windeoi", is the university church ; and the students and prO'
fessors usually attend divine service there on Sundays and holldaya. There
was no college chapel, daily prayers were then read in the college hall.

4 .

.P.G.

CHAPTER VII.

V '

The health of the bishop had been declining for several
years, and his death occun-ed in 1817. He was suc-
ceeded by the Rev. Robert Stanser, D.D., rector of St.
Paul's, Halifax, who shortly after removed to England,
and not returning to Nova Scotia resigned his office in
1825. He was succeeded in the bishopric by Dr. John
Inglis, son of the first bishop, and rector of St. Paul's.
Dr. Iiiglis had been chosen one of the governors of
the college in 1821, while administering the diocese as
ecclesiastical commissary in the absence of the bishop.
He was warmly interested in his Alma Mater y and the
friends of the college felt in his elevation to the bishopric,
that they once more had a visitor strongly attached td the
seminary, and one on whose influence and persoi^l ex-
ertions in its favour they could flilly rely.

The declining state of the College, however, at this pe-
riod, both as respects its resources and tro number of its
students, began to excite alarm and anxiety in the minds
of the governors for the very existence of the institution.
Among the various projects at this time suggested for its
preservation was that of a union between it and the col-

KINO'S COLLEGE.

lege then recently established at Halifax under the aus-
pices of the earl of Dalhousie.

Desirous of improving the system of education in the
province, his lordship, while lieutenant governor of
Nova Scotia, had formed a plan for a college at Hal
ifax, upon the system, pursued in Scotland, where
popular lectures upon scientific subjects could be ac-
cessible to youth without requiring their residence vnth-
in the walls of the college. Young men might, under
this system, live in the dwellings of their parents, and
save many charges inevitable under the method of resi-
dence. This less expensive mode was thought more suit-
able to a young country, and by having the university
in Halifax, the capital of the province, a large number of
young men could, at a little cost, avail themselves of its
benefits.

During the late war with the United States the British
forces had captured Castine, on the coast of Maine, and
held it for a length of time. While thus retained, duties
of import and export had been collected there, and some
thousands of pounds wer9 thus accumulated. A portion
of this Castine fund, at the request of Lord Dalhousie,
Avith tjie consent of Earl Bathurst, secretary of state for
the colonies, was appropriated for the erection of a
college in Halifax. In addition to this fund, the house
of assembly voted £3000 in several sums, towards the
erection of a building, anl a further sum of £5000 as
a loan to aid the Dalhousie college. After the building
was finished, there remained of the united monies of the
Castine fund and the province loan, a balance of about

li .11

li^

lie

KING'S COLLEGE.

£8000, in possession of the governors or trustees of Dal-
housie college, as the basis of an endowment which was
invested at interest.

Lord Dalhousie, as before stated, had been much pre-
possessed against the college at "Windsor, and thus dis-
posed to exert all his influence in favour of that at Hali-
fax, which was to bear his name. Delaj's, however, arose
in procuring from Scotland persons to be professors, in
accordance with the earl's views ; and his removal to Can-
ada, in 1820, further delayed this new establishment from
going into active operation. King's and Dalhousie col-
leges were thus in seeming contrast and opposition,
neither adequately endowed, and public confidence not
fully given to either.

It was eventually resolved on by the friends of both
colleges to attempt a union between them, in which the
views of both might be attained by mutual concessions,
and an adequate endowment be secured by uniting their
funds. Accordingly at a meeting of the governors of
King's College, held in the college library at "Windsor on
Monday, the 22nd of September, 1823, two letters were
submitted to the board, one from Dr. Inglis, and the other
from Dr. Porter (the president), relative to the projected
union of the colleges, when it was resolved that these gen-
tlemen should be a committee to meet the committee of
the governors of Dalhousie college in order to consult
upon the proper means of effecting the proposed design of
union. This conference was in consequence held the next
day. The committee of Dalhousie college was composed
of S. G. "W. Ai'chibald, speaker of the assembly, and the

KING'S COLLEGE.

Hon. Michael Wallace, treasurer of the province. This
joint committee prepared a report embodying the principal
features of the proposed union, with an outline of the
measures to be pursued for its accomplishment.*

The earl of Dalhousie, then in Canada, signified his
complete approbation of this arrangement, by a letter to
Sir James Kempt, the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia,
in which he says, " I have always declared it my sole"
"object in the foundation of the Halifax college to"
" obtain education to all classes in Nova Scotia and the "
"adjoining provinces, but particularly to those who are"
" excluded from King's College, Windsor, by the rules of"
" that institution. By the proposal of the paper I have"
" now received, I think my object is obtained as fully '
" as could be desired. The removal of the institution "
"to Halifax, open lectures in college, instruction and"
" honours, (with the exception of church degrees,) free "
"to dissenters of all classes, are the advantages that"
"were looked for by a college at Halifax; and I am"
"truly happy to learn, that these are not considered to''
" be altogether inconsistent with the prunary objects of"
" King's college. The government of the college cannot"
" be placed more advantageousl}", than in the hands of"
"the governors, patron and visitor of King's. The"
" constitution and internal government are equally unex- "
" ceptionable, provided that the toleration contemplated"
" in that at Halifax be secured. If these proposals shall "
" be finall}' approved, I think the very character and '*

♦ See appendix C.

KINO'S COLLEGK

if F

" narae of Dalhousie college shoidcl at once be lost in "
"that cf the other^ so that the style of King's College"
" should alone be known and looked up to."

There were, however, two of the board of governors of
King's College opposed to the union of the two. semi-
naries. These were Dr. Wm. Cochran, vice president of
King's, and chief justice Blowers. The latter who was
not at the meeting in which the subject was discussed
subsequentlj'' wrote a letter to the governors, embodying
a long protest of fourteen articles objecting to the union,
which was entered on the book in, which the proceedings
of the board of governors were transcribed. In this pro-
test the proposed removal of King's College to Halifax
was treated as something too much partaking of the cha-
racter of a breach of trust on the part of the governors to
be justified or adopted.

The joint committee of the two colleges, having, as wo
have seen, agreed on terms of union, the attorney general
prepared the draft of a bill to carry it into effect, which
was to be laid before the legislature at the ensuing session.
This draft was sent to Lord Dalhousie, whose approval of
it was communicated to the governors of- King's College,
on the 13th March, 1824. The board resolved to send
copies of the draft of the bill to the secretary of state for
the colonies, and to the archbishop of Canterbury, for
their approbation.

The archbishop disapproved of the proposed union of
the two colleges, his ideas on the subject coinciding gen-
erally with the objections contained in the protest of chief
iustice Blowers. The obstacle thus presented, and the

KING'S COLLEGE.

success of Dr.. Inglis in obtaining contributions in Eng-
land, for the use of King's College, caused the friends
of the college to feel now quite indifferent as to the union
with Dalhousie, and the measure was consequently aban-
doned.

The new bishop of Nova Scotia arrived from Europe in
the spring of 1825. At a meeting of the governors of
King's College in JS^ovember following, he gave an interest-
ing account of what he had accomplished for its interests
during his visit to England. The two great church socie-
ties, i. e. " the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
in Foreign Parts," and the " Society for the Promotion of
Christian Knowledge," had granted, each of them, £500
sterling. The grant of the S. P. G. was to be continued
until government should give aid which would render their
help unnecessary. The sum of £4000 had been collected
in England towards the general funds, chiefly through the
esjertions of the Rev. C. Benson, master of the temple,
and a promise of such fUrther aid from government as
could be jwocured was given by Secretary Bathurst. The
pecuniary affairs of the college having thus prospered, all
thought of union with that of Dalhousie was relinquished.

The subject of the union was, however, again revived in
the year 1829. An academy had been established at
Pictou under the superintendance of Dr. Thomas McCul-
loch, of the Presbyterian secession church in Nova Scotia.
The Presbyterians, who were very numerous in the
eastern part of the province, urged their claims on the
legislature, that the sum of £400 granted yearly to their
institution should be made equally permanent with that

KING'S COLLEGE.

granted to the college connected with the church of Eng-
land. This subject at length became mixed up with pro-
vincial politics. The two parties in Pictou into which the
Scotch church had long been divided, known as the Kirk
and Antiburghcr parties, became arra3^ed in hostility to
each other on the subject of the grant to Dr. McCulloch's
academy. The Kirk party, who were altogether opposed
to Dr. McCulloch, did not possess as great an influence in
the house of assembly as their opponents, — the grant was
therefore repeatedly passed in the lower house, and as
repeatedly rejected in the council where the friends of the
Kirk party predominated. That body was charged with
being opposed to making a permanent grant to the Pictou
academy in consequence of several of its members being
governors of King's C allege, which the friends of the Pictou
acaderaj^ endeavored to hold up to the public eye as a rival
institution to that at Pictou. The house of assembly had
threatened to withdraw the sum of £5000 granted b}^ way
of loan to Dalhousie college, which had not yet gone into
operation, and the colonial office being continually trou-
bled with representations and petitions on the subject of
these disputes from various quarters, the colonial minister
found the college question of Nova Scotia a subject of
considerable annoyance and perplexity, and believing that
one seminary of learning was ample for the requirements
of the country concluded that the provincial funds ought
to be concentrated on the endowment of some one college,
which should be so modelled as to meet the views of all
parties in the province, and that by such an arrangement
the Pictou controversy vrould be put an end to, and all

KING'S COLLEGE.

ftirther sollcitationa for parliamentary aid from the go-
vernors of King's College got rid of. Accordingly Sir
George Murray, then secretary of state for the colonies,
in a letter to the lieutenant governor Sir P. Maitland,
dated 31st August, 1829, recommended the immediate
union of King's College with that of Dalhousie, and sug-
gested either the sale of Dalhousie College building* in
Halifax, or the adoption of it by the united colleges. This
was followed by a dispatch from his successor, Lord
Goderich, dated Slst July, 1831, in which his lordship
goes fully into the subject of the college question, as it
then shaped itself in the minds of the British ministry.

It had been proposed in parliament by the colonial
minister to discontinue the annual grant of £1,000 ster-
ling to King's College, Windsor, and the urgent remon-
strance of the governors against this reduction had
once more brought the affairs of the college under the
more immediate notice of the colonial office.

Lord Goderich in his reply to the despatch of Governor
Maitland sets forth the absolute necessity of reducing the
parliamentary grant to Nova Scotia, whereby the aid of
£1,000 to King's College nfttst cease, and considered that
this deficiency could only be made up by a grant from the
assembly of Nova Scotia, which he thought could not be
expected unless the friends of King's College in the upper
house withdrew their opposition to the demands of the

1 1

all

* Lord Dalhousie erected this building on tlie grand parade in Halifax, and
wliilc governor of the province, made a grant of the parade to the trustees of the
college. The validity of this grant has been repeatedly questioned, as this piece
of land had been expressly laid out and appropriated by government, as an open
square, for military «nd other purposes at the laying out of the town in 1749.

KINO'S COLLEGE.

Pictou Academy ; that the threatened withdrawal of the
£5,000 loan from Dalhousie College would if earned into
effect prevent the establishment of an united college. He
also referred to the precarious character and dilapidated
state of the buildings at Windsor, and urged the necessity
of concessions in consequence.

In answer to this dispatch the governors of King's Col-
lege and those of Dalhousie united in pressing on the
British government the necessity of continuing the parli-
amentary grant to King's. The former at the same time
intimated the terms on which alone any such union could
take place, — while the utmost facility would be afforded to
candidates of all classes and denominations to aspire to
the highest collegiate honors and degrees, yet the distinc-
tive character of King's College as a Church of England
institution must be preserved. To these communications
Lord Goderich replied on the 2nd of August, that the loss
of the government grant was inevitable, and <^hat it would
terminate with the votes in parliament of £1000 for the year
ending April, 1833, and £500 for the year ending April,
1834. As to the terms of union suggested by the governors
he thought them quite inconsistent with the views held by
the house of assembly of Nova Scotia, to whom he con-
sidered the constitution of the united colleges must be left
entirely and without restriction, and he concluded his dis-
patch thus : — " Had the resources available for the sup-''
" port of the college at Windsor been such as to admit "
*' of its being earned on as at present, I should certainly "
*'have abstained from recommending any change; but"
■** as this is not the case, as it must necessarily be depen- "

KING'S COLLEGE.

" dant upon the liberality of tlie legislature, I think it is
"unfortunate that the governors have declared before-
" hand their intention of not agreeing to a union with
"Dalhousie College, except upon terms to which it is
" not probable that the assent of the legislature would
" be given. Supposing it to be admitted that it would
" be desirable, if possible, to have a college constituted
" in the manner proposed by the board of governors,
" still when the means do not exist of giving effect to
'^^ their wishes, in this respect, — when the existence of
" any college whatever depends upon their own notions
" of what would be most advisable, being in some par-
" ticulars departed from ; it appears to me that such a
" concession should be made. As therefore it is impos-
" sible that a college should be established without the
" assistance of the legislature, I should hope that the
" governors of the two existing institutions would con-
" sent to leave to the legislature, (which can best judge
"of what is required for the interest of the province),
" the task of determining what is to be the constitution
" of the new establishment. On the other hand I cannot
" doubt that the assembly, if their discretion upon this
" point was left unfettered, would see the advantage of
" making ample provision for the support of a plan of
"liberal education, and would likewise consent to the
" appointment of those who will lose the situations they
" hold in the college at "Windsor to similar situations in
" that which I trust will be created."

To the recommendations contained in this dispatch the
governors of King's College did not think themselves at
liberty to agree.

KING'S COLLKQE.

The temporary grant of £500 by the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel, having been discontinued
about the same time with the cessation of the parliamen-
tary aid, the affairs of the college became so emban'ass-
ed that it was found necessary to reduce the salaries of
the two professors to £150 ♦ each, and to curtail the ex-
penditure in other particulars. The governors at their
meeting in March, 1834, proposed to apply to the house
of assembly for aid, but by the advice of Mr. Archibald,
speaker of the house, and an ex officio governor of the
college, this idea was abandoned. Dr. Porter,t the presi-
dent, whose health began to decline, having effected an
an-angement with the iiritish government for a pension of
£400 sterling per annum, resigned the presidency on the

28th, 1836, when he was succeeded bj' the Rev. George
McCawley,J now president of the college.

* Each of them were, however, in receipt of nn income of about £160 as mis-
sionaries from the 8. P. G.

t Dr. Porter's income as president bad been paid out of the parliamentary
grant to tho college, and he was induced to accept the office and go out to Nova
Bcotia under the impression that this grant was a permanent one. It was on
these grounds that he succeeded In obtaining a pension on his retirement.

t The name of tlic Dr. McCawlcy appears on the list cf matricuhitlona for 1817.

-' ,r.4

.1 *:■

;^;t

id'

CHAPTER MIL

LoiM) Stunloy, * who siurcodod Lord Goilorleh us Seeru-
tfirv of State for tlw colonies, luid :ulopted the views
entertained by his predecessor on tlie suhject of the union
of the colleges ; and recommended that aller Dr. Porter's
renu^val, the president's ofllee in the united college should
be thrown open to candidates of all religious denomina-
ticms. He intimated his opinion to Sir Colin Campl)e'll,
the lieutenant-governor, before he left England to assume
the command of the province, l^ut Sir Colin, on his arri-
val in Nova Scotia after hearing the objections raised by
the govenuns of King's College, to the terms cf union
proposed, espoused their views as most reasonable.

The governors, feeling that their semimuy had been
established/ and endowed not f)uly (m the ground of its
connection with the church of England, but .also as a
theological school for training up the clergy of the church,
would not C(mcede ihe point respecting the presidency.
Sir Colin Campbell being convinced, that while this
point remained unconcetled, it would be useless t<» refer
to the Legislature of the province for any legal sanction

* The proHi'Mt Karl of Ociliy,

KING'S COLLEGE.

or settlement of the proposed union of the colleges, ay
recommended by the secretary of state for the colonies,
communicated his reasons to the colonial office, for not
bringing this measure before the assembly, by letter to
the Secretary of State dated 18th Febraary, 1835, in
which he also observed that a discussion in the House of
Assemblj'^ on the subject of the colleges might lead to a
demand which had been often threatened for the repay-
ment of the loan of £5000 advanced by the province in
1823 to assist in completing the building'"' of Dalhousic
College, and concluded by urging m the most pressing
manner the necessity of continuing the government grant
of £500 per annum to the governors of King's College.

This communication led to a dispatch dated the oOth
of April, 1835, from Lord Olenelg, then secretary of
state for the colonies insisting on an immediate settle-
ment of the college question, and calling on the gover-
nors of King's College to surrender their charter and to
throw themselves unconditionally on the assemblj-, for a
popular constitution, to be settled by the provincial legis-
lature for the united colleges. In this dispatch, he re-
commends in the most positive terms the removal of the
institution from the distant town of Windsor to Halifax,
where popular lectures could be attended by all, whether
members of thd college or not. He then goes on to ob-
serve that the majority of the inhabitants of Nova Scotia
were dissenters, and refers to the popular system of edu-
cation as then existing in the United States of America ;
intimating directly th*t such an establishment as was
contemplated by the governors of King's College, would

KING'S COLLEGE.

in his opinion not be consonant with the general feelings
of the country ; that when the governors considered that
the question to be decided was the existence of any col-
lege at all in Nova Scotia, no concessions in his opinion
should be witlilield by them, which were not repugnant to
the great principles of religion and morality : and he con-
cludes his dispatch by earnestly recommending to the
governors to surrender their charter, hoping that his ap-
peal would not be unsuccessful.

Couched thus in strong language, the dispatch was evi-
dently intended to coerce the governors into measures
calculated, as his lordship thought, to put an end to a
very troublesome question. No reference appears in it to
the objections so frequently urged by the governors of
King's College, that the great bulk of their endowment,
[now that the parliamentary grant had been cut off,] had
been obtained on the faith of the college being united to
the church of England in Nova Scotia, and of the invio-
late preservation of its character as an institution of the
church.

A communication of this nature, coming almost in the
sliape of a command from the minister of the crown,
placed the governors of King's College in a most embar-
rassing position, but their pecuniary dependance on the
British government had been terminated by the act of the
government itself, and they felt that they had nothing to
lose by meeting tliis attack with firm and steady resist-
ance. They assembled on the 9th Nov., 1835, at govern-
ment house in Halifax, to receive the report of their own
committee to whom Lord Glenelg's dispatch had been

KING'S COLLEGE.

referred. This report, which was then adopted, recom-
mends that the governors should decline to suiTender
their charter, and expresses a belief that when all the
circumstances were distinctly placed before the colonial
secretary, and his lordship should be put in possession
of those details that were essential to the full consider-
ation of the question, he Avould be induced to review tlie
conclusions which had been adopted in his dispatch :
and in referring to the scheme of a general college, so
earnestly advocated therein, the report concludes by ob-
serving, "For it must be apparent to the Colonial"
" Department, however desirable a different course of"
" proceeding might be, were the subject of founding and"
" erecting a Provincial College taken up the first time — "
'' that now establishments are to be dealt with, in whose"
" favor respectively, not only the interests, but the jus-"
*' tifiable partialities, as well as the prejudices of no in-"
"considerable portion of this community* have become"
" so dcepl}' interested as to render it exceedingly doubt-"
" ful that the abandonment of either or both would be"
"followed by the erection of a Pi'ovincial college. On"
"the contrary the committee cannot but anticipate, as"
"the necessary consequence of the dissolution of King's"
" College, that a more universally useful and acceptable"
"institution would remain for many years a sulrject"
" merely of expectation."

This report was accompanied by a sketch of the history
of King's College, and its endowments, with a number of
<locumcnts and statements to shew its undoubted and

imalterable connection with the church of England in

KINO'S COLLEGE.

Nova Scotia, together with a succinct account of the cir-
cumstances which led to the project of Dalhousie College,
and the erection of the Pictou and Horton academies.
All these papers were transmitted to Lord Glenelg by Sir
Colin Campbell. It was evidently supposed at the Colo-
nial office, that the union of the two colleges had been the
subject of repeated discussions in the legislature of Nova
Scotia, and earnestly desired by the people of the pro-
vince ; that the surrender of the charter of King's Col-
lege was looked upon as the first step to the accomplish-
ment of the union, and' that the obstinacy of the governors
alone prevented the completion of the desired object ;
whereas in fact no such suggestion had ever been made in
the assembly, or looked for by the people of Nova Scotia,
until it was proposed by Lord Glenelg in his dispatch of
the 30th April, 1835. A proposal for the union of the col-
leges had been brought under the notice of the legislature
by Sir Peregrine Maitland, the lieutenant-governor by
message, in 1830, in consequence of directions he had
received from Lord Stanley ; but the subject had never
undergone full discussion, and no controversy had up to
this time taken place in the province, respecting either the
union, or the sun'ender of the charter. The inference is
almost unavoidable, that some private statements on the
subject had been made to the Secretary of .State, which
liad the effect of misleading him.

The letter in which Lord Glenelg I'cplied to this report
of the governors, bears date 4th November, 183G. The
causes which produced an unfavorable impression in the
minds of Lord Glenelg and of his predecessor in office,

1 ' f!'

1 : ; :i

■
i

1 1

KING'S COLLEGE.

Lord Stanley, may be discovered in peimsing it. Tlie
obnoxious restrictions on students are repeatedly alluded
to in it, as if y«t existing in force. This niisapprehension
had chiefly produced the hostile line of policy pursued by
the secretaries of state, and although the colonial office
was soon after apprized of the mistake, and that all re-
strictions had long before he&a taken off, except the qua-
lifications required of the president and professors, Lord
Glenelg yet remained unfavorably impressed.* In his
letter of November, 1836, he says, he had carefully re-
viewed all the correspondence, and after a full consider-
ation of all the facts advanced, he did not see any reason
to induce him to alter his views. That he was persuaded
from the interviews and conversations he had had with
Mr. Archibald, the attorney general, and speaker of the
asP2mbly, that the assembly would agree to no provi-
sion for the joint college, unless the presidency and the
professorships were thrown open to all denominations of
christians. His lordship appears to have treated very
lightly the objections so foreiblj'^ urged, in respect to so
large a portion of the endowment having been given on
the faith of the connection between the college and the
church being preserved ; and he gets over this (the most
powerful objection to the change), by suggesting that tliC'

* The action of the British Government in the colonies liad bi-en for some
years in opposition to state endowments oftiio church. The annual grant in
parliament for missionaries in the colonies had been discontinued, with the ex-
ception of the personal allowance to former missionaries, and a reduction of co-
lonial expenditure, particularly that for the support of religion and education,
had become apporcntly a necessary policy with the minister of the colojiial de.
partment.

KING'S COLLEGE.

Tlie
aded
ision
d by
ofBce
11 re-
qua-
Lord
1 his
ly re-
sider-
eason
iiaded
[ with
»f the
provi-
id the
ms of

very
to so
en on
id the

most
at the-

'or Bome-
grant in
the ex-
(11 of co-
uoation,
Miial de-.

annual proceeds of such portions of the endowment fund
as had been given on these considerations should be de-
voted to the support of divinity scholarships, or in some
other way in aid of the church ; a procedure that would not
at all meet the objection, if it could be clearly made out,
that the permanent character of the college, as a church of
England institution, had been guaranteed by the governors*
to those benefactors on the receipt of their donations.
In reviewing the facts, he says the establishment of the
Pictou academy in 1816 was the result of exclusion from
honors at King's College ; — That the governors appeared
to haA'e made, in 1818, an unsuccessful appeal to the arch^
bishop of Canterbury for a repeal of their statutes which
required subscription to the articles and an oath of supre-
macy of persons taking degrees. — That these had now
been repealed, but the restrictions as regarded the profes-
sors still remained; — That the bishop's letter of 24th
Jime, 1824, enclosed in Sir James Kempt's dispatch, goes
to show fully that there was a want of harmony between
the constitution of the college and feelings of the inhabi-
tants of Nova Scotia, and he concludes by observing that
if the governors still refuse to surrender their chai'ter, that
the matter must rest as it at present stands; — and it
would then remain for the legislature to adopt such steps
as may appear to them expedient; — but that ho did not
wish the lieutenant-governor to consider himself bound to
bring the subject before the legislature in his speech at the
opening of the ensuing session. About the same time u
letter was addressed by the secretary of state to the arch-
bishop of Canterbury, rcquestUig his opinion on the quea^^

KING'S COLLEGE.

lion of the union with removal of all restrictions. The
archbishop very properly declined his request, and inti-
mated that as patron of the college he would not feel
himself ju3tified in passing an opinion, until applied to
officially by the governors of the college. Here the mat«
^er ended, ai\d has never since been reyiyed.

The
inti-
feel
I to
mat*

CHAPTEIl IX.

. 1827. At a convocation held 24th January, the degree
of D. C. L. was conferred on the following persons, viz :

The Rev. Aubrey G. Spencer, archdeacon of Bermuda,
(now bishop of Jamaica, and D.D.)

Dr. George Okill StcAyart, archdeacon of Upper Ca-
nada.

The Rev. John Millidge, rector of Annapolis.

Rev. T. B. Rowlands, rector of Shelburne.

Peter de St. Croix, M.D. of Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island. '

The Honorable James Stewart, attorney general of
Lower Canada, and the Rev. Ilibbert Binney, A. M.

All of these, except the first named, had previously
bee J graduates of the college, At the same time Charles
Cogswell, (now M.D.,) Chipman Botsford, and John L.
Trimingham v.erc elected to vacant scholarships, and a
valuable donation of mathematical instruments from pro-
lessor Morton, formerly of the college, was presented to
the governors.

1828. The next vacant scholarship was awarded tv)
William Scovil, of New Brunswick, 8th December, 1828.
On the same day, at a meeting of the governors, the old

KING'S COLLEGE.

statute relating to the enccenia was repealed, and the
following enactment passed.

" That a feast to be called the Enccenia, in coramemo- "
*' ration of the foundation of the University by his most "
"gracious Majesty, King George III., shall becelebra-"
" ted annually, at Windsor, on the first Tuesday of Oc- "
" tober ; unless the lieutenant-governor shall previously "
" appoint some other day, of which due notice shall be "
" given to the governors."

1829. A letter from the Visitor, addressed to the
governors, was laid before the board at a meeting called
for that pm'pose, on the 22nd July, 1829. This commu-
nication stated that flagrant offences had been committed
by the students, and that an attempt had been ^ade by
the whole body of students to protect the offenders, by
refusing to exculpate themselves before the college nutho-
rities ; — that six students were still confined in college,
who had refused to declai'e their innocence of the charges ;
and that generally a want of discipline prevailed. This
letter was accompanied by one from the officers of the col-
lege to the Visitor, detailing the facts, and complaining of
the insubordination of the students, signed by Charles
Porter, president, William Cochran, vice president, and
William C. King, fellow and bursar. The Visitor stated
that in consequence of this letter he had proceeded to in-
vestigate the charges, and had made a decree, that all
students should be confined to college, &c. In pursuance
of this decree eighteen students signed a denial of the
charges, and were allowed to proceed to their homes.
The other six refused to sign the document drawn up by

i^l

KfNG'S COLLEGE.

ad the

lemo- "
most "
ebra-"
f Oc-"
ously"
all be"

to the
r called
commu-
[ninitted
(lade by
:ler8, by
k nutho-
coUege,
harges ;
This
the col-
lining of
Charles
nt, and
stated
to in-
that all
irsuance
of the
homes,
n up by

the Visitor on the ground that thcj' were not justified in
taking such a step, as it would tend to convict the culprits
by their own acknow^ledgment, and was in fact a process
designed to compel the offenders to convict themselves.

This affair residted in the expulsion of one student and
several deprivations inflicted on others,

1830. October 5th, Thomas Leaver* and II. L. Owenf
were chosen scholars on the foundation. In the same year
John C. Halliburton, esq., was made secretary to the board
of governors.

On the 7th of October, 1831, Dr. Cochran resigned the
office of vice president, and retired from active duties,
after a connection with the college of more than forty-one
years. The following resolution was unanimously adopt-
ed by the governors on this occasion.

" They gladly improve the opportunity which is thus "
" offered them for expressing the deep sense they enter- "
" tain of the value of those services whicli he has render- "
" ed to the college and to the provinces of Nova Scotia"
" and New Brunswick in the stations he has held ; nor "
" can they be insensible to the peculiar merit of Dr. "
" Cochran's early labours, when he had to stniggle some- "
" times without any assistance with continual difficulties, "
" which were unavoidably attendant upon the infancj- of
" such an institution in a new colony."

Dr. Cochran during his long career of usefulness not
only won for. himself the esteem of the governors and
officers of the college ; but also the respect and love of

* Afterwards rev. T. Leaver, rector of Truro (doccased),
t Rev. H. L. Owen, A. M., rector of Lunenburg.

KIN'Q'S COLLKOK.

the 3'oiing men under his care, by whom he was regarded
more in the light of a kind parent than of a stern profes-
sor, lie died at Windsor on the 4th of August, 1833, in
his 77tli 3ear, univerHally regretted.

Mr. John Stevenson, the schoolmaster, who had been
appointed teacher of mathematics, and had also received
deacon's (nxlers from the bishop, was appointed a fellow
of the college, and in the following year succeeded Dr.
Cochran in the office of vice president, which had remain-
ed vacant for some time after the doctor's resignation.

1835. The bishop, in liis letter to the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Pai'ts, gives the fol-
lowing details respecting King's College : — " There had "
"been in the matriculation lOG names ; of tliese the first"
" was entered on the 17th December, 1803, and the last"
" in December, 1834. Of these. o3 were of the clerical "
" profession, 10 medical, 59 legal, 39 army and navy and "
" other professions, and 8 on whom honorary degrees "
" had been conferred."

On the 25th May, Samuel L. Shamion,* AV. IIowe,t H-
B. Porter,! and Sterling, were elected to scholar-
ships.

Thomas Williams and Edward B. Nichols § were elected
scholars, and in September following Messrs. Hill and
Viets received scholarships on the foundation.

In the year 1837 the Diocesan Church Society of Nova

* Hon. S. L. Sh.wnon, M. E. L., M. P. P., A. M., and barrister.
t Wm. Howe, A. B., b;»rri8ter, registrar probiitu court, Halifax.
I U. B. Porter, son of tlie president. Dr. Porter.
$ Uev. E. B. Nicliols, A. M., rector of Liverpool.

£IN0>8 COT.LEOE.

profcH-
«3a, in

ul l)een
I'ceivcd
X fellow
ilcfl Dr.
renuvin-
ion.

for the
tlic M-
re IkuI"
le first "
le last"
clerical "
,VV and "
legreos "

owe,t K-
sc'holar-

e elected
Hill and

of Nova

Scotia, at its formation declared it to be one of its funda-
mental objects, to uphold the collegiate establi..bment at
Windsor, by granting assistance to students requiring aid
in pursuing their studies at Windsor for the ministry of
the church. Under this rule the society has from time to
time assisted degerving young :nen by whom divinity
scholarships have been held, w th small loans, the sum
allowed to each divinity scholar 1 y the S. P. G. not being
always sufficient for the expenses of the scholar.

1838. 11th October, Mr. Odell was elected to a foun-
dation scholarship.

1839. 28th Dec, Messrs. John Harvey, and W. Black
were elected scholars.

1841. 28th October, two foundation scholarships hav-
ing fallen vacant Messrs. Simonds and Pope were elected.

1842. The sum of £160 was expended on telescopic
apparatus for the use of the college.

Sept. 1842. Mr. Brown was elected to a vacant
scholarship.

1845. The pecuniary difficulties of the college had now

become so pressing, that the board of governors were

induced once more to petition the British Government

for aid. On the 24th of December, 1845, a memorial

was agreed on stating fully the claims of the college

on the government for support, and the expectations

held out to the university from time to time since

its foundation by royal chaiter in 1803. This application

was met by a positive refusal on the part of Mr. E. A.

Gladstone then secretary of state for the colonies. His

reply to the memorial bears date the 16th March, 1846.
6

KINO'S COLLEGE.

Since that time King's College has ceased to have any
connection with the British Government.

This sketch is now brought down to that period when
the affairs of King's College began to assume a more
popular aspect. The friend^ of the college finding them-
selves wholly dependant on local assistance and their own
personal exertions for its support, by the total withdrawal
of pecuniary aid from England, made a strong and urgent
appeal in its favor to the public at large. This was
warmly responded to by the alumni of the University,
who were attached to the place of their education by many
ties and interesting associations. They immediately con-
stituted themselves into a society for the support and
advancement of their alma matet't and readily provided
fUnds to promote the interests of the university. In con-
sequence of the timely assistance they afforded, the in-
come of the college has been increased, new endowments
have been created for its benefit and at the same time ex-
tensive changes introduced into its organization and go-
vernment.

Thus a more auspicious period in the history of King's
College began. The details of these important changes
and the particulars of the subsequent career of the institu-
tion until the present daj' will afford ample scope for a
further narrative.

More than 75 years have now elapsed since the origin
of this seminary. It is the oldest college of British
origin in these provinces, and in many respects unri-
valled by the more recent institutions of learning in
British America. The friends of King's College for the

KING'S COLLEGE.

last half century have been enabled to point, with justifi-
able pride, to its graduates filling eminent positions in the
Church, the Legislative bodies, the Bench, and the Bar of
this and the sister colonies. Men educated within its
walls have found their way to distinction in the army, the
navy and other honorable professions, and its alumni are
to be met with among the educated classes not only
throughout the lower provinces but in Canada and the
United States of America.

CHAPTER X.

THE ACADEMY. ,

We have seen that the original design of the founders
of the seminary of learning at Windsor, was that of an
Academy or school for the classics and the elementary
branches of mathematics. Out of this humble beginning
grew the University of King's College. The grammar
school or academy was first set on foot, and as has been
before detailed was opened for the instraction of youth on
the 1st November, 1788, and since the college was organ-
ized, this school has been kept up as a handmaid to the
University of which it has been always considered as part
and parcel.

The first master who had charge of the school was Mr.
Archibald Payne Inglis. He was after a short time suc-
ceeded by the Rev. Wm. Cochran.

[The regulations adopted in the beginning for the gov-
ernment of the academy, will be found in Appendix A.]

In November, 1790, Mr. J. VanNorden became the
assistant teacher to the principal, Mr. Cochran.

Mr. Millidge was afterwards assistant.

In 1799 we find the academy completely severed from
the college, and Mr. John Henry Jennings, from England
appointed English master. He was succeeded in 1802 by

KING'S COLLEGE.

65>

Mr. Benjamin Gerrish Gray (aftewards the Rev. Dr. Gray,
rector of St. George's, Halifax, and lastly rector of St.
John, N. B.) Mr. Gray took charge of both the Latin
and the English classes. He was permitted to take
boarders (pupils), and the school was limited to 28
scholars.

In the autumn of 1800 an examination of the pupils of
the academy was held, Mr. John Inglis (afterwards
Bishop of Nova Scotia), had been a pupil in this school
as early as its first inception in 1788. — He was now about
to go to England, and as the governors of the college had
not yet assumed the power of conferring degrees, they
gave Mi. Inglis testimonials of his study and acquire-
ments, as a substitute.

After the college had been brought into ftiU operation
under the Royal Charter ; tho question of the expediency
of keeping up the academy as an adjunct to it, was moot-
ed at a meeting of the governors of the college in 1802.
They resolved that the school should go on, and in July,
1802, determined to appoint a principal master of the
academy, who should be a graduate of some British uni-
versity, with an annual salary of £200, besides fees of
tuition. We have seen that Dr. Coclu-an declined this
appointment, on which the Rev. Wm. Twining, was made
principal, or head master, and Mr. Cyrus Perkins assis-
tant. *

In June, 1804, Mr. Perkins was succeeded by Mr.
Irousides- At subsequent dates Mr. J. Farquharson and
Mr. Cassells were assistants in the Academy.

At this time the Granmtar School was kept in the Col-

KING'S COLLEGE.

lege Building, the Government had provided plans for a
suitable school house, but many years elapsed before it
was erected.

In January 1808, the Rev. William Colsell King was
appointed head master, his salary being £200 per annum
besides fees, and entr^red on his duties early in May 1808.
Mr. King was assisted for a short time in 1810 by Mr.
Binney from the college.

1814. February 12th. John Thomas Twining, son of
the former head master was appointed assistant, he was
afterwards curate of St. Paul's at Halifax, chaplain to the
Garrison, and master of the Grammar school there.

In 1818 the Rev. Christopher Milner was made head
master, (Asa Torrey acted as his assistant,) on his
removal in 1821, the Rev. Francis Salt was-appointed to
succeed him. He filled the office from September 1821
mtil 1832, when he resigned, and was succeeded by the
Rev. Joseph H. Clinch. After the removal of Mr. Clinch
to the United States the Rev. William B. King, son of the
former head master and now rector of Parsborough was
appointed principal teacher. During the period Mr. Salt
had charge of the Academy the number of pupils was very
much increased. Mr. Thomas Curran was assistant to
Mr. Salt and also to Mr. Clinch and Mr. King, and con-
ducted the academy on several occasions in the absence of
the head master.

A sum of £3000 derived from a ftmd known as the
Arms * flmd at the disposal of the Governor of the Pro-

* Derived from the capture of Caatlne from the Americana Id the war of 1812.

KINO'S COLLEGE.

vince had been placed by Sir John Coape Sherbrooke about
the year 1816 in • the hands of Chief Justice Blowers as
a fund towards the erection of a suitable building for the
Academy. The present stone edifice now occupied by the
Academy was commenced in 1819 and finished in 1822 at
the total cost of £6689. This building has been latterly
kept in repairs by the governors, who have on several
occasions spent large sums of money to render it comfort-
able and convenient for the purposes intended.

After the resignation of tlie Rev. William King, IVIr.
Irwin, a graduate of the University of Cambridge, became
head master, and was assisted in the department of
modern languages by Professor Mantovani. After the
resignation of Mr. Irwin the office of head master remain-
ed vacant ui\til the appointment of the Rev. John Mul-
holland in 1850, who was assisted by his brother Mr.
William Mulholland. He remained in charge of the
Academy until 1854, when he was succeeded by the Rev.
David Pickett. — Mr. Pickett was succeeded by the Rev.
Dr. Blackman, the present head master.

A number of Exhibitions and prizes have been offered

Tl rues'

by the Associate Alumni at various iomae to the pupils of
the Academy. These prizes not being of a permanent
character a sum of £270 was raised by subscription among
the Alumni in 1850, and invested for the puipose of estab-
lishing for ever two Exhibitions of £8 and £4, to be com-
peted for annually. The first is open to the senior form
only, and the successful candidate must be qualified
though not required to enter college. The second is open
to the whole school. In both cases the competitors must

KINO'S COLLEGS.

be of one year's standing. The Exhibitions are under the
management of a committee of the Almnni who appoint
the examiners. The examinations take place in the
month of June, each year. The appropriation of this fund
to the above purpose depends upon the connection of the
School with the Church of England. There are also six
exhibitions of £15 each established at the Academy to be
given to the sons of Clergymen to be held for three years
only. These exhibitions are derived from funds supplied
by the Society for the Pi'opagation of the Gospel in
Foreign Parts, in the hands of the visitor of the college.

TERMS.

Boarders, at the Academy pay £40 currency per annum,
everything included.

Day Scholars — £8 per annum.

Instruction in one or all of four modern languages £3
per annum.

Vacations — From July 1st, to August 15th.
From Dec. 15th, to January 15th.

APPENDIX A.

't'

£3

1. The academy is to consist of two schools: one for
Greek and Latin, where the students of the highest class
are to be instructed in loj^c and in natural and moral
philosophy ; the other school, for English, wiiting, arith-
metic, geometry and practical branches of mathematics ;
and each school is to have a master or tutor.

2. The master of the Greek and Latin school, who must
be a clergyman of the established church, is to have the
superintending of the whole, and to act as president.

3. No boys are to be admitted into the Latin school
until they begin the Latin grammar, nor into the English
school until they can read and write ; nor into either under
the age of eight years.

4. The Latin scholars who wish to improve in writing,
arithmetic or any other branch that is taught in the Eng-
lish school may attend the English master, at such hours
as may be judged most convenient by both masters, with-
out any additional expense.

5. The money for tuition in the Latin school, which is
Four Pounds currency per annum for each scholar, is to
be paid to the Latin master in four quarterly payments ;
the tuition money in the English school, which is Three
Pounds currency per annum, is to be paid in like manner
to the English master.

6. The greatest attention must be paid to the morals
of the childi'cn in both schools, and every precaution used
to guard them against the infection of bad principles
and examples. They are to be catechised regularly once
eveiy week, and generous sentiments of virtue, benevo-
lence, and religion are to be sedulously inculcated. The
cathechism in Latin is recommended for the highest class
in the Latin school.

KING'S COLLEGE.

ing

7. The school exercises are to begin every mom-
with prayers by the president, or the English mas-
ter, and also to conclude in the same manner every
evening ; all the students must attend on those occa-
sions, and their names are to be called over each morn-
ing and evening.

8. The daily prayers for the academy are to be select-
ed from the Liturgy of the established Church of England
(the prayer for the King to be always one), to which a
prayer adapted to the Institution shall be added.

9. From the first day of November to the first day of
May the schools are to commence each day at 9 o'clock in
the morning, and to continue to 12 o'clock : from 12 till 2
o'clock to be allowed for dinner and relaxation; the
schools are to commence again at 2 o'clock and continue
till 4 o'clock p. m. For the rest of the year, the schools
ai*e to commence each day at 6 o'clock, a. m., from 8 till
9 o'clock to be allowed for breakfast, from 12 till 2 o'clock
for dinner and relaxation, and the schools are to be conti-
nued from 2 till 5 o'clock, p. m.

10. The students are to have a vacation of two weeks
at Christmas ; Passion Week at Easter ; four weeks at
Bartholomew Tide ; and the afternoons of each Saturday
may be allowed to them for exercise and recreation.

11. The academy is to be visited four times a year,
viz : on the first Wednesday of November, the first Wed-
nesday of Februarj'^, the first Wednesday of May, and the
first Wednesday of August ; and as it may not be conve-
nient for all the gentlemen who are appointed governors
of the institution by the late act of the Province, to attend
on those occasions, the following gentlemen, or any three
of them, with or without the governors, are authorized to
visit the academy on those cliya, viz: the Missionary at
Windsor, with 'the principal civil magistrate, and such
other gentlemen as the m-magers may see fit to request. —
The visitors are to enquire into the state of the schools,
and the mode in which they are conducted ; they are to
examine the scholars as to their progress in Literature,
and behaviour ; they are to rectify any abuse, and remove
the obstractions that may occasionally arise.

12. The students are required to be diligent in their
studies, dutiful and obedient to their tutors, and not to

KING'S COLLEGE.

)nve-
rnors
ttend
three
}d to
ry at _

such
Ist. —
tools,

i*e to
|,ture,

io\e

Itheir
)t to

absent themselves from either of the schools without the
tutor's leave.

13. Children should be treated as rational beings ; and
therefore persuasion and arguments adapted to their
understanding should be employed to promote application
and good behaviour among the students.

14. Experience however hath uniformly evinced, that
discipline and order, which are so essential to the reputa-
tion of seminaries and to the improvement of students,
cannot be supported without some degree of corporal pun-
ishment ; these must also be used when necessaiy. In the
infliction of punishment, the masters should be guided by
discretion and good temper. For small offences confine-
ment, or an additional task, or a moderate fine, may an-
swer, and are eligible. Where those are insufficient, or in
cases of gross transgression, corporal punibhment must be
employed ; but all violence, which would iijjure the health,
or affect the understanding of the students must by all
means be avoided.

15. Any injury done to the building where the Aca-
demy is kept, such as breaking windows, or any other
damage, is to be repaired at the expense of the person by
whom the damage is done, or by his parent or guardian.

16. It is recommended to the students in the Latin
school, that they wear Freshmen's gowns.

17. The books used in the Latin school are to be the
same that are read in the seminaries in England ; Lillj'
(or the Eton) Grammar, Clark's Exercises, JEsop's, or
Phaedrus's Fables, Justin, Sallust, and Ctesar's Commen-
taries, with Ovid's Epistles and Metamorphoses, are
proper books for the lower classe's ; and for the higher,
Virgil, Horace, Terence, Juvenal, Cicero's Orations and
Livy's History, with Virgil and Cicero. Students are to
begin the Greek Grammar, the Eton, or Westminster, or
Wettenhall's Grammar may be used. The Greek Testa-
ment, Polyoenus, Lucian, Xenophon, Theocritus, Homer,
Pindar, Longinus, and Sophocles, are to succeed ; and be
read in their turn. As the students who compose the
upper class advance in reading the highest Greek and
Latin Classicks, they are to begin logic ; the}'^ ai'e also to
be instructed in the principles of Astronomy, Natural and
Moral Philosophy. For Logic, Watts or Leblese may be

KING'S COLLSOE.

used. For Astronomy, Keill and Ferguson. For Natural
Philosophy, Helsham, Rowning, Martin, and Nicholson.
For Moral Philosophy and Natural Law, Hutchinson's
Compendium and Burlamaqui.

18. Great attention must be paid to instruct the stu-
dents in the rudiments of grammar, as it is a point of the
utmost moment. The foundation in this branch should
be strong and durable ; and much care should be taken in
parsing, where the rules of granunar are exemplified and
applied.

19. Besides Latin Fxercises twice a week, a theme in
English for each student should be required once every
week, which will habituate them to composition, and assist
them in forming a chaste and accurate style.

20. The students are to deliver pieces of poetry or
prose, selected from the best authors, publicly in the
schools at stat^ periods, particularly at visitations ; &nd
they should be instructed to speak with a proper modula-
tion of voice, and with easy natural action or gestures.

21. Besides the books already mentioned, the students
of the upper class should occasionally peruse some trea-
tises ou the Greek and Roman antiquities, such as those
of Potter and Kennet; on Chronology, such as Strau-
chius: on Commerce, as Gee, Child, or the treatise on
that subject in the Preceptor ; and to those also should
be joiiKd the perusal of some of our most classical
English writers, such as Addison, Swift, Pope, Johnson,
&c„ ^or improvement in style and knowledge of men and
manners.

22. In the English school, the scholars are to be
taught to write a fair hand correctly ; and to read with
propriety, both as to distinctness, pauses, emphasis, ca-
dence, and modulation of voice. The delivering pieces in
public, here as in the Latin school, will contribute much
to the progress of scholars in reading well and must be
practised.

23. In this school are also to be taught arithmetic,
including vulgar and decimal fractions, and extraction of
the square and cube roots, diflferent branches of practical
mathematics, as navigation, surveying and guaging, with
book keeping and geography ; the first six books of Euclid
are also to be read. Care must be taken to ground the

Al'PEXDIX.

7:{

Hchotars well in those [)racticul sciences, that they may he
fitted for business in active life.

24. In case of any disputes or difficulties occurring in
tlie English school, the master will have recourse to the
president, as he again in .similar cases, will have to the
visitor.

APPENDIX B.

Curriculum or course of Stuihf at King's College, Windsor,

in 1814.

FIHST CLASS.

WORKS RKAD UNDER THK
I'KESIDEXT.

Greek Testament — Grotius,
Hebrew Bible — Euclid Al{?ebra,
Xcnophon — Cicero's Orations,
et dc Amacitia et Sencctute,
Horace, Virgil's Goorjifics. Soph-
ocles.

BOOKS KEAU UNDER DR.
COCHRAN.

Sophocles, Longinus,
Horace's Art of Poetry.
Virgil's Georgics, Login,
Cicero dc Officiis, Cicero de ora-

tore,
Burlcmaque on Natural Law.

mctic,
ion of
ctical
with
iuclid
d the

SECOND CLASS.

Greek Testament, Grotius.
Homer, Horace,
Xenophon's Memorabilia,
Demosthenes,

Cicero's Orations and de Ama-
citia, &c.

Logic, Cicero de Oratorc,
Cicero dc Officiis,

Xf lophon's Cyr.

Jv enal.

THIRD CLASS.

Euclid, Woods' Alg«bra.

Logic, Cicero de
Oratorc and dc Officiis.

FOUUTII CLASS.

Sophocles,

Homer, Horace,

Logic, Cicero de Oratore.

Quintilian added by order of the governors, to be lead by Dr.
Cochran in future as an introductory book on rhetoric.

'■ ,

APrKNDlX.

APPKNDIX f

of KinffH (tniJ Dal-
Committfe o/hofh ,

StjijffeHtiovs for nrcoviplishiiKj the fDiiuii
fioiisie Collet iP.H agreed on btj the Joi»t
(\jUefje:i in Septfrnher^ 1H23.

Namk. — The I'liitc'd Collcfifcs of KiDg's and D.'ilhousio,

Site. — Hiilif'iix.

GovEUNORS. — The huiik' an tliose of Kin«i;'s Colloji;*',
with the addition of the Treusnrer of the Provinee.

Patkon. — The Arelibisliop of C'anterburv.

Vi.siTou. — Tlie Bishop of Nova Scotia.

Coi.i.E(jE. — To coiisist of one i'resident, three or more
Fellows, three or more Piihlic I'rofessors, and twefve or
more Scholars.

Inteknal (iovEiiNMENT OK THE ('oi-LE(iE. — To bc Vest-
ed in tlie President and Fellows exclnsively.

The Puesioent. — Must be a Clergyman of the Church
of England in full orders, and nnist have taken the Degree
of Master in Arts, or Haehelor in Civil Law, in n regular
manner, in Oxford, ('aml)ridge, Dul)lin, or King's and
Dalhousic.

The Fellows. — Shall be elected by the (iovernors —
unmarried men — Bachelors of Arts, at least in one of the
before named Universities, who shall have subscril)ed the
39 articles, shall be resident in the College, and, with tlu;
President, shall have the pi-ivate tuition of the under-
graduates.

The Puhlk.' Pkofessoks. — Shall be chosen by the
Governors wpon satisfactory proof of suflicient qualifica-
tion, without respect to their Comitiy or University,
except the Professor of Divinity, they shall not be requir-
ed to reside within the College, and shall deliver Pul)lic
Lectiues, which shall be open to all persons, whether
members of the University or not, who shall have obtained
the j)ermission of the i^'ofessors for their attendance.

LoDGiN<j. — All Undergraduates shall reside within the
('oUege, or in the houses of their parents or guardians, or
of persona ap[)ointed by their j>arents or guardians, and
apinoved by the President.

Divine Seua'ice. — All resident Undergraduates shall
attend tlie College Prayers morning and evening.

Uesidence. — No tenn shall be kept or shall reckoi*

APrKNDIX.

COI>

townnN a dogroo without A<Mi(loiP''"al rcjsidoiico during tli«'
wljolc term. The AejidtMuical residt'nco of the Under-
graduati's living within the walls of the College, shall con-
sist in liodging and IJoardiug in the College, in wearing
the proper hahit, in attending tiie Chapel Lectures luid
Kxereises. and in complying with all other Collegiate
Kegulations according to the Statutes. The Actadcmical
residence of those undergraduates who lodge out of the
College, shall consist iu wearing the proper habit, in at-
tending Lectures and Exercises, and in complying with
other Collegiate Uegulati(jns.

1)e(jkki:s. — It shall be recjuired of every person befon'
a Degree be conferred on him: —
Ist, — That his name shall be upon the ^latricula of the

L^niyersity.
2nd, — That he shall be a member of the College.
;^rd, — That he shall be of the standing required by the

Statutes.
4th, — That he shall have kept the residence required by

the Statut6s.
r)th, — That he shall have attended the Lectures and per-
formed the College Exercises appointed by the Statutes,
♦ith, — That he shall be a man of good principles and

morals. •

7th, — That he shall have performed the proper exercises

for his Degree.
8th, — That he shall have undergone an examination and

shall have received a Testimonium from his examiners,

in all cases in which the Statutes have directed the

Candidates to be examined.
l)th, — That he shall have taken the Oaths required at the

time of his Matriculation.

Ok Baciielou and Doctor ok Divinity. — Every person
before he be admitted to either of these Degrees shall
have subscribed the 39 articles.

Statittes. — To be formed from those now in use at
King's College, with an understanding, that all those
which may interfere with these suggestions shall be omitt-
ed or modified.

, Puoi'EUTY. — Funds. — There shall be an entire union
of the Lands, Monies and Funds of the two Colleges ; and
all bequests and donations, which heretofore have been

./'*?"" '■"•

APPENDIX.

made or given to either of the said Colleges, shall btcome
the Property of the United College.

The suggestions for accomplishing an union between
King's and Dalhousic Colleges, havo been offered upon a
supposition tliat there is a general desire among the
Patrons and Governors of the two Institutions, to pre-
8er>'e, as much as ])ossible, whatever may be deemed the
primary objects of each.

APPENDIX.

•mo

ecu

11 a
the
)re-
the

Statement of the funds of Dcdlwusie College, madk by Mr. Wallace

about the year 1820.

Towards carrying on th« building Lord DiUliousit
gave out of wluit was called the Castinc Duties at
his disposal £2,751 10 \^

The I'rovincial Legislature gave at diifttrent periods
grants to the amount of 3,000 0^

And also loaned witliout interest for five years 5,000 0'

And there has been received out of tlie dividends
arising from tiis 3 per cent, stock in the funds. . . . 2,378

Nova Scotia Currency, £18,129 10 9

Tlie expenditures amount to upwards of £13,000. Lord iJalhousie
directed to be lodged in the public funds towards the support of the
institution, where it now remains in the three per cents, the sum of
£7,000 currency — etjual to £G,300 sterling.

(Signed.) Mu'iiaei. Wallace,

Trustee.

Statement of the monies funded in the names of the Earl of Dalhousie.
Chief Justice lilowers, and the late Hon. Michael Wallace, as Trus-
tees of Dalhousie College, as per account current from Messrs.
Duckelt, Morland 4" Co., to Hth .Ian., 1831.

In the 3 per cents £8,289 9 «

Dividends up to the above period 1,007 9 9

Sterling, £9,29« 19 3

£1,000 of this sum has been ordered to be invested in the names

of the Karl of Dalhousie and Ciiief Justice Blowers,
lients arising from Dalhousie College per annum .iniount to £1(S0

currency.
Total cost of the building to the present time, £13,707 138 3d.

(Signed) CilAs. W. Wam.aok,

March 'MUh. 1832. Tru^ttee.

MEMO. OF TIIK ACCOUNTS IN 1!W— DAT.IIOUSIK COLLKOK.

This building cost £13,707 18

The funds in England in the 3 per cent, consols

amount to 8,289 9

There is now due from dividends up to Ist Jan., 182(! 092 14
Tlivre remains in tlie hands of the late linn of Messrs.
Duckett, Morland & Co. on the Ist of Jan'y. 1832,
£1,255 18s. 1 Id. from which a dividend is expected

of 12s. (Jd. in tiie pound, amounting to 784 7

The rents arising from letting of shops, rooms, etc.,

may be estimated at about, per annum 100

Amount of debts due Tarious persons 797» 9

Amount of provi.iee loan 6,000

J. W. NUTTINO,

Halifax. Feb. 24, 183(;. , Secretary of the Hoard.

APPENDIX.

A STATEMENT OF THE FITNDS AND INCOME OF KING'S COLLKQK

IN 1848.

Visitor's Fund, (currency) £I,4ir) 16 2

General Fund, " 1,0(K)

Buil'HnpFund, " 5,157 Oil 3 per cent.

Library Fund, " 1,073 10 7^ 3.i "

£!),24r, i:\ 8A

400

INCOMi;, 8TKUI.IN«.

Frovincial (i rant •

Int'.Tcst on Dr. Warnford's donation of

£1 ,000 stg., at 4 per cent

Annual allowance from the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel for Divinity

Scholarships 300

Chaplain in 1848 2")

For general purposes (to he withdrawn). . 260

T,ANDM()UANTKD HV THE CROWN TO KINO'S COLI.KGK. NOW IN
POSSESHION OF THE UOVKKXOKH.

fjjOOO acres on the rear line of tiio township of Ilorton. Kings Co.,
at the Houth-we.st angle of the township.

5,000 acres npon the south side of the old line of roal marked -lut
towards St. Mary's, in Guysl»oro' Co., contiguous to the upper grai\t.

5,000 arres nppn tiio N. W. side of the College liake, so called,
emptying into St. Mary'.s lliver, in tlie County of Guysboro'.

5,000 acres upoil the Kiver .John in the County of I'ictou.

•■ /

:qk

cnt.

CHARTER OK THK ITNIVKRSITY.

V IN

Co.,

t ')Ut

"ni\t.
Jlod.

(iKOKur, the Third, by the Ci nice ol' (Joil, of the IJnitcMl
Kin<^(l<)in ol' (Jretit liiitiiiii :uul Iiohmd, Kiiii^, Dc-
ItMuier of the Faith, to all to whom those piresents
shall come greetinij,' :

Whereas wc have deelared our royal intention to estab-
lish, within our province of Nova Scotia, ill North Ame-
rica, a College for tin' education of youth in the principles
of true reli<i;ion, and lor their instruction in tlii' ditlerent
l)rancheH of science and literature, which arc taught at our
Universities in this kingdom.

And Whereas the sum of four thousand pounds granteil
l>y our Parliament in that part of our luiitcd kingdom,
called (Jreat Hritain, hath been applied in erecting a suit-
able building within the town of Windsor, in our said
I'rovince, on a piece of land which had been purchased by
means of a grant of the (ieneral Assembly of our said
Province for the pur[)ose.

And Whereas the said building hath been lltted for the
res^idence of prolessors and students, and an endownu^nt
of four hundred pounds ciurency of that rrovince (etiind
to three hundred and sixty pounds IJritish sterling) per
annum, hath been granted for the snp|)ort thereof, by
the said (Jeneral Ass('nil)ly.

And Wlu'reas humble application hath been made to us
by many of our loving subjects in our said I'rovince, that
we v.(»uld be pleas(>d to grant our Hovai, C'liAurKU Ibr the
more pi'rfect cstal»lishment of the said College, and for
incorporating the members thereof foi* the purposes afure-
sai<l, and for such lurtlwr endowment thereof as to us
should seem meet.

We having taken the premises into our Itoyal (Conside-
ration, and duly weigliing the great utility and importance

APPENDIX.

of such an institution, are willing antl desirous to conde-
scend to tlieir request : know yk, tliereforo, that we, of our
especial grace, certain knowledge and mere motion have
willed, ordained and granted, and do by th.ese presents for
us, our heirs, and successors, will, ordain and grant, that
upon the said laud, and in the building, or buildings so
erecti'd, or to be erected thereon a^ our town of Winosou,
in our said Province of Nova Si'otia, there shall he estab-
lished from this time one College, the mother of an Univer-
sity, for the education and instruction of youth and students,
in a^'ts and faculties, to continue for ever ; and'to be called
KiN(i s C'oi.i.Koi: : and that our trusty and well-beloved
Sir John Wentworth, Baronet, Lieutenant-G'overnor, ol' onr
said I'rovince, or the (Jovernor or Lieutenant-dovernor
of our said Province for the time being; tiic! Klght Reve-
rend Father in (Jod, Charles Lujlis, Bishop of the Diocese
of Nova Scotia, or the JJishoj) of the said Diocese for the
time being ; our trusty and well-beloved ASaniuel Salter
Blowers, Chief Justice of our said I'rovinceof Nova . Scotia,
or the Chief Justice of our said Province for the lime
being, our trusty and well-beloved Alexander Croke, Judge
of our Court of Vice- Admiralty in Nova Si-otia, or tlie
Judge of our Court of Vice-Admiralty, in our said Pro-
vince for the time being, our trusty and well-beloved
Richard John Utn'acke, Sjieaker of our House of Assent hly,
and Attorney-General of our said Province ol" Nova-.Scotia.
or the Speaker of our House of Assembly, and the Attor-
ney-(jieneral for our said Province severally for the time
being ; our trusty and well-l)eloved James Stewart, Solici-
tor-Cf'eneral for our said Province of Nova Scotia, or the
Solicitor-deneral of our said Province for the tinie being;
our trusty and well-beh)ved Benning Wentworth, ASecretary
of our said Province of Nova Scotia, or the Secretary of
our said Province for the tinu' being, together with such
otluir person or i)ersons as shall be elected in manner here-
inafter mentioned, shall be (iovKUNous of the said College,
and that the said College siiall consist of one Puksidknt,
three or more Kicllows and 1'uoff.ssous, and twelve or
more Scholau.s, at sjic salaries, and subject to such
provisions, regulations, limitations, rides, (lualillcations
and restrictions as shall herealler be ajjpointed by the
statutes, rules and ordinances of the saitl College, and

AITENDIX.

'ary
of
lU'h
•ro-

;nt,

inch

ions

tho

und

until Huoh stiitutes, rules, and ordinances shall have been
framed, sulyeet, in all respects, to the orders and direc-
tions, and elif;il)le and renioveable at the ph^asure of the
said (Governors, or of the major part of them. And that
the said (Jovernors, or the major part of them, shall have
the power of eleetinu; the president of the said C'ollejie ft)r
the time heiny;, to he a {jfovernor of the said ('oll('<>;e, and
also of electino; any otiier person or persons, not exceed-
in}; three in numl)er (subject to such regulations as shall
be appointed l)y the statutes, rules and ordinances of the
said C'olle«;e) to be a jjjovernor or governors of the said
College.

And we do l»y these presents, for us, our heirs and
successors, will, ordain and grant, that the said |j,<)vi'rnors,
president, and fellows, and their successors for ever, shall
l)e one distinct and separate body politic .'ind corporate,
in deed and in name, by the name and style n\' tlic (iovr.K-

N'OllS, PUKSIUKNT (Hid Fk1,L<JWS, of KlX(j's CoLLIXiK (U

WiNDsoit, in the Province of Xov.v Scotia ; and that by
the same name, they shall have jierpetua! succession, and
a comuKUi seal, and that they and their successors shall,
from time to time, have lull [)ower to break, alter, make
new, or change, such conunon seal, at their will and i)lea-
snre, and as shall be foinid expedient ; and that by the same
name, the said governors, president and fellows, and their
successors, from time to time and at all times herealler
shall be .a body ])olitic and corporate, in deed and in law,
and be able and capable to have. take, recciv' . lau'chase.
acquire, hold, possess, enjoy, and retain ; and we do here-
by foi' us, and heirs and successors, give and gra'^i \\i\\
authority, and free licence to them and their successors by
the nanu' aforesaid, to have, take, receive, purchase,
ac(juire, hold, possess, enjoy and retain, to ami for the use
of the said College notwithstanding any statutes or statute
of mortnuiin. any manors, reeto/ies, advowsons. messii-
ages, lands, tenements, rents, and hereditaments of what
kind nature or {luality soever, so as that the same do not
exceed in ycjirly value the sum of six thousand pounds
above all charges: and moreover, to take, purchase,
acfpiire, have, hold, enjoy, receive, possess and retain,
n()twithsiandiiig any spcli statute, or statutes to the con-
trary, all or any ^jjoods. chatth;s. charitable and other

APPENDIX.

eoiitributions, pfiftn and benonictions whatsoever : .'nul tlmt
the said governors, president, and fellows, and their suc-
eessors, by the same name, shall and may be able and
eapable in law. to sue and l»e sned, implead and ])e im-
pleaded, answer and be answered, in all or any eonrts, or
eonrts of reeord or i)laees of jndieatnre within onr United
Kingdom of (Jreat liritain and Ireland, and our said Pro-
vinee of Nova Seotia, and othei' our dominions, and in all
and singular aetions, eauses, i)leas, suits, matters and de-
mands whatsoever, of what kind and nature (n* sort soever,
in as large, ample and benefieial manner and form, as any
other body politie and eorporate, or any other our liege
subjects, being {)ersons able and eapable in law. may or
ean have, take, purehase, receive, hold, possess, enjoy, re^
tain, sue, implead or answer, or be sued, impleaded, or
answered in any nuinner whatsoever.

And Ave do by these presents, for us, our heirs and
successors, will, ordain and grant that the (lovernors of
the said College or the Major part of them, shall have
power and authority to frame and make SrvrirKS. Hi i.ks,
and ()m)iN.\N<Ks, touching and concerning the good go-
vermnent of the said College, the performance of divin*'
service therein, the studies, lectures, exercises, degrees in
arts and faculties, and all matters regarding the same ;
the election, (^nalilication and residence of the president,
fellows, and scholars, the management of the revenues
and property of the said College, tin; salaries, stipends
and [Hovision for the president, fellows, scholars and
olllcers of the said College, and also touching and con-
cerning any other matter or thing whidi to them shall
seem good, fit, useful, and agreeable to this our Charter:
and also from tfime to time, to revoke, augment, or alter
all every or any of the said ^'tatutes, rules, and ordinances,
as to them or the major part of them, shall seem meet and
expedient. l*rovide(V that the said statutes, ru)es and
ordinances, or any of theni, shall not bi' ri'pugnant t;? die
laws and statutes of this our realm, and of our said I'ro-
vince of Nova Sc<4ia ; provided also, that the said sta-
tutes. Rules, and ordiiiances, or any revocation, augment-
ation, or alteration thereof, be subject to the approbation
<»f the Lord yVrchbishop of Canterbury for the time bi'iag,
and shall be forthwith transmitted to the said J>ord Arch-

APl'liNDlX.

hishop, for that, ptirpose ; nnd that hi case the said LonJ
Arolibishop nhall signify, in writing, his disapprobation
thoiTof. witliin three years of the time of their being so
made and Iramed. or of their l)eing so revoked, angmented
«)r altered, tlie same or sueh part tliereof, as shall be so
iUsapi)r()ved by the said J^ord Arehbishop, shall, from the
time of sudv (lisapprobation being made known, be utterly
void and of no effect, but otherwise shall be and remain
in full foree and virtue.

And we do hereby foi" us, t)ur heirs and suecessors.
eharge and eonunand that the statutes, rules and ordinan-
ees albresaid, subject to the sai<l provisions, shall be
strictly and inviolably ol)served. kept and performed, from
time to time, so long as they shall respectively remain in
full vigour and effect, undei" the pemdties to be thereby or
therein inflicted or contained.

And we do by these presents for us our heirs and suc-
cessors, will, order, direct, and a[)point that the said
/j(ml jlrchhinhop of Cantcrburi/ for the time being shall be
Tatkon of the said College, and the Jiisho}) of Xora
Scotia for the time being, shall be Visitor of the said
College.

Au<l we do further will, ordain and grant that the said
College shall be deemed and taken to be an Inivkusitv.
and shall have and enjoy all such and the like l^rivilcges
as are enjoyed by our I'niversities in our United Kingdoni
of fJreat liritain and Ireland, as far as the same are
capable of being had and enjoyed, !»y virtue of these oiu-
lA'tters I'atent. And that the stiidents in the said College
shall have liberty and faculty of taking the (U'grees of
Itachelor, Master, and Doctor in the several arts and
faculties at the apjjointed times: and shall have liberty
within themselves of performing all scholastic exercises
for the conferring such degrees in such nninner as shall be
directed by the statutes, ndes. and ordiminces of the said
College.

And we will, and by these presents for I's our heii's and
successors, do grant and declare, that these our Letters
I'atent, or the emolment or e.\cn!i)lilication thereof, shall
and nu\y be gt)od. firm, valid, sufllcient and effectual in th*'
law, a( cording to the true intent and meaning of the same,
und shall be taken, construed and adjudgt;tl, in the most

APPENDIX.

favorable and bcnelicial sense for tlie best advantage of
the said governors, president and fellows of the said Col-
lege at Windsor aforesaid, as well in all our Courts of
record as elsewhere, and by all and singular judges, jus-
tices, ofHcers, ministers, and other subjects whatsoever, of
us, our heirs and successors, any niisrecital, non-recital,
omission, imperfection, defect, matter, cause, or thing
whatsoever to the contrary thereof in any wise notwith-
standing ; without fine or fee, great or small, to be for
tlie same in any manner rendered, done or paid to us in
our Ilanuper, or elsewhere to our use.

And lastly, we do hereby promise and declare for us.
our heirs and successors, that we and they shall and will,
at all times hereafter, give and grant to the aforesaid
governors, president and fellows, and their successors,
such other reasonable powers and autliorities, as may be
necessary for the govennent of the said College and the
more efl'ectual execution of the Premises.

In Witness whereof, we have caused these our Letters
to be made Patent. — Witness ourself at Westminster, the
twelfth day of May in the forty-second year of our reign.

[itage ol"
aid Col-
ourts of

gCS, jll8-

)ever, of
i-recital,
n' thing
notwitb-
3 be for
to us in

! for us.

and will.

iforesaid

3ce8Sors,
may be
and the

Letters
ster, the
iir reign.