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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 E] CL( Edi\ DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA PROM THE PASSING OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ACT OF 1791 TO THE CLOSE OF THE REVEREND DOCTOR RYERSON'S ADMIN- INSTRATION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN 1876. VOLUME 111:1836-1840. Edited, under the direction of the Honourable the Minister of Education, with Explanatory Notes, BY J. GEORGE HODGINS, M.A., LL.D. Barristku-at-Law, librarian and historiographer to the bdc'jation department kob ontario. TORONTO : WARWICK BROS. & RUTTER, PRINTERS, 68 AND 70 FRONT STREET WEST. 1895. V.3 islati So ^ this IlOW( recoi Upp. (2), a detai from First a pel toget ] in the ment a goo mane] prehe Colle^ at the Secret in its mittee CoUeg of Asi Counc DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1836-.840. PREFATORY REMARKS. With this Volume closes the educational proceedings of the Leg- .slature of Upper Canada as a separate and independent Province So varied had these proceedings been, that they only cover in this Volume, the period of four years : 1836-1840. The Volume however includes, in a supplementaiy Chapter, (of two Partsr a record of the proceedings, (1). of the General Board of Education for Upper Canada, from 1823 to 1833, when it ceased to exist tdio 2, a record of the proceedings of the Council of King-sCollegt- detailmg the somewhat chequered financial historv of that Institution from 1828 to the end of 1840. -institution, This Third Volume, it may also be noted, completes, (with the a period of Fifty years, from 1790 to 1840. The three Volumes together, now completed, extend to over one thousand pages m the year 1837, the troublesome and vexed question of the am^nrf aToordell fff '""^""^ '"""''• ™^ -^ - ion:ZZt a good deal of discussion, some of which is embodied in the cer manent form of valuable Reports on the subject The mo t com prehensive of these Reports is an elaborate defence of the K W^ College Council, in refusing to surrender the Charter of the c2e at th reques^. almost peremptory, of Lord Goderich, the CoS feec etary, in November, 1831. A second Report, even more elabore in Its character than the other, is one premred hv » sli !T ™tteeof the Legislative Council in 183rr ;? „ pS KinTs' nf A v., '7^"^^^^"^-nt x^ili, whicn was passed by the House cli^dCLtour "'' '°' "^ ~— - '^' -^^^^^^ve IV, DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. In this comprehensive Report was raised the interesting question of the right of a Colonial Legislature to alter, or amend, a Royal Charter. The same question was raised in the Legislature of New Bruns- wick, in 1845, under somewhat similar circumstances. The matter was referred, in both cases, to the Imperial Government for settle- ment; but, in the replies of the Colonial Secretary, reasons were given for assenting to the alterations which had been made by the Legislature, but without, however, touching the point at issue. With a view to determine a question, somewhat novel in its character, I obtained, and have inserted in their appropriate place, the opinions, on the question raised, of several gentlemen, who were known to be familiar with Constitutional Law. These opmions are the more valuable, from the fact, that they discuss * several points of collateral interest — especially as to the general powers of a Colonial Legislature in dealing with matters of Imperial concern, in so far as they affect Provincial, or now, Dominion, affairs. i Two other subjects embraced in this Volume are of special historical interest. The first is, the enlarged and comprehensive character of the educational legislation of 1839, which embraced three important measures, providing for, — 1. The endowment of the Common Schools of Upper Canada with One Million (1,000,000) acres of the Crown Lands of the Province. 2. The proposed annual grant of Eighty thousand dollars, ($80,000,) for the support of Common Schools, — one half to be paid out of the Reveuue, and the other half to be raised by taxation, — in anticipation of the sale of the proposed land grant. 3. The endowment of Grammar Schools with Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand, (250,000,) acres of Crown Lands, and also, a liberal monetary provision for these, and other. Schools, out of the " School Lands " share of the original grant of 1797. It is greatly to be regretted that the first and second of these schemes failed to be realized, — especially as they were proposed just before the last Session of the Parliament of Upper Canada. The noble grant of One Million acres of the Crown Lands to the Common Schools was recommended by a joint Committee of both Houses. The DOCUMENTAUY HISTORY OP EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. V. Bill to give effect to this recommendation passed the House of Assembly, but only reached the Legislative Council on the day before the Legislature was prorouged— too late to receive the concurrence of that Body. The Bill to give effect to this large land grant, having thus failed, the monetary grant, supplementary to it, was not pressed to a final vote in the House of Assembly.* The educational proceedings of the year 1839 were further dis- tinguished by the appointment of an influential Commission, to enquire into the condition of the Public Departments, and also ''into the State of Education in Upper Canada,"— including the Common and Grammar Schools, Upper Canada College, and the financial condition of King's College University. The Committee of the Commissioners, which was appointed to enquire into this matter, were also directed to suggest " plans " for the improvement and extension of the educational facih'ties of the Province, including Common Schools, Grammar Schools, Uppqjr Canada College, as a " School," and as a " Temporary University," as well as to prescribe a Course of Study for each class of Schools, and for the double Institution, which was to be embraced in Upper Canada College. In order to aid the Education Committee of the Commissioners m coming to a satisfactory conclusion in these matters, so as to be able to suggest suitable "plans" for the extension and improvement of Education in Upper Canada, they sought for, and obtained, the views of several noted public men on the subject. The opinions and suggestions of these Gentlemen are of special value, as they picture, with more or less vividness, the lights and shades of the Education of the times ; while the remedial scheme, which the Commissioners pro- posed, embodied, to a large extent, the views then cuiTent among experienced Members of both Houses of the Legislature, whom the Commissioners had consulted. These Gentlemen, and indeed every one who gave any attention to the subject, united in deploring the *It was not until 1849,-ten years afterwards-that a movement was made to renew this project. In iZ/.T' r t!* T ^^'^ ^^ *•"" LeKislature of United Canada, granting One Million acres of the Crown *n " wn, f f K '''"'^' '° ^^^ '"^^ Provinces. This was by no means so generous an -owment as th.-vt recommended by a Joint Committee of the two Houses in 1839. The One Million of acies, then proposed to be set apart in that year, was intended for the benefit of the Common Schools of r^L^"^ • 7u°°!'~°°* ""^ *'^°' *" '° ^*^^- ^ Provision, making a monetary grant, as in 1839. was «mbodied m the Act of 1849. (12 Victoria, chapter 200.) ' ti . VI. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. i ■. '• wretched system of Education in the Province," — as it wa.s characterized, in the Letter to the Commissioners, of the Reverend Robert Murray, who was, two years afterwards, appointed to be the first Superintendent of Education in Upper Canada. After all, the " System of Education," deficient as it was in its machinery and management, did, on the whole, accomplish much good, and kept alive, in most localities, an interest in education, and a strong desire for better things. What it so greatly lacked, and what has always been regarded as essential to the life and vitality of any scheme of Education, was some system of supervision and inspection. The consequence was, that many persons, without any claims to quali- fications of any kind for the office of Teachers, were indiscrimin- ately employed ; the results can be easily imagined. In many cases, the language employed, by persons who referred to this subject, was as strong as could be used, in characterizing the kind and quality of the Teachers who were engaged in many parts of the Province during the period between 1830 and 1840. All united, however, in urging the establishment, as an absolute necessity, of at least four Normal Schools in Upper Canada — so great was the destitution then in regard to Teachers in the Province. It may easily be accounted for, that the elaborate Report of this Education Committee of the Commissioners produced no immediate result, although it was a store-house of information and suggestion. The Public mind, at the time, was too largely absorbed in the con- sideration and discussion of the greater scheme of political amelior- ation which was unfolded in the memorable Report of the Earl of Durham, Lord High Commissioner. The Union of the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada also loomed in the distance ; and the two subjects together combined to exclude from practical action, on the part of the Legislature, the important subject of education, especially as it was felt that, as a subordinate matter, it cculd most probably, be more effectively dealt with under the proposed new regime. The less practical part of the educational proceedings of these times was the provision, in the Act of 1839, " for the Advancement of Education in the Province," for the establishment of a " Temporary University." in Upper Canada College. The Education Commis- DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. V«. sioners wore directed to prepare a scheme to ^ive it ett'ect. This they did. But it was a cumberouH and ineffective plan, although some- what elaborate in its details. The provision in the Act, (2 Victoria, Chapter 10,) was a reproduction, although in a less ambitious form, of an abortive scheme of the same kind, which was adopted by the House of Assembly in 1830, but rejected by the Legislative Council.* It was, no doubt, an attempt to solve the University question of the times, as was the very establishment of Upper Canada College itself intended to be a compromise on the same subject. In both cases, the object clearly was to postpone the establishment of the University until effective steps had been taken to largely increase the number, and greatly to improve the character, of the Common Schools, and also to multiply the number of Grammar Schools throughout the Country. The latter were felt to be absolutely necessary, for, without them, Students could not be prepared for entering the University. Most of the educational contests in the Legislature took place on this subject; and, year after year, one, or other, prominent Member of the House of Assembly would move that some practical steps be taken to give effect to the secondary object of the original grant of 1797, and to proTide for the establishment of "Free Grammar Schools " out of the " School Grant " share of that first educational endowment. The Lieutenant Governor was frequently addressed on the subject; but no steps were ever taken to provide a machinery for giving effect to these Kesolutions and Addresses adopted by the House of Assembly in regard to " Free Grammar Schools." It is true, that a large addi- tional land grant was made to the Grammar '.hools in 1839 ; but, by this grant, ii was not intended to make these Schools " free." At the e!ose of this Volume, I have referred to the unjust criti- cism, (in regard to Upper Canada College and the University,) which was practically endorsed by Lord Glenelg and the Earl of Durham. I have also pointed out what was, no doubt, the real cause of the pro- longued dispute in regard to Upper Canada College, and to some extent, of the University. J. GEORGE HODGINS. Toronto, 16th January 1895. * See pages X)l and 305 of the First Volume of this Documentary History. Chaptkb CONTENTS. Paob. Prbfatory Remarks by thk Editor i^ Chapter I. {Supplementary to Vulnmea I. and II. of this Documentaru Hintory.) P T I. Pbooeedinos of thk First General Board of Education for Upper Canada, 1823-1833 ,, 1. First Meeting of the Board of Education for Upper Canada, 1823 1 2. Church of England Natioiip' Schools in Upper Canada 2 3. Documents Submitted to the General Board of Education for Uppi Canada, at its First Meeting 2 (1) Extract from a Dospatcli of Sir Peregrine Maitl.iud to Earl Bath- urst. Colonial Secretary, 1822 2 (2) Extract from Earl Bathurst's Reply to this Despatch, October, 1822. 3 (3) List of Townships originally granted, in 1797, as an Endowment of Schools, by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, 1798 4 (4) Report of the Executive Council on a Proposed General System of Education, dated the 13th of May, 1823 5 4. Memorial to Sir Peregrine Maitland on the Land Appropriation for Schools. 6 5. Meetings of the General Board of Education for Upper Canada, 1828 7 6. Proceedings of the Executive Council on the Proposal to Endow Upper Canada College, April, 1829 10 7. The Reverend Doctor Strachan's Report on Upper Canada College, 1831 . . 10 8. Report of the Reverend Doctor Harris on Upper Canada College, 1831 ... 12 9. Course of Study in Upper Canada College in 1831 ig Part II. Proceedings of the Council of Kikg's Collkob 16 1. First Me'>tiag of King's College Council, 1828 16 2. Documents Laid Before the Council, at this Meeting ig 3. Letters addressed by the Reverend Doctor Strachan to Church of England Societies in England for a Grant and for Library Books for King's College, 182G, 1827 I7 4. The Selection of King's College Site and Grounds, 1828, 29 19 5. Exchange of Roads Leading to King's College Grounds, 1833 21 6. Parting Address to Sir Peregrine Maitland, by the General Board of Education for Upper Canada, in October, 1828 2J-. 7. Proceedings of Sir John Colbome, as Chancellor of King's College University, in 1828 04 8. Repressive Action of Sir John Colbome, as Chancellor, in 1830 25 9. Response of King's College Council, on the Proposals of Sir John Colborne in regard to the University, and Medical Lectures therein, 1830 26 10. Endowment of Upper Canada College, -and how it should be managed, 1831 28 11. Lord Godefich's Despatch of the 2iid of November, 1831, to Sir John Colborne requesting the Surrender of King's College Charter 31 12. Reply of King's College Council, refusing to Surrender the Charter, 1832. . 32 JONTENTS. Chapter. Page. 13. Reasons of the College Council for not Surrendering the Charter 37 14. Further Proceedings of the King's College Council, 1832 — 1836 39 15. Upper Canada Academy Petition for Incorporation, March, 1835 40 IT. Educational Proceedings of the Upper Canada Legislature, 1830, 37 42 1. Educational P-oceedings of the House of Assembly in 1836 42 2. Educational Proceedings of the House of Assenibly in 1837 50 3. Bill to Amend the Charter of King's College, Passed by the House of Assembly 50 4. Carthew's Survey of Land Lying Between Lakes Simcoe and Nipissing, 1836. 52 6. Report on a Petition for Aid, from Upper Canada Academy, February, 1837. 52 6. Course of Study in the Upper Canada Academy, 1837 53 7. Proceedirgs in regard to a Loan, (or Grant), to the Upper Canada Academy. 57 8. Educational Proceedings, of the Legislative Council in 1836 59 9. Educational Proceedings of the Legislative Council in 1837 60 10. Report of the Legislative Council on the Bill to Amend the Charter of King's College, 18th of January, 1837 61 11. Character and Scope of this Report on the King's College Charter Amend- ment Bill of 1837 70 12. The Case of the University of New Brunswick Cited 71 13. Report of the Legislative Council on the Expediency of Making Loans to Institutions not under control of the Legislature 72 14. Qusere : As to the Right of Provincial Legislatures to Amend Royal Char- ters—Address of the Legislative Council to the Lieutenant Governor, Sir Francis Bond Head, on the subject 76 IIL Educational Bills Passed During the Legislative Session of 1836, 1837.. 79 1. An Act to authorize William Johnson to convey to Trustees a Lot of Land for School Purposes in Geoigina (7 William IV., Chapter XXXVI. ). . 79 2. An Act to Incorporate certain Persons, therein named, as a Board of Trustees, for the Erection, Superintendence and Management of a Roman Catholic College at Kingston, to be Known by the Name of " The College of Regiopolis," and for other Purposes, (7 William IV., Chapter LVI.) , 80 3. An Act, Granting Pecuniary Aid to the Gantham Academy, by Way of Loan, (7 William IV., Chapter LXXXl V.) 81 4. An Act, Granting a Sum of Money for the Support of Common Schools in Upper Canada, for the year 1837, (7 William IV., Cnapter CV.) 82 5. An Act to Repeal an Act passed ... in 1819 ... [in regard to District Grammar Schools,] and to Establish (Grammar) School for the London District in the Town of London, (7 William IV., Chapter CVI.) 8S 6. An Act to Amend an Act passed ... in 1815 . . . intituled : " An Act to Incorporate the Midland District School Society," (7 Wil- liam IV., Chapter CXIII.) ■ ■ • «3 IV. The First Amendment of King's College Charter in 1887. 1. The " Co ifidential Despatch " of Lord Goderich, dated the 5th of July, 1832, directing the discontinuance of the General Board of Education for Upper Canada, formed in 1822, 3 86 CONTENTS. XI. C=*^=«- Page. 2. An Act, to Amend the Charter of the University of King's College, 4th of March, 1837, (7 William IV., Chapter XVI.) 88 3. Dissentients to the passage of this Amendment Act • 89 (1 ) By the Honourable William Morris 89 (2) By the Honourable James Crooks 92 4. The Honourable William Morris' Protest to the Colonial Minister, against the Composition of King's College Council, 1887 90 5. Strictures of the Reverend Doctor Strachan, on the Appeal of the Honour- able William Morris to the Colonial Minister, 4th of December, 1837. 01 6. Reply to these Strictures of the Reverend Doctor Strachan, by the Hon- ourable William Morris, January, 1838 91 7. Efforts Made to Put King's College University into operation, 1837 92 8. General Plan of Instruction in the Prospective University, 2Gth April. 1837 93 9. Dfilay to Put the University into operation, caused by the Rebellion of 1837 96 10. Ai)pointment of the New Council of King's College University, 1837 97 11. Declaration made by the Members of the King's College Council, 1837-1839. 98 V. EducatioxVal Proceedings of the Upi'er Canada Legtslatube, 1837 99 1. Despatch from Lord Glenelg, on the Right of tl Jpper Canada Legisla- ture to alter the King's College Charter, 20th of April, 1837 100 VL Educational Proceedings of the Upper Canada Legislature, 1837, 1838... 101 1. Educational Proceedings of the Upper Canada House of Assembly, 1837 . . 101 2. Educational Proceedings of the Upper Canada House of Assembly, 1838. . 102 3. Application of the Reverend Egerton Ryerson to Lord Glenelg, on behalf of the Upper Canada Academy, Cobourg, for a Grant 103 4. Despatches from the Colonial Minister, in regard to a Grant to the Upper Canada Academy, enclosing Correspondence with the Reverend Egerton Ryerson on the subject, (Six enclosures) 103 5. Correspondence Between the Reverend Egerton Ryerson and Sir Francis Bond Head, in regard to the Grant to the Upper Canada Academy, (Eight Letters) jq9 6. Letter from the Reverend Egerton Ryerson to Lord Glenelg, the Colonial Minister, in regard to the Payment of the Imperial Grant to the Upper Canada Academy by Sir Francis Bond Head 116 7. Message and Documents, in regard to the Imperial Grant to the Upper Canada Academy, laid before the House of Assembly by Sir Francis Bond Head jjg 8. Report of a Select Committee of the House of Assembly on the Imperial Grant to the Upjer Canada Academy, and on the Petition of the Rev- erend Egerton Ryerson to the House of Assembly on the Subject, 1838 . 120 9. Educational Proceedings of the Legislative Council in 1838 125 10. An Act, Granting a Sum of Monjy for the Support of Common Schools in Upper Canada, for the year 1838, (1 Victoria, Chapter LX.) 13Q VII. Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Education in Upper Canada, 1831-1838. 131 1. Early Schools in Aylmer, Aldborough, Ekfrid, Vienna, London, Innisfil, Picton, Cobourg, Port Hope, Brampton and Welland 13] 2. The Midland District School Society, 1818-1841 134 Zll. CONTENTS. I ill! Ohafteb. Page. 3. Early Schools in Bowmanville, Weet Durham and Haldimand 135 4. Public Opinion being Stimulated on the Subject of Education in 1838 136 6. The Piarsimony of the Upper Canada Legislature, 1820-1832. 137 6. Sir Oliver Mowat's Educational Reminiscences in Kingston and Niagara . . 138 7. Schools in the Town of Niagara, 1802-1820 139 8. Bible Distribution, by the Teachers of the Niagara District, in 1817 139 9. Forms of School Trustees' Reports, and Teachers' Certificates, prescribed by the Niagara District Board of Education, in 1817 140 10. Rules for the Government of Common Schools in the District of Niagara. . 141 11. Mr. Robert Gourley's Review of Educational Matters in Upper Canada, in 1821 142 VIII. Educational Proceedings op the Upper Canada Legislature in 1839 144 1. Educational Proceedings of the House of Assembly in 1839 144 2. Draft of Bill to appropriate 1,000,000 acres of Crown Lands, as an Endow- ment of Common Schools in Upper Canada, 1839 148 3. Proposal to appropriate £20,000 a year, in anticipation of a Revenue to be derived from the 1,000,000 acres of the proposed Land Endowment of Common Schools 161 4. Mr. Mahlon Burwell's Bill for the Establishment of " Free Grammar Schools," as provided for in the Imperial Grant of Lands in 1797 152 5. Mr. Mahlon Burwell's Historical Resolution in favour of the "Free Gram- mar Schools " of 1797 153 6. Proposed Buildings, for King's College Lectures, instead of Enlarging Upper Canada College 155 7. Bill, Supplemental to the Common School Waste Land Endowment Bill, granting £20,000 a year, from Revenue and Taxes, to Common Schools 155 8. Comprehensive School Measures before the Upper Canada Legislature, du'ing the Session of 1839 156 9. Educational Proceedings of the Legislative Council in 1839 158 10. Report of a Joint Committee of Both Houses of the Legislature, on the Grant of 1,000,000 Acres of Land for an Endowment of Common Schools 161 11. Proposed Bill to Incorporate the Trustees of Queen's College, Kingston. . . 161 12. Report of a Joint Committee of Both Houses on the Question of " Free Grammar Schools " in Upper Canada, as provided for, in the Imperial Grant of 1797, 3rd of May, J 39 164 IX. Educational Bills Passed During the Session op the Legislature in 1839. 168 1. An Act for the Relief of the Teachers in the District of Niagara, (2 Vic- toria, Chapter LXII.) 168 2. An Act, Granting a Sum of Money in Support of the Common Schools of Upper Canada for 1839, (2 Victoria, Chapter LXII. ) 169 3. An Act to Provide for the Advancement of Education in this PrdVince, (2 Victoria, Chapter X.) : 170 X. Sir George Arthur's Despatches to the Colonial Minister, on the Bill "For the Advancement of Education in this Province ". . 172 CONTENTS. XIU. Page. 135 il838.... 136 137 Niagara.. 138 139 817 139 prescribed 140 Niagara.. 141 I^anada, in 142 1839 144 144 in Endow- 148 enue to be ndowraent , 161 Grammar .797 162 'ree Gram- 163 Enlarging 155 rment Bill, on Schools 156 legislature, 156 158 ire, on the E Common 161 ingston . . . 161 1 of " Free le Imperial 164 IE IN 1839. 168 ira, (2 Vic- 168 Schools of 169 'r(JVince, (2 170 [ THE Bill ovincb".. 172 Chapter. ^ 1 o. /N Paob. 1. bir George Arthur's Despatch of thr 14th of May, 1839 (1) Eudosure : The Bill, " 7. ,e Advancement of Education in this Province." 2. Sir George Arthur's Despatch of the 8th of June 1839 173 (1) Enclosure Number One : Statement of the Finances of King's Col- lege, 1836-1838 V jgQ (2) Enclomre Number Two: Statement of Lands Sold for the Benefit of King's College and Upper Canada Collegelup to January, 1839 182 3. Reply of Lord John Russell to the Two Despatches of Sir George Arthur (of the 14th of May, and the 8th of June, 1839.) on the 6thof Novem- ''«^'1«39 ^33 XI. Proceedings of the Council of Kino's College, 1887-1839 134 1. Stoppage of the payment of the Imperial Grant of £1,000 steriing'toihe King's College Building Fund , . a- 2. Important Meeting of the King's College Co'uncil, Vn regard to" Defalcations m the Accounts of the College, 20th April, 1839 jsT 3. First Report of the King's College Committee, on the Shortage in'ihe Bursar's Accounts, (July, 1839), with appendices ^89 (1) Appendix, Number One : Estimate of Income and Expenditure of King's College, 1839, 1840 ^^ (2) Appendix, Number Two: Report of Mr. Thomas "c." Patrick Accountant, on the Bursar's Accounts. (July, 1839), including r-^ 191 (a) Financial Statement of King's College, 1828-1839 192 (6) Statement of the Assets of the University of Kings CoUege,"i„"l839."40 192 {S)Appevdxx, Number Three: Letter of Explanation of the Honour- able Joseph Wells, Bursar of King's College 193 (1) Enclomre : Statement of the Bursar's Assets, to be Assigned "to ihe ^'"g'8 College Council, as Security for the Shortage. 194 4. Series of Resolutions of the Council in regard to the Bursar's Accounts and the Report thereon 5. Church of Scotland Professorship of Divinity "in King's College \lt 6. Application to King's College Council for aid to the Ancaster LUeraVy In^ stitution, and reply thereto 7. Second Report of King's College Council Committee on Vhe Shc;;t;g"e In ''" the Bursar s Accounts, (August, 1839) XII. M1SCE.LAKEOUSP.P.KS relating to Eo.cation in Upper Canaoa, 1837-1839 201 Alterat- of the King's College Charter by the Upper Can^la Legislate in 1837, and legal question raised thereon as to its right to do so 201 2. Legal opinions as to the right to do so, of (1) Doctor John George Bourinot, C.M.G (2) Christopher Robinson, Q.C. . ^^* (3) Mr. A. H. Eraser Lefroy ^^^ (4) Thomas Hodgins, Q.C ...'..... ^^^ (5) The Honourable David Mills, Q C ^^^ (6) Mr. W. H.iP. Clement .". ^^'^ (7) Other Authorities Cited "" ^^^ XIV. CONTENTS. Chaptee. ^*"''- 3. Home District Grammar School, 1807-1836 210 4. Beporta of Grammar aad Conn ii Schools in the various Districts of Upper Canada, for the year 1833 212 5. Remarks on these various Local Reports 215 6. Historical Resum^ of Education in Upper Canada in 18371839, from a critical standpoint 216 7. The Congregational College of British North America, 1838 220 XIII. Educational Proceedings of the Upper Canada Legislature, in 1839, 1840 ... 220 1. Educational Proceedings of the Upper Canada House of Assembly in 1839 220 2. Educational Proceedings of the Upper Canada House of Assembly in 1840. 222 3. Bill from the Legislative Council, to incorporate the Trustees of Queen's College, Kingston 225 4. Commission Appointed to Report on the State of Education in Upper Canada, 1839 229 5. Educational Proceedings of the Upper Canada Legislative Council, 1839. . . 230 6. Educational Proceedings of the Upper Canada Legislative Council, 1840. .. 232 XIV. Educational Bills Passed by the Legislature of Upper Canada, 1839, 1840. . . 235 1. An Act to Establish a College, by the Name of the University of Kingston (3 Victoria, Chapter XXXV -. 235 2. An Act to Authorize the Temporary Occupation by the Proposed Univer- sity of the General Hospital at Kingston. (3 Victoria, Chapter XXXVI) 239 3. An Act, Granting a Sum of Mouey, for the Support of Common Schools in Upper Canada for the year 1840. (3 Victoria, Chapter LXVIII) 239 XV. Report of a Commission on the State of Education in Upper Canada, 1839 240 1. Causes which led to the Issue of this Commission 241 2. Preliminary Report of the Committee of the Commissioners on Education . 242 3. General Report of this Committee on Education in Upper Canada 243 4. The Past and Present State of Education in Upper Canada 243 (1) The Imperial Grant of 1797, and the Grammar School Act of 1807 . 203 (2) The First Act, authorizing Common Schools in Upper Canada, 1816 244 (3) The Additional Grammar School Act of 1819 244 (4) The Supplementary School Acts of 1820 and 1824 244 (6) The Increase made, in 1833, to the Common School Grant of 1820. 245 (6) The Reports of the Grammar and Common Schools of 1838 245 (7) King's College and the Upper Canada College— School Funds 246 (8) Place of National Education;— its four Divisions : Professional, Liberal, Commercial and Elementary 246 (9) The Upper Canada College as a " Temporary University" 246 | (10) The Theological Department of the University of King's College. .. 247 (11) Suggestions of the Education Committee of the Commissioners, in regard to Grammar Schools 248 (12) Remarks of the Educational Committee on the Stat«^ " the Com- mcr» Schools 248 - ^l;5) Necessity for a Training, or Normal, School for Teachers, (See also page 251) 249 CONTENTS. XV. Page. H^^*^*=»' 210 S 8 of Upper :H 212 jH 215 ^m )9, from a 216 ^B 220 ^M ), 1840 . . . ly in 1839 220 ^ ly in 1840. 222 ^ of Queen's ^B 225 S I in Upper H- 229 ^B jil, 1839... 230 ^B Bil, 1840... 232 ^B 235 |h )f Kingston H' 235 ^B ed Univer- ^B sr XXXVI) 1 239 |H 1 Schools in ^B rai) 239 ^B A, 1839..., 240 ^B 241 ^B Education , 242 ^B ida . 243 ^B 243 ^B let of 1807 ■ 203 IB . 244 ^H . 244 9H ant of 1820 ■ 246 -JB . 245 :^B Funds ... . 246 ^B Professional, I^H 246 ^H y" 246 ^B ;'s College. .. 247 ^H nissioners, i i^H 248 IHl ' the Com- i^| .. 248 ^a ers, (See also J^B .. 249 !■ Paob. (14) " Plan ■' of the Education Committee for the Improvement of Com- mon Schools 249 (16) Evils of Permitting American Text Books to be used in the Schools 250 (16) An Inspector General of Education, and a Provincial Board of Edu- cation Commissioners, recommended by the Committee 250 (17) Inadequacy of the Funds Devoted to the Purposes of Education in Upper Canada 251 (18) Estimate of the Probable Expenses of the System of Education recommended by the Committee 252 5. Appendices to the Foregoing Ileport of the Education Committee 252 A. Report of Common Schools in Upper Canada in 1888— Statistics, and List of Text Books used 253 B. Report of the District (Grammar) Schools— Pupils Attending them, and Course of Study therein 264 (Extracts from the Reports of the Grammar and Common Schools in Upper Canada in 1839) 254 C. Number One: Report of Upper Canada College, from January 1832, to the 8th of August, 1839 '257 Number Tivo : Financial Report of Upper Canada Colleges Dues 1831-1839 D. Subjects of Instruction and Text jBooks in Upper Canada CoUege. E. Financial Reports of King's College and of Upper Canada College :... Number One: Assets of the University of Kings College on the 30th of November, 1839 259 Niimber T^oo : Assets of Upper Canada College on the 30th Novem- ber, 1839 Number Three : Abstract of the two foregoing Statements of Assets. Number Four : Receipts and Disbursements of King's College, 1839 260 Number Five: Receipts and Disbursements of Upper Canada College, 1839 260 Number Six : Estimate of the Annual Income and Expenditure of King's College and Upper Canada College 26O Number Seven : Number of acres of the Land Endowment which had been Sold, from 1828 to 1839 261 F. "Plan" for Carrying out the Provisimis in the Act, 2 Victoria, Chapter 10, in regard to a " Temporary University" : * 261 Number One : Plan by Which the Provision in the Act, 2 Victoiia, Chapter 10, for making Upper Canada College a " Temporary University" may be carried out Numbtr Two: A Course of Study, and names of Text Books to be used in the Upper Canada College "School," and in the District Grammar Schools , Number Three : A Course of Study for Candidates of Admission to the Upper Canada College " School " 263 Number Four: Course of Study for the Degree of B.A.iu Upper Canada College "Temporary University" 263 268 258 259 259 260 261 262 XVI. CONTENTS, lilll Ohavter. ■' Page. Number Five : Particulars and Estimate of what will be required, in the •* School" and " University" Departments of Upper Canada College 2G4 G. Circular to P- mnineni Individuals, requeatiwj Information and Be- marks and Suggestions in regard to Education in Upper Canada. . . 265 1. Persons from whom Replies to the foregoing Circular were received : 266 (1) The Right Reverend John Strachan, D.D., LL.D., Toronto 267 (2) The Honourable William Morris, M.L.C.. Brockville 267 (3) William Hamilton Merritt, M.P.P., St. Catharines 268 (4) George Strange Boulton, M.P.P., Cobourg 268 (5) The Reverend John Roaf, Toronto 269 (6) Mr. William Craigie, Ancaster 269 (7) The Reverend Robert McGill, Niagara 271 (8) The Reverend Robert Murray, M.A., Oakville 273 (9) The Honourable James Crooks, M.L.O., Flamboro' West j 276 (10) The Honourable Peter Boyle de Blacquire, M.L.C., Woodstock . . 276 Enclosure : Letter from a Clerical Friend on the subject of the Inquiry 277 (11) The Honourable Adam Ferguson, M.L.C. , Woodhill .... 278 (12) Mahlon Burwell, M.P.P., Port Burwell 279 Enclosure : Copy of a Draft of Mr. Burwell's Common School Bill 281 XVI. The Focndinq of Quefn's College, Kingston 284 1. Correspondence with the Colonial office by Agents of the Presbyterian Church in Canada 286 2. Notes on the Origin of Queen's University, Kingston. By the Reverend Doctor George Bell, Registrar of the University 288 ] 3. Reasons for Disallowing the Queen's University incorporation Act of 1840. By the Reverend Doctor George Bell, Registrar 291 ■ 4 Royal Proclamation, Disallowing the Queen's College Incorporation Act of 1840 293i 5. Meeting held in Kingston in December 1839, to Promote the Eetablish- . ment of Queen's College 294 j 6. Sir John A. Macdonald's recollection of the Meeting to Establish Queen's College in December, 1839 • • • 295f 7. Recollections of the December Meeting of 1839 by the Reverend Doctor WUliam Reed 2961 8. Historical Summary of Events connected with the Founding of Queen's College 2971 j 9. Historical Survey of Education in Upper Canada. By the Reverend Doctor James Williamson 2981 XVII. Pboceedings of the Council of King's College, 1840 '-iih 1. Establishment of the Toronto Observatory 29(li 2. Suspension of che Royal Grant of £1,000 sterling to King's College SOOl 3. Loan to the Reverend Doctor Strachar objected to by the Governor Gen- eral, February, 1840 , 3001 4. Despatch of the Governor General to Lord John Russell on the subject of this Loan, 4th of May, 1840 ■ ■ • • ^ CONTENTS. xvii. Chapter. p^og 6. Building on tho Upj)er Canada College Grounds authorized 302 0. Request to the Lieutenant Governor that he i?ive effect to the Law author- izing King's College to be represented in the House of Assembly 303 7. Statements from Receiver (General, in regard to the receipts from the sales of " School Lands," 1821—1839 3O4 8. Rules and Regulations prescribed by the King's College Council, for Grammar and other Schools, including— 3og 9. Course of Study therein, and conditions of aiding such Schools ;M)7 10. Provision for aiding Grammar Schools, in regard to Assistant Teachers and Buildings , 30g XVIII. The University and Upper Canada Collkok Controversies 310 1. Primary cause of the Discontent in regard to Upper Canada College 310 2. Lord Glenelg on the "differences of opinion " in regard to King's College and the Upper Canada College 311 3. The Reverend Doctor Strachan's Resolutions on the Establishment of Upper Canada College 312 4. Demands on the Government by the Trustees of local Grammar Schools .. 313 5. Lord Durham's unfair criticism in regard to the division of the Imperial Land Grant of 1797 814 6. Defence of Upper Canada College by the Reverend Doctor Harris, Principal, May, 183!) 315 XIX. Miscellaneous Papers relating to Education in Uppre Canada, 1839, 1840. Schools in St. Thomas, Niagara and Guelph 321 Schools in Perth, Picton and Brampton 322 Upper Canada Academy 322 King's College appointments, 1830—1838 322 1. 2. 3. 4. Index 325 ^'■'^a'a 330 2* D.I. 3 Chap. I. PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR U. C, 1823-33. 1 CHAPTER I. (Supplementary to Volumes I and II of this Documentary History.) PART I. PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST GENERAL BOARD OF EDU- CATION FOR UPPER CANADA, 1823-1833. This Documentary History of Education in Upper Canada would scarcely be complete without a fuller and more connected reference (than I have hitherto been able to give,) to the Proceedings of the First General Board of Education I for Upper Canada, and of the Second Board, which was the more important o£ i the two, and was known as the Council of King's College, Upper Canada. I have, therefore, gone carefully over the original Minutes of this first Board' of Education, and of the second, or more important Council,— that of King's College,— and have selected and extracted only such portions of the Proceedings of these Bodies as appeared to be of general public interest* In order to give these extracts a connected and consecitive form, I have embodied them in their chrono- logical order, in this Chapter, as supplementary to the earlier Chapters in Volume One, and to the later Chapters in Volume Two, of this History. The following is an account of the proceedings of the First Meeting of the [General Board of Education for Upper Canada, appointed under the authority of the Imperial Government in 1823. The names of the Members of the Board are given on page 196 of the First Volume of this History. The Board ceased I to exist in March, 1833. Its proceedings during these years are frequently [referred to in the First and Second Volumes of this DQcumentary History. The following is a copy of the Minutes of the first Meeting of the Board : Jnne Uth, 1823. The Board for the General Superintendence of Education in Upper Canada met for the first time this day, in the Executive Council Chamber, and several papers laid I before it were read, videlicet : *^ Letter of appointment of the Reverend Doctor Strachan as President of the Board datpd the 26th of May, 1823; copy of a letter from Major G. Hillier, the LieutenLvSrnor's Secretary dated 13th (not "30th," of May, 1823. and printed on page 180 of the First Volume of this Documentary History); extract of a Despatch from His Excellency, Sir Pereerine I Maitland, the Lieutenant-Governor, (on page 179 of the First Volume of this History) • extract of a Despatch froni Earl Bathurst, Colonial Secretary, in reply ; a list of the Townships, appro- I priated for the Endowment of Schools. r . fi " I. J'' ^** resolved that the Honourable Colonel Wells' name be most respectfully submitted Ito His Excellency, the Lieutenant-Governor, for his approbation, as Treasurer of the Board with Ian allowance of five per centum on the actual income accruing to the Board from the silfl nf lochool Lands. ■ -..^1 was resolved that the name of James Givens, junior, be likewise most respectfully sub- Ipiitted to His Excellency, the Lieutenant-Governor, for His approbation, as Secretary to the jOiird, witn a salary ror the iirst year o f not less than Fifty pounds (£60) per annum " * For permission to consult, and take copies of, these old documents, T "m i idebted to Mr T P Berkeley Smith. Bursar of the University of Toronto. • Jueuiea to jvir, j. a,. 1 D.E. 3 8 DOCUMENTAKY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1823-3;3 II The Board dirocted the Reverend Doctor Strachan, the President, to write to Colonel Talbot, at I'ort Talbot, Lako Krie, reiiuustinf^ hitn to take clmrge of the School ReHervoH in thn London District, and tocoiiniuinicatt) to tlie Board his opinion aa tu the beat method of disposing of thenx, and tiie probable prices that may be obtained for thorn. The Board directed the President to conimunicato with The Honourable Oear>;e H. Mark- land, at Kingstoi;. and the llovorend Robert Addison, at Niagara, on the subject of eatablishin;,' National (Church ot England) Scluxds at Kingston and Niagara. The Board likewise directed the President to Hubinit to His Excellency the Lioutenant- Govornor the ])r()prioty of transferring tiie Schoyl Fund, now in the hands of His Majesty's Receivt!r-(loneral, to their Treasurer, as contingent expenses for stationery, advertisements, «tc., which must be immediately incurred. The Honourable Tlioinas Ridout, Surveyor-(Jenoral, having mentioned that .ao Townshij) .' Blandford had not yet been surveyed, the Board submitted to the Lieutcnant-0«)vernor the propriety of advertising the same for survey, on the "sual terms adopted by His Majesty's Government. John Strachan, York, 14th June, 1823. President. Church of England National Schools in Upper Canada 1820-1823. On the 3rd of February, 1831, an Address from the House of Assembly to Sir John Colborne, the Lieutenant Governor, was passed. It asked for copies of two Despatches : — one from Sir Peregrine Maitland, the Lieutenant Governor written in 1822, to Earl Bathurst, the then Colonial Minister, and the other in the reply to that Despatch.* Sir John Colborne. responding to this Address, said that Sir Peregrine Maitland's Despatch related to " School Lands and the Organiz- ation of Schools ;" and the other, he said, had " been laid before the House," and was an extract from Lord Bathurst's reply to the Despatch of Sir Peregrine Mait- land. He did not, however, furnish the House with a copy of either Despatci. ; and the only extracts from them then given by him were too meagre to be of much service. I, therefore, now give as much of both Despatches as are entered in the first Volume of the Minutes of the General Board of Education for Upper Canada, under date of the 14th of June, 1823.t Documents Submitted to the General Board of Education for Upper Canada, at its First Meeting, on the 14th of June, 1823. 1. Extract of a Despatch from Sir Peregrine Maitland to Earl Bathurst, Secretary of State for the Colonies, in 1822. Much good might be effected by the organization of a general system of Education; an obiect to which might be, applied the proceeds of the sale of some portion of the Lands set aside under the title of School Reserves ; consisting of twelve Townships, comprising 740,000 acres' still, however, reserving a certain portion for the future endowment of an University, should sucii an establishment not be considered advisable at present. 1. It is proposed to establish one introductory School on the National [Church of England] plan in each Town of a certain size. J It is supposed that a salary of One Hundred pounds. * The date of the writing of this Despatch is indifferently given as in 1822 and 1823. It, however, was written in 1822, as the reply to it is dated in the autumn of that year, videlicet, 12th of October, 1822. + Theae Desp»t6h(?« are referred to on pages 174-180, 204, 244 and 284 of the First '"''olume of this Documentary History, and on pages 19 and 20 of the Second Vob -le. t The kind of Schools here authorized,— two years after the one in York was established,— are fully described on pages 174-180 of the First Volume of this Documentary History. DA. 1823-3;i Chap. I. PROCEEDINOH OF GENERAL HOARD OF RDUCATION FOR U.C., 1823-33. write to Colonel ReHorvoH in thn hod of disposiiij,' leor^je H. Mark- et of ost^hlishin^' tho Lioutonant- if Hin Mftjosty'.s advortisoments, Ett ^.le Townshii) .nt-Oovernor tho y His Majosty's TRACHAN, Proaidont. 1820-1823. Assembly to i for copies of ant Governor ] the other in AddresB, saitl . the Organiz- e House," and iregrine Mait- ler DespatciL ; jagre to be o( IS are entered ion for Upper r FOR Upper 1823. Batkurst, Education; an the Lands set nprising 740,000 t an University, irch of England] undred pounds. It, however, was October, 1822. t ''''olume of this iished, — are fully <£100,) per annum to tho Master of each such School would bo sutflcient. Tho nuinlntr of these Schools may ho incroasod, as the circuniatances of the T'rovinco may ronuiro, and tho rovonuo inay allow. 2. With a view to ongaginR Teachers of a -norc rospoctable description ;* and, if nocussnry, from tho Mother Country, it is proposed that .n additional allowance of One Hundred pounds, (I'lOO,) per annum ho made to the Ma«t(3r of eacn District ((tramnmr) School,-- those now receiving One Hundnid pounds, (£100,) per annum each under a I'rovincial Statute, —and that, to each of these Schools, there ho attached four, or six, free Schoiarfhips, to which tne Provincial Oovern- njent may nominate the children of poor anil loyal subjects. .3. That the whole of these Schools of both orders [National and OrammarJ be placed under the Superintendence of a (jJeneral Board of Education, to be held at the seat of (jovernment. 4. That to tho President of the Board, on whom the more active duties of it nnist neces- .sarily devolve, and who shouhl, occasionally, visit the different Schools, and must incur exiienso in conducting the necessary correspondence, etc., th«ire bo allowed a salary of Three Hundred pounds, (£;J00,) per annum. That tho services of tho other Members of the proposetl Board who will only be recpiired to attend periodical meetings, should be gratuitous. ' 5. That a percentage be allowed to some lit person to act as Secretary to the Board and Treasurer of the funds. The mischiefs which may result from the introduction of School Masters and School Books from tho United States, have been alluded to in a former Despatch, and the recent return of a Member to the House of Assembly affords one instance of the baneful inHuence of the mischiefs tarising from this source, t YoKK, 1822. P. MAlTtAND. ^. Extract from the reply to this Despatch of Lord Bathurst, the Colonial Secretary, dated the IJth of October, 1822. \ am happy to have it in my power tc convey to you His Majesty's consent that vou approi)nate a portion of the Reserves of Land set aside for the e tablishment of an University * Considerinpr the kind of Teachers then employed in Upper Canada, those "of more r^pec^a description:' would be very desirable. See pajjes 37. 51, 70 and 316 of the Second Volume of thfs D^u mentary History. x^uvu t Dr. Thomas Rolph who travelled in Upper Canada in 1832.3-ten years after this Despatch was written-thus refers to the state of the Schools in the Province, at that time. He savs • "It is r««1l^ meUncho y to traverse the Provmse, and go into many of the Common Schools ; you find a hVrd of children Ihl Pall LaT^ anti- British adventurer, instilling into the young and tender mind sentiments hostile t.^ the Parent State; false accounts of the late war in which Great Britain was engaged with the Unit«? Sta es ; geography setting forth New York, Philadelphia. Boston, etc., as the largest and finest cities in tS world ; historical reading books, describing the American population as the most free and enliehtenftd under heaven ; insisting on the superiority of their laws and institutions, to tho.e of all the world in dn fiance of the agrarian outrages and mob supremacy daily witnessed and lamented ; and American spellinir- books, dictionaries, and grammar teaching them an anti-British dialect, and idiom ; although living in a Province, and being subjects, ot the British Gvo^n."-Observatwm Made during a VUit, in 18%, ;li,j!nHh^ Bimdas mo ^""''''"'"•^ ^'P^^'* (^<*^da-By Dr. Thomas Jtolph, Ancastcr, Gore District, UpperiKinada. It liiay b^ proper to remark here that it was not until 1846 that a check was put upon this abuse of public confidence on the part of American, or Americanized, teachers. In the Upper Canada Gomroon Schoo) Law of 1850 it is provided that " no foreign book in the Endish branches can be used in InV Model or Common Schools without the express permission of Council of Public Instruction." ForH g„ Teachers were also required by the School Acts o 1843 and 1850 to take the oath of allegiance to Her MajestvTe ore they could receive a cert.ficate of qualification from the County Hoard of Public Instruct on These restrictive provisions of the school law are thus justified by the Reverend Doctor RveVaon in W «. • ? Report to the Legislature in 1847 : "I think that l^ss evil arfses from the employment onmeVca^TfC^ than from the use of American textbooks * * ♦ * * Whatever mav be thmi/hf nffh«\«i..,iA^ j™ ency of restricting legal certificates of qualification to nrurarbn'r^oTnatur'a" l2 fill iUibjecVi bSe public sentiment is against its repeal, and in favour of having the youth of the country taught by our own fellow-subjects, as well as out of our own books * * * In reeard to the pvolnsion of Ann^riAor. V ""' o^n the schools, I have stated that it is not because they are foreirbooVslimpt t^atlhl^^a'^e^^ tu"i ^TT^.^^7 T' ^•^^r'-y few exceptions, anti- British, in every sense of the word. They are uSe the school books of any other enlightened nation, so far as I have the means of knowing. tL school book« ^^L^rT'"'?' ^"T »'^'*,.»'^*t ?"^>n .contain nothing hostile to the institutions o^ derogatory to Se character of any other nation * * * American schoo books, with very few exceotions ahnnn, ;„ =f \ . ^^t^''T-^J^^^^r-li-, ^he institut^ns of the British nati^^r't c. '^-S^jTart^o^^^^^ \y^>^^''t^y^4'"'^nt^^l^^^^^^ ^'>-' -^ P'^^-1-^3^ Biuce the CivO DOCUMENTARY H18TOKY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1823-88 i I li i for the lupport of Schools on tho (Church of England) National plnn of EduuHtion. \ou will exerciao your own discretion with ronpect to i > iniw»n«»T in which you will execute thi« ohject, part of the details of wliich you have »lr#»*''*" "po»> ' 1,0 kih in the Menioranduui delivored by Mr. John B. Uohinson, * ♦Idtig, '»♦ *he same u '' = precautioii '\nt to endan^ur the ultiniato intoresta of the University, wheiui»*»' 'he Pt. 'tec tt prolmbly u . distant period, may recjuim its satisfactory dpanization ; and, U»* iU»- funuerani '>f this purpose, f will t\ot fail to transmit to you a duo allotuiettt of Bibles ami t^n^^er Books uu ^ iM reqUliition. 2. With respect to the 8ftJ»? "f ^m University Reserves, with tho viaw of iffore general cultivation and concentration, and of applying their prcx <'eds to tlie same purpottw, this point must be left to your careful dlteretiMi. I have only to cibservo that when Coloiiol Talbot, suggested tiio expediency of such k «illl< in hi» own District, ho i. Hniated the probable amount of the Hale at Thirty or Forty Thoussw^ |>'>undB (£30,000 or £40,000, ). I merely state this, that you may be informed of the fact, with»»ut uffi.t '^^ any opinion upon it myself. Colonial Okfk'e, DowNiNo Strkbt, .'.atuukst. London, 12th October, 1822. 3. List of Toivnships in the Province of Upper Canada, originally appro- priated, either in whole, or in part, for the endowment of School* Name of District. Ottawa Midland . . Newcastle . London Name of Township. Alfred Plantagenet . . . Beri- rd Huii inbrooke Shettield Se^ lour . . . . Blandford . . . . Houghton . . . . Middleton . . . . South wold . . . . Westminster . . Yarmouth . . . . Home Luthert Protonf Acres in each Township, as originally appropriated for schools. 25,143 40,000 74,286 80,572 63,858 83,286 20.429 65 000 35,000 40,500 51,143 20,000 549,217 Acres now remaining in each Town- ship under original appropriation none, none. 74,286 80,672 63,858 33,286 20,429 19,000 14,000 17,000 9,000 14,000 Difference of acreago in the present and original ap- propriation. 2S,143 40,000 46,000 21,000 23,500 42,143 6,000 345 481 203,786 47,000 47,000 439,431 Deficiency of acreage yet to be made up Original Appropriation, as shown in the first column of figures. 109,786 549,217 Surveyor General's Office, York, 27th March, 1823. Thomas Ridout, Surveyor General. ioY-r ^ of the Board of EducatioH in regard to this ~ ira ti:&''> the original appropriation of these 1.9S" * The following is a Note on page six of the Mic list. From the record on page 46 of these Minui-^s, ■ lands was made by the Government on the Ist of De? ?i. +TheBe Townships were added, in lieu of those -i A o*,]! ieavins a deficiency in the oritrinal appropriating. '>ii I" Board of Education to the Lieutenant Governor, oa '.\\'i su:. >tt of the defai^eacy in the original grant uf 1798 in the Minutes of the Board, dated the 7th ot March, i82C, —page 6, jyost. In that Memorial, and elsewhere, the deficiency is accounted for as having been caased by "grants to individuals " past or proi pective. See pages 102, 105, and 133 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. Plantageae- in the Ottawa District ;— 19,786 acre-i . 7 r Memorial of the General Ohap. I. PROCKKDIN(28 OF GRNERAI. BOARD OK EDUCATION FOR U. C, 1823-33. Jf.. Report of the Executive Council on a Proponed General Sytitem of Education for Upper Canada, 18'M. The foregoing DocumentH, having bc<'n referred to th* Executive Councu, lU a Letter from Major G. Hiliier, the Secret try of Sir Poregi i*^ Maitland, dated the 13th of May 1823* the Council took them into conHi(l<'ration, and made a Hu^ »', thereon to I he Liouoenant Governor, dated the 14th of Muy, 1828. I'Ik! Report was a8 follows : — Report of a Committee of the Hoiiotirnhh th" Executive Council, on the mnjectof n propoted ]i^}erieral Sydem of Eilncatioii, to he eatiMinhed in Upper Cnnailn, niuler the mnbtiun, <>/ His I Majesty's Oovernment. f Present, at an Exocntive Counril me«!fcinj{ at York on Wodnesday, tho 14th of May, 1823. — [tho Honourable William Dcniucr P.i"»ll, Chief Justice, Chairman, ami the Honourable jMessiourg JanioH Baby and bamuel tiimith, and the Honourable and Reverend Doctor Strachan. 'o His Excellency Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant Oovtrnor of Upper Canada, etc, AY IT PLEASE YOri'. K OBM.ENCV, The Committee of the Exeoutive Council, having under its consideration tho Letter of |Major Hiliier of 13th instant, with its enclosures, on the subject of the School Township Re- serves, to be sold, or conveyed, in trust to tho General Board of Education for Upi»er Canada, to bo established under the sanction of His Majesty's Ooverninont, conveyod in tho Despatch of Earl Bdthurst— of the l2thof October last,— copies of which accompanies Maj or Hillior's Letter, [respectfully submit, 2. That the contingency of receipt on any Sale of Lands at this period, affords no adequate jassuranci; of a specitic income to enable the Committee to specify tho portions rei^uisite to fulfill [the plan submitted last year by your Excelleney to Earl Bathurst. 3. That the proposed addition to the Salaries of the eleven District (Grammar) Schoolnmsteis will amount to the sum of. The Salary of the President of tho General Board of Education. To the National (Church of England) School in each District . . . Contingencies £1,100 i< 300 bi 1,100 i< 500 « £3,000 *< 4. To promote this Income certain. Fifty Thousand pounds (^50,000,) must be raised by sale of the School Reserves ; and, if no more can be reasonably expected on the average sale, it will [require the sale of two hundred thousand (200,000) acres. 5. In obedience to your Excellency's commands, which require the Lands to be conveyed to the General Board of Education, for the purposes designated, it is suggested, that the Lands Ian the Townships of the London District, will produce the highest prices at present, which do Snot, however, contain the number of acres propost^.l, therefore, the Committee respectfully sub- fn t : Hiat the Lands reserved for Seminaries of Loarning, remaining in the Townships of Yar- tiuoui.il. Weatminator Southwoh! . Middleton, H.ughton and Blandford, together with the ro^M-lin-.: of Seymo .• ,- „d Sheffield, may bo applied U. carry into effect the intentions of His ' .y .Jovernment. All which is humbly submitted, ^ William Dummer Powell, EXECUTIVE Council Office, Chief Justice and Presiding Councillor. 14th of May, 1828. Note. Meetings of the General Board of Education for Upper Canada were lield on the 26th of July, the 1st of November and the 26th of December, 1823 ; *A copy of this Letter will be found on page ISO of the First Volume of this Documentary History, me copy, trom which it was there transcribed, gave its date as the 30th, instead of the 13th of May, 1823. tTheae proceedings, and the Report of the Executive Council on the Bubject referred to it. are briefly lentioned on pages 180, 196 and 197 of the First Volume of this Documentary History. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1823-33 Chap. I. also on the 30th jf January, 15th of March, 4th of May, 24th of September, 1824 ; on the 13th of January, 10th of February, 21st of March, 29th of June, 6th of October and on the 23rd of December, 1825 ; but the business transacted at these meetings was of no public importance. March 7th, 182(1. The General Board of Education for Upper Canada met at the Executive Council (»ttice, this day. When it was resolved that the following Memorial should be submitted to His Excellency. Sir Peregrine Maitland, the Lieutenant Governor in Council : — To His Excellency Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, etc. The Petition of the President and Members of the Board for the General Superintendence of Education in this Province, Humbly ShevVeth : — That, according to the original appropriation of Lands made under the sanction of His Majesty's Government on the 1st day of December, 1798, in order to raise a fund for promot- ing Education , 549,217 acres were set apart as reserved for that purpose. That these reservations were made for this purpose in the following Townships, videlicet: — Name of Township. Acres. Name of Township. Acres. In Alfred 25.143 40,(K)0 74,28(5 80,572 (53,868 33,28(5 5iO,429 In Houchton (55,000 " Plantagenet " Middleton 35,000 " Bedford " Southwold 40,500 " Hinchinbrook II W estminster 51,143 " Sheffield '1 Yarmouth 20,000 " Seymour . . . Total acres appropriated for Schools, " Blandftrd .... 459,217 These lands continued to be reserved for many years, agreeably to the original order, 2. That subsequently, to facilitate the formation of roads and settlenients, and for other objects, the Government of this Province has, from time to time, gi'anted to individuals, or re- served in order to grant them, var ous portions of such reservations, amounting in the whole to 203,786 acres :■ - 3. That in the Townships of Luther and Proton,in the Home District, newly surveyed, 94,0Q0 acres (or 47,000 acres in each) have been reserved, in order to replace, in part, the portions of the original reservation which have been applied, as above mentioned, to purposes inconsistent with the object first intended, and that the lands now reserved, for the purpose of providing means of Education, do not in the whole exceed 439,431 acres, and falling short of the appro- priation, made by the order of the 1st December, 1798, by 109,786 acres. 4. Your Memorialists humbly beg leave to represent to your Excellency, that, independ- ently of the fact, that the Lands recently set apart to replace those reserved, are of cimsiderably inferior value, it is, in the ophiion of your Memorialists, very desirable that the full quantity originally intended to be assigned to the important object, for which they have been appointed Trustees, should be ])re9erved; and, to that end, they pray that your Excellency in Council will be pleased to order that such ()uantity of the Lands now remaining at the disposal of the Crown, will be sufficient to make up the original reservation, may be set apart for that purpose. f And your Memorialists, as, in duty bound, will ever pray. John Straohan, iWii Office of the General Board op Education for Upper Canada, President. York, the 7th of March, 1826. *Reference is made in the First Minutes of the General Board of Education to this Memorial and the Land apprupriatious meutiuued in it, on page 1 uiUc. tThe Executive Council made a full report to Sir John Colborne in 1831 on the then state of the Uni- versity and Free Grammar School endowment of 1797, 98. See pa^ea 44-46 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History ; see also pages 101-105, 133, 138 and 279 of the same Volume. NOTI at intervi was trans Novembe was appoi Board, in May G\ Resolve Farlane, is out this Pi necessary n taining a pi The P this form, a Resolve tary treatia Schools. * Fehrua The Revere Schools of 1 borne, whic (This Re April .If this day, t! Letter date( nor, to the \ before the I enclosing a to select M Lieutenant TheSe see establisl for Writing establishme licet : the 1 (£300,) eacl pounds, (£1 To defi at Eight po TheDi The Re It is p Council, tlifi has been aj source will, mour may annum may 'The rei that in 1809 Coiioise Intro Cornwall, U( Doctor Strac Documentarj 1823-33 Chap. I. PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR U. C, 1823-33. er, 1824 ; e, 6th of 1 at these Executive submitted ntendence ion of His or promot- iservntions Acres. G5,000 35,000 40,500 51,143 20,000 459,217 for other lals, or re- e whole lo ^'0(1, i)4,0Q0 )ortioii3 of icousistent providing the appro- independ- nsiderably 11 quantity appointed ouncil will the Crown, rpose.f sident. 3rial and the of the Uni- lume of this Note. Meetings of the General Board of Education for Upper Canada met at intervals in 1827, and in January, 1828, but no business of public importance was transacted at them, nor at the Meetings of August IGth, and of the 28th of November, 1828. In September, 1828, the Honourable George Herchmer Markland, was appointed by Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the Board, in place of Mr. James Givins, junior. 3Iay Oth, 1828. The Board met this day, and, after discussing the matter, it was. Resolved that the Mayor's English Spelling Book, reprinted at Kingston by Mr. James Mc- Farlane, is a Book which it would be desirjible to introduce into the Common Schools through- out this Province ; and that, in order to do so with the least expense, and so ,as to afford the necessary number of copies, it is advisable to have the work printed on paste board sheets, con- taining a page on each side of the sheet. The President was requested to ascertain what the charge will be of printing the work in this form, and what would be the expense of 2,000 copies. It was also — Resolved, that the expense be ascertained of printing, in the same form, such a small elemen- tary treatise in Arithmetic, as the President shall think eligible for the use of the Common Schools. * February 5th, 1829. The General Board of Education for Upper Canada met this day. The Reverend Doctor Strachan, President f)f the Board, submitted the draft of a Report on the Schools of Upper Canada, for tiie year 1828, to the new Lieutenant Govern(jr, Sir John Col- b(jrne, which was approved, and was ordered to be sent to the Lieutenant Governor. (This Report is printed on pages 205-2(38, of the First Volume of this Documentary History). April 4th, 1829. At a meeting of the General Board of Educati(jn for Upper Canada held this day, the Reverend Doctor Strachan, President of the Board, laid before it the copy of a Letter dated the 31st of March, 18'49, and addressed by Sir Jcjhn Colborne, the Lieutenant Gover- nor, to theRei'erend Doctor Jones, Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford. He also laid before the Board the copy of a Communication from Sir-fohnColborno to the Executive Council, enclosing a copy of the letter to the Vice Chancellor, in which he had asked the Vice Chancellor to select Masters for the i.ew College. In his communication to the Executive Council, the Lieutenant Governor said : — The Seminary [Upper Canada College], which the General Board of Education is anxious to see established, will consist of four Classical Masters, one Mathematical Master, two Masters for Writing and Arithmetic, a French and a Drawing Master. The annual exj)ense of this establishment of Masters will amount to Two Thousand, Five Hundred pounds, (.£2,500,) vide- licet : the Principal,, Six Hundred pounds, (£600,) ; three Masters, at Three Hundred pounds, (£300,) each; two, at Two Hundred pounds, (£200,) each; one, at One Hundred and Fifty pounds, (£150,) and one, at One Hundred pounds, (£iOO.) To defray this expenditure, it is estimated, that the School dues of one hundred Scholars, at Eight pounds, (£8,) each, will amount to Eight Hundred pounds, £800.0.0 The District Grammar School allowance. One Hundred pounds, £100.0.0 The Reverend Doctor Phillips, salary transferred, Two Hundred and Fifty pounds ^250.0.0 £1,500.0.0 It is proposed by the General Board of Education, with the sanction of the Executive Council, that itshould sell, or lease, the ground [Block D, North of] the [St James'] Church, which lias been appropriated for the use of the (District) Grannnar School. Tlie revenue from that source will, perhn,p3, yield Four Thousand pounds, (£4,000,) per annum. Thi Township of Sey- mour may also be disposed of, — from the sale of which, Five Hundred j)opnds, (£500,) per annum may be expected. 'The reference of this matter to the Reverend Doctor Strachan may have been suggested by the fact that in 1809 he had prepared a text bo')k on Arithmetic— the Title Paste of which was as foUow.s : " A Uuncise Introduction to Practical Arithmetic for the use of Schools. By the Rev. John Strachan, Rector of Cornwall, Upper Canada. Montreal : Printed by Nahum Mower, 1809." 12mo ; 214 Pages. This Book and Doctor Strachan mode of teaching Arithmetic are referred to on pajce 45 of the First Volume of this Documentary History. ^ DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OP EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 18213-33 Chap. The Lieutenant Governor has requested His Majesty's Government to grant One. Thousand pounds, (£1,000,) per annum from the Territorial Revenue for the support of the College.* If these arrangements should be carried into eifect, the revenue of the College will amount to Three Thousand and Fifty pounds, (i!3,050,) per annum. It is recommended that the buildings for the School and Masters may be erected on the part of the Military Reserve adjoining Peter Street, and parallel with it. The Homes may be completed for Five Thousand pounds, (£5,000.) It is intended also to attach several Exhibitions to the College. With proper encouragement, the Lieutenant (Jovernor is persuaded that it will iiourish and prove in every respect advan- tageous to Upper Canada. CrOVERNMENT HoUSE, J. COLBORNB. York, April 18:i9. The Board authorized the Honourable Joseph Wells, the Treasurer, to transmit to England the sum of Fifteen Hundred pounds, (£1,500,) tor the purpose of enabling the Vice Chancellor, to advance One Hundred pounds, (£100,) as an outtit, for the Priii ipal and Masters, to bo selected by him, for the Upper Canada College, in terms of Sir John Colborne's letter to him, dated the 31st of March, 18i!9. April 24th, 1829. At a Meeting of the General Board of Education for Upper Canada, held this day, The President announced to the Board, that His Excellency Sir John Colbome, the Lieutenant (jovernor, liad been pleased to signify to him, that he had thought fit to increase the number of this General Board of Education for Upper Canada; accordingly the following gentlemen were introduced and having produced their letters of appointment, took their places. The newly constituted Board then consisted of : — The Honourable and Venerable Archdeacon Strachan, and the Honourable Messieurs Dun- can Cameron, Joseph Wells, George H^ichmer Markland, John Henry Dunn and William Allan ; also Messieurs John Beverley Robinson, Charles Coxwell Small, Grant Powell, James Fitzgibbon and Christopher Widnier, Esquires. The Board took into consideration the following letter from the Secretary of His Excellency The Lieutenant Governor, dated the 21st of April, 1829 :— ' I have the honour, by the direction of the Lieutenant Governor, to acquaint you that he requests that your early attention may be given to the state of the [Church of England National] Central School ; and trusts that the General Board of Education (as its Directors) will be able to make such arrangements as may insure its becoming a very useful Institution. I am also to observe that Mr. Joseph Spragge, the Master, is at present suspended ; but His Excellency will consent lo his being restored to his office, if the Directors should think that the School can be again, with prudence, placed under his charge. His Excellency is, however, of ophiion that an Assistant should be appointed, and that the School Room should be enlarged. Government House, Z. Muuoe. York, 21st April, 1829. The Board having considered the letter from His Excellency's Secretary, it was Resolved, That Mr. Joseph Spragge be continued in charge of the Central School, with the express understanding that he be punctual in his attendance, and assiduous in the discharge of his duty. At a subsequent Meeting of the Board (held on the 28th of April, 1829,) certain Rules and Regulations for the government of the Central School were drawn up and prescribed; and, at a Meeting of the Board, held on the 30th of April, Sir John Colborne intimated it to be his desire that "the Central School should aftbrd such an education as would suit those ])ersons who might find it convenient to send their children afterwards to the College of Upper Canada." May ISth, 18.29, to the 11th September, 1830. The Meetings of the General Board of Education for Upper Canada, which took place at and between these two dates, (of May, 1829, and September, 1830.) were taken up in deciding upon the Sites of the College of Upper Canada and of the dwelling Houses for the Masters, and their four families. Tenders were received for the erection of these buildings. *The money grantg mad'; to the Upper Canada College are mentioned on page 289 of the First Volume of this Documentary History. See also page 294, of the same Volume. 18^3-33 Chap. T. PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR U. C, 1823-33. 9 e Thousand oUege.* If nt to Three :ted on the mes may be lurageiuent, )ect advan- ,BORNE. to England Chancellor, 3ters, to bo iter to him, )er Canada, n Colbome, ; to increase le following }heir places. isieurs Dun- iid William well, James I Excellency yim that he id National] ill be able to ed ; but His ink that the however, of enlarged. MUDGK. ol, with the ilischarge of 1 Rules and d; and, at a be his desire )er8ons who Canada." le General 1 these two ; upon the le Masters, buildings. I of the First varying from Five thousand, Two Hundred and Sixty Eight pounds, (£5,268,) to Five Thousand, Eight Hundred pounds, (£5,800.) The tender of Mr. Mathew Priestman for the former sum was accepted, and, it was ordered, — on the 27th of June 1829,— 1, That the College Building and the Dwelling Houses for four families be placed [in Russell Scjuare]* on a line with King Street, one hundred and thirty-two feet from the road, provided that this arrangement should meet with the approbation of the Lieutenant Governor. 2. That the oflfer of Mr John Ewart, to take the superintendence of these erections, (as Clerk of Works,) at two and one half per cent, be accepted. On the 14th of July, 1829, it was agreed to remove the Home District (Grammar) School, from its present site — which had been sold by auction in small lots,— to that of the reservation ff)r the Central (Church of England) School. It was, therefore, removed to the comer of March, (Lombard,) and Newgate, (Adelaide,) Streets, at a cost of Sixty four pounds, (£Gt.) (See page 7.) In September, 1829, it was ordered that this now " Royal Grammar School " House be fitted up for the reception of the Master and Boys of the proposed Upper Canada College. It was also agreed, in December, 1829, to employ Mr. John Ewart to erect a small frame House, 18 x 24 feet, and ten feet high, for a Preparatory School, at a cost of Forty pounds, (£40,) so that, as pointed out by the Reverend Doctor Strachan, " the Central (National) School, on an enlarged scale, should be opened at the same time with the College of Upper Canada, in order to shew that the advantage of all classes was attended to," and considered. November '26th, 1830. At this Meeting, of the General Board of Education for Upper CanHoi, the Lieutenant Governor called the attention of the Board to the necessity of prescribing certain rules and regulations for the internal govern- ment of the Upper Canada College and its pupils. The Board, therefore, agreed to certain general principles which should govern in these matters, but did not prescribe any definite rules or regulations. The following Communication from His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, which he had addressed to the Executive Council, was laid before the Board for consideration : — The Lieutenant Governor transmits for information of the Executive Council the accom- panying Despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and, with reference to the ap- proval of the Lieutenant Governor's second proposal, videlicet : "To Endow the Upper Canada College," he thinks it will be advantageous to the Province to direct that the Township of Seyniourf shall be divided into lots of two hundred acres each, and the alternate lots of half the Township, be set apart for the use of the College, and the remaining lots be sold, as soon as pos- sible, by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and that the proceeds of the sales be carried to the account of the Territorial Revenue of the Crown. 2. The Lieutenant Governor proposes that a quantity of lands, equal to that given by trans- fer, may be given over to the charge of the General Board of Education, who are the Upper Canada College Trustees, in any Township at the disposal of His Majesty's Government. 3. The Reserve in Wilmot, which would have fallen to the University, had they not been promised conditionally to German Settlers, may, with propriety, be selected as a part of the laud with which the Upper Canada College is to be endowed. 4. The Lieutenant Governor also recommends that all the Townships set apart for the main- *^enance of Schools may be divided and exchanged, as above proposed. j. colborne. Government House, YoKK, November, 1830. *The selection of this site for Upper Canada College was made on the 27th of May, 1829 ; see page 287 of the First Volume of this Documentary History. tin regard to the grant of this Township to Upper Canada College, see page 289 of the First V jinme of this Documentary History. See also pages 102, 104, 129, 130, 131, and 138 of the Second Volume of this History, 10 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1823-33 Enclosure : Proceedings of the Executive Council on the foregoing Goin- TMinication. At a Meeting of the Executive Council, held at York, Wednesday, 17th November, 1830. Present— The Honourable John Beverley Robinson, Chief Justice, Chairman; the Honourable Messieurs James Baby, Peter Robinson and George Herchmer Markland. To His Excellency, Sir John Colhorne, Lieutenant Oovemor of Upper Canaila, etc. May it please your Excellen(;y. The Council entirely concurs in the recommendations of your Excellency con- tained in this reference, assuming that an equivalent in lands may be so arranged in the proposed exchanges, as neither to prejudice the interests of the Crown, nor of the School Fund, — and, indeed, it appears to the Comicil that the n easure suggested will be highly favourable to the public interests, affording to the Crown the means of dispensing more generally through the Country the many respectable Emigrants arriving from Europe. The Council, however, take the liberty of suggesting that, before any measure is adopted, a reference should be made to the Board ni Education upon this subject generally, in order that their sen- timents may be obtained upon it, and that some plan may be arranged for facilitating the pro- posed exchanges in a satisfactory manner. All which is respectfully submitted. , John B. Robinson, Executive Council Chamber, Chief Justice, Presiding Councillor. York, 17th of November, 1830. Upon reading the Document, it was Besolved : — That the General Board of Education entirely concur in the suggestion of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor that the Township of Seymour shall be appropriated to the support of the Upper Canada College, and that it shall be disposed of in the manner pomted out by His Excellency. It was also Resolved : — That the Board coincide perfectly in opinion with His Excelleticy, and with the Executive Council, as to the expediency of making the proposed commutation of part of the School Lauds for other vacant lands of the Crown, in order that, by the settlement of alternate lots, through the agency of the Commissioner for Crown Lands, the remainder may become more valuable and more readily disposable ; and that the Board will willingly enter into any arrangements that may tend to facilitate such exchanges. The Reverend Doctor Strachan's Report on Upper Canada College. February '23rd, 18J1. At the preceding meeting of the General Board of Education for Upper Canada held on the 11th of December, 1830, Sir John Col- borne, the Lieutenant Governor, requested the Board', (as Trustees of the Upper Canada College,) to be present at the examination of the College. The Board, thereupon, appointed the Reverend Doctor Strachan, its President, to represent the Board on that occasion, (which he did). At this meeting of the Board, Doc- tor Strachan. reported the result of his observations at the examination, in the form of a Report to the Lieutenant Governor, — chiefly historical, — which he submitted to the Board for its adoption, as follows : — £o Sir John Colborne, Lieuiotant Governor of Upper Canada, etc. May it please your Excellency. The General Board for the Superintendence of Education throughout the Province, in reporting upon the present state of Upper Canada College, find little more for them to do than to introduce the Principal's able account of the Institution, by a very brief notice of its extent and progress. 2. Soon after your Excellency's arrival in the Colony, your attention was drawn to the subject of Education, in the improvement of which you had been eminently successful in your former government [of the Island of Guernsey]. Here a much wider sphere presented itself, and, being comparatively a new Country, much more remained to be done. Chap. I. I'K0(!EE01NaS OF GENERAL HOARD OF EDUCATION FOR U. C, l«28-33. U OLLEGE. 3. Under this impression, your Excellency was pleHsed to call the notice of the Leaiskture to this unportant subjec in your .irst Address to both Branches of that Honourable bTX on the 8th of January, 1829] ; tor while it was admitte.l. that the Schools were increasing in aU parts of the Province it was suihc.ently evident that the general system nuKht be ve" v n u amende.l ; aiuL that the (Jmmmar Schools, in the several Di-tricts, might be rendered far more efhcient, and their course of instruction much more extensive. i«"ueieu lar more placit i't in'TsK'to of Tmii '''' '*""''' ^^"""'T' ^'^'""^ ^^*^ Y«^>^)' *t --vs understood that, after placing it n.i state of efficiency, your Excellency would extend your aid t., the other District le;3rle.iii;f ' " *'' "'""" '' ^•^"' "^"""■^'' "'' '''' "^"^^■•"" I-Pulati-n of the Cmmti;! r. In furtherance of these valuable objects, your Excellency, on tlie 4th of \nril 18'^9 (page 7, ante) laid before this B..ard a plan for establishing a Seminary, to crnisist of foLr C'.issicai Masters, one Mathematical Master, two for Writing and Arilhinetfc 'me fSr French and me for Drawing, that it might be o,,eii at once to the youtii of tlie Province a liberal and expense course of edLH^ation and, not only become a nursery for the University, and a mode for other Ss inS^Si^iit^^h^;;:^ '- -''-- ^^^^«- -^ dassJ^i^r^;: abi4^c!iru?fr|Sln^i:S an endowment, as, with the School and the District allowance, might dJfrny the aiumal expense of an Institution founded on a scale so extensive. "^ »nnu.u expense 7. Such an ai)plication became the more expedient, as it was your Excellency's Hxed nnr ^Zuirrzsi'Kx "■ '••""'■ °' "'"»■■ ^""»^* ^°"««- '^»» '" "™ So'.»;i- /J-. The Board justly api>reciating your Excellency's anxiety to promote so desirable an m tnt /"? • ''^'''' every motive of sound policy shows the expediency if pu i ' o a per manent footing, expressed their readiness to share the responsibility which your Evc-lle icv had assumed, and to give all the assistance in their power to ca'rry it into successY«r,.pia;ion. ^ 9. That no time might be lost, the Board, [on the 4th of April 1829 page 7 autel nvide H,p necessary arrangements to enable the Masters to leave England ^vith conSo?fc a, d con ^^ence whom your Excellency had invited the Vice Chancellor of Oxford, in conjunction with vvoo 1 «; respectable gentlemen, to select for the purpose of taking charge of the Seminaiy ''^•' ^^'^'^'^ Polli?; J^''T ^•■^""""'^7 «^eps having been takr:., it Iiecame necessary to choose a site for the College of Upper Canada, as that on which the District ((Grammar) School stoo.l had beco a ZTZTi '"' n *''' '"^'"^ '""'r^'f °^ ^"^'''"'='« «'-«^^"d 'fc Your Excellency, liwever r eSe ' d the Board from all anxiety on that head, by granting Russell S.mare for the purpose a situation ^a^::^:S;Z^Z^f aa-ording ample space^lor th. College, the biiliihlS n;ce:il"i;' ir tnt accommodation of the I eachers, and for the recreation of the pupils. (Page 8, anfe). of n!IV T'"' ^i-p'"'"' .'"easure had the furtlier good effect, that it enabled the Board, by Ihe sale necesrarTS^^^^ Grammar] School site, to raise a considerable fund towards 'erTclJil;^ the f), . l^' ^".*^® '"°"V' "^ •^"."^' ^^^^' contracts were entered into for buildin-r the College and mJZ'T '^PJ^^'^'^'^f.^- , ^" September of that year, ihe appointn.ent of thrPrindpal and M s ers was announced in letters from Oxford. In the course !. f October and NovemS these aid tKusin rT''^; "".'^' '" '^'""^'^ of January, 1830, tapper Canada College 'v^opeitl! .mcl the business ol instruction commenced. '^i'^nv i, and wheYthoHvlV'"'^^'^'"^''''''':'^^*^' ^ ^f ^ ,'"onths before, was now happily accomplished; he'wIu>leP oWnce St?'"'"'^^^^ took pace in December last, the aiulience. and indeed if n.rt «.ni; '.^ • ''■l'''*^^ congratulated on the establishment of a Seminary e.|ual io ei rum;'%t'i:'""HTll''' ^"' "^^"""^^^ '^"'^ elementary instruction, to an/in' o h^ l^r-H f) ^i .J'^e.^^«»lfc of the examination was most satisfactory ; and, when this Board ul y antVe;^^^^^^^^ *•"'^^*'" progress of the youth, in tl?eir vaHous stuciles I a he Men be^^.rthJR T^f fi *^^l'^f ''V mJ' '"'f ^'""^ '^^^ ''' '^^''^ impression on the minds of all t eiiEc^^icim^^ of the zeal ski 1 and ability manifested by the (Jentlemen to whom tiicii Education had been committed, the declaration was fully ; ccorded in by every one present. to th^.^'JnM^'Tif ^''^'''^' <^l''^tt'»« Public should be made aware of the great advantages offered ^r^I^!^::^.^'i^STZilJ^T\''Tu ^'f P^'.-^^' ^'^'^' i^ --^^'^t be seen'harUie 1 . -"j-.> «^«'> r.tiiiuj riirit can oe desired for their impi'uvoiiient t it^ RpuBvoufi iJ^in^;,^..! Tticl Sr'" /" '^"^^ "^^ " ''''f''' ^^^l'"^^ -^^ *h« Course ',.fi;stru;-tio^St"l^ such otiier matters as parents and guardians might be supposed anxious tJ know. ^ IS DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1823-33 I 16. Such a Report ia herewith annexed ; and. from the clearness and minuteness of its details, persons interested in the education of the rising generation can now decide for themselves on the benefits offered to the youth, who are sent to this Institution for instruction. 16. It only remains for the Board to announce the gratifying intelligence, that His Majesty's Government has been pleased to sanction such an endowment as will still further extend the usefulness, and ensure the stability, of The College of Upper Canada. John Stkachan, York, February, 1831. President, This Report on the state of Upper Canada College during the first year of its establishment is both interesting and valuable. It is interesting, because it furnishes a correct idea of what was aimed at in creating Upper Canada College, apart from the historical resum6 which details of the various steps which were taken by Sir John Colborne, and so heartily seconded by the General Board of Education, (which on its institution, was constituted its Trustees and Directors,) in bringing the College into practical operation. It is valuable, from the fact that it furnishes a standard by which to judge of the progress and efficiency of the College during subsequent years. Report of the Reverend Doctor Harris, Principal of Upper Canada College, 1831. The Report of the Reverend Doctor Harris, the first Principal of Upper Canada College, is also interesting and instructive, and for the same reasons ; but it is chiefly so, from the fact that in those early days, (1829-1831,) so high a standard was set up, — to be practically reached, (as it was,) in the instruction of pupils in the ordinary branches of education ; and also that a place was found in the curriculum for familiarizing the scholars with the sacred truths of the Bible, by means of reading portions of it, and memoriter recitations from it.* To the General Board of Education, as Trustees and Direetors of Upper Canada College : Gentlemen— The first year of Up^3r Canada College having arrived at its termmation, I beg to lay before you the following brief statement of our proceedings and progrehs during that period ; and, although, the average advancement of the scholars be not anything extraordinary, I will yet venture to hope that, under all the attendant circumstances, the result of our first year's labours has not fallen short of what might have been reasonably anticipated. The circumstances to which I allude, as tending to retard our progress hitherto, are the difficulties which must necessarily accompany the putting into operation of an extensive Seminary in a new country, and, in some measure, on new principles, and naore especially, the time, which is unavoid- ably lost, in bringing a number of boys, who have been hitherto instructed, some on one system, and some on another, to the same uniform plan of discipline and education. 2. On my arrival here in the latter end of November, 1829, I found myself associated with the Vice Principal, the Mathematical and the First and Second Classical Masters, assisted by the French and Writing Masters ; and I was requested to prepare a plan of instruction which should embrace these several departments. 3. In the prosecution or this task, it seemed desirable, that a Preparatory School should be attached to the College, in which elementary scholars should be brought so far forward as to enable them, when removed into the lowest College forms, to proceed, without retarding the general system ; and, on your approval of a suggestion to that effect, a Master of the Preparatory School was appointed ; a measure, of which subsequent experience, has proved the necessity and advantage. 4. In addition to the Masters already enumerated, and whose several departments form indispensable parts of the course pursued in the College, a Drawing Master was also attached for the instruction in fj-nTOin" — perapfictive and planning. — by such pupils ft» might he desirouri of learning these branches, which, however, it is at the option of the friends of the scholars for them to learn, or not. *It will be seen from pages 82-96 of the Second Volunne of this Documentary History that the House of Assembly instituted a rigid enquiry into the condition and practical working of Upper Canada College in December, 1832. Chap I. PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR U. C, 1823-33. 13 !R Canada 6. A detail of the occupation of the Beveral forms will perhaoa bn th« mn^t .af i.f.„* * veying a correct idea of tlie nature and extent of educatiC wWch a vouTh i at a/nf,ir7«^Kr • "^ °?°' hiS *'' ""'"" """"' "' "" '°'^""'' " •'' P'"'^^''"^ only"i't\ra"ny JarLX'ToV™ ,tr"of iKf co„sSt^Se|u".^aViL^^^^ ings, Memoriter Recitations from the New Testament; Writ ne and A^fthmpHrTK^ f ^ Classical Masters, nineteen hours, and the Writing ML'teV. nine^'hoSs in each we^k. " ''*'^°'^' "'' Second Form. Latin Grammar continued, includintr the entim Svnfav . •« p,«»,.j„ »* u » "As in Prffisenti "-constrning Corderius and LeSes Selec L without th« ITnf ^ f ^t'l^""' *"^ writing Latin exercises f.om the Eton Exempla MinTa '-MfscellaneourPn^Hf^^ a translation ;-and Recitation on Monday mornings ;-Elements of French • wS and Arithmffio TH.'?*^ and Scripture z^t^^^at^^z^-:^' ^ ^^"^ ^'^ '--' ^tertw^oiirrand^^wTit?^^^^^^^^^^^^ Recitation of Scripture on Monday mornings ;-French ; WritinHnd Arfthm^t p • rTn^^*^ i!^ "^1*°7 '~ Kr%t%^rL^ifhXLtrwe^er -^ ^ ^^"' ^^^^^'^^^MtT^ri^^Tl^^^^^^ Valp^rgrS'^liefeS, V^ZToo^^'elt^^, I^S^:^^^^^^^'^^^ 'o'^TTI^ Latin ; Nonsense Latin Verse ;-English Themes.) Roman HiWv •-RpSfnn'rf'q ^^ ' ^'^^\i ^i''" mornings ;-Element8 of Mathematics; WrS anrArithSeL^cCoeoCTaX -^ ^^^^^^^^^^ attends the Classical Masters fifteen hours, the IklathemttioTMast'er fiv«^onr7 InHf^'^u I^'l- ^"T Master four hours, and the Writing Master three hours, Te^Th week ' ^^^ * '^°''' /*'»/'^ i^oi,^i'. nr. n t.on;"-GnccaMajora; Horace; Cicero; Virgil.) Exercises-fvalpy^ or SsonV ri^^^ ^f^' Elegantue Latinee ; Re-translations and Memoriter Reci at onsof^GreekaS Latin A.fy^.L ^"r^l^ Verse; Latin and English Themes.) Mathematics; 1 rench. Thl form attends th%u"*i^°[V^^^^^^ seventeen hours ; the ivfatliematical Master, eight hours ; and the French Ma^te^thr^^^^^^^ 7. It is proper to observe, that it is not contemplated alwavs to ponfinn th^ rina=.;„»i j- ir ^l Sixth Form to those books only, which are named in'the abolnetafl ; buSese w^ 1 bTvlried frfm tim^ to time, as there may be occasion, and the h gher classes introduced whpnVvAP f Hori ;= ».!« • 'i. T *""^ ment to allow of their introduction. PossibTy, too, in the course of ti^eTmav?^^^^^ other branches, which do not at present enter into kny course of studS' ^ ^^ desirable to add Note. By reference to pages 28-30 of the Second Volume of this Docu- mentary History, it will be seon that in July of this year (1831,) exception was taken by a number of influential Gentlemen, to the prominence which was given in the foregoing curriculum of Upper Canada College to classical studies, to the exclusion of commercial subjects. The correspondence which took place'on the subject, and which is there given, is interesting. In December, 1832, and again in March, 1835, the character of the course of instruction in Upper Canada College was again the subject of inquiry by the House of Assembly. See pages 82-86 and 171-173 of the same Volume of this History. I the £hoirs11trolX'c.;ildtn°o7S^^^^^^^^^^ that, as adhere strictly to the simple text, with'out anylSntt'^rpIa^nS -f^^rth^^^ I and grammatical sense ; and. in the Preparatory School in oonseniinnfP nf >. rl,Jilt„w" j "**''*^ lafrtt''^'-*^"^^ «"^°'-«' -''° ^- Ro.nlnWolL!rarre^f tLZrylSn"o?thrNTw See the Editor's remarks on this mode of giving pupils a knowledge of the Bible, etc., on page 12, ante. 14 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1828-33 ! I Ui i I 9. The followiiiK are the particulars of the Terms, attendance, etc., at the College : (1) The dues for inntrnction are, for each Scholar in the College -Two pounds (1:2,) in the Prepara- tory School ; One pound, Hve shillings (t*l-6-0) por »iuartei. with an additional iive Shilling* per quarter for every Scholar for tho contingent ext)enHen of pens, ink, fuel, etc. (2) These terms include evtry branch of iiiotruction, except Drawirpr, for which there is an extra charg*^ of Ten Shillings jter quarter, exclusive of the expense of drawing materials. (3) Books are provided by the College at the expense of the Soholara. For this purpose, a large stock of books, drawing and writing materials, has been provided, from which the Scholars are supplied more advantageously than they would purchase the same articles in the ordinary manner. The General Board of Education, as Trustees and Directors, have also concurred in an arrangement that any books may b.. supplied from the College stock to private individuals, not members of the College, on application to the Principal, whenever this can b« done without incimvenience to the College. (4) The College (^uartorB, or Terms, are ordered as follows :— (a) First quarter, commencing immediately after the Christmas Vacation, and ends on the 20th of March. (6) Second quarter, commencing on the 101 h of June, and ends at the beginning of the Summer Vaca- tion, between the 13th and 1.9th of August. (c) Fourth quarter commences at the tenninatio.. of the Summer Holidays, about Ist October, and ends at the commencement of the Christmart Vacation, between December the 18th and 24th. (d) At V. batever period of either of the quarters a scholar is admitted into the College, or Preparatory School, his dues are payable from the beginning of that (luarter. (5) The Vacations of the College are the following :— (a) The Christmas Vacation, which commences on the Saturday preceding Christmas Day, and continu- ing for a fortnight. (b) The Easter Vacation, which commences on the Thursday preceding Good Friday, and continues during the Easter week. (f ) The Summer Vacation, which commences on the Saturday nearest to the sixteenth of August, (either before, or after,) and terminates on the Thursday, six weeks following. (d) The daily attendance of the Scholars, at the College and Preparatory School, is from a quarter before nine o'clock till twelve ; and from two o'clock till four, excepting on Saturdays, when there w no afternoon attendance. (e) The pupils, who learn to draw, attend the Drawing Master six hours in the course of the week, during the intervals between the ordinary College attendance. 10. The number of Scholars admitted since the opening of the College, on the 4th June, 1830, to thu twelfth of January, 1831, is one hundred andforty,-of that eighteen are khown to have left the College ; and T am led to conclude from report that some others have also left since the Christmas Vacation, although I have received no information from their friends on the subject. The uncertainty and inconvenience which have arisen from the general neglect of parents to give any kind of notice on the remova,l of their sons, have been much felt throughout the past year. I car scarcely point out how unsatisfactory it is to Proceed for several weeks after the commencement of every new quarter in a state of uncertainty, as to the number of scholars actually belonging to the several forms. 11. To obviate this inconvenience in future, I beg to suggest for your concurrence, that it be a standing Regulation of the College, that any Scholar not returning to College, or a sufficient reason for hia absence: not being assigned to the Principal within one week from the commencement of any College quarter shall be considered as withdrawn ; and his name erased from the list accordingly. Notwithstami- iW which regulation, I trust a disposition to facilitate the conduct of the Institution, will mfluence the friends of Scholars to send notice, when it is their intention to discontinue the attendance of any boy at the College. 12 In adverting, in conclusion, to the late examination, I would notice that, as there were only five forms in operation during the previous year, the extent, to which that examination could be carried, was ne™8sarily limited to the course proscribed for the fifth form. Future examinations we may expect to be carried to a hiKher point, as well as to include some subjects, such as History and Geography, which. though not neglected during the past year, were not introduced into the examination, because we were, for a great part of that period, unprovided with uniform books on these subjects. 13 With respect to the efficiency actually exhibited by the scholars a.^ the late examination, I have much satisfaction in statins my opinion, that, considering it to hav^e been the first public examination in a new Institution, and also considering that our object has been rather, to lay a sound foundation, than to make a display of rapid and apparently extensive acquirements, the examination was passed generally in such a manner as to encourage favourable anticipations of the future, both as regards the College and the Scholars ; and, whilst recording this opinion, I beg to be allowed to express my sense of the able a.ul unremitting co-operation of my Colleagues, and the Masters of the Establishment in general, by uhich so aatisfactory a result of our first year's labours has been effected. 14 To the above Report, Gentlemen, which I have the honour to submit to jou, I have only to add mv sincere desire, and, I trust, not unfounded hope, that the success of so nobly designed an institution as Upper Canada College, may be correspondent to the liberality with which vou have provided for its estab- li«hment • and that its beneficial effects may equal the wishes of the exalted individual, whose enlightened re'gard for the public good, projected and completed it. joskph H. Harris, Upper CANAT.A ColUge, Principal of' Upper Canada College, York, January, 1831. i i 1823-33 Chap. I. PROCEEUINQS OF KINO's COLLEGE COUNCIL, 1827-8-37. 16 in the Prepara- ingK per quarter I an extra char|t<' He, a larf^^e stock e 8upi)lied tnort^ I General Board jr books may be )pli'jation to the I on the 20th of i Summer Vaoa- ictober, and ends I, or Preparatory )ay, and oontinu- y, and continues enth of August, i from a quarter ivhen there is no rse of the week, ine, 1830, to the the College ; and cation, although onvenience which f their sons, have is to proceed for to the number of ce, that it be a ent reason fur hia it of any College . Notwithstand- ivill influence the 36 of any boy at re were only five I be carried, was may expect to be eography, which, lause we were, for ,mination, I have examination in a Lindation, than to iBsed generally in the College and le of the able and leral, by which so have only to add I an institution a^ ■ided for its estab- irhose enlightened r Canada College. May 2nd, 1831. Tlio Gonoral Board at its moating to day authorized the erection of a Hoarding HoiiHe at an expense, not exceeding Twelve Hundred i>oiind8, (£*1.200 ) to bo nlaced in charge of the Prmc.pal, -the other Masters to assist in rotation. The Board also directed that tlie District (Orainmar) school be put into repair for the Central (National) School. July mh, 1831. At the Meeting of the General Boar.l of Educ/ition, held this .lay" a Com- munication from His Excellency, the Lieutenant Governor, was read, enclosing an extmct from a Report of the Executive Council oil the subject of forming District Boards of Education, to subject ) Education for the Province. (No action was taken on tlie (Note. Meetings of the Board of no special importance were held on the 28th of June, 13th of August, 1 7th of September, and the 27th of October. 1831 ; also on the 28th of February, 1832.) Jnhj •fthl>^S3. At a Meeting, of tiie Gonoral Board, iield on this day, a letter was road from the Right Ueverend Bish .p Macdonell umking application for the old School House for Roman Catliohc children, until one, wiucli is being built, is Hnished. The Board regretted that the re,,no3t could lu.t be complied with, as it had been represented, by Mr. Joseph Spragg, to bt absolutely necossary for the children of the Central (National) School . l «K. <^ Note. The next Meeting of the General Board of Education for tipper Canada was held on the 18th of February, 1833, at which unimportant business was transacted. To such proceedings, therefore, no reference is made. The last Meeting of the Board, as recorded it its Minute Book, was held on the 11th day of March, 1833. The Confidential Despatch of Lord Goderich, the Colonial r sretary, dated the 5th of July, 1832, (See page 86 post) directs, that the Lieutenant Governor should : — tl. S *^^%'^/«^«*'"^<=« «f the Law Officers, take the necessary legal measures for dissolving the Board, and for re-investing in the Crown the Estate, of which tliey have had charge . . This the Lieutenant Governor evidently did, foi the General Board of Edu- cp'-- for Upper Canada ceased to exist during this year. (1833). Its functions we. ■:)rmally, but nevertheless practically transferred to, and discharged by, the Council of King's College, of which the Reverend Doctor Strachan wis also President, as he had been of the General Board of Education for Upper Canada. The Members of this General Board were, with one or two exceptions. Members of the King's College Council. PART n. PROCEEDINGS OF KING'S COLLEGE COUNCIL, 1827-1837. To the original Minutes of King's College are prefixed a copy of the Charter of the College,* dated the 1.5th day of March, 1827, and a copy of the Thirty- nine Articles of the Church of England,-" Agreed upon by the Archbishops and Bishops of both Provinces, (Canterbury and York,) and the Whole Clergy, in the Convocation, holden at London, in the year of Our Lord, 1562, for avoiding of Diversities of Opinion, and for the Establishment of Consent, touching True Religion." These Articles are signed by Robert Sympson Jameson. Vice-Chancellor of Upper Canada. William Campbell. Chief Justice of the same ; Thomas Ridont Surveyor-General ; Thomas Phillips, Doctor of Divinity; John Beverley Robinson! -attorney-General ; Henry JohnBuuIton, Solicitor-General ; Grant Powell, Official Principal of the Surrogate Court ; Christopher Widmer, Doctor of Medicine, and Joseph Hemington Harris, Doctor of Divinity 16 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1827-37 nm\ ;,iiiiii|| il First Meeting of King's College Council, 1828. January 8th, 1828. — The first meeting of the Council of King's College took place this day. The Commission of Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, dated the 13th of December, 1827, appointing the following to be Member." of the Council was read, videlicet. The Honourable William Campbell, Chief Justice of Upper Canada ; the Honourable Thomas Ridout, Surveyor- General ; the Reverend Thomas Phillips, Doctor of Divinity, Head Master of the Royal Grammar School, York ; John Beverley Robinson, Attoniey-General ; Henry John Boulton, Solicitor-General; the Venerable George Okill Stuart, Doctor of Divinity, Archdeacon of Kingston; and Grant Powell, Official Principal of the Surrogate Court. The Ex-o^cio Members were. Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant-Governor, Chancellor of the University, and the Honourable and Venerable John Strachnn, Doctor of Divinity, Archdeacon of York, President of ♦-he University. The Lieutenant-Governor appointed Mr. James Givens, junior, to bb Tfe^'^istrar, and the Honourable Joseph Wells, Bursar of the College. At this Meeting, the Despatch of Earl Bathurst, Colonial Secretary, to Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Peregrine Maitland, the Chancellor, was read, dated the 31st day of March, 1827, stating that His Majesty had been pleased to grant a Royal Charter, by Letters Patent, under the Great Seal, for establishing at, or near the Town of York, in the Province of Upper Canada, One College, with the style and privilege of an University for the education and instruction of Youtli in Arts and Faculties, to continue forever to be called King's College. Further, the Colonial Secretary informed the Lieutenant-Governor, that he — Had great satisfaction, from your strong recommendation, in submitting Doctor Strachan's name to His Majesty, as the First President of King's College, and you will assign to him a salary of Two Hundred and Fifty pounds, (£250,) per annum, to be charged on the proceeds of the endowment as they become available.* The following Documents were also laid before the King's College Council at this its first meeting : 1. — Copy of a Despatch from Sir Peregrine Maitland to Earl Bathurst, dated York, Upper Canada, 19th of December, 1825, asking permission to ex- change certain of the unproductive University Endowment Lands for an equal quantity of the more valuable Crown Reserves.f 2. — Report of the Reverend Doctor Strachan to Sir Peregrine Maitland, dated 10th of March, 182G, on the desirability of establishing the proposed University. (This Report will be found on pages 211-215 of the First Volume of this Documentary History.) * For remainder of this Despatch, See Volume One of this Documentary History, pages 225,, 226. tThis Despatch from Sir Peregrine Maitland, (referred to on page 205 of the First Volume of this j Doonmentary History,) was no doubt prompted not only by the elaborate statement and appeal made by the Reverend Doctor Strachan in favour of a University for Upper Canada, (given on pages 211-215 of the asme Volume,} but slsn b.y a pfttitinn from the General Board of Eduofttion for LJpper Canada, drawn v.u by Doctor Strachan and presented to the Lieutenant-Governor at the same time in 1826, as wan the state- i ment and appeal written by the same gentleman. The petition is dated on the 7th day of March, 18J6, | and will be found on page 6, ante. Chap. I. PROCEEDINGS OF KINO'h COLLEGE COtJNCIL, 1827-37. 17 'A. Letters Addreshed i«v the Reverend Doctor Strachan to Societies in England for a Grant of a Lihrary for KiN(i's College. 1. 'Jo the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel In Foreign Parts. This letter was dated London, 13th of June. 182G. The introductory portioa of it 18 partly personal and partly historical, and is as follows : I luvve the honour to enchjHo ... an extmot fnn.i a iia,^,.,.t . ,» i * tt- t^ Sir Peregrine M.itland, the Lieutenant- JovTrnorSa-HTitiS tul" Excellency reudor it not merely expedient but an imperative k.tyU^tSS. an UniverS^ySt ddSv m this r,8u.« Colony. (See Document number two. referred to on the preSng pTvge.) It will be seen that such an establishment is alone wanting tn f.,.i>„.l«f,. n. t- . Education in the Province ; and having been instrun^U.rtS^r His fii dl^nc^ r, ^Uon' in on., and to brmg up .ume of it. Moniber* to bo MissioZdJ, w u ouX I. h . '"■?'"" till) l/niversity. "wnws. wiiu ougnt to bu pruparud at Soiiio FlnnliHh youtliH tiboiild aUo bo iimfriinfn/l in »i. i i- i U.,ulunt« iu tho Vilfa,o, which n.ay be f- mo but 1 ovS^h!l?ir" '" "''/ ? '^"I""-'"- Hitv cuuu.t afford mean, for these hui-orta objeoU vi.ich ^ovewhe^ ' '^' "• "'" ^'•"^"^■ with tiioio of your Society. J«"w, wiucn. novoitholoss. .oem m accordance The reply of this Society, dated the l.th of March, 1827. while assentin. to Doctor Strachans proposal to make a grant of Five Hundred routids Wm, . a «.a,mp ucal curiosity in its way. It shosv ed how little idea the Men be'r. o the hocoty then had of d.Htance.s. or facilities of travel, in what is now the N rth tL^ r!;i;:""^ and Terntones of the Do.ninion. The following are extracts fron. be c.st«b,isi.e./o:i;^^r,£!j ts\s^j;:'°.s;t JSrr '^t? ''=''"''^-""'" •'^-i'' k..owledKO to the Indians throughout Prince*^R ertl L u? ^w T^ ""»>''t ^''^hMhu of Canada. You are aware that the District ir m ,nH V . , "^ '" *''"''' «'f ^''^^ Province North Pacific Ocean. a,:d -mp^hel^^U /f ?^ to the situated to the westward of the kocky Mountains arren!4ented to . ''" '""'"*"? ^''" "''" and .n a more advanced state of civilization than the Tribes' o the eas ward "f";^'""^^ ^""''''^ As the Church Missionary Society has established a Mi 2„ at T , « "" ^^''''"'"'"''• and have it in contemplation, when circumstances wST perm o ex „nd th ^M- ^.'^^l^'-nt, i riboH on the Western Coast, the Committee of the Sopi«7v VJi ■ ^'S"'"" to the Department of the Canada College sl3 bo placed n aJci ' f'?' ""^'"^ '''"' '^« I'^^i*" Tribes participating in its ad van^ges.* ' *" ^''"''"B "'^ t" "dmit of those ^>% l^b^en^^ the MJcal L ,* In his Messaflre to thn Hnu°" "f A— — H- -1-' ^ -^ j>r~i ~~ "~ ' ■ — ■ DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDTTCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1827-37 I Hi i i II *|iii{f I The Council have learned that the Honourable John Elmsley would dispose ot his tract o one hundred and fifty acres, (150,) near the Town Line, halves of Park Lots numbers 9, 10 and l^for Twenty-Five pounds. (25.) per acre, and in their opinion, the site which this tract would ^^^^Th: iistJS Sdte'clvtS: he prospect a,reeable, the soil good and the situatjja unauestionably healthy. It has also the advantage of lyins? contiguous to a Glebe which would Se obtained oi? reasonable terms, and a Road might probably be obtained through the front ol anv of the lots, which would give a convenient access to them, independently of Yonge Street. 5£ proximUy of this tract to the Town would give the Students the opportunity of attending ontheCourts^f Law. and on Medical practice and lectures at the Hospital. The Council, therefore, unanimously Resolved, That their views for a preference of this Site to any other shall be respectfully submitted to Sir Peregrine Maitland, the Chancellor, with an expression of their readiness if His Excellency shall allow them, to retain the tract at the Humber, or relinquish it, as th. Government may preZer. May 21st, 1828.— ki the next Meeting of the College Council, held on this day, Doctor Strachan, the President, reported that : He had seen Mr. Elmsley respecting his land which had been considered by the Council at its last meeting as eligible for the Site of the College, that Mr. Elmsley, upon reconsideration, declined disposing of the property required. The President then laid before the Council the following proposals, from diflferent pro- prie 0^8 • „ V J J J jvicGill is ready to dispose of his farm, consisting of eightythreo nnrP^in thecC vSity TJhe Town, for Seven Thousand pounds (£7,000), Halifax Currency. "°'''o"Tt Hor^^Se JolmDunn and Mr. Joseph Si.ragge own an eligible Site for the College at the "Dug Way," each possessing fifty acres. The Honourable Mr. Dunn offf^ hfnS^' k' at Four iundSpounds(£400), atd Mr. Spragge requires One Thousand pounds (£1,000) for h,s ?ot of fifty acres. General Shank has some h;nds adjoining this property, which may be pio- o.irpd This Site is very beautiful ; the only drawback IS the distance. ,. .^, , , . 3 The Gkbe Lot affords a good Site, which may be rendered more eligible by purchasing sixtv aci-es from Mr. Elmsley-price Thirty dollars ($30) per acre, or Four Hundred and Ffty not nds £450) and as much from Captain Baldwin on the other side price Thirty-Five dollar per acreJorP^v'e Hundred and Twenty-Five pounds (£5&J) ; the Glebe itself may be purchased f.r Picfhani^ed but the obi ection is distance from Town. or e^'^l^Jf =>« ^;^'^^";;crookshank's Farm, consisting of two hundred and fifty acres may be pur- chased for Five Thousand pounds (£5,00(1. deducting One Hundred and Twenty-five pounds (i'S) for two acres purchased by Mr. Richard Wenham. This property possesses many advantages ^^^^ belonging to D'Arcy Boulton, Esquire, and Chief Justice Powell nmy be hadfor Twelve Hundred and Fifty pounds (£1,260) each. They are very eligibks ^''''lHtt:^%t^\NZ:r^^^ of three lots at Twelve Hundred and FifS l.old?(il250) each, or Three Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty pouuds (^J.7oO), but, should we take only one, he requires a higher price. ^ ,, ^, , t, u ' ff ,. After some deliberation the Council determined to accept of Ml^ DArcy Boulton sofiVu, and Mr Samuel Peters Jarvis. (in the name of Chief Justice Powell), and as Doctor W. W, BakW demands a higher price, should only one of his lots be requii^d, the Councd decline V I ,!„ fvonVhim but as Mr Elnisley's Lot, Number Eleven, is advantageous, because it C uZ e GleU, tlie Ittome^^^ Robinson was requested to inquire whether he i.s , wilUn,"to dispose of that lot at the'same price,, wliich t^he Council agreed to give for the rear halves of Mr. D'Arcy Boulton's and Chief Justice Powell s lots. May Hth, 1828.— At the next meeting of the College Council, held on tins day, Attorney-General J. B. Robinson reported that : Ho h-id seen Mr Elmsley, who consented to part with the westernmost ^ty acres of Ins I tract iel'/theSoiTh half of P^rk Lot Number Eleven, for Twenty-Five pounds (£25) per aeve Wherrunon the Council resolved that it is expedient to conclude the purchase of the Nortlj Whereupon tie V.OU t,„,1v„ and Thirteen, as oflered to the Council at the rate ot I * See DaKe 350 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. ^ „,. • , nui t A Memorandum of the Conveyances of these Lots Numbers Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen. wiUbe found onpage 222 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. I Cliap. I. PROCEEDINGS OF KING'S COLLEGE COUNCIL, 1827-37. 21 Exchange of Roads Leading to King's College Grounds in 1833. The following is the description of a piece of land given by Mrs. Mary Elmsley of the Parish of Woolwich, in the County of Kent, in England, Widow of the late Honourable John Elmsley, Chief Justice of Lower Canada, deceased, to the cor- poration of King's College [as a roadj in exchange for another piece of land, the description of which is in a deed of the same to the College, dated the 19th of May, 1829.* The plan of this exchange of roads is as follows: ritn fi Sao oral The Honourable Mr. Justice Macaulay. B (0 U 09 provcd kind for education and information, are now in the course of distribu- tion to the several Districts. They were purchased at the depot of the Society for Promoting Chris- tian Knowledge, and having been granted at a very reduced prica. The (juantity procured is much greater than could have been purchased for the same sum in any other ])lace. From this truly Christian liberality on the part of the Society, the Board has been able to extend the benefit of this small appropriation of the Legislature much further than had been anticipated from the smallness of the amount. The Board has had under its consideration the propriety of recommending to the District Boards the use of i he same books in all the Schools under their several directions, and has made some progress in selecting a series for this express purpose, but on a full examination of the case it appeared necessary to ascertain first what they might be printed for in the Province, for, unless they can be afibrded cheaper than they could be imported from the neighboring States, it would be niipossible to render any recommendation effectual. The Board hns not been able to cDme to a satisfactory conclusion on this subject, but inclines rather to think that by introducing lessons on Board tickets for the younger children, a saving will be made which will enable parents the tuore easily to procure books for those who are further advanced and able to preserve them. The Board is compelled to state that they have not been so successful in the sale of the Lands ])laced under their management as they were led to hope, but yet something considerable has been done and the prospects are brightening, and promise in a short time to enable Your Excellency to give material assistance to the Schools established by the Legislature throughout the Province. It appears from a general view of the subject that nearly as niany schools are in operation as the limited provision will admit, but nevertheless even the smallest allowance encourages the people and produces much greater exertions than would have been otherwise made, i hough I scattered over a vast wilderness the inhabitants are becoming more ami more alive to the great advantage of educating their children, and are seconding with laudable zeal the exertions of the Legislature, in so much so, that the Schools supported by subscription re perhaps not fewer in I number than those established by law. The provision so wisely made by Statute for the translation of some of the more promising scholars from the Common to the District Schools, where the classics and practical mathematics are taught, becomes of increased importance, now that a University is about to be established at ..hf". scat of Government and begins to attract public attention. For henceforth the District I Schools, will, in a more special maimer, answer their original intention, which was to be nurseriea * This Act is printed on pajres 197, 8 of the First Volume of this Documentary History. 24 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1827-37 l|i i iKMr to the University, an establishment called for by the increased population and circumstances of the Colony, and long desired by the most respectable and best informed inhabitants. That this measure has been accomplished adds one more to the numerous benefits conferred upon Upper Canada by Your Excellency, which cannot fail in future times to recall to bright remembrance your wise and paternal administration. John Stbaohan, YoKK, October, 1828. President of the General Board of Educaticn for Upper Canada. Proceedings of Sir John Colborne as Chancellor of the University. December 13th, 1828.— ki a Meeting of the Council held this, day Sir John Colborne was present for the first time, as Chancellor of the University. The Minutes record that : His Excellency was pleased to state that his reason for summoning the Council was for the purpose of making known the desire he felt of improving the state of the Royal Grammar School, and the District (Grammar) Schools in the Province, in order to render them moro efficient preparatory Seminaries, as ho considered a change from their present state absolutely necessary. . . He deemed it of so much importance that he could not coiisent to the build^ ing of King's College being commenced before some mode was devised of attaining this object. His Excellency also made known to the Council that he should be under the necessity of callina the attention of both Houses of the Legislature to the College Oharter,t and before doiiK' so, would wish to have some well digested proposition in readiness to submit for their consideration. . . He wished also to hear from any Member of the Councd such suggestions as might occur to him, being of opinion that an open discussion was preferable to written reports, which are generally less satisfactory. When Sir John Colborne >otired, the Reverend Doctor Strachan was appointed to wait upon His Excellency and request a communication of his sentiments relative to any intended change in the Charter of King's College. There is no record on the Minutes of the College Council that the follow- ing letter, dated the 6th of Doember, 1828, which was among the College Coun- cil papers, had been received by it ; nor is there any record on the Minutes of the General Board of Education— a body appointed in 1823 to superintend the Public (Grammar) and Common Schools of Upper Canada— that it was received by that Body either. There is no name or address on the original document. It is signed by Captain Zachary Mudge, Private Secretary to Sir John Colborne, the Lieuten- ant-Governor. No copy of the letter to the Head Master of the Royal Grammar School IS attached to the original communication, which is as follows : 1 have thi honour, by the direction of the Lieutenant-Governor, to forward to you the enclosed communication, which has been transmitted to the Head Master of the Royal (grammar School. York, and to acquaint you that when the consequences in this Province of a bad or good Education are weighed, and, "if you reflect that there may be in every family settled in this t'ountry, some individuals whose respectability in life is closely connected with the efficiency of the Schools at York, established by command of His Majesty. His Excellency trusts that no subject will appear to you of greater importance than the improvement of Public (Grammar) Schools, nor any that will demand your earlier consideration. I am also to observe that it is the intention of His Excellency to endeavour to make such alterations in the Royal Grammar School, that it may become accessible to all, and an Institution where an education may be obtained by the sons of the inhabitants of this Province, that will render them fit for admission to the Royal King' s College, or for any profession. - On paj?o 258 of the First Volume of this Doe»TOf^nt.ary History is given the Rfivarflnd Doctor Strachan's version of what Sir John Colborne said on this occasion. t This Sir John Colborne did, in his Opening Address, (or Speech from the Throne,) to the Legislature of Upper Canada, on the 8th of January, 1829. See page 259 ot the First Volume of this Documentary Histor] . (Jhap. I. PROCEEDINGS OF KING'S COLLEGE COUNCIL, 1827-37. 2S [VERSITY. teverfind Doctor I am further to remark that His Excellency will receive from you with much satisfaction, Ti)ur suggestions that may have in view the improvement of the Royal Grammar Schools or the District Grammar Schools. Government House, York, December 6bh, 1828, Z. MUDGE. ^7th December, 18.28. — At a Meeting of the College Council, held on this day, tbc lieverend Doctor Strachan reported that he had seen the Chancellor, who stated to him " that he would signify his intentions at a future period." This he did at a meeting of the Council on the 17th of June, 1830. See below.) May ^3rd, 1839. — A letter was received from Mr. Charles Fowler, Architect, London, stating that the Model of King's College, was nearly ready, and asking for One Hundred and Fifty pounds, (£150,) on account, which was sent to him. The Model was submitted to, and approved by, Sir George Murray, the Colonial Secretary.* Books to the value of Five Hundred pounds, (£500,) had been received from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. Kepressive Action of Sir John Colborne, Chancellor of the University. February 8th, 1830. — At this meeting, the College Council adopted a Minute in regard to a request from the House of Assembly, to the Lieutenant-Governor, for information in regard to King's College. This Minute and the Address to His Excellency on the subject, will be found on pages 316, 317 of the First Volume of this Documentary History. June 17th, 1830. — At a meeting of King's College Council, held this day. Sir John Colborne communicated to the Council his views on the College Charter, as promised at the meeting of the 13th December, 1829, (page 24). They were as follows : No University Building Shall be Erected at Present, 1830. Under present circumstances, and while dissatisfaction prevails in the Province, on account of the exclusive character of the Charter which has been granted for King's College, the Chan- cellur has no intention of preparing for the consideration of the Council any Ordinance relative to the expediency of erecting Halls, or Buildings, for the accommodation of the Professors who may bo required immediately to carry into effect part of the Charter. What The Chief Object of a University in Upper Canada is. The chief object in opening a University in this Province is, not only to secure an easy access to the Institution, but to make it so attractive that no doubt may exist whether students ciui, in every respect, be better qualified in their native land to embrace a Professional life, than in other parts of North America. How FHE University Might be Organized at First, 1830. As a first step towards the accomplishment of this, it is proposed to appoint two or three eminent Professors, whose talents and reputations cannot fail of showing distinctly to the Pro- vince the great benefit that will result from their exertions. It is not probable that more tlian ten students will be fit to take advantage of their tuition li icil retaining [out of the proceeds of the Sales] the amount of the advances made on account c.i the expenses of Upper Canada College. J. COLBORNB. ftoVERNMKNT HoU.SB, yoRK, 6th April, 1831. II. Management of the Endowment of Upper Canada College, and Grant to THE COTLEOE, 1831. The Lieutenant-Governor transmits to the President and Council of King's College the annexed Proposals, which have been submitted for the consideration of the Executive Council, and he now requests that the President and Council will consent to take under their management the Land with which the Upper Canada College and Royal Grammar School has been endowed, and to receive the proceeds of all the sales that may bo effected on account of the Upper Canada CcUego until its Revenue can boar the current expenses of the Establishment. Tiie Lieutenant-Governor, with reference to the important advantages which the Province and King's Ctjllege will derive from the prosperity of a Seminwy which is raising in a great degree the standard of Education in this country, is persuaded that the Council will think it expeilient to sanction the arrangement proposed. His Majesty's Government allows the sum of Five Hundred Pounds (£500) per innum to the Up])er Canada College from the Casual and Territorial Revenue ; and the Lieutenant-(»overnor liopes that in a few years the Revenue of the Institution will be found sutticient to support its annual expenditure. j. colbornb. Government House, YoKK, April, 183] . III. Procekds of Sale of Lands for the endowment of Upper Canada College ro BE Paid to the Bursar of Kino's College, to replace advances, 1831. I am directed by the Lieutenant-Governor to transmit to yon the annexed copy of a letter to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, from which the College Council will perceive that all sums accruing trom the sales of land set apart as an endowment for Upper Canada College and lloyal Grammar School have been ordered by His Excellency to be paid into the hands of the Bursar of King's College until the Revenue of Upper Canada College is sufficiently increased to. bear the expenses of the present Establishment. Z. MUDGE. Goveknment House, • York, 2nd June. 1831. • Ewlosnre —Copy of a Letter to the Honotirable Peter Robinson, Commissioner of Crown Lands. His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies having, in his Despatch of the . . . authorized a Township to be set apart as an endowment for Upper Canada College and Royai Granmiar School, 1 am directed by the Lieutenant-Governor to acquaint you that His Excel- lency recjuests that you will take under your charge the block of land appropriated, in conformity to the annexed copy of an Order in Council for this purpose, and that they may be sold for the benetit of the Institution, and of certain exi)enses incurred by the [General Board of Education for Upper Canada as] Trustees of Upper Canada College, which have been defrayed from the funds of King's College, and as advanced from time to time with the sanction of the Collece Council, until the revenue of Upper Canada College is sufficiently increased to bear the current expenses of the present Establishment. 1 am also to desire that you will pay into the hands of the Bursar of King's College the amount of the proceeds of the sales of land effected on account of Upper Canada College.*' r, r^ Z. MUDGE. (jovernment House, YoKii, 2nd June, 1831. * rhese advances to Upper Canada College from the funds of King's College were a subject of enimirv by a Committee of the House of Assembly in 1832. See reply number two, on page 94 of the Second Vol ume of this Documentary History ; also page 326. 30 DOCUMENTS UY HISTORY OF KDUCATION IN UPPEIl CANADA. 1827-M7 June ISih, hSJI.—Tne proceedings of the Council of King's College on this Letter, (No. Ill), and its enclosure, which took place at this date, were as follows : Tho Council of Kind's College, luvving dolil)erHteil upon the above Letter, wore of oiiiuion that the mory couveiiioiit iirrangoinent would be, tliiit the fJovernuient should transfor, by Patent to the Corporation of King's College, such portion of the sixty-six thousand, (()B,000,) acres which His Excellency has i)iopo8ed to direct the Crown Lnnds Conmiissioner to dispo-se of fo,- tho pur- pose of replacing the advance which tho Corporation of King's College has nmde in aid of Upper Caiuida Colleg.!, as may be estimated to bo equal in value to tho debt incurred. And that what- ever advance may bo necessary in future years, in aid of Upper Canada College, will be made l)y King's Colle«e, to bo rei)aid in like nuinner by lands to ba taken, upon a valuation in each case, nnioBS tho reiiaymont can be otherwise secvirod. In making this suggestion, however, the College Council think it proper to add that they have no objection to offer, on tlie part of King's College, to the arrangement first ijroposod by His Excellency of conveying the endowment of Upper Canada College to tho Institutuju, the King having declared the (ieneral Board of Education for Ui)por Canada to be its Trustees, by an Instrument under the (Jreat Seal, and empowering King's College Council to sell the land, until the endowment shall be sufficient to support the Institution, after paying the debt duo by it to King's College. It is in reference only to the proposition last made by His Excellency the Lieuter.ant-(iov- crnor, that the College Council would urge tho course they have now suggested as more secure and satisfactory. July 28th, 1831.— ki this meeting of King's College Council the following Communication from Sir John Colborne was read : Kino's College Council to Hold part of the Upper Canada College Endowment IN Trust to repay advances to it, 1831. The Lieutentant-Governor. with reference to a former Communication (of the 6th of April, 1831 (pace 28,) on the subject of tho lands set apart for the Upper Canada College and Royal Grammai^School, and to tho measures proposed by the College Council in their Minute of tho 20tli riSthJ of June, 1831, suggests that the following arrangement should be adopted, videlicet : 1 hat King's College, in the first instance, shall hold, in trust, twenty thousand, (20,000,) acres of the lots ordered by Hii Majesty's Government to be set apart for the support of Upper Canada College, until all sums advanced by King's College shall have been repaid to that Corporation ; that King's College shall have full power to create a revenue for Upper Canada College ; ^o sell the lands set apart for the support of Upper Canada College ; to defray from the proc jds of the sale of these lands the current expenses of Upper Canada College, and to replace such sums as have been advanced by King's College, or shall be advanced on .account ef the Buildings, or expenses, of Upper Canada College. By adopting this course King's College Council will become gradually the Trustees of the Endowment ; which is a very desirable arrangement, and the wild land tax cannot be demanded for any part of the sixty-six thousand (66,000) acres set apart for the College. J. Colborne. Government House, York, 26lh July, 1831. After considering this Communication, the following Resolution was passed : Resolved, That the Council of King's College accedes to the arrangement suggested by His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, conceiving it to bo the intention of His Excellency that the twenty thousand, (20,000,) acres spoken of are to be granted by Patent to the Corporation of King's College, upon the Trust mentioned in His Excellency's Letter ; and that, with respect to the residue of the sixty-six thousand, (66,000,) acres, the College Council should assume the agency of disposing of it for the purpose stated by His Excellency, the title to the land remain- in-T as at present, vested in the Crown, until Patents, from time to time shall issue to tho Cor- por'atitm for such tra'-ts as will cover the contracts of sale which the College Council shall have entered into through the Bursar, in order to enable them to make Deeds to the respective purchasers. (See lleport, on tho next page, of the Executive Council in this matter.) Another Communication, dated the 27th of July, was received from the Lieutenant Governor and read. It recommended that the— Deeds of the Land which was set apart in this Town for the support of a Grammar School [i. e. Block D, north of St. James' Church] should be i>lacei in possession of the Council of <'lmp. I. I'llOCEEDINOS OF KINtJ's COLLEGE COUNCIL, 1827-37. 81 KiiiK8 CoUej^f ; ami Ihat the Keverend Doctor Stmchan, Archdeacon of York, and Lieutenant Cilciiiol Joseph Well* ahould l)o rolievod from the personal respoiisihilitv which thoy have in- iiiciirrud by borrowing, for the use of Upper Canada Oolluge, the sum for whicli tlie Lttnd in <|iiustion was sold. J. OOLIIOHNE. (tOVKKNMKNT HOUSK, YoKK, 27th July, 1H31. The action of the College Council on this Communication was as follows : — The Council accede to the ])roi»o8ition of His Excellency ; and upon recoivinj,' a Patent for Laiiil which was sot apart in this Town, [IMock D, | for the support of a (Jramniar School will ii.s9uino tile responsibility now held by the Reverend Doctor Strachan, Archdeacon of York, and Lieutenant Colonel Wells, Bursar of the Univor.jity, as suggested by ilis Excellency. Note.— From the 28th of July, IS.'U, until the 10th of March, 1832, only one (unimportant) meeting— that of the 1st of October, 1831, — was held. In the meantime the following Report of the Executive Council, dated the 13th of January, 1832, was communicated to the Reverend Doctor Strachan, President of King's College : Report of the Kxecutive Council, respecting the repayment of certain moneys which have i)een or may be advanced by the University of King's College to Upi)er Canada College and Royal Graniiuar School. To His Excelleiwy Sir John Colborm, K.C.B., Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, etc. May it plbasb Youk Excellency : The Executive Council, having had under consideration the endowments of the College of Upper Canada and Royal Grammar School, respectfully recommend that out of the sixty-six tliousand, (66.000,) acres authorized by His Majesty's Government to be set apart for the above- named Institution, as per schedule read in Council on the 80th of June, 1831, there be granted twenty thousand, (20,000,) acres by Patent to tiie Council of King's College, in trust towards the repayment of all sums which iiave been, or may be advanced, by that Corporation in aid of the said College of Upper Canada, which twenty thousand acres shall consist of three thousand and forty six, (3,046, ) acres in the Township of Mosa, twelve thousai d five hundred and one, (12,601,) acres in the Township of Ekfrid, in the District of London, and that the remainder of the ([uantity be made up of such parts of the Township of Seymour, in the District of Newcastle, as may be found free from difficulty, such Patent to be completed with as little delay as possible. All which is respectiully submitted, •T. Baby, Executive Council Chamrer, Presiding Councillor. 13th January, 1832. Lord Goderich Despatch of the 2nd of November, 1831. March 10th, 183'2. — At the meeting of King's College Council, held this day, Sir John Colborne, as Chancellor of the University of King's College, communi- cated a copy of a Despatch from the Colonial Secretary, Lord Goderich, dated the 2nd of November, 1831. A copy of this Despatch, and a statement of the circumstances under which it was written, will be found on pages 54-56 of the Second Volume if this Documentary History. This noted Despatch occupied at the time a large share of public attention iu Tipper Canada, by reason of its clear and outspoken utterances on the policy ot' the Home Government, and of the Educational Rulers of the Province in 1827-1831, in regard to legislation on the question of University Education. March 21at, 1832. — The King's College Council having deliberated upon the )espatch of the Right Honourable Lord Goderich, the Secretary of State for the !■ 82 TK)CUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN Ul'l'EU CANADA. 1827-37 4 'fl ColonieH, dated tho 2nd of November, 18:^1, which was referred to them by Hin Excellency the Lieuteiirtnt-Oovenior, and read to the Couneil on Saturday, tlu> 10th instant, together with the (ii)inions of the Members of the Council upon questions Heverally proposed to them, it was : Resulml, That tlio following Report be iiddrosaed to His Exoelloncy the Lieiitoniiiii- O'iVernor, n» coiitiiiniii),' llio opinion of this Council u|)on tho subject of tho Coloniiil Hocrotary » Ihmpatch, and that His Excellency bo i-e(iuo8ted to transmit the samo to His Majesty's becrotaiy 01 State for the Colonies : To His Excellency Sir John Colhome, Lientenant-Oovernor of Upper Canada, etc. May it plbase Your Excellency : Tho Council of Kind's College have maturely deliberated upon tho Despatch of tho Right Honourablo the Secretary of State for tho ColonioM respecting King's College, dated tlie 2nd of November, 1831, which Your Excellency was pleased to refer for their consideration ami Report, Kino's College Council Asked to Surbenuek the College Charter. 2. Upon an attentive perusal of this Despatch, it appears to be the desire of His Majesty's Government that tho Members of tho Corporation of King's College .shall surrender the Charter granted to them by His late Majesty, together with the Endowment which has been graoiou.sly conferred upon the Corporation. That they are re(iueBted to make this surrender upon tin asBurancfc o.*' tho Secretary of State that lio i)art of the Endowment shall ever bo diverted frcjin the object of the education of youth. That it will be proposed to tho Legislature of this Pvn- vince to erect another College upon .luch principles as they may approve, with a recommendation from the Homo Governiuent that they establish permanently in the new College a Divinity Pro- fessorship of the Church of England. 3. The Council takes these to be in substance the propositions contained in the Despatch, and they beg leave to adil, that tho arguments used to induce a compliance ; and, in the view , taken of the ditticulties which are supposed to be in the way of proceeding under the i)re8eiit Charter, they cannot but perceive an anxiety upon the subject that claims their respectful acknowledgment, and reciuires from them a corresponding frankness in answering the reference of this Despatch, which His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor has been pleased to make to them. Odjections — Non-Charter Members Have No Power to Assent to the Surrender. 4. Tho Council observes that the request to surrender the Charter is purposely addressuil to "Tho Members of tho Corporation," of whom there are at present only the Chancellor and President holding a legal interest in tho Charter itself, as constituent members of tho Corpoi - tion. The other gentlemen, (to whose consideratif)n this Despatch has been su])mitted, haviiiy no other relation to the Corpor.''i(m than, as they happen to be for the time. Members of the College Council), are doubtful w hether it was intended by the Secretary of K .ate to request their concurrence in the surrender of tho Charter, or, whether it may not merely havo been desiieil that they should express their opinion upon the oxi)edioncy of the course ])rop'jsed. If it ha been contemplated that tliey should join in the surrender, the hrst difficulty which preset itself is a c(jnviction on their y,\,\t, that they have not the power to d. 10_(3) The Council think it desirable that the subscripti.m to the Thirty-nine Articles- should be dispensed witli, in resi)ect to the Members of the Council, who they would, neverthe- less recommend should be Members of the Church of England ; but, if His Majesty a Govern- ment deems a relaxation of the Charter on that pohit indispensable, the Council are dispose! respectfully to aciiuiesce. 17 __(4) With regard to the clause in which mention is made of the religious tests, or quali- latioiis to be required of persons to be admitted to a Degree in Divinity, the Council are will- 1 111 k. ._!_ i._„ 1i.V..i,,. fic im: it should be altered so as to read thus : " And we further will, ordain and appoint, that no religious test, or qualification, shall \w ' ' re(iuired of, or a|)p(iiiilea fur any person admitted, or iiiatriculateu, .is Scholars within our saii. " CoUe-'o • or of any persons admitted to any Degree, or any Act or Faculty therein, save only " of persons admitted within our said College to any Degree in Divinity, respecting whom such "regulations may be made as the College Council shall think fit." Chap. I. PROCEEDINGS OF KING'S COLLEGE COUNCIL, 1827-37. 35 18. The Council have thus respectfully laid before Your Excellency the objections which occur to them ai^aiusb the surrender of the Charter, for the purpose of throwing the whole matter as a perfectly open question before the Legislature, and they have also stated what are the alterations which they think might with advantage be made in the Charter, and, in effecting which, they will cheerfully give any aid in their power. The Council Dissents from the Views and Arguments of Lord Goderich. )OUBTFUL. 19. Before taking leave of the subject, however, they cannot forbear to declare that they have experienced no little surprise and mortification in perusing some of the arguments which His Majesty's Secretary of State has advanced, for proving the propriety and necessily of sur- rendering the Charter. 20. In the first place, they humbly submit that the Charter of King's College cannot reasonably be called exclusive and restrictive, by comparison with that of any other College in tlie Dominions of the Crown. And, in the next place, they cannot concur in the assumption, that anything contained in the Charter has necessarily had theeflect of counteracting, or defeat- ing, the design oi the Institution, and depriving the Province of the advantage anticipated from its adoption. 21. They admit that representations have been made, complaining of their Charter in common with a multitude of other supposed grievances,* and that His Majesty's Government, in deference to these representations, has suspended the operations of the College Council, bub they cannot adn.it that this suspension of proceeding has been otherwise necessary than from this direct interposition proceeding from His Majesty's Government.! 22. The Council ])erceives that His Majesty's Secretai-y of State notices the fact, " that " whilst no positive steps have been yet taken for giving to King's College any practical exist- *' ence, the new College which Your Excellency has established has been forwarded with con- " siderable activity, and is now open for the instruction of Youth ; from which fact it is " assumed that experience has demonstrated that, under the peculiar circumstances of Upper " Canada, a College with restrictive tests is altogether inoperative for any useful purpose." 23. The Council do indeed very much regret, that it should have escaped the recollection of His Majesty's Government, that the progress of King's College has been obstructed by such a direct interposition of the Government, under the authority of the Secretary ot State, a» excludes all inferences of the kind, and such as left no room for deliberation, much less for experiment. In justice to themselves, and to prevent further misapprehensions on this subject, the College Council take this occasion to explain how it has happened that this Institution, founded on a Solemn Charter under the Great Seal of England, has not been called into action in the few years that have elapsed since they were appointed to manage its atfeirs ; they, there- fore, beg to state that,' upon the arrival of the Charter, which was a short time before Your Excellency assumed the Government of this Province, the necessary measures were taken by His Excellency, Sir Peregrine Maitland, the then Chancellor, and by the College Council ap- pointed by him, for carrying its provisions into effect. In a short space of time, they had purchased a very eligible site for the College , they have had a minute Survey and Report made of the value of all the lands which constitute the Endowment ; and they have made such arrangements as were rapidly producing the necessary funds. They have procured a model and specifications of suit^ible buildings, and were on tho very point ot advertising for contracts to erect such parts of them as would suffice for the immediate purposes of the Institution. Repressive Proceedings of the Lieutenant-Governor as Chancellor. 24. They were proceeding in all this without difficulty, or hesitation, when Your Excellency succeeded to the Government of the Province, and, in a short time afterwards, (acting, doubt- less, upon instructions received from His Majesty's Secretary of State,) convened the College Council fc;r the purpose of making to them the announcement that no further steps should be taken. This announcement was made in terms so positive, that it was declared that " oi-o stone should not be put upon another," until certain alterations in the Charter had been made, or piNjposed to the Legislature, and that, as Cliaiicellor, Your Excellency woidd utterly refuse to concur in any fi.rther measures of the Council under present circumstances. * See references to these "grievances' this Documentary History. on pages 112, 113, 110, 117 and 187 of the Second Volume of t riie reference to this "suspension " of the Imperial Grant of one thouBand pounds (tl.OOO) sterling, per annum, will be found on page 216 and 2il8 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History, and alfo further on. There is no evidence to show that the "operations of the College Council," ^cr sf, were suspended. 56 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1827-37 ii} 25. The Council could but submit, in the earnest hope ihat a more mature consideration of the subject would lead to the removal of a prohibition for which there was not, in the judgment of any Member of the Council at that time, any adequate cause. Example of the Success of Upper Canada College Cited in favoub of King's College. 26 Either at that time, or immediately after, Your Excellency urged the necessity of enlarcin" the Inundation of the Royal Grammar School at York, in order to make it better serve the purp'ose of a Preparatory School to the proposed University.* In their desire to promote Education by all possible means, the Membars of the College Council have individually and collectively given every aid to this purpose of Your Excellency, and they have cheerfully given their concurrence, from time to time, in measures so far beyond the original design that they have incurred ihe responsibility of advancing out of the funds of King's College more than thirteen thousand pounds, (£13,000,) for the erection and support of this minor Institution, to which His Majesty's Secretary of State alludes in his Despatch. t 27. Under such encouragement, that Institution has had no difficulty in going into actual operation ; and, while in consequence of the professed jealousy of the National Church, His Majesty's Secretary of State has, by an express direction to Ycmr txcellency, communicated to the College Council, confirmed the injunction against any proceedings under the Royal Charter of King's^CoUege ; notwithstanding, the Principal, Vice -Principal, the two Classical Masters, and the Mathematical Master, happen at present to be Clergymen in Holy Orders of the Church of England, is proceeding in the business of instruction ; and children of parents of all persua- Bion are availing themselves of its advantages, as it was always evident to the College Council they would unquestionably have done, in respect to King's College, if it had been permitted to ba opened. 28. There is, therefore, this striking difference, that, while the one Institution has been allowed and encouraged to proceed, and has been enabled to proceed from the funds thus temp- orarily advanced from King's College, the other, possessing a sufficient endowment and founded by a Royal Charter, has be^n restrained from proceeding by a peremptory interposition of the authority of Government. The fact has been the occasion of great regret and disappointment to the College Council, because its eflfect has been to withhold for some years from the youth of Upper Canada, to the irreparable loss of many, those benefits which no other Institution in the Colony is either calculated, or intended, to supply. But, it is more than ever painful to them now to find that the suspension thus occasioned, by the command of His Majesty's Government, is advanced as a proof that the Institution has been established on principles inherently defec- tive and is made use of as an argument for the surrender of their Charter and Endowment. 29. The College Council cannot but consider this an singularly unfortunate, because they entertain no doubt whatever, but, on the contrary, are convinced by past and present experi- ence, that all that was wanting to show the unreasonableness of the objections that were urged, was to have suffered the College to proceed in carrying into eflect the beneficent objects for which it was provided. They cannot, on any satisfactory ground, account to them&t'-'es why in a Colony of Great Britain, receiving annually vast accessions of inhabitants from the United Kingdom, those constitutional principles which are necessary to support a national religion should not be as decidedly maintained here as in other Colonies of the Crown. The Members of the Council Unanimous, Except Chief Justice Robinson. 30. The Council think it right to state that they are unanimous in the opinions respecting the alterations which may be made in the charter, except that the Chief .Justice (John Beverley Robinson) desires it to be noted that it is not with his concurrence that the assent is expressed, dispensing with the provision that the Members of the Council shall be members of the Church of England, it being his conviction that a College for educating youth in the principles of the Christian religion, as well as in literature and the sciences, is less likely to be useful and to acquire a lasting and deserved popularity if its religious character is left to the discretion of individuals, and to the chance of events, and suffered to remain the subject of unchristian intrigues and dissensions, than if it is laid broadly and firmly on its foundation by an authority that cannot with any reason be questioned ; he would think the necessity for any restriction with respect to the Members of the Council superseded, if the charter were to contain a decla- ra'aon, such as the regulation adopted by the Council of King's College, New Brunswick, (the membeis of which are required to be of the Church of England) videlicet, that no Professor shall • See remarks on this subject, on page 285 of the First Volume of this Documentary History. See also page 11, ante. + In regard to these advances from the funds of King's College, see pages 94 and 326 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. Chap. T. PROCEEDINGS OF KING's COLLEGE COUNCIL, 1827-37. 3T teach in the College any principles contrary to the doctrines and discipline of the United Church of England and Ireland, or to good morals, or to the British Constitution, as by law established. 31. He does not desire to see a subscription to the Thirty-nine Articles, or any other test exacted, but merely such a declaration of the religious character of the College as shall.leave no^ parent in doubt of the religious principles that are to be imbibed in the University. All which is respectfully submitted. John Strachan, College Council Chamber, President of King's College. 2l8t of March, 1832. Summary of the Council's Eeasons for Not Surrendering the Charter. The Council of King's College was, at the time that this statement was written, and subsequently, very severely criticised for not assenting to the pro- posal of the Colonial Secretary to surrender the Charter of King's College. The nature of this adverse criticism may be understood by referring to page 216 of the Second Volume of this History. The reply of the College Council was, as will be seen, sent to the Colonial Secretary at the time it was written, in 1832 ; but it does not appear to have been communicated to the House of Assembly, or possibly to the public, except in a general way, until 1846, when it appears among a voluminous series of papers and documents, in the shape of a " Message " from the acting Governor-General, (L i^athcart,) on the subject of King's College University.* It was but just to the Council of King's College, that even at that late date,, (1846,) the reasons for its refusal to surrender the Charter in 1832 should be given. The Council at that time gave what appeared to its members full and ample reasons why they then refused to accede to the request of the Colonial Sec- retary, Lord Goderich, conveyed to them, (by Sir John Colborne, the Lieutenant- Governor, and Chancellor of the University,) in the then noted Despatch of the Secretary, dated the 2nd of November, 1831.i- The reasons which the College- Council assigned for its refusal to surrender the Charter may be briefly summar- ized as follows : 1. It was held by the Council that only the persons named in the Charter ,. (and to whom the request of the Colonial Secretary was addressed — the Chan- cellor, and President, — there being no Professors and Scholars — ) as the chief officials and representatives of the University, could surrender the trust which the Charter imposed upon them. 2. That the seven persons named by the chief of these officers, (the Chancel- lor,) being appointed merely to execute the trust imposed by the Charter, had no- legal power to take part in its surrender. 3. That although the Colonial Secretary, Lord Goderich, in his Despatch^ assured the Council that " no part of the endowment shall ever be diverted frona * Appendix D D to the Journals of the House of Assembly of Upper Canada for 1846. t This Despatch is given on pages 65 and 56 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. 38 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1827-^7 the object of the education of youth "; yet the Council felt that, if the Charter were surrendered the uncertainty of the destination of the endo.ment would, and did, make the Members hesitate to imperil the whole question of University Educa- tion in Upper Canada for the future ; or, as the Council expressed it : They [felt] bound to look beyond the movements of, and discussions of the passing hour ; and ihey could not, even if they concurred in the view of present expediency, consent to pull down the only foundation which at present exists in Upper Canada for the advancoment ol religion and learning upon a system which has not been repudiated by the [Imparial] Govern- ment in any part of His Majesty's Dominions. In transmitting a copy of this refusal of the Council of King's College to surrender the Charter of the University, Sir John Colborne wrote the Despatch to Lord Goderich, the Colonial Secretary, on the next page, dated the 2nd of April, 1832. In it. he suggested the expediency of the issue of a new Charter by the Imperial Government, and the subsequent cancellation of the former Charter of 1827 by the Provincial Legislature, or its formal surrender by the College Council, as then no longer operative. It is evident from the Despatch of Lord Goderich to Sir John Colborne, dated the 8th of November, 1832, (page 112 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History,) that the Colonial Secretary declined to act upon this suggestion of Sir John Colborne ; for, in the Despatch of the date mentioned, (8th November, 1832), he said: "Every possible measure has been taken to refer to their [the Canadian people's] Representatives the decision of the question, in what form, and upon what principles the College should be founded." In 1835, upon the failure of the Legislative Council to concur in the Charter of King's College, as amended by the House of Assembly, Sir John Colborne practically made the same suggestion to the successor of Lord Goderich in the Colonial Office, (Lord Glenelg,) and said 1 am persuaded that no law for the amendment of the College Charter will be enacted by the Provincial Legislature . . . and I entertain no doubt that the existing Charter may be so moditied by the interposition of His Majesty's Government, as to leave, in essential jx.nits, no just grounds for dissatisfaction on the part of eitiier House. The reply of Lord Glenelg on these points was equally conclusive with that of Lord Goderich, his predecessor, for, in his Despatch of the 17th of June, 1835 he said : — As 1 find it impossible to act upon the recommendation which you have thus tendered to His Majesty's Ministers, 1 think 1 shall best discharge my duty by announcing to you that deci- sion without delay or hesitation. I am not aware what may be the grounds on which you anticipate the acquiescence of the House of Assembly in such an amended Charter as you have proposed ; on the other hand, the reasons for apprehending their strenuous rusistancd are obvious, and to me, at least, appear conclusive. Fimt : Your plan departs in every one es-iential paiticular from that which the House of Assembly, in their last session, sanctioned by their votes. It is not likely they would be satis- fied to have their judgment overruled by the direct interposition of the Royal authority. Secondly: The Earl of Ripon, (lately Lord Goderich,) referred the matter to the discretion of the Provincial Legislature. They would scarcely otherwise than be displeased with the retraction of His Lordship's order.* * Pages 65 and 112 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. Chap. I. PROCEEDINGS OF KINO'S COLLEGE COUNCIL, 1827-37. 39 Thirdly : The decision of such a question by His Majesty's advisers in this Kingdom, would 1)6 condemned with plausibility, and not indeed without justice, as a needless interference in the internal affairs of the Province.* The Despatch which Sir John Colboriie addressed to Lord Goderich, the Colonial Minis er, on the 2nd of April, 1832, was as follows: — I have the nonour to state that, on receipt of Your Lordship's Despatch of the 2nd of November, (1831) respecting the constitution of King's College at York, I assembled the Presi- dent and Council, explained to them the wishes of His Majesty's Government in regard to the surrender of the Charter, with the Lands granted as an Endowment ; and reciuested that they would consult on the expediency of following the course recommended in Your Lordship's Despatch. I now beg leave to forward the accompanying Report, which they have transmitted to me' after having duly deliberated on the several topics to which their attention was directed ; and to observ r that, at the time I drew the attention of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly to the Charter of Kinsj's College, with reference to the Instructions communicated to me by His Majesty's Government, and to an Address, which had been laid before the King ; it was generally supposed that both Houses would coincide in opinion, that certain clauses of the Charter ought to be repealed, and that they would pass resolutions to that effect. But, there appeared no probability that they would concur in framing a now Charter ; and, indeed, 1 still am persuaded that, whenever this perplexing subject is brought before the Provincial Legis- lature, the discussion of the terms of the new Charter, and of the Regulations to be established for the University, will lead to no satisfactory result. Although it is obvious, from the tenor of the several Addresses to the King from the House of Assembly, during the last four years,t — that so long as King's College can be justly charged with retaining an exclusive character, it will be considered in the Province as a grievance. I am, however, convinced that it would be more satisfactory to most individuals interested in the welfare of the Province, to receive a new Charter from the King, framed under the direction of His Majesty's Government, than to tjee any other course adopted. The present Charter might be conditionally cancelled by the Provincial Legislature ; or, its surrender procured from the College Council. J. COLBORNE. York, Upper Canada, 2nd of April, 1832. Further Proceedings of the King's College Council, 1832-1836. March 16th, 1833. — Note. — There is no record in the Minute Book of King's College Council of any meeting of that Council from the 18th of June, 1832, until the 16th of March, 1833. The reason may have been the suspension by the Colonial Minister, in July, 1832, of tlie grant of One Thousand pounds, (£1,000,) per annum, towards the building fund of King's College. See pages 216 and 228 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. On this day, (16th March, 1833,) two communications from Lieutenant- Colonel William Rowan, Private Secretary to Sir John Colborne, dated respec- tively the 9th and the 16th of March, 1833, relating to the endowment and gov- ernment of the Upper Canada College, were laid before the Council. Copies of these letters and of the resolutions of the Council in regard to them, are printed on pages 128 and 129 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. July Wth, 1S33. — A reply was laid before the King's College Council this day from the Lieutenant-Governor, (through his Private Secretary,) in which the * See pages 212-214 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. tThe followinff are the dates of the Educational Addresses to the Kinpr during the four years men- tioned by Sir John Colborne : 20th March, 1828 (page 242 of the First Volume of this Documentary History) ; 23rd December, 1831 ; 28th December, 1831 ; and the 28th of January, 1832; (pages 40, 52 and <>3 of the Second Volume. 40 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1827-37 Secretary conveyed His Excellency's thanks to the Council for having assented to his proposal that the Council should take practical charge of the Upper Canada College. He said : The I.ieutenant-dovernor loams with great satisfaction the result of f « ^f l^^f^^t^^,^;'^ the College Council on the suggestions of His Excellency conveyed to you n ^y /f "«J,o|^^^ lis March (1833 )ani directs me to state, with reference to the observations of the Council an?tSe Repu'tK^ of Assembly last session,* that whatever ^It-^t^" - f ^^^-^^^ ment of Upper Canada College the College Council 'W adopt (wth the consent ^^^^^ tenant-Governor ) it will be considered a provisional arrangement only, and, theretore cannot in any respect S^^^^^^ the Rights, or Charter, of King's. College, or to frustrate the inten- tions of the Council in regard to the time of opening the Lniversity. ^^^ p^^^j^^ ^ „ Private Secretary. Government House, York, 25th May, 1833. From the date of this last meeting of King's College Council, (July 20th, 1833,) until its meeting in March, 1837,-after the passing of the amended Charter of King's College by the Upper Canada Legislature in that year,-nothing of special public interest was done at the intervening meetings of the Council. The chief business transacted was dealing with the endowment of the Uni- versity, the sale of landr, the appointment of Masters of Upper Canada College, regulating the internal affairs of that Institution, the erection of minor buildings (lodges, etc.,) and improvement of the University grounds, etc. In June, 1834, Vice-chancellor R. S. Jameson replaced Attorney- Ceneral Henry John Boulton on the College Council. On the death of the Reverend William Boulton, and the retirement of Vice-Principal Phillips from his position as Classical Master of Upper Canada College, two Classical Masters were appointed in their places, videlicet, the Reverend Charles Matthews, M.A., First, and Mr. Frederick William Barron, M.A., Third Classical Master-the distinction of Vice-Pnncipai. having been abolished on the retirement of the Reverend Doctor .mas Phillips. Among the applicants for these positions were the Reverends Henry Burgess, of Three Rivers, and Mr. Amos Ansley, Berthier, Quebec ; Mr. Daniel Wilkie, Quebec; ilr. Walter C. Crofton, Cobourg; Mr. Marcus Crombie, Montreal; Mr. Hugh N. G Wynne, and Mr. John Kent, Toronto. ^ Upper Canada Academy Petition for Incorporation, 1835. On the 14th of March, 1835, a Petition was presented to the House of Assembly on behalf of the Upper Canada Academy, praying for an Act of Incor- poration. The Petition was referred to a Select Committee, which, on the 25th of that month, brought in a Report and Bill, giving effect to the prayer of the Petition. The Bill was read, pro formi, a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on the day following, but it never was so read. The following is a copy of the Petition, written by the Reverend Egerton Ryerson, but signed by the Reverend William Lord, President, and the Reverend James Richardson, Secretary of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference. • See this Report and the Appendix thereto, printed on pages 78-96 of the Second Volume of this Docu- mentary History. Chap. I. PROCEEDINGS OF KING's COLLEGE COUNCIL, 1827-37. 41 To the Honourable the Commons House of Assembly of the Province of Upper Canada. The Petition of the undersigned Humbly Sheweth : That the Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada have, afc a very heavy expense, and by the aid of the voluntary liberal subscriptions of friends of Education in this Province, and elsewhere, erected and nearly com- pleted, in the vicinity of Cobourg, Newcastle District, the Buildings for a Semin- ary of Learning, to be called the " Upper Canada Academy,"— the object of which is the education of the youth of the Methodist Connexion, and other youth of the Province, with special care of their religious and moral principles and habits,— as the union of education and Christian morality is essential to the well-being of every civilized country. Nine Trustees have been appointed by the Conference, (the three first on the list to go out annually, and the vacancies to be tilled up by the Conference), who shall hold in trust, all the property belonging to the Institution. A Board of Visitors is provided for, consisting of five, to be annually chosen by the Conference, who shall be associated with the Trustees, in appointing the Principal and Teachers, in forming all the Kegulations and By-laws which relate to the government and instruction of the students, and in managing all the affairs of the Institution. To this Joint Board the Principal and Teachers arc to be amenable for their conduct. The Board of Trustees and Visitors are to furnish annually to the Conference a full and explicit statement of the litenviy state of the Institution, and a fu'l detailed account of its finances. That in order to further the objects of said Academy, so much needed and so well adapted to promote the educational interests of this Province, an Act of In- corporation is necessary. The undersigned, therefore, by order and on behalf of the Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada, humbly pray that Your Honourable House will take the premises into your gracious consideration, and pass an Act to authorize and provide for the succession of Trustees to hold property of and for the said Academy. And, as in duty bound, your petitioners will ever pray.* William Lord, President. James Kichardson, Cobourg, March 14th, 1835. Secretary. * It will be seen, on reference to pages 174 and 238 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History, tliat the House of Assembly failed to p,».ss the Bill of Incorporation prepftred by a -Select Committee to which the foregoing Petition had been referred. The consequence was, that the Reverend C'gerton Kyer- 8on was sent by the Conference to England to obtain a Royal Charter for the Upper Canada Academy, which he did after a great deal of correspondence with Colonial Minister and with the then Law Otfacers of the Crown.-afterwards, Lord Campbell, Chief Justice of England, and Baron Rolfe of the Exchequer Court. See pages 238-272 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. 42 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATfON IN UPPER CANADA. 1836-S7 CHAPTER II. iMlilffi EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE UPPER CANADA LEGISLA- TURE, 1836-1837. During the summer of 1836, a new election of Members to the House of Assembly was held, and, on the 8th of November, 1836, fifty-eight of the sixty Members of the House were sworn in, and took their seats in that Branch of the Lecrislature. On that day the Honourable Archibald McLean, Member for the County of Stormont, was chosen Speaker. On the following day, 9th of November, 1836, Sir John Colborne, tiie Lieu- tenant-Governor, opened the First Session of the Thirteenth Parliament of Upper Canada with the usual Speech from the Throne. In it, he made the following reference to Education : The beneficent intentions of His Majesty in granting ,i Charter of IncorporaiMn to the University of King's College, have hitherto been productive of no useful result. In callinor your attention to the fact, I trust that the Province will shortly be indebted to your deliberations for possessing within itself, the means of bestowing upon youth the uiestuu- able blessings of a refined and liberal education. The disposal of the School Lands, and ths promotion of General Education, are so intimately connected with the future destinies of the Colony, that I feel confident they will suggest 1 hem- selves to your early consideration. Of the sixty new members, elected to the House of Assembly, in 1836, about one-half were new men. Of the new men elected to this House, the most noted were : Messieurs William Henry Draper, Malcolm Cameron, Henry Ruttan, Henry Sherwood, John Solomon Cartwright, John Prince, James Morris, Edmund Murney, and John William Gamble. Messieurs Mahlon Burwell and Jonas Jones were former Members. The other new members were Messieurs George S. Jarvis, John Kearns, Richard P. Hotham, John A. H. Powell, John Marks, James Mathewson, George H. Det- lor, Anthony Manahan, Charles Bockus, George Elliott. Edward W. Thomson, William Chisholm, Absolom Shade, Colin C. Ferrie, Richard Woodruft, Francis Caldwell, Robert G. Dunlop, Michael Aikman, James Rogers Armstrong, Roger R. Hunter, and W. C. Salmon. Educational FROCEEDiiSOS of the House of Assembly, 1830-1837. November 9th, 1836.— Mr. Hiram Norton gives notice, that he will, on to-morrow, move for lei^ve to bring in a Bill for the sale of the Clergy Reserves, and to apply the proceeds thereof to purposes of Education. :hap. II. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE U. C. LEGISLATURE, 1836-37. 43 Mr. Mahlon BurwoU gives notice, that he will, on to-morrow, move for leave to bring in a Bill for the Establishment, Maintenance and Suj/port of Common Schools throughout thia Province. Mr. Mahlon Burwell gives n')tice, that he will, on to-morrow, move tiiat a Conference bo reijuested with the Honourable the Legislative Council, on the subject of a joint Aildreas of bntli Houses to His Majesty, for a Grant of the Waste Lfinds of the Crown, for the Establish- inuiit, Maintenance and Support of Common Schools throughout this Province.* Mr. George Rykert gives notice, that he will, on to-morrow, move for leave to bring in a Bill for the Erection and Endowment of Provincial Seminaries in the several Districts of the Province, t Mr. Thomas Parke gives notice, that he will, on Wednesday the 10th mstant, move that I the House do go into Committee of Supply, for the i)urp,)8o of granting pecuniary aid towards I the establishment of Mechanics' Institutes in the several Towns and Villages in this Province. Noremher 10th, LSSC. — Mr. Malcolm Cameron gives notice, that ho will, on to-morrow, I move that this House resolve itself into a Committee of Supply, for the purpose of granting a I Sinn of money for the relief of Common Schools during the past j'ear (1830). November 11th, 1S30. — Mr. Henry Ruttan brought up the Petition of Mr Walter C. Crof- Iton, Teacher of the Newcastle District (Grammar) School, which was laid on the Table. Mr. John Solomon Cartwright gives notice that he will, on Monday next, move that that I part of the Journals of last Session relating to the Petition of Mr. Thomas Markland and others, i ri's]iccting the Midl».nd District School Society of Kingston, be read. Pursuant to notice, Mr. Malcolm Cameron, seconded by Mr. Jonas Jonos, moves that this House do now res(jlve itself into a Committee of Supply, for tin purpose 'A granting a sum of j nionoy for the support of Common Schools in this Province for the year 1836, which was ordered ; and in Committee of Supply it was Resolved, — Tii>it there be granted to His Majesty mie sum of Five Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty pounds, (£5 (550,) for the support of Common [Soliools for the jtresent year, 18.30 ;-— to be distributed an;. dig the several District} in the Pro- 1 vince, in the same manner as the same sum was distributed in 1835. On motion of Mr. Malcolm Cameron, seconded by Mr. Jonas Jones, it was ordered that [Messieurs Henry Sherwood and Edward Malloch, be a Committee to draft a Bill pursuant to [the Rusolution of the House, granting to His Majesty a sum of money in aid of Common Schools I in tills Province for 1830. November IJfth, 183G. — Mr. George Rykert brought up the Petition of the Trustees of the [Grantham Academy ; which was laid on th(j Table. Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Petition of Mr. Walter C. Crofton, Teaciior of the iNowcastle District (Grammar) School, praying assistance to place said School upon such a foot- liii!^, so that the pupils may receive proper instruction, was read. Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the House was put into Committee of the Whole, on Itlic Speech of His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor at the opening of the present Session. jMr. William Hamilton Merritt was called to the chair. The House having resumed, the ICliairnian reported that the Committee had agreed to a Resolution which he was directed to Tsubiiiit for the adojition of the House. The Report was received. (The Resolution which was jiassed was an echo of His Excellency's Speech.) On Motion of Mr. S(dicitor-General Hagevman, seconded by Mr. Edmund Murney, it was ordered that that part of the Speech of His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, at the opening 3f this Session, which relates to King's College, be referred to a Select Conmittee, composed of Messieurs Mahlon Burwell, William H. Drajier, Michael Aikinan, Malcolm Cameron, and Henry Sherwood, with power to send for persons and to Report by Bill, or othevwiae. On Motion of Mr. Henry Ruttan, seconded by Mr. H. R. Go wan, it was ordered that the ^utition of Mr. Walter S. Crofton be referred to a Select Committee, to be composed of leasieurs George S. Boulton. Alexander McDonell and George Elliott, and that they have ^eave to Report thereon by Bill, or otherwise. Mr. Solicitor-General Hagerman gives notice that he will, on Thursday next, move for leave bring in a Bill for the disiiosal and management of School Lands within this Province. *In the two Reports on Education, which Mr. Burwell, as Chairman of the Committee, submitted to !ip. House of Asaemblj" in 1833, the desirability of making this Grant of Lands for Common Schools was ^trongly urged. See pages 106, 111 and 142 of the same Volume. It was not made until 1849. tThis Bill was originally introduced into the House of Assembly on the 18th of the preceding Jan- laiT' (Page 278 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History.) A similar Bill was introduced by NIr. Alexander Chisholm from the Committee on Education ; (page 328 of the same Volume. Neither 3ill was passed, however, nor was this Bill. 44 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. ISSG-UT Mr Ueiiry Slierwoo.l, from the Committee to draft and report iv Bill founded on the Rom^ lution of this House, grunting a sum of m..ney for the support of Common bchools in the Province, for the current year, presented a diaft which was received, and read a hrst time. 11 was ordered that the Bill he read a second time to-morrow. Norembvr ir>th iKJO. Mr. David Thorburn gives notice that he will, on tomorrow, move that an humble Address be presented to His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, re(iuestin« His Excellency to inform this House what answers, if any, may have been received froni His Maietty's Government, in relation to the Bills passed at the last Session of the Provincial Parliament, and reserved for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure. - Pursuant to notice, Mr. John S Cartwright, seconded by Mr. George S Boulton. nioves, that that portion of the Journals of last Session, relative to the Petition of Mr. Thomas Mark- land and others, relative to the Midland District School Society, may b novv read. VVhtch was carried, and the Journal was road accordingly. (For these portions of the Journal, Hto pages 280 and 383 of the Second Volume of this Documtntary History.) Nuvcmher ICth, l.S,l(!.~-On motion of Mr. George Rykert, seconded by Mr. William Chisholm, it was ordered that the Petition of the Trustees of the Grantham Academy, presented to the House on the 14th instant, be referred to the Committee of Supply. Novemlnr 17lh, l^.^t/.- Pursuant to notices given on the '.(th and 11th of November, 18:i(i, Mr Robert Dunlop, seconded by Mr. John Bruce, moves that the House d.. now go into u Committee of Supply for the purpose of taking' into consideration the propriety of granting ii Bum of money to enable a correct survey of the geological wenlth of the Province to be taken. Which was carried, and the House was put into a Committee of the Whole on the san.e. Mr. Charles Richardson in the chair. The House having resumed the Chairman repo.led l.iat the Committee had agreed to a Resolution, which he was directed to submit foy the adoption of the House. The heport was received, and the Resolution was adopted as toUows : Eesulred That an humble Address be presented to His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, praying that he will inform this House whether there are means in Us power to eflfeet a Ge.v loaical Survey of this Province. It was ordered that Messieurs John Prince and Colin C. fSS be a Committee to draft and report an Address to His Excellency the Lieutenant- Governor, pursuant to the Resolution of this House. Note.— This Address was never prepared, nor presented ; neither was the one to the King, proposed by the same person on the 14th of December, 1836. In this latter Address it was proposed to ask His Majesty to grant a sufficient quantity of Crown Lands to enable the Lieutenant-Governor "to lay before the Legislature | a correct Geological Survey of this Province."t Mr George Rykert gives notice that he will, on Monday next, move th^t this House do I resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole, for the purpose of taking luto consideration the propriety of granting a sum of money for the endowment of Provincial Seminaries, in the several Districts of this Province. (See page 43. ante.) j Mr. Richard P. Hotham gives notice that he will, on to-morrow move that the House do go into Committee of the Whole, to grant a sum of money for the Common Schools m the Ottawa District. Pursuant to the Order of the Day the Common Schools Appropriation Bill for 1830 was read the second time. The House was put into Committee of the Whole on *he Bill Mr Henry Sherwood in the chair. The House having resumed, the Chairman reported that tk Committee had gone through the provisions of the Bill and made some amendments thereto which he was directed to submit ior the adoption of the House. The Report was received, and | it was ordered : That the Bill be engrossed and read a third time to-morrow. Novembev 18th, i«3C. -Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Bill appropriating a certain I Bum of money for the further support of Common Schools in Upper Canada was read a third K and passed. On motion otMv. Henry Sherwood, seconded by Mr. Malcolm Cameron wMorderSd-That the Bill be intituled : " An Act granting a sum of mooey for the support o Common Schools" in Upper Canada for 1836. Messieurs Henry Sherwood and Malcolm Camero wreorderedby the Speaker to carry the Bill up to the Honourable the Legislative Counc.l,| and to request their concurrence thereto. ^ 'This information was given to the House of Assembly on the 29th instant, page 46. tFor reference to this subject in previous Sessions o! the Legislature, see pages 148 and 322 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. Ciiap. It KBUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE U. C. LECJIHLATURE, 1836-37. 45 I'lirsuaiit to tmtHtm W» " ft i mi ia w* Pnpk«, seconded by Mr. Thorns D. Morrison, tiioves that tliia Hoiisn do noir reMite itMlf into a Oonimittee of Supply, for the purpose of j^nvnting |i()(Miniiiry aid towtinda tJic«M«blM|fmgcf Mechanics' luatitutefl in the several Towns and Villagea of tlio Fnvince. Which mu 6aiMl>ied and the HouBe wan put into a Oonimittue of the Whole, Mr. David Thorburn in the chair. The H >uHe havini^ resumed, the Chairman reported that t\w Coinniitteo had agreeil to a Resolution wliich ho was directed to Hubmit for the luloption of tlie House. The Resolution was put and earned as follows : HMolved, That it bo referred t« a Select Committee to consider and report the best means if iMicouraxing the establishing of Mechanics' Institutes within the Province, by grant from the I'lihlio Funds. On motion of Mr. Thomiui Parke, seconded by Mr. Thomas D. Morrison, it was ordered — Thar, tlio foregoing resoluHi.n bo referred to a Select Committee, consisting of Messieurs Robert it. Dunlop and William H. Draper, to report thereon by Bill, or othervise. N(>w.mher,,-emher 'nd Iti.W.-Uv. ThomaB Parke gives notice that he will, on TuPBday next, ni.,v. for leave U) brln, in a Bill for the Regulatum and Support of Commo.. Schools .n ih.B Provuu. Decewher 7th 7.v,«;. Pursuant to notico Mr. Mahion Burwoll. seconded by Mr. Absul,,,,, Shade n V 8 hat an Address be presented to His Excei.ency, the Lieutenant-Ooy.rnor p..iJ■ ^nlr Sat ho wdl be Z^^^ the proper Ollicor t.r prepare a statoment. of , he amount of^'noes that have accrued from the salei of School Lands in thin Province ; shewing, .n detu,!, ?L Xes per ac;^' at wS the same hav- been sold, and placing =lio «">« "PP°«" V'/; ""h,: nfi,l.T,SiJ) respoctivtdy from which the mime may have been derived ; and that Hi, Lands in this Province. , Mr GeorL'o S Boulton, from the Committpe to draft and report this Address to M,» ExceUencV, Reported a draft,\vhich .a. received, read twice, and ordered to be engrossed an,! > read a third time this day. , , . . ... i Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Address to HIh Excellency the L'^^^en^" ,<'*^^^^ on the Tibject of the sale of School Lands, w.,8 read the tlurd time, and passed, as foUowH . To His E.ccellenci,, Sir Francis Bond Head, Lieutenant-Governor oj Upper Oanada, etc. May it please Youk Exoei.lewcy : W« His Maiestv's dutiful and lawful subjects, the Commons of fJppor Canada, in Provincial th\ same ma^^^^^ ^^^ Excellency will be pleased to cause the same | to be laid before this House. Archibald McLean, . . Speaker. Commons Hocsb of Assembly, 7th December, 183G. December 12th 2 ^.;r;. -Pursuant to the Order of the day, the following Petition was read:! Of Messieurs William .lohneon, Thomas Massington, and Simon Lee Common Sclinol| Trustees and hve others, of Thorah, Simcoe, praying for aid to complete a School House. Mr. Mahion Burw^l from ti. Coumnttec to w^^ ^^^ ^^^-fll^'^J.l^lT" faZeT.3f [L Srors:i;ool7;uSa';d tr-"t tbo Bame,-i.eported having done so, and tha: His'Excellency had been pleased to make the following answer thereto : | ^^'riTdirect the proper Oiticer to prepare, wi> hout loss of time, the Statement required bi this Address, in order that it may be laid before the House of Assembly. ^^ ^ ^^^^^ Government HorsE. ToKONTO, l^th December, 18J0. Dccnnber Vlth /.>^..'';.-Tho following Petition was brought up and laid on the Table. .1 Mr Tobu's Cartwright, The Petition of Mr. Robert D. Cartwright and fmnteeDl others! p'esicS;it Shareholders, and others, interested in the Midlaml DistrJ School '="'="''^y " ' '^^ ' ' I'nrEuant to the Order of the Day, the House was again in ComiuitteJ , Jl'^tllTii!^^^^^ of tl- Clergy Reserves Mr. Michael A.kman in tk| chaii! The House having resumed the_ Chairman reported the following Resolution ; Cliap. TI. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINOS OF THE U. <'. LEGISLATURE, 1830-37. 47 Rnudwd — That it !■ fUmirablo that tho Laiidii I'lnnriioiily called tho Clergy Reserves, and the liiDCoed!" arininj{ fn)in tho Sales thereof, bo appropriated for the promotion o^ the KoligiouH at)'^ Miiriil Instruction of the PtM)ple throughout this Provinco. In ftinondniont Mr. John Itolph, seoondod l»y Mr. Hiram Norton, inovoa that all be striKik out after the word ' Resolved, and that tiio fs of the 7tli instant, the accompanying statement of School Lands, sold under the direc- tion lit the General Board of Education for Upper Canada. F. B. H. iVKKNMENT HoU.SE, ToKONTO, 19th December, 1830. Note — This " Statement " is voluminous and may be found in Appendix to Ihe Journals of the House of Assembly of this Session, (1836-37,) number 20 . 48 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1836-37 :T=; M In a letter from the Honourable George H. Markland. Inspector-Generalj)refixed to the Statement, he reports that the moneys which have accrued from the sale o School Lands' in this Province since 1832 to date, (13th December, 183b ) amounted to fifteen thousand three hundred and forty-two pounds nineteen shil- lings and eight pence, (£15,342 19s. 8d.) n 1 ma r^ J6 -A Petition was read from Mr. H.W. Peterson, and thirty-six others, of thfSn^hfp oi w'^eVlot^i.nt; of Haltou, praying for a sum of money to prov.de for the education of two Deaf and Dumb children. oore, praying J % , ^ . . gni providing for the sale and appropriation of the Pursuant to the Order of the Day, *h%^^'^ P^°Ye "as put into Committee of the Whole on was read the third time. On the question ^^^ l^Sieut that the Bill do not now pass, but pleased to dirsct his Govommentm this rrovince^^^^ roepecUble Graiimiai- ktll^ShKireth^rZVand^W^^^^^ in the different Branches of Liberal Knowledge. ., ^ ,„ • ,-, .. To,-Ml,ip of Alfred, in the District of Otl.«a 25.^J0 ;; aw ta the MJd w Di^U ; : : : ; ; : ■.::::;:: ; «m2o „ Hinchinbroke, n - •■ ^^'^gg „ Sheffiela, , "-rw- <. • *.' 48 484 Seymour, Newcastle District |M«4 Blandford, London District j^'^^ „ Houtihton, M " • gg'oQQ Middleton, - 4q 50o „ Southwould, M .' • 61 143 Westminster, - •' 2o',000 „ Yarmouth, n " rj,^^l 468,655 Acres. - , ''Whereas,thej^i^^^'tjW^e^-S^^ herein before enumerated, has b««njl^^^^^«^^ j^^^ ^^,^^i„^d unalienated, '' "i^"' ^^^clTschool Fund h «r"f Ssand pounds, (£300,000,) they would produce a &diool und ot ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^ Education, in place 5 *' And Whereas, it is iioccssarj tnat otncr laiiaa s of the School Lands alienated ^^^ ^.^^^ ^^^^ ^^^.^^ 6. ''Be it therefore Enacted hy the Kmgs^mt^^^^ Province of Upper Canada, con- :s?r;r;ie»btettTrt"eT:LViett,rS^^^^^ Chap. II. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE U. C. LEGISLATUWE, 1836-37. 49 'An Act to Repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the Fourteenth Voar of His Majesty's Reign intituled :" An Act for Making more Effectual Provision for the of Great Britain, intituled (iovernment of the Province of Quebec, in I^orth America." and to make Further Provision for the Government of the said Province,' and by the authority of the same, That Messieurs iiivi hereby declared to be Commissioners, whose duty it shall be to obfain from the Surveyor- fJeneral of the Province a return of the original School Lands hitherto alienated, and the Sur- veyor-General is hereby required to furnish khe same ; 7. '^Ani be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Surveyor-General of the Province shall furnish the said Commissioners with a return of all Crown Lands situated in tliujsettled Townshios of this Province, designating the same by numbers, lot.i, concessions, etc., that it shall be the duty of the said Commissioners, after actual examination, to appraise so much of the most marketable lands of the, contained in the Heturn furnished them by the Sur- veyor-General, as may. to the best of their opinion and belief, be of ecpril value with the School Lands alienated, estimating the School Lands alienated at twelve shillings and sixpence, ($2.60,) per acre ; 8. '' And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Commissioners shall, on or before the first day of December, 1837, make a return tt the Governor. Lieutenant-Governor, or person Administering the Government of this Province, of the lands ppraisod by them, placing opposite to each lot the value thereof ; that the Commissioners hereby, appointe--^ shall receive twenty shillings per diem (|4) for every day, necessarily employed in the discharg.j of the duties imposed by this Act, provided the number of days do not exceed one hundred and twenty each. 9. '' And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be lawful for the Gov- ernor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person Administering the Government of this Province, to declare the lands contained in the return aforesaid to be School Lands, and may order the Com- missioner of Crown Lands to offer the same for sale at public aucti-n, in such quanti ;3, and at such times and places, as the Governor may think fit, and at the upset price of the appraisers, and sold to the highest bidder, on condition' of paying down one-tenth of the purchase money, and the remainder in nine equal annual instalments, with interest, at the rate of six per cent^im per annum, from the day of sale to the day of actual payment ; 10. '' And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the G'^vernor, Lieutenant-Gov- ernor, or Person administering the Government of this Province, may order the Commissioners of Crown Lands of Upper Canada to dispose of at public auction the remaining parr of the original School Lands at the upset price of twelve shillings and sixpence ($2 60,) per acre, and sold to the highest bidder, on condition of paying down one-tenth of the purchase money, and the remainder in nine equal annual instalments, with interest ; 11. "^nd be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioner of Crown Lands is hereby required once in every three months to pay to the Receiver-Gt-neral of this Province all the monies that may oonie into his hands by virtue of this Act, except the expense of print- ing notices of sale, and two per centum, as a compensation for the duties required of him by this Act ; that all monies placed in the h&nds of the Receiver-General, by virtue of this Act, shall bo appropriated to Education in such a manner as the Legislature may thuk fit." The qiiestion being put on this amendment, the yeas and nays were taken, as follows : Yeas 7, Messieurs Alway, Chisholm, (Glengarry,) Gibson, McDonell, (Stormont,) Moore, Morrijon and Rogers. Nay.s, 22. The question of amendment was, therefore, decided in the negative by a maiority of fifteen. In amendment to the original question, Mr. John Rolph, seconded by Mr. Alexander Chis- holm, moves, that the Bill do not now pass, but that it be recommitied. in order to ame ; J it by giving to the School Lands Trustees in every Township, to be elected at the annual town meetings thereof, and their successors in office, power to hold such lands, as shall from time to time be appropriated to such Township, and sell, lease or dispose of the same at a minimum price for the benefit of Education in such Townships, the proceeds thereof to be applied wiihin such Townships, as the freeholders at their annual town meeting shall direct. On which second amendment the yeas and nays were taken, as follows : Yeas 8. (same as before, with the addition of Mr. Mcintosh). Nay.s, 23 ; majority against the amendui nt, 15. The Bill was then passed on the same vote, and Mr. Solicitor-General Uag-rman, seconded by Mr. Mahlon Burwell, moves, that the Bill be intituled : " An Act to provide for the appoint- ment of Trustees of School Lands in the several Dihtricts of the Province and for «.thor pur- poses therein mentioned." Which was carried, and Messieurs C. A. Hagerman, Solicitor- "> RnvArATifl Matthew Richev. Principal of that Institution, and th^LvereVd EphraimEvansras also from Documents laid before them, your Committee learn the following facts, videlicet : . , . , 1 That the Building consists of a centre and two wings ; the former four stones m heigl.t, and the latter each threestories-all of brick, exceptir- the basement, which is stone throughout. Chap. II. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THt; U. C. LEGISLATURE, 1836-37. 5» 2 The centre building is one hundred and fo'ty feet in length by forty feet in width ; and the wingB are each fifty feet by twenty-five ; the whole is roofed with tm. 3. About Seven Thousand pounds (£7,000) have now been expended in its erection, . nd seven hundred pounds (£700) for furniture. 4 That the Trustees have raised by voluntary contribution about Four Thousand Seven hundred pounds (£4,700) leaving a debt upon them of about Three Thousand pounds, (£3,000). The furnishing of the building still requires an expenditure of about Three Hundred and Fifty pounds (£360). The Furniture, Three Hundred pounds, (£300). The necessary Apparatus, Five Hundred pounds, (£500). Making a total of Four Thousand, One Hundred and Fifty pounds, (£4,150). 5. There is no provision for the expenses of the Institution, except that to be derived from boarding and tuition fees. 6 The annual expenditure, including salaries to Principal, Professors, Teachers, Servants^ boarding, repairs, etc., is estimated at r. sum not less than Four Thousand pounds, (£4,000). 7. The present charge for board is Twenty-Two pounds (£22) per annum for every pupil ; tuition fees will averate about four pounds (£4) each. 8. In this is included the regular Mathematical and Classical course of preparation for the University, as in the Mother Country. 9 This Building will accommodate one hundred and fifty boarders. It was opened in July last (1836,) and has now eighty boarders, besides a number of day scholars, and there is a certainty, as it is stated, of its receiving a large accession of pupils nnmediately. 10 To conduct this Establishment efficiently will require the services of a Principal, two Classical, one Mathematical, one French, and three Female Teachers, with salaries m the agi,'regat;e amounting to Fifteen Hundred pounds (£1,500) per annum. ^ 11 His Majesty has been pleased to grant to this Seminary a Charter, of the principles of which your Committee think it right to put your Honourable House in possession. (Note.— Here folloAvs a full synopsis of the Royal Charter granted by the King-in-Council (William IV.,) to the Upper Canada Academy on the 6th of July, 1836. A copy of the Charter will be found on pages 268-270 of the Second Volume of this History, and the letter of Sir James Stephen of the 12th of that month, on page 267, conveying to the Reverend Egerton Ryerson this intelligence.) 12 And, in order that your Honourable House, may be fully iiiformed of the nature and extent" of instruction imparted in this Academy, as well hs of its internal arrangement and economy, your Committee lays before you its prospectus and by-laws. Course of Instruction in the Upper Canada Academy, Cobourg, 1837. MuHKMATics-In f.ddition to the ordinaiy Branche«. of an English Education, therp will be taught GeoSMEucHd and Legendre,) Trigonometry, (Plane and Spherical, ) Algebra Mensuration, Surveying, Sat'on and Fluxions, by Mr.'jamis O'Loane, who is the Mathematical Master. L.TIN : Adam's Grammar, Jacob's Reader, Ovid, Virgil, . Horace, Justin. Sallust. Cajsar, Cicero 8 Orations and Tacitus. Greek : Moor's Grammar, Jacob's Reader, Greek Exercises, New Testament, Xenophon and Homer, by Mr. R. Hudspeth, Classical Teacher, from the University ot Edinburgh. Miscellaneous: Rhetoric, Logic. Intellectual and Mor.-^l Philosophy, by the Reverend Mathew Rickey, Principal. , i ■ • n In the Female Department, which is perfectly distinct in the Building, instruction will be given in all the cons?ituenTparts o?a superior English Education, and in French. Music, Drawing and Embroidery. Besidps the ordinary routine of Tuition, Lectures on the Sciences, and other subjects of general utility, will be delivered to all of the Students susceptible of benefit from them. The Academic year will be divided into tuo Sessions of twenty-two weeks each, eto. Situated on an eminence above the ViUape of Cobourg and «o'»?^»°'\'^»,^f " ^''^f "?^^^^ Ontario, the Academy enjoys the advantage of a most salubrious air, aud the Building is suthciently spacious to accommodate one hundred and fifty boarders. ^ "~* The By-laws and Regulations for the Students are not inserted herewith, as they are not material to> the completeness of the Report of the Committee ^4 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUC^ATION IN UPPE^ CANADA. 1836-37 13. The erection of this Seminary is. your Committee believes the greatest undertaking hitherto successfully pros-cuted in Upper Canada, upon the plan of voluntary contribution alone ; and, when it is considereu, that the religious instruction disseminated by the Methodist Society in this Province, as well as the support of Foreign and Home Missions, and tlu, various expenses ot an establishment, so widely extended as is that of tils Body of Christians has had little other support than that derived from private subscript.c : aad donations ; it can be no otherwise regarded than as highly creditable to those, by whos^) etiorts, this extensive Establishment has been begun, and so nearly completed. 14 And your Committee is persuaded that, even, if public aid in support ot private enter- prise, having for its objects the instruction of youth, had no precedent in Tapper Canada, your Honourable House would deem this an occasion worthy of the adoption of such a principle. 15 Your Committee, however, are of the opinion, that this is the true lu-inciple, especially in a new country, upon which alone the instruction of youth should bi, prediCAied, this is, a com- bination of public and private aid. 16. And, in this view of the subject, every opi)ortunity shoi-dd be embraced by the Legis- lature, by grants of money, to encourage and cherisli a disposition on the part of the com- munity, to promote the Education of the People. 17. Considering the object in view, an<: approving the means used to attain iv, your Com mittee would deeply regret, that this undert;..king should now be suffered to languish for t\ui want if proper and timely aid. IH To leave this praiseworthy effort of private exertions unassisted may not only deprive theC antryof the good it is calculateu to .dect, but will discourage future endeavours of a similar oharactor, and will tend to chill any zealous exerti;,r. • ,or Public Education on the paxfc of voluntary associatitms of private individuals. n \' our Committee, therefore, recommend the matter U. the isembly; Chairman. 9th February, 1837. On motion of Mr. Henry Rut.^ n, seconded by Mr William H. Draper, it was ordered that the Report of the Select Committee apon the Petition of th^ Reverend Matthew Richly, Prin- cipal of the Upper Canada Academy sX Cobouvg, be referred to a Committee of the Whole, on Supply, on to-morrow ; and that two hundred copies be printed for the use of the Members. This Report does full justice to the zeal, enterprise and generous self-sacrifice which had enabled the promoters ot the Upper Canada Academy to expend Twenty Eight Thousand dollars in the erection and maintenance of that Institu- tion, before it petitioned thb Legislature to make a grant in aid of its then-crippled <;ondition. Mr. Draper, who acted as Chairman of the Committee and prepared this Report, did not fail to accentuate the fact that " the erection of this Seminary is the greatest undertaking hitherto successfully prosecuted in Upper €anada upon the plan of 'voluntary contribution alone ... and it can be no otherwise regarded than as highly creditable to those, by whose efforts this ■extensive Establishment has been begun, and so nearly completed." The Committee, as will be seen, very strongly recommended the prayer of the Petitioners to the most favourable and generous support of the House of Assembly. Mr. Draper's efforts in this matter were considered so important to the Academy, that the Wesleyan Conference, in the following July, passed a very €hap. II. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE U. C. LEGISLATURE, 1836-37. 55 <;ordial vote of thanks to him. This vote was conveyed to him by the Reverend Eirerton Ryerson, Secretary of the Conference, and elicited from Mr. Draper the following reply : I feel deeply indebted to the Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Chuioh for the honour conferred upon me in deeming my humble exertions in the cause of Christian Education worthy of their approbation, and I trust I shall never forget their good opinion. I cannot, at the same time, pass by the opportunity of thanking,' you for the terms in which you have communicated tlidt Hiflolutjon to me, and of expressing my satisfaction that 1 have in any degree contributed t . tiio ;iijccu89 of your vu wearied exertions in behalf of the Upper Canada Academy m England. i sincH-tly rwjoice th -t vou were enabled to obtain that aid for its completion, which was so iiyyesai'.ry and so well dtf7.— Mr. Speaker reported that the Master-in-Chancery had brought down from the Honouniblo the Legislative Council a Bill intituled : '• An Act Granting a cer- tain Sum of Money to the Trustees of the Grantham Academy, for the purpose of liquidating the Debts of tliat Institution, and for other purposes therein mentioned," to which the Council had Ml ! le an amendment, t > both of which the concurrence of this House was requested. Ihe iiiendment \va» tlun read a first time. (Note. It provided that the proposed grant be a "loan. Sut page 74, post. ) Mr. Genrge Rjkert, seconded by Mr. Mahlon Burwell, moves for leave to bring in a new Bill psrniant to a Resolution of this House, passed on the 12th day ot .January, 1837, granting ;i 8i!)ii of money by way of loan to the Trustees of the Grantham Academy, which was granted siud the Bill was read a first time. On moticm it was read a second time, and the House went into Committee of the Whole on the Bill, Mr. Mahlon Burwell in the chair. The House having resumed, the Chairm m reported had agreed to the Bill without amendment. The Report was received, and it was ordered that the Bill be engrossed and read a third time to-morrow. February 11th, 1537.— Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Grantham Academy Bill was road the third time and passed. Mr. George Rykert, seconded by Mr. Mahlon Burwell, moves, that the Bill be intituled : "An Act granting pecuniary aid to the Grantham Academy by way of loan." Which wa« carried, um\ Messieurs George Rykert and Mahlon Burwell were ordered by the Speaker to carry the Bill up to the Honourable the Legislative Council, and to request their concurrence thereto. Mr. Mahlon Burwell, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Education, presented a Second Report, and the draft of a Bill, which were received. The Report was read as follows ; To the Honourable the Commons Hows of Ansembly of Upper Canada : The Committee on Education, in reference to the Petition of the Reverend Benjamin Cronyn, and others of London, ordered to be referred to for the consideration of the Committee, h ■!,' leave to make a Second Report : Your Committee find, that, before a law was passed fixing London as the District Town of the London District, the Public Grammar School for that District had been kept in the neigh- l>ourhood of Vittoria,-:= which is a place containing a very small population, in consequence of which very little benefit is derived to the District from the said School, The Town of Limdon is a very rising place, and, if the Public (Grammar) School for that District were required to be kept there, it would be productive of great advantage to the Youth of the District ; Your Committee have, therefore, felt it their duty to report herewith a Bill, amending the law, and requiring that the said School shall in future be opened and kept in the Town of London, which they recommend to the adoption of Your Honourable House. All which is respectfully submitted. M. Burwell, : • MMiTTEE Room, Commons House of Assembly, Chairman, llth February, 1837. 7 TTho London District (Grammar) School Bill was then rea'l the first time, and it was ordered —That the Bill to alter the site of the London District (Grammar) School from Vittona to London be read a second time on Monday next. *&ee pages 27, 38, 65 and 6t5 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. 56 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATipN IN UPPER CANADA. 1836-37 February 14th, 1837.— Mr. Speaker roportod that Mr. Secretary Joseph had brought down from His Excellency the Lioutenant-Govornor a Alessa^e. He then read an extract from the Message as follows : F. B, Head : The Lieutenant-Governor herewith transmits to the House of Assembly a list of sums here tofore appropriated by His Majesty's Government for the Upper Canada College, the Central [Church of England] School and the Peterborough School : 8. d. Date of Despatch cont lining the Sterling. authority. Upper Canada College, Central Fchoul, Toronto, Peterborough School, Total, Government House. Toronto, 11th February, 1837. 1,0()0 36fi 67 10 ( 3rd November, 1831. \ 21st November, 1831. Governor-in-Council. Governor-in-Councii. £1,432 10 F. B. H. Note. — The remainder of the Message contained statements of other pay- ment of moneys from the Casual and Territorial Revenue, on account of the Civil List and Pensions ; also payments to the Indian Tribes, and to the Churches of England, Scotland and Rome, the United (Presbyterian) Synod, and to the Wesley an Methodists. The Message also included copies to two Documents from the Colonial OflSce ; one, a letter, dated 29th February, 1836, and addressed to the Reverend Egerton Ryerson, (printed on pages 251-52 of the Second Volume of this History,) and the other a Despatch, to Sir F. B. Head, dated the 15th of April, 1836, on the subject of payments to Wesleyan Methodist Missions, and enclosing one to Lord Glenelg, from Lord Ripon, (formerly Lord Goderich and Colonial Secretary,) dated the 4th of April, 1836, and relating to these payments for " the erection of churches and School Houses." February 16th, 1837.— The House having gone into a Committee of Supply, passed several Resolutions. The sixth Resolution having been put, was as follows : BeHolved—Th&i the sum of Four Thousand One Hundred and Fifty pounds, (£4,150) be granted to His Majesty, to enable him to loan that sum to the Trustees of the Upper Canada Academy, upon the security of the Building and Premises, for the repayment of the same in ten years. On which the yeas and nays were taken as follows : Yeas 16. Nays 8. (Messieurs Jones, Macnab, Mcintosh, Norton, Robinson, Shade, Sherwood and Thorburn). The quesdon was carried in the affirmative by a majority of Eight, and the Resolution was adopted. February 17th, 2557.— Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Georgina School Land Bill was read a second time. The House was put in a Committee of the Whole on the Bill, Mr. W. H, Draper in the Chair. The House having resumed, the Chairman reported, that the Com- mittee had made some progress in the Bill, and asked leave to sit again to-morrow. The Report was received, and leave was granted accordingly. February 18th, 1837.— Mr. John S. Cartwright, from the Committee on Supply, reported a Bill for loaning a sum of money for the completion of the Upper Canada Academy, which was received and read the first time, and ordered for a second reading on Monday next. Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Midland District School Society Bill was read the second time. Tlie House was then put into a Coiumittee of liie Whole on the Bill, Mr. David Duncnmbe in the chair. The House having resumed, the Chairman reported that the Com- • mittee had agreed to the Bill, without amendment The Report was received, and the Bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time on Monday next. t'hap. II. EDUCATIONAL I'KOCEKDINOS OF THE U. C. LEOISLATLRi:, 183G-37. 57 February 20th, i«57.— Pursuant to tho Order of the Day, the Midland District School Society Bill was road a third time and imased. Mr. John S. Cartwri^ht, seconded by Mr. Solicitor-General Hngurman moven, that the Bill l)e intituled : "An Act to amend an Act passed in the fifty-fifth year of the reign tif His late Majesty George the Third, (1815) intituled : An Act to Incdrporate the Midland District School Society."* Which was carried, and Messieurs John S. Cartwrij^ht and Soliuitor-Geneial Hager- iiian were ordered by the Speaker to carry tho Bill ui> to the Honouiable the Legislative Council, and to reciuest their concurrence thereto. February 22nd, 18S7.— The Petition of the Right Reverend Alexander McDonell praying f(ir authority to convey certain lands which, on the 23rd of January, 1837 was referred to a Select Committee, consisting of Messieurs Anthony Manahan and Alexander McDonell, mpt-rted that they had prepared a Bill which they submitted to the House. It was ordered that this Bill to incorporate the Trustees of the Roman Catholic Seminaiy at Kingston, (Uegiopolis College,) be read a tirst time, and that it bo read a second time to-morrow. February 2Srd, l^.'Vr.— Pursuant to tho Order of the Day, the Bill granting a loan of l<'our Thousand One Hundred and Fifty pounds (£*4,160), to the Upper Canada Academy was lead » second time. The Master in Chancery, brought down from the Honourable the Legislative Council a Message, which was read by the Speaker, as follows : Mit. Speaker : Tho Lesjislativo Council has passed the Bill sent up from the Commons intituled : "An Act to amend an Act passed in the r»5th year of the reign ot His late Majesty George III., (1815,) intituled : " An Act to incorporate the Midland District bchool Society." L£(iisLATivE Council Chamber, John B. Robinson, 2brd February, 1837. Speaker, The House was put into a Committee of the Whole on this Bill, Mr. Absolom Shad '■ in the cliair. The House having resumed, the Chairman reported that the Committee had gone tlimugh the pidvisions of the Bill, amended the same, and submitted it for the adopti in of the House. The Report was received, and it was ordered— That tho Bill be engr.issed and read a thiid time tomorrow. February 24th. iS57.— Pursuant to the Order of the Day. the Tpper Canada Aciidemy Loan Bill was read the third time. On the question for passing the liill, Mr. Thomas Parke, SfCimded by Mr. Thomas D, Morrison, moves. That the Bill do not now pa3>, but that the following be added as a rider : " And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no part of this loan shall be paid until the Wesleyan Methodist Conference in this Trovince, shall hi st disclaim, in behalf of themselves and their Connexion, all pretensions to any future donations from the Casual and Territorial Revenue, in such a way that it do not form an obstacle to the se tknient of that long agitated and difficult question between His Majesty and his faithful subjects in his Province." On which the Yeas and Nays were taken as foUow.s : Ykas : 10. Nays : 31. The ques ion of the amendment was decided in the negative by a majority of 21. In amendment to the original (juestion, Mr. Jonas Jones seconded by Mr. David Gibson, raoves that the Bill do not now pass ; but that the following clause be added as a rider : "That no part of the money herein authorized to be loaned, shall be advanced by the Receiver-General, until satisfactory and sufficient personal security shall be given for the payment of the principal, at the time provided, and the annual payment of the interest, together with a sufficient sum to defray the charge for insurance, as hereinbefore provided." On which the yeas and nnys were taken as follows : Yeas : 16. Nays : 24. The question of the amendment was tiecided in the negative by a majority of 8. On the question for passing the Bill, the yeaa and nays were taken as follows : Yea-s : 31. Nays : 10. The question was, therefore, carried in the affirmative by majority of 21, and the Bill was passed. Mr William H. Draper, seconded by Mr. Henry Ruttan, moves that the Bill be intituled : " An Act granting a sum of Money, by way of loan, to the Upper Canada Academy, at Cobourg," which was carried. February 27th, 1H37. — Mr, John A. H. Powell, seconded by Mr Jonas Jones, moves that this House do now go into Committee of Supply, for the purpose of making a urant for the sui)port of Common Schools in this Province, for the year 1837 ; and that the 3'Jtti rule of the House be dispensed with for that purpose. Which was carried, and the House was pub *The Act is printed on pages 93, 93 of the First Volume of this Documentary History, 58 DOCUMENTAUV HISTOHV OF EDUCATION IN IJPPEIl CANADA. 1836-37 HI \mm' into a Committee of the whole, Mr. (leor>?e H. Detlor in the Chair. The House having resumed, the Chniriiiun reported that the Committee had agreed to a Resolution whioh hti was directed to submit for the adoption of the Houso The Report was received, and the R solu- tion was adopted, as follows : Eeaolved — That the Suf i of Five Thousand iSix Hundred pounds, (£5,() His Majesty, for the Kupport of Common Schools in the several Districts of this Province, i r the year 1887. Mr. John A. H. Powell, secondud by Mr. Jonas Jones, moves, that Messieurs William H. Draper and Ogle R. Oowan bo a Committee to draft a Bill, pursuant to a Resolutii n of thiM HouHe granting the sum of Five Thousand Six Hundred pounds (t'5,tiOO,N to T]". Majesty, for the support of Common Schools in the several Districts in this Vrov . i ^hich was ordered. February 2Sth, 1837. — Mr. Ogle B. Gowan, from the Commits "xi to draft a Bill in pursuanct; to the Resolution of this Houeu, granting a Mum of nioney in aii! ! Common Schools, report«d the same, which was received and read the first time. He moved, seconded by Mr. John A. H. Powell, that the Bill bo read a second time this day, and that the 40th rule of the Houso bo dispensed with for the purpose, which was carried. Mr. Speaker reported that the Master in Chancery had brou>,'ht down from the H ■ .'..v.„.c the Legislative Council, a Message, and the Bill, with amondments, intituled : " An Act granting A sum of Money, by way of a Loan, to the Upper Canada Academy." The amendments made by the Honourable the /.o^'islative Council, in and to the Bill, intituled "An Act granting a sura of Monoy, by way it Loan, to the Upper Canada A .adomy, at Cobourg," were read the first time, asfollows: — In li.o title after "granting," insert " under certain restrictions. " Added lo the Bill— VtovxAeA always nevertheless, th'it the monies ({ranted by this Act, shall not be paid by the Receiver-Generaii, unless there shall remain i i 'uis hands unappropriated inDnies, after the i)ay- ment of the ChatKes imposed upon the Provincial Revenne, under any Act, or Acts, heretofore passed, and also of any monies granted durinf^ the present 'Session, fur the support of the Civil Government, or to defray any charges attending the Public Service." I'ursuant to tho Order of the Day, the House was again put into Committee of the Whole on the Hill to authorise William Johnson of Georgina to convey a piece of land to the Trustees of the Central School of that Township, Mr. David Thorburn in the chair. The House uaving resumed, the Chairman reported the Bill without amendment, and submitted it for the adop- tion of the House. The Report was received, and it was ordered — That the Bill be engrossid and read a third time to-morrow. Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Bill to incorporare the Trustees of the Roman Catholic Seminary [Regiopolis College] at Kingston, was read the aeccmd time. The House was put into a Committee of the whole on the Bill, Mr. Ogle R. Gowan in tlie chair. The House having resumed, the Chairman r* ported the Bill without amendment, and submitted it for the adoption of the House. The Report was received, and it was ordered That the Bill 'e engrossed and read a third time to-morrow. March 1st, 1SS7. — Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Georgina School Site Bill, w ^ read the third time and passed. Mr. John Mcintosh, seconded by Mr. David Gibson, moves that -3 Georgina Sclioul Site Bill, be intituled : "An Act to authorise William Johnson, of Georgina to convey to Trustees a lot of Land, for purposes therein mentioned," which was carried, and Messieurs John Mcintosh and David Gibson were ordered by the Speaker to carry ihe B";l «.. to the Honourable the Legislative Council and request their concurrence thereto. Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Kingston Roman Catholic Seminary Bill, [Rey'd- polis College I was read the third time and pasaed. Mr. Donald McDonell, seconded by Mr. Anthony Manahan, moves, that the Bill, bi intituled: " An Act to Incorporate certain persons therein named, as a Board of ' isteo" tor the erection superintending, and management of a Roman Catholic College at Kin .)n be Jknown by the name of the Ccdlege of Regiopolis, and for other purpeses therein mi ont Pursuant to the Order of tho Day, the Common School Appropriation Bill for Ifc: . wits read the second time. The House was put into i» ( ommittee of the Whole on the Bill, Mr Alex- ander McDonell in the chair. The House having resumed, the Chairman reported that tho Commicico had agreed to the Bill, wiLhoul ainciidmciil, an;l oubmittcd ii for the adoptiejii of I'tii; House. The Report was received, and it was ordered — That the Bill be engrotised and read a third time to-morrow. €hap. II. EDUCAHONAL PR0CEED1N08 OF THE U. C. LEQISLATURE, 1836-37. 59 Pursuant to the Onlor of the Day, the Bill to alter the Bite ..f the London District School, from Vittoria to London was read the second time. Tho House was pf Mito a Committee of the Whole on the Bill, Mr. John Kearns in tho chair. The House havii iimod, tho Chairman reported that the Connnittoe had gone through the provisions of tin , amended the same, and 8ubmitt«(l it for thu adoption of the House. Tho Report was recoi a, and it was ordered —That the Bill be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. March 2nd, 2^.'V7.— Pursuant to the Order of the Day, tho Common School Appropriation Bill, for 1837 was read tho third time and passed. Mr. John A. H. Powell, seconded by Mr. Oj,'lo R. Gowan, moves that the Bill, bo intituled : " An Act «ranting a sum of n)onoy for the support of Common Schools in Upper Canada for the year 1837," which was carried, and Messieurs John A. H. Powell and ()o8es therein ni iitioned," Also thej^ill entitled "^An Act to repeal part of an Act passed in the 59th year of the reign ^^^^ istricts „ t T J .. 1 1 1 ^ ' --...... .v..> in the lown of London, also the L n intituled: "An Act granting a sum of money for the support of c-.u««i~ - xu Distnct,4„rthis Province, for the year 1837." John B. Robin.son, Speaker. Also cne liiu ontitleil An Act to repeal part of an Act passed in the 59th year of therei| ■i.f His late Majesty, Kin t \\, intitul "An Act granting a sum of Money tc tho Support of Common Sch> Is, ^ read a second lune ; and ife' was ordered— That the House be put into a Committee os the Whole to-morrow, to take the aame into consideration. fs * i? ■ 60 DOCUMENTAHV HISTOUY OF EDUCATION IN UPPEK CANADA. 1830-37 m I n*; November SJfth, 1836.— Varnannt to tho Order of tho Day, the Houio wbb put into a Com- mittee of tho Whole, upon tho Hill intituled : "An Act i^tanting a huui of Money for tho Support of Common MchoolH." etc. Tho llonourablo Auguntuii Uiihlwin took tho chair. After ■onie time tho flouae resumed, and the Chairman reported that the Committee had takt>n tiio said Hill into consideration, had made some progress therein, and asked leave to sit aginn on Wednesday next. It was ordered— That the report lio received, and leave granted accoidinj^ly. November 2lith, /A'^fi. — Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Petition of the President, and others, connected with tho Bath Hchool Society, praying for aid, and that their Act of Jncor poration^ may be so far amendiMl as to render the 8uoiety accountable tu the Legislature, was read. November ftOth, ISSd.—The Order of tho Day being read for tho House to be put into a Oommittee of tho Whole upon the Bill intituled : "An Act (Jranting a sum of money for the Support of Common Sch use resumed, and the Chairman reported that the Committee had taken the said Bill into considera- tion, had made some progress theroui, and recommended that it bo referred to a Select Committee, with power to send for persons and papers, and to report thereon by amendment, or otherwise. It was ordered —That the Report be received ; and that the said Bill be referred to a Select Committee, with power to send for persons and papers, and to report thereon by amendment or otherwise ; and it was further ordered — That the Honourable Messieurs Geoigc H. Markland, James Kerby and John S. Macaulay do compose the Committee for that purpose. January 5th, 1837.— The Honourable the Speaker reported to the House, that :i Deputa- tion from the Commons House of Assembly had brought up a Bill intituled : " An Act to Amend the Charter of the University of King's College," which was then .\,ad a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. January 6th, i 537. —Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Bill intituled : " An Act to Amend the Charter of the University of King's College," was road a second time ; and it was, ordered— That the same be referred to a Select Committee, to report thereon by amendment, or otherwise ; and that the Honourable and Venerable the Archdeacon Strachan of York, and the Honourable Messieurs George Crookshank, William Morris and John S. Macaulay, do compose the same for that purpose. It was further ordered— That the said Bill be printed for the use of Members. January 17th, 1837.— The Honourable the Speaker reported to the House, that a Deputa tion from the Commons House of Assembly had brought up a Bill intituled : "An Act Granting a certain sum of money to the Trustees of tho Grantham Academy, for-the purpose of Liquidating the Deb's of t' t Institution, and for other purposes therein mentioned," which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. *Thi8 Act was passed in 1831, and will be found on pages 156, 157 of the Second Volume of this Docu- mentary History. ^ Chap. II. EDUrATIONAL PROOEEDINOS OF THE IT. C. LEOISLATURK, 1886-37. fll J unary I mh, IH.n. Humuunt to tho On'er of tho Pny, Hio Bill intituled: "An Act iirnu u.n -i cortmii nuin of money to the Tri>iite«B of tho (inn.Lhdm Acmleray, for the purnoio of LkIii (litiiiK tho Dobtd of that Iimtitution," wii« read u aecond time ; and it waa ordered— That the Ho ,m bo j/UL into a Couiinitteo of tho VVhoIo to-morrow, and to take the samo into coniiideration. Jnnuarii I'.Hh, /^.'/7.— Puraunnt to tho Order of the Day, tho Houbo was put into a Com- mitteo of tUo Wh.)le, upon tho Bill intituled : " An Art Or.mtinK n certain Miim of money to rho Tru tees <.f tl,o (Jrantham Ao;iplied to tho King for a Royal Charter for its erection, and a autticient endowment for its aup- pi, i.* Accor.lingly, His late Majesty King George the Fourth, was graciously pleased to issue His Letters Paten', bearing date at VVestminater, the fifteenth day of March, in the eighth year of His reign, (1827,) establishing in thi? Province a College, with the style and privileges of an Uiiiversiiy, " to continue forever, to be called King's College," to which was annexed a munificent endt)wment.f 3 In his Speech from the Throne, on the 15th [18th] of January, 1828,t Sir Peregrine Maitland, informed the I,tv,,«lature of this happy event, and stated, that the establishment of an University in the Province, was an object which he regarded as among those most to be desired for the welfare ol the Colony. In acknowledging this Communication, the Legislative Council expressed their grateful feelings for so valuable a boon ;§ but the House of Assembly returned thanks in this very meaaured language—" if the principles upon which it has been founded shall, upon enquiry, prove to be conducive to the advancement of true learning and [liety, and friendly to the Civil and Religious liberty of tho people." 4. On tho 15th February, 1828, the House of Assembly passed an Adrliess to the Lieuten- ant-Governor, Sir Peregrine Maitland, requesting a copy of the Charter establishing the Uni- versity : information respecting the endowment ; and any other matters connected with the Inatitutiaili A copy of the Charter, and an account of the endowment were transmitted as requested, on the 2»th February ;t and on tho 20th March, ;in Address to His Majesty 'was agreed upcm by the House of Assembly, in which, among other matters, objections were vehe- mently urged against the Charter of the University, as being of ,v nature far too exclusive.** *iSee pastes 203, 207 and 211 of the First Volume of this Documeniary History. ilbid, pages 221-225 ; also pages 16, 17, 20, 23, 238, 264 and 317 of the same Volume. trbid, page 233. SThe Jonrnsls of the liegii5lstiTe Council for 182§ are not available, II Page 235 of the First Volume of this Documentary History. 1i/6W, pages 237, 238. **Ibid, page 242. M i . !'• ■*, I ■ t ;J t "' I. s '1. It 62 ItOCUMENTAllY HISTOUY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1830-37 6. This AddreHS Httriicted tho notice of the Select Committee of the House of CommonH; mid, in tlieir Report on the Civil (Jovonimont of Ciuiiwk, on the 22nd .July, 1H2S* thuy iidviHc ft chftnge in the constitution of the Collogo Council, so that no rolijijious tost may be required, and that a ThooloHioiil Professor of the Church of Scotland should be established, in addition to that for the Oiuirch of England, whose Lectures, the candidates for Holy Orders in the rew poctivo (/hurches, should bo required to attend. 6. yir ,lohn Colborne, in his Speech fr«m the Throne on the 8th January, 182!), slightly notices the University, in connuction with t)io Minor College. + Hut the House of Assembly oi> the 20th Marcii, 182!>, itassod various UesolutioiiH, for the purpose of modifyiu'.^ the Charter, and presented the same, with an Address, to the Lioutenant-(}overnor, to which His Excellency promised his ready attention. X 7. No proceedings ajipear to have been had regarding the University during the Session ot 1830 ;.^ but ill that of IH'M and 32, an Address t.) tiio King was adopted, bearing date the 2HUi of December, 1831, praying that, the Charter of King's College might be cancelled, on ucoount of its excluaivenesR, and another granted more open in its pruvisions.H To this Address Hit* Excellency replied on the 4th of .lanuary, 1832 : "That he has reason to hulieve that either the exclusive provisions considered exceptionable in the Chartrif of KiiiK''' College, have Iwen cancelled, or that such arran«oinent8 have been decided upon by lti« Majesty' "" — ror.ient, as will nailer furthnr applications on this subject unnecessary, but that a Charter solemnly , ... . cannot be revoked, or its Hurremlor obtained, witiiout much delay. "11 8. It was generally expootod, from the tenor of his [the Lioutonant-iJovernor's] answer, thai His Majesty's (iovernment. had determined to modify the Charter, according to the wishes of the Ht)use t)f Assembly ; but nothing t)f the Idiid api)ears to liavo been attempted. 1). During the Session of 1832 and 18.33, several Reports were ])re8onted to the House of AsFiombly, by' their Select Coniuiitteo on the .subject of Education ;** in one of rvhich, bearing date the 2l8t of November, 1832, a Hill is proposed similar to tliat now under consideration, and embraciig aluiost all the practical alterations recommended in the Itesidutions of the House of Assembly m 182!).tt This Hill was not proceeded with ; and the Session jjassed over withouti maturing any measure respecting the University. On the lOtli November, 1833, Sir John Colborne, in his opening Speech from the Throne, invites the Legi.slaturo to alter the Charter of King's College, and informs them, that His Majesty will give etlbct to any measure jn-opoHed by the two Hranches, regarding the future government of the University. itt Tbis invitation was thankfully acknowledged, but yet nothing was done to modify the Charter. 10. In the Session of 1835, a Hdl was sent, up to your Honourable House by the House of Asi^embly, intituled : " An Act to amend the Cliarter of King's College," wliich, after having been twice read, committed, and maturely considered, was unanimously rejected.?;!^ 11. The same Hill was a second time sent up to your Honourable House, from the other Hraiich of the Ijegislaturt.;, during the last Session. After much consideration, it was referred to a Select Committee, who presented an able Jtaimrt t)n its provisions, and a luminous view of tlic extraordinary tendency of the j: ■ tposed amendments, from which it appears that they were far better calculated to produce a nursery for political excitement, than a traiuiuil Seminary ot Learning. II II 12. In fact, this Hill totally subverted the Roj'al Charter, and, instead of establishing an University, carefully seitarati-d from the bustle and business of the world, and more eiJi»fccialiy from the strife and agitation which so freciuently attend discussions on the public art:iirs of tin- Province, would have rendered King's College tin arena of political warfj'.ro. That this langu.igr is more than borne out, will a])pear fiom a very brief notice of some of the details of the Bill. • Pages 253-268, and 317 of the First Volume of this Documentary History. t JhiJ, page 259. i Ibid, pages 274-276. S This is a mistake : See pages 292, 293, 303, 305 and 311 of the First Volume of this Documentary History. 11 Page 52 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. *"■ Ibid, pages 53, 54, See also the elaborate reply of the King's College Council to the Despatch ol Lord tJoderich, of tJie 2nd of Noveiiibi^r, 1831, which accompanied this Reply of the Lieutenant-Governor. It will be found on page 32 of this Volume, ante, dated the 2l8t of March, 1832. •• Sp,. •.~.*es 76, 78. 106 and 141 of the Second Volume of this Doqumentary History. tt /''•<'. parf''s 7C, 77. tt /''It', page 132. §§ Ibid, pages 197, 209 and 338, 111! i6iuf, page 341. Chap. II. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE U. C. LKQISLATURE, 1836-37. 63 The Bill gives a Pkovincial, instead of an Impkkiai., Character to the College. 13. AlthouKh His Majeftty has bo3n most graciously pleased to become the Founder and atron of the University ot King's College.-has granted a muniKoeni: endowment, and con- lorro.l upon it the inost valuable imvi.egos, some of which exfend their benehts through the whole of the British Empire.-yetthe Bill went to deprive the King of all power and authority u. his own University, and to reduce it to a Provincial Institution, which could impart neither .tdvj.ntage (^r inHuence beyond the Col-ny; and what is still more pernicious, and unpre- cedented placed it under the sole direction and authority of the Legislature, by which it became liable to bo wholly changed, or subverted, at the expiration of every four years. TiiK Bill Pkoi-cseh an Unconstitut/onal Mode ok Aptointinq the Colleoe Council. 14. By the sixth clause, it was provided-" That there shall be within the said College, in thiy pkce and stead of the Council ni the said Charter mentione.l, a Council, to be called and known by the name of ' The Council <.f King's College,' which Council shall consist of twelve persons, ...le-half of the number of which persons shall be nominated by the Legislative Council, and the other half by the House of Assembly, which persons, so nominated, siiall be certilied by the respective Houses to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person administering the (rovernmont for the time being, and shall hold their offices for four years, from the day of such nomination, and thence until the then next Session of the Provincial Parliament, and no longer," 15. Now it is respectfully submitted, that such a mode of nomination is not only uncon- stitutional, but It IS altogether subversive of the principles upon which Seminaries for the i.mtruction of youth ought to rest. By this clauso, everything is cliangoablo. and nothing per- manent Ihe Council, being removable every f.nir years, (,nehalf by the Commons House <,f Assembly, and oiie-lialr by the Legislative Council, it would partake of all the changes and agitations of the Legislature, and these, through the Council, would be infused into the University itself. No Pkejedbnt for Legislative Interference in the Govern.ment of the Collegk. IC. Tlv3re is no precedent in any Country wliere the Legislature virtually tlirects the internal government of Colleges, or interferes in their economy :-thoy are loft to the "uidanco of their own Kaciilt-es, actin^^ under the charter., and privileges c.mferred upon them, subject to cyrrection, should they err, from occasional visitations appointed by their founders, or the force of public opinion But,, by the eiiactmonts propo.sed in this Bill, such an intimate connection is created between the University of King's College and the Legislature, as to form nearly a coin- l»lete incorporation. •' Nine out of Twelve Members of the Council is \n Unrea.sonaiilv Larc^e Quorum. 17. By clause eight, it was provided, that no meeting of the Council shall be taken or held to he ;. lawful meetin.^ thereof, nor any (luestion be taken, except to adjourn, unless nine members at the least be present ; and that all .juestions and resolutions proposed for tiio decision of such College Council shall be determined by the majority of the Members of tlie Council present including the vote of the Presiding Member; and that, in the event of an equal division of such votes, the Member presiding at any such meeting shall give an additional or casting vote. ' 18. Nothing can be more evident than that the enactment in this clause would greatly impede the business of the University; for it can scarcely be expected that nine members out ot twelve could bo readily assembled at all limes when re-iuired, or that the wants anr^ eontin. geiicies of an ext.msivo Seininary, which are cmtinually multiplying, can be ade.iuately pro- \ uled for by a Councd which is to sit, as ordained in the twentieth clause, only two weeks in tlie year. •' ">^^-"o A Dioclesian EXCLU.SION o..^ Christianity from the College PRovioEn for. 19 By clause twenty-six, Christianity appears proscribed with a virulence not unworthy of M Uioxlesiau. ihero is only one attuuipt on record in a Christian country, and that a v'ery lycont one of establishing an University on the principle that everything connected with the t-Jinstian faith shall be excluded. 20. This consc(iucnce is said to result from tho circumstance that the London University was established by subscription. The Directors are indeed forced to confess that religious i ■ '^ D0CT7MENTAUY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1836-37 instruction, or tho formation of Chris ian principles, is the great and P"7»^y "'^l^^VL ,S. 7^ and that it is an object far too important to compromise ; but they shelter themselves undei the pretence that the Londr.n University is intended for the education, of youth in the Metropolis and, as it is presumed, living with their parents, who are expected to attend to this most important part of their education. The Case of London Lniver.sity not Applicable to King's College. 21 Without admitting the force of this reason, it is sufficient to remark, that it totally fails in its application to Kin-'s College; because, it is obvious that iustruction is there to be dispensed to youth collected fr.un all parts of a very extensive country, and of whom the grea maioritv will be wholly removed from the authority and superintendence of thair parents ; and it may be cnntidently affirmed, that the inhabitants of this Proyinceare not propared to ai.prove of an luBtitutian for the education of their children, from which religion is altogether excluded. " Wages " Payable to Membkr.s of the Council Lower its Character. 22 As if the framers of this Bill had intended to lower the character of the College Council lo the utmost, it is provided in the twenty-seventh clause, that the members shall be allowed wages for every day of their attendance. Other Objectionable Features of the King's College Bill. 23 Your Committee might refer to several other provisions equally objectionable, but these are n,ore than .ufficL nt to prove that such a Bill could never have been entertained, except by those who desired to hold up the first literary institution of the Country, to obloquy and scoin. 24 Your Committee deem it expedient, before adverting to the alterations contemplated in the Bill, to remark upon two points, not a little embarrassing, which met them, as it were, in limine. Has a Colonial Legisla-TUbe the Power to Alter a Royal Charter? First —Your Committee did not at first feel satisfied that the Colonial Legislature had the DOwer of altering a Royal Charter, not only on account of the great delicacy of meddling with an acknowledged prerogative of the Crown, which had not, in the present instance, overstepped its limits : but because they are acquainted with no precedent in other Colonies to sanction such a uroceeding They were, therefore, inclined to think, that the more decorous mode of aeekin.' an amendment of the Charter would be by the Joint Address of the two Houses of the Legislature to the King, embodying the alterations desired, and not to proceed by enactment^ So areat delay had, however, taken place, and the curse by Address, giving no assurance of sneeilv relief your Committee were induced to reconsider their first impression, and, after a care- ful examination of the various steps taken by His Majesty's Government, and that of thu Province, have arrived at the conclusion that it is more expedient, in the present instance, to proceed in this matter by Bill. 25 To this course they were encouraged by the invitation to alter the Charter of Kings CoUeae given to the Legislature by Sir John Colborne, in his Speech from the Throne in 1833 ' as it seemed to concede tho necessary authority, and by what Lord Goderich says in his Despatch, date I the eighth of November, 183i,t that, so far from any anxiety having been felt by the King ;^ Government ' to maintain that Charter against the wishes of the great majority of the people, every possible measure has been taken to refer to their Representatives the decision of the question in what form, and on what principles, the College should be founded. Consultation with the Corporation of King's College on the Modification of thk Cl'ABTER. Second.— On another point, both delicate and important, your Committee experienced some hesitation. «iti The Charter of King's College establishes a Corporation. This Corporation has existed for several years, and in many rcsp::cfcs cxcrciscu t:ic f-":'^;^^ vr.:--^« .ii,.... ,r ..j .n .-: therefore appeared reasonable to communicate with this Body, before adopting any measure in which its'interestH were involved. From this difficulty, however, your Committee were relieved *8.e paxB 132 of th-i tiecond Volume of this Dooumentary History. +/6id, pages 112, 113. Ohap. II. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE U. C. LEGISLATURE, 1836-37. 65 by the presence in this Council of the President of King's College, as one of the Members, and yet further from the information which he communicated respecting the proceedings of the Col- lege Council. It appears that that Body, anxious that the great benefits which the University is calculated to yield to the youth of the Province might be no longer delayed, had agreed, so far back as the twenty-first day of March, 1832,* to certain alterations in the Charter, which embraced everything really useful and appropriate which were contained in the Resolutions of the Commons House of Assembly^,. already alluded to, and a printed copy of the Charter, so amended, was presen ed to your Committee for inspection, t The Proposed alterations made by Kino's Colleob Council in 1832, webe not very different from those in this bill of 1837. 27. On comparing the provisions of the Charter, thus amended by the College Council, with those contemp'ated by the Bill before your Hi nourable House, your Committee was pleased to find that the difiference was by no means so great as might have been expected. This may be clearly seen by arranging them in a table by way of contrast, and with the original Charter of 1827. Comparison of the Original Charter of the University of King'.s College with the Proposed Amendments of 1832 and 1837. Provisions of the Original Charter of 1827. 1. — The Bishop of Quebec, to be Visitor. 2. — The President, — a Clergy man, and Archdeacon of York. 3. — The Members of the Council to be Members of the Chnrch of England, and to sign theThirty-nineArticles of that Church. 4. — Ordains no tests or qualifi- cations, except for Divinity Degrees. Charter as amended by the Col- lege Council in 1832. 1.— The Court of King's Bench substituted for the Bishop as Visitor. 2. — Ihe President to be a Clergyman of the Church of England, but not neces- sarily the Archdeacon of York. 3. — Relieves Members of the Council from signing the Thirty-nine Articles, but requires them to be Mem- bers of the Church of Eng- land. 4. — Removes tests even from Divinity Degrees, b"*- al- lows Regulation, without which these degrees could not be conferred. Charter as amended by the Bill under consideration, 1836-37. 1. — The sume — the Court of King's Bench to be Visitor. 2. — The President shall not be required to be the Incum- bent of any Ecclesiastical office. 3. — Relieves Members of the Council from signing the Thirty-nine Articles. They need not be Members of the Church of England. 4. — Removes all tests and quali- fications, even from Divin- ity Degrees. Under this Bdl, no Degrees in Divinity can be conferred, if liter- ally interpreted. There must be By-laws and Re- gulations to do so. 28. From this contrast, it appears manifest that the Council of King's College are disposed in a great degree to meet the requirements of the Legislature. Their only anxiety seems to be to give a more decided religious character to the Institution ; and in this your Committee would most willingly concur, were there any reasonable prospect of its full accomplishment. * See pages 32-87, of this Volume, ante. t This propospd amended Charter of King's College will be found on pages 77 and 78 of the Second Volume of this Oocumentary History. The addition made to this amended form of the Charter will be f'lund on page &7 of the same Volume. Reference might also be made to the original Charter of King's Gollnge, ftB amended by the Reverend Doctor Strachan, and printed on pages 221-225 of the First Volume of this History ; also to the copy of " The Charter of Ki>.ig's College, Upper Canada, as amended," (1836) prmted on pages 216-220 of the Second Volume of this History. 5 D.E. 3 66 DOCUME^ TARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1836-37 Thb Liberal Pbovisions of the Charter of Kino's College of 1827 Misrepresented. 29. Your Committ'ie need scarcely remind your Honourable House, that, under its present- Charter, the University of King's College is open to all denominations of Christians, and that the Professors, excepting such as are appointed Members of the College Council, may be of any Christian Denomination, that it excludes no one from what may be considered the essential benefits of the University, and is placed on a more liberal footing than any similar institutioa either in Great Britain or America. So much obloquy has been thrown upon King's College by those who never took the trouble to read the provisions of its Charter, or who wilfully dissemi- nated deceptive accounts of its narrowness and bigotry, that the public mind has been totally poisoned respecting its requirements ; and even now men of education and respectable attain- ments are found adopting, as truths, calumnies against it, and without enquiry, describing it in their speeches and public proceedings, in terms totally foreign to its real character. This being, the case, your Committee consider it part of their duty t > shoW that no College exists in any part of the world so little exclusive as King's College, were its Charter to continue without alteration. Christian Nations give a Religious Character to their Literary Institutions. 30. The uniform practice of Christian Nations has been to give a religious character to their literary Institutions ; nor is there a C oUege, or University, either in Europe or America, without such a character. Of the English Universities, it is unnecessary to speak, as they are internally connected, and may indeed be considered part of the National Church ; the system of exclusion is, therefore, carried nmch further there, than is required, or wished for, in King's College. In Scot- land it is ordained by the laws of the Church, as well as by Act of Parliament, that Presbyteries, shall take special notice of what is taught in Colleges and Universities, and that nothing be taught therein contrary to, or inconsistent with, the Confession of Faith of the Church, or to the worship, discipline or government, of the same. The Presbyteries are also required to observe the morals and conversation both of Masters and Scljolars. In fine, the superintending power of the Scottish Church over all Colleges, Universities and Schools, and of all Professors, Teachers and School-Masters employed in the same, is paramount, and without appeal. It is further ordained that nothing shall be taught but what is in accordance with the Church, and all these powers are established by the most solemn Acts of the Legislature, and even by the treaty of Union. " In fact," says an eloquent defender of the Kirk, "our religious establish- ment and true learning must stand or UU together. Ignorance, which is the mother of super- stition, has been one of the principal sources of all the corruptions of Christianity, and, therefore, the Church hath ever exerci&ed complete control over all Schools and Universities, identifying them with herself." Results of this System of Religious Supervision in Scotland and England. 31. And has this complete exclusion of all but her own principles from the Parochial School to the Universities, impeded the moral and literary progress of the Scotish population ? Far from it. To what but to education is Scotland indebted for her moral and religious improve- ment 1 The whcle system of instruction in that country has religion for its basis, and ia placed under the mimediate and active superintendence of the Parochial Clergy, and, to this wise arrangement, must be attributed the proved superiority of her people over that of most other countries. 32. It thus appears that both in England and Scotland, the Colleges and Universities are founded upon exclusively religious i)rincipleB, and that they are not so open, or, in modern phrase, 80 liberal, as King's College, against which so great a clamour has been raised; and yet they have been eminently useful, and have nobly remunerated the public for the peculiar privileges which they enjoy. The Example of this System in the United States Quoted— Harvard University. 83. But this system of exclusion, if it can be so called, has never prevailed to a greater degree in Great Britain than in the United States of America. Unhappily for the cause of religious truth. Harvard University, the 1)est endowed literary Institution in that Country, is wholly Unitarian. It was founded in 1G38, by the Revi^reud Mr. John Harvard, Minister of Charleston, Massachusetts. It is governed by a Board, composed of the Governor, Lieutenant- Governor, the Council, the Senate, the President, and the Congregational Ministers of Boston, The President, five Fellows and the Treasurer, constitute the Corporation, and by them the immediate government is exercised. Yet, to this College, pupils of all denominations are sent. It is in possession of funds to the amount of more than half a million of Crowns, principally the accumulated donations of Individuals, and enjoys, luoroover, a large annual stipend from the KiNu's Chap. II. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE U. C. LEGISLATURE, 1836-37. 6T t ¥ '" '.4 Treasury of the State. It has a Library of thirty thousand volumea, and extensive apparatus for illustrating Science, and twenty Professors, aided by a number of Tutors, to carry on the business of Instruction. 34. With means so ample, and at unity with its religioue belief, and without any pledge against its propagation, it must operate a material change in the religious views of the com- munity, and particularly so, as its Professor* occupy the first rank among the learned i» America. 35. Such is the present state, resources and influence, of Harvard University; and has it excited any uneasiness or heart-burning in the community ? Has it been made the beacon of faction ? Has it been slandered and calumniated by other Denominations ? Have the Episcopa- lians, the Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians, cried out against it ? Or. has the House of Representatives been petitioned to change its constitution, and make its government ope.i to all parties ? Or, have the Professors been called upon not to inculcate their own opinions ? Far from it. The Legislature would never have entertained such a petition ; they are too well aware of the sacred right of property and of conscience, to attempt to expunge them at the request of mahce and envy ; on the contrary, they are proud of their splendid University, and have actu- ally cherished it, and munificently supplied its necessities. The Example of Yale College University, Connecticut, also Quoted. 36. The second place among American Universities, is occupied by Yale Oollege, which is exclusively directed by Congregationalists,— yet we have never heard that the Le,!,'i8lature of Con- necticut has t*ken oft'ence at this exclusion, or, in any degree, interfered, except to confer hon- ours and emoluments on the Institution. And so far have Episcopalians been from railing against it, that to their munificence it is greatly indebted for its prosperity. The Right Reverend Doctor Berkeley, the famous Bishop of Cloyne, (in the County of Cork, Ireland,) conferred upon it a magnificent donation of books, and a landed estate in Rhode Island ; and Mr. Dummer, another Episcopalian, Agent for the State, then a Colony, was likewise a liberal contributor to its resources. 37. So far have the Legislatures of the United States been from interfering with these institutions, or meddling with their principles, that they have only noticed them to grant them favours. KiNu's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia, more Exclusive than Our King's College. 38. In Nova Scotia, the College which is established at Windsor is much more exclusive than King's College, " for it was established," says the learned and amiable Bisltop of the Dio- cese, (Right Reverend Doctor Binney) in his eloquent address to the British public in 1826, "to preserve the doctrines, liturgy and discipline of the Church of England in their unabated purity. It seemed necessary that the means of a right religious education should be provided for those who were to teach, and those who were to be taught the holy principles of our church, that so they might live and die in the faith and hope of their forefathers." For this purpose the University of Windsor was established, and called King's College, as a testimony of gratitude to the kindness and piety of His lato Majesty King George the Third under whose sanction, and by whose Charter, it was principally formed. ' Charter of King's College, Fredericton, New Brunsavick, a Transcript of that of King's College, Upper Canada. 40. As the King's College Charter [of 15th December, 1827] recently received with much gratitude in New Brunswick, and now m full operation, is an exact transcript of that of King's College in this Province, your Committee need not Iwell on its various provisions * Examples from the Coljk :f/- of Lowek Canada. 41. Nearer home, we find the same exclusi'ie prnciples prevailing in the different Colleges in Lower Canada. ■'> The Ohartjii \r 1, TT., New Bnmsvvick, were both granted m the aame year ;-tho one on the 15th of March, and t^o other on the 15th of December, 1827. The Charter of tne New Brunsw-ck Kin«r » College was " an exact tran- SCrift'*'- " '^f tKof rtf fVlO Tlnr^T' ^^ana,^ta Vlnn^a O.^ll^r-^ o«^ ..,«„ *,.J ,.:_>^^ ai'^ ^. ..,-... ". The irrovmce m 1846, and also m 1860. For further reference to this mattet^, see remarks on page 71, post. ■ :» V\i. r r^u TT i-1 ^ V?- . ;; ,," ^'"'"' "■^"""w-uk ivmir* uoaege was "an exact tran- ipt of that of the Upper Canaua King's College, and was granted eight months after that of the latter, e Charter of the Kings College, New Brunswick, was, however, modified by the Legislature of that ovince in 1845. and also m 1860. For further rnfnrAnnu t.i\ fhi» mikffo^ ^^a .o.v,».i., .... .._. rri . n €8 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1836-37 Alter the coiKiuest of Canada, His late Majosty not only conceded to His Roman Catholic Subjects the free exercise of their Religion, and an ample provision for the te:nporal support ■of their Ministers, but likewiie the farther Hdvantage, which in every country has appeared necessary for the maintenance of religion, namely, the endowment of Colleges and Seminaries ; in which, while the various branches of human learninji are t;iuu;ht thn rising generations are At the same time instructed in the doctrines of C' ristianity, and familiarized to that mode of worship which the Government has consented to recognize und protect. 42. The provision which the French Government had made for this latter object was respected, and has been suffered to continue ; and though it has nminestionably tended to pre- serve and perpetuate a form of religion to which but a small proportion of the British populat on adhere, it has not been looked upim by th. m with ji-aiuusy or dislike, and Quebec now main- tains four Colleges, two of which may be styled Universities. These Precedent.s and Examples Suppokt the Charter of King's Collkgk. 43. Such are the precedents to support the Charter of King's College, in its present form, from the attacks of the ignorant, and the malice of the unprincipled. It is a fact 'hat it is more open than any other tJoUege Charter in the British Domiiiions, and is more liberal than any similar Institution of the United States. It in by the Committee. 44. Your Committee having thus stated to your Honourable House, the considerations and views which appeared to tliem nececsary to bring ihe subject of Kmg's College, its history and treatment, in all their bearings, before you, proceeded to compare the alterations proposed in the present Bill with the original Charter, and are happy to find that they do not interfere in the slightest degree with the character of the University as a Royal Institution, or with the power and dignity which it possessi s as emanating from the King, and which can be obtained in no other way, and for the loss of which, no benefits in the power of the Legislature of this Province to bestow, could in any manner compensate. 45. The alterations are confined to re-modelling the Collegs Council, or governing power, and removing tests and qualifications of every description, except a declaration of belief in the authenticity and Divine inspiration of the Old and New Testaments, »nd in the doctrine of the Trinity ; but His Majesty still continues Foinnler and Patron of the University ; its munificent endowment remains untouched, as well as those valuable privileges which will forever distinguish King's College from a Provincial Institution, because the benefit"* they confer extend through the British Empire and all its Dependencies. The Bdl enacts, "hat for and notwithstanding any hing in the said Charter, the Judges of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench shall, for, and on behalf, of the King, be Visitors of the said College, in the place and stead of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese of Quebec for the time being." 46. Although your Committee see no cogent cause for this alteration, yet as the Bishop is frequently absent from this portion of the Diocese, they feel disposed to recommend it to the adoption of your Honourable House. 47. The Bill further ordains, " that the President of the said University, oa any future vacancy, shall be appointed by His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, without requiring that he should be the incumbent of any ecclesiastical ottice." Your Committee are inclined to recommend this clause, but on the understanding that the President siiould be a Clergyman in Holy Orders of the Church of England. 48. The Bill proceeds to provide — " 3. That the Members of the College Council, including the Chancellor and President, shall be twelve in number, of whom the Speakers of the two Houses of the Legislature of the Province, and His M jesty's Attorney and Solicitor Generals, for the time being, sliiiii be f'our, and the reiiiaintier shtll cousist of llio live senior i'iofess nt 'measure. So much evil and inconvenience has, however, *Th»» was provided for in the a idition to the proposed KiU of 1832. See page 97 of the Second Volume oi mis i-;;c:;nicniary n—.-jiy. mi-' i^-fp'-ct' v^a- <• ' •— •■' •■"■■ •;-'•••• '• — "T" ^r"'Tr"*-" — 'T '■'" UpiMT Canada Oollege Bill i>f that year, \n which it, was propoed iiractically to absorb the Umversity m- to that College. See pages 301, 305 and 312 of the First Volume of this Documentary History. +Se«> page 264 of the First Volume of this Documentary History. iSee reference to this subject on page 41 of this volume, ante. E r.' 70 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1836-37 taken place, from the differences of opinion conceming the Charter, that your Committee depre- <»te further dolay, and feel assured that the benefits which the University will soon diflPiise over the Province will make it easy to overcome and correct any difficulties, or supply any deficiencies that may be discovered in the working of the present measure, imperfect as it certainly is, if passed into a law. All of which is respectfully submitted, Leoi»lativb Council Committee Room, 18th day of January, 1837. George Crookshank, Chairman. -Character and Scope of this Report on the King's Colleoe Bill of 1837. It is clear from the elaborate and somewhat exhaustive character of this Report of the Legislative Council Committee on the proposed " King's College Charter Amendment Bill," that the Committee had fully considered the whole question, as it then presented itself to the Members of that Committee. The Report ' ears internal evidence of having been drafted by the Reverend Doctor Stracb -the Educational Nestor of these early days. The only other Member of tb 'mmittee who was at all conversant with the subject was the Honourable ^ .1 am Morris, who, as a former Member of the House of Assembly, had taken a pn ninent part in the discussions on proposals in that House to modify the orif nal Charter of King's College. He was by no means in accord with the Reveiend Doctor Strachan, as will be seen further on. The other Members of the Committee were the Honourable Messieurs George Crookshank, who was appointed its Chairman, and John Simcoe Macaulay. The Report consists of two parts, — the purely historical portion, and the practical part, dealing only, (as the latter part does), with that aspect of the ■question which was then of pressing importance— the removal of the denomina- tional, and, therefore, exclusive element from the original Charter, which had been its bane from the beginninsf, in 1827. The historical portion of the Report is valuable, from the fact that it briefly rsummarizes the various stages, (with the conclusions from time to time arrived at,) through which this then vexed question of University Charter amendment had passed during the preceding ten years. The latter, or more practical, part oi' the Report deals with the modification in the original Charter j>roposed by the originator of the Bill in the House of Assembly. In spirit and in tone, the argumentative portion of this part of the Report is very much in harmony with that of the Reply of King's College Council in March, 1.S32, to the demand of Lord Goderich, Colonial Secretary, in Decem- ber, 1831, to surrender the Charter of King's College. (See page 32, ante.) It is unjust, however, in its criticism of those who had advocated a modification in the terms of the Charter, so as to render more acceptable to a mixed populatiou like thLt of TTpper Canada, whose objection to the domination of any one Church, And whusp aem:;id for equal rights among the churches, had been unceasing since Chap. II. EDUCATIONAL PROCLEDINGS OF THE U. C. LEGISLATURE, 1836-37. 71 the time that Governor Sitncoe, and later, when Governor Maitland soujjht, in 1820, practically to establish the Church of England in this Province. The com- parisons and references in the Report are not always correct, nor are they just. The reference, especially to King's College in New Brunswick, is not pertinent to the case ; nor is it of any practical importance at the present day. As a matter of fact, the objection to the Charter granted to that College, (in the same year as that in which a Charter was granted to King's <^ Uege, Upper Canada,) was as irife in New Brunswick as it was in this Province. Its modification, by the Legis- lature of that Province in 1845, did not seem to have removed the cause of dis- content, for, in May, 1854, the Legislature of Ne v Brunswick passed an Act em- powering the Lieutenant-Governor to appoint a Royal Commission : — "To enquire into the presonh state of King's College, its management and utility, with a Tiew of improving the same, and rendering that Institution more generally useful, and of ssuggesting ihe best mode of ettecting that desirable object," etc. In accordance with this Act, Sir Edmund Head, the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, appointed as commissioners, in August, 1854: The Honourable John Hamilton Gray, (late Judge of the High Court of British Columbia), the Reverend Doctor Egerton Ryerson, Doctor John William (now Sir William) Dawson, the Honourable John Simcoe Saunders, and the Honourable James Brown, to make this enquiry.* The Charter of the College was, in consequence of the Report of these Commissioners, largely modified in 1860. *The followintr particulars in regard to the proceedinga of the Commissions appointed to modify the original Charter of King's College, New Brunswick,— which was " the exact transcript of that of King's College Upper Canada, — may be interesting : In accepting the position of Commissioner, to enquire into King's College New Brunswick, the Rever- end Doctor Ryerson, at the close of his letter to Provincial Secretary Partelow, said :— " When I mentioned to the Head ot the Canadian Administration the request which had been made to me from New Brunswick, and the probability that a compliance with it would cause my absence for two or three weeks from the duties of my Department, he thought I ought, by all means, to go— that it was part of my appropriate work, and that we should regard each Province of British North America as a part of our own country. "* The Commission met first at Fredricton, and afterwards at Toronto. To Doctor Ryerson was entrusted the principal duty of drawing up the elaborate Report ; and, in Honourable John H. Gray's letter, as Chair- man, accompanying the Report in December, 1854, he said : " I beg to express, with the full concurrence of my fellow Commissioners, our acknowledgements of the very valuable assistance afforded us by Doctor Ryerson. His great experience and unqtiestioned proficiency on all subjects connected with education, justly entitle his opinion to great weight." Sir William Dawson, in a letter to Mr. Gray, thus summarizes the contents of the Report : — "Ist. The improvement of the College course of instruction, and its extension by the introduction of special courses. 2ndly, The definition of the true place of the Provincial College in its relations to the other educational institutions of the Province, and to the religious beliefs of the people ; and 3rdly, The union of all the educational institutions in a Provincial imiversity system, under official supervision." A change in the Government of New Brunswick in 1854, prevented the Report from being considered in the Legislature at that time. In a letter from Mr. Gray to the Reverend Doctor Ryerson, dated May 15, 186P, he said : ... "The change of Government prevented our Report being adopted and acted upon, but it met with universal approbation, and from every portion of the Province the voice of praise has gone up. I give you credit for it all ; and in my remarks in the House, 1 made my acknowledgements publicly to you and Mr. Dawson." , • , In a confidential letter to me, from Doctor Ryerson, dated Quebec. January 30th, 1858, he said : — "Sir Edmund Head, (now Governor-General), highly appro i'ed of my Report, etc., on the New Bruns- wick Cnllego question, and has sent it to the authorities of McGill College, to see if they cannot adopt something of the same kind." Mr. Gray had hoped that the comprehensive Bill proposed by the CommisFion in 1854, to give eueet •_•::■ their- reeomir.enHstir.r.:^, relating tfi Kiv.f^'a CMU-gp., Norm.al s-nd Model Schools, and a Chief -Super- intendent of Education, would be passed in the following year, 1855. In this he was disappointed, for the *Thu8 we see, that, as early as in 1854, the idea of the Confaderation of the Provinces was being revolved in the minds of some of its leading men. i. ' 72 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 36-37 The conclusion at which tlie Committee of the Legislative Council arrived in their Report, was to accept, but with reluctance, the changes in the Charter, as proposed by the House of Assembly. In Appendix Number Four to " A Brief History of King's College in Upper Canada, from Its First Germ in 1797, to its Suppi.ission in 1850," prepared by the Reverend Doctor Strachan, and " Pointed at the Diocesan Press in 1850,* the following was the headinjr prefixed to the Act in that ' History :" " Alterations made in the Chiirter of Kind's College, by 7th William the Fourth, Chapter Sixteen, intituled : An Act to Amend the Chnvter ■>! the University of Kinj^'s College, in con- sequence of Lord Godorich's Despatch of the Second of DecembtT, 1831, and by which it waw believed that all the requirements of the said Despatch were fully satisfied. "+ Then follows the enacting clauses of the Act relating to King's College a» they were finally passed and assented to in Her Majesty's name, by Sir Francis Bond Head, the then Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada. Educational Proceedings of thk Lkoislative Council (1837), Continued. After the King's College Charter Amendment Bill and the elaborate Repor^ of the Select Committee of the Legislative Council in regard to it, had been laid before the Council, the following proceedings took place on the subject : January 20th, 1837. — On motion made and seconded; it was ordered — That the Bill to amend the Charter of King's College and the Heport of the Select Committee rh reon. bo referred to a Committee of the Whole House, on Wednesday next ; and that in the meantime the Report be printed for the use of Members. January 24th, 1887. — The Honourable James Kerby, from the Select Commitfee to whom was referred the Bill intituled : " An Act Granting a certain sum of Money to the Trustees of the Grantham Academy, for the purpose of liquidating the deOts of that Insriiution, and for other purposes," presented their Report. Ordered, that it be received ; and, the same was then read by the Clerk, as follows : — To the Honourable the Lecjislative Council of Upper Canada : The Select Committee of the Honourable the Legislative C'nincu, to whom was referred the Bill sent up from the House of Assembly, intituled : " An Act f Jpvj'' itjga certain sum of Money to the Trustees of the Grantham Academy, for the purposn of •.. ndating the debts of that Institution, and for other purposes therein mentioned," beg leave to Report that : 1. The whole object of the Bill seems to your Committee <-o be, to obtain a grant from the Public Funds of the Province of the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds, (£i5i). ) for tho pur- pose of paying oflf a debi against the Academy, contracted, as appears by information received from William H. Merritt, Esquire, a Member of the House of Assembly for th- Conntj' of Haldimand, but whose place of residence is in the Village where the \caleiny is situatetl, and who appears to have been a large donor towards its endowment, in its erection, and to repair the Building. This information, as well as another paper mentioning the number of scli dars Bill did not pass until 1860. In a letter to Doctor Ryerson from the Honourable Charles Fisher, dated Fredricton, 14th May, 1860, he aaid :— " After years of controversy and difficulty we have passed an Act to remodel Kinf^'s Cnltpge on the plan proposed by your Commission, under the title of tho University of New Brunswick. We have not connected the College, or the heed of it, with the other educational interdsta in the t^rovince, but coi.fided his duties to the University, and he must be a layman. This provision was ins-rted to prevent difficulty." In 1858 Mr. Henry Fisher, (Brother of the Honourable Ghtrlea Fisher,) was appointed Superiuifndnnt of Education for New Brunswick. He visited the Reverend Doctor Ryerson in that yenr, to coi.f«r wi'h him before undertaking the duties of bis new office. His death occurred in 1860, and in commuiucatiDg the sad news to Doctor Ryerson, the Honourable Charles Fisher, rnferring to his Brother. »\ii\ : — " He wished particularly (just before his death) to be remembtred to you, and fie^ired that I should thank you for your kindness to him on all occasions. He wa<: succeeding iu his • fforts to improve the educational interests of the Province, and had been enabled to secure the support of all parties." ^This "brief History" is identical with, and is practically a reprint of, a Speech dcliverfd by the Reverend Doctor Strachan, at the opening of the University of King's College on the 8th of June, 1843. See pages 32-56 of bis speech. tSee pages 55 and 56 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History, and pages 67 and 71 of this Volume, ante. '. Wh present ou House ; Th disposed of the more ir control of ii has no supi j)roposed b; similar aid drain upon instituted b 4. You with the CO submitted t made by wn as the am individuals. All of Legislativ 24th On mc Grantham i a Committe Janna^ mittee of th of King's C Honourable man reporti ]if ogress thi i)e received Junuai Committee to the Tru Institution, resumed, [t 3rd, and th Januar Committee University ^ *3ee pag ary the 11th, taught there! r< i , the jmik vaar, your Committoe be^ luavi ml to this TlijKjrt. By tha f(iiTO«r, it api arH lUso that a hidgineut hiia bfen obiiineU in- the said debt, and ai> execution has l)Otii acti. illy placed in 1 1 Sheriff's hands, but forhoriio to be acted upon, in the expecta- tion that the Legislature by gi mting thi' sum asked for, would obviate the necessity of ; t, ced- ing to the sale of the E ilding. {Note. The Appendix is not givin.) A Similar Bui, Failkd to Pa- the Leoihlatube in 1835. 2. In investigating the niattur submitted t. them, Conunittee have conu he liowlodge that a Bill was sent up from the Ash" ibly in the I irst ussion of thi- last lia- !ien luthorising the sale by the TrustooH u( s, . Academy of i>art of its estate, in orucr to meet >t8 then existing, which, although referred to a Select Committee of your Honourable House, It does not appear that ii,\ Report was made thereon, which is to be regretted, as had said Bill received the nanction of all the bran 'lies of the Legislature, it would in all prol)ability h*vo obviated the necessity of the present application , for your Committee fhink they are only "I'iterating the sense of your Honourable House, in expressing their own opiniop in fii.our of encouraging the ciidcavoMrs of individuals to promote by their own means the xtension of education throughout the Province.* DocBTFUi, Pkkcedent of AiniNo Institutions not under the Control of the Leoiklatube, [i. .i>..-\. its lourable light be iUttee aro :. under the .jducati(jn it the manner Whotiior the enactment of such a Law at this time would relieve the A< present eiabarrasaments, your Committee submit for the consideration f)f y. House ; The proper* belonging to it appears to be considerable, and a prop( disposed of without surious injury to the |Establisiiiiient ; and this course your the more inclined to recommend, than to grant .i sum of money to any Institutioi conti 1 of aiiv Legislative enactment, and over whose proceedings and course "i has no supenutendencL 'V authority ; as, were a precedent once established, in l)roposed by the piesen' Mil, it would be difficult, and might seem unjust hereafter, to withhold .similar aid from i her ustitutions situated he Grantham Academy is ; thus creating a large drain upon the Public Funds of the Pr. . and materially interfering with the system instituted by law for the regulation of Educ a in it. 4. Your Ooamittee beg leave further in report, that should the ibovo suggestion not meet with the concurrenc if You" HonouraVde House, and that the grant provided for in the Bill submitted to them i.s approved of. Your Committee would recommend that the said grant bo m^de by way of loan, redeemable in a reasonable number of years, and to be secure.!, as well a? the annual interest thereon, either upon the freehold of the said Academy, or that of individuals. All of which is respectfully submitted, Legislative Council, Committee Room, 24th of January, 1837. James Keriiy, Chairman. On motion, made and seconded, it was ordered, that the last mentioned Bill, (i. e. the Grantham Academy Loan Bill) and the Report of the Select Committee thereon, be referred to a Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow. Jawmry '2~ith, 1837. — Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the House v< la put into a Com- imttee of the Whole, upon the Bill intituled : "An Act to Amend ! uu Charter of the University of King's College," and the Report of the Select Committee thereon. (Pa^es 61-70, ante.) The Honourable John Hamilton took the chair. After some time the Hous osumed, and the Chair- man reported that the Committee had taken the said Bill into cons ration,— had made some ]pi Dgress therein, and asked leave to sit again on Friday next. It was ordered — That the Report be received, and leave be granted accordingly. January 26th., 1837. — Pursuant to tlu Order of the Day, the House was again put into a Committee of the Whole, upon the Bill intituled : "An Act Granting a certain sum of Monej to the Trustees of the Grantham Academy, for the purpose of liquidating the debts of that Institution." The Honourable James Kerby tfiok the chair. After some time, the House resumed, [but without reporting on the Bill. See Proceedings of the Legislative Council on 3rd, and the 7th of February, 1837, page 74, post^. January 27th, 1837. — Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the House was again put into a Committee of the Wliole, upon the Bill intituled: "An Act to Amend the Charter of the TTniversity of King's College," and the Report of the Select Committee thereon. (Page 60, ante, *See page 196 of the Second Volume of thia Documentary History, under the sub-heading of " Febru- ary the 11th, 1835," a'.so page 200, under the sub-heading of " 14th April, 1835." m. ^^i 1:1 Hi I I ft 4 » IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 4 ^/ fi *]*i % '(/. ^ lA ^ iV V] 74 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPEit CANADA. 1836-37 it 'i; f an«e.) The Honourable John Hamilton took the chair. After some time, the House resumed, and the Chairman reported that the Committee had gone through the said Bill, and recommended the same, without any amendment, to the adoption of the House. It was ordered— That the Report be received, and, that the said Bill be read a third time on Monday next. January 30th, i«57.— Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Bill intituled : " An Act to Amend the Charter of the University of King's College," was read a third time, and passed- Whereupon the Speaker signed the same ; and it was ordered— That Mr. D'Arcy Boulton, the Mastery m Chancery, do go down to the Assembly, and acquaint that House, that the Legislative Council has passed the Bill without any amendment. January Slat, 7557.— Note. To the Minutes of the preceding day, (30tli January, 1837,) were added two " Dissentients, to the Bill intituled : An Act to Amend the Charter of the University of King's College :" one by the Honourable William Morris, and the other by the Honourable James Crooks. For convenience, they are both given in the next Chapter. February 3rd, 1837.— On motion to that effect, it was ordered— Tiiat thfl Bill, intituled : " An Act Grantmg a certain sum of Money to the Trustees of the Grantham Academy, for the pur- pose of Liquidating the Debts of that Institution," and the Report of the ^Select Committee thereon, be restored to the Order of the Day ; and that the same be again referred to a Com- mittee of the Whole House to-morrow. February 7th, 2537.— Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the House was a^ain i ut into a Committee of the Whole, upon the Bill, intituled : " An Act Granting a certain sum ol Money to the Trustees of the Grantham Academy, for the purpose of Liquidating the Debts of that insti- tution, and the Report of the Select Committee thereon. The Honourable James C ooks took the chair After some time, the House resumed, and the Chairman reported that the •Committee had gone through the said Bill, and had made an amendment thereto, which theV recommended to the adoption of the House. Ordered— That the Report be received ; and ihe Jiaid amendment was then read by the Clerk, as follows :— ' , -P*"?** ;?;.^"1 ^5- After the word " whatever," insert " 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That, before the money granted by this Act shall be paid, security shall be given ly the TruHte4 by Mortgage to the Receiver-General of this Province, upon the said Academy and the lands attached thereto, for the repayn.ent of the said sum of money anc interest, at the expiration of five vearH, and that auch Mortgage, if found to be valid and sufflciem,, shall be certified to be so by the Attorney-General of this Province, and shall be deposited in the Office of the Receiver-General." The said amendment being read a second timt, and the question of concurrence put thereon It was agreed to by the House ; and it was ordered-That the said Amendment be engrossed,' and the said Bill, as there amended, be read a third time to-morrow. February 9th, i557— Pursuant to the Order o( the Day, the Bill intituled : " An Act Granting a certain sum of Money to the Trustees of the Grantham Academy, for the purpose of Liquidating the Debts of that Institution." was, as amended, road a third time ; and the question being put, whether this Bill, as amended, should pass, it was carried in tlio affirmative • whereupon, the Speaker signed the amendment ; and it was ordered— That Mr. D'Arcy Boulton, the Master in Chancery, do go down to the Assembly, and acquaint that House, that the Legislative Council had passed this Bill, with an amendment, to which they desire the .concurrence of the Commons House of Assembly. February 11th, 1837— A Deputation from the Commons House of Assembly brought up a Bill mtituled : " An Act Granting Pecuniary Aid to the Grantham Academy, by way of Loan " *o which they requested the concurrence of th's House, and then withdrew. The said Bill was ■then read a first time, and it was ordered— That the same be read a second time on Monday fie«t. ■' February 27th, i537--Pur8uant to the Order of the Day, the House was put into a Com- mittee of the Whole, upon the Bill intituled : " An Act Granting Pecuniary Aid to the Grantham Academy, by way of Loan." The Honourable William Allan took the chair. After some time ^e House resumed, and the Chairman reported that the Committee had yone through the said Bill, and recommended the same, without any amendment, to the adoption of the Ho. se It was ordered— That the Report be received, and, that the said Bill be read a third time to- rtnorrow. February 20th, i557— Pursuant to the Order of tho Day, the Bill intituled : "An Act ' -t be ment of the c.arges imposed upon the Provincial revenue ,,nH«r unappropriated ro-niea after the pay- also of any moneys granted during the present SeS for fh *°^ ^^ V A°'«- beiatof ,re pas.«d. and defray any charges attending the public srrv^ce." *•" ""PP"'* °^ ^''^ Civil Government, or "» .ach.'^ttrwersTv^^^^^^^^ the .u'estion of concurrence put on and the said Bill, as amended, read ^ rhiicftTme to mortr "^^^^'^^^-Th-t "^ey be engrossed? <^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the BUI, intituied :-•' An Act as amended, read a third time • aL ft ' }'■ .^P^^ Canada Academy, at Cobourcr " • wa- should pass; it was caSinthe'ffiiiv'e""'"" '""^ P"^' "^«*^- ^^i's Bill, as ^^ended; intitutft?^ i?t'^tn?oTporl""ee^^^^^^^^^^^ ^S^-nibly brought up a Bill the Erection Superintending and Mar^em^ent of a Roman c'liS v' % ^^'^ °^ '^''"«^««« ^^r t^y^ -- o^ ^•^e Collele of R^gfo^rart ^;^';^^^lj^ *ThiB Act '^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^7^3^^^ 76 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1836-37 '* Ifi I • Query, as to the bioht of a Provincial Leoislatuke to amend a Royal Charter. The Honourable the Speaker moved, that an Address be presented lo His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, on the subject of the Charter of the University of King's College, whish being seconded was adopted, and the Address was read by the Clerk as follows ; — To Bis Excellency Sir Francis Bmid Head Lieutenant-Oovemor of Upper Canada, etc. May it Please Your Excellency : We, His Majesty's dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Legislative Council of Upper Canada, in Provincial Parliament assembled, respectfully beg leave to represent to your Excellency, Uiat we have united with the House of Assembly during the present Session, in passing a Bill for making certain alterations in the Charter of King's College, in this Province, which Bill will, of course, be presented for your Excellency's asseut , and we desire it to be understood by your Excollency, that we had some hesitation in concurring in this measure, not on account of the provisions of the Bill, which it is scarcely necessary to say, itrere supported by us upon a full conviction of their expediency under existing circumstances, but, on account of the doubt en- tertained by us with respect to the propriety of interfering, by a Legislative enactment, with the provisions of a Royal Charter, under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom. 2. It seems to us, however, that several Communications from His Majesty's Secretary of State, which have, froni time to time, been received in this Colony, were intended to invite the Legislature to pass some law upon the subject ; and, under the impression that His Majesty'-s Government had given at least an implied sanction to such an interposition of the Legislature, we felt less hesitation upon this point than we might otherwise have done. 3. We beg leave, however, to request that your Excellency will convey our assurance to His Majesty, that it has been, by no means, our desire to interfere iiregularly with the Royal Prerogative on this occasion, or to infringe upon any constitutional principle ; and that, if we have misapprehended the intention of His Majesty's Secretary of State, in imagining that any thing more was co templated than an expression of opinion on the part of the Legislature, \i['e trust that this opinion will not less effectually serve the purposes of His Majesty's Government, from its being expressed in the dsHnite form of an enactment. 4. If it should appear objectionable to His Majesty, that the Charter should be amended by an Act of this Legislature, the Bill will, at least, afford precise information to His Majesty, of the alterations which the Legislative Council and Assembly consider to be desirable, and the Legislative Council will cheerfully acquiesce in whatever course His Majesty may think fit to pursue for giving eflFect to their intentions. John B. Robinson, Legislative Council Chamber, Speaker. 1st March, 1837. On motion made and seconded ; it was ordered, that the foregoing Address be refo' a a Committee of the whole House, to-worrow. QU^RE, AS TO THE RiGHT OF PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURES TO AmE:;D RoYAL Charters. 1. The case as raised in New Brunswick IS^o. The question here raised, as to the power of Provincial Legislatures to alter a Royal Charter, was subseruently raised by the Legislature of New Brunswick in 1845. Lord Stanley, who was the Secretary of State for the Colonies, thus discussed the question in a Despatch to Sir William G. Colebrooke, who was then the Lieutenant-Governor of that Province. He said : On the authority of the Solicitor General of the Province of New Brunswick, and of the great American Jurist, Mr. Justice Story, you suggest a preliminary doubt, which, if well founded, must supersede all further discussion of this Act, [i.e., one relatiiig to King's College, Fredericton.] It Ie the doubt whether the local Legislature possesses any constitutional right to alter the Royal Charter [of the College,] without the express consent of the Corporate Body, and whether such an Act, if passed, would have the fiiitliority of law. In applying the decision of Mr. Story, (whatever that decision may be,) to the case of a British Colony, there must, obviously, be great room for error, unless the most exact attentieit €hap. II. EDUCATIONAL PBOCEEDINGS OF THE U. C. LEGISLATURE. 1836-37. rt oxtended Empi.-e. "' "^^^ Provincea united together as Members of one occurred to me to hear of any cases in which thBrn. rVa ?f ^ith. that exception, it hns not refuse to enforce obedience to the Lts Ttho Locaf LeSsIatu?e"^ "^ ^°^"'^^ """^"^ '"^^'""^ case- Itisno?a£TSt%t"Sei':fl^^^^ in the present of that teim ; it was not granted by the Cr?S th« nn!.I^ ^^* ^^f *;''" '" ^^^ Pr-P^r sense but on the authority of the Provhicial Act of 185rrFn1frl^''p''"' *" "'^.^°^^^ Prerogative, enabled the Trustees of the College to surrender thS fcl f ^w •''«?^'^- ' ^''*P'«^ "' >' ^^''^^ Fourth, on condition that His M^esty S I r^ranf /.n .^ nl Majesty, King Ge..r,.ethe the College, the terms of which niw4Irte lei n^^^^^^^^ *•"" ''•^"•"""^P ' '^fon of tion of the Crown. ®' ''^^^^ P*'^'^^^ ^'^f*^ by the Act of 1823, to the discre- a Roy'r Crrt"XtdtJ^om"tt''rv:f to?"]'/ '°°"' Legislatures have power to al^er alter a Charter, the promulgation of whlTlCnrTssl!^^^^^^^^^^ b"t whether they Gave power to without their authority, could not be promJlgatod^* ^ authorized by themselves, and which, .^. The case, as raised in Upper Canada in 1837 On pages 64 a.d 76 of this Volume of the Documentary History of Education m Upper Canada t^e question of the right of a Colonial Lgislature to alter he terms of a Royal Charter, is raised by a Committee of the legislative C un il It was subsequently made the subject of an Address by the Council to Sir Tohn €olborne, the Lieutenant Governor This Address, b ed the 1st of Marci 1837 havmg been transmitted to the then Colonial Secretary Lord Gleneirhr;.nf .' to .^ under date of the 20th of April, 1837. (page 100 ^.^ ^ fclwf ':- '^'' 1 he Act, amending the Charter of King's College in lft^'71 ^-; • . ^ ■ . gestion and recommendation of the King mveved Ki h^" Zg-"^^^.** '" *^« «'Pre" 8"g- It has not appeared to His Majesty to rn^ol^rtZli^re ?r" ^f^^"'*^^ ^^^^^t^r, of Sratf. to which the Legislative Council aJvert in their Addr^ess and wV ?e constitutional principle, suaded will, at all times, be -intained inWo Jefe^ Educational Procebdings of the Legislative Council Continued 1837 intitutd"i«^An Ac'ro'^aX't^^^^^^^ House of Assembly brought up a Bill Canada for the year 1837," a Ja BiU intUuled^--' An io?^.n'* ""^ Common Scho. Is in Upper the fifty-ninth year of the Reign of His Matstv Kin^ P *'*,rPm^Pr'^ *^f »" ^ct passJ.! in Establish a Public (Grammar) School forSLL^i^EiSiXn ^v''"^' ^!^^^'> «'° ' »"d *» they requested the concurrence of this HouTand th«n wi?V.J ^"""^mu"^ ^^"'*«"' »« ^^ich read a first time ; and it was ordered-Tharthe 44th JuTe I thlfR ^'T ^* '^ ^'"« ^""^ *f^«" regards these Bills, and that they be read a second time Jwsdav d»P«n»ed with, as Pursuant to the Order of the Pav the Hnnna wa= ,..,4- • i V. an Address of this House to His Ex^ce loncy the lllntt^Tc ^"™™^'t«« «(.«»« Whole, upon Charter of the University of King's College The Hoirrahi?"r™*''''n°" ^^^ «"^J'^'='' «f the After some time, the House resu.ned, anTthe Chairman r«nnif ?r?.?'"°^''' '""'^ ''>« ''^air. throngh the said Address, and recommended the saLTto ZI^ ?''*' ^^^ Committee had gone ordered-That the Report be received TudtW 4^1-^ the adoption of this Hoa.o. It was time this day. The Address was Ihen S a third time t^tT ^? ^"^r^^^, and read a ' bird the Speaker signed the same ; and V was ordered- That °hf'W^' ^"1,^''^'^ ' Whereu„on Dickson and Philip Vankoughnet, be a Conmitree to wak Vn m ms°F?" of w'^S.rp'i-rr.irk^r-^ti^^^^^ '- ""°' ^'""•» <■" «»' for the"ye:J SS!""* " ^"■° "' """J' '°'' ""■ ^"Pl""* °f Common School, (in Upper Canada). M.ifrKtg%!„%rtr™^:Ut9!Tr^LTJ'^™tATJ;^^^^ of.-. R.i,„ of HUlato. the Laws now in force for estab ishinff PiiWWrVa«, x c u , P-®"^ P**"* *'^' ""^ *» Amend, the ClIu;^'w.u\I^JJK\he''&TL°Srh;S '" "°" "" «-^''" "' tion!n»^ Zr.r„t^ft the"£rartS"„rKl„jrc'"fl"'' E'"'? ^■"'°"'"- KATerS'' "■"■ '■"™ """""•^ ''"' C.pitKlh:'p5;,"cV.»5 LUt^inlrS reign'^Sl!r.dtSrl"oSL'^i"^nS.„t'^,^''^ "■"'!«™"' o"4own,ent of o„r «„vo- .,-.liaed.odiffn«ovortheren,oteTr<3rfertfeT^tirrwSVESS^ CHAPTER III. EDUCATIONAL BILLS PASSED DURING THE LEGISLATIVE. SESSION OF 1836. 37. 7. WILLIAM IV, CHAPTER XXXVL An Act to authorise William Johnson to convey to Trustees a Tht .. t School purposes in Georgina! ^^ ""^ ^^^'^ ''^^ Sir Francis Bond Head, Lieutenant Ooverncyr. Passed 4th March, 1837. ■» »Boeu »cn ivian or parcel of lan^on tKr^Mot^nZtr ^l^^^^^^^^ " certain piece township of Georaina containing f »!! oi- ' *".« seventh concession of said erected, to trusted fJ^tCurSa of SVf^^^ \f^"°i '^""^^ '^'^ '^««n Be it therefore enacteS by ZTnl 3Vxcinl*r^^^'" *f '^^^, ^"'^ing : advice andconsentof the theWiSativrSntll „ ^ A^^J^'uJy' ^^ ""^^ ^'^^ the Upper Canada, constituted anSstnbledbrvTrtr^^^ °' l^" P'''^^i°«« «' by metes and bounds, for tfepu^t^fi^^^^^^^^^ '^^^ ?'"'=«'' «f '-"d to such person or persons as h^ i^aHhfnk p op'er ; whTcl pS^^^^^^ ''""'''"^^ their successors, to be appointed in^uch mLnras mTbrrro^idedrnanv' ^"J deed, shall have power and capacity to hold the said estatP for 7v,f any fuch said, any law or 8fcaeut« fn the confr-v „ f-;" - '?^'®V *V® Purpose afore- thatsuch person or persons aStS ^^^^''''"''^■'''f^S ■■ Pvovided nevertheless, and Teache^rs employrdTi""rc3:7sX= Preamble. Petition cited. William John- son may con- voy a certain lot of land to trustees, for a school in Geofffina. Trustees, niaater and teachers, to be British sub- jects. •^ 80 DOCUMENTARY UISTOHY OF EDUCATION IN Ul'PliR CANADA, 183G, 37. '% I'.*'' 'r 7. WILLIAM IV, CHAPTER LVI. An Act to incorporate certain persons therein-named as a Board op Trustees, for the ERECTION, SUPERINTENDINO AND MANAGEMENT, OF A RoMAN CaTHOLIC CoLLEOE AT KINGS- TON, TO BE KNOWN BY THE NAME OF " ThE CoLLEOE OF ReOIOPOLIS," AND FOR OTHKK PUB- POSES THEREIN-MENTIONED. Sir Francis Bond Head, Lieutenant Governor. PftBsed 4th March, 1837. Ik .!• ' y.- Preamble. Recites con- veyance of land by the Hon. and Right Rev. the Roman Catholic Bis- hop of Kings- ton, for the use and sup- port of Roman ■Catholic Semi- nary at Kings- ton to the ■Trustees. Petition cited. Trustees in- coiporated. Manner of filling up vacancies ■among Trus- tees. Omission to appoint Trus- tees not to operate as a forfeiture of land. Roman Cath- olic Bishop of Kingston, ex-officio "Truatee. Whereas by the petition of the Reverend Angus McDonell , one of the Trustees hereinafter mentioned, it appears tliat the Honourable and Right Reverend Alex- ander McDonell, Roman Catholic Bishop of Kingston, hath, by deed bearing date the twenty- sixth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty-five, conveyed and transferred to, and vested in, the Right Rever- end Remigius (iauiin. Bishop of Trabacca ; the Very Reverend Angus McDonell of Sandwich, in the Western District ; the Reverend John OuUen, late of Bytown, in the Bathurst District ; the Honourable John JBJlmsley, of the City of Toronto, in the Home District ; and Walter M'Cuniflfe, of the Town of Kingston, Esquire, and their successors, a certain piece of ground, containing three acres and three- fifths, known as part of Park lot number one, adjoining the Town of Kingston, (and now included therein, and now called the Park of Selma, and in the said deed more particularly described,) in trust for the erection, use and support of a Roman Catholic Seminary, in the said Town of Kingston ; And whereas, by the said peti- tion, Legislative authority is requested to enable the Trustees above-named, and their successors, to be elected and appointed in the manner described in the sWd deed, to take and hold the said land, as a corporate body, in perpetuity, for tii3 purposes aforesaid : Bo it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Province of Upper Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of Great Britain, intituled, *' An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's reign, intituled, ' An Act for making more effectual provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America,' and to make furthtjr provision for the Government of the said Province," and by the authority of thd same. That it shall and may be lawful for the said Remigius Gaulin, Angus McDonell, John Cullen, John Elmsley, and Walter M'Cuniffe, to hold, receive, and take the said piece or parcel, conveyed to or vested in them, or intended so to be by the said deed, as Trustees for the erection, support and maintenance of a Roman Catholic Seminary, under such prudential rules and regulations as may, from time to time, be made and ordained by them and their successors, as such 'Trustees, as aforesaid, for the good order, direction and government of the same. 2. And in order to prevent the failure of such estate in succession, — Be it fur- ther enacted by the authority aforesaid, — That whenever it shall happen that any one or more of the Trustees herein-named, shall die, or become resident abroad, or shall resign his trust, or become incapable of acting therein, it shall and may be lawful for the remaining Trustees, and they are hereby authorised and required, within three calendar months after the happening of such vacancy or vacancies, to elect and appoint others, being Clergymen of the Roman Catholic Religion, resi- dent in the Province of Upper Canada, to complete the number of five Trustees, for the purposes aforesaid, in accordance with the terms and provisions of the said deed of conveyance, and that all vacancies that shall from time to time hxppen in and among the said Trustees shall be tilled up in like manner : Provided always, that the omission to elect and appoint new Trustees, upon vacancies happening as aforesaid, shall not operate as a forfeiture of the said land. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the present Roman Catholic Bishop of Kingston, during his natural life, and the Roman Cath- olic Bishop of Kingston, for the time being, shall be ex-officio Trustees under this Act, and invested with such power and authority in relation to the management of the said land, and of the Seminary to be erected thereon, as is in the said deed de- clared and set forth. €hap. III. EDUCATIONAL HILLS PASSED DUUINC THE SESSION OF 1836, 37. 81 4. And be it furtnor enacted by the authority aforesaid, That they, the aaid Trustee* Trusteeo in this Act mentioned, and their Successors to be appointed in manner decUr^ to be aforesaid, shall bo, and are hereby declared to be, one body corporate and i)olitic, * ^^ ™'" in deed and in law, by the name of "the College of Re« Parliament of Great Britain, o?T7.M«jif ^cttorepea certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty . Rei«n, entitled " An Act for making more effectual provision for the Government o the Province of Quebec, in North America, and toniake further provision for the Government of the said Province" and by the authority of the ^Tr wZf. /T '""^ ""f ?^ •*•? ^^i'^" *"^ ^"^'^^ """^ '•""^d. >«vied and collected, fn ,Zhl A J^.r"^*^' '?^'«l*»d collected, to and for the uses of this Province m the hands of the Receiver-General, unappropriated, there be granted to His ■ I^^if" ^^' ^°A,*^* "^^ S.^ 'J'^ Common Schools in this Province, for the year of Our t^Ar^rJ^lfrV'^^^ ^"""^rJ *"** thlrty-seven, the sum c f Five thousand Six hundred and fifty Pounds, in addition to sums now appropriated by Law, to be applied in the same way and manner, and in conjunction with the present sums for Common Schools, granted by Act of Parliament, which said sum of Five thousand; S^JtI'"^'' •*" Fifty Pounds, shall be apportioned among the several Districts of this Province, as follows that is to say,-To the Ottawa District the sum of One Hundred Pounds ; to the Eastern District, the sum of Five Hundred Pounds : to the Johnstown District^ the sum of Five Hundred Pounds ; to the Bathurst District the sum of Two Hundred Pounds ; to the Midland District the sum of Five Hundred and Fifty Pounds ; to the Prince Edward District, the sum of Two Hundred Pounds ; to the Newcastle District, the sum of Five Hundred Pounds ■ to the Home District the sum of Seven Hundred and Fifty Pounds ; to the Gore District, the sum of Six Hundred Pounds ; to the Niagara District, the sum of III ^^f"^!^^ P?.""^" : 'o the London District the sum of Six Hundred Pounds • to the Western District the sum of Three Hundred and Fifty Pounds. T?j. ^Ti,^"*^ ^A it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the said sum of Five Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty Pounds, shall be paid by the Receiver- General of this Province in discharge of such Warrants as may for that purpose be issued by the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Person Administering the Gov- ernment of this Province, and shall be accounted for to His Majesty, through the Lords Commissioners of His Treasury, for the time being, in such mknner and form as His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, shall be graciously pleased to direct. ^"- -^".^ be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That during the year aforesaid it shall not be lawful for the Board of Education in each District of this Province, to pay to any Teachers of a Common School the annual allowance, unless the Trustees of the said School shall make it appear to the satisfaction of the Board of Education, that they have made provision for his support, so as to secure n.. 5l^'\*v'''«®''i°?^T ** ^^^^ «1"*^ t° double the amount which may be allotted by the Board of Education, from the Public money, anything to the con- trary notwithstanding. -/^ ■/ e l^"i ^^'^.^^ i* further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That it shall and may be lawful to and for the Board of Education in each and every District, to allow the Clerks of their respective Boards, in addition to the sum they are now bv Law authorized to receive, the further sum of Five Pounds annually, durm" the continuance of this Act. j> p. .' s- -I Chap. III. EDUCATIONAL HILLS PASSED DURING THE SESSION OF 1836, 37. 88 7. WILLIAM IV, CHAPTER CVI. ^"^ t^/w *"'■**'' ^*"'^ ?f ''*' ^'"' '•*^''" ^^ ''"» FIFTY-NINTH YEAR OF THE KEION OF Hl» LATE Majesty Kino George the Tainr., (1819.) iNTiTtLKD ; "An Act to repkal part OF AND TO AMEND the LAWH NOW IN FOR.^E FOR E8TABLIHHINO PcBLIcM&LmMar) ScHOOlI IN THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS OF THIS PROVINCE." AND TO ESTABLISH THE PUBLH (nu*MM?tt School for the London District in the Town of London (Obammar> Sir Francis Bond Head, Lieutenant Governor. Paa8ed^4th March, 1837. fofHrrtea. V-*?"- "°^ (flraniniRr) School of the London District h«. been hore- tlTtn fl? T '"7t*' "a^ •'•" I'^Pl^'en' fcJiat the said School should in future be thJ K^A ^Z"f^ ^/"^rVr'" **l^ »«t"''t aforesaid : Be it therefore enacted bv T- S-* n ^^'=«"«"* Maiesty bv and with the advice and consent of tl.e Legislative Council and Assembly of the Province of Upper Canada constituted and assembled by virtue o and under the authority of an Act p^ed iA the plr ia ment of Great Britain, intituled. " An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act Dassed effectual provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in Vorth America and to make further provision for the Government of the said Province " andbythe authority of the same, That so much of the tenth clauie of In A^t ^^■^A /Taikf .fi(':y-V"}th year of the reign of His late Majesty King Geo?«e the Third (1819) intituled, " An Act to repeal part of and to amend the laws now in force for establishing Public (Grammar) Schools in the several ^1^ of ThiS Province, and to extend the provisions of the same." as relates to the ODenintr and keeping the Public (Grammar) School for the District of LonTon at VittorTa "^ the Township of Charlotteville, be and (he same is hereby repealed. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passing of his Act. the Public (Grammar) School for the District of London Preamble. (Sec. 69, Geo, III, Chap. iv. Tenth clauae of Act B9, Geo, III, Chap, iv, repealed, bo far as relates to opening , District / (Grammar) . School at Vittoria. District (Grammar)' School for District of London to bo henceforth held in the Town of London. r WILLIAM IV, CHAPTER CXIIL An Act to amend an Act passed in the fifty-fifth year of the reion of His'latii Majesty George the Third (1815). intituled : "An Aot to incorporate the ^ Midland District School." Sir Francis Bond Hearf, Lieutenant Governor. Passed 4th March, 1837. Whereas several Shareholders in the Midland District School Society as well as other persons interested in the prosperity of that institution, have p^etftioned tt?aMslrty*: tn"^ '^ "^'^ " '""^ ^^^ °' ''''' '' *^'« ^-vince inco^'iSng ;f fi.!^^'/"*^' '^'i^flP^^i^'^l^ comply with the prayer of the said petition • Be It therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Mljesty, by and with the advS and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly ot' the Province of UnneP Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an AcJ passed in the Parliament of Great Britain, intituled, '« An Act to Sal certtfn parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's rei^ninnS of Quebec, in North America,' and to make further provision for the Government f^^^^'i ?'"^Tt' If'?'' .V *^« r3r'y «^ '^^ «•''»«' That each and Zr?™'?* auWibedior and held m the said Midland District School Society shall" be and the same are hereby declared to be. personal property, and as such shaU descend and be subject to devise, or may be transferred and assigned ; Provided alwlys Preamble. Sec. 55 George iii, ch. 18. Shares de- clared per- sonal property and as such j transferable. ^'=11 rl 84 nOCUMENTAUY IlISTOHV OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 183G, 37 Frovlnion made for fill- inK vAoanuiaa aiming trii«te«H. Treasurer of •ocittty to ren dttr acuount, etc. Trnsteea authorized to make by-laws «nd rules, etc. that Huch tmimfer or aHHigtunont sh.ill ba by an ii.HHuniunt in writing, oxeoutml bv the ,mrty tnm.forru.K the Ha.no, and ontoro.l into « book to b« kept by ?he lid Society for that piiip.iBO. ' ■' *'" 2 And be it further enacted by the authority afor.Hai.1, That whenever it iihall . tZ'Tn .") ""y T"'7 ''r" '"'""^^y ''«"*»* . •• reHi«n«tio.; of any Seoorothe orticer of ,h.. Haid S„c.etv. .otweo.. the tinu, of the election or ap,».inlment o f S ru« 00 or other ottie.-r, and the period appointo.l for tho general electi.m of h d truMteoM and ofh- >, h. u Hhali and n.ay be lawful for tho retraining tn"le« by p, i ! D Wct"to"Tna' '" ""." "'•/"••™;'^t''« 'H'w.paoerH pnbl,«hed in th^ ffl Zl Ul^trlct, to ..all a general meeting ..f tho ahareholcfers in tho said Society for th. purp,mo of electing a tit ,u,d proper person or persona to mipply such vacant vacancies, an aforonatd : Provided always, that not less than tilnty-one dS n.^ic of such meeting shall, at all times bo given. ^ ""ouays notito 3. And be it further enacted by tho authority aforesaid, That the Treasurer for the tnno lu.,ng o tho sa.d Society, shall, whenever required so to d<,, by the ruste « of he H«.d Society, or a niaj<.rity of them, make out ami dtdiver t(. thorn a tr, » and faithful account of the money, which may have come irnXL/.n^^ I reasurer, as alno of tho oxpendi.uro of the same, or any part thereof as woH an o aU such o hor ma tors ami things as may have been Intrusted to him iiTSrHa ofhce ; and that a full an.l partic.lar account of the m..neys so received as afoTosS and the expenditure thereof, shall bo submitted to the Stock holdorsTthe Hal i Society annually, at the general election of trustees and officers of the institution 1 . 1 /I'V^ ^V* l""'*'''®'" «"*cted by the authority aforesaid, That it sh.ill and mav bo lawfuHor the rustees of the said society, from time to time, to make ind ordain by-laws and rules for the management of the affairs of the wid Soc e?y «uc pJ;ir;;hV^d^"od:t7« '" ^""^™^«""«" «* - ""--'-^-^ -i"» the Acrinct I CHAPTER IV. THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF KING'S COLLEGE CHARTER IN 1837. Both before, and at the time, that the first amendment was made to the Charter of King's College, in 1837. a good deal of discussion took place in regard to it. A modification of its exclusive terms was inevitable, and was the rpsult of these discussions. The request made to the King's College Council, in 1831, 32, by the then Colonial Secretary, Lord Godericb, (afterwards Lord Ripon,) to surrender the Charter, led' that Council to weigh well the practical alternative before them, of either surrendering the Charter, or agreeing, as well as assenting, even reluctantly, to such a modification in it, as would be acceptable to the people of Upper Canada. Prompted by their sagacious Leader and the Chief Ofllcer of the College Council,— the Reverend Doctor Strachan,— the Council wisely, yet unwillingly suggested such modifications in the Charter, as would take away its alleged objectionable character of denominational exclusiveness.* *The modifications in the Charter agreed, to by the King's College Council in March i«a9 .,. «. tamed m paragraphs numbers 14 to 17 inoluwve. on natre 34 of this Vnb,m« i'J/^ . u werepre«entr!h;m.S^[tCcou"^^^^^^^^ to tncrn, vioeijoec, the lieveiend UoctorH Scrachan and Harris and Mp^i^i^7,WllL^'J„'j't'''S"'1^^''^ Attorney General. Grant Powell and Christopher Widmer? M.D 'These SfiTtioSiTnThf Pk" ?°""""' however hesitatingly concurred in by the Legislative Council. See paje Gsfant! "**' ''"''' Chap. IV. FIRST AMENDMENT OF KINO'h COLLEOE OHARTKR IN 1837. 85 The.se modifications were not willingly assented to by Legislative Council. Nor were they less acccptr ole to the Council of King's College, as will be seen from the statement on the subject made by the Reverend Doctor Strachan him- .self, in his Address at the opening of King's College in June, 1843. He Mtid : — The College Council ... for the laku of poace . . . were diiipoaed <;o concur in Homo such niodiHsatioHR, mi have boon since forced on tiio I.iititution ; not that thoy considorud thoin iinprovomontH, but bucauHe the Oovernment Huenied to give them oountonance ; it being the conviction [of the College Council] that a College for tho oducation of youth in the prinoipleH of tho Christian Religion, as well us in Literature and the HciuncoM, is lens likely to be useful, I i to acquire u lasting and deserved popularity, if its roligious ulmracter is left to the discretion of individuals, and to the chance of events, and suffered to remain the subject of unchristian intrigues and dissontions, than if it is laid broadly and (irmly in its foundations, by an authority that cannot, with any reason, bo questioned. J'age 46. In his letter to Earl Cathcart, (acting Governor G(3neral), written on the 24Lh of March, 1846, on behalf of King's College Council, and on the subject of the amended Charter of 1887, tho Reverend Doctor Strachan reiterated the views which he had expressed to Sir John Colborne, fourteen years previously, in reply to the Despatch of Lord Ooderich, Colonial Secretary, of the 2nd of November, 1831, asking for a surrender of the Charter of King's College. In that letter he called the attention of Lord Cathcart to the opinions which he, and the King'f College Council, then held in regard to the doubtful future of that Institution. These opinions, he said, influenced them at the time not to surrender the Charter. The Council [of King's College], he said, would solicit your Excellency's notice to their Report of the 2l8t of March, 1832, on a Despatch of Lord (Joderich, then Secretary of State for the Colonies. (See page 32, ante. ) In this Report, the various objectionH made against the Charter were examined and fully answered. Nevertheless tho then Council, anxious that the University should go into operatiiin, felt compelled, though with much reluctance, to consent to soine luoditiiiation in it4 provisions ; but the concessions, which they agreed to, came to nothing, and produced no satisfactory result : the discussions continued, with more or less acrimony, until 183'7, when the Provincial Statute. (7th William iv. Chapter xvi,) was passed, embodying certain tUtnges, which were deemed amendments, and, in a great measure, following, though not altogether, the Report of the Council of King's College, (of 1832,) just referred to.* On reference to pages 216 and 228 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History, it will be seen that the only respon.se which, it is there .stated, the Colonial Minister made to this Report, or reply, of King's College Council, dated the 21st of March, 1832. was a direction, said to have been containea in a " Con- fidential Despatch " from Lord Goderich of even date with his Despatch of the 5th of July, 1832, printed on page 72 of the .same Volume. Not having been able to obtain a copy of this Despatch, I applied to my Brother, (Mr. Thomas Hodgins,. Q.C.,) Chairman of Committees of the Senate of the Univer.si^.y of Toronto, (which are investigating certain financial questions in regard to the University), for such information as that Committee had obtained, in regard to the missing Despatch. He has kindly furnished me with the following extract from their Second Report : " On the Grant of £1,000 sterling for Sixteen Years " : — Your Committee have caused searches to be made for the Despatch, stated to have been the authority for the sur>en8ion of this grant oi £1,000, amcng the Archives of the Colonial *From Appendix D.D. to the Fifth Volume of the Journds of the House of Assembly of the Province of Canada ; Session of 1846, Document Number Reven. »l ,f.' . >4f * J'i «6 *• • I— If'; DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837 St^^artVelS^^^^^^^ the Governor- tial, or official-iB on fyfe in any of the Offict mil- ^'i*""*' ^"^ "" ""^'^ Despatch-confiden- bo discovered after most c^ref ysearche?* ™«»«^'°»«d ; nor can any trace of such a Despatch reta.^'lSd'S'Sich^T'^lV^ tl'e Colonial See- the 5«. .uly 1S3. tand obtained^J^thTSffit oYr G^^^^^^^^^^ apPV:!;ri : wTicfK^^^^^^^ ^^—'T that you'^ho^J of the House of Assembly of Upper Canada wT«5^-,^^^^^^^ ^u ^^^^^^^ .to.accede to the request from the School Lands within TePn^t^^nVZ^^ 1^ ^^^ appropriation of the sums arising shouM pursue, should be some.hrt^mr fu^XltU^ir^st^ L^ltlTun^tir your DlsplJroroTw i'th'^r^^^^^ P^-^P-- «' Education, as I collect from S.r Peregrine Maitland and Lord MuJstfi^Z yearTsTSg":: "'^'''V""^ ^^''^ ^^'"««» to a General Board of Education comDoaed J fl?l /ii •' [^%22; see page 2, an« Plac« and stead of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese of Quebec, for the time being ; and that the President ot the said University, on any future vacancy, shall be appointed by His Maiesty, Wis Meirs and Successors, without requiring that he should h« the incumbent of any Ecclesiastical office ; and that the members of the College Council, includine the Chancellor and President, shall be twelve in number, of whom the Speakers of the two Houses of the Legislature of the Province, and His Majesty's Attorney and !• •■ I. Chap. IV. FIRST AMRXDMENT OF KING's COLLEGE CHARTER IX 1837. 89 Jieniber ot the ( hurch of England, or subscribe to any articles of re ieion oth«r ^^ religious than a declaration that they believe in the authenticity and D^viTie InsSration of T^!T'?^ the ( Id and Ne«r Testament, and in the doctrine of the Trinity -and further th^f tL^I r '"'^ oTS;Xeta7srhS'i^^^^ 2. And whereas it is expedient that the Minor, or Unner Canada fnll^^o i„* i n JF'"^'*' :^t?e^wS^o^r"-V';^'^ be incorporate^ wK?:'^.nrft*mS'iT^^^^^^^^ ?ffi?al of f J^Zt 'K""^ ^ "8/ College; Be it, therefore, enacted by the authorifcv U. C. fcollege aforesaid That the said Minor, or Upper Canada, College shall Lincor^rated *^^ ''l^^^' Z Ult™ aXTtro^ ^' ^'^ ^"^^«"^*^^^ ^^"«'« ^' "««^' «"^ ^-XTtl' II^^J^^^^ *i, ^■•A'i'? ''^ '* further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Princinal nf pal and 'Tutors h. U^A'f b« it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and mav '^T^mZe be lawful for the Chancellor of the said University, for the time be n^ to susn^nd Vice-Princi- or remove, either the Vice-Principal, or Tutors of the said 7tKid mE J ^*'"°'*^"*°" Upper Ca a^la. Co ege : Provided that unoh «iiar><.no; i ,^'*'"°^« ^'^ on reoommen- Dissentient to the passing or this Act, by the Honourable William Morris, on the t^RANT OF Lands in 1797, have been overlooked. 3. fiecattse. by the Ninth Resolution of the Executive Council in 17QS a- ^o» j^*. • i one Grammar School is erected, is a misapplication of the School Lands. '*"®^®' ^^^'"'*' *^'^'» " See pag-es 16-25 of the First Volume of this Documentery History. of th^eL'^nr GitarsSl^"^°r^^ pawes 42-46 of the Second Volumfl of ThiV Documen arv Hi J?l^v %„'^ Executive Council i« 1831. See signed by Mr. Morris, on pages 21-23 of the same VoluS ^' ^^'^ *^® ^^^^ °° *^'« «"^j««*» ?i«SP! tSefc page 17 of the First Volume of this Docu--- nhary History. \h' 90 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1837 m I TTT31 4. Because, the District (Grammar) Schools which were established in the year 1807, with a salary of One Hundred pounds per annum, paid out of the Provincial Revenue to the Master, were not, and ought not now to be considered, as being synonymous with and superceding the necessity of the Free Grammar Schools, inasmuch as the Statute is wholly silent as to any School Land reservation, and makes no reference whatever thereto, and may at any time be repealed by the concurrent voice of the Legislature.* 6. Becmise, the residue of the School Lands unappropriated, is in general of a bad quality, and will not, in my opinion, when sold be sufficient for the purposes intended. This deprecia- tion of the value being in part attributable to exchanges which have taken place of good lands ■for bad, as shewn in the Surveyor General's Statement, dated the 10th day of December, 1822, wherein it will be seen that 77,088 acres in the Townships of Merlin and Proton, have been substituted for a like quantity of the original School Lands in South wold, Westminster and Yarmouth, granted to individuals, f 6. Because^ the value of the endowment to the University of King's College is much too great, when compared with the wants of the Country, and will exceed the sum recommended by the Executive Council on the 7th January, 1819, as necessary for that object by Eight Thousand Pounds (£8,000,) per annum. I 7. Because, it would have been just to apply a portion of the funds arising from the sale of the School Lands granted for the endowment of King's College and Upper Canada College, to the support of Free Grammar Schools in the several Districts, especially, as it was His Majesty's intention in 1797, that a University should riot be instituted till the Grammar Schools were first provided for; and, if afterwards, it was found by the Legislature that King's College required further aid, a portion of the lands now remaining might have been applied to the benefit of that Institution, in lieu of the funds which I thus proposed to aid the Free Grammar Schools with. 8. Because, although it would appear to be the intenrion of the framers of the Bill to appoint the Judges of the Court of King's Bench Visitors of the Said College, in i he room and stead of Visitors named in the Charter, yet I am of opinion, that in the event of the Diocese in which) the City of Toronto may be situate, that the said Judges will no longer be Visitors, as was evi- dently intended by the House of Assembly, but that the Bishop last mentioned will have a legal right to hold the situation under the provisions of the Charter. W. MOREIS. Legislative Council, Toronto, Slat January, 1837. I5t The Honourable William Morris' Protest to the Colonial Minister Against the Composition of Kino's College Council. In addition to this formal dissent of the Honourable William Morris, as a Member of the Legislative Council, to the Bill to amend the Charter of King s College as it passed both Houses of the Legislature, he addressed several letters on the Clergy Reserve question to the Secretary of the Colonies, Lord Glenelg, in May, 1837. In one of them he referred to the exclusion of Presbyterians from tlie King's College Council. Lord Glenelg, in a Despatch to Sir F. B. Head, the then Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, calls his attention to this matter and says : — The design which Mr. Morris conceives to be entertained of excluding Ministers and Mem- bers of the Scots' Church from a voice in the Council of King's College, will, I am convinced, not be adopted by you. On the contrary, you will, I am persuaded, exercise the patronage which the law has vested in you in that respect, in such a measure as effectu;dly to remove any misg vings with which the petitioners of the Presbyterian C(tngregations, (as represented by Mr. Morris,) may have been affected on that head. *See the original District (Grammar) School Act of 1807, (47th George iii, c '^ter vi,) on pages 60 and (61 of the First Volume of this Documentary Hintory. fThia Return will be found on pages 102, 103 in the Second Volume of this Documentary History. tThia Report of the Executive Council will be found on pages 151 and 152 of the First Volume of this DocutneritJirv Historv. ^'1 Chap. IV. FIRST AMENDMENT OF KINO's COLLEGE CHAUTER IN 1837. 91 t,on to h.s remarks m ^t on the eornposition of King'. College Counei la aletter y '':r'/'"°'' ''"™'''' "■« **■ '«37, Doctor Straehan said - Church of England. The Charte7raniendn?l Tn.! ^^TJ*^%^ "'^^f ^'^ ^« Members of the «o longer necfssary that theTlloulT b7Zlo ZZllt ^Tf" 'u° '';;f^^«' ""^^ "^^kes it «re merely temporaiy appoinLen?%hicnnust be va^^^^^^ ^'^? remaining Hve named and, consequently, are not very Xs ?able bvp?,? K f 'V"™/"^^ H"** "'« Professors are also to be borne in mind that it woS^utbe e- sv foT„> ^"r*^" " *-^' Institution. It ought to the Scotch Church of sufficienrs and ' an^leCre^^ ^^I^^^^i^g bers of the Council of the University of King^ CoZl r n^ \T '° >^'°'"« ^^''^""^ ^em- ffr-vs^.r^rxCer^^ri3!i r^^r^'^'^^ ^^ the A»"lTwilrLT„7SoSt,runZLT^^^^^^ Z^"'"'^ »' '^■"^•' «*««P"«* proMive ot the voice of more thnn s .mjl St?t. ^T.? • t t ■ ''°" ''° ""* '=0"»i'l»f it M ei- «l.at I prMume not to make .nTotLr replTthcnVa, ,t'f *'!!?'"■• ""? "" »° "traordinar, a.si,tance, lo vindicate it, o»n cliSfiX, ,,r. ,oh ,!™ "'''° 'J' .I""" *'"'''• »'*""' "y »» carried on the a„t div,.io„, ,y ^tliSuyT^L'^!:ZZ\^'>J^,XZX'^'''''' Cn^^JoSSU rh:t"^:er:Slt,;rSp&I° Zt n.T '» '™">'"/>.««™to the you were a Member -recommending tW a Thl!.i i ^ .* ""^ *^® Select Committee, of which «ho„,d Reappointed aa .eon ..r'th^e g'o^'eriTnrop^e^Sr^^^^^^^^^ Toronto, 4th December, 1837. John Strachan. Reply to these Strictures by the Honourable William Morris. To this letter and others, from the Reverend Doctor Strachan, (published as « pamphlet the Honourable William Morris replied in January. 1838, as fd W^^ withIZ?ear.^Ld1;rPpt^^^^^ Council ; but certainly Body consisted of nine Members, all of whom the Chanop'lln^i' ^^^ ''""'"^^ Charter, that the Church of England-that the amendTdTharlr iici 1«« f^'^'^P^^^^^^re to be Members of they need not belong to the Church of England ^ ""™^^'" *^° ''^^^^^^ ^»ers the Church of Scotland shall not flrat' that Board ^ ' '' '' P'-"^'^™*^^. that a Member of I* *• • St " 'I t. ,4 92 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. i83r it, I need only say that I fear the fatal words "after" and "convenient" will exclude, during yonr lifetime, at least, the old-fashioned Geneva f;;own from the precincts of the College Avenue. . . * W, MOBBIS> Perth, January, 1838. " DiSSBNTIKNT " IN THE MaTTKE OF FrEE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS— BY THE HONOURABLE JaME* Crooks, — to a Bill passed by the Leqislative Council to amend the Charter of King's College, 1837. 1st. — because, the present Bill continues, to King's College the possession of upwards of 200,000 acres, one-half of the lands .-ippropriated by His late Majesty King George the Third, for the purpose of erecting and endowing Free Grammar Schools in the several Districts of this Province, as well as for the erection and endowment of King's College, \7hich added to a subsequent grant of upwards of 60,000 acres of land to Minor College, incorporated by the present Bill with King's (^oUe^ie, is, in my opinion, out of all proportion to the benefits which may be anticipated from the establishment of that Seminary, even if the situation and quality of that portion of the lands reserved for Free Grammar Schools were in every respect equal, (of which I have strong doubts,) compared with the benefits which Free Grammar Schools would confer upon the inhabitants of the Province at large, were they established in the different Districts thereof. 2nd. — Bexause I consider the provision made by the Legislature of this Province for the support of District (Grammar) Schools, as an insufiicient substitute for Free Grammar Schools, as contemplated by the munificent grant made by His late Majesty ; in asmuch as Scholars are not admitted to them unless upon the payment of quarterly fees to the Teachers, (except in the instance of a limited number from the Common Schools,) and the said provis'on for the support of iJistrict (Grammar) Schools may be repealed, whenever the Legislature may think proper to- do so.t James Crooks. Legislative Council, Toronto, 31st January, 1837. Efforts made to put King's College University into Operation, 1837- At a meeting of the King's College Council held on the 12th of April, 1837,. the Reverend Doctor Strachan laid before it a letter which he had addressed to Mr. J. Joseph, Secretary to Sir F. B. Head, the Lieutenant Governor, urging reasons why steps should be taken to put the University of King's College into operation. His letter was dated about two weeks after the passing of the King's College Amendment Bill of 1837. He also submitted the reply of His Excellency made to Doctor Strachan, through Captain Mudge, his Secretary. Permit me to draw the attention of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor to the law recently passed, intituled : *' An Act to amend the Charter of the University of King's College.'" So many years have intervened since the original Charter was granted, and the best interest of the Province have suffered so much by the delay, that it seems exceedingly desirable that steps bhould be immediately adopted towads putting the University in operation. Shonid His Exoellensy be of the same opinion I must respectfully submit that his pleasure be communicated to me to summon the College Council for the purpose of devising the measures which may be deemed most judicious to carry the Charter, as amended, into effect, and that the same be laid before the Chancellor for his approbation with as little delay as possible. Toronto, 20th March, 1837. John Strachan, President of King's College. •This proposal to have Theological Professors of the Churches of Englfttid and Scotland was snggpsted in a Report of the British House of Commons, dati-d the 22nd of July, 1828. See page 264 of the First Volume of this Documentary History. It is alco referred to on page 69 of this Volume, ante. fFor Reports and a discussion on this subject of Free Grammar Schools, see pages 21-23, and pages 42-46, of the Seoonu Volume of this Documentary History. Chap. IV. FIRST AMENDMENT OF KINO's COLLEGE CHARTER IN 1837. 93 The following is the Reply of the Lieutenant Governor made to the Council through his Secretary ;— %y £b t^l^nc;t%tS':r\?a7r°'' n ^^'^^^ '^^ *^« ^^^'^ •-*-*' ^ - directed if mediately ado7fedl3Tpurng*Ji: Un.Wy^.rKm"?7(^'V'•"• ''"'' "'T «^'7"^ ''^ that view, I am to signify His Exino^s H«I.>T 7h V "^'"K ''.,7""«««,'n opemtion, and, with Colloi^e Council to assLbbrat sStim^^^^ ^« pleased to «umm..n the devising the most judicious measures rSnu^ ChflTof hT?'?.'' ^"'' '^^ ?»••?''«« "f into effect. cairying tne Charter of that Institution, as amended, 'Government House, John Joseph. Toronto, 30th March, 1837. On the 26th of April, 1837. the Reverend Doctor Strachan laid before the Col ege Council the draft of a Report to His Excellency the Lieutenant Cover, or containing his views and opinions on the expediency of puttin. Kind's CoS into operation. The Report was ordered to be prfnted.' On the 3rd of May 1837, the Report was again considered and amended. On the 10th of June 1837 It was finally adopted and ordered to be sent to Sir F. B. Head, the Chancllor' of the Umversity. for his consideration and approval. The Report is as follows • Report of the President ok King's Co..eoe Council on the Expediencv of puttiko THE University into Opekation ^uiuno .ideratiotfgreml o'utH^e of ZXs nJceLl S^."" t'' \ '^^ ?« 'Y'"^"^ ^ -b'-^' ^^ -n- Univ.rsit;of«King.sCofcl^:;S— K^,S;et.L^^^ ^"*^'"« ^'^ ex J;ivX;i:.%Xm'brlrrn1rwiZe^^^^^^^^^^^^ *« P^^-'^^ - ^'- most the distribution o? the different DeDlrtmenfs if L h,«T) f kV*""^ ?t "" ""^ important Arts. In which immediately preceZiT and K«nnHiri^f,i?S-^ that eauh has a dependence on thnt some one of the moJrgeneml dS^^^ TheCnLj^l?""" "*'"™»y/"«»g« themselves under of Students will be ve?y limited and th«t!^?,S u """ •''^' 'o^*^ 1°^ '«'"" y^""" ^^^ ""mber Science will not be heclary In ^eo,^^^^^^^^^ thTs vi^w"'! If'^'^^V^Vr^ P*A*'""'" ments, to be placed under one or JSrProfessors Th« P n^^^^^^^ multiplied, as the improving resourcesTd incrtr; o? Pu^p^^ m^^y^ t^nt^^nd re'r." '° '' The General Flan of Instruction in the University. six df^isbns^LTows :- ''^ ^'°'^ ^'"^ °' ^'"*'"'=*-" "^^ ^« conveniently distributed under 1. Classical and ( .„.^^l^ ^"^^^J the Greek and Latin languages; Ancient Hisforv • Modern J Ancient and Modem Ge .araphy ; Chro ...lo^ ^,n I An^ruTti^s • Modern ' --- "-{^-S^-'fe^!^^;^^^ 3. ^^tlhy':'':Lo.'^^^^^^ Philosophy; Christian Ethics, a..d Political 4. Theology { ^rn"*^ ?'''^"^' Languages ; Natural and Revealed Religion etc t etc.--(This Department may remain at present, in abeyance. ) 6. Jurisprudence.. ] wj„fil"ln^P •"''?',*"**. "^L^^^^"."* ' ^'^''' English and tJonstitutional Law- oZ.^! . "°i?^^n''^*'''' ^"*'«^ ^""«*' "ti"" -«"« Lecturer. ' fh« Chemistry, with Geology au-l Miner. logv ; Anatomy and Pi ysiolo-ry • 6. Medicine }^^^ Theory and Practice of Physic; xnd the Principles and SaSf y Surgery; Materia Medica. The. epeutics .n I B..tanv w ^h M.?hv,f^ri a J ^J^--«-f Women and Children.%neProfe.s.!rTa';;dSre^'ES^^^ 3. In drawing up this plan of instruction. I have availed myself of a statement nf fl,.. arrangements for conducting the various i tepartments ■ .f Kins's ■ 'oiLal T ..?i ''^''**""^"*^ ^^ the to agree much better with the requirements of thVouMrrthantl;,s^^^^^^^ , M I'h 94 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837 \-^> h ,t/. I when the flourishinf; state of the funds shall permit, and the increasing youth of the Province require the whole scheme to be carried out in its full vigour, the University of King's College win equal, in the means of instruction, the most favoured Institutions in the Mother Country. 4. The Regular Course of Education is properly comprised in the three first Departments including Chemistry, Geology and Mineralogy, (from the sixth Department.) Those of Juris- prudence and Medicine, being rather of a Professional character, will be conducted by Profes- sional Men not residing within the University, (the Professor of Chemistry excepted,) and at fixed hours, and without any great interruption to their Practice in this City. 5. Besides general superintendanco, it is proposed to make the services of the President available for the Professorship of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy, with Christian Ethics and Political Economy ; it will likewise be his duty to instruct such students as belong to the Established Church (of England,) in Christian Theology. 6. The Five Professors, as well as the President, will have to give three or four, courses of Lectures each ; but, as their pupils will not be numerous for some time, the labour will not he-- so great as, on a slight view, might be anticipated. Estimated Beeeipts and Expenditure of the University of King's College. 7. First : The annual expense of the University may be estimated as follows : — (1) The President, till enabled, by an adequate remuneration, to resign his parish, to re- ceive only the small remuneration allowed him in April, 1827 by Lord Bathurst for superinten- dance of the University — Two Hundred and Fifty pounds (£2fiO,) sterling a year. (2) The five Professors residing within the college, and devoting themselves entirely ") to the duties of their Departments, each Four Hundred and Fifty pounds > £2,260 (£450) J (8) Add to the Salary of the Senior Professor (4) The Lecturer on Jurisprudence f As only a portion ' (6) The Lecturer on Anatomy of their time will (6) The Lecturer on Theory and Practice of Physic and the"^ ^e required Two Principles and Practice of Surgery, etc Hundred pounds (7) The Lecturer on Materia Medica, etc [(£200) each. (8) Librarian and Gardener, One Hundred pounds (£100) each (9) Library annually . (10) Philosophical and Chemical Apparatus, and formation of a Museum, per ) annum j (11) Servants and Contingencies 50. 800i 200' 200 250 600 £4,(iOO (12) To this expenditure must be added, the aid annually necessary to support ) „p^ Minor, or Upper Canada College j °"^ (13) The Bursar's and Registrar's office 60O Total Annual Expense, Sterling ^ £6,000- 8. Second. — Ways and Means: Interest accruing directly or indirectly on the sum of Seventy Thousand pounds ) p. „«/» (£70,000) due upon Land sold \ £4,200 Average rents 1,200- Interest on Thirty Thousand pounds, (£30,000,) due by the Minor, or Upper Canada, College, 1,800 Halifax currency £7,500 or, Sterling 6,400 Surplus, (exclusive of fees from Students,) £ 40O 9. Before the University can go satisfactorily into operation a considerable Library should beformed, containing especially books on the various branches to be taught, that both Professors and Students may have ready and effectual means of reference. Chap. IV. FIRST AMENDMENT OF KINO's COLLEQE CHARTER IN 1837. a«^ in.truc i without such an ac?om,nodSn k woul7 SlPhl«'l f' ^" ^' gradually completed ; for, among the Students. Besidls the S^ oTK. R enforce good discipline and regularity not only be foun.l excS ng y inconvinin ^ hev'caT h"*^ Houses for the I'rofessors wifl amount to more than the interest of STemZnvlJJ^ .* ^ procured, but the expense will that there can be no savLg bTdelay InZTt it mo^^^^ w«T?'? it ''''""^'y ^"■^^'"««' »« shall be convinced that to beam rrcreditah k In.! «* • ! ^^^''*'' ^^"^ '"'''« '*' «««"" *« ™« ^^ with temporary apartments. * Any such arrHnlement^ manner we ought not to be satislied some manner countenance the dea that w«»rn!Si '^ considered a sort of shift, and in of assuming that imposmg attUuJe to Jhioh JL ^J ^ up a nondescript Institution, instead which. fronfitsRoyal ChaLr Id snlm,H^r^^ entitled, and which befits a University time when it will b^the firs?,'iaron:KL?in'"NtrAlS^ "'''•'^"^'^^ '"'^'^ ^"-"'^ ^° "- Fourth. — Library and apparatus to proled^rEn;a'\3" uLTi^^^^^^ is submitted that the President be authorised efficient Professo^/as are SSated to Hve^n E ^1 ' T'' ^'^u^^'"^ ^""J"''''^ in choosing such superior talents and attaints Id of Sntlin™'""' 7v7 ""^^^ x*° ^« Gentlemen of bo appointed who has nre^inced Tlcided ni^LTn^^ No person ought to Science which he will have to teach As maSv S«rw /v *''" ^T']^^' "^ Knowledge and person, it will be expedient to combine fhe Scot^ch i^d Fn. S^^^^^^ f" ^"^ Sf *^"«^^ ^^ **»« «'''"« fessors both Lecturers and Tutors thtsJ^TsbTinral-f-l,'^'*''^ "' """^^ *''« Pro- has, of late years, been pu^sut' with'sfrnt^aranrge n'thT U^^^^^ '"^^ Glasgow. In King's Oolloge. London, it appears likewise to be thL ^ractce? ' '""^ Fifth, Funds must be Borrowed at First. wouliVL"feS; 'no3afy%rut^^^^^^^^^ •^TA'?^ ^--•) 'hat it Thousand pounds (£6,000) availabirLrdertolahSh'Jr',? '" "^^'^l^'T '^^ ""^^i^'y ^ix deemed essential to commLTthe l^us?^ oHnst^^^^^^^^ time, it must be obvious that the reauSite nor L nf .wf r iJ- ^'^"P.^i' '»ann«r. At the same contemplated arrangement fffeSt^rsoonlr C n"ex ScU"er tweTvemontlir IsVoT^'h "°'" ''^ imm^dMely available, tSeactual debt c^tac^d ^uM^o ^oTT^ef^C^^^^^^^^ Sixth. Statutes Rides and Regulations. second, from the beginning of the Lon/weekin T.n,,ir. t^ I '"'''">''"''""»• ^J Th» the third, from E»ter to the third F°Sl71fj„i„„t^£ 5". T^ "^'j^ ^''•'<"- ('> *■"• voation of .hout two week, at Ohri.t»i"f .'nVn"!f. welet'thrSrSntr"' "' ' """^ Mo^ed Aeo„^iS,toth.regnl.tlon,tt1'i^'"t5^e'^?^a^^^ 96 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDbCATIO.V IS UPPER CANADA. 1837 1-.^- Smentk — Scholarships in the Uniee.r»ity. 16. It might be judicious, oven if iittended with some degree of pecuniary difficulty fur n, time, to appropriate a sum of money for Scholarships, of Thirty, or Forty poundA (£*30, or t'40.) per annum, to continue tlireo years, the length of the Academical Course. If six were to l)o given every year to the six best (ireek and Latin Scholars taught within the Province, in throe years eighteen would be created, and the number, if found expedient, might be increased wiion the funds admitted. The expense incurred would be spread over three years before it reached the maximum ; if the Scholarships be fixed at Thirty Pounds (£30,) the whole sum reouirt-d annually, after the sect^nd year, would be Five Hundred and Forty pounds, (£540) ; if the Scholar- ships bo fixed at. Forty pounds (MO,) it would bo Seven Hundred and 1 wenty pounds £720. Jov Straohan, Toronto, 2Gth April, 1837. President. The following ia an Extract from the Minutes of the proceedings of the Council of King's College on this Report at their meeting held on the 10th June, 1«87. The President submitted to the Council a Report embracing the amendments suggested at the meeting of the Council on the 3rd of last month (May, 1837). The whole Repoit was taken into consideration, and fully discussed, when the following liesoluMons wore adopted : — 1st — That the Report submitted by the President, as amended, be adopted, it having already been submitted to His Excellency the Chancellor. 2nd — That it is expedient to commence the business of instruction under the President and eight Professors, or seven Professors, with the medical Lecturers. 3rd — That it shall be the duty of the President and Professors to submit to the College Council such an arrangement of the various branches of knowledge to be taught as may seem best calculated to insure, from the first, the full efEoiency of each of the six depaitmeuts mentioned in the general Report, now adopted. \ 4th— That the Professors, under whose care any department is placed, being responsible for its management, constitute a subsidiary Board, at which the senior Professor shall i reside in order to consult, from time to time, how they may distribute their re-int«d.-the Ilebellion of 1837 broke « ft lur f r ..; " """^ T"''*^''«" "^'"»t t.! bo .m excollent measures projected . "'^"''^ ""^' »'"'. '«>r " time, nu.pended this and many other l^v^.ty. worthy of notice. « r co..en=r^:;.neT^fe7^^^^ Appointmknt of the New Counci. of Kino's College Universitv 1837 May 13th. 1837. On this day, Sir Francis Bond Hpn i .• ' , " Council of King's College on the ba'i laid doTnll Vcfa ' nTt "' •''' Royal Charter. The Co..is.sion of this date havlg btn\o: U^^^^^^^^^ a new one was issued, dated the 30th of May 1837 After ZL * , '-^."^^'^^^^ formalities in the Commission, it proceeded'as follows - "' '"'""^^^ arJj!Z'^ Or:A^r.'Lt7.:I'L^^^^^^ . ^y ^^^^ Pate„t. under the March in the Eighth year of His said late Z if !vR- "'? ol!;?"^*'' °" ^^^e fifteenth day of there shall be EsUisLd at, or Zr, tSe feVf Yo?k"' ill'V *° ?'^?''" ""'^ Gmnt t'^.at Upper Canada, from the time of making the sa.TLtters Patent nn"n°' "^^ *'^« P'-"^"'<^e of privileges of an University, as, in the said SteJs Senf V^ i^''^^?"?*^^ "^''^^ ^ youth and students in Arts and Faculties, to conttSe'Jttrltetfltd K^in^^ 0^1^"'''^" "^ Btitu^^ SntJeS^oCa^o-STi? -^-"^ «^^^-"^~ con of The College Council, and to'cl'si^t Tth "ctL^nd *P^ V"*^"' ^'y the'„rm"e' of Seven Professors in Arts and Fficulties of the 8ak[ clI? !,"*' ^"'' *''« ""'« ^^^^8 i and with certain exceptions, in the cases therein mentbSed. ^ ' ""'*''" '"'*'" conditions, and And Whereas, h- "An Act to Amend enacted ; — the 4;tSs i>Vsru?:f?^f S^/jr rltSJ' "rr?""^ "o ">»k« p"-- f„ viously to the appointment of any PiJfessoP or n«»f ■ "' "»stitution of the College and nr« thereby further ordained andTclared Iml tho cZ^^ FfP^^" therein, wKe^ore ft Is being, shall upon, or immediateirXr the L.fn^^^ ?■ ""u "^ ^^^ ^^'^ College, for the tim« nominate and appoint seven disc'leet and p^ote "^^^^^^^^^^^^ by W«r,,„t°under his VaS' Upper Canada, to constitute jointly with him th« Li^rif' '^^^ '^e"* within the said Province of than i'^^ziifviS r.s: rot'xisS! t„ tsr ^' '^' ''-"r «™»«". »*. Now Know Ye, that, to remove such dn„K. *" ''^' ""'^"^ '■^'Wointed. the number of Twelve, as^rquSbv th^^l^ ^fc^'!i• "iT^.r '^' '^^^ C«"e?e Council to ?l King's College," I do hereby, by vfrtue oTthe saVi S^-/ '^". ^'^ *^ ^mend the Charter Jameson, Attorney GeneValandc" A Ra^"^""^ ^t^-,. .Ti>« preceding Lw Office™ wprf ivl ""*"' ^t^^^J options, in the cases therein mentioned *'" conditions, and V » ,1 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. «• ' i' •4 Vice-Chtiicelli r of (Inner Can«d» ; the Hononrablo R4)bert Baldwin Hullivan, the Hononrablo William Allan, the llonourablo J \n MacauUy and John Simooo MacauUy Esquire, to ho Membom, and oikch of you (v. »« • omb^' ' the College Council of Kuik'b College, aa afore- #ftid, and to constitute, jointly i* he uancellor and Fro.iident, the Speakers of the Two Houses of the I .iKisUt' (v of the Pi v.. Am Majeaty* Att^.rney Oeneraland Solicitor General for the time being, and th*' T'^** of -e Minor, or f pfM.f Canada, Colleae, the Council of the BHJd Oollege ; subject u) ftucli conditi, • and reatrictious, and *>th such limitations as to your continuanofl in the said Douflcil, and witi . authority to do and «i«cute all and singular such things, as in the said f,."tti>i~» Patent are provided and set forth.* Given under my Hand sn>l Office Seal at Toronto, this Thirtieth day of May, in the year c our Lord One thousand K^^'^ Hwuu, '^d and Thirty How n, and tf His Majesty's reign the Seventh By Command of His Excellent^/. p. fl. Head. J. Joseph, Stttfetary Declaration made by the Members of the New King's College Council 1837, 39. The first section of the Act to amend the Charter of Kings College required «ach newly appointed Member to declare his belief "in ihe authenticity and Divine Inspiration of the Old and New Testament, and in the doctrine of the Trinity "—The foUov/ing is a copy of this Declaration, as signed by the persons whose names are subscribed thereto : — Declaration required from the MoniJers of the Council of King'a College, under the pro- visions of the Act passed in the last Session of the Provincial Parliament, intituled : ''An Act to Amend the Charter of the University of King's College : I do solemnly and sincerely declare that I believe in the authenticity and Divine Inspiration of the Old d Hew Testament, and in the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity. Members of the (^ nncil Ex-Officio by Statute. Signatures. JJute of Signature. The Chancellor The President John Stranhan June iotii, 1837. July S^2nd 1837. April 20th ]^39. January 27th 1839. T..1.. iii:i.U 1 uop? The Speaker of the Legislative Council | J no. B. Robinson Jonas .Jones The Speaker of the House of Assembly The Attorney General Allan N. MacNab The Solicitor General Wm. H. Draper February 2nd 1839. Job. H. Harris July 22nd 1837. Jolin McCaul January 27th 1839. The First Principal of Upper Cinada College. . . The Second Piincipal of Upper Canada College. Members of the old Cowicil, appointed uwler War- rant from His Exeelhncy the Chancellor. The Honourable Robert Sympson Jiuieson, Vice Chancellor of Upper Canada The Honourable Robert Baldwin Suiliv.. ... The Honourable William Allan ... 1 he Honourable John Macaulay Captain John Sinicoe Macaulay, Royal iiifs^tr- on Signatures. Date ofSiynatii Robert S. Jameson . . i R. B. Sullivan '. cJlan tO. Macaulay S. Macjf.''*v June 10th 1837. June 10th 1837. June 10th, 1837. June 10th, 1837. June loth, 1837. June lOth 1887. * Two former Membersof the College Council declined re-nomination to it, videlicet. Mr. (or. aa he is frequently named. Doctor) Grant Powell and Doctor Christopher Widmer. Chap. V. EDUCATIONAL PROCEKDINOS OF THE U. C. LfiOiaLATURE. 1887. 99 ^ CHAPTl R V. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE UPPER CANADA LEOIS- LATURE: 1837. . ,t ^Zf''\y'''^ "^'^' ^^^'' ^*"*^'* Legislature wa. convened to n.eet on the 19th Ju i837. and was opened with a Speech fron. the Thro . by Sir Francis B. He ,d, the Lieutenant Governor, in which he state,! that " the com- mercml d.incult.es which had assailed the Province - were chieHy caused by the suspension of Pj,ecie payments by the Banks in the United States, and that Parlia- rnent v.as called, in consequence, to consider the monetary condition of the country. In the House of Assembly Sir Allan N. Macnab was elected Sp. aker. in pace of the Honourable Archibald McLean, who had been elevated to th. Court wereTf^ZinJ^^^^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^ in .^e-nl^nHhaVSeTdTesf ZlT '' ^H^" ^I^T^ "' -« that 80 much of the above sums as are t e Pmceeds of t he ^.tLn^O^'''^^ ^'^ *^''"*' " " ^"^ ferred to this Province, may be anpireH, thTnurnrmL nf oln ^^.^'^''gy J^^-^rves, whentians- Yeas ana Nays were taken as foffi^: £17^2 TAvs2?Thl "?*'""• ^^" ,^^'«'> '^^ decided in the negative by a majority of 8 and tt A^dr^ss was^asid" " "' '''"-^'^-^ .aa day.xs^L SsSs^ SSiS^^ic^^^^s {is,£;lirf!r'"^^V" ^'^^ ^---'-^ secondliime, buffaL'^lTartVth^reS^ P--"«^ *o do. wa; read . The only educational proceedings in the Legislative Council during this Session was the receipt of a Message from the Lieutenant Governor, transm^itting a Despatch from Lord Glenelg. the Colonial Secretary, dated the 20th of April 183.^ou the subject of the right of a Colonial Legislature to alter a Royal* Charter, such as that granted in 1827 to the University of King's College The proceedings were as follows :— s • ^"o by the Clerk, as follows : ' ^ ' *^'^ ^^^'''^^' '^"'^ ^^'^ ««»"«' ""^ it was again read F. B. Head : ^••■^?*'~?--'.» Government House, Toronto. 26th of June, 1837. ^- ^' ^' 4 '• • 'I ■.Jl 100 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. Note. This Despatch related to the question of the right of the Canadian LegiF.atiire to alter a Royal Charter, which is discussed on pages 64, 76 and 77. I have had the honour to lay at the foot of the Throne, the Address from the Legislative Council to yourself, transmitted in your Despatch of the 4th ultimo, explanatory of their con- duct in having concurred in a Bill sent up from the House of Assembly, for altering the Charter granted by His Majesty (in 1827) to King's College. See page 76, ante. I have received the King's Command to express the high satisfaction with which His Majesty regards the laudable solicitude, manifested by the Legislative Council, to avoid any encroachments on the prerogatives of the Crown, in the form of the proceedings, in which they concurred, for the amendment of the Charter of Incorporation of King's College. Considering, however, that the Act originated in the express suggestion and recommend- ation of the King, conveyed through His Majesty's Secretary of State, it has not appeared to His Majesty to involve the departure from the constitutional principle, to which the Legislative Council advert in their Address, and which His Majesty is well persuaded will, at all times, be maintained inviolate by the Legislature of Upper Canada. See page 70, ante. Downing Street, London, 20th April, 1837. Qlenelg. Note.— The question raised by the Legislative Council, and to which this Despatch is a reply, was setfcled by that reply so far as to the action in the matter of the Council. The question itself was not settled by the Despatch, and will, therefore be discussed separately in another Chapter, further on. The question raised was in itself a novel and interesting one, and worthy of being fully cop- sidered and answered. •Especially the Despatch, (which was evidently prompted by the efforts of Mr. Vvilliam L. Mac- Kenzie), of Lord Goderich, Colonial Secretary, dated the 8th of Nove;mber, 1832 ; (pages 112, 115 and 117 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History.) The authority for modifying the terms of the Charter of King a College by the Legislature of Upper Canada is referred to on page 188. Its authoritv for doing so is emphasized by Lord Glenelg, the successor ot Lord Goderich, as Colonial Minister, in his Despatch to Sir John Colborne, dated the 6th of May, 1835, given on page 213 of the same Volume, and referred to again on pa^e 245. The reference to the action of the Colonial Minister in this matter, on page 276, caused by his refusing to act upon Sir John Colborne's suggestion, that the Imperial Government, and not the Upper Canada Legislature, should modify the Chaiter, is made to show how irreconsilable was the difference in policy and procedure, (in regard to the King's College Charter), which existed between the thnn Colonial MinistM-, Lord Glenelg, and Sir John Colborne. Incidentally, this difference of opinion con- tributed to Sir John Colborne s retirement from the Lieutenant Governorship of Upper Canada. This fact is noted on the page quoted, 276. Chap. VI. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE U. C. LEGISLATURE, 1837-38. 101 I CHAPTER VI. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE UPPER CANADA LEGISLATURE, 1837-38. The third session of the Thirteenth Parliament of Upper Canada was opened by Sir Francis Bond Head, the Lieutenant Governor, with the usual Speech from the Throne, on the 28th of December, 1837. In the opening part of his Speech, Sir Francis Head referred to the death of His Majesty King William the Fourth, and then spoke in the following terms of the advent of Her present Most Gracious Majesty to the Throne of Her Ancestors : — vn„f J''*^7^T® ""^ -^^ ^"*i'''' ^™P'''® '^ "«^ adorned by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, whose support "' ' "' ""•* '''^' '"^'"""S ^'' '° ^'' ^"'^J^^^' claim their loyal prSion and The Lieutenant Governor then referred at length to the origin, progress and suppression of the RebelUon of 1837, 38. but did not refer to any educational subject. . Educational Proceedings of the Upper Canada House of Assembly 1837, 38. During the Session of the Legislature, several of the Members were absent on military duty, in the suppression of the Rebellion, videlicet: Messieurs Michael Aikman, Allan N. Macnab, Alexander Chisholm, William Chisholm, Oeorge Elliott, Alexander McDonell, John Prince and Charles Wickens. Threo' Members were expelled during the Session, for alleged participation in the Rebellion, videlicet : Messieurs Charles Duncombe, David Gibson and John Rolph. A motion to expel Mr. W. B. Wells was defeated by a vote of 21 to 13. The most noted of the new Members in the House of Assembly during this Session, were, Messieurs James Morris and Henry Sherwood. Mr. James Morris, Brother of the Honourable William Morris, formerly a Member of the House of Assembly, but now of the Legislative Council. Mr. James Morris was a Member of the Government of Canada in 1851, as the first Canadian Post Master General. In 1853 and 1858, he waa appointed Speaker of the Legislative Council. Mr. Henry Sherwood was a notable figure in his day. He filled the office of Mayor of Toronto in 1843, and was appointed Attorney General of Canada in 1842. fV..f ?K S^''" T'^' \^^h-^'A ^8'^ ^- ^''^*" «'^«« "«*»<'«. that he will, on to-morrow, move that the House be placed in Committee of the Whole, for the purpose of grantingTsum of money for the maintenance and support of Common Schools in Upper-Canada, for the year 1838 ''■ **«' 102 DOCCJMENTABY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837-38 i" 'fi I>'<^frnber SOth, 1837 -Mr. Edward W. Thomson gives notice, that he will, on Wednesdav ?hTs PrvIS/r *" ''""* ^" * ^'" '°' *^' ^«"^' Regulation of Common School tl^^o/t thatfhrZn/'K^^f'^^''- ^«^^ ^- ^°^''" g'^*" """•'^ that he will, on tomorrow, move for fia ! be placed ma Committee of Supply, for the purpose of voting a sum of monev for the support of Common Schools in Upper Canada, for the year 183S. [qL re 1837?] Educational Proceedings of the House of Assembly in 1838. Elliotr'Zves^1hS;:^^""T' '"^ """r* ^'-PS^^ K- Gowan, seconded by Mr. George S imnVh^r. ' Vt? ^''T ^l'''''' ""^^"^^^ ^t""" i"'o a Committee of Supply for the purpoie lL*7 Sh '°'*^""/y^°'.***r"PP°''*«^ Common Schools in this Province for the ?ea? ilSknS Lrean"?f th«Vr-"* * T. ^«"'" T« -P"*^ '"*« '^ Committee of the Whi, ^r Comm^fl S i ?® *'o*""-, T'^® ^o"8« having resumed, the Chairman reported, that the House TV,«r''^'"\^'^ ^ * Resolution which ho was directed to submit for the adoption o ho House. The Report was received, and the Resolution was adopted as follows : TT„«?"'^^^^'!i"^?t}'*' *here be granted to Her Majesty the sum of Five Thousand Sir Se vea'r 1837 ^fiT Tf -k' J^f''^^'^ K'^' '"PP°^* «^ Common Schools in UppeJ CWa, for On motion of Mr. Ogle R. Gowan, seconded by Mr. George Elliott it was orderpd_TJ,nf JJ^nr.^'f.^'^T'' Morris and Robert G. Dunlop be a Committee^LTaft 'and repo^ tr8uoDort\f°Kn^ Resolution of this House granting to Her Majesty a suTof moneyTr tne support of Common Schools m Upper Canada, for the year 1837. rh. fr'-V ^'^ ^/^^--Mr. Ogle R. Gowan gives notice that he will, on tomorrow move for ?ponrnrTctlh n'^'''':S C"™'"?"^^' ^ t^^e into Consideration, and to re™ otC House rtJultn'Tthe^DelLrdVuT"*^ ""' "'^'"^^'"^ ' ^-"^^''"^'^^ ^«^'"- ^^ '"^^ -« 4 MorrtTo7e8?httfS.7.^^"""•.'/^"""''^^^^^^^ ^- ^'°"^"' «««°"ded by Mr. James «f„w-'i," * , ^.\ Committee be appointed to take into consideration the oroDrietv of That ttoH^" P^^'^'r ^'thin this Province for the care and instruction TDeaf S Dumb ?iorburn ' ithTb"lHv^°""''1 ? ^'''^''''' Alexander McLean, Abosolom Shade and Da^id carried ^ '^"^ ^'''' ^^"'"' ^"'^ P^P®"""' *"^ ""^P^^*^ '^ ^^is House, which was B Ti^ZlT^^^"'' ^^f • -P»"»\nt. t« notice, Mr. Edward W. Thomson, seconded by Mr William p;ovrn kT''^'' ^°'' '^*'^? t'^ ^""g ^" '^ Si" f«'' 'he regulation of Common Schools in this Province, which was granted, and the Bill was read a first time. On the nuSZ for Vhl rRobfn,'on"^ "^ '^lu^.'r'^T''^ '" amendment, Mr. E. W. Thomson, secJided"; Mr W |a^t&=^^^^ X%??r;^krBS,^w"^^^^^^^^^^^^ -' *^« ^--' ^« -P- t^he^s^L^^S; by Ml.^£^"strt^^d! :S2 SrSrfabir ^ "^ ^^^^^ "^"^'^ ^°"«^^' ^^ ^-"^'^^ "P /P.«:?""Ti' u'*{'' J^^l—^ ^^"tion of Mr. Walter C. Crofton, Teacher of the District (Grammar) School at Cobourg, was brought up by Mr. Henry Sherwood, and laid on the Table Janvmy 19th, i555. -Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Petition of Mr Walter C aTjrure.tS:e^f ™^ ^"^""^ '^'^""^ «* ^'^^°-^' P-^-^ ^- aslunceTrlpa'r Mr. Edward W Thomson, from the Select Committee, to which was referred the Common Schools Regulation Bil], reported the Bill. The Report was received, and the BUI was reLd the first time. It was ordored-That the Bill be read a second time to-morrow On motion of Mr. Henry Sherwood, seconded by Mr. George Rykert it was ordered That Me'mWs '' "P"' '' *'" ''•'""°" ^^^"°^^ ^^S^^^*^""^ Bill\e 'prSd f^^the use 7f the Jannary ^^j/i,i55^ Institution ; and the House of Assembly, DoundTSfoo^^iSi^ paased a Bill authorising a loan of Four Thousand One Hundred pounds, (£4,100,) to the Trustees of the Institution for ten years. (See page 57, ante.) to the ILl^hf!''''*'''® ^'""i"? ' ^«'^«^'7' a* the eleventh hour of the Session, sent the Bill back Rece?veffwJjl\h iT^^^ the object of it, by providing that the S b?« h1^ f V u u "t*^ ^^'*"°t *"y °* ^^^ ™«°«y g''*"'^^ by the Act, unless he had money in his hands, for which he had no other use. (See page 58, ante.) .on^^J" J^^"^' "]y..^°''**; the matter stands ; and your Lordship's recommendation, and the recommendation of three fourths of the Representatives of the people [of Upper Canada], and maiorifv nf f^ t"" M r PT' *"-'^ '''^"V^ ^"'^ importance, are"^ set aside aSd defeateThJa ma or vnf itL ^^l^^ ^''^^.T''"'^' consisting of twelve [or fourteen] persons present, and a biJ« rSi ^ ' ^Jl«"«^.«r *^^f queations of Religion and Education have come befor^ them, i.!,!u ^ ^ .°'*"//i!^P''''^'°".*° H*''^ ^^^ inhabitants in total ignorance, rather than that they should be instructed by any other than a high-church agency. . .* ro^nt L^vt^^J^i^l^}""^ the successive liberal and parental Despatches of His Majesty's Govern- ment on Educational and Religious questions, and past experience, would have prevented a repetition of such ultraism on the part of the ruling party in the Legislative Council. I did not even anticipate any opposition whatever from that quarter. But I confess myself most egregiously and painfully disappointed. "lyaeu mosi ^ffwii^'^Tr^*'' ®"f?'^orP??l'^'''" Newspapers, to which I beg to draw your Lordship's attention. The one dated 22nd Februaiy, 1837, contains the Report of the Sekot Committee ^Li tt ?"i ?M "f 'i"Jr'''^ the Upper Canada Academy. (See page 62, ante). Theother, dated the 1st of March 1837, contains a report of the debate in the House of Assembly on the passing of the Bill in aid of the said Academy. (See page 107, post), ^^^^»^y on tne r^nrZ*" a^'"''^"t P'««^.* «" the 27th and 28th of Febru«ry, 1887. when the amendment to the Upper Hnhtn..n If'^T'^^^n-^'^r.^?^ P*??^^' *?? aBsenting thereto were: The Honourable John Beve?ly ^itil^' ?P^-^-!f--^"!'A'? »»f «<»>. George H MarklanS. Alexander McDonell. Zaccheus BurSham JohS r,sm.,!Sj. ^iigtt-t,5-.3ijaiuwiu, James Keroy, James O'jLooku, T. A, Stewart. J. Macaulav Philin' V*n koughnet, W,!ham Allan and Joseph Wellsr-H. On the final passi^rof the 'b 1, nex^dayfiisth F^^ *hf winn'' 11°*TT^'\i.r'f P'T°' ""^J*^?" ''^^ Honourable and jfeverend Doctor Stra*W 16 It wis the Honourable John Elmsley who moved the restrictive proviso to the BUI. See page 108 jbo,« :.'# Chap. V. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE U. C. LEGISLATURE, 1837-38. 105 „ ^.^P- v^*"-,^*"!*™ ^- I^™Per, Chairman of the Select Committee, (on the U. C. Academy Petition), 18 Member for the City of Toronto, a strict Churchman, and an Executive Councillor. (See page 54, ante). Mr. Heniy Ruttan, who brought the Bill into the House of Assembly, is a so a Churchman, and is, and has been for many years, Sheriflf of the Newcastle District. So likewise are Solicitor General Hagerman, Mr. John Prince and Mr. Ogle R. Gowan, Members J « Church of England. Mr. Malcolm Cameron is a Member of the Church of Scotland— and Mr. Anthony Manahan is a Roman Catholic. i.1, !^" '^°^ ^^^ t«J8timony of these Gentlemen,— to the vote of the House of Assembly, and to the strong language of the Report of the Select Committee, (sea page 54, ante,) I beg to refer you, in corroboration and confirmation of all that 1 have stated to your Lordship on this sub- ject ; and, m support of our humble applications for relief and assistance. 12. The whole case, which I presume once more to submit to your Lordship's favourable consideration, stands at the present moment as follows :— Fh^t.— The demands against the Trustees of the Upper Canada Academy are such as must cause the discontinuance of these its operations, if not the sacrifice of the whole Establishment Itself, at the close of the term, ending June next, unless assistanc -^ can be obtained. This is positively and aifectingly stated in Letters to me from the individuals concerned. They say there is no other alternative before them. -Second.— The Upper Canada House of Assembly have, by a very large majority of 31 to 10, expressed a cordial desire to aid the Institution out of the Public Funds of the Province : and the evidence taken before the Select Committee of the House, and put into the hands of each Member before the Bill was passed, together witth the Report itself, and the testimony of the various Members who spoke on the subject in the House of Assembly, amply justify your Lordship s former estimate of the value and utility of the Institution ;— and to those unbiassed and unquestionable authorities, I refer you for all that I can desire to urge in its behalf. r. '^t^^^^'^^^ ^'^^ question, [between the Imperial and Colonial Governments,] relating to the Casual and Territorial Revenue, has not yet been disposed of, or even taken into consideration during the recent Session of the Upper Canadian Legislature, that Revenue remains, of course, at the disposal of your Lordship ;— and, to apply a portion of it in aid of the Upper Canada Academy, cannot possibly give the slightest offence to the Representatives of the Canadian peo- ple, since they have done all in their power to afford the Academy relief and awistance, out of funds which have been placed at their disposal. The More Favoured Case op Upper Canada College Cited. Fmirth.— The Buildings of the Upper Canada College have been erected from funds at the disposal of the Crown, at an expense of Seventeen Thousand pounds, (£17,000). It is sup- /'no'^^^^'^'^j^®*'" ^''"'" *'^^ **•"* sources, at an expense of nearly Two Thousand pounds, (.£2,000,) and is also endowed with Twenty five thousand acres of land, [afterwards increased to Sixty-aix thousand acres]. The Students, including boarders and day-scholars, number one hun- dred and ten, for which see the Letter of the Reverend Doctor Harris, the highly-esteemed Principal of the College, in the accompanying paper of the 22nd of February, 1837,— also the high recommendation of that excellent Establishment by the Editor of the Christian Guardian. The Upper Canada College and the Upper Canada Academy. • T T?® PPP?'" Canada Academy has been thus far promoted by the voluntary contributions of individuals ; the course of study for the Students, as appears from the Report of the Select Com- mittee of Assembly, (see page 53, ante,) is as extensive as that of the Upper Canada College, with the addition of Lectures. The Upper Canada Academy is in no respect a rival, but a coadjutor of the Upper Canada College,— educating quite a diff"erent class of Students, and contains already, even in the infancy of its operations, eighty Boarders and forty day scholars,— making a total of one hundred and twenty pupils. The one Institution is under the superintendence of Clergymen of the Church of England •— the other Institution is under the direction of Wesleyan Ministers. The one Institution' is equally appreciated with the other by the Upper Canadian House of Assembly, though not so by a majority in the Legislative Council. Surely the one ought not to be left to languish, whilst the other is so abundantly provided for. . . . Personal and Pressing Appeal to the Colonial Skcretarv:. If your Lordship will reach out the hand of relief in this crisis and extremity of what, I think, I may fairly term Christian and patriotic exertion, the announcement in Canada will •13 II I 106 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OP EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837-38 be hailed by tens of thousands, with feelings of inexpressible gratitude and animated encourage- ment,—whilst the aid afforded will secure the final accomplishment, (to use the language of the Select Committee of the House of Assembly,) of " the greatest undertaking hitherto successfully prosecuted in Uoper Canada upon the plan of voluntary contributions alone." (Page 54, ante.} 20 GuiLFOKD Street, Russeh Square, London, 18th of April, 18S7. Egerton Rierson. Enclosure JSinmber Three: Reply to this Letter by Sir George Grey, Under Colonial Secretary dated the 25th April, 1837. '' I am directed by Lord Glenelg to acknowledge the receipt of your Lettev of the 18th instant, and, in reply, 1 am to inform ycu that, in order to prevent the embarrassment to the Upper Canada Academy, which you apprehend, from the proviso introduced by the Legislative Council mto the Bill granting a loan to that Institution, instructions will immediately be sent to !?ir * rancis B. Head, directing him to advance to the Trustees of the Upper Canada Academy, from the Casual and Territorial Revenue of the Province, the sum intended to have been granted by the Bill in question. "^ Downing Street, London, 25th of April, 1837. George Grey. Enclosure Number Four: Letter from the Beverend Eqerton Eyerson to Sir Oeorqe Grev, dated the mh of April, 1837. T //^?^° JH® honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th instant, conveying Lord Wenelg s gracious answer to my renewed application in behalf of the Upper Canada Academy. • ^* 2. In behalf of the Trustees of that Institution,— of the Wesleyan Conference, and of a large portion of the Inhabitants of Upper Canada, of different classes, and in behalf of myself ' mdividually, I thank His Lordship with all my heart for this timely and liberal extension of Royal patronage and support to the Upper Canada Academy. 8. I leave this evening for Upper Canada,* and doubt not but that the present decision of UiB Lordship will contribute not a little to strengthen the conviction, cherished by the enter- prising inhabitants of that noble Province, in regard to the deep interest taken by His Maiesty's Government in their social welfare and happiness. 20 Guilford Street, Russell Square, London, i!8th of April, 1837. Egerton Ryerson. Enclosure Number Five : Letter from Sir Francis Bond Head to Lord Glenelg, Colonial Secre- tary, m reply to his Despatch of the 28th of April, 1837, and dated the 20th of Jnly, 1837. . I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Loi-dship's Despatch, dated the 28th St S" ' ^^^^' '" ^'^^"'^ ^^ transmitted to me a copy of a Letter addressed to Your Lordship by Mr. Egerton Kyerson, complaining of the conduct of the Legislative Council, in having, ''i'^*/o*!,^,n«X®?*M*°"m''^ *^^ Session, sent a Bill, authorizing a loan of Four Thousand, One Hundred pounda, (£4,100.) to the Trustees of the Upper Canada Academy, back to the House of Assembly, so amended as completely to defeat the object of it, by providing that the Receiver General should not advance any of the money granted by the Act, unless he had money in his hands, for which he had no other J^' , ^*^^"S» as Your Lordship is aware, advanced from the Casual and Territorial Revenue fund the balance necessary for the payment of the V7ar Losses, I had no means of immediately paying to Mr. Ryerson the sum of Four Thousand, One Hundred pounds (£4,100). 3. Nevertheless, being desirous that Your Lordship's wishes should be carried into effect. I have given to Mr, Ryerson such a statement of my intention to advance the money in question, so soon as it can be procured, as will, I am happy to understand from him, enable him easily to obtain the amount from one of the Provincial Banks. )n his return to Upper Canada, the Conference, which met at Toronto in June, 1837, passed the fol- ■ resolution : That, on the return to this Country of our esteemed Brother -The Reverend Egerton *0n ^wing rv,„w.>.v^«w . iiioi,, uu lUD icburii lu uiiH \jouni,ry oi our esieemea urotngr— rne Keverend J<;gerton Kyerson,— who has, with so much laborious zeal and untiring perseverance and satisfactory aucoess, accomplished the highly important objects of the Mission, on which he proceeded to England, according to oiir appomtment.— \Vu cauant but request him to accept of the very cordial and affectionate thanks of this Conference ; and, at the same time, to record upon our Journals our unanimous conviction that he has thereby, not only amply earned such a tribute of our brotherly gratitude, but has also justly entitled him- Belt to the grateful regards of every genuine friend of Upper Canada." Chap. V. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE U. C. LEQISLATURE, 1837-38. 107 I lt'tt?r''of"Yof.r t""*'/!!"' ^"^«"«^ '>« •?•;"> 'ilfchough it has nat been i,i my power to obey i letter, of Your Lordship's Instructions, I feel it due to f ^ ' ' • - • - ^ V, , , -' " '.'- — -' *'*® Legislative Council to explain to Hyersons declarations against that branch of the Legislature are the , „ Your Lordship that Mr. unmerited and incorrect.* is that The Eri^A^'^'^Vf '•i??'""""'' '^"^^ ^ ^«" ^'"•'^^'^'P ''^^'"^ ^l««ig"«'l to produce IS, that the House of Assembly, being eager to ercourage the Upper Canada A cadeinv had lie Le^iKfve Coun if" T. '^''' '""T^"' '''''' .«""«' '""^ »'«'''•" ^^^ tiine, sent ifup to and cJnTived t? defoaVi; fLTr'p-.V''"^''''' ^^T """"^^ *° *''« ^'"' ^^^'^ ^''« calculated anaconirivea to defeat it; that the Bill and amendment were purposely kent back "till tlm any'difficil?; ""^ ''^'" ""* ^'""" ''' ''^ "°"«° "^ ^^''^'"^'y' -^'«» it was t'oo kte *to remove 6. The facts are as follows : the Session of the Legislature commenced on the 8th of November, 1836, and ended on the 4th of March, 1837. On the 24th of February 18: 7 the Bil for granting aid to the Academy came up to the Legislative Council from tlTHouse of Assem wfcn f ^ ' t' "'"'?'?• *^"n *'* ''tu' ."' "'»« ^^y' '^f ^ Sefsion of one hundredand sU?een dayt a„d" when the Legislative Council had probably forty, or fifty, other Bills before them ^ ' on tL%T !the 2(^Th''hl^'''^^ """^ '^^ ^'^A^ "^^ ^''''^''^^ i" Committee 28H1 On H ^ ' ^, Au""«^T'' ''"^ ^""^ amended and returned to the Assembly on the 28th ,-On the same aay that this Bill was sent up, many other Bills were sent ud from tie House of Assembly, and after the 28th of February, 18H7, when it was reUirned «me ided bv the Legialative Council, I understand that the Assembly 'sent no less th^n twenty sWElfs^ which, with very few exceptions, were passed through the Legislative Council andSame law ' 8. From the forogoing statement, it is clear— i^iraf, That the Legislative Council could not have returned the R.ll in question early, because it cam^ to them late ;-.econrf St the bTi when It did come up, was passed through all its stages, without delay, t ' tb« iL^'^r;,,-'^'*''' ""^^^^f *? *J?® ™?,V*' °^ ^'^® amendment, on adverting to the Acts passed in the last Session, your Lordshir, will perceive that about a million and a half of money was granted by the Legislature ; and, the Province being already in debt, the Ac s geier^nv sneX ing, provided for raising by loan the moneys required to meet these new grants ^ ^ 10 The Bill, to which Mr. Ryerson refers, simply granted Four Thousand pounds ^£4 000 > out of the unappropriated monies in the hands of the Receiver General, and nmcle no proSn for borrowing the Four Thousand pounds, (£4,000,) on debenture. ^ 11- The Legislative Council knew that, after the grant? which the House of Assembly had made, there would not be Four Thousand pounds, (£4, WO, ) in the Receiver Geneml^ h3s uinn- propnated, and, consequently that if the Bill passed into a Law, either it woukl be a delus oS or the Receiver-General would be embarrassed by the conflicting demands of persons clShi^; money granted by several Acts passed on the same day. persons claiming ?n?:inl±*^^1'°'''''^""'? " the LegiHlative Council, in respect to the UrperTanadaTcademTfinP he dTd complam of the too exclusive character of the views and pVoceedings of a ma ioritv of the Couno^ nn ' «„h jects of religion and education ' ; but, in respect to the constitution and general chira^cterTthatRranV IntttsB '""'"*• """"' ^'*'"°°^' '^'^' *» «'« Excellency's knowledge, dTende.' 'irwith' gJeatlearrnd r.4^mTto\^tX:r8^v::£^^^ £:Sh ) L^'is^fXwi.^-^Tn'i^f:; *r r;.' ^«^- ceedings of the Honourable the Legislative Council on the Bill in que ? onrYour Pet ttner's stateme„?'nf which has been impeached by H « Excellency. Your Petitioner bfiiy« tn sf nt« f hJi fd ? statement of Sihe &t of MarPh 'ls4'*'T^o''*"'^'- ^J^^ ^"^%*''« Christian Guardian of the 22nd of FebruLry and mg of all parties concerned that the effect of the amendments was t^ defeat the obi^ctTtheoriJ^^^S "n nexTS '"'' '"" *'' '"*^""°"^ '' *^^'' ''^^'"^"•" ^^ee reference'to the ffinourlbtVohS'ElSy 108 nOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837-38 ^ Bill ?- ^"^'"' "'^'^ c»-c»>»«t'vuco8 the Legislative Council added the following proviso to the for af?; J'li'''''^'"l"^''5"'*'T l»'"t'ition, that, in case there should not bo unappropriated money terms a nroS thafT « P .^y^);«""' "' "[« L«"er to your Lordship of tlie 18th April. 1837, SsVLTH.^; th^zZf^rTi^K^^^^^ irr "^ -^^-^^ ^™"^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^: ^m.^^Jr:':^!^^:^^,^^^^^'^^^^^^ • • • was not even present when the Aof nf Vn^ *'" '"^°'*'"*^*^, ''^ih* ''« to"'^ no part in the Bill, except voting for it, as he did for an ment was f3ed bv tlii'sf T" ^S""-' ^""T' ^''''^ '" '^' «■"»« ^e^^'"" that the anld Sb L?H«,nr ri 1^ , Speaker of the Council, who is a private contributor to the building of ^.viifj^oZ'Tn-. .''.?''• i"">d«r8tand. strongly advocated in the Council, the expediency o gu ing to the Institution the public support that had been prayed for. t 1 « •«' i-y oi v.-ndiiatiJn'of a"S!?l' *^r* your Lordship will read with interest, and with satisfaction, th'. the Ses^^LiWe ^n^^^ respectfully assure your Lordship, requires opposEif to the HrZ^^ ""' n *^" «"<="»™g.« ^^ ^o continue uncmpromising hostility and opposition to the House of Assembly, whenever it may constitutionally be necessary to do so. Government House, Toronto, July 20th, 1837. y. B. Head ^''tZZ^sPlnrf-', f'ir*ff>-<>^LovdJ^lenelg, the Colonial Minister, dated the SSrd of ^ugiiH, l8o,, m reply to the Letter of tiir Francis Mond Head, dated the SOth of July, 18S7. have^lXn7or'Idvr-' ^.r"'"'"' ""! ^^ ^Sf^ °^ *'"'^' ^^^T, reporting the steps which you TTnlr P i A f"°'"8 the sum of Four Thousand, One Hundred pounds, (£4,100 ) to the IJ.Ko?« t^* ^«^.';?™y. and Replying to the representations of Mr. Ryerson, rektiVe to lie conduct and disposition of the Legislative Council towards that Establishment. the feeHntf wllh "^ifT? 'J^ y"""" ??'«'=? ^^ings on this occasion. You have actually anticipated whiclitou'r Catd^ct^^^^^^^^^ ^'^ '^^^^"'^^ °' *^« ''^^^'' ^' '^« ^^^^'^'^'-e Cou'ncil. been^intln?S """"^T^ u P"''*^^^ ^''*l ^'- ^^^^on's misstatement of the fact could have I h^ve no doub h.fl "' ^^ ^as m,t m the Province when the discussion in question occurred, 1 nave no doubt that he was misled by erroneous information. admitaiS H*"' all times my anxious endeavour to exercise the utmost vigilance atjainst the ?n^7 to th/ T. '^^^'T''' t^J""°"' ]°/"y °^ *^« authorities of the Province, withoursubject- ing It to the most rigid scrutiny ; and 1 feel that such a suspen sion of my judgment can never in th*e MFnutef of*th?r°i^rf'^ '^'^"°* ^i'^"^"* '^^®° ^^^ amendment was first proposed ; but he is reported Bill. L amenled! wa' " p«1S. •' *' P'"'""' "" '^' ^^'^ °^ February. 1837-the day on whic^ the son thuJ^l^Jr^'tn^^l^H^^ ^""Z^ i Assembly of the 2nd of February, 1838, the Reverend Egerton Ryer- 8on thus refers to the Honourable John Beverley Robinson, Speaker of the Legislative Council --"^hA ."^nlr^" """""'fble. the Speaker of the Legislative Council has been introdSbrHis Excoilencv m Lh tn?,r p''?-f •"'**"'^ to implicate the integrity of your Petitioner. What parsed between Wd aLne^ and your Petitioner relative to the part whrch that honourable Individual took in theTffaS i^M follows'? ^IX?oTiritho7Mfrc'h%te'^^^T^ •'"^''"«° »«*h« following editorial p'ritK^irctt^^^^ ' vuaratan oi ine «tn ot March, 1837 : As we were not present when the Bill was under discussion wa ar^ r We uXTtJ?d "fcr fhTl^"^''''.^'' °" '^^ P"'' *"''«'' •" '* *>y honrrabirM2S"re|pective' iLuJ^* "naerstand, however, that the amendments were moved by the Honourable John l''mslev who h?^^lf "Tr'R'*"^^*'u?'^e.'"r.*u?*i''V" »«di««8Pectful towards the^Methodi«ts, as it w^dit ^ ^Itll to l^^^i Af P n^riTtu'** ^^^ ^J"'^^ •^"''"<=«' <*»'« Speaker.) replied in opposition to the amendment and in «?T-7 *!' ®'"' '^«t the amendment was carried, andthe Bifl, of courseVdestroyed' On the morninS tL\^paZ ofTelm S Julvlss? ^""'''''''" ?'t *''?15 ""^ '^,f ^•T'^ ^'"^'"^ '° ^y i«**"'" P?iblTshed"5 !*fJL?- Sf 4 lu J i I ^' ^^^1 • . • . • • ^ availed myself of the opportunity to direct his Lordshin's attention to th_e editorial paragraph in the Chrithan Guardian, in which" was stited thaVth« Rn°^,raWe Ph^^f iTl-'"' "■""'"?°'»-';«.c opeauer -advocated the Bill. I observed, at the time, that the oprnio~n ofThe ?w fhaf*'r ''*'''• 'n°"»=»Pe"»n«f onsuch a subject, and would have more influence in the country than that of any majority which could be arrayed against him. . . . couniry Ih • f the Chap. V. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINQS OF THE U. C. LEGISLATURE, 1837-38. 109 DowNiNo Street, London. 23rd of Augus^ 1837. Olenelq. Correspondence Between the Revcrend Eoerton Rverson and Sir F B Head, Relative to the Grant to Upper Canada Academy. S0th\>f^fZ!'l837'!' ^'"'"'"'^ '^^''''°" ^^''"^'^ ''^ *^' Lieutenant Uover H<)r'.s Svo-etury, dated the formed otHUFlnltl """'-' .^fPe'^tfuHy. to solicit from His. Excellency the favour of bein2 in- formed of H.8 Excellency a intentions, on the subject of the Royal Grant in quesdon ^ City of Toronto, 30th of June, 1837. Eoerton Ryerson. Four fhousand, One Hundred poun^^^^^^^^ the Royal Grant of Canada Academy. lam conlanrd brflf Ex^e^^ t S '\' ^''''''' Government House, Toronto, 3rd of July, 1837. t t '' J. Joseph. Note. One half of the Imperial Grant was paid under Sir F B Head's Warrant in November, 1837-page 103. Subsequently correspondence took place between the Lieutenant Governor's Secretary and the Receiver General's Depart- ment, which IS not necessary to be inserted here. (See next page.) SUthsft" ^"""^ "" ^'"''""^ ^'■"'""' ^y'''"^ '" ^'- ^''^'•''-'•y Jo^^Ph, d-tcd January the Canada Academy, [waited upon th^e Ceiver GeS fi H^nnnr^^^^^^^ *''«,pPP?r * The following Note wa« addrassed by the HonourahI« .Tnhn Henrv Dunn Ppt^v ,= r . 7T~Tr Secretary Josepn, on the 2ar.i of January, i8a8-"Mr KvetBon wi^h«Pf« i!L ' 7^^"^=' Geut-ra], to Mr. Warrant can issue on the Territorial Fund I bpc In aav^K.f^ u ^ ^2, '^°°^. **" y""" information if a Ryerson's claims, and all other dTrDan^B that I am awLl %* .? ^^^ sufBcient in my hands to meet Mr. Henry Dunn, see page 276 of theX^t'olumeVrhisTormenta^^^^^^^^^ *° ^''^ Honourable John 110 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837-38 11 ^.Ajt\ ^. ■ ."T ^'■*®"' TroHsurer of that Institution, has jii.t come to tho City in order to obtam son.e relief and asmstance to pay debta, which have been Iohk due, and the pay ment of which cannot be longer delayed, without serious injury to all parties concerned. 3. The Managers of the Institution are really distressed, from not being able to meet lust and pressing demands against them, on account of the unexpected and protracted delay which has, from occurrences which they could not foresee, attended tho , aymont of tho grant so ^10?^^^"*'^'^""^ '" ^^'"^ '"'*' (1837).-SeeDei.atchofLordCnendgo;; 4. I, therefore, most humbly and earnestly pray, that His Excellency would have the goodness to issue the necessary U arrant for the remaining moiety of the ^rant, and thereby confer a lasting benoht upon the Upper Canada Academy, and a great favour upon its Managers Toronto, 21st of January, 1838. EOEKTON RyEHHON. Note. No reply is on record as having been received to the foreeoine Com- munication. ^ 6 " * 4. Letter of the Reverend Eyerton Ryerwn, to Mr. Secretary Joneph, dated the 25th of Janu- ary, 1838. n^v-ifTff'r^ *° ^^'' ?,""P«^""' ""*d« yesterday morning, the Reverend Anson Green and myself called upon Mr. C. A. Hagerman, the Attorney General, and were alarmed and grieved tolearn that the ground of objection and delay, in respect to the payment of the remainiuK Wn&theTonr^rr f"'^ p^'^ ?"T^!,' (i;2.050,) of the grant of His late Majes^K | Wilham the Fourth to Upper Canada Academy, has been entirely changed, and Is now such as hasnr.er before been hmted at to us, although 1 delivered to His Excellency the instructions of Her Majesty s Secretary of State on the subject in .June last, (1837). 2. I beg to rocapitulate the facts of this painful affair for His Excellency's consideration • In the winter of 183U-7 . a Se ect Committee of the House of Assembly recom.nended a grant n a Of the Upper Canada Academy. -Debates took place in that House, principally in reference to a Grant, hough the BUI, which was passed b/ the House of Assembly, was ^oiJy for a W The Legislative Council amended the Bill, so that it was never taken up again by the House of Assembly, conse-iuently there was no Bill agreed to by both Houses on the subject. T ^^;.i^" \^^ .Y"Vi '^^ *^? intelligence of these proceedings in England, I laid them before Lord Glenelg, Her Majesty's Secretary of State forthe Colonies. A copy of my comnrnioM^on on the subject, dated the 18th of April 1H37. was enclosed by Lord Glenelg to^HrExcelleniy Sir Francis Bond Head (see page 103, ante). Upon the strength of my representation, and tlie Report of the Select Committee, and the debates of the House of Assembly His Lordshin instructed His Excellency, the Lieutenant Governor, to advance the sum of Four Thousand One Hundred pounds (£4 100,) out of the Crown (Casual and Territorial) Revenue, JoS Trustees of the Lpper Canada Academy. Whether Lord Glenelg intended it as u loan or a Stote^fo'r the roTonfes' *''® Trustees of that Institution and Her Majesty's Secretary of , *• /",Si| ^eorge Grey's answer to myself, (dated tho 25th of April, 1837. See page 106, rdSd'^fr 9«M 7r*^ ? ?a^?^^^"«l'«"*^y' «»d '" ^ord Glenelg's instructions to His Excellency (dated the 28th of April 1837. See page 103, ante) with the perusal of that which relates to the payment of the grant, His Excellency favoured me, it is simply stated that His ExceUency is instructed to advance the amount of the grant, without the least mention, from begimiing to *ears ol- te '^ ^ security of the Trustees, for the repayment of it, at the end of four 6. That this was the understanding of His Excellency, is clear, not only from what passed at various interviews, but from your Letter addressed, by His ExcellencV's direct on, to the Receiver General, dated the 16th of August last, (1837,) and the Receiver General's answer o? the 17th of that month, (with the perusal of both of which you favoured the Reverend Mr Green and myself.)* 6. From your Letter it is clear : — Fird, That His Excellency had received Royal Instructions to pay Four Thousand One Hundred pounds, (£4,100,) to the Trustees of the Upper Canada Academy. ^"«"'''""' ""« *The letter to the Receiver General was to Bnouire whether hp vi" "ahla tr, —i-^'- tu i Tl Four Thousand, One Hundred pounds. mAOOyor'Z%ZToiil"T^^^^^ ^^e'^eTal wL' in the neffative; but he stated that his Office would "not fail to report to the LieutenanrGovernor th^ moment it may be enabled to meet His Excellency's wishes," juicui,eui.nt governor, ine Chap. VI. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDlNOS OF T«E U. C. LEGISLATURE, iHlil 'AH. Ul Second, That the only obatacle to Hia Excellency's inunodiato fulfilment of M h«ne»olent intentions of Her Majesty's Qovernment. was the want of funds at the disitoa&l , he Crown. Third, That, as soon as the Receiver General shou'd report funds sufHcient, the Warrant would be forthwith issued for the payment of the amount. 7. Accordingly, when the Receiver General afterwards reported that Uiere were fundi aufhcient to pay part of the amount. His Excellency issued his Warrant for the niiynient of Two I housand and Fifty pounds (£2.060) (page 103, ante). During all this time not a word waa said to any of the parties concerned about security for re-payment. 8. It will also be in his Excellency's recollection, that, after the payment of the first Two Thoujand and Fifty pounds, (£2,050^ when subse(iuently applied to for a Warrant upon the Receiver General (or the ronnining Two Thousand and Fifty pounds, (£2,0S0,) of the grant His Excellency, at different times, informed the Reverend Joseph Stinson, the Reverend Ephraiin Evans and myself, that he had given the Receiver General all the directions and authority which were necessary to pay the sum the very moment that OfHcer might have Crown *und8 m his hands to do so ; and, on the Receiver General's repeatedly deoliniiiK' to advance it without a Warrant from His Excellency, you stated, on Monday morning of tho 22nd of January, instant, to the Reverend Anson Green and myself, that the Receiver General must report that there were funds in his hands sufficient to pay it, before the Warrant could be issued. 9. We immediately waited upon the Receiver General, and were authorised to inform you in reply, that there were funds. You then informed us that the Receiver General must report that there were no claims upon the fund prior to that of the Upper Canada Academy We again waited upon the Receiver General, and were authorized to inform you that he was pre- pared to report, should His Excellency desire it,— that he know of no claims upon the fund prior to that of the Upper Canada Academy. You then directed me to commit what we had stated to writing, and you would inclose it to the Receiver General for his report. I sent you the statement in writing on the same afternoon, and the Reverend Mr. Green and myself called upon you again on Tuesday afternoon to inquire if the Warrant could now be issued, when you showed us, in reply, the Letter addressed by you to the Receiver General, on the 16th of August last, (1837) together with his reply, of the 17th of that m.)nth, and informed us that His Itxcelloncy was waiting for the report of the Receiver General there referred to ; and that at the moment of receiving that report. His Excellency would issue the Warrant for the amount. We forthwith waited upjn the Receiver General, when he addressed a note to you, on the 23rd of January instant, (see note on page 109, ante,) informing His Excellency that he had fundg in hiE hands to meet the claim of the Upper Cunada Academy and all other demands that he knew of. His Excellency then informed Mr. Green,* who delivered the note, and who waited Hia Excellency s commands at your request, that he must lay the subject before His Executive Councillors, who, it seems, have referred it to Mr. C. A. Hagorman, the Attorney General for his opinion, —as to the expediency of requiring security fr(»m the Trustees of the Upi)er Canada Academy for the repayment of the Grant ; and aa to the expediency of bringing tho question under the consideration of the House of Assembly. 10. Now, I must moat respectfully submit, and solemnly protest, against any one, or more Executive Councillors interposing between Her Majesty's Government and the accomplishment of this benevolent object. 11. The grant has been made, and is payable, out of funds at the disposal of the Crown independently of the Executive Council. The instructions of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies were not given to the Council. 12. It is, I submit, with Her Majesty's Government, and with Her Majesty's Government alone, to demand at any time, or not, the repayment of a part or the whole of the grant to the Upper Canada Academy, —although I am prepared to state, in any form, that I inquired par- ticularly of Lord Glenelg and Mr. [afterward Sir James] Stephen, three days before the official answer of Sir George Grey was dated, whether this gracious compliance with my application was to be a loan, or a grant, and was informed in reply that it was a grant ; that, though the House of Assembly had passed a Bill for a loan only, the case was so clear and strong, that they thought the Trustees of the Upper Canada Academy really ought to have a grant. 13. The rough draft of Lord Glenelg's official answer, by Sir George Grey, was shown to me, before its final adoption, in which it was stated that His Lordship would direct the Lieutenant Governor to advance, if necessary, the amount intended to have been loaned by the Assembly's Bill. At my request, the words " if necessary " were struck out, and the answer was made positive. *See the Reverend Anson Green's remarks on th's interview with Hia Excelleacy on page 114, poit. 112 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837-38 <*» I 14. I mention these oircunrntances, to show, m tnr m my information and tostimony mat have weight, what must havo bt'en the intentions of the Homo Govornmbnt in the matter. • ^1" 'J ^ ,''f.1 **";"«']* '^''*' " ">"«■« full, satisfactory, snd simple answer could have been given by Lord (.lenel^-, I have not the slightest doubt but that I could have had it. 1«. The entire silence of the Homo Govenimont on the subject of security for the ropav- ment of the grant.-the actual issue of a Warrant of His Excellency in November. 1H37 for Two Thousand and Fifty pounds, (Ji;2,05(),) without the intimation of such security -ami th& facts of the whole case, in sunport of every one of which ample evidence can be adduced, show I submit, beyond a dcubt, what were the intenMons of H-jr Majesty's (Jovornmont. and what has been His Excellency s ov/n understanding of them fnmi the beginning. T I ^'^\^ ^1' therefore, protest against the interference of Executive Councillors in the matter 1 do not wish, on the ono hand, to see the Upper Canada Academy crippled, if not ruined bv such a proceeding.-nor on the other hand, to be involved in collision with Members of* th& local liXecutivo before Her Majesty's (Jovernment. 18. I, therefore, ontreat once more, that His Excellency will again take the whole case into his consideration, and issue tho re(iuisite Warrant for the payment of the romaind jr of the Toronto. 26th of January, 1838. Eobrton Ryerson. 6. Reply to the foregoing Letter 6;/ Sir Francis B. Head, through Mr. Secretary Joseph, dated the 2Gth of January, 1838. Having laid before His Excollencv the Lieutenant Governor your Letter of yesterday, soliciting Hm Excellency to issue his Warrant on the Receiver General for the advance of the remaining moiety of the sum of Four Thousand, One Hundred pounds, (£4,100,) in aid of tho Upper Canada Academy, 1 am directed by His Excellency, in reply, to ac(iua:nt you, that it it his intention, in compliance with the instructions of Lortl Glonefg, to lay before the Legislaturd copies of the Communications which have taken place between the Secretary of State and him- self, on the subject of the Upper Canada Academy. .r. r' ?'^®.*® Communications will be accompanied with the information requisite for placing the Legislature in jiossession of the transactions which have taken place in carrying into effect Lord Glenelg s intentions in favour of that Institution. 3. When His Excellency in November last, (1887) issued his Warrant on tho Crown Revenue, for such a portion of the Four Thousand, One Hundred pounds. (^4,100,) as the fund was able to meet, consistently with prior claims, it was in the erroneous supposition that Lord Glenelg had directed the advance to bo made as a grant, -an error into which His Excellency had been led by your haying, both in your personal interviews and your written Communica- tions, invariably spoke of the aid granted to tho Upper Canada Academy, not as a loan, but as a grant ; and His Excellency, having no reason to doubt your accuracy, acted on ^hat sunnosi- tion ; and it was not till his attention was yesterday more particularly directed to thft '""""'■ ^^ f "^no^J^'lg? the receipt of your Letter of the 26th instant, conveying His Excellency s answer to my application respect ing the issuing of his Warrant for the ro- *Tk is Letter and the reply to it, were commuDicattjd to tho House of Assemblv bv MegBacfi frnm fh« Cl.ap. VI. KDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE U. C. LKiilSLATURE. 1837-38. U3 ; "'" "•'^<'«'«n«V l^ord Olunol^ • Initructiorn on the gubjuct within an hour after mv i»rriv»l fron, Enghuul ; that Hu Excellency read them, and then dLired a day to Sclor them KivoLlSe^Ctf;oSTl"'T.'^* following, i.y, when he exprowed h.. ardent wi,h to fo -wint rr^nwU Th <'/«n"l«;« Tn»tructio ,, .. stated the reaKc.n8..f His inability to do tTnn rr 1 ;• ?■• •"'', "."' ^'" *''*"»• ^''^ »"y oonvemation, to the beat of my recollec- tion take place on the subject of the grant ; but that conven«iti.m had referonJe to Thl ,,?S- r ;lw of'S,: inVefiir^f th'" f--l'«"^y. ^''^^^--rir-K to convince me thTl haSTan^Xme: Bill 'ntentions of the LeHitlative Council in relation to the Upper Canada Academy 25tht,f Apr7 la'Sr mSo(!^"' H H" ^l' ^'n'«' ^'"^^ '^ """r' ^'^ "'^ application, (date.l the «ff„rwLv^'^ I V 'i W r • '»'''«•) HiH Excellency oxpresBed a desire to see it. A d&v or two tfon Z.f t^ Hhewed It to Hm Excellency; upon which he remarked that it left him u.d.Hcre. Uon, but to advance the amount, as s..on as he had it at command, which it was his w Ih fo do Then re.« „,« a part of Lord Olenelg's Instructions, (dated the 2Gth of Ipri hSt! paue SS ant I His Excellency observed that they did leave him *' a loon hole " (f^ Ln Hi- wJZw "^;""'*^'> tZ";} 'I I" t'T *°.'^^*'". '•""^"'^ "^ '^ = butThat it'Z ' te ctar Tro sfr G rg:^",;r, e ter tl at he had no discretion in the business. His Excelle'ncy has, at vadous t mes^Je neated E,;hSTri!;.'ri'eirL^T;^^;s ^' ''''-'' ^° ''^ ^--^-^ ^-•^-" ^^:i^'^:zti VrnlL^*' ^^^ "*'!!'' '"^V"'**; •" ^'''°*» I "'"^wed His Excellency Sir Oeorgo Oroy's letter His Connin ^l""IK'^ T '^"^' ^^''"^J' •'" ^*'""8''* ^^'^ «'""«>« had not treJld the wrsl'ativ' tZu Tk I'" *'''' businesH, yet he would not delay the fulfilment of His Wdshin's Sruc tions on that account, but would give effect to them as early as possibl^ 1 nius UiZfo o jnd tw^^t^ ?:^"i^Sis:s^v?!;Sf;^sf i-±-i^^^ Te'taSn^'? utlVrTl ^'T' °',^'''. ^'^"'^^ ^"-^y'^ ^«^^«^' -«» *"M'l" toTunbhu seTSer". a vi^w to - m"?ead •■ HiJ Ex^n'^""'""' intentions. How any casual observations of mine with i»f I; • . '"'^''^*^ . W»» Excellency,— a thought which never enter'id my breaat —could havA let h m mto so egregious an error, in connexion with such Documents and facts J I confess i,e yond my comprehension, even upon assumpti.m that I had made observati^s of that cWe^ 6th of Julv'^l^'si? •'"fnnr w°«*C "l^^^''^';- that, when I published in the Christian Guardian of the- l«nov thin ' four weeks after the delivery of Lord Glenelg's instructions to His Excel lency,-the Communications between Her Majesty's Government and myself on the a ibi«of T Zf «"?*,?' Z?'^ of comment upon them. I made some observaSiZn the proceed msertSiiTL^ ;";."•' ■' ^"^ ''"^'^ "\'"''"«^' '" "f«^«"<^« '" ^ho Documents-'* nraSsmft for msortion m the ChnsHan GnanUan the conclusion of my correspondence with His MSstv's Government on the subject of the Upper Canada Academy." Majesty a the oSrDTuriit^'rmr^^^^^^ ■" ^^^'^"°" ^° ^^^^ «^'^^^' -- ^-ved from reading K.n».?" \'"*^®' \"'iee.S Wause S r GeS TrustL^ wfth certi^ol"^^^^ ""^^'Tu '" ^hat aid being suspended upon the compliance of Se my ow^wTsli I Lr^llT' "f ^'"''"'" '^"l ^f "'f '''^^^ ''^' ^''"'^^'^ '" accordance with S thrnmir ';;;." rr?*."^' ^°? T "?«">?"*'. *l>at legal skill was hereafter to be employed Stv wh .h bi^f disadvantage of the Institution, and to the disparagement of that liber ff « r^^il . comports with the dignity of the British Crown. I most respectfully repeat that It 18 a circumstance, I believe, without precedent in the annals of British Colonial HUtorv for a Governor to derive his views of the instructions of the Secretary of State for trcSonie7from esEi fl ^"f "'^"^'' i"«*f ll.«f f'^-" the Royal written instructions Wforehm:-iiew8 Z essentially at variance with his instructions.-and especially when, in the very luture onhinf^' ho must have read hose insfructions before he had Ly conversat on with thJt Indiv^^^^^^^^ fT.r whtb H KTf-1 T^':!^ instructions, he could not possibly have known the special obj^t his arrival in the couiS '''\Tf "P''",^''"' ^^ad waited upon him also within an hou a te nbi^^nn^ M K ^t '^' and had arrived two days before the mail, so that information of his object could have been derived from no other source than the very Despatches wS he hen delivered, and wh.ch were read and considered twenty-four hours before CeZTye.pres siun oi opinion respecting them. ' •' '^-i'™^ 7. I must, therefore, decline the honour and responsibility of directing His Fxpnll«nn«'» understanding of Lord Glenelg's instructions from the 'oth of JuL last (1 837). until the day be! 1 u i t i & % ! P, •I 114 ■Urn DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837-38 t" fore yesterday morning, when by the note addressed from the Government House to the Attorney General it appears that, "one or two (Executive) Councillors" thought that Lord Clenelgs instructions might be interpreted as a " loan." as well as a " grant," althoueh it k known that the people of Upper Canada have been appealed to, and (Executive Sncillors than W matTeS ' " Excellency, because they insisted upon giving their adiice in other 8. Nor do I think it foreign to the present subject to remark, that, during my stay of eiirht- «en months in England I did, to the best of my humble ability and judgment, and at the expense of much persona inconvenience, bestow diligent attention on matterl of importance to the interests of the Province, as has been acknowledged by many competent judge™ 9. The spontaneous exertions of the general Methodist Body, under whose auspices the Upper Canada Academy ha, been established, during a most eventful crisis of ourProvLia^ history have been such as to render the present attitude of His Excellency and cer Jn ExecuS Councilors as unexpected, as it is unde8erved,-an attitude, it will be remembered, assumed since theannouncementof His Excellency's retirement from the Government of this ProvTnce aiid «nce the publication by Ministers of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of a feasible, but in ^ome SLT^nt^f'hP '^'.P^" for settling the Cl.rgy Reserve Question,-an attitude,' the object of which cannot be mistaken, whatever may be the reasons assigned for it, and under whatever professions of regard for the interests of that Institution, it may be assured. ^natever 10 And the present course adopted by His Excellency will appear still more extraordinary when It 18 recollected, that his capital error in the interpretation Sf Lord Glenelg's Ins ructS was not discover ed, nor the advice of Executive Councillors called for, until after I Ld succeeded in removing every variety of previous objection which had been urged against issuing the miuisite Warrant upon the Receiver General, and even after His Excfllency had some weeks «i^I' r"p^ ■'''* ^^^«P«^t^b'« gentlemen,* beside myself, that he had, even at t ™a? Tfme IL Having thus vindicated myself from the unexpected, and very extraordinary imnuta, tions involved in your Letter I have only further toobser;e, that I shall. winTtVZmd appeal to Lord Glenelg himself for the interpretation of his benevolent intentions, although in the mean time, at the c ose of the present term, the operations of the Upper Canada Academy must be suspended, until h.s Lordship's pleasure shall have been obtaineF (See next page™ Toronto, 27th of January, 1838. Egerton Ryerson. «. Reply of Sir F. B. Head through Mr. Secretary Joseph, to the foregoing Letter, dated the 30th January 1888. l,.f.i H-^^^® n"''*'"'' fcoacknowl. dgethe receipt of letter of the 27th instant, which I have laid before His Excellency, the Lieutenant Governor. 1. His Excellency, in reply, desires me to inform you that all you state as having transpired at your hrst interview with him, on your return from England, is^orrectly detailed and^ hIs Excellency, haymg no other desire than to carry into effect Lord Glenelg'sinstructioAs? would without hesitation have then paid to the Trustees of the Upper Canada Academy the whole of it^fTK*^'""*"'^ ^ ^^ advanced, had the fund, on which the Warrant was to issue, adnTitted o that di8bursement,-conceiving, as he did, that the advance was to have been made as a grant. 2. His Excellency, up to the date of your application of 21st instant, and, indeed, up to the present moment had,and has every disposition, to comply with the request of the Trustees for the advance of he remaining moiety of the aura in question ; but, on his attention having iTv irJrrll!iUH''*f 'Vl^ terms of Lord Glenelg's Despak=h, ('as I mentioired to you"n my letter of the 26th instant), he perceived that he had hitherto been in error. 3. It therefore, became imperative on His Excellency to lay the subject before the Lecrisla- ture ; and, it is. with regret, that he perceives that his having so done i^ regarded by you^as a &u?ed"S?e%h1rtTol,ft1i'^L^^^^^^^^ handed him the Receiver General's written assurance that he had funds t^nav nV..n^ ^i „fV.^- j V uponhim. he toldme that he must consult his Mtorn^G^c.^^'l.nA^HVXA^if.^'^^i^^^^ pay 16 ovL-r ; out. when tnai Omcer aasuieU liim that aii was riKht h« thfln infnrm»H ™T;u"„TV°" 'iji,' 1 oonsult his Parliament, before he could give me the Ww^nt f thpn l^i.f *J^^t, ^ r** ^^ T^^ '"'^^ *3 found the Members on both sides preS To say tha^it Sould be n»M a^tS «aSf ^JJn." -h?""'*' *"*'^ and they immediately passed a Resolution to that effect " Page 216 ^ '"^'^ moment. Chap. VI. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OP THE U. C. LEaiSLATURE, 1837-38. 115 praiseworthy endeavourrfor niomotrni. thf rJli ' ' *"f ""^ ^".'" *" «'^« ^»« «"PP"rt to their Upper Canada. promoting the religioua and moral education of 'the youth of GoVBBJiMENT HoUSE, Toronto, 30th Januarj-, 1838. '^- Joseph. in Mfrri83^8^'' ^tr '^" ^n^'''^'"'' "^'^ ^^^ ^^ ^- "^^^' ^^^^ ^^^' Canada March, 1838. Sir George Arthur succeeded him on the 28th of that month .. Letterfror. tU. Ee..r.^ E.,r.n I^^ ^^OUn^^ .e ...... M..;.., .a.a ^n.^. panyiig Drurn'tsf rltrve'tS'ThVuppTk^^^^^^^^ perusal and consideration, the accom- Assembly * To the;e oElly pri^at^d^oeurnts i'^^^^^^^^^^ ^''t^- \! *^^*^«'- "* '^' H«"««™f contains the proceedings of the Leg sktive Counoil Lf.rS h if "*^'^.' ^" ^PP^ndix, which those Documents. . ^ . It wWe a source of ^^^^^^ intentions, (in regard tn th^^^i^ c^^^Z^ fZF ? ^ partially defUed^ and thai weTL had to conirn^Jlidv 'Th '" ^?f '^ ''^^^^^^d' -«* whole matterfrom being wrestled out of ylr Lordrhip';^ ^ W^^^^teXy, to prevent the the first and last paragraphs It is in hripf fn «K? ■ T* °^ Assembly, -especially in graciously granted by your Lcrdshfo to th« Tr.«f« p your decision as to whether the aid, regarded'a/a free graV o^a^^ot^^'U^^x eSeTc^^^^^^^^^^ jf-f-^. « to be fnd\*h*ro^lS:n ohhe Sele^tU'iSr^^^^^^^ from M^7a£rZ^s1Sl^tX^^^^ LT? "^'''1 ''•^^ J°"' ^««^«^'P ^* -- *« ^e, and ahip's recollection, to refer ^Mr Stechen whol r"' '^P«'^<'*>"»?« *' has escaped your Lord- the following circumstance that whft^^rni?^^^^^^^^^ probably be refreshed by ^ir«M Wesleyan Methodist Loyalty.-Not material to the Upper Canada Academy question i .ntaltrucJi^nrSnta^:,^^^^^^^^ ^« ^^ «f ^^-ed"' groS:* to the promotion of the" Sio^^^nTe^^L^^tiLC^^ . . '''^k?pVop;'et;:t?e:^^^^^^^^^ Upper Canada Vademy, as theTasuafandTeri^^ appropriation in aid of the posal. The reasons for this are as follows :- " "'" *' ^"""^ Lordship's dia- AcademyqfeS). ^"^"^^ """"^^ '" ^^'^^'^ Churches.-Not material to the Upper Canada esta£hZt?^fX Upp^S^^^^^^^^^ t' ,^^-'«.v-. Methodist Church in the tution to the Province^ On Siese pointT^T hav« h«r« ? P^-^^P^^tive usefulness of that Insti- your Lordship. In confirmation of Xat I had st^Jd T r f '^ '^7'^' '"r"'^. Communications to Report of a Select Committee of the Ho, «! Ta t", I^^^^^ed your Lordship last year to the ofanotheryear,Iainr^^^^^^^^^^^ ._da Academy; and, yeM can nora^pL^, Ty^.^f '.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ f ^e^CreSTj .tc..Ta1ia.«o«n?ormrli^^ y" I -I! ;■; .!i I ^ M >» ' ,'• 1, >l *. I f ' 1 1 I 'J ! ' 116 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837-3& your Lordship, even under the influence of the most deeply interested feelings, is not more than AswmW mthl^mWec° *''* repeated investigations and testimony of the House of .r.r.^!'''"^- jA third reason is, that Her Majesty's Government has granted, and continues ta grant unconditionally. One Thousand pounds, (£1,000.) a year to Upper Canada College besides a anded endowment of 66,(X)0 acres, and other'public aid."^ Five fiEndred polds JsOoTa year to the Upper Canada Academy, with what we can raise by private subscription, will enable us to procure Philosophical Apparatus, and employ Lecturers on the several branches of Science tausht m the Institution,-make up the present deficiencies in its receipts, and, in all respects, make it worthy of its name, and th<. patronage it has received. k , »iio iu min.Sr2"T7*'V°'*^l*^.''n *'""*"''® ''^*^*' ^''"'^ °* ^««®'"^^y i" *1^« "«ften repeated deter- mination of Her Majesty s Government, (as expressed by your Predecessor,) to make a very libera appropnation for the important object of maintaining suitable establishments for the educa- tion of the youth of this Province." The whole of the accompanying papers relative to the Up- P^T^ Canada Academy, will serve to show that patronage and support to such objects, -granted by Her Majesty s Government, -gives it vastly more moral influence over the public mind here than even if the very same support originated in any local quarter. I think that, as a mera matter of state policy, it is worthy of serious attention, that such sources of legitimate and popular power in the Province should be held and employed by Her Majesty's Government Itself. This subject has been more deeply impressed upon my own mind, by the occur- rences of the last few weeks ; by the Message of Sir F. B. Head to the Legislature, announchig «/' nar"'** I'Ta *?" Government and the Province. ... A disposition has been ^rongly manifested to erect a local Executive influence, in contradistinction to that of Her Majesty s Government. I know that the object contemplated is to establish certain persona here in the more exclusive and absolute possession, and exercise of executive power and tn. extort a recognition of it from Her Majesty's Government. But the simple circumstance of the Members of any Provincial Executive assuming such an attitude . . . evinces, 1 think thft importance of what is here suggested, and what I took the liberty to suggest to your Lordship m private Letters, which 1 addressed to you about a year since, when I was in London.* Fifth. I beg, in the next place, your Lordship's attention to the fact that no Institution such as the Upper Canada Academy, can be efficiently supported from the mere fees for board and tuition, without annual aid, either by voluntary subscriptions, or from public appropria- Uons. The Upper Canada College, and every District (Grammar) and Common School in the Province, aflbrds an illustration of the truth of this remark. 1 stated this at length in mv Cor respondence with your Lordship on the subject of the Academy, while in England; and to secure such aasiBtance was doubtless one object of your Lordship's gracious Despatch of the 26th July 1837,t of the benefit of which His txcellency, Sir F. B. Head, had deprived us until the other day, and, to which Despatch, I have reason to believe, we are greatly indebted for the unani- mity of the House of Assembly m behalf of the Academy, Sixth, The last reason which I will mention is, the difficulty, if not impossibility, of getting any thing of the kind through the Legislative Council. This, my Lord, is the fact, after all that has been said by Sir F B Head to prove that my " declarations " of complaint, on this point were " incorrect ' The facts given in my Petition and the accompanying papers, will amplv satisfy your Lordship that I was perfectly correct as to the only important point,-namelv the efiect of the proviso introduced into the Bill to aid the Upper Canada Academy, (while under the consideration of the Lecislative Council). Indeed, the Honourable Chief Justice Robinson (bpeaker of the Council,) told me the other day that the Bill would have been rejected bv the Council had It not been for the proviso, -tha^ the proviso was introduced, in order to avoid the ofi-ence which a total rejection of the Bill might give ; but, at the same time, with a perfect knowledge, (as he stated, when the Bill was under discussion,) that it would aflbrd no relief to ^,ru f^^™?: ^^ there was a deficiency in the Revenue to meet the ordinary claims upon it When the object was referred to a Select Committee of the Council this year, I addressed the Chairman of the Committee in the most frank and curteous manner. J Every opportunity was thus jfl-orded the Council to express an opinion in favour of aiding the Upper Canada Academv If It were not hostile to such a measure. But, although by writing, and, aftert.'ards, by personal interview, I succeeded in inducing the Commit tee not to take up the diflfereuces between the *In this part of his Communication to Lord Glenelg, the Reverend Doctor Ryerson went on to 8ay:~ fi,« I'ilL"^! n*'°'^f ^'k'"' ^^A^ '■emark, that it can be proved beyond successful contradiction, that so far from the liberal Despatches and concessious of the Imperial G>ivernment of late years having encouraKed insu?^ rection and democracy in this Province, that, had it not been for those Despatches and conoe««ioT T Wn i^aiiaua wouiu not have oeen ac tms nour a ponbeasiuu of Great Britain." ""'* ~ '' tSee page 103, ante, X i.e. the Honourable James Godon. See pages (i6-70 of the Petition of the Reverend Egerton Rver- 8on and other papers in this case, printed by order of the House of Assembly, 1888. ^Kerson nyer- €hap. VI. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINOS OF THE U. C. LEGISLATURE, 1837-38. 117 Lieutenant Governor, the Council and mys. , yet, not the slightest opinion in favour of aidiuc the tr^Tl' 1^^ expressed by the Committee, or by the Council. On the other hand, I wai iii- tormed by Mr Henry Kuttan, the Chairman of the Committee of the House of Assembly on the subject of the Academy, that the loan proposed last year would have been a grant, had it not W«nH J« Ak W ^PPr*'""" ""^ ^''•' ^"'^^ ^'■- Justice Jonas,) Jones ;-but it was tlie unanimous mention of that Committee to get it converted into a grant at another Session ; and your Lordship will perceive (from the Report of the Committee of the Assembly,) that there will be no difficulty, by formal petition, toobtam the vote of that Branch of the Legislature in favour of an annual ap- propriation to the Academy ; but I really see no prospect of succeeding in the Council. . To avoid then these local collisions and embarrassments, and for the other more weishtv reasons assigned, I am induced to submit the whole matter to your Lordship. It was proposed that the Trustees of the Academy, as a body, should petition your Lordship, and that I again should proceed to London on the subject ; but. to that proposal, I could not consent ; nor did 1 think your Lordship would require it. Therefore, in accordance with my suggestion, they left the matter with me to address your Lordship in this manner, for the following, as well as for the reason just assigned. s, o ao 1st That the answer oi: your Lordship would obviously be based upon, or arise from the •examination of the Report and Address of the House of Assembly itself, the Royal liberality would, therefore, appear in the Country as a spontaneous exercise, and a great additional moral, mfluence-and could give no offence to the Legislative Council, or be construed into a slight upon that Branch of the Local Legislature, as the Upper Canada College has been endowed by Koyal authority m the same manner. Before concluding this Communication, I beg to say a word or two in respect to myself. . Your Lordship m your Despatch of the 23rd August 1837. (Page 108, ante,) did me an act of justice, for which I feel truly grateful, in stating that you conceived it possible to make an "intentional" misstatement, in respect to the proceedings of that Council. The accompanying papers, contain ample evidence that my statement was substantially and morally correct, as well as in ■accordance with the information I had received. . . , « won «» m In conclusion, I beg to repeat, that the two points respectfully submitted by the Trustees of the Upper Canada Academy and myself to yourLordship's favourable consideration are :— 1. The ;^i*i JST • '^ u ST*"' *o *:^e Upper Canada Academy of Four Thousand, One Hundred pounds. <±,4,100,) 18 to be viewed, either as a free grant, or as a loan ? 2. An annual appropriation in support of the Upper Canada Academy*. . . ^^ pnai-iou m Tr»«.^c™.««, Qi-u eiur I. looo EgBRTON RyERSOK. HiNQSTON, 8th of March, 1838. Note. There is no record, or other evidence, among Doctor Ryerson'a papers, which he left with me, that an answer was received by him to this Com- munication. There is evidence, however, that it was received by Lord Glenelg : Sir George Arthur, who succeeded Sir F. B. Head, as Lieutenant Governor, in a Letter from his Secretary, the Honourable John Macaulay, dated the 14th of July, 1838, called Doctor Ryerson's attention to the circumstance of his having written the foregoing Letter to Lord Glenelg, without having furnished him with a copy of it. Doctor Ryerson's reply, was to the effect that the Letter which he had written was one which referred entirely to what had transpired previously to Sir George Arthur's arrival in the Province. Doctor Ryerson also stated, in his reply to Sir George Arthur, that, in his last interview with Sir James Stephen, on Lord Glenelg's behalf— he being ill— he referred to the propriety of his making Communications to him on Canadian affairs, after his return to Canada, as he had . ^"H«°* ^»« »•«" addressed by the Reverend Egerton Ryerson to Sir James Stephen, recallmR his recollection of the circumstances of the Kr&nt and its terml No reply tC it is^Sd! 11 i i {I 118 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837-3S Continuation of the Educational Procebdingo of the House of Assembly, 1838. the 27th of Januanr, 1838 )toVetherwfth*th« «? Excel ency the Lieutenant Governor, (dated Upper Canada A7ademy, Keferre^ to a ^'^ W"» I>«°»n>ent8. upon the subject of the .ehj^^^„ - -- - - -^^ .d Of Revere'ndCo?w;orretefdf^^^^^^^^ *^-* ^^e Petition of the advancelin aid of the fci^cSLT^^^^^^^ "^'"''^ °* » -- -'J^o^^d to bi the P^t'tionTth^e^&rnrEt^^^ ^^'''^l^^'.n''"'' Two Hundred copies of of the 27th ultimo rXrred to am? f?r.?r'^®*'-^"^^^^ members. On XKhrYe^'^d N«v, w!rT*"^'"« Documents, be printed for the use of Mahlon Burwell, John S cS^^nt^f^A wJ""°^'^ ^""""""'V^J^^^ 27 Nays 4 : Messieurs- «er.c..l; majorit/rnfavou?;ftle'motioi;:^ ''""''" and William H. D«per. Solicitor the .piHtTon':? ?he^Rev^3 W„«' 1''^''^'^^^ ^/- George H Detlor it was ordered- That was referred His ExSLnc^^h^OL^^nrr^ ^^ '^^'iJ?** ^ the Select Committee, to whom the Upper Canada rcademy. ^""*'"*°*^ Governor's Message of the 27th ultimo, delating to. thatfn\Sle^AS;e^^tfpre?eX?to^ ^- ^^^^l Solicitor General, moves. a Com^tee to ^^^^i^Xr^l^f^^Z. ^wSl'^^-^i^t^^'-^y '^ Addre^^o'Ss'Exc'eScy'fr SwnJ'r"™^^' '^^™ ^'^^ S^*""'"- to draft and ' import an the aid to iha UDDcrcrnL* A^l.? Governor, praymg for further information respecting- the U^Snr0^lLr^ZT^i:r'^io^t' ""' *'^ ^f^' *^« ^^"^^^^ *° ^is Excellency Academy, was readXrhlrd^^i^r^^^^^^ '« "- Upper CanadI To i/i, ^rceHency Sir Francis Bond Head, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, etc. May. IT Pl«ase vqur Excellency: P.dint°SS':Si'"'JrJolffe^ Upper C.„.d., i„ Provincial any Documents iu yiur EmpH-T'.'™ *^''.»«U«no' »"ll be pleased to transmit to this House A^e„, „«,„ ^^rzi-szz\r^'i:i^.t2,Z'^^^'i ic "™^' t-OMMONs House of Assembly. a »t ,, 7th February, 1838. Allan N. Macnab, Speaker. ComnZ sXoK ts^e'ad^lS t^^nTe' ^'on^i^'^ ^T^'V*^'' *'«• ^«^""*^-" ^^^ Support of Mr. Mahlon Bur welL seel dedbyMr Fdw^^ ^'"' ^^ «'"«ndmont, folIo7sf '. pSZ o? thrRTrkTer^o^r the'ZILS '» r"P*"«V°™- u^he Title FagTi;;: Excellencvth« T„-«„t aov»-r!:,r .in-T/^-fr?- - i Zt^ "* Assembly ; together with a Message fmm TTi» and Mr. Kyerso^rrelativei;- hVuppe7 C^^^^^^^^ HisExceUeuTy: Toronto, U.C. Guardian Office-JorH. £rw'itct&°l^^ M^X1xt^x^'''rvlSy^|?;hTpatt^"'"'^"• \ Chap. VI. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE U. C. LEGISLATURE, 1837-38. 119 Puliiiinenl, >id no S^'" ' ' ° '"'° """^ '° "" '»'' "' "» «li™ ■>«»' enraing Senioo o( Gove™';;'wirh®th?'ld'dSVrf il;° commits to .«t „„ Hi. ExceUenc, the Lie»t.™„t Gentlemen, CM. top'ZSS'S.S™ o'/^i^n""'' ' :"! """""" '" "■» =">"'• »' A».mbly, „ .oo„ a. they Government House, ' ^' ^' H^^d- ToKONTO, 8th February, 1838. do not now pass, but that the following be added as a rider. * DietrioUhaU piyt t^e'SlfeJi^o?^^^^^ Th^»*' &",*»^.« y?*' F«. »«>« Treasurers of each herein before S>nWJdnota^nding!»whic^^^^^ ^"^""^^ "" *»>« "'""^ '»»'"'«'• ^-yt^^'"!? ques^on was decided in the affirmatively a majority of^V a" d the Bm";/'pa;se'i\'clrding^^^^ intituled -An°L?iXil^r'*'^ ''^t^'- F^^^* ^^- ^ho^son. moves that the Bill be fKo ^^''-Speal^ej; reported that Mr. Secretary Joseph had brought down from His Exdellencv the Lieutenarit Governor, several Messages. The following onf of wS w^s ^e^d by him ^ F. B. Head. Add™^nrr„te';^^MhS=^':pL'.\?^Mt.t^&^^^ of .id to the Opper 0.„ada Academy, ,i h.?e „o°t alwd^'bin ^^^Eatfto tL' Ho„»'™'^ GOVEENMENT HoUSE, Toronto, 16th February, 1838. ' F. B. H. Xb- 120 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837-38 ;/ ' *S^ \.,% fV 'i 1 .' 1 - i '? i Note. The Correspondence thus sent down to the House of Assembly by Sir Francis Bond Head were the Letter to the Reverend Egerton Ryerson, dated the 29th of February. 1836, and printed on pages 251 and 252 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History; the two Dispatches, dated respectively the 2nd of March, and the 26th of July, 1836, addressed to himself, and printed on page 240 of that Volume. ♦1, f^ir'^'n " °' Mr Henry Ruttan, seconded by Mr. George H. Detlor, it was ordered-That nnnlw^' 5''T'P^""'''T *T'™1"^'* ^y *^« Lieutenant Governor, upon The Bubject of the Sv'„ m".*'^" ^•'"^.ry' b« referred to the Select Committee, to whom Sas referred His Excel! lency s Message, with accompanying Documents, on the same subject. CommSttTn^i^i wf f- ^rr"\*%*''^ ^^^^"^ °^ *^« ^*y' ^^^ ^ouse was again put into a ReZJ ofM?f f^\I^^ "".?'** P^'u ''^^}'^ ''°^''"''^" «^ ^'^'^^ Wi"t«^ S««"«» *hich relates to the ThrHn?,. K • Committee on the Clergy Reserves, Mr. Charles Richardson in the chair. ^Vffo^ 1 f- K^ resumed. ... (An amendment to the Resolution which had been sub mitted having been negatived, a second amendment was proposed, as follows) +h« JJnL^l'" amendment by Mr William H. Merritt, seconded by Mr. John Mcintosh, that the whole be expunged and the following inserted :— ''Whereas His Majesty's Government was pleased, in the year 1797-8, to grant twelve Townships of land, (about 643,000 acres,) for the purpose of endowing Free GiLmar School! InVni^e^i^^-lll^''''"''' "' '^^ ^'°"^""«' *"^' '" ^"« ''°""« ^^ *'«»«' "^ *he Sowment of /B" T^n^u 225,000 acres of these lands were appropriated to the endowment of a Universitv (King's College,) a^so 66,000 Acres of land for IV^nor College, as an appendage to tha?InsS tion, of the choicest and most valuable of those Lands, leaving only 228.000 aL^of indifferent \ to the interests and feelings of the great body of the inhabitants of this Province ;-and +b« S''^!f.-^^^*^?uy"r government has been pleased to call upon this House to distribute On which the Yeas and Nays were taken, as follows : Yeas, 18 ; Nays. 19 The ouestion •of amendment was decided in the negative by a majority of one. question th« mI^''^ f w- ^f^' i/^''- ?u^"7. ^"***"' ''*°™ *^« Select Committee t«. which was referred III ^r^ ?t«'l^'/JFl''^"*""y, ^h I^\«V*^^"*"* Governor, dated the 27th of January, 1838, and the 5th and 16th of February 1838, with the Documents respecting the Upper Can Ja Academy ZIh R*"" ^f'^'""^!^ ^^" ?n"'^«"'^ ^««'*'''^ ^y«"«»' ^^^ the 2nd of Februa^ 1838,Tre: r,K?!i ^n *"^.*^^ '^^^^ ."^ ^" ^^^^^^ to His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor on the subject. The Report was received and was read, as follows :— To the Honourable the Commom House of Assembhj of Upper Canada. a»f n^^ ^^^^''^ S^'l^^'o^-f.l' t" ^'^ic'^ T^s referred the Message of His Excellency the Lieuten- InhiSf n/Z'T? *^« 27th ultimo, with the accompanying Despatch and Documents, upon the subject of the Upper Canada Academy, beg leave to report :— 1 X h ^'^?*' ^t appears the prosperity of this Institution has been a matter of solicitude with his dlf!,S?-^Aw ^™?wi'o'*'"^ ^^° ?j" -^"'y ^^2^' ^o"^' ^" * Despatch to Sir F. B. Head, •dated 26th of that month, the Secretary of State for the Colonies expresses his high sense of the— in TTn™r®plnaH.*'^i!?H K^^r ^f ° T^^ }^ ^^^ Wedeyan Methodist Church for the promotion of Education d^sYreXt ftmlt' ^ofl^^^lftlh^T^ i." ^^^ success of the Up5,er Canada Academy, and also, his sincere aesire tdat it may not be left without such pecuniary aid, as may be necessary for its suDOort " (Patre 240 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History.) "= "o«=o«»ry lor ira support. ^^:•age ^4U • ^\ i^^j"^ ,*^®!f sentiments and desires, so strongly expressed, his Lordship was only carry- li.''l'«4 if K** policy of His Majesty's Government upon the subject of Education in the year lUdZ, when, by a Royal Despatch, dated the 8th of November of that vnar. Ha declar«d that • Chap. VI. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINQS OF THE U. 0. LEGISLATURE. 1837-38. 121 »morJ!'?L*vn^ttf'„^*"f^rp"'"^*'"*'°*i*'"°'^.^>'*° ^ «^«'y '«>heme for the extension of Education XKav bJ ™Si««t^ f^m'Ln^' *""!• ^''^^.^•"y' ""onff^t the poorest and most destitute of their number, Zinl^ Si^L^f *^ u 1 J u " *°y quarter, with a rearonable progpect of promoting that irreat desicn • all Sn th« y^.i"?'''''""''^ ''^'°^'»^ l° ? »*5*'"' ""'"^ *°' thi* important end ; anTat the he^ of that 3d anThi ?ff„ZTh^oh*''°"^l'^ ^".""^ ^•""'""^i^^a^d guiding, and. to 'the utmost of i^ ^wer' assiBtmg, all the eflForts which may be made to create, or to foster, intelfectual enjoyments and pursuits."* n^^J'^ ^^ t*'°?!u*"oo.J^^!^ ^^f® ^''®*^' ^^"^ ^" pursuance of a subsequent Despatch from Lord GlenelK, dated the 28th April last. (1837 ; See page 103, ante,) requesting His Excellency to granted b?the BiirwlhTnh n.^L'^^FPP*M^*""'''lA''^«"y ^l"" *«""»"* "^ *he loan intended to have been R w t ^ ' ('^"'0? passed Your Honourable House, dur ng the first Session of this Parliament ) out of any unappropriated portion of the Casual and Territorial Revenue oi thirProvince " '^""'"°«''*'' of fch^TrS^f f "Ti,'^''^' '" ?r«™^r ^"*'il83/; See page 112, anie,) issue his Warrant in favour whi.h n^!w u '"™ °' ^""^ Thousandand Fifty pounds ; (£2,050,) being one-half of the sum meif t?e whoTelra'nd"" ''^""'^ '" ''''""" ;-the f und not being suflicient, at that time, to ♦!,«. ^' ■? *PPf.»" '^h*J; "Pon a: .^lication being made some time afterwards for a Warrant for {..!« t™.; ^'t Excellency declined complying with the request, upon the ground that it had p?£8u3 * '''*" intended as a loan only, and not as a Krant, as had been Tr^.„n ^* ".u'" ^°9"8f q"ence of th" miisunderstanding, as Your Committee suppose, that His ^xcellency the Lieutenant-Governor has brought the matter under the consideration of the Jlouse Of Assembly. ^r.iJ' ^u®*A®u *^" *'** T*? >"<^«" has been laid out upon the Building at object'- aTe u.n>:SeTe?;*andl"&^o^^^^^^^^^^ V" ?'« ''r!?P"'"'™«"^- - '"• o^ this undert^ing hitherto .u^essfuS^tr^-tS^i^.l^^CiiS^^^^^ '' ^^j^^rco-^? Committfe wL*X%?n'rra ^ subject of those Documents. Your which has also been referred tJ thTm. t *^^ ^^''*'°" °^ ''^^ Reverend Egerton Ryerson. theM^';hS;;L?srBXVo7ttike^^^^^^^^ mittee have not, therefore felt Tt of sufficient ?mnorS.^ f T*'^* Academy ; and Your Com- niorits, which could not lead to any wSl rZSts ^nd whfr""^*.!". ^^«»«gation into its interests which Mr. Ryerson. no douWesSt^Tdv^te »nd pr^^ *'"' '"^ ^"'""*- ^'^^ All which IS respectfully submitted. ^"nwins. ; Committee Room House of Assembly 21st February, 1838. H. RUTTAN, \ Chairman. then?^ere1it^*°en"?ostun'd"7^^^^^^^^^ tZtv'T^^ ?«!j ^'^^ '-'^ ^^^ '' -- read a third time on tgjs d a3^^ ^HoVse"Vot^^^^^^^^^ o^ag^up'rur "" ""*' '^^^^'^'^ *Thie Report wUl be found on page S2 of this Volume. an« first forego the investigation of tL personal aZfr Keen H^£«^^^^^^ fee ings of the Committee, t" consider the case of the Academy without any reSce^o it lil»^«^ ""y'*'^' '^ they thought proper to pondence Itself. Two weeks panged wkh that unSandin^^^^^^ ""S *° ^"'^^^ ^'°" *»»« C^reV- the day before the intended oregentatinn «? f^f ^ ^ ^I^ .®. f^Port was drawn up accordinelv • bnfc Sersion. the Attorney and Solic horafneraU tbTrs'c A^w'^'" * ^"^^^ 't e^'PectMosVot the Chairman o the Committee, that, if he ?"omSSderth^\ntiTof'?h^ T'^T^' ^- ^'*??'') >'»f°"°«d thl of the Petition, without some exoneration of His ExceJipnev frnr^ .k^ Academy according to the prayer Correspondence involved him. they, as Officers of The aov«™n!l^?^ the odium in which the Petition and ^agraph such as they would reguir^ in wder to induce tr&Offi oppose it. They then drew up a other parts of the Report. The C^miittee kindlv iWpd mpl^ f^^®''®'? ""^ ^^^ S"^° to support the reflected upon my " discretion," my "Sks " and InH^rP^fJ ?, *° ««mine it. On perceiving that it mtroduction of anything of thekintj unless they investi^aled f LTil my statements, I objected to the evidence go along with the opinions they miahi think nf^nt^ t!^ ^^^ "* ^^^ Petition, and would let the fc«f '" ^* '""^'^ P.^°P°««^ * comSiTe.* I hen er3 ab^ut?nXlf f W -' ^^^ Chairman of the the rest as it appears in the Report, and I said I would n,^nhWf * .u^^ °^ ■*'}'^ Paragraph, and modified a private individual, as the rewon for not procrdinir wi^^^^^^^ Govenior, but left the reader to judges he plS of t^et^r.^^^^ *°'^ ^'d not justify the cusMon. . . . The Committee sl!:.^^^^^!!^ Zi}hZ^f^'^l°^ the^Petition. After a lengthened dis- pressed upon them, -•-■ "^"'^ ^"-"^^ "™ec" "ad a nnr.r r... ,i.--.i,o j ...u^.^ ,:- Excellency. ... The n^'^TTfl? "°"V 1 • *' '"^ V."^" Utlicers consented to th« na,«„,»pK Chap. VI. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE U. C. LEGISLATURE. 1837-38. 123 February 22nfl 18S8 Lieutenant Governor nnd is as follows : — To His Excellency Hi. F :,ncisBmcl Head Lieutenant Govermr of Upper Canada, etc. May it please Your Kxcellency : Excellency's desire, that the attention 17 ihTu «^\ that m accordance with Your the matter regardin^the afd to braffo^ed ^n'™*']^ **»""'^ ^« '"^"^^'^'^ to in the Despatch of Her Majesty's SecreSv 5 S^L ?^"'.?"n"t Academy, as contained last, (1837) and transmitted VVourExcelS^o f^X ^^^ ^^^^o^ ""{ ^^^ 28th April Your Excellency to advanced U,e Sees ^of tW T^Sfion '^M^'^ ultimo requesting ntended to have bean granted by the BnT" whSfh oMsed fh « H ' ^^^'''"""u"/ "' *^« L""" lative Council. durin« the Hrst /eglionn(ihX!\i^} * " ^°"*® °^ Assembly and Legis- the Casual and Territorial Senue of the Profin.« "h^ *"/ "»''PP«>P"at«d portion of matter due conBideration^Xeres?tshl«T^^ -^ ^T^ ''^ Assembly, after giving the Your Warrant in favour if KK^^^^^ T'L' '««^ Justified in isLng One Hundred pounds, (£4 100 ) hth Ym.r fc /r'^'l'' "T^^ "f ^^"^ ""•" "^ *'«»'• Thousand, advance, in orler to oollate'^SiUff e'^mLSLmentTo fh" IraSemr^' '^ "^"^ ^^^"^'« '" Lordship,':„d7olX^'o"Sdt ^To«X'c^r""/^""« ^'^'^'^ •« •"-'^-^^'^ ^/ His Canada Academy in thirpreSeLrJencrofK^ *.? "*^"^ assistance to the Opper that it is an Institution solely for Z EdJcLon of vS Tn^H ""^V'P''''^"^ «."' ^«' ^'^^ '«»«^» the Select Committee of this House of last ve^ -^""t' ?." .h!." ^^^.'^^/d" «f the Report of to successfully prosecuted in the ProviT.n« h/!^„~ * i ^^ greatest undertaking hither- page 54, ante) iTovmce by means of voluntary contribution alonl." (See deepfy ^ntlfrfn IhtTe'u'nfaVTm'^^^^^^^ individuals are occasion, and it feels assured thJvnZvJn!^ i " i^® withholdmg of this money will view th; declared rerorft*'tt?m"LS"^^^^^^^^^^ ^^t™ - Secretary of State for the Colonies and in f kI * ,y*°''® ^^ *"^ money, expressed by the nob e Government. " to Se a verv l?beral i™ 9ft?n-r«Peated determination of Her Majesty's suitable establisL™nt fo^rh^etln^TSTf he Pr'ovTnr '' '^"5. '^'i?^* 'i "-n«i--g be a loan, of a g.n, a mr^^uVor S JLVusTa^^S^ V^^^fn 0^1= "'°"'^ CoMMoi»8 House of Assembly, 22nd February 1838 Allan N. Macnab, Speaker. Mess^rlZl!^&^Sf a"nd"RrerfG' D^uJfon-b'" 'o' ^''™''^' ^*^»- ordered-That Excellency the Lieuten^ntSernor »ni vl^f ^1°^ ^^* Committee to inquire when His the subjec^t of the ^^^T^SZITJJ^^^^^^^ of this House upon r^^itZ'S4ilZ\^^^^ House went again into a Com- the 20th instant, Mr. Edward W^Jtlon ?nreS^^^^^ Chairman reported that the Committee had acrJJi fr^» 1 D, • "^® ^^"'"^ resumed, the to submit for the adoption of th? House TheR^l.^ ""' Resolutions which he was directed put as follows : ^'"^ ^^P^rt was received, and the first Resolution was therefore, decided m the negative by a majority of two (See paie 5^ ' al ) ^ ''"'^" """'^ February 24th m.'ifi Mr John P^ Osrf-T^i-.u* <• 4.r ,-i ° • ' Sir Francis Bond Head thV Lieutenant Governor ITy. t^ ^^';'""'"''1 "PP^i^ted to wait upon His Excellency to advance%hr"rSngTo ^ty^T' L'^ld^fo Th" Uoni: ?""t ^1'^"^""^ reported delivering the same and tha^ Hia Ww.^i 1 1 i. , ^PP®"^ Canada Academy, following answer:- ' '^ Excellency had been pleased to make thereto th^ 124 M '. i' 1 %J: i, 'Ml DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837-38 Obntlbmkn, It will ftfford me great pleasure to give immediate effect to the wish expressed by the H of Assembly in this Adilress, by authorising the issue of the remaining moiety of the sum nv printed by Her Majesty's (lovornment in aid of the Cobourg Academy. OUBU ap|)r()- GOVERNMENT HoUSE, Toronto, 24th February, 183H. F. B. Hkad. Febrnarii SCdh, 18.1S. The Speaker reported that the Master-in-Chancery had brouKhfc down from the Honourable the Legislative Council two Messages ; one of whicli was read bv nun aa follows : — •' Mr. Speaker : The Legislative Council reoaker reported that ho had received a Moaaago from SirFran.ia Bond Head, the Lieutenant CJovenior, tianamittingacopy of a Letter fn.m tho Reverend Egert-.i. Ryoraon, on the subject of the Ui.per Canada Academy, dated the 27th of January, 1838 an. hm rep y thereto, ,huod on the 30tl. of the same month.' (NoTK. -The.e Letter, a./ nserted pages 112- llo ; Hoe also page 120, ante.) •■'-eriou on =»„„.^1''"lT'^J''''i/'''''^^T/^"T''''*i''" """!'^ *"•* Bocondod, it wa» ordered, that the several Mes- ^ges of His Lxcollency the Lieutenant (lovernor, transmitting tho copy of a Despatch from Her Majesty 8 Government, and other Documents on the subject of the iVper Canada Acadcmv received by this House on the twenty-seventh ultimo, and o.i the fif.h inataut, respectively!,; refenod to a Select Comnutteo to report thereon. It was further ordered, that the Honourable Sn^U^aTimn-osr'' " ^^""' ""'^ •""'" ^- "^'"""'"y- '^ '^•""^"«" the said G.i: Note.— A Letter was addressed by the Reverend Egerton Ryerson to the Ronourable John Beverley Robinson, Speaker of the Legislative Council, on the 15th of February, 1838. in regard to the grant to the Upper Canada Academy. It was as follows : — T .^8 His Excellency Sir Francis Head has, I understand, sent down to the Honoumblo the !f ^'iSr if <-«»"<='l. 8«J'eral Documents calculated to excite unfriendly feelings in the n^inds of ^rln'T^r M i-K ^T ''^^'"'* '"^' <'" '/^'^"'^ *" ^^^ '''"'^ °* **^« Upper Canada Academy grant), I take the liberty to enclose a copy of yesterday's Omstian Ounrdian. You will find in itseveral letters which His Excellency U not as yet thought proper to transmit to the Legis- lature, although the House of Assembly addressed him for them several days since ; aiid although I enclosed copies of two or three of them to the Government House (for that purpose)' I have a letter from Mr. Secretary Joseph, dated last week, saying they should be immediately My hope is, I it if the Legislative Council take up the aubject of the Upper Canada Acadeiny, and if the majority, who voted for the amendment in the Bill of last Session, were noi unfriendly to the Institution, they will state their real intentions, and recommend such relief as well as such annual assistance for the Upper Canada Academy, as is ..bvioush necessary to' couX ''"'' *'^^'''^'''''"* any such Institution, .■ | ocially in its infancy, and in a new If it he a fact, that a majority of the Legislative Council are not unfriendly to the Upper Canada Academy, but, on the contrary, are disposed to aid it, no one will rejoice more than myself to recall in the riost public and strongest manner, the intimations I have made to tho reverie. And it would afford myse f and my friends peculiar satisfaction to have the opportunity to extend directly and publicly to the Legislative Council that cordial support that we have doni to the Institutions of t)i P-ovince generally. TOROTO, loth February, 1838. ^'^'^^^^^ Ryeu.0^. On the following day, (16th of February, 1838,) the Speaker of the Legis- lative Council replied to the foregoing letter as follows :— , ii'i • ,• ''^•'^ "l"^"""" Ti^^ther the sum of Four Thousand, One Hundml pounds, (£4,100), «hall be advanced from the Crown Revenues, as a grant, or a loan, is one with which the Legis- lative Council has nothing to do. ° 1837-38 Cliap. V. ED.rCATIONAf, PROCEEDINOB OF THE U. C. LEOI8I.ATURE, 1837-38. 117 Lkiumlativk Coun(!|I, Chamuku, 16th of February, 1838. John B. Robinho,*;, Speaker. 8ch.. „,J to rr..vi,lu (,,r tl o £h.£l,,^r, M . I'"™""™ «x'«"H rolalivo t„ C..,„„u.n bo ,.2d a ,„o„„d S to-mi™; ' "'"" ""'' " ""' ""'" ■ «"•' '' "» ""I"™! Th.t U to..norrow, to take the sa.L hl^bo con.TdemtS " *"' '"" '"'" Committee of the Whole exi.ti..K relative to Com no„ Scho U nnd fco Drovide for ^hl H ) rV'^T^J^"-^" '>«'«t<'f«>ro P«„or.,.„d ,<, report tl,er.:rt7;'i:;iL', r'TSTre'^ 7 'r^Se^^r'Thtf SfT ""f be rfcoived, and. that the said Bill be reforrad to a s .l«T n ^.l ordered— 1 hat the Report '.r r- Catiada To tlie Honourable the Leyldatke Cwiucil All of which 18 respectfui y submitted. f s "". "»*e;. €0MMiTrEE Room, LE.asLArivB Council, 20th day of February, isSB. W. Morris, Chairman. February 21st, 1S38. ^The Honourable William Morris from fch« M«l„«f n whom was referred the Bill intituled • " An Aet to rI/ ^ , r Committee, to existing relative to Common Schools, and to provide for the ahli T''"/ t"^' heretofore Support, of Common Schools throughout this pJovince "Mr" aW.hment, Maintenance and ordered-That it be received ; and th'e same was then rea^ iS^ws : 1'"' ^'''''- ^' "^^ To the Honourable the Legislative Council of Upper Canada ■ School., md to provide for tfcE.tebli.hI,mI L»»»li8rotofore existing relative to Common throughoiit thi. Proviiioe!" 1,6? le.t to re3\ '""'" ^"PP»" °' "'""»"'■' ^^ooU .»ve,tigate i„„r. minutely, U the,^ n'o't'S^dThS ThfJllKlS: rpriX' 128 DOOlIMKNTAIiY HISTORV OF KDIJUATION IN IIIM'BH CANADA. 1836-37 ombriiooi. ' l»ruooo« wiwi tho UUl, upon tlio iiniioiploH which it All of whioh iH roipeotfully ■iihiiiittod. CtlMMllTKH IlctoM, Lk(IIHI,ATIV;1 0(UIN(t|I,, 2l»t tlay «»f FohruHiy, IH88. W. MoiiHiH, Chairiimn. ...d 8»|,|,„rt S 0„„m,.,„ S« £",;,"£ 'Z !'"■ ' '•, .l' *W ■t";«"». M»i"''-«.o« tl,« Uou.. ,.o.„m«.l. ,i,h„ut r„,Mrl!,,« r; itiurim tl,« l.ill. " "'° """'■ *""■■ ■"'"" '""" N„«._Hy U,U Act of tho Com,„ittoo, in „„t r„p„rti„s on the Hill, it «,»» a«.ppoa tor the t.,u.,. It was. howovor, l„.,„.ght „p a«ain, at tho net „ittin« tho (.,,„„,. „„,, a Co„,„„tteo of C.mfo,onco with tho Hou»a of A«mbly wa» ap,K„„to,l by tho Council. This Conference was instructed to i„f„„„ ,,h«t Hon" of the reasons why the Bill couM not be c„ncu„-„.l in by tho Legislative (;„„„! (beo roteronco to this matter on page 124, ante). th«(S;;;;;;;i;fiiJSt;ls:;:rs :s!i:r:£ty^ c^nforonco i.re,ue.tad wiu. UopoHl th«.overal Uws horot.ff .re ox atini, "'S.^H f n "'° H«I1 mt.tuled : "An Act to in .n^^ent thereto, it wa, .novod «n,rL^l.;:7SaJ^Sif ZS^^^^^^ S^'IK™ then.onlor«a.~-ThataO<.nf«"««c« rm.uestm? S Z^^^^ "^ *''" '^»«'-»mtivo. It, was aubjoot nmttor of the sai.l Hill ; r, ,1. oXr" 1 Th tt ,?'*"'"""' "''»»« »f Assouibly, on tlu, a.>a John Hamilton, beappointe I o C .nforTooH , th« 1 ■ f n'^^S ^"^«'«»';« Gillian, Allan was furthor ,.nlorod That the Ma"tL K. !. i ' ^ *'"" ^""«" f"'*' ^''^^ purp.mo. It that HouHo. that the C 8 S^!« S u.^ i?J^^^ '"^^^ *^» %« Assou.bly, «'„d ac.,uai, AsBombly, on tho HnbjcA, nuittor o 7l o h r n, n i .^J o"" *'"' ?\' ^■;'"!""»'« Houso of Council, for that purpose. On motion, mailo and socondod, it was, ordorod namod bo nistrnctod to repros.^nt that tho Logislativo ■That tho Coniniitteo of Conferonco last contribnto, in proportion'to their n/r.-.-f. 'i .•l.T'?^.^"*'""*7.«''"»'*l ^o u.ado to e itoni contribnto, in pn.portion to their noa.» ^178,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ f "^""-y "^xi^try. should bo u.ado t the poorer chJos f.f society to rocn ivn??.";/.! ^ uK "^,f "?'> education, ana.nK additional nUes onM. inhabitant. ^^^i^ of S Bi^^Z^^Z'^l^^^Ttf:;;. Chap. V. KDUOATIONAL F«O0EEDIK<» OF THE U. O. I,E<1ISI,ATDBE, 1837.88. 1I» A Deputatu.n from tho Com nons House of AH»eml)ly brought »p and dolivored ,it tho TUmr tin. Hou«o. a Meswigo in tl.o foll.ming word., and thoa withd?«w. "«"»'«'"od at tho IJarof Mil. Hl'KAKKH, l»hi,iei,l M»,„t„„„„c„ ,.,,,1 H„,,p„,t „f <.„„,■„,.„ Scl„>„l«, iNrou^L ^t ,Tn Sioo "t/h.. ArxAN N. Ma(;naii, Hj.uaker. Co.MMONH EloiIHK OK AmHKMHI.Y, 2({th day of February, 1838. Kegulrto tho tuturu Appropnati,,,, o( the Cmuiil >nd TortitorW Revenue," eto Marc/t (;Wt, lHS8.~T\ie Honourable (foonre H MArklBnil from fhn (i..t-l* n To tlis Hononrabk the Legidative Cwmcil of Upper Caruida : Your Committee, appointed to report upon a Bill intituled • "An Act omnHnr, » «..^ * ^>r tho support, of Common School, fn Up?er Oanalir t Jhe yel^^838*^^^^^^ rhat thoUUl wm conformity with the usual annual grants in aid of Common Ichol ami theref,>re, recommend it to the adoption of your Honourable House. ''°'"'"°" Schools, and All of which i. respectfully submitted. Committee Room, Lbgihlative Codnoil, 5th day of March, 1838 Georob H. Markland, Chairman. nf M.? « "' »'«de and seconded, it was, ordered-That tho last mentioned Bill, and the Renort oftheSelectOommittoe hereon, be referred to a Committee of the Whole HmiL nreSf The House was then put into a Committee of the Whole, aecordinirly. The Honourawlro S; H Markhuid took the chair. After some time, the House resumed! and the Ern reSrted that the Committee had gone through the said Bill, and recommended the sampt^fK' lZt:Zlk nut '«^"li"'» "f ^he House. It was ordered-Srtlie Report be r^cIer-a'nY that the said Bill bo read a third time presently. The same was thon r«R,l a%J^i Ji f f ' ,' ingly and passed ; whereupon the Speaker sigifed t^B iT, anHwrorSeld -^^^^^^^^^ m-Chancery do go down to the Assemblv, an^d acquaint that Honourab fHouTe^K^ lativo Council have passed this Bill, without any amendment. ' ^^"' th„ p* ^*'"'' "U^® clock, p.m. the Lieutenant Governor desired the attendance of Members of Sn.'^preTHrB^Exe 4n""''''^ %'^^^ Legislative Council Chamber. 0. "he twrHo" ^f r.!fif» ul i ' "'! ^'-'^cc.ienuy asBcUtcd to a number ol Bills in the Queen's name amoni/ th^m he vear 18Sr"'i?^« " sum of money for the support of Common Schools in Upper cSaLr ine year 1838 ; after which he closed the Sess on of the Legislature with a farow«1l Sr^^^i, ? which he made no reference to Educational matters. ^^g""^^"'^* ^ith a farewell Speech, m 9 D.E. 8 180 ' *' . f 4. § r ' DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1836-37 Note.— During the same mouth, in which Sir Francis Bond Head, prorogued the Legislature, his Successor. Sir George Arthur, arrived and assumed the Lieu- tenant Governorship of the Province on the 28th of March 1S38. The following is a copy of the Common School Appropriation Act of 1838:— I. VICTORIA, CHAPTER LX. Ay Acr grantcno a sum of monby for the support of Common Schools in Upper Canada FOR THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT. Sir Francis Bond Head, Lieutenant Govenm: Most Gracious Sovereign: Passed 6th March, 1838. Preamble. limperial Act, 1791. Je6,650,inaddi- tion to sums aow appropri- ated by law. Distribution of grant to the thirteen Dic- tricts. To be paid by Keceiver General. Whereas it is expedient to grant a sum of money for the support of Common Schools m the several Districts of this Province : may it therefore p ease^ur Majesty that it may be enacted, "iciciuro pioase lour Ar^ be it enacted, by the Queen's most Excellent Maiesty, by and with the vZl o""^ T'""* ° t^i^I^eg^Iative Council and Assembly of the Provh^ce of ?nT.f /'• ''"»»"*"tf.'i a«d assembled by virtue of and under fhe authS o an Act passed in the Parliament of Great Britain, intituled : " An Act to ReoeJ X?'^P'''*!''/r ^<'SP»«««'i i» tl»« fourteenth year of His Maje1"y'8 reign, S Prov'inot of oil"' ^^^IM^g.^r effectual provision for the Government 'o the Province of Quebec, m ^orth America, and to make further provision for the Gov emment of the said Province,' " and by the authority of the Lme 1 . J '^'^"^ ^"^T *"^ '^"^ °^ ^^'® ™*e5i and duties now raised. levied and col ected or hereafter to be raised, levied and collected, to and for the uses of this Provmce, and lu the hands of the Receiver Gene;al unappropriated there vrnort,?the?eL'*^r''^'r^"'. "^« T ""^ '^' ^^'^^^'^ SchS S' thTs Pro yince, for the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtv-eiaht the sum of Five Thousand. Six Hundred and Fifty Poundsrin addition to the fn?on"''''r*PP™?rfu'^ ^y '*^' *° ^« ^PPli«d in the same way and manner and m conjunction with the present sums granted by Act of Parliament wWi;' *j^ sum of Five Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty R>nnds, shX apjfrtion^ the several Districts of this Province as follows, that is to g^y°l"PP°"^°°«^ »™ong To the Ottawa District the sum of One Hundred Pounds. To the Eastern District, the sum of Five Hundred Pounds. To the Johnstown District the sum of Five Hundred Pounds. To the Bathurst District the sum of Five Hundred Pounds To the Midland District the sum of Five Hundred and Fifty Pounds To the Prince Edward District the sum of Tfo Hundred Pounds To the Newcastle District, the sum of Five Hundred Pounds. Totne Home District, the sum of Seven Hundred and Fifty Pounds To the Gore District, the sum of Six Hundred Pounds. To the Niagara District, the sum of Five Hundred Pounds. To the London District, the sum of Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds To the Talbot District, the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Pounds To the Western District, the Sum of Three Hundred and Fifty Pounds 1836-37 jrogued le Lieu- Chap. VII. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO EDUCATION, 1831-38. ISl 838:- Canada 38. Common ise Your with the vince of lority of ) Repeiil n, intit- ; of the ;he Gov- tnd col- uses of id there is Pro- >^-eight, to the ier, and ch said I among mm of r Gen- ose be III And be It further enacted by the authoHty ajoresaid. That, during the vear aforesaid, it shall not be lawful for the Board of Education, in any of fhe Districts of this Province to pay to any Teacher of a Common School in this ProvS the annual allowance, unless the Trustees of the said School shallmalfi it^»Ta.f^.? satisfaction of the said Board of Education that they ravellp'tSr^^ support, so as to secure him for his services in a sum equal at leas to douWe the amount which may be allotted by the Board of Education from the pubHc monev anything to the contrary notwithstanding. ^ money, , , ^Z' A'^t itf'^'rther enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and mav be lawful for the Board o Education in each District to allow their Clerks of the?r respective Boards, in addition to the sums thev now bv law anthr ri-)^!! T.? I ■ the further sum of Five Pounds for the preseSt year. '^ authorized to receive, Money to be paid by Board of Education to Teachers on certain condition. Additional allowance of £5 to Clerks. CHAPTER VII. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1831-1838. john%r=,^rz«ch1f aU V. uiT ?at^:f jV28r i^9nt ^^"^r >• ^z- December, 1829, I walked from Aldbfrough^Ttt Mfnlil-'SsfHl Lst ThLr^a^rivi^S About Four o'clock -^ the afternoon. I left home just after daylight that morninr T ,iof p ^ tificate to teach ■, , ol from the RevereniLMr Mcintosh the FnLli.f pi? T^iw- •^*'' * ^®/" «yaminp»1 inn -cV,*- Hou\at New Glasgow' whereTweSrt: ScJoo? iri'8lt ^.^^1'^. r/eV^eai.' oM ha'" '^^ been born in Argyleshire in 1812. My Teacher at New GWow w^ Mr ThLifl^^ n' n*^ :n1rTafbot Ed" ^it^ff- ^'V''^"^' T '""''^ -"TanZffmi^e'r^^^^^^ •on tne laiDot Koaa. Ihe Schools were then ooen for six mnnf.ha nf tha -.r^^^ t i.^ a 1° . dancing tune, and thon M of the Scholar. gotTp andlo^Sd^oi™ ftrS!^^ ^1/"^^ J a^:3?a.he'd^JSrn:,f^„°Jri.f.rrtL^^^^^^^^ ,- S°'''^u^''- '^'•^i^i^ald McColl, in his narrative of the Schools of Aldborough does not m«n Vow7''"""' '''"'' °' '''' ""'" ''''''''' ''=^*^°^- (See paTe f6l,'7th:'S Aldborough, Ekfrid, ETC.-Mr. Malcolm Campbell, an old Teacher writes to me from Middlemiss, (County of Middlesex,) as follows :— In reply to your Note, asking for information regarding Schools in the earlv rla^o T K-.„ *■ that my first connection with Schools was in the yelr 1835, when I lase~d7,lL^h^ r '^^ mon School in Aldborough, where the Village of Eagle nowItands^aX^ofFtSr^^^ wards taught for fifteen years in two school sections'in SkTrid ?Sultrof J^ddtx) DurTn; these Ufteen years, the Common Schools were under the direction of thrL AifZlll' ,^"""« authorities, exclusive of Trustees,-fir8t by a District board oftrcafc on ThicL^^^^^^^^^^ cates to Teachers, and received quarterly reports from the Trusteed S TeacL'rrand annoJ" tioned the Government grant, more on account of th« auaUfication of t^- IW.l !' ^ ^-^T scliuol attendance. Afterwards, the Common Schools Sere aovernp,? W i«"i i ^ "^ ^^^''°' '^^ whose duty it was to grant Certificates to llhts^'irdTo fa^arteL^tlt STsZoTs' SNa'SoSiJ^pEtlS."^ Superintendent of^ LU for^Sle^ L^S; i:! ■■s^sa! 132 DOCUMENTARY HISTOBT OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1831-38 wi.hiS'^T' Houses during the time I taught, were built of round logs, about 14x16 feef with clapboard roofs, and with open fire places. A window saah on fh™« -t^r. * i- v! *' board being placed beneath them" on which to keep co^S^s and slates TW« w«r« T ^'^^' ' " benches without backs, tor seats. There were no blar CX ni !^!"^ X ®[5 l°"# ^^"^"^ There was a miscellaneous assortment TSs! wLh i ^t TrS'dX. U^°''f"'''^'^*""• Cobb8and Webster's Spelling books, afterwaXaveSetSavor-r^J,!?. "" ?''™ ''^^^T' Huron. The English Reader, and Hume and Smollett's History of England wereured bvThe mLf advanced classes. Lennie's Grammar and Dil worth and Hutton's Arithm^X L^ f kf ?i- f '! Cortez- Conquest of Mexico were used, also a Geography and AtL and a var «;v nf l!?\^"'*n ^ °^ qui Is were used for pens which the Teacher m^eS mt''derat7easVt;7cerda^^ T^ of teaching were somewhat longer than at present, and there was no recess Th^ nn.^K * Scholars varied from fifteen to thirty, and school was kent onen frL «;„m! f number of year, with a Saturday vacation eve^i^. t^> rweelsTei^hr, after hf^^^^^^^ some months, underwent a pretty thorough oral examinattn by the dS BoS of Ed„c°J tion, and were granted certificates-either First, Second or Third CU«» \ZZa;„ \ Jl^' merits, real or supposed. ^Jhey had the GovernmeSrsran/apport oned^^^^^^ thZ acc^ordU ^ their stanHmg. Mr. Donald Currie, in the section west of me, drew annuallv Xonf S R^ dred and Twenty dollars ($120), on the ground of his high SSion.Tia^^^^^^^^ Latin. n his school, the Reverend Archibald Currie and the late Sheriff McK^uiVnTf v. -^ early training. My share in the grant was Eighty dollar W Seven t"1£S^^^^^ 5"r"".S^" « P'""^ f'-^™ my School. Mr. Benson in the section ease of meTrerabout Fiffcv dollars ($50). He was a very effic ent Teacher In 1837 the TTnn«r Palloio d i- ? "^ the supplies, and the Govern'^.ent paid the TeUer J t'lii ^trnfj^^^^^^^^^^^ date, with 6 per cent, interest. The note was paid bv Mr John Harpia Tro«3ii t a walking 20 to 40 miles for it. The Governmen^tgranffa: whtt^^eTe'ch^rraTnl^^^ for cash. The rest of his pay, which varied from «10 t.<. «1« n r.,r.^*u n^ '^ ^ included, was mostly paid in'^ind." and ve?y ha?d to collect 'at that "'''' ^^^«™™«°' ^'^^^ The Trustees in these early days assumed duties beyond what they now possess Jn encaffini. a Teacher they examined him as to his qualifications in the three R's, and a^s much farthe?aSSf of hemselvesknew. They fixed the rate bill which each Schoia^ should pay, usualirat I dollar and fifty cents a quarter ; and any family sendinc morn tli«i, th,,^ « k i "*"»"y " «• free, as well as the childV of Widows.' They'^soreSs'rd aT.achr bythtmofth -t?n" dollars being oflTered me in the year 1834. Another applicant offered to ta'f e les» Tn^ ^r ^ the situation. The teacher was expected to " board rSSnd." at tS ^ate of pay ' He usuaUv boarded m one or two houses near the School, doing chores morning and evemS' The TrZeis assessed each scholar with half a cord of wood during winter, which^as scantiKupplied • some tames the Teacher and bigger boys went with an axe to the woods to make up the dSdenT Vienna, (County of Elgin). Mr. J. Thomas Gamble, Secretary of the Vienna Board of Education, has sent to me the following particulars, relating to the educational history of Vienna, in the County of Elgin. He says : The history of education in Vienna covers a period of over sixtv veara Tn is^i ;« » t House on Front Street, a Mr. Brooks conducted the first School US Miss De f oL % T up the work in a little building which was situated not far from the eastern end of fh. WH. Bridge. In 1838, we find the School on Main Street, and, late™ still, on ffingStrett (Note. The next item in this narrative begins with 1843. It will be given chronologically) . London, (Ontario). Mr. Nicholas Wilson has contributed to the London Free Press of May the 5th, 1894. an account of the early London Schools, at the request of the Public School Board, and in response to my Circular on the subject. I only select that part of the narrative which speaks of the earliest schools of the then Village of London. Mr. Wilson says : — -^., Th«_b«»* »«'»'1P; in London in those early days was established about the year 1838 by Mr William Taylor. Mr. Taylor was a man of fine physique, eood education apd n.n-id»rahfr pxl peneuoe as a teacJier. He came to Canada from (Queen's county, Ireland, where "he had keot an Academy for some years. He opaned his School in a house on Talbot street, iust south of York, but subsequently erected a more suitable building on Horton street, near Talbot in which Chap. VII. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO EDUCATION, 1831-38, 133 m«nrrfAhl°P?,l?"iI T*?- ^^^ ?"'?"? Londoners, who attended school before the establish- ment of the Public SchooJs, received their education principally from Mr. Taylor. To this. Mr. John Dearness, Public School Inspector, adds the following : The firjt School opened in London was by a Mr Tavlor M«aiyp« Hfifall. t^f mi-r nfK«,. ,.,.! Islflie^e^r'Jt^ih"' '^ i^«,^'«*-Sbefo?e the'p^Tof'fh^s'h'of B^^ 11 AA A T ^'''*'*°'' "^"^ *^'^"* sixpence, (ten cents) per week, and tht. Teachers usually added some other remunerative labour to that of teachii/g. ^eacners INNISFIL. (County ofSimcoe). Mr. A. F. Hunter. M.A., (of the BarHe Ex- he various New England states, and in the State of New York, he and his faithful companion, Henry Hinsdale of New York City came to Upper Canada. The Rebellion, which had recenSrS^kfn place left thi ??£?f i'^^'l P * ^^"^ r^^*''"^ ^**'«- While in Toronto, John Joseph Gumrvi'sited the Lieutenant Governor, Sir George Arthur, and had a very satisfactory Conversation S him He corrected some mi8apprehen8K.ns, which Sir George Arthur had r^spectrng FriendT n„l li? his companion attended the Half Year's Meeting, held up Von^e Street twenty-five fhi .fJln"?^ °f J^^"."*«: This meeting was held in the eighth month, (Augul?) At thirS^eting the attention of Friends was directed to the subject of Education ; and it was decided t^tekeTm' mediate steps towards the establishment of a Friend's Boarding School. The subscriptions m^de for this purpose, throughout theProvince, were aided by fund, froin New York a^^nXi^d ^^61? supplemented by Joseph JohnGurney himself, and a number of the Friends at rMfffifYear^ K^l' ^' ""f^" ^^ ''^"'■^•^ ^'T^'^' ^" ^^'' C°»"ty «♦ P""°« Edward, wh ch Mr Guniey visTted before he and his companion left that County; the site of a Boarding SchooT had Kn selected, and soon a terwards, it was purchased from Mr. Alexander Armftrong Some few ra^rerman'^^' iVw S? T""'' ^^f-n built by Mr. ArmsUgZ the'old home'stid Labo^fr sS wVi,; ^ desire of Joseph John Guruey that this should be a Manual Labour School, but this was never carried into effect ; this School was not opened until 1841 (Note. The remainder of this narrative will be given in its chronological order). CoBOURG : Mr. George Mitchell, Secretary of the Collegiate Institute Board, Cobourg, writes as follows, under date of February 21st, 1894 : . . '^!'' iri^fonowT:"''" '"'""^ ^ "'" ''^*^''" '''''' '"^"^ *^ ^^'^ Grammar School at Cobourg callp^''^^^ oT 1*''^;;'°"« '° the year 1836 a Grammar School for the District of Newcastle called the Cobourg Grammar School, was built on the spot where the present CoUeihtrCH^ tot o?StrColWe'"Duhr' iirst Principal, so far as^l can learn, wJs" Mr' w£ C. Cr o -" himVM. F.V.-&?^t wttc^Pr?^^^^^^^^ ^JS%sX:':Mt:Mtk':,^^^^^^ ^«^ ^^ ^'- «--^ ^o^-- o^ ^his docu. i. if. 1 :* i- .11' 1S4 •; DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATfON IN UPPER CANADA. 1831-3S ta^i^^^l w^'''?' .?^'"- ^*'"''S^ ^- ^«»ly ^"tes as follows : I went to Mr Rattmv's Sohnnl i^ BSorJ ) * ^°^"'"'' *"^ P'^Ses 126. 127 of the Second Volume, of this DicHmentar; Brampton, (County of Peel). Mr. Henry Roberts, Secretary-Treasurer of the School Board, states that a Private School was kept in Brampton by Doctor Johnson for boys and girls in 1837. ^ Welland. Mr. J. McCaw, Secretary of the Public School Board, in a letter dated 15th of May, 1894 says :— apnelr'^L^S'Sr'^"' °^ the first Common School in Welland dates back to 1836. No records b»f if nw\ "kP"'^"^"^ "' *?,*^^ ""^''^^^ i" ^^J^ic'i it ^^^ supported, or conducted wer^e^il^ssl^ul^oXrC^K^^^^ ^^^f^' ,h^™°"^ if 1^ t' achers trate was a later Teacher. ^ " ^«"«™« *h« P^sent Police Magis- KiNGSTON-ilfi(^iancZ District School Society. In the First and Second Volumes of this Documentary History, there is frequent references to the Midland District School Society, and to the efforts made by its promoters to supply a gnevious want felt at the time in the old Town of Cataraqui-Kingston-then second in rank to the Town of York. While the Executive Government of the day more or less actively fostered the cause of education at the Capital, it practically left other places to take care of themselves in this matter. With the exception, efore, of the District Grammar Schools for the well-to-do inhabitants in the c.ef centres of population nothing was done until 1816 to provide Elementary Schools for the less wealthy portions of the community. It was to meet this pressing want that the Midland District School Society ' of Kingston was organized. Just at that time, too, the new and very popular system of Monitorial teaching, originated by Mr. Joseph Lancaster, which was introduced into England and afterwards into Montreal, was adopted by the Kingston Society. Subsequently the Madras Monitorial system, practised by the Reverend Doctor Bell, was adopted in the Central (Church of England National) School, established at York, in 1820. (See page 89 of the First Volume of this Documentary History). The Kingston Daily News of November 16th 1881 thus refers to the operations of the Midland District School Society :— ,tnn'"T?^*.*^®''®,'^^''®"''""ean8 of obtaining education for the children nf the poor in Kin Chap. VII. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO EDUCATION, 1831-38. 185 ^nn^^^^^.,.T r> A'''?°''^rr^^^^: ""''®'' ^^^ designation of the "Midland District Scl.ool Society, and a President and Trustees were chosen, to manage the affairs of the Society. From various causes many attenipts to establish a School failed, and the Society remained for nmny r,ti""*"*'/i K^' f}^f^^ 'Y" •^^°^^« ^«^« "«^*" '«""^«d. Their Act of Inoorpora ion rLi**""""-?^' ^^'i"*^ Parliament, by which they were not now committed to aSy m ,de n ir«« «§' ?*^ 'S' li^' ^^^'^' ""^'I "^* °"^y "^^^'^ transferable, but the heirs and representatives ^Lfw«r«if^T'i !''''''? ''!''',f!u'*"'',^. ''^P*^'^ "^ inheriting the shares held by the deceased* and were entitled to vote at all their Meetings, and hold oflice. ' In 1833, four years before the Midland District Grammar School was again opened a IrtLJZ^ ' r «\^^ (°"it.^ "■ "?°'' '^'**^'*' °»« i" Miss Morrison, who had been a Teacher iSXTth hl^w««n^^'^'''' ■ T'>«y l^^'n^diately engaged her, procured a School room, and com- menced with between twenty and thirty scholars, a number which gradually increased She was to rlad tfe^'"°V' "f "^l^ ""^^^ ^r^- ^^^ ^^' particularly useful in teaching her pupSs fn Jr^i' iS^^' fl''^ '^r"»*««« "f the Midland District School found themselves in a condition to commonco their School anew, and it was advertised in the city papers that the Midland District School would be opened on Monday, the 22nd of May, 1837. They continued S f^omToTndTblVr^'"' "^" ^"^ already proved her efficiency, and a gentleman usrarriWng pZilnJ f), ^ i^«" «"«^f "?»,.* Teacher. The Venerable Archdeacon Stuart, thl President the Reverend R D. Cartwright and the Reverend J. Machar were appointed to confer with Mr. John Hamilton an^ to engage him as Teacher of the bovs' School, if^hey saw ^wf wIS.^ immediately engaged him, and be proved an excellent Teacher and a nost respect- able worthy man. The School was then commenced under auspicious circumstances. It was not o be altogether gratis, a small fee was charged-three pence,\r five cents, a week for elch wTthen sLcrem"^" """"^ ^''*™'"'' ^""""^ ^^^ ^^P°'* °^ ^"^^ Reverend R. D. Cartwright. who As it will be desirable to secure a Male Teacher to instruct the boys, and also a Female X?nlA? ?«,/«™^'f department, it is not necessary, nor indeed desirable, that the Institution Jea^ fv ifnnn f i^ gratuitous, aud a small sum paid weekly for each pupil, which would not piiss JZi^^nf the parents, would amount to a considerable aggregate in the year to aid the h«n™ fYJ-''"l-^^^^^^^ ^i^ccess of the School and the progress of their children, would be found considerably to increa ^e it. There is perhaps no Town of tho same extent and population, in >, hich such a School con- ducted on Christian principles is more needed, and it should be a cause of thankfulness to God lirT '" ^T'^T '^ 'u ^^l"f hie an endowment for the instruction of the young, wMle men^'^Kr?^!^^ ^nd for f^T^ \ ^- ^^*"''/^'^*' ^^T''''^^ ''^'''^ "P P^"y«^ f«r *he chMren'o? the SchoSu ^^15 M ^.^/"t^'^^- ,?J- Cartwright was justified in the soundness cf his views, the parents inr^ni/X'^ ^^^ T"" ^''!' '^""'^^"^ '\' *^« P"^"«g« ^^ *heir children being educated ; and for those who were too poor to pay even these small fees, benevolent friends wire always found T^^l^T^ ^""^ '^T• J^^ '''''}'%^ conduced greatly t^ the regular attendancrof the children of theridfrn^n - ^.f f fu'^""^' ^°' ^^''f ?^^l^'^""' °' ^y "'^^'^ f«^ <^hem, enhanced the valu^ Tr.«lL 1 \ *'^*•« ^A^^-l'^'l ^^''^^"^ ^^""^ *heir school-time should not be lost. The InTlnZT!^ T^'^^^ "^'^^ *^ '?°°"«' "^ ^^^'"^ S'^hool, which was regularly attended l^i M- T^^ '" numbers every week. In 1841, Miss Morrison resigned fronf failiL health much^'' d^r^!?,;7f °-^'^ 'T'!J h'k ^^' ^PP^'"*^'^ '^'^'^'' °f *he female department si school toVotrfwnr«Tr''T' ^Y *^«'«,^«^« P«T ''^"'^y 300 children attending, who had no fn^rifr/f .t ; ^i"^ Teachers, with their Assistants, were earnest Christians, deeply Thlt'^i i ^-^ "''''*^ and spiritual welfare of the children, faithful and diligent in the r wo?k^ The Lible reading was carefully attended to, and also the committing of a weekly portion to 8ch!^or;n?" *"'''""' "* "T" *'"' ^^^"g P'*^^' '^' Schools were never considered as poor taSt ' at iC«%^orr ""^ "°": lT"Py respectable positions in society were, when children' Ete™ nf fhlp ? Respectable members of the Legal and Medical Professions and neglecS. ^ ''^'' elementary education there, while the poorest were not BowMANViLLE AND West Durham. At the West Durham Centennial Celebration, held at Bowmanville in September, 1894, Mr. James B. Fairbairn, 186 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPKR CANADA. 1831-38 •, < n ) I It: I Post Master, thus referred to the early Schools in that part of the Province xle said : — Tood Te?cLr Xttt^'cC^Vr --?'-* ^-'i--« Jindly and'coLcienibus Tnd''a sMir:.±W^!*«•:~~":^•V.»,a.-.■,■l■S the ptt s^id^t^t"" EducTAn "l,*"'' ^^^T' T *hi8 occasion, speaking of the proRress made in educationmost, andtooursturdinesBthenext." »•'« ™ore progrsss. . . . We owe to Haldimand, (Northumherland County). In a letter to th3 Cobourg World of the 15th of May. 1895, Mr. P. Hinman says : in H^ri/T^l H^™ ^^""^ not more than two or three Schools in Haldimand and thev were kenf whr ch's sr;; ;iiTe tr "rmVthr r "^^ 'r*^^"^ "'? «°,i hZ^esii^^rei^i Hi.lri;™,u.,j 1 Ti. y , " ^"^-^ ^^'^^ ^^s "o house or chapel for Public Worshin m Public Opinion being Stimulated on the Subject of Education in 1838. The movements which took place in 1836-1838, in favour of a better class of Schools and properly qualified Teachers, found expression in many of the local Newspapers of those days. The following well written article on the subject although severe on the teaching of these days, appeared in The Oourier of Mont- real in July. 1838 : It is interesting, as indicating the tendency of public opinion m avour of an improved system of Schools and of good teachers, which resulted m the practical attempt made to solve the question, by the passing of a Bill on the subject in 1839, and by the enactment of the first educational measure which was passed by the Parliament of the newly united Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in 1841. effort, are naoessary to render .™ce",cTrtaT,i the Go.emraent ; and pnyat. Chap. VJI. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO EDUCATION, 1831-38. ISf these profeMions regarded in that character, and, as a matter of course, with respect unless TL.h«r°;ir ^""T" n'n^^'i "i" ^'" *°'''«'^«'^ ^'« professional rosj o3ili"T Wi"h the Teacher, (the grade of College Professor hardly excepted.) the case is reversed His callinff aubjecji hun to suHpicion and neglect. Lord ferougham's^saying has passocMn o a by-3 "the Schoolmaster IS abroad," and this has been called ''the Schoolmaster aL" In thii The Parsimony of the Upper Canada Legislature in regard to Education. One reason why tho state of the Schools in Upper Canada was at such a low ebb in the early period of their history was the extremely small sum voted by the Legislature for the support of Schools. There was besides, an utter absence of any attempt to provide for the education and training of persons as Teachers. The result was disastrous to the cause of education in Upper Canada, as was pointed out by Doctor Charles Buncombe, Mr. Mahlon Burwell and other enlight- ened Members of the House of Assembly, during the years 1820-1836. When the first movement was made in favour of Common Schools in Upper Canada, in 1816, a sum then munificent was voted to sustain the newly established schools. It was soon, however, reduced to less than one-half of the sum granted in 1816. This parsimony to the Common Schools was no less so. in practice, to the Grammar Schools, as time went on. In ] 882— this peuuriousness in the sup- port of both kinds of schools had reached such a stage that, in a Report of a Select Committee to the House of Assembly, the Committee felt it to be their duty— aatou^dfLTTV^of*?'* anxiously to draw the attention of Your Honourable House to the astounding fact that less is granted by the Provincial Legislature for educating the Youth of iio.rof Paikmenr"' ^''^^'' '^"" '' ''^"'"^ *° ^'^'^' '^' contingent expenses o? onrSest At that time, the Legislative grant to the Grammar and Common Schools together was only about Four Thousand pounds (£4,000,) in all. Steps were taken in 1820 to establish some system, both in regard to teach- ing and the management of the schools. The desire was to introduce into this Province the Bell, or Madras, method of teaching, then in such favour in England, as the Lancaster was in Lower Canada, and in Kingston about that time. The details of these two systems are given in Chapter XXXVI. of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. In that Chapter it will be seen, that the Reverend Doctor Strachan greatly favoured this movement— involving as it did some sort of supervision over the desultory and uncertain management of the Schools, and t he wretched mode of teaching then in daily practice in them.* plovld^in Upper cS^?^' ffi??* '*\f^'*"'f*'^''"' S^ those days, thus refers to the kind of teachers em- «f tie Common S.hnniB'L^ f * "f **'''' '° * **^P<""' *° ^^^ House of Assembly : " The insufficiency Cornmnn S^nni f o K- 7*^ *° ""PP",'* competent, respectable and well educated Teachers has degraded SmZi idlers wh^^oTtlnst'^v^ ^"''''"'' ^'^ * "!f? """"u*' «* convenience to transient persons o? somrother like Mrson • whfir«L ?h« mLn"® f T°°' ^"u'^ ^fl^ *^« ^^^^^^^ ^'«=*'>* "°til they accommodate or »K?t f" ~'q1 ?^f- '.-"^^^^"7 the minds of the youth of this Province are left without due ciltivfttion. tL"t^4n;;7 L=^' moSr ""• "^^''' '''''-^'"^' '"''""'' ^"'^ intemperate examples before them hi "A Quondam School Master" writing on this subject in 1831 ur^ed that it whb timn tha*. "fV,» ,•»„« m7's47°„^f It o^'-»'^« /^"V'** ^ driven from the field, and none Somi^ient Teacrrs employS ^ oWutl^iUtarmlhl^'raLl'n'iL''"''"^^^^^^ «"^«^^-^ ^f-'« «* thT&fBoSfs I? ■» i I i 138 DOCUMENTARY HISTOUy OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. l8;n-38 By reference co the Legislation of 1H39. it will be seen that a noble effort was then made to remove the reproach of parsimony and neglect. .. MlT!^ Expenditure on behalf of Education in Upper Canada from the TEAR 1832 to the year 1836. inclusive ; from document H. of the Appendix to the Lr i«r ? V ^''''^''''' °f ^^^« ^-^^^ of Assembly on Finance ; February •^utn, ioo8, videlicet : District Grammar Schools in the year 1832 1 oon n n Ditto '• Ditto '« 1833 ^'^ ? V Dtto '• Ditto " 1834 2S i L ■ Ditto " Ditto '« iflKK "^^ '^ ^i ^^"" " ^^ " S:::::::::;::.::::; IS ? l| CommonSchools ;; j832 ^,400 Do Do .. }«ot 7,850 Do Do .. S 8'450 1836 8.950 Schools in the Counties of Prince Edward and Dundas, in the Years 1786-179-. asei7^t:sXtZ'S^^^^^^^ »>- f^tory of tne County of Dnndas, A few of the nei/hboJs ristld^n^ ft^^^ ScSh™ Sc^^^'there for several years.^^ SiE Oliver Mowat's Persona. Reminiscences in reoard to Education in Kingston and Niagara about Sixty years ago. The following are Extracts from the Address of Sin Oliver Mowat, delivered on he occasion of a Centenary Celebration of St. Andrew's Church, in Niagara in August 1894 : — * * the g»d old .« of •n"ety.'^JirwL''r'Z;;d ind . go-S'i' °" ""^ ''^L^r 'T' "' With hmi arose from his ha vine bpen nn« «f r»^ To-i ** 8°°° ™*": • . • • My acquaintance from Scotland in 1828 to tZ char^ of 1 S^Lnt ^ Jif '.^" •" ^in^ton. He came there Town, with some others wished to Sih u ' ^'""^ the principa Scotch residents of the emment GrammarSchooror its Mat^^^^^^^^ "^ consequence of being dissatisfied with the gov- torate subsequently ) was a Lod K.w« ' a- •^fL^'^'c'^hank, (he obtained his doc - Adam's I^tifS'LT^LlhoV^- '-^^^^ ".f*c^°^« **?«" ''^ "««• although ' " ^^^J " ^^^^^^ I^'t'^tn ^..xtences," St ewart's Geography, as thin W 1 Chap. VII. MISCKLAMSOUS I'Al'EHS RELATING TO EDUCATION. 1S31-.S8. 189 UM*. and Wsfkingham'. ArlM,nH.Hc were mthor hard faro f..r a Im.v oiul.t or nine vo.ira old Mr. Cruiokshank was much respected and liked by his puniln somo of the Scotch subHcribera. or nhareholders of the School." greatest friend amongst them, wa« neither Scotch, nor Pre.bytS -wSerTt^^^^^^^ lr,!f1h.^r'"'K''"'r' "^ y»'^"'' ^''"'"i* CoUe«e. and fin^ally^ ^ctor irCobZ^^ Two . . . Centennuzl 8t. Andrew's Niagara, 1784. . . 1894 By JuLt C«rnoc/.«r;^,^.;46T'' SCH00L8 IN THE ToWN OF NiAGABA IN THE EaRLY Dayh, 1802-1820. From the History of St. Andrew's Church, Niagara, 1794-1894 by Miss Janet Carnochan, I have made the foJ lowing extracts- Bible Distkibution by the Teachers of the Niagara District, 1817. In connection with the foregoing Reminiscences of Kducation, in the early days of this Province, in the Niagara District, the following Circular of directions to the Common School Teachers in that District, in regard to Bible distribution will be read with interest. It denotes a primitive state of affairs, as well as a paternal interest (in the first settlers of the District) by "the District Board of Education. It was addressed " To the Common School Teachers in the Niagara District " ^ fl,. ■^uV'^ I:®'!"'''®'* ^y the Board of Education, of this District to inciuire into the sfcatfl nf the mhabitants m your respective neighbourhoods, as to their posseLngTr their want 5 the Holy fecri,. ures. and your Trustees are requested to aid you, in this bene^olen? inqu'^y ' of thf S^tur^^e^a^ii^rwtt is '"™ '""^ '' '^^"^^' '' *^« ^^^^^ P— -^ ^W of p^rgit,^iifr^e^^srs;^:r^ r '-^-- Uuilar per month, ^ ' -^ inatalment:: of a quarter aaOo^^h^X^nk^Wre^'ibXtlX^HS^^^^^ '"^ ^' '"^^ ^^-' ^°^"-. -'^ on page 140 b 1 i > I DOCUMKSTAKY HISTORY OP EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1881-38 appears to .iosorve it-Let tin. ,f!Siorh«^^^^^ i ""*'"'" ^*y^ '"' ^*''''« KratiH, if he «tr««c. E3.,u,re, at the Kail Milhl'SrX; t The Nt^lrra^^^le"'"' ""' "" " """"^' P«rpL"e" r.r.7dl'rt?!:k:ar'^^^ tin. Oi-tnct, for the hi.h contributing t.) p reLious object Hv anv L I f ' *"? '^ «• evident that the act of poriodicafly -elves and Children i ere they Z J.Zd Tt'' ^n\?^'"''fy ^l' f'"^°"^« "'^'«« '"^ ^^eni^ neitfhbours. and thdr fMo^-c/JL^ZJ^^^^^^^ "T"* ^'^^'^ P°«^"r pioushabits, andtendstogenorateandcherTHriLlf, 1 1 ^^- ^T™*^^"" "' «conomical and wh.ch conduce in a great d'egree to pTivate^v^jfue'a nd pufeVpint:.""" "' ^'^ ^"'"•""'"^^• AssoSn^^nfri^ria t ;;;^^^^ ^-^ the formation of Bible Society receives information of Bib5:'b\!r4^^„fXto«- i'^ TS/^^^Sie^''' NuoARA, June, 1817. „ ■"•<'i«e. R. Clench, • 4 Afcm?«,- 0/ and Secretary to the Niagara District Board of Edncaticn,. FOKMS O, SCHOO. TaUSXK.. REPORT ..n Tk.CHKH's C.HX.KXC.XK. PRKHCKXa.n b. xhk Niagara District Board of Education, 1817. ^^^^^^.p:l?£^S^ for the Trustee« a.d adopSl%?l"*diKtSch^o«r''''" '^« ''"'-' "^ ^^'^^-"-"d '-'^^ ^he following Rules b. HttleX"a^;rbt"' "' ^'^ ''"^^» "^" ^« P--'^^'^ ^y ^^^ Board of Education, with a» Fo, n, of RepoH of the Trustees of a District Commmi School Established in the Township of „„ .h« a year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ^"^ .°u • • '" '^e a British subject, and kept until the ""'*'^^** '*"'^ ^ ""der the tuition of Mr. A. B. Form of a Teacher's Certificate, in the District of Niagara, 1817. in thrSi^t'LlorSgl' ?rttcf TlT" School established in the Township of ject, has taught the saTDirtrlTcoioSTch^ora:' at '''''\y '^^' l^^' A- B. a British sub- commencing on the dav of ^''^"''•' «« aforesaid for the space of six months, not had less than twenty scholars and has wpH ,w/" ^T""* t^ n. '^''^^ "^ ^^l ; having (T/u-. Cer«i/;ca«e is to be signed by the three Commmv School Tr^tstccs.) To the Treasurer, of the Didricl of Niagara. '■.«' :> Chap. Vri. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATINO TO EDUCATION. 18:n.88. 141 Rules for the Government of Common Schools in the Dksthict of Niac ra. {Prescribed hy the Board of Edncaiiof, for the Niagara IHstrict, Angnst the 5th, 1817.) It is interesting to be able to compare the concise Rulen for the Government of Elementary Sch(,ol8. as prescribed in the Niagara District, nearly eighty years ago. with th. comprehensive an.l elaborate ones of to-day. What they lacked in this respect, chey made up in clearness and brevity. Rules Three and Four are excellent, and deserve to be incorporated in the modern regulations for Schools of all kin.ls. Rule Five, on the contrary, is a reprehensible one. and should find no place in any School Regulations. It conflicts with regulation number Four, and is in singular contrast to it. Rule Seven embodies the system pursued in these early days in regard to Religious Instruction in the Schools. -,:•} h an interesting attempt to solve that vexed question in all systems of pr.blie eiu.^entary schools. Rules One and Eight are exc llcai. i,n6 are highly commendable. 1. The MHster to commence the labou - of tho dav by a short prayer >. *™ti5,i;T.r; Sgf ."-.'Kir '~— •■. ^- . "-. » absent.'^*'' ^""'"" ""'' ^''^ ^ "«"^"' ^'''^'°S"« "^ ^'^ »<=holar8, and mark every day they are "Questions o{the Ne; Testament," and the ^e™ t1o7l' e'one'e .p?"ofX Vet foT"'" Questions for his own use ; the Teacher should likewise havl « n«f J ^* m . ^r.*" ^^^'^ Religion on the Mind," Watkins' >' Scrip?! Bog^p^^^^^^^ Saturday Lessons of which are well calculated to impLf religioIL feelTng ° ^' ~^^^ M.s^rZ.:^:^^^1-^I^S^^ prevent the 8. Every day to close with reaiting publicly a few verses from th« V«»r t^.*- ceeding regularly through the Gospels > » i«>^ verses trom the ^ew Testament, pro- 9. The afternoon of Wednesday and of Saturday, to be allowed for play be re\%tb3; to^tt SolL^'e^e^^M^^^^^^^^ Account of Upper Canada, ISliW VoluJiTrimnL^iFcg^^^^^ ^'"'"'^«^ Niagara, August 5th, 1817. '1 1 Wff (, ; 1 '1 ' ' 4 1 i' n ' i \r ■ j I': r. ' i 142 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1831-38 Mr. Robert Gourley's Review op Educational Matters in Upper Canada, 1S21. In connection with the foregoing interesting Reminiscences of Education in the oldest parts of Upper Canada, during the early days named, the following extracts from the Statistical Account of Upper Canada, contained in Mr. Robert Gourley s Second Volume, published in London, England, in the year 1822, will strikingly illustrate, by way of contrast, what was then the state of education in this Province, as viewed by the Writer at that time. I have already given, in the First Volume of this Documentary History, pages 123-128, the Statistics of Jiducation in Upper Canada, as compiled by Mr. Gourley in 1817-1821. After having inserted in his First and Second Volumes a large amount of statistical and other matter, Mr. Gourley proceeds to "review" and criticise the state of the Province, in the light of the materials which he had collected In regard to educational matters, he says : Hundred pounds (£800) a year for St fDi^trtofPrJt ?«T ""/ Assembly voted Eight Protestant Clergymen to seftle in CaSa buJeven thL w^ ^ Schools as an inducement for vemont personsf the nomLation of Ma^^rf became^\^^^^^^^ ''^^^ * 'r'^'^ f«r ««"- the Schools were g.ven to half-pay Officers or to rnequall^ unfit Tor ^^^ patronage ;t classical Instruction. . . Pages 317. 319. equally unlit for the superintendence of Mr. Gourley. in continuing his " review " and criticism on educational affairs m Upper Canada, said, that, among the other Acts passed by the Legislature of Upper Canada in 1799, was one, which :— ofanyTot^Hjt'ltVttti^^^^^ deserted by Parents ; males till twenly-io Tnd femalfrt^S^ apprentice childi^n allows Mothers to do the same, where tL Father abandons h s chfld bnf '^''' ""^ ^^^\ J^ ^^«? Provinces. He had known nothing of the cause of noverfc.. in r^ri! -f state of these he knows nothing of the condition (.fthr^eopb there Vnd h«hl,\ ^°'^f^^ "?^'*' ''' as to the impossibility of his efforts doins anv Inn/ lit'/^o i ^een wholly ignorant Kingston wh'ere a sub'scription was^'LS i"7o, to "fSrwar'dThTl^s'of the%tlish7 "' mittee, and from whence proceeded the atmlioafion fr.r ..n a!.* V r> r . ^"g"8h Com- Doc'SLC Ht",[° """" *" "'■ ■'"'•l^O '- P.n.phtet, .,e p.,e 121 „, th.'ii^^T^i^.nii tA »py of tin. Act i. 8iv» o» pw. 29, Sa ot th. Fim Volum. of IhU Dooum.nt.ry HlMo,,, Chap. VII. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO EDUCATION, 1831-38. 143 there was scope for a few individuals doing benevolent acts, but their holding correspondence will England for such purpose was not necessary; . . . Out of the few Towns, or raZr Villages videhcet Kingston Niagara, Little York, etc., the population of Upper Canada was scattered about at the rate of seven souls, or less, to the square mile In that country it was not poverty which prevented the children from' being educated, but the situation in which the people were placed by the state of property ; and here too, as I have before mentioned, we have the cause of the paucity of religious institutions, and the abundance of full grown pagans . . Having said thus much as to the lesser acts of Upper Canada! whichregardEducation.itis with infinite delight I call attention to the great one which [was IT^jJml-wLlV^l-^T^/'f ^^''fJ^ V>P^^ ^^"'''1^' e«tHblishing Common SchioT See pages 102-104 of the First Volume of this Documentary History.! This Act was worth Fifty Thousand Pounds (£50,000) to the people of Upper Canada, as before saidfa.JH ^u d toZIn FnX'/^?'r/"^i?i?^""^,:^^'**^°I^'^^^^^^^«^« • • • Will any sensible class of thilikit ^ °^J®*"' *" P"*'^'" '"^°°^* °" ^^^ P'*^" of <^he Canadian Act? I cannot The Canadian plan could be adopted and acted upon ... It requires no immediate vote of money. It needs but a guarantee that the money will be payable when called for under the declared stipulations, and this would come on gradually. It requires neither money nor consideration for providing School Houses. The people would take care of al) this, and suit themselves, as taste, convenience, and situation required. The whole business would regulate Itself, and go on smoothly ; it would proceed just s<, far as th.< public feeling was inclined to •carry it ; a fair opportunity would be given to all ; and the Act might be amended, or repealed, without occasioning either extraordinary bustle, or unnecessary expense. ^ V ir^ri ^''"*^* ^"^''P^ ^?^ '^**' ^ I'^lieve, borrowed, in substance, from the State of New York ; but. is no worse for that, ana we need not be ashamed to borrow at second hand from one of our own Colonies, knowing that " out of the mouths of babes and sucklings pro- -ceeds knowledge The Reverend Doctor J-ell brought ¥ (monitorial) system of education from Madras, in the East Indies. . . . Let us now draw refreshment from the West. With 4i few modifacations, the Canadian Act would suit England delightfully. The objections spoken ""[>« K- ?"''•'."' ^^"''^ J'T r ?,V^l' ^^'^- ^^ «^°"^^r!„;TZ ^^ oi tne of School Lands, be printed for the use of thrMembeJs Province, on the subject March 21st 1839 Mr. Speaker reported, that the Honourable R. A Tucker i Mpmh«r nf the Executive Council, had brought down from His Excellency thft T i«,.ftna«f p Member of Messages and Documents. The following Messfge was rlSy KpS :- """""^ <}eorge Arthur. The Lieutenant Governor transmits, for the inforr^ation of fho TTmiao «f a.=». ui i-u ■Government House, Toronto, 18th March, 1839. G. A. N0TE.-Extract8 from these Reports will be given in a subsequent Chapter. o be hng, or leasing, of the said Lands, or any part"tLer..l, shall be p"erma"nentiy h.v'e-- in some Public Securities m this Proviace, and the Interest thereof only applied annuallv for Tr posesof such "Common School Fund." i^F «=« aimuaiiy lor .. . pur- Chap. VIII. EDUCATrONAL BELLS PASSED DURING THE SESSION OF 1839. 149 ««n«t.l Rl?r/^?"l'""'f'''^y*''*'^"'''°''*y aforesaid, That there shall continue to be a hv f h^P^r ,¥"°*fc'™. to consist or not more than seven tit and discreet persons, appointed 5. I L 7 ' Lieutenant Governor, or Person administering the Government, of whom four T « ^«n,.n/l""^'"' '"''T ^"^^'^ ?***" ^"^ '•' ""^'"i"^ •'^ Annual Report to Ihe Governor' of the Slm^o'J'tT °[ ^r"" admnnstermg the Government, on the actual state and condition of the Oommoil Schools throughout the Province, the monies expended thereon, and from SchooKid'Ed-l''!;'^' "^'^ tf*"'^'^'" 'y^' i'nP-vement, and sucf other matters ' respecting famr,nav L^S h«f " ^T'f^'- ?\*° ^^^ '''''^ ^"^'"'^ ^^^ ^^^^ "««^"l »'«l expedient, that thi ^ame may be laid before the Legislature at its annual Meetings. p„n w® ?u" """^ '"^^,^}'^^ ^'^^ *™'^> and ifc was ordered-That the foregoing Bill to provide a Fund for the support of Common Schools, be read a second time to-morrtw. >f th« fIIS' p"*^^- -i^vf- A^^"^^:" reported, that the Honourable R. A. Tucker, a Member •jf the Executive Council, had brouglit down the following Message which he read :- George Abihue. fh. I'^fh nf?K^T".* ^'"^f™";' '" compliance with the Address of the House of Assembly, dated Ihl ilf«™ ,^ S' T"^^' ^^^5^ ^^^' '*"''•> "°^ transmits for the information of the House, ronpa« l^H^TT ?i''^'l"''"n'^,r'P^^*"'S the endowments and pecuniary aflfairs of King's nrerXd hwjf ^pPP^-^^'^^^'^'i College, for each of the years 183H, 1837, and 1838. respectively, prepared by the Registrar and Bursar of the first named Institution. Onll^'^P^'^"*?"*"'' Governor also informs the House of Assembly that a Committee of the F^n!noJ^^fh}Z''7^?''^^^''\^''ruV\P ? ^^P^r*^ "P"^'^ *'^« g«"«™l «tate of the Affairs and JhTirhTeteen r^eived^y^hi;:?:"' ^'*" '^ '^•^'"^^'*^' ^^ *^« ««"«« ^« «°- - P^^^'^ ^^*- '^ ri^l', -^> ^r!^^.^^^ Jt ex*iidicntpL%"t%?„1^^^^ these Ij^StfoTToV/^^^^^^^^ IT 3 150 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1839 April 33td, mm. On motion of Mr. Jftmos Morris, seconded by Mr Edward W Thom«,.i. Sn^lT w., In ^ 1 ^^rj^J*?''"* (Governor be referred to the joint Committee on tdu- cation. It was also ordered-That two hundred Copies of the Documents relating to tli« Expenditure on ...ng's College and Upper Canada Colle'ge, be printei fo™?he use oufeMem Esoufre a^Member^of"Z H ''"°"k"^ r^ ^l''. ^"°'P ""^^^^'^^ "^°^«« «^hat Mahlon Burwell £rey^rHed^i:^e:^^^^^^^^^ ^'-'^^^ ^-. 6.^^TlAuSn wS the nlno^riw "?. Cameron Seconded by Mr. George Rykert, moved that a Message be sent to relieved ChSnfc,.^w^^^^^^^^^^ informing that Honourable House that thi? House has have anSted wflTam S«'I"'''t:. ^^°™ %" •^^'^^ Committee of Conference on Education, and nave appointed William B. Robinson, Esquire, to act n his stead, which was carried «»d Messieurs Malcolm Cameron and Edward W. Thomson were orderS brthe 5>eakerto ca, v up the Message to the Honourable the Legislative Council. ^ speaker to cairy Honfu^raLTeSD2er!ff';hfr'^TK'P'*n^''^ ",'*• f M«««»«« ^ad been received from the ':z':sXtiir^.''ss:':zt ^'"^'^"""' ^-^ '"^^^ the-Honourabie joi;; SlS"m"1u^i;"; Apra25th, 1889 Mr. James Morris gives notice that will on to-morrow move Fwhich hp Excicv tr l^f *" rn'^' ^"'°' ^P"^3 *'"''*" h"™ble A^rrs be p^enterto His i-xcelloncy the Lieutenant Governor, re *'' ""^ -^f*-" ,f*y« «f «veiy subsequen^i SLon, s'Temen ts in passi on thr2?th1n^^^^^^^^^ °" King^ College and Uj>per Canada College. Also an Address Snder Xch th/sLZ' L^^^ requesting His Excellency to lay before this House the authority Officers of KiS'scTege ' '^"o'^^nces are paid to the President. Architect, and other to dd^rLf ?^-/^^^; U-- "i?*"",?- ^®'^"' ^'"°'" ^^^ Committee appointed on the 27th instant to draft an Address to His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor praying him for nformation dit'^V^*^" "^*"?'' i '^^ ^^'''' °f King's College and Upper Canadf cSleie reported a draft which was received and read three times and passed, and is as follows :^ . To His Excellency Sir George Arthur, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Upper Canada etc. May it please Your Excellency, Pu,v^® ^f ^^J?»*y'8 dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of Upper Canada, in Provincial WeTs Hor«''/h'^' ^r^•f ''"T' 'i^JZ""' Excellency will be^pUed to cL^se t^TlaS feet' and^X^Or'^^^^^^^ "^^^^'^^ ''"'^^^^ -^ *"— - P-^ *o ^^^ Commons House of Assembly, ^"^' ^- ^acnab. 29th day of April, 1839. Speaker. .i^-i*^'':^ Charles Bockus, from a Committee appointed on the same day, (27 April.) reported a ainS LleTaif i'r '" ^'^ Excellency, requesting him to annuaUySaV bS th? Hole statements in detail of the annual expenditure of King's College and Upper Canada College. SnpatfJ*!ff?vf'''u^^^^- *^r. Speaker reported that he had received two Messages from the Speaker of the Honourable the Legislative Council ; which together he read, as follows : Mr. Speakek, Willi'Im ter/*''''^ ^''T'^'i l'^^?, substituted the Honourable James Crooks for the Honourable ^te th^ s^me o tT r ' '^^'"'^ ^'"'"^V^" °" *^f '''}^^'' ""^ ^«"«^'^1 Education, and commun^ Cnnn; 1 h!^ ^ .S^'^.T"' ^""'f ""^ Assembly, for their information ; also the Legislative i&Ted ' ff Act ^o?"^ r"* 7 'T 'i' ^r'"""? ^°"«« "f ^^^^'"^Jy °" the 17th1n8?ant! £»«."■ -.u^ ""^^^^ °^ Teachers of Common Schools in the District ot i.iiagaia .... without any amendment. Lboislative Council Chamber, '^'^''^^ Jones April 29th, 1839. speaker. Chap. VIII. EDUCATIONAL BILLS PASSED DURING THE SESSION OF 1839. 151 May 2nd mo. Mr. Archibald McLean, from the Committee to w»it on His Excelloncy the Lieutenant Governor with the Address of this House, praying for an annual Report on the afhairs of Kings College and Upper Canada College, reported delivering the same, and that His Excellency had been pleased to make thereto the following answer :— Gentlbmen, I desire to apprize the House of Assembly of my intention to cause a full Report upon the affairs of the University of King's College and of Upper Canada College, to be annually prepared and published, for the general information of the people of this Province ; and, in additi.m to such Keports, 1 shall, at all times, be willing to communicate to the House such further state- ments respecting those important Institutions, as may be applied for. n^ „»,. IT George Arthur. Government House, May 2nd, 1839. MaySrd 1839. Mr. George S. Boulton, from the Committee of Conference with the Honourable the Legislative Council, on the subject of General Education, reported the draft of a Grammar School BUI The Report was received, and the Bill was read the first time. It waa ordered— That the Bill for the support of Grammar Schools be read a second time to morrow. May 4th, 1839. Mr. George S. Boulton, from the Select Committee, to whicli was referred tliat part of His Excellency s Speech, at the opening of the present Session, which relates to- tieneral il,ducation, presented a Report, which was received and read as follows :— To the Honourable the Commons House, of Assembly of Upper Canada : T • P® Committee, to whom wa^ referred that part of the Speech of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, at the opening of the present Session, which relates to Education, beg leave to report that they have agreed to two Resolutions to provide means for the Maintenance and bupport of Common Schools, which they report herewith, and earnestly recommend the same to the adoption of your Honourable House. The Resolutions are as follows :— ^^**Vr5nS i ''^'^^t^<^l»?5"« ^^ granted annually to Her Majesty, the sum of Ten Thousand pounds (£10,000) from the Provincial Funds, to enable Her Majesty to provide for the Establish- ment, Maintenance and permanent Support of Common Schools throughout the Province. ^i"^/n^,?nnrtV' ^^** *'^®''® ^^ granted annually to Her Majesty, the sum of Ten Thousand pounds, (£10,000, ) to be raised annually by assessments upon the people of the several Districts- each District furnishing Its proper quota of that sum, in proportion to its population,— to provide for the Establishment, Maintenance and Support of Common Schools throughout the Respectfully submitted, Committee Room, House of Assembly, 3rd of May, 1839. (teoboe S. Boulton, Chairman. Note. Although this is not the first time that the principle of assessment for Common Schools had been embodied in legislation by the House of Assembly of Upper Canada, yet it was the first time that the power of assessment was pro- posed to be exercised under the authority of the House itself. The mode of doing so was not specified in the Resolution, nor was it embodied in the draft of Bill on the subject. The former legislation of the House of Assembly in 1838, pro- vided that the Magistrates in Quarter Sessions should assess the Districts for School purposes. In that instance, the Legislative Council refused to concur in, the proposal, but only because the Court House and Roads had the first claim to an assessment. See page 124, ante. mu ^" ™^*ion °^ Mr- George S. Boulton, seconded by Mr, Mahlon Burwell, it was ordered— Ihat the Report of the Select Committee on General Education be referred to a Committea of Supply on Monday next. li r I 152 DOCUMENTARY HISTOllY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1887 t !,' r ..!^ii" .^'J^C^'"" ^TI^""^ *''*' ',!?? Honourable R. A. Tucker, a Momher of tht> Executive Cuu.icl, had brought down trom His Excellencythe f..llowinK Message, which was read by him ■Oeokoe Arthur. ^aJ^^ i-iooteimnt Ooveri.or transmits to the House of Assembly, in , .mpliance with the in!P II » «"rHar of Kings Colleg,., showuig the authority under which the several mihvriea and .illowances are paid to the President and other Utlicers of thai Institution.* OovBRNMKNT House ^' 4th May, 1839. auDD^ro/'ooim?; /""V^"^ ^° *'^« ^Jd^"^ "f 'V' .^''y. ^*»« Bill to provide for the permanent support of Common Schools was read the seccm' time. The House was then put nto Com- mittee of the Whole on the Bill. Mr. WiUia-u H. Merritt in the chair. The House having resume,! the Chairman reported the Bill without amendment. The Report was received? and 4t was ordered-That the Bdl bo engrossed and read the third time to morrow. Bill for thk E.stablishment of the "Free Gkammak .^.;hooL,s" of 1797. was ^oaTthl^ Lnn!^'''^^'' ""^ i*"?.^*^' ""^ ^'" ^° P."^"'''^" ^«" ^^^ ""PP^^t of Grammar Schools Mr Chitc ^^ l""'';,'*"'^^^-^ Committee of the Whole ou the Bill, ^n\ «, M^ P ' '" ^}\^ ''^''"- ^^^ "^"''^ ^'^^ing resumed, ti.e Chairman reported the BUI, with amendraents On the qu, ;uioii for receiving the Report Mr. Mahlon Burwell in ^tlrfSorg"'b:idXt^d^t*^'^^ -^-'^'^'^^ tUeVeportbe notreceived,"b;j three^r22r27'l'ul??''/r°^ a""' ^T^^'t"^ ^rJ'^ twenty-tive thousand, two hundred and seventy- rnn!;i fnH rr Ia."^ ^V'^' ^ranf .d by Patent, as an Endowment to the University of King's College, and the additional quantity of sixty six thousand; ((.0,000.) acres, granted in trust to S^ether to r. t'' '^^,''«"f ^ ^^ Upper Canada College, as an appendage fhereof, amounting together to two hundred and ninety-one thousand, two hundred and seventy three, (291.273) ^elffLZt^r.r'^^Tio^ quantity remaining of the Boyal Graat of 1797, insufficient for the etlectual endowment of Grammar Schools, in the several Districts ; and Wiienas, it is expedient to make good, for the purposes of Grammar Schools, the deficiency Sanada College I" anT"' '""'^ "'"" '*'°"'""^ ^^^'^^'' ^''^^ '" *'""«^^ ^''^ *''" benefit of Upper VrnZtr^' '^f^ are ample quantities of the unconceded Waste Lands of tiie Crown, in this I'rovince, to make good that deficiency : and +h« ^iTf?' *^ ;\?''P^'^i®'?t »nil necessary to secure an eftoctual and permanent fomKUti-m for the Education of the people of thi,s extensive and growing Colony, in all times to come : And the TWrc.'. an? Tifa^'^'^ wH-'^''*'' '^- •' «^P?li°"t t« ""^l^e the Seho, 1 Lands that remain of the Koyal Grant of 1797, and the monies which h»ve accn-od from tl sale of School Lands applicable to the use of District Grammar Schools. ' of thf^'protZtlnrT''!' ^^<: ■'^^'^- '^'^" *"^ '""^ ^^ ^'^^^^^ f'"- "'« Lieutenant Governor in 17%7 fnl ?K ' ^ time being, in addition to what remains of the Royal Grant of Lands of il Wa.f I 5"'Pr!r 'i <^"'a«?mar Schools, to set a) art sixty six tlK.usand (66,000,) acres of the Waste Lands of the Crown in this Province, fro.u aua out of any ^ ..ids .hat ma/remain r?Vn«rtf R *'l the passing of this Act, to be disposed .i for the purposes hereby prov^deTby 1 ll -n ^''^'"if Education, hereinafter appointed, part of whose duties shall be the selling! or leasing of such lands or any part thereof, for the raising of moneys fo' ..o maintenance am support of Grammar Schools in the several Districts of thia Province". nienance ana 2. And be it further enacted etc., That the moneys arising, or U or leasing of the said Lands, or any part thereof, shall be permanr Securities m this Province, and the interest thereof only applied •support of such District Grammar Schools. 3. And be it fnHhcr ena.i^:d, etc.. That there shall continue to bo a General Board of Edu cation for Upper Canada, to consist of not more than se ven fit and discreet pei-sons, appointed * For a copy of this atatement, see a subsequent Chapter. t It will be seen by reference to page 148, ante, that this amendment by Mr. Burwell is in substance ing»''!sen, from the seHing iy i ated in some Public nu: for the benefit ;ind 1887 Chap. Vm. EDUCATIONAL HILLS PASSED DUUINQ THE SESSION OF 1839, 15^ l{lL'rsSrt\?iruTll:!^^ - wh.,. four ^hnU bo a ,....«„,, whose duty it ami condition of all the (^animS Soh .Is th r. ., '"t/^^^"''"'";. '^J^remud, on the actual ..ate ».or.i08 expondod <,u oacl of T^nrre ectivX Jf 'T?^ ^"'*'''"' "^ *''*^' Province, the their in.provonu.nt ancl such SvZJZl ^' f''"" ^'"'fc """rcoH derived, with plans for as to thi said lil 1™ u S ''■? '"^/'TIT ^'='"'"'" "'"'*=''"««*'-" ^^""'•ally. Legislature at its annuZ.eeHng^ oxpe-lient, that the same n.ay he laid before the Govetnut;1o^theti™^bei;^tltri•;/l"l^^^^ ''"•' '",7 ♦^^ '''-^"' f-the Lieutenant of Education to c<.,.HiMt of n. ?' moJe^'^ a , 'se^enSt S dS ,??'"'' "^ "'" ^^^'r ' " ^'""^ trict, of whom four shall bo a ..uorunriZe 1 fv , i;^^^^ VT''""' •'" '"'''^ ""^ *^^«''>' ^•''- the Genoral Board of E.lucation forUnlr r!. ll ^ -r } ^^ *" transmit an annual Report to December, in each and eJ^rv vear m.'nL „n r* fT"*",' '"' '',' ^""^"'^ ^''" ^''"-^y ♦''"^ ^^y of Schools in their respective DisSs the loni J« "^^ TI """'^''V'" "^ ^^e several ramfnar from what sourcosJeSwX'kns for U each of thou, respoctu .,ly, .d Graminar Schools and EduSn Senerallv 1- ' "P'"^?"'«.'" '. '^''^ «"-]' "tl'"'' '"atters ronpecting ;e.n useful and e.podien^XS ^^^^'i^t^n^t J^tt^S^^/^^^^ several Sritt»"/;ou£uT?£f^^^^ of all the Common Schools in the first day of November i,i each and vo?™.; ?^ "/° ^•'''''^y required, „n or before the Board/of Educat on, fir their ^es. t v/n.Wr.w"'"''' ""*. ''"'^ ^T'""'' ^ "'" trustees of the of all the Common Schools in tH In v J™' '^^^^^ reports on the actual state and condition expended on eacTof them resuecSvelv T "^"''^'P« throughout this Province, the moneys at ion respecting the CommoTSoS ^^rin 'r.!!! 7^^' 'T^''\t''r^^^' '''^^ «"^h «*'^«r '»f-"»- foi Uppei Canada, m orde^that the ;ai;i ZtWn^ '^'"'■!.'^ ^^ ^^^ ^^"«.'''*^ ^«''^^ «' Education General Board of E. ^^^^r.:^^:^^^:^^^.^^^^'!-'^^^^^^^ ^^^ Michael SmZtSoA st JeT Jol ^s'^'c'arTwH ,*f ^"h ^?J"'^'^=- 7^^^'^' ^ ' (M-sieura the question of ameridmltw J decided in V?„'?''' ""l^ ^^""'^f^ Wickens) ; Nays, 23 ; So currence thereto Honourable the Legislative Council, and request heir con- Ma. Mahlon Bdrwel! i.STORICAL RkSOLUTION IN FAVOUR OF FkEE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. was ^^fCiSr^:.^:''\^^:^^^'!^ I^--?^^ ^- /^f -PPort of Gr.-.mar Schools M..don ^..011, secondod^^S'- Slr^S^^ ^t!!^ T^^^^ Z^!^^ UncuXJ^^^^^^ ■: ...of the Waste to provide for the establishmeTanS mat ance .f^^^^^^^^ mof^'-'r'^'S"* ^"^y is, trictH of the Province, l.y passim, j," J'''"*'® "* ^''^»™'n'*'i»'^Jiool8 withui the Several Dis- i^mediat. benefit, of ail hat m "afna o h'e '^..inaToTant o7"T' ", t""'". "^»""^"^' ^°^ '^eir TT„ '^''f V">'n ft.itures of this Bill are simU r to the School Ril _ ■ ■ ' ''"i«re!ini:vu v: :-.-jsc Ills WUJ iw Tounu on introduced by Mr. Burwell into the Second Volumfinf t.hia n(y<,iiQcn<.. ges 1,0-177 of the same Voiuma. "' t Pago 17 of the Fir«t Volume of thi Do u^aentary History. ^nhr.oTon^Z:24,"oi the ^ond VoLro¥^th?f ^"''°°' ^V"^' T.^''^' ^l, and Resolutions on the same 154 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837 m SessionH of thu Fence, for the DiHtricfc of London, dated on ttie 15th of the Hanie month of April, in that year, (1831,)* which prevented the further application of moneys derived from the Hales of School Lands for the benetit of the Tn^ititution of Minor, or Upper Oanada, Collef|{o, which decision is just and satiHfactory, aa far as t lie Executive had the power ; and, under the authority of that decision, a lart;e sum has accumulated from the salew of School Lands, now lying dormant in the liands of tho Receiver General, which is applicable only ^o District urammar Schools. 3. Reaolved : That the youth of this Province have Buffered incalcnlable injury since that douiMion wan made by the neglect of the Legislature, in not passing a Law to give it immediate application uid effect ; And, that, therefore, a Bill l.e passed during the present Session, which will involve no principle that can be fairly disputed by any one, and the way ii now clear for the passage of such a law. 4. Bemdi-ed : That, in the opinion of this House, the first appropriation of two hundred and twenty-five thousand, two hundred and seventy-three (226,273) acres of Land, granted by Patent in 1827 to the University of King's College, wm idficiently large as an endowment for that Institution, in the first instance, at all events, without making [to Upper Canada Colle^tt] an additional appropriation of sixty six thousand, (66,000,) acres in October, 1832,t of winch eighteen thousand, three hundred and seventy-eight, (18,378,) acres are of the most valuable lands in the Province, along the banks of the River Thame-i, between the Long Wood Road and that River, in the Townships of Carradoc, Ekfrid and Mosa. \ 5. Resolved : That, therefore, an kv be passed during the present Session, making an additional Grant of sixty six thousand, (6t),(X)0,) acres of the Waste Land of the Crown, for the maintenance and support of Grammar Schools in the several Districts, to make good the deficiency occasioned by the grant of sixty six thousand, (66,000) acres, for the Minor, or Upper Canada, College in 18;J2, and to make the quantities of land apportioned for the Grammar Schools and King's College respectively, more in accordance with the obvious intention of the Royal Grant of 1797. 6. Resolved : That, although this House is decidedly of opinion that it would have been more judicious on the part of the Executive, to have proceecit d to the establishment of Grammar Schools in the several Districts, before granting, by Patent in 1827, so huge a (juantity of land for the University, and, subsequently, adding to that imount so large a (juantity of lai d, aa sixty six thousa , (66,000,) acres, and so long, too, after the first grant was made, — to wit, in 18.32 ; yefc this House deems it inexpedient and unwise to interfere with rights thus solemnly vested by the respective Patents that have issued under the Great Seal ; This House does not deeni. the vested rights here mentioned ns of concernment to any individual, or to a taw, or to any particular number of individuals, but as rights graciously and solemnly vested by the Royal Authority, having proceeded from the Crown, and now resting in the whole body of the people, of a most important and interesting country, whose true interests are not yet thoroughly understood, and whose vast resources and capabilities for the powers of production and con- sumption, and for sustaining an immense population, are yet undeveloped and unexplored : And the certainty that, in the lapse of half a century, the present endowments will be found insufficient for the increased and increasing wants of numerous individuals, youths of a vast community, from various parts of our immense territory, for the higher branches of Education. On these grounds, this House deems an interference with the present endowments unwise, and, if permitted to be made, should be entirely separate and distinct from the present labours {sic,) of this House ; And, furthermore, this House is fully aware that such an interference, on the pre- sent occasion at all events, may produce further delay in the establishment of Grammar Schools for the several Districts : This House, therefore, deeply impressed with the importance of affecting the public good by speedy legislation on the subject of Grammar Schools, will confine its deliberations to matters in which its members can cordially agree, and keep separate and distinct from subjects; on which there is great difference of opinion, and which must, by their intermixture with matters of a plain and obvious character, produce furtht-r delay, and, consequently, unavoidable and irreparable injury to the growing youth of this Province. On this amendment, the Yeas and Nays were taken as follows : Yeas, 2 : Messieurs Mahlon Burwell and John S. Cartwright ; Nays, 31 ; so that the amendment was lost by a majority of 29. * Page 43 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. tSee pa^d8 41, 79, 91, 101-103, 105, 129-131, 133 and 138 of the same Volume. See also pages 4 and 6 of this Voiuuie, ante. t See page 289 of the First Volume, and page 129 of the Second Volume, of this Documi -vry Historjr. 1887 Chap, VIII. EDUCATIONAL HILLS PASHED DUIUNCJ THE 8ES,I0\ OF 1833. 155 COLLKIIB, Hixtl. clHuse : ^ • * '^ ''^ ttiHonUetl by «i|,hng the f..ll,.wii,g Provi«„ after the College. .h,.uld8u^c Lunc .lorn rexiJd^l^^^^ ^'"'""^'''^ '" Ki"«a majority of 3. '"""wb . i las, 17 , JMavh, 20; so that this amendment was lost by a Bill aoZ7^y:ZL\t'S^^^^^ TX^'^ ''y ^'' ''''"•'"" H. Merritt. n.ove. that the m the fiSh Zar h^ Ih 'crtJ: Yeas" a': l^"'"^""«'"^/l" "'^"'? i. " '" ^''^''- •liscretion." sit-d5SLS5^^^^ the Speaker to cai^rtheBdKn to A?«H. v^ *'? 'V"^'^^'"'>' Sherwood wore ordered by conoarrence thereto. ^ ^ Honourable the Legislative Council, and to re^iuest their BtnL Supplemental to the Common School Waste-Lands Endowment Bill. thatrhT;HtB?rlt:^Sf?nToTcLS^^^^ ""K^^- ?!°^-^ ^- Hotham, „,oves Select Committee r Common Sch"'^-^-^^^^ "^^ ^ "" ' - "^^^'^ "^ ^^"^ ^^^'"^ "^ '^''^ mittee on SuppTy on the sZ" Mr Shn McTnTn^l"-"!?'*' l"^ the House was put into a Com- the Chairman repbrted th™t the Com?„SJ i? ,' '" ^he chair. The House having resumed, directed tnsubmft for the adoDtionTThiH ""ZT^ ^"^ ^^"^ Resoluti.ms which he was Resolution was put mdcarrtdtXlCs :-"''• ^""^ ^''''''' ^^ •^«°«'^«'^' '^^^ '"^^ ^^' Pouaas.''S:nboot^^^^^ Her Majesty the sum of Ten Thousand EstabHshU; MLeZ:^lr^^S^J:, SSs rouS"fhirP=t '" ''' The second Resolution was put as f,)llow8 : this ProvLce On which thrYL^.nHT"'*' ''"'^ V^'P"'"' "^ ^'°™'»«" Schools throughout Bo„u™.„d SoL cts„srto'^"„tt«,:r£rb7'Bw """•"""« °' ""'»""" «""■«' ^• m tne cftaii. . . The House having resumed, the Chairman reported that t'.e i> 156 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1839 fm • ■ Committee had gone through the provisions of the Bill, amended the same, and submitted it for the adoption of the House. The Report was received. On the question for the third reading of the Bill to morrow, In amendment, Mr. Charles Bockus, seconded by Mr. Richard P. Hotham, moves that the Bill be not read a third time to morrow, but that it be read a third time this day ; and that the 40th rule of this House be dispensed with, so far as it relates to the same ; which was carried and the Bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time this day. ' Note. — There is no record in the proceedings of the House of Assembly of this session, that this Bill was read the third time on the day named, or on any other subsequent day, so that it was not sent to the Legislative Council for its concurrence. See remarks on these several School Bills b<^low. Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Bill to provide for the Support of Common Schools for the year 1839, was read a third time and passed. Mr. Mahlon Burwell, seconded by Mr. Richard P. Hotham, moves that the Bill be intituled : "An Act granting ■• sum of money for the Support of Common Schools for the year 1839," which was carried, and Messieurs Mahlon Burwell and Richard P. Hotham were ordered by the Speaker to carry the Bill up to the Honourable the Legislative Council, and to request their concurrence thereto. The M.'i3te;'-in-Chancery brought down from the Honourable the Legislative Council two Messages. The following one was read by the Speaker : Mr. Speaker, The Legislative Council have passed the Bill sent up from the Commons House of Aasembly, intituled: "An Act to provide for the Advancement of Education in this Pro- vince ;" and also the Bill intituled ; "An Act Granting a Sum of Money for the Support of Common Schools in Upper Canada for the year 1839." Legislative Council Chamber, 11th of May, 1839. Jonas Jones, Speaker. Comprehensive School Measures before the Upper Canada Legislature IN 1839. In addition to the annual Supply Bill, providing for the Support of Common Schools in Upper Canada for the year, (1839,) three measures of unusual import- ance were brought before the Legislature in 1839. These measures ohiefly originated in the House of Assembly. Two of them passed that House, and were sent up to the Legislative Council for its concurrence. These two had the sup- port of a Committee of that Body, in conjunction with a similar Committee oi the House of Assembly, yet only one of them received the formal assent of the Legislative Council. The three important measures to which reference is here made were : — 1. A Bill providing [' for the Advancement of Education in this Province." 2. A Bill providing for " the appropriation of One Million of acres of the Waste Lands of the Province for the Support of Common Schools." 3. A Bill providing for an annual appropriation of Eighty Thousand dollars, ($80,000,)— Forty Thousand dollars, (|4(.»,(IOO,) to be annually appropriated from the public revenue, and Forty Thousand dollars (^40,000,) to be raised by yearly assessment upon the various Districts. '«", i ~"hap. VIII. EDUCATIONAL BILLS PASSED DURING THE SESSION OF 1839. 157 The title of the first Bill mentioned is misleading and obscure. For. although Its object was truly « the advancement of Education in this Province " yet the title gives no idea as to what kind of education was to be advanced by itlwhether Common School. Grammar School, or University. Education. .. ^^'f^T""^' ^'''^^''''' *° ^^' elaborate amendment to this Bill, proposed by Mr. Mah on Burwell. and the somewhat argumentative Report on the subject (of he Legislative Council, pages 162, ante, and 164.^0.0 it will be seen that the inten- tion of the framers of the Bill was to revive, and to embody in statutory form the desire, long expressed, chiefly of Members of the Legislative Council, to establish Grammar Schools^ in various parts of the Province, as suggested in the noted Despatch of the Duke of Portland in 1797, by which about half a million of acres of the Crown Lands were then set apart, for the establishment of "Free Gmmmar Schools, and other Seminaries of a larger and more comprehensive nature. As the Bill was finally passed, it simply provided for the support of Grammar Schools, without defining their character. . u ?/ ?,^r, comprehensive measure, mentioned was also fully discussed ; and to It. Mr. Mahlon Burwell proposed an elaborate historical amendment in the shape of a series of Resolutions, chiefly relating to the proceedings of the House of Assembly in regard to School Lands. (See page 153, ante). This amendment was rejected by the House, as was his amendment to the other Bill "for the advancement of Education." This second Bill, appropriating " One Million of acres of the Waste Lands of the Province for the Support of Common Schools," was recommended to the adoption of the two Houses by a joint Committee of both Branches of the Leais- lature, on the 19th of April. 1839. (See page 148, ante). It passed the House of Assembly on the 10th of May, and was sent up to the Legislative Council where It failed to receive the concurrence of that Body, evidently owing to the fact, that the Session was then too far advanced to enable the Council to give the subject the attention which it deserved. The Bill was referred to a Committee of the Whole Council, but that Body having " resumed," the Committee rose without reporting the Bill, so that it was thus " dropped." So convinced, however, had the older Members of the House of Assembly befen of the necessity of making a substantial and permanent provision tor the support of Common Schools, that at almost every previous Session of the Legisla- ture, the subject was brought up by the r.o.olution of some Member. The propo.sal however, never took a really practical shape, until the matter was formally brouff^t before a joint Committee of the both Houses, and by that Committee.'discussed on Its merits. The result was a joint Resolution of the Committee, strongly recommending the subject to the consideration of the two Branches of Uio Legislature-page 148, ante. The House of Assembly acted upon this recom mendation, and passed a Bill to give it effect, but concurrence in the Bill l.y the Legislative Council failed, for the reasons already given. 158 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1839 ' i , i I . 1 1 After this failure to pass the Waste Lands Grant Bill, no further practical eflfort was made to provide an endowment for Common Schools until 1849— ten years afterwards,— when the Honourable William Hamilton Merritt, then a Mem- ber of the Government of United Canada, and who was a Member of the Legisla- ture of Upper Canada in 1839, revived the Bill of that year, and had it passed, appropriating One Million of acres of the Waste Lands of Canada for the Support of Common, now Public, Schools in the United Province. The other Members of the Upper Canada Legislature of 1839 who were Members of the Parliament of Canada, when this Waste Land Grant Bill of 1849 was passed, were : Messieurs Malcolm Cameron, Edward Malloch, Allan N. Macnab, John Prince, William B. Robinson and Henry Sherwood. The third notable measure which was brought before the House of Assembly in 1839, was a proposal founded upon the Report and Resolution of a Select Committee of the House, to which had been referred that part of the Lieutenant Governor's opening Speech, in which he said : — A system of sound and religious instruction, for the rising generation, ouglit to be established under every Government, and it is most particularly requisite in a young country in the situation of this Province. I, therefore, strongly recommend to you a careful revision of the enactments relating to the Common Schools ; and the early adoption of some plan caU culated to secure the assistance of properly qualiiied Teachers. The Report and Resolutions of the Select Committee on this extract from the Lieutenant Governor's Speech, will be found on page 151, ante. The Resolu- tions there given were embodied in the form of a Bill, which was read the first and second times, and reported from a Committee of Supply. The Bill, however, was not read a third time. No reason for not proceeding to the final reading of the Bill is reported in the Journals of the House, but it may have been due to the fact that the Bill for grancing the One Million of acres of Waste Lands had failed to recei^^e the concurrence by the Legislative Council. This Bill for granting Eighty Thousand dollars, ($80,000,) a year was, no doubt, intended as a supple- mentary measure, by which a monetary endowment for the Common Schools, would be at once provided, until such times as the sales of the Waste Lands appropriation would become available. The initiation of three such comprehensive measures in one year, for the promotion of primary and secondary Education in Upper Canada, speaks well for the intelligent zeal of the public men of these times. These " men (indeed) laboured," and we, of a later day, " entered into their labours," and have reaped the full benefit of their seec' sowing. w Educational Proceedings of the Legislative Council, 1839. Sir George Arthur, the new Lieutenant Governor, opened the fourth session of the Thirteenth Parliament of Upper Canada, on the 27th of February, 1839, 1839^ Chap. VIII. EDUCATIONAL BILLS PASSED DURING THE SESSION OF 1839. 159 with the usual Speech from the Throne. His educational utterances on that occasion will be found on pages 144, ante. On the 5th of March, 1839, the Legislative Council responded to this Speech, including its educational para- graphs,— which was, as usual— almost in the words of the Speech itself. March 6th 1839— The Honourable William Morris brought up the Petition of Mr. Robert Mason, and others, Teachers of Common Schools, in the District A Bathurst ; and also the Petition of the Magistrates of the District of Bathurst. in General Quarters assembled ; which were laid on the table. On the following day, these Petitions, praying for an increased annual allowance to the Common Schools, was read. March 13th, 1830— Two Petitions : one of the Right Reverend Alexander Macdonell Bishop of Regiopohs, and others ; and, on the day following, the Petition of the Trustees of the Ancaster Literai-y institution praying for aid, were brought up and laid on the table. 3. Eesolved.~Tha.t the foregoing Resolutions be communicated to the House of Assembly, lor their concurrence. ■' to a ?nr^^»!'iZ Tfif *wi,'f °iV^^'*' '^ "^^^ ordered-That the foregoing Resolutions be referred to a Committee of the Whole House, on Monday next. of f}f/wh.t ^nf ".^"T*"^ ^?- ^^^ O'-d^^ «f th« i^ay. the House was put into a Committer Charles wfeTt J^ V'-°'"^T' ''^ ^^^- '"'^^^''^ «^ Education. The Honourable Robert SifwlV ^ ''•^^ '^^'T- ^^^1^ ^""^^ ""'^' <^he House resumed, and the Chairman re- El Id r.?"'"""ri*''.t°T ''r"^^ '^^^ ■""•'^ Resolutions, and hU made an amendment Ordprpd Thi^f T'r ''Ik^^ Resolutions, as amended, to the adoption of the House. 11 foTotT^- ^^° received; and the said Resolutions, as amended, were then read, anri iff ■^''''^'"^•~'^''*^'*' *^'""?^'T°^*^"* *° "^^^ ^««* "»*''''e8t8 of this Province, that speedy W« M . p"'^^'"'''lr^? ^^""^i^^ ^•'^ ''^"y^^g ^"'^ operation the benevolent intentions of S SvsfP^^nf %TT ^^-"^'y', ^'."^ ?r'^' '^^ '^^''^^ ('" 1797,) on the subject of a GenerS ftaHcs ^'^"''^*'^"' ""'^ «'*« f'^'- ^^^ ''ncourayement o/ Common .-chools. (Amendment ia .u .!l ■^««''^^'«<'-— That in order to promote that highly desirable object, it is proper to reouesfe that the House of Assembly unite with this House°in such measured as may be 7ouM requSe for securing to the inhabitants of Upper Canada the advantages of the provision made for Ih; support and diffusion, [as embodied in the Duke of Portland's Despatch oi the 4t; o^ November 1797,] of sound learning and a religious education," among all classes of the i jopla. 3. jResoZierf.— That the foregoing Resolutions be communicated to the Hcu^o of Assemble tor their concurrence. ^oodhiuijt third^tlm"^ to^morow '''''^ '"'^''^''^^ '^ ^«« ordered,-That the foregoing Resolutions be read a C«n.lrlf'^'f^*^''^-~^""T*'°u'^?*^.'"'^^'""^ *^« ^^y- "'^ Resolutions, on the subject of ^Satilm^h''"' r'^rJ^ '^"■'^ ^xi™"' ^".^ ^''^P*^'^ ^y '^' «^"«« ; «»d it was ordered- Totiirre^eTf iTluse'' """'""""^ ''°"" "' ^^^^'"'''^' "'^ '""^ Master-in-Chancery, for the Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Petition of the Board of Education for the District of Niagara presented on the 1st instant, praying for a grant of money for the support of Com mon hchools in the said District, was read. Fl^^i i- ui vum ir.^i,i^f ^-1' ^f fTA?T'v4'*"/i*"",**'^ Commons House of Assembly brought up a Bill intituled : "An Act for the Relief of Teachers of Common Schools in the District of Niagara " to which they requested the concurrence of this House, and then withdrew. The said Bill was read a first tm.e ; and ic was ordered-That rhe same be read a second time to-morrow Tl«i; ^Pf ^^''''^^^•9- -Pursuant to th.^ Order of the Day, the Bill, intituled : "An Act for th- Relief of Teachers '^f Common Seb..„ls in the District of Niagara," was read a second t'me- and It was ordered-That the House be put into a Committee of the Whole, to-moiTow to t^ke the same into consideration. ' "'"""w, ro laKe . ,.f Deputation from the Commons House of Assembly brought up and delivered at the Bar of this House a Message, in the following words, and then withdrew :— Mr, Speaker : ml'^SriT" ^r^ 'i ^^^^'''^^y have concurred in the Resolutions sent down on the 3rd instant, page 147, ante, by the Honourable the Leeialaiivo Cnnncil on fi Education " > •• subiec ,.* rt . Commons House of Assembly, 17th day of April, 1839. Allan N. Macwab, Speaker.. Chap. VIII. EDUCATIONAL PROCKEDINGS OF THE U. C. LEGISLATL'RE, 1838-39. 161 s be referred On motion, made and seconded, it was ordered— Thut a f1ni»i»iff.»o k„ „. • i. j part of this House, for the purpose o meeting a Smittceontrmrt of S "T ''''^' °" *»>« of Assembly, in rehUion to'ce/tain Rosolutic^: ad'^SyS'tL ttrHouL^^'oX's^'S^ General Education and also for the encouragement of Common Schools ^nd ordeml Tl. t h ^""wT^^^"'^ Venerable the Archdeacon of York, and the H,,nouie ClZ WiS; Allan Wilham Morns and Adam Fergusson, do compose the same on tC part of this H^^^^ for that purpose ; and ordered That the Master-in-Chancery do n, cdu- curred in by the House of Assembly, and now under the consideration of a Joint Committee of both Houses, enable that Committee to consider and report generally on the provision made by His most (iracious Majesty King George the Third, in 1797, by an appropriation of land for the endowment of Free Grannnar Schools, and of other Seminaries, '* of a larger and more compre- hensive nature ;" to enquire into, and report to both Houses how that appropriation hiis been applied, and whether the intentions of the Royal Donor, trt confer on the inhabitants of Upper Canada the ad\antages of '"religious and moral learning," have been carried into effect, in the way best calculated to promote the general good ; and to suggest such alterations, if any, as appear to the Committee necessai-y and important. Whereupon the (juestion of concurrence was put on the amendment, and the same was carried in the negative. The original motitm was then put and also carried ni the negative. It was moved and seconded, that the Honourable and "^'enerable the Archdeacon of York be relieved from serving on the Joint Ccmimittee on (Jeneral Education, and that the Honour- able James Crooks bo appointed in his stead. In amendment thereto, it was moved and seconded, that the name " James Crooks" be expunged, and that the name "John Simcoe Macaulay" be inserted in lieu thereof. Whereupon the question of concurrence was put on the amendment, and the same was carried in the attirnia- tive ; and it was, ordered— That the same bo communicated by Message to the Commons House of Assembly, for their information. Pursuant to Order„ the Address to His Excellency the Lieut6n!\nt Governori prayisir for certain Annual Returns from King's and Upper Canada Colleges, was read a third time and passed. Whereupon, the Speaker signed the same, and it is as follows : 1838-39 ihment of a was read a Whole, on t Governor, witliin the for tlie pre- g seconded, and it was ellency the -Tliat the lat purj)08o. I, appointed bain annual e same wa» lecond time and it wa& lay. at the Bar i1, that they on the sub- in his stead. ACNAll, Speaker. )Uso had no g's College, best means mplete and is House of ation, C3n- iniinittee of >n made by md for the )re compre- m has been ts of Upper feet, in the if any, as B same was egative. on of York le Honour- Crooks" be Whereupon he artirnia- > Commons r>rfl.yinnr feyv d time and Chap. VIII. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE U. C. LEGISLATURE, 1838-39. IG-t To His Excellency Sir Ueorge Arthur, Lieutenant Gacernor of the Province of Upper Canada^ May it Pleahb vour Excellency : We, Her Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Snbjects-the Legislative Council of Upper Canada m Provincial Parliament assembled, humbly request thl^, your Excellency may be pleased to direct, that an account in detail of the Receipts and Expenditure, for the preceding Ctr fi I?K- P"' '«"' T^ i ^PP?'' ^'""^* ^^""^K'^'' ^" '''i'l ''«f"r« this House annually, wh- in the first thirty days of each Session. "" Legislative Council Chambek, ^''^^ ''"«''*'' , 23rd of April, 1839. ^P"''''"'*- On motion made and seconded, ic was ordered -That a Select Cmmittee be appointed to wait upon the Lieutenant Govtunor, to know when His Excellency would be pleased to receive ii. M '»«"<''""\?.,^'ldre8s, and to present the same ; and ic was ordered-That the Honour- )ur JJe''"""'"' "' Fergusson, do compose the Cmmittee, for that April 2r,th, mO-The Honourable William Morris, from the Select Committee appointe.l to wait upon the Lieutenant Governor, to know when His Excellency w.uid receive the Sdress of the House praying for certain Annual Returns from King's and U))per Canada Colleges and tllZT the «Hnie reported that His Excellency had been pleased L^ecoive the saW Add es forthwith, and to return thereto the following reply : Honourable Gentlemen : — .1 desire to apprize the Legislative Council of my intention to cause a full Report upon the affairsof the University of King's College, and of Upper Canada College, to he innualTy pre pared and published for the general information of the people of this Province ; and, i/ad li- tion to such reports, I shall, at all times, be willing to communicate to the House such further statements respecting those important Institutions, as may be aj)plied for. Government House, n^^vr,^ a„ 25th of April, 1839. ^^"""^'^ ^^™u«- th. fiiiryr H*° ^^'l ?I^r ^^^ ?^^''y^'n^ ^"^'"'^ ^^^^ I^"*^ '"*" --' C"»"»itteo of the Whole, upon the Bill for tho establishment of a College ((.Queen's) within this Province, in connection wi.hthe Church ot Scotland The Honourable James Crooks took the chair. AftTsome ume, the House resumed arid the Chairman reported that the Committee had taken tho said Srderpd 'rhlffht'Z f r"'^' '""1 ^'"f f'' "•"''^'"' T^ ""'^''"^ ^'^''^ ^'^ «it«8»i» to-morrow. Urdered— Ihat the Report be i leeived, and leave granted accordingly. • r J/'^ Honourable James Crc-ks, from the Select Committee, to whom was referred the Bill intituled : " An Act for the Relief of Teachers of Common Schools in the District of Niagara'' Cle?ras foUows ~ Ordered -That it be received ; and the same was then read b^ the To the Honourable tlie Legidatiiv Council of Up-t, Cunada, The Select Committee to whom was referrtd Mit Bill sent uj> from the Commons House of Assembly, in ituled : "An Ace for the Relief of i\ .mers of cJmmon Schools in t e Distric cf Niagara, have gone through the said Bill, and l.eg leave to report to your Honourable That the Bill is intended solely to authorize the Lieutenant Governor to issue His Warrants upon the Receiver General, for such sum, or sums, of money, for the use of Common Schools in tile sail! District, as are appropriated by law, and remaining in his hands, as well as such sums as may hereafter come into his hands for the like purpose, which the Lieutenant Governor is prevented by law from doing, in consequence of the late Treasurer of said District having omitted to make the returns required by law ; in the absence of which no Warrant can issue. Your Committee beg further to report, that it has come to their knowledge, that the rreasurer, whose duty it was to have made such returns, has become bankrupt, and another has been appointed m his place and stead ; and that a considerable sum of money remains in his hands unpaid to the Teachers of Common Schools in the District of Niagara, as well as o her public monies of the District. Your Committee, therefore, recommend the adoption of tlie Bill by your Honourable House, without amendment. All which i.^ respectfully submitted. Committee Rooms, Leolslative Council, " chiiU'ma, 2oth April, 1839. v^nauman. 164 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1838-39 April i27th, 1SS9.- Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the House was aRain put into a Coiiimitteo of the Whole, upon the Bill intituled : " An Act for the Relief of Teachers of Common Schools in the District of Niastara," together with the Report of the Select Committee thereun. The Honourable Adam Fergusson took the chair, After some time, the House resumed, and the Chairman reported that the Committee had gone through the said Bill, and recommended tlie same, without any amendment, to the adoption of the House. Ordered,-— That the Report be received ; and also ordered, -That the said Bill be read a third time' on Monday next. On motion, made and seconded, it was ordered— That the Honourable James Crooks be substituted for the Honourable William Morris, upon the Joint Committee on the subject of General Education ; and further ordered,— That the same be communicated by Message to the Commons House of Assembly, for their information. April 29th, J«5.9.— Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Bill intituled : " An Act for the Relief of Teachers of Common Schools in the District of Niagara ;" was read a third time and passed. Ordered— That the Master-in-Chancery do go down to the Assembly, and acquaint that House, that the Legislative Council has passed this Bill, without any amendment. The Order of the Day being read, for the House to be again put into a Committee of the Whole, upon the Bill for the establishment of a College (Queen's) within this Province, in con- nexion with the Church of Scotland, it was ordered— That the same be discharged. (Note. Thus the Bill was dropped for the Session). Maij 1st, IS^iU — On motion made and seconded, it was ordered — That the several Petitions presented to this House, during the present Session, on the subject of the Clergy Reserves, be entered at full length upon the Journal of this Day; and the said Petitions are accordingly entered as follows : — (Note The following Petition, praying that the proceeds of the sales of the Clergy Reserves be devoted to Education, is inserted here The other petiti(ms, which are less specific, are printed in A])pcndix X. to the Journals of the Session, page G7, 68) : The Petition of the. undersigned inhabitants of the Township of Ihimfries, and vicinity, in the District of Gore, Province of Upper Canada, humbly sheweth : — That your Petitioners, with many others of Her Majesty's subjects . . . have fre- quently prayed that the proceeds of the Clergy Reserves may be appliei to purposes of General Education, and internal improvement. That your Petitioners are decidedly of opinion, that the Education of Youth, properly directed in the acquisition of knowledge, morality, religion, literature and science, must be regarded by every enlightened and virtuous man, as a matter of the highest, and most vital importance. But, at present, the condition of most of the Common Schools is so inefficient, as to endanger the best interests of the country, and urgently demands immediate amelioration ; nor can they conceal their opinion, that it is the duty of their Legislators to originate, foster and patronize a General and improved System of Education. May iSrd, 1839.— The Honourable William Allan, from the Joint Committee in relation to certain Resolutitms adopted by the two Houses on the subject of General Education, and also for the support of Common Schools, presented their further Report. Ordered— That it be received, and the same vim then read by the clerk as follows : — To the Honourable the Legislative Council of Upper Canada : The Joint Committee of the Honourable the Legislative Council, and Commons House of Assembly, appointed to examine and Report upon such measures as may be found requisite for securing to th's inhabitants of Upper Cwnada, the advantages of the provision made (in 1797) for the support and diffusion of sound learning, and a religious education among all classes, have agreed to the following Resolutions, which they recommend for the consideration of your Honourable House : 1. liesolved~T\\b.t much inconvenience has long been felt in the remote Districts of this Province, for want of Schools of a higher description than the (ordinary) District (Grammar) Schools, where young men destined for the learned professions, and others, might receive the advantages of a liberal education. 2. Resolved— ThAt the expense of sending the Youth of the Province to the seat of Govern- ment for Education, is only one of the many objections which are suggested to the mind, and which force parents into the reluctant necessity 'of depriving their children of an inestimable blessing, which can never be acquired in after life. I 1838-39 put into 11 Teachers of b Committee the House id Bill, and Ordered, — ird time on 8 Crooks be e subject of saage to the 1 Act for the ird time and ,nd acquaint nt. ittee of the ace, in con- :al Petitions lesorves, be accoidingly •gy Reserves specific, are inity, in the have fre- 8 of General th, properly ce, must be I most vital lefficient, as nelioration ; inate, foster relation to m, and also -That it be IS House of equisite for (in 1797) for lasses, have on of your ficts of this (Grammar) receive the ; of Govern- < mind, and inestimable Chap. Vlir. EDUCATIONAL PKOCEEDINUS OF THE U. C. LEGISLATLttE, 1838-3i). 165 Kir,5: ^^"^"''""^ tJ.'"'!^' "" Upper Canada College is now incorporated with, and forms a part of. Kings College, it is important to consider how fa- it may be practicable s.. to enlarge the accommodation, of the former, that with a suitable endowment for the support of the necessary ost one™' '"•^"'"'°" °f erecting, at great cost, other building, for the latter, may bo Pr..ntA,.f''M^-"^. "^i*^' *" °f<^*"" ^!' «*7y '»t<^ operation the benevolent design of His Most Gnicious Majesty. King Oeoif.e the Third, in 17J>7. to establish and endow ''Free Grammar Schools m the several Districts," ,t is just that a portion of the revenues of King's Coliogo be f!17tWi /^* "iY"' I": '"""^ ''""'^'^ »'^"'"* ''' ""^y ''« "^^^'^^-^ry f"'- ™*li^i"g » revenue irom the bchool Lands for that pur- 'e. »r« J; /^T'^'f "*'•'''**; ■T^'lV'^^''t;;:''"« the foundation of Upper Canada College, the most pressing objects, for which King's CuUnge was contemplated, will immodiatoly be attained, and the means of bestowing a liberal education in other parts of the Province thereby si-eedily thev'iho^.hfrAl'^''f'*';^''''^'f''''""y, *" ^^'^ ^"'^^ Grammnr Schools.it is necessary that S!L!i P ^'^ "'"^"' ^"°'' •'""*'■"' '" ""'y «'""''^' ■■' u"if"i'n»ity "f system in the education XIiGI olil, h« fLff ''"'""!"' '•'5"^ ^^^ .V'''?,"* ^>^"'=^ Schools be c.msiil«red Grammar Schools, and be further et.dowed from the Free Grammar Schr.ol Fund, and from the funds heix't..foio pXiS therein *'' "" "'^'^'^"""'^ ^"^^""^ ™"y ^''^ "i^'Ployed, and other means of instruction 8. Hcmlw^-^Xx^t the inconvenient accommodation and dilapidated state of many of the Houses used for District (Grann.mr) Schools in the Province, call for tlie immediate aUention of the Legis aturo ; and suggest the necessity of the application of a part of the available School funds, to aid in the erection of a suitable Building,' for that purpose in such of the Districts as require it; and also that the Teacher of each District (Grammar) School shall receive the sun. llSil P""^.^*, P"»"d«. (£100), m addition to the sum already appropriated by law for the several District (Grammar) Schools m this Province, to enable him to employ an AssisUnt : m7niii'o"mff'''^''''/tf^'' fhall not be lawful to apply a sum exceeding Two Hundred pounds (£200,) for each District, and upon the express condition that the inhabitants shall provide at least an e.iual amount, and insure the Building, so to be erected, for at least that timouuu. 9, i?e.o|i'e,;_That. whenever the inhabitants of any Town, or Village, other than District Towns, shall make It appear to the satisfaction of the General Board .,f Education of TTpner Canada, that they have erected, at their .^wn cost, a suitable building for a School House, and have the School in operation with at least sixty Scholars, t it shall be lawful to pay to the Trustees of every su^h School, from the School LandFunds an amount equal to the sum tiaid from such funds for the endowment of the District Grammar Schools ; and ttiat not more than two such additional Schoos shall be entitled to endowment in any one District, unless the funda admit of an additional number. . . 10- ;^eso?re(Z— That detailed accounts, of all monies received and expended under the pro- visions of this Act, shall be rendered to the Lieutenant Governor, annually, to be by him laid before the Legislature, within thirty days after the commencement of each Session. 11. iJfTOh'ed— That an Act of the Legislature be passed to carry into eflfect the obiects of the foregoing Resolutions and that Messieurs William Morris, George Rykert and George o. lioulton. be a Committee to i)repare the same. All which is respectfully submitted, .Joint Committee Room, " w Ait.k- 3rd May, 1839. Chairman of the Joint Committee. • .-t'^'y ^?''l' ^^^''—^ Deputation from the Commons House of Assembly, brought up a Bill intituled : 'An Act to appropriate One Million of Acres of the Waste Lands of the Crown, in Upper Canada to provide a Fund, for the Establishment, Maintenance and permanent Support, of Common Schools throughout this Province ; " and also a Bill, intituled: "An Act to pro- vide for the Advancement of Education in this Province,"-to which they requested the con- currence of this House and then withdrew. *Thu8 the necessity of the modern Colleeiate Inatitntna waH fnrBshad^wad in Re!?ohitiong fivp and seven, Although uie form of expression of the fact here is not quite definite. in 187ll'*' ^*^ practically one of the conditions of the recognition of High Schools as Collegiate Institutes 166 DOCUMENTARY HISTOKY OF EDUCATION IN Ul'I'EK CANADA. 1838-39 Tliesc Bills were then rwid a firot time ; and it was ordere.l— TImt the 44th Rulo of this HouRe be dmponsed with, as far as it regards these Bills, and that they bo read « second time this <\i\y. The Bill intituled : "An Act to provide for the Advancement of Education in this Pro- yince. was tlieii read a second time, accordingly ; and it was ordered— That tiie House be nut into a Committee of the Whole, prem ,,tly, to take the same hito consideration. Tiie House was then put int.. a Committer of the Whole, accordingly. The Honourable William Allan took the chair. After sumo time, the House resumed, and the Chairman reported that he Lomrnittee had taken the said Bill inlu oonsideriition, and hni agreed to a certain Resolut^ .n which they rec. ininended to the -idoption f the House. Ordered -That the Report l.e recei'. ed : and the said K soluticm was then rend by the Clerk, as follows :— Eemlved— That this Bill is one of j?reat importance, and is one on which this Committee looks most favourably ; but, at this advanced period of the Session, (the day before the one appointed for prorogation of the Legislature,) the Bill having been only this day brought up from the House of Assembly, this I ommif ee cannot give the 8ui,|oct that consideration and investigation which its great importance demand, and, therefore, i commend to the House, that the Bill be not further proceeded with in this Session, and that the sane be printed. The said Resolution being rea.l a second time, and the (piestion n{ concurrence put thereon It was agreed to by the House ; and it was ordered Tbit tive hundred copies of the last-men- tioned Bill be prmte«!, f. t the use of Members. .1 w"'"f"'V"'' *i" ^/''f''' t]"^ ^'"' intituled: "An Act app-opriating One Million of Acres of the Waste Lands of the Crown, in Upper Canada, to provide a Fund for the Establishment, Ma iitenance and permanent Support of Common Schools throughout this Province," was read a second time ; and it was ordered—That the House be put into a Committee of the Whole presently to take the same into consideration. The House was then put into a Committee of the Whole accordingly. 'J he Honourable Adam Fergussoii took the chair. After some time the House resumed, (without reporting). Note. As the Les,nslative Council thus " resumed," without reporting the Bill before the Committee it was thereby dropped. May llih, 183S.~X Deputation from the Commons House of Assembly broukht un a for the support of Coiumon Schools in Upper ;wl the concurrence of this House, and then 'tad it was ordered— That the 44th Rule of iJiis Bill, and that the same be reai a second ■ond time accordingly ; and it was ordered — Whole presently, to take the same into con- Bill, intituled : " An Act granting a sum of m ., Canada, for the year 1839," to which they rt , i withdrew. The Bill was then read a first t- ',( this House be dispensed with, as far as it i ;■.•.,' time presently. The said Bill was then re&.'i ;, That the House be put into a Committee of tl j,.^„^„„„, ^„ ^.^.^ i.„ sideration. I'he House wa.s then put into a Committee of the Whole accordingly. The Honour- able George Crookshank took the chair. After some time, the House resumed, and the ChHirma,n repoited ttiat the Committee had gone through the s«d Bill, and recommended the same, without any amendment, to the adoption of the House. Ordered- That the Report be received ; and ordered— That the last mentioned Bill be read a third time presently. The same was tlien read a third time, accordingly, and passed : Whereupon, the Speaker signed the Bill, and It was ordered -That the Master-in-Chancery do go down to the Assembly and acquaint that House, that the Legislative Council have passed this Bill without any amendment. It was then moved and seconded, that it be, Eesoitied— That the Resolution of this House of yesterday, in regard to the Bill for the Advancement of Education, and upon which this House looked most favourably, be rescinded, as it 18 found that from the Prorogation being delayed to a late hour this day, thereby sullicient time 18 given for considering the same. This Resolution being read a second time, and the question of concur.-enco put thereon, it was agreed to by the House, and ic was ordered accordingly. On motion nude and seconded, it was ordered— That the 19th Rule of this House be dis- pensed with, so far as it regards the Bill, intituled : " An Act to Provide for the Advancement «f Education in this Province," and th.t the House be again put into a Committee of the Whole, this day, to take the said Bill into further consideration. J pif jlonf urabie John Simcoe Macaulay submitted the following dissent to the Resolution Adopted this day for rescinding the Resolution adopted yesterday, on the subject matter of the iJdl, intituled : An Act to provide for the Adv.incement of Education in this Province "— I €hap. VIII. Dur*Ti<>SAT PRorEEniNos "i the u. ( . legislature, 1838.39. 167 Bi . iuie it is not inaccdrdance with Parli ii'^tpteil l«y the ir luo, for the purpose of nstoring poatponod a.id ostaliiisheH a precedent most dangerous ui tlio privik>gi's prat!tici» prevail, there can ' no ■ecurity against thiif surprisi ejpecially dosi<,'ne(i to prev it. Lroislative Coun<'Ii, Ck ibeh. May the ilth, 1839. iHirientary practice to expunge Rraolutiuns formally to the Order of the Day, > nt : f(»r, HJiould hucIi m»»ntary Rules are .John H, Maoaclay. Pursuant to Order, the House was ajjain put into a Committei' of the Whole upon the Bill, intituled : "An Act t(, I'rovid • fo. the Advamem. nt of Education in this Province," The Honourable William Allan took the chair. Aft.r some time, the House resurnod. and the Chair- man reported, that the Coinmitteo had gone through the said Bill, andre( .mended the same, wi hoHtany amendnient, to thoadoption of tho House, Orduml That the bepoit be receive.', and ordered T I .at the Bill bo read a third time preseurly. The same was then read athi.l time, accordingly, and passed ; Whereupon, tlio Speaker signed tho That the Master in-Chancory do go down to tho A.ssembly, ri ' ,i Legisliituc Council have passed this Bill, without any am. Bill ; and it was ordered iiiaint that House, th,/ ;>^ /A -i> / RiotDgraphic Sdences Corporation 33 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 14580 (716) 872-4503 'if h ! ^•5^ w I 168 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATIOX IN UPPER CANADA. 1838-39 CHAPT£K IX. EDUCATIONAL BILLS PASSED DURING THE SESSION OF 1838, 39. 2 VICTORIA, CHAPTER LXI. An Act for the Relief of Teacheks or Common Schools in the District of Niaoaka. Sir George Arthur, Lieutenant Governor. Preamble. Act of 1820. Act of 1816. Restrictive provisions quoted. Defalcation of Niagara District Treasurer. Imperial Act, 1791. Governor may nevertheless issue war- rants. Proviso. Passed 11th May, 1839. of HiJrffu '•''^ the fifth clause of An Act pasEed in the Sixtieth year of the reian Mnwl K- r^^' ^'J'SCieorge the 'Ihird, (or ratlier in the First Year of His Ma esty King George the Fourth,) 1820) intituled : " An Act to amend and con tmue, under certain modifications, an Act passed in the Fifth Sixth ?ea? of Hk Majesty's reign 1816), intituled: -An Act granting to His Maiesty a sum of money to be applied to the use of Common Schools throughout thirProvince Lnd LTCt vTawfnlt "l^'r "' ''" ^^^^^ ^"™^ ^'""'^''^^^ i* isllcted that Shall not be lawful for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person administering the Government, to issue any further warrant on the Receiver General unde? the Z7:Zl:d'tf^^1'^'r^ ""''''''' '^^^•^^^^^^ "»*" '^ faithful accmmtshaU R«»t1.h T^ authenticated by proper vouchers and attested by the oath of the Respective Treasurers of the expenditure of the sums already advanced or which may hereafter be advanced on account of their respective Districts : And IFAereas the late Treasurer of the Niagara District has failed to account for monies received by him for the support of Common Schools in said District and be in ! coSf '""^r'"i '^''^ '■' "" ^"^% "•• «^P«<=t«t-" that he will so'm,Tf 'ever! be n a condit on so to do, and it is expedient to relieve the District from the pro ?eEl thp C H ? . ** r?'"'- "' ^''^"°*, Treasurer of all monies which may CommnnV 1 '"^ n'*" I^^ceiver General, due to said District for support of forTat purpoi'' ^' ""'" """ ^"^ ^'"'^' ^" ^"*"'^"' "^^^ ^'^'^""^^ ^»« «^ be granted Be it, therefore, enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with Tnn«fp ' *!J^ consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly if th; Pmvince of n.pnf .f n ^lf"•"^•'^"•*®'^ and assembled by virtue of an Act Jassed in the Parlia- nent of Great Britain, intituled : " An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed effectuir,?' •'?' ^T "^?'' ^""^'''^'^ ^«^^"' ^"^^'"'^'i = ' A" Act for mat ,^|m ore ettectual p:-( vision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North f^iTbv th^A ^.h'"*^ ^."f?"' P''°"r" ^"^ '^' Government of the said Province '" Zll^ / Authority of the same. That, from and after the passing of this Act it ™i ™"^ ^^ l^'"^"^ ^'^ ^t Lieutenant Governor of this Province to issue hs Srict'orNl'"'""'";' °",f« Receiver General, in favour of the Treasurer of the iJistrict of Niagara, for all such sum, or sums, of money as may api)ear to be in monrir ^'^'^r'PP^'-t/ Common Schools therein, and also such sum or sums, of rth?.fnr*^i'^T^T- f"^,'xt.'"" *""«.*;' '^™«' ^"'' **»« «"PP"i-t «f Common Schools Tnv nf£ f ?*^ ^.'f*'""- °^ ^v."*^''"^' '''^^'^' ^y ^^'■'"'^ «f the said recited AcN or of foVv ■ fu' *"thori8.ng the payment of monies which the Teachers in cJmmon abatenSnt" tT^^?-'''"'\''l ^*^^"™' "'^^ ^^ ^"""^^^ '^ ''^'^'-^' without" ny nr^r nf S «''. .^'t^.^f^™. whatever on account of the defalcation of the late Treas- nrPvinL ! ff District, save and except the deficiency arising from such defalcation Si^ A . -^ P*''"".« ''^ ^^'^ A''*^' anything in the fifth clause of the said first staidhig '" '"'^ ""' "^"°® '''■ ''"^''""' *" *^® contrary in anywise notwith- *Thi8 Act is printed on pages 172, 173 of the First Volume of this Documentary History. rioi-/, pages 102-104. \ Chap. IX. EDUCATIONAL BILLS PASSED DURING THE SESSION OF 1838-39. 169 2 VICTORIA, CHAPTER LXII. An Act oeanting a suh of money for the support of Common Schools in Upper Canada FOR THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE. Sir George Arthur, Lientenmit Gomrnor. Passed 11th May, 1839. Most Gracious Sovereign : Whereas it is expedient to grant a sum of money for the support of Common Schools m the several Districts of this Province : may it therefore please Your Majesty, that it may be enacted. And be it enacted, by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Province of Upper Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of .an Act passed in the Parliament of Great Britain, intituled: "An Act to Repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's reign, intituled : An Act for making more effectual provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, m North America, and to make further provision for the Gov- ernment of the said Province,' " and by the authority of the same. 1. That from and out of the rates and duties now raised, levied and cf)llected, or hereafter to be raised, levied and collected, to and for the uses of this Province, and m 'he hands of the Receiver General unappropriated there be granted to Her Majesty, for the use of tlie Conmion Schools of this Province, for the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine the sum of Five Thousand, Six Hundred and 1 ifty Pounds, (£5,()50) in addition to the sums now appropriated by law, to be applied in the same w^y and manner, and in conjunction with the pre- sent sums granted by Act of Parliament ; which said sum of Five Thousand, Six Hundred and Fifty Pounds, (£5,050) shall be apportioned among the several Dis- tricts of this Province as follows, that is to aay :— To the O tawa District the sum of One Hundred Pounds. To the Eastern District, the sum of Five Hundred Pounds. To the Johnstown District the sum of Five Hundred Pounds. To the Bathurst District the sum of Five Hundred Pounds. To the Midland District the sum of Five Hundred and Fifty Pounds. To the Prince Edward District the sum of Two Hundred Pounds. To the Newcastle District, the sum of Five Hundred Pounds. To the Home District, the sum of Seven Hundred and Fifty Pounds. To the Gore District, the sum of Six Hundred Pounds. To the Niagara District, the sum of Five Hundred Pounds. To the London District, the sum of Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds. To the Talbot District, the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Pounds. To the Western District, the Sum of Three Hundred and Fifty Pounds. t;,- 2. _4i((/ 6e /*reamble. (See 7 William IV., chapter 16. See 4 and 5 Victoria, chapter 19, section H, which repeals this Act. Imperial Act, 1791. District Grammar School Trustees. Proceeds of sales of School Land to be invested. King's College Council to distribute. 250,000 acres . of Waste Lands appro- priated. Passed 11th May, 1839. WiiERSAs, it is very desirable to afforJ every encouragement to the advance- ment of Education m the Province : and Whereas, His hite Majesty George the Third was oleased, in 1797, to direct that a (luantity of the Waste Lands of the Crown should be set apart for the endowment of Free Grammar Scliools and also of a University : and Whereas, a Royal Charter has been granted, in 1827, incorporating the Lnivers'ty of Knig 3 College, which has been endowed by a grant of lands from the Crown : and Whereas. Upper Canada College has, by an Act of the Legislature, been incoi-- porated with, and now forms an appendage to, such University : and Whkreas, the advancement of Educati.m will be better promoted by devoting a portion of the annual revenues of King's College to the support of Upper Canada College and Grammar Schools lor several years to come, than by the erection of a University in the present state of Education in the Province : and WnmiEAS, Upper Canada College, with some changes easily efTected, would afford sufhcient accommodation to the public as a Provincial seat of learning until It shall be deemed necessary to erect the University : and VVhereas it is expedient to apjxnnt trustees for each Grammar-SchooI in the several D.stncts to superintend the schools to be established under the provisions of this Act, and to see to the application of the monies appropriated to their support : Be it, therefore, enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Province of Upper Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of An Act passed in the Parliament of Great Britain, intituled : " An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in ths fourteenth year of His Majesty's reign, mtituled : (An Act for making more effectual provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, m North America, and to make further Provision for the Government of the said Province," and by the authority of the same, That the several District Schools in this Province shall he, and are hereby de- d to bo Grammar Schools^ as contemplated in 1797 by His late most GracJo HJesty King George the Third, at the time the said reservation of land was di.., d to be made as aforesaid. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That there shall be constituted and appointed by the Lieutenant Governor a Board of Trustees to each and every Grammar School in the several Districts of this Province, consistincr of not less than five niembers, three of whom shall be a ((uorum, who shall haveihe superintendence of the Gfan::nar Schools established in the feveral Districts of this 1 rovince, and receive the money authorized to be paid under this Act. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the money now remaining m the Receiver General's hands unexpended, arising from the sale of sciioollands, c- which may come into his hands applicable to .he purijoses of this Act, shall be invested in the Debentures of this Province at six per cent, interest and the proceeds placed under the control of the Council of King's College for the purposes of this Act, to be by the said Council distributed among such Districts as in their opinion, more immediately require assistance, owing to the state of the fecnooi-House, or other circumstances. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid ; That it shall be the duty and may be lawful, for the Lieutenant Governor, hv and with the advice of * .1, xT." r'^^T^"".""''. *°, ^''^ ^I'""^*^ *""" hundred and fifty thousand (250,000) acres of the Waste Lands of the Crown in this Province, to ho. sold in Hk" marine- n- otiier Crown Lands at a price not less than ten shillings per acre, ami the proce<^ds thereof paid into the hands of the Receiver General from time to time to bo uppropnated 111 such manner and for the (District) Grammar Schools, as hereinbe- been inco'r- Chap. IX. EDUCATIONAL BILLS PASSRD DURING THE SESSION OF 1838-39. 171 6. And bt RegervatioD to V. C. College. €200 for •School Hou8e. it further enHcted by the authority aforesaid : That a sum not be iScient ?fc kffil inH *° t^« P»FP«?«« f, this Act ; and, should such nmnies each Board. be insumcient, it shall and may be lawful for the Council of King's Colleeo in their nn7h«'^!!fi • ^PP^P"**^' a sufficient sum from the annual revenSes tS f to make cTinsLSonX the"(^T ml" 5^'^/"^ an Additional Master, and other meanS or instruction, tor the Gr^.m-nar Sc-hools in each Distr ct respoctivelv • Proride,! {hereof^ ^ ^ '" appropriated, but merely the rents, or interest, if «1,fil TT^^^^K^^r' %"^ ^ '\ ^"*^*'«'' «"*°*^«'^ ^^ the authority aforesaid • That It shall and may be lawful for the said Council of King's College, first to aiproDria^e a proportion of the revenues thereof, not exceeding one half, to the suoSoit exten T:;:ttrv'zz^;' ""'''' "^"^"' ^°"«««' -^'^ ^^^^^^s^^; be lawfulfor^thi'fiolS'ofT'^f ^^ '''" ^"^'^'^^'y ^^^^^^^^"^ = '^^'^'^ >*«J^'*" »n<^ "^ay , 'awiui tor the Board of Trustees m any District now constituted or hereafter to ba constituted to receive out of any monies in the hands of the Receive? GenerS tilnn w^ ^"-f^ P"?[P"'^' '^ *^'« ^"*' * «"'" »"fc exceeding Two HuSd pounds £200,) to aid in the erection of a suitable building for a school-house in each District: Provided an equal sum shall be raieed by subscrSn amonr?he :;;S.?croft^cfb^u!S^^^^^^^ ^-^ '-''^' ^'-y «^^" ensure T-fanei? Hundred Pounds (£100) per annum for each school, to be pai^to any fed "f Trustees, for the use and support of two other schools than the one ?7the Town Avhero the Court House is situated, in any Town or Village, iii Xh the iuhS' tants shall provide a suitable School-House, at whi-i not lesrthan Sixfv ?fiO '..ithin SIX miles of the District To*n ; and Provided always that nothing herein rranrr?f"rrf ^"^^ Council of King's College frcin 'exten^ L^f to fou D7strtifw^l^j;!l.f'"^?n"*''^-,'^ '''^^' ^^^"^ '^' one establUhed in the uistrict lown, should the said Council deem it expedient STSii^trro^th'sirterrerpipi *« '-•'" ««"■ -»"■■' "^ deUiWf flff ^^ *' further enacted by the authority aforesaid : That an account in ii^-ei - o tbTT^.^^^^^^ "'^P""'*"^ "'^^^''.'^^^ provisions of this Act, shall le hpL« f L T ^ ,^f "<^«»af . Governor annually, in order that the same may be laid before tne Legislatuie withm thirty days after the commencement of each session Proviso, Grant to two other schools, Or to four other schools. Rules and Regulations. Accounts to be inada. Li f 172 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1838-39 ,(. \t'i I ' t * 1^1 i ^^^H •■ J . -,-,~,j ■' > ' t i^!' H i H 1 'f ■'ij i"i rT^f ;i ■!K.. CHAPTER X. SIR GEORGE ARTHUR'S DESPATCHES ON THE BILL "FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THIS PROVINCE." Within three days after he had given the Royal Assent to the Bill : " For the Advancement of Education " in Upper Canada, Sir George Arthur wrote a short Despatch to Lord Normanby, the then Secretary of State for the Colonies, apprizing him of the fact. The following is a copy of this Despatch, dated the 14th of May, 1839 : Among the Bills passed during the recent Session of the Frovincal Legislature, to which the Rovil Assent has been given, is one, providing for the appropriation of the Funds, intended for the use of the University of King's College to the s.pport of District Grammar Schools.* This measure is very popular ; and the desire for it has been occasioned, partly by the delay which has taken place in carrying the plan of the University into practical operation, and partly, by the prevalent opinion that, in the present state of Education in the Province, a geneial difFusion of the means of instruction wouid be more beneficial than the application of the whole available means to the establishment of a Metropolitan Seat of Learning. The Grammar Schools are certainly much required in the country ; and I readily gave my concurrence to the very laudable wish of the members of the Legislature to have opprrtunitiea of bestowing liberal education upon the youth of the Province, placed more geneially within the reach of its inhabitants ... Government House, Toronto, 14th of May, 1839. George Arthur. In sendiig this Despatch Sir George Arthur had evidently mixed feelings. He said in it, and admitted, that the measure was " very popular," as he described it to the Colonial Secretary. He knew that one cause of that popularity was the comprehensiveness of its scope and terms. The Bill embodied in its provisions the ideal of educational legislation so long cherished by many Members of the Legislature, under the able guidance of the Honourable William Morris in the Legislative Council, and Mr. Mahlon Bur- well in the House of Assemby. These and other Members of both Houses had long contended that the " Free Grammar Schools," contemplated and provided for in the King's munificent land grant of 1797, was the only solution of the educational pvoblem, which had confronted them for years. The opposing, or University, party, chiefly led by the Reverend Doctor Strachan, the Educational Nestor of those daj'^s, (warmly aided by the Honour- able Chief Justice Robinson,) — while judiciously and sincerely admitting a good deal of the popular contention for the multiplication of good Grammar Schools, was yet so committed to hi& pet University project, that he had held, on the other * See preceding pages, 170 and 171. Chap. X. SIR GEC..3E ARTHUR'S DESPATCHES ON EDUCATION BILL OF 1839. 173 hand that the truer solution of the educational problem wa^ the establishment of a University, founded by its Royal Patron, as an Imperial, rather than aa a Provmcal Institution." ^hose most valuable privileges, he said, would "extend their benefits through the whole of the British Empire." (Pa^e 63 ante ) Sir George Arthur apparently, did not take either side, although, for various reasons he rather favoured the popular view of the case. Recent revelations of slipshod mismanagement of the University Funds, however, had awakened his nmapprehension that all was not right, and had quickened his sense of the neces- 81 y for sorne radical change in the administration of these Funds. He evidently felt that the legislation embodied in the Bill, under consideration, while it did not touch the sore spot, which he had accidently discovered in the management of the University finances, was still very sweeping, if not revolutionary in its character according to the traditions held by large numbers in and out of the Le<.islature' Hence his anxiety to have the new measure thoroughly understood by°the Im^ penal Authorities. All of these inauences combined induced him to piepare the tull, comprehensive and able historical resume oi the whole case This he em bodied in his second Despatch of the 8th of June, 1839, and which he had pre- ofTh^l bLi'^' ^°^*>^°^^*i°^ °f the Colonial Secretary in regard to scope and object Before doing so Sir George Arthur, set himself vigorously to work to stop the financial leak in the University and Upper Canada College Funds. He at once mstituted a searching investigation, (by means of the King's College Council it- self.) u.fco the mismanagement of these Funds by the then Bursar and others The particulars of these fact., and of the action of Sir George Arthur in regard to them, will be given in a subsequent Chapter. In the mean time, the foUowing elaborate Despatch in regard to the Bill "For the advancement of Education in this Province." was prepared by the Lieutenant Governor and .sent to the then Colonial Secretary, Lord Normanby • remarks respectinR it ; but, to enable your Lordship the more diBtinctIv fn ?„ ^^ ^^'' ""l^T OKIOm O, THE G«A,.I OP L*»DS ,K 1707, ,0K F.BE GlUMMAR SciIOOLS AND A U»IVE»SIIV '^l^ZJ^<^%:mfI;ir ' ^^°»*fi^-«J^"»M > 174 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1838-39 •'1 '91 II % tfl \ M i /il^B It'- '*^jT^ |W ? '' 1 1 t .,M : ■ '^'( 1 ii *' 1 1 /.' ; i f '«;> lA '-ii '-^ f'- 4- ^i if i '\i mi 4. In conaeq-.ence of these lands not having proved immediately available, a temporary Act was passed by the Provincial Legislature in 1807,* and made pirmanenb in 1808,t and amended in 1820,t pr.jvidina; for the establishment of a School, answenng to a Grammar School, in each District, and for the annual payment of One Hundred pounds, (£100,) from Provincial I'unds to the Master appointed to conduct it. 5. These Grammar Schools, termed : "District Schools," in no wise interfered with the object of the general endowment, being irrespective of it, and meant to provide for the pressing wants of the community, in the absence of greater meuns of aflFording instruction ; they were subject to certain regulations, and were placed under the direction of Trustees nominated by the Lieutenant-Governor . . 6, Twelve of such schools are now in operation, and a thirteenth is about to be commenced m the Talbot District. Provision for the Support of Common Schools, 1816— General Board of Education. 7. With the exception of an annual sum of Two Hundred and Fifty pounds, (£250,) beinff granted by the Provincial Statute to every District, for the support of Common Schools, things ?Qi?l*/*° remained in much the same state in regard to the provision for Education, until 1823, ((. e. 1822)!^ about which period the Secretary of State authorised the formation of a Gen- eral Board of Education for the management of the lands sot apait for the purposes of Education. *^ *^ c^v'^^'t ^°?^*^ continued to exist until 1832 (i".e. 1833).:| When its functions ceased, and the School Lands under its management were re-invested in the Crown, in consequence of the King having been pleased to accede to the request contained in an Address from the House of Assembly, that the suras arising from the sale of that portion of the School Lands which had not alr.ady been alienated, might be paid into the hands of the Receiver-General, to be applied la tho promotion of Education, in such manner aa the Legislature should direct. IT The rents accruing from any school land already leased, were also to be similarly disposed of. Royal Charter for the University of King's College, [1827,] and its Endowment. c ^' , Fl.^®"^ ^\^ auspices of this (General) Board [of Education for Upper Canada] the qnestion °ff I -r ^ ^"^ui® P''opo8e'^ University had been brought forward ; and it being determined to eflect, if possible, that object, as a preliminary step, a Royal Charter was applied for and granted in 1827.** 10. Ill addition to this mark of favour, as the remote si' nation of the School Townships ooK n?/ * thereof of comparatively little value, the King munificently resumed about u iM *''^'®^.''"'^ ^^ ^^^"^y alienating as an equivalent, t > the Corporation of the University, the like quantity of Crown Reserves, mostly under lease, in old settled Townships, where the land bore a great value, tt Objections to the Exclusiveness of the Charter of King's College Stated. 11. But the proceedings thus favourably commenced, for the establishment of the Univer- sity, were here arrested. The Royal Charter, which had been granted to it, was found to be too exclusive in its character to he generally acceptable to the community ; so much so that the Kin^ was petitioned by the Legislature to replace it by another, which should be more suited to the existing want. I; 12. Though declining to recommend this course, which they considered open to objection, yet influenced by an earnest desire to meet the wishes of the Canadian people. Her Majesty's Government empowered the Provincial Legislature to amend the Charter according to their own discretion ;||||but it was not before the lapse of several Sessions of the Legislature, or before much discussion in both Houses, that they could como to any understanding on the subject. 13. Finally, however, they passed a Bill on 4th March, 1837,1[ir which received Her present Majesty s assent, soon after Her accession. •Pages 60, 61 of the First \ olume of this Documentary History. ^Ihid, page 66. tr^id, pages 172, 173. ^Ibid, page 179. || Page 86 of this Volume, ante. *!ISee pages 71 and 72 of the Second Volume of this Docuoientary History. **Page8 211-225 of the First Volume of this History. Hlbid, pages 201, 205, 238, 264 and 317. 1-I- Pftg^s Kr„ o. the tjscond Vo?un5e of this Documentary History. IlllPages 112, 214 and 275 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. HlfPages 88, 89 of this Volume, ante. Chap. X. silt QEOROE ARTHUR'S DESPATCHES ON EDUCATION JIILL OF 1839. 175 ooinmenced U0ATIO>. JOWMENT. . . J^* V '^•® *^'*"*®'' "' *'^^ ^"y"' Chftrter chiefly objected to, appear to have been tlinne rolatinir Movements fok the Extension ok Education in the Province-Uim'er Cakai.a Colleoe. r^fini^nlTKi^ "'^°''^ '"'^r"-^ ?^ time other plans for the more effectual advancement of Edu- cation had been suggested and earned into effect ; the practical operation of whicli. combined with other circumstances, has still further retarded the erection of the University, aid his left uideed, the whole project in a state of complete abeyance. ' to the sta^.n F^Tn/f ■ '^"^^J^^lbj*'"^ ^""■"f this Government, his attention became directed o the state.; Education in this Province, and, as the theme had long ),een a favourite one with ':;;:^J:::^^!^::^:''''"^ ^^^^^''^-^ ^^-^-« such ameliorations ma^deTere f iy\^^^l encountering much ditticulty, his zeal and perseverance were rewarded bv the establishment of the Institution known as •• Upper Canada College ' and which, as a Semfnair answering in its niodel to superior Grammar Schools in England, has conferred, knd coSesT^,' confer, inestimable benefits upon the c<,untry ; although its Uablishment in the Ca pitThas given rise to local jealousies ; and opinions are entertained that the benefits <.f the Seminary exSn-^V "'' ''' ''*''' been distributed by the improvement of the countiy Schods at7s n- .^-^wl^"' Institution superseded the endowed Royal Grammar School -which was also a SlTb ^?!rT^U^ School-that had previously existed at Toronto ; and the proceeds an'sn! from the sale of the land, whereon the one had stood, partly contributed to defray the expenst of erecting the Buildings requisite for the other, t "«iiay tne expense Pkovision fok the Endowment and Support (;f Upper Canada College. 19. Sir John Colborne assigned, with the after approbation of His Majesty's Government a very eligible location at the west end of Toivmto, as the site of this new College, and endowed It with some Town lots. | About sixty-six thousand (66,000,) acres in all were Irinted to it, as a further endowment, fiom the residue of the general school lands ; and by means of the ag^re- gate funds that were expected to accrue from these sources, and from the Fees imy.ble bv the the E8teblishn?ent''+ *^h** " sufficient income would be derived for tlie proper maintenance of 20. This expectation, however, has not been realized ; for, owing to the difficulty of dis- posing advantageously of the bulk of the assigned lands, the whole revenue has fallen far short of the expenditure, and the College has, in consequence, become largely indebted to the En- ,T^"t.''- th« University, from whose funds the deficiency has, from time to time, been sun- r .i,.V''^^^® ' «r"i«n'^ 'h*** b^tfo"" this resource, the Colhge must have succumbed beneath the pressure of its pecuniary difficulties. 5^ ""i"<^u 21. This part of the case, will be best explained to Your Lordship by -, inspection of the acconipanying Statement containing an abstract of the fiscal transactions, bo h of the College and the University, which I caused to be prepared up to the 31st of December last, (1838) tor the information of the House of Assembly, on an application to that effect. ]| 22. Your Lordship will reuiark that Upper Canada College, by being first in operation, has insensibly reaped the benefits t.'iat were reserved for the University, whose advances to! wards Its erectioi. and maintenance have no chance of being reimbursed, until the lands form- ing the College Endowment shall become more valuable. Such reimbursement, however would after all, be merely nounnal. Since, by a clause of the Provincial Act of 1837, amendintr the University Charter Upper Canada College has been incorpoiated with, and forms an appondace to the University ;ir so that, practically, the benefits accruing from the respective endowmentB assigned to each, would, in a manner, be common to both. * See p.igea 82-90 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. t Page 7 of this Volume, ante. J Ibid, p. 9. ante ; see also page 287 of the First Volume of this Documentary History. S Ihid, page 29, ante. lilbiU, page 180, post, H Ibid, page 89, ante 176 11 Itui I'? ?ii' i DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1838-39 I „li 1 1 M 23. As regards the origin and progrcsa of Upper Canada College, which was opened for the purpoges of tuition on the 4th of Jfinuary, 1830, Your Lordahip will derive the fulUst informa- tion, on reference to the encloaures of Sir John Colhoine's Despatch of the 30th March 1881 addressed to Viscount Goderich, [then Secretary of State for the Colonies.]* Statements and Remarks on the Land Grants and their Disposition. 24. From what has proceeded, it will be seen that, of the original grant of five hundred and forty nine thoussiid, two hundred and seventeen (649,217,) acres, set apart for the advance- ment of Education, there have been, — Resumed by the Crown, in lieu of scattered Crown Reserves assigned to Acres the University , 226 944 Resumed by the Crown, in lieu of assignment to Upper Canada «^'„«« College ob,000 A])parently left disposabl'i for the purposes of Schools! '. . . , '. . . . . ...... 257,273 Total acres, orginai endowment 549 217 25. From the Statement herewith, it will be further seen, that, of the lands constituting the University and thi College endowments, there have been sold the respective quantities of ninety three thousand, seven hundred and thirty seven and three quarter ; (93,737|) acres and seven- teen thousand three hundred and eighty eight, (17,388) acres leaving in the one case a residue of one hundred and thirty two thousand two hundred and six and a half (132,206i), and in the other of forty-eight thousand, six hundred and twelve (48,612,) acres. 26 I have no present means of judging how the School Lands have been dealt with, beyond the evidence aflforded by Sir John Colborne's Correspondence with the Secretary of State that about seventeen thousand, two hundred and seventy-three (17,273,) acres of them were Jippro- pnated to surveyois for surveying, (that is, in lieu of a money payment for their labour and /V« disbursements for provisions and wages of chain bearers, etc ) ; and about twelve thousand (12,000,) acres were sold by the General Board of Education, which aggregate would reduce the actual quantity available to two hundred and twenty eight thousand, (2-28,000,) acres. ^ ^.- ,'''^®i^ *^" ^^ "° ^°^^^ ^^^^ *he proceeds of the quantity sold by the Board were applied to their legitimate object ; but I have no particulars of the appropriation. Financial Statements of King's College University and Upper Canada College. 2a The accompanying abstract of accounts would show the state of thfe University Endow- ment Fund, to be as follows : — •' Aggregate amount from the ac'ual sales of land £ioo 809. 18 Gross amoi'.nt received on account thereof 53|224 14 7 Amount remaining to be realized £47 535 3 n Amount of debt due by Upper Canada College 33 944 •> Value of Debentures, stock, etcetra 15 237 10 Cash Balance on the 81st of December, 1838 8 368 2 4 rk *. 1 J- u 1 £57,550.1.4 Outstanding Balance 4» gog g ^ j Aggregate Fund, 31st December, 1838 £105 135 5~3 29. Assuming all the assets to be available, this Statement would exhibit an increase of a fraction more than eight per centum upon the original amount of Capital employed • but as before mentioned the amount borrowed for the use of Upper Canada College cannot be con Bidered under the exisiting circuu.stances, other than as a positive alienation, though the College lands are, m fact, liable. ' ° Analysis of the Act "for the Advancemejjt of Education in Upper Canada. 30. Haying laid this summary before Your Lordship, I proceed to consider the Act of the recent Session, intituled : " An Act to provide for the Advancement of Education in this Province. »'.«"»i m imo • See remarks in regard to Sir John Cplborne'^ reticence in regard to this communications to wid from the Imperial Government, on page 54 of the Second Volume of this History. '""""-»"on8 10 ana trom, Chap. X. SIB OEORfJE ARTHUR'S DESPATCHES ON EDUCATION BILL OF 1839. 177 Upp 31. The Preaniblo Btatoa *• that the advaneoment cf Education will be better promoted bv evoting a por .on of the annual revenues of the University of King'. CoHeKe to tCunp!^t Jf pper Canada Co lege, and of the Grannnar Schools, for sevoral years to con.o, tha by tKec tion of a University m the present state of Education in the Province. Fhat Upp^er Canada SI ProV7n.farslV''f'?**""' '"""^ *'!^r''^C :r'^,'^*''^ Hutlicent accommodation tJthe puSic! as a Provincial Seat of Learning, until it shall be deemed reiiuisite t.> erect the University " *. K.^L^^ the first clause, the District Schools, of which I have already spoken, are declared to be Grammar Schools, coming within the scope of the Act. ueciared 33. By the second clause, the Lieutenant-Governor is empowered to appoint a Board of Tiois^tees to each Grammar School, to be entrusted with the general sujerintemlonce of i?I 34. By the third clause, the monies arising from the sale of School lands are to be invested m Provincial Debentures, bearing interest, and the proceeds are to be pai.l iiVo the hands of the Receiver-General, subject to the control of the Council of the University of KingrCollege. *n,l fiL?^ ***" ^r.o^-')»*)l^!J"f' '*'® Lieutenant-Governor is empowered to set apart two hundred and fifty thousand (2o0,000,) acres of Waste Land, to be sold, and the proceed? therlof applied to the use of Grammar Schools, in the manner before stated. appnea 36. By the fifth clause, a sum, not exceeding One Hundred pound?, (£100 ) oer annum m.ir be advanced to the (local) Board of Trustees for the supporLf each Gra^nmarSch""'^ ahould this prove inade.juate. the Council of King's Colleg'e, (i.e. the UniveS) is autLi^fed i.f Z^fn? '''f '^^^^'^""y- A proviso restricts the operation of this clause to tJ; approS on of the interest, or rents, of the property of the University. appropnauon . f • fy the sixth clause, the College Council may appropriate to Upper Canada Council ona moiety of the revenues of the University, until the University be erected. 38. By the seventh clause, the sum of Two Hundred pounds. (^200 ) mav be annli«H f« fi,« rbrtSelnhaSts"'^"" " "''' '''^*""'' ^"^''^^^ '""''^ ^'"^ sJrsha«:Cntr?bK tW t r^^' S^ ^^^ t^^^^ ^'*"*^' *^® Lieutenant Governor is empowered to apply annually a sum of One Hundred pounds. (£100.) for the use and support of two Schools Erthr?L one S S'tJr!?i Jf ^7 '^' ^T' ?°T J' ' *"'**^^, ' " P'-'^^'^'^ ^«'»« '"ided. authorizing tSe extension the College SuScS."" ^"^°"''' ^'""^"^'"« '^' '"" ^" 'i"^«"''">' " ^'^"^''^ expeS by 40. By the ninth clause, the College Council is empowered to frame all Rules and Regula- tions for the government of all the Schools contemplated by the Act. «eguia- 41 By the tenth and last clause, it is enjoined that an account of all receipts and exnend fhe Legislature ' '*" ^" ''"'^''"'^ """"""^ ""' '^' Lieutenant Governor, to be laid b^efo'e to and from, Sir George Amthub's reasons for assenting to this Act. 42. The laudable objects which this Act was intended to promote, and its popularity both within and without the walls of the Lec^islature, determined me not to withhold my assent to it as I should have been fully justified u. ..ing, considering that it contravened, to in extent the design of a special endowment mad. by the Crown, in 1797, and effected Impor^nrchanKeB Z^^k^f:ilZ^t^' ''"'*" """"" "■'^'"''•^' "' ^'' '^'^'''^'' Goven.ment.'^instead oHnS 43. I was. besides, the more induced to acquiesce in the views of the Legislature as expressed and understood, from a belief that it was the desire of Her Majesty's Government to defer as much as possible to their wishes on all questions affecting the Appropriation "rfunds arising from endowments, for the purposes of Education. appropriation ot funds , „."**; l^^A^?;- ^"'*«^^' f'""™ the general tenor of the Despatches on this subject addressed to Sir John Colborne by your Lordship's official predecessors, an intimation of the poHcv which policy! iTuM ItTr^aT/rr "^'^"^ ' ^"' ' '^^^ '''''''''' '''^'' '^^ adoptingWline'o' Her J, incidentally Sir George Arthur raises the question of the right of the Colonial Leiri.Uturo t« deal with specific Imperial Grants. This question, in connection with th« nn« r«fprViaTto th^-'*hfc of th^ Lepslatura to alter a Royal Charter, is discussed in Chapter xii., page 201. " """ tin this connection, see page 213 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. 12 D.E.3 ■f U > ^i H*< '■K> '\ M he J • ,.■! i < t fr < »' 'i m 178 DOCUMKVTAUY MISTOIIY OF EIXJCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1838-3i> •' OONKIDKNTIAI, DKSI'ATril" OF LoRI) Ooi.EKICII, l.ATKD THE ftTII OF JuLY, 1832. 45. In « poHpatch from Lord (Jodoricli. murko.l "CoiiHaeniial," of the 6th of July 1830 I (hBcoveru dmtinot recognition of tho olain. of tho Irovinciftl Legi.luture t,. oxorcino tho m.mauo- niont of the tomtonal gmutn anmnued fur tho pnrpoH.m of Education, it hoinx assumed, from tho.r havmg, in .luestions of tluH nature, tho deojumt nharo -.f intorest, that thoy are. therefore tlie most competent to judge of wliat is best a.lapted to the progressive wants and wishes of the community which they repieai-nt.* "•»»"» "i mo 4« In stating the r.^anons which had induce ^^^ respective cases be not quite analogous. I have not hesitated to adduce them in implied support of the Act which has been passed, and which is now brought under your Lordship s notice. ""kuu Popular objection to a Univer.sity, while Elementary Schools are unprovided POK. 49. So long as means were wanting to confer elementary instruction commensurable with tho l!!o!:r!!ri^, demands r' the comnjunity, it is scarcely surprising that the prior formation of a metropolitan seat of learning, of necessity exclusive to the many, should have been viewed with disfavour, not to say jealousy, by those even who, under more propitious circumstances would have been well satisfied to see it in active operation. wrcumatancea, 50. It has certainly appeared to me that the concentration of means accruing from a oro- ductive endowment, on a Seminary beneficial to only a few, when the elementary Schools, owing to the present unproductiveness of their endowment, trom causes beyond control, were in a state of comparative destitution was a proceeding, not only inverting the order of the entire scheme, but eminently calculated to create a v^ry invidious and dissatisfied feeling on the nart of a large portion of the community. ^ cp«iu 51. Still, such feelinii might be carried to too great a length, as appears, indeed to have been the case on various occasions, when public attention has been directed to a consideration of the means of promoting Education. lo""" ui uil Pamphlet on the Landed Provision for Education in Upper Canada. 63 I have the honour to enclose a pamphlet lately published by order of the House of ABsembly containing an abstract of the pn.ceedings of the Provincial Legislature duriixr the years 1831, 1832, and 1833, on the subjects of tho lands set apart for tile purposes of Edu ings *A copy of this " C.nfidontial Despatch," will be found on pages 85, 86 of this Volume, ante. ■*i?'\®'^'i'i^ f *^'^, PaniPhlft. »8 published in 1839 by order of the House of Assembly, was • " Proceed had m the Legislature of Upper Canada, during the years 1831.2 and 3, on the subjt^? of the Lands ExceUen'? MatsTr I'sis '' ' Th." fl^"^*'"^^' ^^ ^^^^^^F^'^ '*"!^ I^erbyshire; PrinTers VoThe" Queen's Most Jiixceuent Majesty, 1845. Ihe type was larger m fns repnnted i.arpphlpt th-r ''n th" nr'~im] • -nri it extenas to 4H paKes. Ail the material iutoimation which is contained in this pan.ph"ret s printed 'in th a Documentary History, in Us proper chronological order and sequence. F»i' P'"et prmted m this iM Chap. X. am okoroe AUTmrR's F)KHi».\TrMKs on school niLL OF 1S39. I7f> A1.1.RRHH TO THK Kino in 1833 in kkuahi. ■.. tmk appuoi-riation or 8.'{, ] praying tl.at uiti.er all thi. Uii..« Bet apart mr,,por Canada for the a.lvaMcemfnt of K.lucut,..,,. niiiht be reBtore.i ; or, if t 'at were imp.ttct.cable with roHpect to Ian.l« Krantod to indivuluaiH, that an equivalent appropriation miKht be nmdo, in lieu of tlio portion thus «ubtracted.* , «-^^ f ♦'n'u'" ''■'"." ^'"''' •^l'"'"''^"'"''' 'li"«l'cB from 1823 to 1837. 62. For any further information than that which I have furnished on the subject generally, •of the state of education in Upper Canada, and the means taken to promote it on a systematic l.lan,l have the honour to refer Your Lordship to the Correspondence in relation to those topics which has passed between the Colonial Office and this Government in the interval, from 1823 to 1837. From the latter year until the resent Session, the circumstances of the country have ■diverted the attention of the Legislature from a further consideration of the matter, which was At length, revived by the absolute necessity that existed for their intervention. Unsatlsfactory condition of the Common Schools of Upper Canada. 63. I cf)uld have well wished, my Lord, that, coeval with the arrangements which have been Tnade, it has been possible to effect some amelioration, both as to means and ends, in regard to the Common Schooh. which, as I had the honour to inform Lord Glenelg in my Despatch of the 18th December last, enclosing a Communication on the same subject from the Bishop of Montreal, vere in a lamentably inefficient state. 64. The Despatch regarding Common Schools, referred to in the Despatch just quoted, as having been addressed by me to your Lordship's predecessor, and respecting which inquiry was made in Lord Glenelg s Despatch of the 7th of February, was never forwarded- and, as I am at present unable to say that my own mind is definitely made up on the subject to which it refers, I must beg that your Lordship will consider it as withdrawn. xs V. ^?' ^^^^ f*^^^ period, I shall take occasion to address your Lordship again respecting the Schools, and I Lave now entered into so much detail, because I intend to follow up my inquiries into Education generally, which is in a lamentable state, and to propose such measures as I ^nxiously hope may tend to the improvement and welfare of the lower classes throughout the Province. (Sir George Arthur issued a Commission on the subject in October.) 66. With this view, I have, as Chancellor of the University, caused a most searching inquiry to be made into all its affairs. n i j (NoU. See proceedings of King's College Council of the 20th of April, 1839, page 187.) ,^ rt George Arthur. ■Government House, Toronto, 8th of June, 1839. Enclosukb : Accounts of King's College and of Upper Canada College for the years 18S6-183S. Appended to the foregoing Despatch of Sir George Arthur to the Colonial Secretary, dated the 8th of June, 1839, was a detailed Statement of the Accounts of King's College, and of the Upper Canada College, for the years 1836-1838 inclusive. They are too voluminous to be inserted here ; but they will be found in detail in the Appendix to the Journals of the House of Assembly for the Session of 1839, Volume two, pages 408-426. I have made an abstract of these accounts, and append it, as follows : Abstract of Finances of King's College, 18S6-1838, inclusive : Receipts of King's College for the year 1836 : — Balance from 1835 £3,629.10.0 . Sundry Receipts in 1836 9,202.14.2 X12,832.4.2 '.e., Upper Canada College as a " Temporary University. ing inquiry Chap. X. SIR GEORQE ARTHUR'S DESPATCHES ON SCHOOL BILL OF 1839. 181 Payments in 1836 £5,638.16.8 Balance carried to 1837 7,293.07.6 £12.832.4.2 Receipts of King's College for the year 1837 : Balance from 1836 £7.293 07 6 Sundry Receipts in 1837 9,340.12.6 £16,034.0.0 Payments in 1837 £12,091.3.9 Balance carried to 1838 4 542.16.3 £16,634.0.0 Receipts of King's College for the year 1838 : Balance from 1837 £4,542.16.3 Sundry Receipts in 1838 7,117.14.8 '■ £11,660.10.11 Payments in 1838 £3,291.18.7 Balance carried to 1839 8,368.12.4 ! £11,660.10.11 Memorandum appended to the foregoing, by the Honourable Joseph Wells, Bursar of King's College. Former debt due from Upper Canada College to King's College on 31st December, 1837 £32,559.4 8 Additional Debt in 1838 1 335 4 ^ Total amount of this debt of Upper Canada College to 31st December, 1838 £33 94^, 9 q Abstract of Finances of Upper Canada College 1836-1838, inclusive : Former debts due from Upper Canada College to King's College on the 31st December, 1835, £29,215.10.6 Expenditure up to 31st December, 3 836, £4,398.11.03 Less receipts of Upper Canada College, 2,989.16.10 1,408.14.5 Total indebtedness of Upper Canada College to King's College, 31st December, 1836 £30,624.4.11 Debt due by Upper Canada College to King's College on the 31st of December, 1836 £30,624.4.11 Expenditure up to the end of 1837 £5,124.4.10 Less receipts of Upper Canada College '° 1^37 . . : 3,189.5.01 1,934.19.9 ■'i <. ' n ilf^ 182 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCAT[ON IN UPPER CANADA. 1838-39 Total indebtedness of Upper Canada College to King's College up to 31st December, 1837 £32,559.4.8 Debt due by Upper Canada College to King's College, on the 31st of December, 1837 £32,559.4.8 Expenditure in 1838 £4,190.9.10 Less receipts of Upper Canada College in 1838 £.805.5.06 1,385.4.4 Total indebtedness of Upper Canada College to King's College up to the 31st of December, 1838 £33,944.9.0 Aggregate Statement of Lands sold for the benefit of King's College and Upper Canada College, up to the 31st of December, 1838 : To the foregoing account of the finances of King's College and Upper Canada -College, was appended the following Statement of the number of acres of the lands of the University of King's College, and of Upper Canada College, which have been sold, up to the first of January, 1839, showing the average price per Acre, and the gross amount actually received on such sales, as required in the Address of the House of Assembly, on the 13th of March, 1839 ; page 145 of this Volume, ante : — Total number of acres sold. Aggregate amount of such sales. Gross amount actually re- ceived on such sales. Average price per acre. On behalf of King's Col- lege 93,7371 £ s. d. 100,809 18 6 £ s. d. 53,224 14 7 —r £ B. d. 21 6 and a fraction. 'On behalf of Upper Can- ada College 17,388 Town lots in Toronto Block D, 13,010 10 5,223 10 6,698 14 3 917 9 5 15 Of and a fraction. ■On behalf of Upper Can- ada College £18,325 £7,611 3 8 Joseph Wells, Registrar and Bursar of King's College, King's College Office, April, 18th, 1839. €hap. X. SIR GEORGE ARTHUR'S i iiSPATCHES ON SCHOOL HILL OF 1839. 183 Reply to this Despatch by Lord John Russell. Colonial Minister. On the 6th of Noyember, 1839. Lord John Russell, who had succeeded Lord Normandy, as Co'. Minister, replied to the foregoing elaborate Despatch of Sir George Arthur . ,i its enclosures. In eflfect he repeated in it, and emphasised the fact, that in all such Colonial matters as the education of the people Her Majesty's Government placed the utmost confidence in the judgment, zeal and ^ until in the latter month, (December,) neither the Govern- ment of Upper Canaaa, nor the College Council could proceed to distribute moneys under its authority. i ! "Ml' 184 DOCUMENTARY HISIORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837-89 CHAPTER XI. PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF KING'S COLLEGE, 1837-1839* On page 96 of this Volume, the records of the proceedings of King's College Council, after the passing of the amended Charter of the College Council, on the 4th of March, 1837, will be found : The proceedings of the previous meetings of the Council, from the 15 of March, 1827, to the 20th ot July, 1833, as recorded in the Minutes, are printed on pages 15-40 of the same Volume. The proceeding* of the next meeting of the Council, after the passing of the amended Charter Act, — that of the 10th of June, 1837,— are recorded on pige 96, ante. The fol- lowing are extracts from the manuscript Minutes of subsequent meetings of the Council of King's College : — July SS'iid, 1887. At this meeting, the salary of the Reverend Doctor Strachan, President of the University of King's College, which had been suspended, " in consequence of the obstacles, which had arisen to the execution of the Charter," was restored, at the rate of Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds, (£250,) per annum, from the 1st of January, 1837.* July 26th, 1837. The Revprend Doctor Joseph Hemmington Harris, as First Principal of Upper Canada College, was laid before the Council this day,— to take effect from the 1st of April, 1838. A plan of the proposed University Buildings, prepared by Mr. Thomas "ioung, Architect, and altered by him, under the direction of Captain John Simcoe Macaulay, C. E^ was adopted, subject to the approval of Sir Francis Bond Head, as Chancellor of the University. August 5th, 1837. Tho Reverend Doctor Strachan, President, conveyed to the Council the approval of the Chancellor of the plan of the Univt^raity Buildings, who had expressed himself as " highly satisfied with the same, and also his anxiety that no time should be lost in commenc- ing the Buildings." Mr. Young was appointed University Architect, at a salary of Two Hun- dred pounds, (i£200,) Halifax currency, per annum, from the 1st of May last, and as Ornamental Drawing Master at Upper Canada College, at a salary of Fifty pounds, (£50,) sterling per annum, from tho 1st of April last. August 12th, 1837. It was directed at this Meeti g, that the site of the University Buildings- in the Queen's Park be cleared of trees ami leveled by Mr. Overseer John Wedd, under the direction of Architect Young, and that they complete the road from Yonge Street to the College Grounds, with a macadamized road-way of twelve feet in width. Atigust 26th 1837. Tho Estimates for the erection of the University Buildings wer& discussed, and the matter deferred. b'eptemher 2,tcl, 1837. The settlement of errors in leases of the Crown Land Reserves, made by mistake, either by the Council, or the Government, was agreed to, as desired by the Executive Government. The Oommiseioners, appointed in 1848 by Lord Elgin, Governor General and Chancellor, to inquiie " mto the AfiFairs of King's College University," etc., in their Report, " Printed by Order of the Legisla- tive Assembly " in 1852, thus refer to this payment to the Reverend Doctor Strachan: "The duties of this Officer, if adequately discharged, certainly deserved compensation, and when it is considered that dur- ing the first period,— from January, 1828, to July, 1839,— eay twelve years and a half, the Council sold no less than ninety-seven thousand, six hundred and ninety nine and a half, (97,699^) acres of their Lands, every Deed, for which required to be examined and signed by the President, prior to the affixing of the University Seal, this salary of Two Hundred and Fifty pounds, (£250) sterling per annum was ordered to- be paid by a Despatch from the Colonial Secretary, as soon as the availab' 'unds of the University would warrant the appropriation : it was not charged until Ist January, 1837. liie virhole period during which it was received b^ the Reverend Doctor Strachan, as President, was^two ^ar« and a half. . . . Six Kundrcd and Ninety four pounds eight shiiiings and nineprnce, Ualii mireucy (£694-88-9d,) being the aggregate of that Officer's salary, which was allowed by the (King's College) Council. Note.— This Report of the Commissioners is signed by Messieurs Joseph Workman, M. D., and Robert- Daston Burns, fkfterwards a Judge of the High Court of Justice. Chap. XI. PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE KINO's COLLEGE, 1837-39. 185 December »>^dl837 The Reverend Doctor Strachan, President, informed the Council that Chancellor Head had wntten to John L. Anderson, Esquire, in England, a Gentleman highly competent, requesting him to select a Gentleman well qualified to discharge the duties of Prin- cipal of Upper Canada College, and that full instructions had been given to Mr. Anderson to guide him in his choice. Note.— No Meeting of the Council of King'p College took place between the 2nd day of December, 1837, and the 17th of March, 1838. The Rebellion of 1837 took place between these dates. March im 1838 A letter was received from Mr. John L. Anderson, who stated that ho associated with himself the Reverend Doctor Rose, Principal of King's College, London, in the choice of a Principal of Upper Canada College. The resignation of the Reverend Charles Dade, Mathematical Master, and Mrs. Fenwick. Mistress of the Boarding House, Upper Canada Col- lege, were accepted ; and applications from the Reverend George Maynard, Mr. John Kent and Mr. Charles N. B. Cosens and Mrs. Cosens, to succeed to vacancies in Upper Canada College, were received. Three of these applications were concurred in, subject to the approval of the Chancellor, Sir F. B. Head. Thus, Mr. Frederick W. Barron became Second Classical Master, the Reverend George ftxaynard. Mathematical Master, and Mr. John Kent, Third Classical JMaster. Note.— During the interval, which took place from this Meeting, (of the 17th of March, 1838,) until the next, which was held on the 9th of April, 1838, the Bursar, in the following Letter, dated the 19th of March. 1838, called the atten- tioif of the Reverend Doctor Strachan, President of King's College, to the non- receipt from the Imperial Government of the annual payment of One Thousand pounds, (£1,000,) sterling, as promised in a Despatch of the 31st of March, 1827. (Pages 225. 226 of the First Volume of this Documentary History.) This Letter is as follows : I have the honour, as Bursar to the University of King's College, to address you, as the 1 resiclerit of that Institution, on the subject of great arrears due to the University from the KoyaK.rantof One Thou and pounds (£1,000,) sterling per annum, for a definite number of years, payable half-yearly out of the funds derived from [the sale of lands tol the Canada Com- pany. J The last half-yearly payment, which I received from the Receiver General, was on the first (lay ot July, 181^2. I'poii my applying, at the end of the ensuing half year, f » Note.— In a subsequenc Statement, or, as he called it, " Data," in support of the claim of King's College to the Imperial grant of One Thousand pounds, (£1,000,) sterling per annum, dat ed the 5th of September, 1838, the Bursar thus hn»!Jii'\^*"*'u does not seem to have been laid before the King's College Council. The matter may, t^ZTa i been brought under the notice of Sir George Arthur, the Chancellor, but there is no Kev "b '^ "'^ "d ^ ' °' ^^^ Council, on the subject. The balance of the grant I? ♦i'- If •'I I p ': 1/ N ? 1 •■« , . ; < i ' i| 186 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPSR CANADA. 1837-39 referred to a similar Imperial yearly grant of One Thousand pounds. (£1 000 ) sterling to Upper Canada College, and pointed out the difference in the terms or conditions, of the two grants. He said :— dred''ptn^sT»)° SSl'^Zt thflT'/"" ^"^Jr^"* ^^ ^^^O w«s only Two Hun- poundl (£500, 'thTalWa:;?e'cont nued o the TZa'nuarv ' iLrin^'^V? f"" """'i'^'' One Thousand pounds (£1 OnOV anH if },„■. i \- '^*""*''^y' ^^'^f] "om which it was raised to .»., 1838. ,P.^, 289 w'sSt y„iit',s'"£,;reirHi.r„st"'''' "• "" '"•'"" of the Provincial Parliament " ^ Territorial) Revenues at the disposal as to the amount in question liavinK been fully Authorized mfwence before drawn, altogether, expressly given in aid of the co,t of fl I K i^ • ^'"P College, is a distinct urant di^^ed that Sisg^iS Should h^^IyS^ Hon,?i?o'vrnii'rntiUrri^^^^^ '«f- --^er orders from the t..! Lieutenant aover;o^r/r=^r^^^^^^^^^ Gene'Jaf Tl^'^mSStby ^^^'rr\^^^^^^ -pectfuny hoped that the Receiver the arre-rs due on this Lt named sr^, I? IL \^l "".V '^^^"V''" ^°"^S«' ^^^ ^^o""* ^'^ Thousand pounds, (£6;^7steri;ng+ ^' ^^"'^' "*" *'^' ^'' -^"'y ''*«^' '^'""""^^^ to Six reque^:i;?haS;A^rch£orofc\";.terb^ '"^^ ^^'^-^ Secretary be tions necessary.) associatedTtK ?wo Re^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ the qualiHca- the selection of a Principal of Upper Ca3Sfar7^- ^^- .^ '" the Reverend Doctor Rose 1 KuabirResoh H^,!" t^'^«''«^*; ^^^ J«l»n L. Anderson and Reverend Doctor Joseph HriardstromtJia^rost "'' ^ '" '' '■*^"'""'"' "' '^' colou3p?p1'of S;per''Sat7;S>""grta^^^^^^ «--' ^/""°" ^^^^^ «^"'^-' ^ free of ai: charges, except for Books "' '^'^'''' ^'' education at the College in eoSa^Tthe^Set'fi'r rSSS^IuliJ^^^^^^^^^ ^Sce page 227 of ti.e Second Volume of this Documentary History ArthVrrZ'oEaVcXtfn l7,.^'lTt&tit^ruiT'^6Z^^^^^ ^""^^« ^°""°"' - ^V Sir George )A. 1837-39 Chap. XT. PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE KING's COLLEGE. 1837-39. 187 by Sir George J"an7(ar!/ ^7nH "'""''^".°f ""r '»'"•• ""P^otlMy recommend that Hi, 1.'in Ji'p^r"^''' ^'i'TT*''^ ^?,^°'■^''''^ ^«"^°« ^""»<='l ^ai-'o"s returns from himself resne^tin^ Jo His V^lT ''"•^- ^''P''" P^"'*^'' ^?"^r' ^'^^"'^ '^^ J^^'i ^^^^ directed to prerre Ld frrwa?d v^f? u^^"-"?^' '" ''""•Pliance with the Address to him of the House of Assemblv of ?h« S„*Tfvru„VerCtrcr" '°' '"^ '■"°"™'^°" "' ^■"-■' """i' c:s :s s» ^Bf HglH' 188 ■^"7*1 : • mm wtrm ■.»*t3 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837-89 After much discussion on the whole subject, it was Committee. * *'""^''' """^ ^''^ Reverend Doctor McCaul do compose such the e!perdire%*^th^e'cJ?lL*e^VZl .r ^-^-^f'-^>.^ discussion arose regarding the items of be redSced. and K? 'i^^A^:^^ ^'^^Z^:^^^^ Zui=r ''°"'' SSa'on oS the CoCcil * ".'"'. ''! ''*" "^P^" '" ^« ^^l"^*'^^ «"d to report fereon fo'r the ^ NoTE.-This important Meeting of the 20th of April. 1839, formed a crisis m the history of the management of King's College. It led to a change, (but, un ortunately, only for a time,) in the faulty financial system of the two Colleges— King's, and the Upper Canada College. The Commissioners, who were appointed in 1848, by Lord Elgin, Chancellor of the University, to enquire into the affairs of the University, thus refer to this Meeting, and to the proceedings of Sir George Arthur, the then Chancellor in regard to the financial arrangements, to which his attention had then been called The Commissioners, in their Report, said •— Univ^raUv"'" Th™lt'''f^H"" -^^ ^T ^^ointed a Committee to investigate the affairs of the S^,rxSed^by%;:tr:L''an2tit'8d T.V'h ^^^ ^'/V*' '^'''' ^''''^'^ '•^- ^^ of the Trusts bei,,rther£10 (WO in rl . i^T f^P^^^ed ; the only available funds of i^iic iiuats ocuig men, ilu,UUO m Government Debentures, and £250 in Bank ^topt ^hc remammg part bemg in the hands of two Officers of the Institution ' Mmtinjot Uoanoil, h«ld on the bid irfS.!!. 1i.ii »;! j! T P"Pf'r. ?M »? Miuulo, Numtar 7, ot a.«mi\ol^,^^!CS^^^MS„S&^:^,-mn.«''°^''^ tromth,.cl«m ..d lUbiiity. ('s.. Chap. XL PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE KINO's COLLEGE. 1837-39. 189 Mr. Young, tu^t hi« servicea, a« AShrtec wiM n^J h/, ' "^'^ /"^^°'■• " '*>«^ "°t'«« ^o given to lector for U,,pir C.„.<1. Co L™ S te„„3 ''t ''"""'•"' '^'"«'' «»"•«»• •"■! "' "'• Col. ;u„«id «nJ jhjoh h,^ be,„ lod^oJiiM^'Brrrf' Kinf'. S" "' """"• ""' '"«"''"' •»>• tz^^.ru'';.^ •"*"''' »' ">« «-«". '» "■» Hoia,%S''7r4flrf,r.:rtr^^^^^^^^^^ o..„Sr. "iJ: «"r„s °he:'';^tKt,c;ts'r u-oS'^^^^^^^^ »' «■• •• KotTa .?:„?';. ErstLsr;' i3'„',sr.°s, 't°h r "? *'? jAr- '« -'-'"■ '» Qeoboe Abthub. Government House, July Ist, 1839. F..SX R.POKT 0, T„i Oo..,„, Co„„™„ „„ ,,. A.o«„™ „, ™, b™,. To THE OOUNCII, OF KiNG's CoLLEGE • uy,o78 9 8 Leaving a Balance to be accounted for, of, £13,161 7 9 €ol4eTn'=;^a:;o^TL^^^^^^^^^^^ t;£ V°^^?^« ^T^' '^« --I'^i- of King's Report of the Accountant empfoyed^thrin iltln off ' *° "^''^'^ '''^^ '»''^« annexed tL pared by the Bursar, shewing the Securitfe^.-n ^^f iTi, u''^'''^'*''°°""'«' ^n^ a Statement pre- »8 at present invested. FroS that St«^!mt' . Z^^' *^® ^'''^"•=« '^"e by him to the UniverS Bank of Upper Canada. anSTn^he'otclTf^t LSS/tVlc'%^'^"^^^ ""'' dep'osheTS ^mounting to £6,8 W 83. ; and that he has, f rom time to 1 1 W . ?J ^^'' " ^ ^*^" "^^^^al sums due to the University, that is £0 206 198 Qd^ tn^i time, e it the remamder of the Balance estato has been taken in payment ' These tran^actfon'" "l'^^*^"''''^. ^^om some of whom rea^ fci;ditSrc;,rro,T-s,i-*"'^^^^^ ver.»ZX''™S^^^^ .„d pre,e„t . o„ e.e ... AH which is respectfully submitted. Kino's College Office, 11th July, 1839. John Simcoe Macaciay, Chairman of the Committee. I l&O DOCUMKNTARY IIISTOllY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 18fi7-n«> Appekdk.eh to thk Rbpokt ok the Committer of Invkhtioation or tuk Bliwar'.s Accounth. Appendix Number 1 : " Estimate of Income ai.d Expenditure ot King's Col- lege, 1839-1840," prepared by the Committee, and appended to their Report:— Probable Income of Kitifi's College Universily, 18S9 1840. Interest on £10,000 in Government Debentures, at 6 per centum, per £ annum, ^^^^ Dividend on £250 Upper Canadn Bank Stock, at 8 per centum, per annum, , 2o Interest on Loan of £4,312. 10. to the Reverend Doctor Straclian, the President, at 6 per centum, per annum, 258 Interest on balance of £G,:i74. 14. 1, due by the Honourable Joseph Wells, Bursar and Registrar, at (i per centum, per annum 789 Interest on Purchase Monies secured, at 6 per centum, per annum,. . 1.067 Average cmount of Rents from lands leased, for the last five years, , . 1*068 8. d. 15 1 7 9 2 6 11 Total estimated annual Income of the University , £,3 8o3 Charges on the Estimated Income, as at Present Authorized. Salary of the Reverend Doctor Strachan, President (£250 sterling), . . 277 Salary of the Bursar and Registrar, qqq Salaries of Clerks in King's College Office, .................... 25U Salary of Overseer of the College Grounds 91 Average yearly Contingencies, ..*...........' 130 Estimated cost in keeping the Plantations in order, .............. 220 I'robable charge on account of Upper Canada College, ...... . ... * 1 900 12 » s. d. 15 & 6 0> £3,169 ft Summary of the foregoing Estimate of Income and Expendl' ure. Probible Income for the year 1839-1840 '3 803 Probable charges, as at present authorized !!!!!.!!!!...!!!!. " 3*169 12 g ft Estimated and probable surplus £ 634 12 2 Appendix Number 2. Report of Mr. Thomas C. Patiick, Accountant appointed to examine and report on the accounts of the Bursar of the [Jniversity. In regard to this Report, the Commissioners, appointed by Lord Elgin, as Chancellor of the University in 1848, to investigate its affairs, remark :— The serious embarrassments under which the Council proceeded in their adminisfrnfinn ..f the conimencement of the .econd period of management, (1«39.) mustbeap^are r ^heSo" o Mr. RUnek of Juy8th, 1830, showed that £56 047 6s. wii of the Cash^^ceivn^d by'tl University had been '• from sales of Lands ;" and that only 128,816 acres of the endowment remamed unsold, (ni reahty only 1-25,830| acres). Tlie Council had expended £34,409 5s 2 of the Lniversity funds ni sii, porting Upper Canada College; a debt then con idered very doub ul, subsequeMtly much increased, and now, (30th May, 1849,) by an Act of ParSa.ne, t cancelled.* Of purchase mo, e>s m.t yet due, there appeared to be £33,4i.5 2s. 3d andWost' (to accrue) thereon. £7.7(i4 (Is. 3d. Of purchase moneys overdue, iU :-)55 iVs id «., mt^erest thereon, £6,018 l7s. Gd. These pn/spective assets, added to th; items before nientioiu videlicet, Government Debentures, Bank Stock, balance of loan due by the PieSt, a.ul *The e8t.h .Section of th^ i herein contain [Upper Canad, be, and the same Acr 12 Victoria, Chanter 72, (30tli of M v lfi4>t i Hunlaroa ti,of << ^u- med .hall extead, or be co.«,rued%o ex\end, ti L debt na./claimej tc?be due'' by thfsaki ^dal College and Roynl Graniinar School to the said University [of Toronto! wWch debt Z same is hereby, absolutely cancelled «nd dibcharged." -^oionioj, wmcn debt sliall ]8f»7-3l) Chap. XI. PROCEEDINOS OK THE COUNCIL OK THE KINti's COLLEOE, 18.37-39. 191 i'h Ac'COUNTH. King's Col- Report : — B. d. 15 1 7 9 2 6 11 12 8. a. d. 16 ft 6 a & 12 8 6 12 2 Accountant Jniversity. 1 Elgin, as niatration nt The Rajiort iived by the eiKlowmt'iit ,409 15s. M. sidored very Parliament, and interest, ia. 8d., and e mentioned , •esident, ami that "nothinpr e by the -said ich debt shall Hdanco appearing due by the Biirsur siiv i'27 ^n'l 1-7- oi i r^ ■ . . exclusive of the v^alue of the llniv" .itrjr.tnd- o. whic^^ ^*'- '^'^•• improvoiuents up to this time, i'll,09(i 12h 9d expended, in purcha.o ami ^^^^^^^^"^^^-^Z^Jt^^ puahed ^.rwar.1 with vi«or a.r..r« an.l the procecliu^H of the clunciUMm ^ .ei u, . t .o in .'uirr ^'iH.!." '^f ''."""■" '^ ;^i^ac^;^i;thS:;fcffi':?r;,:;::;^^ • f r^V! ^r " u ^''"' ^^' ^'P^'' °^ ^^ '^- ^- P**^"^!^' t'^« Accountant, m full, as ,t deals wzth a good deal of detail and suggestions, and is .sou,ewhat rambhng. I have, however, given such salient points of that Report, as best Illustrate the faulty system pursued by the Bursar, while, ut the same time the hgures g.ven in it exhibit a satisfactory statement of the actual state of the funds of Kings College, as ascertained by the Accountant. The Report as thus condensed, is as follows :* ^ ' To THE CoMMirrEE OF King's College Council. burse'iJeT.-L^rouJltr^fn^^^^^^ <>/ ^ Jeceipts and Dis- tution, the Books. Accounfca, a,id Vouchers "n the fiirfar'* nffi f °' 't "^"'P "^ ^^"^ '""t'" College in 1828. to the 30c h of June last HMoTI ^""'"^ « «»'««. from the Endowment of the rigidl^xamined and compared the™;rnVlfav;\^ that I have carefully and of my investigation :— ^ ^'^^ honour to lay before you the result* ?l;:Er,:!;ruU''h°.X'[r ''■''"''''• '■•••'■'•" ^^.^^^ « 5 leaving in inveatmeiitB, and imheBur«.r'.uidii';.':.'.'.';:.'; ;;;;;;;;;• JJ'^f i? 9 showmg the inaccuracies discovered in the Bursar's account + ' Memorandum, The Endowment consisted almost wholly of Lands npn.l.,<.;n„ i.n-h • he realizing of sums so large as £5G.OOO. from tVe ^"roLtt'^^^^^^^ «°^^^ ^"'^ from numerous tenants paying small annual amonnf. T.^L • !f ' »"«„*'»J.nOO from Rents Bursar's oflice, while it require? CwleTe exoSnce' ZTIT^ t ''"'^"^, ^""''"^'^ "' 'he conduct. Or diligence and applicat^Tn and a desirttn nl '^^°"'" ,*" '»«thodi.e, arrange, and ni the C.rrespondence.-in the SnuJes of tL vXl ^ "•*' regularity, tJiere is *mple proof Tenantry, and in the e'nt^y by the Bursar htiso f of eZV""''"''''"';''''^ the Purchaser/ and absence of a better systemf there Ls been nmT sm.frfln ^ ,' k^"'®"^ l!^''^'^'^'^ = ^"t, in the the object desired. . . "'"*' superfluous labour, without the attainment of Landt:l^^;;Lg^"t^riteTth'etupt"^ tt'ti^'^^^^^-^rM'^"^ J^"'^'^^^ «^ ^^--^^old arrears due. Tlie Rental is a Mate ^ SroYthe Ann^ ^"T'"'' Rent,-and the ment, it would have been made more certain, and moJe productive " "' ' "' ""'"='■ ^^.^r-Z^:^^i;Z:Zn!^^ a test without my aid. ' mistakes would have been discovered, una., .,i...,i H„.;u,_.Hei, ....ctriZv ^a l^rt? ^iSZ Jr^Ll^.lSilll'r <'«^« ' ToKONTo, 9th Julv Ifi.SQ » i T. C. Patrick, — ^ L-Z:: y' ^ _ Accoun tant to the Committee of Investigation. V *.^'}? R*'f'o»'t itself ia Riven in full in thn SflcnnH Vni.,mr of tU-»--v ^~T7- King s Co.lfge, pages 68-73. " --i--— • n.,imc. ot t!ic aiatiuscnpt Miuute* of the Council of ^^^yiP^'^Z:Z^^^S^^ the year 1828 to against the Bursar of A'dC. 11. 4. This was reduce,! on ^nl-.^fV '*&''""'t t'S-'S. 14. tJ.-showing a balance leaving the actual deficiency of £46. nTJ^i'^iX^:^]^ :^S:t£Ji^ '^ ^'^' i 192 DOCUMENTARY HISTOIIY OF EDUCATION IN UPPKIl (;ANADA. ]887-3<> ! i4 . Financial Statement appended to Mr. Patrick's Report : The f'oUowi/ipf in • Stef-'i onfc of the Receipts and Difihursenients by the Bur.s/ii' of Kinn's Coll ^. " . 1S28 to • he .'Wth of June, 1839. Htmteipta tm bthuij f th CuUtye from iS?8 h hint SOth, ISS'J. Grants Um\ «i»e Crown, £'1,(K)() itorling a year, for four anti a half year*, (in liftlifax currency) £ 4^099 li) 9 From mIsk •■ 'f Fi»tid Uuring the aame pm . A fioio47 ♦{ 10 From Intertmit >*> Purchusn Monies and In.s'alments 10,106 10 7 From Kenta frourr f^n'^'s on I^aae ll'sTt* 14 8 Grand Total Receipts, 1828- 18:}9 £82,729 17 6 DuhinementM on behalf of Kimj'a College, etcetera, 18X8-1839, Payments on behalf of Upper Canada College, 1830-i838-<» £34,409 16 2 Purohaae of Grounds for Kind's College 4,' 391 2 1 Adapting and Improving these Grounds 0,706 10 9 Expenses in preparing to build the University 1,008 10 10 Purchase of Furniture 'l42 4 j 1 Charges of Management and other Incidental • 8 208 9 11 Gross Total Expenditui , 1828-1839 £54,925 19 8 Leaving a Balance disposable at the present time of £27,803. 17. 9.— the difference between the Receipts and Expenditures as set forth above. This Balance is accounted for us I'lOWS . Govuuiment Debentures in the Bank of Upper Canada £10,090 In Tapper Canada Bank Stock '250 Bal, (ice of Loan to the Reverend Doctor Strachan, Preaidont .... 4,312 10 Balance in the hands of the Honourable Joseph NVells, Bursar and Registrar 13j5l 7 9 £27,803 17 9 EsriMATED Assets of the University of Kino's College, 1839-1840. The assets of the University msiy be eitiniated as follows : Balance over Expt;! diture, as above £27 803 17 9 Purchase Monies l. a Land, overdue 14' 995 ^4 g Interest on these overdue Monies 6,018 17 Purchase Monies not yet due 33 495 •;; 3 Interest on these Purciiase Monies 7704 3 £90,077 18 5 Add to the foregoing, the value of Lands yet unsold, which, taken at the average rate of the previous sales, would produce £137,8^9 7 Grand total esthnai Avai) ble Assets 1839, 40 £227 927 5 11 Toronto, 8th of July, 1839. T. C. Patrick, Accountant to Committee of Investigation. J887-3<) ints by the I!) 9 « 10 10 7 14 8 17 15 2 2 1 10 9 16 10 4 11 9 11 19 8 ;he difference runted for us 10 17 10. 17 9 14 8 17 6 .■^ ;3 6 ;i 18 5 7 G 5 11 vestigation. Chap. XI. PROCEEDINOS OP THK COUNCIL OF THE KINO's COLI.KOE. 1837-89. 193 Append^ Number S. Letter of Explanation of Iuh Acoouut« by the Hooour- nble Joseph WcIIh, Hurniir. To THR CoCNi.IL or THE UnIVRRHITV Or ivi.NUM COLLBOI : «ur»l.l« con- tiou f..r HO doing. It h i . Lib o f.^n^ t tlrl^. i'"*' '" '"> l"""'^""'". without any *»„o- hardlyexpoctt<,b«cred3 wlenlL^^^ "^ nnsa,.pronriatio„. nor can I regular account of private oxSturintllatov / 'll'Tn""'*^'" "^^^^^ "' '*'"«»»"« ""^ many of tlu.so advanceH posit veirnmdo out of fl ll^ ^ •"'aRined that, (n.asnn.ch a« from which £4.000 HterliniJ wm r ,n i^t T "^ '"y ^"""'""'"n "f Lieutenant Cohmel. advances had bo^n mXfromTn^VwnruJr ^"Kl»"d,) a ^roafer portion o. these But the win iing up of L affair^nT uX .^i A'"* T''"*" "' *"'^'' '^"» **»" ^•««- «ndi.nprovJn^,.n 0Htlt7at oTvenDr^t S'.*^^^^^^ ^'"'^ "^ '" ^'^'^'^ ""^'''^^ '" purchasing at n.o Oak KiJues Xch I Im.l K. *"'''""/ "P^'^l'^ureB "Po" the Mill ,md Farn. expenditures ;,remW thorn salealdo "Ld'ab-nrT'T^' ^"^ .* ^^"^^ T''^ *-'"*-'^ "'«"*'-l '••"•« boiore I -Hsawareof it At tK^^^^ "*'•' "^ "'>' «^<>">'"i"ion I was intruding upon the ColW« %.»,/. .„ T ^'"''*'/ ««knowlodgo, that I well know that having already acCowledSthJ^^^^^^^^^ '^"'^ ^•••"^'"' *" *»"»' "^«"t. only t«7 plead in extenSrthat fV« nl^^f ^'"^'^^ "'V'^ *," '"'^ "^ mi«»ppropriation, I have assfstance. «a "tSfsTe c^u e o? tJeseZliri^^^^ ^"'' '''*• ''''•!?*''^" «^ *'^^ -^PP'-^*"^' f<" from ashorifTs s.-ile. or Sr perso^f rZ .o^Zin ^ advances m order to sh o their properties time, for the last t;o or thJooTeaJs nZ^7thT« l ' ""'^ *'"'m'; ^^^ ^l'"' «««i"g "tate'of the „ . ^, ^^^^ y®*'*' "'"" "' these advances would have sine, hoen repaid due payment, half-yearlyf of legal fnterSo t't '"'•"'*' ^^'t^'^ ""»!' '""'^'^ ^^^ *«'« and. also, that all sumTTbo rSered Lm^trdyfrS^ '"*«"•'' -described in said Statement.) be appli^St t^gJL'^^^^^^^^^^^ from aToHCrrtka to "vfhomf h"P"" '? «tate what amounts of mterest I may have received funds, /can uprny sdemn 1th Xk^^^^^^^ ?"! "™« *° *''"«' f^"™ '«« ^"C actions. In almost an the "stance; the!nt«r«» ^'^ ''"^^^ no memorandum of the trans- Mhen the security was girerand?tVastCm,Z^^^^^^^^ *^*^ ^""^^ ettlement, advanced, and thus included in th«JfM«.n!nfK I ' '^"^^^'ied to the sums that had been they would not n^w Ee forttl.W ^^^^^ /h^^r ITm I '^'^'^ ""''^ ^T ^""'^ '"«»' ™»dum8 sionof the adjoining h.t to CeJ^c t d^^^^^^^^ his party, h,> i posses- possession of that also, and makr^nrisonTr^ I hLfM^ '" 1837, and thre.aenoc to take which J now deeply regret the loss of ' T TfJf' . I ^ destroyed a mass of papers, ..any of for my indiscreet^oans^ ^ J^ ecuHties a^en n'^hrr*"'?' '^'' ^^^'^ ^« "^^'^r'y ' ""^''^^ advancer; upon them, and I LvrJeason to W f • /"^t^nces wdl never realize t . sums Iiundred pounds. ' ^ na^e reason to fear I shall sustain an ultimate loss of everal nowSroi?i:?pSur^"£r''^ y. ^'^f'^ '° '^^ ^^°"«g« Council, which I ..elf upon yrTnlttrto7tS:rtE/c^^^^^^^ ^^ ^- to Bursar's Ofmce, Toronto, 8th July, 1839. JossFH Wells, Bursar and Registrar of King's College. i-J I 13 D.E.3 I**", 194 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837-3^ Memorandum, by the Bursar, attached to his Letter ; — Balance due by the Bursar to King's College on the 1st of July, 1839. .£13,151 7 9 Less Deposits on behalf of the College, Ist July, 1889. In the Bank of Upper Canada, £G,B29 13 9 In the Commercial Bank, 314 14 3 Balance due to King's College, Balance due to the Upper Canada College . . Total indebtedness of the Honourable Joseph Wells, Bursar and Registrar, to King's College, Exhibit of various assets of the Honourable Joseph Wells, to meet this deficiency in his accounts, as set forth in the Second Volumes of the King's College manuscript Minute Book, pages 86-90, . . £7,497 12 6 Bursar's Debt, as above 6,374 14 1 6,844 8 £6,306 19 9 67 14 4 I £6,374 14 £1,122 18 5 Leaving a Surplus of Assets of £1,122 18 5 ' 9 In regard to these various Reports, Statements and Letters, the foUowing^ Resolutions were proposed and adopted by King's College Council on the 11th of July, 1839 :— Resolved, 1 : That the interests of the Institution require that prompt measures be taken for the recovery of the sum due by the Bursar. Resolved, 2 : That the Debentures belonging to the Corporation be assigned by him to the Corporation of King's College, and lodged in the Bank, in the name of the Corporation. Resolved, 3 : That the Monies, appearing at the credit of the Bursar, in the Banks, be placed at the credit of the Corporation of King's College, in the Bank of Upper Canada. Resolved, 4 : That the Securities offered by the Bursar be assigned to the Corporation, by way of Mortgage. Resolved, 5 : Also, the House and land at Davenport, and other real estate. Resolved, 6 : That the Mortgages be taken in security for all amounts of principal and in- terest, which the Bursar now is, or shall be found, indebted to the Corporation of King's College. Resolved, 7 : That the Attorney and Solicitor General be requested to investigate and re- port upon the Titles to the property offered in security, and that they bo authorized to employ, if necessary, a Solicitor to assist in the inquiry. Resolved, 8 : That the Attorney and Solicitor General be requested to extend their inquiries into the value, which the property offered in security would realize, if sold ; and as to the time when the monies secured by Mortgage to the Bursar can legally be realized ; and that they re- port upon these, and other matters connected therewith, without delay. Resolved, 9 : That the Council, upon a mature consideration of the Report of the Committee, appointed to investigate the Bursar's accounts, together with the statements made by that Officer, in his Letter of the 8th of July instant, feel that the painful necessity is now imposed upon them of dispensing with hia further services us Bursar and Registrar. These Resolutions having been adopted, His Excellency, the Chancellor, was pleased to communicate to the Council that the Venerable Archdeacon Strachan President of the Council, had expressed his willingness to relimjuish his salary as President ; and the Council, considering that the University has not gone into active operation, as was confidently expected at the time the salary commenced, and that the services of the President, in attending to the preparation for the connnencement of the Institution, will not be longer necessary. It was Resolved, that the salary of the President shall be con-iidered as having ceased from the thi:- tieth of June last. His Excellency also intimated that he had been pleased to appoint John Kent, Esquire, to be Registrar and Bursar of King's College, whereupon it war. Chap. XI. PROCI .DINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE KING'S COLLEGE. 1837-39. 195. irea be taken 1, considering ised from the b, Esquire, to One f£:'JXX fi!m] Hi wL'et ?f f ''' ^"''r « ^-"'^ ^--Jf - the sum of for the faithful'discha^'iTe^drtfes^rf^htoffi^^^^^^^ J^-^^s. (£2.000.> all Monies which shall le received by him * VS v/^ the accounting for and payment of ness was transacted by the Council.) * ^■'*"^-— ^anous other items of unimportant busi- Chubch of Scoiland Professorship of Divimxv in Kmo'. College tary oJtitf fof£ ctlS^^; gn^t^LTon"?!^^^^^ f "^^ ''''' ^«37.) when Secre- Canada, was laid before the Council tranZ if Hn„ ^^^'^^ ^^xf ^'eutenant Governor of Upper the Honourable William Morris as the Tu hor^T a'^ Letters respecting the applicatioTof Canada, that the Royal assent to -the Act am^^^^^^^ *^1 l""*^.'* Church in Upper withheld until a Professorship of DiJ^^it^lhZdlXl'^^^^^^^^^ befor^trSriU^Irmi^^^^^^^^^^ ^7-ant G^r^o: ^ II a Kh-e^tv^f^s^^^^^^^^^^^ S^hr/ K-sj;- of March. .839. in anZr^o an ^Ll^^^^^ t^ S! 23'"^ William Rintoul. dLd the ffi, byterian Church, in connection SSShurcho^^^n"'^ *^^^ the Presby- Divinity for Students belonging to that Church S^"'^*"^, respecting a Professor^bip of NoTE.-Reference to this matter, (of a Professorship of Divinity tor th« 254 of the First Volume of this Documentary History, and on pages 69 and 92 of this Volume, ante. By reference also to Section 15 of the " AcUo estabhsh ! ttertin^made 1 ''"''^""^ ^"''^ '' "^" ^^ -- *^-* P-visiin was- be in alttViirn^i^^^^^^^^^^^ the College hereby instituted shall yince, to authorize and direct the payment from thl f,.nl- ^f ,1 'tt .^o^?rn'nent of this Pro- m aid of the funds of the College ErLst^t^ted of «?...? *^« University of King's College, relafwLwTr "'*"'""'" ^ '^^'' ^ » subsequent Chapter relating to the founding of Queen's College, Kingston. Ap™c*t,„» „k p,„™„», ^,„ ,^„ ,„, ^^^^^^^__ j^_^^_^^__^ ^^^^^^^^ Ihe following Letter and Petition, from the TrnstsM nf t),« a . t •, J:ri839irr^f before the King. 001.; Co^raUhL^ ^^^^^^^^ July, 1839,) but action thereon was deferred until the 28th of August 839 Ihis apphcation to the Council, for aid in maintaining^the Ancaster Literary Institution, shows what efforts were made in these earlv ZT, provide cheap and efficient Schools for children in the varTous loc Les V promoters of this Institution mentioned this fact as their reason for elt b T^ Ancaster School. They state distinctly, in their Peti on thTt H '''^.^^^^'"^ *^' Ancaster find "it impossible to obtain for thr^Ii^^^^^^^^^^^ -habitants of education under the existing Common Schoot^ttn f^UpTr^^^^^^^ \\t Chsncellor to make such an appointmenr wiS rpf«lT V T^^^^^^ to the right of the been referred to Mr. ChristopherVSman Attornlv^^^^^^^^^ l^fJ'F^ S"««t'°n involved, having e"ch nommation, subject however, to the approval of ?h« Pn^fn.i' •'«i'«'«i ^^at the Chancellor could maki condition, the appointment was approved byTe Council ^°"°<='l ""^er these circumatanceB, and on this ■1 w, If . . ( 1 1 ', i ' r 196 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837-39 This private effort to provide good schools in this, and in various other parts of the Province, shows how incomplete was the legal provision in those days for ■elementary and superior Schools. There is abundant testimony to this effect in these Volumes. It was under such circumstances that the Midland district School Society was established in 1818, as well as the Bath and Grantham Academies subsequently. The Secretary of the Ancaster Literary Institution said : 1 am directed to transmit to you the accompanying Petition of the Trustees of the Ancaster Literary Institution. . . These Trustees and Shareholders are : Doctor John Eolph, and Messieurs William Craigie, (Secretary) ; Job Loder, (Treasurer) ; and William Wiard. (holders of ten shares each) ; Mr. Mathew Crooks, President, (six shares) ; and Messieurs William Not- rtian and Jacob Gabel, (five shares each). . . It would be well if the Council would regulate the school fees of the Institution, or, at least, tix a maximum for the different branches. And it is most important that they should not only •determine on the Books to be used in the Schools, but devise some plan of procuring an ample supply of such books from Britain. The few elemontary books printed in the Province are not very correctly printed, and on such bad jmper, and are so ill bound, that they will not last for more than a few weeks, or months, at furthest. And the books from the United States, com- monly used, are so very objectionable in every respect, as not to be thought of for a moment. A regulation which we adopted, and have found to answer particularly well is, that scholars are admitted only by a ticket from the Treasurer, stating the branches to be taught, thus ensur- ing the payment of the school fees, and preventing any collision between the Teacher and Parents of the pupils. Great diflBculty will be found in obtaining well qualified Teachers for our Schools, which will, it is hoped, come immediately into operation. It would be extremely desirable that a Normal School should be instituted for the educa- tion of Teachers. This will be absolutely necessary, if, in the contemplated enactment regard- ing Common Schools, efficient Teachers are to be appointed to them — and if the Council, or Governor, have the power, such a School should be organized without delay. Ancaster, 27th of May, 1889. William Cbaigib, Secretary. Note. See Mr. Craigie's letter to the Commission on Education, in a sub- sequent Chapter. The Petition of the Trustees of the Ancaster Literary Institution to the Council of King't College, Humbly Sheweth : That the inhabitants of the Village of Ancaster, finding it impossible to obtain for their families anything like a good education under the existing Common School system of Upper Canada, determined, about four years ago, (1835,) on forming themselves into a Joint-Stock Company, for the purpose of erecting good School rooms, and accommodation for a Teacher, — of obtaining a good Teacher, and rendering his situation respectable anf". permanent, and of regulating the School Fees, so that the elementary branches might be brought within the reach of all classes. 2. A donation of a Building site, and three hundred volumes of books to commence a Library, induced the addition of a room for a Library, and a title was assumed, — as the situation is equal, perhaps superior, to any other in the Province for a Seminary of learning. A Board- ing House, in connection with the Institution, was also contemplated. 3. According to the Constitution adopted and acted on, the management was vested in seven Trustees, elected from the Shareholders. The Clergyman of the two churches were appointed Trustees, ex officio — The qualitication of a Trustee is that he shall hold not less than five shaies of the capital stock, (each share being two pounds,) (£2), and be resident within such a reason able distant ^ that he could attend to the interests of the School. . . The Trustees were om- l)owered to make rules and regulations, subject to the approbation of a general meeting, and were required to make an annual Report and statement of accounts to a general meeting. 4. Subscriptions for stock were soon obtained to the amount of upwards of Three Hundred pounds, (^300,) and, after various delays, principally waiting for confidently expected assistance from the Legislature, a substantial brick Building was erected, containing two school rooms, — one, thirty feet by twenty ; the other twenty feet by fifteen, and twelve feet high ; also a room for a Library, two rooms, two bed rooms, kitchen, cellar, etcetra, for ft Teacher, at a cost, (including desks, benches, stoves, etcetera, for the schoolrooms, ) of upwards of four hundred ,pound8, (£400) * In reference to the character and objects of the Ancaster Literary Institution, see page 139, ante. ^w chools, which Chap. XL PROCEEDINGS OF THE CODNCIL OF THE KINO's COLLEGE, 1837-39. ig^ /arr^n. f ^'"^^t" ^""j'* »»*. perhaps, have gone to this expense had they not calculated (erroneously as it turned out.) not only on the punctual payment of the subscribed caS' itiZT '*?" "*'^ '^ many additional shares when the buffing was actualircomme^^^^^^^ The Building « now burdened with a debt of upwards of two hundred poundsf (£20?) ' ' TrusLs^htd'^mnci nfffiT"^- '"i?"''^"^^'^.^^^?' ^y " ^«» q^'^lified Teacher, which the trustees had much difliculty m obtaming. Number of scholars ? thirty seven craduallv an^ rapidly increasing to seventy, giving an average number for the firTyerof fifty two ^ Thf average number for the present year will exceed sixty; present number ?^ sixty seven ForTh^ efficiency of the School, the Trustees refer to a report of thrS exaiSion on the 30tb ?J5attuS;rd^M\TY^L»^^^^ '' «^™^^-' -' thrRlrrenS£siS. this]nS^r?Cf^^ ^t, I'i^''}^' ^""^ number of scholars, will bring the Institution within the scope of the recent benefits oTtrtTcf Jo 'lh^^'^1!^^ ^^"•'^l ^^""T' ""'' ^« P^^-^ to 'extend to Tt the X'grlieS\fa T^h^ S Tetherf "'"« ''^ '"'''^"^ """' '^^ ^" ^"^ '^^^^''^'^^' -^ ^ fn1l/;J^^ Trustees do not presume to ask this from personal motives. They will most cheer- ol'err' and s\'oTd h/thSr ''"""?'' ^""'^^ ''''' ""''^^ ^^ His Excellen^cy theSuenant of thf-Api fll^nr?'^ "J^^tt^TI Honourable Council to extend to this Institution the provision* :l fn'duf/l^uifdTlSlt er^ty!'"^^" "' ^*'"'^'^"'^" ^" ^'^^^ ^'^'--•" ""'^ ^^^^ p'^"---^ Mathew Crooks, President. Ancastek, 27 th May, 1839. William Craigie, Secretary. Beport of the Ins/jedors and Vidtors of the Ancaster Literary Institution. In«^ijyr''''''^*^'^''Y"''""^''^y*"'^ ^^'^^^""y e'^arnined theckssea in the Ancaster Literary Institution, and are hnppy to report our -ratification with the result, and (.ur full annn val of torrinta^lie^d'tid'^hJ'r^ " conducted the order, regularity and drsci^ine? wlSTil^ea? to De maintained, and the progress, not only in actua attainments, but in intelliLrence and seems to be kept fully alive to the business of the School ; and their knowledye aopoars accumfce and very considerable for the period of their attendance. Those ,.f us wLl'avf attended tie TthrTeS'Ti d t'L^an" k' "' ^dv^^cenient equally creditable to the tak'ts and assfdJi^ or tne leaclier, and the attention and diligence of the Pupils. Ancaster, 30th April, 1839. J. Gamble Geddes. •Alexander Gale. William McMurray. Mark Y. Stark. mainta'inTSoTvSrr^ "a ^'^^'? "^ '^"'^' ^^^^' ^^ '''^'''-'"^ ^■""^ ^arleton Place, for aid to maintain a School there. A reply was sent, to the effect tliat the Council could not entertain of aSHn Z;:^:^^' ^^^^"^ '^^^ ^-- °^ ^^^^ --* statute .. forS Adla^ m^t he htdT^^rnTrtJ!^''^ ■'''"' ^'' ^^ u- ^•^^°"^' ^ ^^''^ '» *^<^ ^ursar's Office, regretting that he had appropriated certain monies to his own use, was read ; also one from lifs Brothers Messieurs George Percival and Joseph D. Ridout. who had placed Five Zid eTpoundf (£5oT) m the hands of the Bursar, ,o meet their Brother's deficiency. The Council, therefore; ^"^ Heu^^TlrA-^!!^^ u^ '^ *\^, unanimous opinion of the Council, that they should record their Tr.? /, ^'^'''■r ^""°»fable conduct of the Messieurs George P. and Joseph D Ridout in so pmjytly coming forward to make good the sums, to which it appears, from rhracknoldg^ment ot Ml . ta. J. Ridout, had been withdrawn from the funds of King's College. . . . "'''"*'"'' Fie UTh""'"''"; '•-■'V!li'"f ^^ ^° ^"^'^^'* '» Provincial Debentures Seven Thousand. (i'/'oOO ) of the I.e., ' For the Advaucement of Education in this Pr.jvince", page 170, ante. 198 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837-39 <»• ;■ i I lelij JidySUt, 1839. The appointment by the Chancellor of Doctor Henry Boys, as Recistrar •nd Bursar was conBidered, and the matter was referred to Attorney Geneml HagerLn for his Advice and direction The Reverend Doctor McCaul was authorised to procureTeSa"n Lks for the Library of Upper Canada College. ^ i-eitam books n MS*fs!!^^^''^^''^""*"v "1^ Surgeons for Upper Canada, having applied for aid to establish dS M.S ;. „ p' »*?? I''*''"" *«« referred to Vice Chancellor Jameson and the Reverend Doctor McCaul, as a Committee, who reported thereon as follows— To THE Council of King's College : The Committee appointed to report on the application of the College of Physicians and Surgeons for assistance to carry into effect their design of establishing a School of Medicine have the honour to submit the following recommendation : s i ooi or lueaicine, Phvl!!ui ^\ Registrar be instructed to communicate tcy the President of the College of LrSTce n'f th^r'; *i" wt ^°n"?f " "^ F^\^'' College, M^ough fully impressed with the S w^uW nLt, ? ^Kfi J'^'"'' \^^ i^''"^^" *?^ Physicians and Surgeons propose, yet feel that fi«fC» ", ^"'^'^'^."'•^''l^"'^'"^ assistance to any other Corporation, until they shall f^d on whlh tr"'"'^ '^ ^*"''".'^' ^^j"f'' ^"^ r^''^' '^^y ^^^« themselves been incorporated, n?„lf^,l„T ff%^ ^ at present engaged in making plans, which thev trust will be the means of ultimately affording effcient instruction in all the branches of an University education. Kino's College Council Room, July 31, 1839. '^'''''' ^"^ChSman. Augttst 14th and nth, 1889. No meetings were held on these days, for want of a quorum. th.f^lTJ'u^^i'''' i^^^' , An application to Lieutenant Governor for aid, from the Trustees of H ?.. ;^ ? T ^""^^^"^r ' » »"» 2nd. To open accounts with the renters of land and prepare a Rent-roll. ha.Jj'Sh '^1 ^^.?T * ^l^^^^iy of the University and College lands, according to the form herewith submitted, or such other as the Council may deem more convenient. 4th. To make out statements of all open accounts, and to transmit the same to the parties concerned, urging an immediate payment of arrears. Your Committee, convinced that the most efficient check upon public accountants, will be found m a careful audit of their accounts at short periods, recommend that the Bursar should be required to exhibit, at each monthly meeting of Council, his books of accounts ; and that the TmZI 1 quarter should be audited by a Committee appointed at the monthly meetings m March June, September and December, respectively ; such Committee to report their pro- ceedings to the Council at the next monthly meeting. ^ i.<.f J»o„ \i, ' u '^^ Report of the Accountant, with other documents, shows the general account between the Bursar and Upper C^anada College, from which, it appears, that the following balances are due to Upper Canada College, viz :— > 1 1 > ouowmg By the late Bursar of King's College.. . £218 16 8 By Mr. DelaHaye, Collector of Upper Canada College .' .' ." ." .' ." .' ." .' .' ." ' 400 By Mr. Barber, the late Collector of U])per Canada College 1 539 3 11 Arrears on account of Land sold, say, g'ooO Arrears of College dues 4000 Total of the sums due to Upper Canada College £12,154 10 7 «hm,?^*'fnrH,l'?fhT"'°" f^ ^^""J Committee, necessary that one or more competent persons should, forthwith, be employfid to report upon all the unsold lands belonging to the University ; such report to be accessible to the Bursar and the Members of the King't College Council ; and S°;hi Si^ '"'p ^ '?°"^'' ^! ™^^^' ^? •i«t«™'"« the quantities of the University lands taken for Such lands'! " '" ' necessary steps may be taken to procure an equivalent The mode of leasing the College lands, requires also the consideration of the Council. Your H?«T.!?^^ Tk 'JP""T *'"'* *''^ ""T^ «''""1'* ^«' ^" «•"»« d«g^««' proportioned to the value of il^fi V^"? -^ ?'^ *''' ^"=^^'*' therefore, that the Bursar be instructed to propose a scale of rents on that principle. nn^ tT°"'' ^°'"™i"?f recommend, that the practice of selling lands belonging to the University, and Upper Canada College, through agents, as lieretofore practised, should be discontinued. vonrTv.mSf^^*!?'' ^' Pf °*' «i all «,?!^« lST"""^t' ^'^''•!l'^ ascertained that the Bank of Upper Canada are willing to receive all sums which may be paid on account of the University, and give receipts for the same recom- mend that an agreement should be made with that Institution to receive^sSch sums, under such j1,wrv "' "^tl ^n T'""'/ e^ ^I *^ ^''"""^' "" the recommendation of th^Bursar of the University, and the Cashier of the Bank of Upper Canada. Toronto. 18th of August, 1839. j^h^ S. Macaulay, Chairman of Special Committee. Note.— Various other matters of minor importance were disposed of by the Council. I ■*■ rt J V i' !» I W^'l t ) • 200 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1887-3^ September 25th, 18S9. Letters from the Honourable William Morris and Mr. Robert Bell, in regard to the Bathuret District Grammar School, were read, but, as decided, on the 19th of July last, the Council is not able to entertain the application for aid under the recent '• Act for the Advancement of Education in the Province," for the reasons given to His Excellency on the 28th Ultimo (pa^e 198, ante). (Other matters of minor importance were also disposed of. November 8th, 18S9. The Honourable John Simcoe Macaulay, Chairman of the Committee, appointed to examine into, and report on, the account of the Bursar, submitted the following letter to the Council : — In consequence of the appointment of a Committee [of the House of Assembly, at its- instance], under the Commission recently issued by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, to report generally on the subject of Education, [and on the various Departments of the Govern- ment] , the Committee cf King's College Council have no further report to make, touching the affairs of the University. John S. Macaulay, ToBONTO, 8th of November, 1839. Chairman of the Special Committee. (Various financial and land questions were disposed of at thi? Meeting). Note.— Meetings were called for the 27th and 30th of November, and the 7th of December but were not held, as there was no quorum present on any of these days. December 28th, 1S89. At this Meeting, the Bursar stated that he had, by direction of the President, prepared and sent to His Excellency the Governor General, the followinj? Returns to be laid before the Legislature, videlicet : — 1. Statement of the Receipts and Disbursements of King's College, from, the 18th of January to the 30th of November, 1839. 2. Statement of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Upper Canada College, ditto. 3. Estimate of the annual Income of the University of King's College. 4. Statement of the Assets of the University on the 30th of November, 1839. 5. Memorandum on the present state of the Endowment of King's College. 6. Report of the Principal of Upper Canada College, showing the state of that Institution during the last eight years. A letter from Mr. Civil Secretary Harrison, dated the 23rd instant, transmitting, by command of His Excellency the Right Honourable Charts Poulett Thomson, Governor General of Canada, application for aid from the Ancaster Literary Institution, the Grantham Academy, (St. Catharines), and the Alexandria School, with the request of His Excellency that these appli- cations might receive the consideration of the Council of King's College, under the authority of the Statute, 2 Victoria. Chapter 10, " for the Advancement of Education in this Province." The Council directed that the following Minute on the subject be sent to the Governor General:— The Act of last Session, 2 Victoria, Chapter 10, does not appear to have been acted upon by the Government, so far as the Council u[ King's College is concerned, and there are no funds at the dijposal of the Council to enable it ti accede to the prayer of the Petitioners of these Insti- tutions. (See copy of this Act on page 170 cf this Volume, ante ; see also page 183, ante.) The Council can add nothing to the Report on this subject, which was sent to His Excel- lency, Sir George Arthur, or the 28th day of August last. (See page 198, ante.) *Thi8 Commission was issued at the request, by Resolution and Address, of the House of Assembly, to enquire into the various Departments of the Government. A sub Committee on Education was also appointed. See a subsequent) Chapter. ^ Chap. XII. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO EDUCATION, 1837. SOL !!l| >f December Bction of the b Institution CHAPTER XII. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1837-1839. Alteration of the Royal Charter of King's College by the Legislature OF Upper Canada, 1837. After a good deal of correspondence with the Imperial Government, in regard to the alteration of the Royal Charter of King's College, granted in 1827, the matter came up finally for adjustment in the first session of the Thirteenth,'and last, Parliament of Upper Canada, on the suggestion of the Lieutenant Governor, Sir Francis Bond Head, in his opening Speech from the Throne.* The desire of the Impsrial Government, in regard to this unpopular Charter, was expressed by Lord Goderich, (afterwards the Earl of Ripon), in his Despatch to Sir John Colborne, of the 20th of November, 1831, in which he stated that it was " the earnest recommendation and advice of His Majesty's Government, that" the Council of King's College, (which was constituted by the Royal Charter itself,) should surrender the Charter to His Majesty, with a view, no doubt, to its modi- fication, so as to render it acceptable to the people of Upper Canada. f The King's College Council having, in an elaborate Report on the subject, refused to surrender the Charter,^ Lord Goderich, in his Despatch of the following year, (8th of November, 1832,)ir authorized the Upper Canada Legislature to modify the Charter at its discretion. He said : — So far from any anxiety having been felt by the King's Government to maintain that Charter agamst the wishes of the great majority of the people, every possible measure has been taken to refer to their Representatives the decision of the (juestion, [as to] what form, and upon what prmciples the College should be founded. ' >- j , uiunwrnvu .., ■ u • • {^?^^ scarcely be expected, that, in deference to any Individual, or to Hie small though respectable, minority for whom [Mr; William Mackenzie, who had appealed to him orl the subject of "grievances"] acts, the Kings Government should entertain the slightest distrust of he wisdom, or fairness, of the resolutions which it may b ^ the pleasure of the [House otj Assembly to adopt on this, or any other subject. When Sir John Colborne, in 1835, despairing of any agreement being come to by the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council, on the subject of the modification of the Charter, suggested to Lord Glenelg, the Colonial Minister, that the Charter might be — nn,nf»° modified by the interposition of His Majesty's Government, as to leave, in essential points, no just grounds for dibsatisfaction on the part of either House. •Page 12 of this Volume, ante. (The name there should be Sir F. B. Head, not "Sir John Colborne.") fPage 55 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. tPages 32-37 of this Volume, ante. ITPage 112 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. 4 } 202 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837 r«'! E,. ( I > \ l\ Lord Glenelg's dissent from this proposal was clear and decisive. He said, in a Despatch, dated the 17th of June, 1835 : — First: Your plan departs, in every one essential particular, from that which the House of Assembly, in their last Session, sanctioned by their votes. It is not likely that they would be •atisfied to have their judgment overruled by the direct interposition of the Royal authority. Secmdly : The Earl of Ripon, (lately Lord Goderich,), referred the matter to the discretion of the Provincial Legislature. They would scarcely otherwise than be disi leased with the retraction of His Lordship's order. Thirdly : The decision of such a (|uestion by His Majesty's adv'sers in this Kingdom, would be condemned with plausibili'y. i^nd not indeed without justice, as a needless interference in the internal affairs of the Province.* Thus, by these clear and omphatic utterances of the respective Colonial Ministers.the whole duty and responsibility of modifying the objectionable Charter was distinctly and wholly transferred from the Imperial Government to the Legislature of Upper Canada. In consequence of this unfettered permission to deal with the Charter, a successful ellort was made during the second session of the Twelfth Parliament of Upper Canada, (1836.) to pass a Bill, which embodied a view of the majority of that Body, in regard to the (Charter. The Legislative Council, however, objected to concur in this Bill, and stated their reasons for not doing so in an elaborate Report, dated the 19th of April, 183G.f Nothing further was done in this matter until the first session ot the Thir- teenth Parliament of Upper Canada, 1836, 37. when, in his opening Speech from the Throne, Sir Francis B. Head, invited the attention of the Legislature to the subject.^ As the result, Mr. Solicitor General Hagerman moved, that a Select Committee of the House of Assembly be appointed, to consider and repor* • ^u that portion of His Excellency's Speech, which referred to the subject oi King's College Charter. Messieurs Mahlon Burwell, William H. Draper, Michael Aikman, Malcolm Cameron and Henry Sherwood, were chosen as the Committee, on the 14th of November, 1836.§ On the 21st day of that month, this Committee brought in its Report, accompanied by a draft of Bill " to amend the Charter of King's College." As this Report, (and the accompanying draft of Bill,) were the foundation of the successful legislation of 1837, for the settlement of this vexed question, I give the Report itself, together with the Minutes of the Committee, on which the draft of Bill, introduced into the House of Assembly, was founded: The following is a Copy of this Report, to which is appended the Minutes of the Select Committee on the Charter : — To THE Honourable the Commons House of Assembly op Upper Canada The Select Committee, to whom was referred that part of the Speech f His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, at the commencement of the Session, which relates to the University of King's College, be g leave to inform your Honourable House, that, in the discharge of the duties * Pages 213, 214 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. t Jbid, pages 341 and 342. + Page 42 of this Volume, ante. § Ibid, page 43, ante. Chap. XII. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATINO TO EDUCATION, 1837. 203 ri'EdS'cation'oJa ?Set^lLl!ir "T."*"'^ ^'^ ''^^'^^^^^ *« the proceeding, of the Comaiittee All which ia most respectfully submitted, Committee Room, Gommonh House of Assembly, November 18th, 1836. M. BURWKLL, Chairman. 4ppendix, contahdng the Minutes of the Select Committee on Klny'a College Charter. Committee Room, November 14th, 183C. The Select Committee on Charter of King's College met, Mr. Mahlon Burwell in the Chair Draper'"''' *^"'''""" ^^"^^ Sherwood, Michael Aikman, Malcolm Cameron and William H. Hou^f=li?:'-i;^.t:jr;f i^ -^ .i^ri^^r-^^ -'-''^^ '^ ^'^ ief-soit-ed; That certain alterations appear necessary to be made in the said Charter in or,l«r wTs I'^endT '"' —t-ces of the Colon/ and that the said cVa^rt 'r^^JoLet: The Committee adjourned till Thursday evening the 16th instant, at seven o'clock. Committee Room, November 16th, 1836. The Select Committee on the King's College Charter met Aikm^lr^Jd WuiLa H^'Spif"- ''"'^°" ^"'''^^"^ ^^^^^-^'^"''^ """^^^ ^^^ '^' M-'-«l It was moved and seconded, and— liesolved, That this BUI. as read a first time on the 6th of February, 1834 t be reported bv tlio Committee to the House, with he amendments following :-that is as regards theannoint ment of the President of the said University, that the words, '4n any fX^Jcan^v^'b^ -expunged, and that the word " five," be inserted instead of " six " befo ^th^Z^ds '"pr'ofes me of the last page, be inserted "and of the Principal of the Minor, or Uppe; Ca"iada Col Sku^'^i Ti '^''' the words -subscribe to any articles of relig on " in tTe lat^ tr^ of tiA 'i^^-^?"'*-^"'^- be .inserted :-" other than a declaration, that they believe in the iutl en ticity and Divine inspiration of the Old and New Testament, and in the dLtrine of the Trini^^^^ It was moved, seconded, and— Itesolved, That to the said Bill be added the following clauses — l5{^^oftr^'i^^:^S^r"i!:l:!*.S!.^-\- ^PPer Canada. CoHege, lately erected ot Xings College, and be subject to its jurisdiction and control. Mini?^ And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Principal of the said ^Z're?' ^^'' ^'"''^'' ^°"'^'' '^"" ^« *P1^«'"^^^ by ^he King, during His Majesty's of tirLfd^MhToi' nr'rTnnr" n ^''^^ the authority aforesaid, That the Vice-Principal and Tutors 01 tJie said Minoi, or Upper Canada, College, shall bo nominated by the Chancellor of the said T.niversity of King s College, subject to the approval, or disapproval, of the CouncU thereof tnr l^^A""^ ^V' ^"/fu^"" "•"/St*'^ by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful vL?Pr?nc'iDaf or Ti ^Vof.?""'.''^ for the time being, to suspend, or removef either the vice- Principal, or -Tutors, of the said Minor, or Upper Canada, College, provided that such bus pension, or removal, be recommended by the Council of the ^aid Uni^Sra^tr and the grrnd« of such suspension, or removal, be recorded at length in the Books of th e 3'Counciiy *.age?52!' ^'" '''*" ^^ **'""'^ °° ^"^^^ " **"* "^^ ""^ *^« '^«*=°'«^ V°l"°»« «f this Documentary History. Ib^, i! 'h It f J if I '5 5 rnmkr Crpomtiona. under the Imperial, or Colonial, (Jreat Heal. . . . .A.i ^" IV*"*""!"^ '!''*M''** ""'^"" \ ^r''"" ''* « »nnUit,uliuf oritur, it would aeeni proper to advue, though not without Home doubt, that r.o Imperial Crown's Prerogative, lawfully 'Txe? Z ;ilMn7,"^ n7^ '*^ * Koyal Charter, under the 6re.t Seal of the En.p.ri^BpS mil tern within the Colony, i-annot be varied, or repealed, by the A.-ta of the Colonial Li,gi5aturc excent at the m.tanee of the Imperial Crown, Hxpresaecf or implied, or the grant of Sc.enfc legislative power, in an Act of the Imperial Parliament. * "utncient The Honourable l^avid Mills, Q. C. Professor of Constitutional and Interna- tional Law, in the University of Toronto, has prepared, and has been good enough to send to mo, a valuable historical Memorandum on the question submitted to him. I have omitted from this paper only those parts of it which did not strictly touch upon the case itself, but which dealt with incidental matters connected with it. He says : Anf ^."'{."'J^.'"®.'* ^e^her an Order made by the Sovereign in Council, or any other Legislative Act of the King m Council, and operating exclusively within a Province, or a Royal Charter lo operating, can be amended, or repealed, by the Provincial Legislature, without the express authority of the King m Counc 1, and whether such Legislative Act is not as much bey--^- It does not operate beyond the limits of the Colony, and, without an Imperial Statute it cannot be made to do so. It can have impressed upon it by its authors no clmracteristk which voters In" he ProTnce ' . " ^"^^''^ Legislature, the o^ie House of which is elected by Se By the Constitutional Act of 1791, Upper Canada waa given a Representative Assembly and a Legislative Council, the latter, appointed by the King. These two Houses, with the GoJ' ernor as KepreHentat.ve or Agent, of the King, acting on his behalf, constituted theProviacill Legislature. This Legislature was authorized to make laws for the Peace, Order, and (ioJlfov. ernmont of the Province. Nothing in the Statute restrained the Legisla ure from dea hig wUh any .natter of domestic concern Whether the Legislature might "not repeal ImiSActs made by their very terms appicable to the Province, is a question of intent, deteru ined luthe; by the nature of Irnperial jurisdiction, than by the construction of any words found in H.o S- sticutional Act UbcIi. (Ciuidon v. Fuller, 5 U. C. R.— O. S. 174.) ' """ 'ft iHii 5»w «■■ F' ^r *See the Note following this Paper. 208 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837 « - i u House of Assembly, on the 21th of NovemC 18« '« J„ '^51^^' ? fi'^^'T**! *'-?"ment at the Bar of the of Kingis College. ^'as he dealt with the q^S^t^on of '" f anchfser- whtrh«"h*'M ^.."^1*** ?^, '^' University " diminish or destroy." Hueowon oi rrancuiaes, which he held the Legislature could not 14 D.E.3 I 210 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837-38 1 Mr. John Henry Howard, in hi« Laws of the British Colonies, etcetera, publish- ■ed in 1827, in quoting the three-fold decision of the Privy Council, (2 P. Wms, 75,) as to the applicability of the Laws of England to her Colonies, says that such laws are primarily in force in such Colonies " having a local Legislature of their own, except such of them, [i. e., such laws and Statutes,] as have been varied, or renounced, by the respective local governments," — thereby admitting the right of a, Colonial Legislature to vary, or renounce, English Laws in force in the Colony. In the " Opinions of Eminent Lawyers "... Chiefly concerning the €olonies ... of Great Britain, by George Chalmers. F. R. S., S. A., (1858), is one by Attorney General Rawlin, of Barbados in 1710, (or thereabouts,) lays down the doctrine that the local Legislatures cannot " alter the Common Law of England, . . . 'they cannot enact anything against Her Majesty's prerogative. They cannot take away, by any Act they can establish, any authority vested in the Governor by Her Majesty's Commission," etcetera. None of these things can they do.* The Colonial Laws Validity Act, in the collection of " Documents Illustrative of the Canadian Constitution," by Mr. William Houston, M.A., (1891,) was passed by the British Parliament in 1865, " to remove doubts as to the validity of Colonial Laws." This Statute points out when Colonial Laws are " void for repugnancy," and when they are " not void for repugnancy," or for " inconsistency with instructions."! It also declares what Colonial Legislatures can do, but it does not touch the point as to the right of these Legislatures to alter Royal Charters, or Imperial Letters Patent. Home District Grammar School, now The Toronto Collegiate Institute The following account of the old Home District or Royal Grammar School J has been furnished to me by Mr. Archibald MacMurchy, M.A., Principal of the Toronto Collegiate Institute, Jarvis Street. It contains a sketch of the history of this notable School from its foundation in 1807, until the present time. I have, however, only inserted that part of the sketch which ends with the year 1838. The remainder of this history of the School, (afterwards a Collegiate Institute.) will be given in its proper chronological order, and in a subsequent Chapter. When, on the establishment of the Province of Upper Canada by the Imperial Parliament, the first Provinc al Legislature met at Newark, (now Niagara), among its earliest Acts (1807) was one providing for the education of the youth of the Province, (47 George iii. Chapter G) * Mr. Alpheus Todd, in his Parliamentary Oovemment in the British Colonies, treats this question of the Powers of a Colonial Governor, under his Commission, very fully in various parts of his work. + See Todd's Parliamentary Government in the British Colonies, pages 133, 138 and 219. X In regard to the term—" Royal Grammar School " See pages 0, 228,258, 285, 290— (iu which Sir George Arthur refers to it as the " Royal Grammar School, which was also a District Grammar School ")— 292, 298 and 2tt4. Why it was so called, and when -as to the exact time— does not ftppear. I 1837-38 ira, publish- ^ Wms, 75.) it such laws ■ their own, varied, or the right of the Colony. cerning the . A.. (1858), lereabouts,) le Common !r Majesty's labliah, any era. None Illustrative I was passed validHy of I " void for consistency I do, but it alter Roya) Institute nar SchoolJ ipal of the the history ae. I have, year 1838. Institute.) apter. 1 Parliament, b Acts (1807) i, Chapter 6) his queition of 1 work. iiiok Sir Gttorge ool ")— 292, 29» Chap. XII. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO EDUCATION, 1837-38. 211 thereButTtreMeLri:!"^^^^^^^^^ I™P-«' Government on the subject ; trict Grammar Schools, Lnd sTbtqufntly o?^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^'""^'"'^ '^' establishment of Free^Dis: to ^^"etZ^^^^ ^or four years was made eight Districts into which Upper Canada was fcCn^S!^ to be n.amt.ined in each of the wards made permanent. These MaSerawerto be pna^^^ •^^ ^\'' appropriation was after- emor ; and the Governor-s sanction was a^rnecessarv ?or th^ ?«"?''. ^^P""'^'^ ^^ '^^ <'«^- 18 still in existence the Letter, dated April J 6th 1807 «£Lrlh ^^''''^''''^ appomtment. There Reverend George Okill Stuart D D Ar^Li ' ■^^'^ ' ?^^" ^^ Governor Gore, appoin tine the District Gramnfar Sofat ?ork;^To^onS^^^^ '"'°"' ^"' ^'""^ ^^'''' "^ "'« ^omt ChurXe1t^\lrt7ar^/b^^^^^^ S'-M bounded westward by six acres,-for many years the plaSund of t^ almost square, containing ab .ut where they had worn it bare, or searched for tho p3!k l-u T"ole field, except m the spots ing southward through the miLeTthe fil or ?n wLL tnlT^'^ 'fV''"^« "^^'^ ti°- «ame minxature river, or builc great snow foies^^k.^Tsro^^dTnl'^^^^^^^^^ yet dH^n t:X2: frreptsXrrrdThr n"^' ^° ^* r^ -^^« -^ ^-C not the unlovely dwellings thTnoT crowd everT' foot of^^^^^^ ?'" « /««tories and shops or aoes not wish that ^'lollege Squ^^'Ve^tl^lIf/^^^^^^^^^ llg^afs^^''^^^^" boun^arlt rS;:cTeVtrpU^;'o^^^^^^^^^^ feet o m,,,. from'the street m which, on the first Monday of Jun^ 1807 whin Vf« W""^ feet long, by forty foot wide, five hundred, the Home DistLt G?ammarVoorwa^o,>S''*'?^ ' W ^^^^^'o^^y '^'^--^ daughters of the well-to-do citizens of York and o^trw ^^'^,^« ''"«"1« of the Home District He said : "The District School?Lou8e was a capaS wo^L bSi '1"°.* ^Z^''* Septembe^^^oll J" ' little in rear am', north of St. James' ChurchyarT'Tn In^X'^ ^^^£^1^ ''"wirtW"""^ *d 212 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. l«37-38 Doctor Strachan resigned the Head Mastership of the School on July Ist, 1823. He wa» succeeded by Mr. Samuel Armour, M.A., a graduate of Glasgow University, who afterwards became a clergyman of the English Church, and officiated many years in the Township of Cavan. The Reverend Thomas Phillips, D. D., an accomplished scholar, came out from England in 1826, to take charge of the School, and remained in the position of Head Master, much hon- oured and beloved by his pupils, until, in 1829, chiefly by the exertions of the Governor, Sir John Colborne, Upper Canada College was established, and, in 1830, the work of the college began in the old Home District Grammar School Building. Classes were opened in the new Buildings erected (on Russell Square, in the western part of the city) for the college in 1831, and the Home District Grammar School was then closed, — the building being removed from its original site to the line of Nelson Street, (now Jarvis Street,) and fenced into a plot, seventy by one hundred and twenty feet. The remaining portion of the six acres was handed over to Upper Canada College. On the active remonstrance of the citizens living in the eastern part of Toronto, the School was re-opened, and secured to the city, Mr. Charles N. B. Cosens being appointed Head Master in 1836. He was succeeded by Mr. Marcus 0. Crombie in 1838. The authorities of Upper Canada College, however, refused to give up the live and a half acres which they had possession of, and though the matter was brought before the Law Officers of the Crown, and, it is stated, that the Attorney-General declared that the property belonged of right to the Home District Grammar School, yet authority to resume possession of it has never been given to the Trustees.* Note. In the Report of the Kome District Grammar School to His Excel- lency Sir George Arthur for 1838, the following passage occurs : The Teacher, C. N. B. Cosens, Esquire, having been appointed Master of the Preparatory Form in Upper Canada College, resigned his situation as Master of the District School, on the 80th September, 1838, and has been succeeded by Mr. Crombie, a gentleman highly recom- mended as t n experienced Teacher, and under whose management it is hoped the District School will lo rendered highly efficient. (Signed by the Reverend John Strachan, the Honour- able William Allan, Mr Charles C. Small, M.P.P., Colonel Walter O'Hara, Mr. George Rid- out and Colonel James Fitzgibbon.) Reports of t."e Grammar and Common Schools in the Various Districts OF Upper Canada, for the year 1838. On the 21 sb of March, 1839, Sir George Arthur, the Lieutenant Governor, transmitted by Message, dated the 18th of that month, the various Reports of Grammar and Common Schools in Upper Canada for the year 1838, which he Principal, on a bright September morning, (in 181S,) fresh school-boy feelings were wakened up at the sight of forty or fifty happy young faces, from seventeen down to five years of age. There was a class of only two in Grreek, who took up Horace and liivy in Latin ; and there were three Latin forms below them,— the most numerous and most sprightly reading Cornelius Nepos. None were much advanced in Mathematics ; and, with the exception of the senior two, had not passed the fourth book of Euclid. Every thing was taught on the same plan ae at Cornwall ; but at York the pupils were much less advanced, and. the Head- Master rarely took any share in the actual work of instructon. I had had the opportunity of seeing both Schools ; and, though the glory of the former was never approached by the latter, still there are reminis- cences connected with the school at York more fresh and lively than could be awakened by the more cele- brated one at Cornwall. With the school- boy8_ of the former, — now in the sere of life, and owning children and grand-children, 1 can exchange daily greetings ; but few are left who were my associates in the latter : one by one they are dropping fast away. (Memoir of the Bight Reverend John Strachan, D.D., LL.D, By (the Right Reverend Dr. Bethune,) . , . his successor in the See, page 83.) *What Attorney General could have given such an opinion is not stated ; certainly not the one who, as Member of the Executive Council, must have concurred in the Order of that Council to transfer the site to King's College in 1834. At a meeting of Kind's College Council on the 8th of November, 1839, Doctor Henry Boys, the Bursar, submitted the following particulars in regard to Block D, (i. e., the site of the old Home District Grammar School) : "This Block was a School reservation, and was deeded to the College on the 28th of November, 1834, for the uses of Upper Canada College. It was div; 'ed into build- ing lots, which lots were sold by auction." . . . (Pages 136 and J 37 of the First Volume of the Minutes of the King's College Council.) A copy of the deed of this Block D to "the Chancellor, President and Scholars of King's College, in trust for Upper Canada College " will be found on page 226 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History. Chap. XII. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO EDUCATION, 1837-38. 213 had then received, (see page 146 ante). I have made such extracts from these Reports as seemed to be of general interest. These extracts are as follows :— Eastkrn District Grammar School. The Truafceea bee to exoresa their imnimlifi..,! the ec , caSon 7 .h *f ^ congratulate this community, in possessing such a man to preside over lcLt:;dTchritHan.r"^'^'-^ '"*" ^'^° umtes in himself the character of a\jentleman, The Trustees hope that they are not going out of their way. in remarking on the unseemly ani o7an°oS"bl.n%l''' ""'%'''' ^^^'^-l H-Br=^n ediHce wLch presents Kertlie "a/ ance of an o d barn, than a Semmary where the Classics and Sciences are taught • and thev S^leTSn "f '% 't f'«r^^*"'-« 'l- l^^omiety of granting a sun? of moSe v,' to erect J L^Mac'doSS a S. wtd. "°""' <"^'"' '^ *'« Reverend^George Archbold.' Messieurs the ™ iS^ft^In'^f r ^''^^r^^''^""'- u '^^^ ^'^^"^^ ^^^^'l °f Education has distributed for the year 1838, to the several Teachers, the sum of Nine pounds Nine shillings each for the period of twelve months, being the full amount of the allowance from Government! ' Di^^rTi^ ^T^ considers that, notwithstanding the small allowance, much good is done in the ?nd be inirr "'" «'!«^*»°; t« be increased. Teachers would come forwanl better qualified! and be induced to remam. Many at present seem to continue for a few months as a matter of convenience, and to assist themselves in following other occupations, which greatly retarTs the improvement of the children. (Signed by Messieurs Joseph Anderson and D.Ma?donelU ouv, ^TT^ District Grammar School. The pupils are twenty-four in number • and and atfainren n therJn^T "^ 7 .'^' '''^'''' ^^*'^''*^«« °* '^""'"^ ^^^ ^heir imjrov'ement and attainment in their respective studies are conspicuous and satisfactory, and bear evident s:o^:ttSf:„ri w^.'Krr? °^ '""^ ^^^''-'^ ^^- ^°^^^ «"«- («'«-^ ^^^^^ term?Tthe TruTrn??r'''' ^'^T" ^he Difltrict Board of Education is satisfied with the the Tfii.W„ TK R J°- ^T""^^ Common Schools, and with the capabilities and conduct of tri^f »hf n .^ ^".f *^ '\^h? 7*"^y ««""ble of the beneficial effects to the youth of the Dis- rntM^Surr^ht'-Hl'l?:^^^^^^^^^ ^'''^^' '^ ''^'^ ^'^^^ «• ^-^-". b.n-linr"'"'^''?,'''''''/'^- ^«*«»f« School. The Grammar School House is an old frame com?orf'of the Mlste'rldTrr^'''*- ,?k' "'"'P^-"^ «^ '^' establishment, no less than the JiaTand win .^nf5 ^nj Scholars, would be materially increased by the erection of a substan- tial and well contrived Stone Academy. Funds also are greatly needed, for the purchase of W? ft Jw P Ki VJ'^P^blic good. (Signed by the Reverends E. Denroche and William temart, the Honourable Charles Jones and Mr. E. Hubball.) Scho!!f'i^';wJir'''''I <^«am«^? school. The number of scholars in attendance at this bchool IS thirty-two who are divided, according to their age, proficiency, or probable occuDa- the^Greek 'an?'/" ' T''^ '^^'''^ ' '^' ^^'^ ««"^"^°^ "^ich'afe instrucl^d L^SHem.nts^Jf ^I.^ ^ * ^^'^- l*°g"»g2f ; 11^ the use of the Globes ; in Algebra and Euclid • and in Sacred and profane History. The other classes, according to their cipabilities are successf ul Iv ernSi''; the aequ,s tion of that knowledge, both of a religious nature S8ecurr,Xch is o ChrTstSn Queen' "^^"'''' ^""^ usefulness, as members of society, and subjects of a l«„.Jc^^?'T*'^^\''^'^u^ Midland District Grammar School earnestly desire to call Your Excel- SchTl Hout'" tLv bir^'^ ''"v "^ S^' Building now occupied as the District Srammar ocnool House. Ihey beg to assure Your Excellency that, n a year or two. at most it will be m such a ruinous state, as to be ,ibsolutely untenable ; and they have no funck at thSr diV posal, from which they could either repair the present House or erect a Building more adequate i 7i Ih ' , t I' ,' ^ 214 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837-3fi 1 Biis^gE Edward District Common ScHooia. The District Board of Education is well convinced^ that much benefit is derived from the encouragement given to Common Schools by the Government. The Trustees of the several Schools report generally that the Teacherl employed, conduct themselves with propriety, and the Board hope that encodragement will still be extended, for the purpose of improving and increasing Common Schools in the Province (bigned by the Honourable Simon Washburn and Mr. N. Bollard.; Newcastle Dlstrict Grammar School. The Head Master of this School reports that number of scholars at present on the books, is thirty-one ; the average attendance is twenty-five • all the free places are full. There are some boys learning Latin. The books used are the same as those of the Upper Canada College, as far as they can bo procured ; there is, however a great difficulty m obtaining them, which difficulty is increased by the unwillingness of some parv nts to incur the expense. The most serious disadvantage under which we labour is the want of a proper School House ; the one formerly used for that purpose being now in such a state as to be untenable. (Signed by Mr. Walter C. Crofton, Head Master.) Home District Common Schools. The Home District Board of Education, state that for many years, elaborate Reports were sent from the Board, detailing what were believed to be the alterations necessary to render the present Common School Act efficient. Inconsequence of these, and like reports, from other Districts, a measure for the establishment of such Schools, has been for more than six years before the Legislature, which purposes to provide remedies for the defects which are met with in the working of the present system. (Signed by Archdeacon btrachan and the Honourable William Allan.) (See page 212 of this Volume, ante.) Niagara District Grammar School. The progress of the pupils in t he Common branches has lieen highly satisfactory ; the senior pupils (in Latin and Geometry) have, on several occasions, called forth our particular approbation. On the whole, it gives us much pleasure to attest the ability and industry with which Doctor Whitelaw has discharged the duties (,f his office, and the success with which his labours has been crowned. (Signed by the Reverend Messieurs Thomas Creen and Robert McGill.) (See page 139 of this Volume, mite.) London District Gra.mmar School. In October 1837 the London District Grammar School was removed from Vittoria to London, and Mr. Francis Wright, A.B., was chosen Master. There have been no returns made by the Truskecs of Common Schools, of the children ot poor parents, fr^r gratuitious instruction in the Grammar Schools ; and the Board is of opinion that, under the present very defective system, the Common Schools of the Country will rather repress, than encourage, a desire amongst the people for education of a superior description. Ihe Trustees generally of the Common Schools, are men who do not know the value of a classical education, and the Masters chosen by these Trustees are often ignorant men, barely acquainted with the rudiments of education, and, cnnseciuently, jealous of any school superior to their own. In many cases, too, they are foreigners, and therefore anxious to keep the people from acquiring a liberal education, which, they well know, would be the surest means of protecting them from the delusions practised upon them by designing men, and of strengthening their attachment to those institutions which are based upon the soundest principles of philosophy and Christian truth, and which have, for ages, successfully withstood the united attacks of infidelity, false philosophy, and the restless desire of change so natural to man. (Signed by the Reverend Benjamin Cronyn, A.M., Mr. John Harris, County Treasurer, and Mr. Mahlon Burwell, M.P.P.) London District Common Schools. The District Board of Education cannot abstain from remarking upon a system now, (as is believed,) to be commonly practised by Teachers, and generally encouraged by the employers in the country, of receiving the Teachers as members, or lodgers, with each family, who are subscribers to the School, in succession, for the period of engagement, which, in its influence and consequence, has not hitherto been productive of good ; ana, more especially, in cases where the Teachers have been Americans,— a system than which none can be more mischievous in its effects : added to which, the circumstance, as will be seen, by reference to the books used in the schools, that a portion of American books, particularly geographies, have been permitted to be used, (notwithstanding the Board have the power to order the discontinuance of such books), because others could not be procured in the country— nor has any provision been made by the Legislature for the formation of depots, where proper books could be had. (Signed by John B. Askin.) (See page 3 of this Volume, ante.) WE.STERN District Common Schools. The Western District Board of Educarion thus report on the present State of the Common Schools in the District : First— The situation of the School House is not always judiciously chosen,— it being situ- ated often more for the convenience of some influential person, than for that of the inhabitants generally of the settlement. Second— The School House is often a wretched log hut, or a ruinous building, altngether unfit for the purpose, — especially in the winter season. Chap. XII. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO EDUCATION, 1837-38. 21& iation thus take and «om« of Td T' '\^ J^''"^^^" '^™ b«lly qualified for the task which they under- take , and, some of them, havmg taken up the profession more from necessity than choice are- seldom permanent, -and consequently, very inefficiont Teachers. ' r,i..fT*t~'^^^ remuneration which the Teachers of Common Schools receive for their ser- vices, are by no means sufficient to induce respectable, and well qualified Teachers to undertake tmuhtZ ZJtnZ ''a- '"'' ''"""^"•'^ "'^'^^ ¥ «--n™-t seldonrexceeds SeventLn is noftonlM^:,;:rA7::a\^^^^^ ^^^'^•"'^"^ ^•«^-*' "^ -^le Teacher wh. The following are some Hints for the Improvement of the Common Schools of the Province. First— The School Room should be erected in a dry and healthy situation, if possible and situated so as to suit the majority of the inhabitants of the settlement in which "t is eCted ' Hi htnt^r^ "^°"^'* ^^ * "' ■' a»d «.ommodiou8 Building, sufficiently large to render it a ry and healthy in the summer seasons, and well finished, inside and out, to cause it to be comfortab"e uniform '".mL-.^- 7,," •'^ be advisable to have all the School-Houses throughout each Sfstric? uniform, at least m their external apiioarance. ^«oiiiv.u and hrfaSl7tnTrbt?ni°^^'''K'"^/^'""?? ^' ''''^^^ ^°'' '^^ accommodation of the Teacher ,7 in L fi?f ^' f1 o^'""',]"^'''**?"' '^ necessary, contiguous to the School-Room ; and, ir ten or fifteen acres of land could be obtained, so much the better. branlhes'''''^ ^""^'^ ^'^"^ ^'^ ^^ qualified to teach Classics, Mathematics, together with the minor (2) The Second Class should be qua'ified to teach Mathematics. Book-keeping, etcetera. (3) The Third Class should be capable of giving a good English Education. curre^"cy?anriulify^''' '''°"^'^ ^^ ^'''^" *" allowance from government of not less than £100 To the second class, not less than £75 a year. To the third class, not less than £50 a year, fn , .f ^!"''^^!/-Evory Teacher previous to receiving an appointment, should be examined, as *?v«n i f/'^^y %«q"!>-«™«»t8 his po ifcical opinions, and his moral character ; and, after havng given full satisfaction on these points, should receive from the Lieutenant-Governor of thi Province, a License, signed by His Excellency, and sealed with the Seal of the Prov"nce. of fhf cS^Tot ri^^'i'" ««fc«f Elementary Books should be compiled and published for the use of the Common Schools of the Province ; and those Republican productions, that tend to poison the minds of the youth of the country, should be driven out of the Province. A unZmTt? iSed bv^L^T^P?^ in relation to the other School Apparatus. The pupils should be furnished by the Teacher with pens, ink and writing books, and a quarterly charge should be made for the same ; and the writing books should be retained to the 2nd of eLh Zrter or six raS%u^u\\JreS: '' ^°"'^ ^^"^ ^« — -'-^ p-^- *he pupil hjzti:\z LieuSSr^eS^^ :^ r^Ss^^i^SiJ;: eJK'^^f. ^^^i^^^ z SaHv^rrb-'' '"'"'*'^' T.'.*'" ^"*^r^ ^f^-^-y °f 'he'SchlTnVto^V™h"re^^^^^ annually ; and this person should have a salary allowed him for his services. (Signed bv the Reverend William Johnson, •' Member, and acting Clerk.") V^ignea oy me Kemarks on THESE LocAL REPORTS. There are two things especially emphasized in these extracts from the local School Reports of 1838. The first was the inferior accommodation provided, in the shape of School Houses, and incident thereto, the dilapitated condition in which most of them were. Thia was chiefly true of the District Grammar Schools, as here stated, and in Resolu- tion, number eight, of the Legislative Council, on page 165 of this Volume, ante. The second great difficulty experienced by the Trustees was, the almost utter absence of proper qualifications on the part of persons who offered themselves as w •* '■ ' ! .4 i. |v-^f f 216 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1837-3S Teachers of the Common Schools, and the miserable stipends, which they received. This fact is so constantly pointed out, wherever the condition of the Schools is referred to in these pages, as to require no demonstration. The cause which produced this unfortunate state of things was two-fold. The most serious cause was the opposition, which invariably developed itself, against all effort to provide funds, except by voluntary subscription, or school fees. The second was the practice, and universal desire, which prevailed, to obtain from the Government means for paying the Teacher, and providing proper school accommodation, in the shape of buildings. The effort maue, in one or more of the School Bills introduced into the Legislature, to authorize the Quarter Sessions to impose a School rate, was alwa; s successfully opposed ; and the final effort of the Legislature, in 1839. to authorize by Bill a general rate on the Districts, for the benefit 6i the Schools, failed, as did other valuable provisions in the same measure. Few of those who, to-day, look with pride upon the very handsome, and almost palatial. Public School Houses, High Schools and Collegiate Institutes in Ontario, can realize what, a quarter of a century ago, was the greatly inferior buildings, and very inadequate accommodation possessed by even some of the best Schools in the Province at that time. Historical Resume of Education in Upper Canada in 1837-1839, from a Critical Standpoint. Mr. T. R. Preston, who resided in Canada during the years 1837, 1S38 and 1839, wrote a book on bis return to England, entitled : " Three Years Residence in Canada." It is somewhat superficial, as it is supercilious in tone, yet it contains « comprehensive summary of the history of Education in Upper Canada as criti- cally viewed, in a strong light, by a stranger, who was evidently dependent, to some extent, upon others for the information which he gives in his Book. From this Work, I have made the following extracts : — In Upper, as in Lower Canada, the means of affording a sound and useful Education to the people, are, by common assent, far in arrear of the general want. A few years after the injudicious division in 1791, of the Province of Quebec into the Provinces t)f Upper and Lower Canada, it was directed that a portion of the Waste Lands of the Crown, *Aii earnest effort was made early in 1849 and 1856, to remedy this state of things. A number of pamphlets, contammg sixteen " Plans of School Houses," was obtained from the Massachusetts State Board of Education, for distribution to School Trustees. Early in 1849, also, an extensive series of wood cuts «f School House plans was procured from Mr. H, C. Hickok, Deputy Superintendent of Education in the State of Pennsylvania, and from Doctor Henry Barnard, (through Mr. F. C. Brownell), of Hartford, Con- necticut, who was afterwards the first United States Commissioner of Education at Washington. These illustrations were published in successive numbers of the Journal of Education for Upper Canada. In 1858, these, and a number of other illustrations of School Houses and apparatus, gymnastics, etcetera, were printed in book form, under the following title: "The School House; its Architecture ; External and Internal Arrangements ; with additional papers on Gymnastics, the use of Apparatus ; School Discipline : Method of Teaching, etc. ; together with Selections for Public Recitations in Schools. Edited, by authority of the Chief Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada, by J. George Hedging, M.A., Deputy Superinten- dent, Toronto, 1857-58. This book contained nearly two hnndred illustrations of School House Arehitee- ture, Gymnastic Apparatus, etcetera, and extendedf to 212 pages. Note, In 1876, and in 1886, other works on School Architecture were prepared by the same Author- The one published in 1876 contained upwards of 400 illustrations, and extended to 271 pages ; that published in 1886, contained 76 illustrations, and extended to 135 pages. Chap. XII, MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO EDUCATION, 1837-38. 217 sation to the situated in the former, should bo sot apart for tlio endowment of Free Grammar Schools, and, in process of tune, also of a University. Accordingly, several Townships wore selected, com- prisnig, after the usual deductions for Crown and Clergy Reserves, about 549,'20O acres. n ^\u'! ^^'''''''^'O!} "f tlie next ten years (1807), so unfruitful had proved this extensive urant, that <.»e jca' Legislature was under the necessity, in order to meo. the pressing wants ot the comnuMi ,v, of appropriating from the Revenue of the Province, the annual sum of £100 currency to e„c\\ District, for the maintenance therein of a School, corresponding in some dearoe to an English Grammar School. * These Sohools, esUvbliahed in virtue of Legislative enactment, were subject to certain regulations, and placed under the direction of Trustees, nominated by the Lieutenant-Governor. Ihere are now twelve, if not thirteen, of them in existence ; but, according to all accounts, in a very inetticiont state. Within the ensuing fifteen years the land endowment still remaining insufficiently produc- tive, the legislature found itself called upon in 1816 to assign annually to each District a further sum of £2oO currency, for the support of a Common School, and the same, as far as the provincial funds will admit, is still continued, . . . *u , 'Jv'^'\^''^''-^^ "^*° 1822-3, about which period, the Colonial Secretary, possibly presuming that the barren endowment had too long revelled in its native wildness, assigned the manage- ment of It to a General ^oard of Education for the Province, composed of various i orsona^es holding prominent stations at York, now Toronto. ° Judging by results, the proceedings of this Board, during the ten years that it continued in existence, tended as little to promote that most essential object of its appointment,— the promo- tion of the cause of elementary instruction,— as to have inspired the public with confidence in its wisdom : since the quantity of lands, leased, or disposed of, under its management, did not, it should seem, exceed twelve thousand acres ; while in 1832-3, the trust reposed in it was resumed, at the requisition of the House of Assembly, subject to whose control was thenceforth placed all revenue derived from past, or to be derived from future, alienations. I am not aware what further sums have been realized under this new arrangement ; though, considering the almost entire cessation of immigration, and the unsettled state of the country for some years past they cannot have been very great. But there is a point, connected with the proceedings of the Board just mentioned, which remains to be adverted to. It has been stated that the land endowment, forming the subject of discussion, contemplated among its other objects, the establishment, in process of time, of an University. Now this if it meant anything, surely implied the pre-existence of a state of things which should justify the erection of such an institution : for a condition of society can scarcely be conceived so anomalous as to require a Seminary conferring the higher grades of academic learning on the few, while the means of extending elementary instruction to the many, should be almost wholly wanting. The General Board of Education took, however, an entirely different view of the question : either assunung that elementary education in Upper Canada had attained its zenith ; or deeming It better to begin at the apex and work downwards to the base of the structure they were called upon to rear, than to follow the old-fashioned custom of first laying the foundation, and then working upwards. In other words, they sought to invert the entire order of the whole seheme of the endowment, by strenuously endeavoring to raise the projected University at the expense or the primary schools. iQo-,'^°mu^* ®°^' * University Royal Charter of incorporation was applied for, and gran bed in 18^7. Ihe next proceeding taken, was of a far more profitable nature. Influence was successfully exerted with the Home Government to induce the King to resume out of the original general endowment about 225,900 unproductive acres, and to assign in exchange for the same, the like quantity from scattered Crown Reserves, partly under lease, in old settled Townships, where the land bore a greater present value, as a special endowment for the University. This might, or might not, be grasping for a single object, an undue share of the primitive grant : but this was not so much the question, as that what could be done for apecial education, was not done for popular education in preference ; seeing that the latter was miserably languish- ing for the means of extension and support, and the wherewithal was wanting to accomplish both obje documents submitted to the Pro- :jr lS:f tr cXo^io'^g^r^'"'"" "'"'" *'" '""'^^ °' ^^^ ^'"^^^'^^ -^^-™-^ '^«- W Tliese appropriations now constitute positive alienations from the endowment in question : for, by a clause in the Provincial Act ..mending the University Charter, the Collet j has been SrvirH 'll T'^ "'"' I»«titution as a subsidiary branch ; so thi;t the ond'owments iKtter ha^e thus virtually become common to each ; though practically, the advantage has been rendered Such being the state of the case up to the early part of 1837, it may readily be surmised, on a review of the circumstances of the country subsequently thereto, that the Uni^versityXod bu" little chance of assuming a more tangible shape than formerly: while, in point of fact, what be ween the foregoing causes, and one or two others yet remaining to be mentioned, the scheme of Its present erection has completely fallen through. «,.. Jl?f- ^^'''"" ;'J ^\l Upper Canada Legislature ending in April 1839, an Act was passed ST f.^^ "^ 8t.ll further portion of the annual revenue accruing from th^ University endow nient, to the support of Upper Canada College and the District Grammar Schools, on the ground tSf ereSnTf Z uLv:rslt;''^ ™"' ^"^^^"""^ "^^^'^"'='^''' ''^"•''^^""S ''^ P--"^ «*'*^^' ^'- ^^ «f f J n P''°'=^^,^'"e« incident to this measure having necessitated an ir . .iry into the actual state nrit«L^"r^"'V?v.'^^«'''*' discovered that large abstractions had been made therefrom for private purposes by the Ofhcers entrusted with their management ; that loans had been granted !^{!!"] f^"'rr- '"^'■•! 1;^"°""*, ^^"'l^'^y ' ""^ *^^«^' ^" fin«' profiting by the state of abeytnce in ThlfJ,^ tJniversity had so long been left, the Officers in question had most shamefull J abused the trust reposed lu them. Two of the subordinates were at once dismissed ; but the College Council, with whom the responsibility virtually rested, escaped harmless ; though it was obvious that the work of spoliation must have been going on for a considerable length of time. From printed statements submitted to the House of Assembly, it would appear, that the aggregate value of the lands of the endowment sold or leased, to the end of 1838. was £100 80» currency, whereof £50.224 had been actually received, leaving £47,585 to be realized On the other hand, the amount of the alienations to Upper Canada College was. (including I believe nominal interest) £33 944 ; the estimated value of loans and investments etcetra ^15 237' and the apparent cash balance £8,308, making an aggregate amount of £57,550 in assumed assets • but very little of which, it was believed, could readily be made available. As regards the land endowment, a review of much that has preceded, taken in conjuncticn with some further Returns to the Legislature, will give the following results. Disposal of original grant of 5^°20O Resumed by the Crown, in lieu of scattered Reserves granted t o" the University,* ' 225*900 Kesumed by the Crown, in lieu of scattered Reserves granted to Upper Canada v/OlIdge ..... «„ finfi Apparent balance for Elementary ( ? Grarnmarj Schools! ...........'..'. '. '. '. .'..'. '. ' 257,300 Tot.al original grant "549^00 Chap. XII. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATIN'O TO EDUCATION, 1837-38. 219 Dispoial of the above upecinl Grants. University endowment Upper Canada Collt,;ie endowment. Acres. Alienated. 93,700 17,388 Acre*. DiBposable. 111,088 132,200 48,612 180,812 Total acres of the Grant. 225,900 0«1,000 291.900 finn «„^ ^1 1^ .^?u°°.'jf^'^"®' ^e'luctmg the 12,000 acres alienated by the Board of Educa- tion and also about the 17,000 more, which are stated to have been granted to Hurveyor« for professional Homces. in lieu of money payments, there will remair" a seen.indy S^Hblo balancoof 228,300 acres; but allowii.K for what may have been since realized an f^^^r mi IcveT ' P"'^""" '^^^' '" "''''""*« ^'^« *''*"*^ 'l"*"''^^' available at 'iw.oij) I have been thus minute in the history I have attempted of one great branch of the special land endowments in Upper Canada, from a desire to prove, that, while such en.l own^.Taro incompatible with the condition of a new country requiring to be .juiokly settled, they are how pronle.'"' • •"'"^«'»"''^«' " » '»«'^"" '« ^he ends, which it Is their professed object to The case brought under review presents a striking illustrotion of this fact : establishinL' moreover, that even were the principle of the endowment a correct one, the luetho o its' ..ihl J**p'"^^"".l"°<'•^'"'"•'*^'^ **" 'J^^^"^, '"'''* desirable per se, the estabushmont. if it wore pos- •sib e, of an Institution in Upper Canada, confening only on the few the higher grades .7f Hte?arv and scentihc learning, would be a strange burles-pie. so long as eleinentary^nstfSon re nai^^^^^^ ub37nll''p^™-'™^ ^'"'; •. ^ '''^ Btrnng feeling, consonant with suc^ view obta ns on h ■subject 11 the Provaice : an,l it was signally displayed when there seemed a probability of an ti,. ^""^h"- serious evil arising fr m the neglect of popular education in Upper Canada is that U.roughout the rural district, numerous American adventurers, m/tny of then, persons of the lowes grade, and imbue, with sentiments the very reverse of friendly to every thin^that is British, have "squatted" as elementary Teachers, wheresoever they foimd thrfieWunoccunled pursuing their speculation with pecuniary profit to themselves, but with any tiling but rdvaaje to the moral discipline of their youthful pupils. J- '■"'"g out aavaiuage There are a few good private Schools in the different Towns of the Province conducted bv competent mdividuals ; but such are, of course, useless as regards the rural popui;tion as sal«o he VVesleyan Methodist Academy, or College, established at Cobonrg. whichrnotw?tCam£ he clamour raised against it by persons of ultra notions, is, according to every Account a vS . abtt'SYterl n? ncTS' '7^ ^ho'ocal government, in aid o'f its fund^i. alZ ^r gr^S or aoout ±HOU sterling, [^£4,100] and is under the management of a Board of Trustees. The only effectual remedy for the untoward state of things thus induced in regard to f..lii,^n ion by a wrong course of action, would obviously seem to lie in the appiopVktion o^^^^^^^^^ the present annua revenue, derived from the University endowment^ to the comnu m purT)o"es aSaTo?o7the"r?si^"u; of VV' "7 ^" ^^^ ')'"''' f '"^^'^^ resumption,' so as to effect thrspSy realization of the residue of the entire educational endowment yet unalienated — sav in rmnul Erv?; aXn P"'"' «*-t«"\«"t«' 380.000 acres, by fixing on^it, in common'wi Khe cZgy th« inv«-f^ f ?''''^u ^^"'^''/ P."'^ ''^"^ '^^''"''^ '•"^^I'^y command purchasers ; and fin^llf the investment of such proceeds in a productive stock, the interest wherefrom to be nro brancS """^ '" '^'"""''"^ '^' ^'""''"^ '''''' °' «'^""''"°»' irrespective of its h^est acco2Se*d w''?L"'"-n'7"'''^-^°'' f^ ^'^'^'^ °* *^" P^'^P^^'^^^ University, the object might be accomplished by the joint agencies of a special pecuniary grant, (since ii may be assumed that ion sZeT lln '?'" ^' •- °o"dition to afford it), and the'voluntary contribut.onsTn sTbscrip "on shares, or donations, of individuals intfirnntfid «" it« o=<-aKl,-o»,p,^,,j. ;„ i.u„ _.. ,. ^.,.., " ., ', :;rigin:^ ;paysTo!T7^n?^^^"'' '"^ ^^^ ^^^'^'« "^^ '^'^ -t^^^i^^^ u;%i;:rtiro?^;c:nt 220 DOCUMENTARV UISTOttY OF EDUCATION IN UI'l'KK CANADA. 1839-40 t ir i % nv h » i I ; i The Conoukoational Colleoe of Bhitish Nouth America 1838. The Reverend Frank IT. Marling, I ).!)., formerly Secretary of the College, furnished nie with the following account of the College some years ago. He said • This is a purely Thedloi^ical Institution ; its object boing ''to cducato Miiunturs for tho Con- crogationnl Churchwa of Canada, aii.l tiio otlier Pi-oviuces of Uritish Nortli Amoiica." Tho pHHt history and present form of tho CoUeKe have been a natural growth out of circumstances and necessities of tho Hody to whicli it belongs. In 1M38, shortly after some niinistors liad been sent from England to tho Congregational Churches formed in tho Colony, so.iie young men oHorod thomsolves to be educated for the min- V'*??* u *°"^° accordingly placed under tlie care of tho Uev. Mr. (aftorwanls Doctor) Adam Lillie,— then PaKtor of a Church in Dundas. Tapper Canada.* Other candidates coming forward. It was detoruiinod to establish a Theological Seminary, under tho name of the " Congregational Academy," at Toronto, and the Rev. Mr. Lillie was appointed Tutor. The course consisted of sessiona of nine months each. . . . The Congregational Institution was not endowed. It derived its income from annual con- tributions trom the Colonial Churches, assisted by a grant from the C«"te.l gentle- the public affairs of this Pr..vim:e^wfth The v ew ^f f..n ''^'^f ."! "'«°«. t" en.,uiro int., all beenhithertoconductod.-whXVT. them.birj , 7 '^^'^^'taming how those affairs have tionsin the public monies eS .uil h. with wC''airl'""'l!«r '"• ""' ' '^'>«^''"'' •'«f'^J''«- have occurred. And that His Exco loncv be fnrth ,r TV a ^ •''*"^* '""°""' """'^ defalcations least possible delay, so that a report ofTtJ orocee it Jr^'^^K*" l"""^"^* *^«"° «"T""«» ''i^J' *»'» to be laid before tL Imperial Kale'n^TurgTtfnS'setion'rth^ ^'^'^ Excellency, sponsibility. as the Imperial Government mav ,1««..> ^! session, so that such measure of re- jproposedl Constitutional Act for ISTtheffoJ^^^^^^^^^ ""Y r^« introduce.! into the- kis subject was not again brought bSrtt';;rs";bVMrKai;an V'lil''ZtW'7\ so.i:rS!;/gieS^f^i;giSyr^5-i^ that Messieurs David Thorburn. Wi Ham SSn Merritt Cl ""r '? '•«I">^V'^«''«"" • ''"'^ do compose said Committee. (Note ThiH attflr^^^n«f ' *^t' ^"'^J'"? ""'' ^o''" ^- ^errie Mr. Small as Sir George Arthi.r h^d iJsiXSn^rsi'ronT sX^^in'Sb^ ^'^"^^ '^ McLean it was ordered, that the pSI of M?s BkckwoS' T^'t^ ^^ Mr. Alexander composed of Messieurs Richard P Hotham^^ Mahtn r1 f->"ed to a Select Committee, Mover, with power to report thereon by SrorS^ Alexander McLean and the December 18th, 18,W—Punmiit to noHm Mi. a«m »*■ Kearns. moves, thit an humb" aSIo". "rSse^ited to H^E^X^'""' TT^''' ""^ ^'- J*'*"" praymg that his Excellency will h^ ,.. eased to d?rocfc th^f fh« « f .^"t'^^' t^e (Jovornor-General. Townships of Bedford and Sheffield nSeMiSlDil^^^^^ Reservations in th^ ervations, in lieu thereof, be made n thruSnrvi t \-® withdrawn, and that after res- Raid District, as those reserTt.ur hTvenrZ^rJ^^^^ now called Clarendon in the trict ; and further, that hTs ESlencv wiuM be S ' 'f '^T"^ *,'' *^" aettlement of said Dis- lands in the rear Townships i^ "he Sird 'Dis'triXS& L^^^^^^ the ungranted and actual settlement, or ho set up for sale at an nn«nf ..T/o f ■ ^"L'^f ''' ''« "^P^" 'f"'" location Messieurs Edmund Murney rulT4'bald McDoneH bff r''^ tour shillings ,.or acre, and that present the same to His Ex'^ellenc;?^^ wL^carld Vd^rS*" '" '''''' ' ^^P°^^' ^"^ endMes^rR^wlM^Gira^^ terian Church of Canada, prayingT the passini oT^m ^ ?^' ' * *»^e Synod of thePresby- assist in the establishment of a CoUegeiS ?onne?tio„ wifh ' ^^^'^^^f '^^^ J,l"^« in Trustees, to College, Kingston.] Ordered-That' the Pe ition Te re er ■ Ija S?W P^^""^ ^'■'- ^"««"'« of Messieurs David Thorburn and Edward W. ThomLn. to report . Lteonb^^^^^^ "^^''"''"^ December 19th, 1839-Fursmnt to the Order of ho Dav a pTk ' "^ ^'^erwise. the Reverend George Archbold and one hundred and sevPn^At^ ^''''*'°.u ""^^ ""'^ -^^""^ presented on the 17th instant, pravins that somlnrn? u*"®"' ^^ *^® ^"^^e^" District, condi.ionof the Deaf and CmrSderedSTJprr^l^ '^"^ ameliorating the consisting of Messieurs Alexander McdJuM Gierke ^ tor eneral. to report thereon. ''^''^°"^"' ^«"'g« ^^ J»"^»s and William H. Draper, Solici- Mr. Edmund Mnnn.ir tr^rniha O—nmUt^^- • ■• -• - -- ernor General, respictiiVg' Urtain SchtfLanl^^^^^^^ tT ^^''!IT -^ '^' ^°^- tricts, reported a draft, which was received and ird IS tim« n^'^^^?"^ I^'l^ ^"=*°"'' ^'^■ be read a second time to-morrow. "* *'™®- O^dered-That the Address. m I I» 4 J e A, t Ni Ki • I » 222 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1889-40 December XSrd, 1SS9. —Mr. Edward W, Thomson gives notice that he will on to-morrow, move for leave to bring in a Bill to provide for a more efficient system of Common School Teach- ing within the Province. (Note. This Bill was not brought in, as promised, by Mr. Thomson.) Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Address to His Excellency, the Governor-General, respecting certain School Land Reservations in the Midland and Victoria Districts was read the second time. The House went into Committee of the Whole on the same, Mr. William Chisholni in the chair. The House having resumed, the Chairman reported that the Committee had made some progress in the Address, and asked leave to sit again to-morrow. The Report was received, and leave was granted accordingly. * December Sjth, 18i:i9. Mr. George S. Jarvis, from the Select Committee to which was re- ferred the Petition of Mrs. Blackwood of the Town of Cornwall, presented a Report, which was received and read as follows : To TifE Honourable the Commons House of Assembly of Upper Canada : Your Committee, to whom was referred the Peti ion of Mrs. Blackwood of the Town of Cornwall, praying for aid to Female Schools, most respectfully beg leave to report : , 1. That they have taken the subject into their most serious consideration, and earnestly commend to your Honourable House to appropriate a sum of money annually for the encourage- ment of Female Schools. In making this recommendation, your Committee cannot better advocate the measure than by making use of the language of the Petitioner wherein she urges the — " Advantage, nay the neceBsity, of providing the means of giving a liberal education to those who are destined by Providence to become the Wives and Mothers of our future Rulers, Magistrates and Legislators, and who may, therefore, be supposed to be able to exercise a certain degree of influence over them ; the tending of which must depend upon the principles they imbibed, and the habits they acquire in early life." Upon the remarks of the Petitioner, comment is unnecessary ; they contain truths which are worthy of the attention of your Honourable House. Your Committee cannot refrain from ad- .ad verting to the fact, that, while a liberal grant has been made for the support of Male Schools, ,no provision has ever been aflforded to those intended to instruct the other sex, whose precept and example must ever have great weight in exalting the character of any people. * All which is respectfully submitted to your Honourable House. Committee Room, House op Assembly, 23rd of December, 1839. George S. Jarvis, Chairman. On motion of Mr. George S. Jarvis, seconded by Mr. Alexander McLean, it was ordered— That the foregoing Report on the Petition of Mrs. Blackwood be referred to the Committee of Supply. (No grant was made, however, and the matter then dropped. ) December Slst, 1839. Mr. Edward W. Thomson gives notice that he will, on to-morrow move that the House resolve itself into a Committee of Supply for the purpose of granting a sum of money for the support and maintenance of Common Schools within this Province. Educational Proceedings of the Upper Canada House of Assembly, 1840. January 3nd, ISJfO. Mr. Speaker reported that Mr. Secretary Murdoch had brought down from HisExcellency the Governor General the following Message, which was rend by theSpeaker: C. PouLETT Thomson : In conformity to the intention announced to the House of Assembly by the Lieutenant Governor, during their last Session, [on the 22nd of April, 1839, page 149, ante'], the Governor General transmits herewith, for their information, Reports on the affairs of the University of King's College, and of the Upper Canada College, accompanied by returns of the Revenue and Expenditure of those Establishments. Toronto, 31st December, 1839. C. P. T. Note. These reports are very voluminous and enter largely into minute detail They are, therefore, not inserted here. They will be found in Part IT of Volume I of the Appendix to the Journals of the House of Assembly of the fifth *The admission of females to the High Schools, Collegiate Institutes, Colleges, and Universities in these days shows what a great advance has been made since 18.Si). 1889-40 Chap. XIIL EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINQS OF THE U. C. LEQISLATURE, 1839-40. 223 I to-morrow, Ichool Teach- p, Thomson.) nor-General, was read the am Chishohn mmittee had i Report was liioh was re- •t, which was he Town of t: nd earnestly e encourage - leasure than hose who are d Leg^islators, ir them ; the uire in early hs which are in from ad- ale Schools, lose precept .•IS, Chairman. 8 ordered — ammittee of to-morrow, granting a ^ince. 40. ought down 3 Speaker: — Lieutenant le Governor niversity of Revenue and 3. P. T. bo minute Part IT of ' the fifth Diversities in aession of the Thirteenth Parliament of Upper Canada, 1839-40, pages 451-476. The total assets of King's College and Upper Canada College up to the' 30th of November, 1839, are set down on page 474 as £319 7 4. In a note it is stated that " the Grammar School Funds, not being transferred [from the Receiver General] to the University, are not included in the foregoing statement." January 3rd, mO- On motion of Mr. Ogle R. Oowan, seconded by Mr. Henry Ruttan it vel'rlTtoTr'' H*''"' P"[' i *^^ ^"""^^^ °^^" Excellency the Governor GenerTl fenrdow„ yes erday to this House, which relates to the affairs of King's Oollego, and the Upper Canada S^an5'rf^'r^'"« Se ect Com.nittee. coasisting of Mlssieurs Ja,nes Morris, Henry Sher* Tnotp tS P ' ^;.^""'"' ^'th power to send for persons and papers, and to report thereon. "^« "^™f «"d style of the University of Queen's College." which that Honourable Body had passed, and requested the concurrence of this House thereto The Bill was, therefore, read a farst time, and it was ordered-That it be read a second time to-morrow On motion of Mr. James Morris, seconded by Mr. Edward Malloch. it was ordered— That *rj? ^T u ^1 *?? fifty copies of the Bill to establish, a College at Khigs on, by the name and «tyle of The University of Queen's College," be printed for the use of members. ..f /Tir^o !•!'•' ^^^cZi^^- Alexander M.T,ean. from the Select Committee, to which was referred the Petition of the Reverend George Archbold and others of the Eastern District pre- sented a Report, which was received and read, as follows :— i^iscrict, pre To THE Honourable the Commons House op Assembly op Upper Canada : ...A ^' '''h^-Conimittee to whom was referred the Petition of the Reverend George Archbold, Report"- ""^ hundred others in the Eastern District, have agreed to the following rh«,^„ They fully appreciate the benevo'ent feelings which have inHuenccd the Petitioners, in their application to your Honourable House in behalf of the Deaf and Dumb. thi. \ ^"^* ^*" ^t more unhappy than that of the individuals in whose behalf their sympa- thies have been excited and their appeal made. "j""!'** „,no« ■ vF-f *«'-l frnrr their follows by the dispensatiou of Providence ; cut oflf from the ordinary means of intercourse from almost every pleasure, or enjoyment, whether of infancy, youth or Z^TtlSl""^ ^T *! •?^.^^'"''^«« existence ; and, in the midst of human society, and surrounded by the activity and intelligence of manhood, they are as solitary as the recluse of the Cloister, or 224 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1839-40 6. Worst of all is the consideration that, not only does this natural deficiency deprive them of the means of expressing by words, their wants and wishes, their wrongs, or oppressions their feelings of affection, of sorrow, or pain, to those who are allied to them by kindred and bound to protect them ; but it further shuts them out from the consolations of religion, leaving their minds a wilderness, m which neither hope nor faith can find a place to take root. 6. A casual consideration of this destitute condition, must excite an anxious wish in the breast of every philanthropist to rescue from such a state of misery and degredation this unfortunate class of our fellow beings ; and it is gratifying to reflect, that means have been dis- covered, and have been applied, to the practical utility of which successful results bear abundant testimony. 7. Institutions for the instruction of the Deaf and Dumb have been formed in various parts of Europe and America ; and, by a well organized system, the minds of the pupils have become enabled to receive knowledfte, and have developed powers of imagination, thought and reflec- tion, of as high an order as belong to the mass of their fellow-creatures. 8. It appears, by Returns before this House, that there are not less than one hundred and ninety-nine sufferers within this Province, for whose education there is not the slightest provision. 9. Your Committee, therefore, respectfully recommend, that steps should be taken to establish one or more Schools for the instruction of the Deaf and Dumb in the Province ; and that, for this purpose, a sum of money should be granted to Her Majesty, in the same manner as for the Common Schools, to enable Her Majesty to pay an annual salary to one or more Teachers properly qualified for this duty, and to establish one or more Institutions, where these unfortunate sufferers may be educated. All which is respectfully submitted. „ „ „ . Alexander McLean, Committee Room, House op Assembly, Chairman 10th January, 1840. On motion of Mr. James Morris, seconded by Mr. Charles Bockus, it was ordered— That an humble Address be presented to His Excellency t)ie Governor General, praying that he will cause to be laid before this House, copies of the Minutes of the Council of King's Colle<'e for the year 1839, together with the several Reports of the Committee of the Council, during the same period ; and that Messieurs Edward Malloch and John Cook be a Committee to draft and report the same, and that the 31st rule of this House be dispensed with for that purpose. January ISth, I84O.— On motion of Mr. Michael Aikman, seconded by Mr. Donald M McDonell, it was ordered,— That the Petition of the Trustees of the Literary Institution at Ancaster, be referred to a Select Committee, consisting of Messieurs Colin C. Ferrie and Mahlon Burwell, to examine and report thereon. Mr. Charles Bockus, from the Committee to draft an Address to His Excellency the Gov- ernor-General, for a copy of the Minutes of the Council of King's College, reported a draft which was received and read the first time. On the question for the second reading of the address to-morrow, In amendment— Mv. Charles Bockus, seconded by Mr. James Morris, moves that the Address be not read a second time on to-morrow, but that it be read a second time forthwith which was carried, and the Address was read a second time and concurred in. On the question for the third reading of the address to-morrow, In amendment, Mr. Charles Bockus, seconded by Mr. James Morris, moves that the Address be read a third time to-day, which was carried, and the Address was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time this day. January 14th, iS^O-— Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Address to His Excellency the Governor General, for a copy of the Minutes of the Council of King's College, was read the third time and passed, and is as follows : — To His Fxcellency The Bight Honourable Charles Poulett Thomson, Governor General of British I^orth America, May it Please Your Excellency, We, Her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of Upper Canada, in Provin- cial Parliament assembled, humbly re()uest that Your Excellency will be pleased to cause to be laid before this House, copies of the Minutes of the Council of King's College, for the year 1839, together with the sever.1l Reports of the Committee of the Council, during the same period. Commons House of Asskmbly, Fourteenth day of January, 1840. Allan N. Macnab, Speaker. 1839-40 Chap. XIII, EDUCATIONAL PUOCEEDINGS OP THE U. C. LEQISLATLTRE, 1839-40. 225 leprive fchem oppressions, iindred, and jion, leaving 30t. i wish in the Bdation, this ive been dis- ar abundant various parts liave become t and reflec- lundred and St provision. )e taken to >vince ; and Eune manner one or more where these jEAN, Chairman. jd— That an that he will College, for , during the to draft and rpose. Donald M. istitution at Ferrie and cy the Gov- •ted a draft, iding of the es that the ! forthwith, he question BB that the dered to be Excellency ras read the I of British , in Pro V in- cause to be JT the year r the same NAB, l^peaker. Gentlemen : — laid Setrnl^oTAtegwy^"^^^ GOVERNMEN - > JSE, ^' ^' THOMSON. Jr .. I5th, 1840. arq-ueSiotfo-rTarn^g thtS ''' ^"™^^ ^' ^^ '« ^^ut^^^TS:^ ^\^^'tLf. Bill d^: :T^.tls''Li7Z.'tl7^^^^^ ^^— -es that the Btyle'Xhe'uJiUti^/ol'kritn.'"^ College." expunge the remainder, and innert. " by the name and verBi^?S'S-tonT '' "P""*^' "'^"""'''^ ^°"^«^«'" ''* *»>« '^^ "^ '^^ «'«* ^^-^"e, and insert. "The Uni- 'Queen's College," and insert. " the University of In the Bill: Press 3, after " Trustees of," expunce Kmgston," which was carried. " 15 D.T^.8 1 ■! Ik |id( , • 226 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1839-40 -1 i| ' " iff %\ '.' ^B' . •! . V :.] support of Schools within this Province, tof^ether with a full account of the manner in which auch Lands have been disposed of, and what, if any funds, are now available for the support of Common Schools within this Province ; and also, what exchanges have been made of School Lands, And for whose benefit ; and that Messieurs Jam^s Morris and Mahlon Burwell be a Committee to draft and report said Address, which was carried and ordered. Januanj 20th, ISJfO — Mr. James Morris, from the Committee to draft an Address to His Excellency the Governor General, for a return of the Lands granted for the support of Common Schools, reported a draft, which was received and read the first time. On the question for the second reading of the Address to-morrow, In amendment, Mr. Edward W. Thomson, seconded by Mr. John S. Cartwright, moves that the Address to His Excellency the Governor General, on the subject of School Lands be not read a second time on to-morrc?', but that it be read a second time forthwith, which was carried, and the Address was reau the second time and concurred in. Ordered— That the Address be engrossed and read a third time to-morrow. The Speaker reported that Mr. Secretary Murdoch had brought down from His Excellency the Governor General, several Messages and Documents. The following one was read by huu : C. PouLETT Thomson, The Governor General transmits, for the information of the House of Assembly, the Reports received from the Boards of Education of the Western and London Districts, for the year 1839. Toronto, 20th January, 1840. C. P. T. (Note. Extracts from these Reports will be given in another Chapter — XV.) Jamiary 2Ut, I84O — Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Addresss to His Excellency the Governor General for a return of Lands granted for the support of Common Schools, was read the third time and passed, and is as follows : I'o His Sxcelieticy the Bight Honourable Cliailea Povlttt Thomson, Oovernor General of British North America : — May it Please Your Excellency, We Her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of tipper Canada, in Provincial Parliamenta8sembled,hurably request that Your Excellency will cause to be laid before this House an account of all Lands that have been granted for the support of Schools in this Province, together with a full account of the manner in which such Lands have been disposed of and what if any, funds are now available for the support of Common Schools within this Province ; and also what exchangee have been made of School Lands, and for whose benefit. Commons House of Assembly, Allan N. BIacnab, Twenty-first day of January, 1840. Speaker. Messieurs Edward W. Thomson and Charles C. Small, were ordered by the Speaker to wait upon His Excellency with the Address, and to present the same. Mr. Alexander McLean, seconded by Mr. James Morris, moves that the House do now resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole, on the Report of the Select Committee on the Petition of the Reverend George Arch bold, and others, of the Eastern District, which was carried and the House was put into a Committee of the Whole on tha same, Mr. Mahlon Bur- well in 'the chair. The House having resumed, the Chairman reported that the Committee had Agreed to a Resolution, which he was directed to submit for the adoption of the House. The Report was received, and the Resolution was put and carried, as follows :— Resolved, That there be annually granted to Her Majesty the sum of Six hundred pounds, (£600 )to enable Her Majeaty to pay the like sum for the purpose of ameliorating the condition of the' Deaf and Dumb of this Province, by establishing Schools for their education, to be raised by assessment on the ratable property in the several Districts of this Province. Mr. Speaker reported that the Clerk to the Honourable the Legislative Council had, brought down from that Honourable House a Message, which was read as follows :— Mr. Speaker :— The Legislative Council have acceded to the amendments made by the Commons House of Assembly in aad to the Bill sent down from this Hor.sc, intituled : " An Act co establish a College at Kingston, by the name and style of the University of Queen's College." Legislative Council Chamber, Twentieth day of January, 1840. Jonas Jonus, Speaker. Chap. XIII. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE U. C. LEGISLATURE, 1839-40. 227 aker to wait US House of establish » Th.t°L°'R»ol„°L'^';(*!H.'H„" McLe... MConded b, Mr. Henry Sherwood, it w. onlored- ,.„.fMr^'^^i,7.°rtrfSSSr?„*^^^^^^^ ■Gentlemen : — TOKONTO, Twenty-fifth day of January, 1840 C. P. Thomson. ant t^thTRlS'- ^^^^.--Mr^Alexander McLean, from the Committee to draft a Bill pursu- mo™ « '^ """■' '"' ""^ '""»«''°° °f 'he Deaf and Dumb, be rem! a .i SeTo. fr„m^SrETof5l^iXlotwlTfc.Tw'^^^^^^^ '"■' '""«-' <■-" O. PoutETT Thomson : — 5HeR^-rX;?=t'TeT^^^^^^^^^^ Toronto, 31st day of January, 1840. P p m (Note. An Extract from this Report will be inserted in another Chapter-XV.) an hfmtld'dtssTe~p^Lted\ Ciref'.^^^"'' ""'' ''A ^""^''^ »-^' ™-« ^"at -That the Bill be rron.^teefi:!;4^fcJl^StVn3r^.f4="UlrS^^^^^^^ C. Poulett Thomson : — Toronto, Slat day of January, 1840. ^ Note. An abstract of these Minutes and Reports, up to the end of 1 839 are printed on pages 187-200 of this Volume, aiite. DumbTaTJead £h! ?«onn7/- '^^ %' t" ^"^ *° ^'^"''^^ ^^^ '^^ instruction of the Deaf and BUI? MrMUo McCarZl .k'- J^^ ^^'^J^' P"* ^*" "^ Committee of the Whole on the m, Mr. JUiio McCargar in the chair. The House having resumed, the Chairman reported I; I It ff 228 hi 1 ; ■ I': -^11 s t DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1839-40 that the Committee had gone through the provisions of the Bill, amended the same, and sub- mitted it for the adoption of the House. The Report was received, and it was ordered— That the Bill be engrossed and read a third time to-morrow. February 4th, IS^O.— Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Bill to provide for the in- struction of the Deaf and Dumb was read the third time. On the question for passing the Bill the Yeas and Nays were taken as follows :— Yeas, 14 ; Nays, 28. The question was, therefore' decided in the negative by a Majority of 14. So the Bill was lost. ' February 5th, 1840.~Mr. Alexander^ Chisholm, gives notice that he will, on to-morrow, move for leave to bring in a Bill to place the proceeds of the School Lands under the control of the Governor-in-Council, and to repeal an Act passed last session of Parliament, entitled, "An Act to provide for the advancement of Education in this Province." (Note. Mr. Chisholmdid not bring in his proposed Bill during the Session. It was repealed in September, 1841.) February 6th, i^^O.— Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Bill sent down by the Honour- able the Leijislative Council, intituled : '• An Act to authoiize the temporary occupation, by the proposed University at Kingston, of the General Hospital at Kingston, upon certain term* therein mentioned," was read the second time. The House was put into a Committee of th& Whole on the Bill, Mr. George Rykert in the chair. The House having resumed, the Chair- man reported that the Committee had agreed to the Bill, without amendment, and had sub- mitted it for the adoption of the House. The Report was received. On the question for the third reading of the bill to-morrow, In amendment — Mr. James Morris, seconded by Mr. Charles Bockus, moves that the Bill be not read a third time on to-morrow, but that it be read a third time forthwith, and that the 38th rule of this House be dispensed with for that purpose, which was carried, and the Bill waa read the third time and passed. Messieurs James Morris and Edward W. Thomson wer& ordered by the Speaker to carry the Bill back to the Honourable the Legislative Council, and to inform that Honourable House that this House had agreed to the same, without amendment. February 7th, i«^0— Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the House was put into Committer of the Whole on Supply, when it was Resolved, 1 . That there be granted to Her Majesty the sura of Five Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty pounds, (£5,650,) to provide, in part, for the support of Common Schools within thia Province for this year, (1840). Resolved, 11. That there be granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Five Thousand Five Hundred pounds, (£6,500,) to enable Her Majesty to pay the like sum to the University of King's College, for money appropriated to the support of Education, which was inadvertently expended by the Receiver General in the redemption of Provincial Debentures past due. Resolved, 12. That there be granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Two Hundred pounds, (£200,) to enable Her Majesty to pay a like sum to the Trustees of the Ancas.ar Literary Insti- tution, to liquidate a debt contracted in erecting a building ,aid Institution. On which the Yeas and Nays were taken as follows : Yeas, 33 ; Nays, t f he question was carried in the affirmative, by a majority of 24, and the Resolution was adopted. Mr. Speaker reported that Mr. Secretary Murdoch had brought down from His Excellency the Governor General a Message which was read as follows : — C. PouLETT Thomson : — The Governor General transmits for the information of tlie House of Assembly, the Report made to him by the Board of Education of the Home District, for the year 1839. C. P. T. Toronto, Seventh day of February, 1840. (Note. An extract from thi? P.cport will be inserted in another Chapter— XV.) The Bill for the support of Common Schools, for the year 1840, was read the first time. On the question for the second reading of the Bill to-morrow, In amendment, Mr. Edward W. Thomson, seconded by Mr. William B. Robinson, moves that the Bill be not read a second time to-morrow, but that it be read a second time forthwith, and the 40th rule of this House be dispensed with, so far as relates to the same, which was carried, and the Bill was read the second time. The House was put into a Committee of the Whole on the Bill, Mr. Solicitor General Draper in the chair. The House having resumed, the Chairman reported that the Committee had gone thronorh the rtrovisiona of the Bill amended the same, and submitted it for the adoption of the House. The Report was received, and it was ordered — That the Bill be engrossed and read a third time to-morrow. 1839-40 Chap. XIII. EDUCATIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE U. C. LEGISLATURE, 1839-40. 2^9 I, and 8ub- !red— That for the in- ig the Bill, therefore, ;o-morrow, I control of tied, "An lisholm did 41.) e Honour- on, by the 'tain terma btee of the the' Chair- I had sub- on for the It the Bill id that the le Bill waa HBon were cil, and to ndment. Committee : Hundred rithin thia sand Five iversity of ivertently lue. i pounds, rary Insti- which the ed in the Excellency he Report C. P. T. first time. }n, moves 'orthwith, yhich was tee of the imed, the .amended md it was Commission appointbd by Sir George Arthur to report on the State op Education in Upper Canada, and suggest improvements, 1839, Note. In compliance with the request of the House of Assembly, in its Address of the 9th May, 1839, Sir George Arthur, on the 21st day of October of that year, issued a Commission to Messieurs Robert Baldwin Sullivan, [Chief Commissioner,] William Allan, Augustus Baldwin, William Henry Draper, Richard Alexander Tucker, Robert Sympson Jameson, John Henry Dunn, John Macaulay, John Simcoe Macaulay, Levius Peters Sherwood, James Buchanan Macaulay, Jonas Jones, Archibald McLean, Christopher Alexander Hagerraan, Charles Chichester, Henry Sherwood, [the Reverends] John McCaul and Henry James Orasett. Samuel Bealy Harrison and William Hepburn " to be Commissioners, to investigate the business of the several Departments [of the Government] of our Province [of Upper Canada]. The Reverend Messieurs John McCaul and Henry James Grasett. with Mr. Civil Secretary Samuel Bealy Harrison, were appointed as the Commissioners to eiiquire into the state of Education in Upper Canada. On the 3rd of February, 1840, the Report of the Commissioners on Education and others were laid before the House of Assembly whereupon :— It was ordered— That five hundred copies of the Report on Education be printed. Note. This Report, being voluminous, will be printed in Chapter XV. The Bill granting a sum of money to the Ancaster Literary Institution was road the first time. On the question for the second reading of the Bill to-mo row. In amendment, Mr. Michael Aikman, seconded by Mr. Colin '1. Ferrie, moves that the Bill to relieve the Trustees of the Ancaster Literary Institution be not read a second time on to-morrow, but that it be read a second time forthwith, and that the 40th rule of this House be dispensed with, so far as it relates to the same, which was carried, and the Bill was read the second time. The House was put into a Committee of the Whole on the Bill, Mr. Thomas Mackay in the chair. The House having resumed, the Chairman reported that the Committee had agreed to the Bill without amendment, and submitted it for the adoption of the House. The Report was received, and it was ordered— That the Bill be engrossed and read a third time to-morrow. February 8th, IS^O.—On the Order of the Day, for the third reading of the Bill for the support of Common Schools in Upper Canada, for the year 1840, being called, In amendment— Mr. Roger R. Hunter, seconded by Mr. William B. Robinson, moves that the Bill be not now read a third time, but that it be recommitted forthwith, for the purpose of amending the same, which was carried, and the House was put into a Committee of the Whole on the Bill, Mr. William B. Robinson in the chair. The House having resumed, the Chairman reported that the Committee had gone through the provisions of the Bill, amended the same, an^ submitted it for the adoption of the House. The Report was received, and the Bill was tlien read the third time and passed. Mr. Edward W. Thomson, seconded by Mr. George S. Boulton, moves that the Bill bo intituled : "An Act Granting a sum of money for the support of Common Schools for the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty," which was earned, and Messieurs Edward W. Thomson and George S. Boulton were ordered by the Speaker to carry the Bill up to the Honourable the Legislative Council, and to request their concurrence thereto. Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Bill granting a sum of money to the Ancaster Literary Institution, was read the' third tim.e and passed. Mr. Mioh.-iel Aikman, seconded by Mr. Colin C. Ferrie, moves that the Bill be intituled : •' An Act Granting a sum of Monev in aid of the Ancaster Literary Institution, and for other Purposes therein mentioned," which was carried, and Messieurs Michael Aikman and Colin C. Ferrie were ordered by the Speaker to carry the Bill up to the Honourable the Legislative Council, and to request their concurrence thereto. !;: 'i l:Jil| jfr : 230 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1839-40 •1 W''l 'vj ili m4 ii r««^In^ w!!^ .r i® FTI^'u^'? the Legidative Council brought down a Message which wa» m«i ??t,Z ? the eflFect that the Legislative Council had passed the Bill, without any amend- Z !Li^ ^f ; , T :f " Act granting a sum of money for the support of Common Schools, for the year of c ur Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty." trnJltl^ iO «*?•*'« «" Tuesday next Ordered -Tha? the report be received, and leave be granted accordingly. " "u i uat tothiTrwlfh;M^V'^?*'"T^';*''"u"'".^^'^«"«"°y ^'^^ Oovemor General was delivered to the Speaker by Mi Secretary Murdoch, who then retired, and it was road, as follows :— €, PouLETT Thomson. ■n^rJ^JUt ^t'''^^"'^^'^"'"]^^^ transmits, for the information of the Legislative Council, such Reports of Trustees of District Grammar Schools, as have been received by him, durinathe current year, videlicet The Eastern, Ottawa. Johnstown. Hathurst, Prince Edward. New! castle, Home, Gore, and Talbot Districts. uwi.ru. x^ew And a'so such Reports as have been received from District Boards of Education for the STtricte." '*™^^' "• J^h"*'""". Bathurst, Newcastle, Niagara, and Talbot Toronto, January 2nd, 1840. 0. P. T. (Note. Extracts from these Reports will be printed in a separate Chapter XV.) aDDofn"te7f-?wS,f^''T)?"^?i^°"''"™«^'^ ^','*' ^- »« Blaquiere, from the Select Committee, aCI „f ?K^ H P " '*** Governor-General, to know when His Excellency would receive the Address of this House, on the subject of Education, and to present the same, reported that they had done so, and that His Excellency had been pleased to receive the said Address forth- with and, to return thereto the following reply :— ^uuress lorcn Honourable Gentlemen : — Ma,i"f J>!^P^ *° ^^^ Address from the Legislative Council, with respect to [the views of Her Majesty s Government onj a sjrstem of general Education, I will send an answer by Message. Toronto. 6th of January. 1840. ^- ^^"''^™ ''^^"''^*'- January 7th, i^^O. -Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the House was again put into a theThuroh nf ?%r?'' ^r"xx'^" ^'V""'. '^' establishment of a College in connection with the Church of Scotland The Honourable Augustus Baldwin took the chair. After soiiie time the House resumed, and the Chairman reported that the Committee had gone through the said Bill, and had made some amendments thereto, and recommended the BUI, as amended, to the ^^jTh n^f "°"''^- Ordered-That the Report be received ; and, ordered-That ihe last mentioned Bill, as amended, be engrossed, and the same read a third time, to morrow. th« ir^T ? ^*\ ^^J^-r"^^^ ^^^^' °^ *''« ^*y ^^^ng ^^^^^ f"'- reading a third time the Bill for the establishment of a College, m connection with the Church of Scotland— it was, ordered- follows •— ^^"^ "'^^ "''^ '**'* ' *°** ordered— That the said Bill be further amended as Press 1, line 7.— Expunge " College " and insert " University." . ixF'^^ ^i~^*P?°JR? *^^ ^f"**^ clause, and insert in lieu thereof, " 10. And be it further enacted bv the Sfe°Ji1herXl^^''*r'j.'^Pr ^•^"'*«'^*"> a Principal aid four ProfesBOw eSyei? in theVaJd Ste; in ^h'^e'ierral A?S fnd Farult^' ""^ '"*'°"*^ '° •'°°'^' '''' ^'""''^ °' ^-^ '''«^°'' ^-*« -<^ On motion, made and seconded, it was ordered— That the last mentioned amendments be engrossed, and the said Bill, as amended, read - third time this day. January 16th, i^^O.— Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the Petition of the Trustees of the Ancaster Literary Institution, presented on the 1-tth instant, praying for an Act eranting pecuniary assistance thereto, was read. » f j s ^y-y granwug 1889-40 Clmp.XlII. EDUCATIONAL PROCEKDINQS OF THE U. C. LEOISLATURE. 1839-40. 238 ted, for the 1 be pIcAHed ilunourable btee for that l''hole, npon blftnd. The ed, and the , had made lered— That 18 delivered lows : — uncil, such during the ward, New- on. for the and Talbot 0. P. T. •) Committee, receive the )orted that iresB forth- BW8 of Her Message. 'HOMt^ON, put into a action with aonhe time ^h the said ied, to the lat the last V. he Bill for ordered — uended as Ksted by the in the said Master and dments be bees of the ) granting X of Oueen^ PnuL^" !i * ^" , «.^- ^t Kingston, by the name and style of the Univer the Clerk, as follows :- "^"'"orsity of Queen s College, were then read a second time by the UnW^^s^iJ'of Kfnjiton."" " °°""'«''" """"»" '^^ remainder, and insert. «• by the name and style of li the Bill. Pre.8 2. line 25-E,punge "of Queen's College," and insert, "at Kingston." Press 3, hne 4, Expunge " of Queen's," and insert, " at Kingston. " Press 8, line 6, Expunge "College." ..»„"^ta;'l"'r„trn«r°'''''' ■' "" "'^'"^-■"^ "•« '"^ok-'-^ .m.„d„,.„t. bo ««! a C. PouLBTT Thomson : — ToBONTO, 20th January, 1840. J p ° (NoTK. Extracts from ^hese Reports will be printed in a separate Chapter-XV.) made!" aXtt\Ve''Rinl'nf1 ^^^ f*^' ?k^ »S«"dment8 of the Commons House of Assembly Jamiary 27th, I84O -The Honourable William Morris moved for leave to brint. in a RHI was, oraerea— mat the same be read a second time to-u orrow.* Febrmry 1st, {840— k Message from His Excellency the Governor General was delivArA,! to the Speaker by Mr. Secretary Murdoch, who then withdrew. ItTas S ^ f olWs - C. PouLKTT Thomson : the SnSTZr''r^if"^''K^ transmits herewith, for the information of the Legislative CouncU the Report made to him by the Board of Education, of the Ottawa District, for the year 1839 Toronto, 31st January, 1840. n P t ' (Note. An extract from this Repoit will be printed in a separate Chapter— XV.) " " t: 284 DOCUMENTA'tY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPKR CANADA. 1839-40 I* k' . \ "% February 8th, //f^O— The Hononrivble the Speaker reported to the House, thata DepuUtiou froii! the Commons House of Assembly had brought up a Bill, intituled : " An Act granting a ■urn of money for the support of Common Schools in Upper Canada, for the year one thousand eight hundred and fortv ; ' also a Bill, intituled : "An Act granting a sum of money in aid of the Anoaster Literary Institution, and for other purposes therein mentioned." The Bill, intitiiled : "An Act granting i\ sum of monev, for the support of Common Schools, for the year of our Lord oms housund eight, humirud and forty," was read a first time ; and it was ordered — That the 44th rule of this House be dispensed nith, so far as it regards tiiu last mentioned Bill, and that the same be road a second time presently. The Bill was then read a second time accordingly ; and it was ordered — That the House be put into a Committee of the Whole, ptesentlv, to take tliu same int j consideration. The House was th-m put into a Com- mittee of the Whole accordintjly. The Honourable James Crooki took the chair. After some time, the House resumed, and the Chairman reported that the Committee had gone through tho said Bill, and recommended the Hume, without uny amendment, to the adoption of the House. Ordered— That the Rei t be received ; and onierod — That the last mentioned Bill be read a third time presently, llio san'o wai then read a third time, accordingly, and passed ; where- upon the Speaker signed tho said Bill ; and it was ordered— That the Clerk of tho House do go down to tho Assembly, and acquaint that House, that the Legislative Council have passed this Bill, without any amend i ent. The Bill, intituled : "An Act granting a sum of money in aid of the Ancaster Literary Institution, nod for other purposes therein mentioned," was read a first time ; and it was, ordered — That the same be read a second time presently. The said Bill was then read a second time accordingly ; nd it was, ordered — That the House bo put into a Committee of tho Whole this day, to take tho same into consideration. Tho House was then put into a Committee of tho Whole, upon the Bill. Tht Honourable John Macdonald of Gananotjue, took the chan , After some time, the House resumud, and the Chairman reported that tho Committee had g(i through the said Bill, and had mado some umenduients thereto, which they recommended to ttio adoption of the House. Ordered — That the Report be received ; and the said amendments wore then read by the Clerk, as follows : — Press 2, line 11— After " direct," add to the Bill, " 3. Provided always, and be it furthor enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said sum hereby granted shall \ye charged by the Keoeiver-General against the interest which will accrue upon the fund for the support of GrammarSchools,— in vested, or to be invested, under the third section of an Act passed during the last Session, intituled: 'An Act to provide for the advancf-ment of Education in this Province,' any thing in the said Act to the contrary, thereof, in anywise notwithstanding." The said amendments being read a second time, and the question of concurrence put on each, thoy were severally agreed to by the House ; and it was ordered— That the same be engrossed, and the said Bill, as amended, read a third time this day. The Bill, as auiended, was then read a third time ; and, the question being then put whether this Bill, as amended, should pass, it was carried in tho affirmative : whereupon the Speaker signed the amendments ; and it was, ordered — That the Clerk of the House do go down to the Assembly, and acquaint that House, that the Legislative Council have passed this Bill, with certain amendments, to which they desire the concurrence of tho Commons House of Assembly. Febnutry 10th, I84O. At One of the Clock, p.m., the Members of both Houses being assembled in the Legislative Council Chamber, His Excellency the Governor-General, in Her Majesty's name, assented to a number of Bills, among which were the following videlicet : — An Act to establish a College, by the name and style of the University of Kingston. An Act to Authorize the temporary occupation, (by the proposed University of Kingston) of the General Hospital at Kingston, upon certain terras therein mentioned. An Act granting a sum of money for the support of Common Schools in Upper Canada for the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and forty. After which His Excellency closed the last Session of the Legislature of Upper Canada "with a Speech from the Throne, in which he made no reference to educational matters. 1839-40 » Deputation 't grantirif{ a, ine thousand ney in aid of non Schools, binie ; and it arda tho last I then read a nttee of tho into a Com- Aftor some throuffh thu tho House, ill be read a, led ; whero- House do go ) passed this ter Literary and it was, sad a second * the Whole uttee of tho liair. After siiei through ho adoption :e then read ^r enacted by atereat which ider the third srancf-iuent of ithetanding." ence put on he same be LS a.nended, is amended, lendments ; nd acquaint nendments, 3UBes being 3ral, in Her jlicet : — iton. f Kingston) Canada for ler Canada 9rs. Chap. XlV. EDUCATIONAL HlLLs PASSED DURINfJ THE SKSSION OF 1839-40 £35 CHAPTER XIV. EDUCATIONAL BILLS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURK OF UPPER CANADA. DURING THE SESSION OF 1839. 4U. 3 VICTORIA, CHAPTER XXXV. AN Act to e^tabuhh . Co...oe bv t„« namb .no Hxvt« ok xhk UNivK««irv o, Kinoston. Uharlea Poulett Thomson, Governor General. Passed 10th February, 1840 An.l Wher^s ho eaSi.h 1: ? f T'**'- '' '""' ' "'""" *^^'' tho Church of Scotland : P'tition. ii^iiliPifi perpetuity, for the purpose 2resdd '^^ '"^ '^""''' '" ' '^^'^'^'^''^^ ^"^'^^ '^ J*' I'-l 'f« 1 I 236 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1839-40 % I)' 'm1 if .: the first Principal and Proressor, who are to be nominated by the Committee of the General .^.p.aembly of the Church of Scotland, the S!'if! Trustees and their successorr ^hall forever have full power and authority to elect and appoint for the said College a Principal, who shall be a Minister of the Churcli of Scotland, and /luch Professor or Professors, Master, or Masters, Tutor, or Tutors, and such other Officer, or Officers, as to the said Trustees shall seem meet , Pro- Appointment, Vacancies to befiUed. Declaration. Subscribe formula. Principal and ProteiwurB, 1839-40 Baid Trustees Body Politic rustees of the A succession ; slead and be ,11 Courts and ind alter the ike, receive, or the use of f what kind, value above hat they and Id, enjoy, re- haritable, or ind to give, the same, or le, or times, ; of the said 'hat the said ers, of whom n connection munion with follows, that b in this Act, [, shall, after Board annu- heir room be )ur Laymen ; ■ the Annual lod ; and the g of the said rom a List of iregation ad- rith, shall, a*: reet person, )f Trustee of nated by the in such form [ constitute a iirring at the ;he Board, to ,'ided always, if the Synod ided always, st day of tlie Btiring Mem- i subsequent or Laymnu. solemnly de- aith, and his ine and wor be prescribed n every case, that all tlie mbers of the 1, which shall death, resig- be nominated find, the wif! ority to elect f the Churoli or, or Tutors, 1 meet , Pro- Chap. XIV. EDUCATIO.VAL BILLS PASSED DURING THE SESSION OF 1839-40. 237 SiiTT't^anv ptfP'"'' k'- "' ^^'T'' .** ™''y ''^ appointed to the Office of On W« i ^^ K f^ Professorship, or other, in the Theological Department in said formula to fhti^l "" government, discipline and worship, and subscribe such tormula to this effect, as may be prescribed by the Presbyterian Church of r»3 or Faculty therein, save only,^Lt aU Sns ad™^^^^^^^^ t.^"^ '* seem good : Provided alw. That the ^l.nS! i? V. ""f"''"!?' " '» ""m may pen J„. o. removal, .h.,1 ^ri^S'll'^^l^^l^iA^Z^^-Ji^Z^""- oe»o'^".hrhat'Ul7o::;a°„Ta1k'„'Sty?ot^^^^ use of the said College : Provided alwavs that B,!^t i?^ « ' "ijA^'fi^es, for the be more than three iSiles diS fromT; l^^^eTs chuS in t^e^T ''' "'/i?-"^"* ston, in the Province of Upper Canada. ' " *^® ^°''" °^ ^'"g" cessor"han W pVw"f a'dTuthoritfio TJatf ^ 7' l^"«*^^« ^^^ '"^^'^ «- ordinances, touching' and^olnl^^ tke go^^^^^^^ -d performance of Divine Service, therein • the studi^« Wf? College, the matters regarding the same ; the numbed, rLVlnts'^ndlS o7ThTproTess„f thereof; the management of the revenues and propertVof thr«L P.n .u^ salaries stipends, provision and emolument of, affio^The ProLsl Offi ^' ' ^^a Servants thereof; the number and duties of snob nffinin T ' ^'*'''^''" ^"** also touching and concerning anHther matter nr\v .*"u f^^^ants, and -.LErrs;'r.faui-kH=^^ or ordinances, to revoke, renew autrment or nul,^ oii^ ^ statutes, rules, =i"o!r.T=:Si-;.;:.rd^^^^^^ the performance of Divine Service in the said College the duties of fL P^ T^'"''^ .na<;^;p^.tst/iX^TcarvKe™^^^^ =ro?.cta;i"'fr;tetre,r&^,i;nte^^^^ «»rci,e ot Aoademioal Sup.rfntondo„ce ad discipline ot« Ihi ft,fr„°t ' 'V'S other persons resident within the same, and witrs^h IJe's tor mS,^ ' '"''/" and enloroing obedience to the statntei, rules .'nroXIn'^^.'^MrSclu^:: Enquiry into complainta. Action there- on. Erect build- ing. Statutes, Bules and Ke^ulations, Oondition. Theological Department. College Senate. 238 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1839-40 Degrees. Quorum. as to the said Board may seem meet and necessary : Provided always, that, so soon as three additional Professors shall be employed in the said College, no Trustee shall be a Member of the College Senate ; but that such Principal and all the Pro- fessors of the College shall forever constitute the College Senate, with the powers just mentioned. X. And be it further enacted, etc. , That, whenever there shall be a Principal and Pour Professors employed in the said College, the College Senate shall have power and authority to confer the degrees of Bachelor, Master and Doctor, in the several Arts and Faculties. XI. And be it further enacted, etc., That five of the said Trustees, lawfully convened, as is hereinafter directed, shall be a quorum for the dispatch of all busi- ness, except for the disposal and purchase of real estate, or, for the choice, or removal, of the Principal, or Professors, for any of which purposes there shall be meeting of at least thirteen Trustees. XII. And be it further enacted, etc.. That the said Trustees shall have full power and authority, from time to time, to choose a Secretary and Treasurer, and Secretary and also once in each year, or oftener, a Chairman, who shall preside at all meetings of Treasurer. the Board. XIII. And be it further enacted, etc., That the said Trustees shall have power, by a majority of voices of the members present, to select and appoint, in the event of a vacancy in the Board, by death, resignation, or removal from the Province, a Vacancy, how person whose name is on the list, from which appointments are to be made, to fill filled. such vacancy, choosing a Minister in the room of a Minister, and a Layman in the room of a Layman, and inserting the name of the person so chosen in that place on the Roll of t!ie Board, in which the name of tlie Trustees in whose stead he may have been chosen, stood. XIV. And be it further enactod, etc.. That the said Trustees shall have power Meetings. to meet at the College upon their own adjournment, and so often as they shall be summoned by the Chairman, or, in his absence, by the Senior Trustee, whose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the said Trustees are named in • this Act, or shall be elected hereafter : Provided always, that the said Chairman, or Senior Trustee, shall not summon a meeting of the Corporation, unless required BO to do by a notice in writing from three members of the Board : And provided also, that he shall cause notice of the time and place of the said meeting to bo given in one, or more, of the public Newspapers of the Province of Upper" and Lower Canada, at least thirty days before such meeting, and that every Member of the Corporation, resident within the said Provinces, shall be notified in writing by the Secretary to the Corporation of the time of such Meeting. , n 11 ^^* "^"^ ^^ ^^ further enacted, etc. , That so soon as the University of King's Kmgs College College, and the College hereby instituted, shall be in actual operation, it shall and Theofoelcal ""^^ ^^ lawful for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or person administering the Frofesror. Government of this Province, to authorize and direct the payment from the Funds of the said University of King's College, in aid of the Funds of the College hereby instituted, of such yearly sum, as to him shall seem just for the purpose of sustain- ing a Theological Professorship therein, and in satisfaction of all claim on the part of the Church of Scotland for the institution of a Professorship of Divinity in the University of Ring's College, according to the Faith and discipline of the Church of Scotland. Note. This Act was disallowed by the Imperial Government in 1841, and a Royal Charter was issued in its place. The retisons for this disallowance, and the granting of a Royal Charter instead, will be given in the following Chapter, XVI. on " The Founding of the Queen's University at Kingston." 1839-40 that, so soon , no Trustee all the Pro- 1 the powers e a Principal be shall have octor, in the ees, lawfully h of all busi- he choice, or ere shall be ill have full •easurer, and L meetings of have power, in the event Province, a made, to fill lyman in the :'hat place on itead he may I have power hey shall be ustee, whose ire named in d Chairman, less required .nd provided f to bo given and Lower imber of the riting by the ity of King's , it shall and listering the II the Funds liege hereby 16 of sustiin- on the part 'inity in the f the Church . 1841, and tvance, and ig Chapter, Chap. XIV. EDUCATIONAL BILLS PASSED DURING THE SESSION OF 1839-40. 239 3 VICTORIA, CHAPTER XXXVI. An Act to authorize the temporary occupation, by the proposed Univbrsitt op King- ston, OF THE General Hospital at Kingston, upon certain terms therein mentioned. Charles Foulett Thomson, Oovernor General. Passed 10th February, 1840. Whereas a building was erected at Kingston, in the Midland District, by the Preamble, voluntary contribution of certain inhabitants, and by a Grant from the funds of the Provnioe, for the purpose of a. General Hospital, which, for want of the necessary *w T!l! '^''•1^* *'•'"' "'"'^ H ^^^ °^J«''«^ contemplated, and in consequence thereof, the Building is unoccupied and subject to damage and decay : And Whereas It appears by the Petition of certain of the said subscribers, that they a^ d^Sus that the said Building, together v,.^h the grounds connected therewith, should be leased for a penod of years to the Trustees of a College, or University, about to be established at Kingston, under the authority of an Act passed during the present Session, for the accommodation of the said University : Be it therefore enacted by the Queens Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice an A consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Province of Upper Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parlia t ■ i * . ment of Great Bntain. intituled : '' An Act to repeal certain pK of an Act pa ed 7T"'' ^°' ^nr fl- ? f "*^ ^^^^ ^^ His Majesty's reign, intituled :' An Act for making more effectual pr. vision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America and to n.ake further provision for the Government of the said Province.' " and by the authority of the same. That it shall and may be lawful for the Governor p S!rtt"'h'-^"TT' ': P«?"Vdministering the Government of this Provrnce ?o; direTleL^'^ the time being, to direct and order a lease to the Trustees of the said University of fn^r. ^"^^I'.^g" *"^ Grounds, for such term of years, and for such annual rent Term for the occupation and use of the same, as His Excellency ^»ie Governor, Lieu- tenant-Governor, or person administering the Government, .^em proper. * u ^^' -aZ^ \e it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Thuf ohe Annual Rent Rent how saidTildin^ ^i'^P "''"'; "^'^t T^ University, for the occupation and use oTtJe ap^iprUtad. J Building and Grounds, shall be collected by the Sheriff of the Midland District. and be by him paid into the hands of Her Majesty's Receiver-General, for the bene- lit of the said General Hospital, whenever it shall be put into operation. 3 VICTORIA, CHAPTER LXVIII. An Act Granting a sum op money for the support of Common Schools, for the Year OF OUR Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty. Charles Pouiett Thomson, Governor General. 1; ' ' >l i- l if- Most Gracious Sovereign ; Passed 10th February, 1840. SchorrnTh^slStSiSsTtL^^^^^^^^ taat it may therefore be enacted by Your most ExcXnt M^esff L T ^T^^t^ advice and consent of the Legislate Councfl and AasembTS%t'?l"S '^ Upper Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and undflr H,a ?u ■. °r an Act passed in the Parliament of Great Britan intituled -^^ An 'LT?''"^^ 1 certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth vear of' H,«M ^/.° ^^P^^' Imperial Act out of the rates and duties now raised, levied and collecterJ «; \ Sf"™ ""l^ raised, levied and collected, to and for the uses of this ProvJnL ^^-^^^l^^^^ be of the Receiver General and unappropriatTthetr gfaS To Her 'M^tty?t; 240 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1839-40 £6,650. The DiBtriote to share grant. the use of the Common Schools in this Province for the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, the sum of Five Thousand, Six Hundred and Fifty Pounds, in addition to the sums now appropriated by law, to be applied and accounted for in the same way and manner and in conjunction with the present suras granted by Act of Parliament, which said sum of Five Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty Pounds shall be appropriated among the Deveral Districts of this Province, as follows, that is to say : To the Ottawa District, the sum of one hundred pounds ; to the Eastern District, the sum of five hundred pouuds ; to the Johnstown District, the sum of five hundred pounds ; to the Bathurst Dis- trict, the sum of five hundred pounds ; to the Midland District, the sum of three hundred and fifty pounds ; to the District of Victoria, the sum of two hundred pounds ; to the Newcastle District, the sum of five hundred pounds ; to the Home District, the sum of seven hundred and fifty pounds ; to the Gore District, the sum of six hundred pounds ; to the Niagara District, the sum of five hundred pounds ; to the London District, the sum of three hundred pounds ; to the District of Brock, the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds ; to the Talbot District, the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds ; to the Western District, the sum of three hundred and fifty pounds. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the said sum of Five Thousand, Six Hundred and Fifty Pounds, shall be paid by the Receiver General of this Province, in discharge of such warrants as may for that purpose be issued by the Lieutenant Governor. 1 victori» ^^^- ^^^ ^^ '* further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the third and Ch.eOrevi'ved. fourth clauses of an Act passed in the first year of Her Majesty's reign, intituled :— ' " An Act granting a sum of money for the support of Common Schools for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight," be and the same are hereby revived and con- tinued. Governor's Warrant. 1 Victori», CHAPTER XV. REPORT OF A COMMISSION ON EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1839. By a notable historical coincidence, the adoption of an Address, by the Upper Canada House of Assembly, to Sir George Arthur, asking him to appoint a Com- mission to enquire into and report upon the Departments of the Government, fol- lowed closely upon the publication of Lord Durham's Report on the Affairs of British North America. In that Report, Lord Durham practically arraigned the administration of the " oflBcial party " in Upper Canada, through these Depart- ments. Speaking of that party, he said, that Like all parties long in power, it was natuially unwilling to submit itself to any such respon- sibility as would abridge its tenure, or cramp its exercise of authority. ... A monopoly of power 80 extensive, and so lasting, could not fail, i: process of time, to excite envy, create dis- satisfaction, and, ultimately, provoke attack ; and an opposition consequently grew up in the House of Assembly, which assailed the ruling party, by appealing to popular principles of government, by denouncing the alleged jobbing and profusion of the oflScial body," etcetera. {Pages 53, 54 of Lord Durham's Report as printed by order of the Imperial Parliament). Possibly, too, the discovery by Sir George Arthur, in April, 1839, of the serious mal-administration of the finances of King's College, may have strongly influenced the House of Assembly (in May, 1839,) to request His Excellency To employ some fit and disinterested person, or persons, to make such an in""' .gation and scrutiny as would enable them to report upon the state of each Department. Mr. Anthony Manahan, by his Notice of Motion in the House of Assembly, (on the 4th of December, 1839,) went further than this, in order to have a clean sheet on the union of the Provinces, as will be seen by reference to page 224, ante. 1839-40 Chap. XV. REPORT OF A COMMISSION ON EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1839. 241 ir Lord one [undred and applied and L the present Six Hundred lis Province, me hundred pounds ; to athurst Dis- um of three wo hundred ;o the Home net, the sum red pounds ; ict of Brock, I sum of one lundred and I said sum of he Receiver purpose be e third and intituled : — for the year ed and con- ihe Upper at a Com- ment, fol- Affairs of dgned the 16 Depart- uch respon- (lonopoly of create dis- V up in the rinciples of i" etcetera. t). \9, of the I strongly lency .gation and A.ssembly, i^e a clean 224), ante. nf nn^l r" 'V"?^""''''"' '^ '^' ""^^^^^ ^''''y" ^^ ^^ administration of pubhc affairs Lord Durham made the following, caustic remarks upon Z men aland social condition of the people of Upper Canada, and their Uck of n e hgence ch.e% owmg to the absence of proper educational influences, and the existence of but ^ew schools, and these of a " very inferior character." He said-! nor ^i::^::''''t^^z;is^: ^='^:i^- "^-t r-' ^«^-- ^»^"^' '^^-^i., rude and comfortless plenty, but thev cr^dorn aco?, L''"'" tr^'«t«n««. and may even have L owners prevent their children from growrn' up k„oT ' ^^^^ '• T' 'V\ ''''''' ''""^'^y '''"d- lower mentHl moral and social positiorthan t'ief ^^^4 fT^ ""^h'"?, 'T'T'^ ^^" were origmnlly appropriated for the supDort of SohnnL TifvL i 1 .,' ' ^^ *'*'' ^*n^l«' «^hich valuable portion has been diverted to tireLmvmeS of f^^l^^^ the country, by far the moat derive any benefit who reside in 5?.ronto or t^l l u ^ ">^«''«'ty, from which those only enabled to maintain their children in that Town ^^.n ' ^^""'"'l t i''^'' ^'^'"'^'^ ^"''"'"e. ^rl It is not i,„probable that this statement of Lord Darha™, in re-mrj to the aWce of proper or oven of any. schools for the children of the inhabitants, l7y have nduced S,r Goo^ge Arthur, when issuing his Commission to enquir into U,e adm,n,strat,on of the Public Departments, to direct that a Committee of the Comm,ss,oners should minutely i„,„i., i„t„ the condition of Education in ho P ov.nce, and suggest a '.plan" by which the state of affairs, described by L rd Durham, nj.ght be wholly changed, and that a decided improvement f„ he character of the Schools be effected, as the result of their proposed •■ plan » in Fetlv'sSD" T°'' "" '"^ ""'''"' ''' ''"''''' ^'"■'»'"»'' "<> P""^^. , T7^ ' """ '°°" «f""-«""-d8 reprinted in Toronto by Mr (after wards S.r) Francis Hincks ; the n,aladmi„istration of the Univcrsity^unds wl" d.scovered „, Apnl, 1839, and the Address of the House of Assembly, askingfor an mvesfga ,on ,nto the Public Departments, was presented to Sir George Arthur arroTl839 and h"t ''^1^'' '™"'""' """" """■ '"°»"'»' '"^^^ -% part of 1839, and had.no aoubt,anatural connection t„,,ether,aslhave intimated Incompliance, therefor . with the Address of the House of Assembly nassed .n May, 1839. the Lieutenant Governor. Sir George Arthur, issued thcS s.o„ mentioned on page 229, ante, directing the Commissioners nan.ed to inuuiro mto. and report on. the several Departments of the Government. The Commis .oners were divided into several Committees, to each of which was assigned a Department, on the bu.,iness of which the Committee was to report The Com mtlee on Education was composed of the Reverend .lohn McCaul. LLD tho Reverend Henry James Grasett. B.A.. and Samuel Bealy Harrison, Esquir ' ho C,v,l Secretary. Its duties, as defined, are set forth on the ne.U page. It is interesting to note the fact, that two of these three gcntlLen becamo Members of the " Board of Education for Upper Canada," appointed at the sute ! t.on ot the Reverend Doctor Ryerson in 18*6. and each of the three subsequently 16 D.E. 3 f V w *4 m i '« ' 242 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1839 became a Member of the "Council of Public Instruction for Upper Canada," Appointed in 1850. The Veiy Reverend Henry James Grasett, D.D, (Cantab), bean of Toronto, and the Honourable Sawuel Bealy Harrison, Judge of the Home District, were both ^o.- some time Chairmen, in succession, of the Council t)f Public Instruction for Lpper Canada.* The Reverend John McCaul, LL.D., President of the University of Toronto, was also a Member of the Counoil of Public Instruction, and frequently- acted as Chairman, pro tempore. The duty of this Education Committee of the Commissioners, ap|)cir;f,;jd to investigate the business of the several Departments of the Provincial Governraont, was thus defined by Si'' George Arthur : — 1. The Committee will ascertain the state of all tJchool Funds ; the extent to which they may be made available for their legitimate objects; and will stato th.) amount ;f such addi- tional aid as may be requisite to carry into eflfectual oper.'Uion an enl^iiged scheme of popular Education. 2. They will examine into the past and present state of Education throughout the Pro- vince, and into the eMi-nency of the means for promoting it, wUich have iiidie) (o ba.m einployod, 3. They wi!' imnv Bi\ch a Plan as will isppear to them to be the bent p isuible kind of Education for the cos, .muiiity, at i ht Uswt posrtible expense ; and will preparo thu same, ■ v( as to allow of a Bill, which shall eu/ ; -iy it,, bei.ig submitted to the Legislature at their next meeting. 4. They will institute an imiuiry witu x'i^eveuc^ to the Constitution of King's College University, and also to tlie Lands formi, ,g ,:,'. eiidovmient, — the Revenue derived f "omthem, and the objects to which it has been applip.^^ ;. --^alina also, how, in future, it may bo most benefi- riially employed. 5. As the object of the apiiointnient of the Commission is to investigate geucully all mat- ters of public interest connected with the several Departments, this Committee wiii understand that tlnv are not restricted to limit their inquiries by the strict letter of the foregouig queries ; but thai, in the spirit of the aame, they are to pursue any course of investigation which may appear to them expedient. By Command of His Excellency : R. A. Tucker, exist in 1876. 1839 ir Canada," >, (Cantab), idge of the the Council )&u\, LL.D., Council of Pj)oirtod to ovftrniaont, ;o which they if such addi- ae of popular iQiifc the Pro- M\ employed. mible kind of e same, '■.•> as at their next king's College omthem, and most benefi- Mally all mat- U understand ;oir)g queries ; n which may crcKER, Secretary. iry, for the itation of the le Committee erence to the lereon during red to another Committee. iuU dtitails ^iijvv taken I'Jncation in hi; when Deun ovrtt-'i ceased i > Chap. Xy. REPORT OF A COMMISSION O.N EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1831). 243 ^ An additional interest and value attaches to this Report, for the fact that in reply to questions put by the Commissioners, the opinions and views of noted men of the time-the Right Reverend Bishop Strachan. the Honourable Messieurs William MorrLs, James Crooks and Adam Ferguson, Peter Boyle de Blacquiere- Messiems William Hamilton Merritt. Mahlon Burwell. George Strange Boulton ^nd William Craigie ; and the Reverend Messieurs John Roaf, Robert McGiU and Robert Murray, M.A., were obtained. The Reverend Robert Murray was the first Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada, from 1842 to 1844 He was succeeded by the Reverend Egerton Ryerson, D.D.. LL.D.. who was Chief Super- intendent of Education for the Province, from 1844 to 1870) * REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF COMMISSIONEHS ON EDUCATION IN UPPER Canada- Matters IN REGARD TO EDUCATION, WHICH WERE A.SSIONED TO THE COMMITTEE OK THE COM- MI.SSIONERH, A.S THE .SUB.IECT OF ITS INQUIRY. may be'cfiTuVdra^^^^^^^^ -- '-^-ted to direct cheir attention L The Past and Present State of Education in the Province. ' II. The State of the Provincial School Funds. lU. The Constitution and Revenues of King's College. IV. The Constitution of a Plan for the diffusion of Education in Upper Canada. First-The Past and Present State of Education in the Province. also to MesBieurs George H 11 ffl,r R ""hwd PhU^nf H^^^^^^ Matthew Rchey and Alexander Gali; these Gentlemen r«nli«d tn the f^-^'V" *) ->'4, - Hotham and Anthony Manahan ; but none of '~° ~ "^ •" '■■^^'^ v/ommis!jioners on the subject. t See page 16 of the First Volume of this Documentary History enc™ m1;?et"the cii?ta^„"clt\SdTr'w\'^ R«fer. Doctor strachan. at the openL";^f "S^ .rSe^e^an^T Ts^USe^ V^f^-^siiTe Yoff h. i 244 DOCUMENTAUY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1839 J)' ' i r P ml 'I '.-1 .1 :"l H « thi« fw/« . ^^^^' ^'^^ Legislature seem t. . have been so irripressed with the importance of S*;;: 1 '' '^^? ^*"'u':''? V?*"^'"^' •* pecuniary provision for National Education -th.Uwa hnd the clause repealed which limited the duration of the Act „f 1807 to fm.r years * First Act for the Eotaulihhment op Common Schools in Upper Canada 1816 f (4800,) to the Eastern D strict ; Six Hundred Pciunds ( Cii(Xi \ «.> U^ r """"^?" f'J"na?i (iSi ; ,\ ""'"'"IP'";'"'''. («iOO. t„ tlie W™t»M Di.triel ; „„1 Two Hundred PoSf Board of Education. The same are autliorized to make rules for the f^^ of the District was authorized to pay this allowaLe o^Si^'Su^^tuecI^T::!:^ ^s':^:iZs!::::s^i^:i^^^ ^^ ^'^ ^-'- ^^-^-^ ^^ -ntiv^nd fix The Additional Grammar School Act of 1819+ tb« inH r^^f !?^^i' '^-^i "^"^ ^'^^ ^^^ establishment of Public Gra.^mar Schools again engaged the attention o the Legislature. It was then deemed expedient to make further im/visSs for a twCr^h^ T '^T '^'''°"''- ^^ ^''' '^''''''^ '^''' ^" ^"""^1 examinination should be e A A v^^.JT^^"' ""' ^ majority of them, should assist; that annual Reports should he rendered by the Trustees ; that free education should be given in each school tXncSlnnf JilnffwK f'p^^S^ y^*u' ","/r '^'^ ^'"'^'"'^'' number of scholars exceeded tsn. It was fin the" d recte I that Certificates should be given to Teachers at a public mt eting of the Trus ees upon due notice being given for that purpose. i'"o iiustees, upon The Supplementary Common School Acts of 1820 and 1824. no.in!r« %/noo \V^\\^^ ''*? u,"( *^^ ^"^ regarding Common Schools,ir granting Six Thousand pounds (£b 000,) for their establishment, was repealed, and it was enacted that the sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred pounds, (£2 ..500,) be paid annually,-- dividing the grant enual v amonlf Ciiinf « "'^'; ^^pf y r" ^J^?""? ' P«""i««io'^ was also given to the District Board o? Education to appoint a Clerk who might be paid Five p ounds, (£5,) per annum. ^ZJS tS4t\tt '^Liry^^ estabH«h^ in lie capital Towns' of^l ^rXlrtuW^^per ^T.^-^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ * Page 66 of the First Volume of this Documentary History. t The reasons for the pasBinff of this firs*-. r"Q»ri!ri<»n P'-hiol o:\\ :. loi/. - ■ • i, t. Select Committee of the House of Assembiy.'dated the ^7th of Ffihr,l«r«^"i'«i« ^'^t°."i>'^® ^^P"'" °^ ^ on page 95 of the First Volume of this DocuVenSV^l^J. aM te Ac'^ it^dfon'Ja^es'iar ^""^^'^ + This Act IS printed on papes 148-150 of the First Volume of this Documentary History ir Ibid, pages 172. 173. This Act reduced the grant of 1816 to Common Schools, from fe'.OOO to £2,600. 1839 €hap. XV. REPORT OF A COMMISSIOX OX EDCrCATlOX IX UPPER CAX.VDA, 1839. 245 ii The necossifcy of maki were granted, to be at the disp ,«J ,Tf tho V Ineml H !. l '","J,,^'ft>:.l'"»»dH, (£150.) per annum laid out by it in the purchase of bLkst,^«.r,! .1 V'•^^'•"^''^'"" ^"•' *'^« Province, to bo vincial General Board of Educltamo;?,^ Ihl '"' Tn"^' ^"''^ '" ^'^ distributed by the Pro- then, redistributed at their disc S.n?t 1- ll '"'"'■*' P'f^V"^ ^"*'"''« "^ E.lucation; to be by school must be examined l^y the Boarc of Edloatr''''''^^^^ Teacher of a' Common taught or obtain a certificat7from at ZMtLi"? the Distnct in which ho shall have teach, before receiving anrpubrmoney.^ ^"'''^'' °^ "'"'^ '^°'^^'*' certifying his ability to for tl: StrTutiS .Tam:n;B^\CSfstricr'Flve Tr"' 'T ^""ii>"" «^'"^'^'«- -"^ J--'J-« (£5,650,) were now granted TadcUtion to t h « J'^" Thousand, Six Hundred and Fifty poundsT 1833 and 1834. t This 3d rected to h« „n. f- "}' ^fT "^'''''^l"' "*"^^ ^V ''i'^- f"r the yoar^ Newcastle and Niagara DisricS Five H.^E'""''^ T ^?«- T.« •-^'^'''''■"' Johnstown, Bathurst! Hundred pounds, (£200 ) for fence Edrdn-^'^M'' ^f '^?') «'«=h. Mic'land. (including Two an.l Fifty pounds, (£750 )^achSe£r««?,^\^^^^ ''"n*''^ "°'"" ^"'t"°'^«' S«^«» """dred each. The Western Dis^St Three Hundr«H.n^^ '^""^"°^'' ^''^ *^""'^''«'' P"""^^, (^m,) trict, One Hundred poui Ta (£10?) A clausf Tm / f^"""'''.' ^/T''^'^ "'"^ '^^ ^"^^* ^i^- mon Schools were not to be entir'l«dll» ii " ^*'^ P^-^^'^Jed that the Teachers of Corn- make it appear to the satisfact o"n f u: Ss;r cTrard <>? fT '""l-'^'^^fr 'J ^"'^ «^''""1 «'-» vision for his support, so as to sec re hL fnr S • "^Education, that they have made pro- amount which may b; allotted brtLtBoLnfFr'^'.'" T'' V*'"'*' ^'l"''! *« double'the further enacted, that each Srk^ shoi Id alt °o theSk« ^fT -^^^ ^'"^'^'^ ''T'^' ^' "**« cation, the further sum of Five nounds /A ^l,?,, ii ^l^'l^s 5^.^ the'r respective Boards of Edu- authorized to receive.: ^^ annually, m addition to the sum they are already thouS"tLrt?ppeZto'ha'J: betnritT'.""'^"^"""?*;" ?^ ^''^"^'^ »^- b-" effected, al- believe is at present verP^^ieraireSrtainir^'^ ^"J^"^ your Committee have reason to Your Oomni.>^«. , •'"^^''^•"«''') o^ the inadequacy of the system adopted. mon SSools7or"r;e';ri8?8" '^f'lJ^thieran eli*;'^''^"^^r^^'^'^!f ^ («™— > -^^^ ^^-- Education hi the ProvinceT tliev rLl th.t^^^^^^^^^ °^ '^'>'' P''*'^^"* ^t'^t^ «f that they have not been able toTbS as ovlo J ' f ™'? "^ Statistics is in so imperfect a state, it would require. (Se "Appendicef A and B nH^^^'^".^^^^ *'^" '^'^j"°*' ^ the importance of From these Ror,nrt, ^'^ ' ° ^' ^''*^™"' ^'""^ '^« Reports of 1839.) (GramrrlSoote ttle're'ttan^ 1-P"« - tliirteen Distri t be assumed to be more ha.S td^^^^^ am! tllVh«'' '^'^ number of Common Schools may tion in them, may be estimated at about tin m f .i^ number of children receiving instruc- of Upper Canada to be Zr llnd?ed and Stv trL "^ ^^'^^'^ taking the population by public funds is about one in 18 ^ ^ thousand, (4o0,(i00), the average of Education Ipelfn^of the ^Se^^f' EdictitSK^i^S^f^^^^ Predecessor, Bishop Strachan, says • ''The maan«fl,h!^ ™.''' ^"r^°P Bethune, in his Mcvoir of his to avail them8elve8 of the instruction afforded in the Pr^^fl^^fr ?^ *''°*^' ^^? ^«'« "o* *" " condition unsatisfactory. . . I„ our Towns and VillaZariJhZ^nHff ''"'•' ^k'^' "' ^^^ "™«' '^'y "'^'^re and A very humble order, -che Teachers, eometimfsCn of r«,npr.1 ht? "l*^^ country, there were Schools of to acquirements and habits of life. ' ™ thTm^ nH^f f^i.'"^' u ",* "ft^-^fmes, the reverse, both as winter months. . . The dutv nf an^^r" ^- '^"<^,. "majority of the scholars ouy attended school in th« Strachan ; and, very much tto'^gh h^lXTc^ and ZSuZ "1 T*''"*^^ ^""^"^ h'' "-1^ "P- ^^-S tmuinp the Act of 1830 whinh m»H Ji . '"".""""e and exertions, a Law was passed in .Januarv 1824 fron (£250,)] for Common Schlledurtti\'nfappoS.'rRo^^ ^ and admit Teachers, and t., make aa'equitaWe dirAntmn^^^^^ *^'«trict, to examine thereto, a somewhat better class of Sc3]Ct«rfZ"h their bounds, of the Funds allotted Schools were opened ; but there was this dStTn tTp ^r/J^^•"^*'J'• pbt^'n^-i. and » larger number of vision was made for the superintendence of these School, *^tn" °^ ^^f T^^"^' ^^^^ "" adequate pro- «o as to ensure the proper attention to their conductors and ?n ^v'.^!!!^^"^"?*' ^°.' * periodical visit to them, they were preferred. {Memoir of Bis/wpStraZT^^^^^ '"*" '''"^ '^"""^^ complaints, where DistSr ijTpe/S^nar *To' Sis''stS,%?r ^s 'aS^ 1" \f^-i T FT' ^ '''' *« -»> "^ ^^e two sums therefore, constituted for many vears the f'^uffj "r ^^^^' "H f."''';^?,'' «"" "* *-*5.6"'0. These The i'5,(!50, like the original District «ant of isifi ivfo'?!*^*'*'^^ Common School Fund of Upper Canada, among the several Districts of the Province. ^^^''■l^^O, was apportioned each year by the Legislature I Pages 118, 119 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History strucW.^oK^a1fopuIati^n o'f^bouSKo^ V'''"'',; f '''' ^''' ''^'' t'^^™ ^«'« 528.913 children in- was 8335,882.92, a'nd^e am°ouL\Svef frCfees tLtS IW /^'/^T'^'A' ''""' **'« P}'^"^ ^""^^ .luiii leos was gu^/.aCO.-i?. (Education Commissioners' Report.) ill' >^' *}>'■ lt,!l i m 246 DOCUMENTARY UFSTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPKR CANADA. 1880 KiNQ'h OoLtKOK AN1> THE UPPKR OaNADA COLLK.IB. — S(!H00I, FuNDS. Your Committee also annex a copy of the Report of Upper Canada College, (Appendix C) drawr. up by th'. direction of the Princii)al of the College, to be submitted to the Legislature, atton.'ng full information on the progress of that Institution during tli'- last eight years To this thoy subjoin the dobiilsof the course of Education, (Appendix D,) spucifying the subioctB of instruction and the Text Books at ]> resent used in the College. II. The Second subject, on which your Committoe was instructed ti prosfute inquiry, is the state of the School Funds ; but this matter was subseoueiitly referred to another Committee —[I.e., Committee Number 2 on the " Receiver Gov ,; i , ,<1 other Offices."] III. The Constitution and Revenues of th*^ r;i-:.!rs'?" of King's Colloge form the Third branch of your Committee's investigation. TT ^"A^ inforimition on the amount and sourc s of the Revenues of King's College and of the Upper Canada College, will be found in the ,,py of the Statementa which are annexed to Ap- pendix E of this Report. Any suggestions which the Commissioners would offer rti/arding its Constitution will be embodied in the following Plan of Education, which they have the honour ot submitting to your Honourable Board, under the Fouith Head of the subjects which the Com- missioners were instructed to Place of National Education, -it.s fouk Divimions, or Departments; Liberal, Oommbr incorporation of a College of Physician and Surgeons, which your Com- mittee fear will be prevented from effecting all that is desirable, fn n the want of funds. Your r "^i^j*^® ^^ respectfully to state their conviction that the want of Schools of Divinity ni I of Medicine is productive of the most serious results. Everyone who is aware, that the well being of every society of men must depend on the tone ot their religious and moral principles, luu.st deplore the want of a provision in the Province for furnishing itself with an abundant supply of men, (lualified, by an extended course of Educa tioii, torthe important duties which the Clergy have to discharge, as the Teachers of Religion and <;he Guardians of Morality. The baneful effect of a want of School of M^ nVine will be BUthciently .appreciated, by merely mentionin ; that its result is, that the medic.u student is u^ u u instruction which l.c cannot obtain her . in ihe neighbouriii" Republic from which he returns, not infreciuently, imbued --ith ho.stility to the C-nstitutiou under which he 18 to live Your Committee beg respectfully to press upon the at ;ntion of your HonourrMe Uoard, the importance of some speedy remedy i hese ils. This remedy would be provided, if the University were in active operation : but this the Committee cannot anticipate for some years, m the present state of its finances, and on account of the proposed scale of expenditure on the Buildirga. The Upi'er Canada College a.s a Temporary University. The Provincial Legislature were so deeply impressed with the nicssity of making prompt provision under the circumstances, that, in the last Session they pass, d an Act creating Ui.per Canada College a Temporary University. The advciutages C ^his ar- ngement are : that bi, little addition to the present establishment of Tutors will be ;. sit >r an efficient ( ' ication in Arts, and that the only additional Building reqiiired will h u' House for tho • pupils of the Institution, who are not qualified to enter on the regular iv( v course ; so that ectures may be commenced as soon as th.i system is organized. Your Committee annex plans fo, irry- uig into effect the provimons of the Act for a Temporary University, which will be fo«.td in Note.— The Commissioners have here given a wide and liberal interpretation to a section of the " Act for the Advancement of Education in this Province," (pages, 170, 171 of this Volume, ante,) for the only enacting clause in that 183» Chap XV. uEPour of a commission on kducation in upper Canada, 18:^9. 247 ipendix C), Jcgislatiiru, yenrs To BubjoctB of inquiry, is Committee I the Third and of the xed to Ap- garding its the honour h the Coni- FESSIONAl, )eral, Com- sity ;— The ools. and Midi- 'aiiada Law IS must of y, and in- truction of your Coin- ids. Your vinity ul [)n the tone rovinee for of Educa E Religion, ino will be student is Liblic, from which he lonourr.Me ut this the )n account ing prompt ting Upper : that h\. t' -UCHtioil iose pupils lat lectures s for irry- >e foil lid in pretation 'rovinee," i in that Statute,, relating to Upper Canada r-ollege is the 6th Section, which states, that " It shall and may he lawful for the .s, Council of KingV. College : First, to appro- priate a portion of the revenues the of, not exceeding one half, to the support extension an.l maintenance of Upper Canada College, until it shall be deemed necessary to erect the University." This Financial provision for Upper Canada College, in connection with a portion of the preamble to the Act itself, may be held to support the Com- missioners- view of this part of the Statute of 1839. The extract from the .ro- amble ,s as follows: "Whereas. Upper Canada College, with s, ne changes, affected, w.mld afford sufficient accommodation to the public, as a Provincial Seat of L( urning, until it shall be deemed necessary to erect a University." Taken together, this preamble and the enacting clause of the Act quoted above, may, therefore, be held to justify the opinion of the Commissioners on the subject. An example of 'history repeating itself is furnished by this example of the second abortive effort of the Upper Canada Legislature to constitute Upper Canada College a " Temporary University." An attempt of this kind was made m 1830, and a Bill for that pui,,ose was passed by the House of Assembly, but it was rejected by the Legislative Council, for the reasons which it then gave. That propose 1 Bill is printed on pages 301-304 of the First Volume of this Bum- mentary History. Although the Education Committee, in their Report, submitted a " Plan " as directed, whereby this Upper Canada College University portion of the Act of 1-^39 mi-ht be carried into effect, yet it never was acted upon, as the incongruity ot ihesci ri . may have prevented any practical attempt being made to do so. The Theolooical Department of the University of Kixo's Colleok. ,^n,^o^*'"'' . ^•''^T ^'*''® bestowed much consideration on the subject ot the Theological depaixment. •« ^'.r conviction that it would be wholly subversive of the ,nlervndrelbS But SoS Ih' "uT' v^^*"' ^"^ '^' Professorslc^f different Den. .nination of ReligS But. although they would, for this reason, suggest, that the University in this Facultv shmiiri vSriS"' '" '*^r;' ^^''^^,'' Cambridgetud Dublin; they woulftso.ecomre d'th^t p^^^^^^ Oh LtiS h" ""t^ \''' ""^^r^'"^' t° tl»«.«fc"Jent8 for the Ministry in otl. r Denominations of Ohiistianity, the advantages of iv icademio education. They, t' .rof,,re, submit the „nlv olan by which It appears to them the ortant object of instructioi v Th- -^S Students cui be obtained, without exciting angry ana jealous feelings throughout t), ? .ce or endanCin^ KouK Z^u'^TT^ 1"^' S"* " "^y- '^'^^y "'•"1'' recommen. . llulo ^'icaf Sen "fiS ahould be established (either all m une, or each in a di '^.r. „t part ot the Province )oTi( ,reaoh fc^orinist "l'*-'^'"^"^ ' /"''"^'^ '■''''' r -t^'^'J-hment f'rUe educat loi ., t tei^r ceSfvin/twr>!"^ '' r:'7!,^ instruction there, the Student should receive a diploma, certifying that he had conii)leted the re, uisite course of Theological stuuv, which might be an essential in the requisites for sue! tiues. or degrees, . Divinity, as the ! horTt e . each Theological Seminary might be empowered to confer. 0" « uormes . eacn Note. Fr .m this portion of the Rep., of the Educaf-on Committee of the Commissioners, it will be seer chat th'. C = .mi tee strongly dissented, anmrentlv on prudential grounds, ^ro- n,e pr .posed ^ lan of having Episcopalian and Presbyterian Professors < Theology in the University of King's College. This scheme, as a solution of i! • denomination; difficulty, in the settlement of the ' p? 1 '»«— f < <■•■ , A mm J II u> ' ^H k. iH S48 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OK EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1889 King's College Charter .|uesbion. was suggested hy a Committee of the Imperial House of Commons in 1828 and endorsed hy the Select Committee of the Legis- lative Council in 1837, on the amendment of the Charter. (See page 69, ante.) In 1831 a^revious ((lort had been made to arrange matters, in regard to the University. Owing to apprehensions, which were entertained at that time,(a8 stated by thf Reverend A. N. Bethune. in his Memoir of liishop Strachan, by adherc-uts of the Church of England in Upper Canada.) that the "disgust in England." caused by the statement there of alleged grievances in Canada," would seriously damage the position "of the Church of England here,' the Bishop of the Diocese-the Honourable and Right Reverend Charles James Stewart, U.l)., Brother of the Earl of Galloway-was strongly urged by Archdeacon Sciachan and others to proceed to England; as, from family connections, he had inMiu-nce with several of the Ministry." The Reverend Doctor Bethune proceeds :— EnKlL'""' ""TScht'dS'Ju,'' "^ .^J^V^-'^-> should accompany Bishop Stewart to jjiiiKiaua. . . [Which Jie did, and they arrived m England on the 30th of April, 1831 1 Much consultation was had with Lord Goderich in regard to the University on th« Zt7wThIst°ri'''r'^'^,.''l'^ '^r"*^ '""^^^ a8sailed^ and hiXIirh'Sde" pn! position which 1 strongly advised Bishop Stewart to accept. This was to divii'e the llnivora tv InttZ^H ' r,Tr!l' ^^'^ '" *^« ^''"'"^''^f England, with the^rese it OHarL^^^^^^^^^^^ ScuMTS '^" ^M^rr ^' th« establishment of a University entirely Satisfactory to ««]? nK t\ 1 1- • .• ^"''•' ••' ^''^ disappointment of Lord Goderich, the BMhon felt him ac eiHeSe offr ?'t 'l ^^'"^1 ^7.?*^ ^^'' «''«^^ ' '^^' ^' -""'^ h^vrbeen w e t hive SrOQESTIOKsuF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, IN REGARD TO THE DlSTRHT GRAMMAR SCHOOI.S. <)fferTheiTwtg^^urg~nf •-"'^' '"' ^''"'=^^"" ^°™"""^'^ "^ *^" Commissioners beg to ^ri^X^tZrllT^^ll^^^^^^^ '^ '' '^'^^'^' 'y ''"^ - ^'-^ disadvantages .ill Bhoufd r^fe'^r t,?ii8*!maMfinnl'""^*^ ^! appointed without examination ; that this examination that exoSw i luahhcations not merely as a scholar, but, at a teacher ; for it often happens that excellent scholars are wholly unfit for the office of Teacher. "»1 pens Punifs t^he^Uls'Jli.ln" '''""/'' ^,r"'*^^f«'' «» Assistant in each School, where there are thirty pupils, the Master to supply other nssislance, according to the increase of pupils in the School unifct'in nll'^Ti?^'^ \° ^'f}"^^ desirable to have District (Grammar) School Houses built on an Remarks of the Education Committee on the State of the Common Schools. Schn^I* 1°""" ^"™"""ee beg leave now to offer a few remarks on the present state of Common fmprol 'ment^'"''"'"*"^ '" the Plan, which they.have the honour of ^recommending fortheTr 1889 Iinporiul ;he Legis- 9, ante.) an I to the ,(08 stated bercutsot' 1," caused y damage Bese — the er of the Dthers to ieveral of Stewart to ■AL] y, on the lude a pre- University ichanged ; jfactory fco i felt him- se to have Successor S(;hooi.s. irs beg to tages ffill iimination 1 happens ire thirty e School. iilfc on an lation for IS, as are ommittee ntitled to F District that the ly. >t,s. Common for their iition of 'eachers, oin their Chap. XV. UEPoKToP^^ co^^ ,,,,,,^,^ ^^ ^^.^.^^^ ^,^^^_^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^2\S^^^^^^^^ o'Z;:;rrhi^;rn r- '"• V'^iniZ^m«ne..tion the working classes are so high that ferunder aW., * """^'^L"'"- . '" »»'» Country, the wage, of who are unable to do anythi.fg olse • and h" „c th„ * I!, "')'\"[ •^^'""•' ^H-ter. except those entrusted to incou.potont and i,npro,.Jr ersonr Th ""'"'"""^ ,'•"*•«- ''^ education are ..ften least, bo o,,ual to that of a «''nnuu,Xourer 'untT s",.nl'?r° "' ^''" «?'.'-'' ^I'«»«r should, at OommKtoe fear that it will be in vain to «/;.«. f\S" provision of this nature is n.mlo, your the Schools. '" ^'"" ^" "''I'«'=t a suthc.ent supply of competent Teache« foj Nk..««s,tv ok . Th.,m.o, ok Nokmm.. Schoo. ..h Tk.chkhs. Sch..X'Teadr." *it"Litn\terrrul^in'''''r''"".?'''''''' ''^•'*«'''' '« ^'^ — ^ "^ <^ Training attested by experience, whetver tlfey have Sn ?:" '" tr'T^'^'r^^V^ ""•'' ^"^titutionsi^f led to observe next, the evils arising^frc^rthe wan f T . n f ^'^"1' ^"'""""ee are naturally rsj^'::; -rt^t-i "-^^"^i^^. ^^-'^ «" -^-trxs!:;;dir Kiruseiji v!r T^r ^"""" ''"""""'^' "" ^"^ '^""'^^^'•^«- - c— S..H0O.S. Of a Piin S:S;^s;r:^ranS;rsi3r" "°'^ '"«'-^« '•• -^--^^ *"« -^•"- built! (a|,TfC^rt!;i«^l"Sr^ '^^"«^^Tl House might be nterest for the capital expended. To the Sctool H l! i ^f ;"=•*'"'"' ^hi^h should receive and (say two acres.) for 'the use of the Schoo IMiS^r Th\ ^ I" f «"'""' V'"«" I'""-^*"" "^ le»8t. fave rooms ; two School Rooms -one for S.? f! .u''^"^' "'"""^ «'^""'^l contain, at Bed Room for the Master, and a Kitchen ^'^'' """'^^"'" ^*''" ^''" K»-^« ' >' Si"i»« and able ^^^a\::z.^:!;^i^z^^^ rot^d^ar^-'t '^''^^^"- ^^ -"''^ ^« ^e- dut.es. The income of the Teachei should Lri.« ^'''^^''''J^' and competent to discharge, these for tuition ; the allowance shoSu't be less than F? I' " p'^ «"owance. ami also for^ho fee! Teacher, and Ten Pounds, (£10.) for the Fen a ,l'i^-.""'''' ^^^^'^ ^'^' y^^""^ ^^^ ^^^ Male have the charge of the Model ScliolthnTS^h.^ "" v" ^^^ '^^^'^''"' ^''^ «>'"»W Masters through the Town^ip, Sm^he SI 7/.'' "' ™"''' ^'"'^r.'^ *" '"»*''''te «« «'^hool . more than two miles distant fn>^^%l Jese^ihou Id hi' ^""'TT' School,-say at any place future elevation of the latter to peinrSsSliS^Tn t:^Z^^^'^t:^ sum, which is within the reach of ahnost alf whS iouT. n ! ' T 'l"*"^";- """'^^ ^« ^'^'^'^ »« « ::;iS2 sr -^ -- ^«^^^ ^^- ^ --^ -^Es^be^^^s ti-fr^dis:^ the ^Z:Si:t^:^^^^^^^ £- l^e- s,:ould form one part of the income of they would deduct one quarter to be SionriatPd 1 f i ^"''^ f'°"' Government. Fron, this, «ubjo.n an estimate of L probable IZTZT'^^^t S^rSeltdS^"^ ''''"'''' ^""'^ Fixed allowance from Government Assuming thirty as the average numbe^of p'upii," "in" ;ach "school' ^'^ the whole amount of fees will be ° ' o.n Fff .m this, deduct one fifth for free pupils' '.'.'.'.'.'.'..'.'.'.'..'.'.."" 12 From this, .leduct ona-quarter for a School Library 12 3G 36 Average incom e of a Common School Teacher ~-~ + ?r 7;f *'*»^'' °° ^''^ "«''* P»«f«. i« regard to al^^^^^h^^i! ' Commietle?/?r^"&, ;rof^SSo^^^^^^^ , P,,,3iao, before a -aco™.e.e ..School in Prussia r'^'r...^"ff£„y ha^^^ort^,^^^^^^^ 11 r. .,. I< lb I 250 DOCUMENTAUY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1839 The subjects of instruction should be, in addition to the ordinary branches of an English Education, (Spelhng Reading and Writing,) the Holy Scriptures. Geography, History Arith- metic, Mensuration and Book-keeping ; and, in the Girl's School, Sewing and Knitting.' Evils of Permitting American Books to be used in the Schools. Great care should be taken in the selection of Text Books, Your Committee regret to find that editions published in the United States are much used throughout the Province : tinctured as they are, by principles, which, however fit for dissemination under the form of Govern- ment which exists there, cannot be inculcated here without evil results.* They, therefore recommend that some means should be taken whereby the Schools here maybe provided with Text Books at a cheap rate from Great Britain, or that a series of compilations, or re-publica- tions, should be prepared and printed here, as the School Books appointed to be used in all the Schools throughout the Province. An Inspector Genervl of Education, and a Paovinciai, Bovrd op Commhsioners. ITie general control of Common Schools, your Committee recommend sliould be vested in a Provincial Board of Commissioners, at Toronto. One of these Commissioners, (to be called the "Inspector General of Education"), should be ex-officio, Chairman of the Board, and should receive a salary. He should exercise supervision over both the Grammar and Common Schools, and be the medium of communication between the local authorities in the Districts, and the Council of King's College, or the Provincial Board of Com- inissioners. The Secretary of the Board also should be a salaried Officer. The duties of this Provincial Board should be, at first, the preparations of Rules and Regulations to be observed throughout all the Schools under their control. The selection, or preparation, r rr L°^ '^^^^ Books, etcetera, to be used ; fixing the editions of the same ; the licensing of Teachers ; determining the location of the School Houses ; and making other arrangements necessary, as preliminaries to the introduction of the System of Education subsequently. Other duties would be to supervise the operation of this System, by revising and examining the quarterly Reports sent by the Secretaries of the District Boards of School Trustees, and to present an Annual Statement to the Officer administering the Government of the Province ; detailiha the number of Schools ; the number of pupils in each ; the number of Teachers ; the income o'f the same,— derived from public funds, and from .school fees ; state of School Houses ; revenues and souroes of the same ; and other particulars, from which accurate information of the System of Education, and its practical working, may be readily obtained. The local control of the Schools should be vested in District Trustees, nominated by the Officer administering the Government of the Province. Each of these District Trustee Boards should have a salaried Secretary, who also should disi.;Marge the duty of inspecting and reporting on the Schools within the District. each Secretary as often as circumstances may require, but all, at least, once annually. It should also be his duty to ccnduct the correspondence with the General Board of the Province, and with the Board of Township Directors of Schools. These Directors might be elected by the Shareholders, from amongst themselves, and also from those who had become eligible by making a donation of a fixed amount, or value, to the advancement of education in tlie Township. To the Board of Township Directors the School Master should act as Secretary, conducting the correspondence with the Secretary of the Dis- trict Board of Trustees, and with the itinerant Teachers licensed for that Township. a year and some have Thirty Pounds, (£30,), and, in Berlin, it may amount to Sixty Pounds, {£60,) a j^ear. guMiiton.- "Does that include the House?" Anstoer: " The House is given besides." Question- Has he any land? Answer: "If there is not any land, where Commons are divided, there must be set apart so much laud as would be necessary for feeding a cow, and for growing such vegetables as the family of the School Master shall require. Sometimes he gets also a quantity of potatoes hav. corn, or fuel. Question: "How much should you think in an agricultural district he v/ould require to make him comfortable ? Answer : " At least Fourteen Pounds, (£14). Question : " What would be the salary of a clergyman m euch a District?" Answer: "From twenty, (£20,) to Thirty, (£30,) a year."— Education Commissioners Report, * This matter has frequently been a subject of remark by those who, in early days, gave attention to the subject. See especial y the last paragraph of Sir Peregrine Maitland's Despatch to Earl Bathurst. and the note appended to it, on page 3 of this Volume, ante. 1839 ' an English itory, Arith- ting. egret to find I ; tinctured, of Govern- j^, therefore, rovided with r re-publica- e used in all i be vested ners, (to be the Board, •aminar and authorities 'd of Com- le duties of »uIations to preparation, he licensing Tangements ntly. Other he quarterly > present an ietaili'ng the icome of the evenues and le System of : the Schools Sovernment ;retary, who the District. It should ce,and with 'es, and also alue, to the 1 the School 1 of the Dis- unds, (i,'60,) a i." Question: I, there must sh vegetables iotatoe«, hay, lid require to would be the 10,) a year."— e attention to arl Bathurst, Chap. XV. REPORT OF A COMMISSION ON EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1839. 251 Necessity fob Training, or Normal, Schools for Teachers in Upper Canada. carried3'iitho7tXS'.!H'\''' '^^ "« I>'^V ^^ ^?"^**^°" ^" '^' Pr«^i"«« ^*» be efficiently uirriea out wunout the establishment of Schools for the t raininir of the Te.ichprs TIiav w,.nl/ Inadequacy of the Funds Devoted to the Purposes of Education in Upper Canada. ComSL h^ "f'^ subject of the funds for the purposes of Education in Upper Canada vour the pT; ince''i?,:v^thrrl:'^ "^''''Z n"^ '^' ^''''''' ^^^^^^^"'^ ^' inadequate to the w^ni of ,v.i,nT I i^ I ^' *^^™*ore, respectfully recommend that a direct tax of three 'arthinrrs in thp c,;th?Tx\t':i:rorETuS io" ^^^? pr"" v^"!*'*^^ '''' ^~' ^•^-^ thrbuTsinS'd Hved an;"a:ilutiriTrr^^^^^^^ ^^*" -- ^^^ c.mifensate for. Uppe^JaTadals ^l^"^^^"*^ ^'^P'^"'^^'^ ^^^"^ ^he public funds for the purposes of .^dncation in District (Grammar) Schools, Fourteen, at ^100 each *moO Common Schools, (about Eight Hundred), annual grant by Legislature sole ° "^ £- ggQ Common Schools, permanent provisioii'for them in" the "fou'r- teen Districts, at i'260 each f -^ -.fin o i r.n Grant for Books and Tracts for the Common" Schools', "' ' ^^ (4 George IV, Chapter VIII, Section 1) ^gQ £10,700 poundrmsVoolt'hJr'^^ll'S''' ^''""?^-^ '" the pound will yield about Fifteen Thousand Fur the Common School^. Parliamentary Grants, ^including the one for Books) f q -^00 Proceeds of Proposed Tax of three Farthings in the £ '. . ". '. '. '. ". ". '. ". ". ". ". '. '. '. '. ig^oOO For the District {Grammar) Schools. ' Parliamentary Grant to fourteen District Grammar Schools £ | 400 Interest on the proceeds of the Sales of School Lands ■....".'.■.".".■.■. 720 2 120 Assistance fron. the Council of King's College, under the " Act for the Advanc- ^^^'^^^ meiit of Education 1.1 the Province," 2nd Victoria, chapter 10,) prf/sed ^1 1839 ; page 170, ante (not knownX ^ I'-nseu in 284 of K'SVolI^S^Sj^^ State' Jf^Ne^f Jik' uSC^e.* in S yeaT'sV^el^LT ^2^^^""?^^?' '1^'''''.' '' '-'^ «y«*"»- I" '^^ which there were three hundrpH "nH lZ.t',.f!^;,^.!15?,'„ ^"Vtabhshments for the education of Teachers, in Seminaries, m which there were^^r^ than" two tQs^^d PupT^'D^So^Jl^i^i^SLSr"" rn^>r:Jl^orirl:7:t ^eV^^^^ «^^'« appropriation for Com- proportion ohhe appropriation -but the ^Tr^Pfn^ ***^'' »''*'' ''^ least equal to their a* 262 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1839 Estimate of the probable expenses of the system recommended : In aid of Common Schools. Intemt^on the Capital of £^0,000 expended on Three Hundred School Houses at £200 Allowance to Three H undred Male Teachers^ at" £1 V each ■■■.'.■.■ ^' J SJ A ewance to Three Hundred Female Teachers, at £ 10 each iniSl Allowance to Four Hundred Itinerant Teachers at £20 each g'J^ _ .^ £19,100 In aid of Grammar Schools. Interest on £3 500, half the sum expended on Fourteen Grammar Schools. £ 210 Fourteen Head Masters, at £100 each \ a(v\ Fourteen Assistants, at £50 each, ...........'.'..".' 700 2,810 Cost 0/ Management. £21,410 Provincial Inspictor General cf Education P qnn Secretary of Provincial Central Board of Education, ono * Fourteen District Inspectors of Schools, 1 fnn Various Incidentals, V.!;^ oOO 2,500 £23,910 Thus a balance remains of £2.910 of which £1,500 might be available for the endowment of Professorships in the proposed Theological Seminaries The remainder beins Lf un3 Sl1or"i"t" detalKr ''" "^T't ^'t''^ '^'^^ '^^''^^^ ^^'"^'^ may"no"twe V e.f^ i vmecl tor in the details of the Common School System, as compiling and printing.* All which is respectfully submitted, John McCaul, Chairman of the Committee on Education. ^ • H. J. Grasett. Committee Rooms (No. 5.) « b tr Toronto. 22nd January, 1840. S.B.Harrison. APPENDICES TO THE FOREGOING REPORT OF THE EDUCATION COMMTS SIGNERS OF 1839. A. Report of Common Schools ; shewing the number of Schools in each District and the pupds in each School ; also the texi Books used ; (Note. The Report of the Lonio'i Strict .8 given separately, being the most complete report of all received from the Districts t) and SeSjSstS'herS""'"" ''''""'^ '-^'""'''° *'" """"'^^ "^ ^'"^^'^ "^ «->> School * The fijfiiie« in these Statements were incorrectlv printed in the Annendix tn thn Tmimaio «f n,o 1" r""^" ' ^"^ *" °°"^°*^ •'^"'^ """^y ^^^"^ in several rnatanct """*'' °^ *^' +K» ttF!^,'^?'"*'"^u-^''°'?i^u*'A''"^"'^i''' V''*'"'''' (^"ntaias rainuSe details of each of the ninety Schools in thp the thirty lownships of the then London Oistrict. It is therefore omitted in this Historv Tt oVn ha Lin however, on pages 3*1.343 of Volume ii of the Appendix of the Jourals of he House of AssemWv for the fifth Session of the Thirteenth (and last) Parliament of Upper Canada, 1839, 1840 ^'''^'"'"y' ^°' "'« Chap. XV. KEPORT OF A COMMISSIOK ON EDUCATIOX IN UPPER CANADA, 1839, 253 1 Education. irnals of the u« 1" "' fH.mthel,t„f January to the 30th of November T«3^; di' arsements of King's Colle^.„, verait, of K,„g', College, on the 30th of NovSr i™ """'""•nt of ll,e «.»et, of the Vui. o< land ao d for the Un.verrity o, King'. Co-lleTeX' St," TST^^Cl I'Sr"""" "' """ the same. '"''•'"''^ ^^ Education sera to sundry persons, and ans«-ers from Appendix A,-Rkport ok thk Common S.hools in 1838 -Statistics* 14,776 Name of District. * Johnstown ..,.3l,79fi 84 1,925 No. of Pupils. Boys. Girls. Bathcrst Prince Edward 23,436 13,212 Nkwcastle Eastern . . . Ottawa Home . . . Niagara 84 64 44 B^oks --cd, in the Common Schools. 35,755 2[),49SJ 89 8,016 28 1,154 2,110 No. not re turned. 2,460 57,314 30,522 WKMfEKN ,;.'.■.■; i6;9oi Midland GOHK . TAi,U(jr , London 92 48 33 670 Geography; To!Zl^t?rZ;:A'''^fuZ^ Woodbridge^ ZfdZT' ^''*'^"'^"° ' «oEith^rilft^Vie?:Sg,L"i» ^^IfntSirfct'^^"'"^' ^"^'^«h Reader; and y'tll^Vi^o'^X'^ll^^^^^^^ - --« Schools, Testament ; Eton Gramrlr^f Yh ^'^??,'"r*/. "^ *»"Rht. Blake's Natur^al p\X'ophy •' teo;: "kTu' ^'\«'^^^ ^ Grammar; Arithmetic and Writing ^ "*'' ^i^^r^y'^ Note. No return of Bookrt used. and a va'rietrof Sok'^of ArSmetS*'^' ' ""'^ '^^^'^'^'-^ •' }''DistrSB.'''P'"*^ ""''■' "^^^ ---d from any of these Arithmetic; in Bome'SohU, CW„'cIid'St?ra^°^^^ "'^^'^ ^ils reported in ten, out bf the thirteen Dietricts. * Nn ropr».fo..f i-U„ /~!_., n , . . — ■ 2,567 "574 ifc 254 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPtR CANADA. 1839 n n ■f- i Appendix B Repokt of the District (Grammak) Schools— Pupils attending them ; axd Course of Study therein, 1838. Name of District. Wkstbrn .... 30 Eastern 30 Niagara 36 Bathurst 81 Johnstown Midland Newcastle 19 32 31 Home ... ai IjONDON •Gore 22 35 Ottawa Princk Edward Talbot 24 as Subjects of Study in the Orammar Schools. 311 English ; Writing ; Arithmetic ; Geography ; History, Mathematics ; Latin and Greek ; Highest Class in Virgil, Sallust, and Kuclid's Elements. General Branches of Education ; Ist Class, Greek Testament ; Cicero ; Virgil ; Euclid and Plain Trigonometry ; Algreba ; and Book-keeping. Usual Branches, Higliest form, Greek Testament ; Homer, etcetera ; Livy ; Horace ; Cicero ; Euclid's Elements, and Algebra commenced. Usual Branches; also Mathematics, Simpson's Euclid; Globes; Caesar; Ovid; Sallust ; Virgil ; Cicero ; and Horace. Usual Branches ; also Mathematics ; Natural Philosophy ; Latin and Greek ; Usual Branches ; with Elements of Greek and Latin ; Globes ; Algebra and Euclid. There are some boys learning Latin. The Books used are the same as in Upper Canada College, as far as they can be procured. General Branches ; Sixteen boys have commenced the Latin Grammar ; and two the Greek accidence. Greek ; Latin ; Mathematics ; and the usual branches, Greek and Latin, videlicet, in the upper classes, Caesar, Sallust, Cicero, Virgil and Homer ; Mathematich, etcetera, and the usual branches. General branches of Education. Report not received. This .School was not opened until 2nd of January, 1839. \ Total number of Boys in District; Grammar Schools. KePORTS OF THE GRAMMAR AND COMMON SCHOOLS IN UpPM; OaNADA FOR THE Year 1839. Note. The following Reports of the Common Schools in the several Dis- tricts belong to the year 1839, in which the Report of the Education Commis- sioner was made. They illustrate the condition of the Grammar and Common Schools of Upper Canada in that year. They v/ere laid before the Legislature by the Lieutenant Governor at difterent times, as will be seen by reference to pages 223, 226, 228 of tliis Volume, ante. Only such portions of these Reports as appeared to be of general interest are given. The Reports from the same Schools in 1838 will be found on pages 213-215 of this History, ante. Eastern DuHtrict Grammar School. The Trustees ry : — We have much pleasure in reporting our entire satisfaction with the manner in which the pupils acquitted themselves, and the well grounded and accurate knowledge which they exhibited of the several branches, in which they have been instructed. (Signed by the Honourable Mr. Justice McLoan, the Reverend Georye Archbold, and Messieurs John Mackenzie, D. Macdonell, and G, C. Wood.) Eastern District Common Scliools. The District Board of Education aay : — The Trustees <;f the several Schools report favourably of the progress of the pupils and the attention of the Teachers in the various branches taught. (Signed by Messieurs Joseph Anderson and D. Macdonell.) Ottafva District Grammar School. The Trustees say : — The School is composed of day BclioiarB only ; and Iheie appe'rii's ho e.visl aiuuiig the people ui Li us part oi the JJistrict, a lament- able indifference to the advantages of a liberal education, which this Institution certainly places )A. 1839 Chap. XV. REPORT OF A COMMLSSION ON EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1839. 256 li THEM ; AND ics ; Latin and ; "Virgil ; Euclid Livy ; Horace ; Caesar ; Ovid ; d Greek ; bra and Euclid. ne as in Upper »r ; and two the jero, Virgil and NADA FOR several Dis- 011 Commis- nd Common 5gislature by ice to pages ' Reports as same Schools ire in reportinuriE condition. (Signed by the lieverend Messieurs Edward Denroche an.l WillLr,? 4^^ orf f Messieurs Bartholowmew Carley and E. Hubbell-; denroche and William Smart, and ■ Bathnrd District Grammar School. The Schocl is well conducted by Mr William Kav who Newcastle District Grammar School. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees savs • Th« Newcastle District (Grammar) School is at present under the charge of Mr. Walter CCrc:fT;;n a native of Ireland and formerly a Scholar of Trinity College Dublin. The „uniherobov« m attendance la hirty-two, whose ages vary from seventeen to seven year/ Ten of the nuX th" MaTerlof'SiSL'dn '^""^ ^"' 1 *'^^^" '/^^ ''T"'^ ^^^ -""'"-^ commendatiSo Neil Belhune ) ^' ^^""°^ ""'"^ ^"""^ "'"'^""'- ^^^°"«^ ^^^ '^e Reverend Alexander .avp^T''""^ ^''*T^ ^''">f^'>'\ Schools The Chairman of the District Board of Education ?/h r! ^'" ^^^l^ '? '^y^^^^ ^" the Teachers are, with one exception, BriHsh born subrectT and that person has long been imturah.ed. The Books too, upon wh,ch the Board insists are aU of an exceptionable character (Signed by ihe Rev- end A. ^. Bethune. ) Prince flward DlMrict Grammar School. The Trustees say :-()n the fifteenth dav of Itr^ ^ ??'V'^''?'l^.T?^"«'*PP"'"t^^^y"« '^ be Maste^r of the PubbMSai? Mr tr .«r p^'''k'-*°.^m'''';/"'""?.'^^"«^'^ by tbe appointment of the formi Teache/ Mr Marcus C. Cromb.e to the Mastership of the Home District (Grammar) School Xt^ ast examination of the School while under Mr. Crombie's care, in July iTt about tweiv fit! boys were present,-six or eight of whom were being taught the UtinLd G?eek omss c.^ and the remainder the usual branches of Kr.glish and Mlrcantifc education The pupiVs~aUv uZ fh m'T'"'"''','"*'''"^ '""'T^ '^^'''' '" «"«b a manner, as to reflecta 'ooHeal of 3 upon the Master, and give general satisfaction to their parents and guardians" (Skri^ed bv the flon,mrable Simon Washbu.n, and Messieurs Thomas Moore, David^ Smith and Ses cier . Some District Grammar School. The IVusteps s ».■ • Tli.if fi.«» «„u , i • i , . appointment of Mr. Marcus C. Crombie.'as'SSaropenlStpo'tStnihT'.U;^^^^^^^ During the hrs quarter, litt e increase of scholars took I'lace, but the assSy and ruaUrtLrTra t.^M f'nn^'Pal, becoming then more generally known, the following month tS numberTwere doubled, nnd rorty-one scholars are now deriving benefit from this Institution Sichooihw been occasionally visited by some of the Trustees, and they are enabled to sUte tiieir Irtisf^ ?" "^Ph^ P ' '"''^°^ n "^^*^^e.tj°" I'"'-^"-^' -»<1 with the ad vances made by fhe upils un^; Exercised bXbv th • ''l^^ "T*"^ "f judguieut of the pupils are w'ell Ld thorougSy exercised both by th'j-..r, and practice, and, consequently, their iinprov inent assur^^d Th« mcerrogatory form ,. pr-Mcipally used, as by it, when questions ar^r ro niscuous y nut the Master ,s cert.ned whetl., ;• Uie pupil understands what L has learned L^T A rL^Jn'd an ^xample, when learne.' ...st be given for every branch of knowledge that is acquired (sLnei by Bishop ^trachan, the Honourable William Allan and Colonel James FitzgibboiT ^^ 256 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1839 "1 1 ' ,1 1 ij 5 .'lail: Canatin^'^nr'^tSroTSf .boit^ S^^T^ '-- ^-- "- Teacher in themselves very often to tL great exiinTSl-trir-thf^, thoughts have naturally turned remedying them. Ifc ^ould certainlv be 3p..^S f . ^ ^^"* .systo.n, and the modes of to you, that 80 whatever "nthein was iud/e I 1 !?r«^h!!f '" ^^'-'"'T^ '"^ '^««« iannediately lative measures. •" ^^ * seiviceable might oirectly come to bear on Legia- Dr. Jot'^C'ThVp^rin^'r^nd M::'^\^^^^^^^ '''' B''''^'' (^'-"--) ««»>-l oonductod by a most flourishing and adv^trnL^SitTm^'Th^e^pTl^^^^^^^^^^ «"^^ the Institution in^ IS great, and every credit is due to the dilLJlSJtl, "\^V '^•^'"ous pupils m knowledge to which this is appended exhibits the nS«r f ''"?,'^"."» ^ th« teachers. The statement branches of educatson w ich are tauL^ht anTl thp t T^''\-l '''" "««tution at this date, thl the Reverend Messieurs Alexander Lie Tohn^^ k?'" n ^"^ '" "«« *^«^^i"- (Si?n«d by Me^sieurs James Racey, S^^ M.'jti:is^^^^^^^^^^ Mark Y. Stark, anj the,j:Sfi::;;is^^jsSuf(ieS^r'br^^^ ^'^^^^ -^- *- - ^'^-e of according to the provision of the Act '' for th« L^ >^ !^">'' 'Wipointmenb of the Trustees, provision, (both Lre and in tt\':>toi^"L sfcriS tt?e"'u ^S^ ^^^'^^ a separate District), has hitherto proved nuStorv nlwll ^ of Norfolk was constituted might be desirous t , avail theniselves of it inn^T' T ft ""^'"f *°, ^'^^ ^^''*' t'^'*' those, who in the neighborhood of ?he Sc S'and pa;trow nfl ll ^"^ ^^' *''^^""^** «^ ^heir children Schools, which do not furnish cSiSter/nr-,?!^ f -^^ melheient state of the Common conclude this Report, witW depwfAJe VSafdl^^^^^ ^"^''^ «-"«t vmce, (and particularly in this oart of it w!fh Li," u .1 ' ^ education throughout the Pro- state of thinl^s which c^lls loudfy or the adoi^ion of e, or^ r'"' "^ '°"'T' ^f ^ ' '^^i'^^inted) ; a the Common Schools, and for sKther «t n. «? energetic measures for the improvement of liberty to lecorditastheiroSf that them^^^^^^^ remedy the evil. They also take the in the Province, would be X "iwment ,,?^rSeat TT'"'"'' *' ^''-^'^'^ ^''^"^^^'^ "^ ^^'"«'^^'"» admit of, to those in the parent statTwbtnl.t learning as similar as circumstan..es may large, of the degree to whici the cuUiv^rof the ^^^^^^^ ^' furnished to the country at £d^ to the industry of the r.^^^^^^^^ '^^^t ^ ^^^l^^^:'^ ^^^^^i^^'c:i;:£^ of Education says :-The They have been carefully examined in the br„,?nl-'' ' 'i^o^t'^keu the oath of allegiance, come short of the stSa™ nua rhStioiL tW '''^r^^^ '^^y ^'^""•^^lly necessity, in consequence of the s3l and fnadP, n«^^ *"• ^' ^^t^blislied. Employed from being little more than an ordinLy me hant of XurJi's "ii^:" 7^' '"' '^'^' -PP-t.-it mstruction in the Common Schools is rennrp,lL„i-/ T^.-^ ™"'"*' ^tticient system of profession, for which res^ecSrorivisZ Imi.ld f;/n^^ '? '^f' ''^'^^^ ^''""^'^ *'«'^°'"« ^ preparation provided for the duJy'^Jf TeTcLrs Th« n/lh ^^^^^^^T' ^"'^ ^^^ '"«^"« "^ ^ue are forty-one. The number ot pupils in the District TsTm "^I'^'^f' '" ^^^ Niagara District Cruen, Chairman.) ^^ l^istrict is 1,324. (Signed by the Reverend Thomas * Note. The remainder of the School Reports are statistical. They are given in detail on pages 42U-43.0 of the Appendix to the Journals of t^. House Upper Canada, Volume I, Part II, 1839, 1840. that l^i," ^7fl^ '" *'"' ''''"'■' °' '^' ^'"^^ '''»'™' Common Schools, t at the Board of Mucafon for that DUtrict practically endorse the .tatemen ot the tUucafon Comnnttee of the Commissioner.,-page 249, «nfe,_that -the .come of the School Master should be at least equal to that of the common abourer wh,ch ,„ those days it was not. The consequence was, as stated by he Education Committee, ■• the important duties of education are often entrusted to incompetent and improper persons." 1839 Teacher in rally turned 10 modes of immediately r on Legis- mductifl by atitution in J knowledge B Statement is date, tlm (Signed by Stark, and or three of e Trustees, ren," which constituted those, who ir children e Common ard cannot It the Pro- lainted) ; a ovement of i take tlie F education tarit.'es may country at 1 stimulus cis Evans, ays .■—The allegiance, generally ijyed from pport,— it system of become a ns of due ra District id Thomas hey are ^ House inenfc of Schools, itement it "the :ommon ited by- trusted Chap. XV. REPORT OF A COMMISSION ON EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1839. 257 AppENmx C— (1) Report op Upper Canada College, from January, 1832, to the 6th of August, 1839. of thf"^*Lr«'^8S2^ft^o'''STK*''^ number of Pupils attending Upper Canada College in each of the years 1832-1839 ; also the amounts received for dues, and the amounts outstanding. Yeabb 1883. 1833. 1834. 1835. e V t College Forma and Preparatory School. Ist 2nd 3rd 4th Ist .. 2nd., 3rd ., 4th ., 27 25 26 23 24 26 22 25 iBt ..| 2nd .. 3rd .. 4th .. Ist 2nd 3rd 4th 23 26 17 20 20 27 27 25 I 19 21 21 24 21 19 21 22 17 17 17 15 22 22 26 24 9 9 7 10 16 16 12 9 20, 24 18 22 22 13 24 23 16 19 18 12 21 21 24 19 16 17 12 10 6 6, 2 61 8 6! 3 4' 3 13 16 18i 18 a ii o o o,| o S 20 1011 16 11 4 106 99 7 1071 19 Amount of fees, and Dues for Books. £. H. d, 14 114| 19 21 117 20 18' 121 ; 21 16l 116 26 15 12 17 28 5 29 8 31 111 16 114 113 116 115 124 139 129 21 22 22 2'i 27 31 30 8 19i 114' 26 1353- 8- 6 1712-15- 6 1743 6- 5 2031- 0- 3 Amount of Disbursements for these years— (? for Text Books) 1836 Ist .. 2nd.. 3rd .. 4th .. 1837 1st .. 2nd.. 3rd .. 4th .. 1838 1st .. 2nd.. 3rd .. 4th .. 1839 Ist .. 26 25 17 12 'J 18 )' 20! l4 K V6 i^-^' 21 IS 24 11 22 9 28 9 22 17 31 14 18 23 18 17 13 15 8 9 19 23 11 15 13 10 12 11 7 15 13 17 16 18 20 23 22 15 20 18 9 10 10 10 8 10 8 9 11 7 10 13 m 17 14 14 15 4': 8 9i 8 8 5 11 16 15 10 27 105 98 94 26 28 30 102 35 111 38 99 34 111 42 139 67 7 jliJ 33 139 41 6 18 ?3 135 40 6 15 21 130 37 *> 9; 36, 142 36 V 16| 361 1621 37 2875-17-11 6840- 9- 7 1786-19- 6 Amount of Disbursements for 1836, 1887, 1838, and Ist Quarter of 1839, 1839. 2nd Srd *4th. 32 27 25 25 26 28 13 12 16 15 13 14 I 17 22 22 6 14 5 19 24 24 33 154 46 1681 63 17o! 59 Disbursements for 2nd and 3rd Quarters of 1839— ( ? for Text Books) 13761- 8- S 1260- 2- 3 1260- 2- 3 Amount Paid. Balance Due. £. 8. d. £. 8. d. 266- 0-0 720- 0-0 1000- 0-0 775- 802-17-0 3552-170 1000- 0-0 1881- 1-2 985-10-5 3287-12-7 8319- 8-7 5633-12-3 96- 3-1 62916-4 -( ? for Text) Books 6441-19- 8 630- 6-11 • For this last Quarter the accounts cannot yet be furnished. Note. No explauatiou is given by the Committee of the Commissioners of Education, in this part of their Report, as to what these " Disbursements " were for. I assume that they were for Text Books,— the amount of " dues " for which is entered in one of the columns of the foregoing Statement. 17 D.E. 3 \u ', 5 m ■i f'^ 258 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 183& Appendix C (2),— Financial Rkport of Upper Canada College Dues, 1831-1839. Note. This Report gives in detail the amount due to Upper Canada College, from 1831 to 1839. for fees and dues for Text Books, amounting, in the aggregate,' to £4,468-2-0. As this item is included in the Assets of Upper Canada ColTege,' Appendix E, Statement number Two, it is not necessary to give the details here' They may be seen on page 345 of Volume Two, of the Appendix to the Journals of the House of Assembly for 1839, 40. Appendix P.— Subjects of Insteuction, and Books used in Upper Canada College. Forms. (Pkepabatobt School) FiBST Subject of Instruction. Text Books used. Spelling; Reading; Writing; Arithmetic; Carpenter's Spelling Book; Souter's Reader- ^*""- Butler's Tables ; Walker's first four Rules ; Second. Spelling; Reading; Writing; Arithmetic; History ; Latin. Third (Partial Class) . FotJRTH. Eton Latin Accidence ; Testament. Hogarth's Outlines of English History ; Eton Latin Grammar; Howard's Introductory Latin Exercises ; Corderius. Spelling ; Reading ; Writing ; Arithmetic ; Bonnycastle's Arithmetic ; Stewart's Geo- History; Geography; French; Latin. graphy ; King's CoUfege Modern Atlas; Levizac's French Grammar, Wanostucht's ; Numa Pompilius ; Exempla Minora ; Hood's Terminations ; Adam's Leotiones Selectee. Fifth. Sixth. Seventh. Reading ; Writing ; Arithmetic ; History ; Geography ; French ; Laun ; Greek. Reading ; Writing ; Arithmetic ; Book- keeping ; Geography ; French ; Euclid ; Algebra ; Trigonometry, etcetra. Writing ; Arithmetic ; History ; French ; Euclid ; Algebra ; Latin ; Greek. Writing; Arithmetic; History; French; Euclid ; Algebra ; Latin ; Greek. Writing ; Arithmetic ; French ; Euclid ; Algsbra ; Ancient History ; Geography jnd Antiquities ; Latin and Greek. French ; Euclid ; Algebra ; Trigonomecry ; Logarthmus; Mechanic's, etcetra; An- cient History ; Geography and Antiqui- ties ; Latin ; Greek. Goldsmith's England ; Perrin's French Dia- logues ; Telemachus ; Cornelius Nepos, and Phoedrus ; Greek Accidence. Ewing's School Orator ; Bonnycastle's Arith- metic; Morrison's Book-keeping; Stew- art's Modern Geography ; King's College Modern Atlas; French Books,— same as those used in the Forms; Mathematical Books,— same as those used in the Forme. Goldsmith's Rome ; Traite de la Conjug Francoise ; Beaute's Historie de France ; Simpson's Symbolical Euclid ; Bridge's Algebra ; Ovid's Metamorphoses ; Caesar; Ellis' Latin Exercises ; Howard's Greek Exercises; Valpy s Greek Delectus. Traitedes Participes ; Historie Louis xiv. and XV., Ainsworth's Latin Dictionary ; Steps to Sense Verses ; Sallust, and Select- ions from Ovid ; Analecta Minora ; Valpy 's Greek Exercises ; Matthias' Grammar, (abridged. ) Goldsmith's Greece ; Butler's Ancient and Modern Geography ; Eton Comparative Atlas ; Adam's Rome ; Antiquities ; Cice- ro's Orations; Virgil, Gradus ad Par- nassum ; Greek Lexicon. Henriade ; Selections from Boilean ; Bridge's Trigonometry ; Logarithms ; Wood's Me- chanic's ; Robinson's Grecian Antiquities ; Valpy's Elegantiae Latitae ; Romani Scriptores ; Cicero de Officus ; Horace : ^ Note The Boys of the 3rd, 4th, 6th, 6th, and 7th Forms, and Partial Class, are i-.structed in Ueometrical Drawing and Perspective. DA. 183» 1831-1839. lada College, le aggregate, ada College, details here. ;he Journals A College. outer's Reader J irst four Rules ; Btament. History ; Eton B Introductory Stewart's Geo- Modern Atlas; Wanostucht's; apla Minora ; im's Lectiones I's French Dia- rneliuB Nepos, dence. rcastle's Arith- •eping; Stew- King's College oks,— Haine as Mathematical in the Formi". de la Conjug ie de France J ilid ; Bridge's lOses ; Caesar j ward's Greek electus. ie Louis xiv. 1 Dictionary ; St, and Select- nora; Valpy's s' Grammar, Ancient and Comparative luities ; Cice- kdus ad Par- ean ; Bridge's Wood's Me- Antiquities ; le ; Homani Lis ; Horace ; 3 i'^structed Chap. XV. REPORT OF A COMMISSION OS EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1839. 25^ Appendix E.— Finan»!Ial Reports of Kino'h Collk(ib, 1839. Appendix K— Statement Number One : Assets of the University of Kinn's Colleqe, on the SOth of November, 1839. ./ . ''•e Investments in Debentures of the Province of Upper Canada £18 500 ft Stock of the Bank of Upper Canada [[['[ '250 Balance of cash in hand Purchase money of Lands bo' • md now overdue, £14,498 10 Interest due thereon, q qqq q Purchase money of Lands sold, and not yet due .'....'. 33,'496 Interest due thereon, \ ^^ 7' 755 q 6 892 14 lO £19,()42 14 10 Arrears of Rents duo on Lands 5000 Loans and Debts due to the College, ■■■... ....V. ....'.'..['.'.'.. ..'. lo'sso 128,366^ acres of Land under Lease, or unsold, idued at the averivgo rate at ' which the College Lands have hitherto sold, namely. Twenty -one Shill- ings and eight pence per acre .' i^Q qqq Value of the College Grounds, with labour and improvements thereon! .....'. ll'oOO Total aasets of King's College, on the 30th of November, 1839 £246,845~ Bursar's Office, Toronto, 9th of December, 1839. 16 6 9 9- 0< 0. H. Boys, Bursar. Note. The Grammar School Funds, not having been transferred to King's CoUeee Con as per Act, (2nd Victoria, Chapter 10,) "for the Advancement of Education in the Province " not included m the foregoing Statement. uncU' Province," are Note. An estimate of these Assets, as made by Mr. Thomas C. Patrick, Accountant to the King's College Committee of Investigation into the Bursar's Accounts, up to the 30th of June, 1839, will be found on page 192 of this Volume, ante. It differs, as will be seen, from the foregoing, both as to date and amount. Mr. Patrick's Statement is made up to the 30th of June, 1839. He gives the assets of King's College, up to thai date, as £227,927:5:11. ' The follow- ing Statement shows that five months later, up to the SOth of November, 1839, the Assets of King's College had increased to £246,845.1:1. This sum[ with that of £72,417:6:3— the Assets of Upper Canada College, as given below,— together make the total assets of both Institutions, to be £319,262:7:4. Mr. Patrick gives no estimate of the assets of Upper Canada College. (See also the financial Statements of these Colleges on pages 180-182, ante.) Appendix E.— Statement Number Ttoo : Assets of Upper Canada College, on the SOth of November, 1839. '' Particulars of Assets. d. 8. d. Purchase money of Lands, overdue 5.93:} 16 11 Interest due thereon 2 607 7 4 Purchase money of Lands sold, and not yet due 4^314 Interest payable thereon 1 000 13.856 Upper Canada College Dues, outstanding 4*468 Debts due to the College, 1930 46,706 acres of Land under Lease, or in hand, valued at IBp, l^d the avera-'^^ rate per acre at which the Upper Canada, Colfege Lands have hitherto sold! 34 664 Buildings, Fittings up. Grounds, etcetera I7 'gOQ 4 3: 2 a Q. a Total assets of Upper Canada College £72 41 7~ ffil i ! fii- .41 ii III' I '« 160 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OP EDUCATION V PPER CANADA. 1830 Appendix E.-St.tement ^-^\Three: Abstract of the t .,o foregoi^^ St Uements, uniting the Assets of the two Estabhshments. Partioulan of Assets. £ d. Cash and profitable Investments of King's ColWe loo^o tT"^ Purchase money of Lands sold, with interest, dao thereon to ' " ^" G 3 9 12,310 9 9 King's College, yj »gg ,q Purchase money of Lands sold, with interest '.(u'e "thereon, ' to Upper Canada College, 13 865 4 Arrears or Rents, due to Kin;?'s Col^e ' "^I'^lf Loan an< ' Debts, due to Kind's Oollege 10 ■ o^: the Appendix to the Journals of the House of Assembly for the Session of 1839. 40. Appendix E -Statement Number Six : Estimate of the Annual Income and Expenditure of Kino's College and of Upper Canada Colleae. '' ^ Income. Royal Grant of £1,000 sterling to Upper Canada College Interest on investments Interest on Loans and Debts Hents of Land Purchase money of Lands outstand- ing, with interest already accrued thereon, and arrears of Rents, (together amounting to about £80,000) Balance of Upper Canada College dues Amount. 1,111 1,200 739 1,100 4,000 400 £8,550 s. d. Expenditure. King's College Bursar's Office . . . , Kmg's College Grounds Salaries of Principal, Masters and Porter, of UpperCanada College Repairs and Contingencies of Upper Canada College Insurances on Upper Canada Col- lege Amount. 720 312 Balance 3,0(!a 150 68 4,240 £8,650 Kino's College Office, Toronto, 9th December, 1839. H. Boys, Bursar. ▼ ,.# 1839 t; uniting tht £ «. d. y,642 14 10 5,61' ( 9 5,00u 2,310 9 f> 1,408 2 t,627 ,600 ,262 7 4 I. Boys, Burear. lege, from the nada College, and being e found in the House ure of King's Amount. 720 312 0()0 150 68 240 6fi0 Boys, Bursar. Chap. XV. REPORT OF A COMMISSION ON EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1839. 261 ApptndijcE. .'^fatemmi Numlx-r ,-ieven : Number of Acres of Land, irhich hava been sold for th» benefit of King's uMege, and of Upper Canada College, from the Srd of January, 1828, tck the SOth of November, 1839. Origii ' Qrai in AtTPS. 286,944 «3,268 6^ acrei. 63,278i Acres Sold. Aorea 1'Hmain- •ng Mid. GroB8 Value of Salet). £ 8. d. 1(».6(K) 1 18,28") 17 6 6.190 10 18,47« r 6 124,176 8 6 Gi I £ 57,706 7,171 1,056 8,228 65,933 ill dd. 8. d. 4 6 r4"~7 16 ( 10 .. 16 1 Amount atill Due on Salea. £ 8. i\. 17,iHt3 16 rt 6,114 2 11 4,133 14 10,247 16 11 68,241 13 6 Average Hales per Acre KinKi4 Collem.. tjnt'tir Canada 97,677i 17,6fi3 (:'8LoU) 116,1401 128.866^ 46,705 (4 Lota) 174,07U £ 8. d. 1 1 8 College Toronto Town Lota 42, Block D 16 1^ 186 7 a ler lot. 289,217J ^^^B^ King's Colleob Offick, Toronto, 9th of Decembt H. Boys, Bursar. Apfbniux F.— Plan for Carrtino odt the Pkovi n of the Act, 2nd Victoria, Chapter 10, for Makjnq Upper Canada Collegk a I'emporary University ; and also a Plan op a Course of Study, and list of Text Books for Upper Canada College.* Appendix F— n Number One. By which the Provision of the Act, J Victoria, Chapter 10^^ creato'j Upper Canada College a Temporary Unioersity, may be carried out. 1- — The course of instruction to bn divided into two Branches. First, for thw School ol Upper Canada College, and Second, for ttje College aa a Temporary University. 2.— The course of instruccion in Upper Canada ri)ll(ij;e School to be the same as that in the District Grammar Schools ; an annual examination of tho pupils to take place, previously to the midsummer vacation. 8. — No pupil to be permitted to enter on the University course, without examination in thia prescribed course of study. 4 — At this examination, candidates for admission from the Grammar Schools will contend with those sent from Upper Canada College School ; Returns are to be made, assigning placea to the candidates according to their answering, and specifying the Schools at which they have been educated. 5— A certain number of Sizar-ships, (or titles to free Education) to be esfablished— Candi- dates are to be elected by their auswering at the entrance examination ; preference, however, in all cases is to be givon to those whose circum Jinces would render such a provision necessary. 6 — Stipendiary Scholarships, (to he stablished,) to be open to all candidates from ihe Gram- mar Schoola and from Upper Canada Collefr School. Election to be by examination in the prescribed course. The examination to bo ' old at the end of the third year, and the stippnd to continue for four years. Vacancies to b aled up as before, — by examination of candidates. 7 — The Temporary University cour.so to be divided into two parts — I, an extended course of classics and science for honour men, and II, a more limited course of the same, with subjects of popular interest, and of more practical advantage. 8— Two Examinations are to be held in the year, — one a College examination ; the other a requsite for the Uni\ ersity degree ; at the first of these Examinations, Certificates of proficiency might be conferred ; at the latter Examination, Books to be given as prizes. Four examinations, (one in each year,) to be required previously to obtaining permision to prepare the acts for B. A. Students may be liable to be disqualified (at any of these four examinations j 'rom proceed- ing further in the prescribed course. * The Reverend Doctor Harris, Principal of Upper Canada College, in a pamphlet issued in May, 1836, discussed the course of study and other matters in the College, under the Title of " GbBervations on Uppe^ Canada College," The pamphlet extended to 23 pages. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) V. // A 1.0 |^|28 H: as, 2.5 2.0 I.I ^ 1118 11.25 il.4 IIIIII.6 ^ y] >m. ^4 /A /V^////, o 7 Photographic Sciences Corporation 33 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 .*',% f'-^v^7 262 I * DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1839 Appendix F.-Plan Number Two : A Course of Study, and Names of Text Books to be used in Upper Canada College School, and in the District Grammar Schools. Forms Pbbpabatort Glass. FtBSI Subjects of Instruction ■Second Thibd Fourth Fifth. Latin; Accidence; English; Reading and Spelling ; Writing and Arithmetic. Eton Latin Syntax- Writing ; Latin Exer- cises, construing and parsing easy Latin sentences ; History ; Reading and Spell ing ; Writing and Arithmetic. Learninu by heart verses of the English New Testa- ment. Propria quae maribus, and As in Proesenti ; construing and parsing easy Latin sen- tences ; Writing Latin exercises ; History and Geo(i Tytler'fl of the saching, I train- •y those as to be 'ovince. Schools i stated J exer- I Chap. XV. REPORT OF A COMMISSION ON EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1839. 263 tiona of the Province in laying the foundation for promoting sound learning and a religious education " ; . . . and also " for the promotion of religious and moral learning, and the study of the Arts and Sciences." To carry out this latter object the Charter of King's College was granted in 1827, with a view to provide, as it stated, " for the education of Youth in the Principles of the Christian Religion, and for their instruction in the various branches of Science and Literature." In the Course of Study for Grammar Schools, suggested by the Reverend Doctor Strachan, to the Reverend A, N. Bethune, in 1829, he provided for instruc- tion in the New Testament. In the Courses of Study prescribed for Grammar and Common Schools, the names of the Bible and of the Testament appear in the list of Books used. In the Course of Study suggested by the Committee of the Commission on Education, (as above,) it is set down that " Learning by heart verses of the English New Testa- ment " shall form part of the instruction of pupils in each of the five Forms of *' the Upper Canada College School." In the list of Books used in the Common Schools the names of the " Bible," " the Testament," and " Old and New Testa- ments," frequently appear (Page 253, ante.) There seems to have been no objection made from any quarter to the then common practice of reading the Bible, or Testament, in the Grammar and Common Schools, or of " learning by heart verses from the English Testament." The Reverend Robert Murray, who preceded the Reverend Doctor Ryerson, as Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada, in his Letter to the Education Commissioners, says : — " As Morality and Religion are the foundation and stabi- lity of all good Governments, and as these are taught in their purity in the Word of God, a portion of the Scriptures should be read in these Schools, at least one Chapter a day ; the reading to be consecutive through the whole inspired volume. {See page 274, ante ; also the remarks of the Honourable P. B. de Blacquiere on page 276.) Apper-dix F — Flan Number Three : A Course of Study for Candidates fw admission to th^ Upper Canada College School. Tho course prescribed for Entrance Examination should be confined to these who have «ither finished the course of study prescribed for the third form, or who are above twelve years of age. Instruction should be given to those admitted in the following branches : — Reading, Elocution, English composition, Writing, Arithmetic, Book-keeping, Mensuration, (Purveying,) Algebra, Euclid, History, Ancient and Modern Geography, and the Use of the Globes, (French,) Drawing, Elements of Natural History. Separate arrangements should be made for those pupils whose education is not intended to qualify them for entering on Collegiate, or University, iStudies, and some restriction should be imposed on admission into these classes. Appendix F — Plan Number Four : Course of Study for the Degree of B.A. in Upper Canada College, as the Temporarxj University. The EnlTance Examination to the Temporary University, should be I, in Homer, Illid, Book 1 ;— Virgil, .^neid Book 1 ; — Sallust ; Bell ; Catalin ; Selections from Ovid ; Selections from Lucian ; Composition in Greek prose and Latin verse. k-}i hi 264 i.-,l!' t''?n i DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 183^ II. Sallust ; Bell, Catalin ; Selections from Ovid ; Selections from Lucian. n,«f J *"a^ "• ^"""j^vFi"'"'"' Jt?"** ^^ ;— Algebra, (Quadratic Equations and Proportion): Arith- prose ^"«^«'^*«"^ Modern History; Ancient and Modern Geography ; Coa position in Latin Co4o^Z^?Z%Z:SZ:is^Z7c:::' ''"''"' ^^^^^^'^^ ^'^^'^ ^^^^ Trigonometry, T« ;" Senior Freshman Year: Horace and Juvenal ; ^schylus ; Sophocles and Euripides- Logic, and the Philosophy of the Mind ; Composition ; The Five Books of Moses ''""P''**' ' The SfstotrLttSThe"^^^^^ """^ ^^^^^'^ ' ^"'^"^'^^ ^^"^-"P'^y ^ ^o-P-*->^ ^ and FLfrir.W^^'" ^f"*" = Herodotus and Thucydides ; Livy and Tacitus ; Natural Law and Evidences of Christianity ; Composition ; The Prophetical Books of the Old Testament. inc. •^nrvl^f.*^"*'*'^^-^?"^** -''^ ^ eiven in English. French, Italian and (German) ; Draw- ftlnrs^b^ects f- ^"Kineering ; and courses of popular lectures should be given on the tricityTn^MlgSrsm:"^"'*"^ '^^ Comparative Anatomy. Junior Sophister :-Steam ; Elec j^^S'^'^ior Freshman :-Geology and Chemistry. Se.ior Sophister :-Political Economy, and Appendix F—Flan Number Five : Estimate of what will be required in the School and Temporary- University Departments of Upper Canada College. pffio,W ^u'¥!'N««i^A new School House is the only building absolutely necessary for the m Oa. ^' Th!f?^''^*''f ftV ^^-^S?* '"'^J: be roughly stated at urder One Thousand pound,! LeclureH^ Tf tiS " '^^ College Building will afford sufficient accommodation for Universitl^^ amlfpnVf. > B ^'""^ ^u^^A^' *" ^^"^i"^' «'^ ^«<'*"''® ^ooms' ^^o Hooms for College Registrar r«U-./ 7.1^?"1- The Council of King's College might license Boarding Houses fSr the TtZ *^.t.*^« ''*"'*^"*-l °"/^^ ^.""^ P*"*" «*" ^« P""»edin the English Universities, which wUl dispense with the necessity of erecting Chambers. « pi?Lf "^^^f '''■• K"'/*"'' •■ The course of education for the degree of B. A. would require a Professor of Classical Literature ; a Professor of Mathematics, (pure and mixed) ; a Professor to wh?rr"K ^ Natural Philosophy ; and a Professor of Metaphysics and Moral Phifosophy • to which may be added a Professor of Italian. The last three must be additions to the present mtcemeTof LecLts™ ' ''''' ""' "" '^ '^^^"^^^'' ''^^^^^^' '^' ^^^ ^"^ ^^^ aftrthTcom- T> M- '"^^.^"^W- This will require one Professor, assisted by two Lecturers, videlicet A * Professor of Theology ; A Lecturer on Biblical Greek ; and a Lect Jrer on Hebrew, eteetera.' HI. ih Law : This JH'aculty also will require one Professor. Th Jvl'j^ Afedic/ne; This Department will require three Professorships, videlicet, one of the Iheory and Practice of Medicine ; one of the Theory and Practice of Surgery ; and the third of £S';3? w"'*' '"^ ^i^X?.'y ' *° ""^^^ ^'^'^"^^ ^« ^''^'^'^^ Lectureshfps ok Midwffery am on ZlfnL '^" T"^ ?J'^f f," ' -^^ ^,°'*"y ' •'^ Chemistry ; on Medical Jurispi udence. and on Anatomy, grouped on the following plan : r • « I. Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine— LectureT on Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Children. Lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence. II. Professor of Theory and Practice of Surgery- Lecturer on Anatomy and Physiology. Demonstrator. .III. Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy.— Lecturer on Botany. Lecturer on Chemistry. Note. Although it would be desirable, (and ultimately will be necessary), to have each of these Lectureships fillea by but one Lecturer, the duties of the five Lecturers and a "demon- strator may be competently discharged for some time, by three combining two Departments, eitnor under the same, or under different Professors. It would be lequisite to appropriate a sum of five, or six, hundred pounds (£600) to the formation of a Library and Museum for this Department. 183» Chap. XV. HEPOUT OF A COMMISSION ON EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1839. 2G5 ion); Arith- on in Latin jonometry ; Euripides ;. tmpositiou ; atural Law tament. n); Draw- iven on the mm ; Elec- nomy, and Temporary iry for the id pounds, University » Registrar sea for the which will lid require k Professor lilosophy ; le present r the com- idelicet, A wetera. one of the le third of dfery and ience, and (3) Professors and Lecturers in the Temporary University of Upper Canada Colle;?e : Sum- } each of a J^emon- artments, OO) to the raary of additions to the prooent establishment of Upper Canada College as a Temporary University : Professor of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy. Professor of Experimental Natural Philosophy. Professor of Italian. Professor of Theology. Professor of Law. Proffessor of Medicine. Professor of Surgery. Professor of Materia Medica Three Lecturers — (in the School of Medi- cine.) Note. The duties of the Professorships of Theology, Classics, Mathematics, and of the two Lectureships on Theology, may be discharged by tlie President of the University, and by the Principal, and two of the Masters of Upper Canada College, so that Lectures on Arts and Theo- logy may be commenced without delay. (4) Masters in the Upper Canada College School : The Head Master ; Classical Master ; Mathematical Master ; Preparatory Master ; First English Master ; Second English Master. The only additional Master required in the Upper Canada College School will be in the English Department . (5) Two Lecturers and four Professors in the Ts'uporary University : The President of Uni- versity ; the Principal of Upper Canada College ; the Professor of Classical Literature ; the Pro- fessor of Mathematics ; the Professor of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy ; the Professor of Natural Philosophy ; a French Master and an Italian Master in both School and Temporary University ; also a Teacher of Architecture, Geometrical and Ornamental Drawing. (6) Faculties in the Temporary University ; Professor of Theology, with half fees, and liberty to hold church preferment within — miles of the College. Two Lecturers, with same liberties, as to church preferment. Professor of Law, with half fees and liberty to practice. Professor of Medicine, with half fees and liberty to practice. Professor of Surgery, with half fees and liberty to practice. Professor of Materia Medica, with half fees and liberty to practice. Three Lecturers,, with liberty to practice and half fees. (7) Contingencies for both Establishments : Allowance for the House rent, (if the present Upper Canada College residences should be cotiverted into Lectuve rooms, ) Collector, Clerks, porters and incidentals Total expenditure, say . £8,000- (8) Probable income of Upper Canada College School : From students in School and College, videlicet : 120 Boys in School [not stiited], say . . i,00O (9) Probable income of the Temporary University : 50 Students in Ar;s of Temporary University, 20 Students in Theology ; 20 Students in Law ; 50 Students in Medicine and Surgery 3,500 Add the Royal Grant of £1,000 sterling a year. Total income from School and Temporary University fees (not Royal Grant), say £4,500 Appendix G.— Circular to Prominent Individuals requesting Information ON Educational Matters. By desire of the Education Committee of the Commissioners of Investigation into the vari- ous Public Departments of the Province, I beg leave to hand you, prefixed some queries relat- ing to Education, to which I am to beg the favor of your answers as soon as convenient ; as also any general information or remarks on the subject, which you may be in a condition to offer. James Hopkirk, Secretary to the Education Committe of the Commission. Office of the Committee on Education, Toronto, 2nd of December, 1839. List of Queries enclosed in the foregoing Circular : 1. Do you consider the present provision for Education in this Province adequate for ita wants 1 2. If not, in what particulars do you consider it inadequate ? 266 nil i DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1839 'if t* i, • ■If' (7) the supervision re.iuisite to ensure the efficiency of the schools ? ' Memorandum. Please add any remarks, or information, which you think mav be useful to the Commissioners employed in framing a Scheme of Education. ^ Answers to v. foregoing Queries were received from : 1. The Honourable and Right Reverend John Strachan, D.D., LL.D. 2. The Reverend Robert Murray, M.A. 8. The Reverend Robert McUill. 4. The Reverend John Roaf. 5. The Honourable William Morris, M. L. C. 6. The Honourable James Crooks, M. L. C. 7. The Honourable Peter Boyle De Blacquiere, M. L. C. 8. The Honourable Adam Ferguson, M. L. C. 9. VVilliam Hamilton Merritt, M. P. P. 10. Mahlon Burwell, Esquire, M.P.P. 11. George Strange Boultou, Esquire, M.P.P. 12. William Craigie, Esquire. The Replies received from these gentlemen are, in many respects, (with notable exceptions), disappointing. As a whole, the remarks of the Writers lack the clear practical tone and the comprehensive character of the suggestions embodied in the various elaborate and interesting Report^ which were presented by the Special Committees of either Branch of the Legislature to their respective Jfouses This may be largely accounted for, from the fact, that these Replies were written by isolated individuals, who had not the advantage, which the interchange of opinion, and the combatting of crude notions in Committees, give a person, in the formation of his final judgment on matters of common interest. Nevertheless, these Replies are historically valuable; for they embody the current opinion of the day. in regard to the inefficiency of the Schools,* and of the general want of qualifications on the part of the Teachers employed.-especially of those in the Common Schools. The Reverend Robert McGill, of Niagara, puts this point very clearly and forcibly, when he says : — An , ^\"°^. the qualifications of nearly all the Common School Teachers in this District and 1 t^:^^ii^X^:^^ --' ^'-^ -«• ^" ^^^ ^-' ^""^ ,„ P ^® f?"9wing are my answers to the several queries from the Education Committee of the Commissioners appointed by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor -- ''°'"™'"*« ^^ its w?r? ■■ 5h.S ^Nf " *^' P""'''"* P"""^^^^"" '°' ^^"^^"- - 'his Province adequate to fund"trp*;ovid"e Ma£i!"'"' ^"^ ^'" '^'^""^''^ '' '"^^^"''^^ ^ -^"^'^^ •• Th«^« " "^t suffici^.nt SchoSrai respects- '"^^''' ^"^ improvements regarding District (Grammar), or Common, Ist. Their number ? Answer .• More Schools are required. TownsWp.^" ™'^'"'" *^"' P°"*'°" ^ ^"''"''^•' '^•^^y «h''"'*i be in every Village, or populous, liTJ^h:..iLT^^''^A f ® f?^«°tion of the School Masters ? Jnsw,er : School Masters should be t^" ppofntme^^^^^^^ '"^ "'^""^'^ ^' '"*™'"^'* ^^ ^^'^^ ^^^^^ "^ Education, and approved of previously *f lJi?i.^* respects their remuneration ? ^nsw^er : Common School Teachers should receive at least £20 per annum, exclusive of fees from pupils. ""oum receive Comm'Jn School £6^ ^^^ '^^'^"" **" '^' ^"P''' ^-Answer : District Schools £25 per annum, and 6th. As respects the Course of Study and Text Books used 1-Amtoer • Such books mav h^ belrd.r '" P^^P^^'-J' School of Upper Canada College ; bufrimeS Books Zufd by Sem^S^^^nlrhr^T'^i^'' '^'l"/?'*^ *° l"'"r« their efficiency 1 -Answer : Supervision College. Board of Education, acting under instructions from the Council of King's r...r.J°.°'^®'' *° tr*"*^ ^r""*^^ *° *'*^ Common Schools, I recommend the passing of an Act an- fhXstZion"o1ih«TLl«[7 of I'^nd for the support of Common ScLols,^s proposed fn the last session of the Legislature by a Joint Committee of both Hou8 e8§ I think the Bill passed niadlWs^.loTl^^re^^^^^^^^ to the ori^nal provision. tSee Heuxarks m regard to assessment for Common School purposes on page 161 of this Volume, ante. +8ee Kemarks on this subject on page 3 of this Volume, ante. § Page 148 of this Volume, ante. 183» Chap. XV. REPORT OF A COMMISSION ON EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1839. 269 the Lef(isla« rovemo nt of less, as must lols might be ihed, and b^ 3 operation ; ent for that , such a tax on the part ve that such ^OBRIS. ea. ilf or to the examine the BRRITT. ommittee of adequate to ot sufficient p Common » )r populous-. 1 should be previously uld receivef nnum, and iks may be oka should Supervision of King's n Act, ap- roposed in Bill passed 1 provision, ilume, ante^ last session, authorizing tht application of part of the funds of King's College, may be made TaW^^h' *C ^If /^' ^"'""^ (Grammar) Schools, and place them upon an effich^At fooCg ; buJ wSuld be vei desrrrble"""^" "" inhabitants of the several Districts, for the same object, House of Assembly, r^r.,,.^^ e n^„. Toronto, 10th D;cember, 1839. ^^"''''•° ®' ^^""o^- 5 Reply of the Reverend John Roaf, Toronto. Being in the habit of calling at School Houses, I have received some impressions resnectinff Common School Education, which I take the liberty of submitting to your nS,^ follows :- 1st. It appears to me that the prevalence of Education in a neighbourhood depends much • ?u^' ?PT \^^ *T®. P."l!?'Ple' I <^hink that the Publij Grant is of but little value in a neighbourhood where the inhabitants are numerous and prosperous ; while in poor and partiaUy settled spots, more than the present amount should be givenf paruaiiy CThe withdrawinent, or increase, of grants, according to the oircumatances of individual fnt:t TenU^^rthXreTs'^^^^^ '^ ^"™^ '"''' ^^^^^^""^ discretionary power, and giv- 3rd. I have frequently been sorry to perceive that the Text Books and other Apparatus of Schools are commonly procured in a casual and uncertain manner ; while such articles have been prepared, or selected, by Societies m Great Britain, after extensive correspondence and long experience. Assortments of the best School Books, etcetera, might be made, then imported of reprifted, on a large scale, and sold at a reduced, (say half,) price. By this means unitis factory text books and bad editions might be excluded fro'ii ?he ProXe rrreVeiitTuoh cheapened works from being obtamed for private traffic, a Stamp, similar to the one used with the Sunday School Testaments of the British and Foreign Bible Society! might be Ssed TWa proceedmg would be best conducted by such a superintending Body, or Board, as is mbntioned m the close of the second paragraph, above. 8 J'> ' ^oara, as is mentioned 4th. Such a Board appears to me to be essential to vitality in the cause of Education in this Country ; which cause requires a zealous intelligent and impartial supervision, as well as general regulations and perfunctionaiy services. Were such a Board to be free from political and ecclesiastical bias (and universally known to be free,) it would obtain the co-operation of Masters and Pi^prietors of Schools, as well as of the Legislature. It might be constituted by the Governor, and, under hissinction, direct the public expenditure for Education, and. through hirn. annually report to the Legislature Connected with this Body, there would of course, S paid Secretaries, who, however should neither avowedly, nor virtually, be the controller^ of proceedings. A Commission, thu3 appointed, and, in reality, subservient neither to personal nor to party, advantage, should be composed of disinterested, earnest and enlightened fiends of Education. This appears to me to be as easy of attainment as the Committee of a P violent and Religious Society, and to be the best adapted, of all conceivable bodies, for devibi, s im- provements, securing influence, and efficiently directing the public energies. Lot Street, Toronto, 13th of December, 1839. j jj 6. Reply of William Craigie, Esquire, Ancasier. It being allowed on all hinds that the present provisions for Education are extremely de- fective, and inadequate to the wants of the Province ; it seems, therefore, unnecessary tooccuov time in pointing out its imperfections. ' ^^y^uyy In suggesting improvements, I would premise, as a very important one, that there ought to be one Central Normal School, for the Education of Teachers. ""guc w> Schools for general education might be divided into three classes :— 1st. Common Schools, teaching Reading, Grammar, Writing and Arithmetic. 2nd. Villacie Schools, teaching the above, and Latin and Mathematics. 3rd. Uhtrtct (Grammar) Schools, which might, in some cases, admit of sub-division into clasiical and mathematical teaching ; the Classics, Languages and Mathematics. «70 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. IJO^ ii { .-.I I ii Qtieries 1 and 2, I now answer : As to the number and practice of Schools one Di«tr,>t .t kS^o I'JV ■"■••"'l'"? °1«''' "o t" .««!««ted, u ««,„ a, c«ii be done, from tho.e eduoated The toet; 11". srsz,^' ISr^a'.ixlJLro".^, sroa^-'irr -a""'- »d Garden. Of a VUl,«e School, the wlar^Zuld be fcTSolo ilsS^Tn'd .^ Vn- ^^^^ (Grammar) Sehool, fro,,, mm to £200 , in .'ll eaae.. rtiTHjie, Oarcto' Seho;,! feom. a'^ 0on.&1,XKtThnS?n;^»4"'>':rr«r1.^^^^^^^^ (A maximum and minimum of school fees, and salaries miaht ha H«tom„;«oJ u tSicest"*^' '^"^^"^ ^' <^-«tionary to vary fVom the Z riSLtr';!^^^^^^^^^^^^ Jo' cTrSl acie enclosed.) and the fees varied from 2s, to lOsGd per quarter Se former ^W.^'/i-R''*"^*' ing simply, and the latter for all Branches.' including lE3 MathemaS' ^ ^"' ^'"'*- . Query 6: The Course of Study might be something in the followine order— Readinc, Sn«ll K Eri?l°p'^"'^%^^*t'\'^'y\^"«,^"'^ ^'•'»™'"*'' Writing. An"hmet?c, Geogript^S^ tory, English Composition, Latin. Algebra and Mathematics, Modem Unauaces aAcW Language- ) perhaps the principles of Music ought to be taught in all schJ^irand Gymnastic Note 1. The Text Books used ought, at first, to be entirely British. I am not inaensibl. nf f h^ merits of some American Books of Education ; but I have never seen any eXrSt^^^^^^^^ Provincial, the paper and binding of which were equal to the tear and wew of a Schio ^nd .Jo»?r«rn^ ""'^ ''P'"'"^ ^'"^ ^'" "T"-. .W'^y ""^ ««' Provincial Cass Books ? The demand S,""'^ ?™P'«y.f.Pf«»V ^""/''tne^^.of printing might be ensured, and the paper and bS^ be equal to B„tish It is of a particular consequence that the Books, partioulMlv the D ctiorf aries, should be of the same impression. (See remarks on Amarican books! on page 3 ant) In-frS'J" ^i5^ ^'^^l ''"^•^' *° be read if not daily, at least twice, or thrice, a week, for moral instruction. No one here in Ancaster, Protestant, or Boman Catholic, objects to thi^. Query 7 : The Supervision of Schools ought to be in,— First a General Board of Education. As an individual I havn no nKio„+;^r, *« *u n oJ W« College; but I think a distinct and ind^Sent Bo!;?d"wruldte1:?te^^*^ of individuals of various religious persuasions, havintr for th«ir <5o«i.^fo.«, "="01 . oonsisung acquainted with Education, and who^hould ha^e a c"m%Lt^^^^^^ ctifiS""*^" t""1, ""' %' "frr^ School.-the exaTnaTiL ofTeacIe :,-^n1, tSu'^^^^^ Certificate, no Teacher should be appointed ; and its Certificate should imply not merelv STl:i.l";?EJ-ofstr;„?;/e.tjr' *' ■°"''""' *"^ "^^^^^^ Secondly The District Boards of Education, should also have one of their number a salaried Secretary, who should be practically acquainted with Education. numoer a salaried Note 1. This District Board of Education should have the oower of lofiatin^ «!,.».«^io -^u- ito Di8trict,-8ubject to some general rules of determinbg the KLfand schonf f«« f I school, (within the prescribed limits of salaries and S • of anSfn„ ^ *• **' ^""^ ^''^'^ ing, Teachers; of investigating and de Jrrrgly^:!^^'^^^^^^^^ l^s'tata'dTfficfen^c"^ ^"' ''''''''' ^" '"^^ ^^^'""^' '^ ^-»* -- ^ yVand'^e^^ortrng' on' Note 2. The Wl Trustees for each School, (or for all the Schools in a Town ) should associatedwith-thrTTu-^ieeVf^^^^^^ and competent exammators ; and, so far as my experience here goes, t^y are JaZs in ?hl idsa CLap. XV. REPORT OF A COMMISSION ON EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1839. 271 cause of Education, willing, nay anxious, to be preHent and take an active i)art in the examina- tion of Schools, and giving countenance and encouragement to masters and pupils. I allude to the Reverend IVIossieurs J. Gamble Ooddes and William McMurray, of the Episcopal, and the Reverend Messieurs Alexander Gale and Mark Y, Ktark, of the Presbyterian Church ; of other* I cannot speak from personal knowledge. General Remarks. 1. I have said * promotion of Teachers,'— a distinct class must bo formed of Teachers. You must make it an object for young men to engage in the business of teaching ; their character must be unimpeachable and respectable, and, looking to teaching as n profession, they must be ensured, not only of a competency, but, (by proper economy,) of providing for the incapacity of old age. A young man. ([ualitied as a Teacher of a Common School, might, by private study, and attending a Normal, or other, Schoid during his vacations, qualify him- self for teaching a Village School, and ought to have a preferable claim for promotion to it, or a person qualified to teach a villasfe, or District (Grammar) School might, until a suitable open- ing occurred, teach a Common School until he should be promoted to a better. 2. Superanniiatimi of Teachers : It would be a good provision in the School law, that » certain part of the salary of every Teacher should be set apart to form a fund for assisting and supporting Superannuated teachers,'**' or tbe widows and families of Teachers. 3. Schools foi' Oirls : Schools for the education of Girls, ought to exist in Towns and larger Villages, in all the plain, uaaful, practical parts of female education, t 4 Legislation It mmt be steadily kept in view that legislation is not only for the present, but for the future The system ought, therefore, to admit of modifications and improvements, without deranging the general working of the machinery. Ancaster, 14th of December, 1839. Henry Craioib. 7. Reply of the Reverend Robert MeOill, Niagara. The public provision for Schools in this Province is, in my judgment, wholly inadequate. 1st. As to the District (Grammar) Schools. — The Master of this School in Niagara receives from the Pi.blic Fund, £100 per annum ; out of this he pays £30 for a House and School Rent, and, in some years past, he has employed an Assistant at not less than £40 a year, which reduces his allowance from Government to an inconsiderable amount. A very serious evil grows, out of this inadequate allowance; for, to secure, for the Teacher, an adequate income, the fees must, be high in our District, they may be stated at ^4 per annum for each pupil. Considering the . circumstances of most of those who avail themselves of thtse Schools, I am of opinion that the charge is, at least, one- half too much. Were the Teacher provided with a suitable School Room and Dwelling House, in addition to his salary of £100, the fees might be reduced to £2 per annum, and the benefit of these Schools be more easily diffused. I do not think that any salary should be allowed for an Assistant Master to District (Grammar) Schools, unless it were clearly proved, in the particular case, that one was needed. 2nd. As to Common Schools. The allowance which the District Board of Education has granted t > each Teacher in the Niagara District,— for the last few years,— has not fallen short of £12 10s. per annum. I know the qualifications of nearly all the Common School Teachers in this District, and do not hesitate to say, that there '" ^ot more than one in ten fully qualified to instruct the young in this the humblest departme ; ,. I should doubt, therefore, whether the money granted to them brings an equivalent good, or whether the state of education in this Province would be worse, were these funds entirely withdrawn. But, on the supposition of an entire remodelling of our Common School System, I would recommend an additional aid from the public funds to an amount that will be indicated below> My views upon the subject will be further brought out in answer to the remaining queries. 1st. Ai, to District Schools — That is, Schools corresponding to Grammar Schools, and County Academies in Scotland. I think Schools of this class should not be unduly multiplied, in the present condition of the Country. The number of boys desirous of classical and mathe- matical learning is not numerous. I have no reason to believe that there are forty young men in the 40,000 of our populatitm in this District, for whom an academical educition is desired. I do not think, therefore, that more than one School of this class should be established in each District. Such a School should be located in the County To'wn. The selection of the Master may be left where it is now, — in Trustees appointed by the Lieutenant Qovernnr. The remun- *The Superannuation of Teachers was not provided for until 1863. t3ee proceedings of the House of Assembly on the subjact of Female Education, on pages 221 -22& of this Volume, ante. Ml 1,it S72 DOCUMENTARY HrSTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1,S39 M ■i • i If' 1 ■■i. t. j. ; not be ea,y t.. devi.'e T/^ 'll^rti.:, 'b^o^n'd S .^ffi ^^.S;" '"^' ^" ^"" ^""^^ ' '^ ^^^^^ .tuZaZ De^:f ^A^;;: /n'rirfjSeiJrlr IS: {V ^l-Vtve -f Ma.ter. except .uch .. have pete,fu?Kr;epParroSrei?„S^^^^^ ^"«,«" t^o-e academical Teachers con. iwo drae?c?c7Jil?j;oou'"'^ ''^ ^°^"^'*^'"" '" "" ''°*""«'*' >' "-^ ^« -Pe^i«»t to have lat. The permanent. 2nd. The occasional, or itinerant Ist. The occasional Schools are adapted to thinly peopled Townshins Itinerant T«flPl,«r- The charge for each pupil in any Common School should not exceed lOs ner nnartpr nr po per annum The Course of Study in a Common School must be a ve^r pla£Tn2tter and^^^^^ «eed no other direction than what the Teacher may receive in oneTf the nS Schoris ^/iSon ^°°''^"«°*^ m the schools for the public should be compiled and priS under the tlftXtS atThTlo^tlot^bl'^h^^^^^^^^^^ *"' '''^'' '' -"'«^ -'^ ^ '-^^" -"b-- .eyoM^ih:t^^rf ^-^^^ ^c=ziS:;: ^^^s^l?^,;?^^- School. Every Trustee should be bound on oath to do his duty, like'other public officeTs It IB difficult I am aware, in this country to jret anv dutv dono thnf .•« ,,«f ^«;a t . t Bhould deem the payment of School TrusteeZa pubSic scaVal \he Cler«y might ?e expe ted i^WW r P*'^*^"theg'-at">to"s duty connected with the School ; asToSl who ho?d anv valuable office under Government. If inattention on their part to this dutv were to invol? censure, and deprivation of office, we might exoect tha d..tv f« k1 L^ "^ i? '° i"^"^^®' would depend on the character of the m^rwhrSt hapoen^o hoM nZl ' T'^' °« Ti"?' the county should be examined at least once a yeTr by Setent La^^^^^^ T District divided into several Counties, and a Boa?d of LlnTnator a^^Sd i„ eac^Courv •these annual examinations could be made without much trouble. ^I"^"""®^ i" ^acli County, ^.«/inTL?JiAi^tt*'^'f FhT-i't-T™ T^ P'°P"''' ^.^P-'^^^^i" ™»inly depend on the char- n^e;^ atlea^nt^^riliaf IcI^^^ouiIT^E::?^^ A. 1.H39 Chap. XV. HEPOUT of a commission on education in upper Canada, 1839. 27a ir«e of Study, ter ; it wuuld 1 8uch na Imvo oived an edu- a Board of for tho diitioH aced on local ^enohers com- decliHiiics In- f six lectures, or to exact n bie ap])aratn8 'O limit their vision of the Jient to have • be ft perma- Ekt the people 2) That tho of £25, from iowtid within ) of the Gen- Jtermined by lift}' be coni- Teacher not be less than nt Teachers, cult, (say, of Bse Teachers r the direct larter, or £2 ter, and will nal Schools, d under the n a substan- aced under, general sys- iiany in this ijnry to the fficers. paid for, I be expected ho hold any I to involve, , of course, •y School in Were each ich County, )n the char- id religious no Teacher ■hotild be eliKiblo for appointment to a public School, who has nr.t received a Diploma from on»^ of these Normal Schools, in addition to a Cortifica'o from tho Loard of Edu.ation for the Dii. trict. Note. Four Normal Schools are suggested by tho Education Connnissionors ; {pntje i'Sl), ^^r J "*'""^^. ^" '"^I'l'^ ^ *"" '" "'i' Provinco a Minister of I'ublii; Instruotirin, as in Prussia, Without such an Officer, I fear the Education of the country cannot be well managed, NiAtuiiA, 20th of December, 1839, , 8. Letter Jrom the Reverend Robert Murray. M.A., Oakville. (Afterwards Super, intendent of Education in Upper Canada during the years 184J-J84.4). Yo. . Letter of the 29th ultimo, enclosing (jueries from the Committee on Education, U before me, and to which I beg leave to return the following observations :— Qiiery Number One. Amwer: I do not consider tho present provision for Education in this Province at all adequate to itn wants. Query Number Tivo. Answer : I consider the present provision to be deficient in toto s but more particularly,— First : The manner of selpcting Teachers for Common .Schools, appear* to me to be an insult to common sense. Three individuals, ah Trustees, or Superintendents, are appointed by tho people in the neighborhood of tho School House, without any regard to their education ; these three men, thus appointed, have tho sole power to judyo of tho ([ualifl- cations of candidates for the Schoo'., and to appoint and eject the Teaclior, while thoy thomsolvea may not have received ovon the first rudiments of a plain English education. Such men are conso(iuontly, altogether unfit to judge, either of the ([ualifications of a School Master, or of the progress of tho pupils. 2. The power of ejecting School Masters vested in three Trustees, or Superintendents, subjects the Teacher to the whim nnd caprice of every child attending tho school ; the Teacher 18 thus loft at the mercy of the public, who, proverbially, have no conscience, and his situation 18 rendered more precarious and more degraded than that of a shoeblack, 3. Tlie emoluments of Common School Teachers are, in most cases, utterly inadequate to their support, Qnery Number Three, as to Number of Schools, etcetera. AnHv;ers : 1, The number of Schools should be adecjuato to the accommodation of the entire youth of the Province, from six to fifteen years of age. 2. The Position of Teachers. The position of the Schools should be in I he most popu'oua neighborhoods, and, if possible, within six miles of each other, 3. The Selection of the Master. The selection of Masters might be ktf. at present, to the heads of the families in tho district where tho School House is situated ; and [tho selection of the Master] should take place upon a day, to be made public in that district, at least ten days previous to his selection But no candidate should be eligible to a School receiving (jovern- ment salary until he has undergone the examination which Government directs, and produced a Certificate of his qualifications. No alien should be admitted unon trial, or receive a Certifi- cato of Qualification. 4. The Remuneration of Teachers. In order to secure efficient Teachers, the salary should be made as ample as circumstances will admit ; from £50 to £70 currency of yearly salary should be given, (in the present state of the Province,) together with the school fees, a liouse, a School HouBe, and a few acres of land. 5. The Charges of the Pupils. The school fees, or charges to the pupils, should be made as reasonable as possible. The Government might determine a minimum, or maximum, scale of fees, and leave the electors in the district, where the school is situated, to fix the painctdar rate for that school, A copy of these rates should be furnished to the Teacher on the day of his election as School Master, The electors, having the power to increase the scale of fees, thus given, provided that it was not already the maximum, but no power, whatever, to diminish the scale first given, during the incumbency of the Teacher, which should always be ad vitum, a« culpam. (1) Some such sca'e as the following might be adopted by the Government, Minimum. English Reading, Ss Od. ; ditto, wit!i VVriting, 4a, ; ditto, ditto, with Arith- metic and English Grammar. Ss, ; ditto, ditto, ditto, with Geography, 6s,'; French, 78. 6d, } Latin, 78, 6d, ; Latin and Greek, 10s. ; Practical Mathematics, ISs. ; Book-keeping, IDs., per quarter of twelve weeks, 18 D.E.3 'ill i ' i 274 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1839 i S I o..» of Q„.,ific.tio„ t,, Teachers' VhTBoSZ'Lt" .,' X , 7w°S'm ^wSS' assistance, in such investigation, two Magistrates, in the vicinitv and if ^^h^nW • J out against the Teacher, the Magistrates Should be ins ructedt^sigrthe Report S^the^Zr' an endent, and no ejection of a Teacher shouH be permitted even by the Genera Board of Education, upon the Report of a Superintendent-, nnli-s the R^nVt^",?^^.? u_ ®"^^*/ °"."*J "' - y »—"--'''-'•" "-^P^'i^ ■" Signed uy two iuagiscrates. n,naf i -^ this system of supervision, the General Board would soon obtain a knowledge of the 1839 €hap. XV. REPORT OF A COMMISSION ON EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1839. 275 i, with Arith- French, 128. :eepinK, 208., )ns should be ew poor chil- lalary, which termine any lar, Writing, to teach, as Certificate of irents them- ly wish their b, that every for entering lis standard, to it. The eir Teachers ited by the iry, to teach iting Certifi- ers to deter- or immoral imoluments. ments, and Duld be read hrough the t any change sncy of that the electors liout educa- ichers have Neither can ricts, where re no edu- y of such a > had large 3 system of circuits, to i from the 38, a id the aovements. ion of can- i save can- before the a be autho- leral Board b terminate call to his ^e is made the Super- 1 Board of lagistrates. sdge of the e lucrative proveuient (5) The Superintendent might also be enjoined to give instruction, during the harvest recess, to those Teachers within their respective circuits, who might desire to improve themselves in the branches of Education required of Teachers. With regard to District (Grammar) Schools, I consider them altogether unnecessary, pro- vided such a system as the above were carried into effect. ^ r.o , . T^ , - RoBEHT Murray. Oakvilm, 23rd of December, 1839. a. Letter from the Honourable James Crooks, Flamhoro West, {Father of the Honourable Adam Crooks, First Minister of Education for Ontario, 1876-1883.) I do not consider the present provision for Education at all adequate to the wants of the Province. The present provision made by law is : — \st. District Schools, now merged into Grammar Schools, by the Act of last Session ; and there can, under no circumstances, be more than four in one District. The provision for their endowment seems also to be inoperative, so that only one Grammar School in each District can toe said to be established, and this from Provincial Funds, under Provincial Statutes. 2nd. Common Schools, also paid from the funds of the Province, under a permanent Statute, «nd additional annual Parliamentary grants extending the provision of that Statute.* The system of Common Schools, althou£;h, in sor.i« instances, abused by the employment of improper persons, sometimes aliens, indeed, as Teac 3. yet, on the whole, is, I think highly benehcial. Perhaps, were the system of Parochial Schoois, as established in Scotland, with such modifacations as would be necessary, under the different circumstances of this Province engrafted upon our Common School System, it might be found to work well. Permit me, after these general remarks, to refer to the given queries contained in the Letter with which vou have honoured me. 1st Query : The number of Common Schools is considerable in the several Districts ; but there is this incongruity in their establishment,— namely, that as they increase in number, the assistance from the public funds diminishes, in this w»y :— The grant to each District is made in ■a lump suni, and is then divided amongst the Schools, (according to number.) by the several District Boards of Education, consequently the greater the number of Schools, tho less is received by each one. The working of which plan, it must be seen, at once, tends to retard, rather than promote, the establishment of Schools in the rural parts of the Province. Hind Query : If the present system is continued, I am of opinion that the position of the Common and Grammar Schools may safely be left, as now, to the discretion of the inhabitants. 3rd Query : The Masters ought to be subject to examination before a competent Board, tooth as to literature and fitness to instruct the youth of the Country, as also to moral habits and religious principles. The Board of Education in this District of Gore, I have reason to believe, exercises this power, although I am not aware that it has given them by law, notwithstanding It seems so necessary. Whether the Board of Education is, iu all cases, qualified to exercise this power may be questioned, and it may be an important matter for the Board of Commissioners, of which you are Secretary, to decide this point. 4th Query : The remuneration of Teachers at present does not hold out that encouragement to persons properly qualified to undertake the education of youth, certainly not to make it the business of their lives ; and hence has arisen, in a great measure, the employment of itinerant persons, of whom the country knows nothing, rather than that their children should remain if;norant of the rudiments of education. 5th Query The charge to pupils is generally 10s. per quarter of a year ; and he must be a popular Teacher, indeei, if his income exceeds £50 per annum, out of which he must board himself, and, if he has a family, support them also. 6th Query The Course of Study rmd Books used is under the superintendence of the General Board of Education, as returns are periodically made to them detailing these matters. 7th Query This is answered in a former part of these observations. J -I^^ Parliamentary provision for Common Schools at this time was : Permanent Grant ; Two hundred ??i^ JA v^ pounds, (£260.) to each District ; Annual Grant ; Five thousand six hundred and Fifty pounds. 4). — District {Grammar) Schools should be under the immediate supervision of the District Boards of Education, — Masters should be appointed and Books should be ordered by the Gen- eral Board. The salary of the Master ought to be at least £150 ; that for an under Master for Writing, Arithmetic and Junior Classes should be about £70. If you want superior man, you must pay accord ngly. School House and Residence for Master, or an allowance until one ia built, to be provided by the District ; a Book of Entry to be kept of attendance of scholars, their studies and conduct.— The System to be determined by the General Board, and the rules printed to be hung up in every School. (5) Public Examinations should be held half-yearly, if not quarterly, before the Members of the District Boards of Education. Yearly prizes of small value might be given. (6) A.n Exhibition to King's College, Toronto, would tend greatly to keep up a right spirit of emulation, to be given every second year, and should amount to £40 a year, during the usual period of College residence. Examinations to be held before the District Board of Education under the Master of the School, who will recommend to the Board the boy most fit,— moral eon- duct essential to obtain the Exhibition. The amount to be paid to the Master by eicli scholar should be £1 Ss. Od, each quarter, in advance. Firing for the school to be furnished by the District. *dee Ncte * on pages 3 ;,rid 250 of this Volume, ante. 278 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 183» 1 '•' -this admission, to be determ Ld^Sf ,he Tru ees ^ndTS this Documentary History) fatherless, or children of any indigent parents '""^""'^ *" "'P^^"*' '^'^ *^^ 11. Letter from the HonouraUe Adam Ferguson, Woodhill the P.,S ScM^of Sco°t'»'„''d''" ■*'""""• " '""" '■''"'""' "■ "■'■■'8: •■• • ^*«" "»'« -* ">«» Woodhill, Dacember, 1839. Adam Ferguson. 183» Chap. XV. REPORT OF A COMMISSION ON EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1839. 27ft iue exami- id Books to to be under noceaaarily )f the Dis- he School. to be sent attendance result of it ^Grammar) ibition, the ster of the it tend the ir, which, ■entually,) ion for six Section of Y History) ns, or th& lism of the jsbyterian Speaker ; olution of e General lb above ; ry School choola ; a ised to be overeign, I in " the I.SB of the >n divides )ther ex- '^ork than ich liave plan to h ample id moral 1 secur© T Clergy. >d in an may h& ;he moat Monitor, igemenb r useful 1 Wood,. ON. 12. Letter from Mahlon Barwell, Esquire, Port Burivell. 1. My opinion is that the present provision for Education in this Province is by no means adequate to its wants. Beside the sums derivable from the sales of School Lands, and applicable only to District and Grammar Schools, an annual appropriation from Jhe Provincial Treasury ought to be permanently secured by law and distributed among the several Dtetricta in proportion to the population of each, and be under the superintendence of a General Beard of Education, to be established at Toronto,— whose duty it should be, to require periodical and minute information from the several District Boards of Education, with the view of under- standing thoroughly the state of the education at the Grammar Schools of each District. The General Board should have the power of establishing Grammar Schools, and affording them assistance from the funds under their control, in such large Villages as grow up at distant pointa from the District Towns, and in which the inhabitants shall, at their own expense, erect suit- able buildings for such Grammar Schools. 2. The General Board should also have the power of establishing rules and regulations for the several Grammar Schcjols ; it should prescribe the manner of tuition, as well as the Text; Books to be used. The District Boa-d of Education should have the power of regulating, from time to tmie, the amount of tuition fees, and should also have the power of admitting, free from charge, a number of charity scholars from the Common Schools. ° 3. In regard to Common Schools, nothing is more desirable than that a Normal School should be established by law. The exclusive business of which Normal School should be • the education of promising youths, selected from the Common Schools of various Districts and educated purposely for Masters of the Common Schools throughout the Province. By this arrangement, a conatant supply of Teachers could be afforded, and they would, no doubt, be preferred by the inhabitants of the several Townships. 4. I cannot conceive anything more wanting in efficiency than our present system for Common School Education. 5. I would propose that a scheme should be adopted for forming a " Common School Fund " upon the following basis, videlicet, — (1.) A large appropriation of the Waste I^inds of the Crown, from which to create a per- manent revenue for the support of Common Schools in all time to come. (2.) A grant to be provided for permanently, from the Provincial Revenue. (3.) An equal sum to that afforded from the Provincial Revenue, to be permanently pro- vided for, and raised by annual assessments, from the people of the several Districts, by order of the Justices of the Peace in General Quarter Sessions,— each District furnishing its proper quota of that sum, in proportion to its population. A law framed upon such a scheme, as I have mentioned, would, in my humble opinion, be productive of much good to the rising youth of the Province. I proceed to answer the queries in the order in which you have put them :— Query 1. The number of Common Schools must be governed by the convenience and wanta of the population. Query 2. Their position should be fixed by the same rule. Query S. The selection of the Masters is a difficult matter, in the present destitute state of the Country, in respect to proper material. They should, in all cases, pass an examination before the Distiict Board of Education, and be approved of before they are permitted to teach. Queries 4 and 5. The remuneration of Masters should be by salary, apportioned by District Boards of Education, from the "Common School Fund," before mentioned, and by charges of tuition fees to the pupils, which, in my opinion, are absolutely necessary, to arrest and keep enduring the attention of parents to the true interests and well working of Common Schools and should never be dispensed with, but, in such cases of indigent parents as the Trustees of Common Schools might, on account of indigence, alone direct that their children should bo taught gratuitously. Query 6. The Course of Study and the Text Books used should be regulated by the District Boards of Education, to whom the Trustees of the Township, or Common, Schools should make half-yearly reports,— giving, in detail, all the information that might be required of them by the Di.stnct Bo.^rds, wh«so duty it should be to return a half-yearly synopsis of the state of the: Common Schools to the General Board of Education at Toronto, by which means valuable information would be gained, as to the practical working of all the Common Schools. :S80 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OP EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1839 «..,i?rH. . L^ aupervision requisite to ensure the efficient working of the Common Schools Tf S n^ ^?*/"»"\««i by an irregular visitation of all the schools, by a well qualified Member Of the District Boar^, In this way, a constant anxiety would be kept up. in the minds of the pupih, to improve as much as in their power. <^f m!^ '^iVofrt-^ I"*"^ mentioned were adopted, a Bill might be drawn up, embracing many Of tl'^-.^luaWo hints contained in the Essay of the Reverend Doctor Chalmers on "the Parochial Schools of Scotland " published in 1819* ; and of the yet more valuable" formation contained in the system of Education as explained by Mrs. Austin's translation of M. Victor Vousm s Report to the Government of France, on the subject of the Common Schools of Prussia «nl,f nn "■ u^ ?"t i""® °^ ^"^^ Commission of Investigation, a printed copy of the Common ■ochool Bill which I have several times endeavored to get passed through the Assembly. Several but™wi hthl\^*rK''PT'^Ti,°P'r''!'.*^*M*'« ''machinery "of this Bill is too democratic; but with the soourities afforded by the General and District Boards of Education, I beg le..ve to t/es^I h&^e uoTed" °P'"'''"' ^ •^^®" ^"^^ provisions of this Bill to be consistent with the authori- HousB OP Assembly, Toronto M. Burwell. 9th of December, 1-39. Draw of a Revised Bill for Common Schools, to which Mr. Mahlon Burwell refers IN HIS Preceding Letter. Most Gracious Sovereign :— «,o«^«^i!"?'' S® ^"T "'''^u'" ^'"■''^ ^°'" *^® establishment, maintenance and regulation of Com- *^«if , throughout thw Province, are not found sufficient for the wants thereof, Be it therefore enacted . . . That they be, and the same are hereby, repealed. ninn^<;.if"f *• '* ^"':*'^*''' «"««<«'^. • . That for the maintenance and encouragement of Com- mon Schools m each and every Township in this Province, there shall be established a Fund to be entitled "The Common School Fund," which said Fund shall consist :- tbA i!l*f ''r^* T^ ^""'' '*'■ ^rT' ?^ ^^^ Legislature shall deem fit to appropriate annually for the same, from the revenues of the Province : hv .flT'^''' 1 ^^ * ^T ''^"u ^" amount to the grant so made by the Legislature, to be raised nroZr ^^'i ' ^^ '""^^'' •'^ *^' ^r"^^"" ^"«^^^"« '" their respective Districts, on the ratable property, m the same manner as other assessments are now raised, levied and collected : and IT«r wt'^'r' ^^ 8"ch monies as m.y accrue from the selling, or leasing, of any Lands which Her Majesty may be pleased to grant for the establisnment, maintenance and support of Com- «non Schools in this Province. nnrf^^f p"*^ ^' it f^^rther enacted . That for the establishment, maintenance, and sup- Km YT™''" n"""^^ '"^^°^ ^"'^ ^^^^ ^^«*"«'' «f this Province, there shall I e granted to Her Majesty annually, during the continuance of this Act, the sum of pounds to be distributed among the several Districts, in the manner hereinafter provided, out of any monies which are now raised and levied by the authority of Parliament, to and for the uses of this Tr,ln ^•, .^'"^/^ il ''^■'''T enacted, . . , That there sh ill continue to be a General Board of ^(lucation, for the Province, to consist of not more than seven fit and discreet persons, appointed by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person administering the Government, -of whom five ?«nl ,n 1"''^"" : ^hose duty it shall be to submit an annual Report to the Governor, Lieu- tenant Governor or Person administering the Government, on the actual state and condition of ««.! tJ""*^" f chools throughout the Province, the monies expended thereon, and from what sources derived, with plans for their improvement, and such other matters respecting Schools and Education gencralljs as to the said Board may seem useful and expedient that the same may be laid before the Legislature at its annual Meeting. Prni' '^'l^V''••^"*■'''f' '"','*'''' • • • That the said General Board of Education for the H^r /!l o • ^^ ^^'''^ ^''^ .^^^''^ y®"' a^^cording to the last preceding census of the popula- amla fh AfrJ«l"^^V^T''-'°?, *^^ money annually granted by the Legislature, as aforesaid, f W t 1 1 «e^«'^al Districts, in the ratio of the number of five and under sixteen years of age tnat shall appear, from the returns of the population, to be resident within the same, nf F?' ^r'^ ^f itMther enacted, . . . That it shall be the duty of the said General Board ot Education to furnish the Receiver General of the Province with a certified statement, or list Di tne apportionment of the money granted by the Legislature under the provisions of this Act. «8 afore said, to the several Districts, for his rule and guidance. ^18^05^*"'^ ^'°'" ^^'^ ^'^*^ *" *''''^° on- pages 141. 142 of the Second Volume of this Documentary 1839 nmon Schools ified Member minds of the tracing many lers on * ' the i information of M. Victor )lsof Prussia, the Common ibly. Several I democratic ; [ beg le^ve to I the authori- URWELL. SVELI/ KEFKRS tion of Com- hereof, Be it ent of Com- ihed a Fund annually for to be raised the ratable ted : and Lands which ort of Com- ce, and sup- e granted to lunds, to be any monies uses of this 'al Board of 3, appointed if whom five 3rnor, Lieu- condition of I from what ing Schools at the same ;ion for the the popula- is aforesaid, 3ars of age, leral Board ent, or list, jf this Act, )ocumentary Chap. XV. REPORT OF A COMMISSION ON EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1839. 281 7. And be it further enacted . . . That it shall also be the duty of the said General Board of Education to certify the apportionmsnt of the public money, as aforesaid, to the Treasurer of each and every District, respectively, who shall lay the same before Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, in each and every District, that H-^r Majesty's Justices of the Peace in General Quarter Sessions may direct, and such Justices are hereby authorized and required to direct such an addition to the usual assessment of ratable property to be raised and levied within their respective districts, as shall be equal in amount to the money so apportioned for Common Schools, from the Provincial Treasury. ^. And be if further enan'ei, . . . That it shall be the duty of the said General Bo«d of Education to prepare suitable forms for making reports and conducting the necessary pro- ceedings under this Act, and to cause the same, with such regulations and instructions as they shall deem necessary, to be communicated to all such as are employed in executing the provi- aions ot this Act ; Provided, that nothing contained in such forms, regulations and instructions, shall be repugnant to the same. 9. And be it further enacted, . . . That there shall continue to be, in each and every District of this Province, with the exception of the Home District, a Board of Education : to consist of not less than seven, or more than nine, fit and discreet parsons, appointed by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person administering the Government, of whom five shall be a quorum,— whose duty it shall be : First : To apportion, in each and every Township within their Districts, respectively, the share of the School Fund, received and levied, as aforesaid, in the ratio of children over five and under sixteen years of age, found to bo resident within such Township, from the last population returns of the same ; and to furnish the Treasurer of the District, with a certified copy of the apportionment of the sums of school money to each and every Township, within such District, as aforesaid. Secondly: to eximine all parsons offering themselves as candidates for teaching Common Schools, in respect to m )ral character, learning •and ability, and, if satisfied thereof, to deliver to each person so ex imined a Certificate, expres- sing the same : Provided, nevertheless, that no person shall bo held entitled to such Certificate, or o be appointed to any Common School, unless such person is a natural born subject of Her Majesty, or a subject of Her Majesty by the conquest and cession of the Province of Quebec, or having become naturalized by Act of Parliament. — Thirdly: To hear, determine, and settle, all disputes which may arise out of the proceedings of Commissioners of Township and Common Schools hereinafter named, or out of the proceedings of the Trustees of School Districts, also hereinafter named, or any other matter in respect of Common Schools, within their Districts respectively ; and that, in all such cases, their decision is to be final ani without appeal. And Jfourthly : To prepare a Report of the stite of the Common Schools, in their respective Districts and transmit the same, in each and every year, to the General Board of Education for the Pro- vince, on, or before, the first day of January. 10. And be it further enacted . , . That it shall and may be lawful for the District Boards of Education to apply such parts of the money for the establishment and support of Common Schools, apportioned and raised, by assessment, in their Districts respectively, not exceeding, in any one year, the sum of One Hundred pounds, (£100,) for the purchase of Bo'.^" collect the rate-bill,ehallnotbepkidby Wm heTaUrs,S )V7 Person named in such tax list, or cessorin office, in any^Court^in t^his'^Sr Sl^cr;!^^^^^^ ^ ^^« - School- is, tCtVrMeltin. ks afor^esaldM'll f^ ''^ rj °^ ^^^'i -d every Common purchase a suitable site for thdr School Sseo^^^^^^^ ^ tax for that purpose, to repair, and furnish, such School House wS nPCP«lrl ff. ^^*" ,«"« '''=re, and to build, keep in duty of the Trustee's, as aforesaid toTgree with aTa^n^^^^^^^ '"'^ \' «^"" ^« ^^« School districts : Provided that no T«n^hL K '^"^.^PP^int all Teachers to be employed in such ing to the provisions of this Act ""^ "^''^ ^^ '^'"'' ^^° " "«* ^l^^li^^d accord- ■"Is 1. 18a» Chap. XV. IIKPOUT OF A COMMISSION ON EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1839. 283 , the first day y : To record tlie Cjeneral oniniisaioners 8 to be deliv- imitted to the as shall have ener, if they b respects the riduct of the ship Schools, pay over to lonies appor- B Townshipa. ivery School iiissioners of a sanie, and, required, to concerns of their School fis they, or a their School ippendages ; instruction, the School proceedings, heless, that L>f, at least, id Provided majority of luseholders, of each and uch district, heir places; '■> serve, re- esaid, such after such 368 of each ■ Tax, or as e the sum he taxable the Town- d to annex tax, signed collect the ax list, or Qr his suc- y Common urpose, to d, keep in hall be the ."ed in such 3d apcord- ive power or impro- io pay the mds from the Commissioners ot Tow ' ip Schools, as aforesaid, so far as such money shall bo authcient for that purpose, and the resi i of such wages shall be paid from monies collected by the Trustees of such School district, from all such persons as shall be liable therefor, by reason of sending children to the School of the said School district, in proportion to the number of days that such children shall have attended : Provided always, That the Trustees be authorized and empowered to exonerate from payment of the wages of such Teachers all such poor persons, within their dis- trict, as the> may think fit, and to collect the whole of such wages from such other persons residing within the said School district, as shall not be exonerated from payment thereof. 20^ And be itfiirther enacted . , . That it shall be the duty of the Trustees of each and every School district, as aforesaid, to make ou' and deliver to the Commissioners of Township Schools, for the Township, in which such School district shall be situated, a Report specifying the number of months, during the preceding half year, that a School has been kept in such School district ; the amount of monies received by them ; the manner in which the same haa been expended ; the number of children taught, who are above five, and under sixteen, yeara of age ; and the number of days that each child has attended : Provided That no allowance, or apportionment, of the School Fund shall be granted, by the Commissioners of the Township Schools, to the Trustees of such School districts as have not reported, as aforesaid : And Pro- vided also. That the sum paid by the inhabitants of Bi.ch School district for instructing their children shall be ecjual to the amount of the apportionment to be made by the Commissioners of Township Schools, as aforesaid. 21. And be it further enacted . . . That, if any Commissioner of Township Schools, or Trustee of any School district, shall make a false Ceitificate, or Report by means whereof any monies shall be fraudulently obtained, such Commissioner of Township Schools or Trustee of any School district, shall not only restore the money, so fraudulently obtained, but shall be fined Five pounds (£5,) for the benefit of the School Fund, to be recovered on the ( ath of one, or more, credible witnesses, before any two of Her Majesty's .Justices of the Peace, and to be levied, or recovered, by distress and sale of the offender's goods and chatties, together with all reasonable ccjsts on the sime. 22. And be it further evicted . . . That any person chosen, or appointed, to an office, under this Act, who shall, without sufficient cause, refuse to serve therein, shall forfeit the sum of two pounds, (£2,) and every person, so chosen and appointed, and not having refused to accept, who shall neglect to perform the duties of his ofiice, shall forfeit the sum of three pounds, £3, all which fines and forfeitures are to bo paid to the Treasurer of the District in which they are so forfei' ed, for the benefit of the Common School Fund, and to be recovered in the same manner as is provi ed for, in the case of fraudulent Reports and Certificates, as aforesaid. 23. And he it further enacted, . . . That, when portions of any two adjoinin(| Town- ships are found most convenient for a School district, it shall and may be lawful for the Com- missioners of Township Schools of the said two Townships to make such arrangements as that an apportionment of the School Fund from each may be in the ratio of children above five and under sixteen years of age as reside in the respective portions of the said two Townships. 24. And be it further enacted . . . That the several sums, hereby granted and appor- tioned, in virtue of the provisions of this Act, to the several Districts of this Province, shall be paid by the Receiver General, for the time being, to the Treasurer of each District respectively, in discharge of such Warrant, or Warrants, as shall, or may, from time to time, be issued by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person administering the Government of this Province for the time being, and shall bo accounted for to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, through the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for the time being, in such manner and form, as Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, shall be graciously pleased to direct. Note. An analysis of the foregoing Common School Bill by the Reveren d Doctor Ryerson will be found on page 148 of the Second Volume of this Docu- mentary History. It is also referred to on pages 72, 176 and 237 of the same Volume. Other projected Common School Bills which failed to become law ar e mentioned on pages 32, 206 and 309. The reasons why the Common School Bill of 1835 was rejected by the Legislative Council are given on page 198. A comprehensive Grammar School which was drafted by Mr. Mahlon Burwell in 1832, but which he failed to press to a second reading in the House of Assembly > will be found on pages 98-101 of the same Second Volume. 'I'i ^ "I I It '^s li 'I 284 DOCUMENTARY HISTOHY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1840-41 CHAPTER XVl THE FOUNDING OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE. KINGSTON, 1840, 41. With the exception of the meagre information, which I was able to collect and embody in Chapter Two of the Second Volume of this Documentary History, there is little, or no, record available of any substantial proceedings having been taken by the Presbyterian Authorities until 1838, to establish a Presby'terian College, or Seminary, for the education of Ministers, and Members of that Church. The expectation seems to have been entertained for many years previously, by Presbyterians generally, either that provision would be made for a Presby- terian Professor of Theology in King's College, as suggested in a Report of the Imperial House of Commons in 1828. and agreed to by the Legislative Council in 1837, (page 69, ante ) Or that, as embodied in the Queen's College Incorpora- tion Bill of 1840, an allowance would be made, out of the funds of King's College, for the support of such a Theological Professor in Queen's College. (See page 288, ante.) The Reverend Doctor William Gregg, in his "History of the Presbyte'ian Church in the Dominion of Canada," mentions that, at a meeting of the "Uiilted Presbytery of Upper Canada" held at York on the 2nd of September. 1829 : "A plan was considered for establishing a Literary and Theological Seminary for the educa- tion of young men of piety and ability for the Gospel Ministry, so soon as circumstances would permit The Reverend Messieurs \ndrew Bell, Robert Boyd and William Smart, were appointed a Committee to take steps towards the establishment of the contemplated Seminary. At this time, a Charter had been secured for the establishment of King's College, the provisions of which were so exclusively m the interests of the Church of England, that other Churches found It necessary to take steps to protect their own educational interests. (Page 373, 374.) Doctor Gregg then proceeds to narrate the further steps taken by the Pres- bytery in 1830-1832, to establish the proposed Seminary at Pleasant Bay, Hillier. in the County of Prince Edward, as detailed in Chapter Two of the Second Volume of this Documentary History, pages 14 and 15. As I have already intimated, the details of the steps which were taken by the Presbyterian Church in these early days are very meagre. A good deal of preliminary correspondence took place between the Representatives of that Church and the Colonial Office. I have made the following extracts from this Correspon- dence, as it appears in the Official Papers, which were, from time to time, printed by order of the Imperial Parliament. The folic wing Despatch, which seems to be the first on the subject, was written by Sir John Colborne to the Right Hon- i. 1840-41 Chap. XVI. THE FOUNDING OF (^UEEN's COLLEGE, KINGSTON, 1840-41. 28.5 840, 41. )le to collect ary History, having been Presbyterian that Church. i previously, 3r a Presby- eport of the bive Council ;e Incorpora- ng's College) liege. (See ?resbyte'ian bhe"Ublted r, 1829 : for the educa- istances would n Smart, were ted Seminary, the provisions hurchea found m.) jy the Pres- jasant Bay, ' the Second 'e taken by ood deal of ihat Church Correspon- me, printed ih seems to Right Hon- ourable Edward Geottrey Stanley, Colonial Secretary, in 1834, on the subject of King's College. Ho said : I have the honour to transmit to you the accompanying Memorial from the Synod of the Frosbytenan Church, representing f" .It there are twenty-hve Ministers of the Church of Scot- land in Upper Canada, in charge of i 'ugregations. The annexed Address has bIho been forwarded by the Synoc' of the Presbyterian Church, in which they express their anxiety to see King's College in operation, uniler a modihed Charter. Toronto, 18th April, 1834. j. Coi,boene. Enclosure. Extract from an Address to Sir John Colbome, from the Synod of the Pres- byterian Church of Canada, dated, York, the (Jth day of August, 1833. The Synod would not omit representing to your Excellency the deep interest they take in the general advancement of Education in Canada, and especially their anxious desire to see the College proposed to bo instituted in this place in early operation, under such a Charter as shall renderit generally available, and secure to it the confidence and sujiport of all Denominations of Christians in this Province of the British Empire ; and would be happy to receive any infor- mation which your Excellency may be pleased to communicate to them, in relation to this inter- esting subject. York, 6th day of August, 1838. John Maciiar, Moderator. From 1834 until 1837, the Correspondence between Representatives of the Presbyterian Church in Canada and the Colonial Office related chiefly to the subject of the Clergy Reserves. On the 14th of April, 1837, a meeting of Dele- gates of the Presbyterian Church was held in Cobourg, at which, among other things, the Honourable William Morris was appointed as a Representative of that Church, to confer personally with the Imperial Government, in regard to the status and claims of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. On the 13th of July 1837, Mr. Morris addressed the following Letter to Lord Glenelg, then Colonial Minister: ^i'li^'^T'^®. Grey has favored nie with vour Lordship's sentiments re8])ecting the Act to amend the Charter of King s College ;* and, although I entirely concur in the principle, that when an Act passes the Legislature, Her Majesty's Government should regard it hs expressing the wishes of a majority of the people of the Province ; yet, when I know that the Act in ciuestion passed the Lower House, without being sufficiently understood by many of the Members • and when it IS a matter of notoriety, that the Legislative Council declined to make a single amend- ment to It. as recommended by the Select Committee of that Body,t fearful that the Bill would never return to them, your Lordship will not wonder that I do not consider it as expressive of the voice of more than a small minority of the inhabitants. I atn happy to learn, however, that your Lordship will direct Sir Francis B. Head to convey to the Council of Kings College the strong recommendation of Her Majesty's Government that a Theological Professorship shou'd be forthwith provided for the Church of Scotland. I would not mention the apparent design to exclude the Ministers and Members of the Scots Church from a voice in the Council of King's College ;+ for, although the recent Act is well calculated to carry that object to the utmost extent, yet there is a power vested in the Peison administering the Government which might bo exercised in a way that would remove this ground of complaint; but i regret to say that this branch of the Lieutenant-Governor's patronaee or prerogative, has extended to the Members of the Church of England only ' 6(3 Jermyn St., St. James London, 13th July, 1837. VV. Morris. *This Letter is not given in the Correapondence, printed by order of the laiporial Parlianieur. t See page 74 of this Volume, ante. wi,^^®*'iJ?*'"^'P°"*^^°°®o?°.*ij.'? ^^r^r^" between the Revtrend Doctor Strachan and the Honourab^ Wilham Morns, on page 91 of this Volume, ante. """ui«u I' 280 DOCUMENTAllV HIHTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1^40-41 tii. 1 < < liri - f « ! JE;i. I ■ II This Letter was sent by Lord Glenoljf, witli the following DcHpatch to Lieu- tenant-Governor, Sir Francis Bond F»ad. on the 2l8t of July 18,'}7 :• I transmit, for your inrorinatiuu, {In Dologfttos of the ProsI lurian «' ugregatii f >i)v of « Ptitition to liU lato Majesty from th« i^^i t * -1 ioo« V . • , . - f- ' '"***' aPI"*'"'**' f'» "'*"«* at Coboiirg, (on tlio 14th of April 18J7,) wluch wa« pftl^^nH », ' „^„, , by Mr. Morris, who i« acting in this Country M the Agent fnr the Petitionors. | 0i»o euclow v '^iea of two Leltert addf«*88ed to mo by Mi Morris on tlio 13th and 17th in8taiA.t / . . The design which Mr. M-rri* held by. Professors in connection with that Church. . . . _ ^ 1). Macfaulan. College, Glasgow 26th of July, 1837. On the 5th of August, the Reverend Doctor Alexander Mathieson addressed Lord Glcnelg at length, (in conjunction with the Reverend John Machar), on the objects of their mission. I have made an extract from his Letter, as follows : Third: In connection with this subject, ((.e. Education in Lower Canada), I was further instructed to urge the propriety of its being made a positive condition, on the part of Her Majesty's Government, that, in lieu, of tii . advantages conferi-ed by the Parent State on Colonial Universities, and more especially on King's College, Toronto, and McGill College, Montreal, these Institutions be tatablished on such a liberal foundation as to be made available to Her Majesty's subjects in the Canadas of every Dei. anination. That the chief (lualif'cations required * This, and other Letters of the t?.onourable William Morris, addressed to the Colonial Minister were severely criciciised by the Reverend Doctar Strachan in a pamphlet published by him in 1838, entitled • " Letter to the Honourable William Morris, being Striotureeon the Correspondence of that Gentleman with -the Colonial OfiSce, as a Delegate from the Presbyterian Body in Canada. By John Strachan, D. D., Arch- deacon of York.'- (Page 67.) Mr. Morris replied in another pamphlet, to these " Strictures " in the same year, extendinff to 64 pages, including an appendix. Extracts from these pamphlets are Riven on paees 91 and 92 of this Volume, ante. " " tThe Letter of the 17th of July, 1837, is not inc. . x* ui v'le Correspondence, as printed. •vitt i tb t jth of .Tvily, 1839, the following entry t, :?'■•,/ when Secretary of State for the Colo- -. i per Uauad ■ .i-aa laid before the Council, , V" c ^ L .n.. 1^- vt -^ J* , -'• '■■Co. jurable W.'i.ui Morris, as the authorized AifHot of the Scotch Church m Upper Canada, that i.u<.' (ioy». aysent to "the Act amending the Charter of King's College " should be withhbld until a Professorship of Divinity should be appointed for the Students of 4 1 a 6 Church. Note. Why this Despatch was not laid before the Council at an earlier date does not appear t In the Proceedings of the Council of King's Coi^iiiitrv to inu by Mi. Miniaterti itnd am iiiiiviiiced, trotuiKf wliich lovo any laii- [Jlenelo. i^onvencr of rproinoting Colonies," rocIucin « chairs of the last of those Faculties shall be vcHtod in tho Synod, Mihjoct to the apprr)-. - ■: tho Crown and that tho internal iiianaKomont of 'his Faculty, in ho far as roHiKicta the termi, tho course, anci tho subjects of study, shall also bo ii. lor tho direction of ilie Synod. Alexandkk Mathiehon, _ Minister of Mf. Andrew H ! 'lurch, M..r..roal. London, , 4 Jermyn Street, 5th of August, 1837. IVrtsbytory of Quebec. The reply to this Letter (by Sir Jainos Stopherr wan to tho eHed that as the Honourable William Morris and he, (Doctor Mathioson.) were associ- ated as a Deputation, in reganl to tho same matter, " Lord Glenelg would, there- fore, suggest to you tlio propriety of informing yourself of what had already passij between the OoparLmcnt and Mr. Morris " To this Letter tho Reverend Doctor Mathie.son replied on tho 9th of August, 1837. Tho following are extracts from this Letter : — I have i'l acknowledge tho honour of your letter of tho 7th instant, informing mo that Lord (Jleiiol-,' i>as already entered into a full discussion with Mr. Morris upon the claims and interosta of the Church of bcotlaiid in Upper Canada. . . Althoujjh it might bedeomod imprudent to touch on any subject so delicate as one tli:.: has already obtainoil the sanction of tho I'roviiicinl Legislature, I would iiavo considered it mv Uity to have remonstrated agains", advising tho sanction of tho Crown to bo given to the King's Jol- lege University Bill, until such a scheme of operation be detor.ninod upon by tho Collogo Council, as many of the Legislatc^rs, (as I am well informed,) who acceded to tho i)as8ing of tho Bill, w ^re led to believe would bo ado|)tod. It miy bo unbjc >raing to miko any remark on tho act of i lo Lieutonant-Governor, which tilled up tho vacancies in tho College Council exclusively from Mo n- bors of the Church of KngUnd ; although soiiij Members of the c )-ordiiiato Church of Scotlan 1 might have been found ecpially well nunlitiod to hold a place at that Board, -a measure, to say the leant of it, little calculated to sootlio feelings that hive boon of lato so much irritated. But the outline of the plan for carrying into operation that Institution which was submitted by tho Venerable Archdeacon Strachan for the approbation of the College Couiuil, is so objectionable in its details, as ought to ni'vke Har Mijosty's Advisors pause before they would recommeni the final sanction of a Bill that will bo far from meeting the wishes of the Colonists, until some more liberal scheme of operation be proposed and adopted. The plan submitted by the Archdeacon treats with such contumelious silence, at once the recommendations of the Parent Government, and the oft-expressed wishes of the Colonists, that, if it be adopted, 1 will not hesitate to affirm, that it will be the cause of renewed strifes and dis- sensions, most inimical to the piaco and prosperity of the Country. The Provincial newspapers have already given ominous warning of this result ; and nothing but blind infatuation will impel the proiecution of a plan that will be ultimately ruiuous to the cause it is designed to promote. If two Theological J'aculties, one in connection with the Church of England, and the other with tb< Church of iicotland, having ;in independent internal management, be erected on the founda r of the University [of King's Collejie], as recommended by Government ;t and, if the Classical and Philosophical departments be left open to those who, believing in tho authenticity and inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, are best qualified in the different branches of Literature and Science required to be taught, I am persuaded that it would conduce more decidedly towards preserving the Church of England entire, and promoting her prosperity, than any other scheme while it would be more acceptable to the great bulk of the Colonists themselves. . . * London, 74 Jermyn Street, 9th of August, 1837. Alexander Maihirson. *See reference to this Subject on page "J2 of this Volume, ante. +No doubt, the Reverend Doctor Mathieson here refers to the proposal suggested by the Select Oom- «nittee of the Imperial House of Commons in 1828, on page '254 of the First Volume of this Documentary Hist iry. See also page 268 of that Volume. ' is V ."., i ' ••* > ffij 1 'T 1 1 s 1 1 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1840-41 The latter part of this Letter contains u clear and precise statement of the viewr and wishes of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, in regard to such modifications in the practical working of the amended Charter of King's College University as would make it acceptable to the Members of that Church It is- the first and only satisfactory statement of details of what was desired by the Presbyterian Church, which is embodied in the available records relating to this subject, so far as I know. To his Letter, Sir James Stephen replied, on behalf of Lord Glenelg, on the 15th of August, 1837. I have made the following extract from this Reply :_ 2. Lord Glenelg. and his Lordship's predecessors in office, have invariably entertained at,^ expressed the most earnest solicitude to concur in promotiAi. an effeSve VsJem Spuwfa S rr.^^ Canadas. of which Christian instruction sh.mld be, not merelvTn essentia? C T 'k *^,^rt ,E^fT. attempt which it has hitherto been possible to rn^e wTh that view, has been defeated, by the impossibility of inducing an agreement amongst Te n^rSs „ or« immediately concerned, as to the means by which effect should be given to Zt design with ?LtT' ^^''f^^'l^'^^'' «^it?in and the British Provinces in North AmerS *^ To r'econciL Tsystem ofTulTEiTtirfnVT ^^^ ^'T' ^^ *^' ^''T "' °^ ^" '^"^'-^^.^ ^or estaSSig a oystem ot Fublic Eaucation in Upper Canada, appears to Lord Glenelg, impossible, t Downing Street, *'• Stephen. London, 15th August, 1837. The further proceedings taken by the Presbyterian Church of Canada in regard to this matter are best expressed by the Reverend Doctor Geor^^e Bell Registrar of Queen's University, in the following paper on the subject which he very kindly prepared at my request. The paper is headed :— Notes on the Orio.n of Qcjebn's UNivEiisiTY, by the Reverend Doctor George Bell. ^ariwl^.r'*'^ ""^'^'^ Presbyterian Church in Canada, in connection with the Church of Scotland early felt the want of .ui Institution for training Candidates for the Ministry S referred to the matter in their Miaates on several occasions, but without detiniteactiruntil 1^ or 1838 LVuS;?S,^rdl.Sofrptlr£^^^^^^^ ^'^ ^«"°-^"^ ap^L^in^S^'e the Si^^:t^:i::^^tzX:^^ - ,-«„ fSr^'"'' *^f^ Presbyteries in the meantime receive under their care such vountr'men aonlv mg to them as they may deem fit to entor on a course (,f preparatory study and direct fh£ studies as they best can, in the hope that better means of instruction shaH^'o.nb^nSJ T t No further correspondence on this subject is given in the Parliamentarv Panprs frnr. „j,;„k *i, f weflroinsf Letters are chiefly taken, and which is entitloi romp» n,. J5V/J^^.^//> f aperH troro which the Clergy Reserves in Canada, 1819 to 18^ Part I vSesn7TcZp^^^^^^^^^^ respecting the land and Scotland in Can^dr;, pages K ^ ^Yand% ^ relating to the Churches of Eng- 1840-41 I statement ard to sucb ag's College urch. It is red by the ting to this elg, on thfr leply :— ertained and m of Publio an essential £6, with that parties more ign. iwsrs for the^ which it is the internal to the Local vernment to itive, and of To reconcile establishing Stephen. Canada, in orge Bell, which he JE Bell. of Scotland, referred to 37, or 1838. ears in the 1 regard to it was men apply- lirect their ! obtained, iiers within d 202 of this I which the espccting the ches of Eng- >r Hell said ^ amar School C^ap. XVI. THE FOUNDING OF QUEEN's COLLEGE, KINGSTON, 1840-41. 28D The following bears the date of August 4th, 1838, in the Minutes : — The Synod had transmitted to them, by their Committee on Bills and Overtures, Overtures ft:om the Presbyteries of Hamilton and Toronto, respecting the education of yount; men for the Mmistry withm the bounds of the Synod, together with a Report from the PresbyteJy of Uauulton, describing the progress and attainments of four young men, who, under the encourage- Pr«l'vrr''"'lV''^^""?^.,,"''J^^^"'*' ^™ P"""*"S ^^^'' «*^'^i«« u'ader the inspection o? that J resbytery, with a view to the Ministry, requesting the advice of the Synod for their future direction and cal ing on the Synod to declare definitely and fully their intentions on this sub- ject and to carry into effect their Resolution of 1836. The Report of the Presbytery of Hamilton is as follows :— ^u ^* ^''""Iton, the Eleventh day of July, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirtv-oieht the Presbytery met, and was constituted with prayer. Mr. Angus McColl, Mr. Stephen Bulmer' Mr John McKinnon, and Mr. Robert Wallace, appeared for examination. The Presbytery pro- ceeded to examine them severally and minutely in the various branches of Education in which they had been engaged. The Presbytery ordered the following particulars to be recorded '^STt:t^^s^:.rfiB:r'''''^'^^''''' ^''"'- '^^- p-^-'— re not *i, '^u^ Synod, having maturely considered the Overtures and Reports, resolved to declare as they hereby do, that, in the present circumstances of this Church, in which there are so manv Congregations destitute of Ministers, and the supply of Probationers from Scotland is so utterly maclequate they cannot in conscience delay any longer -o undertake the education of candidates for the Holy Ministry in these Provinces ; and the Synod accordingly declared their determin- ation to conduct, withm the bounds of the Synod, the education of such young men as have already been accepted, and shall hereafter be accepted by Presbyteries, and appoint the follow- ing Members a Committee to consider and report a scheme by which this declaration may be carried into effect namely, the Reverend Messieurs William Rintoul, Henry Esson, Peter Colin Campbell, P. McNaughton and George Romanes. , o ci v^uuu July 5 1SS9. The Synod had transmitted to them, by their Committee on Bills and Overtures, Reports on the scheme of Theological education by the Presbyteries of Toronto Ham- ilton, Quebec, Bathurst, and Kingston. These, being read, were referred to the Committee on the education of candidates for the Ministry. • I, xP?. ^^^°'^ had transmitted to them, by their Committee on Bills and Overtures a Report by the Presbytery of Hamilton, on the studies of the young men under their charge which was read and also referred to the Committee on the education of candidates for the Ministry. July S,1839 The Synod called for the Report of the Committee on the education of '.candidates for the Ministry, which was given in by the Reverend Peter C. Campbell read and approved A draft of an Act of Incorpo.^ation, to enable Trustees to hold lands and other funds for the establishment of an Academical Institution for the Education of Youth, and narticularlv for the Education of Candidates for the Holy Ministry, [Queen's College] was given in along With the Report and read. o j n j, '^j'^j ??'""'' '^^^ said draft read over clause by clause, and, having carefully considered and amended tlie same, unanimously adopted it, and directed a copy thereof, as amended and adopted to be authenticated by the Clerk's signature, and kept in retentis for the use of the Commission.' The Synod authorized and instructed the Conmiission to cause a Bill, in conformity with said draft, to be introduced into the Legislature of Upper Canada at the next Session thereof and to watch over the passage of the same, not permitting any material alteration to be made therein by the Legislature, but with power to withdraw the clause recjuiring the Trustees to receive and subscribe, ex ammo, the formulas of the Church of Scotland, in the event of this clause Drovintr an insuperable barrier to the passage of the Bill by the Legislature, On motion, made and seconded, it was resolved by a majority of votes, that Kin.'ston be the site of said Institution, and that it be known and designated" as the Scottish Presbyterian College, [I. c. , Queen's College]. '' The Synod authorized and enjoined the Commission to proceed with all diligence pnd in such manner as they may deem best, in obtaining contributions for the establishment and su- - port of the College, and to appoint such agent, or agents, as they shall see proper for this purpose depositing the contributions in money that may be received in the Montreal Bank in Lower Canada, and in the Gore Bank in Upper Canada. In accordance with the recommendations of said Report, the Synod agreed to record their great satisfaction with the assiduity and progress in study, manifested by the young men studying under the superintendence of the Presbytery of Hamilton, and enjoined that Presbytery to con- tinue their superintendence of the studies of the young men, adhering as closely as circumstances 19 D.E.3 ■r 290 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1840-41 K E' 4) ir. Ml 7 • • » ^'' si ^'iiS W ^ 1 jK^ .'« Ministry, accordii^ to theVf're Jnii, /9 a select Committee, consisting of Messieurs David Thorourn and Edward W Ihomson, to report thereon by Bill, or otherwise.] The Provin'cial Act in-corporating Queen's College as the Univehsity of Kingston, 1840.* Ffrna^ y Gth, IS40. At a meeting of the Commission, held in Toronto on the Gth of Febru- ary, 1840, reference was made to the Bill before Parliament at the time. [It had come from the Legislative Council, was passed by the Assembly on the 17th of January, with some amendments • these were agreed to by the Council on the 21st of January, and the Bill received the Royal dissent on the lO^i of February, 1810.] In a Re])ort of a Committee to the Commission at this meeting, (Gth of February,) the following occurs, which may explain the difference in the name. Ihe Reverend William Rintoul further reported that an application had been made to Her Majesty the Queen for such additional privileges as can only be conferred on Universities by Ivoyal Charter ; and for permission to style the Institution : " Queen's College and University," and that this app ication had been forwarded, and strongly recommended, by His PJxcellencv the Governor General. • i. ''^''I'.J^' 1840. The Synod expressed approval of the action of the Commission, and instiuicted Presbyteries to co-operate in the work of raising funds for the endo^-ment. Before ;.hu Synod of 1841, Mr. Edward W. Thomson, MP. P., had been appointed an Agent for collect- ing funds, and the Synod recommended his work, and instructed the Moderator to issue a cir- cular letter to congregations, urging the claims of Queen's College for contributions. The Act of Parliament incorporating the College was passed in the Winter of 1840 (Febru- ary 10) naming it The " University at Kingston. " But this name seems to have been dropped, for. in Minates of Synod in July, 1840, it is called the " University of Queen's College '' In the Journals of the House of Assembly, the College is culled by both names, from January to l5^ It in ' IP \it liiii 292 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1840-41 Thomas Liddell who arrived in DecomliAr IHdi nn/i fi,.. n n . . a yearly payment from the revenn Jnf k\.„- 'n 'v-..?.^ Zit^}"-''f''Sh^^' g''l'"'"« *" ^^e Colleg Memoranihtm respectin.. the Disallowance of the Queen's College Act of Incob.or- ATioN OF 1840.— The Royal Charter of Queen's University of 1841. under a yearlj^ayment from the-^v;n;^'^^^„g.;c::\i:^:;T^^^^^ logical Pro essorBhip, according to the faith and discipline of he ChuX ofTcotUd w f^^^ was to satisfy the claim of that Church to have such a k.fessorship irrK^ng^Coirego ' «,.H f'v^n^r^ ?^'''^' occurred ; and an immense amount of correspondence went on for a vear ri^ sIa t'^'^'V/^ ^""l'* "/ Trustees, the Lieutenant Governor, the Governor GenS (Lord Sydenham ) he agent of the Trustees in London, (Mr. A. Hllespre fthe Imnprfai Government, the Colonial Committee of the Church of Scotland, and otliers ^ ^ ^ imperial 4. One thing I cannot clearly make out is this : Why the TrustoHR /PrMv;a,-,>.,„i \ i. they .-ere applying for a Royal Charter, at the same time, a^ foif 3 obS d f ^r^vYn" cal Act. From all I can learn from the Correspondence and otherwise, no clea? answe,^ the circumstances, the Synod of the Canadian Chii«.}. i.. i«'W \.l i • ^'^*'"?7"- .'-nder the movement for' the ELblishment orrColeS wticriiid^t^^^^^^^^ ""'"h °" &^S.'" '^"°''^"' '''' p^^^'^«'""^^ Tru;re;4trilTaSsTo^get'rhrj^^^^^^^^^^ iedtL£z?ti;j^p;i;;iS:i'^^^^^ living who can give definite information on this J^int, but it™ ammrent fn^m fit offi i ^ ""T that the Trustees expected to have the Royal cLrte^, h! adStiTto the ^ov n^^^^^^^ expectation must have been a main cause of the long delav in issuin./ tLchl^^l a T u an unaccountable delay in obtaining the Report of the^awOKcers of f/^o' l^'^^'^^'^^'^.^y subject. On the 4th o> November: 1840. l!>rd JohlrRurell'say: %n a De^S to tt Governor General, referring to the report of Her Majesty's Attorney ^nd SV.lidtrGeneral - " Y^'." ^'" perceive that those officers are of opinion that that Charter cannot be granted and that an improper course has been pursued in founding the College. As yor.fnnear to h« anxious that a Royal Charter should be granted to this Institution, I have determiS to follow the course suggested by them, as the only mode in which the wishes of the ^^68 could be efiected. The Act will acconhngly be disallowed, and a fresh Charter will be prepared.'' 6. The following is an extract from the report of the Law Officers —" It hnlnnaa f« fi,^ Sr'Vf^ :'' Prerogativ-e, to incorporate, or establish, a UnivetSt; Thei ought' to haJe been a Charter from the Crown in the first instance, instead of an Act of the Provincial lS lature. But the Anh of t.lmf T,PfriBiot.,„o ,.,1,;^], i,.-„ u ,__ „i-t • 5 • \. T '^loymciai i,egis- point of precedent, but it ac tually disables the Crown Irom doiAg, by 01."^^ ^^^^^^ •See Educational Proceedings of the House of Assembly, 16th of January, ie4o7^I^7225,'^ I" 1 [)A. 1840-41 I on tho 7th of for you, on the r OP iNCORfOR- 1841. a College under g to the College lance of n Theo- Scotlnnd, which ollege. 18 held on the k^illiani Morris, to apply to the the Institution lid Edward W. eous to give it )etitioned Her "Queen's Col- is Bond Head, leased to grant :ed on the 31st t on for a year ernor General, I the Imperial .'isional,) when ned, a Provin- • clear answer er Education, he situation of icularly so. for try, several of nd this, while sters. Under iate action on ' two or three Jt the College 'oyal Charter, jw of any one )fficial records al Act. This , preceded by !rown on the patch to the ir General ; - granted, and appear to be ned to follow bees could be ired." jlongs to the ight to have /incial Legis- ectionable in what is now 5, ante. Chap. XVI. THE FOUNDING OF QUEEN's COLLEGE, KINGSTON, 1840-41. 293 aohcitod by the Trustees : the Act having received the Royal Assent has the force of Law in Upper Canada, and is binding on the Crown. Tho Act begins by enacting that tlie Institution shall be called " the University of Kingston," and the Charter proposes that it shall be called Queens College at Kingston." The only mode in which the object of the parties can be obtained seems to us to be to disallow tho Act, and to grant a now Charter, fram-jd as the original Incorporation and foundation of tho Institution. xu- ^^ '"»y Legislative Enactment respecting the funds of tho University should be necessary this may follow ui)on the Charter. The Act already passed may, in point of Law, be confirmed toy Her Majesty, but the proposed Charter cannot be superinduced upon it." A now draft was prepared, and the Royal Charter was issued on October the Kith, 1841. Queen's Univkrhity, KiNcjsTON, 4th of December, 1895. Georoe Bell, Registrar. Note. The following is a copy of the Royal Proclamation, issued by Com- mand of the Queen, disallowing the Provincial Act of the 10th of February, 1840, incorporating " The University of Kingston." RoYAi, Proclamation, di.sallowino the Act incorporating the University ok Kingston. TO AtL WHOM these PRESENTS .SHAtL COME, GREETING : — Victoria R. fVhereas, at a Session of Our Legislative Council and House of Assembly of that Part of Our Province of Canada, formerly known as Upper Canada, begun and hdden at tlie City of Toronto, m Our said Province, on the third day of December, in the Third year of Our Reign, and pro- rogued on the tenth day of February then next ensuing, a Bill was passed, intituled : " An Act to establish a College by the name and style of the University at Kingston ; " and ir/i('mjs,m pursuance of the directions of a certain Act of Parliament of Great Britain, passed m the Thirty-First year of the Reign of the late King George the Third, intituled : " An Act to repeal certain parts of An Act passed in tho Fourteenth year of His Majesty's reign, intituled : An Act for making more effectual provision for the (Jovernment of the Province of Quebec, in North Amortca,' and to make further provision for the (Government of the said Province, an authentic copy of the said Bill was duly transmitted to one of Our Principal Sec- retanes of btate, and was by him received at Our Department of State for the management of the affairs of Our Colonies, on the Fourth day of A])ril next ensuing the passing thereof, as by the Certificate under the hand and seal of the Right Honourable Edward Geoffrey Stanley, com- mouly called Lord Stanley, Our Principal Secretary of State for managing the affairs of Our Colonies, doth fully appear ; Now Know Yo, that the said Bill, intituled : " An Act to establish a College by the name and style of the University at Kingston," having been laid before US, in Our Privy Council, We have thought fit, by Our Order in Council, bearing date at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, the Iwenty-Birst day of October, mm last past, to declare Our Disallowance thereof ; and We do hereby declare Our Disallowance of the said Bill, and that the same shall liencefoith cease, determine and be of none effect ; wherefore all Our loving subjects, whom it may concern, are to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. In testimony whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent, and the Great beat of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness Our trusty and well-beloved Sir Richard Downes Jackson, K. C. B., Admiu'stratf^r of the Government of Our said Province of Canada, and Lieutenfint General Commanding Our forces in British North America ; etcetera, at Kingston, this Third day of December, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-One, and in the Fifth Year of Our -Reign. By Command, R. D. J. S. B. Harrison, Secretary. S94 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1840.41 «i l"|f '} i;r liill M m Early Reminiscences of QtEKN's Uxiversitv, Kinustox, by thk Reverend Prokessoh John B. Mowat, D.D. thei Affonf SliTiv tn "^^M^ K^l ^'IT^ ^^-^^''''^'y "^ ^'^^ Church of Scotland never relaxed tneir ettorts till they had established a School in every Parish, a Hiirh School in everv To*.. regar?s'th^e^ifgtXfnInT'" '' "" '''"''"' ""' '"''"^ "'"^'^ ^" ^^"'*''^' ^^P^'''""^ - i^lSSt 1^« -^ -Xcl^^atS ^SciliS^r Z^zz^;^:^ meeting in St Andrew's Church, at which it was resolved to cJecrsXriptions Tor Jh^m^^^ Sori,ent3^'in^8lS"o""'*J"^ Tv'f'^ ^t ^'*^'^°"^^'^' (^^fterw^sHoh too'^a rhlXr f hf f i^ ' ^i"'"''" ^,'*^''^ Victoria Universities were incorporated by Provincial Charters, the former being then cal ed "The Universitv of Kin.cnn " Ti,l fTii • ^'"*^'"^',a'' pro,noter. of Queen's University petitioned Her Xj^^ tlS' fe'^Luld ^^^^^^^^^^ a' wt Charter, m connection with her own name, which reqist was graciously cSldwUh ^ ar««f^f''^..''T ^^^ "fcumstances which led to the foundation of Queen's University The nro gress of the University may be marked by its cliat.ges of abode A clapboard frame dwelC . . Lanada Pienbytermu. (It moved three times afterwards). *" Meeting held in Kinoston to Promote the Establishment of Queen's College- 18th December, 1839. The Public Meeting to which the Reverend Professor John B. Mowat D D refers, was held in Kingston on the 18th of December, 1839. Its object was to promote the establishment of Queen's College in that city. The Reverend John Machar acted as Chairman, and Mr. Roderick M. Rose as Secretary. The follow- ing Resolutions were adopted at the meeting : Moved by Major Logie, seconded by John A. Macdonald, Esquire, and Cn,Jflf7'^' ^•- ^^^^^ ^rl' '"f *i»g fl«eply regret the limited means afforded the youth of this totafw^nt of r?"f ihi ?''f "^r "?•"' ^""'/^'^ "" ^:^'^°'""^ P""'^'!'!^^' ^'^ -oreCedal y the Sn wiSfthe ChS:ro?sJ;>tt^ ""' ^'^^^^""^ ^^""= "^^" ^""^ '"^^ ^"-^^/- --- Moved by Thomas Greer, Esquire, and seconded by Reverend Henry Gordon, and Besohed, 2 : that this Meeting learn with great satisfaction the proposal by the Commission of Synod to erect a College in Kingston for the instruction of young TrwUh a vieHo t e Holy Ministry m connect on with the Church of Scotland, and the ed^Sno youth genera y in the various branches of Literature and Science, upon sound religious principles ^""^^''^''^ Moved by Mr. James Williamson, seconded by Francis A. Harper, Esquire and Resolved, 3 : That this Meeting pledges themselves, by everv means and exerHona in fV,«i,. power, to forward the views and intentions of Synod. exertions in then Moved by Mr. William Ferguson, seconded by Mr. Joseph Bruce, and Resolved, 4 : That a Committee of six be appointed, wich power to add to their number to collect subscriptions from Members of the Congregation of St. Andrew's Church K^Zton and from others friendly to the proposed Institution, %nd to exert themLlves i,rsuch a wav "; may best promote its suceeRsfv.l completion. "lemseives in sucn a way as Moved by John A. Macdonald, Esquire, seconded by the Reverend William Reid, and -^««''^^^^' ^," That the Committee consist of Messieurs Francis A. Harper A Prinele John Roy, Robert Matthews, Thomas Greer and Roderick M. Rose. ^^""P^^' ^- ^ ""g^e, John A. 1840-4! ND Pkofkssor as it necessary :her8 of Scotch I never relaxed II every Totvn, emost position lence in every , especially as. I provisions of it its Authors ud Methodists ntjston held a s for the pro- John), took a by Provincial iwing year the them a Royal i with. ty. The pro- anie dwelling it cradle . V College — lowat D.D., ject was to- erend John The follow- i^outh of this especially the ry in connec- , and B Commission , view to tlie uth generally 1 ions in their leir number, h, Kingston, ch a way as eid, and 'ringle, John Chap. XVI. THE FOUNDING OF QUEEN's COLLKOE, KINGSTON, 1840-41. 29.> Moved by John A. Macdonald, Esquire, seconded by Mr. John Mowat, that the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Reverend John Machar for his able conduct in tie Chair, and that be requested to furnish a copy of his opening Address for publication. . . . The following are extracts from this opening Address : Wo are now met, my friends, to put our hand to a work in which we trust we may say, without any approach to irreverence, that God liHth put it into the hearts of our brethren and us to engage. Tho establishment of a University, in which, while one of its most important objects will be tho tiaining up of Ministers of the (Jospel to supply the hng-cryirg destituticn of this land, there will be given to our youth the fullest access to the cultivation of all tho branches of a literary and scientitic education. . . . The University, which it is proposed to erect, will belong to the Presbyterian Church, and its management be vested in Trustees of that communion. This is a matter of necessity. It is obvious that the control of such an Institution ought to be in tho hands of some trustworthy and responsible body ; and as the project has originated with Presbyterians, and as by Presbyterians It will m all likelihood, be mainly sustained, it is as obvious that the control should be in that Church. That it is to be a Presbyterian University we wish to be distinctly understood, but, at tho same time, we wish it to be e(iually distinctly understood, and particularly by this Meeting, in which there may be present respected friends favourable to our object who behmg to othir Churches, that it is not to be a Presbyterian University in the sense that the youth of other Com munions are to be excluded from its classes, or subjected, if they attend them, to the smallest interference with those forms of worship, or systems of church government, in which they have been brought up. Most especial care will bo taken to avoid this ; and, that it can be easily avoided, will be at once perceived, on considering that within this College there are to bo two disUnct departments— that of education in general Literature and Science, and that of instruction in Theology— the former of which may be passed through by the student without the smallest danger of having his opinions as to forms of church policy influenced, since this is a subje t which It would be altogether going out of thoir way for the Professors of that department ever once to touch upon. In tho classes of 1 heology, which need not be attended by any but Presby- terian students, and attendance on which will for all others be perfectly optional, and it will be discussed m its proper place and according to its relative importance, but in the classes of general Science and Literature it will never be introduced any more than particular systems of civil law, or particular theories in Medical science. . . . It is computed that to render tlic proposed College efficient, to endow u sufficient number of Professors dips, to erect Buildings, to purchase a Library, and Philosophical Apparatus, $160,000 and upwards would be required. . . . (Queen's Colleye Journal ; Jubilee Numbtr, January^ ISOO, J Sir John A. Macdonald's llEt'OLLEcTiON of the Queen'.s College Meetixc; OF Decembek, 1839— Fifpy Years Ago. One of those who took part in the Meeting' in St. Andrew's Church in December. 1S3'J, was Sir John A. Macdonald, who thus referred to it, in a pleasant speech, which he made at the Jubilee Meeting of Queen's University held at Kingston, in December, 1889. He said : — This morning, after my arrival from Ottawa, 1 was informed that I was exf icted to make some allusion to the events of fifty years ago. Since that memorable occasion, when a small party, small, as compared with recent gatlierings, assembled in St. Andrew's Church, many events of importance have occurred to me, which might naturally be expected to impair some- what my recollection of what occurred in that Church, on the 18th of December, 1839. But, I am happy to say, that my recollection of that Meeting is perfect. I was a young man just commencing my practice, and, being a Kitigstonian. and a Presby- terian, I was exceedingly anxious that my native City, practically, should have the honour of being a University City,— a Seat of Learning. I was one of those who assembled in St. Andrew's Church, now gone, like most of those who, that day, gathered within its walls. His Excellency, Lord Stanley, was kind enough to say that he had no doubt that those who wero present on that occasion could givu a more historically correct statement of the events of that time, than, in his position, he could do. But, ho ventured to state, that 1, among the rest, with the youthful energy of the time, spoke eloquently. Now, I must confess that His Excellency did me more than justice. I was modest then, . . and, when I arose to move the Resolution that was placed in my hands,— and although I had prepared an eloquent oration^ 29fi DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1840-41 .1 M II 11 I was in such a mortal fright, that I did not say a Bingle word of what 1 liad intended to «*v handf ^d ^f7'"''/»«i!"»'V ^"""■''^'- '"«''i«"-I J»«t placed the Klution in tSe Cha ma'?8 Recollections of the St. Andrew's Meeting, of 1839. by the Reverend William Reid. D.D. \ hr.,J ™^'*''t'* "" "" privilege and an honour to be present here to-day. I am aware that th« »,.u^''!i!"*"f ^^"^ ^®,®o" discussed at the Synod, and at a Meeting of the Commission of Svnnrl rot ^Tr*«"?"*i^?^^V*'^^^'^^^«"d«»^«^""»«d that Kingston shouWhe tZ seat ofTie College The farst public Meeting, after correspondence had been held with leadirj^me^^^^^ K^berrme':' ''' ''°""*^^' ^^^^ appointed'to be held in St. Andrewtchurl'olTh S proposal t?:iEh rSuege' Doctor Machar. who made an earnest appeal in support of the I have a very distinct recollection of the appearance on the platform of one who ha<, Inner m aa„ .<.» impression vrhi^h tUne has not effaced. Whether it was his active, li vely and interested of tJKreTd Doct^Ea^^'i^d^^ continued in that office until 1854, ' P"ncipal. who was also Professor of Hebrew. He 1840-41 Chap. XVI. THE FOUNDING OF QUEEN'S COLLEOE, KINGSTON, 1840-41. 207 inded to say. le Chairman's [ had made a prido to ine to gratifying to 1 the I'rotes- reiit liborality )leaBure to me h old Doctor ted with the lathering, my I gone. I am if that Meet- evening, still ^ou. We are he Reverend 1 cradle and , strong and i before you f being here, red by those William are that the b in the pro- !39. . . . icollection of oung ; I had and full of !8S, as I had Resolutions, ■ienced, and king of the dated estab- Brs had been think I was tor Machar, ) will always lone his best on of Synod seat of the ing men in 1 on 18th of iport of the 10 has long ed wit the vas present ling lawyer, sntion, and I interested ation in 1845 lebrew. He l^A u^u^-: •"' Y,^^^^°^ 1* was something of that personal magnetism, which he is said to possess. f^tl A • " cc'f^ ^"^'^ " P°'''^i'=''l <'PPO'i"»t can scarcely witijstand, or whether it was some foreshadowing of future greatness and distinction, I cannot tell ; but the impressions were made • heard him "^^*"' "^"" ^""'°' *''^'''*"'' thinking of the rirst oocassion, on which I saw and Another Gentleman of Kins^stou, now a man of high position and distinction, was present at the meeting as an earnest spectator and hearer, the Honourable Oliver Mowat, as was also his brother, now Professor Mowat. Their father, Mr. John Mowat, a highly respected citizen of SS""' "7^ f"'' many years an Elder in the Presbyterian Church, took great interest in the Meetmg, as he did in everything connected with the interests of the church. «ff,.r!!^"''"i" ■^'^''oo^ ^'''f referred also to a number of other gentlemen, who took part in the efforts made in 1839, and subsequently, to establish Queen's College). Historical Summakv of Events CoxNnected with Foundino op Queen's Coli.kob. At the Public Meeting of 1889, Sanford Fleming, LL.D., C.M.G., Chancellor of the University, spoke as follows : a anfj!!,-^*^?^' *^^^''f ^*"'^J" ^'*»'^^^,f?lt the importance of a thoroughly educated Ministry. Ihey knew that Literature, Science, Philosophy, and all that constitutes the Arts Course of a «h?. Z!l ^ """^ I legitimate hand-maidens of Divine Truth, and they desired the highest iSen^ nt ^ pT. ^''''^^^h .«f learnuig They, therefore, took every means to promote the esbvb- hshment of a College, which would be generally accossible to all classes of the people, and which would command the conhdence ard support of all denominations of Christians «.i,;»T'"'f?°''^'""'^°"*;'^''''.'"^T''!''^'^^'^' '*"*^ '^he most strenuous efforts were made for years to done wi£ fj;'^** ""'^. n'^t'O"'* ly important work. But, up to 1839, nothing whatever had been ?W J J. 1 Province likely to result m the much desired University. The Synod, feelin.. d^PoMw^fr P 'k'^ -^PP"^ ?u^"^^'' "'^''"^^ "° ^'"'^^^ *'« neglected, determined to appeal f^^nt/ lit? Presbyterians of the Province, numbering then about a hundred thousand and It entreated the friends of the cause to assist by contributions asbr.untiful as their circumstknces ^r^llr""!! • V Vlt **"^""^f"*« which were circulated explained very clearly, that, although, the primary object of the Synod was to obtain a high standard of education for their own Ministers, It was also the desire and purpose to provide, for a complete course of literary and scientific training, open to all ; $120,000 to $1(50,000 was asked for, to make a commencement. . ,u^°J|?7'"f *j??* *PP®*^' the first Meeting to raise funds was held in St. Andrew's Church, m the City of Kingston, on December 18th, 1839. The meeting was marked by enthusiasm commen''ced * ^""^ ^"^ subscribed, and thus the endowment of the College was practically • i^.T\"u",*i^°"^ "''■^'"^ 'P ^^"^ many quarters in all sections of the Country. We must bear in mind that half a century back there was not the same accumulated woalth in Canada as we find to-day. Ihe arge majority of the population were clearing the forest, and struggling to gain the means of living. It is the more astonishing, therefore, that the response to the general appeal made was so generous. In a few months. Legislative authority was sought and a Bill was assented to intituled : "An Act to establish a College by the name and style of the Univer- sity of Kingston. The year following. Her Majesty was graciously pleased to grant a Royal Charter, conferring on the Institution the rank and titleof Queen's College and University. . . There exists, and there has always existed, in this community an earnest desire for the advancement of learning ; and its geographical position, and the salubnty of the climate has re- commended Kingston, from the beginning, as the fit place for a great educational centre. It would indeed seem, from the historical record, as if the germs of a University had a being here a century back. It required only the fructifying influence of time, and of new elements of strength and vigour, to render these germs productive of fruit. They remained lon« in an em- bryonic state ; but, at last, on the 18th of December, 1839, a practical issue resulted, and we 298 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1840-41 1 1 ti •II Historical Survkv ok Education ix IJi-pkh Canala. WiraiAMRON, LL.D.* By thk Rk\ereni» Jaimeh When Qneen'8 University was founded in 18.19, „no of the chief dirticultioH with whic-h it h«fl :ra"XotTdrtion;'^ ^"^' ^'^"^^"^ ^" '^y^^^ ^^^ ^-"•'-'"" '- '--ii'-'B ^^^^'^^^ called f^or'mu?' *''" «»*''^"«''™«"t "^ free Grammar SchoolH in those districts in which they are "Secondly, in due process of time, by establishing other Seminaries of a larger Ard mnrA rovenue for the accon.i.l.shment of the objects for v/hich the grant was made and noth ol' was do.-e for the e.Iucation of the people except in adventure and private schools: ^ KinIi^ii7nl7lTC^^!!T- ''^'°7,'^" ""^''^' "( ^Jj'ch there is any record was one opened in Swes of t^' snof Th.^'^r*"'' c ergyman, the Ueverend John Stuart, in a House a little to whirMonrl rJL • H 5"'""*'-^* ^X"""' ""^ '*""''«' *^"^ celebrated as being the place to which Moore refers in the beginning of his well-known song, ^ " I knew, by tlie smoke that ao gracefully curled Above the green elms, that a cottage was near." 8UDnor7of'?rbo7/S'^^7;,'*"''" *? !^^^\ "?.P"^'^*' P'"^'"°» ^'f «"y ^^^ ^'^o made for the support of Schools although the population had increased to about 100,000. In that year $3 200 the dSX ,-. f '^? Leg.8,ature for the maintenance of eight (iramm'ar SchoS oVeTn each of as thev w« > f ^"^ ^T' ^''""f!" '"*" *^«" '^''''^^^- These Schools, however widely apart only ?orThe s Zof ""tb""'''''' ""' "I T'' ""i^^^^ ^'^^' ^''' ^^^^ '^'^'^od, were a/ailLble ?; / * .iT ? ^ ^^^ '"°''® 0P"l«nt classes," and nothing was done for the general instruc- ^on of the people in Common Schools until 181G, when a sum of $24,0CO was^ obtained flo.n Parhament for that purpose. This amount was reduced in 1820 to $10,O0oT no sSe Schoo except m special cases was to receive more than $50 per annum. For thirteen yTarsSw'ngn^^ addition was made to this miserable pittance, although the number of the j.-.tulation had rfsen n SSiLTtoThi? flf^ ^^^'•^^- '" !^^^' "" f ""* '''' '""^'^-'i by thi sum of $22 S reml^ned tte^I^^n ^^^.V^'^" seventeen years before, while that to each Grammar Schoo remained the same, and this deplorable negkct of any proper provision for Common and .Wn"SLlr U 18'.0 ""b"'^f "T *° \''h /" ^^ "°*^'"^ -- liiectuaSy doneTo'mprove Reverend Wor « i""^"" ^"'^ Amended Fchool Act, embodying the rec< imnendations if the tion hLci vp^rlf Pr vi. r '^'''"i T\f'' ?r^^'l"''*« appropriation for Common School educa- tion had year after vear been passed by the Hou.se of Assembly, but were otten reiected bv the IZ^Yol fho bifit'^^V^h""' "'"'1 with extending aid, fc'anty as it7at?oa £ GraJimar acnoois tor tlio benefit of the more wealthy classes, and as feeders to a University for which they had received a Charter as far back as 1827. but which was not yet in operation iust ItlrroA^fJ!'^ r""'^- '''"' ^""Tfi^ was, that, in 1839, outside of the Grammar Schools just reterred to, and even in some of them, the educational condition of the Province was unTat!?' lowest ebb One-half of the population of those of school Ve w ?e le?t to grow up m a state of senu- barbarism. The annual attendance at school of Ihe other half was for onW seven months, generally ,n log houses, with accommodations of the rudest kind where thev nuaimed for heir:rfficr''Th''^'^ P"''^' ""'^' f f'^^'' ^'' ^^P^'^^^''' ^itl> ^ f«^^ exceptions little quaiihed toi their ofhce. The consequence of this state of things was, that in manv instances those w ho c ould afford it sent their sons to the United States tojceiv; the ?; 3 "Sn -'^ticB'''n^^re^SoS^5S . 1840-41 Chap. XVI. THE FOUNDING OF (iUEKNS COLLEGE, KI.NOSTON. 1840-41. m noon's. Tho for, on that y esUblislwd ) Jaheh 1 which it. had catiou of the 1 I he appro- \> nsaJHt iMid uiul learning ich they are er and nrnro ling, iind tho are set apart I yielded no nothing was e opened in e a little to tho place to lade for the year, $3,200 le in each of widely apart re available ;ral instruc- tained from ngle School, following no )n had risen of 122, 6C0, imar School ommon and i to improve vtions of the : System of hool educa- cted by the w Grammar y for which mar Schools 'rovince was left to grow was for only where they ic by Teach- ptions little ly instances ion. or of Mathe- I to time, the Biatory. He le .d Such wore the difficulties to he met ; such wore the evils to be roi.iodied ; such ^ ■ circumstancos ho different from those under which the land ..f the fathers of many of I ; ,a S'lhlir'tiH V" J"""''"'"' '.'^ '^""^"''' ^""•'«"' "' ^"•'"•' f""- t''" public benefit as well aa that of the.r chd.lron, t..ok practical steps for its establishment by their own voluntary etForts Hav- ing long looked m vaiii to the powers that weref..r a .ystem of University and School Education throughout the Pravince they, after anxi..us deliberation, f.lt themselves compelle.l to «d..pt this umrse and do what they c.,u d t.. supply the want of a higher training for youth, and a, one main object, better ((uahHod ToacherH for our Schools. ^ J' . ' inrr i I'l'^l '''"'" I"'"? u" ^li"^ "•"'' ^'^'V'"' ^'"' "^ethodistH, acfuateed with a full statement of ^he'^oircun.stanees uX whid ' he^L J'.nT^^^ siderl^n".f^i;'=;;;-t:^=:;ci;:ii;T:^";,'^ pectH.g the clain. of the ColleKe to the Royal Chant of^o!!;; Thou' JK.uLs S'oOO )SVlin« per annum ; an.I m con.pliance with that part of the Minute which dirtctra S aSinfc to h« sen o H,s Excellency of the circun.stances under which tl.e ( a t is claild iTeu t o^^^^^^ iv F uTr*?. T- "'r^'n'^ ^''<' ^''^^"^' ^y *'•« Crown, as communicated ™ Sir P Maitknd by Earl Bathurst, m lus Despatch of .'Ust March, 1827, a c..,,y of which Despatch I Sse * The grant is g.ven for he purpose of erecting the College Buildings, and is directed to be mid out of the monies furnished by the Canada Company, to'continue duHng the term of their aJree Pran; f Z '^ft^f^"*^ '« for Sixteen years, from l.st January 182it The College drew the ?ecei e ritil^if i r'S;.'?f' '\ «»''-"-» eommencing fn that year, and c^.nt Zd to receive it unt Ist J uly 18.12, when it was suspended by a CJovernment De8natch+ to Sir Fohn Colborne until the L-gislature should pas. au Act for ainending the Charter o? the U d ers' v SneUv Si? f''b " nrd'th '" ?" 'r' ""rr' "' ^'^" ^'^'' ^^''^'^ I'arliHinent to which h's King's Coi.leoe Office, Toronto, 4th (jf February, 1840. H. Boyn, Bursar of King's College. was considered, and postponed until further information on the subject be obtainT App lica^ Fehmanf ^^''\mO. The attention of the Governor General having been called to the fact that certain loans had been made from the College furds to some Members of the Council His heTaid r^ ^ ^'"""^ " ^'"" '" "'' ^°""''^' ^'^^^^'^ ^'- C^'^f Secretary Murdoch. Inwhlth M,» }^ *''T/'' ^'■°"lS*' ?i**T^"* submitted, that a loan of a considerable sum was made by the Council to one of the Members of the Board. Such a proceeding His Excellency cannot bv any means, view in the light of an ordinary money transaction. ^*oeutncy cannot, by The employment of the funds of a public trust, by one of the Trustees, for his own advan- tw'%*/'°''l'{!^ which, in his opinion, is highly objectionable, and is Jalcula tedlo desIJoy the confidence of the public m the management of the University. In England such a transac^ tion would be visited with severity in a Court of Equity. ^"feiaiiu, sucn a transac- ^:Z^^'^J^l«:r^^r ^-^ '"' ^^ ''•' ^"'' ""^'-^^ -^ *^- Documentary History ; see t yee page 228 of the Second Volume of this History ; also page 86 of this Volume, ante. K. 1N40 ■y CMocka hikI u added Keif I) April 1H63, II to the pro- tidii th(t Hhite , per luiiiuiii, tlio C()ne;;e, ) pounds, Six n iininodiiite •oars, accoin- , for his con- to Mr, r. W. (lor tlio con Uolloj^o, ro8- 00,) HterlinK oment to be I boK to add P. Miiitland 1 I enclose.* d to be paid ' their agree- go drew the continued to to Sir John » University. to which His ic on 4tli of ouncil deem iliency's fav- ng's College. 1 specific en- lada College 1. Aj)plica- hn Hillyard d to the fact Council, His clj, in which i^as made by y cannot, by own advan- d to destroy :h a transac- Uistory ; see Chap. \ VII. PKOCEBDIN.JS OF THK C,»UN">"»tteo was appointed quantity sold, otceten. 7pUn f..^ ; li^" ^ idrHitv'in; "''^'T'^''^ forSchol.lH. the by the Reverend Doctor Meku.. was r. ^^^U^ ^.:^Z:^;ZZt^^^'TlZ^ The proceeclMigs. in regar.l to the foregoing, loans, thun severely commented upon by the Governor Qenoral. were ,nade the subject of a Despatch by him to Lord John Russell, the Colonial Secretary, after he had returned to Montll from fallows -^'' ^^''^'^'^' '" ^'^'^ '" ^^'' ^"^ °^ ^''y' !"*"• ^"^ i** «« ingt.J.tnS;ion:re" £.^:?C^!;:;^;Vt K^^ M. ^terwards Sir .lohnl Pak- t(. the BishopH of Montreal an.l T^mt-^ W 1 'r^.r,./ f l .!*'''* f°'" '*'" M<'»^'8tH>"H in regard that Doctor 'strachan ha.l been !lo .riv^l o S ZZ as Pr"o Sent oi Kil'^'^p"/, "' '"■^'^"-"^ so"■• theiaSX^^fS'^ti::^;^^'^?;:^--^ was passed for deacon of York was appointed, .x^#cl/,Kdrt ' ^ *''"' ^""ti-ument, the Arch- was not then, nor has it been since Si^of.n^^^^^^^ a considerab e endowment, pointed, principally for the manaieiit of U !« J.'I J^ , ^•^^'^''^heless, Officers were ap- salary of Two HuLred and Fi?t^ Z, ^ fA^n\%'Jr^ ""''"■"', "^''^ 'T^""'^ *" *^'^'"- A dent. . . ^ pounds, (£2o0) Sterling was also attributed to the Presi- ArththIuietTa""ment!"kE ^^^ «- «eorge mg from its funds a,. K.;^' .'.'f T wo' H u t^i ",^t p'l t fl'-'To Tst'^T^ '"""'^^ '^4- to his notice. Considering that no duties of ai v- ki.u LJnn? »i (^-''^') f?^^'"-'"'?.' ^^^8 brought of the Council, were attached to the Oft\?e tha?th.. « 'u^.?n ^"^ °^''^'" ""''''^''' Members by which he „»". „e.u«.o<, .h'offit i'lig^'nttlJCalVlrS'Z' tU'tuSf »"""■ 3othfe„e,?8r'''g:^4^°«S:KSf5\i^^^^^^^ iMtitutio,,.^ T^t °t .ppoHro'rS the .cLZ,?f i'h '""S"'""- "' «■» n,a„.Beme„t ,.f the it ..eo.„,e „e«„»r;, t,„-A,o„. ^!^^:'s:^^i:^^z:z^.si:!\^ ^^^ :™3 *See pape 187 of this Volume, ante, fibid pages 189 aud 194. I .r i J KS , r 302 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. • i 1840 it was also shown that a very considerable sum liad been borrowed from the funds of the Uni- versity by the President for liis private purijoses, on the stcurity of various notes of hand, and that several of those notes had not been paid when due.* 7. llpon my entering on the duties of Chancellor of the University, the H nances of that ±Jody naturally demanded my attention, and I was compelled to institute some inquires respect- ing the accounts which were rendered to me. . . -i r I have only to say that it was not without considerable hesitation that I could satisfy my- self with only recording my opinion [„i the matter] in the Minute to the Council instead of proceeding to furtfier measures. . . Montreal, 4th of May, 1840. C. PoL'LETT Thomson. February Wth, 181,0 The Ifonourable Messieurs William Henry Draper and Robert Baldwin, Attorney and Solicitor General, took their seats at the Council. The Chancellor (Sir George Arthur,) submitted copies of Statutes of Kin«'s College, which were adopted Those relating to the opening of the [Upper Canada] College as a (Temporary) University, in terms of the Act, 2nd Victoria, Chapter 10, were as follows : Be it enacted and ordained :— 1. That the University of King's College be organized and opened; for the reception of btudents in the different Arts and Faculties, without further delay, t 2. That the Building now used and occupied as the place of instruction of the pupils of Minor, or Upper Canada, College, be repaired, altered and fitted up in the most convenient manner, for the accommodation of the classes attending the different Professors and Lecturers of the [Temporary] University. 3. That a new and convenient Building be forthwith erected on the grounds of Upper Canada College, fos- the accommodation and use of that Institution. 4. That the sum of Two Thousand iwunds, (£2,000,) be expended for the alterations re- pairs and new Building, aforesaid. ' 5. That the five following Members of the College Council be appointed to contract for and superintend tlie said repairs, alterations and new Building, videlicet, the Honourable Messieurs ;^! H*'" Sf"''^ Draper, Attorney General ; Robert Sympson Jameson. Vice Chancellor • V\ lUian. Allan, John Simcoe Macaulay and the Reverend John McCaul, Principal of Upper Canada College. it (Various other subordinate matters were disposed of by the Council.) March 35th, I84O. No busineas was transacted, at the request of the Chancellor. March 28th, IS40. Plans of the new Building on the Upper Canada College Grounds were submitted and conditionally approved. The appointment of Mr. James E. Small as Solicitor to the College was approved. In the meantime, Mr, Henry Sherwood had applied to the Council for the position. Several matters connected with finance, and the sale of Lands were consid- ered and settled by the Council. ' Afiril 4th, IS40. At this Meeting, the revised plans of a new Building, on the Upper Canada College Grounds, were approved, and the following explanatory Resolution was passed. Befolved : That, in such arrangements as shall be made for the erection of the [Temporary ] University upon Upper Canada College Grounds, the same are to be made solely with a view to put the [Temporary] U iversity into speedy operation, and not to affect the Buildincs or future estivbhshment thereof (of King's College), on the original Site purchased by the Council * On the 26th of February, 1840, Doctor Strachan submitted to the Council of Kine's College the follow- ing explanation of this affairs : On the 2nd of January, J8.36, I borrowed One Thousand pounds, (£1,000) from my Friend, Colonel Wells, which I considered a matter between ourselves, and for which we were n Tv.'^'ll Tr°' ®-i«i, -.u^^ "i°*^ of hand was given for this amount and the interest was duly paid.) On the 7th of January, 1837, the order of Council [was passed], authorizing the loan to me of Five Thousand Two Hundred and 1 ifty pounds, (£5,250.) on certain Securities. . . And, at that date, the sum of One Thousand pounds was transferred, and included in the loan of £5,250." tBy reference to page 246 of this Volume, ante, it will be geen that the arrangements proposed in these Statutes related to the ''Temporary University » authorized by the Act, 2nd Victoria, Chapter 10. The Plan suggested by the Education CommiBsioners for carrying out this provision in that Act for a " Tem- porary University," will be found on pages 261, 263-265 of this Volume, ante. iAs this "Temnorarv Universitv " flops nnf. Rnam o«or tn h""" "■""-> jn*-" or-ratio- -" ' 'h 1S°^ " *°^ " *"'"°'''^'"^'^*^ " ^"^ ** "PP«*' °sver to have been carried oVtV Se^'page 247 of this VoJume! 1840 ds of tlie Uni- a of hand, and nances of that quires respect- uld satisfy my- nincil . . . n Thomson. r and Robert le Chancellor, opted. Those ty, in terms of e receiJtion of the pupils of )st convenient id Lecturers of nds of Upper Iterations, re- ntrac^. for and ible Messieurs ) Chancellor ; ipal of Upper uncil.) Ilor. Grounds were 1 as Solicitor to the Council , were consid- )n the Upper m was passed. [Temporary,] iVith a view to Buildings, or ' the Council. le^e the follow- ounds, (£1,000), which we were vas duly paid.) Five Thousand, Ihe sum of One spoaed in these apter 10. The ct, for a " Tem- a, ail or mese >f this Volume, Schools. In 1822, (pages 3 and 5 of this Volume, ante;) the Colonial Secretary directed that the proceeds of a portion of this residue of the original grant of 1797. be applied to the establishment of (Church of England) " National Schools," under the direction of the General Board of Education for Upper Canada. This Board ceased to exist in 1832,3 ; and, in 1839, an Act, 2 Victoria, Chapter 10, was passed directing That the money now remaining in the Receiver General's hands unexpended, arisincr from the sale of School Lands, or which may come into his hands, applicable to the purposes of this Act shall be mvested in the Debentures of this Province at six per centum intere t, and the pro- ceeds placed under the control of the Council of King's College, . . . to be by the said Council, distributed among such Districts as, in their opinion, more immediately re(,uiies assis- tance, owing to the state of the School-House, or other circumstances. {Section li oj the Act.) The following is the Statement of the receipt and disposal of the proceeds of the sale of these " School Lands." *See Chapter xiii ; page 221, of the Second Volume of this Documentary History, t See page 287 of the First Volume of this Documentary History tibid, page 174. The Lieutenant Governor does not sRfim tn linvo ever ae^pd nnnn thin Binrtrcrfj^^ t *he College GouncU. " " -'-- «^« a°-ea upon this suggestioa of 804 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1840 li'i r-. statement Number One: Of Monies received from the Sale of School Lands in Upper Canada, (and kept in a Separate Account,) from March 1821 to March, 184.0. : 'im !r> ,M Dates. 1821 March 14 . . 1823 January 29. 29., 1824 April 24 . . . 1827 April 14 ... 1833 June 30 1834 June 30 December 31 1835 June 30 December 31 1837 December 30 1839 June 5. . . , May 13 November 1 . , December 26 , Beceipts. To Cash received from the Honourable Colonel Talbot, the amount of proceeds of sale in the London District. " Cash received from Mr. Israel Moor by the Honourable Colonel Talbot, on account of School Lands purchased by said Moor " Cash received from Mr. James Ferguson by the Honour- able Colonel Talbot, on account of School Lands pur- chased by said Ferguson *♦ Cash received from Mr. John Bostwick by the hands of Colonel Coffin Cash received from the Attorney General, being the ainount paid by Mr. Bostwick, late Sheriff of London District Cash received from the Honourable George H. Mark- land, on account of the Sales of School Lands ditto ditto ditto Amount received from the Honourable Joseph Wells Treasurer of the late General Board of Education. . . .' Cash received from the Honourable Joseph Wells, on account of Sales of School Lands Cash received from the Honourable George H. Mark- land, on account of Sales of School Lands To Cash received from the Honourable George H. Mark- land, on account of Sales of School Lands, between the 1st of July, and the 31st December, 1837, inclusive. . " Amount received from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, on account of the School Fund " Amount received from Colonel Talbot, on account of the School Fund " Amount received from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, on account of the School fund •' Amount received from Mr. Benjamin Tett, Agent for the Sale of School Lands Total Provincial Currency. 82 25 36 45 274 1,894 1,100 5,000 1,000 3,019 575 21 523 20 23 |£13,640 10 11 1 10 5 6 t( 10 17 d 6 6i 9 G n r-i 1840 wl Lands in irch 1821 to s 7 10 11 6 1 10 d 6 64 9 uuu OOO (t li. 519 «t It 575 8 3 21 5 << 523 6 n 20 ti ii 23 10 it 40 17 7| Chap. XVir. PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF KING's COLLEGE, 1840. 305 Statement Number Two : of the DUposition q ' the Monies received from the Sale of School Lands, {and kept in a Sepavdle Account,) from March 1824 to March ISJ^O. Number and date of the Warrants. Payments. Provincial Currency. Dollars at tive shillings e^^ch. 1 1824 March 2 May 1 1827 Apiii23 1839 June 26 184T) 17th of March. By cash paid the Honourable Fo- . seph Wells, Treasurer of Board of Educ.ition for the uses of that Institution, ])ursuant to Lieutenant Goveruor, Sir Pere- grine Maitland's Warrant of this Number, dated the Ist of November, 1823 £ 143 45 274 s 18 11 6 d Gi £ 4()3 12,000 1,177 s 15 2 17 d 2 3 By cash paid to the Honourable Joseph Wells, as Treasurer of theOeneral Board of Education, on the same authority By cash paid the Honourable .Jo- seph Wells, Treasurer of the General Board of Education, for the uses of that Institution, pursuant to Lieutenant Gov- ernor, Sir Peregrine Maitland's Warrant of this Number and date By cash paid out of this Fund to invest in Debentures of this Province, pursuant to the Pro vincial Statute, 2nd Victoria Chapter 10, and pursuant t(' Sir George Arthur's Warrant of this Number and date 1. 4 By amount of balance in the Re- ceiver General's hands u Total ^4 ^13,640 n Receiver General's Office Toronto, 17th of March, 1840. John H. Dunn, Receiver General. June 6th, 1840. The Committee appointed to examine and report upon the Museum and Curiosities of the late Mr. Charles Fothergill, presented a Report, as follows : — To the Council of King's College : The Committee appointed to examine the Books and specimens of Natural Histt)ry, offered for sale to the University, by,the friends of the late Mr. Charles Fothergill, respectfully report as follows — They have examined the collection and find it described accurately in the annexed paper drawn up by Dr. Boys. . . . "ho Hpuiiiuuns appear to bo in good preservation, though not set up or arranged. The Committee are of opinion that the collection offered would be of value to the College as the commencement of a Museum of Natural History, connected with the general Museum of the University. For many years the ancient relics of the aboriginal inhabitants of this part of North America, as well as specimens of plants and animals, which, as civilization 20 D.E. 3 306 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1S40 advances, become scarce, and even extinct, have been transferred to other countries, without any collection being formed in tliis Province. 'J'he Committee are of opinion that the formation of a collection of Canadian antiquities and specimens of Natural History would, hereafter, be found a great assistance in the Education of the History of the aboriginal inhabitants, their manners and customs, as wlU as in any investigation of the Natural History and Geolojiy of the Province, ancient and modern. Your Committee are of opinion that a sum not exceeding £176.0.0. would not be too much to offer for the collection. Memorandnm. The Museum of the late Mr. Fothcrgill consists principally of Birds, and animals, etcetera. Of Birds, there are about 80O specimens, of Animals, there are about 60 specimens of J ish and Reptiles, there are about 40 specimens. There are a few Insects, a few Shells, some Minerals, some Birds' Nests and Eggs ; Horns of Deer ; Skulls and Bones (human and animal) ; Indian and South Sea Ornaments ; casts in wax of Indians ; Three paintings of Indian Chiefs : Artificial eyes for specimens of animals and birds. The following books : — the American edition of Wilson's birds ; a presentation copy, from Doctor Richardson, of the third volume of his fauna Bureali Americcna, — being the volume on Fishes, Portraits of Indian chiefs, (twelve numbers). H. Boys. The Report was adopted and the Bursar was ordered to make the purchase of the collection. The Provision in the "Act for the Advancement of Education in the Province," 2nd Victoria, Chapter 10, which authorized the College Council to distribute certain moneys, was considered' by the Council, and the following Resolutions thereon were passed : — Resolved : that the Provincial Secretary be reCjUested, with the consent of His Excellency, the Lieutenant Governor, to transmit for the information of the College Council, any statistical details furnisLed to him regarding the state of the District Grammar Schools for the years 1838 and 1839* ^ Resolved : That a Committee be ap])ointed to frame a Code of Regulations for the Manage- ment of District, and new Grammar Schools, receiving, or to receive public aid, (under the Act, 2nd Victoria, Cliaptet 10,) through the College Council, and that the following Members of the Council be the Committee for that purpose, videlicet, the Reverend Doctor McCaul and Vice Chancellor Jameson, . . June ISth, 18J,0. The question of the disposal of the Schdol Funds in the Receiver Gener- al's hands having been considered 1)y a Committee of the Council, it was given as the opinion of the Committee that all i;uch monies should be invested in Government Debentures. . . June 30th, I84O. The Houourable John Simcoe Macaulay submitted certain resolutions, in regard to the appomtraent of a Vice President and Professors of the University. His first resolution having been reiscteJ, it wes — Besolezd,^ That tl'.e Chancellor be requested, without delay, to appoint a person to the position of Vice ['resident of King's College, either by choice within the Province, or, as His Excellency shall see fit, — in pursuance of a Statute of this University, Chapter IV. Resolved, (as proposed by Mr. Macaulay,) That the Salary of the Vice President shall be Seven Hundred and Fifty pounds, (£750,) per annum, with a suitable Residence. The Committee on Rules and Regulations for Grammar Schools, appointed on the 6th of June, submitted a preliminary Report, outlining what the Committee proposed to do on the subject. It was signed by the Reverend John McCaul and Vice-Chancellor Jameson. The Committee were directed to fill up the details of the Scheme, and submit a fuller Report on the subject at the next Meeting of the Council, containing the proposed Rules and Regulations in a complete form. The following Rules and Regulations for the District Grammar Schools, were, therefore, submitted by the Reverend Doctor McCaul, to the Council of King's College on the 27th of June, 1840. They were, no doubt, intended by him as supplementary to the suggestions on the organization of these School.s, which were contained in the official Report of the Commissioners on Education to *Thig information will be found on pages 212-215, and 254-256 of this Volume, ante. ^DA. 1840 intriea, without It the formation 1, hereafter, be 8, their inanners >f the Province, fc;175.0.0. would ly of Birds, and re are about 60 d Eggs ; Horns tients ; casts in ens of animals 'sentation copy, iiug the volume H. iJoYS. the collection. " 2nd Victoria, was considered lis Excellency, any statistical the years 1838 r the Manage- under the Act, embers of the Daul and Vice eceiver Gener- as the opinion ures. . . n resolutions, ity. His first person to the ice, or, as His r. sident shall be 3, appointed e Committee McCaul and tie details of eting of the ;e form. lar Schools, i Council of ntended by ^.se Schonls, Education to Chap. XVII. PKOCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF KING's COLLEGE, 1840. 307 the Lieutenant Governor, signed by him as Chairman, and dated the 22nd of the previous January — pages 243-252, ante. These Suggestions, which were neces- sarily general in their character, will be found on page 248. They, however, contained, no Regulations, in detail, as to how they should be carried out. It was, therefore, nece.ssary that the Council of King's College should supply these details, in the shape of definite rule^ for the guidance of the Trustees and Masters of the reorganized Grammar Schools. This was, in point of fact, required, by the provisions of the " Act for the Advancement of Education in this Province, " <2nd Victoria, Chapter 10; page 170, ante,) by which the proceeds of the invest- ments of the School Lands Funds were placed at the disposal of the Council for distribution among District Grammar and other Schools, under Regulations to be prescribed by the Council of King's College. June ,i7th, I84O. The Committee, (on Grammar School Rules and Regulation), submitted a Supplementary Report on the subject, containing the proposed Regulations in a complete and compact form, as follows : 1. Course of Listruction : 1. An Uniform system is to be adopted in all Grammar Schools -entitled to receive the annual Grant of One Hundred pounds, (£100.) 2. The system of Instruction shall be the same, as far as practicable, to that pursued in Upper Canada College, in regard to both Subjects and Text Books. 1. Selection of Head Master. The Council of King's College will give its assistance to the Board of District (Grammar School) Trustees, if, on a vacancy occuring, they should desire it, in the selection of a gentleman competent, in moral and literaiy qualifications, for the appoint- ment of Head Master, and will nominate, for this purpose, a Court of Examiners, to whom such applications from the District (Grammar School) Trustees shall be referred. 2 Court of Examiners. That the following Gentlemen, videlicet, the Honourable and Right Reverend Doctor Strachan, Bishop of Toronto, the Reverend Doctor McCaul and the Honour- able Vice Chancellor Robeifj Sympson Jameson, do constitute a Standing Committee on District, or Grammar, Schools, and also a Court of Examiners, for enquiring into, and reporting upon, the qualifications of candidates for the office of Head Master. 3 Prelimiuary Information. The Council request that the Board of District (Grammar School) Trustees will transmit to them information on the following subjects, relative to the Head Master, nominated, or recommended, by them : (1). Testimonials submitted to the Board. (2), Age and birth place of Candidate. (3). Where educated. (4). Occupation previously to appointment. (6). Any other duty to be discharged by the Head Master, in addition to those of the School. 4 Aid Granted. The Council will grant to each Board of District Trustees the sum of Fifty pounds, (£50,) per annum, for the support of an Assistant Master, on the following conditions : (1). That the regulations of the Council, relative to Grammar Schools are observed in the School, for which such aosistance is sought. (2). That there are, at least, twenty pupils in the School learning Latin. (3). That, previously to the appointment of the Assistant by the Head Master, he shall have transmitted to the Council of King's College information on the following subjects", relative to the Assistant, (a) His moral and literary qualifications ; (6) His age and birth place ; (c) Where he was educated ; (d) His former occupation ; (e) Particulars of any other duty, in addition to those of Assistant, and whether or not. King's College Council has signified their approval of the nomination. (4) That the Assistant conforms to the directions of the Head Master, who has the power of suspending, or removing him, on reporting to the Council the cir- cumstances which rendered the resort to such extreme measures necessary and expedient. (6) That the above be certified on the application for the grant, according to a printed form (as below), to be supplied by the Registrar of King's College. 5. Form Prescribed. The ftllowing shall be the Form referred to in the last condition, and that the following headings be j)rinted on it : (1) District ; (2) Head Master ; (3) Assistant ; <4) Date of appoiiitment ; (5) Daily duties of Assistant ; (0) Ji umber of pupils loariiitjg Latin ; (7) How long since they commenced ; (81 How far advanced ; (9) Remarks. The statement ia to be signed by Trustees, the Head Master and the Assistant. 6-8 Temporary directions (not necessary to be inserted here). I tl(l M 808 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1840 0, 1 ii i I ill ; II 3 mil 1 1 9 ImpecUtr. Tliat lui liiHpuetor, or Inspectors, be from tinio to timo appointed, wlioseduty it shull bo, at loivat onco in each year, to buu that tlio KeKulations of this Council are properly observud ; to onquiro, by oxnniination and oihorwise, into tho projfruBH (jf the pupils, and to rejiort on tho <,'onural condition of tho school, according to a printed Form, as follows ; — (1) Dis- trict ; (2) Trustees ; (Jl) Head Master , (4) Daily dutiis ; (5) Assistant, or Assistants ; (6) His, r)r their, daily duties ; (7) Number of pupils ; (K) Distribution of same in the Forms ; (9) Sub- joc H of instruction, and Text Hooks used in each form, or class ; (10) State of each form, or class, distinij'uis .ini{ the subjects ; (II) Condition of the School House ; (12) General Remarks. In regard to these Regulations, the following Minute was pasHod by tiio Council : Oriloril — That this Report of the Co'iimittee on District and (Jrammar Scluxd Regulations be approved, and that a copy tli, 181,0. (No business of general or public interest transacted.) Awjmt 5th and ISllth, 181,0. (No business of general, or public, interest transacted.) Svptembvf 30th, 1S.',0. (No business of general, or jiublic, interest transacted.) Octuber IJ^th and 11 th, 18J,0. (No businesH of general, or public, interest transacted.) October iiUt, I84O. The Council, having referred to their Minutes of the 20th of June last, passed the following Resolution : — Rcnolved : That, with reference to the Resolutions of tho 20th of .Tune last, (page 306, ante,) His Excellency the Chancellor be respectfully reijuestcd to inform tho Council of King's College, whether he has deemed it exptdi' nt to act upon the suggestions [as to tho appointment of a Vice President, etcetera,] which they had then the honour to submit to him, and what li-pe the Council are authorized in entertaining of tho University being soon in ojteration ; — the Council being induced to solicit this favour from His Excellency, as well as from their individual zeal in r.'gard thereto, as from the very great general anxiety expressed upon tho subject, both in Canada, and, as they are assured, by jjorsons in the British Isles, who are desirous of emigrating t') this Province ; to whom the existence of such an Institution would afford so strong an induce- ment in favour of their design. ... A resoluticm was passed, deprecating the selectTon of a site for a Lunatic Asylum at Kingston,— being impressed with the paramount importance of retain- ing such an Institution in immediate proximity to tho Faculty of >Iedicino in the University of King's College, in consideration of the reciprocal advantages to be derived for having such a field for the study and advancement of Medical and Physcological disease, and the benefit reacting therefrom upon tho unhappy patients themselves. . . . [Note. From the Statement of the Receiver General, laid before the Council of King's College on the 27th of May, 1840, (page 303, ante,) it will be seen that the request of the Council had been complied with, and that, on the 25th of June 1840, the sum of Twelve Thousand pounds (£12,000,) had been invested in Pro- vincial Debentures — bj-^ direction of Sir George Arthur, — the interest of which, was, under the authority of the Act, 2nd Victoria, Chapter 10, " for the Advancement of Education in the Province." to be expended by the Council of King's College, as directed by that Act. At this Meeting of the Council, (21st of October, 1840,) the Bursar reported, that the interest on Debentures which was available for expenditure by the Council under the Act, amounted to Two Hundred and Eighty- Seven Pounds Twelve Shillings and Eight pence, (£287:12:8).] (Page 305, ante.) The question of surrendering to the Crown two acres of the King's College Grounds (for a site of the proposed Provincial Observatory), was considered and tho matter was referred to the Ciiancellor, with a view to obtain the opinion of the Law Oilicers of the Crown on the subject. Other matters of lesser interest were disposed of by the Council. (Mutter 24th, ISJfO. No (juorum present, and no business transacted. October ^'Sth, 18.'f0. A letter was received from the Reverend A. N. Bethune, Cliairmar» of the Trustees of the Newcasilo District tirammar School, asking for the sum of Two Hundred ixiunda, (£:^0O, ) towards the erection of a Grammar School House, according to the provisons of tho Provincial Act, 2nd Victoria, Chapter 10. Whereupon it was — DA. 1840 Chap. XVII. I'ROCKEDINOS OF THK COUNCIL OF KlNO's COLLEGE, 1840. 309 II ted, whose duty mcil (ire properly 10 pupils, and to "Hows : — (1) Dis- istiints ; (6) His, B'ornis ; (9) Sub- of each form, or enurul Remarks. )uncil : liool Hegulatioim I approval of His .'rest transacted.) ansacted.) od.) ransactod.) lOth of June last, (page 306, ante,) i Kinj,''8 College, ppointment of a id what h'pe the •n ; — the Council ndividual 7.ea,\ in subject, both in lus of emigrating strong an induco- lelection of a site )rtance of retain- he University of or having such a and the benefit re the Council 11 be seen that I 2.5th of June ested in Pro- of which, was. Advancement ung's College, )ctober, 1840,) available for I and Eighty- ige 305, ante.) } Grounds (for a ,8 referred to the I on the subject. Onlered : That the attention of Kin Excellency, the Chancellor, bo respectfully solicited to the Minute of the Council of the 27th of June last (page 307, ante,) on the subject of the aid proposed to be given to the District ((irainuiar) .Schools, in the way of paying .'Vssistants, upon certain conditions. And further, that His K.\cellency bo respectfully informed that the Funds, arising from the interest upon Schoid Debenturoa, is not suHiciont to provide for aid to be given in this, (Newcastle case,) as well as in the erection of School Houses under the Seventh Section of the Act, 2nd Victoria, Chapter 10 ; and that, in tlie opinion of the Council, the aid proposed by the Minute above mentioned is of more indispensible necessity ; and, therefore, the Council are of opinion that the aid prayed for by tlie Trustees of the Newcastle District ((Jrammar) School, for the erection of a School House sliould be postponed until the Funds admit of the appropriation being made, without intorforenci^ witii the provision for the employment of Assistants, according to the Minute transmitted for His K.\cel'ency'8 consideration. (Several applications in regard to Land were considered and disposed of.) November 4th, ISJ^O. No (|uoruni present, and no business transacted. Noirmber lllh, 1S.',0. A letter from Mr. Civil Secretary S. B. Harrison, dated the 5th instant, was read, conveying the approval ot His Excellency, the Chancellor, of the Regula- tions for Orammar Schools which were submitted to him for approval on the 27th of June, 1840. (Page 3U7, ante.) The letter of the Secretary aho contained His Excellency's approval of the Minute of the Council, dated the 28th of October, 1840, proposing that a preference should be given to the allowance for Assistants in (irammar Schools before the allowance to be given in aid of building Sclu)ol Houses ; and that the latter, therefore, should be postponed nntil the Funds admit of the appropriation, without interference with the employment of Assistants, according to the Minute of the Council of the 27th ultimo. See above. A letter from the Crown Law Dei)artment was received, pointing out the mode of surren- dering to the Crown two acres of the King's College Grounds for a site of the proposed Obser- vatory, it was ordered, that the Solicitor be directed to prepare the necessary Covenant, as proposed by the Law Orticers. A letter from Mr. Civil Secretary S. B. Harrison was received, conveying His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor's reasons for fixing the site of the Provincial Lunatic Asylum at Kingston. (See page 308, ante.) (Other minor matters were dealt with.) November 16th, ISJfD. No quorum present, and no business trauHucted. November ISth, 1S40. Mr. Civil Secretary S. B. Harrison, in a letterdated the 17th instant, acknowledgetl, on behalf of His Excellency the Chancellor, the Minute of the Council, dated the 21st of October, on the subject of the appointment of a Vice President of the University, and on the subject of bringing the University into operation. No further action was taken tLereon at this Meeting. . . . November 25th, 18^0. Letters in regard to the loans to the Reverend Doctor Strachan and othora were r sad, and action was taken thereon by the Council. November the 27th, 18J,0. (No busines-s of general or public interest transacted.) December 16th, 18J,0, The Bursar laid before the Council a Statement, obtained from the Receiver General, showing that the sum of Six Hundred and l^ixty pounds, One shilling and Seven pence, (£'()()0:1:7,) was availablo for distribution by the Council, under the authority of the "Act for the Advancement of Education in the Province, (2nd Victoria, Chapter 10, page 170, ante). No business of public interest was transacted at the meeting. December 30th, I84O. No (juorum was present, and no business was transacted. Note, Various uiattorr relating to the sale and leasing of the Scho-1 and University Lands came up during the year and were dealt with by the Council. Such proceedings, being of temporary interest, are not referred to in the preceding record of the Minutes of the King's College Council for 1840, ne, Chairman of f 'Two Hundred to the provis'ons 310 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1830-50 CHAPTER XVIII. M 51 THE UNIVERSITY AND UPPER CANADA COLLEGE CONTROVERSIES. In concluding this Third Volume of the Documentary History t ' Education in Upper Canada, I think it appropriate to refer to the two chief educational subjects, which occupied a large share of the attention of the public men of the time, which preceded the Union of Upper and Lower Canada.— from 1830 to 1840. This reference is the more desirable in this place, from the fact, that, with this Volume, ends, for the time, the record of the separate and independent action of the Upper Canada Legislature. The two questions, which caused so much agitation, and led to so much unpleasant discussion in Upper Canada, were those of the unpopular Charter of King's College University, and the unauthorized establishment,— so far as the Legislature was concerned,*— of the Upper Canada College by Sir John Colborne in 1829, — two years after the issue by the Imperial Government, of the obnoxious Charter of King's College. What first gave force and effect, on the public mind, to the popular discon- tent, in regard to these two Institutions, was the autocratic and indiscreet utter- ances, in 1831. of Sir John Colborne, the Lieutenant Governor. In replying to a respectful Address of the Methodist Conference, (which contained no reference to any educational topic,) Sir John Colborne said :— The system of education, which has produced the best and ablest men in the United King- dom, will not be abandoned here to suit the views of the Leaders of Societies, who, perhaps, have neither experience nor judgment to appreciate the value or advantages of a liberal education. . . The Reverend Egerton Ryerson, in his reply to this taunt, struck the key- note of that discontent which, for so long, extensively prevailed in the Province, in regard to the exclusive and irresponsible educational policy and proceedings of that day. He said : — When Seminaries are established and placed under the direction of the Clergy of one Church, without even consulting the popular Branch of the Colonial Legislature, I cannot see how they are justly entitled to the character, confidence, or patronage [accorded to] free Public Institutions. T • * "^ March, 1835. and again on the 3rd of February, 1836, the House of Assembly requested the Liieutenant GoTernor, Sir Francis Bond Head, to inform it what was " the whole expense which haii attended the buildmg of Upper Canada College, with the House and Gardens, Outhouses belonging thereto, and all the improvements and alterations made in the said Premises, from the commencement up to this time ; with the authority uadcr which ouch buildings were erected, and such alterations and improvements made, and from what the payments have been severally taken." (Pages 282, 283 of the second Volume of this Documentary History). DA. 1830-50 ROVERSJES. c ' Education f educational ic men of the 1830 to 1840. lat, with this^ ient action of to so much ir Charter of 30 far as the )hn Col borne he obnoxious pular discon- iscreet utter- replying to a > reference to e United King- >, perhaps, have jducation. . uck the key- the Province, proceedings of one Church, jannot see how bo] free Public lembly requested ;pen8e which has lelonging thereto, lement up to this id improveinuutti econd Volume of Chap. XVIII. UNIVERSITY AND UPPER CANADA COLLEGE CONTROVERSIES 311 Lord Glenelg, the Colonial Minister, re-uttered this same complaint, when, in the King's name, he issued his Instructions to Sir Francis Bond Head, the newly appointed Lieutenant Governor. He said : — Respecting the Collegiate Ii stitutions of the Province, the House of Assembly express Iheir opinion that the Upper Cana^'a College is upheld at g.eat public expense, with high salaries to Its Principal Masters ; but the Province derives very little advantage from it, and that it might be dispensed with.* On the subject of King's College, an unfortunate difference of opinion exists, between its Council and the House of AsseTibly, which each of the Bodies concerned concurs in pronouncina incurable. Happily, in the case of King's College, the passage of the College Charter Amendment Act of 18o7 put an end, for the time, to the agitation and discontent in regard to it. It was different with the case of the Ujiper Canada College. The Principal of that Institution felt, therefore, that he was called upon to enter into a formal defence of the Colle^ 3, and to explain and enforce the reasons why, (especially in the absence of a higher Institution, where young men might be fitted for professional life,) it was essential to the well-being of the Province, that a superior classical and high academic school should, in the mean time, be established and maintained. Before giving the substance of this elaborate defence of ITpper Canada College, I will briefly state one or two matters, which are worthy of notice in this connection. In the controversy, which took place, in regard to the policy of establishing Upper Canada College, the fact was fre(]uently overlooked that, in doing so. Sir John Colborne had two objects in view : The first, and obvious one, was, that he thus sought, for the time, to solve the question, (which had proved to be a trouble- some one to the Home Government), of how most effectually to postpone the establishment of a University,— the very principles, on which it was founded, being so obnoxious to the great bulk of the people of Upper Canada. The second, and no less important object, which Sir John Colborne had evi- dently in view, was the bringing into operation such a thoroughly efficient and superior School as would, foi- years to come, and for all useful purposes, prepare the youth of the country to fill, with credit, the various posts in the public service, and positions in commercial life. Such an Institution he, no doubt, felt would meet the pressing, and practical wants of the Province, and would, therefore, merit the approbation of those in the Country, who were competent to judge of such matters. He must have been the more strengthened in this belief, from the fact, which he knew, of the great success which had attended the operations of the well known Grammar School at Cornwall, and of the no less noted " Old Blue School " at York in^u* J°**^^,",^o=^"u'* Report of the Committee on Grievances," adopted by the House of Assembly on the ipth of April, 1835, the passage quoted by Lord Glenelg, occurs. (See page xviii of the Grievance ReporL Octavo Edition, Toronto, 1835, and page 188 of the Second VoIukb of this Documentary History sr2 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1830-40 N Jl Uh if -'i; liif ii lip His mode of seeking to accotnplislj this prospective good to the Province was highly objectionable; and, it is evident, that he hesitated to submit his project to the Legislature in advance, lest the strong feeling in the country on the subject of the projected University would find hostile expression in the House of Assembly, and so defeat his projected plans. He must, however, have consulted his Executive Council on the subject, as we learn from his Communication to the General Board of Education for Upper Canada, in April, 1829,— page 7 of this Volume, ante. The establishment of Upper Canada College was evidently felt to be a gra- tifying achievement by the Reverend Doctor Strachan ; who was himself, the most successful Teacher and noted Educationist of his day. Soon after the establish- ment of the College— on the 27th of February, 1830— Doctor Strachan submitted to the Legislative Council a series of Resolutions on the subject, — in the first and sixth of which he moved the Council to say that — This House has beheld with great satisfaction the successful issue of the exertions made by His Excellency to establish in this Province a Classical School of so superior a description, that It well merits the appellation of a College . . , We have, at this moment, the very gratifying distinction of ))osses8ing means of education that leave to parents nothing tu envy, or desire, in comparing the advantiges of instruction, enjoyed by their cliildren, with those which are presented by some of the first Public Schools m Great Britain. , In the frequent discussions in regard to Upper Canada College, great stress was always laid upon the fact that that College was of purely local advantage to the Town of York, and afterwards to the City of Toronto. The Reverend Doctor Harris, the first Principal of the College, meets the objection in a practical, common sense, manner. In his " Observations on Upper Canada College," publish '^d in May, 1836, he says, — It is, of course, impossible that an Institution, furnished witli the means of supplying so solid and ci mplete an education as [Upper Canada College] . . . should be established in every District,— the expense being far too great, and the demand too limited, for such a pro- vision. The obvious alternative is,— the establishment of one such Institution for the benefit ■ . . of the whole Province . . . must be placed in some District. Such, in fact, were the considerations which led to the foundation of Upper Canada College. (Page 11.) There was another matter, which was overlooked in these discussions, and that was the fact, that, except at the " Old Blue School " at York, none of the Dis- trict Grammar Schools made any substantial efforts to merit the distinction which had been accorded to the old Cornwall School, and to the "Royal Grammar School," (as it was called by Sir Peregrine Maitland,) at York. The absorption of this noted school into Upper Canada College, gave an additional prestige to the new Institution. Of course, the great mistake, as well as unaccountable oversight of the Gov- ernment, and of the Legislature, was, the neglect to make provision, for elemen- tary Schools. Nor was this error repaired until long after the Province had been settled, nor until nine years after a Grammar School had been established in each District. Even when these District Grammar Schools had been established, those A. 1830-40 Province was his project to I the subject le House of ive consulted ication to the age 7 of this to be a gra- self, the most the establish- an submitted the first and irtiona made by escriptiuu, that US of oducation of instruction, Public Schools I, great stress advantage to erend Doctor ical, common isb'^din May, )f supplying so ( established in For such a pro- for the benefit h, ill fact, were 11.) cussions, and »e of the Dis - action which imar School," 3tion of this e to the new b of the Gov- i, for elemen- nce had been ished in each Wished, those Chap. XVI II. UNIVEUSITY and upper CANADA COLLEGE CONTROVERSIES. 318 of t^e wealthier class, who depended on them for the education of their sons, invari- ably looked to the Legislature for the very means, (which they themselves should have willingly provided,) for the building and repair cf the local Grammar School Houses. Failing tn get a grant for this purpo.se, they would allow the badly- furnished School Houses to fall into decay, and then seek to carry on the work of the School in some rented rooms, or houses. The Head Master of the New- castle District Grammar School, in a Report sent by the Trustees to tlu Lieu- tenant Governor in IhSH, says: — The nipst serious disadvantage under which we labour is the want of a i)roper School House. The one formerly used for that purpose being now in such a s'ato as to bo untenable. (Page 214 of this Volume, ante.) The Trustees of tlie Eastern District Grammar School were not in quite so disagreeable a plight, but, in their Report thoy say : We would himibly susfi^eat to the Legislature the propriety of granting a sum of money to erect a suitable Building for a School House. (Hago 213, ante.) The Johnstown District Grammar School Trustees, in appealing to the Govern- ment, say ; The Grammar School House is an old frame Building, very cold and inconvenient. The prosperity of the establishment, no less than the comfort of the Masters and Scholars, would bo materially increased by the erection of a substantial and well contrived Academy. (Pago 21 J,) The Midland District Grammar School Trustees, in their Report of the Gram- mar School of that, the then second Town in Upper Canada, make a more doleful statement of their case than did some of the others. They say : — We earnestly desire to call your Excellency's attention to the decayed state of the Building now occupied as the District (Jrammar School House. We beg to assure your Excellency that, in a year or two, at most, it will be in such a ruinous state, as to be absolutely untenable. (Page 213.) Such being the state of the chief Grammar School Houses in other parts of the Province, it was no wonder that something like a feeling of jealousy should be awakened — and j)robably with reason — against the new Institution of Upper Canada College, and, at the same time, the immense advantages thus conferred upon the Capital of the Province, by the establishment in it, at the public cost, of a School so superior to any which the Province had hitherto possessed. It was at a time when this feeling against U|)per Canada College had found so strong an expression in the House of Assembly, that the Reverend Doctor J. H. Harris, Principal of the College, decided to issue his elaborate defence of that Institution. This he did in a pamphlet of 23 pages, published in May, 1836. It was the last, as it was the most effective of the replies which had hitherto been made in behalf of the College, since its establishment in 1829. It was in the House of Assembly that the question was first raised as to the value and usefulness of Upper Canada College. In 1832, it appointed a Com- mittee to ascertain, from the examination of a number of witnesses, " whether, or not, Upper Canada College was necessary, or useful." (See [)ages 82 — 96 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History.) In 1835, the College was again I 3U DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OP EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1880-40 ■ Mia subjected to Parliamentary scrutiny, and a full return of it8 operations was asked for. (Pages 164. 105 of the same Volume.) In 1836, the question woh discussed in the House of Assembly as to whether, or not, it was desirable that the advantage of such an Institution should be conrined, as it practically was then, to the. Seat of Qovernment, and a Resolution was passed, in which it was stated :— (GrHiar^fn7''Kw,!iih!!'' r ^"''" ^Tu "7'^° ""^•^f ^^"^ University Funda, not to the Diitrict ^iJiHim.iarK ana lownHhip Common SchoDls,— un( eservedly not^locted hut to mistair [Jnn«r Canada College, m this Ci.y. in which the .una of all the weal5;i^{ familiel atetluS T It is rather singular that, three years later. Lord Durham preferred the same complaint aj,rainst the University of King's College.-probably suggested by this utterance of the House of Assembly. In his " Report on the Affairs of Canada.' he said :— " The lands, which were originally appropriated for the support of Schools throughout the Country, by far the most valuable portion has been diverted to the endowment of the University, from which those only derive any benefit who reside in Toronto, or those who, having a large assured income, are enabled to maintain their children in that Town at an expense, which has been estimated at £50 per annum for each child." (Lord Durham's Report, Page 66). Lord Durham, in this extract from his Report, misstates the case, and thus does-no doubt unconsciously— injustice to those who had the management of the original Royal Grant of 1797. to which ho refers. What the King granted in that year, as communicated to Governor Simcoe by the Duke of ''Portland, Colonial Secretary, was for " Free Grammar Schools," and " for other Seminaries of a larger and more comprehensive nature." In 1832, a Return was prepared by the Surveyor-General for the Lieutenant Governor, showing how this Royal Grant of Lands had been appropriateil, videlicet, For the University of King's College, 225,944 acres. For Upper Canada College, 66 000 acres. Reserved for Schools, and Education, generally, 257,273 acres. Original Royal Grant of 1797 549,217 acres. Thus it will be seen that Lord Durham's statement i.« entirely misleading, and that an ample reservation " for Schools " was made, independently of whal in terras of the original Royal Grant, was appropriated to King's College Univei- sity. which was clearly a Seminary " of a larger and more comprehensive nature " than a " Free Grammar School." Even the appropriation of 66,000 acres of the same Royal Grant to Upper Canada College, as a Seminary of a " more compre- hensive nature " than a Free Grammar School, although p.c, nfton •-l-allAn-'red aa unwarranted, was justifiable, in terms of the Grant itseFf. 1830.40 M wa.s asked IH discussed ) advantage to th(j Seat ) the DiBtrict ustain Upjior catod . . d the same ted by this^ )f Canada,' support of I has been derive any ncutne, are I has been , Page 66. > , and thus igement of g granted Portland^ ^eminaric* jieutenant )ropriated^ res. res. •es. 'OS. lisleading, r of what, e Univei- e nature " res of the i compre- ■lenged as- Cl»ap. XVIII. UNIVERSITY AND UPPEU CANADA COLLEOE CONTUOVERSIEH. 815 The interest derived from the investment of the proceeds of the sale of the portionof the grant " reserved for Schools," was, by the Act, 2nd Victoria, Chapter 10, directed to be distributed by the King's College Council to Grammar and other deserving Schools, under such Regulations as tliat Council should .see fit to pre.scril)e. It was to meet varioim complaints which had been made against Upper Canada College, that the Reverend Doctor Harris, its Piincipal, prepared and published an elaborate defence of that Institution. It it conceived in good uiste, and is written in a style bclitting the subject — clear and argumentative, and without animus. Its chief value consists in its exposition of the Principles upon which such superior Institutions are founded and maintained. He pointed out how the famous Public Schools of England have contributed to the greatness of the Empire, by the acquirements of her " Statesmen. Scholars and Philo- sophers," stimulated and ([uickened, as their genius and ability was, by the training which they received in the Schools and Universities of the Mother Land. It should not be overlooked that a great deal of the objection which had been urged against Upper Canada College, and which had found so strong an expression in the House of Assembly, arose largely from the patent fact, that, by an Act of the Legislature itself, a Grammar School had been established in each District, while, at the same time, no provision whatever had been made for elementary Schools in the Townships. — thus " inverting the educational pyramid," as it was said many a time afterwards. The Province did not recover from the effects of this fatal .take for many years afterwards. And all the efforts made ?rom time to time by the able men, who took up the matter, in the Legislature, ended in partial failure, or in spasmo- dic success. This was largely due to f jjersistence, more or less strong, of those who sought to maintain the traditional idea that " Grammar Schools and a Uni- versity " were the only educational institutions providf 1 for, or authorized, by the Royal Imperial Grant of School Lands in 1797 ; — the Grammar Schools were to be adjuncts to, or feeders, oi a University, which, as yet, had no existence except on paper.* I shall now make some extracts from the pampiilet published by the Reverend Doctor Harris ; — omitting the former part, which deals v ith the more local features of the case, and with the proceedings of Sir J.-hu Colborne. The Reverend Doctor Harris' Defence of Up'^eu Canada College. Tt is a certain fact that a liberal and comprehensive education cannot be provided but at a considerable exnenae, to be borne somewhere. The people in general, in a new country, cannot bear it from tL.ir jjrivate means, and it must, therefore, if provided for at all. be borne by the pubhc resources. m p ' ti < 1 316 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1830-40 The Educational Example of Europe, and of ENtiLANo quoted. Even in the old countrios of Europe, and particularly in England, all the leading Semi- naries are supported by endowments ; and limited indeed, in comparison with what they actu- ally are, would be the means of education in Great Britain, liad not Royal, and individual munihcence founded Schools and Colleges for the j)romotion of learning, and made such permanent provision for the maintenance of Tutors and Masters, as leaves little comparative expense to be detrayed by many parents, whoso sony must otherwise have wanted that which has proved to them more valuable than the richest inheritence. I'o tl^is patriotic and generous regard of our forefathers for the interests of learning it is to be ascribed that, in England, so many men of huuible origin have been enabled to raise them- selves to proud distinction as Statemen, as Scholars and Philosophers. Looking particularly at the profession of tli Law, how many of our most considerable families, are indebted for their present position in Society, to the facilities which happily existed for the education of that ancestor, whose superior talents first raised himself and his name from humble o-scnrity. Importance of Superior Educational Institutions in Canada. This allusion reminds me of the recommendation which was made at a popular meeting in this place some few years since-that the Home Government should send out Judges to Canada from the English Bar, till the improved state of education in the Province should render such a course unnecessary.* Now, in one point of view, I should certainly not have adverted to this circumstance, as making for my present argument ; for to nothing could a stronger appeal be made, m proof of the sutticiency of the existing means of [higher] education, than to the actual discharge of the judicial fur4#tions in Upper Canada : but 1 may fairly be allowed to infer, from the fact ot such an opinion havhig been expressed, that it was not generally considered that the then available means of education were ade(iuate to the requirements of the Colony ; and that therefore, an Institution which is every year sending out youths, not inferior in classical knowledge to the greater part of those who leave the Public Schools in Enaland for th" Uni- versities, and with the addition of many useful attainments, which the latter do not "enerally possess, is not conferring unimportant advantages on the Province at large, and could not be dispensed with, but at the certainty of still keeping the standard of education below the point which is correspondent with the general advancement and exigencies of the community. Contrasted present value to Upper Canada of the College and a University. The disproportion between the expense [of Upper Canada College] and the amount of advantage diflused [by it], through the Province, would be still more apparent with regard to a University —the expenditure on which must be manifold greater than on an introductory Semi- nary whilst the number of individuals who would, probably, avail themselves of the former could not, for many years, be at all equal to the number of pupils receiving their educati(,n .at the latter. And yet, I have never heard any objection of this nature to the Universitv as though its endowment was too great, or as though the Province in general were likely to derive very little advantage from it ; for, besides the fact, that the expense of education, beyond a certain grade, increases in a rapid ratio, as the standard rises, it must be obvious, with respect to the higher pursuits of learning and science, that the taste and demand for them in a new community, must, not only be encouraged, but, in a great measure, created ; and this is to be done, not by a tardy supply of facilities and assistance, only afforded, when the necessity for them can no longer be denied, but by providing opportunities in advance, which may elicit, latent genius, and lead the way to the loftier paths of knowledge. To delay therefore the commencement of the University till a much larger number of students actually presented them- selves to enter its walls, would be to postpone the cultivation of a field till a few spontaneous oars had multiplied themselves to a full crop ; forgetting the danger that the seeds thus left to themselves, may perish, whereas, if carefully collected and cultivated, they would probably in a few seasons, produce an abundant increase. I now proceed to the Province ; or, in other won very little advantage from th^ ^^■iii.^«, uxm in.-i, ^r insgnr oe (uspcnseu wit Lord Glenelg, from the " Seventh Report on Grievances," page 811, ante..] * While no one in Canada would think of advocating such a course at the pre-ent day. so far aa the judiciary is concerned, it ih yet a singular fact, that one of the most prominent of our religious communions stUI send m many cases to England for persons to fill some of tliu highesf positions among her clergy 1830-40 leading Semi- liat thoy actu- nd individual ich permanent expense to be has proved to , learning, it is to raise theni- particularly at t)tod for their jation of that iciirity. ar meeting in ges to Canada render such a verted to this ger appeal be to the actual to infer, from lered that the :iy ; and that, )r in classical I for the Uni- not generally could not be low the point inity. . , IVERSITY. e amount of h regard to a luctory Senii- ■ the former, edncati(,n at Jniversity, as cely to derive 3n, beyond a with respect ?m, in a new [ this is to be necessity for h may elicit, lerefore, the isented them- ■ Bi)ontatieous I, thus left to probably, in ie cost to the rally derives Ls quoted by Chap. XVIII. UNIVERSITY AND UPPER CANADA COLLEGE CONTROVERSIES. 317 r, 80 far us the is coininunions r clergy. Necessity of Placino a Superior Educational Institution in a Central Place. I infer, from the expression : " the Province generally " that it is implied that the advan- tages of the College are chiefly confined to the immediate vicinity of Toronto ; j^nd, it is certainly the CAse, that the greater part of the pupils has always been from the city and neighborhood. Iho number of boys from the countiy, (and some from very distant parts,) has generally been rather more than a ihird of the entire number ; and, when it is considered how many circum- stances, besides the expense, may concur to make it inconvenient far parents to send their sons lar trom home, this is perhaps nearly as large a jjroportion as could be expected. But the benehts to the Province at large are not to fee solely estimated by the comparative number of pupils who are sent to the College from districts, more or less remote trom its vicinity. The beneficial efTects of talents, which are drawn forth, and cultivated, by a systematic course of education are not confined to the locality, either of the school, or of the home, of the talented individua ; the talents, thus matured, are the property and advantage, no less than the orna- ment 01 the Country at largo. No one thinks of enquiring whether a Bacon, or a Newton, a Johnson, or an Addison, re- ceived his educa,tion m his native Town, or at a distant School; the whole Nation enjoys the truit ot their talents, and glories in their fame, wherever they were educated. It may, indeed, bo a source of honest pride to particular bjhools to have educated such luminaries, as it may be to their native places to have produced them ; but, the distinction, thus enioyed by the one. does not. in the least, dimmish the public advantage, and the public honour derived from their abilities. . . Besides the pupils I have [mentioned], numbers have left the College, at various stages of advancement, short of completing the course ; and who may be supposed to have profited by their attendance in corresponding degrees. Is then, the Province in general really deriving no advantage from an Institution, which, at this early period of its existence, has sent forth so many young men thus (.ualified, who can not fail to carry with them the influence of mental culture and rt-finement, into the various parts ot the Province, through which they will be in a few years dispersed I Thk Necessity for a Superior Preparatory College, Ab the Institution continues its operations, and with those improvements, which lengthened experience may be supposed constantly to suggest, it must send forth increasing numbers of pupils, whose quahhcations will be more and more various and complete Nor can there be a doubt, that these numbers would be yet further increased, and the consequent benefits be en- hanced and perpetuated, if, on leaving the College, young men had the opportunity of prosecut- ing their studies, and of earning distinction by their attainments, at a Provincial University. Instead, therefore, of admitting the position that the College might be dispensed with, I would, with all deference, maintain, that it, or some similar Institution, is indispensible, if it be desirable that I pi^er Canada, advancing as it is in every other respect, which gives import- ance and superiority to a people, should not remain stationary as to literary and intellectual improvement. •' Such an Institution as Uppbr Canada Colleise must he in some Central Place. It is of course, impossible that an Institution, furnished with the means of supplyinc so solid and complete an education as is contouiplated in the above remarks, ana as can alone effect any essential general improvement, should be established in every District,~the expense being far too great, and the demand too limited, for such a provision. The obvious alternative IS, the establishment of one such Institution, for the benefit, not of the particular District in which It IS placed, (and it must be in some District,) but of the whole Province Such in fact were the considerations which led to the foundation of Upper Canada Colle^'e. It was observed that the general standard of education to bo obtained at the District (Grammar) Schools did not and from their nature and circumstances, could not, afl-ord an ade ' Fourth Form : Latin Grammar ; Clarke's Exercises ; Ciesar ; Ovid ; "^reek Grammar ■ ^reek Exerci.es ; Greek Delectus ; English, or Roman. History ; English Exercises ; Writina •' Arithmetic ; French ; Geometrical Drawing ; Mathematics, (by pupils sufficiently advanced)." Fifth Form .■ Latin Grammar ; El'is' Exercises ; Sallu.t ; Ovid ; Greek Grammar ; Greek Exercises ; Greek Testament ; Analecta Gra^ca Minora; English Composition; Roman, or <^recian. History ; Writing ; Arithmetic ; French ; Geometrical Drawing ; Mathematics. Sixth Form : LAtinGr^wm^r- Latin Exercises ; Virgil; Cicero's Orations ; Latin and Eng.ish Compositioa ; Greek Grammar; Greek iixercises ; Greek Testament ; Homer; General History; Writing; Arithmetic; French; Geometrical Drawing; Mathematics. Seventh Form: Valpy's Elegantiie Latin.-e ; Cicero; Livy ; Horace; Latin and Eixdish Composition ; Greek Grammar ; Greek Exercises ; Greek Testament ; Greek Poetry • cfreek N^ral Phnor*h° ' '""''' ' ^*'''"'''*"'"*^ Drawing ; History and Geography ; Mathematics ; Partial Class for those ■ ,,L) who do not intend to pursue a Classical Course : Eno-lish Com- position ; History ; Geog:. Writing; Arithmetic; Mathematics; French; Geometrical Drawing; Book-keeping. »iotiii,ai Note. Throughout the whole College Course, every Form, (except in the case of those boys whose parents object.) has a Scripture lesson on Mondays and Fridays, consisting of re- citation and reading ;— both lessons being accompanied with such explanations, by the Masters «s are calculated to illustrate the subject, without interfering with any peculiar religious tenet. . .' It will at once be seen that the education above described is very far from beinc^ merelv Classical: that it comprises in fac-, besides the Classics, progressive instruction inVritin/ Arithmetic, Bo..k-kecping, Geography, History, English Composition, French, Mathematics! Principles of Land Surveying, and the Elements of Natural Philosophy. To this, as a whole, I would confidently appeal, and ask, whether the youth, who has been done justice to by himself and his Teachers, in going through it, can be said not to have receiv- ea a usetul education ; something more than a barren acquaintance with a few Latin and Greek books. But, It IS, as a whole, that it can alone be fairly and adequately iudo-ed of For though, in accordance with the principles already adverted to, it will be observed," that a Dunil who has gone regularly through the three lower Forms, will have acquired the substantial of a plain and practical education ; to which he will make further additions as he ascends hi-rher in the system— (and, m still greater proportion, if he should be removed from the third or anv higher, Form, into the Partial Class, where Classical studies are altogether omitted) —thoueh there are the means of a boy's acquiring the fundamentals of an English education, by attend- ing on but a small portion of the system ; yet, it is obvious,' that no fair estimate of any syste- matic course of education, in its completeness, can be formed from those detached fragments of it. Course of Study for those Desirous of Completing their Education. In framing a system of Education for a public Seminary, reference must, of cours- be had to tlie case of pupils who are supposed to begin at the foundation, and pass regularly through the several stages, till they arrive at its completion. Accordingly, a certain range of subjects be ing proposed, as those which are embraced iu the entire coarse, these are adjusted and disposed of m such order and eombiiiatiuu us appear best calculated to lead the pupil through successive degrees of advancement, till he is conducted to the completion. If, therefore, a "boy knowing little, or nothing, is brought to such a Seminary, and withdrawn, after a time which is only auffi cient to carry him through a sixth of the course, is it reasonable to charge the Seminary with not teaching him the other five-sixths ? ' m p^ i 'in 320 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1830-40 It is manifest that everything cannot be learned at once, nor any single subject, without the conBumption of a certain portion of time ; the actiuisition, therefore, of several branches of knowledge mu'ft necessarily occupy a propoitionably lengthened period ; and it is as unjust, aa it is unreasonable, to condemn any echeme of education as defective, on a view of the attain- ments of a pupil who has passed through but a small part of ir, particularly if that part be at the commencement, and, therefore, chiefiy eltmentary. If the pupil began at the beginning, all that can be required is, that he should be thoroughly instructed as far as he hua advanced, and that his advancement should be proi)ortionato to the time he has been taught : if he wa» removed from another School, and placed at some intermediate pot-ition of the College, the latter cannot be responsible for the degree of accuracy and Eoundnees with which, the ground- work of his previous education may have been laid; and si ould this have been imjjerfect, the difficulty of repairing the defect, by any subsequent pains, h greater than can be imagined, without experience. I believe that everybody assents to the practical good sense of the Dutch Minister of State^ who said that he " got through so many things, by doing only one thing at a time " ; and yet, 1 have often had occasion to think that many parents do not consider this niaxim applicable to the busineFs of education ; for I am sensible that an adherence to the principle of not attempting to teach a greater variety of subjects at one time, than could be taught thoroughly, nor more advanced subjects than were suitable to the exiV.ting attainments of ihe pupils, has injured the College in the estiii)at.ion of not a few, who were impatient to see a more rapid and ostensible progress, than the age, or attainments, of their children rendered practicable. '•■St IJ] k "1 i Jlil Mi t* |i The value of Classical Studies— Time required in their acquisition. This remark applies more particularly to some who, being them.selves unac(iaain' ed with the Classical languages, are incapable of estimating the progress which their children really do make in the rudiments of Latin, and are also not aw.ire of the time which is unavoidably expended, at first, in acquiring these elements, but with which a thorough familiarity is indisppnsable to the attainment of any proficiency in the Classics which shall be of future avail ; for to nothing, per- haps, is the maxim that : " if it be worth while to do a thing at all, it is worth while to do it well," more applicable than to elementary Classical studies, which, if they be superficially taught,^ all future labour is little better than thrown away. And whatever diversity of opinion may exist as to the value of Classical knowledge and taste, when obtained, there can be none as to the useless waste of time, caused by the process which, after three or four years of Classical instruction, leaves a boy so little acquainted with grammatical principles, that he cannot, without assistance, account for the construction of a single sentence, nor understand an ordinary passage, in a Latin author. Yet, this must be the case, if, for the sake of a seemingly rapid proficiency, the necessary time and pains be not taken for securing the ground work. A child, or a native of the woods, on seeing the foundations of a house sunk in the earth, might think it very unnecessary to lay so much material, with such great nicety, where it would never afterwards be seen ; but little architectural experience is requisite to teach us what would be the consecpience of beginning to build on the surface of the ground. Moreover, though the progress of the pupil, to an unpracticed observer, may for a time, bo scarcely observable, the mind is, nevertheless, ac(iuiring materials and strength for future efforts and success, as certainly as the absorption of sap is daily adding to the vigour and growth of the younw tree, though the increase in its size may not be apparent to the eye for months, or years. And. I might add, that the sounder and more serviceable the tree is, in its maturity, the slower and more gradual is its early growth. It will not be supposed that I am advocating an exclusively Classical education, if I here venture to express a conviction,— the result of personal observation, — that those are much mis- taken who consider that the mind of a boy, whilst occupied with Latin Grammar, and its appli- cation, is stagnant, and its powers unexercised ; the fault must be very much in the Teacher, if the pupil's judgment and reflection be not constantly called into action, at a very early stage, where a reason is to be given for the ccinstruction of every word in a sentence ; and general prin- ciples are to be applied to particular cases, at evt ry step. Absence of Uniformity between the Grammar Schools and Upper Canada College. The extension of the advantages of Upi)er Canada College has been limited by another cir- cumstance, to which I have already adverted, namely, the absence of any general uniformity in the systems pursued in the District (Granmiar) Schools throughout the Province, and at the College. 1830-40 lubject, without eml bnvnches of b is as unjust, as w of the attain- that part be at t the beginning, e h«8 advanced, ight : if he wa» .ho College, the ch. the ground- I imjjerfect, the m be imagined, linister of State, ue " ; and yet, 1 applicable to the )t attempting to ighly, noi- more has injured the d and ostensible [TION. iiain' ed with the I really do make bly expended, at sppnsable to the to nothing, per- il while to do it irficially taught,^ 1 knowledge and I by the process acquainted with, instruction of a hia must be the ins be not taken foundations of a erial, with sucl> al experience is 16 surface of the ly for a time, bo 'or future effoitu id growth of the lonths, or years, irity, the slower cation, if I here ie are much mis- ir, and its appli- in the Teacher, i^ery early stage, tid general prin- iDA College. I by another cir- "al uniformiiy in •ince, and at the Chap. XIX. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS ON EDUCATION IN U. C, 1839-40. 321 Scarcely any two District (Grammar) Schools, I believe, at present, use either the same books, or pursue the same mode of instruction ; the consequence is, that if, from any circumstance, a boy is moved from one school to another, his progress receives a check from the change to which he is subjected. The books which are put into his hand at the new School, are probably different from those he had been used to ; the inethod of teaching different ; so that, even though the School, to which he is remc ved, should be, in every respect, superior to that which he has left, he can jt fail to labour under, at least, temporary disadvantages. Hence the pupil becomes disheartened, and his friends annoyed, because he does not occupy just the same position m the one School that he did in the other. At a Seminary, like Upper Canada College, receiving scholars from many other quarters, of course, these inconveniences are exhibited under as many varieties as there are various modes of instruction at other Schools. And, in addition to the practical embarrassment thus caused to the College, with the discouragements to the new pupils, and the disappointment of their friends, it 18 not to be wondered at, if the feelings of the former Teachers are unfavourably affected at the idea of their pupils appearing to disadvantage— though, perhaps, without fault attributable to either place of education— at an Institution whose more public and prominent position natur- ally makes any thing like an indication of opinion more regarded, than in the case of compara- tively private Schools. All these inconveniences, which arise from the present relation, or rather, want of relation of the District (Grammar) Schools to each other and to Upper Canada College, would be, in a great measure removed by the a loption, under authority, of one Uniform System of Education a,t all of those Seminaries which may be called ' public' This uniformity might, by marking out some fixed gei eral outlines, and by enforcing the use of the same fundamental School Books, especially Gra imars, be carried suflSciently tar to obviate the disadvantages above referred to, without unnecessarily interferin.,' with the exercise of each Master's judgment, and the practice of his own peculiar methods of teaching, in details. A well organized arrangement of this kind, by which the District (Grammar) Schools should, as far as they go, correspond with, and be introductory to. Upper Canada College, as the College would be introductory to the University, could not fail of producing those essential and perma- nent advantages which ever attend systematic and uniform operations, above desultory and unconnected efforts ; while the present state and circumstances of the Province, with respect to education, seem to render the execution of such a design as practical, as it would be beneficial. Toronto, May, 1836. James H. Harris, Principal of Upper Canada College. CHAPTER XIX MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA, 1339, 1840. St. Thomas. Mr. Edward M. Crone writes : Of the Public and Private Schools taught in the early \'illage days of St Thomas, and who were the Pedagogues, even that living Dictionary, — the Oldest Inhabitant— knoweth not ; their memories and their names seem to have vanished! About the year 1840. two persons. Messieurs Bennett and Holt, were engaged as Teachers, and', evidently, with good results, for they retained their position for several years,— one of them for nearly ten, — as Public ISchool Teachers. Niagara. Miss Janet Cam ochan, in her account of St Andrews Church, Niagara, says,— In 1840, there is a reference to the school kept by Mr. .Tames Webster, who was also Pre- centor in St. Andrews, in the School Room under the control of the Church, in 1842, called St. Andrew's School, and to avail themselves of the Act passed by Parliament in 1841 in regard to "Common Schools." By the references to Schools and Libraries, (which I have made,) we feel proud to see that St. Andrews, in those early days, was doing her share to give an education to her people, both secular and religious ; for, from 1802, there are references to a School in con- nection with St. Andrew's Church. (Account of H. Andrew's Church, page 22.) Gt'ELPH. Mr. H. VV. Peterson writes ; I send you a letter from the Reveieud Doctor Tor- rance, our venerable ex-Inspector and Secretary of Schools. In that letter. Dr. Cochrane says : I have endeavoured to collect information regarding the origin and early history of the Grammar School, now the Collegiate Institute, in Guelph, but the effort has been far from satisfactory The first records of the Board of Trustees cannot be found, so that there was nothing on which 21 D.E.3 ! f I**". 322 III I DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN UPPER CANADA. 1839-40 to fall back, but the memory of early settlers, and that of men who were pupils in the Inst tution at Its commencement. Very little information was to be procured from the first of these and comparatively few iacts from the latter. They could give very interesting personal remi- niscences, but not much bearing upon the history of the School. They have, however, supplied the following : * The School was opened in a House on Waterloo street, nearly opposite the pre- sent Gas Works, and which la still standing, but I could not find out the date of its openin was o» a visit to Canada, purchased a site for a School with a dwelling house ou it for $2,500. A Boy's School was forthwith erected on it, and, in 1841, the School was opened. The Friends Society in Canada raised the rest of the money to purchase furniture and other necessary things. ' Brampton. Mi. rfenry Roberts says :— About 1840, a School was kept by a Mr Darby and a School for both sexes by a Mrs. Holmes. Upper Canada Academy, Cobonrg : Jn the Address of 1840, om the Methodist Con- ference m Canada to the Conference in England, the following passage occurs :— We are truly thankful for the increasing efficiency of the Upper Cnnada Academy. In the several depart- ments of Its government, tuition and general management, the Institution his experienced a decided improvement, and afforded us sincere satisfaction during the past year ; and we confi- dently look loward to its still greater success in elevating and forming the intellectual and moial character of the Province." The Reverend Jesse Hurlburh.f Acting Principal, in writing to the Reverend Doctor Ryer- son, on the 24th of October, 1840, says : Although only part of the old students who are expected to return, have arrived, nearly all the rooms, which have been formerly occupied are already taken up. We have heard enough from others to make our numbers as great as they have ever bejn ; and we shall expect, some more, perhaps many, of whom we have not yet heard. Most of the students who have come are those of whom we had no previous informa- tion. We shall probably have more young ladies in the female department than ever before as all the rooms, which have ever been occupied, are already engaged ; and word has been had from other students, who are expected. Kino's Collegf; Appointments 1830-1838. The following is a Statement of the authority under which the Salaries and allowances are paid to the President and other Officers of King's f oiTfT*'-" "" "«S.^ Dnncan Mornaon M A., -.vhi'e Minister at Owen Souad, published an interesting Work. of 250 pages, on The Great Hymm of the Church He wrote me a very kind note oa a aeries of papers which I pubushea at the same time in the Evangelical Churchman on Hymns and Hymn Writers. +The reverend Jesse Hurlburt, M.A., afterwards settled in Ottawa, where he died in May. 1891 ajred ^r l^Vl T,"® there became noted as a local literary man and author of some works. He took the degree of S. LL.B , and of LL.D. at Toronto University in 1850 and 1856. UDA. 1839-40 in the Inst tution first of these, and ng personal remi- however, supplied ' opposite the pre- ai its opening, nor md he was in the ng been appointed Schools of Penh, jwn as "The old rt Lees of pttawa, , son of Captain essively Teachers L Church and died gray with years, mercy. Between iught the leading sses Sinclair kept A/illiam Meighen, lucated who came born in the Dis- :ween James Bell 1 living and hale il was established, of Beckwith and as taught by Mr. !, to have been a hip of Lanark, a These are among •ly recoi ds of the U3 down to the I Gumey of Nor- with a dwelling 1, the School was rchase furniture, )y a Mr. Darby, ) Methodist Con- i : — We are truly i several depart- i IS experienced a • ; and we confi- ectual and mo:al md Doctor Ryer- tudents, who are rly occupied are I as great as they ive have not yet revious informa- n ever before, as rd has been had of the authority )fficers of King's interesting Work, e» of papers which in May, 1891 aged 3e took the degree Chap. XIX. MrSCELLANEOUS PAPERS ON pDUCATICN IN U. C, 1839-40. 828 College, by the Council of that College, in compliance with the Address of the House of Assem- bly to His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, dated the 29th of April, 1839. (See page 150 of this Volume, ante). March 17th, 1830.~An Order in Council was passed, directing that Mr. Richard Coleman be appointed Overseer of the King's College Grounds, with a salary of Sixty pounds Provincial currency per annum. Octobar 1st, 1831.— An Order in Council wa? passed, directing that Mr. John Wedd be appointed Overseer, vice Mr. Richard Coleman, deceased, with the same salary and apartments. March 16th, 18J5.— Notification from His Excellency the Lieutenant Govevnor, Sir John Oolborne. was received by King's College Council, that he has appointed Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Wells to be the Registrar of King's College, vice tiie Honourable (ioorge Herchmer Markland, appointed Inspector General ot Public Accounts, whereby liis Salary was increased to Three Hundred pounds. Provincial Currency, per annum, as Registrar and Bursar. March 27th, 1833.— kn Order in Council was passed, to allow Mr. John Wedd as Overseer of King's College Grounds Twelve pounds Ten Shillings. Provincial Currency, per annum, for House Rent, until he could be put in possession of the House before occupied by Mr. Richard Coleman, his predecessor, which the Widow and Family of the latter still occupy. February 27th, 183'J.— Upon a represent^ition of Mr. John Wedd, of the inadequacy of his salary, and a solicitation that the sums collected by him for the pasturin-J of cattle, etcetera, might be allowed him as a perciuisite. It was ordered in Council, that no perquisites whatever should be allowed ; but that, taking into consideration all the circumstances of the increasing responsibility of the Overseer, in managing the farming concerns, his salary, from the first of January last, should beat the rate of five shillings, l^rovincial Currency, pei' day ; and that a pro- portion of this salary, (videlicet Six pounds Five Shillings, Currency, per annum), should be charged against the Upper Canada College, on account of the Overseer's occasional superinten- dence of the Ornamental Grounds attached to it. December 17tJi, 1830.— Upon the strong representation of the Bursar, that Mr. Henry Haw- kins, the Messenger, had been necessarily employed as a Junior Clerk, for upwards of a twelve month past, in consequence of the increasing duties of the Office, which required additional aid, that he was found fully adequate to the situation, it was ordered in Council, that Mr. Henry Hawkins be allowed an additional salary of Twenty-Five pounds. Provincial Currency per annum, for the current year. N.B.— His former sdary, as Messenger, was Fifty pounds per annum. February 22,id, 1837.— The Rev.-«nd Doctor Strachan, President, of King's C Uege, com- municated to the Council that, in reference to the situation of the Oflicers of the 1. stitution, and the prospect of its speedily getting into actual operation, and the necessity of active measures being immediately taken for the eff'ecting this object, he had thought it reasonable to express to His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, Sir Francis Bond Head, his desire to draw his appoint- ed salary, as President, from the first day of January last, having foreborne any application hitherto, in consequence of the obstacles which had arisen to the execution of the Charter, and that His Excellency had been pleased to approve of this suggestion, which he had expressed. It was ordered in Council, That the President's salary, (Two Hundred and Fifty pounds. Sterling, per annum,) be considered as accruing from the first day January last, (1837), and he hereafter paid out of the funds of the Institution, upon the scale established by His Majesty's Govern- ment, as notified in a Despatch from Earl Bathurst to His Excellency Sir Peregrine Maitland, * dated Downing Street, March 21st, 1827. (See Pages 16 and 301 of this Volume, ante.) 4.ugnst 15th, 1837.— An Order in Council, was passed, directing that Mr. Thomas Young be employed as Architect for the proposed Buildings, at the rate of Two Hundred pounds Currency, per annum, from the first of May last, when he was first employed in drawing Plans and preparing estimates for the King's College Building. February 8th, 181....— An Order in Council was passed. 'directingjthat the salary of the Clerk, (Mr. George Percival Ridout,) be One Hundred pounds. Provincial Currency, per annum, from the period of his being first employed. May 12th, 1838. — Upon the strong recomrrendation of the Bursar, of the inadequacy of the salary of Mr. Henry Hawkins, the Junior Clerk, for the very efficient services which he had zealously rendered for upwards of three years, it was ordered in Council, that the salary of Mr. Henry Hawkins, be raised from Seventy-Five to One Hundred pounds. Provincial Currency, per annum, from the first of January last, (1888=) March 21st, 1839.— An Order in Council was passed directing chat the sum of One Hun- dred and Fifty pounds, Provincial Currency each, be the respective salaries of the Registrar and Bursar, to commence from the date of their appointment. ij ;• s V I I] 1 % , r J 'fl 1 1 ' ., 1 fe && .1- INDEX. Aberdeen, Lord, Despatch of, 1835, 179. Academy, Grantham. (See Grantham.) Academy, Upper Canada, 40, 41, 50, 53, 54, 56, 57. 58, 68, 75, 108, 105, 109, 113, 114, 115, 116, 121. 126, 146, 200, 219, 299, 322. Acts passed by the Upper Canada Legislature, and inserted in this Volume : To convey a School site in Georgina, 1837, 79. To Incorporate Regiopolis College, 1837. 80. To Grant a Loan to Grantham Academy. 1837, 81. ' To Grant Additional Aid toCommonSchools for 1837, 82. To Remove the Grammar School from Vit- toria to London, 1837, 83. To Amend the Incorporation Act of the Midland District School Society, 1837, 83. To Amend the King's College Charter, 1837, 88, To Grant Additional Aid to Common Schools for 1838, 130, To Make good the School Grant Defalca- tion of the Niagara District Treasurer 1889, 168, To Grant Additional Aid to the Common Schools for 1839, 169, To Provide for the Advancement of Edu- cation in this Province, 1839, 170. To Establish (Queen's) College as the Uni- versity of Kingston, 1840, 235. To Authorize the temporary occupation by (Queen's) College of Kingston Hospital, 1840, 239, To Grant Additional Aid to the Common Schools for 1840, 239. Acts of previous Parliaments, referred to in this Volume : — Of the year 1807, 90, 142, 174, 211, 217, 243, 298. Of the year 1808, 174, 244, Of the year 1815, 75, 79, 83. Of the year 1816, 143, 174, 217, 2-14, 298. Of the year 1819, 77, 78, 8.^, 244. Of the year 1820, 174, 244. Of the year 1824, 231, 244. Of the year 1833, 245, 298. Of the year 1837, 77. 174, 218. Of the year 1839. 218. Addison, Rev. R., 286, Addresses to the King, 39, 100. Addresses to the Lieutenant-Governor, 5, 6, 10, 23. 31, 32, 46, 76, 93, 118, 123, 145, IBO, 163, 224, 226, Advancement of Education in fhe Province, Act for the, 166. 165, 166, 167, 170, 172, 176, 183, 198, 200. 228.246, 251, 261, 306. Aikman, M,, 42, 61, 101, 152, 202, 203, 227, 229, Aldborough Schools, 101, Alexandria School, 66, 183, 200. Allan, W., 74, 104, 147. 161, 164, 165, 166, 214. 229, 255, 302. Amendment of King's College Charter. (See Charter. ) American School Books. (See Books,) Ancaster Literary Institution, 119, 159, 183, 195, 196, 198, 200, 223, 228, 229, 222, 234. Architecture, School, 216. Archbold, Rev. G.. 213, 221, 223, 225, 226. Appointments in King's College, 150, 322. Aritheniic, Rev. Dr. Strachan's, 7, Arthur. Sir G., 115, 117, 130, 144, 149, 151, 152, 158, 159, 163, 167, 172, 177, 180, 183. 185, 186, 189, 193, 195, 212, 221, 229, 240. 241, 242, 290, 302, 304, 806, 308, 309, Articles, the 39, 15, 34, 37, 65, 69. Assessment for Common Schools, 5, 124. 161 165, 156, 251, 279, Assets of King's College, 195, 200, 223, 255. Assets of Upper Canada College, 259. Asylum, Lunatic, 308, 309. Baldwin, R., 302, 303. Barber, G. A., 188, 199, Barron, F, W., 40, 138, 185. Bath School Society, 15, 60. Bathurst, Lord, 1. 2, 4, 16, 250, 300, 322. Beatty, Rev. J., 121. Bell, Rev. Dr. A., or Madras Svstem, 131. 137, 143, Bell, Rev. Dr. G., 288, 290, 291, 293. Berkeley, Bishop, 07, Bethune, Rev. A. N., 208, 211, 212, 24i, 245. 248, 255, 263, 307. Bible Distribution in Niagara District, 139, Bible in the Schools, 12, 13, 262, 263, 270, 274. 270, 278. Bill, Common School, by M. Burwell, 280, Block "D." (See D.) Blue School, Old. (See Royal Grammar School.) Board of Education,. General, 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10^ 15, 16, 24, 149, 165, 217, 245, 250, 270, Bockus, G., 42, 156, 221, 225, 228. Books, American Text, 3, 250, 270, 297. Books, Text. (See Text.) Books for the Schools, 23, 132> 136. 138. 141. 245, 251, 253. i 1 1 »'l 826 INDEX. !^. ,.'•'.. m t i Jl J . : Boulton, O. S., 4(5, 131, 156 105, 243. 2(i«. 208. Bouriuot, .1. G., 204. Boyd, Chancellor. 205. Boys, H., 15>5. 198, '212. 200, 201. Bownianville ydiools, 135. Brainpton Schools, 134, 322. Brougham, Lord, 137. Building fur King's College, 25, 95, 165, 184, 322. Burns, 15 bv. J , 1.38, 139. Bursar's default, 173. 188, 189, 190, 198, 199. Burwell, M., 42, 43. 60. 64, 55, 119, 137., 140. 144, 148, 150, 162, 153, 15(5, l.')7. 172,202, 203, 214, 221, 243, 200. 207, 279, 283. Cameron, J. H., 139, 330. Cameron, M., 42, 105, loO, 15j, 158, 202. Campbell, Rev. P. C, 289. Campbell, M., 131. Carnouhaii, .lauefc, 139. Carpmaol, C , 279. Cartlicart, Lord, 85. C^rthew'a Survey. 52. Cartwright, Rev. R. D., 135. Cartwrisjht, J. S., 42, 43, 44, 45, 40, 50, 124, 154. 15!^, 220, 227. Central School, 15, 60, 123, 251. Chalmers' Opinion, 215. Chalmers, Rev. Dr., 280. Charter of King's College, 24, 32, 38, 39. 42, 45, 00, 01, 02, 65, 70, 72, 73, 75, 77, 78, 84, 92, 174, 179, 184, 201, 202, 204, 217, 288, 301, 310. bll. Chisholm, A., 42 43, 48, 101. Chisholm, W., 42, 44, 47, 101. Chrislian Guardian, 107, 108, 113, 118. Church of England, Schools. (See Central.) Classical Studies, value of, 320. Classics in Upper Canada College. {See Course of Study in Upper Canada College. Clement, W. H. P., 208. 209. Clergy Reserves, 42, 47, 90, 99, !120, 104, 208. Cobourg, Schools in, 133. Colborne, Sir J., 2, 7, 8, 9. 10, 22, 24, 20, 29, 31, 35, 37, 39, 02, 64, 77, 100, 176, 176, 177, 179, 185,201, 212, 285, 300. 310, 311, 316, 323. Colebrook, Sir W. G., 90. Committee on Education in Upper Canada, 229, 240. Committee on King's College Charter, Legis- lative Council, 43, 01, 203. Conmiittees, Select, (^'ee Reports.) Collegiate Institutes, 105, 222. Common School Acts. (iS'ee Acts.) Common School Reports, 23, 213, 253, 254. " Confidential Despatch," 1832, 15, 85, 80, 178. Colleges in Lower Canada, 18, 67. O.-.ngregational College, 220. Cornwall Schools, 211, 213, 254. Controversies, King's College and Upper Canada College, 310. Cosens, C. N. B., 185, 212. Council of King's College, 1, 15, 10, 19, 21, 24, 25, SO, 40, 03, 05, 08, 88, 97, 171, 177, 183, 184-200, 'J27, 287. 303, 310. Course of Study in Common Schools, 253, 203, 270, 272, 275, 279. Course of Study in Grammar Schools, 254, 262,203, 307, 318. Course of Study in the University, 93, 96, 240, 201, 203. Course of Study in the Upper Canada Acad- emy, 53. Course of S'udy in Upper Canada College, 13, 268, 202, 203, 30r, 319. Conner, Montreal, 13o. Cousin's Report, 250. Craigie, W., 196, 197, 243. 256, 260, -209. Crofton. W. C, 40, 43, 51, 100, 102, 133, 214, 255. Croil. .7., 138. Crombie, M. C, 40. 212. Cronyn, Rev. B., 40, 50, r.5, 132, 214. Crooks, J., 47, 69, 01, 75, 7- , 88, 92, 104, 101, 1<)2, lOf), 236. 200, 275. Crooks, M., 196, 197. Crooks, W.. 143. Cruikshank, Rev. J., 138. "D" Block, 9, 30, 31, 212, 303. Dawson. Sir J. W., 71. Deaf and dumb, provision for, 48, 102, 221, 223 22> 226 227 228 De Blac(iuiore, RB ', 230, 231, 243, 203, 206, 270. Eearness, J., 13.3. Debt of Upper Canada College to King's Col- lege, 30, 94, 170, 181, 182, 188, 190, J 99. Denominational Professorships, 247 . Despatch of Lord Aberdeen, (1835,) 179. Despatches of Lord Bathurst. (See Bathurst. ) Despatches of Lord Goderich. (See Goderich. ) Despatches of Sir G. Arthur. (See Arthur.) Detlor, G. H., 42, 46, 58,118, 119, 225. 243. Disallowance of Queen's OoUege Incorpor- ation Act, 291. 292, 293. Dissentients to the King's College Amend- ment Bill of 1837, 74, 87. District Boards of Education, 250. Douay, Bible, 13. Draper. W. H., 42, 46. 47, 54, 67, 97, 98, 105, 118, 122, 165, 202, 203, 209, 221. 227, 229 301 Dunn,' J. H.. 8, 20, 109, 229, 303, 305. Duncombe, Dr. C, 137 Duncombe. D., 56. Durham, LDrd, 146, 240, 241, 314. Durham, West, Schools, 135. East India Company's Charier. 209. Education, Committee on, in Upper Canada, 229, 240. Educational Proceedings of the Upper Can- ad."- Legislature in the year.", 1.8.30, 37, 42. Education... Proceedings of the Upper Can- ada Legislature in the year 1837, 99. Educational Proceedings of the Upper Can- ada Legislature in the years 1837, 38, 101. INDEX. 327 leiie Amend- > Upper Can- a^Kltllttmmk PewmmdingB of the Upper Can aAi i4«|Ubtur» m the year 1839, 1 1 1 EdtNMtliNMl Pro0flfii#rig« i.f dm Dpper Can- ada Legislature in the years 1830, 40, 2-^0. Educatidnal Proceedings of the Upper Can- ada House of AHsembly durinjr tlie vear 1830. 43. ^ s J Educational Froceodines of the Upper Can- ada House of Assembly during the years 1837, B8, 101. Educational Proceedings of the Upper Can- ada House of Assembly durinu tlie vear 1837, m. ' Educational Proceedings of the Upper Can- ada House of A8stnil)ly durinsr the vear 1839. 144. ' Educational Proceedings of the XJpper Can- ada House of Assembly durintf the years 1839, 40, 220. ^ Educational Proceedings of the Upp'jr Can- ada Legislative Council during the years 1830, 37, 50. Educational Proceedincrs of th( Upper Can- ada Legislative Council during the year Educational Proceedings of the Upper Can- ada Legislative Council durins the years 1837, 38, 126. • Educational Proceedings of the Upper Can- ada Lei^islative Council durinsr the years 1839, 40, 230. Ekfrid Schools, 131. Elgin, Lord, 184, 188. Elizabeth, Queen, 209. Elmsley, J , 22, 104, 107, 108. Elmsloy, Mrs. M., 21. Endowment of Common School', 43, 61 147 148, 149, 166, 218, 251. ... Endowment of Grammar Schools. (Sve Grammar Schools.) Endowment of King's College, 33, 120. 154 176, 208. 217, 218, 219. Endowment of Upper Canada Collejie, 9 28 30, 120, 154, 175, 177, 18G, 212, 218, 219! English UniverBities, 06, 93. Executive Council, 6, 7, 10, 31. Exhibition in King's College, 2'77. Exhibition in Upper Canada College, 2G. Expenditure of King's College, 94, 149 10"* 180, 181, 190, 191, 332, 2U0, 222. 2U0 "' Evans, Rev. E., 107, 113, 114, 121. Fees in Conamon Schools, 249, 270, 272, 273, Fees, School, desirability of, 247. Female Schools. 221, 2 2, 223, 271. 278. Ferguson, A., 147, 161, 103, 160, 243, 200, 278. Ferrie, C. C, 42, 119, 146, 221, 229. Fisher, C, 72. I'iahei-, 11., 72, Fleming, Chancellors., 297. Fothergill, C. . 303, 305, 300. Founding of Queen's College, Kingston, 284. Fredericksburg, Schools in, 138. Free Grammar Schools. 88, 9.' 120 152 15.'{ 157,102.105.172, 173,217.202,314! Friend s School, Picton, 133. Fund, Cormnoii School, 279. ^im^m '^ ' ^^^' ^^^' ^^^*' ^^"' ^*'^' ^^^' Gamble, ,1. \V., 42, 12.1. <^eddes. Rev J. fj., 197, 250, 271. Georgina. School site in, 60, 5fj, 08, 79. General Board of Education for UpDer Can- ada. (Ve Board.) ^ Geological Survey, 44. Givens, J., 0. 7, 10. Glenelg, L^.rd, 38. 45. 77, 90, 99, 100 103 100 108.110,111,11.3,114 115.117 2t 125, 190, 202, 204. 217, 280, 287, 288,310. Goderioh, Lord, 15, 31, 87, 38, 39, fiO, 02 70 84 80. 87, 100, 121, 178, 201, 202, 208,' Gore, Lieutenant-Governor 211 Gourley, R., 141. 142. Governor-General, 200, 220 225 2>0 997 228, 230 232. 233. 292, 301. ' ' ^' Gowan, O. R., 47, 101, 102, 105. 118, 223 Granmiar School Act of 1807. 174 211 917 243, 298. ' ' '' Grammar School Endowment, 48. 62 6) 170 177, 218.251,259. -. 0M7U, Grammar School Reports, 1,59. 213 223 2 '7 229,23.3,245,255:313. '^^-^-^-A Grammar Schools. ' ' Plan " for. 248, 307 Grant of money to Common Schools. 45 ' 40 51, 52. 58. OC, 77, 79, 82. l.'JO, 1.51 m' 107 169 217, 228, 234, 2.39, L'44, 251. 275: Grant of 17!'7, Land, 4;^, OJ, 89, 120 147 1o3, 164, i 7, 100, 1(52. 164, 105. 173 177 179. 211 210, 243, 262, 207, 298,303. 215 tjrrant to King's College suspended, 36 .39 87, 185, 180, 890. 1 ■ , ", Grant to Upper Canada College, 8. 9 11 llK 123, 180, 200. 265. ^ ' ' ' ' Grantham /icademy, 50, 51. 65. 61 72 74 78,81,121,183.198,200: ' '^' '*. Grasett, Rev. H. J., 229, 241, 242 25'> Gregg, Rev. Dr. W., 213, 28*. Gray, J. n., 71. Green. Rev. A.. 110, 111, I14 Grievance Report, 311. Grey Sir G., 106, 110, 111, 113, 285. 280. Greville, C. 40. Guelph. Schools in, 321. Gurney. J J., 133. Gwynne, H. N., 40, 187. Gwynne, Judge, 20j. Hagerman, C. A., 47. 49, 57, 97, 98 105 110, 111, 122, 195, -lOl, 229, 300. ' ' Haldimand, Schools in, 130. Harris. Rev J)y J H 10 ij 1 /r 00 - 98, 105.184 I80: 201; Sn. 313:315 32U' 30T''"' • ^^^' ^*^' ^^^' ^^'-' 2^3, Harvard College, 66. Head, Sir E., 71. 328 INDEX. I I V II' 't Head, Sir P. B., 40, 47, BO, 78, IH), «»2, 90, 97, 98, 99, im, lo;} loa, 107, los, 109, 111, 114, 110, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125. 120. IHO, 184. 185, 180, 196, 201, 202, 286, 280, 292, 311, 323. Hoaly, G. M., 134. Henry, Judge, 209. Hincki, Sir F., 241. History of King's College, 72. {See Macara. * HodginB,T.,85. 201, 20(J. Home District 8ohool. (Fee Royal Grammar School.) Houses, Grant for Grammar School, 171,177. Houses, condition of school, 130, 165, 2 1 4, ,298. Houston, W., 210. Howard. J. H., 210. Hudspeth. R, 68, 133. Hurlburb, Rev. Dr. J., 322. Indian Education, IP, 144. Indian Professorship in King's College, 19. InnisKl, Schools in, 133. Inspector General of Education, 230. Inspector of Grammar Schools, 30^* Itinerant, Teachers, 249, 272, 278. Jackson, J. M.. 142. Jameson, Vice -Chancel) or, R. S., 16, 40, 97, 98, 229, 302. 303. 3( 0, 307. Jones, J., 42. 52, .^7, !M, 117, 147, 150, 150, 163, 188, 220, 228. 231. Judges for Canada, English, 310. Kent, J , 40, 185, ISO, 187, 194, 195. Kent's Commentaries. 209. King's College Council. (See Council. ) Kingston, Schools in, 134, l42, 143. Kingston, University of. (^'ee Queen's Col- lege. ) Lancaster, Joseph, 124. Landed Provision for Schools, 4, 6, 9, 10, 42, 43, 48, 49. 51, 147, 148, 149. 155, 156, 157, 158, 101, 165, 166, 178, 218, 225, 226, 303, 308, 814. ., Lectures in King's College. {See Building. ) Lefroy, A. H. F., 205, 209. Lofroy, General, 299. Legislative Council Committee on King's College Charter, 01. Legislative Parsimony to Schoola, 137. Legislature alter a Royal Charter, Can a Col- onial. 64, 70. 76, 99, 125, 177, 201, 204. Library for King's College, 17, 95, 96. Liddell. Rev. Dr., T., 292. 290. Lillie, Rev. Dr A., 220. Loan to Rev. Dr. Strachan, 192, 300, 301, 302. Loans to Educational Institutions, 72. London District Giammar School, 55, 59, 77, 78. 83, 214. Tifindnn, Schools in. 132. London Universitv, 64, 95. Lower Canada Colleges. 67. Macdonald, Sir J. A., 139, 294, 295, 296. Macara, J., 87. Macaulav, J., 104, 117. 188, 229. Miicaulny. J. S., 47, 60, 70, 78, 98, 127, 160, 102, 107, 184, 188, 189, 200, 229, 302, 306. Macaulay, Lord. 209. Macfarhm. Rev. Dr. D., 280. Machar. Kov. Dr. J., 135,236,286, 286,294, 296. Macdonell, Bishop, 15, 67, 80. 146. 159. Madras, or Bell, System. 137. 143. Mackenzie. W. L , 86. 100, 201 Macnp.b. Sir A. N., 46, 97, 98, 99, 101, l?9, 15H, 160, 161, 162, 226. McCaul, Rev. Ur. J , 9H, 1H7, 188, 198, 229, 241. 242. 262, 302, 306. Mc(Jill College, /I. 286. McGiU, Rev, R., 147, 214, 221, 230, 236, 243. 268. 271, 290, 291. McKellar, A., 139. McLean, A., 42, 46, 1»9, 151, 229. McMurray, Rev. Dr. VV., 197, 271. McMurchy, A., 210. Manstield, Lord, 200. Manahan, A., 42, 52, 67, IOj, 220, 221, 210, 243. Maitland. Sir P., 1, 2, 3, 5, 0, 16, 22, 35,61, 71, 250, 300, 304. 312, 323. Mathieson. Rev. Dr. A., 235, 286, 287. Matilda, Schools in, 138. Minutes of the General Board of Education. 1. Minutes of King's College Council, 15, 227, 309. Markland, G. H., 2, 7, 8, 10, 48, 60, 104, 129, 213, 304, 323. Marling. Rev. F. H., 220. Midland District School, Society, 44, 46, 60, 75, 79, 83, 134. 196. Minor College, \tfee Upper Canada College.) Mills, D., 206, 207, 208. Missionary Societies in England, 17. Mechanics' Institutes, 43, 46. Medical Inotruction, 26, 95, 179, 246. Merritr. W. H., 50, 61, 72, 120, 147, 155, 158, 221, 243, 266, 268. Memorizing Scripture. 13, 262, 263. Model of the Univeisity Building, 25, 96. Model Schools, 249. Monotorial Systeta of Bell and Lancaster, 134, 137, 143. Moore, Tom, 298. Morris, J., 42, 101, 145, 223, 225, 228, 236. Morris, W., 69, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 101, 127, 159, 160, 161, 162, 165, 172, IHo. 200, 228, 230, 231, 235, 243, 255, 206, 207. 208, 285, 280, 287, 290, 292. Morrison, Rev. D., 322. Morrison. T. D., 45, 48, 57. Mo wat, J., 235, 295, 297. Mowat, Rev. J. B , 294, 297. Mowat, Sir 0..138, 297. Murney, E., 42, 118,221. Murray, Rev. R.. 243, 2(!3. 200, 273. Murray, Sir G,, 25, 28, 87.' National Education, Divisions of. 246, 276. National School. (See Central School.) INDEX. 329 285, 286, 2»4, 21, 230, 236, id Lancaster, New Hruiiiwick, 3(J, (i?. 71, 72, 7fl, 2(>4, 318. New York. Schools in, (iMa7), 245, 251. NiauftfR Schooli, 138, Ibtf, 140, 141, 143, 100, 168, 321. Nipigsiug Survey, 52. Normal Schools for Upper Canada, 19C, 249, 251, 207. 2H9, 271, 272, 273, 279. Normal Schools in Now York, (1839,) 251 Normal Schools in UuBBia, (in 1838,) 251. Normanby, Lord, 172. Nova Scotia, 17, 18, 07. Observatory, Toronto, 299, 309, 308. Observatory, Kingston, 298. Orphan Children, 142. Packington, Sir .1., 301. Parliamentary Roj)re8entation of the Univer- sity, ;i()3. Parochial Schools. (See Scotland.) Parsimony to Schools, Legislative, 187. Patrick, T. C, 190, 191, 192, 2n9. Pennsylvania Scho(d Assessinont, 251. Perth, Sdioolsin, 82/. Peterboro' School Grant, 5G, 123. Peti'ion, of Rov. E. Ryerson, 115, 118, 122 Phillips, Rev. Dr. T., 15 22, 40, 212 Picton, Schools in, 138, 322. Plan of Educatioji proposed by the Commis- sioners, 24H, 252, •.i7«. Population of Upper Canada (1827.) 18; (1832,) 33, 137. Port Hope Schools, 184. Powell, VV. D., 5, 20. Presbyterian Seminary, 284. Presbyterian Synod, 5(i, 284,' 288, 289. Preston, T, R., 216 Prince, J., 42, 101, 105. 158. Proclamation, Royal, '.^93. Professors in " Temporary University," 2G5 Prussian Schools, (1^34,) 249, 278. Public Opinion on Education, 13C. Queen's College, 161, 162,^163, 164, 195, 221, 223, 225, 228, 230, 231,232, 233, 234,235, 284, 289, 291. 294, 295, 297, 298. Rae, Dr. J., 48, 256, 288. Rawlin, Attorney General, 210. Receipts of King's College, 94, 149, 162, 176. 180, 181, 190, 191. 192, 200, 200. Regiopolis College. 57, 58. 75, 78, 79, 80. Regulations for Schools, 14], 171, 177, 306 307, 309. Reid, Rev. Dr. W,, 294, 296, 297. Religious Instruction in the Schools, seo Bible. Reports of Select Committees, 51. 52, 55, 61 72, 120, 127, 129, 149. 202, 222, 2ai, 232. Reports of Schools, 159, 223, 227, 238, 245 263,254. . . , , , Report on Upper Canada College, 10, 12 200, 246, 257. 6 - . . Representation of Kins'a College University in Parliament. 303. Reserves, School, 5, 8, 9, 179, 184, 218. Reticence of Sir John Colborne, 179. 22 D.E.3 Richoy, Rov. M., 4B, 80, 82, 53, 243. Ridout, E. .?., 147. Ridout, G. P., 197, 323. Ridout,.!. D., 197. Ridout, T,, 2, IR, 16. Rintoul, Rev. VV,, 195, 235, 289, 290,291. Robinson. C, 205. Roaf, Kev. J., 243, 266, 269. Robinson, J. B., 4, 10. 16, 16, 22, 36, 52, 67, 76, 84, 97, 98, 104, 108, 116, 124, 12.V 126, 174. Uolph, .;., 47, 49, 60, 51, 99, 101, 196. K(.lph, T., 3. Roman Catholic College. {See Rerriopolig.)' Royal Grammar School, 11, 24, 'M, 210, 212. . 218, 312. Russell, Lord John, 183. 292, 301. Russell Square, 9. 11, 183, 212. 303. Russia, Normal Schools in. 2.)l. Uuttan, H.. 42, 54, 67, 97. 105, 117, 119, 120, 122. 123, 223. Ryerson, Rev. J., 222. Ryerion, Rev. E., 40, 41, 53. 55, 56, 71, 72. 104, 106, 107, 108,109, 110, 112, 115, 118. 1?0. ,.! 122, 126, 241, 243, 263. 283, 299, R; kevt. G.,