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Mepe. pletea. charts, etc.. mey be filmed at diffareiK reduction ratioa. ThoiM too large to be entirely included in one expoeure are filmed beginning In the upper left hand comer, left to right and top to bottom, aa many framee aa required. The follo«ving diegrama illustrate the method: planchee. tableaux, etc.. peuvent itre fHrnie 4 dee taux do rMuctlon diff irents. Loraque le document eet trop grand pour itre reproiduit en un soul clichA. il est filmA i psrtir da Tangle sup4rieur gauche, do gauche * droHe. ec d« haut an bee. en prenant le nombre dlmegee n^cessaira. Laa diagrammae suivants illuatrent la m4thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 wtm mm wmmimmm^^^ HISTORICAL NOTES , PoR CONCEUNINO QUEEN'S COLLEGE, ST. JOHN'S, DIOCESE OF NEWFOUNDLAND, 1 842-1 897 ; BY JOSEPH JAMES CURLING, M.A., Oxp., Principal of Queen's Colleiie, 1fs9l-92, Junior Commissan/ in England of the Bishop of Neufonndland ; AMD CHARLES KNAPP, M.A., Oxf., Principal of Queen's College from 1S93. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, LISTS OP PRINCIPALS, VICE-PRINCIPALS, AND STUDENTS. LONDON: !YRE AND SPOTTI8W00DE, Her Majesty's Printers. 1898. ^. ■■^■■■If.:*!"^*"^^' — TO — THE HONOURED AND GBBATLT LOVRD UEMOBT OF EDWARD FEILD, D.D., THE SECOND BISHOP OP NEWPOUNDLAND, THAT " HARDY APOSTLE OF FISHERMEN." TO WHOM QUEEN'S COLLEGE, ST. JOHN'S, OWES ITS NAME, ITS TRADITIONS, ITS PRINCIPAL FOUNDATIONS, AND FOR WHOSE FAITHFUL EXAMPLE, EVEN UNTO DEATH, THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND THANKS GOD. *«« PREFACE. Ibe collection of the following notes concerning Queen's College was commenced in the early part of 1892, in coDsequence of discussions having taken place about the legal status of the College during several sessions of the Synod. Whilst on the spot as Principal, I was anxious to gather together all the information that could be obtained upon this subject and to print it in a form which would be readily accessible to those interested. It was also one of ray eainest desires to see in print those remarkable Rules drawn up for the College by Bishop Feild, that " hardy Apostle of Fishermen," to whose noble example the Church of England owes so much. These Rules will be found in Chapter IL They form a " link in that mysterious and ever lengthen- " ing chain that binds us back through the ages to " primitive Christianity, fulfilling its essential and " unearthly Mission ' arguere mundum de peccato.' "* Towards the end of June 1892, I left Newfound- land, after a coniiection of "some 20 years with the Diocese, in order to take charge of a parish in England. These notes about the College were not then complete, but the proof sheets had been corrected and were in the printer's hands. Then came the fire of the 8th July 1892. The M.S. and proof sheets were burnt, and I have never had time to put together the fragments which remained in my * The private life of Sir Thomas More, by Miss Agnes Lambert, i' Nineteenth Century." October 1891. 8 hands in the form of duplicates, which happened to have been made by the type writer. The Rev. C. Enapp, who succeeded me as Principal, has now undertaken to edit the notes, bringing!; them up to date and adding much interesting matter, particularly Chapters I. and III. I had hoped that he would have added to this Preface, but he desires to leave it entirely in my hands. Mr. Knapp has already completed nearly five years' most useful work an Principal of Queen's College. He is, therefore, well qualified to give the information contained in these notes. He has, moreover, greatly interested himself in the proposed enlargement of the College, as will be seen by the extracts from the " Newfoundland Diocesan Magazine," given in Chapter III. A chief aim in the enlargement is to provide a year's training for young Deacons. It only remains for me to record my gratefu thanks to all who from personal knowledge hav aided in the compilation of these notes. J. J. CUHLINO. Hamble Vicarage, South Hants. Feast of the Circumcision, 1898. \ il^^~^ CONTENTS. CHAPTER I., pp. 11-32. Origin of the Theological Institution due to Bishop Spencer, 1841. Aid from S.P.G. Bishop Peild's scheme. Plana for the building. Origin of the name " Queen's." Authoritjr vested in the Bishop. Advisory Oonnoil. Aid from S.P.C.K. Duties of the Vice- Principal. Endowment Fund. Appeal. Bishop Feild's Hnal statement ; his Will. Escape from fire. Scheme for Enlargement. Adoption of a standard ol Matriculation. CHAPTER II., pp. 33-49. Bishop Feild's Directions and Regulations, 1850. Appoint- ment of Council. Study. Half-yearly Examination. Vacations. Students to help in Sunday Schools. Physical Exercise. Frugality. Furniture allowed, Caution money. Retirement enjoined. Occupation of time. Devotion. CHAPTER III., pp. 50-63. Three Articles by the Rev. C. Knapp reprinted :—lBt. The ti-aininjr of the Cflergy in the Colonies. Details ot life in Queen's College ; 1897. 2ud. The Marriott Beque^i to b.P.G. 3rd. Reopening of Queen's College, 1897 A Principal s residence commenced. CHAPTER IV., pp. 63-82. Lists of the Principals, Vice-Principals and Students. Alphabetical list of former Students and their work. 10 OHAPTBR v., pp. 8a-89. The Bishop ftnd Members of the Oounuil, with the Beffulations H)r Students, their Admission to College, &o. 1897. List of Benefactors. APPENDIX., pp. 90-101. The College Trust. Extract from Bishop Feild's Will. Report of the Select Committee of the Diocesan Synod, 1885. Declaration by S.P.G., 1890. " Act " of Diocesan Synod, 1889- Sundry Con-espondence. 11 CHAPTER L The Foundation and Growth of the College. Queen s College, St. John's, or as it was first called, the Theological Institution, owes its origin to Bishop Spencer, the first Bishop of Newfoundland. It was an attempt upon the part of the Bishov '^ increase the number of Clergy in the island, whxist at the same time giving the Students |. actical experience m missionary life. It was fouaded in 1841. during the episcopate of Bishop Spencer tae Students had no proper College, but were boarded with a Mrs. Brown, a Congregationalist, and attended lectures during the daytime at a small schoolroom situated in the Mall close to St. Thomas' Church, and were under the care of the Rector of the Church. The Students were six in number, and were supported by the generosity of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, which Society has ever been a good friend to the College. Writing in 1841 to tlie Society Bishop Spencer says: "The number of student catechiste will be " now complete by the son of the Rev. Jos. Fraser " Lightbourn, Rector of Pembroke, Bermuda,* whom " I expect in the course of the summer. The " advantage of the Institution as at once supplying " the outports of St. John's with lay readers, and " establishing a seminaiy for future missionaries, " is obvious ; and I am deeply grateful to the " Society for enabling me to confer so great a benefit " on the Colony." * The Bishop of NewfounillHnd is also Bishop of Bermuda. 12 In August of the following year he speaks of the Theological Institution as founded, and adds that six students are instructed by the Bishop's Chaplain. In August 1843 the Rev. C. Blackman was appointed first Principal of the Institution, which the Bishop refers to as the ' " nucleus of a college." When Bishop Feild landed on the island in 1844, he described the College " as a poor wooden building " in which six students attended daily to receive " instruction from the clergyman of St. Thomas' " Church." They lived, he adds, in lodgings, and were under no surveillance. The Bishop at once saw the need of a building in which Students could reside under the charge of the Principal, and took steps to accomplish this. As a tempomry expedient the Bishop secured a house in which the Students could live together, and which should be the site for the future College (1847). The Students were now under the caie of the Rev. H. Tuckwell, who had also under his charge the Outport Mission of St. John's, consisting of five churches and the collegiate school, with only the assistance of a Deacon, now Dr. Tremlett, of Belsize Park, London. " He is a great Pluralist, and a great Hero," wrote the Bishop of Mr. Tuckwell. In the same year the Bishop issued the following scheme for the future working of the Institution : — Queen's College in Newfoundland. "Ad laudem, gtoriam, et honorem Nominie CRUCIFIXIf ad avMentcdionem et exaltationem Fidei Christiance, et ad Ecclesiw Sanctoi profectum." Edward, Bishop of Newfoundland, To his Brethren and Friends of dear Mother Church in England, sends health and greeting in the Lord. " In furtherance of the erection of a College in my diocese, recommended and promoted by many kind 13 and judicious friendu, for the tiaining and instruction particularly of Theological Students and Candidates for Holy Orders, and, with them, of any young men desirous of a liberal and enlarged education. I have purchased a very eligible piece of ground as a site for the necessary buildings. The situation 's healthy and convenient, removed from the business and bustle of the town, and yet within a stone's cast of the Church of St. Thomas, and of the land granted for an episcopal residence. There is space enough for a college and collegiate school, with a useful garden. " Now, then, dear friends and brethren, we have the much desired opportunity of giving to the College and its schools in Newfoundland a local habitation and a name. A Theological Institution and Collegiate School, it should be observed, have been for some time in operation, and are a source of much present satis- faction, and full promise of further usefulness and success, but both are much hindered and degraded by being carried on in small hired houses, not contiguous, and very deficient in accommodation. Both these houses are hired at my own cost and charge. The school does not pay its expenses, giving a small salary to only one master. For the Theological Institution there is no payment or provision, beyond the exhi- bition to each Student from the Society for the Propagation of the Goppel. The Theological Students pass to the school-house, where the Master resides, for their lectures and meals; which, though the distance is not great, is often painful, and sometimes almost hazardous in the snows and frosts of this severe and changeable climate. Moreover, the Students have but one small sitting-room in common for study, and no clergyman or tutor can reside with them. 14 " My wish is, therefore, to erect on tlie ground now purchased plain but characteristic buildings (of wood or stone, according to our means), sufficient for a small college and collegiate school, with a chapel, hall, library, and lodgings for tutors, &;c. " The episcopal residence, if ever erected, on the site granted for that purpose, will be so near, that the Bishop and Clergy living with him might easily take part in the oversight and instruction of the Students. (They even now come to me every morning, at nine o'clock, for a lecture in Divinity.) " I would submit to my friends the propriety of naming the new establishment Queen's College (if such a title can be permitted and sanctioned), for the following reasons : — "(1) In duty and devotion to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, whom God preserve ; and for perpetual testimony of the loyalty and attachment to th€! sacred and paternal form of monarchical government ever to be inculcated in botli College and school. " (2) In respectful recognition of benefits conferred on the Church in Newfoundland by Her Majesty the Queen Dowager. '* (3.) In testimony of my reverent and grateful esteem of the Queen's College in Oxford, at which I was educated, and at and from which I have received so many undeserved kindnesses and benefits, from the day of my entrauce there to this very time ; and to bespeak, if it may be, the favour and love of that society, with its fellows and scholars of both foun- dations, towards its namesake — as a parent towards its child. " (4) In humble imitation of the College at Windsor, in the diocese of Nova Scotia, which sought and obtained the honour, under a Royal Charter, of being called ' King's College,' 15 " If this name should be approved and alFowed, I should wish the Chief Officer, who would always be ft Clergjrman in Priest's Orders, to be called the Provost. He would be constantly resident, and with two Fellows, also resident, might conduct all the business of the College and School, in regard both of instruc- tion and discipline. The Provost might be married, but the two Fellows must be unmarried. One at least of the resident Fellows should always be in Holy Orders, and have the title and authority of Vice-Provost. "There should be three Honorary Fellows, who, together M'ith the Provost and lesident Fellows, should form a Council, to advise the Bislibp in framing and altering rules, &c., and in the absence of the Bishop carry on all the concerns of the College and School. " The Bishop should be the Visitor, and have power to appoint, and remove, all the officers of the establishment, and to make, alter, and rescind the rules, &c. "Rooms should be provided for twelve resident Students in the College. Six of these would be exhibitioners of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, preparing for Holy Orders. One, or more of these, would be required to assist in the instruction of the boys in the school ; and all would work in the garden, both for recreation, and for training in an occupation which may be useful to themselves and others in new settlements. " In the School also there should be accommodation for twelve boarders. Any number of day scholars may attend to receive instruction with them. " The Students of the College and Boys of the School would be together at (chapel and Hall, but at other times would be quite separate, and live and be instructed apart. A 16 " To carry this most desirable plan into successful operation, it is obvious that the first and most essential requisite is an endowment, even more essential than the Collegiate Buildings. With funds, a hired house, though inconvenient and inappropriate, might be made sufficient, but without them the best buildings vvould be rather a burden than a benefit. It might be possible to commence with the Provost and one resident Fellow. An endowment for these, with funds to sustain the buildings themselves, pay insurance, &c., would fill us with joy and hope, and, with God's blessing, would soon render the whole establishment useful and acceptable. It must be remembered that in the College there would not be, for some years, more than two or three independent Students, and the charge for their education must be very low. In an entirely commercial community a prolonged and enlarged education is seldom required or desired. " It is especially intended that the sous of the clergy should profit by the School and College. The School also should be understood to lead on to the College, so that in filling up the vacant exhibitions the deserving Scholars would always have a preference. "Now, should there be such prospect of a per- manent endowment as to justify the undertaking, it would be very expedient to lay the foundations, and make other preparations for the buildings this year, in order that next year they may be completed ; to whatever extent it may be prudent at that time to go. " Simple plans and drawings for the buildings in wood, stone, or brick, ivith estimates, &:c., would be very acceptable. " It seems right and necessary to put the friends and promoter of this great work in possession of i^s II 17 many particulars as possible ; and, with that purpose, this long detail will not, I trust, be considered tedious or superfluous. " I would now humbly commend the good and great work, and all who befriend it, to the favour and blessinj; of Almighty God. May the Queen's College in Newfoundland be tiie honoured, though humble, instrument of promoting learning and loyalty, charity and piety, duty to God and man. * And let the beauty of the Lord our God bfi upon us: ' and establish Thou the work of our hands upon us, ' yea, the work of our hands establish Thou it.' " The scheme is a bold and masterly attempt to grapple with the ditficulty of getting and training men for the mission field, and has never yet been fully realised. It was closely allied with the rest, of the great educational policy of the Bishop, and whilst it made tlie training of the missionaries the first care and object of the Institution, it 3'et con- templated the provision of a college education for those who were to enter the civil walks of life. The plans for the entire building are still extant ; and a large portion of the existing College was intended to form part of this ; the addition of the library in later years upon a diflerent plan has, howev^er, gone far to prevent them ever beings completed. It should be noted how careful the Bishop is to centre the supreme authority in the episcopacy ; the College was to be controlled by the Bishop, assisted by an advising Council. By 1850 the first portion of the College had been erected, and the Bishop drew up directions and regulations for its future guidance. These are still in the College in the Bishop's own handwriting, and are in themselves of particular value, as showing the rigid discipline to which the Bishop thought it advisable to subject the Student that he might be prepared to B ■■li 18 meet the hardships of after life. They will be found printed in extenao in another chapter (see p. 33). Although they may be now regarded in some minor matters as too ascetic, austere, and out of date, yet their general principles still regulate the daily life of the College. The Bishop is careful in these regulations again to reserve to his office the absolute government of the College ; he called to his aid three of the resident clergy of St. John's to advise and assist him in its management, but the final decision and the appoint- ment of College officers rested in the Bishop alone. The life of the College was indeed " a course of study, frugality, retirement, and devotion," and was in- tended to harden the men physically for the life they were to enter. Self-reliance and co-operation were the chief duties inculcated, and the splendid life of the Bishop himself upheld the spirit of devotion amongst the men. It may be questioned, however, whether the good Bishop did not judge the powers of endurance and the devotion of the men too much by his own measure, and the rule pressed hardly on many a young student. Describing the College a few years later the Bishop writes : — " The change and improvement in the * Theological College,' or Institution, may next be noticed. I was enabled to purchase a very convenient piece of land, with a neat cottage upon it, to which I added a hall and dormitories for the students. I have placed the whole establishment under a clergyman, as vice- principal, who resides in the house, takes his meals with the students, lectures and instructs them, piays with them in the house morning and evening, meets them at the neighbouring church every morning, and at the cathedral every evening, and in every way guides and counsels them in preparation for the work of the ministry in Newfoundland. The archdeacon, i^P.UP'"|iJ"*' 19 , or incumbent of the cathedral^ is principal, and gives lectures also. The present vice-principal is an A.M. of Pembroke College, Oxford." The College, as at present constituted, was now really started, but it was still without endowment, and was kept up by an annual grant of 300?. from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and much help from the Bishop's own pocket. In 1852 we find that the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge made a grant of 2,000?., which must have greatly aided the Bishop in his work. The College had for a considerable period a Principal and Vice-Principal, the former being usually one of the City Clergy, whilst the latter was an unmarried man residing in College with the students. During the period when the Vice-Principalship was vacant, tlie Bishop frequeatly lived in the College himself ; and at times he found no little difficulty in securing a good man to take up the work ; the stipend was but 100?. a year, and there were few ready to i^acritice themselves for the colonial life. Thus we find the Bishop writing in 1851 : — " I am ac present in need of, and desirous to obtain, the services of a Vice -Principal or Tutor; but of course have to contend with tlie usual difficulty of nulla bona or no funds. Let me then mention what I should require, or at least desire, in, and of, my Vice-Principal or Tutor. In him, a Clergyman, unmarried ; a fair Scholar, a^it to teach, and not unwilling to be taught; able and disposed to take part in Sunday duty either in St. John's or the neigl.bouriniT outports, and to walk occasionally for that purpose eight or nine miles. Need I say that all external gifts, powers, and accomplishments would B 2 ao be of little value without a sound understanding, a right mind, and an honest and good heart, — a heart zealous in the cause, jpro ecclesid Dei. Of him I should expect or desire that he would instruct the Students (chiefly in the classics) under tho Principal's direction or mine ; live with the Students (that is, in the same house, and taking meals at the same table, but of course with separate rooms for study, &c,) ; take the entire domestic management, under my direction — say the sei'vice morning and evening, and assist in the Sunday duty at Church, either, as I said before, in St. John's or the neigh- bouring out-ports. And all this for 1001. a year ? No, my good brother. That sum will provide things necessary and convenient for the present life, but the recompense must be looked for elsewhere, and will not be withheld ; ' he shall in no wise lose his reward.' Why should not one of the Jesus College Missionaiy Fellows undertake such an office ? Is the thought too presumptuous ?" The next step was the raising of an endowment fund, but it was some years before the Bishop was in a position to commence this. In December 1861, writing from Bermuda, he says : " If I could raise " 5,000?. the Institution would be safe, but there is " this evil inherent in all colonial institutions, that " their continuance, and much more (heir prosperity, " depends on the will and ability of the Bishop to " maintain them : I mean, that if any Bishop were " to set his face against this College, or not cordially " to support it, he might suppress it and let it die an " unnatural death, and might appropriate or apply " the property to some other purpose." At length, in 1866, the endowment fund was smarted by an address issued by the Bishop to Church people of Newfoundland. 21 Ifc was as follows : — Proposal for Forming and Establishing an Endowment Fund. For the Church of England in the Diocese of Xevfoundland. ' My Dear Brethren and Friends, The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, at the close of last year kindly consented, at my earnest request, in consideration of the failure of the fisheries and consequent general distress, to renew and continue for three years all tbeir large and liberal grants to the Church of this Diocese, viz. : — 1st. For the Students in our Theological Od'ege (not exceeding six in number), 50^. each, say, 300^. sterling; 2nd, to myself, as Bishop, 500Z. ; and 3rd, to all the then engaged Missionaries (34 in number), their annual stipends, amounting together to 3,775J. And, besides these large sums, the Society is now paying pensions to three widows of Mis- sionaries (hOl. each). The aggregate, therefore, is very nearly 5,000^. sterling per annum. This, however, was done, and (having regard to the many new and urgent demands upon the Society's funds, and our very long enjoyment of their liberal aid) could only with Justice be so done, upon the condition or express understanding that in these three years we should form and establish some Endowment Fund for the Church in this Diocese; as in all, or nearly all, the ether Colonial Dioceses. No one will dispute the equity and propriety of such a condition ; none of us, I hope and believe, will refuse to recognise the obligations we lie under, both of duty and interest, to give it effect. 9S Now it has occurred to me, and tha friends whom I have consulted, both Clergy and Laity, generally agree, that we may expect to have most success in forming such a fund (and so best meet the Society's requirements) by directing it, in the first instance, to a specific and possibly attainable object, such as the support of our Theological College, and there are several considenitions which make this oltject appear of paramount importance, and inspire the hope that it will meet with general favour and ass'stance. Ist It is the most certain or most likely means of obtaining a supply of men for the work of the Ministry of this Diocese ; and it ought to be generally known that it is in vain to look to other Colonies or to England for Clergy ; as not only in the Colonies but in England it is found impossible at present to meet the pressing and increasing demand for them. 2nd. It presents an inducement and affords an opportunity to young men in the Colony to devote and prepare themselves for tlie service of the Church, who might otherwise want the mind or tl>e means of seeking and obtaining the necessary education and training elsewhere. It should be understood that board, lodging, and education are all provided free of expense in our College. 3rd. The number of Clergymen who have been educated and trained wholly or in part in the College is now sufficiently large (19 or 20) to testify the usefulness and efficiency of the Institution ; and we may confidently reckon upon their earnest advocacy. 4th. Though the education and training of young men for the Ministry fall legitimately within the purpose and the plans of the Society, the support of the Missionaries and Ministers is more directly and avowedly their object, and we may reasonably hope and expect that the latter object will be promoted \ 1 23 and extended, rather than the former, by the Society. For these reasons I venture to recommend that the Endowment Fund be directed, in the first instance, to tlie support of our College, and the relinquishment of the Society's grant to the extent of our success. Fully to accomplish this object, a capital sum of 6,000^. sterling will be required, or a certain income of 300?. sterling per annum at the least, barely sufficient, with the strictest frugality, for the main- tenance of a Vice-Principal, six students, and two servants, after deducting a salary of 100?. cunency for the Vice-Principal. It is, I presume, generally known by assistance from the two gi-eat Chnrch Societies in England, I was enabled several years ago to purchase a house on a convenient site which I have enlarged and made suitable for our purpose. I have also secured some adjoining property, sufficient when one annuity drops (which may shortly be expected) to meet the expense of painting and repairs, now paid by myself. Having thus explained the circumstances, and stated my views, I come now to the great question : How can this capital sum of 6,000?. sterling, or the income of 300?. sterling a year, be realised and secured in this and the two next following years ? All will admit that it is both our duty and interest first and most to exert ourselves; our duty having regard to our obligations to the Venerable Society which imposes this condition; our interest, if we desire to procure for ourselves and those who come after us, a supply of duly educated and rightly trained Ministers. Our Church Society, fully recognising both the importance and difficulty of the question, resolved at the last General Meeting to grant the sum of 500?. (as was done at the formation of the Clergy Widows' 24 and Orphans' Fund) for the commencement and foundation of an endowment. And I now propose to solicit donations or subscriptions to be paid in this and the two following yenrs, the first to be due at Michaelmas next, and if a real and good com- mencement be made in this countiy, I will cheerfully undertake to solicit further subscriptions in England. It is, however, of importance that I should know, as soon as possible, what each person proposes to contribute in the three years. I pray God to give you all the will to assist according to your power, for your own and His Church's sake, throvigh Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. I am, my dear Brethren and Friends, Your Servant for Jesus' sake, ED WD. NEWFOUNDLAND. July 2, 1866. To the Clergy and Laity of the Church of England in Newfoundland. "' N.B. — It is intended, when the Newfoundland subscriptions amount to 3,000?., to remodel the College Council ; the Clergy of St. John's (as at present) to be and continue members ex officio, with an equal number of lay members, to be appointed as agreed on by the Subscribers. The Rules and Regulations of the College will then be submitted to the Council for revision. At a second meeting of tiie subscribers, held on Monday, the 27th instant, after notice given in the Churches, it was resolved that the subscriptions shall be, for tiie present, deposited in the Savings' Bank and the Commercial Bank in St. John's, which has been done up to the present time. August 29. E. N. Sft Appended to this letter was a first list of sub- scriptions. In 1869 the Bishop again wrote to his people about the College Fund, urging theiu to greater efforts on its behalf; The following is a copy of the letter : — The Rectory, October 27, 1869. My Dear Brethren and Friends, A year having elapsed since the last list of Subscriptions to the College Endowment Fund was printed and circulated.. I think you should be made acquainted with the sums paid in that interval, and the total amount T>aid and promised up to the present time. While thankfully acknowledging the instalments (nearly all) paid up, and a few new names of Sub- scribers added to the list, I must express my regret that there are still so many Missions in which no collections have been made. I am unwilling to believe that any Mission or Congregation in the Diocese would refuse to embrace this opportunity, if duly presented, (1) of supporting and maintaining an Institution to which the Church in this Diocese is indebted for the education and training of more than half the number of their hard-working clergy, most of them natives of the Colony ; (2) of giving some substantial proof of gratitude to that noble Society which has for so many years (for more than a century) contributed, and still contributes, so largely and liberally to the support of the Bishop and Clergy of this Diocese ; and (3) of preventing, by reducing the demands upon the Society's bounty for the support of the College, the threatened reduction of the Society's allowance to the Clergy — a reduction which has been carried out in all the other North American Colonies. This was the three-fold object I had in view in collecting this Fund, and I trust it may yet 26 receive more general and liberal support in the Diocese. It will be kept open for that purpose another year. All the amounts hitherto received have been paid to the Treasurers of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel to be invested, together with the sums collected in England and Bermuda, amounting to upwards of 3,385^. sterling. A very large addition (more than 320^. currency) has been made to the Fund by the disinterested and effective i)leadings of the Rev. Mr. Botwood in Canada and New York ; and the Rev. Mr. Caswall is now engaged in the same good service for the Church and Diocese, whose interests ho still fondly desires to promote. The s'jms received in Newfoundland, including the 500?. from the funds of the Church Society and two liberal Contributions by Visitors, do not yet amount to 2,500?. currency. Earnestly hoping — for both the honour and benefit of the Diocese — that a considerable addition may be made to the Fund in the ensuing year. I remain, my dear Brethren and Friend.^, Your Servant for Jesus' sake, EDWD. NEWFOUNDLAND. A further list of subscriptions was published with this letter, and on June 15, 1871, the Bishop was able to issue a final Statement, which ran as follows : — The Rectory, June 15, 1871. My Dear Brethren and Friends, A multiplicity of engagements has delayed, much longer than I had wished and intended, this third and final statement of the Subscriptions and ■ 27 Collections for the College Endowment Fund. By calling and making this Statement, the " final " one, I do not mean that more Subscriptions are not wanted or would not be received ; for I am prepared to receive, and thankfully acknowledge, -any sums, great or small, in furtherance of an object of so much importance to the Church in this Diocese ; and a very considerable amount is still required to make the College independent of extraneous aid. I have but little to add, in the way of remark or explanation, to my former Statements. I am glad to repeat my grateful acknowledgments of many liberal subscriptions, and equally sorry that still in several Missions no collections have been made — Missions, more than one or two, which have been assisted by the bounty of the Society for the Propa- gation of the Gospel for, I believe, nearly a centui y, and are still assisted by, I might say almost subsisting upon it, in the use and enjoyment of their spiritual things. And I have plainly stated that one object of this Collection is to testify our grateful appreciation of the Society's liberality, by relieving the Society of the support given to the College (which indeed might any day be withdrawn), while the allowance to the Missionaries, in this alone of all the old Colonial Diocese*, is not reduced. The new Subscriptions since the publication of the last preceding Statement are printed in italics, but most of these were included, in the aggregate, in the Summary submitted at the last meeting of out Church Society. The English Subscriptions also have been increased, thougli no new appeal has been made ; and I have particular pleasure in recording a donation of 50?. sterling by the Warden of St. Augustine's College, Canterbury, for an annual prize. Of the second year's collection in Bermuda, 100/. sterling was the gift of a generous visitor, an officer in the Goveinor's staff. 28 I have been enabled to double my own Subscription by an unexpected legacy (divided, I believe, in equal portions between five Colonial dioceses) left by an £ngli;3li Clergyman (who died in America), for the advancement of religion in connexion with the Church, in such manner as the Bishops of those dioceses might deem most useful and expedient. The sum, added to the fund by the disinterested and effective pleadings of the Rev. Mr. Botwood, in Canada and New York, amounted to S2bl. Is. ; and the gleanings, no less disinterested, by the Rev. Mr. Caswall, in the same field, to 751. lis. lid. The whole sum now invested amounts to rather more than 7,000^., 3 per cent, consols, and a Deed of Trust has been drawn up securing it to the College through the Bishop. I am, my dear Brethren and Friends, Your Servant for Jesus' sake, ED. NEWFOUNDLAND. The summary is also worth preserving ; it was as follows : — 1— -Newfoundland. SUMMARY. Currency. The Church Society The BiRuop of the Diocese Subscriptions and Co'lections Donations by Visitors Interest ou small sums 2 — Canada and New York, ^c. Collected by Rev. E. Botwood. - Collected by Rev. R. C. Caswall - & s. 500 500 1,783 19 25 42 d. 1 7 Sterling. & s. d. 2,850 19 8 — 2,3/5 16 5 328 1 75 11 11 403 12 11 — 336 7 5 i 29 S UMMARY — continued. £ s. d. Donations . . _ . 30 8 — Bermuda. Including a Donation of 100/. 235 1 S 4 — England. Including 500/. by S.P.C.K. - • 3,325 18 3. 6,303 3 9 N.B. — In the last Report of the Committee of the Church Soc^iety (1870) the money invested in the 3 per cent. Consols (6,350^.) was, by mistake, summed up, with other moneys, a? sterling, making the total 5001. larger tiian it really was. It will be seen that the sum now invested, say 7,000?. 3 per c^nt. Consols (6,440i. sterling), exceeds the amount o^ subscriptions and collections here recorded (6,303?.) by 137?. This may be accounted for partly by some interest, and partly by small sums put at my disposal by friends in England — kind friends and wise — enabling me to lay out for them what they may thus have and enjoy for ever. Solas quas dederis semper habebis opes. E. N. The totnl amount finally raised waa 7,500?. The deed of trust alluded to by the Bishop in the above letter is given in the appendix (see p. 90) ; It placed the money in the hands of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and provided that it should be invested in British, British North American, or British Indian Eecurities, and that the annunl income should be paid for the maintenance of the College under any scheme sanctioned by the Bishop of the Diocese. It also alluded to a scheme for the future management of the College, but such scheme has never yet been formulated. 30 The deed sanctioned the transfer of the funds to a local trust, " If with the written approval of the Bishop" but safeguarding the position of the Bishop by appointing him a perpetual trustee. The deed further provided, that if at any future date the funds should prove insufficient to support the present College they should be used for the tniining of men for Newfoundland at St. Augustine's College, Canter- bury, or any British North American Theological. College. The deed has, however, one serious omission, it does not specify the amount of the trust. In 1873, the Rev. W. Pilot, the Vice-Principal, commenced to raise a further sum to extend the buildings by the addition of a library, chapel, and two bedrooms; and in 1875, before the Bishop's death, the foundation stone had been laid. A bequest from Miss Lempriere in 1876, together with other moneys placed at his disposal, enabled Bishop Kelly (who had succeeded Bishop Feild in the See) to pay for the remainder of the work. He left, by will, (1) the College property, (2) a property to the south of the College known as the Brewery ; (3) the property on the south side of the harbour adjoining St. Mary's Church (if not required for the Rector of St. Mary's Church), and (4) upon his wife's decease, or earlier if she so willed, the property adjoining the College known as Avalon Cottage, to the Diocesan Synod, to be held in trust for the Theological College. The will also referred again to the endowment fund (which it states to be 7,400^., yielding 300?. per annum), bequeathing it also to the Synod ; the question whether the Bishop had iiny power to do this has, however, been disputed. (The parts of the will which refer to the College will be found in the Appendix.) Bishop Feild entered into his well-earned rest, in the 33rd year of his Episcopate, in June 1876. 31 Soon after the arrival of the present Bishop (Dr. Llewellyn Jones), in 1878, the Vice-Principalship was abolished, and the Principal has since resided in the College and made it his sole charge ; this necessitating that he should always be an unmarried man. The first Principal to do this was the Rev. William Johnson in 1882. It is worthy of note that the College escaped the great fire of 1892, as did its predecessor in 1842; but j.ur a time the College was closed, the building being used for tlie Bishop's residence ; it was opened again on February 12th, 1894. The smallness of the College and the inadequacy of its funils have been recognised for many years, and schemes have been brought forward for diverting the income to another College ; the present Bishop, however, feeling that an institution which has sup- plied more than half of the Clergy of the Colony was too valuable to be lightly discarded, has stead- fastly refused any such proposal, and now has given his sanction to a further extension of the work. The present Principal laid before his Lordship in 1896 a scheme for enlarging the College buildings and largely increasing the endowment fund, so as to provide a Principal, Vice -Principal, and three additional Students and two Deacons. The plan contemplates retaining the Students in College during their diaconate, to obviate the necessity of placing them immediately upon ordination in charge of large and scattered Mission settlements, where they and their people are cut off" for many months at a time from the Sacrament of the Altar, and the minis- trations of a Priest. The total cost of the scheme is estimated at about 3,000^. The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge at once voted 250^. towards the endowment, but in spite of this the plan seemed doomed to failure, and Mr. Knapp resigned his charge 32 in May last (1897) to return to England ; scarcely had he arrived in England, however, before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel voted from the funds placed at their disposal by the Marriott Bequest, the very generous grant of 1,000Z. (500^. for building ar,d 500^. for endowment), and he returned again in September to carry on the work. In addition to this, the late Miss Pomeroy Pomeroy left the Bishop a legacy of 200^., which he has given to the College. Turning to the educational side of tlie College work, the year 1894 marked a distinct advance by the adoption of a recognised standard of matriculation (see p. 86) ; it was feared by some that this would deter men from entering the College, but the revei-se has been the effect ; the College has had for the last year its full number of Students, and the standard is distinctly better. Much controversy has taken place concerning the lawful trustees of the College property and funds, but the subject is of such importance that we have dealt with it in a special Appendix. f :ely the pom iott for ned !ioy ven leore the tion )uld erse last •d is the nds, lave J ■ ^^^^m^^m r ■I ^•j-^a^v-^-. y-Zc^ /^^s^ -'»<V»«B»*|tt<.i^«f?i»«!K**-.^r'f7-^;*^^.^.-*T.-.'"-^-> > I k * i i ^M< '' • '. i > 1 i J •< ^^ ^"^ I I r ''/ •"illi"' .' 33 CHAPTER II. Bishop Feild's Dihections and RequlA-tions. {The following is written in Bishop Feild'a handwriting on the left-hand page of a MS8. booh, still in the possession of the Secretary of the Coimeil, the Itev. Canon Pilot.) THE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTION. January 19, 1850. The Lord Bishop of the" Diocese ... The Bishop's Commissary The Rev. the Principal of the Institution - - - )>Gouncil. The Rev. the Master of the Collegiate School - -^ The Rev. William Grey, A.M. -" Principal. Charles Walsh - William Brown Thomas I. M. W. Blackman ParmeinAs p. Mudge Josiah Darrell Charles P. K. Coombe - Visitor. >StudenU. Directions and Regulations for the Students of the Theological Institution in Newfoundland, made and propounded by the Bishop of the Diocese as Visitor on the nineteenth day of January, A.D. 1850. " Who hath despised the day of small things ? " The Theological Institution was founded and is supported by the charity of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. c ^ m 34 The buildings with their site (to bo called " the College") were provided and furnished by piivate bounty, six Students (who must each be fully nineteen years of age) will be lodged, boarded, and instructed without cost or charge. The Lord Bishop of Newfoundland is the Visitor, and witli him rests the appointment of the Principal and other Officers of the Institution (subject to the approval of the Society), together with all Rules for Instruction and Discipline. On the nineteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord 1850, the Right Rev. Edward Feild, D.D., Lord Bishop of Newfoundland, as Visitor of the Theological Institution, nominated and appointed the following three persons, viz., — (1.) The Rev. Thomas Finch Hobday Bridge, M.A. (the Vicar General and Ecclesiastical Commissary of Newfoundland) ; (2.) The Rev. William Grey, M.A. (Principal of the Institution) ; and (3.) The Rev. Henry Tuckwell (Master of the Col- legiate School) to be the Council of the Institution, to advise and assist the Visitor. At the same time his Lordship confirmed the Rev. William Grey, M.A., in the situation and office of Principal, and the following six gentlemen in their situation as Students, viz. : — (1.) Charles Walsh. (2.) William Brown. (3.) Thomas Willoughhy Blackman. (4.) Parmenas Pearce Mudge. C5.) Josiah Darrell. (6.) Charles P. K, Coombe. EDWARD NEWFOUNDLAND. I 95 Immediately upon the appointment and confirmation of the Officers and Students of the Institution, a meeting of the Council was held in the College, when the Visitor submitted to the Council certain directions and regulations for the Students; which, having been allowed by the Council, were presently read and made known to the Students, as follows : — The object of the Theological Institution being to prepare young men by a course of study, frugality, retirement, and devotion for the office and duties of Missionaries in Newfoundland, some directions and regulations for the Students in furtheronce of that object may be necessary, or at least useful ; though it is hoped and expected that the word of 'the Principal would ever be regarded by them, and so obeyed as a safe and sufficient rule. 1. Study. — The chief object of study will, of course, be Theology ; and, with a view to the attainment and application of Theology for Missionary service, instruction will be given m the Latin and Greek languages, in English composition, and in Ancient and Modern History. Encouragement will also be afforded to study Mathematics, Logic, and Music. The course of study necessary for each Student will be prescribed and directed by the Principal. Each Student must provide for himself the books for his lectures, with the requisite Grammars and Dictionaries; and the following elementary books should be brought or bought, upon entrance by everyone, viz. : — 1 English Dictionary. 1 Latin Grammar. 1 Latin Dictionary. 1 Greek Grammar. 1 Greek Dictionary. 1 Latin Bible. 2 36 1 Greek Testament. 1 Holy Bible (with Apocrypha and Marginal References). 1 Holy Bible (for the pocket). 1 Book of Common Prayer (for the table). 1 Book of Common Prayer (for the pocket). 1 Nelson's Festivals and Fasts. 1 Companion to the Altar. T Atlas of Ancient and Modern Geography. 1 Elements of Euclid. 1 Slate, with pens, pencils, and stationery. All the above-named books must be sound and perfect, and with the owner's name inscribed. Other books, as requiied by each Student, may be purchased in the College, for which immediate payment must be male. All the books of each Student must be submitted to the Principal's ijis|iection whenever he may require it ; and any books which he considers improper or unsuitable mu'^t be removed. No periodicals or newspapers may be introduced, either for general or private use, without the Principal's sanction. Each Student will be provided with a separate desk for his own books and papers, and some books of reference will be placed and kept in the hall for common use. [The It-ctures will be chiofiy given in the original lecture-room of the Institution, built by the Society for that purpose, the key of which will always remaiu with the Principal.] There will be a half-yearly examination of the Students, at which the Visitor, when in St. John's, will usually preside, assisted by his Council. In the Bishop's absence the Commissary will preside. I 37 There will be two vacations every year, each of four weeks, one at Christmas, the other at Midsummer. During the Christmas vacation the Students, not natives of Newfoundland, will be required to remain in College, subject, of course, to College discipline. During the summer vacation the Students will be permitted, to leave the College, and may, with the Principal's knowledge and sanction, journey together into the country, or otherwise employ and amuse themselves. Every Student will be expected, if his services be required by the Clergy, and with the Principal's sanction, to teach in Sunday and other charity schools (either in St. John's or the out-harbors), and in the Collegiate School, in order that he may both be useful immediately and make some return for the bounty by which he is maintained and instructed, and that he may be trained in a most important branch of clerical duty. Everycme also may be called on to form part of the choir in either of the churches, to read the lessons on weekdays in St. Thomas's, and the Order of Morning and Evening Prayer on Sundays or other Holy Days in the out-harbors. It m\is\j always be considered of great importance to maintain the physical powers in a healthy and vigorous state, and for this purpose study must be succeeded and relieved by bodily exercise, "ut sit mens sana in corpore Siino." Each Student will be req\ilred, if provision Le so made, to attend drill for twelve months. Other exercise may be taken in tlie tield and garden, and opportunities will be aftbrJotl of learning to row. No objection will be made to fishing occasionally, either in the ponds or in the sen, but shooting, with all use of gunpowder, is strictly prohibited. 2. Frugality will be promoted by an allowance of only siuiple but sufficient food, and by discounte- r 38 nancing all extravagance in dress or furniture. Three meals will be provided daily. The first and last meals in the day will be taken iii the Hall of the College, and dinner in the Hall of the Collegiate School. The first meal will consist of bread and butter, with coffee, the last meal of bread and butter, with tea, &c. ; brewis,* meal and corn cakes occasionally. The Students will, with the consent of the Principal, and under his direction, make the tea and coffee, and preside at the table by turns. The chief object of this arrangement is to insti"uct the Students to be helpful to others, and at the same time careful and economical. Connected with the subject of economy, it is right to remind the Students to be moderate in the use of coals and candles. Habits of extravagance in these little things will be of very evil consequences in after life. And, as all these things are furnished by charity, a person of honourable feelings will be more sparing and careful than if they were purchased by and for himself, at his own cost and charge. Dinner will consist on ordinary days of meat, with vegetables and hard breadf ; puddings and tartn occasionally. To make observance of the days of fasting and abstinence, as directed by our Church, they who cannot wholly fast or forego a meal are advised, though not required, to abstain from the use of milk, sugar, or butter, any or ail, at breakfast and tea. Fish only, with vegetables and rice, will be provided on these days, at the usual hour of dinner. It will * " Brewis " means ship's liisc'iit soaked in water and boiled. lu Newfoundland it is often eatcu with codfish and fried pork, and is a favourite dish. t " Hard bread " is the same as ship's biscuit. When travelling in winter, " soft bread " is useless, as it quickly becomes frozen. 89 be wise to learn to forego the use of milk, because not only at sea, but in many out-harbors, we cannot procure it. For the same reasons the Students should accustom themselves to hard bread and tlsh, the only food to be obtained, at particular seasons, or, it may be, the greater part of the year, in the enall and remote settlements. The breakfast will be usually at 8 o'clock, dinner at 8 o'clock, and tea at 7 o'clock ; but the hours may be changed at the discretion of the Principal. The Students must not introduce any food or drink into the College (whether for general or private use) V n'iiout the Principal's knowledge and sanction. Tobacco in every shape is prohibited. A clean cloth for the breakfast table will be pro- vided every week, with a napkin for the President ; the necessary crockery also, with knives, &c. Two or three candles will be furnished every night in the Hall, and each Student will be allowed a candle or lamp for his own use at bedtime, but he must not take his candle or lamp into the Hall. He must be very careful also in the use of his candle at bedtime, and see that his candlestick or lamp be provided with an extinguisher. The services of the domestics will be chiefly directed i;o ^he common and general wants of all the Studeni,«, and must not be expected for mere private and persoi): .! matters apart from the business of the Institutioii No menial work will be require*' of any Student, bi.'i it is Loped and expected that every Student, having regard to his future calling and manner of life, will be as helpful to himself and others as possible, and not require the presence and offices of servants when they can be properly dispensed with. Some clergymen make their owti beds and light their fires in the morning. Many persons will ot allow servants to dust their bedroonjs, or iffP,i!ll.in. 40 even enter their libraries. Missionaries who have learnt to wait upon themselves will find the benefit in many ways, morally and physically, in their worldljT^ and spiritual things. Care must be taken of the furniture, and not least of that which is provided by the Institution, whether for common or separate use. The following furniture will be provided, viz. : — (1) All and everything nee sitting-room, and (2) for and articles, viz. : — : srary for the hall cr h bedroom these 1 Bedstead. 1 Mirror. 1 Set of Pegs. 1 Table. 1 Towel-horse. 1 Mattress. 1 Chest of Drawers. 1 Chair. 1 Set of Ware. 1 Washing-stand. 1 Set of Bookshelves. ] Blind. Each Student will be required to bring or provide upon arlmission these art'-oles, viz. : — 1 Flock Bed or Mattress. 3 Blankets. 6 Towels. 3 Slips. 2 Rugs. 4 Sheets. 1 Pillow. Feather beds are not allowed. These articles must be submitted for inspection to the Principal whenever he may desire it, UAd must be repaired or renewed when necessary. Each Student must provide for the washing of his sheets and towels, together with his other linen ; the sheets must be washed at least once in three weeks. Any crockery or furniture belonging to the Insti- tution which is broken or injured must be replaced or repaired by the person who broke or injured it. Any furniture considered by the Principal superfluous and inappropriate must be removed. 41 The bedrooms will be assigned by the Piincipal, and may be changed at any time at his discretion. They are, it is believed, neai'ly equal in comfort and accommodation, but if aoy one thould appear less desirable than the others it is hoped that the senior Student will always be ready to be put, or put himself " in the lowest " or tlie least convenient " room." The Students must be plain and neat in their dress. No fancy waistcoats, or fantastic hats, or novel neckcloths v/ill be allowed. Each Student should be well provided with boots and shoes, both for tlieir better preservation and that it may not be necessary to clean at night those which have been worn during the day. All personal clothes are, of course, found at the Student's own expense. No Student will on any account be allowed to run into debt. The washerwoman must be paid once a month, and strict inquiry will be made into each Student's accounts by the Principal, In imitation of the colleges in England, each Student will be required to make a deposit of caution-money upon his first entrance. If under 20 yeais of age he must deposit 20?., if above 20 years and under 21 he must deposit 15?., if above 21 years lOi. This money will be available (at the discretion of the Principal) for the payment of any debts contracted to the extent of 5l., but the sum so taken from the deposit must be replaced by the Student. Whatever remains of the deposit will be refunded to the Student at the time of his Ordination, but if any Student !«hould unhappily be dismissed, or should leave the Insti- tution without the consent of the Visitor, he will forfeit his deposit or caution-money. 3. Retirement is very necessary for the sake of present study as well as in preparation for the 42 miBsionary life. It is much to be desired, therefore, that the Students form no acquaintance in the town, and visits must not be paid or received contrary to the Principal's injunction or expressed wishes. No Studerit may be absent from any meal cr from Prayers, moriiing or evening, or leave the College after locking-up, without the Principal's consent previously asked and obtained. The locking-up will be a quarter of an hour after gun-fire, that is a quarter past eight o'clock in winter, and a quarter past nine in the summer. The Students may not take any friends or acquaintances upstairs. It may be well to mention here that the hour of rising will be six o'cloik in summer, and half past six in winter. Prayers ai seven o'clock in summer, and at half past seven in winter. Evening prayers at a quarter past nine o'clock. The interval between Prayers and breakfast may be spent in the garden or field in the summer months and fine weather, at other times in the gallery or passage ; but no Student will be allowed to return to his bedroom in that interval. And to promote a kind consideration of each other's convenience and to prepare for the distractions and interruptions which must always, more or less, attend a missionary's life, it is desired that the Students do not resort to their bedrooms during the day, except it may be for one hour before dinner, viz., from two to three o'clock. On Sundays and other Holy Days the bedrooms will be open immediately after Divine Service in the morning. Books and other articles likely to be required during the day must be brought down in the morning. The bedrooms will be open after evening praye^ . The Students must leave the Hall at ten o'clock, when the servant will be required to remove the candles and put out the fire. The candles 48 in the bedrooms must all be extinguished at latest by 11 o'clock. Students who have friends and relations in the town may visit them occasionally with the Prin- cipal's consent ; but it is hoped that sufficient society and occupation will be found by each and every Student within the walls of the College, in his fellow- students, and his books. No Student will be allowed to engage in tuition or any other occupation for- pay or hire, or otherwise, without the Principal's knowledge and consent. 4. Devotiou, the most important part of discipline and of preparation for the Missionary life, is the least capable of being enforced by rules and regu- lations, and, therefore, there is the more occasion that each Student should see to it that his religious d ities and exercises hold the first place in his thoughts and affections, and that he on no account neglect them. These duties and exercises will require his attention now, and probably through his whole life, in a three- fold character and in three different ways, private, domestic, and public. For the private exercises of the closet there will be half-an-hour every morning (allowing half-an-hour to dress) ; the same quantity of time between two and three o'clock, and again in the evening oefore lying down. The domestic will be conducted in the Hall every morning and every evening ; the public in the Church twice every day. These together will give David's " seven times a day," and, if they be duly used and improved, the comforts and blessings in and by them will be great and manifold ; more and greater than the tongue can tell or the mind conceive. Study and frugality and retirement will be of little avail, or profit, as to the Missionary calling, without devotion ; 44 \U M! while on the other hand, most wise and true is that pious apothegm — " Bene orasse est bene studuisse." As a help and guide in private devotion, Hele's " Offices of Devotion," and Bishop Wilson's " Sacra Privata " (both published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge), will be found very useful ; and there are many other books on the Society's list of a similar character. Some rules for self-examination should be drawn out by each Student, for which Hele's offices and the Agenda in the " Golden Grove " should be carefully studied, and of couise always the Book of Books, that you may be able to say with David, " Thy Word have " I hid within my heart that I might not sin against " Thee ; " and again, '* Thy word is a light unto my feet " and a lamp unto my path. I have sworn and am " steadfastly purposed to keep Thy righteous judg- " ments." Some practical commentary upon the New Testament will be of great value. The domestic exercises will be directed and con- ducted by the Principal. The public services of the Church are sufficiently known, if they be but sufficiently valued. Every Student will be required to attend twice a day usually at St. Thomas' Church, but on the morn- ing of Saints' Days and on the evening of Fridays at the Central school, until the Cathedral Church is opened, when some new regulation will be necessary. It is earnestly hoped that each Student will be ready with that preparation and self-examination required by the Church and Holy Scripture to partake of the Lord's Supper (once a month) for the strengthen- ing and refreshing of his soul. To assist him in his preparation, and to increase his knowledge and value of that blessed Sacrament, the following books will bo 46 found very useful: — (1) Bishop Wilson's Short and Plain Instructions ; (2) Wilson's Duty of Frequenting the Christian Sacrifice ; (3) Office for the Holy Com- munion from Hele's Select offices of Devotion (pub- lished separate) ; all of which and many more of a like character are on the S.P.C.Ks'. list and may be procured at the Depot. The Students will ever find, it is trusted, in the Principal of the Institution that " Discreet and learned " Minister of God's Word " to whom, as our Prayer Book directs, they who require further comfort or counsel may go for the quieting of their conscience and avoiding of all scruple and doubtfulness. The breakfast or other meal taken before receiving the Sacrament should be as sparing and simple as possible. With respect to alms and oblations, no person need disquiet liimself that they are of necessity, if of necessity, small and inconsiderable who remembers the Apostolic assurance : " If there be first a willing " mind it is accepted according to that a man hath, " and not according to that he hath not" ; but they who remember what a greater than St. Paul hath said, *• It ** is more blessed to give than to receive," will desire and endeavour, by retrenching every superfluous ex- pense, or even, if need be, by carrying out the Apostolic counsel, " 1 1 have to give to him that needeth " (Eph. iv. 28). These regulations and directions cannot be rescinded or altered without the knowledge and concurrence of the Visitor. The application or adaptation of them to particular circumstances is entrusted to the Principal, who is charged to see them carried out as far as is proper and possible. (Signed) EDWARD NEWFOUNDLAND, (Visitor.) 46 The above regulations and directions, written wholly in the Bishop's hand, were read out to the Students, all present in the Hall of the College, on the 19th day of January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, by his Lordship's Commissarj'-, in the presence of his Lordship, the Reverend the Principal, and the Reverend the Master of the Collegiate School. Thomas F. H. Bridge. William Grey. Henry Tuckwell. Charles Walsh. William Brown. Parmenas Pearce Mudge Thomas John Mark Wil- LOUGHBY BlACKMAN. JOSIAH DaRRELL. Charles Palmer Knight COOMBE. } Signatures of the Council. y Signatures of Students. If it should appear to the Students or others that some of tlie foregoing regulations and directions are stringent and disagreeable, and that they might easily be modified to make them more comfortable, let it be remembered that it is one of the professed objects of the Institution to train young men for a life of hardship and trials ; and for this purpose it is expedient, if not necessary, to have some causes of vexation and inconvenience. Nay, some advantages as well as comforts of each Student may reasonably be sacrificed or diminished, that each and all may learn that most difficult, but for missionaries and clergymen most needful, lesson " to please his neighbour for his good to edification " (Rom. XV. 2) ; so an Apostle has taught us. And again " Let no man seek his own but every man an- 47 *' other's wealth " (1 Cor. x. 24) ; and again, " Look " not every man on his own things, but every man " also on the things of others " (Phil. ii. 4). More solitude and retirement might be more favorable to self-examination and self-improvement, but they are not so well calculated to promote the exercise of charity and forbearance, and though we may be permitted to " covet earnestly the best gifts," yet there is, as the same Apostle has assured us, and shown us, " a " more excellent way " (1 Cor. xii. 31). (Signed) EDWARD NEWFOUNDLAND. In the same MS. book the following office drawn up for the use of the College is also found : — At a meeting of the Council, held in the College on Saturday February 7th, 1850 (present : the Right Reverend the Visitor, the Reverend the Commissary, the Reverend the Principal of the Institution, the Reverend the Master of the Collegiate School), an order for domestic devotion was appointed as follows : — General Directions. The Students shall attend at the time appointed, each provided with a Bible and the Book of Common Prayer, and (seats being placed upon the outer or southern side of the Hall) shall stand in front of the same until the Principal has taken his place. Then all shall kneel, facing inward or to the main part of the Hall, and secretly ask God to prevent tliem with His Grace and accept and bless their Sacrifice of Prayer and Praise. All standing up, the Principal shall read two or more sentences of Holy Scripture. Tf ^n let all 48 devoutly kneel as before and give attention to the Principal, saying two or more of the Prayers, at his discretion. The Principal shall then say the Lord's Prayer, the Students repeating after him every Petition. Then likewise shall be said — Principal. — Lord, open Thou our lips. Students. — And our mouth shall show forth Thy Praise. Principal. — O God, make speed to save us. Students. — Lord, make haste to help us. Here all shall stand up and say — Principal. — Glory be to the Father, &c. Students. — As it was in the beginning, &c. Then shall be sung or said a Psalm or H}'mn which the Principal, at his discretion, shall choose. After the Psalm or Hymn the Apostles' Creed by the Principal and Students, viz., " I believe," &c. ; then the Students will sit, and the Principal shall call upon one or more of them to read a passage or passages in the Bible, upon which he will deliver a comment with such remarks as may appear to him necessary and suitable ; which ended he shall say (all kneeling down) : — Let us pray : P. — Lord have mercy upon us. S. — Christ have mercy upon us. P. ib S. — Lord have mercy upon us. P. & ^.— Our Father, &c. Then shall follow Collect, Prayers, and Thanks- givings, general and special, taken from the Liturgy 49 and otiier authentic sources, and allowed by the Visitor, to be concluded with the Benediction by the Principal, standing, the rest kneeling. Soli Deo Gloria. Among the Prayers will be a Prayer for the Society tor the Propagation of the Gospel, as Founders and Benefactors of the Institution, for the Visitor and Council, and for the Students. Also when any of the Students is siuk or gone a journey, or when any event occurs which particularly concerns or affects the Institution or any connected with it, notice will be taken of the circumstance in Prayer or Praise, according to forms provided for that purpos3. Edward Newfoundland. Thomas F. H. Bridge. William Grey. Henry Tuck well. To the above may be added a quotation found elsewhere in Bishop Feild's handwriting : — " Episcopatus non est artificium hujus transigendae."— St. Bernard. vitw 50 CHAFTER III. [The three Articles by the Rev, C. Knapp, con- tained in this Chapter, throw so much light upon the daily life of Queen's Colleg'^ and its prospects at the close of 1897, that I trust he and the Editor of the " Newfoundland Diocesan Chronicle " will forgive their being reprinted here without direct sanction. I have to thank the S.P.G. for permission to reprint from the " Mission Field " tlie AHicle upon the " Training of the Clergy in th6 College," and to reproduce the sketches. — J. J. C] . I.— From the " Mismm Field," S.F.G., September 1897. The Training of the Clergy in the Colonies. Queen's College, Newfoundland. Perhaps it may interest soiue of your readers to have a brief account of the daily life and work of our little misMonary college at St. John's, Nowiound- land. The story of its history and foundation is told in the pages of the S.P.G. Digest, * so I shall not conceni myself with that. On the whole, one may describe our daily life as a quiet community life. There is in Queen's College the spirit of brothei'hood, perhaps stronger on account of the smailness ot oar numbers. Since I went out in 1894, we have gr£»,dually increased until, during my last term, we had seven * Digest of the S.P.G. Kecords, 1701-1892. Publishc-d at the Society's Office. 19, Delahay Street, Westminster, S.W. i* " iJ. 51 students, one more than we can properly accommodate. I have often been asked the question, " Is it not a " mistake to have these small colleges ; would it not " be better to send your men to the larger colleges or " the univei sides ^ " Perhaps it would not be out of place if I answer that question h^re. Dii^ceses sucj as Newfoundland present many peculiar difficulties and hardships, which are best faced by the candidates for ordination before they enter the ministry. Many of these are already known to the Colonial, but they are all new to the young Englishman who comes amongst us, and they have to be learnt Our college affords just the opportunity required, la Newfoundland, for instance, the young Englishman has to learn to face real hardship, bad food, and much travelling on foot, besides le;irning that tho conditions of Church life are not quite the same ps in some well-organised Englirfh parishes. He is apt to think that because the people amongst whom he will work aro of his own nationality, therefore they are exactly like the folk at home ; and not a few of the early mistakes in the ministerial life are due to these preconceived ideas. A training upon the Mission field itself corrects these before the man enters Holy Orders ; he has had time to learn and observe, time to face the difficulties by actual experience, and time to test himself. Then, agMn, time has shown that such a college as Queen's is the best way of securing men, The list of clergy in the island, past and present, shov/s this. Even now, after the college has passed through a period of depression, WB have 28 Queen's men out of 55. The college on the Mission tield has, I think, a charm to the Eng- lishman, perhaps greater than the home colleges. But this is a long subject, and I am digressing. D 2 H < X 'A o Hi C O H 53 a C The centre of the college life is the little chapel, which is Hituated in the east wing of the building, almost over the library, Tlie chapel was opened under the principalship of thi' llcv. Edwin Davies, now of Lowmoor, Yorkshire, and was beautifully decorated by one of the students. Here we meet daily for Evensong and Compline (Mattins is always said at St. Thomas's Church), and on Sundays and Holy Days to receive the Communion of the Body and Blood of the Lord. On Saturday evenings we have a quiet preparation for Holy Communion, with a brief address. The ritual is simple and reverent. The altar of white marble was sent from England in the days of Bishop Feild, and stood for some time in St. Thomas's Church. The Communion vessels and altar desk and l)ook are all yifts fro)u friends in England since I went out. Just recently we have placed a nice little harmonium- -the gift of several kind friends in St. John's — iu the cliapel, and one of the students acts a.^ '* organist " ; and we are thus able to sing the canticles and versiclos at Evensong. The little chapel is very dear to us all, and especially tli9 quiet celebration at 7 a.m. on Sundays. The college day commences with Mattins at 8 a.m. (during the penitential seasons we generally say Prime in chapel at 7 a.m.), then there is breakfast together at (S,3() — a plain, but substantial meal, when tlie Englishmen make the acquaintance of the New- foundland cod (the only inhabitant of the ocean recognised as " fish "), and " hard-tack," and molasses — but there, 1 nuist not explain, lest I frighten some young fellow away. Lectures commence at 10 a.m. and continue till 1 2.4.), the course of subjects beiog that required for the examination for deacon's orders. Every student, however, spends a year or so in ele- mentary classics, and we have '/aried the course with ss ^1 ^ ■f. ,-^4; '-$, some lectures upon literature kindly given by the Rev. H. Dunfield. The afternoons are spent in recreation ; in the summer we have our garden to keep in order, and " all hands " are frequently required for tliat ; then we possess a capital tennis Jawn, ami our City Boat Club kindly grant the students free use of their boats on Quidi Vidi lake — our great ambition is to have a four-oared boat. In the winter tobogganing, a journey on snow shoes, or skating is the chief amusement. At 4.30 the students return to their studies, and no one leaves the college without permission after Evensong at 6 p.m. Tea is at 6.30, and the evenings except Mondays are spent in study. The day closes with Compline at 10.20. Our work on Sundays is varied, we ha\ e charge of several Mission services, and help at the City Sunday Schools, whilst one man visits the prison. The two farthest settlements we have to reach are seven or eight miles distant— Tor Bay and the Goulds. This entails a 14 or 16 miles walk, and two services and sermons; in bright fine weather it is pleasant and exhilarating ; but it is not always fine in New- foundland ! It's the pegging away through drift and snow, with the thermometer at zero, that tells. This work is especially valuable, it is a real fore- taste of the future. The Student dines mid-day with the fisherfolk, who take it in turns to entertain him ; our fisherfolk at Goulds and Tor Bay thus make the acquaintance of nearly every Missionary who goes out. We pride ourselves on rarely being beatsn off the road by storm or snow ; I don't think the men have turned back half a dozen times in three years. I 56 1 ■i 1 : ^^^H ^^B ^ 1 ^^^B 1 ' 1 1 I can recall one instance well; two of them set off one Sunday in a blinding storm for Tor Bay ; the snow was soft and deep, and in great drifts ; I was not a little anxious about them, and was not sorry when I saw two white figures, with icicles frozen to their caps, beating back to college about an hour later. They had managed the first mile and had then met a drift, into which they plunged to their arm pits and stuck fast. However, they were none the worse for the experience, and after they were changed and dry had a hearty laugh over it. But it is such work as this which proves the man and makes the Mis- sionary ; to the Englishman it is at first very trying, and is a sure test of his earnestness. Monday is our day of rest, and I think a well earned one. In the evening the Principal is always *' at home " in his study, which becomes for the time a scene of great enjoyment and intercourse. Now and again we have a musical evening. " How I miss the Monday evenings ! I often think of you all," said a former Student to me last autumn when I was visiting him upon his far-away Mission. Very often some city friend drops in, or a Missionary is " in town for a rest," and there is the news of the world to tell, and the tales of the Mission field to be heard. In the Long Summer Vacation the men go on to the Mission field, and see for themselves the life they are to face. At the present time there are six Students thus at work — one in the far-away Missicm of Strait of Belle Isle, one on the no less wild coast of White Bay, one at Exploits, one at Random, one at Heart's Content, and one at Feiryland. This is the most valuable experience our men can have ; it is indeed an appi'enticeship. Before I finish I should like to say a word or two about the matriculation standard. Three years ago 57 we determined to adopt a permanent standard for entrance, and to require of every man an elementary knowledge of Latin and Greek. I have before me, as I write, the subjects issued by the English Bishops for the Central Examination for Students entering our English Theological Colleges, and I find it differs only from our own in requiiing rather more Greek Testament, whilst we require not only Euclid but Algebra. We were told at first that our number would decrease if we adopted this standard, because dioceses " up along " (as they call America) took men on easier terms. This is true, and we have lost one or two men thus, but our numbers have not decreased but increased. Such is the life and work of Queen's ; when I found that circumstances would not permit me to stay, it was with the deepest regret that I resigned ; but from the day I left (the boat left the harbour as one of my Students was being made deacon), I felt that my work there would not really be done. The ways of God are wonderful, and now He is guiding me back again through the liberality of the Society (which has granted us l,000i. from the Mairiott Bequest) ; mj- house is to be built, and the work of the College extended. We hope soon to have not only more Students, but a deacons' College also, a matter of extreme impf)rt- ance to us, since at present our deacons are left alone in charge of large and isolated Missions. We still need 2,000/., and we believe that He who has guided and blessed us tlius far will continue to do so. C. Knapp. aS hlo II. — From ilie "Diocesan Mafjazine" Newfoundland^ Vol. IX., Decemher 1S97. The Mauuiott Bequest to S.P.G. Since the DioceHe has now received such generous aid towai'ds its Theological College from the above bequest, it may le of interest to your readers to know a little about the bequest and the way it has so far been spent. The bequest was left by Mr. Alfred Marriott, of Idirfield, Yorkshire, and was part of a large sum of money left for Church work at home and abroad. Of the amount left to the Society for tiie Propa- gation of the Gospel for missionary purposes or.'iy 71,000^. was available for distribution tliis year; and for this there were 661 applications nsking for 680,040?. — -figures suggestive of the vast needs of the mission field. The bequest is not w ithout conditions, and missionaries seeking aid from it in the future may care to know what they arc : No money is to be spent on the living agent ; the whole amount being equally divided between (l)"the erection of " churches in foreign parts " ; and (2) " the establish- " ment and endowment of hospitals and colleges, and " other places of education also in foreign parts, or in " tlie enlargement either in building additional wings " or annexes or otherwise for improv^ement of any " existing hospital in foreign parts." No grant toward? endowment is to exceed I QOl. per annum ; or towards buildings to exceeed 2,000i. No part of the grant can be used for the purchase of land. No grant can be made towards the payment of existing debts on churches or institutions. The bequest is not confined to the Society for the Pro- pagation of the Gospel missions, although preference is given to them, i r>9 Thus ii will be seen that the conditions are such that the bequest was practically only available, so far as this Diocese is concerned, for building churches on missions and the Theological College ; this should be particularly noted, since an impression seems to have got abroad, probably through ignorance of the terms of the bequest, that the College had obtained a Inrge grant at a time when the help would have been more appreciated for other purposes. No grant could have possibly been obtained for any of our institutions or churches in debt, and unfortunately we possess several such. To turn now to the actual distribution of the 7l,000Z. — half was given to churches, and half to colleges and hospitals, as follows : — £ North America - - - - 7,130 West Indies ... 4,505 Africa . - - . . 23,730 Asia .... 25,660 Australasia .... 8,975 Europe - - - . 1,000 £ 71,000 Of the 35,500?. for churches, Newfoundland obtained 2501. — (being King's Cove, 501. ; Flat Island, lOOl. ; Seal Rocks, 751 ; Newman's Cove, 25?.), a sum which compares very favourably with amounts voted for similar purposes in the Canadian Church, which were as follows : — Algoma, 475/. ; Caledonia, 200?. ; Columbia, 150?.; Fredericton, 140?.; New West- minster, 320?, ; Nova Scotia, 30?. ; Qu'Appelle, 20?. ; Quebec, 1,000?. ; Rupertsland, 500?. ; Saskatchewan and Calgary, 95?. Thus only four dioceses obtained larger grants than we did» I 60 Turning to the grants for colleges and hospitals, I find that 16,080/. was given to educational buildings, 16,000/. to educational endowments, and 3,420/. to hospitals. Of the colleges in British North America besides our own (which received 500/. for building and 500/. for endowment), Algoma received 250/. towards a training for Indian girls at Sault Ste Marie ; Fredericton, 500/. for the Davenport School, St. John, New Westminster 200/. towarJs an indus- trial school for Indians ; Runertsland, 50/. per annum towards the further endowment of St. John's College, Winnipeg. The following are the amounts voted for other parts of the Mission field :- — M Guiana - _ 400 Luckoow 2,800 Honduras . 900 Madras 8,'.>80 Jamaica - 1,625 Tinnevelly and Madura - 2,620 Nassau - 100 North Cliina 1,000 Trinidad - 700 Osaka 400 Bloemfontcin - 1,600 Rangoon 950 Capetown - 2,900 Singapore 300 Grahamstowii - 5,400 South Tokyo 200 Lebouibo - 1,000 Brisbane 300 Madagascar - 4,C00 Goulburn 660 Masbonalaud - 8 1)0 Grafton and Armidalo - 1,545 Natal - - 830 North Queensland 130 Pretoria - 800 Perth - 2,000 St. John's - 3,800 Riverina 9 SO Zululand - 1,800 Rockhampton 1,760 Bombay . 1,370 Auckland 23 Calcutta - 1,840 Dunedin 25 Chhota Nagpur - 400 Fiji 75 Colombo - bhO Honolulu 200 Corea . 1,000 Melanesia 300 Jerusalem - 250 Europe - 1,000 Lahore . 700 We cannot grudge that the bulk of the money should have gone east and not west ; the greatest need is east; we in the west are far better off spiritually than our brethren of Africa and India, 61 Other port! js of the bequest will be distributed during the next six years. It is indeed a noble gift ; and whilst expressing our gratitude that we in Newfoundland are benefitting by it, let us pray that we may so use God's blessings that they may be fruitful to the advancement of iI^m Church in our midst, C. Knapp. II r. — From the " Diocesan Magazine," Newfoundland, Vol. IX., December 1897. Reopening of Queen's College, October, 1897. It is seldom that we find any event in our quiet life at the College to chronicle ; but perhaps the opening of the October term took place this year under circumstances of exceptional interest. My own return to the College, of course, made it of especial interest to me, and perhaps one may be pardoned to hope that by God's help it may be for the benefit of the College also ; but there were other changes. Four students have gone from the College since f retunied to England in May, and two new ones have arrived. Three of the former are in Orders : Rev. E. G. Greenham, at present at Catalina ; Rev. C. C. V. Cogan, at White Bay ; Rev. S. M. Stewart, at Strait of Belle Isle ; to all these we extend our fervent hope that God will use them for the further- ance of the salvation of souls, and that they will find in their vocation the full joy of serving Christ. Nor are we unmindful of the fact that two are in our hardest missions. White Bay and Strait of Belle Isle ; let us hope that Queen's men will be ever found to be foremost in the Church's work in New- foundland. The fourth, F. Shears, is now at Oxford studying for a year before taking Holy Orders. He 1( i «d writes aa though he thoroughly enjoy6d Oxford life — (and who could help loving Alma Mater ?) May he nlso come Lack with such a spirit as sent us Bishop Ffild, to name our College " Queen'w," in " testimony of my reverent and grateful esteem of " Queen's College, Oxford," (as the Bishop himself said). But with the loss of old faces comes the gain of new ones, and Mr. Booth from Warminster, and Mr. Nichols from Dorchester, are already quite at home with us; Wo welcome them with every prayer for their future work. But to pass to another side of the College life. The presence of the builders at the west end of the Colle^je witnesses lo a new departure. The grant of 1,000/. from the Marriott Bequest (500^. for building and 500?. for endowment), has enabled the Bishop to push forward the work of building a Principal's residence ; and we trust that further alteration in the future will give us a College worthy of the diocese. Nor must we forget to express oui* thanks to the kind friends in Kngland who have aLo helped forward the work with their money. The Archbishop of Canterbury gave us a donation ; also the Bishops of St. Alban's and Truro. 'J'he total amount collected at present is Jiearly 190?., but, of 'course, there are expenses to be deducted from that. When Bishop Feild issued his final statement of the Endowment Fund, which he had first raised in June 1871, he said " a very considerable amount is " still required to make the College independent of " extraneous aid." Since then the endowment fund has indeed been slightly, but only slightly, increased, and the College has often had great difficulty in making two ends meet ; still there has not been for many a year " any extraneous aid " to help it out. We trust that at length that much-needed increase 63 may be obtained, and all doubt concerning the efficiency and usefulness of the College laid to rest. We must not forget to mention that the Bishop has also kinily given the legacy of 200^. left by Miss Pomeroy Pomeroy to the College fund • and we still have till 1,900 to claim the 250/. offered by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge on condition that 1,750/. more were raised for endow- ment. Would thiit some would emulate tl:e generosity of the good bishop who raised the original endow- ment, and tiive us a few SOO/.'s ! Yet another piece of news of interest to Queen's and I have done. The Bishop lias just conferred the vacant Canonry on Rev. J. M. Noel, an old Queen's man. We offer hira our very sincere congi-atulations. Thus, out of six stalls, two are held by former students of Queens, the Venerable Archdeacon and Ciiiion Noel ; and one by a former Principal Rev, Canon Pilot, D.l). C. Knapp. CHAPTER IV. The Pkincipals and Vice-Principals of the Institution. PriDcipuIs, Vice- Principals. 1841-45*Kev, Chiis. Bhickman, M.A. (Lambeth). 1846-47*Rev. Henry Tuckwell, , M.A., St. Bet^<, iH47-49*Kev. Thomiis Todd Jones, M.A., Oriel, Oxford. 49-51*Kev. William Grey, > M.A., Magdalen Hall, Oxford. * Had charge of the Theological Institution. Rev. W. Grey was the first PriD'^ipal of the New College in 1850;. and together with Revs. T. F. H Jiridgc and H. Tuckwell, fornied the first Coancil. 64 Priucipalt). Vice-Principals. 18r>2 34 Kev. Henry Tuckwell, M.A., St. Bees. I854~f 6 Her. Jacob G. Mountain, M. A., Merton, Oxford. 1856-82 Vfin. Archdeacon H. L. Lower, M.A., Peter- house, Cambridge. 1864-67tVen. Archdeacon J B. Kelly, M.A., Clare, Cambridge. 1882-83 Rev. William J. John- son, B.A., Keble, Oxford. j 1884-86 Kev. Edwin Davis, M. A., New College, Oxford. 1890-91 IjRev. John Rouse, M.A., Keble, Oxford. 1891-92 Rev. Joseph J. Curling, B.A., Oriel, Oxford. 1894- Rev. Charles Knapp, M. A., Oxford. 1852-62 Rev. Joseph F. Phelps, St. Augustine's College, Canterbury. 1862-64 Rev. George D. Xicholas, IVI.A., Pembroke Col- Irjgp. OxfoTJ. 1864-65 Rev. George P. Harris. 1867-75 t^ev. William Pilot, St. Augustine's College, Canterbury. 1876-82 Kev. Ambrose Heygatc, M.A., Keble, Oxford. 1887-90 §Rcv. R. Holland Taylor, St. Augustine's Col- lege, Canterburj. t Coadjutor Bishop of Newfoundland, 1867-76 ; Bishop of New- foundland, 1876-77 ; now the Lord Bishop of Moray and Ross. X Now Canon of the Cathedral, St. John's, and D.L). of Canterbury, and D.C.L. of Windsor, N.S., Church of Enghind Superintendent of Education, and Examining Chaplain. § Now D.D. of Trinity University, Toronto, Canada. II Rector of Trinity Church, Chicago, U.S.A. He died after a brief illness in December, 1897. Co Kegister of Students from the Year 1841. The Theological Institution was opened in 1841 by Bishop Spencer. The studenl^s were non-resident. Queen's College, the present Institution, was opened January 19th, 1850, by Bishop Feild. 1 Date of 1 1 1 Admis- Name. Deacon. Priest i sion. 1 1 1841 William J. Hoyles 1841 1844 1843 Martin lilackmore 1843 1843 1842 Benjamin Fleet - 1842 184'» 1842 Joseph F. Ligthtburu - 1843 1845 1843 John Kingwell . - - 1848 1850 1844 Ernest Aug. Sail 1815 1846 1844 Francis Wm. Tremlett 1846 1847 1844 George W. B. Carter - 1846 — 1845 Augustus E. C. Bayly 1849 1850 1845 John Itoherts - - - - 1846 — 1845 Edwin Cawley — — 1843 William H. Taylor - 184G — 1847 — Saunders — — 1847 J. W. Baggs - - - - 1851 — 1847 Thomas Appleby 1847 1849 1848 Algernon Giffoi-d 1849 1850 1848 Julian Moreton - 1849 1830 1849 ♦Charles Walsh 1851 1853 1849 ♦William Brown - - - — — 1849 ♦Thomas J.M. Willoughby Blackman 1852 1853 1849 ♦Parmenas I'earce Mudge — — 1849 ♦Josiah D'lrrell - - - 1853 1857 1849 ♦Charles P. K. Coombe — — 1850 185 J I. G. Murray . - - — — 18ol William Symes Williams — — 1852 William G. Crouch 1853 — 1852 William A. YA(Lcr ... 1854 — 1852 Joshua Duval ... 1853 — 1852 — Peel - . - . — — 1854 G. H. Hooper 1858 1864 ♦ These Students were attending the Theological Institution in 1849, and are mentioned in Bishop Feild's account of the opening of Queen's College as its first Students, in the order in which they are placed. E ■H I 66 Date of Admis- sion. Name. Deacon, Priest. 1854 W. Kirby 1854 R. M. Johnson 1854 W. W. Le Gallais 1855 R. Dobie 1856 Ellas Marrett 1858 C. Edwards 1858 E. Botwood - 1858? F. C. Jagg 1858 G. Tucker 1858 G. Gardner 1859 W. J. Milner - 1859 G. V. Hatherly - 1860 J. M. Noel - 1860 W. C. Shears 1860 J. G.Cragg - 1861 G. S. Chamberlain - 1861 C. R.West 1862 A. M. Oakley 1863 U. Z. Kule - 1863 W. E. Wilson - 1863 H, M. Skinner 1864 T. G. Nettea 1864 J. Lockward - 1865 C. .Meek 1865 W. R. Smith - 1866 J. Bishop 1867 A. C. J. Warren 1867 A. S. H. Winsor - 1868 G. H. Bishop - 1869 C. P. Wilson 1871 T. P. Massiah 1871 M. C. Ellingham 1871 \V. A. N. White 1872 F. Skinner 1872 Alban E. B. Davis 1873 A. S. Norfolk - 1873 J. Barber 1873 *J. Frewen Moor 1858 1858 1857 1862 1860 1862 1859 1861 1860 1864 1864 1862 1863 1862 1865 1864 1867 1867 1868 1868 1869 1869 1869 1871 1871 1870 1872 187.". 1872 1875 1860 1861 18.59 1869 1862 1864 1861 1864 1862 1866 1867 1870 1866 1866 1867 1866 1868 1871 1870 1870 1871 1871 1872 1873 1874 1872 1876 1874 1877 * John Frewen Moor, eldest son of the Rev. John Frewen Moor, Vicar of Arapfield, Hampshire ; bjfore attaining the age of 23, was drowned on the 12th November, 1874, in Griqiu't Harbour, N.E. Coast of Newfoundland, when on his way to visit some fishermen. See S.P.G. Reward Book, " A Boy Martyr." I; U 67 IS 1874 1874 1874 1874 1874 1875 1876 1876 1876 1876 1877 1878 1878 1879 1879 1880 1880 1880 1880 1880 1880 1882 1883 1883 1883 1883 1883 1883 1883 1884 1884 1886 1886 1986 1887 1887 1887 1887 1888 1888 1888 1889 1889 C. L. Stutchbury- C. JeflFery J. Hewitt F. J. J. Smith - A. C. Clarke J. Thornton - T. R. Nurse W. How W. A. Haynes - C. L. Payne - C. H. Foster D. A. McLeod D. v. Gwilym - T. W. Temple C.W.Hollands • J. S. Sanderson E. Weary F. Crocker G. Crane T. P. Quintin - F. C. Berry A. Watkins - W. S. Le Romilly S. J. Andrews A. Pittman J. M. King - T. W. Clift C. Wood J. J»Ic I. Bradshaw G. II. ?ield - A, A. Bryant H. Topp P. G. Snow J. H. Bull - J. A. Evans H. Elrington - J. J. White G. R. Howells E. D. P. Parry J. Antle E. K. H. Caldwell LI. Godden - H. Petley ^ 1875 1878 , 1875 1878 - 1878 1881 ^^ » _ 1879 1883 . 1879 1881 . 1879 1882 _ 1878 1881 - 1880 — _ — _ 1879 1882 ^ 1880 1882 _ 1881 1883 _ 1880 1882 " 1382 1885 " 1S82 1884 . 1882 1884 _ — — ^ ^ 1885 — _ 1885 1889 _ 1885 1887 . 18^5 1887 _ — — _ 1884 1886 . 1884 1887 _ 1886 1889 _ . 1886 1888 - 1887 1890 _ — — _ 1889 1891 _ lt'87 1889 » 1887 1889 _ 1889 1891 . 1890 1892 - 1889 — 1890 1892 _ ; 18B9 1891 m - 1892 1895 . 1 1892 1896 J E 2 L HH .68 1 ■ Date of Admis- Namu. Deacon. Priest. sion. 1893 A. T. Young - - , . 1894 D. W. Blackall - 1896 1897 1894 F.C.F. Shears 1894 E. G. Greenham - 1897 _^ 1895 W.Smith . - . - ^^ 1896 C. C. V. Cogan - 1897 .^ 1896 S. M. Stewart 1897 .^^ 1897 E. B. Ashby ._ 1897 H. I. Leggo - . - - 1 „ ^ 1897 R. Rowley .... ____ ^^^ 1897 W.C. Booth - - - . 1897 E. R. Nicholls - — — G9 C. V. Alphabetical List of former Students and THEIR Work. Andrews, S.: Deacon, June 8, 1884, Llewellyn Newfoundland. Priest, September 29, 1887. White Bay, 1884-87 (Curate of). Bonavista, 1887-88. White Bay, 1888-93. Heart's Content, 1893. New Harbour, 1893-94. Removed to Chester, Nova Scotia, 1894. Antle, John : Deacon, 1890. Priest, November, 1892, Llewellyn Newfoundland. Curate of Greenspond, December 6, 1890-92. Minister of Greenspond, 1892-94. Catalina, December 3, 1894-97. Left Diocese for Canada. • Appleby, Thomas : Deacon, 1847. Priest, 1849. La Poile, 1847-56. Bagge, J. W. : Deacon, 1851. St. Thomas (CurattOf 1851. (Dead.) Bayly, Augustus Edwin Cawley : Deacon, June 3, 1849 (Bishop Feild). '' Priest, September 22, 1850. St. John's Out-harbours, Jun8 5, 1849-51, 1852-55. Bonavista, 1851-52. Ferrvland, October 10, 1855-60. Bonavista, December 6, 1860-96. Rural Dean of Bonavista Bay, 1866. Bishop, George H. : Deacon, September 25, 1870 (Bishop Feild). Priest, .\ugust 11, 1,872 (Bishop Kelly). Trini'o (Cnrate^, 1870-71. Battle Harbour, .3uly 14, 1871-78. Hermitage Bay. September 4, 1878. Rural Dean, October 20, 1887. I' muuttrnt 70 Bishop, Jobn : Deacon, 1869. Channel, 1869. Belleoram, 1870. (Dead.) Blackall, David W. : Deacon, June 1896. Priest, 1897. Pinchard's Island, November 1896. Blackman, Thomas Jobn Mark Willougbby : Late Divinity Scholar of Universitj-, Kinft's College, Canada, B.A. 1849, B.C.L. and D.C.L. 1856^ Deacon, 1852. Priest, 1853. Curate in Charge, Monewdon, 1878. Curate in Charge of Hamilton, Canada, 1852. Head Master of Great School, Windsor, and Rector of New Port, N,S., 1863-70 ; Examiner in Classics, Divinity, and Logic, Windsor. Blackmore, Martin : . Deacjii, 1842. Priest, 1843. Cape la Hune, 1842. Burgeo, 1843-48. Bay Roberts, 1848-67. Pensioned, 1867. (Dead.) Botwood, Edward ; Deacon, June 3, 1860 (Bishop Feild), Trinity. Priest, June 23, 1862, First Sunday after Trinity. Forteau Labrador, 1860-66. Incumbent of St. Mary's, St. John's, November 13, 1867. Bishop's Commissary, October 13, 1879. Rural Dean of Avalon, December 26, 1879. Archdeacon of Newfoundland and Labrador, August 25, 1894. Canon, 1896. Bradshaw, John Maclntyre : Deacon, 1886. Priest, 1889. Rose Blanche, 1887-88. Lamaline, 1889-90. Osgood, Toronto, Canada, 1890. 71 ^""^ Deacon, 1887, Lewellyn Newfoundland. Priest, 1890. F.I. of Brooklyn, 1887-89. Curate of TwilUngate, 1889-90. Mission S.P.G. and at f^a"^a^^^f'i?.^.%^L- iggi-ga. Incumbent of All Samts, Hazell Hill, U.S., l»»» »*» P.I.E., N.S. Bull, James Henry : Warminster College, 18f;3. Deacon, 1887. Llewellyn Ne\vfoundland. Priest, 1889. New HavbuUi', 1887. Battle Harbour, 1889. Whitbourne, 1892. Caldwell, Edward Kerrison Harvey : C.C.C, Cambridge, 1879. Deacon, 1889, Llewellyn Newfoundland. Priest, November 1891. Curate of Topsail. 1889-91. Harbour Buflfett, November 17, 1891-95. New Harbour, 1895. Carter, George VV. B. : Deacon, 1846. Burgeo, 1847-48. . South Shore, Conception Bay, 1848. Chamberlain, George S. : Deacon, 1863 (Bishop Feild). Priest, 1866. Morton's Harbour, 1863-65. La Poile, 1865-68. SPG. (Deputation), England, 18bS-i u- Bay-de-Verde, 1870-85. Exploits, 1885-87. Herring Neck, 1887. Clift, Theodore W. : Deccon, 1884. Priest, 1886. Little Bay, 1884. Carbonear, 1887-91. Chester (Nova Scotia), 1891. Cogan, Cyril V. C. : Deacon, 1897. White Bay, 1897, 1 I f. ■i tl'4L 72 Cragg, John Goodacre : Deacou, St. :Mntthew'8 Day, 1862 (Bishop I'eild). Priest, June 26, 18?0. Pinchard's Island, October 2, 1862. Greenspond and Pinchard's Island, July 1870. Catalina, January 1879. Bay de Verde, September 7, 1894. Crane, George : Deacon, 1882. Priest, 1884. Exploits, 1882-85. Salvage, 1885-86. Heart's Content (Curate), 1886-87. St. John's Out- ports, 1887-90. S.P.G. Deputation, 1890. Crouch, William Goldsmith : Trinity, 1852. English Harbour, 1854-56. Newfoundland Out-harbours, 1857-58. Died as Curate of Periihore, England. Darrell, Josiah : Deacon, 1853. Priest, 1857. Herring Neck, 1854-73. Lamaline, 1873-89. Salmon Cove, 1889. Dobie, E. J. : Deacon, 1862. Priest, 1869. New Harbour, 1863. Eorteau Harbour, 1865. Petty Harbour, 1873. Isle of Port Hill (P.E.I.), 1882. Cape of Parsboro' (N.S.), 1890. Du Val, Joshua : Harbour Briton, 1853. Burgeo, 1854. Channel and La Poile, 1855-58. Elder, William Alexander, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Eogo, 1854-60. Verulam (Natal), 1860-70. St. Augustine's, Norwich, 1877. 73 Ellingham, Cornelius Miirtiu: Deacon, 1872. Priest, 1874. Ferryland, 1873-74. Portugal Cove, 1875-80. Kaap Gold Fields (Transvaal), 1881-83. P.V. of Cathedral, Pretoria, 1882-86. _ . ,aQ- oo Kector of St. Michael's, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1887-89- Elriiigton, Henry : Deacon, 1889. Priest, 1891, Newfoundland. F.C, of Tilt Cove, 1889. Port de Grave, 1889-90. Random, 1890-91. St. John's Out-ports, 1891. Evans, John Arthur (Ayerst Hall, Cambridge): Deacon, 1887. Priest, 1889. F C. of Harbour Grace, 1887-88. Incumbent ofSpaniard's Bay, 1888-92. Rector of S. Paul Aquasco, Dio, Maryland, 1892. Field, George Henry, Llewellyn Newfoundland : Deacon, 1886. Priest, 1888. Harbour Briton, 1886. Flower's Cove, 1887. Harbour Briton, 1888. S.P.G. Deputation, 1890-91. Burgco, 1891-93. Trinity East, 1893. Fleet, Benjamin : Deacon, 1842. Priest, 1844. Burin, 1842-46. Portugal Cove, 1847. South Shore, 1849-75. (Died, 1875.) Foster, C.H.: Deacon, 1880. mmwn^ with bride^a week after marriage by foundering of SS. " Lion," January 6, 1882.) Hi -l 74 I ! Gifford, Algernon : Deacon, 1849. Priest, 1850. Forteau, Labrador, 1849-59. Portugal Cove, 1859-61. (Besigned through ill-health.) Godden, Llewellyn : Deacon, November 1, 1 892, Llewellyn Kewfouudland. Priest, November 18, 1895. Channel, December 6, 1892. Gceenham, Earnest G. : Deacon, 1897. Catalina, 1897. Gwilym, D. Vaughan: Deacon, 1879 (Newfoundland). Priest, 1882 (Ontario). Spaniards Bay, 1879-81. Balderson (Ontario), 1881-86. Rector Campobello (N. Brunswick), 1886-87. Rector of Richibucto (N. Brunswick), 1887-89. Rector of St. John's, Houlton, Maine, 1889-90. Haynes, William Aquila : Deacon, November 1, 1879, Llewellyn Newfoundland. Priest, June 4, 1882. Curate of Burgeo, 1879. Belleoram, 1881. Hewitt, John : Deacon, November 30, 1875 (Bishop Kelly). Priest, November 1, 1878, Llewellyn Newfoundland. Exploits, 1875. Betts Cove, 1877. Herring Neck, 1879. Burin, 1887. Rural Dean, September 6, 1894. Hollands, Charles William : St. Boniface, Warminster, 1877. Queen's College, Newfoundland, 1879. Deacon, June 12, 1881, Llewellyn Newfoundland. Priest, June 3, 1883. Curate of Bonne Bay, 1881. Incumbent of Bonne Bay, 1883. .kl 7o Hooper, George H.: Deacon, 1858. Priest, 1864. La Poile, 1858-64. Mortou's Harbour, 1865-08. ShefiBeld (Ontario), 1872-76. Arthur (Ontario), 1876-83. How, William : Peacon, 1879. Priest, 1881. Green's Pond, 1879-85. Bay de Verde, 1886-89. Harbour Briton, 1890-91. i,*^,^ ia7i ^ (Drowned in Fortune Bay with two small daughters. 1871.) Howells, George Baymond (Durham University): Deacon, 1889. ?rdth^er:t it^kustraUa by a fall from his horse. Hoyles, William J. : Deacon, 1841. Exploits, 1842. Ferryland, 1843-46. Pogo, 1847-48. Brigus, 1849-50. Carbonear, 1852-78. (Dead). Jagg, Frederic Charles : Deacon, 1862. Church of England Academy, 1862-65. Portugal Cove, 1865. Somerset (Queensland), 1867-68. Vicar of Frosterley, Durham, 1882. Jeffrey, Charles: Deacon, Trinity, 1875 (Bishop Kelly). Priest, Trinity; 1878, Llewellyn Newfoundland. Flowers Cove and Forteau, 1875. St. George's Bay, 1876. Johnson, Reginald Malcolm : Deacon, 1858. Priest, 1861. Curate of Fogo, 1858-65. St. John's Out-ports, 1865-72. Torbay, 1872-78. Hemsworth, York, 1878. 76 Kingwell, John (juii.): Deaeou, 1848. Priest, 1850. Moretou's Harbour, 1849-61. Harbour Buflett, 1862-91. (Died, November 15, 1891.) Kirby, William : Deacon, 1858. Priest, 1860. King's Cove (Curate) 1858-59. „ Incumbent, 1859. Lo Gallais, Wellmeiu William : Deacon, 1857. Priest, 1839. Cbannel, 1857-69. (Drowned with two companions througb upsetting of boat when returning from a sick call from He aux Morts.) Lockward, J. : Deacon, 1868. Priest, 1870. Tilt Cove, 1868-72. Paget (Bermuda), 1872-73. St. John's and Curate of Cathedral, 1872-3. Burin, 1874-78. Waterford (New Brunswick), 1878-83. Kector of St. Martin, 1882-86. Port Med way (Nova Scotia), 1886. Massiah, T. Lomas Pucker : Deacon, 1875. Priest, 1876. French Chaplain at S. Pierre, Miquelon, 1875-76. Twillingats, 1876-77. Curate of Bonne Bay, 1877-78. LaPoile, 1878-81. Hose Blanche, 1882. Curate of Holy Trinity, Stepney, 1883-84. S. Peter's, London Docks, 1884-94. S. Peter's, Stockport, 1894-96. Hensali Vicaruge, Suaith, 1897. Doncaster, 1897. Meek, Christopher : Deacon, 1869. Priest, 1871. Fogo, 1871-84. (Died at Boston from effects of ether whilst under ao operation, 1884.) ^ » 77 Mllner, W. F. : Deacon, 1860. Priest, 1862. Green's Pond, 18(iO-Gl. Morcton, Julian : Deacon, 1849. Priest, 1850. Grecnspond, 1849-60. Bishop's Cove, 1860-61. Government Chaplain at Liibiian, 1862-68. Penang, 1868-74. Curate of St. Jude, Gray's Inn Road, 1875-77. S. Mary Magdalen, Paddington, 1877-73. Vicar of Saltash, Cornwiil), 1878-90. Netten, Theophilus George : Deacon, September 21, 1868 (Bishop Feild). Priest, June 26, 1870. Rose Blanche, 1868-75. Petty Harbour, 187.')-80. St. John's Out-ports, 1880-87. Brigus, 1887-90. Port de Grave, 1890. Noel, John M. : Deacon, Trinitj*. 1864 (Bishop Feild). Priest, Trinity, 1866. Ferryland, 1864. Upper Island Cove, 1867. St. Paul's, Harbour Grace, 1870. Rural Dean of Conception Bay, November 12, 1895. Canon, 1897. Nurse, Theodore Richard : Deacon, November 1, 1879. Priest, January 25, 1883. Goose Bay, 1879-82. Spaniard's Bay, 1882-88. Brooklyn, 1888. Oakley, Alfred M. : Deacon, 1865. Priest, 1867. Fogo, 1868-69. (Died from breaking a blood-vessel, 1869.) 78 I Payne, Charles lennard (S. Boniface, Warminster) ; Deacon, 1878, Priest, 1881. B >nne Bay, 1878-80. St. Pierre, Miquelon, 1880-81. Portugal Cove, 1881-82. Curate of Writtle, Essex, 1884-87. Curate of Wethersfio}*!, Essex, 1883-84. Vicar of Herodsfoot, Cornwall, 1887-89. Rector of Lesnewth, Cornwall, 1889-90. Rector of Willingale, Spain, Essex, 1890. Petlsy, Henry : Deacon, December 18, 1892, Llewellyn Newfoundland. Priest. June, 1896. Random, December 18, 1892. Curate of lionavista, 1895-96. Incnmuent of Foxtrap, 1896. Pittman, Arthur : Deacon, December 6, 1885, Llewellyn Newfoundland. Priest, September 29, 1887. Twillingate, 1885 (Curate of). Green Biy, 1888. Quintin, Thomas Philip : Deaco 1, Trinity, 1882, Llewellyn Newfoundland. Priest, Trinity, 1884. Rose Blanche, 188li. Channel, 1833. Sandwich Bay, 1887. Harbour Briton, 1891. Roberts, .John : Deacon, 184G. Bay de Verde, 1846. Romily, Whitfield Samuel Llewellyn : Deacon, 1885. Priest, 1889. Foreign Mission at Random, Newfonndland, 1 885-90. Channel, 1890-92. Saubornville, New Hampshire, U.S.A., 1892-96. Priest in Charge of Upper La Have, Diocese N.S., 1896. ^ 79 Rule, Ulric Zwinglius : Deacon, 1864. Priest, 1866. Bay of Islands, 1864-73. Curate of Saltwood, Kent, 1873-75. Orpington, Kent, 1875-77. Basingstoke, 1877-80. Forton (Hants), 1880-88. All Saints, Landport, 1889-91. Curate of West Mellow, 1891. Vicar of Barton Stacey, 181(2. Sail, Ernest Augustus : Deacon, lo-is. Priest, 1846. Fortune Bay, 1845-46. Morton's Harbour, 1847-48. Fogo, 1849-53. Bonavista, 1854-60. Chaplain of Panama (18?). iqcq co Curate of Holy Trinity, Micklegate, Yorks., 1868-69. Vicar of Cowgill, Yorks., 1869-71. Dolphinholme, Lanes., 1871-89. Sanderson, .Tohn Shirley (Lichfield College) : Deacon, 1880. Priest, 1882. Harbour Gra^-e, 1882-88. Upper Island Cove, 1889. Shears, William C. : Deacon, 1864. I'riest, 1867. ijurate of Bay Roberts, 1PC4-68. Minister of Bay lloberts, 1868. Skinner, Henry Maynanl : Deacon, IBeV, Priest, 1871. _ Island Cove, Ittt.'- 8. Ferryland, 1868-70. Salvage, 1870-77. ^,,,0-^70 Curate of Diuton, Wilts, Euflund, 18/8-79. Acting C F., Malta, 1879. ,„,.., , , ,.f. curate of Holy Trinity Cathedn.l, Innuiad, 1380. Kcctor of St . Andrews, Trinidad, \ 88U-9 1. Curate of St. J^Iichael's Cathedral, Harbadoe^ 18*2-98. Rector of Holy Trinity, Portal , Antigu. 1 B'Ja-'J* • RcftorofS. bartholGustavia, Antigua, iSfta. 80 Skinner, Frederick : Deacon, 1875. Priest, 1877. Missiouary, Nfwfoundlanrl, 1875-77. Incumbent of Falkland, N.S., and C. F., 1877-78. Curate of St. Michael's Cathedral, Barbadoes, 1878-85. Vicar of St. Mury, Bridgctou, Barl)adoes, 138."-91. Ste^vurt, Samuel M. : Deacon, 1897. Strait of Belle Tslo Mission, 1897. Smiih, Fredevick .Tames Johnston (D.D.) : Deacon, 1878. i'riest, 1881. Salvp.ge, 1878-80. Spaniard's Bav, 1880-33. Choefoo, Chiuii, 1 8^4-37 . S.P.G. Doputauon, 1887-90. Christ Church, Cresswtll, Michigan, 1890. Smith, Walter lledfern : Deacon, May 23, 18G9 (Bishop Feild). Priest, .7 line 29, 1871. Greenspond, 1869. Exploits, 1870-74. Tilt Cove, 1874-79. Trir.ity, East, 1879-85. Portugal Cove, 1886. Snow, Philip G. : Deacon, Trinity Sunday, 1889, Llewellyn Xewfouudland. Priest, Ft>ast of SS. Simon and Jude, 1891. Exploits, September 1889-92. Spaniard's Bay, December 1, 1892-94. Rector of Addington, X.S., '.894-95. Bector of Newcastle Diocese, Fredericton, 1895. Ttiylor, W. Henry : Deacon, 1846. Spaniard's Bay, 1847. First S.P.G. Missionary to Bnpert Sound, St. James, Assiniboine, 1851-67. (Resigued, ill.) Trcmlett, Francis William, D.C.L., University of South U.S. : Deacon, 1846. Priest, 1847. I'ortugal Cove, 1847. Vicar, Belsize Park, London, 1860. I 81 Tucker, George, Yale College, Kansas (1857), M.A., 1866 : Deacon, 1859. Priest, 1861. Curate of Bermuda, 1860-61. Morton's Harbour, 1862-64. Her Majesty's Dockyard, Bermuda, 1864-65. Holy Trinity, Bermuda, 1865-69. Rector of Smith's and Hamilton, Bermuda, 1869-87. Walsh, Charles : Deacon, 1851. Triest, 1853. Bishop's and Island Coves, 1851-59. St. James, Morpeth, N.S.VV., 1861-70. Loehinvar, N.S.W., 1871-88. (Dead.) Warren, Alfred C. : Deacon, 1871. Priest, 1873. New Harbour, 1871. St. George's Bay, 1872-76. Upper Island Cove, 1876-89. (Died in 1889 of small-pox whilst ministering.) Weary, Edwin C. : Deacon, 1882. Priest, 1885. Battle Harbour (Labrador), 1882-85. Greenspond, 1885-89. Riviere du Loup (Quebec), 1889. We&t, Charles Rock : Deacon, 1862. Priest, 1866. Salv.ige, 1863-70. Ferryland, 1870-72. Curate in Charge, Stretton, 1872-74. (Author of " Five Lectures on the Character of Abraham.") Wilson, W. E. : Deacon, 1867. Priest, 1868, Battle Harbour (Labrador), 1868-69. K. C. W., N.S., M.A., 1877. French Professor at K. C. W., N.S. F 82 Winsor, Alfred Samuel Hill : Deacon, 1871. Priest, 1874. Ferryland, 1872. Herring Neck, 1873-79. Burin, J 880-86. White, James Johnston : Deacon, St. Michael and All Angels, 1889. Priest, All Saints, 1892, Llewellyn Newfoundland. Curate of Heart's Content, October, 1889. ^""^^an^ ^''^^'^ (South), Christ Church, November 6. 1890a Wood, Christopher (Clare College, Cambridge) : Deacon, 1884. Priest, 1886. Fogo, 1884-88. Salvage, 1889. Exploits, 1894. 83 (5, I 8 9 7. Visitor : THE LORD BISHOP OF NEWFOUNDLAND. IHrinrttfal : THE KEV. CHARLES KNAPP, M.A. (Oxon.) THE ARCHDEACON OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR. THE RECTOR OF THE CATHEDRAL. THE RECTOR OF ST. THOMAS, ST. JOHN'S. THE REV. CANON COLLEY, R.D. THE REV. CANON PILOT, D.D., D.C.L. JOSEPH OUTERBRIDGE, ESQ. THE HON. WILLIAM H. HORWOOD, Q.C. ^ec refarp of tfit (iTouncil : REV. CANON PILOT. Iiur0at : J. OUTERBRIDGE, ESQ. f. CHAPTER V Regulations for the Theological Students. I. — Eiglit Students in Theology are lodg;ed, boarded, and instructed in the College, each Student, unless specially exempted, paying a sum of at least §40.00 per annum, quarterly, in advance, towards his maintenance. They must be unmarried, fully nine- teen years of age, confirmed, and in full communion with the Church of England. Every Candidate for F 2 84 H i* admission must produce (1) a Certificate of Baptism. [N.B. — If the Certificate of Baptism does not suffice to prove the Candidate fully nineteen years of age, he must produce a declaration of a parent, guardian, or relation to that effect.] (2) A Certificate of Con- firmation. (3) A testimonial or testimonials, from three competent persons, one of whom should be the clergyman of his parish, who should certify the Candidate's attendance at the Holy Communion in, at least, the year preceding. (4) A Certificate from a medical pi'actitioner, of his sound health ar.d constitution, with the perfect use of his I'inbs and senses. The sufficiency of the Candidate's qualifica- tions in other respects will be determined, if in England, by one of the Bishop's Commissaries, if in Newfoundland, by the Visitor. II. — Each Candidate shall, on entrance, make the following declarations : (1) Of assent to the XXXIX Articles. (2) Of conformity to the rules of the College. (3) Of his intention to proceed in due course to Holy Orders, for the work of the ministry in the Diocese of Newfoundland, for at least seven years. (4) Of his freedom from debt. He must have sufficient means to pay his personal expenses in the College without incurring debt. III. — Each Student shall, on admission, make a deposit in tha savings' bank of caution money. If under twenty years of age, $80.00 ; if above twenty years of age, $()0.00. The bank book shall be lei"t in the Princijial's possession. This deposit may be drawn upon during tiie Student's residence in the College, at the discretion of the Principal, but not reduced below $40.00. The balance will be refunded to the St'ident at his Ordination. In the case of the dismissal of a Student, or of his leaving the College without the v^^ritten consent of the Visitor, his U 4 n I 85 caution-money may be forfeited at the option of the Visitor. IV.— Each Student will be expected to reside not less than two nor more than four years; but the term may be shortened or extended at the discretion of the Visitor. Should the Student have nowhere to reside during the vacation he may place his services at the disposal of the Bishop for work upon a Mission. V.~Each Student must pay for his own washing and provide himself with 4 sheets, 1 pillow, 3 pillow- slips, 2 rugs or counterpanes, 3 blankets, 6 towels, 1 flock-bed or mattress— 6 feet by 3 feet. VI.— All the pictures, prints, and books of each Student, are subject to the approval of the Principal. VII.— Each Student will be expected, if required by the clergy, and with the Principal's sanction, to read the lessons in church, to teach in Sunday or other schools, or to undertake other parochial work, or to officiate as catechist under the Bishop's license, but he may not engage in tuition, or in any other occupation without the consent of the Principal. VIII.— The Students shall observe the rules and regulations of tbe College under the direction of the Principal, and any breach of discipline or neglect of duty may, according to the gravity of the offence, be visited with censure, imposition, confinement _ to the College ; or, if of a serious nature, with suspension or expulsion. IX.— Candidates for admission under 19 years of a^e (but otherwise duly qualified and approved), imiy be admitted as Probationers ; and others, when the number of Students is complete, may be admitted as Supernumeraries The Supernumeraries will have all the benefits of the College, subject to the same 86 I ,f II discipline as the Students, at the rate of SOI. sterling (.^144.00) per annum, to be paid quarterly in advance. The Probationers' fees are §80 per annum. X. — Candidates for admission to the College should make application three months at least beforehand to the Principal, and forward at the same time the papers specified in Rule I. Candidates residing in England should apply to one of the Bishop's Com- missaries, the Rev. Canon Jones, M.A., Selton Park, Liverpool, or the Rev. J. J. Curling, M.A., Hamble Vicarage, Southampton. XI. — All Candidates for admission to the College as Students or Supernumeraries, unless graduates of a University, will be required to pass an Entrance ExaminatioQ in the following subjects : — I. BiBLiA Sacka: — ((t.) Old Testament : — The Pentateuch and Historical Books. (Maclear's Old Testament History, Is.) (6.) New Testament : — St. John I- VI., in the original Greek; and the four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles in English. (Maclear's New Testament History, Is.) II. Classics : — {a.) Latin Grammar and Elementary Com- position. Csesar's De Bello Gallico, Book I. (6.) Greek : —Grammar. Xenophou's Anabasis, Book I. III. Mathejiatics : — Arithmetic. Algebra : L. C. M., G. C. M. ; Easy fractions ; Simple equations of two unknown quantities, and problems of one unknown quantity. Eucliti, Book I.-II. IV. English History: — A general knowledge. 87 Declarations required to be made hy every Student upon his Matriculation as a Student of Queen's College^ namely : — (1.) I. to be admitted a Student of the Theological College, Newfoundland, do declare that I do willingly and ex animo subscribe to the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion of the Church of England. (2.) I, to be admitted a Student of the Theological College, Newfoundland, do declare that during my residence in the College I will faithfully obey the orders and conform to the regulations thereof, and will diligently prosecute the studies required of me, according to the rules of the College. (3.) I,_ to be admitted a Student of the Theological College, Newfoundland, do declare that my object in seeking admission is to take Holy Orders, and to serve as a Missionary or Minister in the Diocese of Newfound- land for at least seven years after my Ordination ; and, if by my own act and choice I quit the College before taking Holy Orders, or if after being ordained I quit the Diocese, or cease to serve in it as a Missionary or Minister in less than seven years from the date of my Ordination, I will in either case pay, or cause to be paid, to the Visitor of the College the cost of my maintenance and instruction at the rate of 144 dollars per annum, for the whole time of my residence in the College. (4.) I, :; i to be admitted a Student of the Tlieological College, Newfoundland, do declare that I am free from debt. ««HP« 88 List of Benefactors. ■, ; . i^i Date. Benefactor. Benefaction. Feb. 18,1 Society for the Propagation 1842. I of the Gospel. June 1842. 1842 1842 1846 1850 1852 1869 to 1871. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Bishop Feild (how far from subscribers received, and how far from personal funds there is nothing to show). Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Contributors in Diocese of Newfoundland towards the Endowment Fund, including— Rev. E. Botwood's and Rev. 1{. Caswall's Appeals, and 500/. from the Church Society. 150/. towards expenses of providing " School and Lecture Room."* 50/. towards expenses of providing " School and Lecture Room."t Exhibitions of 50/. for each Student, until the esta- blishment of the Endow' ment Fund. 80/. for type (printing) .J "0/. building of Theological Institute.^ The land on which the Col- lege now stands, and tlie old part of the building.§ Enlargement of the Col- lege. 2,000/. for buildmg. Sterling. £ s. d. I. Newfound- 2,375 16 5 land. II 2. Canada, New 336 7 5 York, &c. Donation - 30 3. Bermuda - 235 1 8 4. England, in- cluding 500/. by S.l'.C.K. 3,3!«5 18 3 £6,303 3 9 * Bishop Spencer's Letter, 16 Nov. 1841. •)• Journal of Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 17 June 1842. X Report for 1842, p. 78. § Dr. Pilot. II Bishop's letters of 27 Oct. 1869 and 15 June 1871. / Si 89 Date. 1876 Benefactor. 1896 1897 1897 Benefaction. Miss Lempricrc, of Cam- bridge, and uuonymous donatiotia. Collection made i n England by Bev. Ambrose Hey- gate, and Bev. J.J. Curling. Bev. J. J. Curling Dr. Bailey, Warden of St. Augustine's College, Canterbury. Mrs. Feild Dr. Bray's Libraries Bishop Feild Bishop Diiniel Wilson St. Augustine's College (Warden and Fellows). Archdeacon Bridge Dean Church (B. W.) Miss Bigaud Bebecca D. Maberly and many others. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Legacy from Miss Pomeroy Pomeroy. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (Marriott Bequest Fund). Miss Pomeroy Pomeroy The Library, with Chapel or " Hospital " rooms.* 217/. 17«. 2d. towards fur- nishing Library. The Arundel Society Pic- tures. 50/. sterling for an annual prize or gift of books.f The rent of Avalon Cottage. Books. Books, part of Rev. J. Bigaud's Library. Books. 250/. Endowment Fund. 200/. 1,000/. (500/. Endowment, 500/. for building). Books. * J. J. C. t Bishop's letter, 15 June 1871. The above list of benefactors is very incomplete without the names of those who contributed to the College Endowment Fund from 1869 to 1871. Foremost amongst them is Bishop Kelly, whose unstinted and sympathetic liberality will always be remembered in New- foundland. J. J. C. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 L£12.8 150 ^^ ■10 Uj Ixub = 31 WUu 1.4 ^5 125 IM I 2.2 2.0 1.6 fliotographic Sciences Corporation 23 WIST MAIN STRUT WIBSTIR.N.Y. MSSO (716) 872-4S03 90 APPENDIX. The Gollegb Trust. As briefly alluded to already, the question of the College Trust, and its relation to the Diocesan Synod, has been the oubject of very con- siderable debate since the death of Bishop Feild, and any sketch of the College history would be incomplete without some reference to it. The question must be still regarded as not satisfactorily settled, although, perhaps, the legal phase of the matter being somewhat complicated, it is better as it is. The two documents in which Bishop Feild dealt with the Trust iire : (i.) a Memorandum of Trust by Edward Lord Bishop of Xewfoundland, executed in favour of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel on October 27, 1869 ; and (ii.) the Bishop's Will, bearing date 28th September 1878. We give these in extenso. I Memokandum of Trust by Edward Lord Bishof of Newfoundland. To the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The Fund established by me in the hands of the said Societj , and called the St, John's, Newfoundland, Theological College Endowment Fund, amounting to ;. together with any additions that may be made to the same, is to be held on the following Trusts, viz. : — The Society is to keep the same invested in Government Securities of Great Britain, or may with the written consent of the Bishop lawfully exercising episcopal functions in Newfoundland, in union and communion with the Church of England for the time being, invest the Fund or any part of it in any other Securities in Great Britain or the Colonies of British North America, or British India, which from time to time shall be sanctioned by the standing committee of the said Society; and the annual income thereof shall be applied in maintaining the Theological College in St. John's, Newfoundland, and the oiBcers and exhibitioners therein, according to any scheme which I, Edward, Bishop of Newfoundland, whilst Bishop of the See, may establish and direct ; or if I shall omit to establish or direct any such scheme, then, according to any scheme that the said Society (with the written approval of the Bishop lawfully exercising episcopal functions in Newfoundland as aforesaid) may from time to time esttiblish and direct, and such annnal income shall in the meanwhile and until some such scheme shall be established, be paid to the Bishop aforesaid to be applied by him for the purpose aforesaid, in such manner as he shall think best. 91 Provided, that if at any time it shall be deemed advisable to trauHfcr the said trust to Newfoundland, awi constitute a local trust, it shall be lawful for the said Society (vfith the written approval of the Bishop aforesaid) to constitute such trust and dispose of the said trust fund accordingly, aad to make such provision respecting the same and respecting the appoiutment of the trustees (of whom the Bishop aforesaid shall always be one) and the powers of the trustees in respect of investments and otherwise as may be deemed advisable, yet so that the fund shall always be held for the same purposes, and the income thereof be applicable in the same manner as is herein-before expressed Provided also, that if the funds shall prove insufficient to maintain the Officers and Exhibitioners, together with the building of the said College, it shall be lawful for the trustees (on the application of the Bishop aforesaid) to apply the annual income to the maintenance of exhibitioners, to be educated and trained for the Ministry of the Church of England in Newfoundland at St. Augustine's College, Canterbury, or at any College for the education and training of missionaries in British North America, such Exhibitioners being bound to serve as Missionaries or Ministers of the Church of England in Newfoundland upon such conditions as the trustees may from time to time appoint. Provided also, that the sum of 8l. shall be expended yearly and every year for a grant of books in reward of proficiency to some one or more of the Students in accordance with the provisions of a subscription for that purpose by the Keverend Henry Bailey, B.A., the Warden of St. Augustine's Missionary College, Canterbury. Signed and sealed this twenty-seventh day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, at St. John's, Newfoundland, by me Seal ./I EDWARD NEWFOUNDLAND. Extract from Bishop Feild's Will relating to thk COLLEOB. " I give and bequeath to the Diocesan Synod of Newfoundland hereinafter named, in trust for the use or purpose specified in each case — " 1. The site of the Theological College, with the buildings erected thereon, in trust for the purpose of lodging iind boarding young men to be educated and trained for the ministry of the Church of England in Newfoundland. 92 " 2. The land to the south of and adjoining the above-named property, with the houses and tenements thereon, constituting a pro- perty commonly called or known as ' The Brewery,' in trust to apply the rents and profits to the support of the Theological College aforesaid. " 15. The property on the south side of the harbour adjoining St. Mary's Church in trust for the occupation and use of the Incumbent of St. Mary's if resident on the property, other^vilse to apply the rents and prufits to the support of the Theological College. " 17. The sum of seven thousand four hundred pounds Canadian Bonds, now held by myself and the Society for the Propiigation of the Gospel conjointly in truDt to apply the interest (300/. sterling) per annum to the support of the before-named Theological College in St. John's. " 18. Subject to my wife's (Sophia Feild's) life interest in the Eame, the house commonly called or known as Avalon Cottage, with the gardens and buildings attached ... to receive and enjoy the rents and profits of the same, but upon her decease, or sooner if she pleases, in trust to employ the rents and profits of Avalou Cottage for the support of the Theological College." I I A Select Committee of the Diocesan Synod was appointed in 1885 which reporte<l as follows : — Report op the Select Committee of the Synod appointed TO consider the Relations op the Synod with the Theological College, &c. The Select Committee appointed to consider and report to the Synod upon the relations of the Synod with the Theological College, and to make recommendations therefore beg to report as follows : — The Theological College was founded on the 19th January 1850, by the Charity of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and is partially endowed. The building and site were provided and furnished by private bounty. The endowment referred to consists of the sum of 7,5002. sterling, collected by the late Bishop Feild, and left in trust to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, to invest the same on good seciu-ities, and to apply the interest thereof in maintaining the Theological College, according to a scheme provided by the late Bishop Feild. The income derived on this account, viz., 360/. currency, is by the said Trust ordered to be paid to the Bishop of Newfoundland for the time ueiug in supporting the said College. The trust also provides for the appointment of local trustees at the instance of the Society of the Propagation of the Gospel, with the written consent of the Bishop for the time being, which Society has power to determine the nature of the trust to be so appointed. I 93 If ever the funds are foand inadequate to maintain the College upon its present basis, a second proviso of the said trust sets forth that the income derivable from the endowment shall be applied in maintaining Theological Students at St. Augustine's College, Canterbury, or at any College for the education and training of candidates for the Ministry of the Church of England in British North America. This trust bears date 27th October 1869. By the will of the late Bishop Feild, bearing date 28lh September 1875, the site of the Theological College, with the buildings thereon, with land adjoining the said College, commonly called the " Brewery," together with the property called " Avalon Cottage " (subject to the life interest of Mrs. Feild, which has since been resigned to the Synod), was left in trust to the Synod to apply the same in maintaining Students to be educated for the Ministry of the Church of England in Newfoundland. Uf this property the land adjoining the College called the " Brewery " was sold to the Newfoundland Bailway Company for 2,360^, which sum has been invested for the purpose of this Synod trust. All the securities for the above trust, viz., the site of the College and Avalon Cottage, and for invesnnents of the aforesaid 2,36oT. are now in the cU8t(Kly of the Treasurer of the Synod. The net income from the Synod trust amounts to about 145/. ' Managrment of the College. Under the terms of the trust referred to, now in the hands of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, the College is managed bj' a scheme furnished by the late Bishop Feild. This scheme sets forth that the Lord Bishop of Newfoundland, or in his absence his Episcopal Commissary, is Visitor, and with him rests the appointment of the Principal and Vice-Principal of the College, and the making of all rules for instruction and discipline. The said Visitors or Bishop is assisted in the government of the College by a Council, consisting of the rectors of the several parishes in St. John's, and of such other persons as he may from time to time appoint. A copy of rules and regulations respecting Students is herewith appended, together with the course of study prescribe 1 for ihem. All Student-i, on admission, are required to sign a declaration that in consideration of their education and maintenance, they will serve iu the Diocese of Newfoundland for a period of seven years. Hitherto, under the said scheme, the Visitor has appointed all the officers of the College, and, aided by the Council, has had the sole management of the College, and the expenditure of the incomes derivable under the trusts aforenamed. Ll. NEWyoONDLAW). Wm. Pilot. J. S. Winter. W. V. Whiteway. G. T. Bendell. 94 I Two years later we find the Bishop referring to it in his opening Address to the Synod in June 1887. His Lordship says : — " The relation which the College bears to the Synod is a subject which has engaged the attention of the Executive Committee for the last 12 months. C(>nsiderablc delay was caused by the difficulty in obtaining decisive information from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel as to the existence or non-existence of a trust deed. It appears that no trust deed exists which gives the Society any control over the Endowment Fund, and the Society is prepared to hand over the bonds as snon as a proper application is made for them. It would seem that STich application should emanate from the executors of Bishop FeikVs will, or at least under their authority. A so-called memorandum of trust signed by Bishop Feild is in the hands of the Society. It !S a lingular paper, the amount of the fund being left blank, and the ' hand and seal' making the title of ' memorandum' a misnomer. Opinions differ as to the value to be attached to this document, and as a prominent member of the sub-committeo appointed to deal with this matter, Mr. George Rendell (whose absence from his accustomed place in the Synod through illness we mnst all regret), is in England, the further considcratiou of the question has been postponed. " Meanwhile, an impression, it may be a mistaken one, has grown upon my mind that the laity do not feel that interest in the Theological College which might naturally be expected. When we consir ;r what the efforts of the College are, that within its walls a large pr , portion of our clergy are prepared for their future work, that upon the two or three years' training which they there receive will depend in a great measure their ministerial efficiency, how far reaching is any bias, whether moral or theological which may be there imparted ; we must admit that it is one of the most important institutions, and that it should enjoy the confidence and enlist the sympathy of the whole Church. If I am correct in my surmise, and if the lack of interest proceeds from a feeling of dissatisfaction that the management of the College property shculd be in the hands of a body which is not responsible to the Synod, I am prepared to say that, while retaining in my own hands the control of what relates to the course of study and the maintenance of discipline, I should offer no obstacle to such a reasonable modification of the existing arrangement as would tend to place the College upon a more satisfactory tooting. It is, however, necessary for me to remind the Synod that the question is not one which cau be hastily settled, but that the solution will require much thought and great care." Action was taken by the Executive Committee of the Synod in 1889, and the Secretary, in a letter dated April I. '5, 1889, writes to Mr. Tucker, the Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, as follows : — " I am, therefore, directed by the Executive Committee, of which the Bishop is Chairman, to ask you if the Society for the Propagation &5 of the Gospel will transfer the bends to the Diocesan Synod, either by transmitting them to the Treasurer, or by holding them in the name of the Synod, subject to the order of the Executive Committee." Mr. Tucker replied on May 24, expressing the Society's willingness in the following terms :— " The Society will be willing to transfer the " Tinist to the Diocesan Synod, pro'nded that a satisfactory investment " can be arranged. If this is done, a draft deed should be sent to me " for approval and execution, &c." On November 19, 1889, Mr. Tucker wrote to the Bishop saying that such draft had been forwarded by Mr. Bendell, the Secretary of the Synod, but added, " our legal advisers have suggested a short " form, of which I enclose a draft, and shall be glad to know whether " it satisfies your Lordship and the Synodal Executive." The result was that the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel executed on March 5, 1890, a " Declaration of Trust," in which they set aside the Memorandum of Trust of October 27, 18G9, and act under Bishop Feild's Will. The following is a copy of the Deed : — Decxabation made by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel concerning a " Bequest " by the late Bight Rev. Edwaud Feild, D.D., for the Theological College in Saint John's, Newfoundland. To all to whom these Presents shall corae : Whereas the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts is the holder of seven thousand five hundred pounds four per cent. Inscribed Stock of the Dominion of Canada, standing in the name of the said Society. And whereas the said Stock was bequeathed by the late Bight Beverend Edward Feild, D.D., to the Diocesan Synod of Newfound- land in trust, to apply the yearly interest thereupon to the support of the Theological College in St. John's, Newfoundland. And whereas it has been agreed that the said Society shall execute a Declaration of Trust "i" *"!lo„s : — Now these Presents witness that the said Stock and interest thereupon are held by it in trust for the use and benefit of the said College of Newfoundland, and to be administered by the said Synod as legatee and owners thereof. In witness whereof, the said Society hath this twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, affixed its corporate Seal hereunto. In the presence of (Signed) Hesrt W. Tucker, M.A., Secretary. (Signed) I. Squibb, Clerk to the Trustees. [ Seal j il ^ 96 In the meantime the Synod of 1889 had passed an Act dealing with the whole question, which still stands upon the Statute Book. It is as follows : — An Act relating to the Theological College. iPassed 5th September 1889), Whereas it is desirable to define the position of the Theological College in relation to the Synod, and to provide for its maintenance and management. Be it therefore enacted by the Bishop, Clergy, and Lay Delegates in Session assembled : — I. — The Institution known as the Theological College shall be continued as the Theological College of this Diocese. II. — Until othenvise provided by Act of this Synod, the manage* luent of the College shall be vested in the Bishop and a Council, to be constituted and appointed as herein-after provided, except that the appointment and removal of the Principal and other ofScers of the College, and the making and execution of all rules for instruction and discipline sh&U bo in the hands of the Bishop. III. — The Council shall consist of five Clergymen, of whom the Bishop's Commissary shall be ex officio one, and three Laymen, and shall be nominated by the Bishop. IV. — The property and funds of and pertaining to the College shall be held by the Synod in trust for the use and purposes of the College, and the annual income arising therefrom shall be paid over by the Secretary of the Synod to the Bishop and Council from time to time, as required, to be disbursed by them. V. — A report on the condition and affairs of the College shall be made by the Bishop and Council to each Biennial Session of the Synod. The Act met with vigorous opposition from the Members of the College Council, especially the Venerable Archdeacon Botwood, Rev. Dr. Pilot, the Secretary to the Council, and the Kev. J. J. Curling. The controversy was continued in the Synod of 1890, and in 1891 a long correspondence took place between Dr. Pilot, on behalf of the College Council, and the Kev. II. W. Tucker, the Secretary of 97 the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. The following letters, written in the early part of 1892, are of value :— Bev. H. W. TuCKiB to Dr. Pilot, D.D. (Copy.) Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 19, Delahay Street, Mt Dear Db. Pilot. Westminster, February 5, 1892. The Standing Committee have obtained a legal opinion on the points raised in your letter of November 13th, 1891, which is in the following terms :— ♦' In March 1890 the Society was advised (and I believe rightly so) to recognise the absolute title of the Synod, and to pay the dividends of the Trust Fund to the Synod, and was also prepared to transfer the Trust Fund to the Synod. '' Under these circumstances ii is for the local tribunals to bring the Synod to account, should it (which ought not to be anticipated) abuse its powers or neglect its duties as Trustee. *• The Society has no power or authority over the Trust Fund after the Deed of 1890." I read this opinion to Mr. Curling a few days ago, when he called upon me. Yours very faithfully, (Signed) Henry W. Tucker, Kev. W. PUot, D.D. Secretary. Rev. Dr. Pilot to Rev. H. W. Tucker. (Copy.) St. John's, Newfoundland, Mt Dear Mb. Tucker, March 12, 1892. I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 5th February, containing " legal opinion " upon some of the poirts referred to in my last letter to you respecting the Trust Deed of the Theological College of the Diocese. Mr. Horwood, counsel for Mr. Curling in this matter, has perused it, and still urges that the main points in question have not been answered at all by this legal opinion. (1.) He disputes the right of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel to part with its share of the Trust without the written consent of the Bishop. (2.) He insists that the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel could not divest itself of the responsibility of framing with the Bishop a scheme for the management of the College (i.e., assuming that no scheme existed), and thereby of perpetuating the intention of Bishop Feild, the Founder of the Trust. Discretionary power given by Bishop Feild's Trust Deed in the matter of establishing a scheme was never transferable, whatever may be said in refeience to the transfer of the fund itself. (3.) He adds, the Bishop, quoad Bishop, has been deprived of his College, the Society, according to your letter of February 5th, having G 98 I i recognised the absolute title of the Synod presumably to the fund (though this is not stated in your letter). As to the transfer of the fund itself tu local trustc-S, the Deed required the consent of the Bishop to enable the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel to create such. The Bishop said : " I have " not given a written approval to the Society for the Propagation of " the Gospel to create a local trust." The Deed made the Bishop and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel co-trustees for the management of the Trust Fund. The Bishop says : " I am not a co-trustee with the Synod for the College Fund." Where, then, is the Bishop in this matter now ? Deprived of his position as co-trustee. Bishop Fcild's purpose in regard to a scheme frustrated, he has now to get power to manage his own College, to ask permission of the Synod, the pei-sonnel of which is constantly changing, and which 1 may observe is not competent to lay down a scheme for the management of a College for the education and training of the Clergy of the Diocese. This is plainly the case, as others besides myself view this matter. The Society has entirely ignored the Trust Deed. I have since my last referred to the conveyance executed to the Synod and find no mention whatever is made of the Society having held the fund under a Trust Deed. On the contrary, it is stated to have been held under & hequest in the will of Bishop Feild. But the executors of Bishop Feild's will took an entirely different view of the matter, and Bishop Kelly, one of the executors, writing from Inverness, 2nd December 18S7, says : "I have no wish, and as it appears to me no power, to " interfere in any arrangement which you and the Synod may w ish " to make with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, as " Trustees of the Theological College Endowment Fund. Having << created a Trust, consisting of the Bishop (and I presume this means " the Bishop for the time being) aud the Society for the Propagation " of the Gospel, to whom the fund was handed over, it appears to me " that Bishop Feild had put it out of his power to deal with these " funds by will." The other executor, Mr. Hayward, Q.C., concurred in this view taken by Bishop Kelly, and tliey refused to execute any conveyance of those funds to the Synod, or to recognise the funds, as in any way part of Bishop Feild's estate. Here lies our whole contention. I ought, perhaps, to offer some apology for troubling you so much in this matter. It is that I am concerned only for the good of the Theological College, and feel that a responsibility rests upon me, and others who think with me in this matter, of maintaining that form of sound teaching and discipline that Bishop Feild maintained, and of endeavouring to prevent even the possibility of the work of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel from being undone. I am, my dear Sir, Very faithftillv yours, (Signed) " W. Pilot. 99 Prebendary Tcckeb to the Bev. Dr. Pilot. (Copy.) 19, Delahay Street, Westminster, S.W., Mt Dkab Dr. Pilot, May 10, 1892. Ths Standing Committee having read your letter of March 12, bid me inform you that, having acted bond fide, and under legal advice, and, aR they believe, in strict accord with the terms of Bishop Feild's fi\\\, they are not prepared to reopen the qi:e&tion of the transfer of St. John's College to the Diocesan Synod. I saw Mr. Horwood, but at a very busy moment ; I believe, however, that he understands the Society's position. The Bev. Dr. Pilot. Yours faithfully, (Signed) Uekrt W. Tucker. In April 1892, Mr. Curling obtained a legal opinion upon the matter in dispute from Mr. H. Horwood, Q.C., of St. John's, and ito cleorne^is makes it worthy of publication. Letter of Mr. William H. Horwood to Bev, J. J. Ccrlino St. John's, Newfoundland, Dear Sir, April 7, 1892. I HAVE, as instructed by you, made careful inquiries into the matter of the Theological College Endowment Fund with the following result : — I find that the Fund, amounting to upwards of , equal to , now standing in the name of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, is held by the Society »8 Trustee under a memorandum of Tnut from the late Bishop Feild, of date the 27th of October A.D. 1869, opon the following Trusts : — (1.) To invest the principal in approved securities, and to apply the annual income thereof in maintaining the Theological College in St. John's, Newfoundland, and the officers and Exhibitioners therein according to any Scheme which Bishop Feild, whilst Bishop of Newfoundland, may establish, or upon his failure to establish such Scheme, then according to any Scheme that the said Society (with the written approval of the Bishop lawfully exercising episcopal functions in Newfoundland) may from time to time establish. (2.) In the meanwhile, and until the establishment of puch Scheme, to pay the annual income arising from the investment to the Bishop of the See, to be applied by him for the pur|)ose of maintaining the Theological College in St. John's, Newfoundland. The deed also contains a provision that if at any time it shall bn deemed advisable to transfer the said Trust to Newfoundland, and constitute a local trubt, it shall be lawful for the said Society (with the written approval of the Bishop aforesaid) to constitute such *-f 100 I I Trust, nud dispose of the said Trust Fuud accordingly, and to make provision respecting the same, and respecting the appointment of Trustees (of whom the Bishop aforesaid shall always be one) pro- vided that the Fund shall always be held for the same purposes, and the income thereof be applicable in the same manner as is above expressed. It appears that Bishop Feild whilst Bishop of the See did not establish any Scheme in accordance with the terms of the said deed. It if true that he made a will purporting to deal with this Fund, but the provisions contained in this will relating to the Trust Fund were not carried out by his executors (Bishop Kelly and Mr. Hayward, Q.C.) on the ground that Bishop Feild having created the aforesaid Trust had put it out of his power to deal with these funds by will. I may say that I am clearly of opinion that the executors were correct in the course they took, and that Bishop Feild's will was powerless to vary the terms of the Trust Deed. By a deed bearing date the 25th day of March, 1890, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel purported to convey to the Diocesan Synod the Fund held by them under the Trust Deed. Now, whether the deed from the Society for the Propagation of the Gusp'-:! to the Synod be regarded as a " scheme," such as is conter ]/lated by the Trust Deed, or as a local trust, or whether it be regnrded as both a scheme and a local trust, it must in any case have the written approval of the Bishop in order to give it validity. As I am instructed, the Bishop has not approved in writing of the Deed, and it is quite clear that until the written approval of the Bishop be given this Deed is of no effect. It will be also observed that to form a local Trust the Trust Deed provides that the Bishop shall be made a co-trustee. The deed from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel to the Synod does n'^t appear to have complied with the requirements of the original Trust Deed in these respects. I am, therefore, of opinion that the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel continues as the trustee of this Fund, holding it pursuant to the terms of the original Memorandum of Trust from Bishop Feild, and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel may now, with the concurrence ot the Bishop, establish such a scheme ns the Trust Deed refers to. If such a scheme were established the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel could, in addition, with the Bishop approval, convey the Trust to Newfoundland, thereby creating a local trust, and appoint the Bishop and the Synod co trustees to hold the Fund in accordance with the scheme as established. Whether a scheme be established or not it seems highly advisable that any conveyance by way of local trus* from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel to the Synod and Bishop should fully declare the Trusts upon which the Fund is to be held. The desirability of the Trust being clearly defined in this way is so obvious that it is unnecessary for me to say anything further upon it. Yours faithfully, (Signed) Williau H. Hobwood. !^ 4 101 It is to this that Mr. Tucker refers in his last letter. Here the "whatever *be* the true legal rights of the question at issue, two salient points are very clear; firstly, that the funds, by whomsoever held, were raised for the training of Student, m the Theologica Colleire at St. John's for the work of the Diocese 5 secondly, that such College is to continue eve/ to be under the sole authority and management of the Bishop of the Diocese ; every document which deals with the College management, and almost every letter in which Bishop Feild mentioned the College plainly states this; audit would seem to be clearly outside the power of the Diocesan Synod to interfere with the management of the College, and m as far as the present Act does this it breaks the spirit, if not also the letter, of Bishop Feild's arrangement. October, 189" C. K. 1 i [PRINTED BT ETRK A\D SPOTTISWOODE.— P. 5864.]