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lUnbersita of King's OlolUge, (Toronto,

PROCEEDINGS

AT THB

CEREMONY OF LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE,

April 23, 1^42 ;

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AT THE OPENING OF THE UNIVERSITY,

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APRIL 23, 1842.

©ftr (Etrtmon^ of
ila»mg m :ffonntfation Stone.

The proceedings of this memorable day <'> com-
menced with the ceremonial, usually observed on the
Anniversary of the Patron Saint of England. The
St. George's Society, accompanied by the sons of St.
Andrew and St. Patrick, repaired to the Cathedral of
St. James, at 11 o'clock, where divine service was
performed, and a Sermon, (on Daniel vi. ch. 10 v.)
replete with vigorous and appropriate thought, and
clothed in language of no ordinary beauty, was preached
by the Society's Chaplain— the Rev. Henry Scadding,^'*^
M. A., of St. John's College, Cambridge.

Immediately after the conclusion of the Service, the
Societies proceeded to Upper Canada College, to join
the procession, formed in honour of laying the founda-
tion-stone of the University. The order and compo-
nent parts of the procession are described in the
subjoined Programme :

Escort of 1st Incorporated Dragoons.

Pupils of the Home District Grammar School.

Head Master and Assistant of Home District Grammar

School.
Porters of King's College and Upper Canada College.

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Superin* of Grounds. Contractor. Superin' of Building.

Clerks of King's College Office.

Pupils of Upper Canada College.

Junior Masters of Upper Canada College.

Members of the Faculties of

Arts,

Medicine,

Law,

Divipity.

Architect. Bursar. Solicitor.

Senior Masters of Upper Canada College. '^

Council of King's College.

Visitors of King's College.

Bedels and Verger.

Esquire Bedel.

Senior Visitor President

OF (tt'bantelioT. OF

King's College. King's College.

His Excellency the Governor General's Suite,

and Officers of the Navy and Army.

Executive Councillors.

Legislative Councillors.

Members of the House of Assembly.

Bailiffs.

Mayor and Corporation of the City.

Judge, Sheriff, and Warden of the Home District.

Magistrates of the Home District.

Band.

Societies of St. George, St. Patrick, and St. Andrew.

Masonic Society.

Mechanics* Institute.

Fire and Hook and Ladder Companies.

Gentry.

Escort of 1st Incorporated Dragoons.

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At 1 o'clock precisely, His Excellency the Chan-
cellor arrived at the gate of the College Avenue, in an
open carriage and four, escorted by a party of the First
Incorporated Dragoons. Here Le was received by the
President of the University, the Lbrd Bishop of Toronto,
the Principal and Masters of Upper Canada College,
and the Esquire Bedel, Wm. Cayley, Esq., M. A., of
Christ Church, Oxford, and conducted to a chair of
state, at the front door of the College, placed on a
slightly raised platform, over which was suspended a
canopy, tastefully decorated with ever-green boughs-

The following Address was then read by the Reve-
rend Principal, Dr. McCaul, His Excellency standing
in front of the chair, and attended by his Chief and
Private Secretaries — Thos. W. C. Murdock, Esq., and
Captain Henry Bagot, R. N.

ADDRESS.

Laetantes honore, quo urbem nostram dignatus es,
Prsefecte Celsissime, gratias tibi agimus, quod nos
quoque baud indignos, quos visere velles, judicdsses.

Tibi in fidem et tutelam Collegium hocce tradi-
mus, neque dubitamus quin Patroni munera libenter
suscipias, et parvulos hosce Religionis et Doctrinae
cultores, quos tibi commendamus, favore amplectaris,
atque eorum ingenia et studia benigne foveas. Spe-
rare liceat, ilium, cujus opera prompta et studiosa,
Canada exoptans, Collegio Regali, dono regibus digno,
donata est, nostrum quoque Msecenatem esse baud
dedignaturum.

Provinciae, tibi etiam, Cancellarie optime, banc
diem gratulamur, Universitatis Canadensis natalem,
quam pectore bene fido, beneficiorumque tuorum me-
mori, reponet nostra aetas, — reponent etiam, —

" Et nati natorum et qui nascentar ab illiK,"

Deus O. M. dot ut diu Canadcnsibus pads cum
comnioda turn decora prajstes, et semper, ut hodie,
tuum sit, ut " inter olivas hedera circum tempora tibi
serpat !"

TRANSLATION.

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Rejoicing in the honour, which Your Excellency
has conferred upon this City, we feel deeply grateful
that vou have condescended to visit this Institution.

" We commend this College to your favour and pro-
tection, not doubting that you will gladly undertake
the office of Patron, and that, looking benignantly
upon these youthful votaries of religion and learning,
you will foster their abilities and encourage their
studies. We would indulge the hope that he, — by
whose prompt and energetic action the province of
Canada, earnestly desiring so great a boon, has been
blessed with the princely gift of King's College, —
will aLo deign to be our Maecenas.

*'We congratulate the province, we congratulate
Yourself, O most excellent Chancellor, upon this day,
the birth-day of the University, — a day which the pre-
sent age will treasure up in grateful and retentive
memory, and which will also be remembered for ever
by-

' Our children's sons and each successive race.'

*' May Your Excellency, through the favour of
Almighty God, long continue to afford to this pro-
vince the enjoyment of the arts as well as the blessings
of peace, and as on this day, so may it ever be Your
Excellency's characteristic, * to wear as the chaplet on
your brow the classic ivy twined round the olive,
happy emblem of peace.' "

Ills EXCELLENCY S REPLY.

Gratulationos Vestra?, tarn sincere habita?, mihi gra^
tissima) sunt. CoUegio, quod (ommendavistis, baud
deerit patrocinium meurn, discipulosquc vestros animo
libenti in tutclam recipio. Nullum enim munus pra?-
stantius aut jucundius susciporo possum quam ea
studia, quibus vos tarn dili«^enter incumbitis, alere,
quippe quae Ueginse fidelitatom, patria; amorem, et
Deo reverentiam summam, tribuere doceant.

Dies haec mea in mcmoria penitus insidebit, spero-
que Canadenses Universitatis Torontoniensis bonis
fruentes, ejus natalcm "meliore lapillo" quotannis
numeraturos.

Hanc Provinciam, Britannici imperii subsidium et
omamentum, diu pace beet, Deum precor et ore, — ut
Religioiie et doctrina pariter cum opibus augeatur.

TRANSLATION.

" It is with no ordinary- feelings of pleasure, that T
receive your cordial congratulations. Be assured that
your College shall receive my countenance and sup-
port, and that I will gladly extend protection and
fostering care to the pupils of the institution. I can
indeed undertake no duty more excellent or more con-
genial to my feelings than to cherish those studies to
which you so zealously devote yourselves, for they
inculcate the rendering of allegiance to the Queen,
attachment to father-land, and profound reverence to
God. This day will for ever be imprinted on my
memory, and I hope that it will ever be regarded by
the inhabitants of Canada, whilst enjoying the bless-
ings of the University of Toronto, as a most auspicious
and memorable anniversary.

*• It is my earnest i)rayer to Almighty God that this
province, which at once strengthens and adorns the
British Empire, may long he hlessed with peace, that
it may flourish alike in wealth, learning, and religion."

Immediately on the termination of this part of the
ceremony, the tolling of the College boll gave the
signal for moving to the site of the University ; ^'^
the vast procession gradually uncoiled itself, and His
Excellency the Chancelloi*, with the President on his
right and the Senior Visitor (the Hon. Chief Justice
Robinson), on his left, proceeded on foot down the
College Avenue, lined on either side by soldiers of the
93rd Regiment, and thence through the streets which
lead to the University Avenue, each section of the rear
of the procession, after he had passed through its open
ranks, falling into its appointed places The countless
array moved forward to the sound of military music,
in the most perfect order, and in strict accordance
with the preconcerted arrangements. The sun shone
out with cloudless meridian splendour upon perhaps
the fairest scene that Canada has ever beheld. On
marched the long and glittering line through the fine
budding plantations of the Avenue, innumerable group?
studding the side- walks, but not marring the outline of
the procession.^'^ As it drew nearer to the site, where
the stone was to be laid, the 43rd Regiment lined the
way, with soldiers bearing arms, and placed, on either
side, at equal intervals. The 93rd regiment was not
on duty here ; but in every direction the gallant High-
landers were scattered through the crowd, and added
by their national garb and nodding plumes to the
varied beautv of the animated scene. When the site
was reached, a new feature was added to the interest
of the ceremony. Close to the spot, the north-east

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corner, whore tlie tbundation stone was to ho deposited,
a temporary building had hvvn erected for the Chan-
cellor, and there, accompanied by the officers of the
University and his suite, he took his stand. Fronting
this was a kind of amphitheatre of seats,'" constructed
for the occasion, tier rising above tier, densely filled
with ladies, who thus commmanded a view of the
whole ceremony. Between this amphitheatre and the
place where the Chancellor stood, the procession ranged
itself.

Order having been cominanded and observed, the
Lord Bishop of Toronto, the President of the Uni-
versity, read the following address : —

May it please Your Excellency :

In tendering to Your Excellency our grateful ac-
knowledgments for the lively interest, which you have
taken in accelerating the commencement of the Uni-
versity of King's College, I am giving expression to
the feelings, not of this assembly alone, but of all ^he
inhabitants of the province. The Institution had long
stood in abeyance from causes, which I will not mar
this happy hour by calling to remembrance. We shall
be better employed in offering mutual congratulations,
that they are now removed, and that this auspicious
day, long anxiously looked for, has at length arrrived
— a day never to be forgotten in the history of Canada,
and which, connecting itself with the first acts of
Your Excellency's administration, becomes, we trust,
the harbinger of internal peace, and of happier times.

To found an ordinary seminary of learning, has
ever be< i esteemed an object of honourable ambition ;
but to lay the foundation of a Royal College like this,
destined to diffuse, through so vast a region as the

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United Province, sound knowledge and pure religion,
is a proud distinction, which is seldom attained, and
which, associated in imagination as it must he, with
so many coming blessings to the people over whom
you preside, will become a source of delightful recol-
lection to Your Excellency while life remains.

Not only the present, but countless generations yet
unborn, will have abundant cause to rejoice in the
proceedings of this day — proceedings which give life to
an Institution, calculated, 'under Divine Providence, to
advance the glory of God and the best interests of man.
The University of King's College is designed to be
as strictly collegiate, both in discipline and character,
as the circumstances of this new country will admit :
and for this purpose it will keep in view, in its pro-
gress, the glorious models, furnished by the Parent
State, to which Science, justly so called, and Christian
truth are so much indebted; and it will raise, on a
like basis, such a superstructure, as shall fully meet
the wants and circumstances of this great colony, as
well as the particular destination of each of the nu-
merous students by whom it will be attended.

When undertaking any work of importance, it has
ever been the practice of Christian believers to seek
for divine light and protection. Let us then, in ac-
cordance with so pious a custom, begin with offering
up our prayers to Almighty God for a blessing on this
solemn occasion, and for guidance and support to all
who now are or mav hereafter be in any way connected
with this Royal Institution, whose actual existence
this passing moment commences.

The Rev. John McCaul, LL.D., of Trinity College,
Dublin, Principal of U. C. College, then offered up
the first prayer :

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Almighty God, without whose favour and protection
the noblest designs of man arc brought to nought,
look down, we beseech thee, in thy infinite goodness,
upon the work which we arc about to commence.

Grant, O most merciful Father, that the University
of King's College may ever acknowledge Thee as its
great builder, our blessed Saviour himself being the
chief comer-stone. On Thy holy word we lay the
foundation, in full trust that so long as it is established
upon this rock, it shall stand for ever, a monument of
thy goodness and loving-kindness. Mercifully vouch-
safe to it a bountiful measure of thy richest grace, and
grant, O Lord, grant that it may ever prove a blessing
to the land, training up physicians skilful to heal, —
lawyers ready to succour and defend, — and priests
clothed with righteousness and salvation.

May our children's children, within the walls about
to rise, be taught that knowledge, which can alone
make them wise unto salvation, — the knowledge of
Thee, whom to know is life eternal.

Look down, look down upon us, O God, we beseech
Thee, and prosper Thou the work of our hands, —
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Rev. H. J. Grasett, B. A., of St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridge, a member of the University Council,
and one of the Lord Bishop's Chaplains, followed with
this Prayer :

"Let us pray for Christ's holy Catholic Church,
that is, for the whole congregation of Christian
people dispersed throughout the world, particularly
for that pure and reformed part of it to which we

belong.

For all Christian Sovereigns, Princes and Gover-
nors, especially Her Most Excellent Majesty, our Sove-
reign Lady, Victoria, by the grace of God, of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen,
Defender of the Faith, over all persons and in all causes
within her dominions, supreme :

"For Adelaide the Queen Dowager, the Prince
Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and all the Royal
Family.

" Pray we also for all those who bear office in this
part of Her Majesty's dominions, and herein more
particularly for the Governor-General ;

" For the Ministers and Dispensers of God's Holy
Word and Sacraments, whether they be the Arch-
bishops, particularly William, Lord Archbishop of
this Province, or Bishops, particularly John, Lord
Bishop of this Diocese, or the inferior Clergy, the
Priests and Deacons ; for the Executive and Legis-
lative Councils, the Judges, Magistrates and Gentry
of the Province; that all these, in their several
stations, may^serve truly and faithfully to the honour
of God and the welfare of his people, always remem-
bering that strict and solemn account which they must
themselves one day give, before the judgment seat of
Christ.

" And that there never may be wanting a supply of
persons duly qualified to serve God, both in Church
and State, let us pray for a blessing on all Seminaries
of sound learning and religious education, especially
the Universities of our native country ; and, as in duty
bound, for this Royal foundation of King's College ;
for the Right Honourable the Chancellor, the Right
Reverend the President, the Visitors, and all the
Council of the same*

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** Pray we likewise for the Civil Incorporation of
this City ; for the Worshipful the Mayor, the Alder-
men, and all that bear office in that Body.

"Lastly, let us pray for all the Commons of the
Province ; that they may live in the true faith and
fear of God, in dutiful allegiance to the Queen and in
brotherly love and Christian charity one towards
another. And, as we pray unto God for future mer-
cies, so let us praise His most holy name for those
we have already received ; for our creation, preserva^
tion, and all the blessings of this life ; but, above
all, fo'* our redemption through Christ Jesus ; for the
means of grace aflForded us here, and for the hope of
glory hereafter.

" Finally, let us praise God for all those who have
departed this life in the faith of Christ, beseeching him
that we may have grace so to direct our lives after
their good examples, that with them we may be par-
takers of his heavenly kingdom. These prayers and
praises let us humbly offer up to the throne of heaven,
in the words which Christ himself hath taught us, —
Our Father, &c."

" Lauda Zion," a piece of sacred music,^'^ was then
performed, after which the Hon. L. P. Sherwood ^'^^
presented to the Chancellor, the gold and silver
coins, and the bottle in which they were presently
afterwards placed ; and the Hon. W. Allan,^'^ the
Charter and papers.

The bottle was then corked, tied down, and covered
with wax and tinfoil, by Mr. John Beckett, Chemist ;
and his Excellency placed it in the excavation, des-
tined for its reception

The Hon. W. H. Draper/'^ the Attoniey-General,
read the Latin Inscription upon the Plate :

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COLLEGII. REGAIJS. IVXTA. TORONTO—

CVM. DIPLOMATE. TVM. AGRIS. lAMPRIDEM. DONATI.

PER. MVNIFICENTIAM. SVMMAM. CVRAMQVE. PATERNAM.

GEORGII IV. BRITANN : REGIS.

AVCTORITATEM. VALENTEM. AC. STVDIVM. SINGVLARE.

PEREGRINE. MAITLAND. ORD: BALN: EQ:

VLTERIORIS. CANADiE. PRiEFECTI.

ET. MENTEM. PROVIDAM. SEDVLAMQVE. OPERAM.

lOANNIS. STRACHAN, S. T. P.

TVNC. TEMPORIS. ARCHIDIACONI. EBORACENSIS.—

FVNDAMENTA. HOC. LAPIDE. POSITO. lECIT.

CAROL VS. BAGOT. A. M.

EX. ^DE. CHRISTI. APVD. OXONIENSES.

ORD : BALN : EQ : SVMMIS. HONORIBVS. PRiEDITVS.

IDEMQVE. IN. SEPTENTRIONALIS. AMERICiE. PARTIBVS.

IMPERIO. BRITANN. FELICITER ADIECTIS

VICE, REGIA. RERVM. SVMMAM. ADMINISTRANS.

ET. VNIVERSITATIS. lAM. lAM. ORITVRiE. CANCELLARIVS,

VOLVIT. VIR. EGREGIVS.

VT. CANADA. STATIM. ESSET. VBL IVVENTVS.

BELIGIONIS. DOCTRINiE. ARTIVMQVE. BONARVM. STVDIIS.

ET DISCIPLINA.

PRiESTANVISSIMVM. AD. EXEMPLAR.

BRITANN: VNIVERSITATVM.

IMITANDO. EXrRESSIS. IPSA. lAM. FRVERETVR. EADEMQVE.

POSTERIS.
FRVENDA. TRADERET.

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IX. KAL : MAIAS.

ANNO. SALVTIS. NOSTRA. MDCCCXLIL

VICTORIiE. AVTEM. BRITANN : REGINiE. QVINTO.

OPERL TANTO. TALIQVE. FAVSTISSME. INCHOATO. FAVEAT.

QVL INCEPTA. NOSTRA.

SECVNDARE. SOLVS. POTEST. DEVS. O: M: PER DOMINVM

??OSTaYM ET SALVATOREM lESyM CHRISTVM.

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NOMINA. VISIT ATURVM,

HON. I. B. ROBINSON.
I, B. MACAVLAY.
" I. JONES.

A. McLKAN.

C. A. IIAGERMAN.

NOMINA. EORVM. QVI. SVNT. E. CONCILIO.

HON. ET. REVERENDVS. IN. CIIRISTO. PATER.
JOANNES STRACIIAN. S. T. P. EPISCOP. TORONTO.

PRiES.
HON. R. S. JAMESON. HON. R. B. SVLLIVAN.

" GVL, DRAPER. " GVL. ALLAN.

" A. CVVILLIER. " I. S. MACAVLAY,

REV. L McCAVL, LL : D : " L. P. SHERWOOD.
REV. H. I. GRASETT. A: B:

H. BOYS. M. D BVRSARIVS.

THOMAS. YOVNG. . . . ARCHITECT VS.

The Hon. R. S. Jameson/'^ Vice Chancellor, then
read an English translation of the above :

Sir Charles Bagot, Master of Arts, of Christ Church,
Oxford, Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, Governor
General of British North America, and Chancellor of
the infant University, laid the Foundation-stone of
King's College, near Toronto ; — which, through the
great munificence and paternal care of George IV.,
King of Great Britain and Ireland, the prevailing in-
fluence and conspicuous zeal of Sir Peregrine Mait-
land, Knight Commander of the Bath, and Lieutenant
governor of Uppei Canada, and the sagacious fore-

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sight and unwearied exertion of John Strachan, Doctor
of Divinity, at that time Archdeacon of York, — ^had
long been chartered and endowed.

It was the desire of our illustrious Chancellor that
the youth of Canada should, within their own borders,
enjoy without delay, and transmit to posterity the
benefits of a Religious, Learned and Scientific Educa<
tion, framed in exact imitation of the unrivalled models
of tlie British Universities.

April 23rd, 1842, In the Fifth year of Victoria,
Queen of Great Britain.

To a work so important and useful, commenced
under the most happy auspices, may that Almighty
Being, who alone can bring all our efforts to a suc-
cessful issue, vouchsafe His blessing, through our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Visitors:

The Honourable John Beverley Robinson,

The Honourable James Buchanan Macaulay,

The Honourable Jonas Jones,

The Honourable Archibald McLean,

The Honourable Christopher Alexander Hagerman,

Council :

The Honourable and Right Reverend John Strachan,
D.D., Lord Bishop of Toronto, and President of
the University,

The Honourable Robert Sympson Jameson,

The Honourable Austin Cuvillier,

The Honourable William Henry Draper,

The Reverend John McCaul, LL. D,

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The Honourable Robert Baldwin Sullivan,
The Honourable William Allan,
The Honourable John Simcoc Macaulay,
The Honourable Levius Peters Sherwood,
The Reverend Henry Grasett, B. A.

The Chancellor then placed the plate, — which wa^
of brass, and secured in a case of zinc soldered down,
— over the bottle. The Hon. (Capt.) J. S. Macaulay
presented the Trowel, which is a beautiful piece of
workmanship executed by Mr. Stcnnett of this city :
the handle is of ivory tipped with the acorn and oak-
leaf in silver, and the blade, if we may be allowed the
expression, is also of silver, joined by appropriate
chased decorations to the handle, on which is the Bagot
crest, tastefully executed in dead silver. The blade
bore this inscription :

This

trowel

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at the ceremony

of laying the

Foundation-stone

of the University of

King's College,

near Toronto, in Canada,

April 23rd, 1842,

His Excellency the Right Honourable

Sir Charles Bagot, G.C.B., M.A., Ch. Ch. Oxford,

Governor General of British North America,

and
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Visitors :

The Honourable J. B. Robinson,
The Honourable Jas. B. Macauhiy,
The Honourable J. Jones,
The Honourable A. McLean,
The Honourable C. A. Hagerman.

President :

The Honourable and Right Rev. John Strachan, D.D.
& LL.D., Lord Bishop of Toronto.

Coimcil :

The Honourable R. S. Jameson,
The Honourable A. Cuvillier,
The Honourable \V. Ih Draper,
The Rev. J. McCaul, LL.D.,
The Honourable R. B. Sullivan,
The Honourable W. Allan,
The Honourable J. S. Macaulay,
The Honourable L. P. Sherwood.
The Rev. H. J. Grasett, B.A.

Registrar and Bursar :
Henry Boys, M.D.

Architect:
Thomas Young, Esq.

" Nisi Dominus fedificaverit domum, in vanum labora-
verunt qui aedificant cam."

After taking the trowel in his hand, the Chancellor
waited till the Foundation-Stone was let down into
its place. His Excellency then smoothed the mortal*.

■—and receiving the square from Mr. Young, the
architect, — the plumb-line from Mr. Ritchey, the con-
tractor, — and the mallet from Mr. Hill, the super-
intendent, applied these instruments to their proper
purposes.

The Artillery immediately fired a salute of nineteen
guns, and the band struck up the National Anthem.

The Lord Bishop then dismissed the Assenjibly with
this Prayer and the usual Blessing :

" O God, who art the Father and Lord of all beings,
and glorious in all perfection, we Thy children desire
to offer unto Thee our most hearty and unfeigned
thanks for permitting us to live and to see this day,
and to commence, under Thy blessed guidance, so
great a work.

" Prosper the work, we beseech Thee, to a happy
conclusion, and grant that so many of us as Thy good
Providence may preserve to witness its solemn Dedi-
cation, may join together in heart and in Spirit, in
praising Thy Holy Name, and in supplicating Thy
grace and mercy on its future objects.

" Grant that it may continue, for endless generations,
a fruitful memorial of Thy goodness and loving kind-
ness to this favoured land — and that, sanctified by Thy
blessing, it may promote for evermore Thine honour
and glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord."

The immense multitude testified their joy at the
consummation of this great event, by giving three
cheers for Her Majesty — three for Sir Charles Bagot
— three for the Lord Bishop — and three for the Chief
Justice.

The procession then returned, with unbroken ranks, ^^^
to Upper Canada College, and, having attended His

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Excellency to the Principal's house, dispersed after
fresh ebullitions of gratified feeling.

After a short interval, the Chancellor and officers
of the University, and those individuals^'^ whose ofiicial
position had procured for them an invitation, repaired
from Dr. McCaul's house to the Large Hall of Upper
Canada College, as guests of the Principal and Masters
of that Institution. Here a fresh scene of beauty and
pleasure met the eye.^^^ At the upper end of the room,
an elevated table was spread with an elegant and plen-
tiful cold collation ; while at the lower end, tables were
temporarily constructed for holding the entertainment
provided for the Boys by the Council. From the roof
were suspended green festoons of hemlock branches ;
a bust of the Queen graced an appropriate niche ; and
casts from the antique were ranged along the walls.
Dr. McCaul, the Principal, took the head of the table,
mth the Chancellor on his right, and the Bishop on
his left, and the rest of the company were placed in
suitable order. Latin Graces were pronounced by
A. Wickson, of the 5th Form, Second K. C. Exhibi-
tioner, before the entertainment commenced, and by
S. Cosens, of the 5th Form, First K. C. Exhibitioner,
at its conclusion.

Dr. McCaul then rose and proposed the health of
Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, very nearly
in the following terms : •

" It is, I am persuaded, wholly unnecessary for me
either to preface, or even to mention the toast, which
stands first on my list, for when did the festal cup ever
pass round amongst Britons, and the first libation was
not in honour of their Sovereign ? When has a joyous
occasion been celebrated amongst us, in which loyalty

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has ever forgotten to offer the first tribute of affection
to our Queen ?

" In this expression of our feelings, we arc not in-
fluenced by regard to mere usage, for often as the toast
has been given, the thrill of emotion, with which it is
received, is never weakened, and the rapturous cheer,
with which it is hailed, is ever prolonged with the s<amo
hearty warmth. Neither does it flow from the unim-
passioned sense of the duty, which we owe to the chief
magistrate of the State, nor yet docs it arise from any
cold calculation of the benefit, which must result to
the social system, from habits of honouring those, to
whom honour is due. No, our loyalty is based on
higl^r principles ; we are animated by a chivalrous
attachment, and devoted affection, solemnized by vene-
ration — and the tribute of respect, which our lips offer,
is but the overflowing of hearts, full of dutiful love,
and that love hallowed by religious feeling, for
the youthful sovereign, whom the Almighty has
placed on the throne of her fathers, as the Ruler
over us.

"Fill, then, gentlemen, for a toast — the first and
best at every festival of Britain and Britain's Colonics
—*The Queen.*"

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The announcement was followed by a storm of
cheers, regulated, however, in its bursts, by the Hon.
W. H. Draper, who, at the request of the Reverend
Principal, gave the word at this and the subsequent
toasts.

After the outpourings of youthful exultation had
subsided, the learned Principal again rose and gave
the health of " His Excellency, the Chancellor of the
University."

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*• Tf on any ordinary orrnsion tlio honour <lovolvc(l on
mo of ])r(>i)<>sin<^ tlio toast which I am now about to
^ivo, I Hhould f(»cl (»niharrassiMl l)y tlio nocossity of
<lihitin<( on tho <iualitios which hecomo tlio statesman
and rh(? ])()litician, and should shrink from subjects,
for th(5 duo consideration of which I am but ill-pro-
pared, and which I dare not hope to treat in lan«riui^^o
ado(|uato to tlu; merits of tho individual whoso health
I am about to propose. But at present, your attention
is not to 1)0 directed to political saf^acity, or diplomatic
skill, for I ^ivo you tho health of our distinguished
^uest, not as a triiMl and trusty Ambassador, nor as an
able, impartial, and active Governor, but as a faithful
jind zealous C'hancellor. Upper Canada is indebted,
(loopiy indebted — and she feels and acknowledges hor
obli<^ations — to tho military rulers who have boon sent
to her by tlu; parent state. Ciratoful Canada has not
for«jfotten — she never can ftn'gct — what she owes to a
Simcoo and a 15ro(;k. Need 1 add tho name of our
noble founder, Lord Soaton, of whom it may with truth
bo said, that ho was devoted *' tam Mincrva5 quam
Marti ?" But this day has shown that a fairer and
bri<(hter garland may bo formed of tho olive of peace
than of tho laurel of victory. Wo can now understand
that, however bad tho versificati(m of tho groat orator
of anticpiity may have been, the thoughts were good,
the moral most true ; for with justice may wo say that
this occasion furnishes the best comment on " Codant
arma toga?.** To enlarge on tho advantages which
must arise from tho University, now for over associated
with the name of him who has honoured us with his
presence to-day, would lead mo too far, — lot mo then,
without farther preface, give you, as a toast. Him to
whom the present generation owes much, and further

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ClIANCKLLOU OF THE UnIVEHSITV."

Prolon^rod and rapturous ('hi'orin<r, tlio clear .nilvory
voieos of youth bhnidiii^ with the fulh^r tones of man-
hood, succeeded tliln toast : and immediately after His
Excellency arose, and was pleased to express himself
in the follo\vin<T manner, — impartin«( additicmal inte-
rest to his beautiful sentiments hy the mellow and dig-
nified and feelin<r lones in which he spoke : —

" Dn. McCaul and Gentlemen,

"Allow me to offer to you my unfeirrned th.anks for
the very flatterin<r compliment which you have done
mc the honour to pay me ; and I hope that you will
allow mc at the same time to congratulate you, the
city of Toronto, and the whole province of Canada,
upon the successful commencement of the great and
go')d work in which we have been this day so auspici-
ously engaged. Felix, Faustumquc sit I Brought up
myself in the University of Oxford, I feel that I am
not altogether an incompetent judge of the extensive
and endless blessings which flow from institutions
similar to hers. I have over considered the two
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge as the breasts
of the mother country. From them has been derived,
through a succession of ages, that wholesome and invi-
gorating nutriment which has led to her gigantic
growth. From them have been derived all *' o com-
forts of pure and social religion, — all that is jeful
and beneficial in science, — all that is graceful or orna-
mental in literature. These same blessings, gentle-
men, unless I greatly deceive myself, we have, under
Providence, this day transplanted into these mighty
regions. There may they continue from generation to

generation! There may they servo to instruct* en-
lighten, and adorn your children's children through
ages yet unborn, as they have for many ages past the
children of our parent state I That it will be so, I
entertain no doubt. From the pure flame which bums
upon the holy altars of those enerable establishments,
we have this (?'>y brought a spark which will rapidly
spread itself with equal purity, and, I trust, with equal
splendour over our western world.

' Nosque ubi primus equis Oriens adflavit anhelis,
Illic s^ra rubens accendit lumina Vesper.' "

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Drapei' of the 7th Form :

Opem canenti, Pierides, mihi
Et ferte vires 1 nam vereor puer
Ut versibus dicam politis

Nomina quae peritura nunquam.

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O I si mihi esset Mseonius vigor 1
Mese Camense nunc meritis modis
Devolverent laudes patemi
Seatonis, egregii et Bagoti.

Quid debeas illi, Anglia, vulnera et
Testis Rodrigo — quid memorem magis
SsBpe hostium fusas manus, et
*• Praelia conjugibus loquenda^ ?**

Evenit at pax — et cupidus boni
Hue venit heros traiis mire Atlanticuin
Prompturus obscuram indolem -, sedes
Hse monumenta manenr honoris.

En I hic Bagotus (nomen honoris, et
Primo Ricardo tunc etiam bene
Notum) statimque, ut CaDsar alter,
Hic Venit, Hic Videt, .tque VincitI

Matris susb AlmsB tam meminit bend
Nobis honores ut similes dare
Cupiverit ; surgit sub illo
Relligionis et Artis sedes I

lo I triumphe I flos Canadensium !
Est Alma nobis mater -et semula
Britanniae hsec sit nostra terra.
Terra diu domibus negota !

Cani et loquaxjes ciim referent senes
Hujus diei facta suis ; suos
En ! nomen effari doeebunt
Clari Equitis Caroli Bagoti.

TRANSLATION.

Your aid, ye muses, hither bring
To me a youth unskill'd to sing

Great names in classic strain.
O ! had I but old Homer's fire.
How boldly would I strike the lyre.

And praise a noble twain !

Seaton I Rodrigo can attest

The patriot fires that warm'd thy breast.

And wounds that grace ^hee well.
Peace came — and o'er the foaming brine
She brought thee here to raise this shrine

Where Learning loves to dwell.

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Then Bagot, — name, in days of old, " .
B} History in her page enroU'd, —

A second Cajsar came :
Came, saw, and conquered — wav*d his hand,-
And then descended on the land .

A more resplendent flame.

For mindful of those golden hours
Which flitted mid* the classic bowers

Of Isis, far-fam*d stream, —
The blessings of his earlier years
He wiird for us, — and lo I appears

A rising Academe.

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Joy to this fair Canadian land I
Joy to her youth, an ardent band,

To deeds of virtue vow*d I
For them an infant Oxford springs.
And Christian science radiance flings

Where once the Indian bow*d

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To idol-gods. This hour so bright
Grey-headed eld shall oft recite

With pride to youthful ears ;
And Bagot*s fame transmitted down.
Circled with amaranthine crown,

Shall greener grow with years.

To this succeeded the recitation of some Greek
Anacreontics by Norman Bethune, of the 7th Form ;

'AXaXa^tr' & (ftiXoi vvv
'AXaXa^tr' 17S' Iraipoi
^apirpt) (5t\og t 'Epwrop
To ^pi<pOQ T£ Tijf: KvOiipift; —

TaSc vavra — xaipkitxrav.
Atovvaov ovkIt ^gw,
"AfieXrJc S^ Kat poBoKxi
Kt^aXriv KaTatrrdptaOai.
Tl Se Set fie vvv ewaiveXv ;
So^/iji/, iplXnv 'AOnvy^
So^^iji;, 6t\t)v re 4>o//3<t>.
ToSe KaWKfieyyeg lifJiap
MtydXag S6<Teig ^0x71.
rivog 6\l^tTai toS' fifxapy
^iov riB' apetvov avBpiov.
^o^iffg irdrog t^ave'iTat
^avepog • iroBovai Bat^vr\v
Ayipeg, poBov BaXovtri.
TdBe Tig Beiov ciB(OK£v
Aviptov T6, rtg piyitrrog;
^Avi^et • Xiye7a Movtra
nXiov mBerai Xiyeiv vvv
'E/u' — evavTiov BAFQTOY.

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TRANSLATION.

Raise, my friends, the gladsome shout I
Let the voice of joy ring out!
Let the verse no longer flow 1

For blind Cupid and his bow :
Bacchus kindles not my Muse :
Wreaths of roses I refuse

To entwine around my brow,

Say, what theme inspires me now ?
Wisdom, who the Gods above,
Pallas and Apollo love.
Great the gifts this happy hour
From its lap on us doth shower.
Hence a nobler race shall spring,
Ripe in deeds for bards to sing ;
Henceforth Wisdom shall appear
With a torch, as noon-day clear :
Classic-Laurel shall o*er-power
Roses, — Pleasure's favourite flower.

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By what God, or god-like mind,
Are these noble ends designed ?
Stop — for Bag ox's stately mien
By my timid muse is seen ;
Trembling, she would fain retire, —
Hark I — ^her quiv'ring notes expire/'^

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Dr. McCaul then proposed the health of the Lord
Bishop, President of the University, amidst loud and
long continued applause ;

" In proposing the toast, which stands next on my
list, I have the satisfaction of knowing, that however
I may fail in doing justice to the estimation, in which
we hold the subject of it, none of us can fail in
cordially receiving and gratefully welcoming it. On
any occasion, connected with the moral and intellectual
advancement of Canada, the name of the Right
Reverend Prelate on my left would be most justly and
appropriately introduced — but at the festival, which
we are at present celebrating, we gladly recognize the
peculiar and especial claims, which his Lordship has
to our respect and regard, not merely as Canada's
first and most successful instructor of her youth, but
as the father of the University of King's College.

"It is not my intention to trace his Lordship's
laborious and useful career, whilst engaged in the work
of education — or to detail the difficulties, which his
steady perseverance, and unremitting exertion sur-
mounted, in efiFecting and confirming the establishment
of a Provincial seat of learning, under a royal charter —
the remembrance of these is still fresh in the memory
of many of those who surround me — I will merely
observe, that it is to him, that the Province is indebted
for a Robinson — and others too, who by their private

virtues and public worth, grace the highest offices in
the Colony, and that if it had not been for his untir-
ing efforts, we should never have witnessed the proud
and glorious scene which we beheld to-day. Long
then may his Lordship be spared to rejoice over the
realisation of those hopes, which he so long cherished,
and to behold the prosperity of an institution, which
is indebted to him, under Providence, for its existence
— long may he be spared to discharge the high and
sacred duties, which he so faithfully executes, and
increase the debt of gratitude, which Janada owes
him, for his educational labours, by raising many an
additional spire to grace her scenery — ^by filling many
an additional pulpit with faithful preachers of Christ
and his salvation."

His Lordship rose, and replied in few but touching
words. He declared that he had looked for this day
for forty years, and that the present was the happiest
moment of his existence. His feelings were evidently
almost too strong for him, and spoke with an eloquence
far beyond that of words. The company shortly after-
wards separated: and in the evening, the Lord Bishop
(the President) entertained, at dinner, the Chancellor,
Visitors and Council of the University.

On Sunday morning, April 24th, His Excellency
attended divine service, in the Cathedral, when the Rev.
H. J. Grasett, B. A., of St. John's College, Cambridge,
preached an appropriate sermon, ^'^ and made some
admirable allusions to the event of the preceding day.
On the following day, at* 6 o'clock, His Excellency
left the house of the Hon. W. H. Draper, Attorney-
General for Canada West, (whose gue^t he had been
during his stay in Toronto) and proceeded to the
Government Wharf, where he embarked in the TVa-
veller steamboat, for Kingston.

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JUNE 8, 1843.

^ptnitiQ of ttie ZItiitietfiiitsp.

The Council of the University, having obtained
permission from his Excellency the Governor, and the
Executive Council, to occupy the former Parliament
Buildings, until the erection of their own edifice was
sufficiently advanced to afford the necessary accommo-
dation, determined to commence the work of instruc-
tion with as little delay as possible.

They were prevented, however, from carrying this
determination into effect at as early a period as they
desired — ^principally by the severe and protracted illness
of the Chancellor, the Right Hon. Sir Charles Bagot,
which subsequently terminated in his lamented death.

At length, in the month of May, 1843 — the Pro-
fessors (who had been selected in England) having
arrived — and the temporary Lecture Rooms, Hall and
Chapel, being prepared — public announcement was
made, that the first Matriculation of Students would
take place on Thursday, June 8 th.

The ceremonies of this day, so long and so anxi-
ously expected by the Province, commenced in the
Chapel,^*^ where Divine Service was performed, in the
presence of a large congregation — the Rev. Professor
Beaven (officiating Chaplain) saying Morning Prayer
— and the lessons for the day being read by F. W.
Barron, Esq., Classical Master of Upper Canada

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College. After service, the doors of the Hull,
thrown open, and tluit spacious apjirtmcnt was in a
short time filled, by those who had obtained tickets of
admission. The Rev. the Vice l»resident then received
His Worship the Mayor and the Corporation of the
City,<"> and conducted them to the seats reserved for
them. The Procession immediately afterwards entered
in the following order, and took the position, appro-
priated for each section of it j

I. UPPER CANADA COLLEGE.

Pupils.

Ex-Pupils.

Porters.

Masters.

, IL UNIVERSITY OF KING'S COLLEGE.

Porters.

Students.

Bursar and Curator.

Professors.

Verger. Bedel.

President. Vice-President.

IIL GRADUATES NOT MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY.

Doctors of Divinity.

Doctors of Law.

Doctors of Medicine.

Bachelors of Divinity.

Masters of Arts.

Bachelors of Law.

Bachelors of Medicine.

Bachelors of Arts.

Immediately opposite the principal entrance of the
Hall, a wide aisle, between the ranges of benches, con-
ducted to a carpeted dais, on which were the seats,

reserved for the officers of the University and College,
and Graduates in full Academic costume. At the
remote extremity of the dais, on an ^levated platform,
was placed the Chancellor's chair, which remained
unoccupied, as the pressure of public business prevented
his Excellency, the Right Hon. Sir Charles Metcalfe,
from honoring the University by his presence on the
occasion. On either side, sat the Visitors and the
ex-officio Members of the College Council, and the
chair in front was occupied by the Lord Bishop of
Toronto, the President. On his Lordship's right and
left hand were ranged stalls for the Professors —

k. :

The Rev. John McCaul, LL. D.

Professor of Classical Literature, Belles Lettres,

Rhetoric, and Logic.
The Rev. James Beaven, D. D.

Professor of Divinity, Metaphysics, and Moral

Philosophy.
Richard Potter, Esq., M. A.

Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy.
Henry H. Croft, Esq.

Professor of Chemistry and Experimental Philo-
sophy.
Wm. C. Gwynne, Esq., M. B.

Professor of Anatomy and Physiology.
John King, Esq., M. D.

Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine.
Wm. H. Blake, Esq., B. A.

Professor of Law.
Wm. Beaumont, Esq., M. R. C, S. L.

Professor of Trinciples and Practice of Surgery.

The benches behind them were filled by the Gra-
duates who had entered in the procession, and the

Masters of Upper Canada College. Here also accom-
modation was provided for a large body of the clergy
in their robes.

An interval of a few feet separated the Students
from the dais, and in the remote distance, under the
gallery, the Pupils and Ex-pupils of Upper Canada
College were distributed.

When the members of the procession had taken their
seats, the Registrar of the University, Henry Boys,
Esq., M.D., called up the Students, and they sub-
scribed the declaration of obedience to the Statutes,
Rules, and Ordinances, each, when he had signed,
withdrawing to the robing-room, where he put on the
Academic costume,^'^ and then returned to the hall.

The following are the names of those, who on this
occasion, subscribed the declaration -.^"^

Mr. Barron (Fredk W.)

(Incorporated from Queen's College, Cambridge.)

Mr. Baldwin (Edmund)
Mr. Bethune (Norman)
Mr. Boulton (Chas. K.)
Mr. Boulton (Henry J.)
Mr. Cathcart (Joseph A.)
Mr. Crookshank (George)
Mr. Draper (W. G.)
Mr. Grasett (Elliott)
Mr. Hagerman (James T.)
Mr. Helliwell (John)
Mr. Jarvis (Wm. P.)
Mr. Jessopp (Henry B.)
Mr. Jones (Edward C.)
Mr. Lyons (Wm. M.)
Mr. Macaulay (John J.)
Mr. McDonell (Samuel S.)

Mr. McLean (Thomas A.)
Mr. Maule (Arthur D.)
Mr. Patton (James)
Mr. Roaf (John)
Mr. Robinson (Christopher)
Mr. Sharpc (Alfred)
Mr. Smith (W. Larratt)
Mr. Stanton (James)
Mr. Stennett (Walter)

Inaugural Addresses were then delivered by the
President, the Vice President, Mr. Chief Justice
Robinson, and Mr. Justice Hagerman.

The Hon. and Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of
Toronto, President of the University. — I feel
very sensibly that no light duty is laid upon me on this
auspicious day. We are assembled to celebrate the
opening of the University of King's College — an event
to which many have been looking forward for nearly
half a century. It is a consummation of the greatest
importance to the well-being of this great colony, and
the proceedings with which it is attended will hence-
forth become matter of history. I can, therefore, in
no better way commence the business of the day, than
by giving a brief narrative of its rise and progress from
its first dawning to the present hour. The time will
come when every, the smallest particular respecting the
origin of this Institution — the delays it had to suffer,
and the obstacles it had to surmount — will become
matter of the deepest interest to its many sons.

When the independence of the United States of
America was recognized by Great Britain in the peace
of 178.3, this Province became the asylum of those
faithful subjects of the Crown, who had during the

revolutionary war adhered to their King and the unity
of the Empire. And it is pleasing to remark, that in
17^1^ — little more than five years after their first settle-
ment— they presented a memorial in accordance with
the same nohlo ])rinciples to his Excellency Lord
Dorchester, then Governor General of British North
America, on tho subject of education ; in which — after
lamenting the state of their children, growing up without
any instruction, religious or secular — they recjuest his
lordship to establish a respectable seminary at Kingston,
which was, at that early period, the principal town in
this division of tho colony.

To this representation Lord Dorchester paid imme-
diate attention, and gave directions to the Surveyor
General to set apart eligible portions of land for the
future support of schools in all the new settlements.

Those lands, however, remained unproductive ; the
settlers were few in number and thinly scattered ; and
before any substantial benefit could be dorived from
such reservations, the Constitutional Act was passed
dividing the Province of Quebec into Upper and
Lower Canada, and conferring upon each a distinct
government.

Soon after the passing of this act. General Simcoe —
a gentleman of great piety, literature and science, and
most devoted to the welfare of the province, was
appointed Governor. After exploring its resources and
making himself well acquainted with its wants, he
applied himself earnestly to the religious and secular
education of the people. Unfortunately for Upper
Canada, his administration was of short continuance ;
and before he was able to complete the establishment
of a seminary of learning adequate to the requirement
of the colony at that time, he was removed to a higher

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go^nmmcMt, Jind after his departure it was (Iropjied
and for^'otten.

At len^'tli the Legislature, in their session of 1797*
took up tlie subject of public instruction, and agreed
in a joint addrei^ to the Imperial Government, implo-
ring that his Majesty would be gruoiously pleased to
direct the proper authorities in the province to appro-
priate a portion of the waste lands of the crown for the
purposes of education, — that such lands, or part thereof,
should be sold, in order to produce a sufficient fund for
the purpose of erecting and endowing a respectable
grammar school in each district, and likewise a college
or University for the instruction of the youth of the
whole province in the different branches of liberal
knowledge. This was the first time that a University
was publicly mentioned as necessary for the colony,
and it has never, from that time to this, the day of its
happy consummation, been forgotten ; but has occa-
sionally been mentioned as one of the most important
objects that could be desired for the well-being of the
country.

To this address an answer was immediately returned
by his Grace the Duke of Portland, then Secretary of
State for the Colonies, communicating in the kindest
terms his Majesty's readiness to shew his parental care
for the welfare of his subjects, and informing the
Legislature of his gracious intention to comply with
their wishes by establishing g 'ammar schools where
required, and in due time oth 3r seminaries of a larger
and more comprehensive nature, for promoting sound
learning and a religious education. Orders were at
the same time sent to the Hon. Peter Russell, then at
the head of the government, to consult the Executive
Council, the judges, and the law officers of the crown,
and to call upon them to report in what manner and to

what extent a portion of the rrovvn hinds ini«rht he
appropriated and rench^ed prcuhidive lor such inipor-
tiint j)urposes. These ^rentlenion (h*<'w up a very
interesting report on tlie sulyec^t, and reconnn(«n(U'd
that as soon as the saU) of the hinds eouhl he made
availahb, four grammar schools shouhl h(^ estahUshed —
one for each of the districts into which Canada West
was at that time divided. The report likewise recom-
mended the founding of a University at Toronto (then
York), as the most centrical position, whenever the
Province should require such an institution, and that
one half at least of the lands set apart, ho reserved for
its support.

Owing to the small value of land, it was soon dis-
covered that the sum required would far exceed any
fund that could be expected from the appropriation ;
that in fact the whole of it, consisting of more than
half a million of acres, would scarcely suffice for a
single Grammar School. All further proceedings were
therefore postponed till the increase of population and
growing settlements made the lands more valuable.

This prospect, however, vas so distant, that the
Legislature began to feel it necessary — limited as were
the funds at their disposal — to do something effectual
towards the promotion of education. A law was
accordingly passed, in 1807, establishing a Grammar
School in every district, in which the classics and
mathematics were to be taught ; and thus a commence-
ment of education was made of great importance to the
country. Had the revenues of the Province admitted,
or had the lands become sufficiently available, so good
a spirit prevailed that the University would have been
commenced at the same time. But this not being the
case, the Legislature wisely determined in favor of
District Schools, as more generally useful in the then

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state of the Frovince than a higher seminary, hecause
at them such an education might he ohtained as would
quahfy young men for the different professions.
Moreover, such schools would ^ocome excellent nur-
series for the University, when it was necessary to
establish it.

The advantages r.nticipated from the establishment
of the District Schools, have been more than realised,
and the wisdom of the Legislature fully justified in
preferring ^hem to seminaries of higher name ; for
during the period of thirty s^v years, in which they
have been in operation, 'hey have sent forth hundreds
of our youth, many of whom are now eminent in their
professions, and would do credit by their talents and
acquirements to any literary Institution.

Though necessarily delayed, the prospect of esta-
blishing the University was nevor lost sight of; for in
1810, wiien a law was passed to increase the represen-
tation in the Commons House of Assembly, it was
among other things provided, that whenever the Uni-
versity was estabiished, it should be represented by
one member. ;

In 1C22, his Excellency Sir Peregrine Maitland
invited the attention of his Majesty's government to
the unproductive state of the school lands, and obtained
leave to estaWish a board for the general superinten-
dence of education throughout the Provinc , and to
place at its disposal, for the support of new Grammar
Schools where they might be wanted, a portion of the
reserved lands, retaining a sufficient endowment for
the University. The duties assigned to the board
Tvere various and important. All the schools in the
colony were placed unv':er its care, and the President
was required to make occasional visits to the different
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state of the common and district schools ; to corres-
pond with the local authorities respecting education in
their respective vicinities ; to recomm.end proper school
books, and thus introduce uniformity of system through
the whole country. Dnrinf;; its short continuance, the
board was most active and useful j but the colony
increased so rapidly, under the administr^ition of that
excellent and amiable Governor, Sir Peregrine Mait-
land, in wealth and population, that the want of a
University became every day more* evident ; and yet
after it was felt almost universally to be required, even
in the opinion of the most indiiferent, there was no
prospect of a productive endowment. We were greatly
discouraged by observing that ev"-n the Board of
Education could not, with the most unremitting exer-
tions, dispose of their lands at any reasonable price ;
for so long as the government continued to confer
grants gratuitously on all applicants capable of becom-
ing useful settlers, there were few or no purchasers.

Tli€ cry, however, for the University, became daily
more urgent, and the more respectable inhabitants very
justly complained that there was not, in either Pro-
vince, an English seminary above the rank of a good
school at which a liberal education could be obtained.
And thus the youth of more than three hundred thou-
sand British subjects had no opportunity of i sceiving
instruction in the higher branches of knowledge.

To the necessity of supplying this deficiency, the
attention of the provincial government was in 1823
most anxiously directed, and as an available endowment
was the great desideratum, a method of securing one
in a very short time was happily discovered. From
the first settlement of the Province, two-sevenths of all
the lands in the settled townships had been reserved —
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Clergy Reserves — the other still remained for special
purposes, at the disposal of government, and were
called Crown Reserves. These latter being still in
the Crown, had become in many places very valuable,
from the settlements around them, and if brought into
the market would command reasonable prices, much
more than the lands which had been originally appro-
priated for the Grammar Schools and University,
which had been carelessly selected, and continued from
their remoteness almost unsaleable. Now to secure a
competent endowment for the University, it was sub-
mitted by Sir Peregrine Maitland to his Majesty's
government to exchange a portion of the School Lands
for a like quantity of Crown Reserves. For the mere
purpose of granting lots to settlers, the School Lands
were as useful to the government as the Crown Re-
serves ; but such an exchange, if it could be effected,
would place at his Excellency's disposal an endowment
which might be made almost immediately available.
After examining the proposal. Sir Peregrine Maitland
gave it his cordial approbation ; but not deeming it
within his power to make the exchange without special
instructions, he determined to refer the matter to the
King's government, and at the same time to apply for
a royal charter for establishing the University. As
local information and many explanations might be
required, instead [of confining himsolf to writing on
the subject, his Excellency committed the duty to me
x)f soliciting in person such royal charter and endow-
ment.

Entrusted with this agreeable commission, I left
Toronto, (then York) on the l6th of March, 1826,
and reached London on the 27th April, and lost no
time in bringing the objects of my journey under the
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It is impossible for me to express in suitable language
the gratitude I then felt and still feel to the late Lord
Bathurst and Sir Robert Wilmot Horton, for the warm
interest they took in forwarding the measures I had in
view. Nor am I under less obligation to James
Stephen, Esq., at that time law adviser to the Colonial
Department, and now Under-secretary of State. Mr.
Stephen not only suggested but assisted me in drawing
up the articles proper to form the basis of the charter.
Indeed without his kind and able advice and assistance
I must have failed. He was indefatigable in removing
difficulties and meeting objections raised against the
principles upon which we deemed it wise to construct
the charter ; all of which he could the more easily do,
from his great legal knowledge and intimate acquaint-
ance with similar documents. His friendly advice and
aid were the more acceptable as they were cordially
and readily given, and never intermitted when required,
through the whole time that the charter was under
consideration.

The charter of the University of King's College was
not hastily settled. It was nearly a whole year under
serious deliberation. It was repeatedly referred to the
late Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Dr.
Manners, who doubted the propriety of assenting to
ar» instrument so free and comprehensive in its provi-
ii. ns. It was considered not only the most open
c larter for a University that had ever been granted,
but the most liberal that could be framed on constitu-
tional principles, .and his Majesty's government de-
clared that in passing it they had gone to the utmost
limit of concession.

On m;; arrival in this Province with the charter
and authority for the endowment, the Chancellor, Sir
Peregrine Maitland, lost no time in forming the College

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Council. Schedules of the lands were prepared, and
in obedience to his Majesty's commands they were
secured by patent to the corporation of the University
of King's College. , /

In his speech from the throne on the 15th January,
1828, his Excellency informed the Legislature that his
Majesty (King George the Fourth) had been graciously
pleased to issue his letters patent, bearing date at
Westminster, the fifteenth day of March, in the eighth
year of his reign, establishing in the Province a Col-
lege, with the style and privileges of a University, to
be called " King's College," to which was annexed a
munificent endowment — an event which the Lieutenant
Governor reg vl^d among those objects which were
the most to be dv. d for the welfare of the Colony.
In acknowledging tiiis communication, the Legislative
Council expressed their grateful feelings for so valuable
a boon ; but the House of Assembly returned thanks
in very measured terms — " if the principles upon which
it has been founded shall upon inquiry prove to be
conducive to the advancement of true learning and
piety, and friendly to the civil and religious liberty of
the people." Indeed much pains had been taken, by
calumnies and misrepresentations, to poison the minds
of the people against the charter, and induce them to
send petitions against it, most of which contained the
most convincing evidence, that the signers had never
read the document. Nevertheless, these petitions had
the eflTect of inducing the House of Assembly to pass
an address, on the 15th February, to the Lieutenant
Governor, Sir Peregrine Maitland, requesting a copy
of the charter, information respecting the endowment,
and other matters connected with the institution. A
copy of the charter and an account of the endowment
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and on the 20th March, an address to his Majesty was
agreed upon hy the House of Assembly, in which
objections were urged against the chapter of the
University, as being of a nature too exclusive.

This address attracted the notice of a select com-
mittee of the House of Commons ; and in their report
on the civil government of Canada, on the 22nd July,
1828, they advise a change in the constitution of the
College Council, so that no religious test may be
required, and that a theological professor of the Church
of Scotland should be established in addition to that
for the Church of England, whose lectures the candi-
dates for holy orders in the respective churches should
be required to attend.

In the mean time, the C allege Council proceeded to
get a minute and accurate inspection of every lot of the
endowment, to enable them to judge of its true value,
and to become acquainted with every circumstance
concerning it, whether occupied or otherwise, so that
they might do justice to the important trust committed
to them, and at the same time act fairly by individuals.

Sir Pereigrine Maitland also obtained from govern-
ment an annuity of one thousand pounds sterling, out
of the proceeds of lands sold to the Canada Company,
towards erecting the necessary buildings for the Uni-
versity. A site the most eligible that could be pro-
cured was selected for the buildings ; plans and speci-
fications on a respectable scale were under considera-
tion, and every thing portended the speedy commence-
ment of the institution, when its great promoter and
patron. Sir Peregrine Maitland, was removed to a
better government.

A very few days after Sir John Colbome, now Lord
Seaton, assumed the administration of the ColonVt
he convened the College Council, and acting, it is

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supposed, under special instructions, stated that no
farther steps should be taken towards bringing the
University into operation. His Excellency's commu-
nication was made in terms the most positive ; for he
declared that one stone should not be put upon another,
until certain alterations had been made in the charter ;
and he utterly refused, as Chancellor, to concur in any
measures having for their object the progress of the
institution.

Under the circumstances, • thus announced in a
manner altogether unusual and not likely to be for-
gotten, the College Council could but submit, in the
earnest hope that a more correct consideration of the
subject would lead to a removal of a prohibition for
which there was not, in my judgment, and I believe in
that of any member at that time, adequate cause.

But however unfavourable the instructions given to
the new Chancellor, or the impressions made upon his
mind against proceeding with the University, he must
not be deemed an enemy to education j for he urged
the propriety of enlarging the foundation of the Royal
Grammar School, in order that it might better serve
as a preparatory seminary to the University, when
established. To this the College Council readily gave
their consent, and to so great an extent, as to incur a
very heavy responsibility in advancing, to build Upper
Canada College, large sums out of the endowment of
the University : and it is only justice to remark, that
the institution has well answered the purposes for
which it was erected.

In his speech to the Legislature, on the 8th January,
1829, Sir John Colborne notices the University very
slightly, and only in connexion with Upper Canada
College : but even thic was enough to awaken turbu-
lent spirits ; and on the 20th March, the house passed

various resolutions modifying the charter, and pre-
sented them with an address to the Lieutenant Gover-
nor, to wliich his Excellency promised his ready
attention.

No farther proceedings appear to have been had
regarding the University, till the session of 1831 and
1832, when another address to the King was adopted,
bearing date the 28th December, praying that the
charter of King's College might be cancelled on account
of its exclusiveness, and another granted more open in
its provisions. On the 4th January, 1832, his Excel-
lency replied " that he has reason to believe that either
the exclusive provisions considered exceptionable in
the charter of King's College have been cancelled, or
that such arrangements have been decided upon by his
Majesty's government as will render farther applica-
tions on this subject unnecessary ; but that a charter
solemnly given, cannot be revoked, or its surrender
obtained, without much delay.** This language evi-
dently alluded to a despatch from Lord Goderich, now
Lord Ripon, which was soon after laid before the
College Council, proposing to the members of the
corporation to surrender the charter granted by go-
vernment, together with the endowment, on the assur-
ance from the Secretary of State that no part of the
endowment should ever be diverted from the education
of youth.

In an able report, the College Council stated their
reasons for refusing compliance with this extraordinary
request, and that they did not think it right to concur
in surrendering the charter of King's College, or its
endowment. The College Council farther observed,
that they did not feel or profess to feel a sufficient
assurance, that after they had consented to destroy a
college founded by their Sovereign, under as unres-

tricted and open a charter as had ever passed the great
seal of England for a similar purpose, the different
branches of the Legislature would bo able to concur in
establishing another that would equally secure to the
inhabitants of this colony, through successive genera-
tion;:., the possession of a seat of learning, in which
sound religious instruction should be dispensed, and
in which care should be taken to guard against those
occasions of instability, dissension and confusion, the
foresight of which had led, in our parent state, to the
making an uniformity of religion in each University
throughout the Empire, an indispensable feature in its
constitution.

" If the objections entertained by the Council against
" the surrender of the charter were not insurmountable,
"no stronger inducement could be offered than the

request which his Lordship's despatch conveys ; for
*the Council cannot fail to be sensible, that such a

request can have been dictated only by a supposed
** necessity for departing from establishea principles, in
** order to promote the peace and contentment of the
** colony.

"With the opinions, however, which the Council
" entertain, and with the opportunity of forming those
" opinions, which their residence in the colony affords
" them, they could never stand excused to themselves or
" others, if they should surrender the charter, supposing
" it to be within their power, so long as there is an utter
" uncertainty as to the measures that would follow. The
" moral and religious state of more than three hundred

thousand British subjects is at present involved in the

proper disposal of these questions ; and before very
" many years will have elapsed, more than a million will
** be affected by them. The Council, therefore, what-
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"justify to thonisolvcs the asaunnn<T tlie rosponsibilityof
** endan<(crinj^ tho very existence of the institution.
*• Thev feel ])oun(l to h)ok beyond the inovements and
** discussions of the passinjr moment, and could not, even
" if they concurred in the view of the present expediency,
" consent to pull down the only foundation which at
*• present exists in Upper Canada for the advancement
** of religion and learning upon a system which has not
" yet been repudiated by the government in any part of
** her Majesty's dominions."

The College Council then proceeded to state, that
for the sake of peace they were disposed to concur in
some such modifications, as have been since forced on
the Institution by the Legislature ; not that they con-
sidered them improvements, but because the Govern-
ment seemed to give them countenance : it being their
conviction that a college for the education of youth in
the principles of the Christian religion, as well as in
literature and the sciences, is less likely to be useful
ana to acquire a lasting and deserved popularity, if its
religious character is left to the discretion of indi-
viduals and to the chance of events, and suffered to
remain the subject of unchristian intrigues and dissen-
sions, than if it is laid broadly and firmly in its foun-
dation by an authority that cannot with any reason be
questioned.

It would be tedious and without profit to enter more
minutely on the present occasion into the persevering
opposition to the establishment of the University
during the remainder of Sir John Colborne's adminis-
tration. It is, however, melancholy to contemplate
the Legislature lending itself to destroy an Institution
calculated to cherish affection to the Government and
the purest principles of religion ; and yet the chief
thing that connects the Colonial Administration of

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that time with our kindly rcmemhraiUH! is Upper
C.'anada C'oll<'^(% whit-li was at first soujrht to ho ostah-
lishcd on the ruins of the University. How much
more honoured would this Administration have hecn,
had it cherished Kind's College as well as its nursery,
and how many hundreds of our youth would have
hailed its memory with grateful praise, who arc com-
pelled to deplore its causeless opposition to that Insti-
tution, which would have conferred upon them that
liberal education which they dtjsired, and the loss of
which can never be retrieved.

Sir Francis B. Head, with that ardent spirit, and
intuitive apprehension of whatever is good and noble,
which characterised him, saw the vast advantage of
establishing the University soon after he came to the
Government : and although he could not prevent the
Legislature from making some changes in the charter,
to which the College Council most reluctantly assented,
he deserves the greatest praise for preventing f£i,rther
innovations. The charter having been thus settled.
Sir Francis Head readily concurred, as Chancellor, with
the College Council, in adopting fhe measures necessary
for bringing it into operation. But just as the preli-
minary steps were arranged — contracts for the build-
ings ready to be signed, and Professors and Teachers
about to be appointed — the rebellion of 1837 broke
out, and for a time suspended this and many other
excellent measures projected by that able and in-
dependent ruler. After the suppression of the rebel-
lion, Sir Francis Head resigned the Government, to
the great sorrow of all the loyal and more intelligent
inhabitants ; and during the two following short Ad-
ministrations, no proceedings were had respecting the
University, worthy of notice or commendation. It was
however hoped that more auspicious times were aris-

in^, and that the blackness of the past would be for-
gotten.

The short interval which int(;rvcned between the
lamented deatli of Lord Sydenhani and the arrival of
Sir Charles Ikgot, was a blank in the history of the
University : but no sooner had Sir Charles Bagot
assumed the Government, than King's College en-
gaged his particular attention. Being himself a scho-
lar and a university man, he saw at once the vast
importance of such a seminary in a rising country, and
ho set his heart upon its immediate establishment. In
accordance with his ardent desires on this subject, the
first distinguished step of his Administration was to
come to Toronto and to lay the foundation stone. It
is a day ever to be had in remembrance, and only
second to this on which the business of the Institution
begins. Notwithstanding his lamented illness, Sir
Charles Bagot never ceased to take the warmest inte-
rest in the welfare of the University, and his memory
in connection with it will be most kindly remembered,
when the miserable politics ol the times, which des-
troyed his peace, and in all probability shortened his
precious life, shall be buried in total oblivion.

So much obloquy has been thrown upon the charter
of King's College by party violence, enlisting the pas-
sions against it, and refusing information in its favour,
that it cannot be out of place on the present occasion to
show, that no college exists so little exclusive as King's
College would have been, had it been permitted to
proceed under its original constitution. It was open to
all denominations of Christians, — even the professors,
except those appointed to the council, were not requir-
ed to be of the Church of England : it excluded no
one from the benefits it offered ; and although it pre-
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riistod on ji mor« lihcrsil basin than any similar institu-
tion in Kur()|HM)r A iiicric'a.

Tho wiso and uniform practiciMif Christian Nations
has vwr Imhmi, to ^iv(^ u rt'Ii;j[ious clumu^tor to their
litorary institutions, nor is thorc a C'oiU'«r« or Universi-
ty in Clu'istendom, founded on any other principle :
tlio infidel attempt called the Lond(ui University has
si^ially failed, us all such godless imitations of liabel
ever nnist.

Of the tvvogrej't En<»;lish Universities it is unneces-
sary to speak, as they are in truth interwoven with the
glorious church which blesses that land. In Scotland
all Schools and Universities are under the special
direction and control of the National Church ; nor
can any thing be taught contrary to, or inconsistent
with her faith, worsliip, discipline and government. —
The recent pestilential discovery, that religion should
be separated from education, has never been admitted
by the Kirk of Scotland ; nor has the complete exclu-
sion of all but her own princiides from her parochial
schools and Universities, impedeci the moral and lite-
rary progress of the Scottish population. Far from it.
To what but a sound education based on her establish-
ed religion, is Scotland indebted for her moral im-
provement? Her whole system of instruction has reli-
gion for its basis, and is placed under the immediate
and active superintendence of the parochial clergy ;
and to this wise and judicious arrangement must be
attributed the superiority of her people over those of
most other countries.

But this system of exchision, if it can be so called,
has equally prevailed in all those literary institutions
of the United States which have acquired any reputa-
tion. Unhappily for the cause of truth, Harvard Uni-
versity, the best endowed Seminary in that country, is

mud to bt) wholly Unitarian: and, however much the
l)revalencc of Huch views la to he (U^plored, yet the
con8e(|uen{;e is internal peace on this the most impur-
tunt of all subjects.

The sec(md place amon<( the colleges, in the United
States, is usually accorded to Yale — a college cx(;lu-
sively directed by Congregationalista ; yet we liavo
never heard that the ))ublic has taken offence at this
cxclusiveness, or that the Legislature of Connecticut
has interfered in any other way than to confer gifts
and honoi:**s on the institution.

Nearer hnne we find the same exclusive principles
prevailing in the different colleges of Lower Canada.
In that Province, there is not only an ample provision
for the lloman Catholic ])arochial clergy, but likewise
the farther advantage which in every country has
aj)peared nec(^asary for the maintenance of religion —
namely, the endowment of colleges ;ind seminaries, in
which, while the various branches of human leaniing
arc taught, the rising generation is at the same time
instructed in the doctrines of Christianity, and fami-
liarized to their own mode of worship.

Even in this Province, two colleges have been
recently established strictly exclusive ; one under the
superintendence and authority of the Wesleyan Metho-
dists ; the other under the guidance and controul of
the Church of Scotland. Those institutions have a
decided religious character, nor will their governors
admit any other denomination to interfere in any part
of their management or modes of instruction. Nor
are they looked upon — nor ought they to be looked
u^^on, with jealousy or dislike. They bear no unequi-
vocal character, and emit no uncertain sound ; and
those Avlio prefer the education, secular and religious,
which they offer, are certain of obtaining what they
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desire. Such are some of the considerations which
prove that the original charter of the University of
King's Collego was neither exclusive nor restrictive,
when compared with colleges of reputation in Europe
and America.

The same considerations also convince me that had
the University been permitted to proceed under the
royal charter without alteration, it would have been far
more efficient for all the purposes intended, than in its
preseiic form. But so much evil and inconvenience
had arisen from continued disputes and delay, that the
College Council thought it expedient, in 1837, to
concur in some modifications, more especially as the
opponents of the institution had bccom.e somewhat
more moderate, and promised to content themselves
with such alterations as should not essentially change
the character of the University rs a royal institution,
or interfere with the power and dignity which it pos-
sesses as emanating from the Sovereign, and which can
be obtained in no other way, and for the loss of which
no benefits in the power of the Legislature of this
Province to confer, would in any degree compensate.

The alterations introduced relate to the governing
power — the removing of tests and qualifications, except
a declaration of belief in the authenticity and divine
inspiration of the Old and New Testament, and in the
doctrine of the Holy Trinity. The Sovereign conti-
nues founder and patron of the University : its endow-
ment remains, and those privileges which distinguish
a Royal from a Provincial University — privileges which
extend through the British empire and all its depen-
dencies. The principle of unity has indeed been
broken, but if the college be hereafter left alone, I feel
assured that it will soon diffuse the most precious
benefits over the province.

Having thus touched briefly upon tuo history of the
University of King's College, it only remains to make
a very few remarkp on the way it proposes to meet the
requirements of the royal charter, which establishes a
college for the education of youth in the principles of
the christian religion, and for their instruction in the
various branches of science and literature which are
taught in the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland.

Such requirements embrace all useful knowledge —
classical literature, mathematical and physical science,
mental philosophy, law, and the healing art, in all their
various departments ; and they are all, as the charter
provides, to be based on our holy religion, which ought
indeed to be the beginning and the end of education
in a christian country. It is at the same time to be
observed, that in the communication of divine instruc-
tion, special care will be taken by the proper autho-
rities to prevent any undue interference with those
students who do not bt'ong to the Church of England.
No step will be permitted that is not in accordance
with the provisions and intentions of the amended
charter; nor will a faithful adh-^rence to the limitations
they contain, be found in practice so difficult as many
are disposed to imagine.

Parents not of the Church of England have a right
to expect that their children, who come for instruction
at this institution, shall not be tampered \ dth in mat-
ters of religion ; and such a right will be conscien-
tiously respected. Dispensations will be given from
attending chapel to all those pupils v;hose parents and
guardians require them. The religious teaching of
the under-graduates will be confined to a thorough
knowledge of the holy scriptures in their original
language:, and to the study of such works as Butler's
Analogy, Paley's Evidences, his Natural Theology j

and none will be admitted that arc not read and admired
by all denomir^tions, and necessary for the diHercnt
examinations.

When students have finished their regular Univer-
sity course, and proceeded to their degree, such as
design to study for the ministry of the Church of
England, will place themselves more especially under
the Professor of Theology, while the youth of other
denominations will depart to prepare for their respec-
tive professions.

Never was the demand for education so loud and
anxious throughout the civilized world as at present :
but in this colony we may be said to be only com-
mencing. In older countries, where seminaries of
learning have been established for centuries, the ma-
chinery exists ; and it is easy to keep pace with the
march of intellect, by the addition of professors and
teachers, when any new subject appears of sufficient im-
portance to require them. In this manner the univer-
sities of Europe preserve their superior rank, and add
daily to a debt of gratitude which the public can never
repay. And although some of the discoveries of
modern times in the arts and sciences — more espe-
cially mechanics — cannot be traced to them, yet the
more important certainly may : and what is of still
more consequence, tney have uniformly maintained the
dignity of classical as well as scientific attainments.
It requires the aid and })rotection of established seats of
learning to give as it were a lasting basis to useful
knowledge, and ensure its gradual accumulation. In
all these respects, the universities of Europe, and more
especially of Great Britain, have nobly discharged
their duty. They have not only been the fruitful nur-
series of all the learned professions which adorn and
maintain society, but they have also been the asylums

of learned leisure, where men who had no taste for the
cares and broils of worldly pursuits, might retire from
the troubles of public life, and aspire to greater perfec-
tion than even a^i ordinary intercourse with society
will allow. Many such in their solitary chambers have
attained the highest elevation in science, or by tneir
powerful writings have brought home to our hearts
and understandings the truths and discoveries of
Christianity, and thus become the instructors and
benefactors of mankind.

It iz for these, among other purposes, that this insti-
tution has been established. And why should it not
in its turn become one of those blessed asylums, where
men of retiied habits may taste the sweep's of society,
and yet converse with the illustrious dead, who in past
ages have illuminated the world ?

Here among our youth we may confidently look for
generous emulation — a noble dtsire for honest fame —
an ardent love of truth — and a determination to sur-
pass in knowledge and virtue the most sanguine hopes
of their friends and parents. In this Institution many
holy aspirations will doubtless arise in minds yet un-
tainted, and which, by Divine g'>^'\CQ, shall become a
panoply to protect them through life, against all the
temptations that can assail them. And the time will
come, when we, too, can look back to our own line of
celebrated men brought up at this seminary, and
whose character and attainments shall cast a glory
around it, and become, as it were, the genius of the
Institution.

Is there an ingenuous youth now present, of quick
sensibility and lively ambition, who does not cherish in
his imagination the hope that he may become one of
those whom in future times this University will delight
to honour, as one of her favourite sons ? Why should

he not ? He is in the enjoyment of the same advan-
tages — pursuing the same paths of knowledge which
enabled so many in former times to soar to the more
elevated height of literary fame.

I am aware that, in this age of high pretension, some
affect 10 despise t^^e proceedings of our ancestors, and
more especially their methods of training up the
rising generation in the way they should go. Instead
of acting on religious principles and considerations in
educating youth, as was the custom of our forefathers,
and their prevailing motive for establishing colleges
and seminarios, such modern promoters of innovation
set aside religion, and stifle that voice which bids us
prepare for the concerns of eternity, that all our ener-
gies may be devoted to the things of time and its
perishing interests. They value nothing beyond the
confines of this world, and deal with youth as if all
their impulses were good, and all their dislikes preser-
vatives from evil. Such a course betrays a lamentable
ignorance of human nature. The true system of edu-
cation — and God grant that it may speedily regain
through all Christendom its forn er influence — is
founded on a wiser estimate of the natural indisposition
of every child born in the world to cultivate those
tastes which best become us, as dependent aiid im-
mortal beings.

We need not fear any deficiency in the cultivation
of such arts as lead to the gratification of luxury and
refinement — to the accumulation of wealth, and the
establishment of power.

All feel that the demands made by the senses are so
constant and imperious that they require little or no
special encouragement. But in this institution, our
chief care will, it is hoped, ever be to cherish and
strengthen in our youth those principles and affections,

which give our finite being wings to soar above this
transitory scene, and energy to that mental vision which
shall enable them to look with confidence on the
glories of the spiritual, when this our material world
is vanishing rapidly away.

The Rev. Dr. John McCaul, Vice-President

OF the University The gratifying duty devolves on

me, my young friends, of congratulating you on your
admission to the University, and welcoming you to the
enjoyment of the advantages, which it so liberally
affords. In discharging this duty, I desire to avail
myself of the opportunity, to offer for your guidance
some observations of a practical tendency, which may
be useful in enabling you to secure those benefits, which
you proposed obtaining by becoming members of this
institution.

Let me impress upon you the importance of duly
estimating the position, in which you now stand, for
your exertions will be proportionate to your sense of
your responsibilities. Your period of boyhood has now
passed by — ^giddy thoughtlessness is to be exchanged
for sober reflection — compulsory attention to your
interests is to give place to that zealous and steady
industry, which prudent regard to your future welfare,
enforces as a duty — you are to think — ^^you are to act —
as youths, entering on a new, and most important epoch
of existence — an epoch, in which that information is to
be collected, from whose stores you are to draw, when
engaged in the active duties of those stations, in which
it may please Providence to place you — those habits
are to be formed, on which your future success mainly
depends — that reputation is to be acquired, which is to

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recommend you in your debut on the stage of life— *
those principles are to be established, by which you are
to shape your course amidst the trials and difficulties
of busy and anxious manhood.

Follow me, whilst I take a detailed but rapid survey
of the topics, which I have just noticed, as the promi-
nent characteristics of the career, on which you are
now entering.

I will first glance at the diflFerent subjects of study^
from which it will be alike your duty and your privilege
to collect the information, that is to be useful to you
hereafter ; for each of you may apply to himself, whilst
engaged in the pursuits, to which the University directs
your attention, the words of the poet — "Condoet com-
pono, qua) mox dcpromere possim."

The study of Classical Literature invites your atten-
tion, recommended to your curiosity, as preserving the
wondrous reliques of the glorious works of ancient
genius — to your taste, as presenting the purest models
of literary composition, and the most perfect specimens
of the felicitous combination of strength and grace —
force and beauty — to your prudence, as afibrding the
best discipline in those qualifications, which are most
commonly required in almost every station of active
life. Be assured, that you will find that these studies
are not merely an agreeable duty in youth, but a valu-
able advantage in maturity, and a sweet solace in age;
and that in every period, they will supply profitable
occupation in leisure — salutary recreation in ease.
"Noble relaxation!" (exclaimed the great statesman, to
whom the destinies of Great Britain are at present
confided, whilst speaking of these studies — studies,
which he had prosecuted so successfully in youth, and
which he still so ardently admires) "Noble relaxation!
which, whilst it unbends, invigorates — whilst it is

relieving and refreshing the mind from the exhaustion
of present contention, is bracing and fortifving it, for
that which is to come."

I would here glance with but a passing obserration
at the kindred pursuits of logic, rhetoric, and belles
lettres, for the advantages, to be derived from their
cultivation, must commend themselves to the judgment
of every one, who desires to reason with correctness
and precision — to express his sentiments or communi-
cate his knowledge with perspicuity and grace — or to
wield that magic influence, whereby the orator lulls or
rouses the passions of his audience — convinces or per-
suades — and fires the heart of each, whom he addresses,
with those burning feelings, which glow within his
own.

Mathematical science presents irresistible claims on
your consideration. To it belongs, that most attrac-
tive pleasure, which is ever associated with the dexte-
rous exercise of ingenuity in the solution of doubts.
Such studies sharpen and give an T3dge to the intellec-
tual powers — render the student at once acute in the
perception of the points of difficulty, and prompt in the
application of the means, which he possesses, for sur-
mounting them — accustom the mind to the process
of close and accurate reasoning, and enable it not
merely to estimate the strength of each link of a proof,
but to form and rivet the chain of demonstration.
Even if this were all, which could be urged in recom-
mendation of mathematical pursuits, there is amply
sufficient to induce you to apply yourselves to them
with zeal and diligence, but when we consider their
application to other branches of knowledge, and their
absolute necessity in arts, which subserve the comfort
and embellishment of life, their study is most power-
fully enforced by their vast practical utility.

I shall next advert to the sciences, comprised under
Natural and Experimental Philosophy. Need I dwell
upon the high order of intellectual gratification, received
from the contemplation of the wonders of creation, and
the investigation and discovery of those laws, which
the Almighty has impressed upon the material world,
in accordance with which the orhs of light traverse
their ordained paths, and the rolling waters swell and
subside at stated intervals ?

Are ther not amongst you those, whose feelings, on
contemplating these noble suhjeets of investigation, are
the same, which Virgil so gracefully embodies in his
well known verses —

" Me Tero primum dulces ante omnia Musee
Accipiant, ccelique vias et sidera monstrent,
Defectus solis varios, Inneeque labores,
Unde tremor terris, qua vi maria alta tumescant
Objicibus ruptis, rursusque in se ipsa residant ;
Quid tantum oceano properent se tingere soles
Hlbemi, vel quae tardis mora noctibus obstet"

Need I urge the importance of knowing the influ-
ences, exerted by forces, employed in pressure or
motion, which form the subject of Mechanical Science?
Is it necessary to solicit your attention to the pleasure
and profit, with which the mind explores the phenomena
of light and sound and heat and air — traces out the
principles, which regulate them, and reduces them to
one vast and comprehensive system ? Shall I tell of
the achievements of that science, whose analysing
power, nothing is so solid that it can resist — ^nothing
so subtle that it can elude, and which has so materially
contributed, by developing chemical action, to the
advancement of scientific knowledge, and the promotion
of arts and manufactures ?

The mind is, indeed, almost overpowered with asto-
nishment, as we contemplate the wondrous results.

which have followed the application of these sciences
to the purposes of life — results, which comprehend
within their sphere of action works the most colossal
and the most minute — results, which have supplied
our peasantry with comforts, which even princes in
former days could not procure, and have furnished our
cottages with luxuries, unknown to the palaces of the
olden time — results, which realising tho legends of
mythology, the fictions of romance, and the visions of
poetry, have armed man with a power, far surpassing
the might of fabled Giants — have formed in the bowels of
earth, beneath the rushing river, the arched thorough-
fare, more stupendous than all the subterranean won-
ders, of which Eastern story tells — have evoked from
the mine, and imprisoned for the use of man, a light-
breathing spirit, more powerful for good, than were
Arabian genii for evil — have bound fire and water in
amicable union, and forcing these hostile elements (to
borrow the audacious figure of iEschylus) to swear friend-
ship for the service of man, have impelled the impatient
traveller with a velocity, which almost accomplishes
the Shaksperian prayer for the annihilation of time
and space.

I would next direct your attention to that elevated
philosophy, which will render you conversant with the
powers and operations of the mind, and enable you to
prosecute your search into the hidden springs of intel-
lectual energy and activity — which analyses and un-
folds the machinery, which is put into motion, in the
process of mental exertion. Let me unite with this,
that allied branch, which will lead you not to the springs
of thought but of action — which develops the print*-
ples, on which your conduct to God, your fellow crea-
tures, and yourselves should be based, and establishes
those rights and obligations, which belong not merely

to individuals, but to nations — tho ori^n of tho social
system and tho elements of civil government — and
ascends to the investigation of those evidences, which
reason furnishes for the existence, the perfection, and
superintending care of the Supreme Being, the immor-
tality of the soul, and a future state of retribution.

Do you not perceive, my young friends, even in this
brief and imperfect outline of Metaphysical and Moral
Stuence, sufficient inducement to allure you to their
study — to tho study of those powers which distinguish
man from the brute creation, and give him all tho
dominion, which he has over them — to the study of
those motives of action, by which you may recommend
yourselves as good and useful members of society — to
the study of those gi-eat principles on whicli the con-
stitution of government depends, and by which the
intercourse of nations should be regulated — to tho
study of those characters, wherein the Almighty has
written on creation the demonstration of his exis-
tence and of his attributes — and of the confirmation,
which may be collected by inference, of the reality of
the world to come ?

But we should form a most incorrect estimate of the
advantages to be derived from University education,
if we were to limit them to the benefits of the knowledge,
which is thus acquired. Important as these are, they
are not superior in value to the habits which arc
formed — habits which I would almost say, are more
practically useful, than even the information, which is
amassed.

Let me briefly glance at a few, the importance of
which I would particularly impress upon you.

First, there are the habits of industry and persever-
ance — of laborious and patient research, which are
necessarily exerted in adequately preparing the subjects

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^H study, whilst the system of examination exercises the
power of concentration, anil jjromotes readiness in the
application of knowled<r(j. Mark the henetits, which
must flow from this hahitual comhination of the steady
diligence, and close attention, which are necessary for
acquiring, with the facility and promptitude by which
these acquired powers are aimed in the proper direc-
tion at the critical moment. Nor arc these the only
valuable habits, which are derived from the University
as a school of discipline for the intellectual powers. It
teaches that whatever is to he done, should be done
well — it enforces the necessity of uniting to perfect
acquaintance with the subject, exactness and precision
in the use of language, and inculcates the lesson, that
knowledge to be valuable must be accurate, and that
we cannot hope for success, unless that hope is based
on the conviction, that we have attended to every thing
— even the most minute auxiliary, whereby it may be
procured.

Hence also we learn how to read — we become habi-
tuated to distinguish almost at a glance the prominent
features of a work — to analyse its contents and extract
its essence — to discover the substance, even when over-
spread with verbiage — to find the fruit amidst the leaves.

But let us consider other habits, fostered by Univer-
sity residence, which are highly valuable m active life.
In the brief space, which I can give to this topic, I
shall not dwell upon the manifest benefits of a system,
which requires punctuality md order, and enforces sub-
ordination and deference to authority. I would more
particularly notice the advantages, which an University
affords, as an intermediate stage between home and the
world — as the transition state, in which youth, passing
from the tender and anxious care of fond relatives, is
prepared for the roughness of life, and trained to

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(lo|)(»n(lonro on h\A own resources. This, indeed, is a
benefit, not peeuliar to llniversiti<'s, for it is enjoyed
also at every well-rej^iiljited j)ul)li(; school, hut the
characteristic in the former is, tlisit it fjives its aid at
the most critical period of lite, when the authority of
the parent over headstrontr youth usually begins to
wane, whilst the solicitude for the welfare of his child,
too old for restraint, and yet too young for liberty, is
painfully increased by the apprehension, that ho may
not withstand the temptations,^ which ever assail at
this most trying period of life. It is at this ago,

Quiinii|iu' iter ainl)i(;iiuin est, ot vitic neHcius error
Diducit tri'piduH riiiiioHu iu coinpitu nientes —

that a college, when strictly and faithfully administered,
furnishes its most salutary assistance. Taking under
its charge the pupils, confided to its care, it brings
them amidst companions of different tempers, disposi-
tions, habits, and means, from their intercourse with
whom they may derive the knowledge and experience,
which qualify for general society — gives to each the op-
portunity, on a scale proportioned to their resources, of
feeling the pleasures — and the cares too — of maintaining
an establishment — places them under tutors, to whom
they may repair for advice, and to whose authority,
they are to be amenable, not merely in their studies
but in their expenses — in short, leaves them sufficiently
free from restraint to exercise their own judgment and
discretion, and acquire those qualities, which are essen-
tial to their welfare in life, and yet exercises over them
that vigilant superintendence, which their inexperienced
age requires. But the benefit of such training, when
fully appreciated and enjoyed, is not limited to those
solid qualifications for the business of life, which arise
from the formation of the habits, which I have men-

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tionod. Tho Intercourse of academic residents is cal-
culated tu produce those manners, which become and
adorn tho gentleman, teaching to combine with self-
respect punctilious regard to the feelings of others,
and inspiring a taste for those amenities, which give to
society its most attractive charms.

But I must pass on in this rapid survey to the next
topic which I purposed noticing — tho advantages,
arising from the reputation, which students in the
University have the opportunity of acquiring — a repu-
tation which, let me assure you, my young friends, is
the best introduction, which you can obtain, on en-
trance into life — I mean that reputation, conferred by
academic distinctions, which produces a prestige in
favour of those who have won them. Nor is the influ-
ence of an honourable University career felt merely by
others — the acquisition of such honours produces a
most powerful and beneficial efPect on those, who have
obtained them. The memory of their well-earned dis-
tinctions inspires an animating confidence in their
strength for the conflict, in which they are engaged,
when struggling for eminence on the arena of life —
they remember, that when they entered the lists be-
fore, they bore away the prize — they feel, that the
result, in this case too, must be the same, if they but
apply similar power — they have conquered before on
another field, they are persuaded, that on this, too, the
wreath of victory will encircle their brow — " possunt
quia posse videntur." Nerve yourselves, then, my
young friends, for the ennobling competition, in which
oft-times even defeat is honourable — if your exertions
should not be rewarded with the branch, yet you can-
not fail to obtain the fruit —persevere — ^be steady —
desultory efforts are of no avail — or when they do suc-
ceed, that success is frequently dearly purchased by a

fihtttered constitution. To the struggle, you are in-
cited by that generous desire of distinction, which the
Almighty seems to have implanted in the huiiiian breast,
as an iiicentive to exertions which may yield benefit to
ourselves, nnd to our fellow-creatures — to the struggle,
you are mcited by the prospect of future contests, in
which nobler prizes are to be obtained, and on which
you will enter with more sure dependence on yourselves,
if ycu are supported by the confidence of past success,
and with warmer interest of others in your behalf, if
you bear the insignia of academic honour. Rest not
satisfied with the mere distinction of titles, which,
however high, prove no more than that you have at-
tained the minimum of requirement for the degree, —
the University invites you to her highest honours — ^nor
does she draw any line of separation amongst her
alumni — ^her invitation to all, is

" Cuncti adsint meritu.;;ue expectent pncmia palms."

But I should indeed mislead you, my young friends,
if I did not point out to you a motive for diligent atten-
tion to your studies, even nobler than those which I
have now placed before you as incentives to exertion.
The sense of duty should ever be uppermost in your
minds, and with it for your guiding principle, even if
you should not obtain the hono'jrs of the University,
you will undoubtedly secure the solid and substantial
advantages of an University education. But I perceive
that I have dwelt too long on this topic, and that I
have been carried too far by the engrossing interest of
a subject, which, although some sixteen years have rolled
away since I felt the excitement, which will animate
you when competing for distinctions, even still quickens
the throbbing of the pulse, as memory breathes around
me " a second spring."

The last subject, to which I purposed directing your
attention, is — the principles, which should bo esta-
blished, during your University career. Think not, my
young friends, that because you are not yet to enter
on the business of life, you will be exempt here from
temptations, which will try the strength of your moral
and I jligious principles. An University, as compared
with the outer world, is as that noble harbour beneath
us, which shelters indeed our shipping from the storms,
that sweep the wide expanse of the lake, but yet the
rushing gust is felt even on its peaceful bosom — the
swelling billow rolls into it — and its placid waters are
ruffled with miniature waves.

Be watchful then as to the habits, which you form —
be cautious as to the companions, whom you select —
habit will render you indifferent to vices, to which you
were at first averse — " primo invisa — postremo aman-
tur" — and bad company will confirm that vitiated taste.
Ever bear in mind, that intellectual cultivation will be
but a frail defence against the seductive influences,
which will assail you, and that learning without sound
principle is but as a goodly ship deprived of her rudder,
luman science will not be a safeguard amidst the
perilous trials of your age — no, nor can philosophy
forge arms, which can protect you — the heart must be
right as well as the head — profound scholarship is as
nothing without fervent Christianity — and love to God
is stronger than all the moral principles, which ancient
or modern ethics ever taught.

But, as I have already exceeded the limits, which
the occasion prescribes, I mu4 conclude, however
abruptly, this protracted address. Before I terminate,
however, 1 would press upon you the importance of
remembering the period of life, at which you have the
opportunity of enjoying the advantages, to which I have
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adverted — the period of youth — in which knowledge is
most easily acquired and retained — ^not merely because
the mind is then better adapted to receive and keep
impressions, but because you are not disquieted by the
cares and troubles of life, which harass and vex those
who are engaged in its business — the period of youth
— in which the ductile character, not yet hardened by
time, is most capable of being moulded — " argilU
quidvis imitaberis uda" — the period of youth — in which
the desire of honourable distinction is strongest, and the
powers for attaining it most active — the period of youth
— the most fitting season to remember your Creator,
and one, in which it is most important, that the
principles, which are to regulate your conduct through
life, should be laid on a sure and firm basis — remember
also, my young friends, that the opportunity once lost
can never be recalled — and that negbct and indolence
in youth are ever the certain precursors of mortifying
disappointment in manhood — of bitter and unavailing
regret in old age.

Ill

The Hon. Chief Justice RoBiNSON.~My Lord,
President of King's College :

What a glorious day has now opened upon Upper
Canada! The feelings with which your Lordship
must look upon the scene, at this moment before you,
I will make no effort to describe, for I am whoUy
unable to give adequate utterance to my own.

When, more than forty years ago, you came, a
stranger to this all but unknown country, a young and
ardent labourer in the cause of education, how would
it have delighted you, if you could have been per-

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mitted to see in the distant foreground, this cro-^rning
termination of the hopes and plans, which you began
at an early day to entertain.

That perseverance surmounts all difficulties, has not
often been more strikingly or more happily evinced.
The suggestions which, before this century began, your
Lordship, from your intimate friendly relation with a
much honoured member of the Government, had an
opportunity of urging, are now at length about to take
the shape of measures, but not until the century has
nearly half elapsed ; and yet by the care of a kind
Providence, your Lordship is spared to witness the
consummation of hopes that have been dearly cherished
through so many years of delays and difficulties.

That you should have the distinguished honor of
having your name go down to posterity as the first
President of the University of King's College, is but
the legitimate reward of years of faithful and most
useful service in the cause of education, and of a devo-
tion to its interests so comprehensive in its character
and so unremitting, that there is no gradation or
department of instruction which has not in its turn
received your anxious care. In laying the foundation
of the system of Common Schools twenty-seven years
ago, your Lordship, it is well known, took a prominent
part % and at a still earlier period, as 1 well remember,
it was at the suggestion, and upon the earnest, instance
of your Lordship, that the Statute was procured, to which
we are indebted for the District Grammar Schools
throughout Upper Canada ; in which Schools alone,
for more than twenty years, the means of obtaining a
liberal education were to be found, and which, through-
out that period, and to this moment, have conferred
upon the country advantages beyond our power to
estimate.

I refer to these District Schools, my Lord, with
peculiar pleasure, for it was at one of these. Schools,
conducted hy yourself, that I received the instruction,
without which I cannot but feel that my career in life
must have been one of a very different description,
and which, if that opportunity had not been con-
siderately extended to me, as it was, by your Lordship's
kindness, I could assuredly not have obtained.

I refer to them also with pleasure, my Lord, because
I know that it enhances the gratification which your
Lordship receives from this day's proceedings, that
among those connected with this University, are three
gentlemen who, with me, were educated under your
Lordship's care at one of those District Schools, and
who were entrusted by the Legislature with the office
of Visitors of King's College, in consequence of their
elevation to the highest seat of Justice in the Colony.
Your Lordship may be assured that it is to them, and
to me, a source of particular satisfaction, that we have
lived to see you enjoy ilie fulfilment of a hope so long
indulged, and that if, at last, your Lordship is not to
take that active direction in the internal government
of the University which the Royal Charter provides
for, it is only because you have been raised to a station
of which the duties are even higher and more sacred.

Upon you, Mr. Vice President, the gratifying honour
has been conferred, of selecting you to discharge those
offices of internal government and actual superin-
tendence of the instruction to be dispensed within these
walls, which, from the elevation of the Right Reverend
President to the Episcopal Bench, it has been found
necessary to place in other hands than his.

It would be strange presumption in me, to speak of
your fitness for such a task, but I may be allowed to
congratulate the country and yourself upon what all

must with great satisfaction admit — that you come with
singular advantages to the duties which you have
undertaken.

You have brought with you to this country a very
high reputation for scholarship, acquired at an unu-
sually early age, and acquired at a seat of learning,
whose long and well established character gives the
best assurance that the honours conferred in it must
have been fairly earned. You are still in the prime
vigour of your life, and yet are familiar with the
business of instruction, and you have become so, from
an experience acquired by some years of most sedulous
and successful application, under the eyes of those who
now look with eager hope to your sustaining and in-
creasing in the new field here opened to you, the
reputation which they freely and heartily admit you to
have won in that which you have left.

Excellence in any art or science is seldom, if ever, I
believe, attained, except by those who have been ardent
in its pursuits, and for whom whatever is connected
with the honour and advancement of their favourite
study possesses a high degree of interest. It cannot,
therefore, be doubted that by yourself and by those
learned Professors who have been associated with you,
as being eminently qualified by their attainments in
their various departments, it must be felt to be a dis-
tinction not less interesting than honourable, to be
selected to build up an University, which shall in all
time to come, have authority, under a Royal Charter,
to stamp with its seal the pretensions to excellence in
the several arts and sciences, and to lay the foundation
of what is designed to be a perfect system of education
in a country like this — a country important from its
extent, from its great and increasing population, and
from its peculiar position in this vast continent :-

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country interesting even in its short past history, as
well as from the astonishing rapidity with which it is
advancing ; — and a country which, I think we can say
with truth, and with honest pride, is honoured through-
out the Empire for the credit with which it has passed
through the perils of foreign invasion and domestic
tumult. Most cordially, my Lord, Mr. Vice President,
and reverend and learned Professors, most cordially, I
am sure, do the people of thjs Province wish you
honour and success in the noble .task which vou have
undertaken. No mind can measure the importance of
your labours to succeeding generations. And may
that good Providence, without whose support all human
efforts must fail, crown those labours with the happiest
results, directing them in all things to His glory, and
enabling you to secure to yourselves, whenever you
may retire from the field of your arduous exertions, the
consciousness of having served faithfully and efficiently
in a duty, than which there is none more honourable I
May a just and generous people cheer you with their
encouragement in your progress, and shew that they
can appreciate the benefits which I doubt not your
anxious toils will confer upon them and upon their
posterity I

Upon this highly interesting occasion, I may be
indulged with permission to say a few words upon the
advantages and necessity of education, and especially
of the importance of literary institutions to a free
people, whose Government may be truly said to be
chiefly in their own hands, although to labour to
prove by argument either of these positions, would be, .
of all waste of words, the most idle.

It is evidently the intention and decree of our all-
wise Creator, that almost every thing that ministers to
the service or to the enjoyments of man, should call for

his labour to cultivate and improve it. Even the great
features of the globe, — the very elements that compose
and surround it — give us proofs of this necessity.
Before rivers can answer all the purposes which they
seem designed to serve, they must be cleared of their
obstructions — the earth will not sustain us bv its
fruits till it has been pulverised and drained — water
must be cleansed of its impurities — the veiy air we
breathe was found in some parts of the world, too pes-
tilential for human existence, till the noxious vapours
had been banished by changes made by labour on the
earth's surface — even the lightning of Heaven, has, for
our safety, been mercifully permitted to be directed by
the ingenuity of man. If we look to living nature, we
are astonished at the improvements which his study
and care have effected in the disposition, the habits,
nay the very size and form of the domestic animals.
And whether we contemplate the fruit which nourishes
us, or the flower which charms the sense, we see every-
where such proofs of the wonderful effects which God
has permitted to be accomplished by human industry
and art, that it is scarcely too much to say, that many
of the most useful and beautiful productions of our
fields and gardens, have assumed, after years of culti-
vation and a succession of ingenious experiments, so
altered a form, that they differ more from the ori-
ginal simple plant or flower from which they sprang,
than some of the most varied species differ from each
other.

But if all things, which man brings within the com-
pass of his dominion, must be educated, as it were,
and trained, in order to bring forth the virtues and the
beauties which lie latent in them, how much more cer-
tain and more urgent must be the necessity of culti-
vating the reasoning powers of the human mind!

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These plants, these flowers, on which man hestows his
ceaseless labour, have no concern with the past or with
the future ; they might seem to answer sufficiciitly the
ends for which they were created, by simply being.
But of man, on the contrary, it is said by the great
moralist, whoso name xnd memory, I trust, will be
honoured in this our University, as it is honoured and
beloved wherever religion and learning are revered ; —
of man, it has been said by Dr. Johnson, that " in
proportion as he allows considerations of the past and
of the future to preponderate in his mind, over the
present, in that proportion he rises in the scale of
thinking beings.*' To convey to him, then, the lessons
of experience which the past has furnished, and to fit
him for the exigencies of the future, is the business of
education.

Nor is it only to enable him the more surely to
realise the dreams of ambition, or to struggle more
successfully in th(3 contest for wealth or fame, that
man owes it to his happiness to cultivate his mental
powers to the utmost.

No I 'tis not Arorldly gain, altho' by chance
The sons of learning may to wealth advance ;
Nor stations higi, though in some favouring hour
The sons of learning may arrive at power ;
Nor is it glory,— though the public voice
Of honest fame will make the heart rejoice :
But 'tis the mind's own feelings give the joy,
Pleasures she gathers in her own employ : —
Pleasures that gain or praise cannot bestow.
Yet can dilate and raise them when they flow.

It is these pure and inexhaustible pleasures, which
knowledge opens to the educated mind, that have
made the best and purest of our race dwell through
life with affectionate remembrance upon those seats of
learning, where they were taught to think, to reason,
to investigate, and to adore. "I regard," says the

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venerable Bishop Berkeley, "our public pcliooU, not
only as nurseries of men for the service of the Church
and State, but also as places designed to teach man-
kind the most refined luxury — to raise the mind to its
due perfection, and give it a taste for those entertain-
ments which afford the highest transport, without the
grossness or remorse that attend vulgar enjoyments."
But there is a consideration of infinite importance
to a people considered in their social state, upon which
the venerable Bishop but lightly touches in this pas-
sage, so beautifully reflecting, as it does, his mind and
character. It is "as nurseries of men for the service
of the Church and State," that such institutions as
that, which on this day begins to exist, possess, in the
eye of the sincere lover of his country, a value beyond
all estimation. There are many who differ in their
opinions of what constitutes a church. There are
some (though I think they are but few) who unhappily
carry their doubts so far as to believe that there is
nothing certain which regards a life beyond the pre-
sent : but in the breast of the great mass of mankind,
whether savage or civilized, there is implanted a firm
and sure conviction, that there is a higher and a better
world, to which this is but the passage, and that
accordingly as we willingly walk here in the path of
truth or error, we may expect to live hereafter a life of
endless happiness, or of endless misery.

" This once believed, 'tM-ere logic misapplied,
To prove a consequence by none denied —
That we are bound to cast the minds of youth
Betimes into the mould of heavenly truth;
That taught of God they may indeed be wise.
Nor ignorantly wandering, miss the skies."

Then again, if we view Universities as "nurseries
of men for the service of the State," how great their

value, how indispensable their necessity ! To enable
a man fitly to investigate and inculcate religious truth
— to frame and to interpret the laws by which a com-
munity must be governed, and the rij^lita of every
individual secured — to apply the truths of science and
the aidh of art in advancing the wealth of the state —
heightening the rational enjoyments of life and reliev-
ing its pains and miseries — these are purposes, which
require the intellect to be stored with th(^ experience
of past times, and enriched with, the discoveries of the
present. Anu to be able to detect whatever in life is
unsound and pernicious, and to distinguish it from
what is solid, true and useful, requires an habitual
training of the mind by the lessons of wisdom, and an
early and constant, and strongly impressed reverence
for truth.

If this University shall be permitted, by the blessing
of Providence, to work out the noble ids of its royal
founder, in security and peace, the generations which
succeed us will assuret.l f have to boast their long list
of worthies, who will have gathered within its walls
the seeds of every public and private virtue, and who
in the various departments of public life will have
proved a blessing to this country.

Who can count the value to his nation and to man-
kind of a Newton, a Heber, a Mansfield, or a Peel?
It is true that years, perhaps ages, are required, to
enable a seat of learning to manifest palpably to the
eyes of all, the incalculable influence which it is never-
theless certainly destined to exert upon the fortunes
and happiness of a people. But soon, I trust very soon,
some evidence will begin to appear, of the salutary
effects, which must result from collecting into one
great and liberally endowed seat of learning, the young
men of fairest hopes and promise — to be nurtured in

unecominon feeling of affection for thoir country, vene-
ration for tlioir Sovcrei*^!, love and gratitude towards
the wise and benetic(;nt Author of their hcin^, and
admiration of all which the experience of past aj^es has
shewn to ho most worthy the ambition and devotion of
the wise and good. There will, I doubt not, soon
spring up, even in this now country, something of that
traditionary spirit and elevation of character, which
insensibly workin^j in her noble Universities, has im-
measurably contriljuted to nuike ICngland what she is
— the arbitress of nations — the country envied perhaps,
hut respected and admired of the world. Even the
college gown and cap, the badges of generous devotion
to studies that ennoble the mind, will lend their feeble
aid to form the character. We sliall soon perceive the
dawnings of a spirit, which shall prompt the rising
youth as he glows with the consciousness of a loyal
fidelity and laudable ambition, to say within himself

" Hoc nobis pilua doiiant."

And yet speaking only for myself, there is, I confess,
in my mind a drawback in contemplating the future,
arising from a cause whic;h I can only pray may not
prove injurious to the prosperity of this University.

I cannot forget that in all portions of the United
Kingdom, to use the words of a celebrated writer, "it
has been chiefly if not altogether upon religious consi-
derations, that Princes as well as private persons have
erected colleges, and assigned liberal endowments to
students and professors." Yes, truly it is to religion
we owe those noble institutions; and I own that I do
look with misgiving and pain upon the apparently
ungrateful return of attempting, in modem times, to
found colleges and schools, from which the influence of
religion would seem to be almost in effect excluded, in
a spirit of jealous distrust.

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When I look around upon these walls, and am re-
minded by familiar objects, of proceedings which have
taken place within them, I feel a satisfaction (melan-
choly indeed it is, because my humble efforts were
unavailing) that I was never led by any motive to
concur in those alterations, which deprived this Uni-
versity of its distinct religious character.

To have excluded from instruction in literature and
the sciences, all who belonged not to a particular
church, might justly have been considered as illiberal
and unwise; and to have allowed those only to impart
instruction in these departments, who professed their
adherence to a particular creed, might have seemed a
course as little suitable to this time and country.

The charter, as it originally stood, did neither: but
it did contain some provisions, plainly intended to
ensure consistency in the government, and harmony in
the working of the institution, and intended moreover
to proclaim openly to all, what was the form of worship,
and what the doctrine, which alone they might expect
to be maintained and inculcated in King's College. I
have always thought that some such security against
confusion and error, and against a danger greater and
more probable — the danger of establishing an indiffe-
rence to all religious truth — was required upon the
plainest principles of reasoning ; and that without such
security, the day might come when we should have to
look in vain for the continued support of the virtuous
and enlightened, whose influence, happily for mankind,
prevails in general, sooner or later, against whatever
rests for its support, noc on reason, but on the voice
of numbers. Such men, whatever may be their creed,
may not be found to look with perfect confidence upon
any seat of learning, whose religious character is not
fixed and acknowledged. We know, at least, that in

England thoy have not looked with flattering confidence
upon that one University, which is liable to the excep-
tion 1 have stated.

It may, I know, bo said that wo are not in England,
Ireland, or Scotland ; and it may be imagined that a
less sound feeling in matters of such momentous con-
cern must necessarily be characteristic of this country,
from the accidental manner in which it has been
peopled. If it be so, it is more to be deplored than
any other error. But the members of the three largest
Christian communities in Upper Canada, unconnected
with the Church of England, have given evidence of
very different views. They have all shewn, much to
their credit, that a college in which all religions may
be taught, or no religion, is not that kind of institution
for the instruction of youth which they would prefer.
They have each given the strongest proof, that what
they desire, in their own case, is a college which shall
be avowedly in strict and undoubted connection with
their own persuasion. If this had not been their feel-
ing, we should not have heard of Queen's College, or
the Colleges of Victoria and Regiopolis. In this they
have judged soundly of human nature, and yielded an
honest testimony to what their consciences approved.

It was, we know, contended at the time (and it would
be unjust and unreasonable not to make allowance for
the pressure under which the government and the
Legislature acted) — it was contended that to endow an
University in connection with one church, from funds
in which people of all persuasions might claim an
interest, was contrary to justice. But the church,
mentioned in the Royal Charter, was that church which
the Sovereign swears at his coronation to support in
all parts of his dominion, except in Scotland ; and the
spirit, which denied to the Sovereign the right to endow

from resources, which the constitution had vested in
tile crown, an University in communion with the great
Protestant Church of the Empire, might, as it seemed
to mc, liave been justly discountenanced as an unrea-
sonable spirit. And a little attention to the history of
times and countries not remote from us, will, I believe,
shew, that in general it has proved itself a spirit, not
of meekness, but of ambition ; — one that will be per-
petually inclined to strive for the mastery, when there
is any ground of hope ; until at last (as there are not
wanting examples to shew) — in the changes of time,
where nothing has been fixed by law, there becomes
fixed and settled, through perseverance and manage-
ment, and probably after years of strife, a state of things
which, if it had been proposed in the first instance, or
could have been anticipated as the probable result,
would have been desired by no one, but condemned
by all.

A fear of some such misfortune is mv onlv fear; but
I trust that the wisdom of the Government and the
Legislature may guard against the danger. \\ becomes
us at least to entertain the hope: and may God in his
goodness avert this and all other evils from the
University of King's College.

The Hon. Mr. Justice Hagerman. — Mv Lord
Bishop and President of King's College :

Did I n^ t think, that no Upper Canadian ought to
refuse his aid — however humble — in promoting an
object so deeply interesting to every true lover of his
country, as the opening of an institution destined to
advance in so many most important respects the welfare
and happiness of the inhabitants of his native land, I
should most assuredly have declined complying with

the request, very recently made to me, to address the
few observations, which I am about to offer on the
present interesting occasion, knowing, as I well do,
that there are many persons present far better qualified
for the task than 1 am.

In reflecting on the influence, which King's College,
as the first and greatest seat of learning in Canada, is
destined to produce on the state of society generally,
and the improvement of the learned professions parti-
cularly, throughout the Province, the mind is led to
embrace an extensive range of thought ; and there is
something peculiarly interesting in beholding a colony,
such as that in which we are living, making a first
great effort to establish an institution which, with the
blessing of Divine Providence, may yet rank with
those famous seats of learning in our father-land, from
which, for the benefit of all mankind, streams of
wisdom and piety have been flowing with ever-increas-
ing abundance for more than a thousand years.

If we look back to the periods, when the two greatest
Universities in the world were first established, we
shall be brought to remember, that the number of per-
sons who then occupied their halls, was limited to a
very few pious men, whose labours were confined to
the religious instruction of ^ , scanty population, pro-
foundly ignorant of every branch of literature, and who
had few of the qualities of mind, or habits of life, to
raise them above the standard of barbarism. Let us
contrast with the darkness of this gloomy period the
glorious light, which these great literary luminaries
have diff^used, and are still difi^using, throughout the
world; and let those who acknowledge the directing
wisdom and goodness of the Creator, admit that in
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instruments to advance the glory of His great name,
by promulgating the sacred truths of His most holy
religion; — by enlightening the minds and understand-
ings of His creatures — by subduing the natural fierce-
ness of their dispositions — by extending benevolence,
and spreading harmony and peace.

Those of our youth, who desire to learn lessons of
wisdom, and to attain eminence among the benefactors
of their race, will, on searching the pages of their
country's history, find, that the most illustrious men of
modern times have received, and continue to this day
to receive, their instruction at the British Universities.
And ungrateful indeed must our children be, if they
are not thankful, that (unlike the founders of those
noble institutions) thei/ are not left to grope their
way in darkness to fountains of knowledge; but
that the learning of the fathers of English literature
as well as that of ancient times, is spread before them,
which they are invited to share, and, if they can, to
improve, without restraint. How greatly in this respect
has even Upper Canada the advantage over England,
as it was when, as Camden tells us (agreeable to
Merlin's prophecy), " fVudom begun to flourish at
the ford of Oxen. ^* JJut it is n(<t in literary attainments
only, that seats of leaining have accomplished and are
destined to eifect still /greater benefit to mankind.
These would be of as little value now as they were in
the dark ages, when th^y were confined to Monks and
Abbots, who too often use<l their knowledge for the
purpose of enthralling and keeping in darkness and
superstitious dread, the mind* of the great mass of the
people, if they did not assint in fjringin^' forth, and
promoting the graces and amenities of so< ial life, and
softening the asperities of our nalurc ; — if they did not
lead us into that train of thought, and ihose habits of

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life, which impel to virtue and restrain vice — if they
did not shed their benign influence over the enjoyments
of this life, and brighten the anticipations of that,
which is to come.

It is now, as it ever has been, in the economy of
Providence, to establish different estates and degrees
among mankind, and to assign to them the perform-
ance of various duties ; and it is at the great seminaries
of learning, that in modern times the youth of Europe
have prepared themselves for their chosen field of
public duty. There it is, that the ambitious are
excited to excel their contemporaries in every noble
pursuit ; and while encouraged to persevere in gene-
rous strife for eminence in virtue, they learn to regard
with contempt that praise which is "purchased without
desert and bestowed without judgment." — There it is,
that the noble emulation of the great and good of
former days is kindled — that the mind is trained to
grapple with difficu^^^ies, and disciplined in the exercise
of its powers — that t. at information is amassed, which
graces or benefits in every station of life — that that
comiuand oi language is acquired, which convinces or
persuades — instructs or delights — there it is, that
the overweening confidence bf the presumptuous is
'flecked, as each is enabled to form a due estimate of
his strength — the force of prejudice is removed or
weakened by reading, and intercourse witli those of
different opinions and characters — anl those habits
arc formed of diligence and pinictuality, without which
it is impossible that any one can discharge the duties,
which devolve on him, with credit to himself or satis-
faction to others.

In no situation of life are young persons so likely to
strengthen that noblest of human passions " love of
country, * as at public seminaries of leai'ning. It is at
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those places that young men are more likely than any
where else to accjuire that pride of hirth whieh is felt
by the countrymen of the great divines — philosophers
— statosmen — lawyers — and warriors of Great Britain,
and to become convinced hy arguments and proof, now
universally admitted to be irrefutable, that the consti-
tution and laws of England form the most perfect
system of government, that has ever been devised by
Iwiman ingenuity, for the extension and preservation of
rational liberty. Influenced by. this noble principle,
the graduates of Universities seldom fail to go forth
into the world and engage heartily in the performance
of those duties which are best calculated to maintain
unimpaired the social and political fabric of society.
To fear God and honour the King, are with them
concurrent obligations. Treason is never met with but
among ^he low-minded, the malignant, and the envious.
Fidelity to his Sovereign and the government of his
country, forms a part of the character of every well-
educated English gentleman ; and there are few of
them in these days, whose reverence for these Chris-
tian obligations has not received encouragement and
strength at some great national seminary of learning.
Nor are we to overlook as among the great benefits
resulting from the youth of a country being brought
together at these public institutions, that there friend-
ships are formed between kindred spirits, which, being
based on virtuous predilections, not only aflPord a pre-
sent exquisite satisfaction, but ensure a generous sup-
port amidst the trials and vicissitudes of life, to each
other, among those who are happy enough to form this
mutual attachment. Neither can society at large fail
to be in some degree benefitted by this union of senti-
ment among its public; men ; for although such may
not always agree in their opinions, yet the respect and

esteem they bear for each other, will cause them to
avoid every thing that is personally offensive, and
induce a desire so to sha])e thoir public conduct as to
command respect, if they cannot obtain concurrence.
The good of tJieir countrij, will be the mutual desire
of good men who bear the relation of friends to each
other, although they may pursue that great object by
different means and reasoning.

Of the great advantages, that must result to the
learned professions from the establishment in this
country of a well-governed University, no one of course
can entertain the slightest doubt ; but of the extent of
those advantages, / can speak only from what I know
to be the want of tlwm ; for to me they never were
accessible. The history of the education of the youth
of Canada has already been given by your Lordship,
the details of which are sufficiently ample, except as to
one point — and that is, the share which your Lordship
has had from early life to the present hour, in pro-
moting it. The results of your labours and the proofs
of their success, you have been permitted to live to see
now surrounding you ; and in addition to this reward,
you have secured the gratitude and affection of every
right-minded inhabitant of this colony. I can add
nothing to the just tribute paid you by your distin-
guished friend and former pupil, the Chief Justice, who
has preceded me ; but I may be permitted to remind
all present, that to your Lordship's untiring energy
Canada must acknowledge itself indebted, for every
benefit that may result to it from the establishment of
King's College.

But to return to my subject. The student who may
choose the practice of the law as his profession, will
derive from his attendance at the University a double
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the courts, and, what is of infinitely more importance,
his studies are so directed as to enlarge his knowledge
of general literature, and render him, by the best means,
friendly and familiar intercourse, acquainted with the
dispositions and character of mankind. Perfection in
legal knowledge was never attained, and probably never
will be attained by any one ; and although to acquire
a reasonable acquaintance with its principles, retire-
ment and long-continued undisturbed study are indis-
pensable, yet the advocate well^ knows, that he has
small chance of success, if he neglects those great
stores of learning, from which are to be gained a com-
petent knowledge of other departments of science, and
an acquaintance with g'>neral literature.

With respect to the medical profession — highly
esteemed and deserving of the confidence of the com-
munity as many of its members are — yet it is uni-
versally admitted, that as yet the Province is but
inadequately supplied, and all who are acquainted
with the wants of the population in places remote
from the principal towns, will rejoice at the prospect
now opening for the relief of pain and sickness among
their poorer fellow creatures, by application to those
who may be safely consulted. It must be a source of
sincere gratification to all, that the great want of a
public school of medicine, directed by learned and
skilful professors, is about to be supplied within the
limits of Upper Canada, where the progress of those
who aim at being entrusted with the preservation of
the health of our families may be observed, and their
claims on our confidence can be known, and (as they
1-1 ways will be) justly appreciated.

But one subject more remains for observation — and,
although the last, by far the greatest and most impor-
tant of all, and upon which I have nevertheless the

least to say — confessing my utter incompetence ade-
quately to discuss it — I mean the study of Divinity.
The most profound knowledge of law — or of medicine
— or of any merely human science, can be of no perma-
nent value, uTdoss accompanied with a belief in the
christian religion, and, through it, the consoling hopes
of immortality. To convey these blessed truths through-
out the land, is the first duty and holiest object of a
christian government or community ; and from public
seminaries of learning it is that the United Kingdom
has been chiefly supplied with fit and competent instruc-
tors in our holy religion. King's College is, I trust,
henceforth to bear the same relation in this respect to
Upper Canada, that the Universities do to our father-
land ; and for this reason, if for no other, there is abun-
dant cause for rejoicing at its establishment. Deeply,
most deeply thankful and grateful are we for the labour
and christian care bestowed upon us by those pious pas-
tors, who, born and educated in the United Kingdom,
have come as ministers of the church to reside among
us; and desolate would the land have been without their
aid. But it must be an object of natural and anxious
desire, that those wlio are to minister at our altars, and
to be our instructors and guides in holy learning,
should be of our own house and country — educated
among us — known to us from their childhood — and
enjoying our confidence from a personal acquaintance
with their worth. No man is capable of exercising so
much influence, or can so justly exercise it, as a zealous
clergyman among the members of his congregation :
and that they ought to be well qualified by learning
and pious and virtuous habits for their high calling, is
most manifest. Thus endowed, they will est'^olish
within the range of their allotted stations, habits of
industry — prudeace — mutual friendliness — and holy

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living among the poorer classesi and concentrate and
guide the energies of the higher orders to the accom-
plishment of good works and the maintenance of peace
and decorum, wherever the authority or influence of
the latter may reach. That King's College will, year
after year, send forth from its halls an ahundant supply
of persons worthy to become the ordained ministers of
our church, all good men must and will devoutly pray :
by attaining this end, it will best perform its duty to
God and man. , ^

I have now concluded my task, my Lord Bishop, in
recalling to the recollection of my younger hearers a
very few of the most obvious benefits resulting from
seats of learning, to the learned professions and to
society : and most sincerely do I wish for their sakes
it had been better and more worthily executed.

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THE CHARTER

AT YORK, IN UPPER CANADA.

GE()11(;E the fourth, by the Grace of God, of the United
Kingdom of Great liritain and Ireland, King, Defeiidcr of the Faith, and
8o forth, to all to whom these PrcscntH Hhall conic. Greeting: —

WiiRRKAa the establiHhment of a Collkcje within our Province or
UrpKR Canada in North America, for the Education of Youth in the
PRiNctriiKs of the Christian Rkliqion, and for their inHtruction in the
various branches of Science and Literature which arc taught in our Uni-
versities in this Kingdom, would greatly conduce to the welfare of our
said Province : And Whereeui, humble application hath been made to Uh by
many of our loving Subjects in our said Province, that We would be pleased
to grant our Royal Charter for the more perfect establishment of a
College therein, and for incorporating the Members thereof, for the pur-
poses aforesaid : Now Know Ye, that We having taicen the premises into
Our Royal consideration, and duly weighing the great utility and impor-
tance of such an Institution, have, of our special grace, certain knowledge,
and mere motion, ordained and granted, and do by these Presents for Us,
our Heirs and Successors, ordain and grant, that there shall be established,
at or near our Town of York, in our said Province of Upper Canada,
from this time, one College, with the style and privileges of an University,
as hereinafter directed, for he education and instruction of Youth and
Students in Arts and Fac(.< ^, to continue for ever, to be called ' King's
Colleg. '

And We do hereby declar. and grant, that our trusty and well-
beloved, I he Right Rtvercnd Father i" God, Charles James, Bishop of
the Diocese of Quebec, or the Bishop ior the time being of the Diocese
in which the said Town of York may be situate, on any fiiturc division or
alteration of the said present Diocese of Quebec, sfiall, for Us, and on
our behalf, be Visitor of the said College; and that our trusty and well-
beloved Sir Peregrine Maitland, our Lieutenant Governor of our said
Province, or the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or other Person admi-
nistering the Government of our said Province, for the time being, shall
be the Chance i!<v ./four said College.

And We do iie) <'by declare, ordain and grant, that there shall at all
times be one l.t< si ent of our said College, who shall be a Clergyman,
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in Holy Orders, of the United Church of England and Ireland, and that
there shall be Huch and so nmny Professors in different Arts and Fhculties
within our said College, as from time to time shall be deemed neceBsary
or expedient, and as shall be appointed by Us or by the Chancellor of
our said College, in our behalf and during our plcjisure.

And We do hereby grant and ordain, that the Reverend John Strachan,
Doctor in Divinity, Archdeacon of York, in our said Province of Upper
Canada, shall be the first President of our said College ; and the Arch-
deacon of York, in our said Province, for the time being, shall by virtue
of such his Office, be at all times the President of the said College.

And We do hereby for Us, our Heirs and Successors, will, ordain and
grant, that the said Chancellor and President, and the said Professors
of our said College, and all person? who shall be duly matriculated
into and admitted as Scholars of our said College, and their Suc-
cessors, for ever, shall be one distinct and separate Body Politic
and Corporate, in deed and in name, by the name and style of 'The
Chancellor, President, and Scholars of King's College, at York, in
the Province of Upper Canada,' and that by the same name they shall
have perpetual succession, and a Common Seal, and that they and their
Successors shall, from time to time, have full power to alter, renew or
change such Common Seal, at their will and pleasure, and as shall be
found convenient ; and that by the same name they the said Chancellor^
President and Scholars, and their Successors, from time to time, and at
all times hereafter, shall be able and capable to have, take, receive, pur-
chase, ar/^uire, hold, possess, enjoy and maintain, to and for the use of
the said College, any Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments,
of what kiiid, nature or quality soever, situate and being within our said
Province of Upper Canada, so as the same do not exceed in yearly value
the sum of Fifteen Thousand Pounds, Sterling, above all charges, and
moreover to take, purchase, acquire, have, hold, enjoy, receive, possess
and retain, all or any Goods, Chattels, Charitable or other Contributions,
Gifts or Benefactions whatsoever.

And We do hereby declare and grant that the said Chancellor, Pre-
sident and Scholars, and their Successors, by the same name, shall and
may be able and capable in Law, to sue and be sued, implead and be
impleaded, answer or be answered, in all or any Court or Courts of
Record within our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and
our said Province of Upper Canada, and other our Dominions, in all and
singular actions, causes, pleas, suits, matters and demands whatsoever, of
what nature or kind soever, in us large, ample and beneficial a manner
and form as any other Body Politic and Corporate, or any other our

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liege Subjects, being persons able and capable in Law, may or can sue,
implead or answer, or be sued, impleaded or answered, in any matter
whatsoever.

And We do hereby dc 'are, ordain and grant, that there shall be
within our said College or Corporation a Council, to be called and
known by the nr":e of 'The CoUegc Council,' and V.'e do will and ordain
that the said Council shall consist of the Cb.anccUor and President, for
the time being, and of Seven of the Professors in Arts and Faculties, of
our said College, and that such seven Professors shall be Members of the
Established United Church of England and Ireland, and shall previously
to their admission into the said College Council, severally sign and sub-
scribe the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, as declared and set forth in
the Book of Common Prayer ; and in case at any time there should not
be within our said College Seven Professors of Arts and Faculties, being
Members of the Established Church aforesaid, then our will and pleasure
is, and We do hereby grant and ordain that the said College Council
shall be filled up to the requisite number of Seven, exclusive of the
Chancellor and President, foi' the time being, by such persons being
Graduates of our said College, and being Members of the Established
Church aforesaid, as shall for that purpose be appointed by the Chan-
cellor, for the time being, of our said College, and which Members of
Council shall in like manner subscribe the Thirty-nine Articles aforesaid,
previously to their admission into the said College Council. .,

And whereas it is necessary to make provision for the completion and
filling up of the said Council, at the first institution of our said College,
and previously to the appointment of any Professors or the conferring of
any Degrees therein: Now We do further ordain and declare, that the
Chancellor of our said College for the time being, shall, upon or imme-
diately after the first institution thereof, by Warrant under his hand,
nominate and appoint Seven discreet and proper persons, resident within
our said Province of Upper Canada, to constitute jointly with him the
said Chancellor and the President of our said College, for the time being,
the first or original Council of our said College, which first or original
Members of the said Council shall in like manner respectively subscribe
the Thirty-nine Articles aforesaid, previously to their admission into the
said Council.

And We do further declare and grant, that the Members of the said
College Council, holding within our said College the Offices of Chancellor,
Preudent, or Professor in any Art or Faculty, shall respectively hold their
seats in the said Council, so long as they and each of them shall retain
such their Offices as aforesaid, and no longer, and that the Members of

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the said Council not holding Offices in our said College shall, from time
to time, vacate their seats in the said Council, when and so soon as there
shall be an adequate number of Professors in our said College, being
Members of the PiStablished Church aforesaid, to fill up the said Council
to the rccjuisite number before mentioned.

And We do hereby authorise and empower the Chancellor, for the time
being, of our said College, to decide in each case what particular Member
of the said Council not holding any such Office as aforesaid, shall vacate
his seat in the said Council, upon the admission of any new Member of
Council holding any such Office.

And We do hereby declare and grant that the Chancellor, for the time
being, of our said College, shall preside at all meetings of the said College
Council which he may deem it proper and convenient to attend, and that
in his absence the President of our said College shall preside at all such
meetings, and that in the absence of the said President, the Senior Member
of the said Council present at any such meeting shall preside thereat, and
that the seniority of the Members of the said Council, other than the
Cbancnllor and President, shall be regulated according to the date of
their respective appointments : Provided always, that the Members of the
said Council being Professors in our said College, shall in the said
Council take precedence over, and be considered as Seniors to the Mem-
bers thereof not being Professors in our said College.

And We do ordain and declare, that no meeting of the said Council
shall be, or be held to be a lawful meeting thereof, unless five Members
at the least, be present during the whole of every such meeting ; and
that all questions and resolutions proposed for the decision of the said
College Council, shall be determined by the majority of the votes of the
Members of Council present, including the vote of the Presiding Mem-
ber, and that in the event of an equal division of such votes, the Member
presiding at any such meeting shall give an additional or casting vote.

And W^e do further declare, that if any Member of the said Council
shall die, or resign his seat in the said Council, or shall be suspended or
removed from the same, or shall, by reason of any bodily or mental in-
firmity, or by reason of his absence from the said Province, become
incapable, for three calendar months, or upwards, of attending the
meetings of the said Council, then, and in every such case, a fit and
proper person shall be appointed by the said Chancellor, to act as, and
be a Member of the said Council, in the place and stead of the Member
so dying or resigning, or so suspended, or removed, or incapacitated, as
aforesaid, and such new Member succeeding to any member so suspended
or incapacitated, shall vacate such his office, on the removal of any such

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fiiiflponsion, or at the termination of any such inonpacity as aforesaid of
his immediate predecessor in the said Council.

And We do further ordain and grant, that it shall and may be coni«
petent to and for the Chancellor for the time being of our said College,
to suspend from his seat in the said Council, any Member thereof, for any
just and reasonable cause to the said Chancellor appearing : Prodded,
that the grounds of every such suspension shall be entered and recorded,
at length, by the said Chancellor, ir the liooks of the said Council, and
signed by him ; and every per 3n so suspended, shall, thereupon, cease to
be a Member of the said Council, unless, and until he shall be restored
to, and re-established in such his station therein, by any order to be made
in the premises by Us, or by the said Visitor of our said College, acting
on our behalf, and in pursuance of any special reference from Us.

And We do further declare, that any Member of the said Council who,
without sufficient cause, to be allowed by the 8aid Chancellor, by an order
entered for that purpose on the Books of the said Council, shall absent
himself from all the meetings thereof which may be held within any six
successive calendar months, shall thereupon vacate such his seat in the
said Council.

And We do by these Presents, for Us, our Heirs and Successors, will,
ordain and grant, that the said Council of our said College shall have
power and authority to frame and make Statutes, Ruler, and Ordinances,
touching and concerning the good government of the said College, the
performance of Divine Service therein, the Studies, Lectures, Exercises,
Degrees in Arts and Faculties, and all matters regarding the same; the
residence and duties of the President of our said College ; the number,
residence and duties, of the Professors thereof; the management of the
Revenues and Property of our said College ; the salaries, stipends, pro-
vision and emoluments, of and for the President, Professors, Scholars,
Officers and Servants thereof; the number and duties of such Officers
and Servants ; and also touching and concerning any other matter or
thing which to them shall seem good, fit and useful, for the well-being
and advancement of our said College, and agreeable to this our Charter ;
and also, from time to time, by any new Statutes, Rules or Ordinances, to
revoke, renew, augment or alter, all, every, or any of the said Statutes,
Rules and Ordinances, as to them shall seem meet and expedient : JfVo-
vided always, that the said Statutes, Rules and Ordinances, or any of
them, shall not be repugnant to the Laws and Statutes of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of our said Province of Upper
Canada, or to this our Cliarter: Provided also, that the said Statutes,
Rules, and Ordinacces, shall be subject to the approbation of the said

Visitor of our said College for the time being, and shall be forthwith
transmitted to the said Visitor fur that purpose ; and that in case the
said Visitor shall, for us and on our behalf, in writing, signify his disap-
probation thereof within two years of the time of their being so made and
framed, the same, or such part thereof as shall be disapproved of by the
said Visitor, shall, from the time of such disapprobation being made
known to the said Chancellor of our said College, be utterly void and of
no effect, but otherwise shall be and remain in full force and virtue.

Provided nevertheless, and We do hereby expressly save and reserve to
Us, our Heirs and Successors, the power of reviewing, confirming or
reversing, by any order or orders to be by Us or them made, in our or
their Privy Council, all or any of the decisions, sentences or order .% so to
be made as aforesaid by the said Visitor, for Us and on our behalf, in
reference to the said Statutes, Rules and Ordinances, or any of them.

And We do further ordain and declare, that no Statute, Rule or Ordi-
nance, shall be framed or made by the said College Council, touching the
matters aforesaid, or any of them, excepting only such as shall be pro-
posed for the consideration of the said Council by the Chancellor for the
time being of our said College.

And We do require and enjoin the said Chancellor thereof, to consult
with the President of our said College, and the next Senior Member of
the said College Council, respecting all Statutes, Rules and Ordinances,
to be proposed by him to the said Council, for their consideration.

And We do hereby, for Us, our Heirs Jand Successors, charge and
command, that the Statutes, Rules or Ordinances, aforesaid, subject to the
said provisions, shall be strictly and inviolably obser\'ed, kept and per-
formed, from time to time, in full vigour and effect, under the penalties to
be thereby or therein imposed or contained.

And We do further will, ordain and grant, that the said College shall
be deemed and taken to be an University, and shall have and enjoy all
such and the like privileges as are enjoyed by our Universities of our
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as far as the same are
capable of being had or enjoyed, by virtue of these our Letters Patent ;
and that the Students in the said College shall have liberty and faculty
of taking the degrees of Bachelor, Master and Doctor, in the several Arts
and Faculties at the appointed times, and shall have liberty within them-
selves of performing all Scholastic Exercises, for the conferring such
degrees, it such manner as shall be directed by the Statutes, Rules and
Ordinances of the said College.

And We do further will, ordain and appoint, that no religious test or
qualification shall be required of, or appointed for any persons admitted

or matriculated as Scholars within our said College, or of persons admitted
to any degree in any Art or Faculty therein, save only that all persons
admitted within ar said College to any degree in Divinity, shall make
such and the same declarations and subscriptions, and take such and the
same oaths as arc required of persons admitted to any degree of Divinity
in our University of Oxford.

And We do further wiU, direct and ordain, that the Chancellor, Presi-
dent and Professors of our said College, and all persons admitted therein
to the degree of Master of Arts, or to any degree in Divinity, Law or
Medicine, and who, from the time of such their admission to such degree,
shall pay the annual sum of Twenty Shillings, Sterling Money, for and
towards the support and maintenance of the said College, shaU be, and
be deemed, taken and reputed, to be Members of the Convocation of the
said University, and ab such Members of the said Convocation shall have,
exercise and enjoy, aU such and the like privilege&as are enjoyed by the
Members of the Convocation of our University of Oxford, so far as the
same are capable of being had and enjoyed, by virtue of these our Letters
Patent, and consistently with the provisions thereof.

And We will, and by these Presents for Us, our Heirs and Successors,
do grant and declare, that these our Letters Patent, or the enrolment or
exemplification thereof, shall and may be good, firm, valid, sufficient and
effectual, in the Law, according to the true intent and meaning of the
same, and shall be taken, construed and adjudged, in the most favorable
and beneficial sense, for the best advantage of the said Chancellor, Pre-
sident and Scholars of our said CoDege, as well in our Courts of Record
as elsewhere, and by all and singular Judges, Justices, Officers, Ministers
and other Subjects whatsoever, of Us, our Heirs and Successors, any
misrecital, non-recital, omission, imperfection, defect, matter, cause or
thing whatsoever, to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.

In Witness whereof We have caused these our Letters to be made
Patent.

Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Fifteenth day of March, in the
Eighth year of Our Reign.

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(Signed)

BATHURST.

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AN ACT

TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF

THE

UNIVERSITY OF KING'S COLLEGE.

Charter of King's
College, recited.

Judges of King's
Bench sliall be
Visitors of the
said College.

President, on any
future vacancy,
need not be the
Incumbent of any
erciesiastlcal
office.

[Passed 4th March, 1837.]
Whereas His late Majesty King George the Fourth, was graci-
ously pleased to issue his Letters Patent, bearing date at West-
minster, the Fifteenth day of March, in the eighth year of His
Reign, in the words following : — " George the Fourth, by the Grace
of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King,
Defender of the Faith, and so forth: To all to whom these
Presents shall come — Greeting; Whereas the establishment of a
College within our Province of Upper Canada, in North America,
for the education of Youth in the principles of Christian Religion,
and for their instruction in the various branches of Science and
Literature which are taught in our Universities in this Kingdom,
would gi-eatly conduce to the welfare of our said Province :" &c.
&c. [Charter recited]. And whereas, certain alterations appear
necessary to be made in the same, in order to meet the desire
and circumstances of the Colony, and that the said Charter
may produce the benefits intended: Be it therefore enacted by
the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Province
of Upper Canada, constituted and established by virtue of and
under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of Great
Britain, entitled, " An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed
in the fourteenth year of Kis Majesty's Reign, entitled 'An Act
for making more effectual provision for the Government of the
Province of Quebec, in North America, and to make furth^^r pro-
vision for the Government of the said Province,' " and by the au-
thority of the same. That for and notwithstanding any thing in the
said Charter contained, the Judges of His Majesty's Court of
King's Bench shall, for and on behalf of the King, be Visitors of
the said College, in the place and stead of the Lord Bishop of
the Diocese of Quebec, for the time being, and that the President
of the said University, on any future vacancy, shall be appointed
by His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, without requiring that
he should be the Incumbent of any Ecclesiastical Office * and that
the Members of the College Council, including the Chancellor

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and President, shall be Twelve in number, of wlioni the Speakers
of the two Houses of the Legislature of the Province, and His
Majesty's Attorney and Solicitor (iciieral for the time being, shall be
four, and the remainder shall consist of the five Senior Professors
of Arts and Faculties of the said College, and ol the Principal of
the Minor or Upper Canada College ; and in case there shall
not at any time be five Professors as aforesaid in tlic said College,
and until Professors shall be appointed therein, the Council shall
be filled with Members to be appointed as in the said Charter is
provided, except that it shall not be necessary that any Member
of the College Council to be so appointed, or that any Member
of the said College Council, or any Professor, to be at any time
appointed, shall be a Member of the Church of England, or sub-
scribe to any Articles of Religion other than a declaration that
they believe in the authenticity and Divine Inspiration of the Old
and New Testament, and in the doctrine of the Trinity ; and fur-
ther, that no religious test or qualification be reiiuired or appointed
for any person admitted or matriculated as Scholars within the
said College, or of persons admitted to any degree or faculty
therein.

II. And whereas, it is expedient that the Minor or Upper Canada
College, lately erected in the City of Toronto, should be incor-
porated with, and form an appendage of the University of King's
College : Be it therefore enacted hy the authority aforesaid. That
the said Minor or Upper Canada College shall be incorporated
with, and form an appendage of the University of King's College,
and be subject to its jurisdiction and control.

III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the
Principal of the said Minor or Upper Canada College shall be
appointed by the King, during His Majesty's pleasure.

rV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That
the Vice-Principal and Tutors of the said Minor or Upper Canada
College, shall be nominated by the Chancellor of the University
of King's College, subject to the approval or disapproval of the
Council thereof.

V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That it
shall and may be lawful for the Chancellor of the said University
for the time being, to suspend or remove either the Vice-Principal
or Tutors of the said Minor or Upper Canada College : Provided,
that such suspension or removal be recommended by the Council
of the said University, and the grounds of such suspension or re-
moval recorded at length in the Books of the said Council.

Cnllege Council

to CDIHtint of

twelvo Member*.

No Member of
the ('oIIpro
Council, or Pro-
fessor of the
Unlverklty, need
be a member of
tho Church of
Kngland.

"So religious teit
rcqulrfrt of
stuUenta.

Upper Canada
College Incorpo-
rated with the
University of
King's College.

Principal of
Upper Canada
College to be
appointed by his
Mfijesty during
pleasure.

Vice Principal
and Tutors of
Upper Canada
College to be
nominated by the
Chancellor of
King's College,
subject to the
approva' of the
College Council.

Chancellor of
King's College
may suspend or
remove Vice-
Principal or
Tutors of King's
College.

LIST OF

UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE OFFICERS,

FaoM 1828 TO 1843.

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I. KING'S COLLEGE.

Chancellors. — Sir Peregrine Maitland, K. C. B. 1828 — Sir John
Colbome, K.C.B. 1829— Sir Francis Bond Head, K.C.H. 1836 —
Sir George Arthur, K.C.H. 1838 — Right Hon. Charles Poulett
Thompson, 1840 — Right Hon. Sir Charles Bagot, G.C.B. 1842 —
Right Hon. Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, Bart., G.C.B. 1843.

Visitors under the Original Charter. — The Right Rev. the Lord
Bishop of Quebec, 1828 — The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of
Montreal, 1836.

Visitors under the Amended Charter.. — The Hon. J. B. Robinson,
1 837— The Hon. L. P. Sherwood, 1837 — The Hon. J. R Macaulay,
1837 — The Hoa. Jonas Jones, 1837 — The Hon. A. McLean, 1837
— The Hon. C. A. Hagerman, 1840.

President. — The Hon. & Venerable John Strachan, D.D. & LL.D.,.
Archdeacon of York, 1828.

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Members under the Original Charter. — Sir Peregrine Maitland,
K.C.B. 1828— Sir John Colbome, K.C.B. 1828 — Sir Francis
Bond Head, K.C.H. 1836 — Chancellors. The Honourable and
Venerable John Strachan, D.D. & LL.D., Archdeacon of York,
1828, President. The Hon. Sir W. Campbell, Chief Justice of
Upper Canada, 1828 — The Hon. Thos. Ridout, Surveyor General^
1828— The Rev. Thos. Phillips, D. D., Head Master of Royal
Grammar School, 1828— John B. Robinson, Esq., Attorney General
of Upper Canada, 1828 — Henry John Boulton, Esq., Solicitor
General of Upper Canada, 1828 — Grant Powell, Esq., 1828—
Christopher Widmer, Esq., 1829 — The Hon. J. B. Robinson, Chief
' Justice of Upper Canada, 1829 — Henry J. Boulton, Esq., Attorney
General of Upper Canada, 1829— The Rev. J. H. Harris, D.D.,
Principal of Upper Canada College, 1830 — R. S. Jameson, Esq.,
I Attorney General of Upper Canada, 1 8 34 — The Hon. R. S. Jameson,
Vice- Chancellor of Court of Chancery, 1837.

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Mkmbbbb uhssb the Amsmded Charter :

SirFranciB Bond Head, K.C.H. 1837— Sir George Arthur, K.C.H.

1838 — Right Hon. Charles Poulett Thompson, 1840 — Right

Hon. Sir Charles Bagot, G.C.B. 1842— Right Hon. Sir Charles

T. Metcalfb, Bart. G.C.B. 1843 — Chancellors. The Hon.

and Right Rev. John Strschan, D.D. & LL.D. Lord Bishop of

Toronto, President.
Speahera of Legialative Council — The Hon. J. B. Robinson, 1837—

The Hon. J. Jcnes 1839 — The Hon. R. S. Jameson, 1841.
Speahera of House of Assembly — The Hon. Sir A. N. MacNab, 1 837 —

The Hon. A. Cuvillier, 1841.
Attorneys General — Christopher A. Hagerman, Esq., 1837 — The Hon.

W. H. Draper, 1840— The Hon. Robert Baldwin, 1842.
Solicitors General—The Hon. W. H. Draper, 1837 — The Hon. Robert

Baldwin, 1840— The Hon. J. E. Small, 1842.

Professors — The Rev. John McCaul, LL.D., Vice-President, Pro-
fessor of Classics, Rhetoric, Belles Lettres and Logic — The Rev.
James Beaven, D.D., Professor of Divinity, Metaphysics, and
Moral Philosophy — Richard Potter, Esq., M. A., Professor of
Mathematics and Natural Philosophy — Henry H. Crotl, Esq.,
Professor of Chemistry and Experimental Philosophy — ^Wm. C.
Gwynne, Esq., M. B., Professor of Anatomy and Physiology, 1843.

Principals of Upper Canada College — The Rev. J. H. Harris, D.D.
1837 — The Rev. John McCaul, LL.D. 1839.

Temporary Mend>era— The Hon. R. S. Jameson, 1837 — The Hon.
R.B. Sullivan, 1837— The Hon. W.Allan, 1837— The Hon.
John Macaulay, 1837 — The Hon. John S. Macaulay, 1837—
The Hon. L. P. Sherwood, 1842— The Rev. H. J. Grasett, B. A.
1842 — Christopher Widmer, Esq., 1842.
BvBSAB. — ^The Hon. Joseph Wells, 1828.

Rbgistrabs. — James Givens, Esq., 1828 — The Hon. George Markland,

1828.
Bubsabs & Rbgistbabs — The Hon. Joseph Wells, 1833 — Henry Boys,

Esq., M. D., 1839.

PBorassoBS NOT Membebs of Council. — John King, Esq., M.D., Pro-
fessor of Theory and Practice of Medicine, 1843 — ^Wm. H. Blake,
Esq., B.A., Professor of Law and Jurisprudence, 1843 — ^William
Beaumont, Esq., M.R.C.S.L., Professor of Principles and Practice
of Surgery, 1843 — George Herrick, Esq., M.D., Professor of
Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Children, 1843 — ^Wra. B.
Nicol, Esq., Professor of Materia Medica, Pharmacy and Botany,

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1843— Henry B. Sullivan, Kh<i., M.U.C.S.L., Profi-ssor of Practical

Aimtoniy, und Curator of thu Auatoiuicul uiid Pathological Museum,

184:J.
KxQiiiRK Hkkki,. — Will. Cnjlty, Eh(|., M.A.

Solicitor. — The Hon. J. K. Sniull, Solicitor General of Upper Canada.
Ahciiitkct — Mr. Youiik.

Burmar'h Clkrks. — Mr. IlawkinH. — Mr. Cochrane.— Mr. Tincoinbe.
Yeoman Bkuki,. — Daniel Orris.
Sl;rKHl^Tl:NI)E^T or Grounds. — John Wedd.
Attknuamt on Professor of Natural Philosophy — James Pattcrnun.

** •' Professor of Chemistry — P. Marling.

** *' Curator of Museum — James Cody.

Messknqer. — William Morrow.
Porters. — iEneas Hell & William Davidson, i

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II. UPPER CANADA COLLEGE.

Pbincipals. — The Rev. J. II. Harris, D.D. 1829 — The Rev. John

McCaul LL.D. 1839.
Vice-Principal— The Rev. Thns. Phillips, D.D. 1829.
Mathematical Master. — The Rev. Charles Dade, M. A. 1829.
First Classical Master. — The Rev, Charles Mathews, M.A. 1829.
Mathematical Master. — The Rev. George Maynard, M. A. 1838.
Second Classical Master. — The Rev. Wm. Boulton, B.A. 1829 — The

Rev. George Maynard, M. A. 1835 — Mr. Barron, 1838.
Third Classical Master. — Mr. Barron, 1834 — Rev. Henry Scadding,

M.A. 1838.
French Master. — Mr, De la Ilaye. 1829.
First English Masters and Collectors. — Mr. Barber, 1829 — Mr.

Duffy, 1839.
Masters of Preparatory 3chool. — Mr. Padfield, 1830 — Mr. Kent,

1833 — Mr. Cosens, 1838.
Second English Master. — Mr, Duffy, 1834 — Mr. Thompson, 1839.
First Drawing Master. — Mr. Howard, 1833. .,..'•<• «

Second Drawing Master. — Mr. Drewry, 1829. — Mr. Saunders, 1833

— Mr. Young, 1834 — Mr. Hamilton, 1839.
Masters of Boarding House. — Mr. Morgan, 1831 — Mr. Kent, 1833

— Mr. Cosens, 1838.
Matrons. — Mrs. Morgan — Mrs. Fenwick— Mrs. Cosens.

Messbngeb.— S'l-nuel Alderdice.

NOTES.

Page 1. (1) The account of "the ccniiiony of liiyltig the Foundation
Stone," given in the preceding pii^es, is altnoHt wholly an extract from
the Supplement to " The Church " newnpaper, which was drawn up and
printed with so great dcHpatch, aH to appear on tlic foUowing Monday.

Page 1. (2) Formerly a pupil, and now Classical Master in Upper
Canada College. The Sennon has been published, at the Herald office,
under the title of » The Eastern Oriel opened."

Pa(ze 4. (1) For the Translations of the Greek and Latin composItionR,
which were read at different parts of the day, the reader is indebted to the
accomplished editor of the Church newspaper, John Kent, Esq., formerly
one of the Masters of Upper Canada College.

Page 6. (1) The site, selected for the quadrangle, is on an elevation
In the beautiful park belonging to the University, a short distance
from the city, with which it communicates by two avenues, bordered
with plantations, — one leading to Lot Street, seven-eighths of a mile lu
length ; the other leading to Yonge Street, about half the length of the
former. The principal entrance is at the Lot Street avenue, which faces
the main building.

Page 6. (2) The day was observed throughout the city and suburbs as
a holiday — there was a general suspension of business — and all classes
seemed desirous of participating in the joy of the auspicious ceremony.
It has been supposed that the number present exceeded ten thousand.

Page 7. (1) The number here accommodated was fifteen hundred.

Page 11. (1) Composed by the Rev. John Clarke Crosthwpite, M.A.,
Dean's Vicar of the Cathedral of Christ Church, Dublin.

Page 11. (2) Member of the College Council, and formerly one of the
Judges of the Queen's Bench.

Page 11. (3) Member of the College Council, and formerly President
of the Upper Canada Bank.

A List of the Coins, &c., deposited in the Foundation-Stone of the
University of King's College, on the 23rd Day of April, 1842.

Date.

Gold Jacobus James I

Silver Three-pence Charles II 1679

Brass Half-penny James II 1689

Copper ... Do William aud Mary ...1692

Silver Shilling Anne 1711

Gold Quarter Guinea George 1 1718

Silver Shilling George II 1745

Gold Guinea George IIL 1790

Do Half-Guinea Do 1818

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1820

1787
1817
1762
1807
1807
1826
1825
1825
1834
1834
1834
1839
1839
1839
1838

Silver Crown Piece George III

Do Shilling Do.

Do. Do Do

Do. Three-pence Do

Copper ... Penny Do

Do Half-penny Do

Silver Shilling George IV

Do Six-pence Do

Do Per.>y Do

Do Hau-crown William IV.

Do. Shilling Do

Do. Six-pence Do

Gold Sovereign Victoria

Silver Shilling Do

Do Six pence Do ,

Do Four-Pence Do ,

Dollar note of the Bank of Upper Canada.

A Hebrew Testament. ,

A Greek Testament

An English Testament.

The Amended Charter of the University.

The Church Newspaper, No. 42, Vol. 5, dated 23rd April, 1842.

Upper Canada College Register, 1839.

Upper Canada College Register, 1840.

Page 12. (1) Ex officio member of the College Council.

Page 13. (1) Speaker of the Legislative Council, and ex officio mem-
ber of the College Council.

Page 17. (1) George Gumett, Esq., acted as Marshal of the day, and
under his judicious direction, the most perfect order was maintained, and
the prescribed arrangements strictly observed.

Page 18. (1) The following is a list of the guests, invited to meet
his Excellency the Chancellor : — The Lord Bishop of Toronto, President
of the University ; The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Macaulay, Mr. Justice
Jones, Mr. Justice Mc Lean, and Mr. Justice Hagerman, Visitors of the
University ; The Speaker of the Legislative Council, The Hon. R. S.
Jameson — The Attorney General, The Hon. W. H. Draper — The Hon.
Wm. Allan, The Hon. J. S. Macaulay, The Hon. L. P. Sherwood, and
the Rev. H. J. Grasett, B.A., Members of the College Council ; Dr. Boys,
Bursar; Wm. Cayley, Esq., M.A., Esquire Bedel ; Hon. J. E. Small, Soli-
citor ; T. Young, Esq., Architect ; The Hon. H. Sherwood, Mayor of the
City; The Hon. J. H. Dunn, M.P.P. for the City; T. W. C. Murdoch, Esq.,
Chief Secretary, Capt. Jones, A.D.C., Captain Talbot, A.D.C., The Hon*
W. Cholmondeley, A.D.C., Captain. Bagot,R.N., Private Secretary, Captain
Harper, R. N., Traveller Steam Boat; Lt.-Col. Spark, 93d Highlanders;
Lt.-Col. Forlong, 43rd Light Infantry ; Captain Storey, R.A.; Dep. Com*
Gen. Robinson; Major Magrath, 1st Incorporated Dragoons ; Dr. Widmer,
President of Medical Board ; Frederick Widder, Esq., Commissioner
of Canada Company ; G. P. Ridout, Esq., President of Board of Trade,-
Wm. Wakefield, Esq., President of St. George's Society ; A\<..\. Dixon, Esq.»

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President of St. Patrick'8 Society ; Mr. Justice Mc Lean, President of St.
Andrew's Society ; T. G. Ilidout, Esq., D. G. M., Masonic Society ; Rev.
George Maynard, M. A., Math. Master U. C. College ; John Kent,
Esq., formerly Master U. C. College ; George Gurnctt, Esq., Marshal
of the Day.

Page 18. (2) The entertainment was under the special superin-
tendence of Mr. Barron and Mr. Coscns, Masters of the College, whilst
the Plan of the tables, &c., was furnished by Mr. Howard, Drawing
Master in the Institution. The ex-pupils (including several distin-
guished members of the bar) volunteered their assistance in waiting on
their youthful successors-
Page i!6. (1) His Excellency subsequently presented the pupils, who
had recited the verses, with tokens of his approbation — Draper, with a
copy of Pine's Horace; and Bethune, with a copy of the Grenville Homer.
Page 27. (1) " We scarcely ever heard either in England, or on this
continent, so perfect a specimen of pulpit eloquence." — Churchy April 25,
1842.

Page 28. (1) Formerly the Chamber of the Legislative Council of
Upper Canada.

Page 29. (1) Formerly the HaU of the Legislative Assembly of Upper
Canada.

Page 29. (2) The following communication was received from the
Civic authorities, in answer to the invitation.

The Mayor presents his respects to the President and Vice
President of the University of King's College, and brgs to state, that
their invitation to the members of the Corporation to be present at the
opening of the University on the 8 th instant, was laid before the Common
Council at its last meeting, upon which they unanimously passed a reso-
ution, a copy of which the Mayor has now the honour to enclose.

Toronto, June 6, 1843.

BfSOLUTION or THE CoMMON CoUNCU. OF THE CiTT OF

Toronto, adopted June 5, 1843.

Resolved, That the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council-
men of this City accept with pleasure the invitation to attend
on the eighth day of June instant, the opening of the University
of King's College, from the President and Vice President
thereof; and that it will afford the Mayor and members of
the Corporation the highest gratification to witness an event,
which they deem not only so auspicious to their fellow-citizens,
but as tending to promote the most happy results and lasting
benefits to the entire Province ; and that they proceed in a
body from the City Hall at the appointed hour; and that the
note of invitation be entered upon the Journals, with this
resolution.

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Page 31. (1) The gown of the undergraduates is the same as that
worn by the Pensioners of Clai»e Hall, Cambridge,— the society, of which
the Rev. Dr. Harris, the first Principal of Upper Canada CoUege, had
been a member.

Page 31. (2) Of the Students admitted on this occasion, twenty-two
were members of the United Church of England and Ireland— one a
member of the Church of Rome— one of the Church of Scotland— one
a Congregationalist — and one a Baptist.

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Preparing for Publication.

THE INAUGURAL LECTURES

DELIVERED BT

THE PROFESSORS OF

TORONTO.