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The Literary Institution of Pictou, in the Province of Nova Scotia, known by the name of " The College of Pictou," was founded about eight years ago- It is formed upon the model of the Scottish Universities ; and, hke them, is open, in its scientific privileges, to Students of all classes in the community, without the interposition of any religious test. In it, also, the higher branches c>f Education are taught ; and, during the short period of its existence, it has sent forth Scholars cf respectable ac ;uirements, and obtained no small measure of the approbtjtion and confidence of the I ablic. The only other Seminary of the same description, in that or any of the adjacent Provinces, is King's College at Windsor. This is an establishment of comparatively long standing, and , richb' endowed, by the munificence of the British Gcveruiiient, — by the liberality of the Society in England for the Propagation of Christi Knowledge in Foreign Parts, — and by grants from the Provincial Government ; — altogether amounting to upwards of dSSOOO per annum. With this splendid revenue, it maintains only two Professors, besides a Master and Usher for the tuition of a Grammar School connected with it. The average of its Students, too, is only about twenty-five ; and its rules, like those of Oxford and Cambridge, are exclusive ; so that, though it is supported, in a great measure, by the common funds of this Country and of the Colony, yet by far the majority of the Settlers, not belonging to the Ecclesiastical Establishment of England, are shut out from the benefit of its Education, unless they choose to saci-ifice their religious principles. As a specimen of its restrictive spirit, and to shew how far it is carried into practical life, the following is the language of one of its Statutes, anticipating that it would become a University : — " No Member of the University shall frequent the Romish Mass, " or the Meeting- Houses of Presbyterians, Baptists, or Methodists ; or the Conventicles or Places " of Worship of any other Dissenters from the Church of England ; or where Divin<~ Service " shall not be performed according to the Liturgy of the Church of England. ..." As soon as the spirit of learning and of liberality rose in the Province, it was not to be ex- pected that these restrictions, alike unnecessary and injudicious, would be long endured. Ac- cordingly, a remedy was proposed in the erection of a new and more liberal Seminary ; a bill was introduced into the Provincial Legislature for this purpose ; and, supported by the active and cordial co-operation of Dissenters of all classes in the Colony, — consisting of Presbyterians from the Church of Scotland and the Secession, as well as of Baptists and Methodists, both of whom are numerous and respectable, — it was carried, notwithstandirg strenuous opposition from the abettors of the O) \ System ; and a Charter of Incorporation, though without the power of con- ferring degrees, was at length obtained through the wisdom and firnuiess of the Legislature. Though this new institution, since its commencement, has educated at least an equal num- ber of Students, and, it may be presumed, contributed equally to the benefit of the Public, yet the provision made for its support is scanty and inadequate. Beside a grant of ^500 to assist the Trustees in the erection of a building, it has received only ^'400 per annum for the support of the whole Establishment ; and, as the state of society in the Provinces required that the spirit of Education should be cherished with care, the funds of the Institution have as yet de- rived no assistance from the exaction of fees. Of necessity, a debt, amounting to ,^800, has been incurred ; and though a few Books and Instruments have been collected, it is still circumscribed in its usefulness, and by no means adequate either to the wants or to the wishes of the Colonists. Two Professors 1 ave hitherto been necessitated to undergo the almost overwhelming labour of teaching all the classes, literary and scientific. Though a third were obtained, each would still have to conduct the business of two classes ; and, to render the whole efficient, a considerable addition would require to be made both to the Library and Philosophical Apparatus. Liberal, however, as this Institution is in its character, and acceptable as it has proved in its results to the greater number of the Colonists, it is not to be expected that this additional Pro- fessorship shall be endowed, or the sum necessary for the purchase of more Books and a better ap- paratus can be provided by them. Aftei' what they have already done, such exertions are beyond their ability ; for though possessing the necessaries, they can connnand ^ew of the superfluities of life; and the late peace, which was so desirable on many accounts, has produced injurious effects upon this dependency of the empire. By depressing trade in the Colony, — depreciating the value of the landed property, as well as of the staple commodities, — and diminishing the quantity of the circulating medium, it has put it out of ihelr power, lor the present at least, to contribute much to the support of any public institution, however usefid or popular. ^0^'^07 Anothkk Colleffc has, intleod, been projected at Halifax, and tlic arranj^eineiUs concerning it Imve been carried to a certain degree of forwardness ; but it lias met with ditiiculties in its pro- gress ; it has never yet been in operation ; and wliether it will become a useful ihstitution, ap- pears to be uncertain. In illustration of this remark, the following extract is taken from the Report of a Committee of the Legislative Assembly upon the state of the Pictou Academy : " As from the evidence before them, and other considerations, the Committee are obliged to " believe that this Institution will be attended by a class of persons who, on various accounts, " are, and will be, incapable of prosecuting their studies at King's College, \\'inds()r, or in the " Instituiion of doubtful and tim-erUiii) stability, now forming in HaUfiw ; they have deemed it " their duty, under the clearest conviction of the invaluable benefits which Education confers '■ on a country, to recommend the Pictou Academy to the continued support and fostering " care of the General Assembly ; and believing the honorary Collegiate distinctions to be useful " as incitements to the emulation and diligence of Students, and to be the means of extending " the respectability, and character, and influence of the Institution, while the incapacity to grant " them possesses a tendency injurious, and, perhai)S, discreditable to it, the Committee cannot " perceive any substantial reason for refusing to allow these privileges to the Academv." In these circumstar.ces, the Friends and Trustees of " The Pictou Seminary" have ventured to make this appeal to the generosity of the liberal and enliglitened Friends of Science in Britain. They wish, by the aid of their countrymen, to enable this infant and promising Institution to surmount the adversities with which it has been beset and assailed, and to enlarge its usefulness by nndtiplying its means of Education ; in short, to render it still more efficient as a Scientific and Christian Seminary. And they cannot but indulge the hope, that they shall be made happy in being permitted to participate, in a degree somewhat projjortioned to the importance of the object, of that current of British bencvolentc, which is flowing abroad at this moment in many a noble stream, refreshing foreign parts, and blessing the world. Tnis- application is made through the medium of the Pev. Dr M'CuUoch, whose worth, talents, and learning, have deservedly procured for him high consideration among persons of all ranks in the colony, and whose unwearied and strenuous eflbrts have contributed much, not only to the success of the attempt for the erection of the Seminary, but also to its present state of efficiency and favour with the Public ; — and, to shew that he possesses the full confidence of those who take an interest in its aftairs, or liope to enjoy the benefit of its liberal provisions, it has been considered proper to subjoin the Testimonials with which, upon leaving the (Colony for a short time, he was furnished by persons oi' diflerent persuasions in religion, and of the first rank in society. Having perused the above llepresontation. with the annexed documents, we, the undersign- ing, from the most credible testimony, from our intimate acquaintance with the liev. Dr M'Cvdloch, and from collateral facts which Ikivl- coine within our knowledge, have every reason to believe that the above statement is entirely correct. James Hal Fi.!). Edinburgh. Geor(;e Paxton, S.T.P: Edinburgh. John Mitchell. D. D. Glnsgou-. Wk, the Subscribers, having considered the above Representation ; and being satisfied both that the Seminary to which it refers, was called for in the Province of Nova Scotia, and that it is calculated to dittuse the blessings of a liberal Education among a great majority of the Colonists who, it appears, by the restrictive statutes of thoVoUege at W'iiulsor, would otherwise be excluded fvom it, do concur in reconnnending it to the Public in this Country. W. Tbiittkii, Lmil I'lovust, Edinbuijjli. .loiiN SiMi.Airi, liiiit. lit' rihstcr. (iKo. li. BaikI). I). I). Principal iit'tlii' I'lilM'isity, Kilinliiiij;!) H. BIi)N( JIKIFF Wki.i.wooi), Halt. .Miiiistir of St Ciitlilnil'^, Kdiiiln.iirli. Andrew Tiki.msdn, I). D. Minister of St George's, Edinburgh. Jamf.s 31i)Nr;ii;iFK, Advocatf. FnAN( i.s .Ikkfhky, .Advocate. Thomas RI'I'kkk, I). I). Ediiibiirgli. ■I. S. .MonK, Advocate. John Ja.mieson, I). I)., F.R.S.E., K.A.S., .S;c. Edinhmgli. HKNnv Ghkv, A.M. Jlinister of St Mary's, Ediiil)ur;;li. Thomas Davidson, I). D. .Minister of the Tolbooth ( hinch. Edinburgh. .Iames Pkddik, 1). D. Hristo .Street, Ediiilmrgh, Gkorgk Robk, Advocate. UoBKKT Jam.so.n, F.K.S.E., K.L.S., ,Vc. I'rol'esMM of \'a- ttira! History. L'liiverHity. Kdinburtrh. .ToHN HircHiK, Alinister, I'otterrow, Edinburgh. John HiioUN, Minister, Hose Street, Edinl)nr(;h. .Fames Kihkh(M)I), Minister, .laiiie.s's I'lnce, Edinburgh. Jamks I'M.^AV^s, ,\. M. I'rol'cssor ol' Humanity, ruiversity, Edil|l>ur;;h. Wii.i.iA.ii \Vai,i.A( i:. l'roies>or ol' M.ilheni.itic-, I'lilver^iH, Ediidiurgh. I'niversity, Andhkh KnowN, I). 0. IVot'essor ,it' Hhetoric, Elk, si. p. John SI'Kinnon, SI. P. Wm. B. Saroknt, SI. P. John Binoay, SI. P. J. Albro, si. p. Abraham Grsner, SI. P. S. Dknibon, si. p. James R. Dkwolp, SI. P. L. IIarthhornr, si. P. S. BiHiiop, SI. P. James S. SIorsb, SI. P. and Barrister at Law. Jamks Flemmino, SI. P. T. RUOOLKS, SI. P. RoBT. Dickson, SI. P. N. II. White, Barrister at Law. W. Q. Sawehs, Barrister at Law. Scott Tremain, Barrister at Law. Daviu Shaw Clark, Barri.ster at Law. Beamish SIurdoch, Barrister. As he Wesley n Sissionav.es belonging to the Nova-Scoti,- District, and now assembled in their Annual District Sleeting have H.e, inlormed by he Rev. Thomas SPtJulloch, D. D., Presi.lent of the Pictou Academy in this Province, and Minuter ;* hi 1 re..y enan Church, that he is about to visit Great Britain, to promote the interests of the Literary Institution ;ver wh h tepre id^ It affords hem much pleasure to bear their humble testimony in his favour, am. to recommend him to the Members of t ^C^yan' Slission ommittee, as well as to our Slinisters in those places which he may visit, as a gentleman who is very generally and deser i ^ n.s,.cted in this Province, ,or the excellence of his general character, his extensive literary attainments, and the unw-eared.lT.at/- wortliy efforts winch he has made to effect the permanent establishment of a Provincial Literary Institution on such an enlighten eZd liberal plan as wou d secure to Christians of every denomination the means of obtaining a liberal education, together with thote acade i;:!!;;:;;;:;:!;: "^^ "-""^— •• --^ -■ ^-^^--^ "-^^ '-mg to submit tosud. regulations a:^n..ngeupo,:::::i, (Signe.1 by order and in behalf of the District Sleeting) Stephen Bamkord, Chain,u,n. Liverpool, Nova-Scot.a, ./„„,• 1, 1825. "" '^''°"'' ^"•"•'"'■l'' oZ Tr ""'".t'-'T-" ^'""""'T' '" ^"■'''•" '" -^'""-^^-t'-'ty of Cumberland, and Province of Nova-Scotia, on the 27th and 2ath ol June, 1(12;., having reeeivcl a communication from the Rev. Thomas SPCulloch. D D Princinal of an A. 1 n this Province, coucerning his contemplated voyage t.. Britain, the object of his voyage &cZ' !u X^ v cf K ^'T rend Doctors reasonable recpiest, an., recommend him to all denominations professii^'^ ^ tt^c i,ti ,! n B T ' '' n"' '"■ in particular,-„i.d especially to those of our own denomination,^., a gentleman ..i' Live " od I c r '"f ■""■'•-'" "'rr---' rary and theological knowledge, is eminently we,, ..ualilied to «1, the important station of Prc^riltZ an ;:;lZ:^ ' '" '"■ We lament, however that the Seminary is, by law, restricted to the Presbyterians, to the exclusion of all other Dissenters Thi beingi.^red w^h at al. am^haH.ehath^r:t:r n^^^^^ .ends, dt..t.h^m b^igre.i;;e::;:i-^^^^^^^^^ numerous Iriends in Nova-Scotia, '""■■.». uil atminarj, anil to his very (SigntHl by order and in behalf of the Association) Joskph Dim..,k. Moderator. Chaiu.rs Tuppeh, C/eri. I