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TUl 
 
 NEW UNIVERSITY BILL, 
 
 AS PROJECTED BY 
 
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 THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT, 
 
 WITH REMARKS 
 
 UPON ITS SEVERAL HEADSL 
 
 ALSO, 
 
 TWO PROPOSED METHODS 
 
 FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF THIS QUESTIOW. 
 
 In B Letter to the Editor of "The Church." 
 
 COBOURG : 
 
 WRIUJMD AT THE DXOCESAK PBCSt. 
 
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 to THE EDITOR OF THE CHURCH. 
 
 Canada West, Feb. 24, 1845. 
 
 Rev. Sib, — I send you for publication two documents, 
 numbered I. and II., which may be deemed of no little 
 importance, as bearing upon the University question at 
 present so much agitated. The first is, the Queen's Col- 
 lege Scheme for settling this question; which seems to 
 have been adopted, in an evil hour, by the Government, 
 and is at present circulating amongst the Members of the 
 Legislature, under the sanction of the Administration. — 
 The second, it is said, emanates from the Bishop of this 
 Diocese, and points out the only methods by which, in 
 his Lordship's opinion, a just and popular adjustment of 
 the question can be attempted. I will merely add that 
 the Bishop's views are noble in conception, and generous 
 as well as just to all parties, and that they ought most 
 certainly to be followed out. 
 
 AMICUS. 
 
THE NEW UNIVERSITY BILL. 
 
 , 1845. 
 
 tcuments, 
 no little 
 lestion at 
 len's Col- 
 seems to 
 rernment, 
 ers of the 
 tration. — 
 )p of this 
 irhich, in 
 stment of 
 add that 
 generous 
 ght most 
 
 [ICUS. 
 
 NUMBER I. 
 
 ■EIDS OF THE NEW UNIVEKaiTY BILL CIRCULATED AMONO 
 THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATUBE, WITH THE 
 SANCTION OF, AT LEAST, SOME OF THE MINlSTHTf : 
 WITH REMARKS. 
 
 1. The University to be called the University of Upper 
 Canada. 
 
 With the mere name we do not quarrtl.but the whole of this 
 tclieme is virtuaUj to transfer the endowment of King's College 
 to the Pres-byterians, or rather to what is called the Residuary 
 Kirk, which now consists of an insignificant fraction of the 
 population. How the Government could have been induced to 
 •anction a course so preposterous, is altogether inexplicable ; nor 
 will the public be less astonished to find it concurred in by Mem- 
 bers of the Church of England in the Commons House of As- 
 sembly, thirtj -five or thirty-six in number, acting like automa- 
 tons under the direction of a party, — the avowed enemies of the 
 Church of England, laughing in their sleeves at the pliant con- 
 duct of the Church Members in the House doing their bidding, 
 and not thinking for themselves till too late, when they will 
 discover that they have sacrificed the interests of a Seminary 
 that was conferring honour on the Province and was essential 
 to the well-being of the Church they profess to revere, because 
 they have b''lieved enemies rather than friends, and never con- 
 sidered the question in its true light,— a question not of expe- 
 diency but of conscience. 
 
 2. The University to have no Theological Chair. 
 
 That a Legislature, professing itself Christian, should exclude 
 from the principal Seminary of Education every possible refe- 
 rence to religion, is a novelty, even in this infidel age. Under 
 this restriction, there can be neither prayer nor praise, nor in- 
 culcation of Christian morality. By this article the University 
 is stripped of its religious character, and our holy Church is 
 
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 reduced, in is far as legislative enactments can do it, to aO 
 eqMality with all stcts. But happily, in this case, legislative 
 enactments are powerless, for they cannot make falsehood truth. 
 Our Church stands on the Kock of Ages, and the gates of hell 
 shall not prevail against her. There is nothing in Mr. Bald • 
 win's bill of last year more odious than this ; for it is to abjure 
 Christianity and deny our Redeemer, and there exists not, nor 
 ever did exist, in Christendom a University — (the notorious 
 London one always excepted) — without a known and distinct 
 religious character. 
 
 3. To confer Degrees in all arts and faculties in full 
 Convocation. And each head of College io be ex-officio 
 Pro- Vice- Chancellor, and, as such, to hold and preside 
 over a Convocation of those Members belonging to his 
 own Church, for conferring Degrees of Divinity on Mem- 
 bers of such Church, who are duly qualified. 
 
 4. Colleges to belong to the University. All Students 
 of the University must enter into one of these Colleges ; 
 except in the case of any person desirous of becoming a 
 Student of the University, and who may belong to some 
 denomination of Christians not having a College in con- 
 nection with the University, such person may be received 
 as a Student on the University-books, on producing a 
 certificate from his parents or guardians of their approba- 
 tion and consent, and also a certificate from some Clergy- 
 man or Member, usually residing within the city of 
 Toronto, that such person professes to belong to his reli- 
 gious community. 
 
 The Colleges here meant are rhiefly Theological, to surround 
 the University of Upper Canuda. One for each denomination. 
 But in order to participate in the government and endowment 
 of the University, they must submit to three conditions: First, 
 They must surrender their power of conferring degrees; 2ndly5 
 Locate themselves at Toronto; Srdly, They must have a lloyal 
 Charter. To all this they must add a submission to an un- 
 certain extent to an interior authority and superintendence 
 which is profei<sedly guided by no religious principles. In cases 
 where the student has no College of his o'vn sect, and except 
 Queen's College there will be none, he is left totally without 
 religious guidance during the most critical period of his life. 
 
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5. All Colleges, declared and consituted Colleges of the 
 University, to have an allowance therefrom of not less than 
 £300 per annum, nor more than £1000; to be annually 
 apportioned by the University Council according to the 
 average number of Students actually on the books of each 
 College respectively, and attending the University Lec- 
 tures, during the year preceding. No College with less 
 than fifteen students to be entitled to allowance. 
 
 TbiB clause, and indeed the whole scheme, is a total spoliu- 
 tion of Kiug's College ; against which the Corporntion ought 
 not only to protest as contrary to every principle of justice, but 
 beyond the Constitutional power of the Legislature; — for the 
 Law of England does not acknowledge any right even in the 
 Supreme power to abridge in the slightest degree the privilegea 
 of any Corporation, unless some great malversation be shewn, 
 and which in this case is not even pretended. The robbery 
 which this clause embraces, adds cruel ingulf to injustice; for 
 it offers to King's College kss than one-thirtieth of her own 
 endowment, and even this miserable pittance is, in heartless 
 mockery, offered on terms which she cannot accept. And yet 
 the University of King's College holds her endowment on the 
 same tenure as every farmer of the Province holds his farm. 
 
 6. King's and Queen's College to be at once declared 
 and constituted Colleges of the University. 
 
 7. All other Colleges in Upper Canada, possessing 
 University powers, may, on surrender of the power of 
 conferring degrees, (except in Divinity), be also declared 
 and constituted Colleges of the University. 
 
 8. Such other Colleges within Upper Canada as may 
 
 hereafter obtain Charters from the Crown, (with pjwer 
 
 to confer degrees in Divinity), may also be declared and 
 
 constituted Colleges of the University. 
 
 This article as' ■ ■ ,. different denominations of 
 
 Christians in ' " ' Avinct nave in fact no religious principles ; 
 that they ar<?'^'^^;ffCTent t.« the truth, and ready, for the mise- 
 rable bribe of £300 per; 'mum, to trample on their consciences. 
 Now it will be found that with the exception of Queen's College, 
 from which the scheme emanates and which seems utterly care- 
 less of reli^jious truth, there is not another denomination so 
 mean as to accept the terms proposed. We know from the 
 highest authority that the United Church of England and 
 
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 Irthmd cannot and dare not participate in or have any emi' 
 nexion with this wicked scheme, and must be considered a* 
 entirely withdrawn. Her principles disallow any amalgamation 
 %vith Dissenters from her Communion, and were she to g^t ten 
 thou!<niid instead of three hundred pounds, she can have no con- 
 cern with such an unholy Institution. 
 
 This is one of the innny fallncies under which the scheme 
 labours, and which its promoters are carefully concealing from 
 the public. First, They know that the Church of En^'land can 
 have nothinj? to ^o with it; 2. ?.'hat the two next Iar{;c8t 
 tk'nominations, were they di'posud to surrender their principles, 
 Cwhich they are not), arc virtually excluded by the terms pro- 
 posed fi)r their admisi^ion ; 3. That the smaller denoir.inationt 
 arc also insidiously exclmled, n.)t being in a situation to comply 
 with the terms ; 4. Hence ro sect or denomination will be 
 benefited but the ResiJunry Kirk of Scotland ; to which, if thifi 
 measure becomes law, the endowment of the University of 
 Kinp's Collepe will be wholly surrendered. To shew more 
 clearly the iniquity of this proceeding, we have only to refer t» 
 the populiition of Upper Canada, by which it will be proved that 
 this measure, instead of being, ns its supporters pretend, for the 
 benebt of the whole Province, is only for the advantage of a few : 
 
 The population of Upper Canada last ceusus was 486,055 
 
 The Chtirch of England, (which can have nothing to 
 
 do wi'h the proposed Institution) 128,897 
 
 The Roman Catholic College is located at Kingston, 
 
 and from principle cannot accept the terms 78,119 
 
 The Methodist College is located at Cobourg, ani". 
 cannot accede to the terms, if for no other reason, 
 on account of its position 99,343 
 
 Christians of other denominations, who have no Royal 
 Charters nor means of building, and are thus 
 virtually shut out 80,302 
 
 Population injured by the proposed measure 392,66L 
 
 Population that may perhaps receive some benefit 93,394 
 
 Le'^s than one-fourth of the inhabitants of ii. .legreji^^nce. But 
 from this we ought to deduct the Members of th.»,.. ree Church, 
 or at least three-fourths,— scarcely leaving thirty thousand to 
 be benefited by this measure out of half a million. This ic, 
 surely, party legislation with a vengeance. The Members of 
 the Church of England will, I trust, at length open their eye» 
 to the ridiculous position in which they have been placed, and. 
 Queen's College notwithstanding, vote against the Bill. 
 
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 9. Univereity Caput to coDsist of — 
 
 1. Chancellor. 
 
 2. Vioe-Cliancellor. 
 
 3. The Chief Justice. 
 
 4. The Senior Puisn6 Judge of Queen*8 Bench, 
 
 Upper Canada, for the time being. 
 
 5. The Principal or Head of each College. 
 
 6. The Principal of Upper Canada College. 
 
 10. University Caput or Council to make IJy-Laws for 
 
 regulating Property, University Studios and Discipline; 
 
 but less £ for public buildings, to be limited to the 
 
 expenditure of its annual income and revenue. Proceeds 
 
 of sales and all other capital to be invested. 
 
 Oa these nrticles 1 will merely remark, thnt, unless there be 
 an imperntivc enactment, no Judge or Member of the Church 
 of England will ever »it ut such an heterogeneous board. 
 
 11. Governor iJeneral to be Visitor. 
 
 To this there is iicrhnp'< Ov) particular objection. 
 
 12. Chancellor to be elected every four years by Con- 
 vocation, and not to be a Professor or hold any other 
 oiBce in the University. 
 
 13. All Graduates of and above the degree of M.A. 
 conforming to the University Statutes, to be Members of 
 the Convocation. 
 
 Neither of these call for any particular remark; 
 
 14. Vice-Chancellor and Professors of the University 
 to be appointed by the Crown, (Vice-Chancellor to be a 
 Professor.) Professors and Officers, before entering upon 
 their duties, to subscribe a declaration, that they believe 
 in the authority and Divine inspiration of the Old and 
 New Testament, and in the doctrine of the Trinity. 
 
 Professors may be removed by the Crown, on the re- 
 presentation of the University Council; Meetings of the 
 University Council; Precedence; Quorum; Casting Vote. 
 No Statute to pass at the first meeting, especially convened 
 for that purpose. 
 
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 There ahoaU be no oonnection with the local OoTernment. 
 Appointments by the Crown and the Governor-General aro 
 the same ; and the country will not soon forget the arrange- 
 ment with Mr. Rycrsim and the pitcliforkinf; of an amiable man, 
 but totally nnqiinlified, to be Professor of Mathematics and 
 Natural Philosophy. To give such power is to ruin the Uiii- 
 vcr.^ity, and make it, aa our neighbours say, political capital. 
 No man can read the correspondence lately published, between 
 the Governor General and the Colonial Secretary, respecting 
 the appointment of a Mathematical Professor, without grief 
 and indijination. Tlie University, to prosper, mu»t be entirely 
 soparatcd from the sink of colonial politics. 
 
 15. Upper Canada College to be under the management 
 of the University Council, by whom its several Master* 
 may be appointed and removed, except the Principal, who 
 shall be appointed by the Crown. 
 
 To leave the appointment of the Cla'^sical Masters to a 
 Council so composed as this, will, in a short time, deteriorate 
 Upper Canada College, and deprive it of ite present eminence 
 anon^ Classical Schools. 
 
 IG. King's College to bo governed by a Board of five: 
 to consist of the President, who shall be Professor of The- 
 ology, (to be appointed by the Church Society of the Di- 
 ocese of Toronto); a Vice-President, to be appointed by 
 the President and the three Senior Tutors^ who shall in 
 the first place be appointed by the Visitor. All future 
 Tutors to be appointed by the Board, after examination; 
 and the three Senior Tutors to be always members of the 
 Board. 
 
 17. Queen's College to be governed by Trustees, ac- 
 cording to Charter. 
 
 These two articles are worthy of particular attention, as 
 proving the origin of this wicked measure. King's College is 
 interfered with in all its details: it can have but two Profess- 
 ors ; if any more teachers, they are to be Tutors only. More- 
 over, it ia robbed of all its property, and yet before it can go 
 into operation, it must possess sufficient fands to pay two Pro- 
 fessors and three Tutors ; for without this number it can have 
 no board, it is excluded from all privileges. How differently 
 i« Queen's College dealt with : it may have as many Professors^ 
 
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 between 
 cspccting 
 out grief 
 9 entirely 
 
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 iters to a 
 
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 eminence 
 
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 miDation; 
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 «r as few, as it pleases ; no interference or rcntriclinn is allowed, 
 of any sort ; and why ? — because it ia the Queen's College 
 Pleasure, and the Legislature is sought to be made a puppet in 
 ita hands ! 
 
 18. King's and Queen's College to have no power of 
 conferring degrees (except Divinity), but thoir Cnidu- 
 fttes in Divinity conforming to the University Statutes, to 
 be Members of Convocation. 
 
 19. Each College so declared and constituted to have 
 the exclusive power of making Statutes for the domestic 
 discipline, attendance on religious worship, and Theolo- 
 gical studies and tests of their own Students, and for the 
 conferring of degrees of Divinity, as well as all other 
 matters of purely internal regulation. — These powers to 
 be exercised by the respective Councils or governing bo- 
 dies of such Colleges. 
 
 Tliosc are rather guhjccta of ridicule than of criticism. 
 Except •A'i respects Queen's College, their provisions arc uselcsis, 
 for no other College will ever make any clnim ; and when the 
 measure becomes law, the Legihlatiirc to their shnmc and con- 
 fusion will discover that they have been legislating for a misera- 
 ble particle of the population, and thus sacriBcing the interests 
 of nine-tenths of tlieir constituents. Surely such a proceeding 
 ia insane, or something worse. 
 
 20. The endowment from the Crown conferred upon 
 
 king's College, and all the property acquired thereby, or 
 
 arising therefrom, to become vested in the Provincial 
 
 IFuiversity. 
 
 Honest men who were at first bewildered and deluded on the 
 (Juiversity quevion, arc beginning to consider that the interfe- 
 rence of might with right ia not the way to give tranquillity to 
 the country ; and many that were disposed to meddle with 
 King's College are now aware of the danger of commencing a 
 course of confiscation which, if once begun, must end in the 
 destruction of all the valuable Institutions of Upper and Lower 
 Canada. Thinking men begin to perceive that full security to 
 property is essential to the well-being of any community ; and 
 alilough the private property of individuals has naturally 
 grsater security than tkftt of corporate bodies, because every 
 

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 man Las an interest in its protection, yet the property of cor- 
 porate bodies is no less sacred, though more exposed to the 
 attacks of cvarice and malice. It may be fairly made a qaes* 
 tion, wliether the supreme authority in any country ia justly 
 competent to transfer to other uses property especially {^ranted 
 for definite and uiicxceptionrihic purposes ; and, except in cases 
 of notorious malversation, it can never in justice make use of 
 such power. 
 
 It may indeed he ndniittcd that some such power ninst be 
 somewhere vestpd to provide against extraordinary contingen- 
 cioH, hut even then it has seldom heen exerted without the 
 greatest caution, because of the dnnjj;er of unsettling property» 
 unless in periods nf agitation and revohition ; and out of a'l 
 the instances wlich history 8U|tpli.jj of the confiscation of 
 property granted en mature deliberation for a special and meri- 
 torious object, (ir its triinj-fiT from its legal Trustees to other 
 purposes, even tlioujjh in themselves useful, Hcarcely one will 
 be found which the imtiartial judgment of posterity can ap- 
 prove. I cannot, therefore, believe that the Legislature will 
 be induced to dtpart from tbe maxims of a just and necessary 
 policy in molesting King's (.College and depriving it of its en- 
 dowments. The temptation may appear strong, from the 
 bitterness, rather than the number, of the enemies of that 
 Institution, and the coldness hithrrto manifested by its friend.s, 
 by whi'-h it bus been renderc<l in a great degree defenctlesg ; 
 but it is the duty of the Legiflature to look to th" future con- 
 sequences of its mrasuves; and 1 call upon any fair and honour- 
 able man to ask himself whether the objections which have 
 bee n made against the University of King's College may not 
 he made with equal force and justice ngiinst every pious and 
 charitable foundation in Lower Canada. 
 
 21. All gifts, endowments, and bequests to King's Col- 
 lege, other than those from the Crown, to remain the pro- 
 perty of King's College. 
 
 This article is the only indication of honesty in the whole 
 scheme. 
 
 22. Professors of King's College now appointed, ex- 
 cept in Divinity, to hold the same situation in the Pro- 
 Yinciai University, till otherwise negatived by competeat 
 authority. 
 
 23. Existing By-laws and Statutes continued till other- 
 wise regulated by competent authority. . . 
 
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 its friends, 
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 ed till other- 
 
 84. Terms to be kept by Students in King's College, 
 to be allowed in Provincial University. 
 
 These deserve no particular notice. On the whole it is 
 clear as day, considering what the Scotch and Methodists have 
 done in their own cases in founding Queen's and Victoria 
 Colleges, that, in striving to have King's College put on such 
 a footing, they are not actuated by a wish to have a good Insti- 
 tution, but their only and sole aim is to keep back the nationnl 
 Church from a position which, in spite of all her enemies, she 
 will attaiu.. 
 
 NUMBER II. 
 
 I see but two methods by which any thing like a satis- 
 factory result can be arrived at, on the snbject of the Uni- 
 Tersity of King's Coliege. 
 
 FIRST METHOD. 
 
 I To loave the University untouched in respect to its 
 
 % endowment, and to repeal the 7 Will. IV. c. IG. amending 
 its Charter, by which it will be placed on its original 
 footing. 
 
 This being done, let liberal endowments be given to 
 the Colleges of such other denominations as Government 
 shall tbink it right to establish — which can easily be done 
 out of the large portion of the Clergy Reserves, about 
 nine hundred thousand acres left at the disposal of the 
 Gorcrnment by the 3 & 4 Vic. c. 78, an Act to provide 
 for the sale of the Clergy Reserves &c., which are capa- 
 ble at once of yielding a competent revenue. 
 
 This appears the most judicious and equitable manner 
 of satisfying all reasonable men. We ask for the Church 
 of England bare justice; we have no desire to interfere 
 ■with other denominations, aor shall we grudg'? them any 
 
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 endowment, however large, which the Government may 
 think fit to grant them ; and as we wish not to meddle 
 with them, neither should they desire to meddle with us. 
 And we consider it hut reasonable and just that we should 
 be permitted to proceed according to the original inten- 
 tion of the Charter without molestation, and in the enjoy, 
 ment of the privileges which the Imperial Government 
 had conferred upon us, and be left at liberty to seek from 
 the Crown such amendments of our Charter hereafter as 
 experience shall prove necessary to its more efficient 
 working. This fair and honest way of settling the ^ ^i - 
 versity question, would doubtless please all who really 
 desire the good of tl'» Colony. 
 
 The diifL'rent religious denominations wo' '.d thus ' 
 the means of educating their yduth according to tl wii- ^ 
 own wishes, and on their own principles; no room Id 
 be left for collisions or heartburnings; and in.aeh. - 
 time agitation on the subject would pass away, and the 
 different Colleges would only feel a noble emulatiQn in 
 riv'alliug each other in sound learning. 
 
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 SECOND METHOD. 
 
 Should the first method be objected to, (although I see 
 no reasonable impediment in its way,) I would submit 
 with great reluctance and as it were under compulsion, 
 but for the sake of peace, to divide the present endowment 
 of King's College on the principle recognized and acted 
 upon in the 3 & 4 Vic. c. 78, entitled. An Act to provide 
 for the sale of the Clergy Reserves, and for the distribu- 
 tion of the proceeds thereof. 
 
 On this principle, ^'i of the whole endowment would 
 be given to the United Church of England and Ireland, 
 aad Tj\ to the Church of Scotland, leaving ^\ towards the 
 endowment of Colleges for such other Christian denomi- 
 
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 and Ireland, 
 
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 tiations as are recognized by Government, and a Medical 
 School; and if this be found insufficient, the means are 
 ample from the Clergy Reserves and other lands to make 
 up the deficiency. 
 
 Should this method be preferred, the Church of Eng- 
 land will proceed with its share, and such further assist- 
 ance as it may receive from its friends, to establish a Col- 
 lege at or near Toronto under a new Charter, for the 
 education of her youth in the Arts and Sciences and in 
 Divinity, which shall in no way be connected with the 
 Governnoent ; and thus be exempt from the eflFect of po- 
 litical changes and agitations, while it would be in per- 
 fect and exclusive connexion with the Church of Eng- 
 land, and thus be free from the danger of religious strife. 
 
 V/ith regard to a.iy attempt to constitute a University 
 which would mix up the Church of England with other 
 religious denominations, it ought not for a moment to be 
 entertained. No sincere member of our Church could 
 have any thing to do with it, and it would, if established, 
 have the effect of excluding us from what was literally 
 our own endowment. With such a motley institution we 
 can have no connexion whatever, — nor with any College 
 or University which does not found its course of studies 
 upon the Christian religion as taught by the United Church 
 of England and Ireland. 
 
 One of the great objects of King's College, and per- 
 haps the principal, was to enable us to educate our youth 
 and Clergy as in the Mother Country, but within the 
 Province; hence Oxford University is placed before us 
 in the Charter as our model. This was the purport and 
 bearing of the original application to the Crown for a 
 University : it was a principle known to and distinctly 
 recognized by Government ; and under any other prin- 
 ciple, a Charter would never have been asked for or re- 
 ceived by the Archdeacon of York, now the Bishop of 
 Toronto. 
 
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 That this was the principle of the foundation of King's 
 College was not merely admitted by the Government, hut 
 known to the public in England when the Charter and 
 the endowment were granted ; and in any new arrange- 
 ment it must neither be lost sight of nor given up. It 
 was from a conviction that King's College was to be a 
 Church of England University in its religious character* 
 that the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel granted 
 a Divinity Library, and that a promise of similar aid was 
 given by the Society for Promoting Christian Know- 
 ledge, when the University should be in full and free 
 operation on this principle. 
 
 Either of these methods requires only simple enact- 
 ments ; and although the second is rather more compli- 
 cated than the first, it might be arranged by a very short 
 Statute, giving ^J of the present endowment and eflFects 
 of the University of King's College to the Church Society 
 of the Diocese of Toronto, in trust for the endowment of 
 a College and University under a Royal Charter, at or 
 near Toronto, in connexion with the Unitcsl Church of 
 England and Ireland, /^ to Queen's College, and the re- 
 maining ^-f to be distributed to support or found such 
 other Colleges as the Government might think fit. 
 
 The first method proposed is preferable, because it 
 meddles not with vestud rights, and offers no encourage- 
 ment to future spoliation, or attempts to meddle with the 
 far richer and larger endowments of Lower Canada. — 
 But the Charter should be so altered as to separate the 
 Institution from political influence, from which it has al- 
 ready suffered so much, and be entirely under the guid- 
 ance and authority of the Church. In like manner, the 
 endowments to Colleges of other denominations should 
 be given up freely to their own management, without ad- 
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 The object of the Legislature should he to settle tliis 
 question on such a juet and equitable basis ns must satisfy 
 the honest and upright ot all parties, without regarding 
 the clamour of the factious and destructive, who delight 
 in dissension, and are dismayed at the loss of a grievance. 
 
 It will not only be treason to the Church for her sons, 
 who form at least one-third of the Legislature, to hold 
 back on this occasion and betray her to her enemies, weak 
 and insignificant as they are in number, but it will be 
 treason to good morals and religion : nor need the most 
 pusillanimous among us fear to do right on this subject, 
 for all the wise and sound-hearted of other denominations 
 will assist them, if firm and sincere in setting it at rest 
 for ever, on a foundation at once equitable and just to all 
 concerned. 
 
 No power on earth can deprive the Church of England 
 of the right of educating her own youth in the Arts and 
 Sciences, and for the learned Professions ; it is a right 
 which she must ever maintain, even to the death. 
 
 She claims, as the Roman Catholics do and with equal 
 justice, the education of her children from the cradle to 
 the grave ; and to her the establishment of any institution 
 ■with her own endowment, of the benefits of which she 
 cannot partake from conscientious principles, would be a 
 measure both of cruel insult and oppression, which it 
 would be her praise to resist. 
 
 Indeed, in such an extreme and I trust impossible case, 
 it will be the duty of the Bishop and his friends to carry 
 the matter before the Queen in her Committee of the 
 Privy Council, where we feel assured that justice would 
 be done. But this would be to prolong and embitter the 
 contest. How much better will it be for the Legislature 
 of Canada to adopt such a measure as would, from its 
 justice and moderation, please all the good principled and 
 well disposed, and give at once peace and tranquillity to 
 tb« whole community! 
 
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 In repeating tliut the first suggestion is on several 
 grounds preferable, the following reasons are pressed upon 
 the consideration of those who may be supposed to tak« 
 a sincere and enlightened interest in the advancement of 
 Science, and in the general diffusion of Education and 
 Religion, that it does not involve a spoliation or desecra- 
 tion of any existing endowment; and while it would leave 
 to King's College a revenue not more than ample for the 
 great objects in view, it would enable the Crown to grant 
 to each one of those lar^e denominations of Christians to 
 which it is to be presumed the assistance would be ex- 
 tended, as large a grant of land (even to the number of 
 acres if necessary,) as would be thus confirmed to th« 
 University of King's College. 
 
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