14. REPLY TO THE FOREGOING LETTER BY THE HONOURABLE P. B. DE BLAQUIERE On my arrival in Toronto, where I have fixed my residence for the express purpose of affording to my son the inestimable advantage of academical education, I receive the honour of your Letter of the 2nd instant, addressed to Kingston, and communicating the unlooked for intelligence that the Convocation of the University of Toronto had elected me to the high and distinguished office of Chancellor. I am deeply sensible of this most flattering testimonial, and receive it with feelings of grateful acknowledgement; but had I been previously aware of the intended nomination, I must have shrunk from presuming to suppose that I possessed those acquirements, either of abilities, or education, which the University has a right to expect in the individual who aspires to this eminent situation; and most assuredly I would not have ventured to obtrude myself upon the notice of the Convocation. The circumstances under which the election has been made are of a nature so truly gratifying, that no alternative is left to me except to state, that if the Convocation continues to think I can in any way promote the interests of the University of Toronto, and, in so doing, add to the welfare of my adopted country, my faithful and devoted services are at its command. YORKVILLE, 4th May, 1850. PETER BOYLE DEBLAQUIERE. CHAPTER VIII. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE OF THE TORONTO UNIVERSITY, 1850. May 25th, 1850.-The first Meeting of the newly constituted Senate of the University of Toronto met this day. An objection having been made to the presence and the vote at the Meeting of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Larratt W. Smith, B.C.L., considerable discussion arose thereon, and the matter was ultimately referred to the Honourable Peter B. de Blaquiere, Chancellor, for his decision, who decided on receiving the Pro-Vice-Chancellor's vote. The following dissent to this decision was permitted to be entered on the Minutes : : The undersigned Gentlemen, Members of the Senate of the University of Toronto, hereby dissent from the vote of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor in the election of a Vice-Chancellor, on the ground, that the Pro-Vice-Chancellor is not, in our opinion, a Member of the Senate, Skeffington Connor, Wm. C, Gwynne, Christopher Widmer, M.D., W. R. Beaumont, M.D., Henry H. Croft, W. B. Nicol, M.D., John Roaf, Junior. The Chancellor stated that, in pursuance of the Visitatorial Statute, Number Two, he had convened the Senate for the purpose of electing a Vice-Chancellor, and a Member of the Endowment Board. Whereupon the Honourable J. Hillyard Cameron proposed Doctor Herrick as a fit person to fill the office of Vice-Chancellor, which proposition was seconded by Professor O'Brien; Mr. David Buchan, seconded by Professor Skeffington Connor, proposed Professor Croft for the same office. The votes being taken for Doctor Herrick, his election was lost by a majority of two. The votes were then taken for Professor Croft. There being thirteen in his favour, the Chancellor declared him to be duly elected, upon which Professor Croft, at the request of the Chancellor, took his seat accordingly at the Senate as Vice-Chancellor, and ProVice-Chancellor Larratt W. Smith then withdrew. Professor Herrick, seconded by Mr. John Roaf, junior, proposed Doctor James John Hayes as Member of the Endowment Board, and Professor Skeffington Connor, seconded by Professor Wm. R. Beaumont, proposed Doctor Wm. C. Gwynne for that office. The votes were then taken for Doctor Hayes, and there being 12 in his favour and 11 against, the Chancellor declared him to be duly elected. The Honourable J. Hillyard Cameron proposed that the Chancellor should nominate three of the Members to form a Committee for the purpose of framing Rules for the guidance of the Senate in its proceedings, which being assented to by the Senate, the Chancellor named for that purpose the following Members :-Vice-Chancellor Croft, President McCaul and Doctor Hayes. The payments to the Commissioners of Inquiry into the affairs of Kings College. † for remuneration appearing to the Senate to have been irregularly made and excessive, the President was requested to direct the Bursar to withhold any issue of money to the Commissioners of Inquiry; and the proper Officer was requested to communicate, in the meantime, with the Commissioners of Inquiry, and to ascertain from them, if any, and what, progress had been made in their Inquiry. * This Endowment Board of three Members, (of which the Honourable Francis Hincks, Inspector General, was appointed Chairman by the Government,) was constituted by the Baldwin University Act of 1849 for the purpose of taking charge, superintendence and management, of the whole property and effects, real and personal, of the University of Toronto, and of the Upper Canada College." + Appointed by the Council of King's College in July, 1848. See pages 236, 237 of Seventh Volume of this Documentary History. June 1st, 1850.-The President read the Report of the Committee appointed to prepare General Rules and Regulations. Whereupon it was moved by Professor James Beaven, seconded by Doctor Christopher Widmer, that the Report now read be received, which being agreed to, the Report was then submitted from the Chair clause by clause; four of which were adopted. June 6th, 1850.-The members present not being sufficient to constitute a quorum, no business was transacted. June 11th, 1850.-The Senate resumed the consideration of the remaining clauses of the General Rules and Regulations and passed them as a whole. The President gave notice of his intention of introducing at the next Meeting of the Senate, the Draft of the Statute relative to the Meetings of the Caput.* June 15th, 1850.-The Members present not being sufficient to constitute a quorum, no business was transacted. June 20th, 1850.-The Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, and the Pro-Vice-Chancellor not being present, the President drew the attention of the Members present to the Seventeenth Section of the University Act, of 1849. The fact that the Pro-Vice-Chancellor had never been notified to attend, since the first Meeting of the Senate, was also brought under their notice, aud a discussion having arisen as to the right of the President to take the Chair, and the legality of the Meeting, it was agreed not to proceed to business. June 25th, 1850.--The Senate approved of the Minutes made at the Meeting called for the 20th instant, and inserted on the Minute paper, after the entry, that a Communication had been received from the Chancellor, stating his inability to attend on that occasion. Proposed by Professor Wm. C. Gwynne, seconded by Mr. John Roaf, Junior and— Resolved, That the Committee on Rules be requested to draft a Statute embodying the Rules, as amended, to be presented to the Senate at their next meeting. (Carried.) Moved by Professor James Beaven, seconded by Professor W. C. Gwynne, that the Committee on Rules and Regulations be requested to draw up a Statute for carrying into effect their suggestion, relative to the creating of the office of Secretary, and defining his duties. (Carried.) The Senate then took up the subject of the Commission of Inquiry into the affairs of King's College. The Bursar read a Letter, dated the 12th instant, addressed to him by the Chairman of that Commission, relative to the payment of their current expenses, and Vice-Chancellor Croft read a Letter from the Secretary of the Committee of Visitation, dated the 29th ultimo, and one from Doctor Joseph Workman, a Member of the Commission of Inquiry into the affairs of King's College, dated the 31st ultimo, both addressed to him, and relating to the progress made by the Commission. Whereupon it was moved by Mr. John Roaf, Junior, seconded by Mr. David Buchan, that all the Documents relative to the Commission of Inquiry be referred to a Committee, with a request to submit to the next Meeting such a Statute as they may think will make the best provision respecting that Commission of Inquiry, and that such Committee consist of the Honourable J. Hillyard Cameron and Messieurs Joseph C. Morrison and John McMurrich. (Carried.) Moved by Professor Wm. R. Beaumont, seconded by the Honourable Doctor Christopher Widmer, that the Bursar do lay before the next Meeting of the Senate on account of the several sums paid to the Commission of Inquiry into the affairs of the King's College, with the dates, the authorities and orders, under which those payments have been made. (Carried.) Doctor McCaul, the President, submitted a Draft of a Statute relative to the Caput, or Council, of the University. Ordered to lie on the Table. The Honourable Doctor Christopher Widmer submitted a Draft of a Statute relative to the Chair of Practical Anatomy and the Curatorship of the Museum. Ordered to lie on the Table. June 29th, 1850.-The members present not being sufficient to constitute a quorum, no business was transacted. July 3rd, 1850.-The adoption of the Statute embodying the General Rules and Regulations for the proceedings of the Senate, and the Statute, being read clause by clause, two amendments were made to them. The adoption of the Statute relative to the Caput was then proposed and its several clauses were read and passed, except clause Number Six, which was amended, and all that part of the clause was struck out which follows the words "that the Caput shall proceed to exercise such functions as it possesses under authority of the Act." (Carried.) Whereupon the Honourable J. Hillyard Cameron, seconded by Mr. David Buchan, moved, that the Statute do now pass, but that it be referred to the next Meeting of the Senate, and that then it be further enacted, that at the first regular Meeting of the Caput under this Statute, the Members of the said Caput shall at once proceed to an election of the Member of *The Caput was a Council of five Members of the Senate, in which, by the Baldwin University Act of 1849, was vested "the ordinary general Discipline and Government of the University, in subordination to the Senate." the Endowment Board of the University of Toronto and Upper Canada College and Royal Grammar School, to be appointed by the said Caput, and that such election shall be made by a majority of the Members of the said Caput. (Carried.) July 6th 1850.-The Statute relative to the General Rules and Regulations for the proceedings of the Senate, was passed and adopted. The Statute relative to the Caput was also passed and adopted. The consideration of the Draft of a Statute relative to the Commission of Inquiry into the financial affairs of the University was entered npon, and a Report from the Commission, dated the 3rd instant, addressed to the Bursar, being read, the clauses of the Statute were severally put and passed. The Statute was then ordered to lie on the Table for adoption at the next Meeting. The statement of the sums paid to the Commission of Inquiry from the funds of the University, called for at the Meeting held on the 25th ultimo, was laid on the Table. The Draft of a Statute relative to the Chair of Practical Anatomy and the Curatorship of the Museum, was then considered and was passed and adopted. The Draft of the Statute relative to the office of Proctor, was then considered, and the clauses were severally put and passed and adopted. July 13th, 1850.-The Members present were not sufficient to constitute a quorum. July 20th, 1850.-The Members present were not sufficient to constitute a quorum. August 3rd, 1850.—Read a Letter dated the 2nd instant, from Mr. Robert E. Burns Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the affairs of King's College, representing the inconvenience experienced by the Commission, from the circumstance of the Senate not having made provision for the current expenses of the Commissioners' Office. Mr. Joseph C. Morrison, seconded by Mr. John Cameron, moved, That the General Rules of the Senate be printed for the use of the Members. (Carried.) The Chairman of the Caput reported that Mr. G. P. Ridout had been appointed to represent that Body on the Endowment Board. Professor William C. Beaumont's notice of a motion to place on the Minutes the return of sums issued to the Commission of Inquiry and the authority under which they were issued, was taken into consideration, and the same was agreed to, as follows: The payments on the 30th June, 1849, were made on the authority of President McCaul, the remainder were made on the authority of a Memorandum from the Commissioners, dated the 31st July, 1849, a copy of which was given with this statement, as follows: Memorandum-In view of the trouble hitherto imposed upon the President of the University for occasional calls upon him for Letters of Credit on the part of this Commission, and considering that the spirit of the University Statute, under which the Commission sits, justifies a belief that such Letters are unnecessary, the Secretary will in future draw for the monthly contingent, without reference to them, subject to approval of the Commission, or the visiting Commissioner. TORONTO, July 31st, 1850. JOSEPH WORKMAN, Pro-Chairman, King's College Inquiry. Moved by Professor John King, seconded by Professor George Herrick, That the President, Professor Skeffington Connor, Mr. J C Morrison, and Doctor J. J. Hayes, be a Committee from the Senate to procure such information in regard to the Commission of Inquiry, as may be necessary, with a view to ascertain the state to which their labours have already advanced, and for the purpose of affording such other information to the Senate as they may require, with respect to the said Commission of Inquiry. (Carried.) Moved by Mr. J. C Morrison, seconded by the President, that the Bursar be authorized to advance upon the orders of the Commissioners of Inquiry, sanctioned by the Chancellor, the amounts due for the expenses on Clerks, Stationery, etcetera, to the present time, and that the Resolution of the Senate, prohibiting further advances, dated 25th May last, be rescinded. (Carried.) August 10th, 1850.-This was the first Meeting held under the amended University Act of 1850, constituting nine Members a quorum of the Senate. Professor John King, seconded by Professor Skeffington Connor, moved, that the said proposed Statute on summoning and holding Convocation be referred to a Select Committee, to consist of the President, Professors James Beaven, Skeffington Connor and W. B. Nichol, the Honourable Henry Sherwood, and the mover, with power to report thereon. (Carried.) Pursuant to notice given at the last Meeting, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, introduced a Statute relative to the erection of a Building on the University Grounds, for the use of the Medical Faculty, and placed on the Table rough plans and an estimate of the expense of the said Buildings. Moved by Professor L O'Brien, seconded by Professor W. B Beaumont, that the Statute just read be referred to a select Committee, and that the said Committee be authorized to obtain such plans and estimates as may be necessary; and that the said Committee consist of the members of the Senate belonging to the Faculty of Medicine, with Doctor Hayes, Doctor Widmer, and the President. (Carried.) Mr. John Roaf junior, moved, seconded by Mr. James Halliman, for a return of the salaries and allowances to Professors and Officers, since the year 1842 to the present time, and the authority by which those allowances are made, and an account of the fees paid by students and how disposed of. (Carried.) August 18th, 1850-Read a letter from the Provincial Secretary, dated the 10th instant, communicating that His Excellency, the Governor-General, has been pleased to appoint the Honourable Francis Hincks, M.P.P. as a Member of the Endowment Board of the University of Toronto, and Chairman of that Board under the provisions of the Twenty First Section of the University Act of 1849, 12 Victoria, Chapter 82. The Statute introduced by Professor John King for extending the time for receiving testimonials of candidates for the Chairs of Practical Anatomy, etcetera, was fully considered and passed and adopted. August 17th, 1850.-Read a Memorial from Mr. Thomas Young, dated the 5th instant, praying to be appointed to the office of Architect to the University. The Draft of Statute relative to the Endowment Board was taken into consideration, when the President moved, seconded by Professor W. B. Nicol, that the Draft of Statute relative to the Endowment Board, be referred to a Committee consisting of the Vice-Chancellor, the President, the Deans of Faculties and Professor W. C. Gwynne, with power to send for persons and papers. (Carried.) The President submitted a design for a Corporate Seal, whereupon it was moved by the Honourable J. Hillyard Cameron, seconded by Professor L. O'Brien, that the Chancellor, ViceChancellor, and President, be authorized to decide on a Seal for the Corporation, and to give the necessary directions for its execution. (Carried.) The Draft of Statute relative to the Secretaryship to the Senate was taken into consideration, when the Honourable J. Hillyard Cameron moved, seconded by Professor George Her rick, that the Secretary shall be paid the sum of One pound per diem for each day's attendance at the actual meetings of the Senate. (Carried.) The whole Statute was then amended and passed. The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine introduced a Draft of Statute relative to the mode of granting Degrees in Medicine in this University, and the Statute being read, it was moved that it be referred for report to a Committee to consist of the Faculty of Medicine, and Doctors Widmer and Hayes. (Carried.) August 21st, 1850.-The Vice-Chancellor, as Chairman of the Committee on the Draft of Statute relative to the Endowment Board, submitted the report of that Committee, suggesting certain amendments thereto, which Report was read and considered. It was then moved, that fifty copies of the said Statute, as reported from the Select Committee, and the accompanying suggestions, be printed for the use of Members. (Carried.) August 27th, 1850.-The Chancellor laid before the Senate an order of the Endowment Board, signed by the Honourable J. Hillyard Cameron, as Chairman, issued to the Bursar, directing that Officer to place to the credit of Upper Canada College certain sums of money now standing in the Bank to the credit of King's College. After considerable discussion, the President moved, seconded by Professor W. B. Nicol, that the order of the Endowment Board, and the papers connected therewith, be referred to a Committee consisting of the President, Professor W. C. Gwynne, and Doctor J. J. Hayes, with power to draw up a case detailing particulars and to take legal opinions relative thereto. (Carried.) Professor W. B. Nicol, as Chairman of the Committee for obtaining plans and estimates of a Building for the Medical School, presented the Report of that Committee, and having read the same, moved, seconded by Professor W. R. Beaumont, that it be received. (Carried.) The President moved, seconded by Professor George Herrick, that the Report of the Committee on the Medical Building be referred to a Committee consisting of the Vice-Chancellor, the President, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Doctor J. J. Hayes and Professor George Herrick, with the object of their recommending the Site of the Building, and also of enquiring whether the accommodation provided in the selected plan, can be conveniently furnished in a Building so constructed as to form the Western Wing of the University Buildings. (Carried.) Professor W. B. Nicol, as Chairman of the Committee on the Draft of an amended Statute, relative to the Degrees in Medicine, presented the Report of that Committee, and having read the same, moved, seconded by the Honourable Doctor Widmer, that it be received. (Carried.) Moved by the President, seconded by Professor W. B. Nicol, that the sum of money, amounting to Nine Thousand Eight Hundred pounds, (£9,800.) which it appears from the Lerter of the Cashier of the Bank of Upper Canada, laid before the Senate is to be paid on the 31st instant, be received by the Bank, and placed to the credit of the Investment Fund of the University of Toronto, and that the interest thereon be received by the same and placed to the credit of the Income Fund. (Carried.) August 31st 1850.-Read a letter from Mr. Principal F. W. Barron, of Upper Canada College, dated the 28th instant, stating that the Boarding House Building will be required forthwith for the use of Upper Canada College, and that the Council of that Institution will expect rent for the same from the 1st of January last. Moved by Professor John King, seconded by Mr. J. Hallinan, that the Letter of the Principal of Upper Canada College, with regard to the present occupation of part of the Boarding House of said College by the Medical School, be referred to a Special Committee to consist of the Vice-Chancellor, the President and Professor W. B. Gwynne. (Carried.) The Vice-Chancellor, as Chairman of the Medical Building Committee, read the Report of that Committee, and moved, seconded by Professor L. O'Brien, that the Report on the Building for the Medical Faculty, which has just been read, be received. (Carried.) The Chancellor drew the attention of the Senate to an order made by the Board of Endowment, at variance with that issued by the Senate at their last Meeting. After much discussion, the Honourable J. Hillyard Cameron moved, seconded by Mr. J. C. Morrison, that the Resolution of the Senate passed at the last Meeting, on the subject of the monies to be received from the Government for Debentures, be rescinded; and that the Letter of the Cashier of the Bank of Upper Canada, in reference thereto, be referred to the Endowment Board. (Carried.) The whole Statute relating to a Building for the Medical Department, as amended, was then passed and adopted. Professor John King moved, seconded by Professor George Herrick, that it be Resolved, that a Committee be appointed to consist of the Honourable Doctor Widmer, the Honourable Henry Sherwood, the Honourable J. Hillyard Cameron, the President and Professor W. C. Gwynne, to enquiré the number and value of certain lots of Land, once the property of this University, obtained by, or in the possession of, certain persons lately in the employment of |