The following letter from the Private Secretary of the Chancellor of the University of King's College, dated the 11th of April, 1846, was read :—

I have the honour, by command of the Chancellor, to request you to intimate to the President and Council of the University, that His Excellency is desirous of being furnished with the Reports and Statements enumerated in the annexed Memorandum, in order to complete the information required by a notice by a Member of the House of Assembly for an Address to the Administrator of the Government.

The Address was opposed by the Government, but it was signified to the House that His Excellency, as Ch ncellor, would cause the information asked for to be supplied, to which His Excellency presumes no objection can be entertained.

MONTREAL, 11th of April, 1846.

J. M. HIGGINSON.
Private Secretary.

The following is a Memorandum of the Reports and Statements required by the Chancellor for the House of Assembly.

1. Any Reply that may have been made to the Report of the College Council on Doctor William C. Gwynne's Memorialto Lord Metcalfe of February 1845, relative to the Finances of King's College.

2. Report of the College Council on irregularities in the Bursar's Office.

3. Statement of the affairs of the University for the year 1843, in the same form as those laid before the House in March, 1845.

4. Also all Reports of said Council on the state of the Endowment made since 1840, and particularly that of the finance for the year 1842.

5. Also the Annual tabular statement of receipts and disbursements as laid before the College Council for the years 1841, 1842, 1843 and 1844.

NOTE. These Reports and Statements were furnished and were laid before the House of Assembly on the 7th of May, 1846. They relate to the Memorial of Doctor William C. Gwynne, on the alienation of a portion of the Endowment of King's College by its Council, to Lord Metcalfe, Chancellor, in February, 1845. What was done by the Council of King's College, in regard to the matter is recorded on pages 205-210 of the Fifth Volume of this Documentary History. The opinion also of the Judges of the Superior Courts of Upper Canada, as Visitors of the University of King's College on the subject, will be found on pages 211, 212 of the same Volume. The matter is referred to by the Chancellor in his Private Secretary's Letter as recorded in the Proceedings of the Council of King's College of the 16th of March, 1846, page 114 of this Volume. See also Note in regard to these Returns inserted in connection with the presentation of the papers to the House of Assembly on the 7th of May, 1846, page 45 of this Volume.

To following Letter from the Senior of the Visitors of the University of King's College, dated the 23rd of March, was read:

The Visitors have long ha 1 before them a request from the College Council that they would express an Opinion upon the construction and effect of the Provincial Currency Act, as applied to the salaries of the Professors appointed since the Act came into operation; and they have declined interposing in the matter, not on account of the opinion which they have formed of the mere legal effect of the Statute referred to, but, because, after reading the various papers and documents transmitted to them, and particularly the Communications of the late Chancellor of the University, Lord Metcalfe, they feel it to be desirable that the College Statute proposed by his Lordship, and, indeed, the subject generally, should be discussed and considered on some occasion, when as many of those, who are, by law, made Members of the Council shall be at ending, as it may be found possible to assemble.

TORONTO, 23rd of March, 1846.

JNO. B. ROBINSON.
Visitor of King's College.

The following Letter from the Reverend H. J. Grasett, Chairman of the Trustees of School District Number 8, City of Toronto, dated the 27th of February, 1846, was read:

I enclose an order on the Chamberlain of the City for £10 being the amount of rent for the half year ending 1st of February due to the College Council from the Trustees of Common School District No. 8, Toronto.

I avail myself of the opportunity to represent to the Council that the building occupied for the purposes of the School is very much out of repair, and to beg, on behalf of the Trustees, that the Council would direct an inspection of the same, and cause such repairs as are absolutely necessary to be made with as little delay as possible.

TORONTO, 27th of February, 1846.

H. J. GRASETT.

Chairman.

The architect was directed to examine the state of the building and report thereon. (No further business of special interest was transacted.)

May 9th, 1846. As it has come to the knowledge of some of the Council, that a Measure has been introduced into the Legislative Assembly, similar to that introduced during the last Session of that House, it is the duty of the Council again, to defend that trust, which has been committed to them, and endeavour to secure to posterity the benefits of this Royal foundation, be it, therefore,

1. Resolved, That a Committee, consisting of the following Members: the President, the Vice President, Professor Beaven and Doctor John King, shall be appointed to prepare a Petition to the Legislative Assembly, praying that the Council may be heard, at the Bar of that Honourable House, in defence of the privileges and property of this University.

2. Resolved, That the Petition shall be entrusted to the Member for the City for presentation to the House of Assembly.

3. Resolved, That Counsel shall be employed to defend the University before the House of Assembly; and also before the Legislative Council, should the Measure reach the Upper House.

4. Resolved, That the same Committee shall be authorized to make all arrangements, which may be necessary for conducting the defence before both Houses, and that the same Committee shall have power also to make arrangements, in England, for the defence of the privileges and property of the University, if it shall be necessary to appeal for protection to Her Majesty the Queen.

The following Letter from the Private Secretary of the Chancellor, dated 6th of May, 1846, was read:

I am commanded by the Chancellor to request, that you will bring under the notice of the President and Council of King's College, the enclosed copy of a Resolution, passed by the Legislative Council, in order that the Returns required therein may be furnished for the information of that House; to which His Excellency presumes that there can be no objection on the part of the University.

MONTREAL, 6th May, 1846.

J. M. HIGGINSON.
Private Secretary.

Enclosure from the Legislative Council, dated Monday 4th May, 1846.

Resolved, That an Humble address be presented to His Excellency, the Governor General, praying that His Excellency will be pleased to direct that there be laid before this House copies of all papers and correspondence which may have passed between the Governor General, as Chancellor of the University of King's College, and the Council of the said University. since the Union of the Provinces, relative to the creation, or regulation, of offices, or appointments, in the University, or Council, with any schedule of salaries, or allowances, connected therewith, and of the names of individuals proposed to fill the same; and also of any correspondence which may have taken place between the Governor-General, as Chancellor of the University aforesaid, and any individual Member of the Executive Council.

Ordered, That such Members of the Executive Council who are Members of this House do wait on His Excellency the Governor-General with the said Address.

(Attest.)

CHARLES DE LÉRY,

Assistant Clerk of the Legislative Council.

The Bursar was directed to search the Minutes of the Council, and report what Documents fall within the scope of this Letter and Resolution.

The Principal of Upper Canada College reported the death of Mr. Charles Cosens, Master of the Preparatory School of that Institution.

The report of the Architect, on the state of The Central School House, was read, recommended an outlay on its repairs of £25. The outlay was sanctioned,-not to exceed the sum mentioned. (No other business of importance was transacted.)

May 16th, 1846. The four Members present were not sufficient to form a quorum ; but as the object of this meeting was to sanction the sending of certain Returns, called for by His Excellency, The Chancellor; and the Members present, not being sufficient to form a quorum, in order to expediate their transmission, requested and obtained the assent of the President to their being forwarded on Monday, inasmuch as they had been examined and approved by the Committee, as conformable to the request of His Excellency.

NOTE. In the Letter from the Bursar to the Private Secretary of the Chancellor, transmitting these Returns, and dated the 18th of May, 1846, the Bursar says: A copy of the Report of the College Council, on irregularities [of Clerks] in the Bursar's office, has not been sent, as it was deemed prudent to withhold the publication of it, whilst the Chancery Suit, arising out of the circumstances, from which that Report originated remains undecided

May 20th, 1846. The Bursar submitted a list of such Documents and Minutes of the Council, as he considered to fall within the Scope of the Private Secretary's Letter of the 6th instant, and as directed by the Council, on the 9th instant These papers were referred to the Committee on Returns.*

On the nomination of the Principal of Upper Canada College, (Mr. F. W. Barron), Mrs. Cosens was appointed Matron of the Boarding House of the College.

The following Letter from the Private Secretary of the Governor-General, as Chancellor of the University of King's College, dated the 14th of May, 1846, and addressed to the Principal of Upper Canada College, was read :

I have had the honour to lay beforetheGovernor-General your Letter of the 9th instant, and am directed to inform you that His Excellency approves of your recommendation, and accordingly nominates Mr. Walter Stennett, B.A., to the Mastership in Upper Canada College, vacant by the death of Mr. Cosens (for the present,) and subject to any permanent arrangements, which the interest of the Institution may appear to require.

MONTREAL, 14th May, 1846.

J. M. HIGGINSON.

Private Secretary.

Whereupon the Principal of Upper Canada College moved, seconded by Vice-President McCaul, That Mr. Walter Stennett, B. A., shall receive the temporary appointment to the Third Classical Mastership in the College, subject to any permanent arrangement which the Interests of the Institution may appear to require; and that his Salary shall be at the rate of £150 sterling per annum. Carried.

On the no nination of the Principal of Upper Canada College, the Council appointed Mr. Stennett to the office of Resident Master in the Boarding House.

On the nomination of the Principal of Upper Canada College, the Council appointed Mr. Michael Barrett, (Second English Master in the College,) to the office of Assistant Inspecting Master at the College Boarding House, at a Salary of £25 Halifax Currency per annum;—the sum hitherto allowed for that duty. (No further business of importance was transacted.)

May 27th, 1846. No business of public interest was transacted.

June 24th, 1846. The following Letter from the Private Secretary of the GovernorGeneral, as Chancellor, dated the 2nd of June, 1846, was read:

In the Minutes of Proceedings of the King's College Council of the 20th ultimo, in numbers 9 and 10 of these Minutes, an expression occurs, which appears to the Chancellor to be erroneous, His Excellency, being of opinion that, in both Minutes the word "Chancellor" ought to be substituted for " Principal," as the enactment, establishing Upper Canada College, provided that the Master thereof shall be nominated by the Chancellor, and such, it is understood has heretofore been the practice.

You are requested to bring the subject under the notice of the President and Council. MONTREAL, 2nd of June, 1846. J. M. HIGGINSON. Private Secretary.

Whereupon the Bursar was directed to return the following answer to the Chancellor's Private Secretary, which he did, under date of the 24th of June, 1816

In reply to your Letter of the 2nd instant, I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the Chancellor, that nothing could be further from the desire, or the intention,

*The Minutes of the Council for the remainder of the year contain no further record that these Documents sent to the Governor-General; neither is there any record, in the Journals of the Legislative Council, that they were ever laid before that House.

of the Council, than, in any way, to interfere with the powers vested in His Excellency, by the Charter, or the Act of 1837, amending the same. On reference to the Act you will observe that, in the passage relating to the subject of your Communication, the term "Tutors" is found, by which the Council understood to be "Masters engaged in teaching";-neither of those appointed, on the recommendation of the Principal of Upper Canada College, is to be in this way occupied, the duty of the officers to which they were appointed, on his nomination, is to superintend the conduct of the Boarders, when not in attendance on the Masters in the College.

The principal motive of the Council for adopting the course which they pursued, believing, as they did, that they were not thereby trespassing on the authority of the Chancellor, was the conviction of the importance of those Masters feeling that they owed their appointment to the recommendation of the Head Master of the Institution, and their expectation that, thereby, their cordial co-operation with him might be secured.

TORONTO, 24th of June, 1846.

H. BOYS,
Bursar of King's College.

The following Memorial of Mr. Hugh N. Gwynne was read :—

To the Honourable and Reverend The President, and the Council of King's College.
The Memorial of Hugh N. Gwynne sheweth,

That on the 16th of April, 1834, your Memorialist was engaged to perform the duties of Classical Master at Upper Canada College, upon the same terms, with respect to salary, as the other Classical Masters;

That your Memorialist continued to discharge the duties aforesaid until the Summer Vacation.

That your Memorialist, being obliged to go to New York on business, during the vacation, endeavored, though with much inconvenience, to be at his post when the business of the College was resumed ;

That your Memorialist having been unavoidably detained by stormy weather on the Lake a few days beyond the expiration of the vacation, found on his return, that the Reverend Doctor Harris, Principal, having waited for him for some days, had appointed another in his place.

That your Memorialist is, in justice, and according to the uniform custom of the College, entitled to the full salary of the Quarter ending the 28th September, 1834;

That your Memorialist having received £100 sterling, by order of the Council, immediately applied for the Balance due to him, but unsuccessfully, as will appear from the Journals of your Honourable Council.

That your Memorialist, therefore prays your Honourable Council will order that there be now paid to him the balance due on October first, 1834, with such interest on such balance as the law allows.

TORONTO, June 16th, 1846.

The case was deferred for further information in regard to it. (No further business of importance was transacted.)

HUGH N. GWYNNE.

June 30th 1846. Mr. Hugh N. Gwynne's case was again taken into consideration when it was moved by Doctor Beaven, the Dean, and seconded by Professor Croft, that the Vice-President and the Principal of Upper Canada College be a Committee to obtain further information upon Mr. Gwynne's Memorial and to report thereon to the Council. Carried. The President dissenting to any proceedings in this case, as it was disposed of twelve years ago, when all the facts were fresh and before the Council. (No other business of public interest was transacted.)

July 7th 1846. Moved by the President and seconded by the Vice-President, That it is of the utmost importance that the building of the South West Wing of the University should be immediately commenced, as contemplated by Statute, Chapter VI; Section 2 and that, with a view thereto, the Bursar report the portion of the £18,000 remaining unexpended, and the ways and means for carrying the above desirable object into effect. Curried.

(No other business of special interest was transacted.)

July 17th, 1846. The Bursar, in compliance with the Minutes passed at the last Meeting of the Council reported on "The ways and means for building the South West Wing of the University in the Queen's Park. The Report which was received stated in effect that if the Eighteen Thousand Pounds, (£18,000,) appropriated in 1842 for erecting both wings of the University Building, only Five Thousand One Hundred and Eighty-six Pounds, Twelve Shillings and four pence, (£5,186.12.4,) remains unexpended. This, together with Two Thousand Five

Hundred and Seventy-six Pounds, Thirteen Shillings and three pence, (£2,576.13.3.) paid for stone, makes the sum available for erecting the South West Wing of the University Building to be Seven Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Three Pounds, Five Shillings and seven pence, (£7,763.5.7,)-being within about Forty Pounds, (£40,) of the estimated cost of the proposed South West Wing.

Whereupon, it was moved by the Reverend Doctor Beaven, Dean, seconded by Professor Croft, That it is highly expedient to draw the attention of the Governor-General in Council to the claims which the College Council would respectfully urge to the payment of the arrears of the munificient provisions of One Thousand pounds (£1,000) sterling a year made by His Majesty George IV, in 1828, for the erection of the Buildings of the University,* and that the following Members of the Council form a Committee to draft a Memorial to the GovernorGeneral on the subject, videlicet, The Vice-President, McCaul, The Dean, Doctor Beaven, Professor William C. Gwynne. Carried.

The Committee appointed on Mr. Hugh N. Gwynne's case made their report-which Report was received and adopted.

Whereupon it was moved by the Reverend Doctor Beaven, Dean, seconded by Professor Croft, that, in consequence of the Report of the Committee, on the Case of Mr. Hugh N. Gwynne, he be paid the balance of his salary as deputy of the second Classical Master of Upper Canada College, during the third quarter of the year 1834. Carried.

The Reverend Doctor McCaul, Vice President; recommended that a Calendar of the University should be annually published, commencing with the present year; which recommendation being approved, the Vice President undertook to prepare it and superintend its publication.

A Committee, consisting of the Reverend Doctor Beaven and Professor Croft, was appointed to consider the best mode of protecting the College Avenue from trespass by persons who have not authority to pass in carriages through it. (No other business of interest was transacted.) July 29th, 1846. No business of public interest was transacted.

August 26th, 1846. As no quorum was present no business was transacted.

October 17th, 1846. At this Meeting the following Scholarships were established, videlicit :Three for each of the Districts of Upper Canada.

Six for Upper Canada College.

Six for the University of King's College.

* For a brief history of this Grant, see page 228 of the Second Volume of this Documentary History.