The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-04 00:00:00

FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4,. 1825.

THE UNIVERSITY OF KIND s COLLEGE,
AT WINDSOR, IN NOVA SCOTIA.

To every one who feels an interest in the
moral and religious improvement of his fellow-creatures,
the following brief details, with regard to a very important por-
tion of the North American Colonies, are presented with much
respect and confidence. '
The Province of Nova Scotia was erected into an Episcopal
See in 1787, and the established religion of the Church of
England thus assumed there that prominent and permanent
character to which it is so well entitled, both by the soundness
of its doctrines and the Godly excellence of its Liturgy and
Discipline.
To preserve those doctrines, and that Liturgy and Discipline,
in their unabated purity, it seemed necessary, at the same time,
that the means of a right religious education should be provid.
ed, both for those who were to teach, and those who were to be
taught the holy principles of our Churefi,that so they might
live and die in the faith and hope of their forefathers.
For this purpose, the University at %%refill sor was established,
and called King's College, as a testimony of gratitude to the
kindness and piety of his late' Majesty King George 111.
under whose sanction, and by whose charter it was principally
formed. ,
The statutes of the College weredrawn up after the model Of
those of Oxford ; and 'still more effectually to secure the wel-
fare of the institution, it was placed under the patronage of the
Archbishop of Canterbury, wlio has the power of a negative
upon every statute, and under the Government of thejeading
official Personages in the Colony, whilst the important powers
of Visitor were entrusted, with equal prudence and propriety,
to the Bishop of the Diocese.
A plan of instruction so wisely framed could not fail of -erov-
ing highly beneficial ; and the College has in fact brought up
in the principles of sound learning and a religious education,
not only the young men of. Nova Scotia and the adjoining Co-
lonies, but also children of English residents in the neighbour-
ing States of America, who had inherited from their parents
an attachment to our venerable Church.

But the principal blessing which this University has been,
under God, the instrument of commanicating to the Christian
world, is to be found in the exertions of many pious Ministers
of the Gospel, whom it has sent forth qualified, as far as hu-
man means could qualify them, for the discharge of those ardu-
ous and holy duties, which, when speaking of the Clergymen
of these North American Provinces, can be considered in no'
other light, and called by no other name, than the labours of
the Christian Missionary.
Men equally learned, and of eqiial zeal, might perhaps have
been obtained from the Universities of England ; but men of
equal experience, and equally contented with- their 'peculiar
sphere, men equally acquainted with the habits of
,the people,
and equally attached to the country in which they were con:
tinually to preach and dwell, the Universities of England could
never have furnished. _ _

' Such was the origin' and such has been the past usefulness
of the University of Nova Scotia; butit is now unhappily be.
coniing daily more inadequate to effect its adthirablc objects
from several causes.

1. A temporary wooden building was all that, in the first
foundation of the College, it was deemed necessary or practi-
cable to raise: and that building, from a want of funds, to ob-
viate the progress of gradual decay, has naturally, in the course,
of nearly forty years, fallen into such a ruinous state, that it
can no longer be inhabited without extensive repairs, and is so
far gone as to be unworthy of being restored. It may be so re-
paired* as to be occupied for a short time, but must soon be
abandoned. _ .

2. But even were the building in a more perfect condition, it
is now no longer sufficiently large to accommodate the increas-
ing number of students, or tit for the dignified Purpose to which
it Is appropriated, as the established University of a very rising
Colony.
The population of the Diocese of Nova Scotia is becoming
daily more numerous, and the demand for aliberal education is,
in consequence, proportionally enlarged. Men of sound reli-
gious principles and extensive acquirements are wanted fctr every
department, but particularly for the ministry in the Church of
Christ. An official-Report, just received,shews that in one of the
five Provinces which are included within the Diocese, only six-
teen Clergymen are scattered over the immense extent of 27,000
square miles, where the population is increasing wonderfully
every gear. The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
has, at this moment, occasion for more than fifty additional
Missionaries in the -North American Colonies alone ; and the
formation of the two West Indian Bishoprics, and the earnest
endeavours which are so wisely making for the spiritual instruc-
tion of the Negro slaves, are likely to render King's College of
still more importance and use. They certainly -render its pre-
sent building and its present means, altogetherunfit and unequal
to answer its present and:probable future opportunities of doing
gliod. •
3. Without any imputation of improper hostility to other
forms of doctrine and Church government, it- may., be fairly
stated totbose who love their own holy faith and discipline,
that if "the College at Windsor- be not supported by the pious
and benevolent, an attachment to the-principles of die Church
of England and of our • happy Constitution must, in • Nova-
Scotia, decline. There are other establishments rising 'up,
which are not conducted upon the same principles,- and from
them even the children of the members of the-Church of Eng-
land must, if this university fall, be compelled to. derive their
education. Or, if they do not resort to- the dissenting establish.:
ments of Nova Scotia, they must gather their knowledge and
form their sentiments in the Republican Colleges' of the UnitA
States of America. Thus nurtured and instructed, it is natural
to conceive that they wilt imbibe opinions which are any thing
but favourable to the religious and political institutions of Eng-
land.

It is impossible to, blame others who conscientiously endea-
vour to•propagate their own views of the Gospel and govern-
ment, even where they differ from our own ; but surely if we
have any reverence for our own, or any real belief in their
truth and excellence, we must conscientiously contribute_ to
prevent the utter ruin of an University, which is their principal
support in a very important Province of the empire. `ire shall
do our utmost to, provide a sound Episcopal branch of the
Church of Christ in America, with the means of educating for
itself, what it so greatly wants, a succession of sound Episcopal
ministers.

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Impressed with these considerations the Society for the Pro-
pagation of the Gospel has founded scholarships for the educa-
tion of Clergymen, and granted 500/. to relieve the exigencies
of the College. The Society for Promoting Christian Know-
ledge has also made a 'donation of 5001. for the religious
objects of the Institution; and several distinguished- indivi-
duals have followed the example.

But to give some temporary repair to the present Building,
so that it may be used until another is completed ; to engage
in the erection of a new and sufficient edifice ; to provide ad-
ditional Professors, Tutors, and Scholarships ; to furnish the
necessary Philosophical Apparatus and Books ;—these are ob-
jects, to which the Subscriptions already received are extremely
inadequate. It is, therefore, to enlarge these funds, and procure
additional Subscriptions and Denations from the liberality of
those who are interested in the progress of science and the pro-
pagation of sound religious, and moral, and political principles,
that the Governors of King's College have ventured to make art
appeal which they are sure may be properly, and hope will not
be unsuccessfully made. •
Contributions in money, books, and philosophical apparatus
of every kind, will be most thankfully received by Sir Scrope
Bernard Morland, Ban. M.P., 50, Pall Mall, who has been
the kind Agent of King's College for many years. Other friends
of the Institution, in different places, will forward the object
of this Address, and supply information to those who may ,re-
quire it.
During his short stay in England, the Bishop of Nova Scotia
will gladly afford this information, upon application to him at
200, Piccadilly. It may likewise be obtained from the Secre-
tary to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 42, Castle-
meet, Leicester-square ; from the Secretaries to the Society for
.PrOmoting Christian Knowledge, Liticoln's-inn-Fields ; and at
Cambridge from the Lord Bishop of Bristol, and the Rev. the
Masters of Trinity and St. John's Colleges.
The following Sums have been benevolently afforded for
the commencement of a Contribution in behalf of King's
College t
His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury - £lOO 0 0
His Grace the Archbishop of York 100 0 0
The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel 500 0 0
The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 500 0 0
The Lord Bishop of London • . 100 0
The Lord Bishop of Durham 100 0 11
The LOrd Bishop of Nova Scotia 100 0 0
Venerable Archdeacon Watson . 50 0
Rev. H. H. Norris " - 100 0 • 0
Lord Chief Justice Downs - - 21 1.1