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London, England, 1825-10-12 00:00:00

THE UNIVERSITY 017 KING'S COLLEGE,

AT. WINDSOR, IN NOVA 'SCOTIA.
7110 every one, Who feels an interest in the
11. . moral and religious improvement of his fellow creatures,
the following brief detaili, with Fegard'to a very important port
tion of the North American Colonlet, are presented witlr much
respect and confidence.

The Province of Nova Scotia•was erected into an Episcopal
See in 1787,. and the established .religion of the C'mrch of
England thus assumed, there that prominent and permanent
character to which it is so well entitled, both by the soutlneSs'
of its doctrines and the Clodly-tuellence- of its Liturgy and
DisCipline.
To preserve those doctrines, and that Liturgy and Discipline,
in their unabated purity, it seemed'neeeSsary, at the seine Chile,-
that the means of a right religious education should be provid-
ed, bOth for those who were to teach, and thdse who were to Pe'
taughst the hilly principles'of our Church—that so they might
lire anikdie in the faith and hope of their forefathers. - ,
FciiilliS•purpose, the University at Windsor 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
forme+ - •7.

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 initithtion, it was platted under the patronage of the
Archbishop of Canterbury, who has the power of a negative
upon every Statute, and under the Government of the leading
official Personages in the Colony; whilst the important powers
of Visitor were entrtisted, with equal prudence and propriety,
to the Bishop of the Diocese. , . •
A plan of instruction so wisely framed could not fail of-vrov.:
ing highly beneficial; 'tend 'the College haS in fact brought up
in the principles of sound learning and a religious education,
not'Onlythe young men of Nova Scotia and the adjoining Co-
lonies, but also 6hildred 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 communicating to the Christian
world, is to be found in the exetticinS of many- pious Ministers
of the Gospel, whom it has tent 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 labourt of
the Christian Missionary.
Men equally-learned, and of equal zeal, might perhaps have
been obtained from the Universities of England ; but men of
equal experience, and equally contented.with their pecul*
sphere, men equally acquainted: with the habits or 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 furniShrd.

Such was the origin, and such has beets the past usefulness
of the University of Nova Scotia; but it is now unhappily be,
coining daily more inadequate to effect its admirable 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-
cal le.to raise: and that, building, from it want of funds Ati, ob-
viate thnprogresavigradual decay, has naturally, in the, course,
of nearly forty years, fallen' into such q rttinotis
,state, that it
can no longer he inhabited 'without extensive repairs, and is' so'
;one
far as to be unworthy of being restored. ,it may be re.'
paired as to be occupied fur a short time, but must soon be
abaridolted.
2. But even were the buchling, id a more perfect condition; it
is now no longer sufficiently; large to accommpdate the increas-
ingnum her of students, or it lor,theriignified purpose to which
.it is appropriated, the cs•-ablishedUniversity of a very rising,
Colony,
"i be population of the Diocese of Nova Scotia is ,becoming.
daily more numerous, and the demand for a liberal education is,
in consequence, proportiomilly enlarged. 'Men of sound reit.'
glints principles and extensive acquirements are wanted foe every
departaient, but particularly for the ministry in the Church of
Christ. An official Report, just received,sliews that in one of the
five Provinces which are included within the DiOcese, only six.
teen Clergymen are scattered over the unmense extent of 27,000
square miles, where the ,population is increasing wonderfully
every veer. The Society for the Propagaiion of the GosPel
has, at this moment, occasion for more than fifty additional
111 issionaries,in the. North American Colonies alone;, and the
forivationof the two West Indian Bishoprics, and the earnest
endeavolui 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; altogether unfitand unequal
to answer Its present and probable future. opportunities of doing
good.
8., Without 'any imputation of improper hostility to other
forms of doctrine and Church govertnent„ it may be fairly
stated to those who lave , their own holy faith and discipline,
thiit if the College at 'Windsor be not supported by the pious
and beneVolent, an attachment to the principles of the Church
of England and of our, happy Constitution must, in' Nova
Scotia, decline. There are other establishments' rising up,
which. are not ccmduCted upon the same principles, and from
them even the childrep of the mentbers,of the Chitral of Eng-
land must, if this university fall, be compelled to derive their
education. Or, if they d 0 zot result to the dissenting establish-
ments of NoVii Secitia, they must gathai'their knowledge and
form their sentiments in' the liepublican Colleges of the United
States of America., Thus nurtured and instructed, it is natural
to conceive that they-will icribibesopitiiana which are any thing
but faVourible to the religious and political institutions of Eng,
land.

It is impossible to blame others who conscientiously endea-
vour to propagitte their own views of the Gospel and govern_
menu 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 ltter"ruin of an University, which is their principal
support in a very important Province of the empire. We shall
do our utmost to provide a sound Episcopaj brunch of the
Church of Christ in America, with the means of educating for
itself, what it so greatly wants, a succeision'of "sound Episcopal
ministers. _ _ _

Impresied with these cansideintiOns 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 500/. for the religioui
object of the Institution; and Several distlnguithed 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 PhiloWphical 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 Donations, 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 an
appeal which they are sure may be properly, and hope will . not
be unsuccessfufly made.

. ,
Contributions in money, books, and philosoPhical apparatti
of every kind, will be most thankfully received 'by Sir Scrope
Bernard Alorland, 'Bart. 111. P., 50, Pall'Alill, Who has been
the kind Agent of King's College for many years. 'Other friend's
of the Institution, in.different places, will forw,ard 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, Phicadilli. It may likewise be obtained from the Secre-
tary to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 42? CaWe-
ttreet, Leicester-square ; from the Secretries to 'The SOciety for
Promoting Christian Knowledge, Lincoln'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 'll Contritlitiion in behalf at' King's
College : .
ffis:Grace tie Archbishop of Canterbury - #3OO, 0 0
His Grace the Archbishop of York - . 100, U 0
The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel 6.00 0 0
The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 500 0 U
The Lord *Bishop of Landon ... - 100 .0 0
The Lora Bishop of Durham - - 100 0 0
The Lord Bishop of Nov.a Scotia - - 100 0 0
Venerable Archdeacon Watson - - 30 0 0
Rev. H. H. Norris - _ - 100 0 0
Lord Chief Justice Downs - - - 21 0 0