The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-12 00:00:00

NumBER 10,271•

THE 1.-- 1'..---e,IVERSITY OF
AT WINDSOR, IN NOVA SCOTIA. SCOTIA. ]
COLLEGE, J
Pyle
t:l:lt,noeraviery one who feels all interest in
the
and religious improvement of his fellow -creatures, ;
important-c por-
tion oilng, brief details, with regard to a very
tesoectt e North American Colonies, are presented with much
th and confidence. •
see
jell Province of Nova Scotia was erected into anEpiscopal
gland 17,8, and the established religion of thed Church of •
tharaittotis assumed there that prominent
of 4 towhich it is so well entitled, both permanent..b.aynthe.soundness
bi4,ciplint'eetn. °ea and the Godly excellence of its Liturgy and
ill l'illiPrrueserve those doctrines, and that Liturgy and Discipline,
that the mtlabated Purity, it seemed necessary, at the same time,
ett,both 1.---eana of a right .religious education should be provid..
aught
°r
thyse who were to teach, and those who weretobe ,
ttre-atidthZ 11°1Y Principles of our Church—that so they might
Or
th;e in
and called VrP°se'
the faith and hope of their forefathers
the University at Windso.r was.et.stdaelaltioshtehde,
)(hula olg's Coll 1 testimony of gran
...0 _ _ _
ess and • ege, as ' • . King George 111.
onder whii, . PietY of his late Majt.sty .
twilled, "se sanction, and by whose charter it was principally
lbThe stat
oss
oe., utes of the College were drawn up after the model of
Ate ofirttord ; and still more effectually to secureatte
o,.wtehle-
Arehh,:`,'_e institution, it was placed under the patroan b t
of negative
upon 4."°14 of Canterbury, who has the
°lficiall" ltatUte, and under the Government of the leading
°f Visitoterl°nages in the Colony, whilst the important powers
to the ajolvere entrusted, with equal prudence and propriety,
A plan ot, of the Diocese.
inghi , of instruction so wisely framed could not fail of prov-
in theg,,nl•l beneficial; and the College has in fact brought up
444 onfyrit4heiPlea of sound learning and a religious
joeidaiiihcagticoson.,
to ~• e young men of Nova Scotia ana hig i: but also children of English residents in the neighboutar-
aStof A •
-o attach„, America, who had
But tri cut to our venerable Church. .
,ity has been,
tinder 0,,,,e principal blessing which this U World, i;°, the instrument of communicatinng'Yteontli:
..(..lhorisatian
°I. the G to be found in the exertions of many piou.t.aartaai i ters
hu-
oittits %11144,7113Pecio'uwldh.olinuaintiyhas sent forth qualified,
them, for the discharge oafstehloesre ayrodietir: of the "o,ly duties, which, when speaking of the. _ g
they lighte Nrth American Provinces, can be considered in no
the ei ,
and called by no other name, than the labours of 1
instiati Nu
beena , onary•
eltialohteztqinhaeldlyfitrnteitile, and of equal zeal, might perhaps haveo •
Universities of England ;
.but men f
4PhereexPettenee, anti equally' contented with their peculiar
4od e„' Hitt equally acquainted with the habits of the, people,
titioird attached to the country in which the stre
never Y to preach and dwell, the Universities of England could
sa ove furnished
tfth:l,was the origin and such has been the past usefulness
tii, University of Nova Scotia • but it is now unhappily be-
frotn I daily more inadequate to. effect its admirable objects,
1. kveral causes
fouottA teniporary Wooden building was all that, in the first.
%le attnn of the College, it was deemed necessary or practhi-
Vise 44:raise: and that Cuilding, from a want of funds. toiorae-
°flieLie Progress of gradual decay, has naturally, in the
thateot it
rail :"Y forty years, fallen into such a ruinous state,
fa "0 lon
r. goo ger be ilihabited without extensive repairs, and is so
kited emto be unworthy of being restored. It may be so re-
stisadoaan to be occupied for a short time, but must soon be
2. ii ed.
: hOly °,,,st eyen were the building in a more perfect condition, it
in -"t, longer sufficiently large to accommodate the increas-
-41, aa-'er of students or tit for the dignified purpose to which
tolr°Priated, as the' established University of a very rising
1 lite po
ally it, Nation of the Diocese of Nova Scotia is becoming.
io co_ Ore
~, nae,„ nutnerous, and the demand for a liberal education is,
.1‘43 pe;ienee„, , Proportionally enlarged. Men of sound reli-
tisiesrattnitstin;e'es extensive acquirements are wanted for every
4rist. ---, butParticularlyfor the ministry in the Church of
five prturAst otte,h
Report,ust reeeived,sliews that in one of the teen Cl trice: Which are included within the Diocese, only six-
every InW --;111,4te scattered over the immense extent of-i, 0
thv-rY Yea es'
as-i,"ere the population is increasing wonderfully
- at
tll.r. e Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.
Mission i!
41Illent, occasion for inure than fifty additiont
ema, II of tlrlie
tOrtnitioaries i tthweuNuorrtli American Colonies alone ; and the
t Indian Bishoprics, and the earnest
11°Iintt orlifailthetsNwehglruellsair:esFivs wisely making for the spiritual instruc-
, likelyy to render King's College of
kilt tt°lle,..roPortaticeyandaruse. They certainly render its pre,: t 41., altaty,Zug and its present means, altogether unfit and unequal
Ood. " It* Present and probable future opportunities of doing
103, Without
hop any
imputation of improper hostility to other
nattti ~..' doctrine and Church government, it may be. fairly.
tith4at
birithtellocseuireho lover.their own holy faith and discipline,
of t.enevolent ge at 11 incisor be not supported by the pious
Seati:Ria.nti anti an.,attachment to
Constitution
principles of the Church
%hi' decline or our happy must, in Nova
thee', are 0,,.. • there are other estalishments rising up,
1,11 even ti; Fi.dructed upon the same pirlien(ctliersrliati:id
i,f,,roogn.i
title:Tin, if Chia e.n of the members of t
ottns university fall, be compelled to. derive their
41ent:°°' r for -of NI, ,if they do not resort to the dissenting establish -
st Ili toir"ora Scotia, they must gather their I,nofatiteedunahnedd
toates of
~aentinients in the Republican Colleges o
..e°Oceitn,erica. Thus nurtured and instructed,,,riet
aisoynattiujiroagl
14'..t favoote t,t.at they will imbibe opinions which. ..
114. ante to the religious and political institutions of Eng-
It i, i,,..
„r to 4Posaible to blame others who conscientiouslyre)nvedea-
isment, eves °Nate their own views of the Gospel and gi
ifrwn-e
"aVe .. where they differ froth our
,own ; but surely .
truth '"'Y revere
pie,. and
e___, rice for our own, or. any real belief in their
I contribute to
sap 'to the ~edence, we ninst conscientious y .
principal
depoo rt in
auvterterenin of
Nt e shall
an University, which is their
.....
ql 4r Otib Y important Province of the empire.
branch of the
i,►etch of , ost to provide a sound Episcopal for
tieiniii, what`iiti?..,ist in America, with the.ineans of educating. _ inters. °`' greatly wants, a succession of sound Episcopal
I:fitattrilel'e,,(l with these considerations the Society
al of ('!erg,,_ the Go 1 ) founded.scholarships for the educe_
the y Pro-
fth ~,er,,.,,_ xpe has
tett e Collen, an Society 500/. to relieve the.
leChristian Know-
ohfe ha, . Fe. The for Promoting ,
thiaezof ottoinnistandaeho. an loanuadtiosnelexigencies
hitt 4ve foll„ several distinguished
for the religious..%-
!to 0 to 0
je ed the example. distinguished indi 1
in i:at it ina„inte temporary repair to the presednt. Building,
tliti'e ereetio.'„epused until another is complete , heeal prof" ot a new and sufficient edifice ; to provideto enoa
4ectv..mary pke”ors, Tutors, anti Scholarships ;
furnish aletiletnittl'lo whirm°Phical Apparatus and Books. ;—theseto are oh-
Addeßnitte , tbe Subscriptions already received are
:find
tren.iely.
1 u prowls
thoLtionai subscriptionslt nt, therefore, to enlarge these funds, .t.
~.
_,
1,,,:e who
and Donations from the liberality of
that ore interested in the progress of science and tl
' mceiniles
804' e oovinntid relislous, and moral, and political Fin ke .th,
4tt wilicheills°l•B°fling'a College have ventured to ma .
(;rittiete,i-vt.ley are sure may .ffe properly, and hope will not
Tit
eOtitribu ttilly !tack.
illhec;trrdaiitlatii:wlintheOney, books, and philosophical
croepo
Batt
thankfully received by Sir S.
apparatuse
of 4,tiritl A and, 11art 11 P 50 Pall Mall, who has
.be the I get't °i• li,' '", ••' • ' Other friends
of thi. iltitit,t, . ing s College for many years. Inis,'.4tltir,,:On, in different places, will forward the object
1.) it, ''', and supply information to those who may re-
-200 ,kladb,_lsliort nay in England, the Bishop of Nova tathim
oia
tart' pi ail this information, upon application to lim
"Ire ° the so): It Islay
cre-
likewise be obtained from the S. e
lzipoet, Lek. elety for the Propagation of the Gospel, 4•2, Castle-
(4,n:l%4l.ler...square • froth the Secretaries to the Society for
1111; riqeLrlatian Knowledoe Lincoln's-inn-Fields ; and a
Tiers or ne.„764totttbe Lord Bistisop' of Bristol, and the Rev. the
Lthe e 40 . Y and St. John's Colleges.
.11eRein.lnertwecironge Sun's have been benevolently afforded for
iVisa're--th nt of a Contribution in behalf ref King's
The,ra,e
the Archbishop of Canterbury - £lOO 0 0
Siet e Arcbbisho• of York l,tte S°C,oril4.ffeort. ten....PropaPgat‘ion o.f the Gospel 500 0 0
TO Los:: Bishop o"f";.°Ling Christian Knowledge 500 0 0
100 0 0
V:e 1.14 Thoi; 01 L'ittil°n . iteriesahletishop -0,
~,urnam • 1 :P. 11. ,Arehti 'IN ova Scotia - - 100 0 0
...Kim t=hieflt N eaoon Watson 50 0 0
Hon. j °nu - -
100 0 0
at,. 4stice 0 - -
ge itrIQX "43.
.. ..
-.-1 0 0
.''-- - 5 5 0