The Sun.
London, England, 1820-08-01 00:00:00

TLE COLO iIES.

NOVA t•COTIA

MAy 27.--70nMonc4ay last, being the day ap-
r.,Luteil for laying the Corner Stone of the Col-
le;e on the Parade-, the crated Lodge, and the
iespective Lodges in the Town of lialifa,x, as-
sembled in the Freemasons' Hall at 11. o'clock,;
,and after making the necessary, arrang-(unents,
proceeded in the. CiStial inanncr to the-site of the
Bvi!ding. corrned a Flivate, and awaited the ar-
rivat of Lis Excellency the iti:.;ht tionoulable the
of Valhonlie. The troops in Garrison, with
their Colours and Mu.,ic, formed a lane from the
-v;est froat of the Province hlouse to the entrance
of the ertelc,Aire round the -Colle!)-e. •

A few minutes before two o'clock, his Excel-
lencv, accompanied by Rear-Admiral Griffith,
Jf- honourable. the -Chief Justice, the Members
of 'Majesty's Council,. the Magistrates, the
COmmandatit, the Captains of his Alajesty's Ships
in Port, the Staff, and Officers of the Regiments,
hi Ciarrion, proceeded to the Building,. N% here he
receited• by John George-Pyke, Esq. Grand
',isSter,' and condlicted to the South-east corner
4)t the Edifice, when every necessary preparation-
flaying been made, the Re►. Mr. Twining Gran.d
Chaplain, delivered, in a very impressive manner,
a suitable prayer for the occasion. Immediately
after-the-.following inscription, engraved on. a
plltte. of brass, was deposited in an excavation of
th-e Stone, as also a bottle, hermetically sealed,
containing the various Coins of his late Majesty
King George the Third, in Gold and Silver.

IN cRIPTION.
In •the Year of Our Lord 1820,
and in the first year of the Reign (4
His Sacred Majesty (4.011G11 the 11;th,
KIN(; of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain, and Ireland,
&c. &e. (7:c.
The Corner Stone of this College, designed for
A PUBLIC SEMINARY,.

In which the Youth of this, and other British Provinces,
niav be Educated in the various Branches of
Literature, Sciences, and useful Arts;
was Initt
By His Excellency Lieutenant General the
Bight- Honourable
OE-0 R.G E .It. AMSA. YT
Earl of Dalhousie, Baron Dallion,ie,of
Dalhousie Castle,
Knight 'Grand Cross of the Most
Honourable Military Order of the Bath,
Captain-General and Governor in
Chief. in and over His Majesty's. Provinces of Lower Canada,
P per•Catyadir, Nova-Scot i
and New-Brunswick, and the Islands o 4
Prince Edward, and Cape Breton,
&c. &c. &C.
Accompanied by the Hon.
Sampson Salter Blowers, Chief Justice of the Province-,
' and the
Members of His Majesty's Counc:l,
Maviatiates, &e. &c..
Rear-Admiral Griffith, and the
Captains of His Majesty's Squadron on the Station,
Colonel George Alm hie, Commandant of the .
Garrison.
Lieutenant-Want:l Gauntl•ett„
'Commanding the 62,1 Ileglment, Mid the Field
Officers of His'Nlajesty's Forces- in this, .
Garrison, &c. &c. &c.
also,
John.Georee Pjke, Esq. Grand-Master, the
Deputy Grand-Master, the Grand Wardens, wind other
Officers :ind. Buethreit'of the respective
Lodges of Free blascins ire

-%lrLen this part oilheceremorry- was perform-
his Lordship addressed the audience in the
-following- speech
i Before I proceed in this ceremony, I think t
necessary to state to you, Gentlemen, the object
k.nd intention of this important work ; I think it
ii.:,-cossary to do this, because I. have never yet
made any public declaration of the nature of the
Institution I am here planting among you ;—and,.
Ec eau s*:_t I know that Borne part of the public him-
that it is intended to oppose the College al-
realy established a 4.-4 Windsor.

" College of Halifax" Is founded forthe
-instruction of youth in the' higher Clas'Sicsi and
all Philosophical studies tis formed in
i:f)U.3.tion of tl.s,,e University of Edinburgh:—lts
doors will be open to all who profess the Chris-
tian Religion ;. to the youth of his Majesty's:
NOrth American Colonies; to strangers residing
'here, to Gentlemen of the Military as well as the
Learned Professions, to all in short who may be
'disposed to devote ya small part. 'of their time to
study. It does'not oppose the.. Kines Colleg‘e at
Wirdtor,„ because it is. well lifiONVll,that College
• does not admit any students-unless they subscribe
to the tests required by the Established Church
,of England; and these tests exclude the great
proportion of the youth of this Province. It is
therefore particularly intended for those who are
excluded from Windsor; it is founded upon the-
principlea of 'Religious Toleration secured to you
by the Laws, and upon that paternal protection-
which the King of England extends to all his
suldect3.. • •
It is under his Majesty's most Gracious appro-
bation of Institution that I meet You here to-
day; and as his humble Representative —I• lay
this corner-stone of the building,---I here perform
an act, which appear- to me to prothise incalcu-
lable advantages to this country ;.and if my name
as GovernOr of the Province can be associated
with your future well being, it is upon the founda-
tion of this College that I could desire to rest
it. From this College every blessing may flow over
your country a few months hence, it may
&Tense those blessings to you whom I now ad-
cLess ; may k continue to dispense them to the
latest ages I Let no jealousy disturb its peace,
let no lukewarm indifference check its growth.
Protect it -in its first years and it will abun-

tlantly repay your care. •
After which the Coruer-stone was laid by his
Lordship, who received the corn, wine, and oil,
from the Grand blaster, and poured them
upon it.
The ceremony having been thus completed,
the Crand Chaplain again delfvered au appro-
prilte Prayer, for the prosperity and usefulness
of the intended fnstitution. A. Royal salute was
then fired from Fort Charlotte, which- was fol-
Tow(A by three times three cheers from a vast
agsPrablage of inhabitants which surrounded the
College.—(Roal

FAREWELL MU,
In notion*. of 11le Cotini col DALFTOI.73IS.

•. _ _
On Thursday evening, the 25th inst. a spier,-
tUd farewell Ball and Supper were given by the