New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-26
CANADIAN AFFAIRS.
Correspondence ofThe tribune.

TORONTO, Friday, Nov. u, l81o
An order in Council has been passed for the re-
snoval of the Seat Of Government to Quebec next
Spring as soon rs house can be fitted up for the
reception of the Governor General.
Yesterday the corner stone Of st. Jamess Ca
ahedral was laid by the Bishop OF Toronto ON the
site where two Cnthedrals have persisted by lire.
AT one o'clock sermon was preached IN the
Church of the Holy Trinity, whence the congrego.
sion consisting of bishops, priests, deacons and
Sabbath School children, moved in procession to
20 the site of the new Church. After reading some
passages Of Scripture silver trowel was put into
che hands of the Bishop, who deposited into a cav
itv in the under stone bottle continuing sundry
documents mostly records OF the Church Society
a quantity of pulverized charcoal was then put
into the cavity over which We're placed two brass
Olates one of them having inscribed on 1t record
of the laying of the corner stone After lowering
ahe corner stone, several anthems were sung the
Bishop pronounced the beuedlction ana the cere'
1oov ended with three cheers Tor the Queen, three
cheers for the Bishop and three cheers for the la
dies of Toronto The new Cathedral will be 4
large and beautiful building. The EpiscopaanS
are Il large body in this Province, but their power
Of self support by voluntary contributions Is almost
atterN paralv2ed by constant habit OF looking
for eXtraueous support from the State During
abe last wear the voluntary contributions of the
members of this Church. in Canada, amounted to q
fraction over six cents head. The United States
Nepu6tc is happy in the total independence otthe
Churches % the Government.
new Gh9F9@ Of England University is about
20 hc founded III VNs city, When the Toronto
University was first established nv ROYAL Char
2er il was an exclusively ClANrch of Enoiand in.
Stitu;on. 1t was richly endowed with nnbIc
2ands, nearly fifty thousand acres OF which have
been sauandered BY gross mismanagemcn, 10
oil, If tho thp
always peculiarly obnoxious, SO long as it retained
ats scctarian charter Complaints of its exclu-
wivencss were uttered In vain for years; till at
lepsth the liberal party getting the ascendency in
abe Provincial Government, carried through Par
hament a measure of University Reform which
abolished the Episcopaan Professorshp and
Rhgew open the doors OF the University to the
south OF the country irrespective OF the creeds
or modes of faith The hitherto dominant marty
bewailed their loss Of influence over this seat of
tealeins, and TO render the reform odious, they
set upthe cry that the University had become q
Goddess institution The Bishop of Toronto
set to work 10 found a rival institution, to be ex
clusNely Episcopalian in its character Having
raised some subscriptions in the Province he Went
on to England where he succeeded in collecting
@o4,VVo maddltlontoRn apnuityot IS 900 from two
religious societies. The buildings for the new
conversely are 10 be erectednext summer, and the
institution is 10 so into operation in October next
:hEesdy rivalry has sprung up between the two
dhstitutlons The Chancellor Of the Toronto Uni
te'stS has addressed q letter to the Governor
UeneFai' as Visitor of the institution complaining
81 tne language used by the Bishop of Toronto,
on ms late visit to England, in pretended descrip,
S5oh OF the changes made in the University, and
sAiteSslne opposition TO the attempt made to
s sroe3fe ior the new institution Royal Charter,
s,,'ep " seems the Home Government has refused,
s p"ntely referring the Bishop to the Provincial
,s, Inc alterations recently made in the United
States bonding system, so far as it relates to
81 s0Elnces Is Tar from being satisfactory TO
81 " a here, They Will now have to pay
@6 Am9ricaa duties, at the Atlantic port tc be
tSo on proof OF re,shipment The effect of
amoan,s o regulation will be to diminish the
To- i'ou ms Of imports into Canada via NewYork.
IN, Inc principal advantage of that ropt b"s bsen
>'' " enabled Upper Canada merchants s to oh.