BY W. F. D. BUTLER, B.A., M.SC, LL.B. 21 



"the changes of councillors, the alternations of public 

 "opinion. A link between the people and the govern- 

 "ment, it will obtain the confidence and affections of the 

 "former, and become an object of private as well as public 

 "benefactions; for I expect that, though the Colonists of 

 "this Island may not be inclined to endow an Institution 

 "dependent solely on the will of the Government of the 

 "day, they may be willing and proud to endow one which 

 "can preserve their gifts for ever on their own terms. As 

 "a collegiate Institution it will have also this additional 

 "advantage, that it will attract what no mere amount of 

 "salary can do, the services of men competent to bestow 

 "on it a high character for sound learning and good 

 "morals, and will engage them to diligent exertions for 

 "its honour and improvement. 



"It is desirable that the fundamental regulations to 

 "emanate from the Crown as Founder *:hould be altogether 

 "distinct from such other regulations as must be affecte<l 

 "by local or temporaiy circumstances, and which may 

 "properly be left in the hands of those who are imme- 

 "diately concerned in the business, either as officers or 

 "benefactors of the Institution." 



In his Despatch No. 139, in 1840, Sir John Franklin 

 suggested that the assistance '.f Dr. Arnold and Dr. Pea- 

 cock, Dean of Ely, should be requested for the promoting 

 of the Charter (Narrative, page 76). 



Sir John continues: — "In soliciting from the Crown 

 "a Charter which shall contain the fundamental regiila- 

 "tions, I have not presumed n.inutely to prescribe wiiat 

 "those rcgulation.s should be, confident that, from the 

 "quarter whence thev will originate, the most enlightene.! 

 "wisdom, ability, and experience will be employed in 

 "their construction, and in recjuesting that there should 

 "be no religious tests, no interference with the consciences 

 "of either Teacher or Students, and no notice taken of 

 "the distinctions which exLst between different classes of 

 "Christians, I have done that which, marking as it may 

 "my great solicitude to uphold the spirit of Christian 

 "liberality, which I desire should characterise the Institu- 

 "tion, was yet almost uncalled for with respect to the 

 "personage to whom my i-equest was addressed, or th ^ 

 "authorities to whom I solicited his reference. By coni- 

 "mencing thus early the foundation of a College, I do not 

 "precipitate matters, but merely initiate the Institution 

 "on a right basis. The College will grow with the growth 

 "of the Colony — slowly, perhaps, but surely — expanding 

 "with its wants, and not overtaxing its resources. 



"It may be considered time enough in a more ad- 



