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been definitely abandoned. The Rev. J. P. Gell was 

 about to return to England, when Archdeacon !JiIarriott, 

 who had been keenly interested in Franklin's scheme, per- 

 suaded him to remain in the Colony until an attempt 

 had been tried by the Church to establish a College. Arch- 

 deacon Marriott left for England towards the close of 1844, 

 and on his arrival secured the co-operation of a strong 

 committee of leading churchmen, including Sir John 

 Franklin, who himself gave £500 towards the funds. 



As these subscriptions formed a considerable part of 

 the original endowment, it ii of particular interest to note 

 the appeal of Archdeacon Marriott, in response to which 

 these monevs were given. 



This Appeal dealt specifically with two main points : — 



1 . The need of a College in Tasmania. 



2. The character of the proposed Institution. 



Under the first head he describes the general conditions 

 of the Colony, and quotes all through his appeal freely 

 from Mr. Cell's letters in connexion with the previous 

 scheme, and urges the pressing need of assistance froni 

 England to strengthen the hands of both Church and 

 State to prevent the inhabitants from becoming a curse and 

 disgi-ace to the English name and nation. 



Under the second head, Marriott lays stress on the 

 need for systematic organisation. "Rising colonies," he 

 says, "ijrow fast, and we have a duty to future generations 

 "as well as the present. We are founders, perhaps, of 

 "great nations; and we must not be contented with desul- 

 "torv exertions. We must work on a system ; and in that 

 'system there must be a power of expansion and adapta- 

 "tion on the one hand, and, on the other, solidity and 

 "permanence. 



"It is essential, therefore, that the Institution should 

 "be a College, not mei*ely a School ; which distinction has 

 "not necessarily any reference to the age of the scholars ; 

 "for a College may be for boys, as at Eton and Win- 

 " ch ester ; or for young men, as in our Univei"sities. This 

 "will, at least for the present, bo for both. 



"Tlie distinctive character, then, of the College will 

 "lie in its being a Collegiate body, formed of the Warden, 

 "Fellows, and Scholars, the giiardians of learning, with 

 "property to ensure a perpetual succession of such men, 

 "and, eventually, with College buildings, to be the seat 

 "and treasure-house of learning. The intention, there- 

 "fore, is to fomi a Collegiate body, possessing property (bv 

 'Royal Charter, when it can be obtained, till then in 

 "trust), to be the source of education to the colony in the 

 "principles of the Church of Christ, and in all useful 

 "knowledere. 



