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tome, not only of the case, but also of the history of the question as 

 viewed from the conservative and ecclesiastical side. But its final recom- 

 mendation or rather concession revealed the fact that the party who 

 had for nearly twenty years struggled to give this view effect, were becom- 

 ing conscious that its enforcement was impracticable. This bill offered 

 terms more favourable than any which could have been carried through 

 the Legislative Council heretofore. The bill was therefore passed and 

 the charter was accordingly amended in the following points : — 



1. That the judges of His Majesty's Court of the King's Bench 

 shall for and on behalf of the King be visitors of the college in the place 

 and stead of the Lord Bishop of Quebec. 



2. The president of the university on any future vacancy shall be 

 appointed by His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, without requiring 

 that he shall be the incumbent of any ecclesiastical office. 



3. The members of the College Council including the Chancellor 

 and President shall be twelve in number of whom the speakers of the 

 two Houses of the Legislature of the province and His Majesty^s attor- 

 ney and solicitor general for the province for the time being shall be 

 four, and the remainder shall consist of the five senior professors of 

 arts and faculties of the said college, and of the principal of the Minor 

 or Upper Canada College. 



4. It shall not be necessary that any member of the said college 

 council to be so appointed, or that any member of the said college coun- 

 cil or any professor to be at any time appointed shall be a member 

 of the Church oi England, or subscribe to any articles of religion other 

 ■than a declaration that they believe in the authenticity and divine inspira- 

 tion of the Old and Xew Testaments, and in the doctrine of the Trinity. 



These were large concessions, but they were made without involv- 

 ing any change in the present presidency or any such change in the per- 

 sonnel of the council as to endanger the predominance of the Church of 

 England, and they left her in possession of the divinity chair. Thus, 

 the university was still an object of suspicion to both Presbyterians and 

 Methodists. 



Dr. Strachan at once proceeded to press the university forward to 

 actual operation. In the month of May the council was reconstituted 

 according to the amended charter. He had already submitted to the 

 former council a plan of organization involving an annual outlay of 

 about £7,500; and on the 10th of June a meeting was held at which the 

 members signed the required declaration, and proceeded to discuss plans 

 for buildings and for opening university classes to students. An archi- 

 tect was appointed, estimates were received, and by December the con- 

 tracts were ready for signature. But here the rebellion brought all pro- 

 ceedings to a sudden termination. When in the summer of 1838 the 



