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Kyerson are not available. That the latter favoured the scheme, would 

 appear from the fact that a joint meeting for its promotion and to pre- 

 sent a puljiic petition to Parliament was held in the Methodist Church 

 at Toronto. This is further shown b}^ resolutions which he submitted to 

 the Board of Alctoria College on the 24th and 25th of October, 1843. 

 By this time the Hon. Eol^ert Baldwin had introduced the question into 

 Parliament in a bill embodying the essentials of Dr. Liddell's sclieme. 

 This bill was now before the Board of A^ictoria College, and resolutions 

 were proposed by Dr. Eyerson and unanimously adopted, setting forth 

 their approval of the principles embodied in the bill, protesting against 

 the partial character of the appointments to the government of King's 

 College, approving of the changes made by the Act of 183T, and regret- 

 ting that on account of their location at Cobourg they would be unable 

 at present to avail themselves of its advantages, and asking the aid of 

 the government in any arrangements which nuiy hereafter be made to 

 enable them to do so. 



Thus early in the history of the university the principles upon which 

 it is now constituted were suggested by Queen's, endorsed by Victoria, 

 and adopted by Robert Baldwin the fatl^er of Upper Canada Reform. 

 The Baldwin bill was introduced in 1843 ; its provisions can here be only 

 very briefly summarized : — 



1. It constituted the University of Toronto to which was transferred 

 all the university powers and functions of King^s College. 



2. It placed the government of this university in the hands of 

 thoroughly representative bodies. The executive powers were entrusted 

 to a Caput consisting of the chancellor and vice-chancellor and members 

 elected by the various colleges and faculties. The legislative authority 

 was assigned to Convocation consisting of the chancellor and the heads 

 of colleges, the professors, the masters in arts and the graduates in Divi- 

 nity, Law and IMedicine. All legislation was proposed by the Caput, 

 passed thence for revision to a Board of Control and finally was submit- 

 ted to Convocation. 



3. Four colleges King's, Regiopolis, Queen's, and Victoria were 

 embraced in the university and each was designated as " The President 

 (or principal) Masters and Scholars of College in the Univer- 

 sity of Toronto." 



4. All university powers conferred on these colleges by their char- 

 ters and all university offices such as Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor 

 were abrogated. . 



5. The entire endowment was transferred to the University of 

 Toronto. Provision was made for a temporary allowance of £500 a year 

 to each coUcire for four years and after that period the maintenance of 



