[bukwa^h] a review of Ï1IE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO S7 



the colleges was pro|)osed to be obtained from funds set apart for reli- 

 gious purposes, by which was doul)tlesâ intended the Clergy Reserves. 



A peculiarity of the bill is the lack of any distinction between sub- 

 jects to be taught in the university and in the colleges. In this as in 

 other points it would sch.mii that the Oxford model was followed. It v/ill 

 readily be understood that this bill was by no means acceptable to the 

 Bishop of Toronto and the Council of King's College. The Bishop at 

 once entered the arena with his usual vigour, and the Council appoint- 

 ecl the Hon. AV. II. Draper as their counsel and requested that he be 

 heard at the bar of the House. This was granted and his address forms 

 an interesting part of the literature of the subject. To this Dr. Kyer- 

 son replied in a vigorous article in the "■ Christian Guardian." 



Tlie ])rogress of the l)il! was, however, soon brought to an end by the 

 resignation of the ministry and the dissolution of the Legislature, the 

 outcome of differences between the new Governor-General. Sir Charles 

 Metcalf, and his advisers. Notwithstanding, it marks an epoch in the 

 history of the university controversy. Hitlierto the struggle had turned 

 upon the question of who was to control the university endowment ; now 

 is introduced the consideration of a constitution for the university sucii 

 that " all sections of the community may enjoy its advantages and share 

 in its arrangements." The discussion of the latter question continued to 

 agitate the country long after the final settlement of the former. 



The election which followed resulted in a victory for the Conserva- 

 tives. Mr. W. H. Draper, the head of the new ministry, immediately 

 addressed himself to the question of the university with the intention of 

 introducing anew the bill which had just dropped. Both the Governor- 

 General and Mr. Draper consulted ^ith the heads of all the colleges. 

 The main difficulty lay in the matter of property. The Church of Eng- 

 land claimed both the charter and endowment of King's College. The 

 Baldwin Bill gave them the charter, less the power of conferring degrees, 

 diminishing each of the other charters to the same extent. But the 

 entire endov,-ment, it transferred to the new University of Toronto. 



While these discussions as to the new university were in progress, 

 an event took place which had jnost important bearings on future deve- 

 lopments. The disruption of the Church of Scotland and the separa- 

 tion of the Free Church in 184-t led at once to the founding of Knox's 

 College, which, until the change in the constitution of the university in 

 1849, maintained a literary as well as a theological department. 



It was in the month of ]\Iarch, 1845, that Mr. Draper introduced 



the second bill for the establishment of a provincial university. Thi- 



lull followed that of llr. Baldwin in not attempting to alter the charter 



■ of King's College, and in constituting a new univei-sity to be called the 



