roduced,
had been rejected by the Legislative Council), acknowledged the
rights of the Church of Scotland clergy to a share of the reserves.
In January, 1826, the House of Assembly memorialized the King to
distribute the proceeds of the reserves for the benefit of all
denominations, or failing that to the purposes of education and the
general improvement of the Province. The reply to this memorial was
so unsatisfactory that the House of Assembly (December 22nd, 1826),
adopted a series of eleven resolutions, deprecating the action of
the Home Government in appropriating the clergy reserves to
individuals connected with the Church of England "to the exclusion
of other denominations"--that church bearing "a very small
proportion to the number of other Christians in the province." The
Assembly prayed that the proceeds of the reserves be applied to the
support of district and common schools, a Provincial seminary, and
in aid of erecting places of worship for all denominations of
Christians. These resolutions passed by majorities of from 25 to
30; the nays being 2 and 3 only. The bill founded on these
resolutions was negatived in the Legislative Council (January,
1827). In the year 1826, Dr. Strachan obtained a royal charter for
King's College, with an endowment of 225,000 acres of land, and a
grant of L1,000 for sixteen years. This charter was wholly in
favour of the Church of England, and its obnoxious clauses remained
unchanged until 1835.

In March, 1827, Hon. R. W. Horton introduced a Bill into Parliament
to provide for the sale of the clergy lands, as asked for by the
Bishop of Quebec. This led to a protracted discussion between the
friends in the House of the English and Scotch Churches, and
requests were made for information on the state of these Churches
in Upper Canada. Archdeacon Strachan, then in England, furnished
this information in his famous letter and Chart, dated, May 16th,
1827. Objection to giving the clergy corporation power to sell
these lands having been made, Mr. Horton withdrew his original
bill, and in a new one, which was passed, confined the exercise of
this power to the Executive Government.

In March, 1828, the House of Assembly memorialized the King to
place the proceeds of the reserves at the disposal of the House fo