mmm m 1 vr kingston chroniciie nec rege nec populo sed utroque voli xi saturday july 18 1829 no iii poetry sprinti spring where are you tarrying now why are you so long unfelt winter went a month ago when the snow began to melt lam coming little maiden with the pleasant sunshine laden with the honey for the hee with the blossom for the tree with the flower and with the leaf till i come the time is brief i am coming i am coining hark the little bee is humming see the lark is soaring high in the bright and sunny sky and fbe gnats are on the wing- little maiden now is spring 6ee the yellow catskins cover all the slender willows over and on mossy banks so greea starlike primroses are seen and their clustering leaves below white and purple violets blow hark the little lambs are bleating and the cawing rooks are mottiug in the elms a noisy crowd and all the birds are singiug loud and the first whire butterfly 111 in- suu tfuft11llfilugly little maiden look around thee green and flowery fields rurround thee every little stream is bright all the orchard trees are white and each small and waving shoot has for thee sweet flower or fruit two thy eyes to earth and heaven god for thee the spring has given taught the birds their melodies clothd the earth and cleared the skies for thy pleasureor thy food- pour thy soul in gratitude so rnaystthoti mid blessings dwell liltle maiden fare thee well nevolent iepacybe could not help referring characteristic of its liberal donor with whom he had the honor of an acquaintance and as furnishing an example which he hoped to see more frequently followed io the province the late mr mgill who has amassed a very considerable fortune within the country did not like many o- thers leave the province and spend his money in some other parts of the globe but having no direct heirs he had left a very handsome legacy for the laudable purpose of commencing an university in a country where such an establishment w a very desirable the in stitution was to bear the name of its excel lent founder and ho firmly hoped that it might prove a blessing to many generati ons yet to come that it might tend to im mortalize bis name and be the best raoou- church of england when found neces sary to name professors in virtue of the charter of the college his late father then bishop of the diocese bad submittedseveral nam a to his excellency he earl of dal- housiw for these offices among which those of the rev archd strachan and the rev dr harkoesss having been proposed as eligible either one or the other to the same professorship his excellency whether swayed by a feeling of delicacy and desire to avoid the appearance of partiality on account of his being himself a member of the church of scotlaud or from whatever cause decile j favour of the former geutlemao 1 his circumstance was- men tioned in proof that the origioal as well as the present intention of the governors was in all respects o shew due respect to the intentions of the will of mr mcgill and the ment that could be erected to his memory terms of the charter it had been deemed the royal institution was incorporated in 1818 and through their instrumentality this college was ia pursuance of the wilt of mr mghi incorporated in 1821 by a charter which would be read to them un der that charter the governors of the col lege were the governor and lieutenant governor of lower canada the lieute nant governor of upper canada the chief ertioos foruts prosperity they hoped they y c i 1 tabj m t l hjlnt mild 1 i justices of montreal and upper canada the lord bishop of quebec and the princi pal of the college it would be needles for him to refer to the detentions and ob- wisdom and of patieut continuance upon those who plant and those who water and do thou give tho increase from on high saoctify all lue instruction which shall hereafter be given and all the studies which hull be pursued in this institution and render thein subservient to thy glory and the good of mankind grant that all the stores of knowledge and science which shall be h opened to the minds of youth may form them to the ereater love of thy holy name and lead them to magnify thee iu thy wonderful works o righteous fa ther who hast hid the highest of all know ledge from tho wise aud prudent of this world and revealed it uuto babes grant that none may he here spoiled through philosophy and vain deceit nor lifted up in heart through the opposition of science falsely so called but give them grace to cast down imaginations and every high thing which exalteth itself against the knowledge of god aud to bring into cap tivity every thought to the obedience of christ yet o lord while they are sub ject to this gentle and blessed yoke enrich this institution we pray thee with ample streams of all sound learning and science and as we are taught iu thy holy word that the lawgiver of thy ancient people was learned in all the wisdom of the egyptians and tho blessed apulee fet paul profited when the very liberal terms above his equals u well iu the studies of necessary for the present to declare that the professors should he graduates of some british university but that a prefercuce should hereaftef be shown to those who had graduated within its walls the gover nors would feel h t be their duty under all discouraging obstacles to push on the great undertaking a never to cease iu their ex- would meet wilft general support and they trusted with rufi thai ihev would he stacies winch hall liitliirrm picveiiluil lie college from goiog into operation it was agisted bv an ofllicwili ami charter strong and powerful appeal to the were 1 1 1 u i considered iu i ii i mother left to cover that flank against the troops that the enemy had placed in the sand hills which arose along the strand and incommoded their match near eg- niomopzee these sandhills may al most be said io rise into mountains to dislodge the enemy from these sand hills a charge was determined on and the bold manoeuvre was executed by the 79th regiment in particular with admi rable promptitude bravery and success notwithstanding all the opposition they experienced by the admirable disposi tion which sir ralph abercrombie had made of his troops and their determined spirit and gallantry they were enabled to reach the neighbourhood of egmont- opzee here they were seriously op posed by a very considerable corps of french infantry which occupied that place and the hills in its front and had formed a stiong corps of cavalry and ar tillery to their left on the beach gen erals brune and vorda mme command ed the enemys left and daendaels the right theengament was maintained during several hours with the greatest obstinacy and in no instance were the abilities of a commander or the heroic perseverance of hoops in so difficult kuowu that they arose fiom the residuary country and they also expected great pe- lecatee under the will of mr mgill dis- cuniary assistance from those resident near do mgill college in consequence of a notification having been published that this college would he opened and that formal possession of the esuieof burnside upon which it was es tablished would take place on wednes day the q4th june a numerous assem blage of the inhabitants of this city were k present at what we consider to be one of the most important and interesting ceremo nies lately witnessed id this part of the f province though there was none of the gaudy appearance and display character istic of religious or masonic processions yet to the mind of the philosopher aud friend of education the simple aud appro priate ceremony an account of which we are about to lay before our readers preseni- ed more charms than if decked out with all the pageantry of chivalry and romance a large room in the house which has been for some time existing on the estate bavin been fitted up it was soon after one oclock filled by the numerous and respec table individuals who had assembled to wtina muyriv -nw- pan we noticed several officers of the go- tcrnment the principal members of the bar the lecturers at the montreal medical institution and several gentlemen more or less connected with the proposed college the right reverend the lord bishop of the diocese attended by the rev g j mountaiu d d the rev j l mills d d the rev b- b stephens a m the rev a- norman and the rev a f at- rv the establishment and more directly in terested in its prosperity they would as soon as possible establish a system of colle giate education and there was a predispo sition to engraft upon the college the well known and respectable medical institution now io existence in the city the door of the buildiug was at length open and it was the duty of all to proceed with vigor they might at first complain of a great want of means for such an lustitution for it required much to place it on a respecta ble footing but while they thus looked for ward with confidence they should not be unmindful that the province was highly in debted to the very liberal disposition ofmr mcgill who had set such a praiseworthy example to his fellow citizens whose duty it now became generally to aid his work and follow up his munificent views the archdeicoo concluded his address by ex pressing his conviction that all who were present felt alike the dependence of every liumanunderstanding for its success upon the biasing of divino providence aud would cierefore be unanimously ready to joii iu io religious services with which it was proposed to conclude di business of the uai audio which he accordingly pro ceeded the 6th chapter of proverbs which had i i tog putiug the legality ol the bequest add car rying his opposition through all the courts of the province till his majesty in his pri vy council had finally given the decision iu favor of the institution whose duty it had become to prosecute for the recovery of the bequest the suit in relation to the mouey bequeathed to the college was still before the council but he was happy tosay that that unfortunate dispute would soon be terminated as it was understood the re siduary legatee intended to withdraw all further opposition it was the intention of the royal institution to transfer to the go vernors of the college the property of burnsideand on the part of the governors he was authorised to say that they were willing to accept of it a majority of them were either now present orconsenting for he was charged with the consent of the go vernor of this and the lieutenant gover- uar of the adjoining province both of whom had expressed a desire to attend on the present occasion and it was known that there was now no chief justice iu upper canada on the part of the majori ty he accepted from the royal institution the charter which the secretary of that body woud now read the rev dr mills secretary to the royal institution for the advancement of learning then read at length the char- i been selected as appropriate to liie occasi- terofthe college j n ws first read after which the follow- the lord bishop then again rose and ingvsrses selected from diilercni psalms said that he was authorised on the part of i were repeated in the way of alternation the governors of the new college to state it the responsive part being sustained by the to bo their intention as far as it was in theirj other clergy of the church of toglaurf power to carry iuto effect the liberal inteu- who were present tions of the late mr mgill it was not a the lord bath been work in which they themselves were solely shall bless us even he inrereuad but it was an institution wruvh house of jsaei be shail concerned every inhabitant of the pro- of aaron vince and under such feelings the gover nors were determined that no obstacles should deter them following up aud prose cuting the views of the testator lie deem ed it unnecessary for him to exhort them upon the advantages of oducatioo as he was sure they were all of opinion that a us education on christian n nvrr- cnnpicu- llic exa lis time and people as iu the learned lore i o i m trvm n situat ior didst miraculously supply to the first plant- us animated by the example ol du ralph abercrombie and officers under hiin the troops sustained every effort made upon them by an enemy their su perior in number and much favored by the strength of their positon late in mindful of us and shall bless the tfftf the house moral aud religio principles and a scientific course of studies kinsonof montreal the rev james reid on a true philosophical system were what of st armand the rev wabbott of si twas their bouudco duty to promote entered the hall the business of the day- was soon after proceeded upon x the royal charter which incorporated thegovernors and professors of the uni versity being placed on the table his tordsbip the bishop of quebec rose and addressed the assembled body4he stated that in consequence of the absence of his excellency the administrator of the go vernment who was one of the governors of the corporation of mgill college it he- came incumbent on him to make a few re marks on the present occasion he would however first state that he was commissi oned by his excellency to express his re gret that in consequence of the very late arrivals of the april and may mails he was unable to leave quebec in time to assist at the ceremony of promulgating the charter which had been conferred on tbe college his excellency iu his letter was pleased to add that he would not fail to use all his ex ertions uvproraote the institution having fulfilled ibis duty the lord bishoabeggcd to observe that he bequest which bad been made in favor of this college by the late hon james mgill coosisted of the valua ble estate of burnside comprising the build ing in which they were then assembled and the garden and grounds adjoining to gether with the sum of 10000 io further ance of his benevolent iuteuiioo this li beral bequest was made in 1811 two years previous to the death of mr mgill in trust to a corporation called the royal in stitution which was contemplated by an act passed in 1810 this institution was to transfer the bequest when a college in pursuance of his views was established id bearing his name to this most be- the venerable archdeacon mouutai then rose and stated that as the individual named to fill the honourable post of princi pal of the new college i became his duty now to say a few words lie could cot but express his sense of his own un worthi ness for such a distinguished office and he firmly hoped that he would be succeeded bv a ions line of eminent and learned prin cipals he had it in charge from his col- unto thy uaaegve lie shall bless them that fear the lord botii small and tfcul the lord shall increase you more both you and yourehildren all the whole heavens are the lords the earth bath he giveu to the children ot men tho lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground yea 1 have a goodly heritage lord ihou art become gracious utilo thy land thou sentest a gracious raiu upon thine inheritance and refrashedst it when it was weary o pray for the peace of jerusalem they shall prosper that love thec peace lie within thy walls and pleute- ousness within thy palaces for my brethren and companions sakes i will wish thee prosperity yea because of the bouse of the lord our god 1 will seek to io thee good except the lord build the house their labour is but lost that build it not unto us o lord not unto us but the praise for thy ofourholy faith that kuowlcde which under thy blessing must now be required by labour and length of time grant that all beneficence and industry may be exert ed iu the endowment and enlargement the furtherance and prosperity of this institu tion gruul that the grain ofseed which is here sown may become iu process of time a great aud goodly tree that science and literature may spring npaod flourish upou in- dedicated spot aud bear fruit an hun dred fold with these our prayers o father of heavcu aud earth we otter up our hum ble thanksgiving tor all thy mercies mani fested to us aud especially for that thou didst put it into the heartoftby servant the founder of this institution to provide out of the means which thou hast giveu biol for so needful work aud alike in thanksgiving or prayer we approach thy throue in the prevailing name and through the powerful mediation of jesus christ whose own holy words aiso we couple still with our imperfect addresses the archdeacon here repeated the lords prayer 1 lien followed the prayer for the church militant from the liturgy with some a- daptariousto render it immediately appli cable tu the focal authorities and to the occasion ol the day ihe assembly was dismissed by a bjeiug pronounced by the bihop i before closing this subject we deem it but justice to the venerable archdeacon strachan lo state that tu that reverend gentleman the pruvicne is greatly indebted for ftl gill college as to his suggestions on this subgect his friend and relative the late mr mgill lent a ready and willing ear aud was induced to frame ihe bequest which is now about to be employed ac tions of its douer understand is also due the very liberal arrangement which was announced by the principal wih re gard to the total absence of any te l ihe admission of professors or students- montreal gazette ever began his retreat and were pursu ed by this brigade general pulteney found however from the situation of the place the strength of ihe enemy the dif ficulties which presented themselves and the few advantages that would he derived from the occupation of ihe town that suc cess would not beocfiitie british interests and he came to a determination ofem- harking the iroops during the same day in this very limited service the 79th had 1 officer 2 sergeants and 2 rank and file wounded general pulteneys army then made a junction with that of sir ralph abercrombie in gibraltar bay on the 19th september and on the 28th obtoberthe armament appeared of cadiz for the pur pose of making adesceut there and taking possession of the city and fleet in the har bour of caraccas on the 3d the landing was about to be effected when n flag of truce approached deprecating any attack upon a town and people suffering under the ravages of a pestilence which threat ened the destruction of ihe whole popula tion this powerful appeal could not ho resisted aud the commanders made signals for the reembarkation of the troops the disappointment of tbe raeu was extreme they saw themselves doomed to remaio on board transports without any apparent ob ject and without knowing when and how thev were to be employed it was during this campaign that changes ii 1f mi iiiniiii el tii cci- ment as well as that ol the yd by substi tuting grey pantaloons iustead of the garb of old gaul the pbilahegod altering the form of the coat col d stewart iu bis sketchesoftbe highland regiments states that this change was much against the cordiug loiheinteni that gentleman we leagues to state their anxiety to put the i loving mercy and for thy truth sake college into immediate operation and he might urge as a proof of their ismhat they had not been idle in this respect- willi the assistance of the hon mr cochran then prosent tbey had been engaged iu preparing aud tnodelliug a constitution and rules for the government ol the insti tution although it was not necessary to detail at present their precise nature vet he could take upon himself lo state that they were liberal in every sense of the word im posing no test upon processors or students in thus applying the terra liberal he wish ed it distiuctly to be understood that he was not conveying tho charge of illiberah- ty against those noble and venerable insti tutions of the mother country in which a test was properly exacted of conformity to ihe national religion but there were lo cal circumstances which required local adaptation and according both to be terns of the will and the lvisieos ol the royal charter all offices whatever n mc gill college wvo left freely open either io protcstantlor roman dents of all denominations would be per- ued to attend hedeemedit necessary glory be to tbe father and to the son and to the holy ghost as it was io ihe beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen the archdeacon then proceeded with the following prayers o blessed and eternal god who by wis dom hasi founded the earth and by under standing baststretched out the heavens- father of light and author of every good od porfect gift from whom we receive all that we have aid all that we are made ca pable of performing upon whose pleasure both we and our works and nil treaiion depend look down from ihe habitation ol thy holiness and glory and favor the nn- drtaking which is here before us let thy lelthc cloud and pil- esublish tie wort of our bauds upon us yea the hands establish thou it our thou art able to do historical sketch of the services of tin ja jfcghmnt or cameron highlandtrti ex tracted from the montreal iczttelij thoritjf xqih andilhk mot continued no opposition was made to the binding the british troops but iliey had scarce ly formed on a ridge of sand hills at a short distance from the bevcft when the enemy made an attack in 40000 men which they persevered till 3 oclock the evening when ihey retired after h- gar- hlessing rest upon it ur of thy presence go with ha ud k for him to explain how the present proles- happened all to be members ot the ble sors work of our hope is in tiikeaud for us in things temporal as well assprt- uil exceedingly abundantly above all that can ask or think raise us means we beseech thee to provide for the wants of this institution dispose the hearts of men aud order the course of events fayora- towardfi it shed down tle spirit o in u bard contest during thdy the 4th brigade of which t0 79h formed part were never engaged mt deuc nients of them were employed in risoning the batteries and forts at hol der point which then fell into the pos session of the english the bulk army advanced into the country aud on the 13th september havng been jo n- ed by the duke of york as command er in cluef aud reinforcements of rus sians and orange loyalists making a bo dy of 36000 effective men was divided into four columns which on the 1st oc tober advanced towards the enemy on he 2d october 1799 the 4ih column untlei sir ralph abercrombie of which the 79th formed a pan advanced for tho purpose of turning the enemys flanktona marched by petten proceeded along the seadyke drove the enemy from tin- village of camp and while ibe remaining columns weie engaged in ar duous conflicts in the neighbourhood of bergenthev proceeded along the strand with little opposition to wilhn a mile of emontopzee the column was however much harassed and inconve nienced by the necessity of detaching continually into the sand bills to their a r healln of t highland soldier for the coat the evening the enemys cavalry having heing mftlel0 button close round the bo- bren defeated in an attempt winch iney made upon the biitish horse artillery on the beach and having been charged bv the cavalry under lord paget the enemy were driven with considerable loss io egmantopzee his efforts iheu relaxed considerably upon the right and sir r abercrombie having been joined by reinfoi cements under col mcdonald took post on the sandhills and beach within a very short distance of the town where the troops lay upon their arms durintr night tho contest throughout the day was most sanguinary aid great numbers fell on boih sides the enemy were supposed to have lost tooo killed and wounded while the lens of the british consisted ot 1600 kil- lul and wounded the 79th regiment hvt 1 officer and 13 rank and file killed aid 1 field officer lt col cameron siiibiltcrns 4rjnti and 34 rank wd file wounded the next morning sr ralph abercrombie enteied eg- muni opzee which the enemy had evacuated for their gallant behaviour on that day tbe 79th have been permu ted to bear the word ecmoktopzee on their colours and appointments and had also the honour of receiving the personal thanks of the duke of york who rode up to the regiment after the nun i ud tpiuiu lii lltll iattvl for their conduct during the day its conduct in the action of the day is also favorably noticed in jamess military companion and other military treatis es though the british defeated the ene my in another general aciion yet the barrenness of the country in which the t nops were stationed the rainy state of i lie weather and their truly uncomfort able situation in all respects caused the duke of voi k io commence a rmsterly retreat lie continued io retire till the season assumed the appearance of an early and rigorous winer and as he had no prospect of supporting an army ol nil spring within ihe nar row limits of such a country as holland it was determined to witheraw them entirely and return to england which intention was put ino immediate exe culion thus terminated this unsuc cessful campaign in which the generous intentions of england in favor of an old ally weie completely frustrated this regiment after thejast cam paign were not long destined to remain in england in which they continued from october 1799 till july ls00do- in rluiy at chelmsford and the isle of wight but were soon embarked for foreign service under lieut ceneral sir james pulteney on the 25ih au gust 1k00 this regiment formed part ol the army under the command of that officer who disembarked at dominos near ferrol for tbe purpose of attempt ing that town the disembarkation was effected with little opposition and on the following morning the british troops were in complete possesion ol the heights which overlooked tne town and harbour of ferrol the 79h form ed part of the brigade under general morshead was ordered to march for ward and support the attack and was dy though ad improvement in the uniform of english troops to whom it rave addi tional warmth to the back and bowels wasnot suited to the nature of the high land narh the numerous i folds and plaits in the bolted plaid and kilt form so thick a covering that when the coat is added the warmth is so reat that on a march it de bilitates those parts of the body whereas the former cut of the jacket with the skirts thrown back and breast open left them uncovered the waistcoat being white also fended to relieve the uniform which from the dark green of the plaid and fa cings of the 42d and 79th gave these corps rather a ombre appearauce when drawn up in line if national regiments are to bo maintained due attention should undoubt edly be paid to consistency in the national costume and no such ridiculous changes occur ascouverting the bonnet into a gre nadiers cap and covering the hose with spatterdashes the attack upon cadiz having been abandoned the english cabinet very rc- iticthlilly joned in the daring plan of lord melville to despatch an expedi tion to egypt there to meet a brave and hitherto invincible army and io wrest from france ihat favor e colony the characters of the troup in con sequence of the unfortunate attacks up on ferrol and cadiz had been unjustly lowered iiv the public estimation and it pediton a field of action would be af forded 10 them to wipe away any blem ishes that night have been casi upon their bravery the army ol sir pudph aberciombie consisting i bout 14000 infantry and 630 artillery was directed to sail to egypt and left gibraltar in october 1600 in milta lh 79th were on shore for about 20 days and in murmorice biy in asia minor were employed in procuring wood and water for upwards of a monh the t9ih formed along with the 2d undei lord dalhousieand the 50th regimen ihe brig do ol ihe earlofcavan several detentions prevented an early landing some sevce gales had been experienc ed in ths biv and one of the trans ports having on board h part of the 79h had been driven o within sight of the island of cypi us but it safely role out the gale and returned to the mum ar my never was u land ng ehected with greater precision than on he disem barkation of the first division in abnu- kir bay on the 8th match ibol the bouts were so placed thai every brigade every regimem every ompany fotnd itself wiii undivided numbers in its pio- per station a measure which ensured confidence and made success more cei- col- ca eron of the 79th much a- gainst his inclination consented to the in vestment of the extremities of the men of his corps iu pantaloons at the instance of one of bis field officers who said the 4d never wore so improper a drcss as the kilt iu hot climates when the heel was off cadiz aud the troops were preparing to ef fect their landing col cameron was stan ding on the ceck with riis officer by his side when the col perceived the 42d go- inginto their boats iu kilts lie turned rouud to his adviser for explanation but he not highland was ihe last time the cameron mihland- iheir uis ihlviser iti i t willing to encounter nu enraged ilerdisappeared for thai day this ere wore the pantaloons previous so assailed by abrisk fire of musketry by j an in canada iu octoler i9 ex- which the staff of the colour of the 79h upuofton fatigue duty when pantaloons was shot through the enemy how- 1 are worn to save the kilt