CHAPTER XXVI

1760-1841

SCHOOL SYSTEM OF MONTREAL BEFORE THE CESSION

NEW MOVEMENT FOR BOYS--THE COLLEGE OF MONTREAL--THE BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION--THE FIRST ENGLISH SCHOOLMASTERS BEFORE 1790--A REPORT OF 1790 FOR THE SCHOOLS OF CANADA--THE DESIRE TO REAR UP A SYSTEM OF PUBLIC EDUCATION--THE JESUITS’ ESTATES--THE “CASE” AGAINST AMHERST’S CLAIM TO THE JESUITS’ ESTATES AND FOR THEIR DIVERGENCE TO PUBLIC EDUCATION--NEW ENGLISH MOVEMENT FOR A GENERAL SYSTEM OF EDUCATION--THE ACT OF 1801--THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING--NEVER A POPULAR SUCCESS--ITS REFORM IN 1818--A COUNTERPOISE--THE FABRIQUE ACT OF 1824--REVIEW OF SCHOOLS UNDER THE ROYAL INSTITUTION--SUBSIDIZED SCHOOLS--REVIEW OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS--LAY SCHOOLS--LORD DURHAM’S REPORT ON EDUCATION. NOTE: THE JESUITS’ ESTATES 293