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    INTELLIGENCE.

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    406 Intelligence . *—Manchester College , York .

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    DOMESTIC . Manchester College , York . On Sunday morning , June 27 , the business of the Examination-week in this College commenced with a Sermon on John xxi . 15—17 , by the Rev . William Turner , of Newcastle , Visitor , which , at the united request of the Students and Trustees , is sent to the press . On Monti av afternoon the three Hebrew Classes

    were examined ail together , by written papers , during three hours . On Tuesday the three Mathematical Classes were examined in a similar manner , for the same length of time ; after which , Orations were delivered by Mr . Hovvorth , on < c the Rejection of Christianity by the Heathen Philosophers ; " by Mr .

    Crompton , on " the Nature of the Principle of Justice ; " and by Mr . Lee , ( in Latin , ) on ' * the Early Periods of the Roman History . " The examination of the three Latin Classes then took place , during three hours ; aud the business of that day concluded with Orations , by Mr . Busk , on " Friendship ; " Mr . Talbot , on Man ' s

    Ignorance of the Future ; " and by Mr . Holt , on " the Character and Administration of Lorenzo de Medici . " Wednesday morning commenced with Theology and Ethics ; the several classes in which were examined together during

    three hours ; after which , Mr . Wreford read au Exposition of the 19 th Psalm ; Mr . IVfitchelsom , an Oration on " the Necessity of the Christian Revelation ;" and Mr . Beard , a Latin Oration , on cc the Necessity of an accurate Knowledge of the Ancient Languages to the

    right Interpretation of the Scriptures . ' The three Greek Classes sat down at okg o ' clock , and till four continued to translate the passages prescribed , and to form written answers to the questions proposed upon them in the printed papers delivered to each class : and the business

    of this day concluded , as before , with Orations , by Mr . Russell , ( in Latin , ) to shew that " the Doctrine of the Immortality of the Soul was not employed by the Ancient Philosophers as a Motive to

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    a Virtuous Life ; " and by Mr . R . B . Asp ~ land , on " the Poem of Childe Harold . " Thursdayj the Students in the second and third years were examined two hours , in the Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion . Orations were then delivered , by Mr . Tagartjoa " the Pulpit Eloquence of England from the Civil Wars to the Revolution ; " by Mr . Worthington , on cc Jewish Sacrifices , and the Effect they were intended to produce on the Mind of the Offerer ; " and a Sermon on 1 John ii . 17 , by Mr . Payne . The examinations of the Ancient and Modern History , and Logic Classes , were then conducted , vivd voce , from ten to half past two , when Sermons were delivered by Mr . Brown , on Psalm xvi . 8 , and by Mr . Ryland , on John iii . 16 ; and the whole concluded a little after four , by an Address frpm the Visitor , which , at the request of the Trustees present , is sent for insertion in the Monthly Repository . ( e Gentlemen , —I assure you I have never had greater pleasure , daring the

    seventeen years that I have had the honour to close this Annual Examination , than in expressing the full satisfaction which this Assembly has received , not only from what has here passed before us , but also from the highly favourable report which your Tutors have given of your general conduct during the Session ; which , indeed , has been such as , in a

    good measure , to have of itself insured the very creditable appearance which you have made in this Hall during the last four days of close examination . Give me leave to express our hope—it is 3 i aru persuaded , our general hope and trust —that the orderly and regular conduct of both the Senior and Junior Students , of those who are intended ( or civil and

    active life , as well as of students for the ministry , will be effectual to give a tone to the manners of the Institution , which may regulate its proceedings and insure its usefulness for many future years . " But the most leading feature of the

    Session which we are now concluding , has been the spontaneous , I had almost said the unencouraged , efforts of the older Divinity . Students , to preach the

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    sets of the learned , convinced that the gospel was proclaimed to the poor originall y * and was never intended for learned themes of discussion in the pulpit . Under the influence of this creed he was animated with a sincere piety towards his Maker , whom he served as

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    a kind and benevolent Father , and witli unfeigned charity for all his fellow-creatures , whom he considered as equal objects of the love and care of the great Supreme . Gent . Mag .

    Intelligence.

    INTELLIGENCE .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1824, page 426, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2526/page/42/