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    ry of Ipswich , Tremlett of Hapton , Scnrgill of Bury , Cundill of Soham , and Madge and Winder of Norwich . The next Annual Meeting is fixed for the last Wednesday and Thursday in June , to be held at Ipswich , and Mr . Toms is expected to preach . E . T .

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    natural Philosoph y , were then several ] examined , and the whole conclude , ¦; two sermons , by Mr . Jevons , on Luke ' 55 , and by Mr . Wallace , on Rom . x 2 ** At the close of the ex amination ' tl visitor addressed the students in thl e I * i • L 1 J t- 1 U 1-lowing- words . Gentlemen ,

    It now becomes my most agreeaMe of fice , an office which I assure you , I co , tinue to discharge withannually e ncreasinopleasure , to present you in the name < , ° f this assembly , our thanks for the verv satisfactory result of the examination whicli we have witnessed , and which clearh proves that you have corresponded , fcy your attention and diligence , to the

    extraordinary attention and care of your tutors And I do this with still greater pleas ure because , in adition to what we have our ' selves witnessed in regard to your protici - ency in knowledge , we have the further satisfaction of being- assured by your tutors of your uniform reg-ularity and propriety of conduct , during" the whole of the session which is now concluded . This is a

    circumstance of much more importance tliau any literary attainments . —I will not say to the credit of this institution , which is an object of secondary concern , though I persuade myself not undervalued or overlooked by you ; but to your own honour and and happiness , whose progress and establishment in every thing that is excellent

    and praiseworthy , it is the first wish of all who are interested in its support , to promote and effectually secure . This testimony of our satisfaction , you will he pleased , Gentlemen , all of you to accept : the prizes annually distributed among the

    students of the first three years , for extraordinary diligence , proficiency and regularity , are awarded to Mr . John James Tayler , of Nottingham , Mr . Patrick Cannon , of Sheffield , and Mr . James Taylor , of Manchester : who I doubt not will make it the

    object of their ambition in future years to . maintain their eminence of distinction among the distinguished ; although one oi them can no longer receive any other reward than that which is indeed iho most substantial , the consciousness of good conduct , and its natural and ordinary consequences . The prize for elocution is awarded to Mr . Bakeweil ; to whom I am , on various accounts , particularly happy

    to deliver it . I am directed by the annual meeting for business , held yesterday evening , to announce that it is intended that the students in the fourth and fifth years , shall in future continue their classical studies * through those years : an arrangement which I am persuaded they will find highly conducive to their advantage - I hope Mr . Stratton will not for a moment suppose , that I have the slight *

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    448 Intelligence— -Examination at the York Academy .

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    Examination at the York Academy . On Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday , the 27 th , 28 th and 29 th of June , was hold the annual examination of the students educated in the Manchester College York , in the presence of Samuel Shore , Esq .

    President , ' Messrs . Bell , Brodhurst , C romp ton , Fawcett , D . Gaskell , R . Heywood , Jevons , Jones , Kendall , Malkin , A . Philips , S . Shore , jun . W . Shore , J . D . Strutt , R . Taylor , M . D . J . Thomsom , M . D . Tottie , J . A . Yates , T . H . Robinson Secretary , and G . W . Wood

    Treatary , and the Rev . Dr . Phillips , Messrs . Ash ton , Brettell , Goodier , Heinekin , Johnstone , Kentish , G . Ken rick , Le ^ e , Piper , J . Smethurst , Tayler , H . Turner , Willims , P . Wright , J . G . Robberds Secretary and Turner Visitor $ with a few others whose names cannot be recollected . On

    Tuesday afternoon the junior Latin Class , and those in Hebrew Poetry , Logic and Metaphysics , were severally examined . Wednesday morning the examination proceeded of the junior Hebrew and Greek Classes , and the senior Mathematics , after which Mr . Haslnm delivered an oration on

    the influence of the reformation on Literature , and Mr . Cannon a discourse on the question , "Is the moral sense instinctive , or the result of education ? " The senior Class in Hebrew and Syriac , in modern history , the introductory branches of the Mathematics , the evidences of natural arid revealed religion , and in ancient history ; and the business of this day concluded with discourses by Mr . Morris , on the di-• vinc original of the Mosaic institutions , and by Mr . Mardon on the resurrection of Christ . —Thursday the students of the fourth year underwent a lono- examination

    on the several books of the Old Testament , and those of the fifth , on the New , on the plan described in former years . Mr . Peene read an essay on Criminal Le gislation , and Mr . Cake well delivered a sermon , on Rom . i . 16 . Previous to the examination of the

    senior Latin Class , Mr . Peene read a critical dissertation in Latin , on the Ars Voetica of Horace , and Mr . Stratton an <> ssay in the same language on the causes oi the reduction of the Grecian states , under the Macedonian power ; and after it Mr . Stratton read an English oration on the Love of our Country . The classes in Klhics , the higher Gr «; ek Classes and

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1815, page 448, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1762/page/48/