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increasing , and fully evincing its wellgrounded popularity among all ranks of the community . Yet , my Lord , we often consider with anxiety , that voluntary subscriptions , which raised the edifice , ( at an expense
of more than 15 , 000 / . ) are , at best , but a precarious support of an establishment , designed to be permanent . We consider that the zeal which begins such undertakings , is too apt , particularly in this country , to flag before the plan is completed ; and that there is no assurance of the renewal or increase
of Parliamentary bounty . We consider , also , that the means are still greatly deficient , not only for the endowment of permanent lectureships , but even for the completion of the edifice , and the supply of the various accommodations requisite for literary purposes $ those
adjuncts to a Collegiate Institution , ( such as philosophical apparatus , library , &c . ) which may be considered as the effective tools ai * d instruments , in a great manufactory of mind , necessary to give full perfection and final polish to the raw materials .
Thus , animated by hopes , yet occasionally depressed by these fears , the Directors of the Academical Institution naturally look around them , far as well as near , for assistance . We have had lately some grounds to believe * that a subscription in aid of this Seminary ,
among the British and Irish residents in India , particularly those connected with the Province of Ulster , might be put forward , with a probability of success ; which would become an absolute certaintv , could it secure the
sanction of your Lordship ' s approbation * Such aa aid would quickly convert a yet local blessing into a great national good * by supplying the means of collecting- into one focus of intelligence and information , an assemblage of learned men , emulous to excel in their
respective departments of instruction ; bringing , in consequence , a full and frequent flow of ingenuous youth , to receive that instruction ; and creating-, in the last result , an educated
population , the grace and glory of a state , always , supplied jfrom a head-level of mind , which will circulate the blessing of knowledge , first through the province , and finally through the whole kingdom * We conclude with intreating , that the honest motive will plead our excuse , for thus intruding upon your Ex-
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eellency ' s more important avocations taking the liberty to observe , that this address is accompanied with documents , which particularly detail the history of this Institution , its origin , its opening , its progress , its present condition and its future prospects .
We indulge the hope , that Lord Moira will find an hour ' s leisure to look over these papers , perhaps in some evening , when the burning sun of India is hastening to set in the West - y and while it revisits the Green Island , the spirit of his good wishes may attend the progress of the beneficent luminary .
We distrust , my Lord , the exaggerated expressions of the East ; although that great man , of various erudition , Sir William Jones , has declared the strong affinity which prevails between the Indian San-scrit and the ancient
language of Ireland . But your Lordship has taught us that there is sufficient virtue and vigour in our vernacular language , to express every emotion of the human heart j and , among th £ rest , those of our sincerest regard
and most profound respect . And , my Lord , with the proud consciousness of being your countrymen , we trust , that while the magnificent Lotus of India , either in reality or in emblem , continually presents itself to your eyes , the humble Shamrock of Ireland will still
live in your memory , and continue to be associated with your dearest affections . February * 1815 . ^^—
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560 Mr . Graham on the had Effects of the prestttt System of Tithes .
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Mr Graham on the bad Effects of the present System of Tithes . Berwick upon Tweed , August b , 1815 . HOI IE system of Tithes has been so JlL long acted upon , and sanctioned by such high authority , that many people consider it , both in a religious , and political point of view , as so interwoven with the constitution of our
country , that any alteration in the one would endan ger that of the other . I tim , however , of a very different opinion y being fully persuaded that , unless some modification or entire alteration takes place , the present system of
tit lies will sooner or later sliajcc u ^ pillars of tjie church to their foundation , if not endanger the constitution itself . To prove the truth of my position , I will first consider the effect which the present system of tithes has on the morals and religion of the pe ° "
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1815, page 560, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1764/page/28/
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