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MONTHLY RETROSPECT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS; OR , The Christian s Survey of the Political World.
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lity of vo ? ce $ . The second premium is to be burdened with the expense of 300 copies , to be distributed by the Trustees . If none of the p ieces are thought of sufficient merit , the money is to be disposed of as the other two thirds , and the rents again accumulated for other 40 years and so on for ever . Advert isements tobe issued duringthe last seven
of the 40 years . "—By a paragraph in the Morning Chronicle ^ August 14 , which we subjoin , it appears that the prizes are districted . " Oneof the greatest literary prizes ever given in this island , was decided at Aberdeen , in Scotland , on the 4 th instant . Mr . Burnet , a merchant in that city , bequeathed by his will a sum to be allowed to
accumulate until it should amount to £ 1600 . sterling-, and to he then given in two prizes ,, the first of £ 1200 . and the second of £ 400 . to two writers who should , in the opinion of three judges chosen by the members of the King ' s and Marischal Colleges , the Established Clergy of Aberdeen , and his own Trustees , produce the best Dissertations on
the subject prescribed by his will . The subject was—the Evidence that there is a Being all-powerful ^ wise , and goody by whom every thing exists , and particularly to obviate difficulties regarding the wisdom and goodness of the Deity , and this in the first place from considerations independent
of written Revelation ; and , in the second place from the Revelation of the Lord Jesus , and from the whole to point out the inferences most necessary and useful to mankind . It was required that all the Eslays should be lodged with a gentleman at Aberdeen , by the first of January , 1814 . Seven years were allowed to canditates to
prepare the Dissertations , repeated notices were given in the newspapers of the amount of the prizes , the subject , and the conditions . The Judged appointed and sworn were ,
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r * HE affairs of France continue in the same disturbed state , nor can any reasonable coniecture be formed in what manner its eventful revolution will terminate . The Bourbon is the acknowledged sovereign of France , acknowledged by the allied powers and apparently by the majority of the inhabitants . Yet there are fortresses , which displaying the white flag are still
he-* tege < n > y the armies of the allied powers , atld it is asked , why , if these powers are at Peace with the king , they should attack the owns , which bear the banners of his auoonty ? But the country is in a situation , * I / 8 ™ ueve * before exhibited to the orld ; it ijes at the merCy of foreign Powers , and it is far from being- certain
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Gilbert Gerard , D . D . Professor of Divinity in King ' s College ; the Rev . George Glennie , Professor of Moral Philosophy in Marischal College , and Robert Hamilton , LL . D . Professor of Mathematics in the same College , and A uthor of a work on the
National Debt , and various other wellknown publications . At a meeting of their electors , held on the 4 th instant , in Marischal College , the three Judges reported that they had unanimously decreed the prizes to two Dissertations ; and on opening the sealed letters accompanying the Disser * - tations which contained the name and
address of the writers , it was discovered that the twelve hundred Pounds prize was due to W . L . Brown , D . D . Principal of Maris * chal College , &c . &c . and that of four hundred pounds to T . B . Sumner , Esq . of Eton College . —Dr . Brown has gained several literary prizes on the Continent . "
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that , if they were withdrawn , the present dynasty would exist . In the mean time an assembly of the states has been called , and deputies have been sent from every department of the
country . At the meeting for their election an officer appointed by the Crown presided , and the speeches of several of them with the addresses of the meeting's to the sovereign have been printed . AH of course avow the sentiments of adhesion to the
Bourbon family , and several call out for punishment on the adherents to their late mighty master . What was the real state of the elections can be but little known j for the press does not give , as in England , a * impartial account of the proceeding ? o { all
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State of Public Affairs * 597
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Dreadful Accident . —s-As Mr . Coldham , Solicitor and Town Clerk of Nottingham ^ and his friend Mr . Butler , were on their return from Worthing Monday evening , September 18 , in a gig , the horse while coining at a foot-pace down Church hill , which leads into Brighton , suddenly started and ran the vehicle against the wall ; both
gentlemen were thrown out by the violence of the shock . Mr . Coldham pitched upon , bis head against a post , and was taken up in a speechless state ; he was instantly conveyed to the Castle Tavern , where he had sojourned for the last fortnight , and received every surgical aid , but ail proved ineffectual , as he did not survive the accident half an hour . The deceased was
unmarried and about 50 years of age . Mr . Butler sustained several severe hurts , but none of a dangerous nature .
Monthly Retrospect Of Public Affairs; Or , The Christian S Survey Of The Political World.
MONTHLY RETROSPECT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS ; OR , The Christian s Survey of the Political World .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1815, page 597, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1764/page/65/
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