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    will he sufficient now to say , that it was listened to with close attention and deep Interest for an hour and thirty minutes . Monday afternoon was devoted to the Mathematical Examinations , ( which , as indeed all the rest , were conducted on the Cambridge plan , by printed Lists of Questions , drawn up by the Tutors , and first submitted to the Students when seated ,

    with pen , ink and paper before them ) . The four Classes being arranged at separate tables , and the Examiners at a long table at the lower end of the hall , the papers were collected from each Student as produced , and submitted to the scrutiny and arrangement of the Examiners . This exercise lasted four hours . Tuesday morning at eight , the three Hebrew Classes were examined , translating

    passages selected from various parts of the Old Testament , aud answering grammatical and critical questions formed upon them . This lasted nearly three hours ; after which Orations were delivered , by Mr . E . Busk , on " the Connexion of Religious Liberty with National Prosperity ; " by Mr . Crompton , on " the Objections which have been made against the

    moral tendency of the Study of History ; and by Mr . Christie , on " Duelling . " At twelve , the Classes of Ancient and Modern History , and on the Belles Lettres , took their places at the tables , and continued nearly three hours ; and the day concluded with Orations , by Mr . J . Busk , on " the Objection that Christianity does not inculcate Friendship and Patriotism ; " by

    Mr . Howorth , on ' * the Influence of Civilization on Benevolence ; " by Mr . Mitchelson , on " Capital Punishments ; " and by Mr . R . Brook Aspland , on " the Liberty of the Press . " Wednesday , the fourth and fifth years' Students were examined during three hours in Theology , and the

    second and third at the same time in Logic and Ethics , ( chieily in that important branch of it , Political Philosophy ;) after which Orations were delivered , by Mr . Lee , on " the Effects of the Reformation upon England ; " by Mr . Havvkes , on " Slavery ;" and by Mr . Tagart , on " Human Perfectibility . ' The three Greek Classes were then examined for three hours and a

    half ; and Orations , by Mr . Wreford , on * ' the Comparative Evidence for Christianity and Mohammed ism ; " by Mr . Carter , ou " Patriotism ; " and by Mr . Ryiand , on " the Institution of Prophets among the Jews , " concluded the business of this day . Thursday , the Students were examined on the Evidences of

    Revelation ; after which Orations were delivered , by Mr . Beard , on " the newlydiscovered Fragment of Cicero de Republica /** and by Mr . Payne , on " the Book of Job ,- ' and a Sermon on Matt , v ,

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    43—45 , by Mr . Shawcross . Specimens were then given of proficiency in Reading , and the Examination concluded with Orations , by Mr . Brown , on 4 < Providence ; " and by Mr . Worthington , on " the Evils of Slavery in the countries where it prevails , and the means of . overcoming them ; " and a Sermon on Lam . Hi . 39 , by Mr . Bowen .

    The Visitor then distributed the Prizes , viz . those for Regularity , Diligence and Proficiency , to Mr . J . H » Worthington , Mr . J . R . Beard , and Mr . W . S . Brown , ( it being understood , at the same tinae , that Mr . James Martineau was so nearly equal in all respects , that considerable difficulty was experienced in awarding this last prize ) . There was , however , no question as to his being entitled to the

    first Mathematical Prize , as was Mr . Edward Talbot to the second . The first Prize offered by Mr . Philips for proficiency in Classical Learning , was awarded to Mr . Beard , and the second to Mr . George Lee . Mr . Beard also obtained the Prize offered by Euelpis for the best translation into Greek . The Prize for

    proficiency in Elocution during the Session , was given to Mr . Brown , and that for the best-delivered Oration to Mr . Carter . Mr . J . H . Ryland , as first Prizebearer in 1820 , is entitled to Books , value Five Guineas . The Visitor then addressed the Students in nearly the following words :

    " Gentlemen , —After the able and excellent discourse which you heard on the first day of this week from my much-esteemed friend and colleague , you will be aware that there remains very little more for me to do , now that we are arrived so near the close of it , than to express the satisfaction of this assembly in the

    attentive and patient diligence with which you have gone through the fatigues of this long examination ; which proves that you have in general very creditably availed yourselves of the advantages you have enjoyed in this place , for preparing yourselves , 1 trust , to become eminently useful in your several walks to the rising

    generation . The distinctness and propriety of the answers which so many of you have given to the series of questions which have been proposed to you , has been highly honourable to the ability aud exactness with which you have been taught , and to the attention which you have paid to your studies . And though the mode of examination which has this year

    been exclusively pursued , may not perhaps be eo interesting to by-standers , it is certainly better calculated to g * fair scope to the talents of those examined , to shew the Application which they have made of them / and to enable

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    416 Intelligence . —Manchester College , York .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1823, page 416, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1786/page/48/