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_^ ^ A Plea for the Belfast Aeademicat Institution. ^ B§ / the Rwm Thomas D+ Hmchsy Master of the Classical School, and formerly Secretary of the Cork Ins4i0utW**
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[ The following * paper , printed btit ? not published , relates to so important an estabIisht » € Bt , that we have great pleasure in laying it , according t © tite request of a correspondent , before our readers . Ed . 1
fTTHE Irish grants for the current X year have now , passed , and ths Belfast Academical Institution has been once more neglected . Its usefulness is not oiily diminished , but
its very existence is rendered questionable . After ajji expenditure of abwe thirty-five , thousand p ounds , — after overcouaii ^ g tlie prejudices of its early opponent , and uniting aU paj > ties in Belfast , in sincere efforts foe its welfare , *—it ^ tlone , of all the various societies established la Ireland
for tfre diffusion q £ knowledge , is left without support . VPuy is this so ? 1 $ it merely frQjp , an u # wiljingi * es $ tQ add $ ven th& trifling sum required , to the expenses of the ftatioji , at a time \ vhtn economy is so lewdly called for ? Or , are there other motives , which
are pot avowed ? I am most aiix ^ ous to put the most favourable constriKN tioa on the refusal ; but , can this system of exclusion be allowed to go on , without drawing attention to its consequences ? Can they , who in their hearts believe that it originates
in mistaken vi ^ ws , and wi } l bje prorductive of effects which evep thq excluders would rpgj-et , wken it yvpuld be too late—can ' -ihtj fre silent ? I have had opporj ^ nitiea of knowing the auxiety of geuttenquewt * n high offi-r Cial si ^ uutious ^ to promote the dis * . semination of kflWj ^ dgg ; t ha ^ vq
tion Hf ! J £ * PfitilS ^ qr jft * jirtit *> S ^ Tdou ? ''fi ^ iWW ^^ iB ^ ff *^« > t ^ er ^ was tk n ^ iiMbii in its iftVoW geviou ^ to t ^ m ^ Xm ^ SFFi ^
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been delighted with the liberality of their views ; and 1 am convinced ^ that if those who are now in office , would investigate the case , they wo « ld come to a differerit conclusion , and that no Irish grant would pass the House of Commons with more
general approbation , than one for the B&lfakt Institution * It is unnecessary to enlarge on what Belfast is ; its extent and its commercial importance are ? well known . Neither is there occasion to state the' origin of thfe Institution , or the difference of
opinion that once existed respecting it . ft has been eight years at work ; and it has worked so well , that opposition to it has been given up , and its Welfare has become the earnest
desire of alt sects and of all parties . Whai are its Objects * Tteee : Sdbools , a College , aBd PbpuidrLec ^ tures for the diffusion of general knowledge ; Has Parliament eoosi ^ - dered th ^ ee objects deserving -0 $ sup - port ;?
For schools of the description of those of the Belfast Institution , there has been no occasion to seek parliament apy aid , because there exist , in various parts of Ireland , endowed schools , with ample revenues ; and
there are funds at the disposal of various boards , applicable to this im * portant purpose . Some of these have revenues more tha « sufficient to supr * port all t ^ e oMeefe of the Bel / tost Institution * ItisnoU koviretfer , aa i aid i
scho ^ thal ? * souffbti TOy ^ suicf the schools are , as Oiey qOgbtt to be , able to support themselves . As « coltegiateestsibli&hitieftt i it may be a&ked , w \ mt ofecftswiti 1 » there for it ! Its not the * tfeftelrsit ? ' of- 'I ^ lblm &iifflo ^ ot ? Ip wti& » tim ftk > m ahy dm * Hfce ot the Uttive # ^? ty ^ f © UiijUto , ^ thfet the M /^ r / ristiWfim itofr ^ aftd I believe , " 0 fii 0 ^^^^ f ^^ m .
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_^ ^ A Plea For The Belfast Aeademicat Institution. ^ B§ / The Rwm Thomas D+ Hmchsy Master Of The Classical School, And Formerly Secretary Of The Cork Ins4i0utw**
_^ ^ A Plea for the Belfast Aeademicat Institution . ^ B § / the Rwm Thomas D + Hmchsy Master of the Classical School , and formerly Secretary of the Cork Ins 4 i 0 utW **
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1823, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1789/page/1/
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