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# f Derby , Hunter of Bath , Johns of Manchester , Johns tone of Wake field , Jones of Namptwich , Kentish of Birmingham , * Lee of Hull , Madge of Norwich , Parker of Stockport , Rob herds of Manchester , and Turner of Newcastle , ( Visitor ) . On Tusday afternoon , the several classes were examined in
Hebrew , Chaldee , Syriac and the Targums ; the second mathematical class in spherical trigonometry , conic sections , and the higher branches of algebra ; and the third in fluxions , the doctrine of chances , and the principles of Lfe annuities ; also , the junior Latin class , and the second class of modern history , the first , or ancient
history , being omitted for want of time On Wednesday , the students were examined in Hebrew , poetry , ethics , the evidences of natural and revealed religion , and the philosophy of the human mind ; and the junior classes in Greek : orations were also delivered , in the course © f the day , by Mr . Mardon , on the
natural evidence for a future state , by Mr John Strutt on the moral efficacy of the study of history , by Mr . Philips ' on the history of Charles I ., by Mr . Harrison on the peopling of America , by Mr . Douglas Strutt on the effects of the discovery of gunpowder , by Mr . Wallace on the knowledge which Kpictetus and
Antoninus might probably derive from Christianity , by Mr . Howse to shew that the apostles were not enthusiasts , by Mr . Bakewell , that natural religion does not exclude the necessity of revelation , by Mr . Bret tell on the character , offices and qualifications of the Christian preacher , and by Mr . Jevons on the
existence of evil . On Thursday , besides the junior class of mathematics , the class of natural philosophy , and the higher Latin and Greek classes , iu which are several excellent scholars , the students of . the fourth year underwent a very long and highly satisfactory examination on the sources and rules of
Biblical criticism , with various practical illustrations on the several books of the Old Testament , their ages , authors , objects , contents , the Jewish law , &c . &c . The tudents of the fifth year were afterwards ^ amined , in like manner ., on the New Testament ; but from mere want of
time , this examination could not be extended to « o great a length . The ex-% minations were diversified by the Qccaiionai introduction of discourses , by Mr . Afthton ou thq Mosaic institutions , by fir . Holland on the political character
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of the Jewish prophets , in answer to Morgan , and by Mr . Hincks on the question whether a future state be taught in the Old Testament : of JLacin orations , by Mr- Jevons , Mr Peene , Mr . Philips and Mr . Smith ; of dissertations , by Mr . Robinson on the authenticity of the ancient Persian records and their
discrepancy with the Greek historians , and by Mr . Smith on the origin and pro ~ gress of the Greek comedy ; and of sermons , by Mr . George Kenrick on the proper grounds of love of Christ , from I Pet . i . 8 , Mr . Henry Turner on the
universality of the Divine love in the Gospel dispensation 3 from Rom v . 18 . and by Mr . Hutton on the Divine placability an article of natural as well as of revealed religion * from I John i . 9 . The examination lasted five hours on
the Tuesday , and from nine to six ou each of the other two days , and through - out the whole , the principle originally laid down was strictly adhered to , not one of the students being previously apprized of a single question to be asked or passage to be referred to , nor one of the discourses ( the subjects all chosen by the students ; having undergone the revisal or correction of anv of * the tutors *
The examination was closed , as usual , by an address from the Visitor ; which , at the request of the Trustees present , is sent for insertion in the Monthly Repository . Gentlemen , It now becomes my
agreeable office , an office which , 1 as ~ sure you , I discharge every year with increasing pleasure , to express to you the high satisfaction which this numerous body of your frienda has experienced throughout the whole of this long examination , which has afforded us a fresh
proof of the ability of your tutors and of your own proficiency : and cannot fail to have had the effect of satisfying those , who now , for the first time , favour us with their company , that they do not , without good leason , give support to this institution
*• The reports , too , which we have received of your general good conduct through the whole of the past session , are also highly satisfactory ; so that if there be any among you who have distinguished themselves above the rest , that distinction must be allowed to have
been , this year , peculiarly creditable Among those of you who , as students of the rirst three , years , are competitors for the prize * annually awarded for djJi ~
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Intelligence . —Manchester College 9 YorJc . 481
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1813, page 481, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2430/page/57/
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