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    this respect most speakers have it in their power to follow him . ' * ( Preface to H&rnesWorksyp . 143-7 ** The genilemen who have most eminently distinguished themselves by their diligence , regularity , and proficiency , are Mr . John Tayler of

    Nottingham , and Mr . Samuel Wood of Liverpool : and I am particularly desired to state , that Mr . Tayler ' s name is mentioned first only as he is already in possession of the first place by his excellent conduct during the last session ; in the present , the merits of these two gentlemen have been so these two gentlemen have been so

    nearly equal , that it is impossible to assign th £ absolute preference to either . Tne prize ibr elocution , also , is awarded to Mr . John Tayler . —In future years this prize will be given , as formerly , for improvement in elocution during the session . " Before I conclude , I am directed

    to state , that the trustees , at their last annual meeting in Manchester , agreed to propose an annual prize of five guineas In books , to those students in divinity who shall have completed a course of education in this college

    during the three former y ^ ars , for the best essay on some subject connected with theology , to be annually prescribed by the tutors . The intention of this proposal is to encourage the continuance of a habit of theological

    Study among the young ministers who have 'here received their education . The subject proposed for the first prize was " the Origin and , Design of Sacrifices , and the Influence of the Jewish Institutions relating to Sacrifices on the Language of the Jtfeyv

    Testament . " The persons intrusted with the adjudication of this prize have awarded it to an essay , the note bearing a m 0 tto corresponding to which is fdund to be the production of Mr . Henry Turner , who will believe that I have peculiar pleasure in declaring his name on such an occasion . "—

    The examination was then closed with a short devotional , exercise , after whidfrttVe company acjjourned to dinner at Etridge ' s , whe ' re much interesting ckfriVersation ' took place on the btamfe ^ & f the th ree days . Several otnrer ^ nwresti ng topics prevented ? «* f , Ms ' & , w ?> t _ &v ubject ° f tifofi , ittopoqsji * , at me la » t annual # ! & [ % \ MK « £ " «¦ $ W was matte by the committee then ajv pointed ? who undertook to draw up a

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    set of queries with the view of ascertaining certain facts illustrative of the present state of thejr societies in the North of England , in the hope that ii a " statistical account" of this son can be accomplished for one district , it may easily be afterwards extended .

    The next session opens on Thursday the nineteenth of September , on which day it is extremely desirable that all the students should be at York , in order that the rooms may be chosen , and all the arrangements made , previous to the commencement of actual business on the Monday following . V . R

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    New Chapel at Thoj-ne . The New Unitarian Chapel at Thome , in Yorkshire , was opened on the 28 th ult . The Sermon in the morning was preached by the Her . Dr . Philipps , of Sheffield , from 1 Cot . xi . 1 Q . " ± here must also be heresies

    among you , that they who are approved may be made manifest . " That in the evening by the Rev . William Turner of Newcastle , -from Psalm , xxvi . 8 . " Lord , I have loved the habitation of thy house , and the place where thine honour dwelleth . " The

    ministers engaged , besides the preachers , were the Rev . Mr . Astley of Halifax , Rev . Mr . Hutton , of Nottingham , Rev . Mr . Heineken of Gainsborough , Rev Mr . Wright of Stannington , near Sheffield , Rev . Mr . Turner of Bradford , and the Rev . Mr .

    Ken rick of Hull : the congregations , particularly in the evertiiag ; were very large and attentive . * We understand that Dr . Philipps ' s Sermon will be published , at the request of the hearers , and is now in the press . At half past 2 o ' clock about 50 gentlemen sat down to an economical

    dinner at the Royal Oak Inn . Dr . Thomson , the chairman , improved this friendly cheerful meeting into an occasion of giving the newly-formed church much excellent advice , on the necessity ' of church-order , on their conduct towards their fellow-members

    in their respective families , towards their felloe-townsmen of a different persuasion , arid towards the ^ world at large . Many interesting speeches were made by other persons , particularly / by FraiiqisMoati ^ the patriarch oCThorne , " WKo gave a ci r ^ lnrstaotid detail of the steps by which they had been led to the knowledge of t »*

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    420 Intelligence . — New Chapel at Thome .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1816, page 420, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2454/page/48/