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Manchester College , York , Annual Examination . On Monday the 2 , 3 d of June , commenced the Annual Examination of the Students educated in Manchester College , York , which continued till
the afternoon of Thursday the 26 th ; before Samuel Shore , Esq ., Samuel Shore , Jun . Esq ., Joseph Strutt , Esq , V . P . Messrs . Andrews , Bell , Benson , Crompton , Cropper , Fletcher , Kay , Martin , Needham , Gates , Philips , Potter , Stanger , W . Strutf , G . W .
Wood , Treasurer ; and the Rev . Messrs . Dean , Gaskell , Johnstone , G . Kenrick , Parry , Robberds , Secretary , James Yates , and Turner , Visitor . On Monday evening the Mathematical Prize of Two Guineas in Books , offered by Robert Philips , Esq ., was
determined , after a long « nd close examination , conducted in the Cambridge manner , i . e . by written solutions , prepared upon the spot , of a series of questions proposed in writing . On Tuesday , the Classical Prize of the same sum ; offered by the Rev . W .
Shepherd , was determined partly by a vivd race examination , partly by the inspection of written compositions ; and in the evening the following classes were examined , the junior Greek , the senior Hebrew and Syriac , the senior Mathematics and the Modern History ,
and Orations were read by Mr . Potter , On Friendship as a Christian Virtue , and by Mr . Crompton , On the Character of the younger Cato . On Wednesday , the junior Hebrew , the junior and second Latin , the junior and second Mathematics , the second Greek , the
Ancient History , the Evidence and the Natural Philosophy Classes were examined , and Orations were read by Mr . Taylor , On the Origin and Progress of Christianity , and the Impossibility of accounting for it from Natural Causes ; by Mr . W . Needham , On the Influence of Civilization on Virtue and
Happiness ; by Mr . F . Fletcher , On the Origin and Province of Romance ; by Mr . Joshua Stanger , On Commerce ; by Mr . Haslam , On the Design of Judaism , and its Influence on the World ; and by Mr . John Wellbeloved ,
On the Application of the Principle of Association to explain the Pleasures we derive from Poetry and the Fine Arts . On Thursday , the Theological Classes went through a careful examination , as did also those in Meta-
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physics , Ethics and the Belles JLettres , and the senior Greek and Latin Classes , with the second Hebrew . Orations also were delivered , by Mr . Worsley , On the Objection * to the Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ ; by Mr . Hey wood , On the Causes which favoured the Perfection
of the Fine Arts in Greece ; by Mr . JLanglands , On the Political Character Of Milton ; by Mr . Benyou , On the Sources of Human Happiness ; by Mr . Wood , On the problem , How far , and in what manner , Universal Philanthrophy may be rendered a manageable principle of Human Action ? and a Sermon , by Mr . Cannon , on
Eph . ii . 12 , last clause , ocSfsoi sv red ko c ^ m . 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 remains for me
to close this long and satisfactory examination , by returning you our best thanks for the proofs of attention to your studies , which \ ou have generally given throughout the whole of it ; and by announcing , that the prizes for diligence , proficiency and regularity of conduct , amidst much general excellence of conduct , have been awarded
to Mr . William Henry Fletcher , Mr . Francis Fletcher and Mr . John Wellbeloved . The Classical Prize , proposed by the Rev . W . Shepherd , the examiners , finding themselves under the necessity of coming to an absolute decision , have thought it right , on the whole , to award to Mr , John
Wellbeloved ; though they feel it but justice , at the same time , to declare , that Mr . F . Fletcher ' claims were so very nearly equal to those of his friend , as to render it a matter of difficult
decision . The same must be said of the Mathematical Prize , proposed by Robert Philips , Esq ., which is given to Mr . Nicholas Gibson , though it must be acknowledged he had able competitors in Mr . W . H . Fletcher and Mr .
Lee . The Prize for the best delivery of his Oration is voted to Mr . Wood . I hope our young friends who are leaving us , will permit us to express our best wishes for their happiness and success in their various pursuits , and our trust , may I not say our confident expectation , that they will do honour to their Alma Mater , by a < iarefW
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r 496 Intelligence , —Manchester College , York .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1817, page 496, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2467/page/48/
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