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tioh of Thbikia ^ ^ 1 lism Tottie ^ , E « q . pif Le £# sfjrfVf George Gates , ojf Leeds , ha * been requested to act as his saccessor . Tnere were thirteen divinity students \ n the college during- last session on the foundation * and two at their own charge ,
making fifteen in the whole ; two of these * Dfr . Samuel Wood * aii ^ l Mr . Joh n Haslam , } iaye , now' finished their studies ,. and finally , quitted the college , as Protestant Dissenting Ministers / The number of lay-stuclenfs was fourteen . The trustees have hitherto thought h prudent to limit the number of regular foundation students tq twelve , not considering their funds as adequate to the permanent support of more . They have ,, hpVever , been induced * by the present call for ministers , and the great respectability of the applications laid before them f
tlmvear , on beqalf / , p t several of . the candidates , to admit for the ensuing session , four additional students as super * immeraries ' and the * divinity students on the foundation will consequently he sixteen . They tru > t this measure will he approved o& and they , rely with con ndenee on . th $ exertions of their friends throughout the country , to enable them to make the necessafjr provision for the increased charge on the establishment , which this addition will ' t-jrjgi ** ' * ' occasion . . . ,
The prizes g"iven by the president , and by iRo ^ ert Philips . Dsrf . ' for , the eiieourag-emeat of extempore speaking , and of the study of the mathematics , are again offered for the ensuing sesgion and anew pn ^ e ot five paiiuds is ' opened"by an anonymoiiat friend tor tne pest composition in Greek : PiWel aiid onother of five g ; qine ; as , W of
A rchibald Kenrick , ' ^ sq . ^ est BromwicK . for the best Bnglisli Essay on the influence of the Reformation in England . WheV the buisines ^/ of the iSay was concluded , aiid the chairman had quitted the chair , it was taken 1 iy Daniel GaskelLEsq . and the thanks of the meeting werejananinibiisly ' given io A . Crompton , Esq . for the favour of his attendance , and for his services in the chair .
The trustees and friends of the Institution afterwards dined together as usual , at the Bridsrewater Arms . Manchester , to celebrate the ^ thirty-second anniversary of th ^ fbiindatJo ^ of th e ;^ ollo ^ e , i- | Daniel Oastfeh . tesq' of lupsetr . near Wakeneld , one , of the Vice-presidents , in the chair . Jiooiit seventy gentlemen assembled , the " evemrig was' spent in a cheerful andf pleasdnt manner . , .. ,. .,
THOMAS HZ ROBINSOK , J / G . RObfeTERt ) S , Secretaries . N . B . Mr . John James Tayter * formerly of Manchester College , York , Bachelor of ArU of the University of Glasgow , has
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been this dar appointed Assistant Classical Tutor in Manchester College , York ^ * Manchester , Sept . 21 ^ 1818 ..
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The Rev . MK Wells . [ Extract froui a Letter from Stonrtmdge , dated Sunday evening , September 13 >
1818 J , , . \ .. . ? , Having Wen this morning at a meeting , house in Sltoufbrid ^ e , of which the late ; Mr . Cavpeuter was minister , and having heard a Mr . Wells from North America , whose discourse excited peculiar interesj * y I send you a snort account of spine circumstances respecting this > enlleman , and
his pjesentjourney . £ , ^ ' - Ife is -a native of England , aadwai ^ formerly minister of a dissenting cong . regation at Bromsg ^ o ve in JVoicestershire : hut feeling some repugnance at the sjfiri ^ of party and violence , which was sbewa against the Dissenters , in the neighbour hood of Birmingham , after the disgraceful
riots of 1791 , about the year 1793 l » e retired to the United States in ^ qt ^ Anierica . ; where he has since , resi ^ 4 * But feeling : the attachment to his native ^ laft ( l return upon , him , he , c yent ^ ^ ed , Jo ,,, revisit jt , though at ttie adVanced agfe ojf
75 years . . .. , .,. , , ,, ,,. , , ... ,..,. . , , , ., His sermon , ^ thisjoiprning , seem ^; ^^ in coincidence wit 6 " the feelings and jsgQti . * ^ ments that would naturally arise from the circumstances of hi 9 yisi | f , and . £ gf *{ $ & te ^ t . was . ^ " One generation paase ^ n . a ^ ay and another coinetb . .-. I a treating q £ ,
w | iicb , he . ' took a raost ; interestjngjview ' q £ - human vicissitudes a ^ d niortajjty , . J y rilj ; not pKeten ^ , from memory , to cQpiin ]| nica ^ e a generalep ^ toine o . J ^ the , discoursey ^ u ^ , two or thr | ee observations spcxactJ ^ ^ uitej ^ ^ his age , and yMii 9 ths . % I wish I could corj ^ -j ; in
munjea ^ te tjbcm Vis , qv ^ h word ^ They werq soniewhat to the follo ^ ying parpose : ,, u When a perspn faf advanced 4 n . ^ fe , , lo ( fttsjqver hi ^ native ( district ^ he finds q . strong illiistratipni " of ^ iy , textf , Jhe com-, paaions of his yoifth , the acquaintan ^ fi pf
maturev yea . rs , are ^ almostj all ^ ep ^ rt , e 4 , , and a new race i ? ^ Uin ^ their p lace ^ 1 ^ find many of the buildings stand ing , but t , the 1 > uil < 3 ( eis themselves , are { jaAlenl ^ . Jben , farms arc still cu ltivated , but where are the former propriqtoVs and occupiers ? * ., fc |
He made some very just ohservatio ^ s o ^ , the power and go odness of God , as exem plined in the creation and support of ^ tjie mijLpy millions of creatures wfiich , ^ nlf » a > it th p eartli ; whicli ,, thp u ^ li t they , ar « , $ piK tinualjy dying ; oiF , are still succtee ^ de ^ My , otliJEirs : so that ex istence , thou ^ gbi ^^ t tf > the s ^ me individuals , ) 5 atill kejut up , and beneYqieiijti ^ suppor ^ ., t ., oU nli * >» : > .. The aged appearance of this venerable visitor , and his preaching * in a black vtlvet
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I ^ etl ^ eneiU ^ rk ^ kv JK . Q » WM : 56
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1818, page 595, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2480/page/59/
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