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friends 6 f tbc In ^ titiUion will exerted , not only to make good ^ Kis deficiency in H& course of the ensuing year , but * o prevent the feeuttehce of a - similar Se-• crease in TOttft «; The tPtmtees te&vealso to regret * considerable falling off in the amount of congregational cellection 3 during the past ye&r . Of these tWere > a # e been tnree < eiily , ( Newc ^ iife ^ ri-Tyne Bradford in Yorkshire , and Chesterfield , ) amouiitittg * o £ 31 J 16 * . The assistance derived from
tliis source has , in former yews , amounted to & much larger sum , and the Trustees < are induced to hope fthist tiie present deficiency n # sy be atttjffbuted to accidental causes , which will not operate in the <*« rrent year . They wish to impress upon < the ministers < bf 'Dissenting congregations to
• fhe importance of ^ ppiymg their iiearers in behalf of the -College as frequently as circumstances will admit of . The advantage which would hence he derived by the Institution , as well from the immediate increase of its funds , as
from the more extended knowledge of ^ ftte principles upon whidi It is founded must be « . ufficientily Obvious . Notwithstanding a considerable Increase m the -expenditure . of the last year , in consequence ojf the erection of a common hklland lecttb-e room in -the College , the
Trustees have been enabled to make a small addition to the permanent fund , by vesting therein tire benefactions and legacies of the year , which have amounted to # 1 . 36 ; VBsm in appropriating to the permanent fund the full amount of the legacies and benefactions received , the Trustees have no hesitation in believing that they are
fulillling the wishes of Jhe great majority of - ( he subscribers to the College . The establishmeiJt of such a fund appears to them a measure &f the utmost importance , as to ^ their opinion in will contribute essen-^« Hy to ensure the permanency and respedtability trf the Institution . They cpn-•^ equentiy feel anxious that they may not
% ^ compelled , by an inadequacy m the ajtinuail ' tstrbscdptibns to mefet the current ^ kpenses oif t 3 ie year , to infringe upon tjhie rule which they have presejribed to themselves , a , » d which they have hitherto <« teservejii . ^ t . ha ? be £ a the object of the Trustees to make an annual addition to ^^¦ ¦ ptafnm ^ m ^ &Mm expxal in f the
o iyropettf of the Instittition , which consiats principally pf buildings . The ^ epredktion'has hitherto been calculated
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considered to he unequal ^ t 6 the actual diniinution of value , and a re ^ oltition was accordingly passed , by which the future (reduction is directed to l > e niade at the iisual i ^ te ^ n ^ KaMM ^ ^ % tmd at the Increased rate of seVen and aiialf per ueift . oh the Y 6 rk Buildings , lliiis ^ circumstaiice , it is evident , will materially add to the amounts of the approw priatibn to the permanent ^ Jhid 9 which it
-will he desirable to make , in ordelr to teep pace With the increased progressive ^ lepreciaiion ; the trustees , therefore ^ ag ^ ain h ? g leave to urge on the friends of the Instifution the necessity of exertion in obtaining additional contributions for the parpose of accomplisiilflg this object , 'and of promoting the -general interest $ of ^ he College . r Fhe improveutents wMch have been made in the
'Coliege buildings , consisting principally of a iiew and commodious common hall , have given much satisfaction to tihose gentlemen who have had the opportunity of inspecting them , and the Trustees feel convinced that they will conduce materially to the comfort and advantage of tlie Students as well as of the Tutors of the College . '
The total receipts of the year , including the usual exhibitions , received for foundation students from 'diflerent public trusts , through the continued kindness * t > f their ^ respective Trustees , have 'been £ . y . d . The payments , including the Investment in tne permanent fund , amount to £ . s . d ., leaving a balance in the Treasurer ' s hands of £ . & . d .
^ ivhich is carried to the account of the ensuing year . At tfhe close of the Meeting the thanks of the 'Trustees were unanimously voted to the Rev . Wm . Shepherd for his services
in the ^ Chair ; and upwards pf seventy gentlemen afterwards'dined together at the Bridgetvater ArnuB , to celebrate the Thirty fdurtli Anniversary of the College On this occasion the Bev . Win . Shepherd presided , and Jfefy hfs highly acceptable services contributed much to * the rational
conviviality of the evening . THOs . H . ROBINSON , J . O , ROBBERDS , Secretaries . Manchester , September 5 , 1820 .
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Qldbxvry Double fuecture . Tflfc Attniversary of * the Double Lecturfey established in commemoration of Tfae Ejected Ministers , took plfMCe at
Oldbury , in Shropshire , on l ^ e ^ aay , ^ Sepfeter , ) imW w ^/ wm ¦ ««»¦*• rtfrnbtitj ^^ wS ^ ffifa ; . " . ¦ / * « . i . _ » % *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1820, page 622, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2493/page/58/
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