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of youth in general , without distinction of party or religious denomination , and exempt from every political test and doctrinal subscription . The course of instruction for the Christian ministry
comprehends five years ; but it is so arranged , that , with the single exception of the study of Hebrew , the whole course during the first three years is equally suitable for Lay Students .
In the first year the Students are instructed in the Greek and Latin Classics , in Ancient History , and in Latin and English Composition ; in the Elements of Plane Geometry , Algebra and Trigonometry . In the second year , they proceed in the
Greek and Latin Classics , and in the practice of Composition in English and Latin ; and read a course of Modem History , in pursuing which their attention is particularly directed to the History and Principles of the English Constitution .
They are instructed in the Geometry of Solids ; of the Conic Sections , and of the Sphere ; and in the higher parts of Algebra . Lectures are also given on the Philosophy of the Mind , on Ethics , and the Elements of Political Science .
In the third year , they are further instructed in the Greek and Latin Classics , and in the Belles Lettres ; in some of tlte higher branches of Mathematics and the Newtonian System of Physical
Astronomy . Lectures are also delivered on Logic ; and on the Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion . An extensive course of Natural and Experimental Philosophy and Chemistry forms a part of the business both of the second and third
Sessions . The Rev . Charles Wellbeloved , Theological Tutor , and the Rev . John Ken rick , M . A ., Classical Tutor , reside near the buildings , in which the Students are lodged and boarded . The Rev . W . Turner , M . A ., Mathematical Tutor , resides in the College with his family , and undertakes the charge of the domestic establishment .
The terms for Lay Students are 100 guineas per annum , which sum defrays the expense of board and lodging , and every other charge connected with a residence in the College . Letters on the subject of this
Institution , may be addressed to George William Wood , Esq . j Treasurer , Manchester , or the Rev . William Turner , Visitor , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , by whom , or by any of the Deputy-Treasurers , subscriptions and donations arc received . JOSEPH STRUTT , President . MancJiester , November 22 , 1820 .
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Intelligence . —General Baptist Chapel at Cranbrooh , in Kent * 61
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General Baptist Chapel at Cranbrook , in Kent .
This Chapel was erected in 1808 . r t \\ c old one had for some time been found too small for the then increasing congregation , and had been left to the Baptists on condition of their not singing Psalms or Hymns in it at their public worship . This restraint and other inconveniences
produced a determination to erect a new place of worship . A subscription was begun , which soon amounted to 815 / ., to which was added a collection , from a few churches in the connexion , amounting to 108 £ . The new chapel ( to which there is a good bury ing-ground ) cost
upwards of 1940 / . Thus a debt of more than 1000 / . remained ; which , by the donations of liberal individuals , has been reduced to 700 / ., for which the place is mortgaged . Hitherto no application has been made to the Unitarian public ou behalf of the congregation at Cranbrook , nor would any be now made had not the circumstances of the congregation been
so changed as to render it absolutely necessary . At the time the debt was contracted , the raising 35 L per annum to pay the interest was not attended with any difficulty , as the congregation was large and respectable , and supplied by acceptable ministers who received no pecuniary remuneration for their services ; but the affairs of the Society have since taken an unfavourable turn . A number
of persons , among whom are its former ministers , having adopted the opinion that public prayer , singing and preaching are improper , and ought to be discontinued , have seceded ; which has placed the Society in new and highly disadvantageous circumstances . Though the majority have continued steadfast , they are left
embarrassed with a debt ; deserted by some whose pecuniary assistance it was just to expect , ( they having been a principal part of the original projectors of the chapel , ) as well as by those who had hitherto served them gratuitously as
ministers , and are under the necessity of raising an income for a new minister . With diminished numbers and resources , it seems hardly practicable to raise annually what is necessary to pay the interest of the debt , and make a competent provision for a minister . Thus situated ,
they feel themselves impelled to lay their case before their General Baptist and Unitarian brethren , which they request they may be permitted to do through the medium of the Monthly Repository , and they hope it will be thought worthy of attention and countenance . Cranbrook is a principal town in the Weald of Kent , and may be considered as a central situ-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1821, page 61, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2496/page/61/
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