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stead of aft annuity of 36 ( H . for which he had originally subscribed . On the projected arrangement of the Nabob of Arcott ' s affairs , he pnt in his claims , and , after references to the competent authorities in the East Indies , there was an
award in his favour to the amount of many thousand pounds * He disposed of a considerable part of that property , securing himself an annuity of six hundred pounds , on which he lived sparingly himself but with it&euaAity to his friends ,
riving periodical dinners , and , latterly , concerts every evening to his friends , and all whom they thougfat proper to introduce to him . His doctrines were founded wholly on Materialism , but he always in culcated philanthropy and moral duty . He entitled the first work that lie
published in this country , * ' Travels to discover the Polarity of Moral Truth" He was an enemy to the infliction of pain of every kind , and a zealous friend to universal benevolence . When he first returned to this country , he appeared in Armenian attire , and attracted notice by a long beard ; and when he assumed the European dress , he affected singularity ,
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Report of Manchester College , York The Committee of Manchester College feel it their pleasing duty to commence their Annual Report , with acknowledging the very liberal additions which have been made , during the past year , to the Funds of the Institution . Beside an increase in
the amount of Subscriptions ^ the Treasurer ^ statement will shew , that the Congregational Collection have , produced a larger sum than in , a $ y former ye ^ r , and that the legacies ani $ benefactions which have been receivetf ^ have also exceeded the usual average . With the expression of their grateful
respect to the societies and individuals , who have enabled them to make . so favourable a Report , ft is natural to connect a hope , that this Increase of prosperity ™ 3 T be attributed to a cause , the best fitted to secure it still farther increase ; a growing conviction that the Institution ls competent to tlje objects which it pro-! e 88 es > and deserving of the support which 11 claims .
Hat * Committee have the satisfaction ° * knowing , that such a conviction has repeatedl y been the result of an attenance at the Annual Examinations ; and " > ey believe that it was not likely to be weakened by the proofs exhibited at the
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not from vmiijr * hut to excite attention to has person , as it might leatl to an i& *» quiry into his doctrines ; which he ccmeii dered as of the utmost importance' 1 & sensitive matter in the hunnan shape , or in any other form . He was generally considered an Atheist ; font , if that was
the fact , he concealed his opinions of latfc years , and , devoting his Sunday-evening concerts wholly to sacred music , it was evident that he did not wish to shock the feelings of those who differed from him ia religious principles . He was universally known in all part * of the civilized world , which he had visited in turn , always m
walking , never entering a carriage except in case of absolute necessity . His journies would have been highly interesting if he had published an account of them , but he disdained the usual pursuits of travellers , constantly answering inquiries as to the manners , customs , &c , of the various countries which he visited , by stating that his were travels of the mind , in order to ascertain and develope the posterity of moral truth .
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lasf , of ability on the part of the Tutors , well seconded by the diligence of the Students . They feel also a just and a proud confidence , in being already able to reckon among the ministers who have been educated at York , no small number of living arguments , that the debt of the Institution to the public has not been aH unpaid .
Hut the Compiittee wish not to forget the advantage ^ vv hjch the same Instituti provides , for the education of layst ^ ettt&L ^ ^ or jdtj > . they forget the proofs of those adv&nUigOd . ^ jii the honourable principjesj an ( J moral as yvell as intellectual respectability , <) f n ^ a ti y who hav e exchanged the peaceful and protecting . seclusion of the College , for the business
and temptation * of active life . Iney remember and rejoice in the examples of those who , from the bosom of the Inatitutkm , have carried with them the&&rfc of its studies and its discipline , to di ^ iify their pccupation and adorn their leimtre . Of one , who ranked among Us earliest pupils , and who was afterwards its able and zealous friend , and for many years
its active secretary , it may be permitted to them , while they deplore the untimely event which leaves them the permission , to speak with more direct allusion . Nor will it be denied by those who knew the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1822, page 249, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2511/page/57/
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