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iteat Manchester , Peter Marthieaa * Esq . of Sfr . Alban % \ Daniel Gaskelt , Esq- of Lupsett , near Wakeneld , Abraham Cromp * ton , Esq . of Lane Villa , near Lancaster , the Rev . John Yates , of Toxteth Park , near Liver pool , add the Rev . John Kentish , of the Woodlands , near Birmingham ,
Vice-President ; George WHftam Wood , Esq . of Platt , Treasurer ; Thomas Robinson , Esq . of Manchester , Chairman of the Committee ; Mr . Samuel D . DarbishSre and the Rev . John James Tayler , of Manchester , Secretaries ; and Mr . Samuel Kay and Mr . Joseph Mason , Auditors . The office of Visitor continues to
bt filled by the Rev . William Turner , of Newcastle ; and the trustees have much pleasure in slating , that the Rev . Lant Carpenter , LL . D . of Bristol , has accepted the office of Assistant Visitor for the
current year . The Rev . Joseph Hutton , B . A . of Leeds , and the Rev . John Gooch Robbards , Were appointed Public Examinees , with a request , to which they have subsequently acceded , that Mr . Hutton should attend the Easter and Mr .
Robberds the Christmas examination . The Committee of the last year was re-elected , with the exception of the Rev . William Johns , Mr . Robert Philips , Jun ., and Mr . James Potter , who are succeeded by Mr . John Touchefc , Mr . Robert H . Gregg , the Rev . J . J . Tayler , all of Manchester , and the Hev . Arthur Dean , of Stand .
The Deputy Treasurers were also reelected , wth the exception of Alf » ed EstKn , Esq . of Bristol , who has resigned his offiee . He is -succeeded by the Rev * Dr . Carpenter : and Thomas Eyre Lee , Esq . of Birmingham , and the Rev . George B . Wawne , of Bridport , are appointed Deputy Treasurers for their respective places of residence .
The divinity students in the College during the past session were fifteen in number , all on the foundation . Of these , Mr . Edmund Ttell has completed his course , and entered upon the duties of his profession as a Protestant Dissenting Minister , —and Mr . John Smale , the trustees regret to state , has been under the
necessity of retiring from the College in consequence of ill health . Of the several candidates for admission on the foundation , three have been received into the College on probation , viz . Mr . Edward Talbot , son of Mr . John Talbot , of
Leeds ; Mr . Robert Brook Aspland , M . A . of the University of Glasgow , son of the Rev , Robert Aspland , of Hackney ; and Mr , JobuStowe of Birmingham ; making the « pr 4 gent number of students on the foundation sixteen . Mr , *~—^ - JMartaneau
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son of - — Manineau , £ s $ i of Norwich , entered the College at the c&mtiieiiee&fetar of the present session * a » a studeiHiffafi the ministry on his own foundatieii ^ iisiA Mr . Arthur Tozerdomt , soa < d tire R&& Thomas Cloutt , of London , has been sub ^ sequently admitted on the foundation of
the Hackney Education Fund , procured for him on the . recommendation 4 > i the Hev . Thomas Belsham . Applications for admission for the session commencing In September 1823 , accompanied by the requisite testimonials , should be addressed to the Secretaries before the 1 st of May next .
The Treasurer ' s report of the state of the funds was , on the whole , a satisfsuv tory one . The difference between tfee discontinued and new subscriptions during the last year was stated to be 18 * . 6 d * in favour of the College . The
congregational ^ collections during the same period have produced 109 / . 6 s . 8 d . y and the benefactions , including 24 / . Ss . from Fellowship Funds , amount to the sum of 123 / . 18 . ? , On the general statement of Hie accounts there appears Xo be a . ha ^ lance due to the treasurer of 11 ?/ . 9 s . 10 < tf .
At tbis meeting , a series of resolutions was passed , in reference to the perma * nent fund , which had been previously a snbject of consideration with the Com * mittee , and . had been by them , strongly recommended to the adoption of the
truste . es . These resolutions , which are given at length below , the trustees consider very important * and . they are iu ^ duced to believe that they will contribute much to the permanence and welfare of the College . Resolved unanimously ,
That a large proportion of the pro perty of the College consists of buildings which are subject to a gradual decrease of value , and that the existing practice of making a regular deduction of 2 £ per cent , per annum from the current esti *
mated value of the buildings in Manchester , and a regular deduction of T § per cent , per annufla from th 6 current estimated value of the buildings in York * is judicious and proper , and ought to be continued .
That it ia highly important to the per- * inanent prosperity of the College , that the money yalue of its property should be maintained at its present amoirat > independent of such future additions-aft the generosity of its friends ^ or am ^ other cause , may enable the trustees U > make thereto .
That it is the opinion , of this meeting , that an addition should be annually made to the permanent fiuuh out of Jhe current
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InteUigence ~^ M * n <^* tt CbtttgVyYorh . 273 J
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1822, page 773, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2519/page/53/
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