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INTELLIGENCE.
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DOMESTIC . RELIGIOUS . Manchester Collegey York . On Sunday morning , June 25 , the business of the Examination-week in this
College commenced with a Sermon on Titus ii , 15 , by the Rev . William Shepherd , which it is understood that the &ble preacher } iaa consented shall be printed at the expense of the Trustees . On Monday afternoon , the three Hebrew
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Classes passed through a long and careful vivCt voce examination . On Tuesday , the three Mathematical Classes were examined in writing during three hour 3 * after which Orations were delivered by Mr . Marslamd on the question , " Whether Commerce and Manufactures are unfavourable to Virtue ? " aud by Mr .
Philipps on Phrenology . The Jyw ° r Greek and the Logic Classes were then examined , and Orations weie delivered by Mr . Davis , on Capital Fuatehtnents i and by Mr . Paget , on tbeChiff ifiof 'tfce
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July 1 , at Newcastle , aged 27 , Mr . Robert Richard Rankin , solicitor , and one of the coroners of that town and county ; a young man of extraordinary talents and acquirements , and of such well-established religious principles and
moral habits as promised to render him a bright ornament to society iu the next generation . It has pfeased Providence to order otherwise , and it is the duty of his friends to submit . Having been appointed one of the Deputy Sheriffs for taking the poll in the late severe contest for Northumberland , the anxiety of his mind to
conduct himselt with propriety , the agitation of the whole scene , so contrary to his views and habits , and the Intense heat of the weather , aggravated some probable previous indisposition into a severe tiervoas fever , which carried him off , to the great regret and sorrow of a numerous circle of friendsi
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Lately , at Mareham-le-Fen , near Horncastle , Lincolnshire , after a severe and lingering illness , Mr , James Roberts , aged 74 years . In 1768 aud the three following years , this gentleman accompa * nied Sir Joseph Banks in the first voyage
of Captain Cook round the world , and in 1772 , he again accompanied Sir Joseph in his voyage to Iceland . In 1795 , he retired to Mareham House , where he spent the remainder of his days in the society of his friends . Mr . Roberts was , we believe , the last survivor of those vtfho accompanied Captain Cook iu his first voyage .
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430 InteWgeyicz . —Manchester College , York .
Intelligence.
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^ he set himself with great alacrity to promote schemes for the religious instruction of the young ; aud for this purpose not only encouraged Sunday-schools , hut formed classes of young people connected with his congregation , for whose use he drew up a short Catechism , on a plan
H — — — —^ " ^ f ^ - " •¦ *^ ¦ w % ¦* * &j » * - ~ m »• * - « ^ m » ^* ^/ * \ j v jla a +-M . v * June 25 , at Bollon , aged 60 , the Rev . John olland , thirty-five years minister of Bank-Street Chapel , having succeeded his uncle , Philip Holland , in 1789 . Naturally of a warm and ardent mind .
somewhat new , the questions being first printed by themselves , and then the answers ; that the children might be encouraged to give their own answers as often as they could , and only to refer to the printed answers when at a loss . On the same principle he also printed a large collection of Historical and Practical
Questions on the Old and New Testament , with references to the texts for answers : hut before that time he had joined with his brother , Mr . Thomas Holland , of Manchester , in compiling a pretty little volume , entitled Exercises for the Memory and Understanding , with a copious Appendix of Questions , without
Answers , on Mrs . Barbauld's Lessons and Hymns , on the Calendar of Nature , and the Evenings at Home , the first specimens , it is believed , of the Interrogative System , aud certainly before any books were printed by one who has since So confidently claimed it . About the
same time three sermons were printed at Newcastle , under the title of Thoughts on Truth , on Prejudice , and on Sincerity . His subsequent publications were , enlarged editions of the Exercises , &c . ; Definitions and Principles , intended to introduce something more of knowledge and practice into the copies prepared for
writing-schools ; a System of Ancient ( including Scriptural ) and Modern Geography , Essays on Ancient History , with Questions for Examination ; aud it is believed , that a series of Essays on Modern History , on the same plan , were
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soirie time ago prepared for the p * fcss During the last two or three years his faculties have appeared to lie under a cloud ; which , however , a short time before his death gave signs of dispersing and he died in a comfortable and happy state of mind , to the great satisfaction of his friends .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1826, page 430, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2550/page/50/
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