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    ject which it may be well to consider . Will not the proposed regulations tend to exclude also many of the sons of Churchmen ? Can anyone suppose , that the having to go out in a cold winter ' s morning , and walk a mile , perhaps , to prayers , and then return home to breakfast , will not be felt as a grievous task ?

    And why should a young man submit to it , or why should his friends urge him to do so , when equal , possibly greater , advantages , as to learning and science , may be obtained in another place , without so burthensome a condition ? Then , is it likely to promote his spiritual welfare ? Far from it , in my opinion : it seems more likely to produce a distaste for religion altogether .

    The Churchmen who have framed these regulations , so much in accordance with the practices observed at Oxford and Cambridge , appear not to have considered sufficiently the difference of circumstances . The rules established at those ancient Universities were never intended for non-resident students . Moreover , the

    King ' s College has not , like them , scholarships , degrees , fellowships , and church livings to bestow . It has nothing to hold out to students but learning and science , and these , as I have before observed , may be had more conveniently at a neighbouring institution . In fact , the regulations in question hold out a premium in favour of the London University .

    Upon the whole , I am of opiuion with the Reviewer before mentioned , that if this plan be adhered to , the instructions of the King's College will be chiefly confined to those resident within its walls . There will , 1 think , be few non-resident students . Some auditors of the lectures there may be among men of leisure , having a taste for literature or science , who may attend them by way of amusement ,

    or with a view to improvement . But much cannot he expected from this source when the novelty of the thing is gone by . If these anticipations be just , it may be questioned whether the number of students will be sufficient to remunerate able Professors in the various branches of learning and science which are essential to a complete education . The funds of the College can do little j the instructors must depend for adequate remuneration

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    principally on the fees of their pupils . And is it not likely that the London University will have a decided advautage in this respect , and that the best instruction will be found where it is the best paid ? An interesting experiment is going to be tried . Here are two Institutions , one evidently intended to support a system ,

    the other having no object in view but the furtherance of learning and science in general ; one , upon the old exclusive plan ; the other , opeu to all without distinction . In a few years , perhaps , it will be seen which is the best adapted to promote the improvement and welfare of mankind . F .

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    Catholic Question . To the Editor . Sir , Allow me to suggest to Dissenters in cities and populous towus a mode of assisting the great cause of religious liberty , as now identified with the Catholic Question , which appears to me to be much more efficient than that of forwarding small congregational petitions .

    In all such places , let a few active persons endeavour to form a union with leading Dissenters of different denominations agreeing on this point , and let one petition be prepared purporting to > be that of " the undersigned , being Protestant Dissenters , residing in the city [ or town , or even county ] of B . " Let it place the question on its broadest basis , iu short but comprehensive terms , and there can be no doubt that in almost

    every case such petitions would , with a little activity , be signed by many hundreds , I hope sometimes thousands , of Dissenters of all denominations . I am satisfied that the way I have pointed out is a most effectual and feasible plan ; and that Unitarian Dissenters ,

    by actively organizing such demonstrations of united opinion , will do a great deal of good , and will direct in support of their object a hundred-fold more power than they could accomplish by merely sending up petitions from their individual societies . AN UNITARIAN .

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    130 Miscellaneous Correspondence .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1829, page 130, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2569/page/58/