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    INTELLIGENCE.

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    Intelligence.

    INTELLIGENCE .

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    Manchester College , York—Annual Examination , 1831 . On Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday , the 28 th , 29 th , and 30 th , of June , was held the Annual Examination of the Students in this College , before Daniel Gaskell , Esq ., President ; G . W . Wood , Esq ., Treasurer ; Messrs . Bell , Hart ,

    Moat , Philips , Sanderson , and While ; and the Rev . Messrs . Crawford , of Leeds ; Gaskell , of Manchester ; Hincks , of Belfast ; Hort , of Gorton ( Assistant Secretary ) ; Johnson , of Wakefield ; G . Keurick , of Hampstead ; G . Lee , of Hull ; G . Lee , Jun ., of Lancaster ; W . Turner , of Newcastle ( Visitor ); and W . Turner , Jun ., of Halifax .

    Tuesday morning was a severe examination of the Students in the first and second years , by written exercises and translations , and answers to questions proposed , in regard to the Greek and Latin Classics , in order to the determination of Mr . Philips * Prizes offered to those classes . This examination lasted , without interruption , upwards of five hours . In the eveniug the junior and second Mathematical , and the junior aud second Hebrew classes were examined .

    Wednesday commenced with an examination of three hours , in writing , of the senior Mathematical class ; after which Orations were delivered by Mr . Wood ou the ** Effect of Commerce in promoting the Civilization of Mankind , and by Mr . Rowntree on Modern History . Examinations then proceeded

    ( viva voce ) of the senior Hebrew class , ou Mental Philosophy , Ancient History , and of the junior Greek and Latin classes . Orations were then delivered , by Mr . Porter , on the " Causes of the Success of Mahometiem ; " and by Mr . Colstou on Suicide . In the evening , an examination , in writing , of two hours , on the Belles Lettres .

    Thursday , examinations , in writing r for three hours , on the Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion ( 3 rd year's Students ) , on the Theology of the Old Testament ( 4 th year ' s ditto ) , on the Theology of the New Testament ( 5 th year ) . These examinations , being in writing , could all , without interruption , be conducted together , and during the same length of time . Orations were

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    then delivered , by Mr . Commius , on the " Relation of Cause and Effect ; " and by Mr . Baker on the " Nature and Extent of the Religious Knowledge to be obtained from the Jewish Scriptures . " The examinations were then renewed ( vwd voce ) of the senior Greek and Latin classes , on Political Economy , aud on Modern History . The Students then gave specimens ( in general highly creditable ) of the success which had attended Mr . Robberds' late endeavours to train

    them to a just , deliberate , and forcible elocution ; and Orations were delivered , by Mr . Maurice , on the " Origin and Design of the Jewish Sacrifices ; " and by Mr . Heaviside on the question , ** How long the Power of working Miracles continued in the Christian Church ?"

    The prizes were then distributed—the first for Diligence , Regularity , and Proficiency , to Mr . William Rayner Wood , a Lay-Student in his second year ; the second conjointly to Mr . Henry Higginson and Mr . Charles William Robberdsy Divinity-Students in their second yeaiv whose merits appeared to their Tutors so * nearly equal , as not to allow of a

    distinction in rank : the third , to Mr . John Lampray , a Divinity-Student in his first year . Mr . Philips' Classical Prizes to Mr . H . Higginson , in the second year , to Mr . J . Lampray , in the first . The Mathematical Prizes , by " A Friend to the College , " to Mr . C . W . Robberds , in the second year , to Mr . Lampray , in the first . The Prize of Books , value Five Guineas , offered by Euelpis , for the best Translation into Greek Prose , was competed for

    by four , but was awarded to a Translation bearing mottos corresponding with a letter , which being opened , declared the translation to have been performed , without assistance , by Mr . C . W . Robberds . The prize for the best-delivered Oration was adjudged to Mr . Maurice ; and a present of Books , value Three Guineas , was voted by the Trustees to Mr . Heaviside , now leaving the College , as a testimony to his merit , and of their good wishes .

    The Visitor , in addressing the Students , after congratulating them on the cordial testimony of their Tutors to their good conduct during the whole of the Session , proceeded to offer some remarks on . the advantage , and indeed necessity , to a

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1831, page 567, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2600/page/63/