the rumour had reached me before, that his Majesty, with that urbanity which adorns him, and which accompanies him on all occasions, expressed himself in the liberal and conciliating manner which he did, and that he displayed the feelings which he doubtless cherishes, as to the obligations which his family owe to the Protestant Dissenters of this country. The next resolution you have passed states more fully, correctly, and, in my opinion, not in the least degree too broadly, the principles upon which we act. The third demonstrates, that you are not bound by any narrow prejudices to our own soil, but feel for the cause of religious liberty all over the world. (Applause.) A reverend gentleman who did me the honour of calling your attention to my name (Dr. Bogue) has said, that religious liberty cannot exist without civil liberty. May I observe, that, in my opinion, civil liberty cannot exist without religious liberty? They are inseparably connected, and that man, whoever he may be, who views with jealousy and suspicion the advance of religious liberty, is the first to infringe upon my civil freedom whenever an opportunity for that infringement shall arise. With respect to many of the topics which have been introduced, I can assure my friend near me, (Mr. Wilks,) that I have derived great instruction from his address; and I have felt an excitement and deep interest, from the cases he has mentioned to you. I confess I had no notion that such a variety of petty vexations were actually practised at the present moment; and to correct those abuses, as well as to promote liberal principles, I originally felt a great satisfaction at hearing of the formation of this Society; and I now feel a double satisfaction at having the honour to preside on its assembly. I agree with him, and was before aware that the cause of religious liberty, whatever we already have obtained, or whatever prospects we may have, requires constant union and vigilance. (Applause.) The gentleman who spoke last (Dr. Styles) has alluded to an event (the introduction of Lord Sidmouth's Bill) which must be recollected by all whom I address, because I believe a resistance to it originated this Society. He was pleased to suppose that the expressions I then used, and the conduct I pursued, contributed to prevent that bill from passing into a law. I opposed it, because in that bill was to be found this principle, that a man had not a right to preach the doctrines which he believed, without permission from others. I certainly used all my best endeavours to oppose that bill. But it was not to my exertions you should attribute suc cess. No! Gentlemen, I am too much used to the assembly in which I sit, to listen to such a conceit, that my poor exertions should have been the means of throwing out that bill. There were introduced upon that occasion auxiliaries, who were not obliged to take their oaths petitions, coach loads of petitions, were sent in on that occasion. We could hardly shake hands with our fellow Peers from the number of petitions that entered against that bill. Union and vigilance on that occasion occasioned your success. By them the sacred principle of religious liberty has been, and was then preserved. You owe even the preservation and increase of your liberty to the same: nor let your vigilance relax. Another gentleman (Rev. Mr. Berry) has alluded to a circumstance which occurred in Wiltshire. It in some degree followed the other occurrence. Perhaps the gentleman was one of them; I am sure my friend near me (the Rev. Mark Wilks) was one who came to me to express their thanks for the little effort I had made. I think the answer which I gave to those gentlemen on that occasion was this: "I feel very happy if I have in any way promoted or defended the cause of religious liberty; and I only hope, if any other class of the people should be placed in your situation, you will give me the same assistance you have received." (Loud applause.) When there was a clamour throughout the kingdom, originating unquestionably in political feelings, and when various counties were meeting to address the Throne, to intercept at the fountain of mercy and of justice the streams of liberality from flowing towards the claims of that class of Christians called Catholics, I went down to Wiltshire. The reception I met with there, if possible, increased my attachment to the Protestant Dissenters. They stood forward to a man as the supporters of the cause of religious liberty, though in favour of that sect which, from its nature, must be the least agreeable to them. For them, Gentlemen, and in my own name, I return my thanks. (Applause.) Gentlemen, these circumstances certainly have endeared to my mind the cause of Protestant Dissenters: but we are not met here merely as Protestant Dissenters; we are friends to the religious liberty of all men; we are friends of religious liberty in the church, and to religious liberty I trust in all churches; and I only regret that the principle in the statute books of this country is not directly and openly and manfully avowed. (Loud applause.) As long as the Test Act remains upon that book, so long I shall consider the principles of religious liberty not sufficiently acknowledged by our legislature. I do not mean to say, as is sometimes said in the ordinary affairs of life, but that half a loaf is better than no bread; I do not mean to quarrel with the Indemnity Acts we have; but let us be vigilant, let us avail ourselves of every opportunity to get more, to obtain a recognition of principle and an establishment of right. (Loud applause.) Religious liberty is that which is right in itself. It is said, I know, annually, that the Test Act is suspended; but what is that specious of liberty to a man who conscientiously thinks that by the force of decrees which are above all Parliaments, or the power of all kings, or more binding than any laws that can be enacted by human government, that he is bound, that he is conscientiously bound by these decrees to worship his Creator in a particular manner, and who thinks that he can convey and communicate to his fellow-creatures the best way, and point out the most excellent road to eternal salvation? What species of liberty do they give him? He stands, to allude to the old fable, with fine dishes and the richest viands set before him, but the sword which hangs suspended over his head makes this gift of religious liberty nauseate upon his palate. (Hear, hear.) Therefore I maintain the religious liberty for which we contend is that which you have heard so ably alluded to this day, and which, in the resolution recommending the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, you properly assert. In the course of the addresses that have been made to you, Locke has been mentioned. I will conclude my observations by a reference to what he states on the subject of toleration. "It is not," (he says,) "for declaration of indulgence, it is not for schemes of comparison, such as have been practised, or are practised amongst us, that we contend; for the one would only palliate, the other would increase the evil; it is absolute liberty, just and true liberty, impartial and equal liberty, which can alone remove the evils under which we stand." I hope, therefore, according to my best, though little ability, and though a Churchman, I am contending for that liberty which Locke also as a Churchman contended for, and for which a Tillotson and a Hoadley, a Watson, a Bathurst, men who have had mitres on their heads, have not hesitated to contend. Yet I must acknowledge, that I find more of this principle of religious liberty in the breasts of Protestant Dissenters, than in any established church or sect whatever. (Applause.) I fear your attention has been already exhausted; I have to apologize to you for saying so much upon the present occasion. I can assure you that I have not been able to communicate my feelings of gratitude to those individuals who have expressed themselves so kindly with respect to myself; and I shall always consider the circumstance of attending this meeting to-day as one of the most gratifying in my life. His Lordship thus concluded, and the Meeting was dissolved, as he retired amidst long, loud and enthusiastic applause. IN consequence of a late severe indisposition Mr. BUTCHER has been obliged to give up his office, as minister of the Unitarian Dissenters at Sidmouth, in Devonshire. He is succeeded by Mr. YEATES, late of Tiverton. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications have been received from Mrs. Cappe and Mrs. Mary Hughes; from Dr. J. Evans, and Messrs. Henry Turner; T. Howe; G. F. Bromhead; David Davis; and Charles Porteus: also from L. L. J.; Hylas; Juvenis; Philographus ; J. M.; A Dissenter; G. M. D.; Ebion; R. F.; Q.; Philalethes; and Brevis. Owing to the Editor's having been obliged to arrange the present Number some weeks ago, the Obituary and various other Articles communicated for immediate insertion are necessarily omitted. In the next Number will be inserted the Petition of the Deputies to Parliament, for the Repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts. The following is the substance of a note from Mr. Wellbeloved relating to his edition of the Bible, in reply to a Subscriber (p. 404): "That he has not been unmindful of the promise given at the end of the Advertisement prefixed to the Book of Genesis, that the remaining books of the Pentateuch shall be published with all the expedition which is consistent with the nature of the work and the other occupations of the Editor;' that so long as life and health are granted to him, he is resolved to proceed with his design; that the Second Part is going through the press, and will, he trusts, shortly appear.” THE Monthly Repository. No. CLXXVII.] SEPTEMBER, 1820. Vol. XV.] Account of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [From the New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery, April, 1816.] ARVARD University is the most by periodical assessments on the mem Hent and best endowed of any scientific institution in the United States. It has flourished without interruption for nearly two centuries, during which time it has gradually gathered strength from the patronage of government, the munificence of individuals, and the uniform respectability of its character and administration. It has been enabled to hold out extensive means of affording instruction, and to exact higher qualifications from its students, than any other American seminary. The number of its students, which within a few years has been augmented about one-third; the requisites for admission and the course of studies, which have been greatly elevated during the same period; the late repeated endowments from public and private liberality; the increased number of offices and departments of instruction; the erection within a short time of four extensive and commodious additional edifices; the important acquisitions of books, apparatus, and specimens relating to the physical sciences; are circumstances sufficient to shew the prosperity and flourishing state of this institution. Harvard University derives its name from the Rev. JOHN HARVARD, its earliest benefactor, who in 1638 bequeathed half his estate, amounting to nearly £800 sterling, for the endow ment of the College. The names of the subsequent benefactors of the institution are attached to the professorships, buildings, or other fruits which have resulted from their munificence. Professorships, Foundations, &c. college. The Hollis Professorship of Divinity, was founded by Thomas Hollis, Esq., of London, by donation, in 1722. The professor gives lectures, and attends exercises of the students. Hollis Professorship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, by the same gentleman in 1726. The professor has charge of the philosophical and astronomical apparatus, and gives lectures and exercises. * Hancock Professorship of Hebrew and the Oriental Languages, established by the Hon. Thomas Hancock, of Boston, by will, in 1764. Lectures and exercises by the professor. Boylston Professorship of Rhetoric and Oratory, founded by Nicholas Boylston, Esq., of Boston, by will, in 1772. The professor inspects the compositions of the students and attends their public declamations. Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History, established by subscribers to a fund in Boston and elsewhere in 1805. The professor resides at the Botanic garden, and gives lectures to the students. Hersey Professorship of Anatomy and Surgery, founded by Dr. Ezekiel Hersey, of Hingham, and others, in 1783. The professor has charge of the Anatomical Museum and gives lectures in Cambridge to the students, and in Boston to the Medical class. Hersey Professorship of the Theory and Practice of Physic, by Dr. Hersey and others, in 1783. Lectures given in Cambridge to the students, and in Boston to the Medical Class. Erving Professorship of Chemistry and Mineralogy, by William Erving, Esq., of Boston, and others, in 1783. * In exercises or private lectures a professor examines the class in a classic or text book, giving such illustrations as he sees fit. The professors have charge of the La boratory and Mineralogical Cabinet and give lectures in Cambridge and Boston. Royall Professorship of Law, by Hon. Isaac Royall, of Medford, in 1773. The professor gives lectures in Cambridge to the senior class and graduates. College Professorship of Metaphysics and Ethics, partly on an annuity from West Boston bridge by act of the Commonwealth in 1810. The professor gives exercises and superintends the forensic disputations. College Professorship of the Greek Language, by College law 1811. Exercises by the professor. College Professorship of the Latin Language, by College law 1811. Exercises by the professor. A Professorship of Greek Litera ture, by a donation from an unknown individual in Boston, in 1815. The present professor is on his travels in Europe and Modern Greece. Smith Professorship of the French and Spanish Languages, by Abiel Smith, Esq., of Boston, by will, in 1815. Professor not yet appointed. Lectureship of Materia Medica and Botany, established 1815. Lectures given in Boston to the Medical Class. Lectureship of Midwifery, established 1815. Lectures given in Boston to the Medical Class. The Professor of Law and the Me dical Professors and Lecturers reside in Boston. The rest of the officers at Cambridge. For the remaining departments of instruction and government, see the list of officers. There are various other funds devoted to specific purposes, some of which are suffered to accumulate until sufficient for the proposed object; the interest of others is annually appropriated agreeably to the intentions of the donors. These are, Dexter Fund. The late Hon. Samuel Dexter bequeathed 5000 dollars, to promote the critical knowledge of the Scriptures. Alford Fund. By the executors of the will of the late Hon. John Alford, of Charlestown, to establish a professorship of Moral Philosophy when sufficient. A Township of Land. By Samuel Parkman, Esq., of Boston, towards endowing a professorship of Christian Theology, to have special charge of the resident graduates. Bowdoin Premiums. Not less than 100 dollars per annum, by the late Governor Bowdoin, given in four premiums, or more, to members of the college, authors of the best dissertations on subjects annually proposed by the corporation. Boylston Premiums. Of these an account is given under the Medical department. Endowments for the support and assistance of students. The Hopkins Fund, by Edward Hopkins, Esq., of Great Britain, together with legacies of Mr. Pennoyer and Mrs. Saltonstall, give about 1000 dollars per annum, to be divided among ten resident graduates, students in divinity. Mr. Hopkins' legacy also provides 70 dollars per annum to be distributed in books to meritorious students. Exhibitions, or gifts provided for by Lieut.-Gov. Stoughton, Rev. W. Brattle and others, amount annually to about 750 dollars. Of the late liberal donation of the State of 10,000 dollars per annum for ten years, one quarter is devoted for assisting the education of meritorious students, a part being annually distributed; the rest funded. Thirty students save the expense of board by services rendered in the hall. Requisites for Admission and Course of Studies. Candidates for admission into the University are now required to be well versed in the whole of Arithmetic, in Ancient and Modern Geography, in the grammar and prosody of the Latin and Greek languages, to be able to translate English into Latin, and to construe and parse any portion of the following books, viz. Dalzel's Collectanea, Græca Minora, the Greek Testament, Virgil, Sallust, and Cicero's Select Orations: also to produce a certificate of their correct moral character, and to give bonds in the sum of four hundred dollars for the payment of their quarter bills. The time of residence at the University, except for those who enter at an advanced standing, is four years; during which time they study the Greek and Latin Classics, the French or the Hebrew language, the English language, Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres, History and Antiquities, Logic, Metaphysics, Moral and Political Philosophy, Theology, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry and the higher branches of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Astronomy and Chemistry.-Exercises or recitations in all these branches are given by the instructors, and a punctual attendance on them required by law. Written themes upon subjects given out by the Professor of Rhetoric, public declamations, and forensic disputations are also regularly required. Public lectures are given by the pro. fessors, either to the whole college, or to the upper classes only, according to the nature of their subjects. These are upon Rhetoric and Oratory, on Philology, on the Oriental languages, on Natural Philosophy and Astronomy, on Divinity, on Sacred Criticism, on Zoology, on Botany, on Chemistry and Mineralogy, on Anatomy and Surgery, on Medicine, and on Law. The students have regular hours of study and of recreation. Gymnastic exercises are authorized, and a military corps is kept up in the two upper classes, the members of which become perfect in the manual exercise. An attendance is also permitted on such teachers of polite accomplishments as are approved by the college govern ment. Exhibitions. Public exhibitions take place three times a-year, and consist of performances by such members of the two upper classes as are selected for their merits, by the government. They are delivered in the college chapel, in presence of such citizens and strangers as may attend. Commencement. This anniversary takes place on the last Wednesday in August. At this time the degrees are conferred, and public performances delivered by the Bachelors and Masters of Arts. These exercises are attended by the Supreme Executive and other officers of the Commonwealth, by citizens and strangers of distinction, and by a numerous and fashionable audience. A custom of ancient date has rendered this anniversary a day of parade and festivity both in Cambridge and Boston. Number of Students. The whole number of graduates at the College since its foundation is 4509. The present members, exclusive of the Medical Class in Boston, are as follow:- Seniors, 57; Juniors, 66: Sophomores, 91; Freshmen, 65; Resident Graduates, 19. Of these a certain portion resort here from a considerable distance, and among them may be observed the names of many of the most distinguished families in the southern states. Present Officers of the University. Rev. John Thornton Kirkland, D.D., LL. D., President; Aaron Dexter, M.D., Professor of Chemistry; William D. Peck, A. M., Professor of Natural History; Rev. Henry Ware, D.D., Professor of Theology; Hon. Isaac Parker, LL. D., Professor of Law; Levi Hedge, A. M., Professor of Logic, Metaphysics and Ethics; Rev. John S. Popkin, D. D., Professor of the Greek Language; Rev. Joseph McKean, LL.D., Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory; James Jackson, M. D., Professor of Theory and Practice of Physic; John C. Warren, M. D., Professor of Anatomy and Surgery; Sidney Willard, A. M., Professor of the Oriental Languages; John Gorham, M.D., Adjunct Professor of Chemistry; Levi Frisbie, A. M., Professor of the Latin Language; John Farrar, A. M., Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy; Andrews Norton, A. M., Lecturer on Sacred Criticism and Librarian; Jacob Bigelow, M. D., Lecturer on Materia Medica and Botany; Walter Channing, M. D., Lecturer on Midwifery; Rev. Edward Everett, A. M., Professor of Greek Literature; Joseph G. Kendall, A. M., Registrar and Tutor of Geometry and Natural Philosophy; Allston Gibbs, A. M., Tutor of Geometry and Natural Philosophy; Jonathan M. Wainwright, A. M., Instructor of Rhetoric and Oratory; John Brazer, A. B., Tutor of the Latin Language; Francis Jackson, A. M., Proctor; Samuel Gilman, A. M., Proctor; Henry Ware, A. M., Assistant Librarian; Charles Folsom, A. B., Regent; Thomas Savage, A. B., Proctor; James Walker, A.B., Proctor; Nicholas Faucon, French Instructor. Of the College Buildings. |