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bridge, when under-graduate, by gaining Sir 

 William Browne's gold medal, in 1801 and 1802, 

 for the best Greek and Latin epigrams, and the 

 best Greek ode. He was the sixth Wrangler in 

 1803, and in the same year he gained the Bucha- 

 nan prize, for the best Greek ode on the Creation, 

 " TsverQu &us." In each of the two following years 

 he had the first prize awarded to him for the best 

 Latin essay ; and, in 1809, the Seatonian prize 

 was adjudged to him, for his poem on the "Con- 

 " quest of Canaan." In 1818 he commenced, 

 with the concurrence of the University, a course 

 of lectures on Political Economy, of which science 

 he was appointed professor in 1828, by a vote 

 of the senate. In addition to the prize poems 

 and essays already mentioned, the works of 

 Mr. Pryme consist of " A Letter to the Society 

 " for promoting Christian Knowledge," occa- 

 sioned by an attack made by Archdeacon Dau- 

 beny on Lancaster's system of education, pub- 

 lished anonymously in 1810; " An Ode to 

 " Trinity College," printed in 1813 ; the " Coun- 

 " ter Protest of a Layman, in reply to the Pro- 

 " test of Archdeacon Thomas against the forma- 

 " tion of an Association, at Bath, in aid of the 

 " Church Missionary Society/ 1 printed in 1818 ; 

 " A Letter to the Freemen and Inhabitants of 

 " the Town of Cambridge, on the State of the 

 "Borough/* dated in 1823; and "An Intro- 



