42 Confiituttons and Reports of the 



It may not be improper to mention y that the Jcheme 

 here propojed has been carried into execution with 

 (onfiderahle fuccefs. During the two laft winterSy 

 i.£CTUREs have been delivered, in different 

 BRANCHES OF SCIENCE, to numbers of Gentlemeny 

 who have thus given the moft refpe£lahle fanclion to 

 the undertaking. And it may be added, that the 

 Gentlemen engaged in the cjfxe of pr^- lectors, 

 animated with the encouragement they have already 

 received, hope to pufue their important clje^ with 

 vigour and perfevcrance, rot doubting but that they 

 foall continue to enjoy the patronage and fupport ef 

 the friends of fcience and of virtue, 



Ji it is deflrable that SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS /hould 

 he formed in OTHER large towns, it will not probably 

 be amifs to fubjoin the f IRST REPORT of this inftitutiorif 

 printed 1783. 



COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, 



INSTITUTED AT MANCHESTER, JUNE 6, 1783. 



THIS INSTITUTION is intended to provide a courfe 

 of LIBERAL INSTRUCTION, Compatible with the engage- 

 ments of commercial life, favourable to all its higher irj- 

 terefts, and, at the fame time, preparatory to the fyftematic 

 iludies of the university. To unite fhilofophy with artt 

 the moral and intelleftual culture of the tnind, with the 

 purfuits q{ fortune, and to fuperadd the nobleft powers of 

 enjoyment to the acqaifition of wealth, are the great 

 ©bjefts which it profeffes to hold in view. The confiltency 

 of thefe objefls has been fully afcertained ; and their im- 

 poitance cannot be doubted. It only remains, therefore, 



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