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the labour of diffipated fpendthrift work- 
men in manufactures, who ply hard till 
they earn their wages, and then run im- 
patiently to fpend them; and of thofe 
more fober and diligent, although, per- 
haps, lets vigorous labourers, whofe time 
is not in the fame manner divided, between 
rior and excelflive toil. For the fame end, 
it would be of confequence to obtain an 
authentic ftatement of any facts refpeét- 
ing the comparative length of the lives of 
thefe two different claffes of labourers, and 
concerning the difference in the reprodudtive 
nfefuine|s of ther réfpediive wages, arifing 
from the difivences in the manner in which 
they are laid out., 
‘If; in confequence of an ample invetti- 
gation of thefe, and other kindred faéts, 
it {hail appear that GOOD MORALS are 
eminently favourable to the zmreafe of a 
NATION'S WEALTH, this will afford 
a new and powerful motive, to induce 
fiatefmen, patriots, and all the members 
of the community, to make the PUBLIC 
MORALS a Capital objeét of their care ; 
nt mercly for the fake of virtue, order, 
thappinefs; but to promote what they may 
think ef much mere value, the means of 
{piendour, luxury, and taxation. 
The publication in your valuable Ma- 
gazine, of any pointed and accurate infor- 
mation you can obtain upon this fubject, 
will fingularly oblige, fir, your conftant 
reader, and very humble fervant, 
Glafgow, Fuly, 1797, T.N. 

Jo tbe Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
_ SIR, 
i my letter concerning the author of 
the * Vindication of Natural Society,” 
printed in your Magazine for July, there 
are two typographical errors; the fol- 
lowing correction of which, I fhall be 
obliged to you to infert in your next 
Number : 
Firft, in the account of the title-page, 
it is printed “ by the late noble writer,”’ 
&c. 1% fhould. be ‘‘a late,” &c.—The 
other erratum very materially affects the 
fenfe. I find it printed about the mid- 
dle of the page, ‘‘It isa fufficient an- 
fwer,” &c. this ought to be, ‘is it,” 
&c. making the fentence interrogative. 
I perceive, in the account you have 
given of Mr. Barke, that the piece in 
queftion was written by that illuftrious 
orator: but you know Veritas is more 
to be refpeéted than Plato himfelf, and 
I cannot as yet fee any reafon for chang- 
ing my Opinion concerning the defign of 
the above Jetter. Your's, 8c. 
Aug. Ty F797 PHILALETHE§, 
Correttion of Errata....Report of Manchefter Academy. 
105 
For the Monthly Magazine: 
rT HE Editor will much oblige a confi- 
derable number of the fubfcribers te 
his excellent periodical Mifcellany, by in- 
ferting in it the annexed Report of the 
Academical Inftitution, or New College, 
at Manchefter. 
ACADEMICAL INSTITUTION, 
OR NEW COLLEGE, AT MANCHESTER. 
AUGUST 9TH, 1797. 
IN the year 1786, feveral gendemen of 
great refpeClability, who lamented the dif- 
folution of the ACADEMY at WARRING= 
TON, were folicitous to eftablifh in this 
part of England, another SEMINARY OF 
EDUCATION, on the- fame liberal and 
comprehenfive plan; which might pro- 
vide a complete and fyftematic courfe of 
ftudies for the facred MWiniftry amonegft 
Diffenters, and be at the fame time open 
to young men deftined for other occupa- 
tions or profeffions, without diftin€iion of 
party, or of religious denomination, and 
-extmpt fromm every political teft, and doc- 
trinal fubfcription. On the propofal of 
tis {cheme to an enlightened public, it 
was honoured with a prompt and benef- 
cent patronage, proceeding from a jutt 
conviction of the high importance to the 
general interefts of learning, morality, and 
religion. Many of the Truftees of the 
W ARRINGTON ACADEMY adopted the 
undertaking, as a revival of that excel- 
lent inftirution: and the whole body, at 
their final meeting, teftified their appro 
bation of it by transferring for its fupport 
a large and valuable library, together with 
a molety of their remaining funds. 
Animated by thefe encouragements, the 
Truftees of the New CoLLeGE ere&ted 
an elegant pile of buildings, in an airy 
and pleafant part of Manchefter, for the 
accommodation of the profeffors, and the 
reception of the ftudents ; and it was pre- 
fumed, that the great populoufnefs of the 
town and vicinage, the opulence of the 
inhabitants, the increafing tafte for {cience, 
and the number and ref{peétabiliry of the 
diffenters, would infure liberal contribu- 
tions, and a permanent fucceflion of pupils. 
Other local advantages, alfo, of no incon- 
fiderable weight, were deemed to belong*® 
to the ficuation thus chofen. The induf- 
try, ingenuity, and enterprifing f{pirit, 
which characterize the people of Man- 
chefter, it was fuppofed, might influence 
by example, and catch the minds of youth, 
by a feccet and powerful fympathy : one 
of the largeit public libraries in rhe king 
dom fubrifis in the town, open to all vifis 
tors, at ftated times: leétures by profef- 
fional gentlemen, in chemiftry, anatomy, 
phyfiology,: 
