The plan and objects of the Bristol College—a worthy scion
of the Lon- don University—are, it may be supposed, more extended and ambitious than those of the Society of' which we have just been treating. The following are the departments in which it is proposed to give instruction, arranged in the order of their real or supposed utility ; it being intended by the Council, very prudently, to engage Professors as the public demand for their labours seems to justify.
I. French and German Languages and Literature.
2. Chemistry and Natural Philosophy.
3. Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, anti Geology. 4, Political Economy. Hebrew, Italian, Spanish. The Council of the College, while acknowledging, as all men must ac- knowledge, the infinite importance of religions instruction, do not mean to make theology an object of special study. They remark, very truly, that a great many of the students will still remain under their parents' roofs, and subject, of course, to their guidance and example : for those who may .board, in thin town for the purpose of enjoying the benefit of the College, religious instruction has been provided by a resolution of the proprietors ; and the right has been conceded to the members of the 'Council who belong to the Established Church, of instituting Divinity lectures, which all the students may attend. Measures have been taken to raise a fund for this purpose. The expense of the College is estimated at fifteen thousand pounds ; which the wealthy populations of Bristol can find but little difficulty inn raising. There are few towns in the kingdom more contrasted in mimic particulars than Manchester and Bristol ; but it is gratifying to observe, that in the pursuit of knowledge, Monarchist and Liberal, High Churchmen and Dis- senter:5, go hand in hand.
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