Rev. Thomas HAMER- Daily Southern Cross 14 November 1851 Page 3 (From the Sydney Morning Herald Wesleyan College. By the American 'ship Architect,' which arrived yesterday Wesleyan College. - The Annual Examination of the pupils at this Institution cook place on the 11th inst. We regret that the pressure of other duties prevented me being personally present, but we have received from several distinct and disinterested sources accounts of the proceedings which are of the most satisfactory character. There was a large assembly of the friends of Education, including the Colonial Secretary, the Colonial Treasurer, the Attorney-General, Captain Cockraft, (Private Secretary), V Gisborne, Esq., W. Young, Esq., and other gentlemen, with a considerable number of ladies. The examination of the pupils was conducted chiefly by the Rev. J. H. Fletcher (Principal of the Seminary), the Rev. J. Inglis also taking part. The answering, we are informed, was generally so prompt and correct as to afford the fullest evidence of the care and ability with which the scholars had been instructed, and of their understanding of what they had learned. The crotchet netting, and general fancy work executed by the young ladies under the superintendence of Miss Fletcher was - as we are assured on authority which we dare not dispute on such a matter - really beautiful, while we are informed that the useful tasks of the needle, as distinguished from what is merely chiefly ornamental, which, valuable every where, are of especial importance in colonial life, had also been diligently and successfully attended to;- and the whole passed off in a manner highly cheering to those who desire the educational advancement of the colony. The Rev. Mr. Hamer (Independent Minister lately arrived in this town) delivered a brief but appropriate address to the pupils, and the Rev. A. Macdonald concluded the proceedings with prayer. - New Zealander, Nov. 12.