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Heavens" — being a recapitulation and continua- 

 tion of his former Essay ; and which he illustrated 

 by reference to the elegant Geological Globe, 

 which he had presented to the Society last year. 



The Council regret that the reading of Essays 

 should still require to be urged upon the Mem- 

 bers, many of whose attainments in Literature 

 and Science, so well qualify them to do ample 

 justice to any subject which they might think 

 proper to select for discussion : — and they trust, 

 now that the public works, which have so long 

 engrossed the attention of many of the Members, 

 are nearly completed, they will direct their atten- 

 tion to some subjects of a local,or general interest, 

 and favour the Society with the results ; for it is 

 by such means chiefly, if at all, that we can hope 

 as a Society, either to assist in the advancement 

 of Science, or in the diffusion of Scientific 

 Knowledge. 



Under the patronage of the Society, a short 

 course of Lectures on Astronomy and Optics was 

 delivered last month, in the Library Rooms, to 

 a respectable audience, by Mr Martin Simpson, 

 (a native of Whitby) ; the Proprietors of the 

 Library, as on former occasions, having kindly 

 allowed Mr Simpson, the gratuitous use of their 

 Rooms. 



