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mises occupied by the society, little lias been done towards its for- 

 mation. Within the last three months it has, however, made con- 

 siderable progress. Many valuable donations have been made, in- 

 cluding numerous beautiful specimens illustrative of Natural His- 

 tory and Geology. 



A building-fund committee has recently been formed, and hopes 

 are entertained that, with the aid of its friends and supporters in 

 Doncaster, seconded by the liberality of the opulent and influential 

 residents of its neighbourhood, another year will see the foundation 

 laid of a building suitable to its purposes ; and this Lyceum become 

 not only a centre of union for the most commendable and delightful 

 of all pursuits, but also a repository of many beautiful and valuable 

 specimens of the productions of nature and art. 



The officers and committee for 1835 were : — Rev. John Sharpe, 

 D.D., president ; Henry Bower, Esq., F.S A., and E. Scholfield, 

 Esq., M.D., vice-presidents. Committee — annual members : Messrs. 

 E. Sheardown, T. B. Mason, J. E. Morey, R. Storrs, C. White, 

 J. Dunhill ; quarterly members : Messrs. T. Oxley, J. Hawley, G. 

 Siddall, W. R. Scott, W. Illingworth, S. Appleby. Treasurer, 

 Mr. C Baker. Secretary, Mr. W. Wimberley. Officers and com- 

 mittee for 1836 : — Henry Bower, Esq., president ; Rev. Dr. Sharpe, 

 E. B. Denison and John Branson, Esqrs., and Dr. Scholfield, 

 vice-presidents. Committee — annual members : Messrs. W. Beckitt, 

 T. B. Mason, R. Storrs, J. E. Morey, E. Sheardown, J. L. Levi- 

 son ; quarterly members : Messrs. W. R. Scott, W. Illingworth, 

 J. Hawley, G. Siddall. H. Beckitt, J. Stott. Treasurer, Mr. C. 

 Baker. Honorary secretary, Mr. W. C. W T imberley. 



The lectures which have been given are : — 



On the best means of imparting practical science, by Mr. Levison — On 

 hereditary disease, by Dr. Scholfield — On the lyrical poetry of England and 

 Spain, by Mr. Wimberley — On the architecture of Greece and Rome, by 

 Mr. Hadfield — On astronomy, by J. Abbott, Esq., B.A — On the circulation 

 of the blood, by Mr. Morey — On the structure and functions of the eye, by 

 Mr. Storrs— On entomology, by Mr. Baker— On philology, by the Rev. J. 

 Callaway — On general education, by the Rev. Dr. Sharpe — On the oracles of 

 antiquity, by the Rev. P. Inchbald, D.C.L — On phrenology, by Mr. Levi- 

 son — An examination of phrenology, by the Rev. J. Bromley — On geology, 

 by Mr. J. N. Mosby — On statistical science and its results, by Mr. Baker — 

 On the philosophy of logic, by Mr. Callaway — On the spirit and influence 

 of poetry, by Mr. Wimberley — On the nature and artifices of unjust and 

 malignant criticism, by Mr. Abbott — On Hebrew poetry, by Mr. Mosby — 

 On the rise and progress of the Italian language, and the poetry of Dante, 

 by Mr. J. B. Testa. 



Papers on various subjects have been read by Messrs. Morey, 

 Storrs, Levison, Mosby, Scott, Hawley, Stott, Siddall, H. Beckitt, 

 Hepworth, H. Brooke, &c. 



In the early part of Oct. 1836, a discussion on Phrenology took 

 place at the Doncaster Lyceum, Mr. J. L. Levison appearing as its 

 advocate, and the Rev. J. Bromley, dissenting minister, Mr. Morey, 

 Mr. Storrs, Surgeons, of Doncaster, and others, as opponents. The 



