10 
The First (on birds) was given on the opening night, by 
Mr. R. F. Tomes, F.Z.S. 
The Second (on coal) was delivered by the Rey. P. B. 
Brodie, F.G.S. 
On the Third evening an elaborate paper was read by 
P. O’Callaghan, LL.D., on Piers Gaveston, a subject deeply 
interesting to the inhabitants of Warwick, and its neigh- 
bourhood. 
Elementary Classes have also been partially formed on 
Mechanics and Botany. They are now suspended for the 
summer months, but the Council intend to resume them in 
the autumn, on a somewhat different plan, and fully hope 
that they will be appreciated by those persons for whose 
benefit they have been formed. 
The expenses of laying the gas, &c., have been defrayed 
by voluntary subscriptions, the Council are however anxious 
to get further contributions, in order to obtain the necessary 
apparatus and diagrams for the classes, and also (should the 
funds be sufficiently large) to procure the occasional services 
of eminent lecturers on various scientific subjects. 
