Fehruarji 19.— Mr. W. Masters deliver«d a Lecture on the 

 English Poets. In several precedins; Lnctures, Mr. M. had in- 

 troduced the mo«t eminent English Poets, from Qower and 

 Chaucer to Milton, in a chronological series — 'giving extracts from 

 their works, — with remarks on iheir styles and compositions, oc- 

 casionally interspersed with anecdotes of their personal lives and 

 histories. This Lecture was devoted to the consideration of that 

 Rock of Milton's fame. Paradise Lost, from which many ex- 

 tracts were read, descriptive of the beauty and sublimity of the 

 work. Several illustrative Engravings, from Martin, were ex- 

 hibited. 



February 26. — Mr. John Friend submitted his Third Lecture 

 on Oruithology ; the first portion of which was devoted to the 

 consideration of the only remaioiiig Order of Land Birds which 

 had not been treated of, viz. the Gallinte. After fully describing 

 the marks of distinction of the Genera m the Order, and noticing 

 whatever was remarkable in any of the species, he introduced in 

 a similar manner his remarks on the intermediate Order between 

 the Land and Water Birds — the Grallee. 



March 4. — Mr. James Fletcher delivered a Lecture on the 

 Greek Puets. After a few remarks on the past and present state 

 of Greece and her Poetry ; he considered the origin, general 

 nature and slate of Poetry in different eountries, and enomerated 

 the causes which gave Grecian Poetry its character and its pre- 

 eminence, and noticed in particular the connection between 

 Gieeceand E|;ypt. The works of s^eral »f the ancient Poeti 

 were briefly noticeJ; the Grecian Mythology, and the striking 

 coincidence between the Indian, Egyptian, and Greek Theolo- 



Si«s, was considered. Mr. F. then took a reviewof the Poems of 

 [omer, (confining himself chiefly to the Iliad) under three 

 heads — the Characters and Speeches — Sentiment and Description 

 — Language and Versification. Pope's translation was used, but 

 where it diEfered too much from the original, verbal traaslatioos 

 from the original were given. 



March II. — Mr. James Homersham, jun. delivered n, Lecture 

 on Mineralogy, enbraciag the external characters of Minerals, 

 in which were particularly noticed their geometrical properties 

 according to the theory of the Abb^ Haiiy, the very different 

 effects of slow and quick crystallization, the formation of slabc- 

 titic concretion, &c. 



March 18 — Mr. Martin delivered a Lecture on the Philosophy 

 of the Human Mind. The third and last department of the Emo- 

 tions was treated of in this Lecture. This order Mr. M. stated 

 to comprehend the prospective emotions which include all de- 

 sires and fears, the most important of which were considered in 

 the following series : — Our desires of continued existence— of 

 pleasure — of action — of society — of knowledge — of power— of 

 the affections of those around us— of glory — of the happiness of 

 others — of unhappiness to others- 



March 25. — Mr. Wilkinson delivered his fourth Lectureon the 

 History of Enfrland, in which he coHsidercd the state of the Arts, 

 and the Commerce, Manners, and Customs of the Anglo-Saxons. 



