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the politician, the merchant, and the public. The antiquity 

 of the Egyptian Monarchy, the discordance in the tables of 

 succession, and the patriotic works of the early kings, were 

 severally noticed. To these succeeded an account of the 

 tii"st royal navy mentioned in history, that of Necus, who 

 reigned about six centuries before our era. The lecturer 

 stated that the Egyptian Dynasty ended soon after the death 

 of Necus, and it was only at that time any information was 

 afforded respecting those erections on the soil of Egypt 

 which all succeeding ages have numbered amongst the 

 wonders of the world. That we then hear of a portico 

 added to the temple of Minerva, a Colossus placed before 

 the temple of Vulcan, but who erected these sacred edifices, 

 who constructed the tombs of Thebes, or the pyramids of 

 Gizeh, is not to be learned from history, although modern 

 research might 3'et do much to extract from the relics of 

 antiquity this long desired information. The lecturer gave 

 descriptions of the several stupendous works before named, 

 and noticed the natural wonders of the Nile, and the expla- 

 nations which travellers of enlarged minds have given of 

 their causes. 



June 23. — Mr. W. Masters delivered in continuation of a 

 series, a Lecture on the English Poets. This lecture was 

 devoted to the consideration of the poetic works of Voyie, 

 which were severally commented on ; and many passages 

 selected and read in illustration. Mr. M. concladed with a 

 notice of Pope's literary contemporaries. 



June 30. — Mr. Ashdowne delivered a Lecture on Geo- 

 graphy. He treated of that part of physical geography 

 which relates to the principal features of the earth's surface. 

 After noticing the proportion which the land bears to the 

 water, he referred to the difference in the general direction of 

 the land in the old and new Continents ; the similarity in the 

 appearances of their peninsulas, and the dissimilarity which 

 they present in their bays, gulphs, and rivers. He then 

 spoke of mountains, their general character, their declivities, 

 the direction of the principal grand chains, volcanic mountains, 

 valleys, passes, and plains, mentioning the immense table 

 land, situated in Central Asia, and amongst the Andes, and 

 closing this part of his subject with a brief notice of Islands. 

 A general view was then given of the origin of rivers, the 

 small declivity of the most rapid, the cataracts which mark 

 some in their progress to the ocean, the periodical increase 

 of otiiers, the various phenomena they present at their 

 outlits, of the most remarkable circumstances attending the 



