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N. Carlisle, esq., the secretary, laid before the society some 

 iiiivenious observations on the round painted boards, con- 

 tamincr verses and figures, found in some families in Staf- 

 fordshire, and c-^Wsdirondles. A great many conjectures on 

 the oriein and use of these round boards, about five niches 

 in diameter, and one fourth of an inch thick, were extracted 

 from the Gentleman's Magazine ; and it is supposed that 

 they are of the age of Henry VII. or VIIT. ; that they had 

 been imported from Flanders, and used either as conversa- 

 tion cards, or wooden platters. The circumstance ot their 

 being found chiefly in Staffordshire sanctioned this opimon, 

 and tliat they might have been the precursors of some of our 

 Delft ware. The poetical stanzas, written in old English 

 characters, supposed of the above age, are chiefly amatory, 

 and some of them rather indelicate : the poetry is generally 

 as bad as the sentiments are trifling. The figures are also 

 very coarse, and painted mostly round the outside, and the 

 verses in the centre. 



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The following arrangement has been made for the Lec- 

 tures of the ensuing season, which commenced on the 

 13th instant (January) : 



Mr. Davy, a Course on Geology. 



L on the Elements of Electrochenrcal 



Science. 



Mr. Allen, on Mechanical Inventions. 



Natural Philosophy. 



Mr. Coleridge, on the distinguished English Poets, '.n 

 Illustration of the General Principles of Poetry. 



Rev. Mr. Crowe, on Architecture, an extended Course. 



Rev. Mr. Hewlett, on Belles Lettres, 4th Course. 



Rev. T. F. Dibdin, English Literature, 3d Course. 



Dr. Callcott, on German Music. 



on the Music of the 1 8th Century. 



Dr. Smith, on Botany. 



Mr. Craig, on the Principles and Practiee of Drawing, 

 Painting, and Engraving. 



Mr. Wood, on Perspective. 



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