92 TeJ/!erihn SocicfT/ at Harlem, ^'c. 



virtues and merits of tins great mrin, the societs- proceeded 

 to elect a. new member of the council, as his successor, for 

 the remainder of the season ; when it appeared thai Francis 

 Annesley, Esq. was chosen for that office. 



N. Carlisle, Esq. the secretary, furnished some learned 

 and ingenious observations, by wav of inlroJuction to two 

 excellent letters from the iate bishop Warhurton to Drs. 

 Kennicot and Needl'iani, relative to tiic similarity or identity 

 of the Egyptian hierogl\ phics and the Chinese characters, 

 which are supposed to have been derived from the former. 



TEYLEBI.^N SOCIETV AT HARLEM. 



The above society, in pursuance of the intentions of its 

 founder, has announced the following queslion : 



" What is the reason that our school of painting at the 

 period of its greatest splendour, and even at the present 

 time, has furnished so few painters of historical subjects, 

 while they l.ave constantlv excelled in everv thing belongr 

 ing to the imitation of nature, and in every thing; which the 

 narrow circle of domestic life presents to us? What are 

 the best means for forming good historical painters in this 

 country?" 



'I'he prize offered is 400 florins for the best answer to this 

 question; — it must be transmitted before the 1st <;1' Ajiril, 

 1808. The memoirs may be written in Latin, Frencii, 

 English, or German : they must be addressed to the House 

 of Teyler's foundation, at Harlem. 



XIII. Intelligence (oid MlsceUanecnis Articles. 



MNEMONICA, OR NEW METFIOD OF ASSISTING TKli 

 Ml.iMORV, 



XN the Philosophical Maaazine, vol. xxvi. pao-e <-2B'2, wk 

 presented our readers with an article on this curious subject, 

 translated from a German publication. The following par- 

 ticulars, relating to the sam.e subject, are extracted from a 



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