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personal allusions in his lectures, notwithstanding 

 notice last season from the managers, it was resolved 

 ' that Mr. Landseer be informed that it is with great 

 regret that the managers feel themselves obliged to 

 direct that his lectures be discontinued.' The steward 

 was ordered to pay Mr. Landseer 30Z., the sum he was tcr 

 receive for his course of lectures. 



On March 25 Mr. Bernard reported to the managers 

 ( that Mr. Davy will give three courses of lectures in the 

 ensuing season the first in November, December, 

 and January, upon that part of Practical Chemistry that 

 relates to the Experimental History of Water, the Atmo- 

 spheric Heat, and Electricity ; the second in February 

 and March next, upon the Chemical History of Water and 

 the Atmosphere ; and the third in April and May, upon 

 the Modern History of Science.' 



On April 1 the clock in the gallery was ordered. 



Mr. Dibden agreed to give ten or twelve lectures on 

 the Use and Progress of English Literature. 



At the first meeting in May the following professors 

 were proposed for election at the meeting of managers : 

 Professor of Chemistry, Mr. Davy ; Natural Philosophy, 

 Mr. Allen; Poetry, Eev. W. Crowe; Belles Lettres, 

 Rev. John Hewlett ; and Moral Philosophy, the Rev. 

 Sydney Smith. 



The proprietorship was raised to 150 guineas, and 

 at the end of the year to 200 guineas. The mineral- 

 ogical room was fitted up for the minerals. The 

 laboratory was opened for analyses for persons paying 

 101. at most. Ventilators were placed in the roof and 

 under the gallery of the theatre. It was impossible to 

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