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On May 26, 1806, Mr. Bernard reported to the 

 managers that Mr. Davy would in November next begin 

 a course of twenty lectures in the higher departments 

 of experimental chemistry, on Vegetable and Animal 

 Analysis and on tire Experimental History of Heat, 

 Light, and Electricity ; and that in the spring he would 

 begin another course of twenty lectures on the Chemis- 

 try of Nature, containing elucidations of the design, 

 order, and harmony of the chemical arrangements in 

 the globe. In the first course he proposed to give two 

 lectures a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and in 

 the second course one lecture a week, on Wednesdays ; 

 the hour of the lecture to be two o'clock. The ventila- 

 tion of the lecture room was considered this day. 



Mr. Bernard later reported that Mr. Coleridge would 

 give two courses of eight lectures on the Principles 

 Common to the Fine Arts for 1201. ; to commence in 

 November, every Thursday at two. 



Mr. Lawrence, the surgeon, proposed to give a course 

 of lectures on the Animal Economy. These were not 

 accepted. The Rev. Sydney Smith proposed to give a 

 fifth course of eight lectures in the ensuing spring for 

 a compliment of 90Z. ; ' and, in case it should be in his 

 power, he would give some additional lectures, not 

 exceeding six, for a compliment of 101. a lecture.' 

 These lectures circumstances obliged him to give up. 

 He was paid 120Z. for his third and fourth courses, 

 which he gave in 1806. His lectures were not printed 

 until after his death. 



But it was not by the success of the lectures that 

 this year deserves to be remembered in the history 



