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London, England, 1828-10-29 00:00:00

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Mr. Lardner, on Monday, delivered-his first it'tot
ductory lecture at this Institution, on the sillbjec
oft ;
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Natural Philosophy. The theatre was 1111COnirlie ricTe
well attended, and the Learned:,Professor reretlf:PNE
received the warm applausea of his audience' hilt 11t1jeet,
strict propriety, he observed, natural ebil°l4ePeeite44°",
ought to be considered as a general term,
bracing both chemical and mechanical phil°ll et iit'4•l3(r,"l
but in the way in which the term was emel°l,initel
present, it was understood to designate mechf—d,e Cale'
philoSophv as contradistinguished from that,' could V"--,
misery, which distinction, however, must ow/5 -sh„P,,,eitAwn
it be shewn that the phenomena in chemisult 0,0 Car
all of them deducible from mechanical causes, sell, it i4kf'tgte.
and
supposed to be the case. Natural philosophi'Ot C4llt
at present stood, had reference to the arrsogehot Ki'
es
hi dtly:teittpeie, Ter
and juxta-position of different bodies, and Miivess o'lkleeth
illustrated by pressing two smooth surfacei °`,001,1 e''N9ck
together, by means of which so much adhesion Jlll
take place as to require some degree of force t° oor kl:7
This experiment would be a mechanical 'Alf bi ei
nen ; while the application of potassium t°'lc"; the 4 t
which fire could be produced, would come onuedebr
head of chemical phenomena. It was supr3e
some that the whole of the late chemical phePet:o gif ;tre''„l,. soh
were dependent on the size of the molecules/ t''isel 3,
that could once be proved, it would make e11e1e.7.4e 11/4441,
a portion of mechanical philosophy instantly' corivtktb. Ten,
tural philosophy, it must be admitted, vrher' tetfe:ihlclOivei
pared with pure mathematics, was less certaiill,ioe/te,""isl b,
at the same time, few but actual mathernAt'ore I)43ible
could perceive the difference of the certainty bet 51 to e; tender:
the tests. To shew that things that were, eclupet Neal
m the sae were equal to one another was Ong °nd et 14,11 the
highest things mathematics was capable ef, too h. 111,7,1"
its proof was irresistible; but to attempt to
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common observer that the fire which consuow:001
hand of Nlutius Sceevola would likewise c°l•P
his, would, he was afraid, be thought little be EAs-,
than a quibble. •
The Learned Professor thee went thro4ll!whid Er/it
notice of the different branches of the acieue.,," ttl.4eNiSs.
would form the subjects of his future Cou'ose 7Notice,
Lectures, and spewed that it would be Title 1 Q
they should embrace not only the earth, but he,;°,epaa
marnent, and include those things which wet hat, we
ponderous, viz.—light, heat, electricity, oil
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netism. He then went on to show that all tet Divide
things ought to form part of a liberal ed°', 01"
The poets and historians of ancient Oreeegeri
Rome, as well as those of more modern tit-0640e biti"
studied ; nor did he intend to utter one vet ° V);
should be a drawback to their great excelleneelV
to these, he thought, might advantageously be''itel ere I
the volume of nature; and while he freely sdrel tZ;
the beauties of the works of than, surely )11,4 OY's
bound to assert the sublimity of the works ot i:,;1-Leihnk
Dr. ',Emitter then adverted to the stigma th "n Tit
attempted to be thrown upon the word Theeritlttdi 111 d that
in former times,_ contempt had beau Made tirref d
to that of Sophist. A theorist, however, hi to 'lre4
tended, was by no means the speculator that—ii
be insinuated ; on the contrary, ire the B*7.abitii
philosophy of the present titre, it meant r''pe
more than a man who attempted the groulllat
classification of natural phenomena arid, wit 44!,
the whole of these sciences would be reduce° /
mere list of isolated "and inconsequent /.106'1Y
knowledge was indeed power, it was so bectiti;ibe
facts on which knowledge rested were bound
thee; so that theory, instead of being adoj:ifi
practice, was nothing more than a meetuerof s
number of practical results. 1t4:1
Towards the conclusion of his Lecture, tbe4l
lessor commented in terms of deserved oefer,),,:ll/
the conduct of the College of Surgeons in 'lO
quiring every medical student to have a kno'''t
of natural philosophy, Red happily observed Id
only reason he could give for the omission 1,0
a knowledge being required was the same :nr,
among the ancients, had led to the omission 0, o(,,"
ricide amongst the crimes for the punisler e
which the law provided—because it was conceiV
that such a thing would never happen. 14,e
chewed how absolutely necessary it was for Wesoiti
cheat student to have a knowledge of meult6fe
11.nd consequently how its omission was an act rp
justice, not only to those more respectable r-60
tioners who spontaneously acquired such a I°l4
ledge, but to the public at large, who must sutler
their ignorance.

An Irish woman, who was dressed respe`iii
in a silk gown, was recently brought before one Ito'
tribunals in Paris, accused of the regularly Trial' al
of vagabondaye. This woman, whose naoe eS
SARAH OTORNE, and who could not speak FrencP2e
cept with great difficulty, could not succeed in making°
perfectly understood, except by the assistance of ;lei°
rister, who was casually present, and who acted as
terpreter. Married to the captain of a vessel, and
by him, SARAH O'BSRNE came to France with aQnos
lisp family. Some months ago the family who bc";o4.
her, left her at Paris, under the pretence of takilitZ
ney to Versailles, but they returned through La 1"147.,.,,:t
and took no further notice of her. Reduced to arnOt'w
ful distress, SARAII OTORNE was denoutora
lodging-house keeper to whom she owed some rent'
stated, that in the month of June she received thrall;
y.
agency of M. LAPITTE, some money from her retatio-:ov
that she expected to receive more. The tribunal roil
the ease to aacther day, in order to obtain the
Mr. PHILLIVS, the head of M. LAFirrE's English 0'
French Paper. •
BIRTHS.
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On the 25th inst. Mrs. Hi nxtuan, of Great Russel-I's
Bloomsbury, of a son, still-born.
On the 24th inst.. • P • RiOt

'ortman-square,

.., in
Lady Garvagh, of a daughter.
At Barnwood, near Gloucester, the lady of Godfref
bery,daughter.
At Helston, the lady of the Rev. Derwent Cole
a son.
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lady of

t the Rectory, Cuxham, Oxfordshire, the
Rev. Francis Rnwden, of a son.
At Llanover-terrace, Regent's-park, the lady of MB
Bossaquet, Esq., of a sor. 14')%
At Elul Villa, Sandvmount, Ireland, the lady °I '

Steele, Esq., of a sou.
On the 19th inst., at Edinburgh, Mrs. R, N. 1;41
of twin daughters.

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MARRIED. tir r,
On the 20th inst., at St. Martin's Church,
the Lard Bishop of the diocu4e, Walter Oke Ed!.lse
Middle Temple, Esq., to Charlotte, secoad &IP
Thomas Turner, of the same city, Esq.
The Rev. Thomas Mitchell, of the thillowtrel
chapel, to Mary Andrews, eldest daughter of the late
T. Grundy, of Granby-street, Leicester.
The Rev. W. Jenkiss, vicar of Sidmoutb, Defocj'
Miss Berner, only daughter of T. Banger, Esq. „1111„'
On the 2Sd inst., is C.'ast:c-sLreet,..,Edinbargh, t''`'
Alexander Gentle, minister of Alva, to Isabella,
daughter of the late Lachlan Bogle, Esq. of Jamir 10,
On the 41st inst. at St. Paul's Church, Eadutoror
William Ellison, of Leicester, to Miss Elizabeth Gill.
Bedford.

DIED.

In Grosvenor-street, on Monday, the 27th of 'it
after a short illness, Airs. Combe, the widow of
Christian Combe, Esq.
On tlte27th inst., at Isleworth, Mr. Peter Phillip+
of St. Juhn's College, Cambridge, aged 23.
On the 28th inst., in the 76th year of her sge/ilad
Sarah Madox, widow of the !ate Tristram Mario
Esq., of Greenwich-road.
On the 24. th inst. Mr. William Bromehead, of ,Ctrer—
ton-place, Hampstead-road, aged 81.
On the 26th inst. at Hastings, Robert Joseph r;tBt>
son, Esq.
On the 21st inst., William Mason, Dytoal
aged 78. Yt
On Cue 27th inst., in John-street, Fiteroy.squ9lll!
Haaaah Richards, wife of Thomas Richards, Ys'
nOth year of her age.
On the 23 inst., in Bryanstone-square, aged 3g.,
line Sarah, the wife of Michael Field, Esq.
On the 27th at Lis house, John's-terrace, Ifackl4eYl
Mr. William Smith Yarrow, aged 62.
On the 23d inst., at Portsmouth, Lieutaukaii:,
late of the Royal Marines.
At Plymouth, the Rev. G. T. PluMmer, flitCF

PRISITID an.i Ptlif..l:3llED by MURDO YOUNG/ 11
sine Om*. 112. fiTN.VgD, lowzgat.