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J&tscellaneou^ /CIRCULATING LIBRARY of NOVELS, \J &c., at Mrs. CAZALY'S, Milliner, Trafalgarstreet, Nelson. Terms, 2s. 6d. per month. Orders received for Books, Newspapers, aud Periodicals. Storekeepers' Accounts kept, Bills made out, &c, &c, on moderate terms. June 21st, 1858. 1168 MRS. HALL invites the Ladies of Nelson and its vicinity to an INSPECTION of her choice and fashionable selection of LADIES' STAYS, CORSETS, and BODICES, mf\do by hand, to patterns and admeasurements, upon principles most approved by 'the faculty. • Bow Cottage, Gloucester-street, Nelson. 884 ASTRONOMICAL LECTURES. A SERIES of EIGHT LECTURES Explanatory of the THEORY OF CELESTIAL MOTION Will be delivered in the Nelson Public School Room, Bridge-street, by T. W. RICHARDSON, Assistant Master. The INTRODUCTORY LECTURE will be given on FRIDAY EVENING NEXT, 25th instant, commencing at Half-past Seven o'clock. SYNOPSIS. Introduction — existence of celestial motion unquestionable — necessity of investigation — is capable of being explained and proved — opposed to the evidence of the eyes— what is meant by celestial bodies, and their motions — the truths of astronomy not opposed to divine revelation — true theory unknown to the ancients — erroneous opinions thereon hi former ages — great antiquity of astronomy proved, from the Bible — explanation of tho celestial globe — the constellations — diagrams — the earth's passage round the feun — stars always visible— solar system — invention of the telescope — causes of celestial motion discovered by Sir Isaac Newton — sizes and orbits of the planets cannot be shown by orreries or diagrams — subject proposed to investigate the proofs by which the theory of celestial motion is supported — the benefit to be obtained by the acquisition of this knowledge. As these Lectures are principally intended for the instruction of the junior branches, all children above eight years of age will be admitted, whether boys or girls. The parents and public generally are respectfully invited, and will bo accommodated to the extent the School Room admits. It is intended to deliver a Lecture every alternate FRIDAY until the course is completed, attended w itli diagrams and familiar illustrations. Admission free ; the doors will be opened at Seven o'clock. 1156 T7ALUABLE BOOKS, on sale at the T Examiner Office, consisting of — The Pictorial Histoiy of England, being a History of the People as well as a History of the Kingdom. Illustrated witli many hundred woodcuts and 10 i portraits on steel. 10 vols. Bvo. The Cyclopaedia of Practical Medicine, 4vols. royal Bvo. The London Dispensatory, 1 vol. Bvo. The Surgeon's Vade Mecum, 1 vol. 12nio. Rollin's Ancient History, 2 vols. imperial Bvo. 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