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A s egg ID EsPEoTFULLY informs the ladies and gen- lC tlemen of Litchield, for the intellectual and moral improvement of the young. he will give Course of Astronomical Lectures, illus trated by such views of the Planets, Comets, Stars, and nebnlOus spots, as appear in the sky, through powerful telescope. The fol- lowing topics will be comprised in the Course, and others not mentioned :-Views of the most noted Theories of the Solar System; Descriptive Astronomy Of the Sun; it's spots, light and color; its motions, vast bulk, density, and attractive power. Herschel's theory of its dark body and double strata of luminous clouds; Descriptive Astronomy of the Plan cts and their Satellites or Moons the Comet of 1880, and of 1911 the fixed Stars, divided into Constellations, and ancieT.: ci'::aians resi- pecting them. The cause of the transits of Mercury and Venus. The varying Phasesef the Moon. The appearances of Lunar anI Solar Eclpses. Partial, annular, and total Eclipses. The rotundity of the Earth. Ters restrial and celestial Latitude and Longitude. The Tides, and the cause of Day and Night, and the different Seasons of the year. i

 He has valuable apparatus for illustrations, both in descriptive and in physical Astrono- my. Besides the Globes. nearly 100 illumi- mated Diagrams will be used in the Course. With the use of these he confidently hopes to impart as much knowledge of the science. in few evenings, as would be acquired in as many months by the usual course of reading; since it is known, academies and country schools are seldom supplied with an Astrono- mical Apparatus, by which the same amount of knowledge can be obtained with less time and money. It may he economy here for ia. miles and individuals to confer obligations on the Lecturer and benefit themselves. The utility of this sublime science requires no cOmmendaiion--" If it were possible. | woufu persuade all mankind to gain some ic@ q1aintance with the vastness, the distances, and the motion of the planetary worlds. It gives an unknown enlargement to the under- standing, and affords divine entertainments to the sout and its better powers"-- Dr. Wotts.

 IRe Course sciI include three evenings. The third Lecture to 6e on TAursday eveniag the 28h iRst. ha!f past seven o'clocls, at the Court House.

 Terms of the Cowrse.--A single person, S7 l-2 cents, or 1S 1-2 for a single evening; chil- dren half price. Tickets to be had at the bar and stores. May %