This short paragraph advises that, 'Mr. N. L. Kentish [Nathaniel Lipscomb Kentish] has published a prospectus of a series of four lectures he is about to deliver at the Mechanics' School of Arts, on New South Wales, its present state and future prospects. The first lecture will be delivered on Monday evening. The lectures are intended to embrace the subjects - Immigration, Transportation, Legislation, and other matters.' See also 'Notice to Correspondents' on page two of the 23 October 1838 issue of the Sydney Gazette.