PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 

 OF LIVERPOOL, 



DURING THE 



THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION, lH40-r.O. 



October 15, 1849. 



The first Meeting of the Society was held in the Royal 

 Institution, on the 15th of October, the chair being taken by 

 the retiring President, the Rev. J. Booth, LL.D., E.R.S., 

 M.RJ.A,, &c., &c. 



Being the Annual Meeting, the Secretary read the Report 

 of the retiring Council : 



At the commencement of the last Session the Society num- 

 bered 133 ordinary, and 70 corresponding, members : 20 had 

 since been elected, and the loss by death and resignation 

 amounted to 8, of whom 5 were ordinary members. The So- 

 ciety had to deplore the loss by death of the R«v. Thomas 

 Dwyer and the Bishop of Norwich. The former was a mem- 

 ber of the Council, and took a deep interest in their Proceed- 

 ings ; the latter evinced his concern for the welfare of the 

 Society by the promptness with which he acknowledged their 

 communications, and the cordial manner in which he recipro- 

 cated them. 



The Council congratulated the Society upon the publication 

 of the fifth part of their Proceedings, in which several original 

 papers had appeared. 



