neyertheless, constrained, while upon this subject, 

 to congratulate the Society upon the circumstance, 

 that already has more than one publication, which 

 now ranks deservedly high among" the literary pro- 

 ductions of the country, entirely originated in 

 Essays delivered in this Hall ; and that the Philo- 

 sophical and Literary Society of Leeds has attained a 

 station in public opinion amongst the institutions 

 of England far higher and more honourable than 

 the most ardent hopes of its founders could possibly 

 have anticipated. 



The following have been the subjects of the 

 Papers which have occupied the General Meetings 

 of the Session : — 



1. On the Progress of Ancient Civilization — ^by M. T. Sadler, 



Esq. the President— (read Oct. 24th, 1828.) 



2. On the Geology of Yorkshire — by Mr. E. S. George — (read 



Nov. 7th, 1828.) 



3. On the Character and Condition of Women in various Ages 



and Countries — ^by Francis Thomas Billam, Esq. Vice- 

 President— (read Nov. 21, 1828.) 



4. On the Physical Modes of Matter— by Alexander Taylor, 



Esq. M.D.— (read Dec. 5th, 1828.) 



5. On Omens — ^by Richard Atkinson, Esq. — (read Dec. 19th, 



1828.) 



