'bear a comparison with those of any former period. The 

 following enumeration of papers read, amply attests that its 

 resources are undiminished, and that the zeal of its members 

 has suffered no abatement. It is also proper to notice, that 

 your Meetings have derived less assistance from foreign 

 quarters than usual, in consequence of the very acceptable 

 services of members, who had not previously contributed. 



The papers read in the course of the Session have been 

 •delivered in the following order : — 



1. " A Retrospect of Philosophical Institutions, and some considerationc 



on their utility," by Jas. Williamson, U.D, read November 5th. 



2. "On the Bed of the Mississippi," by John Luccock, read Friday, 



November 19th. 



3. " On the Philosophy of Names,'' l;)yRev. R. Humphreys, read Dec. 3d. 



4. " On Coal Plants, and the Origin of Coal," by J. Philips, read Dec. 



17th. 



5. " On the Physiology of Plants," by T. P. Teale, read January 7th. 



6. " On the Question how far Poetical Views are compatible with strict 



Justice," by J. Yorke, read January' 2l8t. 



7. " On the Revival of Literature in Italy in the 14th century," by Jas. 



Entwistle, read February 4th. 



8. " On Mental Originality," by Wm. West, read February 18th. 



9. *' On Personal Identity," by the Rev. R. W. Hamilton, read March 4th. 



10. " On Painting and Painters, from the time of the accession of Henry 

 VIII. to the death of Charles I." by Francis Thomas Billam, read 

 March 18th. 



11. " On the Principle of Population, considered in connection with th« 

 Poor Laws," by M. T. Sadler, read April 8th. 



12. The Twelfth Meeting was ocaipied by conversation on some Literary 

 and Scientific subjects. 



13. " On the best means of improving the Condition of the Poor in large 



Towns," by M. T. Sadler, read May 6th. 



14. " On the object of Capt. Franklin's present expedition to the North 



Pole," by M. Traill, M.D. F.R.S. E. &c. Liverpool. 



The Session now expired has been unusually prolific of 

 public lectures on a great variety of subjects, which have 

 followed each other in such rapid succession, that no 

 period of considerable length has been, unoccupied. From 

 peculiar circumstances, your Council were induced to provide 

 a larger number than you have been accustomed to enjoy 

 during a similar period. Could they have anticipated Jhe 



