who have, by the voluntary imposition of a fine, secured 

 a fuller attendance than has been usual during many 

 preceding Sessions. 



That some of the prospects of liquidating the debt 

 on the ordinary account and other improvements which 

 were held out in the last annual report have not been 

 fulfilled in the course of the Session, is probably to be 

 attributed to the engrossing nature of certain extra- 

 neous pursuits, which during the last year have occu- 

 pied the attention of many Members of the Society. 

 That nothing which has occurred during that time, 

 has in a single instance or for a single moment inter- 

 rupted the free and friendly communion which it is 

 our privilege to enjoy within the walls of this Insti- 

 tution, is in itself a most invaluable benefit resulting 

 from its establishment, and affords a gratifying illustra- 

 tion of that ancient sentiment, " The faithful study of 

 the liberal arts softens the manners and banishes bar- 

 barism." 



May the Leeds Philosophical and Literary 

 Society continue to flourish with the increasing pros- 

 perity of the town, open to all, the Temple of Concord, 

 sacred to the interests of science. 



