7- " On Perpetual Motion, the Transmutation of Metals, and the 

 Royal Road to Learning," by Mr. Christopher Kemplay — 

 (read January 18th, 1833.) 



8. " On the Intellectual Capacity of the Negro," by Mr. William 



West, Secretary-— (read February Ist, 1833.) 



9. " On the Yorkshire Dialect," by the Rev. R. W. Hamilton, Vice 



President— (read February 15th, 1833.) 



10. " On Credulity," by Dr. Hunter— (read March Ist, 1833.) 



11. "Observations on the Cause and Increase of Crime, with Sug- 



gestions for an Alteration in the Laws respecting Prison 

 Discipline and Colonial Transportation," by Mr. Edwin 

 Eddison, Solicitor — (read March 15th, 1833.) 



12. " The Union of Literature with the Pursuits of Commerce, as 



exemplified in the Life and Character of the late Mr. 

 Roscoe," by Mr. Hartley Coleridge — (read March 29th, 

 1833.) 



13. " On the History of Penal Institutions, as illustrated by the 



Criminal Law of Rome," by Robert Hall, Esq. Barrister- 

 at-Law, Secretary — (read April 19th, 1833.) 



It cannot fail to be remarked that the deficiency in 

 papers on physical and experimental subjects, which was 

 noticed in the last Report, and which appears very 

 striking- on comparison with the transactions of other 

 Institutions, is still a characteristic feature in the pro- 

 ceedings of this Institution. This, probably, is the 

 natural result of some peculiarity in the constitution or 

 management of the Society ; but to whatever cause it 

 may be attributable, it is a circumstance which, added to 

 a desire to give increased efficiency to the discussions, 

 has caused some of the oldest and most zealous sup- 

 porters of the Institution to devise plans for so arrang- 

 ing the delivery of papers, that the labourers in the 

 field of minute investigation may have opportunities of 

 laying before the Society the result of their studies, in 



