precarious income from such casual sources. The fol- 

 lowing is a list of the Papers read at the ordinary 

 Meetings of the Society : — 



1. "On Capital Punishments" — by the President, Mr. J. H. Shaw, 



read Oct. 21. 



2. " Mr. Nunnelcy's Third Lecture — delivered Nov. 4. 



3. " On the Influence of Locality, as conducive to Longevity" — Mr. 



JMathew Hall, read Nov. 18. 



4. " On the Crusades" — by the Rev. R. W. Hamilton, read Dec. 2. 



5. " On the Valley Formations of the Yorkshire Coal Field and the 



Discoveries made in the Yorkshire and Lancashire Coal Districts" 

 —by the Rev. Wm. Thorp, A.M., read Dec. 16. 



6. " On the Properties of Fluids" — by Mr. Charles Sangster, read 



Jan. 6. 



7. " On Hydropathy"— by Mr. Atkinson, read Jan. 20. 



8. " On the Progress of Man"— by Mr. Shaen, read Feb. 3. 



9. " On the Life and Death of Mohammed"— by the Rev. Dr. Wolff, 



read Feb. 17- 



10. " On the Principles of Colonization"— by — Chapman, Esq., 



read March 3. 



11. •* On the Forensic Advocacy of the Athenians" — by Robert Hall, 



Esq., A.M., read March 17- 



12. "On the Geometric Principles of Gothic Architecture -by Mr. 



Chantrell, read April 7- 



13. " Observations on the present state of Greece and Turkey, derived 



from a personal residence in those countries— by Mr. Hervie, 

 read April 21. 



