REPOET OF THE COUNCIL, 



AT THE CLOSE OF THE 



TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION. 



At the close of the Twenty-sixth Session of this 

 Society, the Council have to lay before its Members 

 a Report of the more remarkable events which have 

 taken place in it; and in the fulfilment of this duty, 

 they feel there is much cause for congratulation. 



The Papers read at the General Meetings of the 

 Society, during the past Session, have embraced subjects 

 as varied and interesting as those of any former period, 

 and the attendance of the Members, though in some 

 cases not so large as desirable, was, generally, better 

 than in many former Sessions. Several of the Papers 

 having been furnished by gentlemen residing at a dis- 

 tance from Leeds, the Coimcil take this opportunity 

 of expressing the thanks of the Society to those 

 gentlemen. 



The following are the titles of the Papers : — 



1. "On the Rise and Progress of Constitutional Liberty in Ancient 

 Rome"— by the Rev. W. Sinclair, A.M., Pr«**c?e»/— (Read 

 Oct. 17th, 1845.) 



