REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 



AT THE CLOSE OF THE 



TWENTY-EIGHTH SESSION. 



The close of the Twenty-eighth Session renders it the 

 duty of the retiring- Council again to present to the 

 Society a Report of its Proceedings, which, in some 

 respects, afford subject for congratulation. 



The Papers read at the Ordinary Meetings of the 

 Society have contributed materially to the general in- 

 terest of the Session, embracing a great variety of 

 subjects, as will appear from the subjoined list : — 



1. "On the Contests between the English and French for Supremacy 



in India" — by the Rev. William Sinclair, M.A., President'^ 

 (Read Oct. 15th, 1847.) 



2. " On the Comparison between the principal Modern Languages of 



Europe"— by William West, Esq., F.R.S.- (Read Nov. 5th, 

 1847.) 



3. Conversazione. 



4. " On the Origin and Constitution of Grand Juries in England, 



and their Effect on the due Administration of Justice in the 

 Criminal Courts" — by William Blanshard, Esq., Barrister-at- 

 Law— (Read Dec. 3rd, 1847.) 



5. " On Capital Punishments" — by John Hope Shaw, Esq., Vice- 



President— (J^esiA Dec. 17th, 1847.) 



6. " On the Round Towers of Ireland"— by the Rev. R. R. Wolfe— 



(Read Jan. 7th, 1848.) 



a2 



