sum of £2 was presented to the Society by the Lec- 

 turer, out of the clear proceeds. 



Early in the present year, the Council solicited 

 Dr. Scoresby to favour the Institution with a course 

 of Lectures. This desirable object has not yet been 

 obtained ; but we ^may hope for this gratification, at 

 a future, and not very distant period. 



A correspondence was also entered into with Mr. 

 Murray, with a view to his giving us a course of 

 Lectures : but that able Lecturer was fully engaged 

 wlien applied to ; and when at a later part of the 

 season he offered to lecture at Whitby, the time 

 was found to be unfavourable. 



On the 25th of October, Professor Calvert, of 

 Aberdeen, favoured the Institution with a gratuitous 

 Lecture on Elocution. It was delivered at the Sub- 

 scription Library, the Members of which were also 

 invited to attend. The notice given was very short, 

 yet the audience was large and respectable, and the 

 pleasure experienced on the occasion, was such as 

 to excite a strong desire to have a course Lectures 

 from this eloquent gentleman, at a future season. 



The only other Lecture or Essay for the year, is 

 that communicated by Dr. Young, this morning, on 

 the removal of the Sunderland Lighthouse ; a work 

 now happily completed, and furnishing another re- 

 markable instance of the triumphs of Science. It is 

 hoped that, in the ensuing year, the list of Lectures 

 will present a large increase, both in number and 

 variety. 



