PROCEEDINGS 



or THE 



LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 

 OF LIVERPOOL. 



SESSION FORTY-THREE, 1853-4. 



FIRST MEETING. 



Royal Institution. — October 17, 1853. 



JOSEPH DICKINSON, M.D., F.L.S., &c., President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following Report of the retiring Council : — 



In surrendering their trust into the hands of the members, the 

 Council cannot but congratulate the Society on the successful termina- 

 tion of the Forty-second Session. 



During the past Session the following gentlemen have been added to 

 the list of ordinaiy members : namely, Rev. A. Fischel, Messrs. William 

 Lassell, jun., John Brewer, Wm. Ferguson, Henry J. Cauty, Morris 

 C. Jones, F. P. Marrat, Dr. D, Cohen, Mr. James Rowe, and Rev. J. 

 W. Milner ; and the name of Mr. William Jevons has been transferred 

 from the list of corresponding to that of ordinary members. 



The Council have to regret the removal, by death, of Mr. Edward 

 Hebson. 



Resignations have been received from the following gentlemen : 

 namely, Messrs. F. Brent, John Conway, Henry Curry, S. M. South, 

 Dr. Trench, Dr. M'Naught, and Mr. John Wybergh, jun. 



The names of Messrs. Robert Rocldiff, R. B. Reid, E. B. Spence, 

 C. J. Ross, Dr. Parr, and Dr. R. H. Brett, have been removed from 

 the list of members under the operation of the second law, which 

 provides that, " if any mcmlier shall omit to pay his subscription for 

 three consecutive years, his connexion with the Society shall cease." 



