The Society now numbers 109 members ; namely, 133 ordinary, and 

 tJO corresponding. 



During the session the following papers, many of which are of great 

 interest, have been read, namely : — 



" On Time-balls and Sympathetic Clocks," by Mr. Hartnup. 



" On some Greek Inscriptions at Ince Blundell," by Mr. Yates. 



" On the Earthquake of the 9th Nov., 1852," by Mr. J. P. G. Smith. 



" On the Coffees of Commerce," by Mr. H. S. Evans. 



" On the true Mythological Conception of Janus," by Dr. Ihne. 



" On the Rheno-Danubian barrier of the Roman Empire," by Mr. 

 James Yates. 



" An Account of an Exiaiosion in a Granite Quarry at the village of 

 Funiace, on the western shore of Loch Fine," by Mr. John James Moss 



" On the Trustworthiness of the Account respecting the Regal Period 

 of the Roman History," by Dr. Ihne. 



" Who was Macbeth?" by Dr. Hume. 



" On the Occurrence in this Country of BomhyceUa Carolinensis, 

 Bombycella garnda, and Memps Apiaster," by Mr. W. Ferguson. 



" On the Practical Application of Comparative Philology," by the 

 Rev. Arthur Ramsay. 



" On the Deviation of the Compass on board Iron Steamers proceed- 

 ing to the Southern Hemisphere," by Mr. Towson. 



" Architecture and Nature," by Mr. Samuel Higgins. 



" On the History of Nautical Terms," by the Rev. J. S. Howson. 



" On the Fall of an AeroUte in Corrientes, one of the Argentine 

 Provinces, in January, 1844," by Mr. H. E. Syraonds. 



" On the History, Present Position, and Futui'e Prospects of the 

 Literary and Philosophical Society," by Dr. Hume. 



" Results of Meteorological Observations taken at the Liverpool 

 Observatory during the two years ending December, 1852," by Mr. 

 Hartnup. 



" On the General Character of Storms which pass over the British Isles, 

 with some Practical Suggestions, by which the damage occasioned by 

 them may be diminished," by Mr. W. Stevenson. 



Donations to the Library have been received from the following 

 individuals and Societies, namely : — The Right Hon. Lord Londes- 

 borough, the Rev. Dr. Hume, Mr. Sansom, the Rev. Dr. Booth, 

 Dr. Turubull, Messrs. Chambers, Royal Society of Edinbui-gh, Liverpool 

 Architectural and Archseological Society, Committee of the Salford Free 

 Library, Committee of the Liverpool Free Public Library, Royal 

 Astronomical Society, Society of Aits, Historic Society of Lancashire 



