S A DÏSCOÜRSE, &C. 



After tbis period the Societv observino- that 

 ihe questions proposed rcmained woanswered, 

 'set io work themselves and publisbed the 5th 

 volume in 1790. In tbis and tlie 6th volume^ 

 W'hich appeared m 1792^ ihe Essa js are written 

 exclusivelv bv the Members. 



In 1794 ihe two first Essajs intended for the 

 7th volume were printed ; but no subsequent 

 publication of the transactions of the Society 

 appears to have takeo place. 



Subsequent to tbis period, when the revolu- 

 tions in Europe, the war and other circumstan- 

 ces of the timeSj continued to interfere with the 

 prosperity of the Society^ it was suggested h"^ some 

 of the MemberSj that by adopting a more 

 limited plan for its proceedings^ the objects 

 which \\ie Society had in view might still be 

 be obtaJned ; and accordingly a resolution ap- 

 pears to have been taken to this effect^ to 

 which the approval of the High Regency was 

 obtained in May 1800. 



UncJer this new organization of the Society, 

 the '' Public Utilitj" was still the declared ob- 

 ject of the Institution ; but the publication of 

 questions, except at the particular suggestion of 

 any Member was discontinued. The Society 

 still contiiiued to consist of mea of ability and 



