FIRST REPORT 
PROCEEDINGS 
OF 
THE GENERAL MEETING. 
1831. 
On the morning of September the 27th, 1831, the Theatre 
of the Yorkshire Museum was tilled by an assemblage of more 
than three hundred persons *, including many distinguished 
members of learned and scientific bodies in different parts of 
the united kingdoms, who were collected together in conse¬ 
quence of a general invitation to the friends of science, which 
had been issued by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. At 
half past twelve o’clock, on the motion of Dr. Brewster, Viscount 
Milton, the President of the Society, was called to the Chair, 
and addressed the Meeting nearly in the following words : 
sc Gentlemen, 
“ You have been kind enough to call me to the Chair 
of this Meeting, which is indeed one of the most important de¬ 
scription ; and I only regret, that you have not turned your 
eyes towards a person, whose acquirements would render him 
more qualified to fulfill the duties imposed on him. But I trust 
that, although I may be in some respects deficient, at least I 
am not deficient in an anxious desire to promote those objects 
which have been in the view of the authors of the Philosophical 
Society established in this city, and also those which will be 
brought under the consideration of the Meeting now assembled. 
It must undoubtedly be highly satisfactory to the Members of 
the Society who have taken an active part in making the arrange¬ 
ments for the purpose, to see that we are honoured with the 
attendance of persons from all parts of the kingdom, who testify, 
* The number of Tickets issued was three hundred and fifty-three. 
