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PROCEEDINGS.

ANNUAL MEETING,

HELD AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION, OCTOBER 16, 1854.

JOSEPH DICKINSON, M.D., F.R.S., &c., PRESIDENT, in the Chair.
The Annual Report (vide p. 2) was unanimously adopted.
The Treasurer's accounts were passed.

The new Council and Office-bearers were balloted for the Rev. H. H. Higgins, M.A., Rev. John Robberds, B.A., John B. Edwards, Ph.D., John Brewer, Esq., Barrister at Law, and Thomas C. Archer, Esq., being recommended by the retiring Council,—and the following gentlemen were elected* :

President.

JOSEPH DICKINSON, ESQ., M.A., M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c.

Vice-Presidents.

JOSEPH BROOKS YATES, Esq., F.S.A., &c. &c.
ROBERT MCANDREW, ESQ., F.R.S., F.L.S.

THOMAS INMAN, Esq., M.D., F.B.S.E.

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• During the Session the following changes took place :-Isaac Byerley, Esq, appointed Treasurer, vice J. P. G. Smith, Esq.; William Ihne, Esq., Ph.D., appointed Vice-President, vice Thomas Inman, Esq., M.D., retired from the Council; Swinton Boult, Esq., elected by the Council in the room of Dr. Inman.

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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE RETIRING COUNCIL.

In surrendering into the hands of the members the trust reposed in them, the Council congratulate the Society on the progressive advancement it has made during its forty-third Session.

During the past Session the following gentlemen have been added to the list of Ordinary Members, viz. :-Messrs. A. Baldey, J. A. Sommers, J. M. Shain, H. Greenwood, H. H. Pearse, M.D., T. C. Archer, Rev. J. Porter, B.A., T. McNicholl, Joseph Godden, J. Keates, J. Jones, W. Bennett, W. Rees, W. Lidderdale, R. Gee, M.D., F. D. Fletcher, F. Prange, Rev. W. Banister, B.A., George Melley, J. Rigge, G. W. Bahr, J. B. Aspinall, C. G. Mott, and C. Kirwan ; and to the list of Corresponding Members, the Rev. James Booth, L.L.D., F.R.S., &c., late President of this Society, has been added.

The Council, with great regret, report the removal by death of Mr. W. B. Falcon, Mr. H. Thorpe, and Mr. J. Focke; also Mr. Charles Barber, President of the Liverpool Academy, a gentleman who, during a connection of nearly thirty years with this Society, gained alike the respect of its members by his consistent and able support of its objects, and their warm regard, by the manly virtues of his personal character.

Resignations have been received from Messrs. J. Grimaldi, J. M. Banner, James Dowie, T. Reay, R. Lowndes, C. C. Chambers, Edward Higgin, Edward Banner, T. Avison, Robert Shute, Joseph Boult, and R. G. Williams.

The names of Messrs. James Harvey, Edward Kemp, and George Padley, have been removed from the list of members under the operation of the second law.

The Society now numbers 204 members-137 ordinary, and 67 corresponding.

The following Papers have been read during the Session, many of which will appear in full in the forthcoming volume of Proceedings, namely:

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"The Geographical Distribution of Testaceous Mollusca in the North-east Atlantic and Neighbouring Seas," by R. McAndrew, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., V.P.,

"The most marked Development of the Arts promoted by War," by Joseph Boult, Esq.

"On Great Circle Sailing," by J. T. Towson, Esq.

"On English Dialects," by the Rev. Dr. Hume,

Critique on the 'Paradise Lost' of Milton," by W. Ihne, Ph.D.

"On the Raised Beaches of the Frith of Clyde," by W. Ferguson, Esq. F.L.S., F.G.S., &c.

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On the Minor Poets of the Day," by F. W. Bloxam, Esq.

“On the Life and Writings of the Dutch Poet, Joost Van Vondel," by the Rev. A. Fischel.

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On Heraldry," by the Rev Dr. Hume.

"On the Life and Philosophy of Hobbes," by the Rev. A. Ramsay. On the Torbane Hill Mineral," by the Rev. J. J. Moss, B.A. The Attraction of Ellipsoids considered Geometrically," by Matthew Collins, B.A.

Donations to the Library have been received from the Royal Astronomical Society, Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, Linnean Society, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Botanical Society of London, W. Stevenson, Esq., Rev. Dr. Hume, Rev. Dr. Thom, and Professor Edward Forbes.

The Council, in order to render the new volume of Proceedings as acceptable to the members as possible, have appended to it a very valuable "Fauna of Liverpool," by Isaac Byerley, Esq., F.L.S., &c., read before the Society in May, 1852. The printing of this Fauna was postponed for reasons stated in the last volume of Proceedings. In bringing this work before the Society they feel sure it will be received as a valuable addition to our knowledge of natural history, not only in this neighbourhood but throughout the country.

The Council having duly considered the subject of the subscriptions, are of opinion, that in order to maintain the efficiency of the Society the subscription of one guinea, voted at the last annual meeting, should be permanently continued.

The Council regret that the proposed union of the several Learned Societies of Liverpool with the Literary and Philosophical Society has proved to be impossible; as the Architectural and Archæological, and the Polytechnic Societies declined to entertain the proposal, and the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire was unwilling to comply with the condition laid down by this Society, of adopting the old name of Literary and Philosophical Society, as the name of the proposed united Society.

The Council congratulate the Society upon the recent visit to Liverpool of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; and they feel sure that this meeting will contribute to give an impulse to renewed and increased exertions on the part of the members of this Society.

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TREASURER'S ACCOUNTS.-SESSION XLIII.-1853-54.

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EXTRAORDINARY MEETING.

ROYAL INSTITUTION.-October 30, 1854.

JOSEPH DICKINSON, M.D., F.R.S., PRESIDENT, in the Chair.

The following resolution was carried, by 13 to 10:

"The Council having duly considered the subject of the subscription, are of opinion, that in order to maintain the efficiency of the Society, the subscription of One Guinea, voted at the last Annual Meeting (October, 1853), should be permanently continued."

Before going to the vote, the following recommendation of the Council was read:

"That if the Annual Subscription be raised to One Guinea, it be optional with the present members to compound as Life Members, for Five Guineas; and for all future members, for Ten Guineas, including the entrance fee."

SECOND ORDINARY MEETING.

ROYAL INSTITUTION.-October 30th, 1854.

JOSEPH DICKINSON, M.D., F.R.S., &c., PRESIDENT, in the Chair.

Mr. Isaac Byerley was elected Treasurer, vice Mr. J. P. G. Smith. The Council communicated that the following resolution had been by them unanimously adopted "That in order to carry out more efficiently the objects of the society, there be constituted from the Council three committees, viz. :-one for Literature and the Fine Arts; one for Natural Philosophy and Science; and one for Natural History, including Geology and Ethnology: and that the following

* This was not subsequently confirmed; and the recommendation of the Council not being a substantive motion was not put.

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