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DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY,

FROM JUNE, 1853, TO JUNE, 1854.

ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY.-Proceedings, Vol. XIII., Nos. 7 to 9- Vol. XIV., Nos. 1, 3 to 5; from the Society.

HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE.-Proceedings and Papers, Session V., 1852-1853;--Report of the Council, and Abstract of Expenditure, Session V., 1852-1853; from the Society.

STEVENSON, WILLIAM.-Abstract of Observations on the Aurora, Cirri, &c., made at Dunse; from the Author.

LINNEAN SOCIETY.-Proceedings, Nos. 45 to 51; from the Society. ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH.-Proceedings, Session 1852-1853; from the Society.

LONDON CATALOGUE OF BRITISH PLANTS; from the Botanical Society of London.

FORBES, PROFESSOR EDWARD.-Educational Uses of Museums; from the Author.

THOM, ROBERT.-The Lasting Resentment of Miss Keaon Swan Wang a Chinese Tale; translated by Robert Thom, Esq.

The Chinese Speaker; or, Extracts from Works written in the Mandarin Language, as spoken at Pekin; both from the Rev. Dr. Thom.

DECIMAL COINAGE: What it Ought, and What it Ought Not to be. By One of the Million; from the Author.

BEST, THE HON. AND REV. SAMUEL.-Thoughts on the Proposal for the Improvement of the Civil Service; from the Author. LIVERPOOL ROYAL INSTITUTION.-Address to the General Meeting of Proprietors, held 10th February, 1854; from the Institution. COLLINS, MATTHEW, B.A.-Clairaut's Theorem, and other subjects connected with it; from the Author.

ROYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL.-Thirty-ninth Annual Report of the Council, with the Curator's Report, and Papers and Notices read; from the Society.

Hume, Rev. DR.-Education of the poor in Liverpool; a Paper read before the British Association at Hull, 12th September, 1853; from the Author.

Two Ballads, on the Battle of the Boyne; from the Author. ROYAL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY.-Twentieth Annual Report; from the Society.

COSMOS INSTITUTE-Prospectus of; from Mr. Isaac.

REPORT to the Health Committee of the Borough of Liverpool on Sewerage, &c., by James Newlands, C.E.; from the Author.

POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY OF LIVERPOOL.-Transactions from September, 1849, to December, 1852; from the Society.

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TREASURER'S ACCOUNTS.-SESSION XLII.

The Literary and Philosophical Society, in Account with EDWARD HEATH, Treasurer.

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10 Entrances, at 10s. 6d.

Sale of Transactions.

One Year's Interest on Dock Bond 4
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Oct. 1.-By 118 Subscriptions, at 10s. 6d.
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INDEX.

A.

Admission of members; form of application altered, 6
Antiquities, Saxon, Faussett collection, purchased
by Mr. Mayer, 131, 143

Archer, F., elected on Council, 5; exhib. corundum,
158; exhib pebble basalt, 143; exhib. specimen
of berde, 175

Archer, T. C., elected member, 66; exhib. speci-
mens of vegetable fibre and fish poison, 175
Arts promoted by war, 57

Aspinall, J. B, elected member, 159
Atlantic, North, on geographical distribution of
testaceous mollusca in, 8

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Berde, living specimen, exhib., 175

Exhibited-F. Archer, specimens of berüe, 175,
pebble basalt, 143, corundum, 158; T. C. Archer,
specimens of vegetable fibre and fish poison, 175;
F W. Bloxam, Milton's Paradise Lost, 158; W.
Burke, manuscript works on book-keeping, &c.,
93; I. Byerley, torpedo nobiliana, 7; H. Cox,
earth worm, 57; J. L. Clare, fossil panopoa
aldrovandi, 93; Professor Griffith, fossils,93; Dr.
Hume, flint hammers, &c., 130, manuscripts on
Liverpool election 1670, 57, minerals,93; J. Jones,
coins from Punjaub, 158; R. M'Andrew, prawns,
93; F. P. Marrat, minerals, 130, lizard and
mosses, 177, cornistanite, 57; T. Sansom, fossils
from chalk, 93; Queen's matrimonial ladder, 158;
J. B. Yates, paper from plantain, 177, old French
documents, 177, Victoria nugget, 7
Extraordinary Meetings, 7, 56, 92, 142, 143, 157, 175

F.

Faussett Museum, purchased by Mr. Mayer, 131, 143

Bloxam, F. W., on the minor poets of the day, 144; Ferguson, W., on the raised beaches of the Frith of
exhib. Milton's Paradise Lost, 158

Books esented, 178

Boult, Joseph, on development of arts promoted by
war, 57

Brakell, Mr. Thos, offer to print copies of report on
union, 6; vote of thanks to, 142

British Association alluded to, 67; grant of £50 to
local fund, 92

Burke, W., exhib MSS. works on book-keeping, 93
Byerley, I., elected on Council, 5; exhib. torpedo
nobiliana, 7

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Clyde, with notices of canoes, &c., 131
Fibre, vegetable, exhib., 175

Fischel, Rev. A., on Joost Van Vondel, 145
Fish poison, exhib., 175

Fletcher, F. D., elected member, 93
Fossils exhib., 93

G.

Gee, Dr. R., elected member, 93
Glasgow, canoes found at, 131
Godden, Joseph, elected member, 66
Grant of £50 for British Association, 92
Greenwood, Henry, elected member, 57
Griffiths, Professor, exhib. fossils, 93

H.

Hartnup, John, elected on Council, 5; on special
committee, 57, 143, 157; observations on Mr.
Hind's new planet, 57; letter from, read, 142
Hebson, Edward, death of, noticed, I

Heath, Edward, elected treasurer, 5; on special
committee, 56, 143, 157

Heraldry, Dr. Hume on, 158

Hind, Mr., discovery of a new planet, 57
Hobbes, on the Life and Character of, 159

Horace's Ode to Pyrrha, 145

Howson, Rev. J. S., elected on Council, 5; letter
from read, 142

Hume, Rev. Dr., on English dialects, 92, 93, 175;
on some flint hammers, &c., 130; on heraldry,
158; exhib. manuscript of Liverpool election
1670, 57; exhib. a mineral, 93; vote of thanks
to, 92

1.

Ihne, Dr., on Milton's Paradise Lost, 93, 94; on
Horace's Ode to Pyrrha, 145; elected on Council,
5; on special committee, 56, 143, 157
Inman, Thos., M.D., elected V.P., 5; on special
committee, 157

Inoceramus mytiloides, exhib., 93

J.

|Paradise Lost, 93, 94

Jones, John, elected member, 93; exhib. coins from Planet, discovery of, 57

Punjaub, 158 Joost Van Vondel, Rev. A. Fischel

on, 145

K.

Keates, John, elected member, 66 Kirwan, C., elected member, 177

L.

Lassell, Wm., elected on Council, 5
Lead, sulphuret of, exhib., 130
Library, donations to, 178

Library Committee, address to Town Council on, 7
Lidderdale, W., elected member, 93

Liverpool, election of, 1670; Dr. Hume exhib.
MSS., 57

Lizards exhibited, 177
Lowndes, R., resigned, 158

M.

M'Andrew, Robert, on Geographical distribution of Testaceous Mollusca, 8; on Spanish poetry, 158; elected vice-president, 5; on special committee, 157; exhib. prawns, 93

McNicholl, Thos., elected member, 66 Marrat, F. P., exhib. lizard and mosses, 177; cornistanite, 57; minerals, 130

Mayer, Mr., purchased the Faussett Museum,131,143 Melly, George, elected member, 130

Members elected:-Corresponding: Rev. J. Booth, LLD., F.R.S., 6. Ordinary T. C. Archer, 66; J. B. Aspinall, 159; G. B. Bahr, 159; A. Baldey, 6; Rev. W. Banister, 130; W. Bennett, 93; F. D. Fletcher. 93; Dr. R. Gee, 93; Joseph Godden, 66; H. Greenwood, 57; John Jones, 93; John Keates, 66; C. Kirwan, 177; W. Lidderdale, 93; Thomas McNicholl, 66; George Melly, 130; C. G. Mott, 158; W.H. Pearse, 57; Rev. James Porter, 66; F. Prange, 93; W. Rees, 93; T. Rigge, 145; J. M. Shain, 6; J. A. Sommers, 6

Members, form of application for admission, altered, 6

Members removed from list, 1

Members resigned, 1

Milton's paradise lost, 93, 94

Mineral from coal, exhib., 93

Minerals exhib., 130

Plantain, paper made of, 177

Poetry, Spanish, R. M'Andrew on, 158
Poets, Minor, Mr. Bloxham on, 144

Poison, fish, exhibited, 175

Porter, Rev. Jas., elected member, 66

Prange, F., elected member, 93

Prawns, exhib. by Mr. M'Andrew, 93

Presidents and Secretaries of Societies to be ad

mitted to meetings, 3

Proceedings to be published annually, 57

Q.

Queen's matrimonial ladder, exhib., 158

R.

Ramsay, Rev. A., on the Life of Hobbes, 159
Rees, W., elected member, 93
Report of Council, 1

Roscoe, W., centenary of his birthday, 3
Rigge, T., elected member, 145

S.

Sailing, Mr. Towson on circle, 66 Sansom, Thos., elected secretary, 5; on special committee, 56, 143, 157; exhib. Queen's matri. monial ladder, 158; exhib. fossils from chalk, 93 communicated extracts of letter from Mr. Spruce, 144

Saxon Antiquities, Faussett collection of, purchased Sea, Denham on temperature of, 9, note by Mr. Mayer, 131, 143 Smith, J. P. G., elected on Council, 5; on special committee, 56, 143, 157

Societies, proposal to unite, 6,56, 180, 142, 143, 145, 157, 175 Spanish Poetry, R. M'Andrew on, 158 Spruce, Richard, extract of letter from, 144 Staite, Mr., exhibition of electric light, 3 Subscription, proposal for the raising of, 4; in creased 7, 56

T.

Temperature of sea, Denham on, 9, note

Thomson, D. P., elected on Council, 5; on special committee, 157

Torpedo nobiliana, exhib., 7

Torbane Hill mineral, Rev. J. J. Moss on, 159

Mollusca, R. M'Andrew, on geographical distri- Towson, J. T., elected on Council, 5; on great bution of, 8

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Officers, vote of thanks to, 5
Orthocera calamiteum? exhib., 93
P.

Paper made of plantain, 177

Papers read:-F. W. Bloxam, minor poets of the day, 144; J. Boult, development of arts promoted by war, 57; M. Collins, on the attraction of ellipsoids, considered geometrically, 159; W. Ferguson, on the Frith of Clyde, 131; Rev. A. Fischel, life and writings of Joost Van Vondel, 145; Dr. Hume, on English dialects. 92, 93, 175; on heraldry, 158; Dr. Ihne, on the paradise lost of Milton, 93, 94; M'Andrew, on the distribution of mollusca in the North Atlantic, &c., 8; Rev. J. J. Moss, on the Torbane Hill mineral, 159; Rev. A. Ramsay, on the life and character of Hobbes, 159; J. T. Towson, on great circle sailing, 66.

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