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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. TREASURER'S ACCOUNTS.-SESSION XLII. The Literary and Philosophical Society, in Account with EDWARD HEATH, Treasurer. ............ 10 Entrances, at 10s. 6d. Sale of Transactions. One Year's Interest on Dock Bond 4 £ s. d. 9.16 1 1853. 0 Oct. 1.-By 118 Subscriptions, at 10s. 6d. 3 10 6 376 0 0 12 3 INDEX. A. Admission of members; form of application altered, 6 Archer, F., elected on Council, 5; exhib. corundum, Archer, T. C., elected member, 66; exhib. speci- Aspinall, J. B, elected member, 159 Berde, living specimen, exhib., 175 Exhibited-F. Archer, specimens of berüe, 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 Books esented, 178 Boult, Joseph, on development of arts promoted by Brakell, Mr. Thos, offer to print copies of report on British Association alluded to, 67; grant of £50 to Burke, W., exhib MSS. works on book-keeping, 93 Clyde, with notices of canoes, &c., 131 Fischel, Rev. A., on Joost Van Vondel, 145 Fletcher, F. D., elected member, 93 G. Gee, Dr. R., elected member, 93 H. Hartnup, John, elected on Council, 5; on special Heath, Edward, elected treasurer, 5; on special Heraldry, Dr. Hume on, 158 Hind, Mr., discovery of a new planet, 57 Horace's Ode to Pyrrha, 145 Howson, Rev. J. S., elected on Council, 5; letter Hume, Rev. Dr., on English dialects, 92, 93, 175; 1. Ihne, Dr., on Milton's Paradise Lost, 93, 94; on 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 Library Committee, address to Town Council on, 7 Liverpool, election of, 1670; Dr. Hume exhib. Lizards exhibited, 177 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 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 Roscoe, W., centenary of his birthday, 3 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 Officers, vote of thanks to, 5 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. H. GREENWOOD, PRINTER, 16, CANNING PLACE, LIVERPOOL |