COUNCIL AND OFFICERS FOR 1856-57.

President.

Major-General The Hon. Sir EDWARD CUST, K.C.H., D.C.L., F.R.S., Leasowe Castle.

JOSEPH MAYER, F.S.A., M.R.Asiat.S., F.E.S., &c, 68, Lord Street, Liverpool.

Treasurer.

THOMAS AVISON, F.S.A., 16, Cook Street, Liverpool.

Hon. Secretary.

Rev. A. HUME, D.C.L., LL.D., F.S.A., 24, Clarence Street, Everton.

Assistant Secretary.

W. W. RUNDELL, Esq.

* In accordance with Law XX, the Council added the following Members from the Society to the Sectional Committees.

Archæology.-EDWARD BENN, Esq., J. CLEMENTS, Esq.,

HENRY JOHNSON, Esq., Captain JAMES MIDDLETON, F.S.A.

Literature.--A. W. HUNT, Esq., B.A., D. LAMB, Esq.,

ALEXANDER M'ILVEEN, Esq., JOHN POOLE, Esq.

Science.- -HENRY ATHERTON, Esq., H. J. CAUTY, Esq.,

HENRY DAWSON, Esq., WILLIAM MILNER, Esq.

CONTENTS.

[Papers marked thus are illustrated. Those marked thus have been abridged.]

On the Language of Lancashire under the Romans. By R. G. Latham,
M.A., M.D., F.R.S.

On the importance of testing Chronometers before they are used at Sea,
with examples to show how their most common faults may be
detected. By John Hartnup, F.R.A.S., V.P.

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* On the Battle of Brunanburh, and the probable locality of the conflict. By T. T. Wilkinson, F.R.A.S.........

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Notes on the Yak, or Grunting Ox, and other Ruminating Animals from
Central Asia. By T. J. Moore, Esq................................

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* The Castle Hill of Penwortham. By Rev. W. Thornber, A.B., Trin. Col. Oxon........

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On Resemblance, Imitation and Plagiarism in English Poetry. By David Buxton, M.R.L.S..........................

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The Faussett Museum, as affording materials for History. By John

Robson, M.D.

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On some Fossil Trees recently discovered at Burnley. By T. T. Wilkinson, F.R.A S.

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On Comparative Philology, considered as an Aid to History. By Rev.
A. Ramsay, M.A.

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* Commerce of the Medial East. By John Locke, A.B., F.S.S............. 119 On the Perfect r-Partitions of re- r + 1. By Rev. T. P. Kirkman,

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A.M., F.R.S.

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On the History of the English Language. By Thomas Wright, M.A.,
F.S.A........

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On the Lepidopterous Insects of the District around Liverpool. By Charles Stewart Gregson.........

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On the People of the English Lake Country, their origin, history and character. By A. Craig Gibson, Esq.

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On the Population of Lancashire and Cheshire, and its local distribution during the Fifty Years 1801-51. By J. T. Danson, V. P. and T. A. Welton, Esqs.......

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* A Visit to the Tomb of Theodoro Paleologus. By John Thomas Towson, Esq.............

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Results of an Examination of the Records of the Liverpool Self-Registering Tide Gauge, for the years 1854, 1855, and 1856. By Lieut. Murray T. Parks, R.N.

The Characters of Macbeth and Richard the Third, according to Shakspeare, compared. By James Stonehouse, Esq. .....

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* Historical Sketch of the Liverpool Library. By P. Macintyre, M.D.... 235 * Remarks on Ancient Ivory Carvings. By Francis Pulszky, F.H.A.

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Remarks on the Financial Position of the Society. By Rev. A. Hume,
D.C.L...........

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Opening Address. By J. T. Danson, F.S.S........

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On the relation between the Material Progress of the United States and
the Capital and Labour of Europeans. By E. Clibborn, Esq., R.I.A. 271
On Binocular Vision and the Theory of the Stereoscope. By John
Newton, Esq........................

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On a Vortex Wheel near Kendal, with remarks on Water Wheels.
By George Grazebrook, F.SA.........

[Remarks on the Life and Writings of Thomas Hoggart, of Troutbeck.
By A. Craig Gibson, Esq.]

[The Hoylake Antiquities. By Rev. A. Hume, D.C.L.] Concluding Address. By Rev. A. Hume, D.C.L.......... Appendix

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Extra Meeting;-Conversazioné at the Egyptian Museum
Special General Meeting;-Diploma to Rev. Dr. Thom ....

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LIST OF MEMBERS.

SESSION IX, 1856-7.

The first List was dated 23rd November, 1848; all whose names appeared in it, are therefore Original Members. Those who have been enrolled as Mayors or Sheriffs have their year of office attached.

The letter P denotes that the Members in connexion with whose names it occurs, have read Papers before the Society.

Those whose names are printed in SMALL CAPITALS are Members of the Council; and in italics are Life Members.

Those marked thus are Resident. The post town Liverpool is usually omitted.

A

Ainslie, Montague, Grizedale, Hawkshead, Lancashire. Allcard, William, 43, Upper Brooke street, Grosvenor square, London.

*Allport, William, 11, Dale street.

*Anderson, Robert Worrall, 23, Falkner square.
*Anderson, Thomas Francis, Holly Lodge, Fairfield,
and 3, Cable street.

Ansdell, John, St. Helens.

Ansdell, Richard, 7, Victoria Road, Kensington, London.
Arrowsmith, P. R., The Ferns, Bolton.

Aspland, Rev. R. Brook, M.A., Dukinfield, Ashton-
under-Lyne.

*Astley, John, Worrall Buildings, 11, New Wapping,
and Rock Ferry, Cheshire.

Aston, Walter, Chadderton Hall, and Blue Boar Court,
Cross street, Manchester.

Atherton, Henry, Sutton, Prescot.

Atkinson, Fenton Robinson, Oak House, Pendleton,
Manchester.

Atkinson, William, Ashton Hayes, Chester.

*AVISON, THOMAS, F.S.A., Fulwood Park, Aigburth, and 18, Cook street, TREASurer.

B

23rd Nov., 1848. *Badnall, Rev. William, M.A., Wavertree.
*Baines, Thomas, Oakfield, Little Woolton.
*Banning, John Johnson, 20, Castle street.
Barnes, Robert, Brookside, Manchester.
Barton, Henry Campbell, Fishergate, Preston.

P. 23rd Nov., 1848. 8th June, 1854. Mayor Man., 1851-53. 13th Dec., 1855.

*Batty Edward, 24, Stafford street.
Beamont, William, Warrington.
*Bean, Edwin, Revenue Buildings.

*BEAN, WILLIAM, Revenue Buildings, and 56, Berkeley

street.

*Bedford, James, Ph.D.

*Bell, Henry, 16, North John street, and Grosvenor Road, Claughton, Birkenhead.

Bell, John Gray, 11, Oxford street, Manchester.
*Belshaw, John, Wason Buildings, 4, Harrington street.
Benn, Edward, Belfast.

Bennett, William, Sir Thomas' buildings, and 109,
Shaw street.

Birch, Sir Thomas Bernard, Bart., The Hazles, Prescot.
Birchall, Thomas, Ribbleton Hall, Preston.

*Bird, William, 9, South Castle street, and the Dell,
Rock Park, Rock Ferry.

Birley, Rev. John Shepherd, Halliwell Hall, Bolton.
Birley, T. Langton, Carr Hall, Kirkham.

Black, J., M.D., F.G.S., 2, George's square, Edinburgh. *BLACKMORE, WILLIAM, 1, Exchange street West, and Sutton, Cheshire.

Blackburne, John Ireland, The Hall, Hale.

Bloxam, Frederick William, Alliance Bank, Threadneedle street, London.

*Blundell, Thomas Weld, Ince Blundell, Great Crosby.
Bööck, Frederick Robert Paul, 86, Newman street,
Oxford Street, London.

Booth, Benjamin Witham, Swinton, Manchester.
Booth, John Billington, Preston.
Bossi, Arthur, Paris.

Bostock, Rev. H., M.A., Grammar School, Warrington. *Bouch, Thomas, 1, Oldhall street, and New Brighton. *Boult, Francis, Rumford Place, and Devonshire Road, Claughton.

*BOULT, JOSEPH, Harrington Chambers, and Grove Park, Lodge Lane.

Bourne, Cornelius, Stalmine Hall, Preston.
Bowes, John, Blue Coat School, Warrington.
*Boyd, Andrew, 21, Nile Street.

Brackstone, R. H., Lyncombe Hill, Bath.
Bradbury, Charles, Salford Crescent, Manchester.
*Brakell, Thomas, 7, Cook street, and 23, Richmond
Terrace, Everton.

Brent, Francis, Custom House, Hull.

*Bright, HENRY ARTHUR, Sandheys, West Derby, and 1, North John street.

Brooke, Henry, Forest Hill, Northwich.

Brooke, Richard, jun., Norton Priory, Runcorn.
Brounlie, Charles, 19, Tower Chambers.
Broughton, Frederick, Ulster Railway, Belfast.
Brown, Robert, Preston.

Brown, William, M.P., 7, Chapel street, and Fenton's
Hotel, London.