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The Chair was taken at 2 o'clock by Professor W. H. Harvey, M. D., 

 F. R. & L. SS., the President of the Association. 



Captain Sir F. Leopold M'Clintock, R. N., wearing the pink howl 

 of LL. D., was introduced by the Vice-Presidents of the Associa- 

 tion, the Rev. S. Haughton, A. M., F. R. 8., and Dr. Carte, A. M., F. L. 8. 



Dr. John Barker, Honorary Secretary, then read the minutes of the 

 previous meeting, which, being approved of by the Members, were 

 signed by the Chairman. 



The Rev. Dr. Todd, 8. F. T. C. D., President of the Royal Irish Aca- 

 demy, then rose and said : — 



Sir, — I beg to propose that an address from this Association be pre- 

 sented to Captain Sir Leopold M'Clintock. It is unnecessary for me, in 

 making this motion, to say anything of the public services of our dis- 

 tinguished countryman. Those services have been acknowledged by 

 the British public, by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and re- 

 cently by the honour so worthily bestowed by the hands of her most 

 gracious Majesty. But, perhaps, I ought to say a word of apology, in 

 defence of this Association, for the apparent presumption of endeavour- 

 ing by our humble voice to swell the cheer of national applause with 

 which Sir Leopold M'Clintock has been received. Let me remind you, 

 then, that Sir Leopold M'Clintock was an old member of this Associa- 

 tion ; he always took a lively interest in its welfare ; he has always en- 

 deavoured by every means in his power to promote the objects it has 

 in view — that of cultivating among the students of the University a sci- 

 entific taste, and particularly a taste for those sciences from which the 

 Association derives its name. I believe I am correct in saying that one 

 of the first, if not the very first, scientific communications which he ad- 

 dressed home from the dreary land in which he has won his good fame, 

 was sent to this Association, and read at one of its meetings. No man can, 

 therefore, justly accuse us of presumption, if we feel deeply interested in 

 his success, and manifest that interest by this attempt to greet his safe 

 return to us. "We are well aware that, in condescending to accept from us 

 an address, and the trifling present which accompanies it, he is doing 

 more honour to us than we can do to him ; but we hail him as a friend, as 

 a member of this Association, and now also as a member of this Univer- 

 sity.. I was going to say that we should likewise hail him as an Irish- 



