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it rewarded ; while the zeal with which you have watched over the inte- 

 rests of science, and the success which has attended the application of your 

 distinguished talents to the same object, justify the choice, which, at so 

 critical a period, has raised you to your high station, and form an earnest 

 of the energy with which the duties of that station will be fulfilled. In 

 joining the public feeling which has sanctioned your elevation, we trust 

 that an institution over which you have so long presided, and on which 

 you have reflected the lustre of your talents, will still share your patron- 

 age ; that, aware of the connection between the interests of true religion 

 and the advancement of sound knowledge, you will still watch over and as- 

 sist its progress ; and that the approbation of your sovereign, which has 

 placed you among the high dignitaries and guardians of the National 

 Church, will not deprive the Royal Irish Academy of your protection as 

 its President. S. Kyle. 



My Lords and Gentlemen. — It is difficult to express how greatly I ap- 

 preciate the good opinion of the Royal Irish Academy. The motives which 

 you have been pleased to state as having led you to distinguish me by this 

 great mark of your approbation, will always be present to my mind. 



The Academy, founded for the promotion of science and literature in 

 Ireland, requires the joint exertions of its members; and since I have had 

 the honour of presiding therein, I have uniformly been assisted by the most 

 cordial support and co-operation. 



Religion and knowledge cannot be separated ; each requires the aid of 

 the other. In the station to which his Majesty has been pleased to call me, 

 the pursuits of science may, in my opinion, be continued without impro- 

 priety, and without interfering with more appropriate duties. 



As a member of the Royal Irish Academy I shall always consider myself 

 as called on to assist in promoting the objects for which it has been insti- 

 tuted. The office which I have held appears to me necessarily to require 

 a residence in or near Dublin ; and, however gratified I might be by being 

 continued in this distinguished post, I feel it could not take place without 

 injury to the interests and reputation of the academy, to serve which my 

 humble efforts shall always be directed. John Cloyne. 



Dec. 18. — " Remarks on the Irish Language, with a Review of its Gram- 

 mar, Glossaries, Vocabularies, and Dictionaries, by Mr James Scurry," was 

 unanimously voted for publication in the Transactions. 



Jan» 8, 1827. — A letter from Mr Goulburn being read, stating his Ma- 

 jesty's wishes to have a copy made of the Book of Leacan by Mr Owen 

 Connellan, it was ordered that the librarian be requested to afford him 

 every facility of access to said book in the Academy House for that pur- 

 pose. 



»7an. 22.— The Duke of Buckingham was unanimously elected an 

 Honorary Member, and Sir William Betham an Ordinary Member. 



March 16.— -The following Members were elected oflScers and council for 

 the ensuing yeaf! 



PRESIDENTS. 



The Right Rev. Lord Bishop of Cloyne, D. D., F. R. S. &c. &c. 



