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hat es mit seinen Ansichten unvereinbar gehalten, länger Mitglied unserer Akademie zu bleiben 

 und die Gründe für seinen Austritt in folgendem Schreiben mitgetheilt : 



A Monsieur le President de 1' Academie imperiale allemande 

 des curieux de la nature, en Session ä Dresde. 



Bordeaux, 20 Ferrier 1871. 

 Monsieur, 



Je me suis senti grandement honore lorsqu'en 1858 j'ai recu le diplöme de membre 

 de votre celebre Academie, sous le Cognomen de Gundelsheimer, compagnon de Tournefort 

 en Orient, allusion obligeante ä mes travaux comme botaniste voyageur dans ces contrees. 

 La guerre actuelle entre nos deux nations a pris un tel caractere, qu'un Francais ne peut 

 plus, sans compromettre sa propre dignite, entretenir de relations, meine scientifiques , de 

 l'autre cote du Rhin. En consequence, je vous prie de vouloir bien retrancher mon nom 

 de la liste des Membres de votre Academie. 



Agreez personellement , Monsieur le President, l'assurance de ma consideration tres- 

 distinguee. Qu Ja^ert, 



Membre de ['Institut, Depute du Cher ä Fassemblee nationale. 



Dr. Behn. 



The Royal Irish Academy und das Bombardement von Paris. 



Nach Beginn der Belagerung von Paris, Ausgangs 1870, erliess die Royal Irish 



Academy zu Dublin an viele wissenschaftliche Gesellschaften folgende Aufforderung, sich ihr 



anzuschliessen, um ein Bombardement von Paris zu verhüten. 



17. November 1S70. 

 Sir, 



„I am directed by the Royal Irish Academy to fonvard to you the inclosed copy of 

 a Memorial to Her Britannic Majesty's Government and to solicit the Cooperation of Yoiir 

 Academy in the object of it. 



Your faithfully 



W. K. SulMvan, 

 Secr. of the Academy. 



Copy of Memorial to her Majesty's Government, adopted by the Royal Irish Academy, 

 at their general Meeting held on Monday, November 14"' 1870. 



To the Right Hon. Earl Granville, K. G., Her Majesty's 

 principal secretary of state for foreign affairs. 



„We, the President and Members of the Royal Irish Academy, desire to call the 

 earnest attention of Her Majesty's Government to the irreparable loss which would be sustained 

 by the whole eivilized world if the inestimable scientific, literary and other collections of Paris 

 should be destroyed or seriously injured during the siege. That city contains galleries stored 

 with treasures of art, libraries rieh in every species of literary monument and scientific mu- 

 seums which are amongst the formost in their several kinds. These collections represent the 

 aecumulated labours of many generations, and are, in truth, the property not of France only 



