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Mownpay, May 14rx, 1855. 
GEORGE PETRIE, LL. D., Vice-Presiwent, 
in the Chair. 
Epmunp WILLIAM Dive Esq., M. B., was elected a Mem- 
_ ber of the Academy. 
-The Secretary of the Academy read the following Answer - 
of His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant to the Address adopted 
by the Academy at the last meeting :— 
“¢ GENTLEMEN, 
**T request the President, Council, and Members of 
the Royal Irish Academy, to accept my sincere thanks for the 
obliging expressions which they have addressed to me per- 
sonally, as well as officially, upon my arrival in Ireland. 
** J rejoice to find, that since the period of my former ac- 
quaintance with your proceedings, you have obtained a more 
commodious area for their future development; I doubt not 
that your zeal and spirit will keep pace with your enlarged 
_ local proportions :— 
‘Dignis invitant Pallada templis.’ 
‘*T believe it to be your laudable ambition so to collect, 
_ preserve, and investigate what has been bequeathed by the 
past, as to make it illustrate the present, and improve the 
future ; this is the beneficent method of making remote gene- 
_ rations react upon each other, and rendering your contempo- 
raries heirs to the treasures of former knowledge and wisdom, 
_ and ministers to the continual progress of Literature, Science, 
and Art. 
for the Royal Irish Academy.” 
“‘ T earnestly trust that such a course will be long reserved, 
amidst the increasing repose and prosperity of your country, 
