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portions with it, we are authorized, as I think, to infer that they 
were all minted between the years 214 and 175 before our era, 
or, in other words, that they are about two thousand years old.” 
DONATIONS. 
1. Five Roman coins found near Rathfarnham. Presented 
by Geo. Petrie, LL. D., on the part of Mr. Richard Glennon. 
2. A small group carved out of white stone, probably in- 
tended to represent the Virgin and Child. Presented by 
John Rorke, Esq. 
3. The number of the Dublin Satirist for March, 1810, 
containing a letter on the then state and prospects. of the Royal 
Trish Academy, by “A Member” and F. B.S. Presented 
by Joseph Huband Smith, Esq. 
4. Dr.R.R. Madden, on the partof Andrew O'Reilly, Esq., 
of Paris, presented to the Museum of the Academy the sword 
of the late Colonel (Jules) Terence O’Reilly, in the French 
service, as a memorial of the man and the corps to which he 
belonged; by whom the traditional reputation of Irishmen for 
gallantry and bravery in the French army was maintained to 
the last moment of the existence of the Irish Legion. 
In connexion with this last donation, Mr. A. O’Reilly has 
forwarded the following notice of his relative, Col. O'Reilly. 
_ “He was born in Dublin 4th November, 17 83, and entered 
the Irish Legion in the service of France, afterwards the 3rd 
foreign Regiment, on the 21st N ivose, an. 12, (11 Jan., 1804). 
He was promoted provisionally to the rank of captain, Aug. 
10, 1809, and confirmed in this rank March 4, 1810; and on 
March 15, 1814, he was appointed chef de bataillon in the 
101st regiment of the line, and confirmed in this rank by 
Louis XVIII. June 15, 1814, and placed on half-pay, being 
noted for Buonapartism. 
** After Napoleon’s return to France we find Mr. O’Reilly 
aide-de-camp of General Loison, at Ligny, Quatre Bras, and 
