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woman of high attainments, it may be justly inferred that 
Judith was not deficient. 
The character of Susanna Shakspere is then discussed, and 
her moral, intellectual, and poetical faculties asserted on the 
evidence of a contemporary. That her education embraced 
the Latin language, at least, is proved by the production of 
one indisputable, and several probable, pieces of her composi- 
tion in Latin, as well as English metres; and the whole is 
brought to a conclusion by a vindication of her mother’s me- 
mory, on the testimony to her virtues furnished in the monu- 
mental inscription placed over her remains by the piety and 
love of this exemplary daughter. 
Edward J. Cooper, Esq., made some remarks upon the 
four Comets which were lately visible, and which were all 
observed in one night at Markree—namely, Biela’s double 
comet, the two comets of De Vico, and Brorson’s comet. 
He likewise read a communication from Professor Schuma- 
cher respecting a fifth comet, which has just been discovered. 
The President commenced the reading of a paper ‘* On 
the Variations of the Magnetic Declination at Dublin, as 
deduced from four years’ observations.” 
DONATIONS. 
Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Gessellschaft der Wissens- 
chaften zu Gottingen. 11%" Band von den Jahren 1842-4. 
Presented by the Society. 
Bericht tiber die zur Bekanntmachung guigneiten Ver- 
handlungen der Koniglichen Preuss. Akademie der Wissens- 
chaften zu Berlin. From July, 1843, to June, 1845. 
Abhandlungen der Kéniglichen Akademie der Wissens- 
chaften zu Berlin. Yor 1842 and 1843. Presented by the 
Academy. 
