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The Honorary Members deceased are the following : — 



Maria Ejdgeworth. 

 Count Graberg. 



Sir Graves Chamney Haughton. 



The Right Rev. Edward Stanley, Lord Bishop of Nor- 

 wich- 

 Dr. Jacquine d'Acosta Macedo. 

 William Reid Clanny, M. D. 



These are names that need no eulogy, and many of them have 

 left a blank in the world of letters that must long remain to remind 

 us of their loss* 



Miss Edgeworth was one of the few female writers who have 

 been admitted to the distinction of being elected Honorary Mem- 

 bers of the Academy ; her writings are in everybody's hands, and 

 have done more, perhaps, than those of any other author of our 

 day, to raise the moral tone of our lighter literature, to diffuse correct 

 views on the nature of intellectual education, and to bring forward 

 in a popular and favourable manner the character, peculiar circum- 

 stances, and wants of the Irish people. Miss Edgeworth closed her 

 long and useful life atEdgeworthstown,in May last, regretted by the 

 public, and mourned by all who had the pleasure and privilege of 

 her acquaintance. 



Sir Graves C. Haughton died on the 28th of August last, at St 

 Cloud, near Paris, in the sixty-second year of his age. Although 

 his life was passed in other countries, he was a native of Dublin, the 

 son of Irish parents. His father was an eminent physician here. 

 At an early age he was sent to India as a cadet, and distinguished 

 himself by his knowledge of Oriental languages. On his return 

 home he became Professor at Haileybury College, and received the 

 honour of knighthood in 1 833. He was the editor of the Institutes 

 of ATenUfin the original Sanscrit, and published a Bengali Grammar, 

 a Bengali Sanscrit and English Dictionary, and several other works. 

 His "Inquiry on the Nature of Language" was introductory to an 

 intended larger work, which he unhappily did not live to finish. 



The Right Rev. Edward Stanley, Lord Bishop of Norwich, 

 was distinguished in the scientific world for his attachment to the 



