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lin, in the year 1810, and was early distinguished for talent in lite- 
rary composition. While an undergraduate he gained several Vice- 
Chancellor’s Prizes, and medals at the Historical Society, for Eng- 
lish verse. He was ordained in 1816, and appointed soon after to 
the curacy of Oldcastle, in the diocese of Meath, which he held for 
nearly twenty years. He was struck with paralysis on the 4th of 
April, 1850; and, after a painful illness, expired on the 22nd of No- 
vember, 1850, aged 60. Except a few sermons, and other profes- 
sional tracts, Mr. Halpin published little; but he has read here from 
time to time some essays on subjects connected with the dramatic 
and poetical literature of the Elizabethan period. His principal 
publications were in connexion with the Shakspearian Society. 
‘**Oberon’s Vision,”’ a beautiful illustration of a remarkable passage 
in the ‘“ Midsummer Night’s Dream,” was published in 1843, and 
attracted considerable attention. ‘‘ The Bridal Runaway,” or an 
examination of a passage in “‘ Romeo and Juliet,” appeared in 1845. 
Both these tracts are among the Shakspearian Society’s publi- 
cations. 
His last work was entitled‘ The dramatic Unities of Shakspeare.” 
This was published in 1849, and is an ingenious examination of the 
way in which Shakspeare managed to preserve the illusion neces- 
sary for the purposes of the drama, and the artifices by which, in 
his works, he overcomes the difficulty of exhibiting, within the 
time which the performance of an hour or two occupies, the inci- 
dents of a story occupying, in their actual occurrence, a much 
longer period. The principle by which Mr. Halpin thinks that 
Shakspeare’s management of time is governed, he illustrates by 
an examination of the story of the ‘‘ Merchant of Venice.” Mr. 
Halpin was a Member of the Council of the Academy, on the Com- 
mittee of Polite Literature, for the last two years. 
The following Honorary Members died during the past year: 
1. The Ricut Hon. the Marquis or NortHamprTon, died 16th 
January, 1851. : 
2. Wintiam Worvsworrty, died 25th April, 1850. 
3. Tuomas Amyot, Esq., died 28th September, 1850. 
