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number of volumes, published by the Smithsonian Institution 
in the city of Washington. 
A vote of thanks was passed to the Smithsonian Society 
for their donation. 
Mr. Mulvany, in pursuance of a resolution passed at the 
last preceding meeting of the Academy, having read a Paper,* 
giving an account ofa large collection of antiquities, presented 
to the Museum by the Commissioners of Public Works, and 
others :— 
Sir William Betham, in allusion to the large metallic cast- 
ing which formed a part of the collection, observed, that it 
bore the arms of Castile and Leon, the double-headed eagle 
and the Imperial Crown of Germany. There were also the 
two Spanish pillars, in allusion to the pillars of Hercules. It 
must, in his opinion, have belonged to the period of Charles V., 
or his son Philip, when he was King of Spain and Emperor of 
Germany at one and the same time. 
Mr. Kelly said that the communication made by Mr. Mul- 
vany being one ofso much importance, as regarded the ancient 
history of Ireland, ought to be referred to the Council of the 
Academy, with a view to its publication. He therefore begged 
to propose a resolution to that effect, and at the same time a 
vote of thanks to the Board of Works for their valuable 
donation. They lived in times when discoveries of an extra- 
ordinary kind were of almost daily occurrence. Through dis- 
coveries in Australia and California great treasures were 
making their way into England; and he was proud to say 
that Mr. Mulvany’s “diggings” bid fair to add to the histo- 
rical lore of Ireland treasures as valuable as anything which 
had been heretofore contributed. 
Dr. Petrie had great pleasure in seconding the motion. He 
* The particulars of this donation and Mr. Mulvany’s remarks will appear 
as an Appendix. 
