269. 
Monpay, Aprit 12TH, 1852. 
JAMES APJOHN, M. D., Vics-Presinent, 
in the Chair. 
Henry H. Heap, M. D., William Nelson Irwin, Esq., 
‘James Sheridan Muspratt, Esq., and Henry John Porter, 
Esq., were elected Members of the Academy. 
On the recommendation of the Council, it was Resolved : 
That £50 be placed at the disposal of the Council to de- 
fray the expense of moving from Grafton-street to the present 
house in Dawson-street ; and also,— 
That the Council be authorized to dispose of the interest 
of the Academy in the lease of the house, 114, Grafton-street. 
The following Address to the Earl of Eglinton, Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland, &c., prepared by the Council, was read, 
together with His Execllency’s Answer thereto :— 
“To His Excellency Archibald William, Earl of Eglinton 
and Winton, Lord Lieutenant General and General Go- 
vernor of Ireland, &c. 
“ May IT PLEASE YouR EXCELLENCY, 
“We, the President and Members of the Royal Irish 
_ . Academy, beg to offer to your Excellency our respectful con- 
gratulations on your arrival in Ireland in the high character 
of Representative of our beloved and most gracious Sovereign. 
‘¢ The Charter by which our Society was incorporated, in 
the twenty-sixth year of the reign of King George III., has 
nominated the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ex-officio the Visi- 
tor of the Academy. 
“The relation in which we are thus placed to your Excel- 
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