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of Stokes by Sir Frederick Burton has been engraved, and a 

 statue by Foley stands in the hall of the College of Physicians. 

 He died in 1878, and is buried at St. Fintan's, Howth. 



2. Charles Bianconi was born near Como, in Lombardy, 

 in 1786, and at the age of sixteen came to Dublin as a vendor 

 of prints. From thence he went to Carrick-on-Suir, where he 

 engaged in business as a carver and gilder, finally settling 

 in Clonmel. Here he commenced his system of Irish cars, 

 and in 181 5 ran a two-wheeled car to Cahir. So successful 

 were Bianconi's cars that, at the end of thirty years, he was 

 working 3266 miles of road. Bianconi was a great friend of 

 O'Connell, whose nephew, Morgan J. O'Connell, married 

 Bianconi's daughter. Mrs. M. J. O'Connell wrote a 

 biography of her father, who realised a large fortune, which 

 was principally invested in land, including the estate of 

 Longfield, near Clonmel, which Bianconi, who died in 1875, 

 made his home. 



In August 1849, Her Majesty Queen Victoria 

 and the Prince Consort, accompanied by some of their 

 children, visited Ireland for the first time. On the 

 6th of that month, the Queen and Prince visited the 

 Botanic Garden, the former, with Lady Clarendon, 

 arriving in a carriage, while Prince Albert and Lord 

 Clarendon rode. This early visit, the first to any 

 public institution, had not been expected, and there 

 was not time for much preparation. The Duke of 

 Leinster, Mr. Lundy Foot and Dr. Harrison, the 

 secretaries, Sir Thomas Staples, Mr. H. Wybrants, 

 Mr. F. Darley, architect of the new conservatories, 

 Dr. Collins, and some other members met the Royal 

 party, when Mr. Moore, the curator, was introduced 

 to the Queen by the Duke of Leinster. These gentle- 

 men accompanied the Royal party round the grounds, 

 in which a large number of ladies and gentlemen had 

 assembled to greet Her Majesty. 



An address from the Society was presented to the 



