176 A HISTORY OF 



position as corrector of the press. He died at Finglas in 

 1828. Dr. Lanigan's Ecclesiastical History of Ireland 

 is a well-known work. On his retirement, Dr. Samuel 

 Litton, Dr. Ryan, Mr. Newenham, Mr. Berwick, Dr. 

 Johnson, and Mr. Cramer became candidates for the 

 vacant post, when Dr. Litton was elected by 154 votes 

 in a house of 237 members. Between 1817 and 1824, 

 the new librarian compiled a catalogue of the library. 



In 1811, a committee, consisting of the seven vice- 

 presidents, the two secretaries, Henry Hamilton, Isaac 

 Weld, John Boardman, Edward Houghton, Samuel 

 Guinness, Henry Adair, and the Rev. J. C. Seymour, 

 was appointed to inspect the books, and consider the 

 library regulations. It was arranged that from the 25th 

 of March to the 29th of September the library was to be 

 open from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. and from 6 P.M. to sunset ; 

 for the remainder of the year, from 9 A.M. to sunset. 

 (In 1836, it was ordered to be open from 1 1 A.M. until 

 5 P.M.) A special catalogue of such works as might 

 be lent to members was to be prepared, and the 

 Society's professors were to be permitted to borrow 

 books, and bring them to the lecture rooms during lec- 

 tures. An assistant to the librarian was necessary. The 

 power of selection of books was to rest with the library 

 committee, which was to be elected annually by ballot. 

 The library room was considered totally inadequate, 

 and, soon after, the architect was directed to furnish 

 plans for a new library. The committee reported that 

 its members were engaged in cataloguing the coins and 

 medals. Two hundred pounds per annum was after- 

 wards fixed as the librarian's salary, for six hours a day, 

 in managing and cataloguing the library, and super- 

 intending the Society's publications. Mr. McDonnell 

 was appointed assistant librarian at a salary of ^100 

 a year. By November 1812, the new sub-librarian, 



