



ADVERTISEMENT. 



THE unfortunate death of Sir William "Jones, 

 on the 27th of April, 1794, having deprived 

 the Society of their Founder and President, a 

 meeting of the Members was convened on the 



1st of May following, when it was unani- 

 mously agreed to appoint a Committee, consist- 

 ing of Sir Robert Chambers, Mr, Justice Hyde, 

 Colonel John Murray, John Briston, and Thomas 

 Graham, Esquires, to wait on Sir John Shore, 

 and, in the Name of the Society, request his ac- 

 ceptance of the office of their President. With 

 this request he, in terms highly flattering to 

 the Society, agreed to comply; and on the 

 22d of May, 1794, took his seat as President, 

 and delivered the Discourse, No. iz, of this 

 Volume* 



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EDMUND MORRIS, Secretary. 



