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following report in regard to the discourse in commemoration 

 of the late President, delivered by Dr. Dunglison: — 



That pursuant to the notice heretofore communicated to the So- 

 ciety, the discourse in commemoration of our late President, Mr. Du 

 Ponceau, was pronounced by Dr. DungUson on the 25th of October, 

 1844, at the Musical Fund Hall. The Society was honoured on the 

 occasion by the presence of the relatives of the deceased, and of nu- 

 merous ladies, many of the reverend clergy, the members of the di- 

 plomatic corps, the State Society of the Cincinnati, and the officers 

 of the army and navy in the city at the time ; the officers of the seve- 

 ral municipal corporations, the judges of the courts of the United 

 States and State, the trustees and professors of the University and 

 Colleges, the members of the different learned and literary societies, 

 and a large number of citizens. The Committee herewith present 

 the manuscript of the Discourse, and submit for the consideration of 

 the Society the following resolutions: — 



1. Resolved, That the Discourse pronounced by Dr. DungUson in 

 commemoration of the late President, Mr. Du Ponceau, be published 

 under the directions of the Committee of Arrangements. 



2. Resolved, That the Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorized 

 to pay the several expenses incurred, and to be incurred, by the 

 Committee, under the orders of the Society, provided the same shall 

 not exceed the sum of two hundred dollars. 



Both the above resolutions were agreed to by the Society. 



Mr. Kane annou[nced the death of Mr. Nathan Dunn, a 

 member of the Society, who died at Vevay, in Switzerland, 

 on the fifteenth of September; and, on motion. Dr. Emerson 

 was appointed to deliver an obituary notice of the deceased. 



Stated Meeting, NoveTnber 15. 



Present, twenty-five members. 



Dr. Bache, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



A letter was read from the executive committee of the New 

 York Historical Society, dated New York, October 28, 1844, 



