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late Secretary of Council, the Rev. Charles Graves, has signified his 
intention of resigning the office which he has for several years past 
so efficiently filled. Those only who have been engaged with Dr. 
Graves, in the actual working of the Academy, can fully estimate 
the magnitude of the loss which his retirement will occasion. 
During the past year, fifteen new members have been added to 
the Academy. Their names are as follows:— 
Rev. William Fitzgerald, D.D. Henry H. Stuart, M. D. 
Major John Bonner. Eugene Curry, Esq. 
Rey. Beaver H. Blacker. John Thomas Rosborough Col- 
J. E. Butler, Esq. clough, Esq. 
F. R. Davies, Esq. James Butler Pratt, Esq. 
John Lentaigne, M. D. Charles Domville, Esq. 
James John Mac Carthy, Esq. Jas. Roderick O’ Flanagan, Esq. 
Alexander Read, M. D. Rev. Robert Ferguson, LL. D. 
During the same period two Honorary Members, and five ordi- 
nary Members, have been lost to us by death. The following is a 
list of their names, with the dates of their deaths, as far as it has 
been possible to ascertain them :— 
Honorary Mempzrs. 
1, Francois Jean Dominique Arago; elected 30th Nov. 1844: 
died 2nd October, 1853. (Science.) t 
2. G. T. GrorzrenD; elected 30th Nov. 1850. (Antiquities.) 
OrpInNARY MEMBERS. 
1. Srk Witu1amM Betuam; elected 22nd January, 1827; died 
26th October, 1853. 
2. Sir Monracur L. Cuapman, Bart.; elected 11th December, 
1843. (Date of death not known.) 
3. Joun Grene, Esq. ; elected 10th January, 1848: died 30th 
April, 1853. 
4, Wiut1am Exxiot Hupson, Esq.; elected 12th April 1841: 
died 23rd June, 1853. 
5. Sir Francis Wasxet-Myers; elected 13th January, 1851. 
Date of death not known. 
Of the two Honorary Members whose names occur in the fore- 
going list, one has occasioned a vacancy in the class of Science, and 
