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Rev. Samuel Butcher, D.D.; Rev. Joseph Carson, D. D.; John Kells 
Ingram, LL.D. ; Digby P. Starkey, M. A.; John Anster, LL. D.; J. F. 
Waller, LL. D.; and D. F. M‘Carthy, Esq. : on the Committee of Polite 
Literature. 
John T. Gilbert, Esq. ; Rev. William Reeves, D. D.; Eugene Curry, 
Ksq.; William R. Wilde, M.D.; George Petrie, LL. D.; W. H. Hardinge, 
Esq. ; and Rev. Jas. H. Todd, D.D. : on the Committee of Antiquities. 
TrEAsuRER.—Rey. Joseph Carson, D.D. 
SECRETARY OF THE AcaDEMy.—Rey. William Reeves, D.D. 
SEcRETARY oF THE Councit.—John Kells Ingram, LL. D. 
SEcRETARY oF ForEIgGN CoRRESPONDENCE.—Rey. Samuel Butcher, 
D. D. 
Lirsrartan.—John T. Gilbert, Esq. 
Cierx, Assistant LIBRARIAN, AND Curator oF THE Musrum.—Ed- 
ward Clibborn, Esq. 
The Rev. James H. Todd, D. D., then left the chair, which having 
been occupied by the Very Rev. Charles Graves, D. D., 
It was moved by Sir W. R. Hamilton, LL. D., and seconded by the 
Rev. William Reeves, D. D., and 
Resotvep,—That the cordial acknowledgments of this Academy are 
due, and are hereby presented, to their late President, the Rev. James 
Henthorn Todd, D. D., for the dignity and courtesy with which he has 
filled the chair, and the untiring zeal which he has displayed in pro- 
moting the objects of the Academy. 
The President nominated under his hand and seal the following 
Vicr-Presipents.—Sir William R. Hamilton, LL. D.; Rev. Samuel 
Butcher, D. D.; Wm. R. Wilde, M. D.; and the Rev. James Henthorn 
Todd, D. D. 
The Academy then adjourned. 
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1861. 
Very Rey. Cuartes Graves, D.D., President, in the Chair. 
Tur Hon. Judge Berwick ; Alfred Hudson, M. D.; George Nixon, M.D.; 
William J. Sargeant, Esq. ; J. S. Sloane, Esq., C.E.; and Joseph Wilson, 
Esq. ; were elected members of the Academy. 
The PresipEnt delivered the following Inaugural Address :— 
THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. 
My Lorps anp GrentTLEMEN,—In entering upon the office of Pre- 
sident of the Royal Irish Academy, I feel that it is my first duty 
to return you my sincere and cordial thanks for the great honour 
which you have conferred upon me in calling me to this Chair. 
That honour, with the responsibility which accompanies it, would 
