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to render that curious and valuable collection of MSS. the property 

 of the Academy. The Council cannot but express the hope that 

 the friends of Irish literature will soon enable Mr. Graves to report 

 that this sum has been raised, in order that the full balance due to 

 Sir William Betham may be at once handed over to him, and this 

 transaction, so long pending, may finally be wound up. 



The following articles of antiquity have been purchased by the 

 Committee of Antiquities during the past year, from the small 

 funds intrusted to them by the Academy : 



October 16, 1850. — A bronze figure, curiously inlaid with gold, 

 representing a bishop in pontrftcalibus, holding his crozier in both 

 hands. This figure is supposed to have belonged to an ancient box 

 or shrine ; and from the style of art, and the form of the mitre and 

 crozier, is probably a work of the twelfth century. 



A gold bracelet, consisting of a solid cylindrical bar, weigh- 

 ing 3oz. 15dwts. : the extremities rudely ornamented by engraved 

 lines. 



The following articles having been purchased from different par- 

 ties by Mr. Clibborn, were approved by the Committee, on the same 

 day: 



1. A brass pipe-stopper, with the head of King Charles I. 



2. A wooden tray, with a very rudely carved head in wood, 

 found in the bog of Allen. The ear is peculiar, resembling that 

 of a satyr ; and a fragment remains of one hand applied to the right 

 cheek. 



3. The seal of the clergy of Emly, in bronze, fourteenth century. 



4. Ancient bronze chisel of a peculiar and rare form. 

 October 21st, 1850 A gold lunette or collar, weighing 



loz. lOdwts. 12grs. 



November 11, 1850. — A similar gold crescent (but with pecu- 

 liar and very ancient ornaments) in three fragments, weighing 16dwts. 



An ancient bronze vessel, with small feet of an unusual 



construction. Found near Dungiven, in the county Derry. 



A large deep pan, of thin bronze. Found in the county Fer- 

 managh. 



December 2, 1850. — An ancient Irish crozier head, supposed to 



