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Monday, February 23rd, 1852. 



THOMAS ROMNEY ROBINSON, D.D., President, 

 in the Chair. 



On the recommendation of the Council, it was Resolved: — 



I. That the Academy do authorize the payment of the 

 rent of the new Academy House for the half-year commencing 

 29th September, 1851. 



II. That the Academy do authorize the payment of the 

 sum of £100 to the Dawson-street Club, for fixtures in the 

 new Academy House. 



III. That the Academy do take the necessary steps to 

 dispose of its existing interest in the lease of the house which 

 it now occupies. 



It was also Resolved : — 



That the President, Council, and Officers of the Academy 

 be requested to draw up an Address to His Excellency the 

 Lord Lieutenant, expressing the grateful sense entertained by 

 the Academy of the important benefits which he has conferred 

 upon them. 



The Rev. Samuel Butcher, D. D., read a Paper by the Rev. 

 Francis Crawford, on the affinity of Hebrew to the Celtic dia- 

 lects. The author, in a former communication to the Aca- 

 demy, whilst considering merely the formative elements, had 

 pointed out some modes of stem-formation common to both. 

 In the present paper he proposes to consider the analogies af- 

 forded by the radical parts of the words, and for this purpose 

 adduces a list of upwards oft. five hundred Hebrew words, 

 which he considers intimately related to a corresponding num- 

 ber of words in Celtic. Of this list the great majority appear 

 to him so clearly identical with their Celtic equivalents, that 

 he considers their, relationship almost obvious at a glance; 

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