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Monday, February 14th, 1853. 



THOMAS ROMNEY ROBINSON, D. D., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary announced the following donation : 

 A Pamphlet on " The Maynooth Grant," by Philip D. 

 Hardy ; presented by the author. 



The Rev. Alexander Leeper ; William Dargan, Esq. ; Da- 

 vid Brereton, M. D. ; Alfred H. M'Clintock, M. D. ; were 

 elected Members of the Academy. 



The following Address was read and approved of by the 

 Academy : — 



<{ To His Excellency Edward Granville, Earl St. Germans, 

 Lord Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ire- 

 land. 



" May it please your Excellency, 

 " AVe, the President and Members of the Royal Irish Aca- 

 demy, beg to offer you our respectful congratulations on your 

 arrival in this country, as the Representative of our Most Gra- 

 cious Sovereign. 



" By this high office, your Excellency is constituted the 

 Visitor of the Academy under our Charter ; and we venture 

 to hope, that the knowledge of our history and character, 

 which your former connexion with Ireland has given you, will 

 justify us in the expectation that we shall obtain your patron- 

 age and aid in carrying out the great object for which we were 

 founded — the promotion of Science, Polite Literature, and 

 Antiquities in Ireland. 



" We are emboldened, therefore, to look to your Excel- 

 lency for encouragement, not only as an accomplished gentle- 



