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" It was for the purpose of promoting and extending such 

 pursuits in Ireland that your Majesty's royal ancestor bes- 

 towed a charter of incorporation upon our Academy ; and its 

 Members, keeping aloof from the strife of parties, and undis- 

 couraged by the difficulties which surrounded them, have ever 

 since endeavoured faithfully to carry into effect the objects of 

 their institution. 



*' That your Majesty may be long spared in health and 

 happiness to reign over us, and permitted to witness the com- 

 plete success of all your Majesty's benevolent endeavours to 

 establish peace and prosperity, is the constant and earnest 

 prayer of your Majesty's faithful and most obedient Servants." 



[This Address was accordingly presented at the Levee 

 held by her Majesty, in the Castle of Dublin, on the 8th of 

 August.] 



The following Address to His Royal Highness the Prince 

 Albert was also adopted ; and the Secretaries were directed to 

 transmit it in the usual manner : 



♦' To his Royal Highness Prince Albert. 

 " May it please your Royal Highness, 



" We, the President and Members of the Royal Irish 

 Academy, desire your Royal Highness to accept our sincere 

 and respectful congratulations on the occasion of your visit to 

 Ireland. 



" Your Royal Highness is well known to us as the patron 

 of those objects for the promotion of which our Academy was 

 founded. Not only recognising the nobleness of intellectual 

 pursuits, but yourself a participator in the pleasures which 

 attend them, you have done much to encourage the efforts and 

 to reward the success of all who cultivate them within these 

 realms. 



" We, therefore, confidently indulge the hope that your 

 visit to Ireland will be productive of great benefits to it. We 

 feel sure that the presence of a Prince, so eminent for wisdom 



