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towards an existing President, the expediency of introducing any rules 

 of practice with respect to the election of the President, which, in the 

 judgment of the Council, might seem desirable. 



The President being by our charter an annual officer, it is of course 

 the undoubted right of the Academy to re-elect the same individual as 

 i often as they think fit; and with this right, as it is a chartered right, 

 perhaps not even the Academy itself, could directly interfere. But as a 

 majority of the Council were in favour of some limitation, the following 

 resolution was communicated to the Academy, on the 23rd ult. : — 



"Resolved, — That the Council are of opinion, that it is not 

 expedient that the same person should be elected to the office of Presi- 

 dent more than five times in succession." 



In this opinion the Academy at the same meeting expressed their 

 concurrence. 



During the past year the distinguished name of William Wordsworth 

 was added to our list of Honorary Members; and forty ordinary members 

 have been elected during the same period, whose names are as follows : 



J. A. Galbraith, Esq. 

 J. Jameson, Esq. 

 John F. Waller,Esq. 

 C. Bournes, Esq. 

 W. C. Dobbs, Esq. 

 W. Henn, Esq. 

 Digby P. Starkey,Esq. 



B. Wilme, Esq. 

 J. Clarridge, Esq, 

 Adolphus Cooke, Esq. 

 Wyndham Goold, Esq. 



C. K. King, M.D. 



C. W. Williams, Esq. 

 James S. Close, Esq. 



D, Conolly, Esq. 

 David Moore, esq. 

 Rev. Classon Porter, 

 James Talbot, Esq. 

 The Earl of Enniskillen. 



Rev. John Connell. 

 John C. Deane, Esq. 

 Richard Deasy, Esq. 

 Conyngham Ellis, Esq. 

 W. Lloyd, M.D. 

 A. R. Nugent, Esq. 



E. K. Tenison, Esq. 



F. J. Tyrrell, Esq. 

 J. TufFnell, Esq. 

 Richard Cane, Esq. 

 R. Franks, Esq. 

 Charles W. Levinge, Esq. 

 Pierce Moreton, Esq. 

 James C. Sherrard, Esq. 

 Stephen O' Meagher, Esq. 

 Thomas Butler, Esq. 

 John T. Evans, M. D. 

 Richard R. Madden, Esq. 

 Robert C. W^illiams, M. D. 



The Ven. Henry Cotton, D.C.L. Henry W. Massey, Esq. 



