184 Royal Irish Academy. 



" EUSHMOEE, SaLISBITRY, 



" March 21th, 1895. 



"SlE, 



" I have the honour of acknowledging the receipt of your 

 letter of the 22nd inst. informing me that the Eoyal Irish Academy 

 have paid me the compliment of electing me an Honorary Member 

 in the section of polite literature and antiquities, and beg to thank 

 you for the same. 



"lam glad to become an Honorary Member of your valuable 

 Society, and hope, if my state of health permits of it, to be able at 

 some time to be of use to it. 



" I remain, Sir, 



*' Tour obedient servant, 



"A. Pitt Eivees, Lt.-General. 



" E. P. Weight, Esq., 

 "Sec. E.I.A." 



"ViENJTA, Ust March, 1895. 



" SlE, 



" I have had the honour to receive your letter dated March 

 22nd, and the Diploma as an Honorary Member of the Eoyal Irish 

 Academy. Deeply touched by the high and hardly merited distinction 

 which your illustrious Academy has bestowed on me, I beg leave to 

 say the most respectful and cordial thanks to Mr. President and to 

 every single Member of the Eoyal Irish Academy. 



"I beg you also, Sir, kindly to accept my thanks for your com- 

 munication as well as the marks of highest esteem of your 



"Yery obliged, 



"Edu. Sitkss. 



"E. P. Weight, Esq., 

 "Ir. Acad." 



