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in token of our respectful sympathy -vnth His Excellency the Visitor 

 of the Academy, and -^ith the relatives and friends of the victims, the 

 Academy do now adjourn." 



The motion was seconded by Mr. Pigot and carried unanimously. 



The Academy then adjourned. 



Monday EvEis-mG, Mat 22, 1882. 

 SiE SAJitTEL Feeguson, q.c, ll.d.. President, in the Chair. 



Professor William M. Hennessy delivered his second Todd Memo- 

 rial Lecture on the " Mesca Uladh." 



Dr. Ingram, f.t.c.d., read a Paper " On the earliest English Trans- 

 lation of the ' De Imitatione Christi.' " 



The Secretary read a Paper for Mr. "W. Barlow Smythe, m.a., " On 

 the Bell of Lough Lene." 



The Secretary read the list of Donations, and the thanks of the 

 Academy were accorded to the respective Donors. 



The Secretary of Council read the following Address, prepared by 

 Council, for presentation to His Excellency Earl Spencer : — 



" To His Excellency John Potntz, Eael Spenceh, K. Gr., Lord Lieu- 

 tenant- General and General Governor of Ireland, and Lord President 

 of Ser Majesty'' s Council in England. 



"Mat it please Totje Excellency, 



""We, the President and Members of the Eoyal Irish Academy, 

 desire to renew the expression of respectful welcome on Tour Excel- 

 lency's resumption of the office of Her Majesty's Eepresentative in 

 Ireland. 



" As we have had already the honour of presenting an Address to 

 Your Excellency on a former occasion, we do not deem it necessary to 

 dilate upon the terms of our Charter, or to enumerate our various 

 functions as the principal Literary and Scientific Body of this country. 



" Engaged as the Academy is in the furtherance of the aims for 

 which it was instituted by Eoyal Charter, we represent no party, and 

 are not bound to any political creed ; but the movements of the pre- 



