302 Royal Irish Acadotiy. 



On the "Motion of Dr. "W. Frazer, seconded by Sir John Barring- 

 ton, D.L., the Address was adopted in the following terms : — 



i ' To His Excellency Henet Howaed Moltnetjx, Eael of Caenaevok, 

 LoED Lieutenant-General and Geneeal Goveenor of Ieeland, 



YlSITOE OF THE RoTAL IeISH AcADEMY, 



* ' Mat it please xottb, Excellency, 



"The Eoyal Irish Academy desires to offer its respectful 

 welcome to your Excellency on your entering on the duties of your 

 high office, and to express its sincere hope that your Excellency's 

 sojourn in Ireland may he satisfactory to yourself and useful to the 

 country. 



"The Academy received its Eoyal Charter for the Advancement 

 of Science, Literature, and Archaeology just one hundred years ago. 

 It is the only chartered institution in the kingdom which unites the 

 cultivation of science with that of literature, in this respect resembling 

 the principal learned Academies of the Continent of Europe ; and it 

 is the belief of its Members that this constitution conduces to its social 

 and intellectual usefulness. 



" The Academy has found in your Excellency's predecessors 

 encouragement and protection, and it does not doubt that it will 

 find in your Excellency, whose cultivated tastes are well known, a 

 continuance of sympathy with its objects and of watchfulness over its 

 welfare. 



" The Academy begs to renew on this occasion the expression of 

 its loyal and devoted attachment to the Queen, whose authority and 

 generous influence it recognises in the person of yonr Excellency. 



" Signed on behalf of the Royal Irish Academy, 



" Samuel Ferguson, President. 



"Ed. Perceval Wright, Secreta/ryy 



The Officers were requested to ascertain from his Excellency when 

 it would be convenient to him to receive the Address. 



The Academy then adjourned. 



