366 Royal Irish Academy. 



Mi. Edward J. Grwynn, ir.A., read his Third Todd Memorial 

 Lecture (Third Series). Subject: — "Some Penian Poems from the 

 Dindshenchas." 



The Secretary read for Mr. Thomas J. "Westropp, m.a., "The 

 Cahers of County Clare. Their INames and Bibliography." 



The Librarian exhibited a Manuscript Copy of the New Testament 

 written in Ireland in the seventeenth century, presented to the Library 

 by E. B. Armstrong, Esq. 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks voted to the 

 Donors. 



The following Address to the King, prepared by the Council in 

 accordance with the Academy's resolution of 1 1th instant, was approved 

 and ordered to be transmitted: — 



TO THE ETN'G'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. 



The Humble Addeess of the President and Meiibees of the 



EoYAL Ieish AcADE3IY. 



Mat it please toue Majesty, 



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

 desire to offer our assurances of loyal attachment to your Majesty's 

 throne and person, on the occasion of your Majesty's happy accession 

 to the Crown of these realms, and respectfully to express our sense of 

 the great loss which the Empire has sustained through the death of 

 our late Patroness, Her Majesty QrEEN Yicioeia. 



"We had the privilege of presentiug an Address of "Welcome to 

 Her Majesty on her recent visit to Ireland, and in her gracious 

 reply Her Majesty was pleased to say: — "I am glad to recognize 

 the success which has rewarded your efforts in the honoui'able task 

 of fostering the pursuits of Science, Literature, and Archaeology, 

 entrusted to you by my Predecessor's Charter." 



"We venture to hope that the Eoyal favour which the Academy 

 has now enjoyed for more than a century will not be withdrawn, and 

 that Tour Majesty will be pleased to assume the office of Patron, 

 which has been held by the Sovereign since the Academy's Incor- 

 poration by Your Majesty's Eoyal Ancestor, "King George the Third. 



