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crosses in combination was fully explained, by which the red 

 saltire of St. Patrick and the white saltire of St. Andrew are 

 conjoined, with equal precedence, side by side, and along with 

 the cross of St. George — a matter, as he pointed out. very rarely 

 to be seen correctly done. The name J ack is said to take its 

 name from King James, the original author of the Union flag, 

 whose name in French would be Jacques; in Latin is Jacobus; 

 and his followers were Jacobites. 



In the army, each regiment has a distinctive flag ; while in 

 the navy, flags are of supreme importance as marks of distinction. 

 The anchor of hope on a red ground denotes the admiralty ; a 

 pennant indicates a ship of war ; whilst the ensign on the mast- 

 head denotes the ship's nationality. In the British navy there used 

 to be three ensigns, Red, White, and Blue, respectively named 

 from the colour of the field. The White Ensign is now alone 

 used by the navy. It is a white flag with a St. George's cross 

 extending over the field, a small Union Jack occupying the 

 upper corner next the flag staff. The Red Ensign is carried 

 by the merchant service, and the Blue Ensign by the naval 

 reserve ; each ensign bearing on its respective colour a small 

 Union Jack in the canton or upper corner. 



The address, which was listened to with much interest, was 

 illustrated by a fine series of the various flags and standards, 

 kindly lent by Mr. S. Wilson, of Corporation Square, and by a 

 large number of drawings of armorial shields of the various 

 sovereigns, &c. 



The next business was the receiving of the Report of the 

 Sub-Committe appointed to investigate the glacial gravels of 

 Ballyrudder, County Antrim, which was read by Mr. R. 

 Lloyd Praeger, M.R.I. A., senior secretary, and which is here 

 given in extenso: 



