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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1862. 



The Yeet Eev. Chaeles Geates, D. D., President, in the Chair. 



It was Eesolted, — That the Address of Condolence to her Majesty the 

 Queen, adopted by the Academy on the 13th of January last, together 

 with the following letter from Lieutenant- General Sir Thomas A. Larcom, 

 be printed in the Proceedings : — 



" Dublin Castle, February 3, 1862. 



" SiE, — I am directed by the Lord Lieutenant to acquaint you, for the 

 information of the members of the Eoyal Irish Academy, that a com- 

 munication has been received from Secretary Sir George Grey, stating 

 that their loyal and dutiful Address on the occasion of the death of His 

 Royal Highness the Prince Consort has been laid before the Queen, and 

 that Her Majesty was pleased to receive the Address very graciously. 

 "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 



'^Thomas A. Laecom. 



" The Secretary to the Royal Irish Academy, 

 "19, Dawson- street.'''' 



To the Queen'' s Most Excellent Majesty. 



" We, your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the President and 

 Members of the Koyal Irish Academy, humbly approach your Majesty 

 with the assurance of our devoted attachment to your throne and per- 

 son ; and desire to express our heartfelt sympathy in the grievous and 

 sudden affliction which has befallen your Majesty, in the untimely death 

 of His Eoyal Highness your Majesty's Consort. 



^' In common with all classes of your Majesty's subjects, we lament 

 the irreparable loss which the nation has sustained in the decease of a 

 Prince whose wisdom and energy have been, for the last twenty-years, 

 directed to the promotion of every object conducive to the best interests 

 of your people. 



^' But, associated as we are for the purpose of cultivating Literature 

 and Science in Ireland, we have a special reason to deplore the death of 

 one whose rare talent, extensive information, and mature judgment, 

 were constantly employed in furthering the pursuits which learned so- 

 cieties are designed to foster. 



The Royal Irish Academy cannot forget that His Eoyal Highness 

 was once pleased to honour it with a visit, and to express the satisfaction 

 with which he regarded the growth of its collections, and the enlarge- 

 ment of its means of usefulness. 



We earnestly pray that your Majesty maybe sustained by Divine 

 comfort in this season of bitter trial ; and that you may be spared 

 through many years, to behold the abundant fruits of your late Consort's 

 beneficient labours and to see the instructive example of his virtues 

 redounding to the honour and prosperity of your great empire." 



E. I. A. PEOC. VOL. VIII. 



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