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Rev. Joseph Carson, D. D.; John E. Waller, LL.D. ; John Kells 

 Ingram, LL.D.; John Anster, LL. D. ; E. R. Madden, M. D. ; Rev. 

 George Longfield, M. A. ; and Yery Rev. Charles Graves, D. D. : on the 

 Committee of Polite Literature. 



John T. Gilbert, Esq. ; Rev. William Reeves, D. D.; W. H. Hardinge, 

 Esq. ; Sir W. R. Wilde, M. D. ; Charles Haliday, Esq. ; Colonel Meadows 

 Taylor ; and Denis H. Kelly, Esq. : on the Committee of Antiquities. 



Teeasueee. — Rev. Joseph Carson, D. D. 



Seceetaey or the Academy. — Rev. William Reeves, D.D. 



Seceetaey of the Council. — John Kells Ingram, LL. D. 



Seceetaey op Eoeeign Coeeespondence. — Sir W. R. Wilde, M.D. 



Libeaeian. — John T. Gilbert, Esq. 



Cleek, Assistant Libeaeian, and Cueatoe of the Museum. — Ed- 

 ward Clibborn, Esq. 



The following persons were elected Honorary Members of the Aca- 

 demy : — 



In Science. — R. Clausius ; Michel Chasles ; and Charles Darwin. 

 In Polite Liteeatuee. — John Lothrop Motley. 

 In Antiquities. — Rev. S. Mlsson ; Albert Way; and Benjamin 

 Thorpe. 



The Yery Rev. Charles Graves, D. D., having retired from the Chair, 

 Dr. Anster was called thereto. 



It was moved by the Earl of Dunraven ; seconded by the Rev. Dr. 

 Carson ; and passed by acclamation — 



" That the hearty thanks of the Academy are due, and are hereby 

 returned, to their late President, the Yery Rev. Charles Graves, D. D., 

 for the dignity, courtesy, and ability with which during the past five 

 years he has filled the Chair; for his watchful attention to their interests, 

 and for his zeal in labouring to uphold their honour and independence 

 as a scientific and literary body." 



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