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Part of "Faust" was published in 1864. Dr. Anster was called to the 

 bar in 1824. He was elected Regius Professor of Civil Law in the 

 University of Dublin in 1850; and published in the same year an 

 Inaugural Lecture on the Study of the Civil Law, which he had 

 delivered from the Chair of that Professorship. 



Dr. Anster' s amiable character and genial manners won for him 

 not merely the esteem, but the affection of those who knew him. He 

 was for many years a Member of our Council, and was on several 

 occasions nominated a Vice-President. There appears in Vol. II. of 

 our " Proceedings" a communication made by him to the Academy on 

 a Letter of the Rev. Charles "Wolfe, and in Vol. IV. some remarks on a 

 book which belonged to the Duke of Monmouth. 



Lord Posse's name will always be known in the History of Astro- 

 nomy, as it now is throughout the civilized world, for his construction 

 of the great telescope, with a six-foot speculum, by means of which 

 so many new facts have been brought to light in relation to the 

 constitution and arrangement of the Nebulae. One of the best de- 

 scriptions extant of this instrument, with an account of some of the 

 principal researches in which it was first used, was read before the 

 Academy by the Rev. Dr. Robinson in 1842 and 1845, and is printed in 

 Vol. III. of our "Proceedings." Lord Rosse was born in 1800, and 

 entered the University of Dublin in 1818. He did not, however, 

 proceed to a degree in that University, but graduated as M. A. at 

 Oxford in 1822, obtaining a First Class in Mathematics. He succeeded 

 to the title in 1841, and was elected one of the Representative Peers of 

 Ireland in 1845. He was President of the Royal Society in 1849, and in 

 1862 was elected Chancellor of the University of Dublin, an office 

 which he held till Ms death. 



The following Ordinary Members have been elected since the 16th of 

 March, 1867 :— 



1. H. 0. Barker, Esq. 



2. Rev. M. H. Close. 



3. H. M. El Crofton, Esq. 



4. Thomas A. Farrell, Esq. 



5. Right Hon. Col. Fitzstephen 



French, M. P. 



6. J. S. Greene, Esq. 



7. A. Hannagan, Esq. 



8. R. H. Jephson, Esq. 



9. G. H. Kinahan, Esq. 



10. R. E. Lyne, Esq. 



11. M. Merriman; Esq. 



12. The O'Conor Don, M.P. 



13. S. H. 0' Grady, Esq. 



14. Alexandr G. Richey, Esq. 



15. Very Rev. Chas. W. Russell, 

 D.D. 



16. J. C. Smith, Esq. 



17. R. D. Urlin, Esq. 



18. J. Obins Woodhouse, Esq. 



The following President, Council, and Officers, were elected for the 

 year 1868-9 :— 



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