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Chairmans Opening Address. 
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while attempting to save the life of a young lady. At Airthrey 
Loch, near the Bridge of Allan, the ice suddenly gave way, and by 
this mishap three persons were immersed. Mr Pullar having 
successfully assisted them to land, next went to the rescue of a 
lady, whom he supported for some time, but his strength failed, 
and they both sank and were drowned. 
William Skinner, W.S., performed important work in the 
educational administration of this city, and held the important 
office of Town-Clerk from 1875 to 1895. 
Among the deceased also is Dr Stubbs, Bishop of Oxford, one 
of our British Honorary Fellows, who is considered to haye been the 
greatest authority of late years on English Constitutional History. 
The University of Glasgow having resolved to celebrate the ninth 
Jubilee of the foundation of the Institution on the 12th of June 
last, invited the Society to send representative delegates to take 
part in the proceedings, — or, in the words of the circular, “ Sacra 
autem paramus saecularia cum haec nostra Academia natalem 
quadringentesimum celebrare velit. . . . Societatem vestram 
precamur ut legatos mittat quos gaudiis ceremoniisque nostris inter- 
futuros mensis Junii die xii laeti laetos excipiamusA 
To this invitation the Society sent the following congratulatory 
address, and appointed Dr Robert Munro as their delegate : — 
Rectori magnifico, Praefecto et Senatui Universitatis Glas- 
GUENSIS SoCIETAS REGIA EdINBURGENSIS SALUTEM DAT. 
Maxima cum laetitia, viri illustres, accepimus vestras litteras 
humanissimas invitantes nostram Societatem mittere legatos ad 
capessendam partem in celebratione solemnium in memoriam noni 
Semisaecularis Anni Universitatis vestrae. Occasio sane idonea est 
ad renovandam memoriam philosophorum qui famam vestrae 
Universitatis per orbem terrarum divulgaverunt. Communio 
studiorum inter Universitatem Glasguensem et Societatem Regiam 
ad benignam confraternitatem inducit, atque eo magis quod multi 
Professores Glasguenses, nobis electione adjuncti, ditant et ornant 
Acta Societatis nostrae communicationibus ingeniosis. 
Legatus noster, qui vicem Societatis implet, ad istam solemni- 
sationem missus, Robertus Munro, M. A., M.D., est vir antiquitatum 
