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Earl Cat heart. 
Incedit proximus vir insigni lepore et litterarum amore praeditus, qui 
maioribus inter arma illustribus oriundus, Minervam et Cererem non minus 
quam Martem coluit. Ipsa Ceres filiam suam, solis ex lumine telluris in 
gremio absconditam, facibus accensis quaesivisse fertur; Cereris autem 
cultor insignis, quem liodie ealutamus, nihil antiquius duxit quam, societatis 
suae fastis litterarum luce illustratis, Angliae totius agricolis l'acem doctrinae 
praetendere. Talium virorum merita, inter Cereris ministros non obscura, 
etiam Academiae in lucem hodie libenter proferimus, Cererem ipsam atque 
Solem veritatis arbitrum Euripidis verbis testati : 
ri)v re nvpcpopov 6eav 
Arjfirjrpa Bepevoi pdprvp’ fj\iov re (f>cos. 
Duco ad vos virurn admodum bonorabilem, Comitem Cathcart. 
The next to advance is one endued with a singular wit and a love of letters, who, although 
descended from ancestors distinguished in arms, has himself been a votary of Minerva aud of 
Ceres, no less than of Mars. We learn from an ancient legend that, when Proserpine was removed 
from the light of day aud concealed beneath the earth, Ceres lighted a torch to aid her in her 
quest for her lost daughter. The distinguished votary of Ceres whom we salute to-day has 
deemed it a foremost duty to illumine the records of the Society with the light of literature and 
to hold aloft the torch of Science before the agriculturists of England. The merits of such men, 
which are by no means obscurely known to the ministers of Ceres, we gladly bring forth to-day 
in the light of University life, while, in the words of Euripides, we summon Ceres herself and 
the light of the Sun to bear witness in their honour : 
“ Calling to witness heaven and earth, — Demeter, 
Fire-bearing Goddess, and the Sun-god’s light.” 1 
I present to you the Eight Honourable The Eael Cathcaet. 
1 Euripides, Supplices, 260, with the Scholiast. 
Sir John Thorold, Bart. 
Salutamus deinceps virum societatis vestrae consilioruxn prope in omni 
parte praeclare meritum, Cancellarii nostri in loco in annum proximum 
Praesidem vestrum designatum. Per annos complures agrorum suorum 
reditu infeliciter imminuto, quanta animi cum magnitudine, quanta cum 
fortitudine, se gessit. Quam dignum laude ilia Horatiana sese praestitit : 
“ est animus tibi 
rerumque prudens et secundis 
temporibus dubiisque rectus.” 
Duco ad vos Baronettum illustrem. Ioannem IIenkiccm Thorold. 
We welcome next in order one who has done excellent service to the Society in almost every 
department of its work, one who has been elected President for the ensuing year in succession 
to our Chancellor. For many a year, while the rents of Iris estates were unhappily diminishing, he 
has shown a rare courage aud a singular magnanimity. He has in fact proved his right to 
praise no less lofty than that contained in the lines of Horace : 
“ A soul is yours, 
Clear-sighted, keen, alike upright 
When Fortune smiles, and when she lowers.” 1 
I present to you an illustrious Baronet, Sir John Hexby Thorot.d. 
1 Horace, Odes, iv 9, 34. 
Col. Sir Nigel Kingscote, K. C.B. 
Adest deinceps vir in bello quondam insignis, in pace postea illustris, 
primum Senatui Britannico ties et triginta annos adscriptus ; deinde Au- 
gliae totius nemorum silvarumque et Cornwalliae metallorum reditibus exi- 
gendis praepositus ; denique societatis vestrae de negotiis cotidianis praeclare 
meritus. Adest “egregie cordatus homo,” vir in epistolarum commercio 
admirabilis, in animalium salute exploranda et adiuvanda iudefessus. 
