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fThe Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of Cloyne. j 
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■f THOMAS MOORE, Esq. 
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+ROBERT SOUTHEY, Esq. Poet Laureate. 
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Capt. HENRY KATER, Vice President of the Royal Society. 
The ASTRONOMER ROYAL. S. T. COLERIDGE, Esq. 
fThe Right Hon. T. P. COURTENAY, M.P. 
DAVIES GILBERT, Esq., M.P. f JAMES MONTGOMERY, Esq. 
J. J. BERZELIUS, of Stockholm, F.R.S., &c. 
fThe Rev. G. R. GLEIG. 
J +T. PHILLIPS, Esq. Prof, of Painting, R.A. 
1 fRey. C. THIRLWALL, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. 
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