r | “'HE Emotions of Gratitude infpired by the very 
Place in which, by the Munificence of our 
Royal Patron, we are now for the firft Time affem- 
bled, render it impoffible for me to negled the 
Opportunity which this Seafon, when ye have been 
ufed to hear yourfelves addreffed from the Chair, 
affords me, of offering my fmall Tribute of Acknow- 
ledgement for a Benefit fo eminently calculated to 
promote the Honour and Advancement of this 
Society. 
Eftablifhed originally by the Munificence of a 
Royal Founder ; foflered and encouraged fince that 
Time by every fucceffive Monarch who has fwayed 
the Britifh Sceptre, ye have ever proved yourfelves 
A 2 worthy 
