Belfast Literary Society

B EL F A ST LIT ERA RY SO C IET Y

1 8 0 1 - 1 9 0 1

BEL F AST

L IT ERARY SO C IET Y

1 8 0 1 - 19 0 1

Histo ric al Sketc h

With M em o irs o f s o m e Dis tin gu ished M emb e rs

Belfas t

‘ W ST EV E N SO N LT D. M CA ,

T H E L I N EN HALL

1 902

F O R EW O R D.

T a me etin o the Bel as t L iter a r Societ in A r il 1 01 ” g f f y y p 9 , it w as u n a n im ou s ly r esolved t/ia t s teps be ta ken to celebr at e

t/te Cen tena r o the Societ w /zic /z com letes a Iz u n dr ed ea r s o y f y, p y f

exis tenc e u on 2 r d October 1 01 a n d tha t the ollo w in en tlemen be p 3 , 9 , f g g appoin ted to dec ide in w /za t ma n n er t/z is object cou ld be most s u itably

a tta in ed a n d to ma ke t/ie n eces sa r a r r a n eme n ts Pr o ess or L in dsa , y g f y Pr es iden t Ai r IV r i - r P es den t e ct . le Knox . . teen K S le D . R ( ) , ( ) , y

ex-Pr es i en t Pr o es sor a r r r IV d P k Rev . D . J u /z Rev. R . . D l . ( H . ) , f , p y, Sea ver H on ecr eta r r r or m ith S Af . R . J] . You n a n d Ai . Ge e S ( . y) , g, g

Con vener

I n u r s ua nc e ﬁ ns r es olu tion a Cen tena r Din n er w as held u on p of , y p

October 2 r d 1 01 a n d it w as a ls o decided to u blis h t/ze r es en t 3 , 9 , p p v olu me to w /zic lz a ser ies o mem oir s o tile dis tin u is /zed men w lzo , f f g in t/ze pas t w er e m ember s of tb e Society ha s been con tr ibu ted by

/ r s ub ects la dies a n d gen tlemen w /i o lea ve specia l k n owledge of t zei j . Tb e Com m ittee ten der t/zeir m ost s in cer e t/ia n fes to the w r iter s of ”u se

a r tic les a n d to a ll ot/zer s w /zo lza ve as s is ted t/iem in t/ze r odu ction , p

‘ r Jl Ca w t v olu r Jf r . Geo e o be me . To Jl is s Br ce ﬂf Rober t o f y , . j y , g , 1 r / m 1 r Pa tter son 1 1 . o 111r . . i ll illin r o /z zV on 1 I H . S S D . se els 1 . V. . , j p , , j

s n a r n / a r in debted or tire loa n o teven o n d Jf . R . A] You t ie e S . , g, y f f n por tr a its fr o m w /zic/i t/ie illus tr a tion s in t/t is book a r e take . I t is Me sad du ty of tb e Com mittee to r ecor d lzer e t/ze dea t/zs of

— r s Ste ar two of tb e con tr ib u tor s Sir IVillia m b l ac Cor mac a n d M . lf

w /tic/i occ u r r ed du r ing t/te p r epa r a tion of tb e volu me .

\V ILL IA M ST EEN .

S . JAM ES A . LIND AY

L E . R. KY KNOX

JOHN P A RK.

H . U . . D M RPHY

Y U . ROB E RT M . O NG

W SHAVE R. RI C HARD .

GEORGE SM I T H .

A BL F T E O C O N T EN T S .

H o Sk Sm ist rical etch , by George ith

Memoirs of Disti n gui sh ed Members

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M S M D N EL L . u O N b . n Es B. A . M . R I A JA E , y R M Yo g, q , , . .

L M D . A x n WI L I BR D . C . e n M A A U E , , by the Rev l a der Gordo , .

WI LL I M H M I LT O N R M M ON D his n R s n ev . A A D U , by gra d o , the W m H . m n B. A . Dru o d,

H N R W W E OY . s E Y J , by Isaac ard, q

T M L TO N . . W O HN C H . d e J E P E , by the Rev a d ll

H N X W W E O N O . s J K , by Isaac ard, q

W LL M B A . H A I I R . x n e o n M A C . e . A U E, , by the Rev l a d r Gord ,

‘ H E N n n n WI LL I AM . . S n Es B. L S. D M WE , by ha o Milli , q ,

WI L L I M I L N D . SO D. s e s n Es A NE , , by Jo eph N l o , q ,

M . L m H m n D. D. M T H O O N A . M L D . . T S S . JA E , , , by the Rev ho as a ilto , , ’ n of n C e B Preside t Quee s olleg , elfast

w n W m B m WI L L I M IR N L L . D C S . A A , [an article ritte by illia otto ley, extraéted from the Mi n utes]

H L L . w M . A b . ec E T H O M S DIx I N CKS . D . C S A , , y Dr il ha ,

A x do n H N R N T G M R b . n E Y MO O E Y , y the Rev le a der Gor ,

R H N D M N n ew H H n m an Es L L. D . O G C . GE E Y A , by his eph , ugh y d , q ,

M ac rm ac he ir Wm . o R R . D on S C H N CCO M C M . s t E Y MA A , , by his , late

D D n Es B. A . M . R . I . A E M N T T b . . U GE Y, y R M You g, q , ,

B RT T T R SON so n n R O E PA E , by his , Robert Lloyd Patterso ,

Es . M . R . I . A q ,

Es B. A . M D M . . Y n JA ES MACA A , by R M ou g, q , ,

T n H on . Sir E . HN SCOTT O R E R so T H E R V J O P , by his , the Right

r o e Bart of for n Andrew Marshall P t r, , Master the Rolls Irela d T AB L E OF CON T EN T S.

I I v . e M A W L L AM T H M S N the Re . C . o . O P O , by K Po l r,

Es B. A . BER . C D M . o u n T S . RO MA A A , by R M Y g, q , ,

E B. A M R I A R . oun s . . . . H N T T N b . JO G A A , y R M Y g, q , ,

R F SS R T H M AS AN DR S d M s E z a P O E O O EW , by his aughter, is li beth

K W I K D . . n H N LL . . C b S d . . E LS N COC C N O A , , Q , y ergea t Do d ,

W. e A . M . B D . E H R h R v . S S H N H t e e d . JO P JO MU P Y, by Richar aver, ,

C H R L S R S N S I CH L BI SH O F E T H his son A E PA O RE E , OP M A , by , n f H . E LL D . n e o . e c s . C R R i hel , q , , Pri cipal, U iversity oll ge W North al es .

T H E EV K M A . D RD I . E H N C D . D b Rev . s S . R . S C WA , , y the harle cott,

WI I A BI H O F N AN D N N R AN D LL M S D . D . S C REEVE , , OP DOW O O

R M R c a d W. S A . M . B. D D O O E, by the Rev. Ri h r eaver, ,

his son R F SS R M T H M N LL . D D . . O S S . SC P O E JA E O O , , , by ,

T m s n Es ho o , q

SI R W I L L E T H N L L D T m C . M S . D. . SC . b R v e . YV O O , , , y the ho as ’ H m n D D f B s . . en o n C o e e a ilto , , Presid t Quee s ll g , elfa t

H N B N B n E R RD M . D n . . b so A . e s E Y U E , , y his , M urd , q ,

H L S M A D L k C R C OUAL L L . D o r n a . e A E , , by Pr f sso Joh P r ,

B B n N HN i n . o Es R L L . C D. h s w . REU E JO Y E, , by ephe , R M Y u g, q , B A . . ,

H N R E D RI K H D C O G S M . D P b d e JO F E E , . , J. . , y his aught r, Miss H o dges

T H E REV M m Es . S L D . b n SGO D . S JA E G A W, , y i clare Ra sey, q

T H E REV W L L . I I M M A LW the CI AIN E D D . b A , . , y his daughter, late

Mrs . Stelfox

M A S CU M IN G M . D . n x Es L L . D J E , , by R . Kyle K o , q ,

S M L M E S M AC L L N b o es n k D . L I T A UE JA MU A , y Pr f sor Joh Par , A — N DI X . s of fﬁ of S c 1 8 0 1 1 0 1 PPE I Li t O cers the o iety, 9

A N DI X . A c s of m s w s of PPE II lphabeti al Li t Me ber , ith title their 1 8 0 1 —1 0 1 papers , 9 L I ST O F PO R T R A I TS .

PA G E .

‘ M r m the bust in the e a t u u m - M DO N ELL M . o l N M se . a n t t a S . D B s ci i le e JA E , ,f f f g p g

WI L L I M R D D m n n n B C . . a d tt a H o e e T . . . C A U E, , fro e gravi g by R g , ft r f T m n in s n o . n Es ho pso , the posses io Robert M You g, q ,

W m an il n n T m n n I LL I M H . R M M ON D D . D . o s A D U , , fro pai ti gby ho as Robi o , f m m n n B. in the possessio o Rev . R . Dru o d

H N R O Y n in e n o f Es E Y J , from a mi iature the poss ssio Robert Joy, q

m n in the s s WI I N D . LL M LSO D . m s n of IA NE , , fro a i iature pos e io Dr . Joseph Nelso n

he w n I I IR . m t see n w W LL M C N S D . D o A A , , fro dra i g by Day ( page han gi n g in the Belfast Museum

OB RT TT R SO N m in ss n of R E PA E , fro a photograph the posse io

W H Es M . B . I . . . Patterson, q , A

R R m n n n in s n f REV . OH N SCOT T O T a o J P E , fro e gravi g the posses io

‘ C M Caw E s George . , q

R m in s n f B N OH N B C L L . D . o REU E J Y E, , fro a photograph the po sessio Miss Bryce

BE L FAST L I T E RA RY SO C I ET Y

HI ST O R I CA L SKET C H .

T HE B L FA L I R A RY O CI E ST TE S ET Y.

K HI STO RI CAL S ETC H .

1 8 0 1 - 1 1 9 0 .

T is always interesting in reviewing the history o f an institution

o f o to learn something the aims of those with whom it riginated .

S o f o n ometimes , after a lapse years , uncertainty this point

o f prevails , owing to the want authentic information . Fortunately , S o f in the case Of the Belfast Literary ociety , one its founders has

Bel a s t N ew s -L etter recorded , in an article which appeared in the f fo r 6 18 1 January th , 5 , the objects which it was designed to fulﬁl .

to o f It is gratifying know that after one hundred years trial , the same principles guide the members to -day as actuated those of a

a o century g . “ O n e S object in forming the Belfast Literary ociety , this

fo r article tells us , was to secure an evening in every month literary conversation , for which the regular paper and the extra W memoirs might furnish a subject . ithout an institution of this

o f kind , there can be no bond union , nor any opportunity for select

s c ien tiﬁ c a l intercourse among literary and , or intelligent and inquisi S tive men . But in such a ociety useful subjects may be discussed ; the solitary theories o f the study corrected by the collision of different opinions ; difﬁculties solved by the suggestions o f those to whose peculiar province they may belong ; more liberal ideas formed

’ of C by the members , each other s pursuits and haracters ; and a

- Chance afforded o f c o operation in some useful design . “ n o t S For this purpose , it is necessary that the ociety be numerous ; but it. is desirable that such an attendance may be L ET 4 HI ST ORI CA SK C H . secured as may add an interest to the composition and delivery o f

s — T O s o f the stated discourse encourage uch an attendance members ,

s o n the rule have been framed the most liberal plan , and the duties

w ho o r required are such as no man , has any wish pretensions to join S such an association , can object to . uch persons , Whether in pro f ss ion al o r S e , mercantile , more private situations , the ociety have

. always , with great pleasure , received into their number “ s A ccordingly , the discus ions that have occupied their time are S O f suited to every class Of intelligent men . ome their members

s o n have furnished a variety of paper the topography , natural

o n C history , and mineralogy ; others the antiquities , ivil history , and

f m o f manufactures o this province . So e have applied for the solution practical questions connected with science , arts , and manufactures ; m while the different departments Of ancient learning , mode literature ,

s o f S and metaphysics have exercised the pen others . ome memoirs

o f o f have treated law , commerce , and political economy ; others sub i i l A ec ts sc en t ﬁ c a few . j purely , and a Of medicine lthough

o f s no particular class ubject is expressly excluded , theological

o f controversy and the political questions the day have been , by ” general consent , avoided .

o f In these broad principles and aims , we see the true secret S S the durability of the ociety . mall in numbers as its membership

o f has ever been , with no permanent place meeting , depending entirely for its continuance o n the mental activity and social

o f o f o n e qualities its handful members , could have hoped , as

s larger societies , with more deﬁnite and limited Objects , aro e , that ! T it would survive even a generation wice , indeed , in the hundred

o f o n years its history has it been threatened with extinction , but

z ho w both occasions , the members , reali ing much they were attached

to to its objects , have rallied together prevent such a fate . T his says much for the wisdom of the founders of the Society the twelve men who met together in the Exchange Rooms Belfast , , o n O 2 rd 180 1 ctober 3 , , for the purpose of its formation . Most Of

ET 6 HIST ORICAL SK C H .

T he ﬁrst meetings o f the Society were held in the Exchange

o f Rooms but befo re the end the ﬁrst session , this arrangement fell , , thro ugh and in A pril 1802 a meeting was held in the rooms o f the , C Secretary . It was then resolved to apply to the ommittees of the Belfast Society fo r Prom o ting Knowledge and o f the Linen Hall for T he o f libe rty to meet in their large rooms . minutes the following

’ o f meeting , held in Dr . Bruce s house , record the permission the

o is H former C mmittee , but it not clear whether the Linen all ’ s S o f authoritie acceded to the request , and the ociety s place meeting

s s fo r some year i uncertain . H 1 80 e J 4, owever , after anuary they were prevented from me ting at their usual place , wherever that was , and Dr . Bruce proposed the “ O f o f holding meetings in the houses the members , in rotation , and ” n o s m ff F o r that refre h ent shall be introduced except tea or co ee . a few meetings this course was followed , but afterwards a room in

s o f G - the hou e aetano Fabrini , a drawing master, was used , and

‘ M Do n n ell o n o f . S Dr , behalf the ociety , presented Fabrini with

. O a book costing three guineas , in requital for this convenience ther - wise the minutes only occasionally record the meeting place , and the 1 8 12 practice up to seems to have varied . In February of that year w ho ever , Dr . Bruce succeeded in carrying a resolution for holding all

o f o f T he the meetings a session at the house a Belfast member. following order is given

‘ ’ M D n n ll s . o e S 1 12 8 . In Dr , ession that ends May ’

. 1 1 In Mr Joy s , 8 3. ’

. 18 1 In Mr Knox s , 4. ’

. 1 1 In Mr Jebb s , 8 5 . ’

. 18 1 In Dr Bruce s , 6 . ’ m in . Co es s 1 1 In Mr , 8 7 . ’

. S 1 1 In Dr tephenson s , 8 8 .

O ut o f this practice arose the present custom o f holding all the

o f O f meetings a session in the house the President . ST C L S ET C HI ORI A K H . 7

S From their earliest meetings , pecial attention was paid to scientiﬁc questions , and the deservedly high reputation acquired in consequence is referred to by Malcolm in his H is tory of the Gen er a l H os ita l Bel a st 2 0 p , f (ed . p . “ T he o f o f growth science , as a special Object cultivation may be , S said to date from the origin of the Literary ociety , already noticed ,

T he o f which for many years did good service in the cause . names S tephenson , Drummond , Bruce , Richardson , and others , who con tributed a number of important philosophical transactions which were , ” published from time to time , will be long remembered . W e Shall have occasion later o n to speak o f the publications O f alluded to by Malcolm . the names specially mentioned three , were original members ; Richardson , the fourth , was elected a corres

o f ponding member ; and it is interesting to note , in the election this C o f S lass member , the effort made to put the ociety in touch with the researches being made in other places . In addition to Dr . C C A Richardson , who resided at lonfeacle, in the ounty rmagh , Dr .

f Bo isra o n C o . W James urry London , Dr g Of Bath , Dr . hitley Stokes o f Dublin , were also , during the ﬁrst session , elected corresponding members . T he work which was being accomplished at this time by the S S S Royal Dublin ociety , in publishing tatistical urveys of the various

o f counties Ireland , seems to have attracted the attention of the Belfast

o n Lit erary Society , as we ﬁnd them projecting an ambitious work

o f A 1802 — S the County ntrim , before the end Of the year the tatistical account o f County Down appeared in Dublin . Dr . Bruce proposed

o f C — H S the appointment three ommittees istorical , tatistical , and — Philosophical for dealing with the work . For a time the design was vigorously pushed forward endeavours were made to discover a lost “ o f C book record , commonly called the lasped Book , kept from an early period by the Corporation o f the T own ; communications were

o f o f obtained from various parts the county , giving accounts towns and parishes and for some time most of the papers read by members T L ET 8 HI S ORI CA SK CH . before the Society were evidently prepared for embodiment in this description of the county . But after the matter had been in hand for

s more than a ession , enthusiasm seems to have cooled , for the Minutes “ o f 180 March 4 record that , after much conversation respecting the

w as C A . statistical history Of ounty ntrim , it moved by Mr Drummond

o f S o n th A that a meeting the ociety be held Monday , 9 pril , to ” W to consider the question at large . hen called together specially discuss the matter, the members decided to proceed with their original plan , and at intervals further contributions toward this object appear ‘ to M Don n ell S have been written , principally by , tephenson , and

T he Drummond . general interest Of the members in the compilation

and 1 806 to gradually failed , the subject was , in , a large extent ,

o f Select a er s shelved , in favour a scheme of publishing p p read before

o f the Society . By this time a wide ﬁeld subjects had been treated in the monthly papers and memoirs and although , by the retirement of

o f o f T a number the original members , especially John empleton and T S. S. S homson , the ociety may have been weakened in certain

‘ o f u — M Don n ell departments , still ﬁve the fo nders Bruce , , Drummond ,

S o — o f tephenson , and J y displayed interest in a variety subjects , and

o f . C were well supported by two the elected members , Dr upples and

f N ew A . W o John Knox . corresponding member also , D . B arden Y ork , a native Of the north Of Ireland , sent several contributions 180 . S H e through Dr tephenson . also , in February 4, presented A T a collection Of fossils and merican curiosities . hese were deposited in the rooms o f the Belfast Society for Promoting Knowledge . Further additions to the small Museum thus formed were made from

m . W time to time , and were placed in the sa e building arden became S S held ecretary of the United tates Legation in Paris , and that post S for many years he never forgot his connection with the ociety , and

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. C always presented a copy of his published writings . Dr upples - o f favoured local history and antiquities , in which he shared the tastes S Joy and tephenson . Drummond also sometimes worked in the same ’ ﬁeld , but occasionally gave variety to the Society s proceedings by ST C L ET HI ORI A SK CH . 9

’ o w n s reading his poems to the assembled members . Knox con

‘ ’ trib utio n s s o r s M Do n n e ll s s were a tronomical phy ical ; early paper ,

’ s geological ; whilst Dr . Bruce studies in classical literature did n o t

o . 18 06 s hinder his making meteorological observati ns In , Jame

Tr a a l a r o So e Drummond , a brother of the writer of f , j ined the ci ty g ,

o n z o o o and occasionally contributed papers medicine or l gy .

T he T H s . . S Rev igginson al o became a member of the ociety , and

th 18 08 o n the minutes record that , on December 5 , , he read a paper

o f to m the Parish Lambeg , which he acknowledged be i perfect , and promised to make good the deﬁciency at some future opportunity . Questions were propounded and s olutions offered at the meetings ;

o u r - O n some of the points raised seem quaint to present day ideas . “ 1 1th 1 802 S o January , , Doctor tephenson proposes the f llowing ques ‘ tion : Why do the tops of vegetables Shoot towards the light and the

’ ” roots from it ; and consequently the upper and under side o f leave s P “ O n 2 n d 18 0 A H A s May , 3, Letter from Dr . amilton , tronomer , of A A rmagh , in nswer to one from Mr . Joy , written with the appro b atio n of this Society at its last meeting— was read — in which the Doctor politely offered his assistance in ascertaining the Longitude and Latitude of Belfast . T he idea of publishing a selection Of the papers contributed at the

o n th o f 1806 as meetings was warmly supported , and the 5 May , , Periodical Publications may tend to the Usefulness and Reputation o f S ” the ociety , and incite a common Interest among the members , an

T o 105 5 elaborate plan of publication was resolved upon . prevent ,

o f each member was to take ten copies every memoir , and each member was to enjoy any proﬁt arising from his own publication ; S further , if the ociety should become possessed of any funds , they were to be applied , in the ﬁrst place , to indemnify any members who T s had lost by their publications . his arrangement , atisfactory as it no doubt appeared to the authors w ho de s ired to publish their A 18 08 writings , was afterwards felt to be impracticable , for in pril

o T he considerable Changes were made in this plan o f publicati n . ST C L S ET C I O HI ORI A K H .

o f S Beneﬁt and Risque publication was to be a ociety concern ,

A to ow n save Where the uthor may desire publish at his Risque , and

own for his Beneﬁt , his paper having been previously selected by the

fo r T he o r Committee Of Revision publication . ﬁrst number ( ’ a scic ulus 00 f as it was called) was then in the printer s hands , and 5 “ “ copies were ordered to be printed , which , the minutes record , after

r 8 10 20 fo r se ving the Members with copies each , will leave 4 sale in

E o r . T he Belfast , Dublin , dinburgh , and London , elsewhere ex ” erien c e o f S o f p the ale this Impression to direct the Number in future . A T he Smyth Lyons were the printers , and rcher the bookseller .

to C 1 o n o ut o f latter , we learn , proposed harge 5 per cent . sales Belfast , “ ” n o wn C T he o m and o his sales in town to harge a mere triﬂe . C ‘ m ittee o f o f M Do n n ell o Revision , consisting Bruce , , and J y, selected fo r a scicu lus F ior in Gr ass publication in the ﬁrst f , a paper on , by Tb e R ela tion o a n A er os ta tic Vo a e Gu Dr . Richardson , and f y g , by y

o f : Lussac , member the National Institute of France this was W T h . . . e transmitted by D B arden , who was a friend of the author

a scicu lus on Tb e second f contained a paper by Dr . Stephenson H is tor o tb e L in en M a n u a ctu r e in tb e Cou n t o A n tr im y f f y f , and another by John Christy o n Tb e M ode of Cu ltiva ting F lax a n d Sa ving b e ee F r a i i 1 t S d. o sc cu l 0 s the printing Of these two f , 5 . appears to ‘ C M Don n ell have been harged ; and four members (Bruce , , Drummond ,

o o n 1 180 and J y), November 3th , 9 , advanced the money to pay this

ix h a scicu lus . S on 2 t bill weeks later, December 9 , a third f was o n Tb e I n u en ce o Politica l R ev olu tion s on issued , containing a memoir ﬂ f ﬁ re Pr o r ess o R eli ion g f g , by Dr. Bruce, and two memoirs by D . B .

W on e on Tb e U as Tr ee on Tb e Ba r b o arden , p , and the other f ‘ M a n olia Tr i eta la a ir in ia M Don n ell t o V . . g p f g Long ere this , Dr had

fo r promised a paper publication , but in spite of frequent requests and T o n . he expostulations , recorded the minutes , it was not forthcoming

o f ascicu lus preparation a fourth f was urgently insisted upon , and “ A 18 1 1 to . to in pril , Dr Bruce was requested put his paper the press , ‘ ’ M Do n ell s . n that it may be printed before Dr , by which it is to be ST L ET l l HI ORI CA SK C H .

‘ M D n n ll w . o e accompanied , and which Dr thinks ill be ready in a M ‘ . Do n n ell s s e fo r month procrastinated till further it e ms , the fourth

as cicu lu s to Bel a s t N ew s -L etter f , according an advertisement in the f o f S 18 th 1 8 1 1 n o t E eptember , , was published until that day . ven

‘ ’ n o t M Do n n ell r then it did contain the paper by , though B uce s

o n Tb e A dva n ta es o Cla s s ica l E du ca tion e memoir g f was includ d , as

z it/ eteor olo ica l Obser va tion s o n Tb e Pr is m a tic well as his g , and a memoir

Colou r ed R in s o ir I sa a c rVew t n S o . g f , by John Knox T he ﬁnancial results o f the publi s hing venture had n o t been

n o t S o n encouraging , and it is surprising that the ociety , December

2 n d 18 1 1 o f , , resolved that in future the expense publication should

o r o f a sc ic u lu s be borne by the author undertaker a f , though each w t 1 f 10 o as o 0 . O t member , as before , take copies these , part were

the S to o f 0 fo r remain with ecretary , so as leave a stock 5 copies

’ T he future publication o f the Society s papers in volumes . remainder

’ w as of each member s 10 copies w ere to be delivered to him . It

T he s now time to consider the payment Of the bills incurred . co t

’ r of the third fa s cicu lu s absorbed all the Society s cash . Dr . B uce o f a scicu lus generously paid all the cost the fourth f , but there still 0 1s to remained the debt of £ 5 . owing the four members who had

o f -a - advanced it in 1 809 . A lready an annual subscription half guinea

w o f o f had been imposed , but , ith a membership ten only , repayment

o ff 18 1 2 w as the loan seemed a long way , and in March it resolved to

o n e to increase this to guinea per annum , in order the sooner discharge

o f H o the liability . In the careful hands enry J y this task was O th 1 8 16 o n S accomplished by ctober 7 , , and that date , he , as ecretary T and reasurer , was able to report that there remained , after this

d o f O s o f 6 s . I . S repayment , a balance £ 3 ome the more ptimi tic

to S spirits at once desired resume publishing , and tephenson , and

‘ M Do n n ell w to . even , agreed to prepare papers ith a View publication

‘ F o r some reason or other M Do n n ell could never be prev ailed upon to ’ do o n S s w as so , and although , as time wore , tephenson s manu cript

C o f to as ready , and a ommittee Revision appointed deal with it late T L ET I 2 HI S ORICA SK C H .

18 2 1 as , yet the matter seems to have been further postponed , and gradually fell through . T his attempt at publication , far from interfering with the general

o f S : work the ociety , rather gave it a stimulus the meetings were

S for regularly held , and papers delivered , in pite of the fact that some f . O years only a few new members were admitted these , the best known

His deal W . is the Rev . illiam Bruce early efforts with such subjects as

Tb e li r on olo o the N ew Testa men t A n A ccou n t o tb c D er en t C gy f , and f if

a n d E dition s o tb e Bible. to M SS . f Later , he, like his father , inclined

Classical subjects . Dr . Bruce at this time commenced to deliver before the Society a series of papers o n Tb e H omer ic Age a work He which he eventually published . was ever thoughtful for the

o f S O practical improvement the ociety , and it was he who , in ctober

f o f to 18 1 o S . 4, drew up a precis the proceedings the ociety that date

T o n his precis , with some emendations , was ordered to be entered the

o f minutes , and occurs at the commencement the second minute book . “ It is followed by A list o f Natural Curiosities and Specimens in the

o f S o f possession the Belfast Literary ociety , deposited in the Library S ” “ the Belfast ociety for Promoting Knowledge , and a list of Books ” r and Papers belonging to the Society not yet collected o deposited . At o f 18 1 -1 w as the commencement the same session , 4 5 , it felt desirable to increase the membership , and it was to attract interest in the Society that a series Of notes o n its work appeared in the Belfast newspapers o f that time : among these was the article which has been T quoted at the commencement of this chapter . hese do not seem , - however , to have borne much fruit , whilst the need for new comers

H o n became still more felt when W . amilton Drummond retired his A S . S appointment as colleague to Dr James rmstrong at trand treet, A Dublin . further loss occurred in the Withdrawal Of John Knox , but Shortly after this the effort to secure fresh members resulted success 1 1 1 2 1 fully . Between 8 7 and 8 eight members joined the Society W ‘ W H W . M Ewen . illiam Knight , the Rev . . D . . , the Rev Neilson , T W C T H James homson , illiam airns , the Rev. . Dix incks , Monsieur

T L ET I 4 HI S ORI CA SK CH .

on playing several airs it , Irish and others , chieﬂy with relation to the ” T o f paper o f the night . his was one the last papers read before the Society by Henry Joy ; at the end o f 18 2 2 -2 3 session he resigned the O ﬂi c e T S 18 1 1 Of Secretary and reasurer , which he had held ince , and 1 2 in O ctober 8 4 he withdrew from active connection with the Society .

fo r Before this , however , he had brought in a motion holding the

o f meetings on the ﬁrst Friday instead of the ﬁrst Monday the month . T 18 2 his was passed , and acted upon until November 5 , when the A Monday meetings were resumed . nother original member, Dr. H S S . tephenson , had preceded enry Joy in retiring from the ociety T 18 2 1 his he did in , and he , like Joy , was elected an honorary member .

f o f o ld S o . In pite the loss their associates , Dr Bruce and Dr .

‘ M Do n n ell still continued their unabated interest in the meetings , the former, at this time, proposing a further departure in the proceedings .

o f In consequence , a series of resolutions in favour of the purchase

o f valuable books on the principal branches knowledge , contemplated in this Institution , as are not likely to be otherwise accessible to the ” o n th 18 2 members , were adopted January 7 , 5 . A of 18 2 6 mong the new members elected before the end , were the

' M o n t o m r h S . H e t e Rev . James eaton Reid and the Rev enry g y, latter o f whom became President , and for a long time continued his connection with the Society

H M ac o rm aC 18 2 . C 8 Dr enry was elected a member in May , and

S on during his brief connection with the ociety read two papers , one

Tb e F or ma tion o Cha r a cter o n Tb e Un iver sa l M etkod f , and the other o E duca tion o a cotot f f j , in the course Of which the system was illustrated of H o n by an examination fourteen pupils of Mr . arkins some portions ’ o f Ra sselas H e fo r Johnson s . was appointed President the session

18 2 - 0 f o f 9 3 , and his year of O ﬁce was marked by the removal S S curiosities and pecimens belonging to the ociety , from the Linen H S all , where they had been deposited with the Belfast ociety for O f to Promoting Knowledge . these the antiquities were given the ST C L S ET 1 HI ORI A K C H . 5

A Belfast cademical Institution , whilst the animals and minerals were H S handed over to the Belfast Natural istory ociety , then only estab lished a few years . In the same session , the ﬁnes levied on those late o r 1 8 2 1 10 d. f absent , which , since , had stood at for the former of ence

1s Set. fo r . o n o f and the latter , were altered , account the change of

on e S S S currency , to hilling and ixpence for absence , and ixpence for ” M ac o rm a C . . C lateness Unfortunately , Dr resigned his membership 1 8 1 in January 3 , and thus early in his career withdrew his vigorous

inﬂuence .

T he C H S as we lose connection with the Natural istory ociety , . have

SO o f already seen , well begun by the donation minerals and other

specimens , had been further strengthened by the election , in February 18 0 two S — E G 3 , of ofthe most prominent men in that ociety dmund etty and Robert Patterson — and may be said to have been ﬁnally cemented ’ S A 18 1 at the Literary ociety s meeting in pril 3 , when it was resolved unanimously T hat this Society Shall contribute Fifty Pounds to the

o f H S . funds the Belfast Natural istory ociety , and that Mr Bruce ,

T Co m . . C Dr homson , and Mr airns be appointed to confer with a m ittee o f H S the Natural istory ociety , and to make such arrangements ” as may be most conducive to mutual advantage and accommodation .

A C of opy the letter in acknowledgment of this , received from the S o f H S o n ecretary the Natural istory ociety , is entered the minutes , and reads as follows

To T H E SECRETARY O F T H E

B EL F AST LI T ERARY SOCI ET Y .

The members of the B elfast Natural History Soc i e ty hav e been i n formed by M essrs .

M c e e an d e n e n me n n n ei it h ll , G tty , Patt rso of your v ry ha dso do atio of Fifty Pou ds to th r

T e e e m e e e e due c n w e m en O f c e an d M useum . h y d sir to xpr ss th ir a k o l dg ts su h lib rality , , as

e en e the O n O ﬂer the m em e the L e r S c e a proof of th ir s s of bligatio , to to b rs of it ra y o i ty for wen e m the I st M a n e the e e n e M e m w en e e t ty y ars , fro of y xt , privil g of visiti g th ir us u h v r it is

en n the e o w n m em e a n d the use m n e m ee n op duri g day to th ir b rs , of a roo for holdi g th ir ti gs ,

e e T e w ew e w the an d M n c the L e r S c e if r quir d . h y ill lik is allo Books a us ripts of it ra y o i ty to b e c e in e L in c e e e the m em e pla d th ir ibrary a as , appropriat d to that purpos , b rs of both

Soc ieti es havin g fr ee ac c ess to the books of either . ST C L S ET 16 HI ORI A K C H .

T hese privil eges are o ffe red in the exp ec tation that the c o n stitutio n of the Lite rary

S c e w n e n o m e C n e . c an l e n S e c e an o i ty ill u d rgo at rial ha g But if su h a t ratio hould tak pla , d the S c e ee e n c mm e the n em en n o w e Natural History o i ty f l s riously i o od d by arra g t propos d , th ey reserve the po we r of dissolvi ng the c o n n ec tio n a n d repayi n g su c h proportio n of the £5 0

c S dee m a n d e as three m e m be rs appoi n ted by eac h So i ety hall fair quitabl e .

Co n ﬁden ll e ec n e n e m a n e e e n ec e a n d the tw o y xp ti g that this alt r ativ y v r prov ssary , that So c i e ti es m ay eve r b e fou n d an xious an d willi n g to promote the views an d for ward the

se the e purpo s of oth r ,

e the n b e Sir I hav ho our to , ,

e e en e n Your v ry ob di t s rva t ,

S n e GEO . C . M ( ig d ) , HYND AN ,

E L F AST A r il 18 1 . B , p , 3

H . o f Mr yndman himself, the writer of the letter , became a member the Literary Society in 1 8 36 : a step in which several other prominent O f N H S — J M ac Ada m members the atural istory ociety notably ames ,

1 8 1 W T s 18 — elected in 3 , and illiam homp on , admitted in 34 had pre him A - ceded . nother important new comer was the Rev . John Scott

Po rter who 18 . , was enrolled in January 33 Besides these , several others

S o f were admitted but in pite this , the attendance at meetings was not

fo r A 1 8 8 s considered satisfactory , in pril 3 several re olutions were

s O f im pa sed with reference to the attendance members , the most “ A n o r portant Of which provided that y gentleman who has been ,

o n e hereafter shall be , absent for entire session , without assigning a ” to sufﬁcient reason for such absence , shall cease be a member . T hough not without effect , these resolutions did not altogether succeed in securing good attendances or a regular supply of papers ; and it would appear to have been dissati s faction with this state o f things

o f 2 15 t that led to the holding a meeting in the Belfast Museum ,

O 18 fo r ctober , 39 , the purpose of considering whether it would be advisable to continue o r to dissolve the Society . Five members only T T H . W C . G . Dr . airns , Robert Patterson , arrett , J ennent , and illiam “ T o — homps n are recorded as being present , but the result of their free conversation o n the subject is given as follows in the minutes A S they found that a sufﬁcient number were willing to furnish papers ST L ET 1 HI ORI CA SK CH . 7

to fo in succession , they resolved continue the meetings r o n e session more ; and to take into consideration some arrangements that were

o f suggested for increasing the number members , and securing ” regularity in conducting the business . T he danger having been thus happily averted for the time , at a later meeting in November it was decided to abolish the annual

s to o f subscription , only requiring new member pay an entrance fee T . o f 0 one guinea his they were able to do , as they had a balance £ 5 in hand , notwithstanding that they had for some years expended a portion o f the subscriptions received in the purchase o f bo o ks and

O f o n periodicals . Many these may still be found the shelves Of the

Belfast Museum .

fo r In spite of the recommendations securing new members , four W only were admitted during the next ten years , Of whom illiam

G . Bottomley and John rattan were the most important Meanwhile ,

o f o f many the Older members had passed away , and the death the

SO er son n el ﬁrst President , who had seen many changes in the p of S o n the ociety , is chronicled in the minutes Of a meeting held “ 1 A 1 8 4th pril , 45 , when Mr . Bruce called attention to the death of ‘ M Do n n ell o n th t o n e o f . S Dr ( aturday , the 5 ins ) , the only the original members of the Society (instituted in O ctober 180 1) who continued to be connected with it : when all present expressed their high sense o f o f S the value his services to the ociety , and the warm interest which ” O n e he took in all its concerns to the very last moment O f his life . — W H — o f the original members the Rev . . amilton Drummond was still 186 living at that time, and survived twenty years longer until 5 , but his connection with the Society was severed , it will be remembered , on his removal to Dublin in 18 1 5 .

o f C f o f S T he labours Dr . airns in the o ﬁce ecretary received A 1 8 o f recognition in pril 44 , a portrait him being then presented S W T ’ to the ociety , with this inscription , in illiam hompson s handwriting W C . C . . T his Miniature o f the Rev . Dr . airns was painted by Mr 8 ST L ET I HI ORI CA SK C H .

18 s o f Day (a London artist) , in March 43, at the reque t Wm T . Wm hompson , Rev . . Bruce , Wm Wm . H Bottomley , Rev . . amilton , H eo C . H G . G yndman , enry arrett , E . G Robt Patterson , dmund etty , s S o f and is by them pre ented to the Belfast Literary ociety , which f 1 . C z fo r a Dr airns has been the ealous and e fective Secretary 5 ye rs .

T he s portrait in que tion now hangs in the Belfast Museum . S Its original continued ecretary until his death , the minutes for the th 18 8 9 February , 4 , being the last in his handwriting they are followed w W by an Obituary notice upon him , ritten by illiam Bottomley for

N or t/zer n ”f l a 2 2 d A 1 A S n 8 . the g, of aturday , pril , 49 pparently no

2 2 n d the further meetings were held until the November in latter year , the Society being then convened under the circumstances recorded as follows “ At a meeting o f the Council o f the Natural H istory and i S t H H s o f Ph losophical ocie y , held at olywood ouse , the re idence

W T s E s o n th e 1 8 of illiam homp on , q , 49 , where a number the o f S t members the Literary ocie y were present , some conversation

s w a s took place re pecting that body and its future proceedings , and it a z G the o greed to authori e Mr . etty to take charge Of minute b oks , and summon a mee ting to be held at th e Museum at an early day . l th 18 es Under date g November , 49 , he issued a circular addr sed

T w ho Viz . to all the members , Mr . hompson , is from home , excepted , ‘ ‘ ‘ W m . Re . M Adam s M am . M Ada s . . Ad Me srs R , Jame , Jas , jun , v illiam

T . H H G . . . S. . . . Bruce, Rev J Porter, Rev D incks , arrett , R Patterson , T T H W . . G . C . m A yndman , . Bottomley , lexander Mitchell , J ennent , G e o n T 2 2 n d e John rattan , to me t hursday evening, Novemb r, at ’ ” 8 th e O clock , at Museum . T he members rea dily res ponded to the call an enthusias tic m eeting

s d T o f e i was held , and it was re olve hat , in the opinion this me t ng , the S s a as the a Belfast Literary ociety , a body e tablished so e rly ye r

D te e n k a l ft bla . ST C L S ET HI ORI A K C H . 19

180 1 e , and which has numb red amongst its members many o f the

S leading inhabitants of Belfast and its vicinity , hould be continued as , ' a ﬂo rdin g a means for bringing together many persons o f general litera ry taste n o t connected with societies established fo r the pro ” o f c s o f A n motion particular bran he knowledge . annual subscription 1 s 6 0 d. . s s Of was decided upon , but after a time thi was di continued by

T he . . S w as a resolution , repeated each year Rev John cott Porter fo r E G S elected President the session ; dmund etty , ecretary ; and

s T f w Robert Patter on , reasurer . Under these o ﬁcers , the ork of the

S o n 1 ociety was carried with increased energy . In January 8 5 0 six — new members were admitted , among them Joseph John Murphy ,

T A . H . S Nelson ancock , and Dr homas ndrews hortly afterwards , the

E H s Rev . dward incks and the Rev . Dr . Reeve were elected corre

din A s o n S . p g members , and became interested in the ociety junction

S A S s between the Literary ociety and the Fine rts ociety was propo ed ,

n o t . but was carried into effect Reports Of the meetings were , for a

A e time , contributed to the newspapers . suggestion that the memb rs Should make an excursion fo r a day during the summer— Ca s tle Blaney and Inniskeen Round T ower being preferred — was received with some

w o f favour . In the following session , Dr . Reichel (after ards Bishop

T he C . . Meath) , Professor raik , and Isaac J Murphy were enrolled last named gentleman who is happily still an active member o f the ,

s S 1 8 - s Society was elected Pre ident for the ession 54 5 5 , and at the ame , S w ho time the Rev . John cott Porter succeeded Joseph John Murphy ( had been Secretary from 1 8 5 0) in that Ofﬁce ; the latter remaining 1 T reasurer until his death in 894 . “ T he new Secretary read a Report which he had prepared o n the number o f papers rea d by the different members since November 1 8 and the order in which they are liable to be called 49 , o f S on to read in which b e outlined the recent history the ociety , , “ 2 2 o n to gave the num ber of members as , but then went say it is f to be regretted that some o f these have scarcely attended any o its ” meetings . T L S ET 2 0 HI S ORI CA K CH .

A stricter regard to the observance o f the proper order in the

o f delivery papers was henceforth insisted upon , and to support this ,

o f 18 T he a revision the Rules was made in February 5 5 . Rev . John S S S 186 - 0 cott Porter remained ecretary until the end of the ession 9 7 , and to his unwearied exertions in that Ofﬁce the present sound posi

o f S . tion the ociety has been justly attributed During this period , 2 the membership averaged only about 3, but the papers and dis c ussio n o f o f were a high order excellence , and among those joining at this time were many who gave a stimulus to the interest o f the

C o f 18 6 meetings . hief those elected in 5 was Professor Wyville T 18 8 H H H homson ; in 5 , Dr . enry Burden and Dr . ugh yndman ; in

1 8 o f M ac Douall 5 9 , the present Master the Rolls and Professor in 1 86 1 86 1 . . . . Pr . o , the Rev Dr Murphy ; in 4, the Rev R J Bryce and 1 H Y 1 8 fessor 86 . 6 Purser ; in 7 , Dr odges and Professor onge ; in 9 , G 18 0 S the Rev . Dr . lasgow and Professor Park ; in 7 , erjeant Dodd Y f and Robert oung . Dr . Burden occupied the O ﬁce left vacant by ’ Mr . Porter s resignation , whilst the latter became President for the 1 8 - 1 1 8 S S S 0 . ession 7 7 In May 7 3, hortly after the ociety , by the

o f o n e O f death Robert Patterson , had lost its ablest members , Mr . to Porter , owing to his inability attend the meetings as frequently “ to as he could wish , desired resign , but this evoked a unanimous

o f expression Opinion to the effect , that the present success and stability Of the Society being mainly due to the warm and active

fo r S interest he had taken in it so many years , the ociety

S to hould not , without an earnest protest , permit him withdraw his ” o f name from the list members . In response to this appeal , Mr . Porter withdrew his resignation and continued a member to his 18 80 death in July . T he subsequent history o f the Society is well known to many o f

1 8 8 . S the existing members . In 4 a proposal was made by Mr treet to change the night o f meeting from the ﬁrst Monday to the second T on uesday in the month , but a vote by circular being taken the to question , it was negatived , and the former practice adhered .

M EM O IRS .

The biogr aphies w hich the pen s

o va r ious con tr ibu tors ea ch o w hom r om in tim a te f , f , f

erson a l k n ow led e or other w ise is s ecia ll ua l ed p g , p y q iﬁ

t w The o r ite a uthor ita tively on his specia l s u bject.

E ditor s ta ke this oppor tu n ity of exp r essing their

tha n ks f or the r ea dy w ay in w hich their r equests f or

c ibu ion s w er acc d on tr t e e ed to.

2 5

M ‘ DO N N ELL M D J AME S , . .

‘ CT M ES M DO N N EL L o f Sc ie n c e DO OR JA , long regarded as the Nestor 1 6 2 ‘ in Belfast , was born in 7 ; second son of Michael M Do n n ell o f C A Co . o n e ushendun , ntrim , whose family was Of the oldest in the

o f H e North Ireland . received his early education from the famous E Belfast schoolmaster , David Manson ; graduated in medicine at din

in 1 8 C fo r burgh 7 4 , when he hose his thesis the treatment o f the

i o f . n drowned , advocating as a last resource transfus on blood O his

w to settlement in Belfast soon after ards , his devotion his profession , w combined ith his varied literary attainments , raised him rapidly to a

He o f s f prominent position . was one the original founder o the Linen Hall Library ; and a ﬁne portrait marble bust in the Belfast Mu s eum commemorates the esteem in which he was justly held by the liter a ti o f O f s Belfast . a benevolent disposition , he took a great intere t in G H medical charities , especially the eneral ospital , where he was the

H is ﬁrst doctor to originate clinical instruction . appearance was well

- known throughout the locality , as in knee breeches and white stockings

- he drove about in an Old fashioned gig , reading a book through a large magnifying glass , with his faithful servant Mick beside him .

o f In addition to a ﬁne library , he possessed a museum natural

to history , and was also an antiquary devoted Irish literature and ’

T he H 1 2 . history . Irish arpers Belfast Meeting in 7 9 was his work

H e Do n e all 18 died at his house in g Place in 4 5 , and was buried in

o f L a de C the ancient churchyard y , where a large eltic cross forms an

A n . appropriate memorial . Irish elegy was composed to his memory

His A two sons , John and lexander , settled in Dublin ; the former C s o f well known as a successful physician , the latter as a ommis ioner E National ducation .

Y . R . M . OUNG

W M D D 0 LL CE . . 3 I IA BRU ,

volunteer gathering in Belfast ( March , as a patriot worthy Of o f J o f 20th J the church ohn Knox took part in the sham ﬁght uly , 17 8 1 ; and o n 2 2 n d July preached at Lisburn in a short blue swallow “ T f tail coat , with brass buttons (lettered Lisburn rue red cuf s ,

n 2 collar , and facings , white breeches , and black leggings . O 4th ’ 1 8 2 o ld o f March , 7 , he was called , by his father s congregation Strand

S D. D. 1 2 treet , Dublin , as colleague to John Moody , ( 74 in succession to T homas Plunket ( 17 2 5 great -grandfather of the

o f H A . e late rchbishop Dublin accepted the call , and ministered in O n l oth 1 . 8 Dublin for eight years November , 7 3, he took his seat C o f V N , in the ational onvention olunteers in the Rotunda Dublin , as C o f T C delegate from the ounty the own of arrickfergus . In this Convention he brought forward a proposal for vote by ballot at parliamentary elections , and obtained a seconder , but no other vote .

1 86 D D His In 7 he was made . . of Glasgow . Dublin congregation 1 8 o f C S was increased by the accession (March , 7 7 ) the ooke treet - W D. D 1 1 congregation , with its ex minister , illiam Dunne , . ( 7 4 ’ ’ who had married Bruce s father s cousin . O 1 8 In ctober 7 9 he was called to First Belfast , as colleague to

C D. D 1 0 o f A James rombie , . ( 7 3 founder the Belfast cademy T 1 1th his call he declined ; but being again called ( March , on C ’ rombie s death , and at the same time elected Principal of the Belfast

A . w a s cademy, he accepted both posts It does not appear that he admitted to his Belfast charge by the regular process of installation (he says this term “ should be expunged from the Presbyterian ” ' “ — hr is tia n M oder a tor 18 2 C 6 . 0 vocabulary , , p 3 9) instead , he delivered ” His A o n an inaugural address . work at the cademy began I st May,

1 F r n ot 1 0 8 2 2 . o 79 , and lasted till November some time , but till

1 802 o n s , he delivered lectures history , belles lettre , and moral His A philosophy . policy was to gain for the cademy (originally

C o f ﬁ rs t- o designed as a ollege) the place a class sch ol , and in this His - he was eminently successful . house pupils were happy under o f T he -out o f 1 2 th the care his admirable wife . famous barring W L L M C E D D . 1 I IA BRU , 3

A 1 2 his pril , 79 , roused the whole town , tried mettle and pro ved his mastery ,

His congregation throve , and it was necessary to enlarge the o f - . 1 o f f gallery his meeting house In 794 , the year the publication o ’ A e o R ea s on - Paine s f , s O f g he delivered , in his meeting house , a eries ” o n C E w s o a s discourses hristian vidences , which ere popular to be T repeated . hey were attended by the V icar of Belfast (William

’ S s A to Bristow) , who so arranged the unday service at St. nne s as

’ facilitate the attendance of parishioners o n Bruce s defences o f the C T hristian foundations . hey were attended also by E li z abeth

H The Cotta er s o amilton , authoress Of Glen bu r n ie g f , who has recorded her impressions in some striking lines

Bar ed by his ar m the livi n g ro c k appe are d O n w c the S c e hi h tru tur of our faith is r eared .

Dr . Bruce , who sometimes described himself as an alarmed W ” H C . e hig , became a power in Ulster on the side of the onstitution had taken no part in the movement of the United Irishmen , and

H e strongly condemned its oath of association . was for the gradual ,

o f as distinguished from the immediate , emancipation Roman

A o n Catholics . controversy the constitutional question led to a — M D o f W . rupture friendship with the patriot poet , illiam Drennan ,

’ T h r n n a n s - o f e breach was healed on D e death bed . Both sides the

Bel a s t Politics 1 controversy were presented in a pamphlet , f ( 794, 1 2 H o 1 mo) , edited by enry J y ( 7 54 In the insurrectionary

o f 1 8 W panic 79 , Bruce sent his family to hitehaven , and his boarders

n 8 th A . O to their homes June , the day after the Battle Of ntrim , he enrolled himself as a private in the then formed Belfast Merchants ’

T he C s o s o f Infantry known as Black ockades , thi being the nly ign ,

H e - o n uniform adopted . was doing sentry guard with his musket , “ 1 2 th June when an ofﬁcer o f the Royal Artillery declared that a ﬁner , ” H e n o t . soldier than Dr . Bruce he did see that day remained in the

H is 2 th S corps as a private until it was disbanded . sermon ( 5 eptember , - - f 1 803) to his companions in arms was printed under the title o W M E D D 2 LL UC . . 3 I IA BR ,

ia n oldier 1 80 12 H e The hr ist S . C ( 3, mo) wrote the Presbyterian IV on 1 8 2 1 A G . ddress to eorge his visit to Dublin in , and attracted ’ ” the King s notice by his majestic form and noble bearing , when , as

o f A o n Moderator the ntrim Presbytery , he appeared the deputation which presented it .

H e o n e S was of the founders of the Belfast Literary ociety , which

His A e o H om er met frequently under his roof at the A cademy . g f to 1 80 His 18 2 8 vo S . ( 7 , ) was read the ociety , in parts , about 5 to 2 n d 1 8 1 c o n L iter a r E ssa s 1 8 1 1 . 8 y y ( , 4 ; edit , , 4to) were originally

Tr a n sa c ion s o f 1 1 1 1 t S 80 8 . O tributed to the the ociety , in 9 and ther

N w r M a az in e S e . essays , read to the ociety , were published in the y g

H e A was a member also of the Royal Irish cademy , and among his

M emoir o u mes contributions to its transactions was his f f V] .

o f Decay sight , which ended in blindness , led to his resigning his

z l st 18 1 n ministry on January , 3 when his co gregation presented him

o f H e with a service plate . had paid great attention to congregational - 1 80 1 1 8 1 8 singing , drawing up a hymn book in (enlarged , and in use — on till but he successfully discountenanced not , however , religious grounds— a proposal (made in 1 807) for the introduction of an

H e S O f organ . broke the established ilence Presbyterian interments

o f His - by originating the custom addresses at the grave . twenty three papers in the Chr is tia n M oder a tor ( 18 2 6 on the Pr ogr ess of N on s u bscr i tion to Cr eeds o f p , are a valuable contribution to the history

Presbyterian liberalism , embodying extracts from original documents ,

T he of Of which some are not now accessible . type Presbyterian discipline which commended itself to him may be seen in the supple “ ” o f o f A ment , by a Member the Presbytery ntrim , to the Newry ’ ’ 18 16 1 2 T o s Dis n in en lem a n s L etter s ow o d se t G t . edition ( , mo) Of g g He did not favour the presence of lay-elders in Church courts ; nor does it appear that any persons were elected to this Ofﬁce in his congrega ’ T he W 1 0 tion during his ministry . idows Fund , founded ( 7 5 ) through o f - W 1 02 - the exertions his grand uncle , illiam Bruce ( 7 5 publisher in ff At Dublin , was greatly improved by his e orts and judgment . the W L L M E D C D . I IA BRU , 33

o f D. D. 18 1 fo r Re iu m death Robert Black , , in 7 , the agency the g

Don u m to s o f was open him , but he forwarded the claim another . His theological Views are to be found in his Tr ea tise on the Being a nd A ttr ibu tes o God 18 18 8 v o S er m on s on the Stu d o f ( , ) , and in his y f the Bible a n d on the Doctr in es o hris tia n it 18 2 8 vo 2 n d C . 18 2 6 f y ( 4 , ; edit , , T 8 V O . n o ) his latter raised a controversy , in which Bruce took pa rt. H e limited fundamentals to points plainly declared in each o f the four

’ Gospels ; restricted o u r Lord s creative work to the formation o f thi s

O f - o f planet ; and , while inclining to the doctrine the pre existence

H is souls , yet held the annihilation of the wicked . published Opinions

o n 2 th S 18 were ﬁrmly held and 7 eptember , 39 , he signed a declara

He o in ed tion that he had made no change in them . j in the formation

th A 1 8 1 O f S o f (9 pril , 3 ) the Unitarian ociety for the Diffusion

C s hristian Knowledge , though he would have preferred the colourles “ A T o o f designation ract S ciety . By Protestants all sections his presence was welcomed on the Committee o f the H ibernian Bible S 18 2 1 ociety , an institution which he recommended ( ) in letters (signed

Z u in li zVew i Tele r a h Bel as t N ew s -L etter He g us ) to the y g p and f . had much to do w ith the establishment ( 1800) O f the Union School S w a s (afterwards the Lancasterian chool) , with which connected a

S . Protestant , but otherwise undenominational , unday school

18 6 to In November 3 he removed Dublin with his daughter , Maria . t ’ H e 2 th r r 1 8 1 S . G died there on 7 Feb ua y , 4 , and was buried in eorge s

- r . bu ying ground , Dublin 1 b 1 6 d. 2 2 n 2 th 8 8 S . d Dr . Bruce married ( 5 January , 7 ) usanna ( 7 3;

r o f b H o f Februa y , youngest daughter Ro ert utton Dublin , and

His . so n had twelve children , four of whom died in infancy eldest , f W t K S 1 8 o . C . amuel Bruce ( 7 9 was the father illiam Rober Bruce , ,

’ s o f D. L . CO . and Master of the King s Bench in Ireland ; Jame Bruce , ,

P o f H G T o f S . . . yrone ; and amuel Bruce , J , Norton all , loucestershire f - t A mong portraits o Dr . Bruce may be mentioned the full leng h 180 o f . . ﬁgures Dr and Mrs Bruce in the large picture ( 4) by Robinson , in the Council -room o f the Belfast Chamber Of Commerce ; the three D W M E D LL C . D. 34 I IA BRU ,

T H quarter length , by hompson , in the Linen all Library , engraved in mez z otint by H odgetts a ﬁne painting of head and bust in o f D L T the possession James Bruce , . . , at horndale and an engraving 1 Hawk sett 8 2 A . . ( 7) by dcock , from a miniature by ’

S . [ ome further details of Dr Bruce s literary works , and authorities Bio l I I Diet N a t . V o V for his life , may be found in . . g , .

A L EXAND E R GORDON .

8 W L L M M LT M M 3 I IA HA I ON DRU OND .

A 18 1 berdeen . In 5 Dr . Drummond received a unanimous invitation S S to trand treet , Dublin , and he remained as minister of that congre

atio n o f H e g for the rest his long life . died in Dublin o n the 16th o f O 18 6 . o f o f ctober, 5 It is as one the original group members , and as o f a poet some eminence in his day , that Drummond has a claim upon

o f O f o f the attention the Belfast Literary Society . the qualities his poetry the Diction a ry of N a tion a l Biogr aphy speaks in the following

: terms Drummond as a poet is natural , pleasing , and melodious ,

H e rich in pathos , and full of enthusiasm . is at his best in his very o f vigorous hymns , the use which has not been limited to his own ” denomination . In early life he had felt the ardour o f revolutionary

W s . The M a n o A e enthusiasm hile till a student he published f g , a poem dealing with the wrongs and misgovernment o f Ireland ; and

o f a letter written to his sister (afterwards married to Dr . Marshall ’ 1 S f Belfast) in 799 hows how deeply the events o 9 8 had moved him . ” “ I mentioned in my last , so the letter runs , that I had begun a tragedy ; since then a new subject for the tragic muse has occurred , The which will give much greater scope for incident and pathos . R ebels W will be the title of this new production . hen my imagination is much enamoured with a subject , my composition is generally rapid so about three acts are already written , and all the plan digested in my ”

. of mind Perhaps in this case discretion proved the better part valour , The R ebels for never saw the light . A mong Drummond ’s contributions to the Literary Society mention should be made o f the following : The Ba ttle of Tr afa lga r : a Poem in tw o books The F ir s t Book o L ucr etius Ca r us on the f T. ’ N a tu r e of Things : tr a n s la ted in to E nglish ver se The Gia n t s Ca usew ay T he list Of his writings subsequent to his removal

o n e f to Clon ta a to Dublin is a long . It may su ﬁce mention rf P oem The L if e of M icha el Ser v etus ; and The A u tobiogr aphy o A r chiba ld H a n s milton R ow a n E s w ith ddi ion s a n d I llustr a tio . . A t f , q,

: o f Drummond was married twice ﬁrst to Barbara , daughter David T Es o f C o f omb, q , Belfast ; and , secondly , to atherine, daughter Robert W LL M I IAM ILT O N M M I IA DRU OND . 39

E s o f f . O Blackley , q , Dublin this second family , there survive

o f C E s o f o b Isabella , widow John ampbell , q , Belfast ; the Rev . R ert

’ D A s . . St. C E Blackley Drummond , , Minister of Mark hapel , dinburgh ; M . A L L D. L T T D o f and the Rev James Drummond , . . , . , I . . , the Principal

C O . Manchester ollege , xford

A o f o beautiful portrait Drummond exists , painted so n after his

- settlement in Belfast by the well known Irish painter , Robinson , him

a f o f . . o . self pupil Romney . I t is in the possession the Rev R B

o f E Drummond dinburgh .

A utho r ities S z . . [ Memoir , by the Rev J cott Porter , preﬁxed to a volume o f sermons published in 1 867 ; A rticle in the Diction a ry of

N a io a A o t n l Bio r a h . G g p y, by the Rev lexander ord n ; and private informatio n ] M M W H . . . DRU OND

4 3

H EN RY JO Y ( 1 7 5 4

E O Y . i 6th O 1 R J , , . His H N Y jun was born at Belfast on ctober , 7 5 4 grandfather was Franci s Joy ( 169 7 the founder O f the - Bel a s t N ew s L etter 1 s H o f in 7 37 , whose two son , enry and R bert , suc c eeded o f 1 6 w to the management that newspaper about 74 , hen their

m to - m father re oved Randalstown , and commenced the paper aking

to business there , after his second marriage , in the preceding year ,

’ Y n ee A n n T h . e H widow oung ( Morrison) two sons , enry and Robert , 1 2 2 -1 8 were by his ﬁrst wife , Margaret Martin , and his son Robert ( 7 7 5 ) o f S was father to the subject this ketch .

1 8 2 H o In 7 , enry J y, jun . , was taken into partnership by his uncle f H . o o C . and father , under the style R . Joy , and on the death of his 1 8 H father , Robert Joy , in 7 5 , the ﬁrm was changed to enry Joy , n A e . f H S . o n o and Jun fterwards , the death his uncle enry , January

2 0th 1 8 6 o f , 7 9 , aged 9 years , he became the sole proprietor the news

81 O He H C . paper . continued the business under the style of enry Joy , 1 and took over its entire management , acting also as its editor . In 79 5

E C A & c . he sold the newspaper to an dinburgh ompany Robert llen , , with George Gordon as editor — and retired from newspaper life ; but C - he held for some time the romac Paper mills , in Belfast , which had 1 6 been in operation from about 7 7 .

H e o f was a patron the early drama in Belfast , and wrote the

- N ew s L etter . S o critiques (anonymously) in the , when Mrs idd ns 1 8 1802 180 o f appeared in 7 5 , , and 5 , and also during the visits

E . Kemble , dmund Kean , Macready , and other later theatrical stars

H e also took a deep interest in the music o f Ireland .

b e o Bel as t In conjunction with Dr . Bruce , compiled a w rk called f Politics 18 18 , which was republished , with some additions , in , by H o f Bel a s t Politics E n la r ed. John Lawless , under the title f g enry Joy E OY 44 H NRY J . also compiled (anonymously) H istor ica l Collection s r ela tive to the

Tow n o Bel ast 1 8 1 T he f f , which was published by Berwick in 7 . work o n e 1 0 1 is a valuable , and now ( 9 ) scarce .

H is tor o B l a l e st V o . . H Benn , in his y f f ( I I , p says of enry Joy , that “ he was the only person whom he had ever known who was ” o f ld o f really acquainted with the history O Belfast . From the list S papers read before the Literary ociety , it will be seen that he gave S o f He S the ociety the beneﬁt his valuable researches . was ecretary 180 -8 1 8 1 1 -2 2 1 808 - 7 and , also President 9 . T he C Mr . Joy had ﬁve sons . eldest , Robert , died at ollege , in 18 1 He 3, and the remaining four survived him . died in his native Don e all S A 1 18 town , at his residence, g quare North , pril 5 th , 35 , in 8 15 his t year .

W W . I SAAC . ARD

T E M T 46 JOHN P LE ON .

M His S. o f ﬂora , journals , and other papers proved a rich quarry materials fo r other w riters after his death ; a n d succeeding stu dents o f the fauna an d ﬂora o f Ireland have been astonished not only at the

n w exte t but accuracy Of his ork .

his s to Sir S During lifetime he gave much a sistance James mith ,

T o n z e urner , and other writers Botany ; but a few papers in maga in s ,

Bel a s t I ll a az in e hi s and contributions to the f g , are only printed works . A n active and inspiring leader in all that concerned the intellectual

r o f o f A c u prog ess Belfast , he was a founder the cademi al Instit tion

e of his H e and Of other schem s for the good native town . died in 1 8 2 w as C C S . 5 , and buried at lifton treet emetery

H ELL W . C . . ADD 47

K X J O HN NO .

OHN KNOX appears to have been engaged in business in High Street in 17 84 (from an adve rti s ement in the Belfas t N ews -L etter fo r S o f L a r e lVa tc/ I n 1 8 May at the ign the g i . 7 7 he removed to O C nearly pposite to hurch Lane in the same street . Later he removed

’ S o f H S o n e to VVilso n s C to the south ide igh treet , next door but ourt , a d s 1 1 n 8 6 . r retired from busine s in Robe t Neill , watchmaker , after

r d T w as wa ds occupie the premises . here a John Knox , watchmaker ,

o f o n S 1 1 1 2 sworn a freeman Belfast borough eptember , 7 9 ; and

w o f H S r Bel as t John Knox , atchmaker , igh treet , adve tised in the f lVezvs—L etter 1 8 o f in May 7 5 , perhaps related to the subject this sketch .

Bel a s t JVew s -L etter fo r T e A u 2 1 In the f u sday , ug st , 7 74 , there is an r m n who adve tise ent by a John Knox Of Lar e , was a clock and watch w maker , in hich he describes a curious astronomical clock made by him o f , but whether he was any relation the John Knox who was in

o r w as business later in Belfast , the same person , it is now impossible to indicate.

T he his c orr es o n latter apparently had astronomical tastes , from p whi p the Be as t dence , ch a peared from time to time in the columns of lf N ew s-L etter in the early part o f the nineteenth century o n celestial

f to phenomena and ephemerides o the planets . Probably he was led this by having to use a transit instrument to ascertain the local time

r o f i n for the pu poses his business , as there was no telegraph c commu i

H e S cation at that period . contributed a paper to the Royal ociety

Phen om ena o olou r s exhibited b Thin Pla tes a on Some f C y , which appe red - 1 His Philoso hic a l T r a n sac tions 1 8 1 . 16 1 18 . in the p , 5 , pp daughter i S was marr ed to James Ferguson , near the ixmilewater , Ballyclare , S r w Sir S - w and their son , amuel (afte ards amuel Ferguson , the well kno n ’ w as H poet and antiquarian) , born in his grandfather s house in igh 18 1 2 S . treet , Belfast , in

W W . I SAAC . ARD U A B WILLIAM B R CE , . .

M E B 1 e I L LIA C AL . 0 . BRU , ( 7 9 s cond son of Dr Bruce (see 16 1 a o a 0. p ge was b rn at Belf st on November , 7 9

a A his E t education began at the Belf st cademy under father .

T n C le l 2 l 1 80 t i e s c h ri ity ol ge, Dub in , on Ju y, 4, he ob a n d a ’ ' i as hi s t r a w as al holr wh ch, in fa he s c se , he lowed to

w as l a . T he e s 1 808 in His u . conform g . t tor Dr Mi l r s s ion

c E i e the e tu e. at dinburgh Un versity , where he attend d l c r ‘ 1 80 A B T ﬂ S rt. O n 2 0 u . . tewa J ly , 9 , he graduated at ri already enter ed ( 9 May) on theo logical studies under th e

r H e e E the A ntrim Presbyte y . studi d at dinbur gh 1 8 - 3

A 2 u 1 8 1 1 R6 licensed by ntrim Presbytery on 5 J ne, .

’ 2 hi s l 1 8 1 ) a call to be father s co l eague in the p S ’ " a e his - a n 1 Belf st , he enter d on life long ch rge, bei g orc

18 12 .

In 1 8 2 1 new arrangements were rendered nece -ar" the teaching staff o f the Belfast A c ademical Insti tution by the LP ' 2‘ 36 A i e pr l , ag d ' i illiam i V D. D . 1 8 1 8 hea drn asrer f 4 5) of Ne lson , , from o the classical

o e C s H e i sch ol , and prof ssor of la sics , ebrew, and Irish in the coll g ate A department. mong suppo rters o f the Institut ion w ere some w hose

s e as a in u political principle were regard d unconstitution l , and co se

u en c e G e t d n q the overnment grant had b en wi h raw . Dr . B r uce had never been a suppo r ter Of the Institution ; but now hi s son came w as C H for ard candidate for the lassical and ebrew chair . O ther d candi ates were Reuben John Bryce ( afterwards Robert VVylde o f o f T ni Kyle , a relative the Provost ri ty and Mr . Repp an Icelander , , wI LLIAM UCE A B BR , . 49 who Gov em m en t T h had interest . e managers too k un usual pains to

t o f o f a r e assure hemselves the competency the candidates , he ing ach

s is . H examine a cla s , and ﬁnding all well qualiﬁed theological views

O to r . C o brought pposition B uce , led by Dr o ke and the hostility hitherto shown to the Institution by his family alienated from B ruce ' t wo -t i A r e ﬂ rts h rds Of the ian vote . But o were made in his behalf by

Sir s C o f Re v Robert Bateson , repre enting the hurch Ireland , and by .

E o f o o f G Sy d o f s dward Reid Ramelton . M derator the eneral no Ul ter

c Bible Chr is tia n 1 8 1 2 12 2 w . s . O n O as e ( f , 4 , p , q) 7 ctober he elect d by

T he a large majority . appointment conciliated a sec tion which had 2 18 2 stood aloof from the Institution ; ultimately ( 7 February , 9) the

Government grant was renewed . B r uce held the Classical chair ( Hebrew

1 8 2 2 to T H D LE . was assigned in homas Dix incks , ) with solid repute , ’ e O o f e 1 until th pening the Qu en s College in 849 . T w ’ heologically he follo ed closely in his father s steps , but polemics

n o t to s . 18 2 were his ta te From 3 he had , as colleague in his pastorate ,

o f that brilliant scholar and vigorous champion unpopular views , John

In a A s r Scott Porter . later life he he ded , in the ntrim Pre byte y , the conservative minority w ho withdrew to form the Northe rn Presbytery o f

A o f i A 186 2 ntrim , wh ch he was elected (4 pril , ) the ﬁrst moderator (the w o s T he e t pre byteries were reunited 7 November , jubile of his ordination ( 1862 ) was marked by the placing o f stained -glass windows — T he s in his meeting house . quiet steadfastne s with which he advocated i o f his convict ons , and the gentle amiability his character , made him the

r o f o f Nestor of his pa ty . In connection with many the charities Belfast he proved himself an admirable committee -man and a s pres ident o f

fo r to the Belfas t Society Promoting Knowledge , he did much improve

r H e o f r e its valuable Libra y . was fond ag iculture , and carefully plant d his grounds at T he Farm . on 2 1 A 186 a e fo r Retiring from active duty pril , 7 , he pre ch d

n T he the last time o n the following Sunday (at Lar e) , and died at

He d o ld n 2 O 1868 . Farm o 5 ctober , was burie in the churchyard at

Holywoo d . W L M E A B 0 L C . . 5 I IA BRU ,

1 8 2 E z 2 0 d. 2 Bruce married ( May , 3) Jane li abeth ( 7 November , 1 8 8 Of W S o f 7 , aged 79 ) only child illiam mith Barbadoes , and had a

o f o Six o f family f ur sons and daughters , whom ﬁve daughters remain ’ to honour their father s memory . A mural monument , which includes his bust , was placed in his — 18 8 meeting house in 3. ’ F o r for [ a notice Of Bruce s few publications , with authorities his l D i a t Bio . V o V I I et N . . life , see . g ,

A LE XAND E R GORDON . 5 !

H ‘ WILLIAM D . . M E WEN .

Ev W L L M ‘ . LZ ELL H E W M A s n f R v E . E . o o e I IA DA U Y M N , , . ‘ G M Ew en o f z eorge Killinchy and Miss Dal ell of Ballyreagh ,

C 1 8 G o ounty Down ; born at Killinchy , 7 7 ; graduated in lasg w

’ 1 806 180 University , ; licensed to preach , 7 ; Usher s Quay , Dublin ,

1 808 -1 8 1 Killilea h 18 1 -18 1 S C a s 3 ; g , 3 7 ; econd ongregation , Belf t ,

18 1 - 18 2 8 o f T s o f 7 ; married Jane , daughter homa Maxwell Bally

ra fﬁ n C o f E A g , near omber ; Professor locution in Belfast cademical

18 18 -18 2 8 o f C Institution , ; member ommittee Of Belfast Library ,

1 8 1 -18 2 8 1 18 2 8 - s G 7 ; died 5 th July , ; buried in Meeting hou e reen ,

Killinchy .

’ During his eleven years residence in Belfast , he identiﬁed himself

H is m with the charitable and educational projects o f the town . war expansive sympathy with all that was great and good s timulated him in promoting the cause of charity with a spirit truly worthy o f a

S o f Christian minister . trongly attached to the principles civil and

z religious liberty , he counted among his friends the ostraci ed Dr .

m O f W . S teel Dickson Portaferry , at whose grave he ofﬁciated in the

o f O f : A H presence a few his faithful friends rchibald amilton Rowan , whose character he has portrayed in a poem entitled Cha nges ; and - T he C . . C the liberal minded Roman atholic Primate , Dr rolly mention

’ o f the latter s name recalls an incident which shows the spirit o f d . O n 2 n liberality which prevailed in Belfast at the time the May ,

to 18 2 . C 5 , Dr rolly gave a dinner to celebrate his elevation the

E o f C o f piscopal Chair Down and onnor , and among the toasts the

“ ‘ M Ew en s w evening was T he Rev . Mr . and the Presbyterian of Do n

” ‘ M Ew en o A . and ntrim , in response to which Mr b re testimony to the high character o f his esteemed friend . W M H M ‘ W LL . E E 5 2 I IA D . N .

His reﬁned and literary tastes led him into the realms o f the poetic muse , and many graceful pieces from his pen appeared in the “ m ” Be a st Comm er cia l Chr on icle n om de lu m e o f W . lf , over the p alsingha

C S s s Lough uan trangford) had a trong fa cination for him , and he devoted much learned research to the antiquities with which the

A n district abounds . attractive speaker , an ornament to society , and

o f w as an ardent lover his native land , his early death deeply

H e o f e lamented . had a large circle fri nds , to whom he had endeared himself by his high regard fo r the conscientious convictions o f those A who differed from him in matters of theology . lmost his last “ appearance in public was at a meeting o f T he Friends o f Civil and ’ H o f Religious Liberty , held in Kearn s otel , for the removal the

o f A n o il o f disabilities the Roman Catholics . painting him (artist o f All S E A C . unknown) hangs in the vestry ouls hurch , lmwood venue

S LL . S. HANNON MI IN

LIBRAR Y

A S‘T R O , T I L D E N F O U N DAT IO N S SS

D D WILLIAM NEIL SON , . . ,

I LLIAM B L D S D. . o n 12 S 1 . N I ON , , was born eptember , 7 74 H is . D D father , Rev Moses Nelson , . . , was Presbyterian minister

Ra m n de o CO . o f at , Down , and enjoyed the reputation being the best O f f W instructor youth in the North o Ireland . illiam showed an early for G aptitude the study of language , especially reek and , while a mere ’ E youth , he became assistant in his father s school , and wrote an nglish

G o f rammar , which was extensively used throughout the Province

. too Ulster It held its ground , although deemed philosophical , until superseded by the Grammar of Lindley Murray . H e G proceeded to lasgow to study for the ministry , and while there Y had the advantage of further classical instruction under John oung ,

o f A S Professor Greek at the University . fast friendship prung up

o n e o f between professor and pupil , and the latter dedicated his works ’ E lem en ta Y o n e ( ) to oung , who occasionally gave Of Neilson s books as

’ a pri z e in his class at Glasgow (James T ate s copy in British Museum) . N eilson was ordained pastor o f the Presbyterian Congregation of A 1 W Dundalk in pril 799 . hilst residing there , he conducted a school ,

O f which was attended by pupils every religious denomination , and he was proud to record every year his young students taking honours in

s C C o f the Prote tant University of Dublin , the Roman atholic ollege

t e o f S . S . Patrick , Maynooth , and the Presbyterian Universiti s cotland

1 0 Gr eek Exer cises in S n tax In 8 4 he published at Dundalk y ,

i T he E lli s is Dia lects P r osod a n d M eta hr a s s . p , , y, p book was dedicated

T C . to Doctor John Kearney , Provost of rinity ollege , Dublin It shows

- considerable scholarship , and became popular as a school book .

It passed through no less than eight editions , the last having been ’ - T w o 1 8 6 ﬁ ve . published in 4 , twenty years after Neilson s death editions were published in Edinburgh and tw o in London . W M E D D 6 L L LS . . 5 I IA N I ON , ,

His A n I n tr odu ction to the I r ish L a n ua e next work was g g , published 1 808 His E E o f in Dublin in , and dedicated to xcellency Philip , arl n f o f H o . ardwicke , Lord Lieutena t Ireland Irish was the vernacular

eilson a large part of the country people of Down and Louth , and N o f T he had good opportunities becoming acquainted with it . book is printed , except two extracts from literature, in Roman type , and is T he valuable as a faithful representation o f Irish as then spoken . power of arrangement and good taste in selection o f examples exhi

’ bited in the author s Greek books are noticeable in his Irish Grammar . T he dialogues and familiar phrases which form the second part are a complete guide to the ideas as well as the phrases of the peasantry .

Part of the fourth is taken from the dialogues in a rare Irish book ,

Bol a n ts ala ir 1 called g , published in Belfast in 79 5 but the others are T he original . third part was to have contained extracts from litera

o f I r ish Bible ture , of which only a chapter Proverbs from the , and part o f The S or r ow s o Stor -tellin the series of stories known as f y g, were A printed . second edition , altogether in Irish type , was printed at

A o . 1 T h o f C 8 . e chill , Mayo , in 43 value and use Irish is thus stated “ by Neilson in the preface to his book : T hat the Irish is the best C preserved dialect of the ancient and extensive eltic language , is T o allowed by the most liberal and enlightened antiquarians . the

o f o f general scholar , therefore , a knowledge it is great importance ; as it will enable him to read the origin of names and customs , which he

T O O f would seek in vain in any other tongue . the inhabitant Ireland it is doubly interesting . In this language are preserved the venerable

O f o u r annals country , with as much ﬁdelity as is usually found in the primitive records o f any nation ; while the poetic and romantic com positions with which the Irish manuscripts abound , afford the ﬁnest specimens o f elegant taste and luxuriant imagination .

a bsolu te n ecessit o f But it is particularly , from the y under

in o f standing this language , order to converse with the natives a great

o f o f . part Ireland , that the study it is indispensable If Irish be no

o r longer the language of the court , the senate , yet the pulpit and the W M LL E LS D. D. I IA N I ON , , 5 7 bar require the use o f it ; and he that would co mmunicate moral

u o r s o f d instr ction , inve tigate the claims justice , must be verse in the

to o o r to d native tongue , if he expects be generally understo d , succee his . c o f in researches In travelling , and the common o currences

r f o f r ag iculture and rural tra ﬁc , a knowledge I ish is also absolutely ” necessary . i . i Dr Neilson frequently preached in Ir sh , and in connect on with w 1 this it may be orth mentioning an amusing incident . In 79 8 he had

t Rade m o n o occasion to Visit his fa her at , and embraced the Opp rtunity of delivering o n e o f his Irish discourses . A large assemblage Of all

r o f denominations attended , and sho tly after the commencement the

o f o f service , a lieutenant yeomanry entered with a number soldiers ,

d o f who , ﬁnding all pews ﬁlled , occupied the stairs and neighbourhoo

A t o f pulpit . the conclusion the service , the lieutenant arrested

z o n Neilson , and sei ed his manuscript , the charge that he had been

a O pre ching treason and sedition , although neither the fﬁcer nor his men

O f understood a word the discourse , and although it was universally known that Dr . Neilson and all his family , whilst they entertained

v o a liberal and progressive iews in religion and p litics , were st unch H i w loyalists . av ng been marched to Do npatrick jail , he was permitted

r S o f his . by the gove nor to dine and leep at the house brother , the Rev w D D. ho James Nelson , . , became responsible for his appearance next

At ss r o n to mo rning . the se ions cou t he was called translate into w E his . as nglish sermon , as no interpreter could be procured It , like

his all addresses , a plain , practical , moral discourse , inculcating piety ,

. O n goodwill , and peace the charge being dismissed , he addressed the “ t : G ou o n Bench wi h a quiet , humorous smile entlemen , y depended myself for the correctness o f the translation you might as well have f ” taken my ow n word as an assurance o my loyalty .

H e to was an excellent musician , and attached the exquisite

H e the H melodies O f his country . established and fostered Irish arp

Society for the Blind in Belfast. 18 10 in Gr eek I dioms Exhibited in S elect In , he published , Dublin , W LL M E L D D 8 S . . 5 I IA N I ON , ,

Pa ssa es r om the Bes t A u thor s T he g f . curious frontispiece , entitled ” “ ‘ Ké r os 11mg, . A . ﬂn was drawn by his brother , J Neilson , a Doctor of

Physic in Dundalk . o f H C H Neilson became Professor ebrew in Belfast ollege , and ead master in the Classical School in the Belfast A cademical Institution 1 18 18 20 in 8 an ofﬁce which he held till his death . In he published

E lemen ta L in u a e Gr a eca e o f E g , which a second edition appeared in din

ln 18 2 1 . H e Ke to the Gr eek Exer cis es H is burgh also published a y . speculations on the more intricate and philosophical parts of grammar ’ o f Va l s Class ica l ou r n a l and language , some which appeared in py j , were reﬁned and philosophical . N eilso n was elected to the Greek Chair in the University o f f G o n o . lasgow , but died before entering the duties his ofﬁce H e 2 6 A 1 8 2 1 - died on pril , , before he completed his forty seventh

Radem o n o C . year , and was buried at , in Down about persons , it is estimated , attending the funeral . His C W mother was atherine elsh , who was ﬁfth in descent from

E z o f . li abeth , youngest daughter John Knox , the great Reformer o n 18 18 Neilson was elected 4 May , , a member of the Belfast

- S 18 1 2 0. C Literary ociety , and was President in 9 ontributed papers ,

18 18 On M oods O 18 1 Pr es iden tia l A ddr ess December 7 , , ; ctober 4, 9 , ;

I 18 20 R em a r ks on Ga elic A u thor s a n d A n ti u ities a r ticu la r l May , , q , p y

ss ia n upon O . In the foregoing it will be Observed the name is spelled differently by father and son , and an explanation may be desirable . T here is cut o n a stone slab over the door o f Radem on Meeting

: T 1 8 house his house was built in the year of our Lord , 7 7 , which

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2 15 t . was the year Of the Rev . Moses Nelson s ministry in this place “ M in isterii O n : A n n . 2 the clock , inside same building , there is 3,

s D T 1 8 M o . A . S Neilson , . his clearly hows that , between 7 7 and

1 8 . W 7 9 , Rev Moses Nelson changed the spelling . illiam , the subject o f o u t o f who this memoir , was the only one seven sons adopted the same . WI L L M D D E LS . . IA N I ON , , 59

is n n l the t n . s ls i tr It k ow tha , eve tua ly , Rev Mose Ne on , hav ng aced

’ his e o f the H t t the O Neills anc stry to Niall Nine os ages , hrough , stated that the corre ct spelling should have been Niels on ; an d this n is ﬁ in t him o n the th O o e stateme t con rmed a letter writ en by 7 ct b r ,

1 8 2 1 S c r o f the l A m a l s i i n , to the e reta y Be fast cade ic I n titut on , s g ed

ls i th i e the i o f . e M Nie on , and copy Of wh ch is in m nut s Of Jo nt Board

t s i u . hat In t t tion , page 4 5 ' — r Bio r a h V X L E E E CES Dic t iona A ation a l o l. a [R F R N y of g p y , , p ge ’ 18 n o The H is tor o D u n da lk D A lto n an d 7 , by Norma M ore ; y f , by

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n i l n D. O F lan an 186 R em in iscen ces o a L o L e W . . LL . g , 4 ; f g if , by D K l e , , ’ 1 02 Afazes a n d u eri es 8 s ie IX a a 2 6 a an d 9 Q , th er s , , J nu ry 5 , 9 , p ges 7 5 ‘ w \V H . M E erL 6 F u n e r a l A ddr s . . es . 7 , by Rev D ]

SE EL S MD . J O PH N ON , A M J A ME S THOMSON , . . , LL . D .

(1 7 8 6 - 1 849)

M o f o f A ONG the little group remarkable men who , in the early part last century , helped to acquire for Belfast the reputation for

o f literary and scientiﬁc culture which it then enjoyed , one the

T H o f o f most notable was James homson , eadmaster the school “ A G A rithmetic , Bookkeeping , and eography in the cademical

o f Institution , and Professor Mathematics in its collegiate department .

T he C son of a humble ounty Down farmer , he, by dint of high

s intellectual power and indomitable perseverance , pu hed his way to the position we have mentioned , and in later years achieved a fame which has proved lasting .

H e on 1 1 86 o f was born November 3th , 7 , in the farmhouse

n His A ow S a m o u n t . nnaghmore , called p , near Ballynahinch father ’ was also a James T homson ; his mother s maiden name was Agnes

sb it o f N e . I have seen an extract from the register births and deaths , carefully kept in the old family Bible , which records , in due order , the

o f o f — nativities all the six children this worthy couple Robert , Kitty, E z Y Mary , John , James , and li abeth . oung James very early exhibited

o f a scientiﬁc bent . But he had to work for long without the aid any teaching except what his father was able to give him and the other

C hildren , and , indeed , Without even suitable books , and he was obliged , besides , to take his share in the uncongenial but very necessary

o f o f labours the farm . In spite these disadvantages , however , he steadily added to his knowledge in a manner quite remarkable for a

o f 1 1 o r 1 2 lad so circumstanced . It is said that at the age he had

o ut found for himself the art of constructing sundials for any latitude ,

is e . H and had made s veral ﬁrst , and indeed his only , school was

6 2 M ES T M M S A. . L L . D JA HO ON , , .

o f work in their day , taking the place books which were far inferior .

’ ’ Thomson s A r ithm etic used to be a familiar word in the schoolboy s 18 1 - mouth . It was published in 9 by the well known old Belfast S H S - bookseller , Joseph myth , 34, igh treet , and a seventy second

o f T he Geo r a h edition it appeared not many years ago . g p y was

. 1 8 2 nearly , if not quite , as well known It was issued in 7 by Simms ‘ M In t re Don e all Tr i n m etr Pla n d r S . o o e a n S he ica l and y , g treet g y , p ’ 1 2 T — Th n appeared in 8 0. homson s other works were e Phe omen a of f the H ea v ens 1 8 2 The D er en tia l a n d I n te r a l Ca lcu lus (Belfast , 7) if g E uclid 1 8 A tla s o M oder n Geo r a h an edition of ( 34) ; an f g p y, and an A lgebr a He also contributed to various periodical

O l Bel as t M a az in e n d . O e publications , among the rest to the f g of the “ most interesting o f his articles in it was his Recollections of the Battle ” o f E F Ballynahinch , by an yewitness , which appeared in ebruary

1 He 1 2 8 2 . 5 was a lad of at the date of that deplorable affair , and he describes in graphic language how , in company with a servant

o n Edn av ad maid , who went to carry to the rebels , posted y hill , the

o f s supplies oatcake, bacon , potatoe , etc . , for which his father had been

s -s requisitioned , he visited their camp and saw the pea ant oldiers , S attired in their unday clothes , with green ribbons in their hats , and in their hands the Old ﬂin t-lock muskets and pik es eight or nine feet

H e long, which were to annihilate British power in Ireland . recounts also some o f the horrors o f the battle which ensued o n the following

r — day, and which time never erased from his memo y the roar Of the

o f cannon , the cries victors and vanquished , the sight of Ballynahinch in ﬂames , and Of the weary and wounded fugitives who , at nightfall , ’ sought refuge at his father s door . T In Belfast homson built , in what was then a ﬁeld Opposite the E e n ow 1 16 C S . Institution , two hous s , known as 5 and ollege quare ast f T O n e o . these he let , and in the other he lived his latter house will always be venerable to Belfast men as the birthplace Of our illustrious

T o n e o f townsman , Lord Kelvin . homson was the founders of C 1 8 2 n ow Fisherwick Place hurch , which was Opened in 7 , and is M ES T M M D L L . . S A . . 6 JA HO ON , , 3

o f a thing the past . It is said that its plan was practically his work . A little incident in his Belfast life is worth the telling here fo r the

w n T nee kindly light which it thro s o his character . Mrs . homson (

G o f W G G a ed Margaret ardiner , daughter illiam ardiner of l sgow) di

18 0 w He in 3 , leaving him ith seven children , the youngest an infant .

’ w as s n o w was asked where he going to have the children s nur ery , “ w w as s . o n b hi that they were motherless In my edroom , reply ; i and there , accordingly , the little cots were placed , and the ch ldren

w n H e w brought up under his o eye . educated them ith the tenderest

T o and most sedulous care . here are pe ple still living who remember him sitting with them in the family pew in Fisherwick Place , listening

’ to Dr . Morgan s preaching . In 1 8 32 the eighteen years o f his Belfast life were terminated by his appointment to the Chair o f Mathematics in his a lm a ma ter at

’ H s t Glasgow . ere he and his children lived in the Profe sors Cour

O f o ld C H S the ollege (now demolished) in igh treet , and here he dis played the same characteristics and achieved the same success which A C had marked his teaching in Belfast . fter holding this hair for

1 T w o 12 th 8 . seventeen years , he died on the January , 49 of his sons

— became distinguished professors James , a man of profound ability 1 8 2 2 G w ho o f (born in Belfast , died in lasgow was Professor ’ E C 1 8 to 1 8 ngineering in Queen s ollege , Belfast , from 5 7 7 3, and from

18 1 8 8 o f G \V illia m 7 3 till 9 Professor the same subject in lasgow ; and ,

to now Lord Kelvin , of whose eminence and fame it is unnecessary

H e 18 2 speak . was born in Belfast in 4 , and we hope he may long live to serve the cause of science and mankind . ‘ hon or is ca u sa G f . T o . homson received the degree LL D , , from lasgow f G G 1 8 2 . A o University in 9 good portrait him , by rahame ilbert , hangs

’ in Lord Kelvin s house .

T HO M AS HAM I LT ON .

LIBR AR Y

A ST R O , T I L D E-N F OU N D A T IO N S 67

W ILLI A M C AIRN S , LL . D .

' [ The follo w ing a r tic le by Il illia m Bottom ley is extr ac tedfr om the s ec on d v olu me o Jif in u te Books o t t I t was w r itten r the f f he Socie y . f o ' A or ther n

- i th 2 I s t \ i th f e . the 6 y a o N Fr day , inst pr l , died in 4 e r his

’ ag e his W C S s . , at residence , ollege quare , Belfa t , the Rev illiam C n D L L . . O f s s a air s , , Professor Logic and Belle Lettre in the Roy l

H e the Belfast Institu tion . was appo inted to his professorship in

a 18 1 the o f the o f the C ye r 4, being year establishment ollegiate

r th e a t Depa tment in Institution , and he had , consequently , at his de h ,

s his t - H e j u t completed thir y third session . received his education in

G s C g w as wa o f the S s la gow olle e , and after rds a minister United ece sion

C y n a n w as hurch for six ears at Joh shaven , ne r Montrose , whe ce he

T he elected to the chair which he held in the Belfast Institu tion . duties Of that chair were discharged b y him with a z ea l and as sidui ty

a u o f his rarely equ lled ; and the metaphysical t rn mind , and his extensive acquaintance wi th the spec ulations o f the various schoo ls o f

i to his i mental ph losophy , imparted a value instructions wh ch those

t His t w as only who at ended his lectures can appreciate . hear in his work and to all his students he was ever ready to extend the aid o f his counsels and his enco uragement.

was t g o f hi s It for literary criticism , however , hat the ele ance

s the un e o f an d o f a ta te , so dn ss his judgment , the extent his re ding ,

ly T he o f g the eminent ﬁtted him . analysis langua e, nice discrimina

o f the t o f the h o f o ur a tion beau ies style , unfolding of the ric es gre t

o f o r o f the i a authors , whether prose poetry , were subjects wh ch c lled H is a fort h all hi s powers and gave eloquence to his tongue . mor l character was not les s admirable than were his intellectual po wers .

T o n to hi s o w n i s a ferve t piety , and a sincere attachment relig ou 68 W LL M C S LL D I IA AIRN , . .

C opinions , he united perfect toleration and harity towards those who f W f . o o w n dif ered from him ithout relinquishing any his views , for

o f o f the purpose conciliation , he yet had the happy art living at peace with all parties , of appreciating the truth which might lie in conﬂicting

o f Opinions , and detecting real agreement amidst apparent differences .

A n O f o f o r absence every tinge bigotry sectarianism , and the courtesy

o f o f o and kindness his manners , gained him the respect all with ut

o f T s o f provoking the hostility any . hese were his public virtue : the warmth of his affection , the strength of his friendship , and the

o f gentleness his disposition , his friends will long cherish the remem

o f brance . It remains to be added that he was a warm friend all the

o f c o f philosophical and scientiﬁc institutions the town , and espe ially S S the Literary ociety , of which he was ecretary for twenty years , w atching over its interests and promoting its efﬁciency by every means in his power . H e drew up and printed for the use o f his class a comprehensive

‘ outline o f the subjects treated in his lectures and in 1844 he published

on M or a l F r eedom z an elaborate work , characteri ed by a subtlety of investigation which , whilst it shows the intellectual bias and powers o f the writer , is not likely to become familiar to any save the acute student of metaphysical science .

0 T M S C S L L . D . 7 HO A DIX HIN K ,

H e S O 18 2 1 joined the Belfast Literary ociety in ctober , was twice

o n President , and read many papers such varied subjects as the H S E ebrew vowels , the origin and use Of altpetre , ngland in the reign I o f E V . . of dward , Lexicography , and the Bogs Ireland ’ H T o n Dr . incks died at his house in Murray s errace , Belfast ,

2 1 8 0th o f w as February 4, 5 7 , in the 9 year his age , and buried in the ’

f o . o C . H e churchyard Killyleagh , Down , his eldest son s parish left

s — ﬁve son and two daughters . Four sons became clergymen two in

E C o n e the piscopal and two in the Presbyterian hurch of the former , E H o f O Dr . dward incks Killyleagh , becoming a celebrated riental

T he scholar, whose life is noticed elsewhere in this volume . youngest C son , Francis , went early to anada , where he became Finance Minister

G o f o f and Premier , then overnor the Barbadoes , and later British

Guiana . H O n e who remembers Dr . incks writes : I am afraid there cannot

who O ld be many now in Belfast would remember the dear man , with his high intellectual forehead , crowned with snowy hair , and his keen bright eyes : he was always so interested in all that went o n around

His o ld- him . fashioned courtesy and wide sympathy made him very ” attractive . E E W C C L . S I HA . 7 1

H EN RY MONTGO MERY .

E T M E D 1 8 8 s LL . . on H NRY MON GO RY , ( 7 ﬁfth and youngest C A Bo ltn a c o n n el hild of rchibald Montgomery , was born at

H o 16 1 8 8 H is n . S ouse , Killead , th January , 7 mother was arah ,

o f W o f Killeal His C . daughter illiam ampbell y father , who had held 1 8 a volunteer commission in 7 7 , was commonly called Lieutenant ’ T w o o f W . . , J Montgomery Dr Montgomery s brothers illiam and ohn ,

O f A th were engaged as United Irishmen in the Battle ntrim , 7 J une ,

1 8 Boltn ac on n el H 79 ; a couple of days later , ouse was plundered and

o f A burned by yeomanry in search fugitives . fter passing through the schools O f Alexander Greer at Lyle Hill ( 1799 and o f A 1802 Rev . Nathaniel lexander at Crumlin ( Montgomery entered G 1 T M 180 80 . A . lasgow University in November 4 aking his in 7 , he acted as tutor for some months in the family o f T homas Stewart of

Sea ark C G p , arrickfergus , and returned to lasgow for a session in the divinity classes .

H e 8th 180 J , 9 preached his ﬁrst sermon at Killead on anuary , though n o t licensed till sth February by T emplepatrick Presbytery . o f Do n e o re In May he was a candidate for the vacant charge g , but his refusal to subscribe the Westminster Confession made way for the - T C . o f . successful candidature his life long antagonist , Dr ooke hey were born in the same year , according to the usual account , though W T C Rev . . . Latimer holds that Dr . ooke was about ﬁve years the

o f H istor o the I r ish Pr esb ter ia n s 2 n d senior Montgomery ( y f y , edition ,

M D. 1 02 . S . 9 , p By Samuel Martin tephenson , , Montgomery was introduced to the congregation o f Dunmurry (I r ish Un ita r ia n

in e 18 o f A G M a az . g , 47 , p vacant by the removal ndrew eorge

D D : o n 1 1th 180 o n Malcolm , . . he preached there June , 9 ; was called

th o n 1 S . 9 July , and ordained 4th eptember by Bangor Presbytery M T M E 7 2 H ENRY ON GO RY .

m h s d. r e iu m don u T e 86 . 8 stipend was £ Irish 7 ;} sterling) with g , f T 0 s . 1d. o . £5 Irish 3 sterling) , and a glebe eight acres his was ’ — As o n Montgomery s life long pastoral settlement . time went , the emoluments increased . At Dunmurry he kept school from the ﬁrst , having boarders at the

s 18 1 A s man e from 5 . a teacher he soon acquired repute , and on the retirement o f James Knowles became candidate for the head mastership o f the English School in the Belfast Academical In stitu

. C tion oincident with this candidature was an invitation to preach , on

Killelea h C trial , at g , the charge to which Dr . ooke was subsequently elected . Montgomery declined the overture , made to him through

A H H e o n rd rchibald amilton Rowan . was elected headmaster 3 O 1 8 1 ctober , 7 his congregation agreeing that he should reside at the T 18 Institution . ill June 39 he held the mastership , and thereby exercised a remarkable inﬂuen c e o n the literary education Of Ulster .

n ﬁ ft -two Begi ning with six boarders , he brought the number to y , and

o f — He rod trebled the attendance day pupils . was not sparing of the , “ ” z All o f but his scholars idoli ed him . children the manse he W invariably taught without fee . hen , in after life , his pupils dis tin uished g themselves , it was with pardonable pride that he would ” ! His c make known the fact , I taught the boy conne tion with the

Institution gave him a personal interest in its defence , in View of the

18 2 1 . theological alarm raised by Dr . Cooke from and onward A s 1 8 1 early as June 3, Montgomery had made his mark as a debater in the General Synod o f Ulster ; taking up the cause o f W S D D illiam teel Dickson , . . , against the dominant inﬂuence of B D . Robert Black , (in theology a liberal , but in synodical politics a

H e strict constitutional conservative) . was encouraged to be a candi W S o f . date for the ynod clerkship , but withdrew in favour Rev illiam

o f N w to wn lim a a e v d . A t Porter y the age of thirty , he was elected oth 18 18 f o S . ( 3 June , ) Moderator ynod It would be out o f place to enter here on the details o f those 18 2 2 synodical conﬂicts , beginning at Newry in , and closing at E M T M E H NRY ON GO RY . 7 3

18 2 C en c o un Lurgan in 9 , throughout which Montgomery and ooke

’ tered T o each other in a war of giants . deﬁne Montgomery s position ,

to 1 8 o f W it may sufﬁce say that , since 7 3, owing to the action illiam

C D . D. ampbell , , subscription had so far been in abeyance , that ten out o f the fourteen presbyteries composing the Synod had come to treat it

T he o f 18 2 as O ptional . code discipline adopted in 4 embodied a com D H D . S . promise , suggested by amuel anna , , allowing presbyteries either

o f o r to to proceed by way subscription , adopt the alternative of an

o f T examination , whose sufﬁciency they were to be the judges . his ’ compromise it was Montgomery s O bject to maintain ; and in this

O object , pursued with all his matchless eloquence , he failed . N speech o f his made a more extraordinary impression than that at Strabane 1 2 f ( 8 7) in favour o religious liberty . It was widely circulated ; and the admiration it excited was testiﬁed by a presentation of plate to its author , from members of various denominations , including Roman

C 18 2 8 o f o n atholics . But the appointment ( ) a synodical committee , f o . the motion Rev James Morell of Ballybay , for the uniform ’ theological examination of all candidates , was fatal to Montgomery s

T he 16 O 1 8 2 8 hopes . Remonstrance of th ctober , , was followed by

18 2 o f S the secession of 9 , and the formation the Remonstrant ynod th 1 o f o n 2 8 0. Ulster 5 May , 3 From 1 8 1 3 Montgomery had advocated Roman Catholic e m a n c i

u o n 2 th 18 2 S patio ; 7 January , 9 , he poke on this subject from the altar ’ W C St . of Patrick s , Belfast , at a meeting presided over by illiam rolly ,

T o o f D. D. C . , Bishop of the Roman atholic Diocese the repeal the ’ Union he was strongly opposed ; his powerful letter to O Co n n ell 1 8 1 ( I st February , 3 ) was very effective in detaching Irish liberals from ’ ’ T he E O Co n n ell s . S agitation National ystem of ducation , introduced

H e 18 1 . in 3 , found in him a warm advocate advocated also the dis

l o f C estab ishment the Irish hurch , giving evidence in this sense before 1 2 T h e o f . parliamentary committees in 8 3 . degree LL . D was conferred

1 H is upon him by Glasgow University in 8 33. ﬁnal encounter with

o f A Dr . Cooke had reference to the affairs the Belfast cademical M M 74 H E NRY ON T GO ERY .

’ 1 h A 1 8 1 e C to . O n t Institution the 3 pril , 4 , he def ated ooke s proposal

A o f e t in the H exclude rian professors theology from s a s fac u lty . e

e r to s diri n it 1 8 2 w as had l ctu ed nonsub cribing y students from 3 , and appoint ed Profes s or of E cclesiastical Historv and Pa s toral Theology o n 10th 1 8 8 : O ﬂﬁc e w as w n 1 8 J uly , 3 the ithout salary u til ( 47) the Government endow ed the chair with £ 1 5 0 per

t t u o In denominational matters , Mon gomery na rally t ok a promi

H is Cr eed o a n A r ia n 1 8 0 e - nent part . f ( 3 ) express d his life long c om i ct ion s his e i hi s ; hence , in latter days, the chang s Of Opin on in denomi nation call ed forth his unqualiﬁ ed resi s tanc e H is political i ew s e a add w x . b came more conservative It is ple sing to that , to ards

w as on oo i w t hi s o ld the end of his life , he terms of g d friendsh p i h

. Co . ee a opponent, Dr oke Ind d there were few , in whatever r nk , and w i ul i ith whatever in tial prejudice, who co d come nto contact with

H t w a o f b e enry Mon gomery , in the y personal intercourse, and fail to

b v his e his hi s a s captivated noble pr sence , suasive manners , and f ci ”

H has e e i . T h nating address . e b en d scr b ed as a born diplomatist e s ecret o f hi s in ﬂuence w ith successive Governments lay gr eatly in his

a W ill in L f his s person l charm . hen he fell ondon , a ter exertion on

’ b o f C A c t Sir e ehalf the Dissenters hapels Robert P el , whose t e support Of the measure Mon gomery had Obtain d , sent daily to f n his His is a o . i quire after health. permanent fame th t an orator

W il i e e o f his ua ll h e the pr nt d page preserv s the beauty lang ge, the ski o f his his e his argument , the ﬂow Of pathos , and the dge of satire , it c n h i l e O f his li r e o r an ot convey the t r l ing ton s voice of pecu a sw etness ,

e i r o f his th exqu site g ace perfect delivery .

’ T is lec e o f here no col tion of Montgomery s sp eches , though several

e i e i o n r e . them have b en fr quently repr nt d Rely ng a copious memo y ,

few l o r he rarely prepared more than a notes , either for the pu pit for

f rt b s e . other public e fo s ; and , eyond occa ional sermons , he publish d little T he value of his unﬁnished Ou tlin es of the H istory of P r esbyter ia n zlsm in I r ela n d consists chieﬂy in its graphic sketches of personages and incidents made famili ar to hi m in the co u rse O f hi s lon g career . E M T M E H NRY ON GO RY . 7 5

H o f aving endured , with great fortitude , the agony a painful dis T he G 18 th order (calculus) , Montgomery died at lebe , Dunmurry , on 186 December , 5 , and was buried in the ground behind his meeting A t “ ” . o f house his funeral , attended by a thousand gentlemen Ulster , C Bishop Knox (afterwards Primate) and Dr . ooke were present ;

Dean Bagot and Rev . John Scott Porter walked side by side .

oth A 18 12 E z 16 Montgomery married ( pril , ) li abeth (died th

1 8 2 H S o f S January , 7 , aged fourth daughter of ugh wan ummerhill ,

A H e C . . ounty ntrim had ten children , ﬁve of whom died under age

His surviving daughter is the widow of his biographer , the late Rev . B A C z A . . John rmstrong ro ier ,

O f o f 1 8 portraits him , the best is that painted ( 45 ) by John T Prescott Knight ; engraved by T homas Lupton ( 1 847) and by . G . Flowers

’ autho [Fuller references to Dr . Montgomery s controversies , with

i s f i o o l X X X V . V . rit e o r D et N a t Bi . his life , may be found in . . g , I I I ( 1 894ll

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F GEORGE C R AW ORD HYNDMA N .

E E C W H M o r o n 2 th G ORG RA FORD YND AN , born in near Belfast 4 O 1 6 so n o f H C ctober , 79 , was a James yndman and herry C o f S rawford and largely cottish descent , his paternal ancestors having migrated from Renfrewshire to County A ntrim in the reign o f Charles S the econd and his maternal ancestors , though Irish , having inter

o n His married at least two occasions with natives of North Britain . education began in his sixth year under E . Ramsey and was continued

A o f at the Belfast cademy , during the principalship Dr . Bruce , where he distinguished himself by proﬁciency in writing , mathematics , E G nglish , Latin and reek before completing his thirteenth year , as evidenced by the testimonials borne away by him .

His early ambition was to study medicine , but family exigencies compelled him to adopt a business career and he became an auctioneer , valuator and house furnisher , in which vocations he displayed unassuming ability and unswerving integrity and acquired an acumen in natural and industrial commodities and art treasures which was unrivalled in Ulster and probably unsurpassed in Ireland . fo r But , although denied the profession of his desire , his passion

to scientiﬁc pursuits and allegiance the great mother , Nature , which E underlay that predilection , were indomitable . very available hour was devoted by him to extending the range o f practical knowledge o f

At o n e animal and vegetable life . time he nursed a crayﬁsh while casting the shell which hindered its growth ; at another he held an earwig in captivity that he might note the process o f incubation by C which the species was preserved . onchology , however , was his chiefest and most absorbing study . In many summers his holidays were spent o n F a ir Ga n n et o f board the y and , dredging the shores Ulster , the o f opposite coast and the intermediate channel , notes and reports some o f which operations were presented to the British Association and

8 E E C W M 7 G ORG RA FORD HYND AN .

He for never prepared any treatise the press , but he occasionally

. r furnished communications to the scientific periodicals Neve theless , his labours in the prosecution of his favourite branch o f science were widely known and highly appreciated , while his important con trib ution s to a knowledge o f the distribution of the fauna of Ireland and his unfailing accuracy and unselfish generosity in placing his wide attainments in Natural History unreservedly at the service o f his brother naturalists have been testified in the monographs and other publications of most of them and his reputation gained graciou s acknowledgment from the late Prince Consort who presented him ’ ’ ’ M ac Gillivra s N a tu r a l H is tm / o Dees ia e a n a Br a em a r with a copy of y j f , ’ published after the author s death by command o f Queen V ictoria for private circulation . In the arena o f general education George Crawford Hyndman also displayed z ealous concern and for many years bore an active share in the management o f the Belfast A cademical Institution .

s his e But , while it may be said that outside his busine s life energi s were merely devoted to scientiﬁc and educational subjects , his wide A human sympathies were engaged in many other directions . lthough

o f he displayed no proﬁciency in the musical art , he was a lover harmony and sweet sounds and encouraged the cultivation and

His enjoyment o f them among his fellow townsmen . name was to that intent inscribed upon the roll o f members of the old Anacreontic Society and was also upon the register of Proprietors o f the Ulster

H o r C . all ompany Indeed , there was no local effort for the moral intellectual elevation and mechanical o r artistic culture o f the c om munity from which he withheld his ardent support , while no public charity or worthy fellow being in adversity ever appealed to him

H e in vain for solicitude and material aid . was a man and nothing human was an Object o f indifference to him . In the year 1 8 36 he became a member o f the Belfast Literary His Society and once occupied the chair as its President . last ’ contribution to its proceedings was a dissertation o n Darwin s Tneory E E W I-IYN DMAN G ORG C RA FORD . 79

Res ectin t/ze Or in o S ecies p g ig f p , which subject , then novel , was spiritedly discussed and by several o f those present on the occasion somewhat fervently combated . George Crawford Hyndman never married and for some years lived in solitude although by no means unresponsive to the attractions o f H e family life . was a genial and interesting companion and a sincere , constant and sympathetic friend . While the ministry o f nature and the revelations o f the universe may have absorbed his deepest regard , their ascendency enriched and

- ennobled his personality in its relation to practical every day life , in

- - which he was single minded and quick tempered , frank , direct , just and impatient of wrong , doing as he would be (although not always b en eﬁ c en t was) done by , reverent , compassionate , , cheerful , animated

v and fond of innocent fun , de oted to plain faring and high thinking , “ ” “ o n not living to eat as he occasions would warmly declare , but

H e eating only to live . took a lively and intelligent interest in all public questions and evinced much pleasure in the discussion o f them .

In religion a Unitarian , he was a Liberal in politics and bore a part H e in the local activities of the party to which he was attached . was under average stature , active in body and , although not robust in m o r appearance , enjoyed remarkable immunity fro disease ill health o f o f 186 any kind until the autumn 3, when a slight attack of paralysis interrupted his work ; yet he so far recovered from it in a few months as to be able to resume and carry o n business for a couple o f years longer . But the disease ultimately compelled his cessation from active labour .

T o , N the end however , the absorbing love of ature and her works possessed him ; their pursuit was his pastime ; they had been a perennial joy to him through the passing years and their contem H e latio n . p cheered and solaced his declining hours died in Belfast ,

18 th 186 . where he had spent his life , on the of December , 7

H UGH HYND M AN . 8 0

AC M D HENRY M CORM AC , . .

H E ’ most prominent feature of my father s character was , I think ,

o o f o f He his ind mitable energy mind as well as body . lived a - long and almost ascetic life Of eighty six years , and till the very end o f z r it he utili ed eve y waking hour in useful occupation and work . His opinions w ere founded on convictions arrived at after serious consideration , and not easily to be departed from . I suppose the greatest work o f his life was based upon the belief

e o f he had arrived at , after y ars patient investigation , that consumption

n o t was curable , dependent upon a preventable cause , and was an

H e o f inheritance . was convinced that the cause consumption lay in the continued breathing o f air contaminated and exhausted by previous

o f respiration , and that the habitual breathing pure air would not only prevent the development Of phthisis , but go far to cure it after it had H e been already commenced . did not , I think , place much faith in ’ Koch s bacillus , but he advised , in season and out of season , that the right and only treatment o r cure for consumption was by means of fresh open air by night as well as by day .

My father was before his time, and his contemporaries scoffed but

- o f a generation has scarce elapsed , and the Open air treatment consumption is recognised as the one effective method o f dealing with this destructive malady . H e was deeply conversant with the philosophies of ancient and

o f G o f G modern times , the reeks and the Romans , and those the erman

F His and rench schools . most earnest conviction was that the human He race could and would develop in goodness and greatness . dwelt on the possibilities for improvement rather than o n the retrograde o n e tendencies that might exist , and to him all mankind was brother

o f o f hood , alike capable ultimate perfectibility , and reaching by effort and endurance the desired goal . E M A O RSIA M D CC C . 8 1 H NRY ,

H e w as u m an w o b a profo ndly religious , ith an abs lute elief in the d s f o God. H goo ne s , greatness , and divine perfection the unseen e was convinced that the st ri v ing after what w as good mu s t continue in the

o f o ur to next state existence , if we are achieve anything worth the

i t o n e . ach evement , as it does in his I o n e o f i T never knew any more gentle lov ng disposition . his was

his o wn fo r w ho shown in family circle , and in his love children reciprocated the feeling— the instinct they posses s always drawing

who T he e them towards those sympathise with them . same f eling was shown in the kindly interes t he took in the animal world ; all

He unnecessary suffering in any form pained him . anticipated in the

u h s fo r near fut re t at horse , example , would be relieved from the

to o f w w penalties they often had endure , and that much their ork ould

e has be , as inde d it already been , largely replaced by steam and electric power .

H e a o f o E a O r was m ster many languages , b th urope n and iental ,

his s w as to and much of leisure time , e pecially in later years , devoted

o f i o f the study comparative ph lology , and the compilation a dictionary illustrating the subject. In the notice o f his life contained in the Diction a ry of

’ Bio r a /z t g p y, a record Of my fa her s career will be found , and the list there

his r h z fo r t given of published w itings is somet ing ama ing , both its leng h

w N o w a w and the variety of subject hich they cover . fe er th n t enty

— o n o n y works are mentioned treatises medicine , philosoph , religious

o f e works , and even works romanc

H e o f of r was a man great mind and great heart , g eat in human

t y ff sympa h and a ection , and great in his profound belief in the

o f e progressive amelioration , both moral and material , the human rac

w ho I as well as everyone came within the charm of his inﬂuence , , hold him in affectionate and reverent recollection , and regard him as a bright exemplar o f a pure and well spent life

M WI L L IAM MACCOR AC . U E DM ND GETTY .

DM UN D GET T o f Y , only son a Belfast merchant , was born in

S 1 . North treet in 799 Little is known of his early years , but he entered into the service o f the Old Ballast Board (now the Harbour

C S . ommissioners) , and became in due time their ecretary 18 1 V - H S In 3 , as ice President of the Belfast Natural istory ociety , he gave an account o f its origin and connection with the Belfast

Museum . Devoted to literary and historical researches , he published

18 1 T/ze L a s t Kin o Uls ter . in 4 a remarkable historical novel , entitled g f ’ His N otices o Cnin ese S ea ls ou n d in f r ela n a f f , read before the Literary S 1 8 0 ociety , was published in book form in 5 , and attracted much

His H istor o Be a s t H a r oou r attention . valuable y f lf , compiled fo r A 18 2 the dmiralty , and published by their authority in 5 , was intended as an introduction to a much more extensive work , which

A o f S. was never completed . warm friend Robert Macadam , he

to ls ter ou r n a l o A r ch eolo contributed the U j f gy several papers ,

” o n e o f o ld F o f including mainly on the situation the ord Belfast , which

H e o f excited much controversy . died suddenly heart disease in 1 8 December 5 7 .

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E T T T E S F . R S. 8 6 ROB R PA R ON , .

T he Society so founded above eighty years ago continues in o u r 18 0- 1 M usuem C midst , it having , in the years 3 3 , erected the in ollege

o n e Square North , which is still its home . Mr . Patterson , who had at

o r r 18 1 time other filled eve y office in it , was , in 7 , the recipient of an address (he having declined any more costly o r substantial prese n ta tion) commemorating his fifty years unbroken membership o f the o f S council the ociety , his interest in which only terminated with his death . Besides numerous contributions to the proceedings and journals ’ o f . various learned societies in the three kingdoms , Mr Patterson s principal published works were on The I n sects m en tion ed in Sha hspea r e

ls l n ver te r a ta 1 6 1 or c oo h 8 . 8 Z oolo S h . ( gyf , Part I ( ) , 4 ; and Part I I 1 T f Ver tebr a ta 8 8 . o ) , 4 his work was undertaken for the purpose

z o f H endeavouring to spread and populari e the study Natural istory , in fact to endeavour to make it a regular part o f the education that every person should receive, as the author had strong views as to the humani z ing and reﬁning effect that such studies have o n the ’ z for young . Mr . Patterson s hopes in this respect were fully reali ed , the books were taken up by the educational authorities in both England - T and Ireland , where they became regular class books . hey were well

e and attractively illustrated , and for a length ned period had a large

T o f - sale and an immense circulation . housands middle aged and elderly men and women o f the present day still acknowledge their indebtedness to him for at least some acquaintance with Natural H istory . ’ F irst Ste s to Z oolo . e Mr Patterson s next work was p gy, a mor o f elementary work than the other , the production which was under taken at the request o f the educational authorities ; as was also the Z case with regard to an important set of ten large oological diagrams ,

o f planned by him , drawn by the best draughtsmen the period , and published in the highes t style o f chromo -lithographic art by

Day Son o f London . During all this time Mr . Patterson continued devoted to his business and all the scientiﬁc and literary work above E T T T E F S . R. S. 8 ROB R PA R ON , 7

w as A s f referred to done after business hours . a recogn ition o his 18 o f S useful work he was , in 5 9 , elected a Fellow the Royal ociety , an w o n e d. unsought honour , but hich he highly appreciate

to 18 e Long prior this , Mr . Patterson had , in 33, marri d Mary

' E z o f W H E s li abeth , younger daughter the late illiam ugh Ferrar , q , f o . Police Magistrate Belfast , by whom he had a numerous family

Mrs . Patterson was an admirable and sympathetic helpm eet to her

n o t husband ; and , while deeply interested in his scientiﬁc pursuits , she shared to the full his love o f literature ; and both were poets o f n o

’ mean order . Mr . Patterson s literary style and diction were fluent and E good , without being florid ; and he wrote and spoke pure nglish w H e O flic e ithout any straining at effect . never sought any public ,

H e and declined an Offer o f the magistracy made to him . was

o f C however , for a short time a member the orporation , and for a much longer period a member of the Harbour Board and of the

o f committee the Northern Bank . A mong his friends he numbered all the eminent B ritish Z oologists o f o r - Y T the three four mid century decades . arrell , hompson , Forbes ,

H O w C e C . . yndman , wen , Dar in , arpenter , Ball , Juk s , Prince L

M ac Adam s S A Bonaparte , Johnston , the two , pence , and llman were some of them and to the second named o f the above b rilliant group

H e w as r o f he acted as literary executor . a ve y early member the A S Z British ssociation , for some time ecretary of the oological section , and acted as local Honorary T reasurer o n the occasion o f the ﬁrst 1 2 visit of the body to Belfast in 8 5 . C o n o f ourteous and gentle to all , a favourite in society account his conversational pow ers and a certain charm o f manner diffi cult to

v describe , universally respected in public and revered and belo ed in

w his C S private life , Mr . Patterson passed a ay at residence , ollege quare t 1 18 2 Nor h , Belfast , on the 4th of February , 7 , in the seventieth year of his age .

ROB E R T L L OYD PAT T E RSON . F G S J A ME S MAC ADAM , . . .

M ES C M A MA ADA , was the elder brother of the more widely H e 180 1 H known Robert S. Macadam . was born in , at igh

S . treet , Belfast

E fo r ducated business pursuits , his whole tastes lay in the direction

f H n e o f o G . O Natural istory , especially eology of the founders the H 18 2 1 Belfast Natural istory Society in , he contributed many valuable

o n eolo ica l M a az in e G . papers his favourite subject , both to it and the g g He G o f was a member of the eological Societies London and Dublin , G and with his friends , Dr . James Bryce, and eneral Portlock , he

m to o f o f did uch elucidate the complex Geology the North Ireland . At several of the British Association meetings he acted as corres

A then d u m pondent for the . O f a reserved and studious temperament , he took little part in

c fo r publi matters , but , was well known the high sense of honour and integrity which marked his business dealings . Never a robust man ,

1 1 H e C S E 86 . he died at his residence , ollege quare ast , in was President o f the Belfast Natural H istory and Philosophical Society at W T the time of his decease , like his friend illiam hompson , the Irish

Naturalist .

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YORK LIBRAR Y

A ST R L O , E N G X T I L D E N F C U N D AT IO N S 9 1

T H E REV P . J OHN S COTT ORTE R .

H E R V E . SC T T T E fo r e JOHN O POR R , who many y ars took a S leading part in the business of the Belfast Literary ociety ,

N ewto w n lim av ad o n l st 18 1 0 . He was born at y the 3 December ,

’ w as f W o . r the eldest son the Rev illiam Po ter , minister Of the old

C o f congregation of that place , and for many years lerk the Synod o f n 1 8 0 o f Ulster , a post which he resig ed in 3 , at the disruption that

o f S body and the formation the Remonstrant ynod , of which he was

1 \Villia m a leading member until his death in 843. Porter was twice

: r S th O 1 80 married his ﬁrst wife , Ma y cott , died on 9 ctober , 9 ,

— S o f \Villia m leaving four children John cott , the subject this notice ; ,

H o n \Villia m fo r A -G afterwards the . Porter , many years ttorney eneral

H o f C G . at the ape of ood ope ; Marianne , afterwards wife Francis D

[ Vor ther n lV/zz Finlay , founder and proprietor of the gnewspaper and

A . another daughter , who married and went to merica By his second

\Villia m C . wife , Miss lasson of Dublin , the Rev Porter left three sons f . C o the Rev lasson Porter , for many years minister the Old Presby C terian (Unitarian) ongregation in Larne , well known as a scholar o f and antiquarian , as well as a divine ; the Rev . James Nixon Porter C C T arrickfergus and Francis , who settled as a merchant in ape own , 1 1 where he died in 8 8 . S From childhood , John cott Porter was possessed with an intense

T . love of knowledge and z eal for its acquirement . his never left him H e grew o ld learning something every day ; and what he learned he

H is never forgot . earliest teacher was one Doherty , who kept a sort o f - Dir ta h A hedge school at a place called g , near rtikelly , where the o f Porters resided . From him young Porter acquired the rudiments a H e E . sound education , both in nglish and Latin Often spoke in after 2 T H E REV . SC T T T E 9 JOHN O POR R .

’ o f o f days with regret the disappearance schools like Doherty s , where boys could acquire an elementary acquaintance with the classics— a privilege denied in the National Schools which superseded them . ’ A 180 o f fter his mother s death in 9 , he was sent to the school a — E . S Mr tephenson , in Limavady , where he studied but only nglish A 1 8 12 till ugust , when he was sent to Londonderry , where the H a G . W Rev . eorge y and the Rev illiam Moore conducted a classical A H - fo r on e school in rtillery Lane . ere he remained as a day pupil

o f year , during which he lodged in the house a Mrs . Boggs , having charge o f his brother William — four years his junior— and o f the n ot accounts and expenditure for both , though himself yet eleven o ld A o f years . fter the ﬁrst year , a vacancy in the school allowed his

18 1 . admission as a boarder , and he so remained until 7 During this period of almost ﬁve years his mind and character developed apace .

In classical studies he read (that is , in his case , he learned thoroughly ’ ’ Ruddim an s G Co rdere s C Selec tae and completely) rammar , y olloquies , S ae C O S H V T ententi , ornelius Nepos , vid , allust , orace , irgil , erence , and ’ T H G G . Juvenal ; Bell s rammar , the reek estament , Lucian , and omer n ot ex ami But these were his only studies . For instance , at the

u nations , when the pupils got p a play , he took a part , and was “ ” A z T he C favourably received as lon o in Revenge , and as ount “ ” - a T he H He to Sans Ch teau in orse and the Widow . also learned manage a boat on the Foyle ; and , it is said , never shirked an invitation to a pugilistic encounter . Indeed , he acquired both skill and repu tatio n o f in affairs that sort , of which he sometimes bore inconvenient A n O ld — a traces . lady to whom he was paying a visit one day great o f — friend his family Opened her purse and produced a guinea , which “ : she showed to him , and then returning it to its receptacle said John , to I had intended give you this , but that disgraceful black eye prevents ” T he my doing so . disappointment to an impecunious boy may be imagined .

S o f peaking impecuniosity , it will be readily conceived that to S J , keep ohn cott at school away from home , was a heavy drain upon

T H E REV SC TT T E . 94 . JOHN O POR R

C Congregation of arter Lane , London , to become their pastor, and F o r accepted it . some six years he laboured there, forming the closest o f ties of friendship with many his parishioners , ties which lasted all A o f his life . mongst these were the grandfather and father the Right

o n C o f o ld H . Joseph hamberlain , and many others Nonconformist stock . 18 1 In 3 Mr . Porter was invited to become the junior minister of T F C . the irst Presbyterian ongregation , Belfast his call he accepted (he had previously been licensed to preach by the Presbytery o f 8 th O 1 8 Bangor) ; and two years later ( ctober , 33) he married f R N o A . . . Margaret , eldest daughter Dr , ndrew Marshall , , of Belfast

T he T here never was a happier marriage . greater part of his energy for the remainder o f his long life was devoted to the service of the T Church to which he belonged and the congregation he loved . his is f n ot the place to dwell upon these matters . Su ﬁce it to say that he f was , as a preacher , earnest , and deemed eloquent and ef ective ; and , as a pastor , he was devoted to his work , especially among the poorer

of who and humbler members his ﬂock , found in him a ready and

o n e o f prudent adviser , and frequently a generous benefactor . It was his chief joys to ﬁnd his congregation growing and prospering ; the galleries of the Old church , which were almost empty when he joined

o f W it , being ﬁlled at the close his ministry . ith his colleagues , the W A . . G Rev illiam Bruce , and afterwards the Rev lexander ordon , he

o n o f h c o- was always terms close sympat y , and their operation was ever cordial . In 1 8 34 a public discussion was held in the Rosemary Street

- o f T Meeting house , on the subject the Doctrine of the rinity , between

. . o f Mr Porter and the Rev Daniel Bagot , afterwards Dean Dromore , and the proceedings attracted much public attention and crowded W audiences . hether such conﬂicts ever produce that kind of good T which is aimed at may be doubted . hey certainly make few T n . o n converts his particular co troversy , however , was carried in a manner satisfactory to the friends o f each o f the disputants ; and the T H E REV . SC T T T E JOHN O POR R . 9 5 report of the proceedings was afterwards published in an authenticated edition . It is pleasant to record that the relations between Dean

o f Bagot and Mr . Porter were the most courteous and kindly nature ,

o f H e and so remained till the death the latter . had , indeed , many controversies , but few enemies . A ’ fter the Bagot discussion , Mr . Porter s friends presented him

o f with a substantial pecuniary testimonial , the proceeds which were o f o f 1 16 C invested in the purchase the lease Nos . 5 and ollege Square

E o f o f ast , Belfast , in the latter which he passed the best years his life . H e also built an addition to it , in which , for many years , he kept a

- A s day school , always well attended . a teacher he was efﬁcient and

O n e o ld successful . trait in his character is still remembered by his T pupils with pleasure . hough a strict disciplinarian , he never punished boys for quarrels when these had been settled by a fair ﬁght . In educational matters he was exacting ; and his chief fault was a failure

r o f to make adequate allowance for stupidity o slowness intellect . 1 8 8 C Mr . Porter was , in 3 , appointed Professor of Biblical riticism , and afterwards o f Hebrew and the cognate languages (including S C A yriac , haldee , and rabic), to the Nonsubscribing Presbyterian

A G o f 1 0 . ssociation , with a overnment endowment £ 5 per annum

H e o f was also , for a time , unpaid Dean Residences for the same A ’ C . ssociation in Queen s ollege , Belfast

is H published writings were numerous , and comprised , besides

o n sermons and religious and theological essays , treatises the Metrical W o n E System of eights and Measures , National ducation in Ireland , His The Pr in ci les and other topics o f general interest . chief work is p

Textua l r iticis m o f of C an octavo volume, the result much

o f o f . labour and original research , and abreast the scholarship the time F o r a published sermon on the authenticity o f the fourth Gospel he received the warm thanks o f the Bishop o f Down and Connor and ’ — Dromore afterwards Primate of Ireland . Mr . Porter s learning was o f extensive and profound . Indeed , there are few branches knowledge with which he was not adequately acquainted ; and in languages his 6 T H E REV . S T T T E 9 JOHN CO POR R .

w as S a proﬁciency very great . Besides the emitic languages alre dy

o f G mentioned , in which he was a proﬁcient , his knowledge reek and

w as w . Latin exceptionally ide Latin he wrote with ease , accuracy , and elegance ; French and Italian he knew thoroughly ; and German S w n ot and panish he read ith fluency , though it is known that he f . O wrote them , save for merely educational purposes Irish he was a student , though never a proficient . In the public life of Belfast he was in matters n o n -political a well T he C . S known figure old Poorhouse (Belfast haritable ociety), the H G H Linen all Library , the Belfast eneral ospital , and other insti tu tio n s of a charitable and educational nature enlisted his sympathy w as and service ; but his chief delight in the affairs of his own church , its schools , its musical service , and in the Domestic Mission to the

Poor , founded and carried on under its auspices and those Of the

C S . Second ongregation , then meeting also in Rosemary treet

T he S Belfast Literary ociety was , it may be truly said , kept alive S for some years by his personal exertions . everal times its President ,

S r and for a long period its ecreta y , he took a keen delight in its “ meetings and the present writer has known him , after a really good ” on e meeting (that is , at which an interesting paper had been followed by an adequate conversational discussion) , as much pleased as if some

o f - E piece choice good fortune had happened to himself. dmund G G C H S etty , Robert Patterson , eorge rawford yndman , Robert hipboy

M ac Adam M ac Adam , James , were among the most regular attendants in his time ; and there were special occasions when persons o f even

T he greater eminence were present . late Dr . Reeves ,

o f A o f afterwards Dean rmagh , and subsequently Bishop Down , told o f e the writer these lin s , many years after , that amongst the plea san test o f memories of his life, was the recollection some evenings at ’ S o n e John cott Porter s house ; in particular , or two meetings at which

D n ir . . e v C the Most Rev Dr , Roman atholic Bishop of Down and

C o n . . onnor , read and discussed papers scientiﬁc subjects Dr Reeves contributed to the work o f the Society some of the results of his ripe

P W ILLI A M THOM SON .

L L M T M S 180 o f W I IA HO P ON , Naturalist ( 5 was the eldest son W T W illiam hompson of olfhill , whose family , originally

E for belonging to ssex , had many generations been settled in the

o f . His E z neighbourhood Belfast mother was li abeth , youngest * Callwell C o f daughter of Robert and atherine , second child Nathaniel

‘ M ee o f wb ri e L is o n T G e d m e. N g , afterwards y hompson owed his ﬁrst ’ introduction to Natural H istory to a copy o f Bewic k s Br itish Bir ds W S ’ belonging to his schoolfellow , illiam inclair , in whose father s ofﬁce

S he pent ﬁve years for the purpose of learning the linen busin ess .

But it was not till he retired from business , in which he had been engaged on his own account fo r Six years ( 18 2 6 that he was able to devote himself wholly to science .

E o n 1 8 2 6 xcept during a tour the continent ( ) with his cousin , G o f P eorge Langtry ortwilliam , his earlier studies had been almost His conﬁned to observations made while hunting or shooting . ﬁrst

The Bir ds o the Co ela n d I sla n ds 18 2 paper, f p , was read in 7 before

H S o f the Natural istory ociety Belfast , which he had joined in the 1 8 V - S previous year . In 33 he was elected a ice President of this ociety , 18 and in 43 succeeded Dr . Drummond as its President , and for the

o f r - remaining nine years his life was annually e elected . “

18 1 H M . o n C G . . S In 4 he accompanied aptain raves , of Beacon , a A survey tour to the n ean , and returned from thens by land , keeping as usual a journal of all he saw .

o f u O H Little can be told a life so uneventf l . utside Natural istory

His The N a tu r a l his interests were mainly literary . chief work ,

H istor o I r ela n d— Bir ds H y f (three vols . ; enry Bohn , London), was

T e C allwell was e e C allwell L ism o ne who was m em e his Rob rt fath r of Rob rt of y , b r of C mm ee the L n en L m 1 2 o itt of i Hall ibrary fro 7 9 . W M T M I LLIA HO PSON . 99

1 8 - 1 H o . e t o r to published 49 5 did not live complete it , even

A rl/a m m a lia arrange the materials he had collected . fourth volume , ,

R e tiles 67 a p , , appeared after his death , edited (with a memoir by

T S Robert Patterson) from M S. journals and notes . hese notes ( ince T collected in a volume by his brother , the late James hompson Of

w S o f o f Macedon) , though beautifully ritten , were merely lips paper

f S z strangely dif erent i es and almost without arrangement . In addition b e contributed about a hundred papers to various scientiﬁc journals ,

o f to adding a very considerable number species the fauna of Ireland .

’ cien t c r tr a it A t a His portrait is to be found in Ransome s S iﬁ Po s . le st w ten new species ere named in his honour by other naturalists . In addition to the memoir mentioned above , there is an account of his life

IVa tion a l D iction a r o Bio r a h by Dr . Norman Moore in the y f g p y.

C L ES L E HAR KNOX POO R .

' - l . S T m n m n m 15 L 1e C o . . T he pre s en t repres en tative of VVIllI a m T ho pso s fa ily ut . H ho pso

e M n e L n n Ki L e C m b e . (lat Royal ari ight I fa try ), rby odg , a ridg ROBERT S . MACADAM .

’ OB E RT SHIPBOY MACADAM was born in 1 808 at his father s house

H S . E A in igh treet , Belfast ducated at the Royal cademical

Institution , he served his time with his father to the hardware business ,

for and learned Irish in travelling through the country the ﬁrm .

His o f S knowledge languages was exceptional , and he added panish

o f o l to the thirteen already acquired when upwards seventy years d. ’ A s o n J O Don ovan a philologist he was intimate terms with ohn ,

ir W H . His W . S . ilde , Dr incks , and Bishop Reeves library was note

M A s worthy for Irish SS. and rare antiquarian works . the result o f ‘ bringing together a unique collection o f Irish antiquities at the Belfast V o f A 18 2 Museum , on the occasion of the isit the British ssociation in 5 ,

Ulster ou r n a l o A r chaeolo he commenced the issue of the j f gy, which appeared for nine years . Under his learned editorship , and assisted by many able contributors , the journal was much appreciated by a

o f to large circle readers , and gave an impetus the proper study Of

a H e o f arch eology , which is still recognised . was an active member

H S to the Belfast Natural istory and Philosophical ociety , and the last took a lively interest in all antiquarian matters . In partnership with o n S his brother James , a large business was carried by him at the oho foundry , where turbines and pumps , some invented by Professor James T E W homson , were largely made , and erected in gypt , the est Indies ,

His and elsewhere . latter years were clouded by business troubles ,

b r 18 ewtow n eda . and he died in 9 5 , and was buried at N

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M D LL D THOM A S ANDRE WS , . . , . . ,

’ V E- E E T O F EE L LE E T C S S C EL S . I PR ID N QU N O G , B FA

A EW Do e all Y . S n father, Dr NDR , was born in Belfast , at 3, g S S o n 1 18 1 quare outh , 9 th December, 3, and was educated at

A A His the Belfast cademy and the Royal cademical Institution . early taste for science received much encouragement from Dr . James

‘ M Do n n ell o f , the distinguished physician this town ; and during the w inter o f 18 2 8 -9 he studied chemistry at the University o f Glasgow e T T 1 8 0 under Prof ssor homas homson . In 3 he went to France , and O n made an extensive walking tour through A uvergne . coming to

r of Paris he was admitted to the laborato y M . Dumas , whose

n n acquainta ce he had the pleasure o f renewing o subsequent visits . S T C In the following pring my father entered rinity ollege , Dublin ,

He where he studied for four years . completed his medical course

E MD . in dinburgh University , and was admitted to the degree of in A 1 8 ugust 35 . H e had already published several papers in the Philosophica l

IlI a ae in e— 1 8 2 On the A ction o a g the ﬁrst in 9 , before he was sixteen , f

F la m e u r ed b the B ow - i e on o h r F m es n g y l p p t e la . O his return from

E His dinburgh he commenced practice . advice was always freely given to the poor ; and during the famine in 1847 he laboured assiduo usly

w H e 18 among those stricken do n by typhus . was appointed in 35

o f C o A Professor hemistry in the R yal cademical Institution , was

o f A 18 elected a member the Royal Irish cademy in 39 , and joined the C 1 1 hemical Society as an original member in 84 . In 1 844 he w as awarded the Royal Medal for his paper On the

Ther m a l Cha n es a ccom a n in Bas ic Su bstitu tion s g p y g , which was com

‘ m u n ic ated He to the Royal Society by Faraday . was elected a 1 Fellow of the Royal Society in 849 . T M W M D S E S . . L L . D . F . R. S. 10 HO A ANDR , , , 3

18 2 H o f W 2 n d In 4 he married Jane ardie , daughter Major alker , 4 H T - ighlanders . hree years later he was appointed V ice President of ’ C 18 C w as Queen s ollege , Belfast , and in 49 , when the ollege opened , of C A t A Professor hemistry . the meeting of the British ssociation in 18 2 C this town in 5 , he was President of the hemical section , an ofﬁce E 18 1 which he again held at the dinburgh meeting in 7 . His ﬁrst paper o n Oz on e appeared in the Philosophica l T r a n sa ction s “

1 8 6 . He z in 5 showed that o one , from whatever source derived , is o n e and the same body and is not a compound body , but

H e e oxygen in an altered or allotropic condition . pursued the subj ct

ll f ss r T c o ea ue PrO e o . G . farther in collaboration with his g y P ait , whose recent death his friends and the scientiﬁc world have to deplore , and in 1 860 their paper On the Volu m etr ic R ela tion s of Oz on e was publi s hed

Tr a n sa ctions in the same . Soon after this my father commenced his experiments on gases

U On the Con tin u it o the Ga s eous nder high pressures , and his paper y f a n d L iqu id Sta tes of M a tter was selected by the Royal Society as the

Bak e rian 1 6 A Lecture for 8 9 . fter describing minutely his experiments w and deﬁning the critical temperature of a gas , he dra s the conclusion that the ordinary gaseous and ordinary liquid states are only widely

o f to separated forms of the same condition matter , and may be made pass into o n e another by a series of gradations so gentle that the ” S r passage hall nowhere present any interruption o breach of continuity .

His On the Ga seou s Sta te o M a tter next paper , f , was again selected as

Bak erian 18 6 the Lecture in 7 , and his latest experiments were published in a posthumous paper On the P r oper ties of M a tter in the Gaseous a n d

o T m er a tu r e a n d P r essu r e L iqu id S ta tes u n der va r ious con dition s f e p . ’ or o f F a fuller account my father s scientiﬁc work , I may refer the

to T an d C reader the Memoir by Professor ait Professor rum Brown ,

a r preﬁxed to the collected edition o f his Scien tiﬁ c P pe s . In 18 5 0 my father was elected a member o f the Belfast Literary - A S 1866 . ociety , over which he presided in 7 mong the papers read

o f H C before it , I may mention his historical sketch eidelberg astle , his M EW M D LL 10 T S S . . D. F R S. 4 HO A ANDR , , . , . .

o f o f o f review the writings and discoveries Faraday , and his summary

w o f o f ancient and modern vie s the constitution matter . His views o n University education and training are embodied in

Stu diu m Gen er a le 186 the , published in 7 .

18 H e My father visited France in 7 5 . received a gratifying reception A at the French cademy , before which he read an account of his pressure

om tes R en dus th A 1 H e C 8 . experiments , published in the p , 9 ugust , 7 5 also attended the French A ssociation for the advancement o f Science

- V C . at Nantes , and was made a ice President of the hemical section In the following year ( 1876) he presided over the meeting o f the A British ssociation at Glasgow .

H e e o f received the honorary degr e LL . D . from the Universities o f E G o f dinburgh , Dublin , and lasgow he was also an honorary fellow the Royal Society o f Edinburgh and corresponding member of several foreign societies . My father resigned in 1 879 the oﬂic es o f V ice-President and ’ T he Professor of Chemistry in the Queen s College . remaining years o f his o rtw illiam B o n life were spent at F Park , elfast , where he died 2 6th 18 A 8 . November , 5 granite obelisk marks his grave in Belfast

r Cemete y . W EL I Z AB ET H A NDRE S.

w L L D 106 . E L S C C . . . C . N I ON HAN O K , , Q

H e practically ceased to practice at the bar , and devoted himself to social questions; and was an ardent advocate for reforms in the then A existing system of jurisprudence in these countries . ssociated with

in z him , both his economic studies and in his eal for law reform , were

Dr . Ingram and Dr . (afterwards Mr . Justice) Lawson , and it would be interesting , if there were time and space , to trace the history of the economic and legal reforms in which these eminent men took a part .

or c o m It would come , I think , as a surprise to many what rapid ,

arativel p y rapid , strides were made during their time , and in great part owing to their exertions . H e S E S C was ecretary to the ndowed chools ommission , and he had

o f a band assistants , then young men , most of whom attained distinction

His H on e in later days . onor the late Judge Ross was of them . H S r E ancock was , at a later period , the Irish ecreta y to the nglish C C and Irish Law and hancery ommission , the object of which was to inquire into the law in both countries , with a view to assimilating the

He laws in each , and with a view to suggesting reforms . devoted himself to it with great ardour , and many valuable contributions on

o f T he various parts jurisprudence are to be found in the report . writers o f these special reports nearly all became distinguished subsequently in their profession . H e was frequently applied to by the Government fo r special reports on particular questions , sometimes by the Prime Minister , sometimes

C S . by the Lord Lieutenant , and sometimes by the hief ecretary It

A c t o f 18 0 was largely on his report that the Land 7 was framed , and

I have often , when acting as his assistant , posted , on my way home

’ from his study , between three and four o clock in the morning , a

o u t memorandum which I had written , for his handwriting was

o f on e undecipherable save to a few , whom I was , and I have read his admirable analysis o f facts reported in The Tim es o f the day but one

S following in the report of a peech in the Commons or in the Lords . T he In all his works and reports he was a sincere patriot . orthodox doctrines of political economy , if applied rigidly in Ireland , would , he W E L D . S C C L L . . C . 10 N I ON HAN O K , , Q 7

to a . He to e rly saw , lead startling results set himself reconcile the

o f T tenets the economist with the needs of the country . his he called E A pplied Political conomy .

la issez - a ir e If f is sound economic teaching , then all interference by S o r the tate , either as regards landlord and tenant , employer and

His o f o f workman , is wrong . method getting rid the difﬁculty was characteristic , and in the main sound , though modern statesmen have

T he to o f gone much farther . real obstacle prosperity and freedom contract in Ireland is legislative interference . Interfere with the

o f interferers , remove legislative hindrances , and then let freedom

A n ot s contract prevail . tenant is free so long as the law enable a landlord to conﬁscate his improvements . Remove the legal wrong .

- H e o f Recognise tenant right . was therefore the ardent champion

- H e fo r tenant right . , with his brother John , agent Lord Lurgan , worked for it by arguments , instances , evidence at commissions , in

o ut season and of season , always advocating it on economic grounds .

A n H is d so throughout the social questions that agitate Ireland .

w as E His doctrine the doctrine of Political conomy . remedy was the

O f remedy the reformer .

It was as a statistician , however , that he attained greatest eminence .

He read the lessons of statistics in a way few can attain to . Like a bank clerk who will n o t let a penny o n any side o f the account

n o t remain unexamined , he was content till the ﬁnal adjustment w . He as showed that the conclusion was right assailed of course , but

I had opportunities of following his methods , which but few enjoyed ,

H e and I knew him , careful , intrepid , and scrupulously honest . edited

udicia l a n d Cr im in a l S ta tistics o I r ela n d for many years the j f , prefacing S the returns of each year by a pecial report .

H e H e did good service to his country . was sensitive to a degree , H e w as and did n o t fully disclose himself to the general public .

w ho accordingly not appreciated up to his worth , save by those knew him intimately . By them he was beloved .

H is o f H wife was a daughter the philanthropist James aughton , and W L D 108 . E LS C C L . . . C . N I ON HAN O K , , Q

h . S e their married life was a continued idyl survived him a few years .

He 10th o f 1 8 8 8 o f -in died on the July , , at the residence his brother T o f G law, Professor James homson lasgow .

I would not say that in a literary society he was quite at home .

H His e cared little for the form . only contribution to this Society was o n R e or m o the L a w o Pa r tn er shi H e too fo r a f f f p . was keen the for fo r truth and the fact , reform , for moral worth , sound policy , to of o r trouble much about the artistic grouping his facts , the phrasing o f o f his theories . But he had , all the same, that nervous force language ,

n which comes by nature , not by art , to any man who thi ks clearly and

o n earnestly great questions . T hose who care to know more o f him will ﬁnd an appreciative o f t S S S memoir him , contribu ed to the tatistical and ocial Inquiry ociety

o n z 2 ud o f an uar 18 8 . . LL . D . the J y, 9 , by his friend J K Ingram , , and a complete list of his writings will be found in the memoir .

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1 10 SE M JO PH JOHN URPHY .

o f o n wanting , exhibiting large and acute powers perception matters

o f not generally supposed to be very clear discernment . In vigorous deﬁnition o f terms it must indeed be admitted that this work is some what lacking , though the writer has been by no means unsuccessful s W when ystematically devoting himself to such . hatever opinion may

The Sc ien t c Bases o F a ith be held upon this and minor points , iﬁ f deservedly claims respect as a sincere attempt to Show how the leading Christian doctrines may be regarded in harmony with the doctrine of evolution .

T he N a tu r a l last book which Mr . Murphy published is entitled

Selection a n d S ir itu a l F r eedom o f p . In part it is an impeachment a very conspicuous work by the late Professor Drummond— N a tu r a l L a w in the S ir itua l IVor l d. T o f p his volume , however , as a whole, consists

o f eleven distinct essays , most them previously printed in periodical

z n All o f maga i es , and reproduced here in a collected form . them are f o n e o . interesting , and more than can claim a large measure originality ’ 18 Issued from the press in 9 3, it proved the writer s last literary under

W Six 18 . taking . ithin months he died , early in the year 94

S on n ets a n d other Poems— a o f 1 0 — , small volume 5 pages was 1 8 0 published in 9 . It contains the reﬂections often expressed in graceful form o f a delicate and thoughtful mind .

T o w as o f C his friends , Mr . Murphy the perfect type a hristian

T he o f philosopher . service his mind he offered to his Maker , with the assured conviction that such is acceptable to Him who made man in His ow n E image . ven to the last , his thoughts were busy with those perplexing problems which beset men here . In middle life he bore

o f T o the loss fortune with uncomplaining fortitude . him it chieﬂy mattered that SO he had the less to offer for works o f faith and charity .

A - o n e o f o f simple hearted courteous gentleman , the oldest members S the Literary ociety , in which to the last he took the keenest interest ,

-sac riﬁ c in for his life , unobtrusive , diligent , self g, had a real value the great city in which his lot was cast .

SE E . RI CHARD W . AV R I I I

P C HAR LE S A R SON S REI C HEL ,

S O F E BI HOP M AT H .

L ES S S E C EL o n 2 0 18 16 HAR PAR ON R I H was born November , , at

o f F uln ec Y the Moravian settlement in orkshire , being the only

G o f child of Karl Friedrich Reichel , a erman immigrant and pastor

H Y His the settlement , and his wife , annah Parsons , a orkshire lady . ancestors in the male line had been ordained ministers either o f the o r o f C Lutheran the Moravian hurch , in unbroken succession as far ’ ’ T Y W a r back as the hirty ears .

’ W o ld to A hen he was twelve years , the family went merica , his father having accepted the pastorate o f the German Settlement at T Lancaster in Pennsylvania . his change gave an immense stimulus to the physical and mental powers of the delicate and overstudious

1 8 2 to E boy , and perhaps saved his life . In 3 they returned urope , ’ 18 to in consequence of his mother s death . In 35 he proceeded the University of Berlin and studied theology fo r three years in preparation fo r His r H ean der . the minist y under engstenberg , N and Petermann health , however , broke down , and he had to leave without a degree , but not before he had made himself an accomplished Hebrew and Syriac

His scholar . father having now settled at Ballymena in Ireland , he

T C 1 8 y o f entered rinity ollege , Dublin , in 39 , through the generosit a

who wealthy friend paid his college fees , and read classics , winning a classical scholarship in 1 84 1 and graduating as senior classic the following year— the ﬁrst that ever did so without verse composition ;

w a s H e he also awarded the Berkeley Greek Medal . then turned to w w mathematics with a view to a fellowship , hich he ould probably have gained but for a serious accident which prostrated him fo r six

A M ac Do n n ell o f months . college friend (Dean Peterborough) describes “ ” him as the best educated man I e ver knew leave the university . [ 1 2 C LES S S E EL HAR PAR ON R I CH .

N ot only had university study made him a ﬁ rst-rate classical and S emitic scholar and a good mathematician , but as a boy he had learned G A music thoroughly in the erman fashion , and while in merica had gained an insight into scientiﬁc method by mastering the subject of chemistry theoretically and practically , as far as it was then carried . 1 8 6 18 In 4 he was ordained deacon and later priest . In 47 he f t ’ o S . became curate Mary s , a poor and populous Dublin parish , where he remained fo r nearly four years— years o f hard and dangerous work , embracing as they did the Irish famine and the cholera epidemic . ’ In 1 8 50 he accepted the Chair of Latin in the new Queen s College at

Belfast , and during fourteen years exercised much inﬂuence both in the college and also in the town , where his power as a preacher gave

T he o f him a commanding position . college staff at that time was T A G C unusual brilliance , containing men like homas ndrews , . L . raik , T W T 1 G . . 8 P . ait , and yville homson In 54 he married Mary Brown M c Cra c k en o f old Six , an Belfast family . children were the result of 18 o f . this union , whom four died early in life and two survive In 54 T C he delivered the Donnellan lectures at rinity ollege, his subject

The N a tu r e a n d O ces o the Chu r ch 18 8 being ﬁ f , and in 5 was made o f t o ld Doctor Divini y by his university . 186 C V o f In 4 Lord arlisle , the then iceroy , gave him the living

Mullingar, avowedly as the ﬁrst step to higher preferment , but died

z T he o f before this intention could be reali ed . eleven years this incumbency covered the troubled period of Disestablishment ( 1 870) and Revision and were disturbed by agrarian and religious

o f terrorism . In consequence the part he took in exposing the system “ ” o f W altar denunciations , then prevalent in estmeath , which had led to more than one murder , his life was threatened , and he was for some time under police protection and in considerable danger . A part from parochial duties , which in Mullingar were specially

he o f heavy , was mainly occupied partly with the work the Revision C ommittee , in connection with which he made an exhaustive and laborious investigation into the history of the O rdinal and the system

I I 4 C HAR L ES PARSON S REI CH EL .

The Tr in it a n d the A tha n as ia n Cr eed been published in book form y , ’ 1 8 54 ; The N a tu r e a n d Oﬁ ces of the Chur ch ; The L or d s Pr ayer a n d

ther Ser m on s 1 8 Six L ectu r es on the Booh o Com m on Pr a er O , 5 5 ; f y ;

Ser m on s on Chr istia n E v iden ces C 18 , preached in Norwich athedral , 7 5 ;

The Or i in s o Chr istia n it a n d Other Ser m on s g f y , preached before the O 18 8 2 The H istor a n d Cla ims o the Con ess ion a l University of xford , ; y f f , 1 8 8 a thedr a l a n d n iversit er mons 18 1 C U S . 3 ; y , 9 Many others also 18 appeared from time to time in pamphlet form . In 99 a further volume , containing other unpublished sermons , together with a memoir

o ut . based on personal recollections , was brought by his son His theological attitude was historical rather than metaphysical — the He maintenance o f the faith on ce f or a ll delivered to the saints . T had , however , no sympathy with the ractarian movement , which he

a regarded as tending to medi eval rather than to primitive practice , and as tolerant of methods o f interpretation hardly consistent with

b e intellectual honesty . Private judgment regarded less as a right than H E H as a duty . e felt bitterly the hostility shown by the nglish igh C C of hurch party to the Irish hurch in its hour trial , and contrasted

ou t A C with it the very different measure meted to the merican hurch , though the changes in the A merican Prayer Book were far more His revolutionary than those in the Irish . theological views coincided of n on e with those no recognised party . O the hand he held a high view o f the sacraments and the visible Church ; on the other he rejected the High A nglican doctrine o f the divine right o f episcopacy

o f H e and the sacerdotal view the priesthood . disliked legalism in

o f theology , whether appearing in the forensic justification the E o r T vangelical the apostolical succession o f the ractarian . His special contribution to theological research was the demonstra tion of the unprimitive character o f Sacramental Confession and the o f f t o S . use in the formula ordination the words from John , Receive H G ” T : . the oly host whose sins ye remit , etc his appeared first in a paper entitled Sha ll w e A lter the Or din a l ! and afterwards in a sermon preached in all three university pulpits on The H istory a n d Cla ims of E E 1 1 C HARL S PARSON S R I C H EL . 5 the on ession a O f o f o f C f l. the character this piece work it is sufficient to say that the main conclusions have recently been endorsed by the conference o n A uricular Confession o f representative H igh Churchmen

H e o n e o f and Low Churchmen . was also the ﬁrst to recall to the minds o f his contemporaries the fact— never lost sight of by the Eastern Churches— that it was the resurrection and not the cruciﬁxion that

fo r His constituted the central historical fact Christians . life may be ﬁ tly summed up as an expression of his family motto Vita m impen der e

ver o.

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V K D D RE . . E DWA RD HINC S , .

I N this gallery of Ulidian worthies EDWARD H IN CK S occupies a place by himself as a pioneer in the study o f Assyriology and

E He C 1 A 1 2 His gyptology . was born in ork on the 9 th ugust , 79 .

T H L L . D. father was the Rev . homas Dix incks , , who afterwards was well known in Belfast as the Headmaster o f the classical school o f the H e A . Royal cademical Institution was educated at home, and entered T S 18 10 18 1 C . rinity ollege , Dublin , becoming cholar in and Fellow in 3 H e vacated his fellowship in 1 8 19 on his succession to the college A o f living at rdtrea , and he was instituted to the rectory Killyleagh , 1 2 W A 2 2 n d 8 . Co . on O e 18 2 1 Down , the ctober , 5 hen in rdtr a , in , A he had preached at rmagh and published a visitation sermon . In o f Killyleagh he settled down to the routine work a country clergyman , 6 2 improved his rectory house at a cost of £ 4 , and entered with vigour W into local controversies . ith two other clergymen he entered into o f C public discussion with the same number Roman atholic clergymen , 18 2 H e and the proceedings were published in 9 . also published a

o n E pamphlet the Church ducation question , and preached a sermon o n the Ulster Revival . H It is a very interesting question how Dr . incks became interested

o f A E in the then very obscure subjects ssyriology and gyptology . It appears from a statement made by a relative that he ﬁrst devoted o n e o f himself entirely to mathematics . Now , his earliest published

On the Yea r s a n d C cles used b the A n cien t E tia n s works is y y gyp , which 18 G appeared in 38 . eneral chronology to any mathematician is a

of fascinating subject , and from it to all the most obscure problems

o n e His A E . ssyriology and gyptology is only step daughter , in a

. C S H e letter , kindly placed at my disposal by Dr ecil haw, says was o n e o f o f E the pioneers gyptian decipherment , and his contributions to

o f that great work are now recognised as being the highest value .

W D D 1 18 REV E A C S . . . D RD HIN K ,

H e o f was invited to be present at the unrolling a mummy , and when it was uncovered he rubbed his hands with delight , saying ,

I think I know something about this gentleman , and I think I have met this gentleman ’s father before A long series o f his articles and papers is to be found in the British Museum Catalogue and the Catalogue o f the Belfast Linen Hall

H e on 1 . 866. Library died Monday , December 3, Killyleagh was o f Sir H S o f the birthplace ans loan , the founder the British Museum , and it is not a little remarkable that in the same place there lived in after years o n e o f the principal interpreters o f the ancient monuments preserved in that great institution .

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V D D WILLIA M RE E E S , . . ,

S O F W A N D C A N D M E BI HOP DO N ONNOR DRO OR .

ILLIAM EE E D D o f ld S . . o C R V , , was born an Irish stock at harle

o C 18 1 T C . C ville , ork , in 5 , and educated at rinity ollege , Dublin ,

f H 1 S o A . B 8 being elected a cholar the ouse and graduating . in 33. T w o years later he wo n the Berkeley Gold Medal and took his medical

o f M B degree . H e 18 8 o f C was ordained in 3 to the ministry the hurch of Ireland , 2 T and up to the age of 4 served as curate in country parishes . ogether

o f with the perpetual curacy of Ballymena, he held the post principal o f S 1 8 the Diocesan chool in that town till 5 7 , when he was appointed

V o f 1860 to the icarage Lusk . In the Primate (Lord George Beresford) “ ” o f conferred upon him , as a slight recognition his literary merits , the

o f o f A ofﬁce librarian rmagh Library . No position could have been A — he more congenial to Dr . Reeves , and with rmagh was elected Dean in 187 5 — his affections and interests were inseparably entwined till his 18 86 elevation to the episcopate in .

- o n e Dr . Reeves was ﬁrst and pre eminently an Irish scholar ; of the most industrious and most capable of that group of antiquarians and historians who have worked with conspicuous success the rich veins of

T he o f Irish lore . mere enumeration the various works with which his name is connected affords but a very limited idea o f the extent of his

T a ccu r a c labours . heir most characteristic quality was y. No document bearing upon any point under discussion escaped his notice ; no authority was ignored ; no quotation o r reference was left unveriﬁed . ’ A am n an s i a olu mbw 18 6 d V t S . C , published by him in 5 , was pro n o un c ed by the unanimous verdict o f those best qualiﬁed to judge the most valuable contribution ever made to the history of the early Celtic W LL M EE ES D. D. I 20 I IA R V ,

T Church . hree years previously , having discovered the celebrated

Booh o A r ma h f g , lying , an almost unappreciated treasure , amongst the

o f possessions the Brownlow family , he became himself its purchaser

o f 00 at a cost 3 from his slender resources , determined that this most unique of Irish M SS. should be preserved for Ireland . Although denied the Chair of Ecclesiastical History in his ow n E university , Dr . Reeves had acquired a uropean reputation , his literary distinction being recognised by the Royal Irish Academy (vice-pre s iden t and president) ; Z urich Society o f A ntiquaries ; the Society o f A S A ae G ntiquarians , cotland ; the Royal rch ological Institute of reat Britain (honorary member) ; College o f Physicians (honorary fellow) ; S C Literary ociety , Belfast ; Literary lub , Dublin (honorary member) ; University o f E dinburgh A second time ( 1 869 ) his A lma Mater— M or e H iber n ico— rejected his services when he was candidate fo r T C . the post of librarian , rinity ollege From the Provost , however

— he Dr . Lloyd received a most sympathetic letter , regretting his “ - of 18 1 non success for the sake the university . In 7 Dublin Univer sit on y, somewhat tardily , honoured itself by conferring him the

r f o . honora y degree LL D .

Dr . Reeves allowed himself in 1 886 to be put in nomination for the o f C vacant bishopric Down and onnor and Dromore, with the hope — as his biography attests that he might be elected to the Primacy , and A T he thus be permitted to remain in his beloved rmagh . episcopal of bench decided otherwise , and Dr . Knox , then Bishop Down , was ” C o f S. . chosen to be oarb Patrick , Dr Reeves succeeding as occupant

’ o f T Jeremy aylor s see . During an episcopate of six years , entered

1 e upon at the age of 7 , amid duties at tim s uncongenial and unfamiliar, with an environment utterly dissimilar to that of his earlier life , the

o f w on o f Bishop , by sheer weight character, the affection many and the

of . S o f an d strikin respect all imple , courteous , digniﬁed , resolute will g fﬁ presence , he ever sought to magnify not himself but his high o ce, bringing to it the same scrupulous exactitude which had characteri z ed his literary work .

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F . R . S J A ME S THOM SON , LL D . , . .

T M D M ES S L L . . C S A HO ON , , was born in ollege quare, Belfast ,

o n 16 o f 1 8 2 2 H e o f s the th February , . was the eldest son Jame D T LL . . H homson , , the mathematical eadmaster in the Royal Belfast A — A cademical Institution . long with his brother William now Lord — two Kelvin his junior by years , he received his early education entirely

At of 1 1 from his father . the ages 3 and I respectively the two boys , G who were inseparable companions , entered the University of lasgow , where their father had been appointed Professor o f Mathematics . ’ on e James s career in college was a distinguished , and he took his degree o f o f A o f 1 At 18 0 Master rts with honours at the age 7 . this time ( 4 ) the Chair o f Civil E ngineering and Mechanics— the ﬁrst o f its kind in the kingdom— was founded by Queen V ictoria in Glasgow University ; and James T homson attended as a pupil the lectures of Professor

G o f . Lewis ordon , with a view adopting engineering as a profession

H e was at this time in delicate health , and not strong enough for

: o f the hard work an engineering apprenticeship , but he was busy with of 18 inventions various sorts . In 43 his health had so far recovered that he was able to commence his apprentic es hip in the works o f

o f Messrs . Fairbairn , Millwall , London , and Manchester . Ill health for again intervened and brought this apprenticeship to a close , and some years James T homson was at home occupied with inventions and A scientific discoveries . mong the first may be mentioned his vortex o f waterwheel , which is used to drive many mills throughout the north e of Ireland ; and among the latter, his xplanation the slow motion o f -fluid semi masses , such as glaciers . 18 1 T In 5 homson settled in practice as a civil engineer in Belfast , W — where his sister , Mrs . illiam Bottomley whose husband was also — 18 a president o f this Society was already living . In 5 3 he married M E T M LL D S S . . F R S. 12 JA HO ON , , . . 3

E z o f W H P o f , J . . li abeth daughter illiam ohn ancock , J , Lurgan , and f W H o . He sister Dr illiam Neilson ancock . was appointed Professor ’ o f C E C 18 ivil ngineering in Queen s ollege , Belfast , in 5 7 , and held the 18 S C ofﬁce until 7 3, when he was appointed to a imilar hair in Glasgow . During these years he took a great interest in the various societies

He o f 1 of Belfast . was a member the Literary Society from 8 5 3 until 1 8 he left the town in 7 3, when he was elected an honorary member ;

' he was president in the session 1 864-5 and he communicated many S o f papers to the ociety , a list which will be found in the appendix .

H e S also took an active part in the Philosophical ociety , the Natural ’ is S C S E A t S . Field lub , and in the Belfast ocial nquiry ociety paper read by him before the last -named society on Public Parks was the means of procuring the O rmeau Park for the city of Belfast . H e held the Chair o f Civil Engineering and Mechanics in Glasgow

1 8 8 o f until 9 , when he was obliged to retire on account of the failure his eyesight ; but he was able to continue his scientiﬁc work until his 1 8 2 death , after a very short illness , in 9 .

M E T M JA S HO SON . 1 2 4

SIR V C HARLES WY ILLE THOM SON , L D D F R L SC . S . , . , . . .

( 1 8 30 — 1 8 8 2 )

’ O é o f C o f N habitu Queen s ollege , Belfast , in the ﬁfties and sixties last century , could fail to be attracted by the bright , handsome

- - z face , clear cut features , lithe, well made , active ﬁgure, and bree y , - inspiring presence of a youthful looking professor , who was frequently C to be seen either traversing loister and hall with rapid , springy step , H W o r busily working in the Natural istory Museum . Dr . yville T on e o f homson was , indeed , the youngest men who ever wore the ’ H e on 1 -w rk professor s gown . was a lecturer botany at 9 , and his life was ended while he was still in his prime . H e was on e o f the brilliant band o f Scottish professors who did so ’ C T he o f much for Queen s ollege in its earlier days . names Mac

Douall C T M c Cosh to , and raik , and ait , and will occur the reader as o f His other outstanding members the group . father was a surgeon E C ’ in the ast India ompany s service , and the future professor was E on th 18 0. born at Linlithgow s March , 3 ducated at Merchiston S o f E Castle chool and at the University dinburgh , his conspicuous aptitude for natural science led to his appointment in 18 5 0 as ’ o n C A 18 1 Lecturer Botany in King s ollege , berdeen , and in 5 to his 1 8 election as Professor o f the same subject in Marischal College . In 5 3 C he became resident in Ireland , having been appointed to the hair H ’ o f C C . Natural istory in Queen s ollege , ork Next year he came to

re k M c o o f to Sir d . C Belfast , succeed Mr . (afterwards ) F y as Professor ’ Geology and Mineralogy in Queen s College ; and in 1860 he had o f H o n added to his duties those of the professorship Natural istory , ’ the resignation o f Professor George Dickie . After sixteen years

6 SI R LES W LLE T M L L D D 12 C S . . SC . F . R S. HAR YVI HO ON , , . , .

ae pal ontological wealth , to the charm with which these subjects were invested in those days by the lectures and conversation of this delight ful professor . It was while living in Belfast that T homson commenced the researches into the physical and biological conditions prevailing in the

o f depths the sea , with which his name will always be specially associ f 1868 o W . ated . In the summer he and Dr . . B Carpenter made a series o f valuable and fruitful investigations in the waters to the north “ ” o f S on 186 cotland board the gunboat Lightning ; and in 9 , in G f S company with John wynn Jef reys , there was a imilar expedition “ ” in the Porcupine o ff the west coast o f Ireland and in the Bay of

T he o f 18 Biscay . results these voyages were given to the world in 7 3

’ T The De ths o the ea T S . in homson s charming volume , p f hese researches prepared the way for the great expedition of his life , the " “ C ” memorable voyage in the hallenger , commenced in December ’ 18 2 18 6 the c ourse 7 , and completed in May 7 , in of which not only

o f was the globe carefully circumnavigated , but four the great oceans

A A — o f the Paciﬁc , tlantic , Indian , and ntarctic had the mysteries their

o f depths explored , and the strange forms life by which they are peopled , examined , named , and classiﬁed , as they had never been

o f before . Nearly nautical miles were traversed in the course of this voyage , and an enormous mass valuable material was collected , with the arrangement of which T homson was occupied during the

o f T he remainder his life . results were published in the magniﬁcent “ ” o f o f series ﬁfty volumes the Narrative and Report , which are his noble and appropriate monument . Probably , however , the labours and

H e anxieties of this remarkable voyage cost him his life . was never

1 8 z the same after it . In 79 he was sei ed by an illness , which his con f H e stitutio n o f. , enfeebled by long toil , was unable to shake returned l oth 188 2 to his native place to die , and on March , , his earthly career reached its end . T homson was undoubtedly o n e o f the most notable men whom the Belfast Literary Society ever numbered among its members . W M L L D D F R. . S . . S SI R C L ES LL E T S . . . C HAR YVI HO ON , , ,

’ on e - No who knew him intimately , as it was the writer s good fortune to do , can ever forget him .

H e 18 was married in 5 3 to Miss Jane Ramage Dawson , eldest

o f A E s daughter dam Dawson , q , of Bonnington , Linlithgowshire . She survived him , as did also his only child , who entered the Indian

Medical Service . T he numerous and high honours which were conferred upon

T He homson would take too great space to recount here . was ” o n C knighted the return of the hallenger expedition , and received ’ A honorary degrees from the Queen s University , berdeen , Dublin , and

H e F R 1 6 f . S. 8 o Jena was elected . . in 9 , and was a fellow many other

T o f o f learned bodies . here is a marble bust him in the University E dinburgh , and a memorial window was erected in his memory in

Linlithgow cathedral .

M T H LT . . A I ON 12 8

U HENRY B RDEN .

H E o f 18 T subject this memoir was born in Belfast in 35 , being the o f W who second son Dr . illiam Burden , was the ﬁrst Professor ’ His of C . dau h Midwifery in Queen s ollege, Belfast mother was the g o f A e of ter lexander Mitchell , the blind ngineer and inventor the - screw pile . Dr . Burden began his working life in a mercantile house

few in Liverpool , but , giving this up after a years , returned to Belfast ’ C to and entered Queen s ollege with a view graduating in medicine .

His course there and in the university was very successful , as the many pri z es and scholarships gained by him testify ; closing his university career by becoming senior scholar in Anatomy and Physi

f NatII ral ology , and the year ollowing holding the same position in

f tc S . to o . . e . cience In addition his medical degrees M D , , he gradu M A ﬁ rst- H e ated . . with class honours and gold medal . was admitted o f C o f S E member the Royal ollege urgeons , ngland , and held the ’ o f Royal College Physicians ( Ireland) diploma in State Medicine . A e 1 60 8 . fter qualifying to practis medicine in , Dr Burden was for some years the Demonstrator in Anatomy in Queen ’s College and Assistant Physician to the Belfast Lying-in Hospital ; he was also H he Pathologist to the Belfast Royal ospital , which appointment held

of He for S to the until the time his death . was some time ecretary Belfast Branch o f the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund Society o f - of S Ireland , and ex President the Ulster Medical ociety , before whose meetings he read from time to time papers formingvaluable c on trib u o f tions to medical science . Dr . Burden was at the time his death , fo r S of and had been many years , the ecretary the Belfast Literary S ociety , in whose welfare he took a great interest , and was a very regular attendant at its meetings he was also a member o f the Royal A ’ Irish cademy . Dr . Burden s interest in literature and science was

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M AC DO UALL C H ARLE S , LL . D .

M A D AL L D E 1 1 L ES C O U L L . . 8 CHAR , , was born near dinburgh in 3 ; was educated at the H igh School ; entered Edinburgh University

18 2 6 Pillan s W in , and studied there under Dunbar , , John ilson “ C n C ( hristopher North Brunto , halmers , and others , with great “ diligence and success , Professor Dunbar stating that he exempliﬁed in the Greek cla s ses such unwearied industry and varied scholarship as ” S 1 8 o f very few young men ever how . In 43 he became a licentiate

C o f S the hurch cotland , but was never ordained , and at the Disruption

His he joined the Free Church . distinctions as a scholar and as a teacher (both privately and at the Edinburgh A cademy) led to his election in 1847 by the T own Council to the Chair o f Hebrew in his university ; but the Edinburgh Presbytery o f the E stablished Church S applied for a Note of uspension and Interdict , which the Lord

O M ac Do uall rdinary (Robertson) ﬁnally granted , and Professor resigned , publishing the lecture he had prepared as his inaugural address , with a preface in which he referred with unaffected dignity to

o f 1 his exclusion by a strict enforcement o f the A c t 707 . In 1849 he was appointed by the Crown Professor o f Latin in ’ C Queen s ollege , Belfast ; and in the following year he was , at his

C o f G f request , transferred to the hair reek ; and , though he had of ers w of preferment at home and abroad , he retained his connection ith ’ C ’ Queen s ollege , Belfast , and with Queen s University in Ireland , till

1 8 8 to 7 , when advancing blindness compelled him retire from the scene o f his faithful and loving labours . His merit as a classical and an oriental scholar was widely 18 8 E o f recognised . In 5 dinburgh University gave him the degree

. . o f A S E LL D ; he was made a member the Royal siatic ociety , ngland , o f O G G and riental societies in reece , France, and ermany ; and in the M A D AL L L L D 1 1 C L ES C O U . . HAR , 3 transactions o f these learned bodies he wrote valuable papers relating to his special studies , and also to a subject in which he took much — A interest the legends and the literature o f the Middle ges .

H e o f was attached to the principles united education , and an early friend o f the higher education of women ! he would describe himself as “a good Presbyterian and a good Whig but he was especially and emphatically a professor— a man o f the library and of the classroom ; he impressed a note o f distinction o n the daily life and the common work of the college ; and his students looked up to him with pride , affection , and complete trust , and with a certain humorous appreciation o f o f i the happy audacity of his reconstructions , and the na ve simplicity with which he presupposed their ability to accompany him in his lofty and sustained ﬂights . O n e In private life he was most trusty , friendly , and unassuming . o f the ablest o f many able men whom he taught aptly described him “ o f as the profoundest of scholars and the gentlest men . 1 8 0 O rr o f o n 2 6th In 7 he married Miss Belfast ; and February , 1 8 8 o f 3, he died without issue , and he is buried in a quiet corner

Balmoral Cemetery .

JOHN PARK .

LIBRAR Y

A S‘T R L E O , N GK T I L D E N F OU N DATIO N S I 3S

REV L U L D . . R E BEN JOHN B RYCE , .

EV . E E w so n o f E L L . D as . C . R UB N J OHN BRY , , the eldest Rev 1 r \V N . B. 8 . James B yce , and was born at the Manse , ick , , in 7 9

H is o f Killa i C father accepted the congregation g, near oleraine , in

180 so n m his 3, and his Reuben was educated by hi self and wife (a fair G G w C . reek scholar) , and was entered at lasgo ollege at an early age O n A M . C obtaining his degree of . he returned to oleraine , where , after A his ordination , he opened a private school . ppointed Mathematical A 1 8 2 Master in the Belfast cademy in 4 , he shortly afterwards became

o n \V D D H e Principal the retirement of Rev . . Bruce , . . occupied this

fo r ﬁ ft - A important position y four years . mongst his more distinguished pupils were Lord Chancellor Cai rns and (in his earliest years) his

the H o n M P T he e o f nephew , Right . James Bryce , . . honorary degr e

LL . D . was conferred upon him by the University o f Glasgow ; and it was generally understood that he would have been chosen to be Professor o f Greek there but fo r the existence at that time o f a form

o of theological test which he refused t take . A S E E a friend of Miss dgeworth he visited dgeworthstown , and

o f was in full agreement with her ideas female education , which he afterwards carried Out in the Belfast A cademy with successful results . H e c o -operated with Sir T homas YVyse and other pioneers o f higher

r education in Ireland , and exe ted considerable inﬂuence in promoting

’ o f C e r the scheme the Queen s olleg s , afterwards carried th ough in a form which he did not wholly approve o f by Sir Robert Peel . A w mongst his literary orks may be noted a Latin Prosody ,

’ Ruddim an s G o f S Latin rammar , an edition allust , a Rational Intro H e d o n G A . duction to Music , and another reek ccents delivere in

o f u s o n London , early in the thirties , a series remarkable lect re the

A rt S o f E o f and cience ducation , and was , indeed , the ﬁrst person 1 6 REV EU E CE LL . D. 3 . R B N JOHN BRY , mark in this country who conceived the idea o f handling the subject o f education as a practical science o n philosophical principles . Much of his time was devoted in later years to a scheme for the of A government the Belfast Royal cademy , which he lived to see

o ut C . successfully carried , in the new buildings erected at liftonville H e was fo r many years the minister of the York Street United H 18 88 C . e Presbyterian ongregation died in the year , and was buried Killai beside his father at g. Y R . M . OUNG .

— I ce M P n m e e n in OT m n e e h H n me . . E a t e o . N i d bt d to Right Ja s Bry , , for a u b r of r visio s c — R M e . Y this arti l . .

M D 1 8 E E C ES . . P 3 JOHN FR D RI K HODG , , J .

o f A V - and the Royal cademical Institution , Belfast ; twice a ice President o f the British A ssociation and fellow o f many other scientiﬁc societies at home and abroad . He o f - A C was the author well known works on gricultural hemistry ,

o n and a voluminous writer many subjects . ’ He E was xaminer in the Queen s University , Ireland , and he was

o f A a Justice the Peace for County ntrim .

A o f friend enlightenment in every form , he identiﬁed himself with the many valuable institutions which distinguish Belfast , amongst S which the Literary ociety has played an important part , and it

S o f O f received no small hare his interest and sympathy . noble

o f - simplicity character , self effacing modesty was said to be his ” distinguishing characteristic—J guileless was the word by which many described him . Kind , courteous , and affable , he had for all a pleasant

H e E z o f smile and a cheery word . was married to li abeth , daughter

E s f l n ra l H len ra el A . o G e v e G v C John Benn , q , ouse , , ounty ntrim , and

o f E T o G . sister the two distinguished brothers , dward and eorge her wisdom and inspiring inﬂuence , he used to say he owed all his honours and happiness .

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D . D J AME S GLASGO W , .

M ES GL S W A A GO was born in the district of the Braid , near Ballymena ,

1 80 H is C A . ounty ntrim , in the year 5 parents were farmers , and probably o f Scottish extraction . E G S ducated at the rammar chool of Ballymena , and subsequently

o f o f C w under the care Dr . Paul arrickfergus , he after ards entered the o ld C n o w A n Belfast ollege , the Royal cademical I stitution , Where the remarkable bent Of his mind towards mathematics , and consequent progress in that and kindred sciences , elicited the warm commendation o f e his teachers , and led him to cont mplate being a candidate for the

o f chair mathematics in the college , but from this nothing deﬁnite seems to have resulted .

H e e o n , how ver , contributed several articles mathematical and

u scientiﬁc subjects to vario s publications of the time , and his interest in this branch o f study continued unabated throughout his life . Determining ﬁnally o n entering the ministry o f the Presbyterian

C o f 1 8 hurch , he was licensed by the Presbytery Belfast , and in 35

o f o f C ordained to the pastoral charge the congregation astledawson ,

C G S o f . ounty Derry , in connection with the eneral ynod Ulster O n the awakening o f missionary activity which followed the union o f S S o f the Ulster and ecession ynods , resulting in the formation the G G A o f C . eneral ssembly the Irish Presbyterian hurch , Mr lasgow A offered himself as a missionary , and , with Mr . lexander Kerr , was

to fo r unanimously appointed India , which country , accompanied by his

1 8 0 o f Katiaw ar G wife , he sailed in 4 , and , in the provinces and ujerat ,

A o f which had been chosen by the ssembly as their ﬁeld operations ,

fo r o f he resided the next eleven years , labouring in circumstances f n o t . great di ﬁculty , though without encouragement

’ 18 1 In 5 he revisited his native land on a three years furlough , 1 M E W D D 0 S L S . . 4 JA G A GO ,

18 returning to India in 54, where he spent another ten years , and ﬁnally o f fo r - 186 left his sphere work there a well earned retirement in 4. O n his return he was at once appointed by the Assembly to the newly-established professorship o f O riental Languages in the Colleges o f Belfast and Derry , which position he held till his death , and he was also selected by Government as examiner in Gujurati for the Indian C S ivil ervice . 18 6 D D C In 5 he received the degree of . . from Princeton ollege , the offer coming almost simultaneously with a similar o n e from Glas gow

t o f University , and among his other li erary honours were those Fellow

o f o f of the University of Bombay, Member the Bombay branch the Royal Asiatic Society and o f the Edinburgh Christian Missionary S o f Gu urati C Institute , and ecretary the j ommittee of the Bombay

Bible Society . During the remainder o f his life he resided chieﬂy in Belfast and o f Portadown , in which latter place he died shortly before the meeting

A o f C 18 0 of the Jubilee ssembly the Presbyterian hurch , 9 , which he

o n e o f would have been the most honoured members .

W W o f o n e ith his wife (Miss Mary ightman Lisburn) and daughter ,

C . who predeceased him , he is interred in Balmoral emetery G o f Dr . lasgow was a man great erudition , and deeply versed in E astern languages and in all philological and linguistic studies . Although prevented by the active duties o f a missionary life from devoting much time to purely literary work , he issued several important

The A ocal se Tr a nsla ted publications , amongst which may be noted p yp a n d Ex ou n ded H ea r t a n d Voice p ; , a contribution to the instrumental

A Commen ta r on Z a cha r iah music controversy ; y , which appeared in the pages o f the Or ien ta l Chr istia n Specta tor ; The M etr ica l Psa lms in

Gu a r a ti j , and many tracts , hymns , and religious pamphlets in the same language . He also took a large Share in the translation o f the Bible into

Gu urati fo r j , and edited several educational works the Indian

Government .

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M A ILWAIN E D D c . . WILLIA M ,

M M A I W h 1 H is I L L IA C L AI N E t 80 . was born in Dublin , 5 July , 7

o f S - o n e father came a family of cotch settlers from Ross shire,

S o f o n of whom fought in the iege Derry , and whose name is the T ’ roll o f the defenders . hrough his mother s mother he claimed des

o f cent from Bishop Bedell Kilmore , she having been only child of

’ S o f a tanford of Belturbet , who was direct descendant the Bishop s youngest daughter , and who inherited his property there from her . 18 2 6 T C In he entered rinity ollege , Dublin , obtaining a scholar s o n hip entrance , and another in his junior sophister year In ’ each o f his three so phister years he took the V ice -Chancellor s pri z e

E s for nglish ver e , besides other distinctions , and entirely supported

- n himself by coaching fellow students . O obtaining his degree and T 1 8 2 leaving rinity , in 3 , he took holy orders , and became curate of

ltea h 18 18 C Ba . g , in diocese of Derry , 33 In 34 he went to lough

W . 1 8 . . jordan , and in 35 came to Belfast as curate to Rev R Bland

’ t n 1 G . O 8 S . at eorge s his marriage (February 37) to Jane , eldest f m o W . W W daughter ilson , then of ellington Place , Belfast , and after

o f L arkhill wards , Rathmines , Dublin , Mr . Bland resigned in his ’ 1 8 80 St. G favour , and he remained incumbent of eorge s until , when

o f he resigned , on account failing health , in favour of the present

H . minister , then his curate , Rev . ugh Davis Murphy E arly in his ministry Canon M ac llwain e spent much time and C “ study in atholic controversy , his Lent Lectures on that subject

H e being crowded by O range adherents for a good many years . had

o n a large collection of literature controversy , as well as an extensive f . O general library later years he entirely gave up debatable subjects , “ ” and was considered much broader , as well as higher, in his opinions . W L L M M ILWAI N E D D 1 AC . . I IA , 43

E H e was an excellent classical and nglish scholar . Besides some

he D ea th Con uer ed a n d Other Poems sermons , published q , , and several

He L r a H iber n ica Sa cr a other small volumes . also published y , a

o f o f collection the poems Irish authors , which contained some original ’ H e o f t C . . S C writings , hymns , etc was anon Patrick s athedral ,

D D o f T C . Dublin , and . . rinity ollege

E T EL F x JAN S o . GU M D J A M E S MING , . .

A M ONGST the many distinguished names which adorn the members ’ o f S roll the Literary ociety , there are few which recall an intellect

m in Cu . more profound , clear , and broad than the name James g He A 1 A s was born in the County rmagh in the year 8 33. a boy

o f he was a studious and quiet disposition , as unassuming and averse to all personal display as he remained throughout life , and so silent and retiring that even those who knew him best scarcely estimated o f fully the depth and force his abilities .

T he school which he attended was taught by Mr . Macklin (who

o f subsequently became a professor in one the Scotch colleges) , and he ’ E t. A S C . studied afterwards in Patrick s ollege , rmagh ven in early

o f youth he showed a devoted love country , and when time and experience and the lessons o f practical life had tempered his en thu siasm o f , there was still nothing more characteristic him than the interest he took in all that tended to the advancement and honour of

H e o f Ireland . took no active part in the exciting politics his day , nor

of T ever interfered in the municipal affairs the city . hose who were w o f his intimates , however , kne how closely he followed the march events , and how clear and keen was his forecast of the future . When his schooldays terminated he entered his name as a medical ’ C student in the Queen s ollege, Belfast , and after gaining a senior

o ut o f 18 scholarship in chemistry , took the degree M . D . in 5 5 and the f M 1 V o A . 8 8 . H . e degree in 5 subsequently studied in Paris and ienna ,

C O alz er under harcot and pp , and acquired whilst abroad that practical knowledge o f the French and German languages which in after years the he continued to cultivate and maintain . In his library were choicest classics of both literatures , and the medical periodicals of the

M E M IN M D 1 6 S CU G . . 4 JA ,

O n e great public work with w hich his name is inseparably con

F o r s o f h n ec ted is the new General Hospital . the intere ts t is institution

o f he laboured to the last , in spite increasing and distressing physical w a s . H e e kne s , and with pathetic earnestness and devotion did not

2 A 1 8 . live to see its completion , and died on 7 ugust , 99 It is a commonplace to say there is no man w hose place cannot be

‘ e there are w ﬁll d , but it is also true that men hose characteristics are so t blended , so attractive , and so varied , hat those who have enjoyed their companionship and friendship feel that the place which was theirs must

t has e remain for ever vacant , and that the loss which dea h creat d is

min w as . . Cu irreparable Dr . g surely such a man to his personal friends

O n o f his students the impress his manly , wise , and cautious teaching will leave lasting traces .

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U AC U SAM E L J AM E S M M LLAN .

AM UEL AM E L o f f f S C L o . J MA M U AN , the son an o ﬁcer R I .

C o n rd 1 8 2 H onstabulary , was born 3 June , 4 , at illsborough ; was educated at Cookstown A cademy and at Belfast A cademy ; ’ C 1 8 8 1 86 entered Queen s ollege , Belfast , in 5 , and in 4 graduated M A ’ . . in Queen s University . H e won many honours in classics and modern literature but in a

H is much fuller measure he drew to himself trust , esteem , and love . “ o f Latin professor , Dr . Reichel , afterwards Lord Bishop Meath , always G regarded him as peculiarly resembling the literary men of ermany , ” His in loving learning for itself rather than for its rewards . was the charm of knowledge that was sound and not pedantic— o f a many

o f sided and sympathetic nature , a simple and unaffected personality , and of a bright and beautiful innocence that never left him and gave him a rare capacity o f kindly enjoyment

Low de e sir s , L ow th oughts had th er e n o pl ac e ; yet w as his h ea rt ” Low ly.

Life and movement , children , and indeed all young things , his books ,

— his pencil , his music , his friends with these he was content . H e spent many years in varied occupations— principal o f Cookstown A ’ C cademy ; assistant registrar and librarian at Queen s ollege , Belfast head o f a private school at Blackheath University extension lecturer in London and in Belfast ; examiner in Royal University , Ireland ; writing in 1 8 86 a spirited pamphlet on the Irish question translating ’ 1 ffc en ilia or Poem s 8 8 . Ge k en s Br itish E m ir e 18 0 S in 9 Dr p , and in 9 ,

’ in P r os e T ur en ieff o n , by his favourite , g studying at home and the continent philology and literature ; and preparing with great care and ”— literary ﬁnish lectures on his immortals Shakespeare , Milton , and W ordsworth . M EL M E M A M LL 148 SA U JA S C U AN .

H e 18 80 A W o f C married in Miss nne eir ookstown , and two

o f 18 2 children crowned his wedded happiness . In the spring 9 his — unobtrusive merit received suitable , if tardy , recognition his appoint ment by the Crown to the Chair o f History and English Literature in ’ C Queen s ollege , Belfast , quickly followed by his election as a fellow o f the Royal University of Ireland .

H e was an ideal professor his lectures were fresh , full , and clear ,

E who and in simple , nervous nglish ; he delighted in his students , thoroughly understood and loved him , in his work , in sketching the

o r o r scenery of France Norway his own country , and in his home and his friends . A o n 1 1 00 fter a brief illness , he died 9 th December, 9 , and is buried at his native town . O n social and political questions he would declare himself for

o wn I m er iu m et justice and sympathy, and (with his interpretation) p

L iber tas H . e C was warmly attached to the hurch of Ireland , and would Speak with deep feeling o f the strength and beauty o f her A - worship . lways and everywhere himself, a true, large hearted , and most lovable man— m u ltis ille bon is ﬂebilis occidit— and the thought o f o ld S many was happily caught and ﬁxed by his friend , ergeant K . C . Dodd , , in this touching sonnet

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e an d e e . T o en all ea Of lif l tt rs his fri ds h rt , A m an o f m en ! en e ac u wa His g tl , gr io s ys , en uo u eec his e c e an d fun His str s sp h , sk t h s his , M m e wee m ad n n e fe o e e a d du o e. ad li r s t , lov ty ” S ea e w him H w b i r o l v e . e as to o g fo prais e .

JOHN PARK .

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M Rev n . c e Isaa c J urphy . Joh S ott Port r M Joseph J . urphy M ac e . Rob rt S Adam Joseph John M urphy . Robert Patt erso n ’D e . T Al x O . aylor William Bottoml ey

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Professor C raik .

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M a 18 1 O n m the . an d . c en e . y 5 , 5 . dra atists of XVI XVII turi s

an 8 18 T he c e c n on c mm e c e in m e war . J . , 5 5 . poli y of r stri tio s o r ti of

8 an d 1 8 . an . 1 1 18 8 . The n c e the C en c an d the n c 1 J , 5 pri ipl of urr y Ba k A ts of 44 45

186 1 e e en e e n m en . Nov . 4, . R pr s tativ gov r t ” 2 Th an d m e een E a e . 1 186 . e e April , 4 lif ti s of Qu liz b th 1 186 T he n En n an d e n w the e an d w the April , 7 . Ba k of gla d its r latio s ith stat , ith ” c omm erc ial in terests of Gr eat Britain . — D n in me the n e. ec . 18 1 . ecen e c 4, 7 R t x avatio s Ro Palati

B W E Su r eon Por ta er D ow n a tr ick E d A 1 1 8 0 2 . O D N , g , f ry p , lecte pril 9 ,

1 8 06 n d . 1 . Resig e Dec ,

T h n u c e . Dec . 2 6 180 . e e e se w , 3 xt r al of old at r M ar. 1 1 180 . The . , 5 utility ofhospitals

H ET 1 5 8 M EM B E RS OF T E SOCI Y .

A E W c 2 . B CE REV . ESS e d . 1 8 1 RU , PROF OR ILLI M l te Oct 5 ,

— - es d n 1 8 1 1 8 1 8 2 2 . Pr i e t 7 , 4 5 m o a 8 s n d an 8 1 8 . e . Re ig e J uary , 5 5 M ir at p ge 4 ”

h n the e ew n e . Mar . 1 18 1 . O n t e , 3 a tiquity of H br la guag M a n he e en SS. n d e n the e . M a r 18 16. c c t . 4, A ou t of diff r t ditio s of Bibl ” he n the N ew T e m en . 8 1 . O n t c c t. 1 O 4, 9 hro ology of sta t h M ar . 18 2 1 . C n the e t e w . 5 , orroboratio s of arly history of orld O n the n e ween the n e an d c m the ee IF eb . afﬁ ity b t la guag usto s of Gr ks ” an d Rom an s . m e c n e in Essay on the syste s of du atio pursu d our un iversities . A c hro n ologic al a c c oun t of some of the dramatic poets of Greec e ” ar whose works e lost . “ ’ E n em e c h 82 8 . n c e t e c e M ar . 1 3, A alysis of i hhor s att pt to r du Apo alyps to a ” dramati c poem .

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he e e n Dec . 18 1 . c n c e t e e e i . 5 , 3 Biographi al oti s of r vival of Gr k lit ratur Italy ”

M ar 18 8 . n e e c n . . 5 , 3 U iv rsity du atio i u T n n e m on CEd s S c . an . 16 18 . e J , 43 R arks p yra us of opho l s “ ’ M u e n c n c en c m 18 . c c n e April 4, 45 A ou t of ll r s i trodu tio to a s i tiﬁ syst of ” m ythology.

l a d c d M a 2 th e a st Ac em . E 1 8 V . L L . D o e B 6 . B E RE . . . RYC , R J , , f f y le te y , 4

— m a e I . o I e . Presiden t 1 8 78 9 . M oir at p g 35 P rtrait at page 33

- M ar . 6 186 . S ec m en n e e in the Sc e n n ec , 5 p i s of u publish d po try oto Hib r ia dial t of

the e n w n c e e the Rev. North of Ir la d , ith oti s of th ir author ,

M an d the c c e an d the e e . R . agill , of hara t r habits of p opl ” d e m n mm . 1868 . The c c n an Nov . 9 , lassiﬁ atio t r i ology ofgra ar

he e n the n en n e . 18 . n t April 7 , 73 Pho ology or r latio s of sou ds of spok la guag he n c n e n m en w e 1 18 8 . e n e on t April , 7 Pr vaili g rrors fu tio of gov r ts ith r gard to ” publi c educ ation .

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H E E e ed ov. 1 1 8 8 . B E . URD N , DR NRY l ct N , 5

— — e 1 8 0 1 8 2 . Presiden t 1 8 69 70 . S cretary 7 9

2 Memoir at page 1 8 .

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he n the c e . M a 1862 . O n the t y 5 , physiology of orga of voi ”

186 . S n n e en e n . April 3, 5 po ta ous g ratio

d n m . M a 1 1 1868 . e c n n an y , G ographi al distributio of pla ts a i als P F eb . 10 18 . L n e , 73 ivi g or d ad

an 1 1 18 . The ear an d m c n . J . , 75 , usi al sou ds ”

18 . es e . Nov . 3, 79 Pri tl y M EM E S T H E ET 1 B R OF SOCI Y . 59

B E S E SS H M . A. M . D . E e e A 8 2 1 8 . Y R , PROF OR JO N , , l ct d pril , 3

e e n 1 8 8 — 6 Pr sid t 5 .

De c . 1 188 . ec e n n c e in n w th , 4 R t adva s our k o l edg e of e ca uses of diseas e .

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n 1 8 2 2 — 1 8 2 — Preside t 3. Secretary 8 49 .

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an . 18 2 2 . T he n c m c e . J 7 , origi of a ade i al d grees De 1 c . 8 2 . T he i n n e ie . 5 , 3 or gi of u iv rsit s

1 1 8 2 . T h e n n . April , 5 origi of u iversiti es M a r . T 18 2 . he n c c t n the c e c e . 5 , 7 lassiﬁ a io of s i s ”

a n . 18 2 . T he r c e e . J 5 , 9 histo y of oll g s F b e . 1 18 0 . T h e n h m n m . , 3 origi of t e od e r dra a

2 18 2 . The c April , 3 s hool of Pythagoras .

l 18 . The i Apri 7 , 34 or gin of c astes in so c i ety .

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M a . m 18 8 e o n the m em n n ZEsch lus . y 7 , 3 R arks Aga o of y ’ ”

1 Ma n d r vil Tr a v ls . . 1 18 . ic e e le s e Nov , 39 Not s of

2 18 0. O n the w e Glan vill. April 7 , 4 orks of Jos ph M a 10 18 1 . c e e m n c e c n c e n n n c e . y , 4 Noti s of arly ro a s o r i g Pri Arthur ’ - Dec . 6 1 8 1 . ce the c c n n e in C e H er o wor shi . , 4 Noti s of a ou t of Da t arlyl s p ”

M ar . 1 2 . 8 c e of m . 7 , 4 Noti s fairy ythology M a 8 . e in r . 1 c e e c e e n . 3, 45 Noti s of arly oll g s Ir la d ’

8 n . . 10 1 . c e Sir n e c e e c Nov , 45 Noti ofpart of Joh H rs h l s addr ss to British Asso iatio ” M a 8 6 . em r n m m 1 o the e e . y 4, 4 R a ks si il s of Ho r ’ ”

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- A . H E E T . E E e 1 8 C LLI C , LI U C OLON L lect d Dec . 4, 93

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“ Dec . 2 18 . The , 95 (As a visitor) art of po etry .

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1 2 M EM E F T H E ET 6 B RS O SOCI Y .

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. 8 1 . e c n m m 1 1 S e e ec the n n . Nov , 9 k t h s r sp ti g otio s of a i als “ . 6 182 0. O n the c n e c o n the m e c and on the Nov , ha g s produ ed at osph ri air blood ” by r espiration .

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6 H F M D E e ed N ov . 1 8 . H ES ESS . . . ODG , PROF OR JO N , l ct 4, 7

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* H TT w E d Dec . 1 8 A T H . U ON , R UR lecte 4, 99

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1 M EM E S T H E ET 70 B R OF SOCI Y .

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W 1 EV . S. B. D E 8 . E R . . d . K RR, , lecte Dec 4, 9 9

00 i c h 2 1 . C c e t e . April , 9 hara t r sti s of Irish ballad

HA o u l n 1 8 0 2 . E H n . m e M a 1 WA C D b i . d o KIR N , RI RD , f lecte Me b r y 7 ,

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N X 1 1 8 0 1 . H E e . K O , JO N l cted Dec 4,

— m . Secretary 1 8 0 8 I o . Me oir at page 47

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D 8 . ec . 1 c e . 4 , 37 Physi al g ography

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M ACILWAI W E 1 1 . N E EV . R . e . 8 . DR l cted Dec 4, 74

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t a t - F i o lV . io . v l. 2 or m oi see D e . B o 8 . 6 . Me r f g , 3 , pp 3

m n ic n w 6 1 82 . O n e ew e m ec n c r e . April , 9 so appl atio s of at r to ha i al pu pos s ”

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the p assin g of the T ol eration A c t in 1 7 19 . ” Th e n e c n n F eb . 1 18 6 . c c c S . , 3 ru i hara t rs of a di avia ” - 8 1 . O n c ew e i e . an . 18 1 J , 4 s r pil l ghthous s ”

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2 8 2 6 . V H E E c ed an . 1 T E RE . MON GOM RY, NRY le t J , — Presiden t 1 8 2 7 8 . M em o ir at page 7 1 .

m e c n . 8 2 . n e O c t . 2 1 6 O , syst s of du atio he e e c n em e in the i e n c e c . 6 18 2 8 . n t O t , O propri ty of du ati g f al s h gh r bra h s of ” l ea rnin g . h l em e em en e c n in Sc n M ar . 1 18 0 . O n t e n e ec , 3 i t l tual syst of l tary du atio otla d ,

an d its probabl e i n ﬂu en c e on soci e ty .

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Irelan d .

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. 186 . S n an d n n n in . Nov 4, 7 ou d u sou d ba k g ”

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A BE T E d 2 1 1 8 8 . MURR Y, RO R lecte May , 3 ”

n 1 188 . T h if . a . e e an d c c e e E L ee . J 4, 4 l hara t r of Rob rt

E R EV W S . . E d 1 8 1 8 . N IL ON , lecte May 4,

n — Preside t 1 8 1 9 2 0 .

m o r . Me i at page 5 5 . Portrait at page 5 3 D 8 . ec . 1 8 1 O n m . 7 , oods

O c t. 18 1 . e en i e 4, 9 Pr sid t al addr ss . M a 2 1 18 0. em on e c an d n t e n y , R arks Ga li authors a tiqui i s , parti c ularly upo ” Ossian .

E V S RE . AA M P S . . C E d . 1 8 1 N L ON , I , lecte Mar 3, 5 .

F eb . 2 18 2 . T he E e n n e , 5 urop a groups of la guag s .

. 8 . 1 6 l c in n . Nov 3, 5 Pub i op io

X A A . A C . M E d M a 1 8 6 . NI ON , R ND LL J, lecte y 3, 9 F b e . 18 0. O n S e e . 7 , 7 h ll y M EM E S O F T H E S C ET 1 B R O I Y . 79

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C SE n m . ORR , OUN LLOR Origi al Me ber

* . E D . 1 8 2 . SB E REV . H E M . A d ec 8 O ORN , NRY, lecte 4 ,

E e H m m 2 1 8 8 . l cted onorary Me ber Dece ber , 9

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M a 2 188 . c e en e . y , 7 Philosophi quival ts of Bibl truths

M a 6 1 n n m an d man : an n n n m n n . 8 . e c e i e e e e y , 95 Doubl vo abl s a i als u xplai d ph o o

W i z 1 8 6 . E A . A r l o SBO . . O RN , DR Proposed p , 9

* A E . 1 E H M . D . L I T . A SS . P RK, PROF OR JO N , , lected Nov ,

— — — — 1 8 0 1 1 8 0 T 1 8 . 8 1 1 8 6. President , 9 , 9 5 reasurer 9 4 5

he in c n . M a 2 18 0 . O n t e c y , 7 prov of logi al i quiry m m 8 . T he w n m n e . Dec . 6 1 e an d e e c , 7 5 la s ofsugg stio so d du tio s fro th ”

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6 188 . e an d e e on c e n . Nov . , 3 Not s qu ri s fa ts of sugg stio

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W n 1 2 1 8 . EV . A M A E a . A R . . P RK, ILLI M , lected J , 74

2 18 . e n . Nov . , 74 B r ard Palissy

E E WA BES E d Dec . 1 8 6 . PAT T RSON , D RD FOR lecte 4, 7

R - 1 8 8 e . elected March 3, 4 “ 8 . f han M ar . 1 L e o o n e c e . 5 , 7 7 if J Gottli b Fi ht M E M E F T H E ET 18 0 B R S O SOCI Y .

8 0 R . d . 1 1 . AT T E S BE T F . S E c P R ON , RO R , le te Feb , 3

— — — — 6 res d n 1 8 1 2 1 8 8 1 8 1 2 . T e s e 1 8 1 8 . P i e t 3 , 5 7 , 7 r a ur r 49 5

m a a 8 e 8 . M e o ir t p ge 5 . Portrait at pag 3

O n i n sec ts . n n O n the c olour ofan imals as a m ea s ofd efe c e . ” Rem arks on the first act of the tragedy of Mac beth . ” n O n the c at erpillars m e tio n ed by Shak esp eare . ’ Remarks on Pollok s Cou r se of Tim e. c e m e the men n e in S e e e e ec Noti s of so of birds tio d hak sp ar , sp ially h ” t e vulture an d eagl e . ’ Som e of the r e ptil es m en tio n ed in Shak espeare s plays . ’ Ac c ou n t of Hugh M iller s w ork on the old r ed san dston e . ’ ” O n the first ac t of Shak esp eare s tragedy of Mac beth . ” Ac c ou n t of the p earl fish eries of Ceylon . Is the progress of physic al sc i en c e i n im ic al to poetry !

Papers illustratin g the life of the lat e William T hom pson . O n an in c the S ectator e e in e e orig al opy of p , as it app ar d s parat ” n m u bers .

O n the life an d c harac ter of the lat e Professor Edward Forbes . ” T he life an d labours of the late Reveren d Professor H enslow . ” Glim ps es of life in an c ien t Europ e .

Urn s ofan c ien t Europ e ; an d The Lithuan ian Auroc hs . O n the life an d labours of the lat e Professor Harvey of T ri n ity ”

C e e n . oll g , Dubli

W A . 6 1 8 . AT T E S H E d . P R ON , ILLI M , lecte Dec , 7 5

an 6 m n n h a . 10 1 M n . 8 . S e e o t e e the e J , 7 o ot s popular tal s of Isl of

F eb 2 1 880. n c th n c en n . e e c e e . , A oti of bardi tal s of a i t Ir la d

86. h an d e en m 18 T e e e . April 5 , history l g ds of so Irish lak s

IR A EW R M a t r the R olls B T . s e o T E S M . POR R, NDR , A ( f

or I r ela n d E d N OV . 2 1 8 . f ) lecte , 5 9

“ an . 1860. m e m n e n c e in c m n c e . J 9 , Our od of ad i ist ri g justi ri i al as s ” M a 86 o- e 1 C e c e e . y 3, 3. op rativ so i ti s M a 8 1866 ec the em men e c e w m en . y , . Proj ts for ploy t of du at d o

18 2 M EM E S OF T HE S C ET B R O I Y .

EE E REV W A a ter w a r ds Bisho o D o n a n d n n r S . . w Co o R V , DR ILLI M ( f p f

a n d D r onzor e E c o es on n m M 1 8 1 e ed C d e a . ) l t rr p i g M ber y 5 , 5

Memoir at page 1 1 9 .

M a 1 18 . T he m . y , 54 Book of Ar agh

E E c n 6 8 . S d a . 1 R FORD , LOUI le te J , 45

E H E V r r RE . E . P D . D a e w a ds Bisho o C SS C . . t R I L, PROF OR , ( f p f

M a th A 1 8 1 e E c ted . ) le pril 7 , 5

- 8 8 s n e R ec A 1 2 1 . d em e 1 8 . e d Re ig Nov b r 7, 5 3 el te pril , 5

E e H n m m 1 8 6 . l cted o orary Me ber Dece ber 5 , 4 m Me oir at page 1 1 1 .

. 2 he an d m . 18 . O n t e e C c e Nov , 5 9 lif ti s of i ro

1 86 Th f an an . 1 1 . e e d m e e em T . J , 4 li ti s of Bishop J r y aylor

E A M . A . E c 6 1 8 e d . . R ID , D VID , l te Mar , 9 3

E A D V . RE . E EAT . D E 1 8 2 . S S d . R ID , J M ON, lecte Nov 4, 5

D 8 2 . n d ec . 1 Resig e 7, 9

F r D i t o a . B . N t io ol. . 2 . o em o e . v M ir see f g , 4 7, p 4 9 M a 1 1 82 6 . c n c e e e the E c c e c C c y , Histori al oti s , r lativ to l siasti al history of arri k ” e m the e m n the e en m e f rgus fro R for atio to pr s t ti . in th 1 8 28 . e c c n e e C c e in April 7 , Narrativ of a publi dis ussio h ld hur h of B lfast , m ” 16 6 en an n e m n c . August 3 , tak fro u publish d a us ript

HA REV C S . . RI RD ON , DR E c d or n n m e 1 1 8 0 2 C . le te respo di g Me b r May 7,

’ ” 18 1 . S me c April 3, 5 o urious observation s on Cuvier s Theory of the E a r th. ” n e 18 1 . E on c e en e Ju 5 , 5 ssay agri ultur as a sc i c . O n n Fiori grass (published in Select Paper s) .

E O B o Bel ast D 0 1 1 8 1 . RID R, J , f E ec d ec . f l te 4,

W E S . H . A M . 1 8 0 S . . E ed . RING OOD , PROF OR F , lect Feb 4, 5 M E M E S O F T H E ET 18 B R SO CI Y . 3

* W . . E 8 1 00 . e e an . RING OOD , R M l ct d J , 9 “ an . 1 1 . h W 0 T e e e . J 4, 9 av rl y Nov els

B w S . A . E 6 1 8 . RO IN ON , lected May 3, 9

1 1 18 d n n 0. O n n a n . April , 7 ba ks ba ki g

M ar . 6 18 6 . a n d e , 7 Gold its substitut s . “ 6 88 2 . . 1 S e c e m n n en e . Nov , k t h s of i i g t rprise

E S E e A 1 0 1 8 6 RODG R , l cted pril , 7 .

* S T T A C REV . H E M A C S . . E Feb . 6 1 8 8 8 . O , RL , lected , “ 1888 . T he wn E e April 9 , Bro arl of Ulst r .

* S T T WA C E c . 1 8 C . O , ON Y le ted Feb 4, 9 5

1 8 . E 1 n en . April , 95 volutio of tal t

* SEA E R V W E . A M . B. D . E e 2 1 8 1 CH A . . . V R, RI RD , , lect d May , 9

— — e 1 T u r 1 8 1 0 1 . S cretary 8 9 2 1 9 0 1 . reas er 9 5 9

8 2 1 . T he e n m n e . April 4, 9 qu stio of hu a progr ss

M ar . 8 . T h n 1 e e . 4, 95 Ki gsl ys ” F eb 8 8 T h . 1 1 e e c e . 4, 9 . s rvi of art

* SE T WA T E W 1 00 E e . . F ON , L R l cted Dec 3, 9

I 1 0 1 S m e e April , 9 . a u l P pys .

* AW E M A. M a 1 8 0. C . E SH . C , DR IL, lected y 5 , 9

6 18 1 . T he e c n th e n e c e e . April , 9 du atio of sp ial s s s 6 “ T ” . 2 1 h 8 . e n ew . Nov , 9 photography

* W 1 8 E . . HA A E M A . S S . , J M , lected Dec 4, 9 3

8 . m 0 1 S e e n e ee e . April 3 , 94 o h roi s of Gr k trag dy

* 8 8 . H E A D I T e an . 1 2 1 S H ES L . E e C . LDON , RL , l ct d J , 5

s n 1 — Pre ide t 8 86 7 .

a m n n . 1 M n 1 1886 . C e n a d J , a d o ilto . F eb 1 1 2 . , 89 . n Vl eW S o n educ atlo n Dr . Ar old s . M a r 18 2 . 7 , 9 . 1 8 M E M E O F T H E S ET 4 B RS OCI Y .

W H E H E A E ec d D c . 1 8 0 S e . P RD , ILLI M l te 5 , 7

n en c e of o urn alism n the en c e n I ﬂu j duri g ﬁrst Fr h R volutio .

Walt er Savage La n dor .

6 1 8 1 S S H H ol wood E c d . . IMM , JO N , y le te Feb , 7

m an c en c e . M a 1 18 1 . Sw e en y , 7 d borg as a of s i

8 8 . E . 1 S C A ESS T H AS M . D . M . CH . d IN L IR , PROF OR OM , , lecte Mar 7, 7

A E R V l H . o o zo od S E . S. H o E ec d . 1 8 1 . LO N , , f y l te Mar 3, 7

De 1 . n h c . 18 1 O t e n few the m e c e f . , 7 atural history of a of do sti sh ll ish

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h an 2 1 8 0 w n a tr ie E e ed . . S T H . o D o MI , DR , f p l ct J 3, 4

* 8 6. T E M A . M E A 2 0 1 S H ESS A . . D . d MI , PROF OR LORR IN , , lecte pril , 9

M a in m e e n . 8 18 . en y , 99 Oxyg so ofits r latio s

* H 1 8 . S T E E E d an . 1 1 MI , G ORG lecte J , 9 7

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* 8 8 . E ed an . 1 1 ST EE W A B. A . N , ILLI M, lect J 4, 4

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d e . . 188 . en e e on r e an Nov 3, 4 H ry G org prog ss pov rty M a 18 1 . n i e . y 4, 9 I dividual l b rty D 8 m ec . 1 S c . 4, 99 . o ialis

M EM E O F T H E ET 186 B RS SOCI Y .

T E o N ew r E 1 8 2 . ST A A S e Nov. 1 U R , J M , f y lect d 5 ,

t a t B o . l N . i v . . 8 . F or em o see D ie . o o M ir f g , 5 5 , p 9

O n th c m e an d n n . M a 6 18 2 2 . e e e y , pr ious tals ba k ot s

Ma 2 18 2 . E e the n En n n ot on e the T ee y , 3 ssay to prov that Ki g of gla d is of hr ” Estates in the British Parliam en t . h e n n the M F eb . 18 2 . O n t e e e e e . 4, 5 lit ratur of Ir la d duri g iddl Ag s

M T ES M . D E e 1 8 . S S . . Y ING ON , PROF OR, lect d Mar 4, 9 5

Dec . 6 18 . T he e n the n . , 97 volutio of brai

E B. n u l T A E A U. S. o s E . 1 8 S C d . N Y, J M , lecte Dec 4 , 93

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s n t 1 8 8— 1 8 — d 8 . Pre i e 5 9 , 7 7

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D 186 me the c m n e . ec . 1 2, S , o of statisti s of hu a lif 6 n n Dec. 1 1 18 . S o ee . , 5 tray jotti gs sl p ”

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F eb . 18 6 . n c e the e e n . 7 , 7 A gla at ballad po try of Ir la d

h e e e en e . ov 1 1880. n c e t e e N . , A gla at lit rary lif of B lfast s v ty y ars ago

B T 1 1 2 T A E E d . 8 . YLOR , RO R lecte Mar , 5

in F eb . 18 . w n e En n . 7 , 5 3 History of i gla d ”

an . 18 . e e the e e . J 9 , 5 4 Pl asur s for p opl h n n e an d the e f Dec . 1 1 18 . O n t e e . , 54 i r out r li

T E ET H n em . MPL ON , JO N Origi al M ber - 8 c e es d n 1 0 . m Vi Pr i e t 3 Me oir at page 45 . ”

an 1 1 1802 . O n n . J . , atural history h n D 6 1 02 . n t e L e w . ec . 8 O , ough N agh hiti g

* E an . 1 1 0 1 . T E A T . c d NN N , DR le te J 4, 9

T E E T A ES T H S E e an . NN N , J M OM ON lect d J — — s d n 1 8 8 1 8 0 . Pre i e t 37 , 39 4

Ma 18 The c n w . y 5 , 34. or la s

Dec 18 6. T he e en e n n in e e c n e . . 5 , 3 pr s t stat of ba ki g th s ou tri s M EM E S O F T H E S ET 18 B R OCI Y . 7

E T BE T E T . E n 1 8 1 d a . . NN N , RO R J lecte J 3, 3

— I keﬂ den t 1 8 34 5 .

8 1 . n the n a n d e en e n 1 O . April 4, 3 partitio s pr s t stat of Pola d

T H W E . M D . S . H E SS . . e Dec . 1 8 OMP ON , PROF OR lect d 4 , 9 3

T H W S A E e d A 1 8 . OMP ON , ILLI M l cte pril 7 , 34

— e . Pre siden t 1 8 38 9 . M moir at page 9 8

18 . the w 34 History of s allows in Irelan d . - - 18 . e n on the the e m n the n m n 34 Obs rvatio s habits of hous arti , sa d arti , ” an d the swift .

1 8 . The n e th r t r s 37 ativ birds of e ord er ap o e .

18 N e on he e e h m in n on an d 39 . ot s t ff c ts of t e gr eat stor Ja uary last birds ” in n ﬁshes differe t parts of Ir elan d . 8 1 0 . C an d e n e e . 4 hars , oth r ativ Irish ﬁsh s

18 . em on m ee n the en ae m M n c e e 44 R arks a ti g at Ath u , a h st r , ’ the party c all ed Youn g En gla n d .

1 8 . Se ec n m Tr avels in L cia S an d e . 47 l tio s fro y , by pratt Forb s

18 1 . n e w ee in h c 5 Rough ot s of a k t e Adriati .

T H S ESS A ES o R o a l A ca demica l I n stitu tion OM ON , PROF OR J M ( f y ,

8 1 8 . B el a st E d . 1 f ) lecte Oct 5 ,

— 60 n 1 2 e . Preside t 8 1 2 . Memoir at pag

h 1 8 1 . e April 9 O n t e tid s .

8 2 1 m em c m n the S c en . an . 1 1 . ew the e J , A vi of progr ss of ath ati s a o g ara s “ m em c c en c e m n the 8 2 2 . e c t . 1 he e Nov 4. A sk t h of progr ss of ath ati al s i a o g ” Greeks . h O n n e een me e ec n the n e 2 182 . E on t e April ) 4 ssay pi io s that hav b for d r sp ti g atur

an d ph en omen a of the ﬁx ed stars . ”

an . 2 182 6. O n e . J , riv rs 8 2 en m e o ie in the . 1 . O n the c e e en m en e Nov 5 . 7 l stial ph o a , as s fro oth r b d s , solar ” syst em .

M a 8 2 n a r . 2 1 . C e se . . 9 urr ts at

t T w n c T m e . O c . 1 8 0. o e e e 4. 3 u publish d l tt rs of Do tor ho as R id

c en c e . M ar. 18 1 em e n n c e e e en m n m en 7 . 3 . R arkabl i sta s of h r ditary tal t a o g of s i M EM E F T H E E 18 8 B RS O SOCI T Y .

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E L . D SS A ES L D . SC . o u een lle e T H S . s Co OM ON , PROF OR J M , , ( f Q g ,

E e d 2 1 8 l cte May , 5 3.

den t 1 8 6 — Presi 4 5 .

E d H on a M m 1 1 e e 8 . lect or ry ber May 9 , 73

Mem oir at page 1 2 2 .

h e en r 8 . n t e an d e m n m M a . 1 O e en 5 , 5 5 parall l roads of Gl Roy , oth r si ilar ph o a, ” attributabl e to glac ial ac tion .

8 n m n M a 1 1 . O n w m an d n . y 4, 5 5 various pla s for ar i g roo s buildi gs

b . 8 18 8 . n w an d w e e m an d m m n F e O e e e e e . , 5 ork po r th ir asur s asur t ” m en an 10 18 . en n . J . , 59 V tilatio of apart ts

2 1860. The e e ec e. April , th ory of p rsp tiv ”

F b 1 186 . n an d n n e . e . O e , 4 bridg s tu ls

an . 186 . O n the en e an d n e c e w ew J 7 , 7 str gth , saf ty , da g r of stru tur s , ith a vi ” n m en e n to the am e d t of xisti g prac tic es .

M a an n r 6 18 1 . E n n d s c . . , 7 xpla atio s illu tratio s of hydrauli s

T H T S C r n m e . OM ON , DO OR O igi al Me b r

— S e 1 8 0 1 . s n ed e m e 2 6 1 8 0 . ecr tary 3 Re ig D ce b r , 3

1 1 802 . S m e ec e e n e e . April 9 , o p uliar prop rti s of orga iz d bodi s

T H E I R W e A 1 8 6 E c d . S SS S C . E . OM ON , PROF OR YVILL l te pril 7 , 5

Memoir at page 1 2 4 .

an . 12 18 M n en c e th L aw in c n . e S . J , 5 7 oral i ﬂu of Poor otla d ” F b . 6 n in e 18 6 . n e n e . 5 , Orga izatio r latio to lif ” M a 186 . O n the the a e se . y 3, 9 d pths of

* T B E E E E 1 d . 1 8 8 . RO RIDG , G ORG lecte Dec 5 ,

M r n a . 6 1882 . The e e . , raiso d tr ofart

M r a . 1888 . The n en ce m c n e on the n c an d in c e . 5 , i ﬂu of a hi ry ha di rafts so ial lif

WA E ES S E e . Dec 1 8 8 8 . LK R, PROF OR l cted 3,

Dec . 2 188 . c e c the ew e , 9 Histori al sk t h of J ish philosoph rs .

WA ACE REV . . B CE E D 1 . e d ec . 1 8 8 LL , J RU l cte , 4

Nov . The solidarity of m anki n d . Dec 6 188 . , 6 .

M a 8 0. Th n m 1 e c e the n n an d ho i . y 5 , 9 i o of atio w it is div ded

M EM E T H E ET 190 B RS OF SOCI Y .

M 2 L L D E e ar . 1 8 2 . ESS H . . d YOUNG, PROF OR JO N , l cte 4,

— Presiden t 1 8 2 3 4 .

ed th 1 8 2 see n s A 6th . Di March 9 , 9 ( Mi ute , pril )

Dec 2 18 2 2 O n the n c e n n . . , . pri ipl s ofba ki g M 8 ar . 1 2 5 , 4 . n O n the prin c iples of ban ki g (a c on tin uation ) . D 1 2 8 . ec . 5 , 5

Dec . 18 2 . E on the e e m n . 3, 7 ssay th ory of dr a i g

* BE E d M a 2 1 8 0 T C E . e . YOUNG, RO R , . lect y , 7 — — d n 1 8 8 1 8 8 . Presi e t 3 4, 9 9

F eb . 6 18 1 . S me em on e n n . , 7 o r arks arly pri ti g

M a 18 . m e c c n em en . y 4, 74 Pri itiv hur h arra g ts ’ ”

D . t ec . 1 18 S . en n e . 4, 74 Br da s voyag s

18 . The ae e c . April 7 , 79 basis of sth ti s D 1 ec . 6 880. e m e n e e n c e in the en ee in 18 . , Not s of a visit to so i t r sti g pla s Pyr s 79

Dec . 188 1 . e on the c ae c e an d c n e 5 , Not s ar h ology of Bally astl its vi i ity , illustrat d

by rec en t sk etc hes . ” Mar 188 - . c e n m e . . 7, 7 Irish pla a s ’ ’ . 1 18 8 . C n n in 8 an d 8 Nov 5 , 9 o aught 4 9 .

* 8 8 6 M . B. A E . 1 1 . YOUNG, R . , . , lected Mar ,

an 12 188 . As . S m e n e on ne e . J . , 5 ( a visitor ) o ot s old Japa s art - an . 1888 . e on the e e an d c n 1 00 1800. J 9 , Not s B lfast pr ss its produ tio s, 7