T. S. FRANK BATTERSBY, B. A., SENIOR MODERATOR AND GOLD MEDALLIST IN HISTORY, POLITICAL UNIVERSITY PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE SOCIETY. THE opening Meeting of the twenty-fifth Session was held on Thursday evening, November 28th, 1878, in the Dining Hall of Trinity College. The chair was taken at eight o'clock by the Right Hon. Baron Dowse. Among those who accepted the Society's invitations were: The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor; Master Lane; the Right Hon. the Attorney-General; Judge Harrison; Judge Battersby; P. J. Smyth, M. P.; A. M. Porter, Q. C.; C. H. Hemphill, Q. C.; Hon. F. R. de Montmorenci; Serjeant Sherlock, M. P.; Serjeant Robinson; Sir Robert Kane; Sir Robert Stewart, Mus. D.; General Westropp; Colonel Hillier; Lieut.-Colonel B. Smith; Mr. Porter, Q. C.; William Ryan, Q. C.; Mr. Carton, Q. C.; Sir Ralph Cusack; Rev. T. Stack, S.F.T.C.; Rev. J. H. Jellett, S.F.T.C.; John Kells Ingram, LL.D., F.T.C.; Professor Dowden, LL. D.; Rev. J. P. Mahaffy, F. T. C. ; Dr. Traill, F. T. C.; G. F. Fitzgerald, F. T. C.; Dr. Shaw, F. T. C.; Arthur Palmer, F. T. C.; Professor Brady; Professor Faloon; The Professor of Political Economy, T. C. D.; The Mac Dermott, Q. C., D. L.; Mr. Richardson, Q. C.; J. J. Twigg, Q. C.; Theobald A. Purcell, Q. C.; Mr. Pilkington, Q. C.; Sir George B. Owens, M. D.; Mir Aulad Ali; Mr. Seeds, Q. C.; Dean Dickinson; Rev. B. Gibson; Rev. Dr. Woods; Rev. Canon Jellett; Edward Blackburne, D. L.: Rev. Ph. Bender; Dr. Tuffnell; Rev. Dr. Benson; Rev. Dr. Monahan; Dr. Carte, J. P.; Edward Fox, J. P.; Dr. N. Hancock; R. Gamble, Q. C.; Dr. Stokes; Dr. F. Battersby; Dr. Smyly; Dr. Duncan; Dr. Tweedy; Dr. Chapman; Dr. M'Clintock; Surgeon-Major Nash; Surgeon Croly; Dr. Kidd; Professor W. Moore; Dr. Thornley Stoker; Dr. Ormsby; Dr. Kirkpatrick; Dr. Sigerson; John Murray, LL. D.; Professor Galloway; Professor Hull; Dr. Kaye; Dr. Kennedy; Dr. Foot; Dr. Finny; Dr. Maunsell; Dr. Moore; Rev. A. S. Harvey; Dr. E. H. Bennett; Rev. Maxwell Close; J. A. Scott; W. Fitzpatrick, J. P.; G. V. Patton, LL. D.; William Findlater; C. U. Townshend; Dr. Wyse; T. Hewson; Alderman Harris; Major Leech; Major Lewis; Abraham Stoker (Ex-Pres.); Francis Prendergast Rev. B. Weldon; R. Eames; J. H. Owen; C. J. Ferguson, J.P.; Rev. Canon Smith; John Findlater, J. P.; Adam S. Findlater; A. Kinahan; the Recorder of Derry; Dr. Swanzy; Edward Leahy; S. Gerrard; J. A. Jones, President R. H. A.; Graves Searight; C. H. Keene; Surgeon-Major Chesnaye; W. A. Cosgrave; Rev. Dr. Molloy (Vice-Pres. Cath. University); Mr. Boyd; J. C. Meredith, LL. D.; J. C. M'Farlane, J. P.; Rev. A. Lawson; J. N. Gerrard; W. Kisbey; R. Macalister, LL. B.; Thomas A. Mooney; Abraham |