human lips, though they have not been specially qualified for the office, to raise the ascription of "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace, good-will toward men." That, I believe, is the spirit in which this great work has been undertaken, and it is this reflection that encourages me to feel confident hopes of its final success. I believe that the undertaking

now so happily begun will eventually accomplish many great and noble purposes of trade, of national policy, and of empire. But there is only one view in which I will present it to those whom I have the pleasure to address. You are aware-you must know, some of you from your own experience that many of your dear friends and near relatives have left their native land to receive hospitable shelter in America. Well, then, I do not expect that all of you can understand the wondrous mechanism by which this great undertaking is to be carried on. But this I think you will all of you understand: if you wished to communicate some piece of intelligence straightway to your relatives across the wide world of waters-if you wished to tell those whom you knew it would interest in their heart of hearts, of a birth, a marriage, or, alas, a death amongst you, the little cord which we have now hauled up to the shore will impart that tidings quicker than the flash of the lightning. Let us indeed hope-let us pray, that the hopes of those who have undertaken this great design may be rewarded by its entire success; and let us hope, further, that this Atlantic Cable will only in all future time serve as an emblem of that strong cord of love which I trust will always unite the British Islands to the great Continent of America; and join with me in my fervent wish that the great Giver of all good who has enabled some of His servants to discern so much of the working of the mighty laws by which He rules the universe, and permits each in it to accomplish this wonderful work, will further so bless its operations as to make it evermore to serve the high purpose of the good of man and His own great glory. And now, all my friends, as there can be no project or undertaking which ought not to receive the approbation and applause of the people, will you join with me in giving three hearty cheers forthree cheers are not enough for me--they are what we give on common occasions—and as it is for the success of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, I must have at least one dozen cheers.

VICEREGAL VISIT-BALLINASLOE GREAT FAIR.

THE

ADDRESS FROM THE TOWN COMMISSIONERS.

[OCTOBER 3RD, 1863.]

HE EARL OF CARLISLE, in reply to the Address, which was read by the Hon. R. Trench, said ::

GENTLEMEN,

I return very sincere thanks to the Town Commissioners and other inhabitants of Ballinasloe, for the honour they have done me in presenting to me an Address drawn up in such loyal and considerate terms. This is not the first visit I have paid to this place, and to the hospitable roof of the Earl of Clancarty, during the period of your annual Fairs, which exhibit in an interesting series those animal tribes, for the production and rearing of which Ireland has special aptitude, and which contribute in no mean degree to the resources and prosperity of our common country. I humbly trust that the Divine Goodness will bless the entire produce of the earth, and spread plenty and content among the dwellings of all families of our people.

VICEREGAL VISIT-CLIFDEN.

ADDRESS FROM THE CLERGY AND GENTRY.

[OCTOBER 6TH, 1863.]

THE Address having been presented, the EARL OF CARLISLE, in reply, said:

GENTLEMEN,

I heartily thank you for your loyal Address and kindly welcome. It is a great satisfaction for me to perceive that the indulgent estimate

of my services which I have found to prevail in other districts of Ireland has not failed me in the far wilds of Connemara. It is impossible to tread your mountain passes, or to stand here upon the extreme verge of the vexed Atlantic, without being made conscious of the struggle and the conflicts which the inhabitants of such regions must have been called upon to wage with the seasons and the storms. I confidently believe that the Supreme Disposer has so contrived the order of nature as to cause the energies of man to strive with it, and to give him the final mastery. My fervent prayer shall be, that your industry and virtue may deserve this triumph, and long enjoy it.

THE CORPORATION OF DUBLIN.

THE EARL OF CARLISLE'S REPLY TO THE FIRST ADDRESS FROM THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND BURGESSES.

[APRIL 12TH, 1855.]

MY LORD MAYOR AND GENTLEMEN,

BEG to present my best thanks to you the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Dublin for the manner in which, while you convey the expression of your undoubted loyalty to Her Majesty's Throne and person, you have been pleased to make mention of my appearance as her Representative in her renowned and ancient capital. Fully conscious of the grave responsibilities which are attached to an office at once so distinguished and arduous, I hail, in the cordial tone of sympathy and encouragement which has proceeded from a body like yours, not merely a fresh motive for exertion, but a material element of success. In the retrospect which you have been led to cast over the more recent occurrences of Irish history, you have naturally adverted to a period of severe and general suffering. Amidst our humble gratitude for the apparent termination of the long blight of famine, we may permit ourselves to trace the mercy which converts even such seasons of trial into stages of progress and schools of virtue; and I feel convinced

that in mainly attributing the improved condition of the Irish people, under Divine Providence, to their own intrinsic fortitude, patience, and energy, you have explained the true law, and exhibited the efficient method by which nations become great and happy, because they have determined, and thus deserve to be so. It is the more limited, but still highly useful function of legislature and governments attentively to watch, and diligently to second these promising directions of the National efforts to remove all necessary obstacles to their development, and to secure for them, to the fullest and most impartial extent, the essential conditions of liberty and order. In prescribing this course for myself within my allotted sphere, I shall best prove that I inherit the laudable intentions of those who have gone before me here. I shall next hope to continue the peaceable and prosperous career of my immediate predecessor; and, at the outset of my administration, I am sure you will feel that it is not misplaced to invoke for its guidance and protection that Almighty blessing, from which alone can come the endeavour and the success. With respect to the undisturbed continuance of the high office which I have now the honour, by favour of my gracious Sovereign, to fill, I am happy to feel assured that no intention exists on the part of Her Majesty's present advisers at variance with the sentiments which you have expressed. Former experience has made me well acquainted with the just pride which the people of Ireland feel in the military, charitable, and educational hospitals, by which the city of Dublin has long been distinguished. No proper exertion shall be wanting on my part to prove that I fully share the interest which they take in this most important subject. In the many legitimate claims of the Irish people which you enumerate to the care and consideration of the Imperial Legislature, you have not unnaturally included the brilliant services which they are now rendering in Her Majesty's fleets and armies. The names of regiments which Ireland may almost appropriate have never been wanting from the roll-call of duty and danger, even to the latest night combat. It has thus become almost our daily lot to read, with mingled emotions, of the blood of our countrymen poured out upon the fields, in the same trenches, over the same parapet, without distinction of race or creed-of prayers put up from adjoining pallets, above the sick and wounded, perhaps in different rituals, but in the same spirit of Christian consolation and immortal hope. Let it be our hearts' desire that this noble harmony, which goes far to soothe even the

deadliest horrors of war, may be reserved for us to emulate and perpetuate under the more blessed influence of peace. Some expressions occur in your Address containing a personal reference to myself. I cannot indeed forget that I do not come to your shores as a wholly untried stranger. It was my lot to receive, in connexion with the Government of Ireland, a long public training. The memories of past kindness and her warmth of renewed welcome speak powerfully to my feelings. It was HERE I BEGAN MY OFFICIAL LIFE; HERE I SHALL BE WELL CONTENT TO CLOSE IT. HAPPY INDEED IF I SHALL BE ENABLED, WHEN THAT PERIOD ARRIVES, AGAIN TO LEAVE YOUR LAND WITHOUT THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF ANY ENMITY WILFULLY INCURRED, OR OF ANY DUTY WANTONLY NEGLECTED.