Speech at the Launch of the Iron Ship, "Knight Commander," February 24, 139 Speeches at the Inauguration of the Earl of Belfast's Statue, November 1, 140 Speech at the Banquet of the Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ire- land's Great Annual Cattle Show-BELFAST, August 9, 1861, Speech at the Annual Show of the Belfast Royal Horticultural Society, Angust 194 Speech at the Annual Dinner of the Royal Horticultural Society, September 4, 1856, 211 V. VICEREGAL VISITS, OPENING AND EXTENSION Viceregal Visit to Limerick-Speech at the Banquet, July 9, 1856, Speech at the Opening of the Foynes Railway, July 10, 1856, Viceregal Visit to Cork-Speeches at the Laying of the Foundation Stone of St. Patrick's Bridge, and Opening of the Cork and Youghal Railway, . Speech at the Banquet, November 10, 1859, Viceregal Visit to Lurgan-Speech, August 6, 1861, Viceregal Visit to Donegal-Speech at the Dejeuner; the Inauguration of the Finn Valley Railway, September 21, 1863, Viceregal Visit to Derry-Speeches at the Banquet, and Opening of the New Speech at the Opening of the Dublin and Wicklow Railway, October 25, 1855, The Transatlantic Telegraph, Valentia-Speeches at the Dejeuner, "Hauling VI. ELECTION AND MISCELLANEOUS SPEECHES. Ditto Ditto Ditto Lord Morpeth's Farewell Address to the Electors of Yorkshire, 1841, . Speech at the Yorkshire (West Riding) Election, February 6, 1846, Speech at Aberdeen when installed Lord Rector of Marischal College and Speech on being presented with the Freedom of Aberdeen, April 1, 1853, Speech at a Meeting in aid of the Yorkshire School for the Blind, York, Pinus Insignis, planted by Her Excellency the Countess of St. Germans, in the Viceregal Gardens, Phoenix Park, Dublin, January, 1855, . Sir Robert Peel's Speech on the Queen's University in Ireland (1864), Lord Carlisle's Letter to Alderman Richard Atkinson, J. P., on the occasion The Address of the Inhabitants of Morpeth to the present Earl of Carlisle, Ditto, Speech of the Earl of Carlisle at the Royal Portora School, Enniskillen, July 24, 434 Sermon preached by his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin in the Parish Church 438 Mechanics' Institutions, Yorkshire-Lord Morpeth's Addresses, Proposed Memorial to the late Earl of Carlisle, by the Nobility and Gentry of Yorkshire-Great Meeting at the De Grey Rooms, November 29, 1865, PREFACE. "We conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them; sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, HE Author respectfully presents this Volume, containing the THE Speeches, Addresses, Lectures, and Poems of the late Earl of Carlisle, to the Noblemen, Ladies, Gentlemen, and "Etonians" whose names appear on the Subscription List*—a roll of subscribers which in number, and in the social position and literary eminence of its names, has never been surpassed-to all of whom the Author tenders his most grateful thanks. To the Noblemen and Gentlemen who contributed to the "Publication Fund" his thanks are most especially due, as well as to the Archbishops, Bishops, and Clergy who have honoured this work with their patronage and support. The difficult and arduous task of collecting and arranging the Viceregal Addresses, and the various subjects treated of, might well have discouraged a less sanguine temperament, and deterred the Author from proceeding with an undertaking which necessarily involved much labour and continued research. * See Appendices. No labour has been spared to render the work worthy of the memory of the good Lord Carlisle, and a faithful record of his official life. The classification of the Speeches has been adopted with a view to render the subject matter more intelligible to the reader, and for facility of reference. The Introduction contains a commentary on the official career of Lord Carlisle; on his Viceregal Speeches; on his Statesmanship; on his Scholastic Attainments, Literary Productions, and Parliamentary Career. His Lordship's Lecture on the Poetical Works of Gray, his Oxford Prize Poems, and his arguments on the supposed claim of Bounar Bachi to be considered the veritable site of Troy, have been added as an Appendix to the Introduction. The Author hopes that his humble but earnest efforts, and his ardent zeal to make the work as complete as possible, will justify the general encouragement he has received from the first announcement of his intention to publish the work till its final completion. This favourable reception is solely to be ascribed to the high estimation in which his fellow-countrymen of all denominations held the genial nature and amiable qualities of the late Earl of Carlisle. During the entire period of Lord Carlisle's official connexion with Ireland, the Author was honoured with his patronage and abiding friendship. He trusts, therefore, that he will be excused for giving the following brief narrative of the commencement and continuance of the friendly relations which subsisted between that lamented nobleman and himself. In the year 1835, National Education in Ireland was yet in its infancy. Lord Carlisle, then Lord Morpeth, and Chief Se |