THE

VICEREGAL SPEECHES AND ADDRESSES,

LECTURES AND POEMS,

OF THE LATE

EARL OF CARLISLE, K. G.

COLLECTED AND EDITED BY

J. J. GASKIN,

AUTHOR OF GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY MADE INTERESTING," ETC. ETC.

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MCGLASHAN & GILL, 50, UPPER SACKVILLE-STREET.
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HER GRACE THE DUCHESS DOWAGER OF SUTHERLAND

This Volume

OF

THE LATE EARL OF CARLISLE'S

SPEECHES, ADDRESSES, LECTURES, AND POEMS,

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

BY

HER GRACE'S

MOST FAITHFUL AND MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT,

JAMES J. GASKIN.

Chief Secretaryship of Lord Morpeth (Ireland),

Viceroyalty of the Earl of Carlisle—his Speeches and Addresses,

EDUCATION.-The Queen's University-The Earl of Carlisle's eulogium

of the late Sir Robert Peel, the Founder of the Queen's Colleges-

Munificence of Sir Robert Peel, the generous and talented Son of that

eminent Statesman-Foundation by him of several Scholarships-

Progress of the University-The System of National and United Edu-

cation promoted by the Earl of Carlisle-Model Schools for the

Training of Teachers established-The Earl of Carlisle's Addresses at

the Half-yearly Examinations, and his Estimate of the Value and

Success of the System of National Education in Ireland-Royal Gram-

mar Schools, Portora-Museum of Irish Industry-Medical Edu-

cation, Dr. Stokes-Social Science-The Earl of Carlisle's Patronage

of the Fine Arts-Statues of Moore, Goldsmith, Edmund Burke,

the Earl of Belfast, and William Dargan-The Wellington Testimo-

nial, and its Bas-reliefs-Municipal Banquets-City Improvements

(Dublin)—Visit of H. R. H. Prince of Wales to Ireland-AGRICUL-

TURE-Royal Dublin Society and Royal Agricultural Improvement

Society-the Earl of Carlisle's desire to confer Honour on Distin-

guished Men-Presentation of Colours to Irish Regiments.

Resignation of the Earl of Carlisle,

His final Departure from Ireland, and Death,

Affecting Scene at his Departure from Kingstown, as described by Sir
Robert Peel-Grand Concert of Sacred Music in Memoriam-
"Missed by us All," Elegiac Poem on the Death of the Earl of Carlisle.

The Earl of Carlisle as a Statesman,

Negro Emancipation-Poem by the Earl of Carlisle "On the Abolition

of Slavery”—His Opinion on the recent Civil War in America—Re-

formatory Schools.