I THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES OF THE LATE USLE, K<& COLLECTED AND EDITED BY J. J. CASKS N, AUTHOR OF "GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY MADE INTERESTING-.' See. GLA.SHAE" & GILL, 60, UPPER. SACKVILLE STREF/ GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS. EUINBUR&R: JOHN MENZLES. 18 66 . THE VICEREGAL SPEECHES AND ADDRESSES, LECTURES AND POEMS, OF THE LATE EARL OF ^CARLISLE, K. G. c . COLLECTED AND EDITED BY J. J. GASKIN, AUTHOR OF "GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY MADE INTERESTING," ETC. ETC. DUBLIN M C GLASHAN & GILL, 50, UPPER SACKVILLE-STREET. LONDON: GEORGE EOUTLEDGE AND SONS. EDINBURGH: JOHN MENZIES. 1866. DUBLIN: tlje SntocrsUfi ^rtss, BT M. H. GILL. C TO HER GRACE THE DUCHESS DOWAGER OF SUTHERLAND OF THE LATE EARL OF CARLISLE'S SPEECHES, ADDRESSES, LECTURES, AND POEMS, <2 IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, CO HER GRACE'S MOST FAITHFUL AND MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT, JAMES J. GASKDT. 384727 CONTENTS. PREFACE, INTRODUCTION. Preliminary Observations, xvi l Chief Secretaryship of Lord Morpeth (Ireland), xvi 1 Viceroyalty of the Earl of Carlisle his Speeches and Addresses, xxi EDUCATION. The Queen's University The Earl of Carlisle's eulogium of the late Sir Kobert 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, lix His final Departure from Ireland, and Death, lx 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, Ixxiii 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, vi CONTENTS. PAGE. Scholastic Attainments, Literary Productions, and Parliamentary Career of the Earl of Carlisle, Ixxxvi Appendix to Introduction, xciii Lecture on the Poetry and Writings of Gray" P^STUM," the Oxford English Prize Poem for 1821, by G. W. F. Howard " ELEUSIS," the Oxford Latin Prize Poem for 1821, by G. W. F. Howard Bounar Bachi, the Supposed Site of Troy Poetical and Historical View of the chief Scenes of Interest in Yorkshire, by Lord Morpeth, at the outset of his public career. I. EDUCATION. THE QUEEN'S UNIYEBSITY IN IEELAND. Speeches at the conferring of Degrees and Honors, from the year 1855 to 1863, 2 Sir Robert Peel's Speech on the Queen's University in Ireland, October 11, 1861, 20 THE NATIONAL BOAED OF EDUCATION. Speeches at the Examination of Teachers in Training, from June 16, 1857, to June 16, 1862, 30 Speech at the Albert Model Farm, Glasnevin, December 20, 1859, ... 32 Speech at the Belfast Model Schools (Annual Examinations), December 17, 1862 35 SCIENCE AND ABT DEPARTMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF PEIVY COUNCIL ON EDUCATION. Speeches at the Distribution of Prizes, Museum of Irish Industry, from the year 1857 to 1863, 39 EOYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY. Speeches at the Distribution of Prizes, School of Art, from the year 1860 to 1864, 51 EOYAL IEISH ACADEMY. Speech at the Presentation of Medals awarded by Council, March 16, 1862, . 58 MEDICAL EDUCATION. Speech at the Laying of the First Stone of the New Dublin College of Physi- cians, July 8, 1862, 60 Speech at the Distribution of Prizes, Dr. Steevens' Hospital, November 7, 1862 .' 61 Speech at the Laying of the First Stone of the " Carmichael School of Medi- cine," March 29, 1863, 63 CONTENTS. Vll FA OB. II. EDUCATION. MISCELLANEOUS. Speech at the Trinity College Historical Society, November 21, 1860, . . 65 Speech at the Dublin Statistical Society, November 26, 1862, .... 67 Speech after Professor Cairnes" Lecture on the American Revolution, OctoberSO, 1862, 69 Speech at the Distribution of the " Crimean Banquet Fund" Prizes, Royal Hibernian Military School, December 22, 1863, 70 Speech at the Fifth Congress of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, August 14, 1861, 72 III. MUNICIPAL BANQUETS, CITY IMPBOVEMENTS, ETC., ETC. Speeches at the Annual Banquets given at the Mansion House, Dublin, from the year 1855 to 1864, 74 Speech at the Laying of the First Stone of the Museum of Natural History, Royal Dublin Society, March 7, 1856, 104 Speech at the Inauguration of Moore's Statue, October 14th, 1857, . . . 106 Speech at the Inauguration of the Dublin Art Exhibition, May 24, 1861, . 109 Speeches at the diverting of the Waters of the " Vartry" from the old River Channel into the new Conduit intended to convey them to the City of Dublin, June 30, 1863, Ill Speech at the Laying of the Foundation Stone of St. Andrew's Church, August 11, 1862, 114 Speech at the Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Dublin Exhibition Palace and Winter Garden, June 12, 1863, 115 Speech at the Inauguration of Goldsmith's Statue, January 5, 1864, . . . 116 Speeches at the Opening of the National Gallery of Ireland, and the Inaugu- ration of the" Dargan Statue," March 30, 1864, 123 Speech at the Shakspeare Tercentenary and Festival Banquet, Stratford-on- Avon, April 19, 1864, 125 Speech at the Great National Crimean Banquet, Dublin, October 22, 1856, . 128 Speech on Presenting new Colours to the 18th Royal Irish Regiment, First Battalion, Phoenix Park, August 24, 1856 130 Speech at the Installation of Viscount Gough as Knight of St. Patrick, Ja- nuary 30, 1857, 132 Speech on Presenting new Colours to the Second Battalion of the 18th Royal Irish Regiment, Phoenix Park, August 24th, 1859, 133 viii CONTENTS. PAGE. Speech on an Address being presented to Captain Sir Leopold M'Clintock, March 15, 1860, Speech at the Dejeuner on board the " Adriatic" steamer, Kingstown Harbour, July 30, 1863, Speech at the Launch of the Iron Ship, " Knight Commander," February 24, 1864, 139 Speeches at the Inauguration of the Earl of Belfast's Statue, November 1, 1855, IY. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL AND ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY'S CATTLE SHOWS, AND HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. Speeches at the Royal Dublin Society's Spring Cattle Show, and Announce- ment of Prizes, April 12, 1855, 149 Speech at the Banquet of the Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ire- land's Great Annual Cattle Show CARLOW, August 7, 1855, . . . 153 Speech at Ditto ATHLONE, August 13, 1856, 157 Speech at Ditto WATERFORD, August 13, 1857, 162 Speech at Ditto DUNDALK, July 27, 1859, 166 Speech at the Royal Dublin Society's Spring Cattle Show, and Announcement of Prizes, April 11, 1860, 173 Speech at the Banquet of the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland's Great Annual Cattle Show CORK, July 25, 1860, 176 Speech at the Royal Dublin Society's Spring Cattle Show, and Announcement of Prizes, April3, 1861, 182 Speech at Ditto, April 22, 1862, 185 Speech at the Banquet of the Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ire- land's Great Annual Cattle Show BELFAST, August 9, 1861, . 189 Speech at the Annual Show of the Belfast Royal Horticultural Society, August 8, 1861, 194 Speech at the Banquet of the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland's Great Annual Cattle Show LIMERICK, August 6, 1862, 195 Speech at the Royal Dublin Society's Spring Cattle Show, and Announcement of Prizes, April 8, 1863, 199 Speech at the Banquet of the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland's Great Annual Cattle Show KILKENNY, August 26, 1863, . . 203 Speech at the Royal Dublin Society's Spring Cattle Show, and Announcement of Prizes, March 30, 1864, 2og Speech at the Annual Dinner of the Royal Horticultural Society, September 4 1856 > 211 CONTENTS. ix PAGE. V. VICEREGAL VISITS, OPENING AND EXTENSION OF IRISH RAILWAYS, &c. Viceregal Visit to Limerick Speech at the Banquet, July 9, 1856, ... 213 Speech at the Opening of the Foynes Railway, July 10, 1856, .... 217 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, . 221 Speech at the Banquet, November 10, 1859, 223 Viceregal Visit to Lurgan Speech, August 6, 1861, 226 Viceregal Visit to Donegal Speech at the Dejeuner; the Inauguration of the Finn Valley Railway, September 21, 1863, 228 Viceregal Visit to Deny Speeches at the Banquet, and Opening of the New Iron Bridge, September 25, 1 863, 232 Address from the Londonderry Harbour Commissioners Speech at the ' Dejeuner, September 26, 1863, 235 Speech at the Opening of the Dublin and Wicklow Railway, October 25, 1855, 237 The Transatlantic Telegraph, Valentia Speeches at the Dejeuner, " Hauling the Cable Ashore," August 4, 1857, 239 Reply to the First Address from the Corporation of Dublin, April 12, 1855, . 245 VI. ELECTION AND MISCELLANEOUS SPEECHES. Speech at the Yorkshire (West Riding) Election, August 5, 1830, .... 248 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto, May 6, 1831, .... 253 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto, June 28, 1841, .... 257 Lord Morpeth's Farewell Address to the Electors of Yorkshire, 1841, . . . 263 Speech at the Yorkshire (West Riding) Election, February 6, 1846, . . . . 266 Speech at Aberdeen when installed Lord Rector of Marischal College and University, March 31, 1853, ' 279 Speech on being presented with the Freedom of Aberdeen, April 1, 1853, . 287 Speech at a Meeting in aid of the Yorkshire School for the Blind, York, October 30, 1861, 293 VII. OCCASIONAL POEMS. Pray- without Ceasing, 1828 (attributed to Lord Morpeth), 297 (From "Christian Lyrics.") "ITALY." I. On Seeing a Tree in the Isola Bella, upon which Napoleon Buonaparte had carved some Letters two days before the Battle of Marengo, . . . 298 II. On Leaving Bologna, , 298 III. Rome, 299 IV. On Virgil's Tomb, 300 V. On Leaving Italy, 300 x CONTENTS. PAGE. 30 1 Impromptu on the York Bazaar of 1829, ........ 302 Hallowed Joys, ......... The Birth of Rhodes, ............... My Jessamine Tree, at Naworth Castle, ........ Who has not felt, 'neath Azure Skies, ........... 306 307 Blow, gentle Airs, .............. Pinus Insignis, planted by Her Excellency the Countess of St Germans, in the Viceregal Gardens, Phoenix Park, Dublin, January, 1855, . . . Oh, come to see me, Lines on a Hawthorn Tree in the Viceregal Gardens, . THE SECOND VISION OF DANIEL : a Paraphrase in Verse, . . . THE LAST OF THE GREEKS ; OK, THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE : a Tragedy, VIII. LECTTJKES. I. On the Poetry of Pope, II. Travels in America, IX. APPENDICES. Sir Robert Peel's Speech on the Queen's University in Ireland (1864), . . 427 Lord Carlisle's Letter to Alderman Richard Atkinson, J. P., on the occasion of Her Majesty's Visit to Dublin, 430 The Address of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Council, of Morpeth, to the present Earl of Carlisle, on the Death of his Brother, 431 The Address of the Inhabitants of Morpeth to the present Earl of Carlisle, Ditto, 432 Speech of the Earl of Carlisle at the Royal Portora School, Euniskillen, July 24, 1863, 434 Shakspeare Tercentenary Festival Characteristic Bill of Fare, .... 436 Sermon preached by his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin in the Parish Church of Stratford-upon-Avon at the Celebration of the Shakspeare Tercentenary (1864) 438 Mechanics' Institutions, Yorkshire Lord Morpeth's Addresses, .... 447 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, 450 The First Transatlantic Telegraph, 452 Restoration of York Minster Proposed Removal of the " Screen," 1839 Lord Morpeth's Speech, 453 " Recollections of an Old Oxonian," 456 Monumental Inscription ; Kilkenny Cathedral, 457 Pedigree of the Family of Howard, Earls of Carlisle (Burke's Peerage), . . 457 Subscribers' Names and Addresses, 462 "Etonians," 4SO PREFACE. " We conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them ; sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they feel." THE Author respectfully presents this Volume, containing 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 sub- scribers 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 de- terred the Author from proceeding with an undertaking which necessarily involved much labour and continued research. * See Appendices. xii PREFACE. 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 witlj a view to render the subject matter more intelligible to the reader, and for facility of reference. The Introduction contains a com- mentary 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 jus- tify 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- PREFACE. Xlll cretary for Ireland, accompanied the Lord Lieutenant, Earl of Mulgrave (the late Marquis of Normanby), on his first visit to the Normal Model School at Mornington House. Lower Merrion- street, Dublin, the birthplace of the illustrious Duke of Wel- lington, which was opened under the management of the emi- nent professor and teacher, Dr. Mac Arthur, and of Mr. Lawler, now Inspector of National Schools. The Author, then an humble youth, who had been selected to give instruction to one of the classes in the establishment, had the gratification of receiving from both noblemen on the occasion the highest com- mendation for the system of viva voce examination adopted by him in the course of his teaching. On several subsequent occasions Lord Carlisle expressed similar approbation. Thus, at this early period of his life, he had the happiness to attract the attention of this gifted and kind-hearted nobleman. In 1837, at the suggestion of Lord Morpeth and the late Arch- bishop Whately, the Author, while yet a mere boy, was ap- pointed to instruct the teachers, then in training, in his method of teaching geography, history, &c., by inductive interrogation a system of instruction which afterwards called forth the flattering approbation of many of the highest personages in the British Empire, including his Royal Highness the late Prince Consort, Lady Noel Byron, Miss Edgeworth, Harriet Martineau, Combe and Spurzheim, the eminent phrenologists, and Turner, the great painter. In 1841 Lord Morpeth, who never lost sight of an oc- casion to promote the advancement of the boy whom he had heard teaching in Mornington House, wrote from the Irish Office, Lon- don, to the Right Hon. Anthony Richard Blake, Chief Remem- brancer of the Irish Exchequer, and one of the Commissioners xiv PREFACE. of National Education in Ireland, to ascertain if the Author would be willing to go to London, to acquire "Wilhem's Scientific System of Vocal Instruction," then being developed there by Hullah, under the Committee of Privy Council for Education (in order to qualify himself for carrying out Lord Carlisle's special desire and purpose of introducing that popular system of vocal culture into Ireland); and having received a reply in the affirmative, his Lordship remitted a cheque for 50 towards defraying the expenses. The opportunity, thuf auspiciously presented, of acquiring an honourable and useful profession, was cheerfully embraced. On the day of his arrival in London, February 7th, 1841, the Author received the following letter : " Lord Morpeth is glad to hear of Gaskin having arrived. In the course of this afternoon he had better go to Battersea a village three miles from London ask for Dr. Kay,* and present to him the enclosed note, or to one of his family, if he is absent. Lord Morpeth is sorry he cannot come to see him now, but he will hope to do so before long Lord Morpeth earnestly trusts he will keep out of harm and temptation, and not abuse the confidence he has placed in his discretion. "Feb. 7th, 1841." After a due course of study and training under Mr. Hullah, and a constant attendance at the Norwood Industrial School, the Greenwich Naval Schools, the BatterseaEducationallnstitute, and the Choral Classes at Exeter Hall, and also having paid a visit to Paris, to observe and compare the system as carried out in the various Schools, and Orpheon Societies of the French Capital, the Author returned to Ireland, and devoted himself zealously and * Now Sir James Phillips Kay Shuttleworth, Bart, late Secretary to Committee of Privy Council for Education. PREFACE. XV successfully to the introduction and general diffusion of Wilhem's effective and scientific method of musical instruction.* During the course of his professional career, nothing has been more grateful to his feelings than the continued and unva- rying friendship of Lord Carlisle, who was the means of shaping and directing that career. The following letters clearly manifest the sincere interest his Lordship felt in the prosperity and professional success of his protegt. Having been some time occupied with the formation of the " Koyal Irish Choral Society," the Author received the following letters of congratulation : " CASTLE HOWARD, Jan. 12, 1843. " DEAR GASKIN, " Many thanks for your enclosures, and the best wishes for the new year. . . . . I am very glad to hear you have had so favourable a reception in high quarters. If you happen to have my last letter on the subject [choral music] still by you, have the goodness to enclose it to me, and I will return it. " Very faithfully yours, "MOBPETH."' " TRE^THAM, STAFFORDSHIRE, June, 1846. " DEAR MR. GASKIN, " I have indeed had great pleasure in reading of those marks of honourable appreciation you have received in connexion with the spread of choral music in Ireland. " Very faithfully yours, "MOEPETH." * "COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL, Oct. 22, 1842. " DEAR SIK, " I have written to the Commissioners of Education on your behalf; but, if it will be any satisfaction to you to receive from me the expression of my confidence that your recent visit to England has qualified you to teach the method of Wilhem, I readily express my conviction that you are prepared to introduce it into the Model Schools of Ireland. " I cannot do so without adding that I trust your visit to England will have given xvi PREFACE. The Author's work on " Geography and History made Inte- nding," based on the inductive system of interrogation practised by him at the Model Schools, Mornington House, so much ad- mired and commended by Lord Carlisle, being ready for pub- lication, he requested permission to dedicate the work to his Lordship, and received the following reply : " LONDON, May 16, 1846. " DEAR GASKIK, " I accept the Dedication with very great pleasure. " Faithfully yours, " MORPETH." "DEDICATION, "TO THE RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT MORPETH, " Whose literary tastes and high lineage are only surpassed by his benevolent exertions to carry out the maxim that ' to educate is to govern.' " The year 1847 the famine year was a period of great priva- tion and suffering in Ireland. Misery and desolation overspread the land. The trading, mercantile, and professional classes equally felt the fearful pressure of this awful visitation. The Author's profession is of all others peculiarly liable to suffer from any serious national calamity or depression. He now feels mingled emotions of plea- sure and regret, when calling to mind and recording the thought- ful kindness of his ever-benevolent patron, Lord Carlisle, who, unsolicited, under the impulse of his own kind heart, remitted the Author a cheque for fifty guineas. you a title to respect for the steadiness of your conduct, your amiable manners, and in- telligence ; nor without expressing a hope that you will be as successful in securing the good wishes and support of your patrons in Dublin as you have been in England. " I am, dear Sir, very truly yours, "J. P. KAY. " A/r. Jamtt J. Gatkim." PREFACE. Xvi* From this sad era in Ireland's sufferings to the year 1852 [in the interval Lord Carlisle had succeeded to the Earldom of Carlisle'], Lord Carlisle continued to hold a familiar and friendly correspondence with the Author on the various questions of in- terest relating to the welfare of Ireland. One of his Lordship's letters is as follows : "CASTLE HOWARD, Dec. 18, 1852. " DEAR MR. GASKIIT, "I was very glad to hear that you approved of my letter, and still more so to find that your discharge of your ofiicial duties meets with such honour- able recognition. "Your faithful well-wisher, " CARLISLE." After the Earl of Carlisle had been appointed Lord Lieute- nant of Ireland, and previous to his arrival in Dublin, the Author received the following letters : " CASTLE HOWAED, AfarcA, 1855. " DEAR MR. GASKHT, "Many thanks for your valuable and suggestive Heads and Hints Your friend the critic treats me most handsomely. I beg to mention that the work was not sent to any of the publishers of papers to my knowledge."* " Very faithfully yours, " CARLISLE." " MY DEAR GASKIN, " I am extremely pleased to have your useful publications, and gratified by the place I continue to hold in your recollections. " Yours, very faithfully, " CARLISLE." On the resignation of Lord Palmerston's Ministry, the Earl of Carlisle was succeeded by the late Earl of Eglinton as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, March 9th, 1858. In the beginning of May the Author received the following letter : * "A Diary in Turkish and Greek Waters," by the Earl of Carlisle, Longman and Co. b X vi k PREFACE. " CHISWICK, May 8, 1858. 44 DEAR MR. GASKIST, 44 1 am extremely obliged by your timely and friendly vindication.* 44 Yours faithfully, 44 CARLISLE." Small service ia true service, while it lasts ; Of friends, however humble, spurn not one : The daisy, by the shadow that it casts, Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun. On the resignation of the Earl of Derby's Administration, in June, 1859, the Earl of Carlisle was again appointed Lord Lieu- tenant of Ireland. The Author was honoured with the following letters relative to his exertions in vocal culture during the second Viceroyalty of the Earl of Carlisle : 44 DUBLIN CASTLE, Jan. 25, 1861. " DEAR MR. GASKIK, " I rejoice most sincerely in your success. Just now my time is very much engrossed, but I shall hope to have some opportunity shortly of hearing your Classes. 41 Yours truly, " CARLISLE." 41 DUBLIN CASTLE, Feb. 27, 1861. 44 DEAR MR. GASKIN, " I regret much that my leisure time in this country has not admitted of my oftener witnessing your exertions in vocal culture. I cordially wish you all success and prosperity. 44 Yours very faithfully, 44 CARLISLE." Having composed a work entitled " The History, Theory, and Practice of Vocal Music made Interesting," the Author applied to the Earl of Carlisle for permission to dedicate it to his Lord- ship, and received the following reply : * Vide " Dublin Evening Post," May 6th, 1858. PREFACE. xvi c " VICEREGAL LODGE, Oct. 19, 1861. " DEAB ME. GASKIN, " I shall feel much gratified by the Dedication. " Very faithfully yours, " CAELISLE." Accordingly, the Author inscribed the following "DEDICATION. " TO HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE FREDERICK WILLIAM, EARL OF CARLISLE, K. G., " Lord Lieutenant General, and General Governor of Ireland,