is much pleased that I should have thought years ago of compiling and classifying those official addresses and spirited speeches, which at the present time it would be impossible to procure, and which for style and purity of diction may be truly said to be UNEQUALLED in the annals of Viceregal Government in this country. "In conclusion, allow me to assure your Lordship that I have earnestly prayed for your recovery since the sad day you quitted the shores of Ireland; and I sincerely hope, through the goodness and mercy of God, that the day of your restoration to health is near at hand. I have the honour to be, my Lord, "Your Lordship's most devoted and faithful Servant, "JAMES J. GASKIN. "The Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle." Lord Carlisle manifested much pleasure on hearing of the Author's intention. The state of his Lordship's health did not admit of a direct reply. His sister, Lady Caroline Lascelles, graciously supplied the Author with some of Lord Carlisle's Addresses, Lectures, and Poems, including "The Second Vision of Daniel" (a paraphrase in verse); "The Last of the Greeks," a drama in five acts, very few copies of which were published. To Lady Elizabeth Grey he is specially indebted for her valuable aid, and many important suggestions. The sanction and approval of the beloved and affectionate sisters of the illustrious Earl of Carlisle have afforded the Author infinite gratification. He has used his best exertions to prove himself not unworthy of their confidence. All hope of Lord Carlisle's restoration to health soon vanished. After a few months of painful suffering-borne with Christian fortitude and calm resignation-his mortal remains were deposited in the silent tomb. The good and generous Lord Carlisle never desired more tha ngratitude for kind services; and gratitude, when sincere and unaffected, gave him infinite pleasure and satisfaction. The long and kind friendship of Lord Carlisle for the author was, alas, too soon to be dissolved by the Divine Being whose supreme will disposes the destinies of mankind. There is something consoling and inspiring-something truly grand-in the vivid recollection and contemplation of a friendship like this-founded on true magnanimity and good will-on respect, admiration, and a profound sense of gratitude : "What is grandeur, what is power? What the bright reward we gain? Sweet music's melting fall, but sweeter yet, THE STILL SMALL VOICE OF GRATITUDE." 40, GREAT BRUNSWICK-STREET, Dublin, The Queen's Birth Day, 1866. GRAY. INTRODUCTION. "The sayings of great men, in their public discourses, have somewhat in them which is worthy to be transmitted to posterity." N the Addresses, Lectures, and Writings of the late and la IN mented Lord Carlisle, there breathes a certain air of benevolence. We must admire the copiousness of learning displayed, the sweetness and graces, the elegant simplicity and perspicuity of his style, the purity of his taste, his sentiments lofty and vigorous in expression, his persuasive eloquence, close and solid reasoning, his earnest sincerity. Nor were the ornaments of poetic imagery, nor fine and attractive similitudes, wanting to adorn and illustrate his discourses and varied compositions, in both of which he instructs as well as pleases, or rather pleases that he may instruct. His addresses were delivered with feeling and animation. He stood forth an ornament to truth and virtue,— the fervid glow of enthusiasm mantling his cheek, his fine expressive countenance beaming with good will and charity. The claims of the late Lord Carlisle to rank as a great manto have his sayings transmitted to posterity-rest on a sure and solid foundation. On his appointment to the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland, Mr. Disraeli, his Lordship's political opponent, said in the House of Commons:- "I sat in this House for ten years with Lord Carlisle, and let me remind the House that those were not ordinary times. This House then reckoned amongst its Members probably a greater number of celebrated men than it ever contained at any other time. At other times, indeed, there may have been individual examples of higher intellectual powers; but a greater number C of great men never flourished than during those ten years. Lord Morpeth met them on equal terms; he took a great part in the greatest debates; and he was a man remarkable for his knowledge, his accomplishments, and his eloquence." His knowledge and accomplishments were universal. Benevolence was the sustained purpose of his life. He had, like the late Prince Consort, "an abiding aspiration towards the beautiful, and, like most men of genius, possessed a certain innocency of character, and a power of taking interest in what surrounded him. No form of human adversity would have been able to harden his susceptible nature, or deaden his soul to the widespread interests of humanity." The claim in respect of the people of Ireland is based on his happy administration in that country during the period of his Secretaryship and Viceroyalty, on the vast progress of prosperity, but, above all, on the love and veneration of the people. The high estimation in which Lord Carlisle was held as a kind and indulgent landlord, and a truly courteous resident nobleman, when his official duties permitted him to reside on his patrimonial estates, the following extract from the "Carlisle Journal," of the 9th December, 1864 (a few days after the sad intelligence of his decease) will amply attest: "Although Lord Carlisle's principal residence was in Yorkshire, the fact that he had extensive possessions in Cumberland, that he derived his title from its chief town, and that he ever cherished a warm affection for his old Border keep, with all its quaint and rudely romantic associations, made Cumbrians invariably regard him as one of their own worthies. The traditions of Naworth Castle, indeed, had always endeared it to the Carlisle family . . . In one endowed with such fine tastes as the late Earl, the love for the venerable fabric about which hovered so many traditions of the famous ancestor of his family was naturally very strong. . . Except when his official duties demanded his presence elsewhere, an autumn seldom passed without bringing him to Naworth. He delighted in the quiet seclusion of the place; and he delighted, also, in the intercourse which his residence there afforded him with his tenantry and neighbours, among whom he moved with the native ease and unaffected friendliness of true nobility-always accessible and ready to assist-entering with a keen zest into the rural athletic sports-occasionally taking part in local meetings, and ever exhibiting an amiable and conciliatory disposition, which laid the foundation of strong personal attachment. No wonder that the loss of one possessing so many noble virtues should be deplored. He never made an enemy, because he never deceived or disappointed a friend. He was forbearing towards his tenantry, kind and considerate towards his dependents, unfailing in his desire to serve all who sought his aid. He was truly a man free from all guile, and perhaps few have carried with them to the grave so much real public affection." Referring to his official career in Ireland, the same Journal says: "Few men could have been selected more likely to conciliate the good will of the Irish than Lord Carlisle; his name and his rank commanded universal respect, while the geniality of his manner, and the winning gracefulness of his oratory, confirmed that feeling of personal regard which his wellknown liberal views and tolerant spirit had already created. "His aim was ever to conciliate. He instinctively shrank from causing pain, and discouraged every movement that bore the appearance of harshness; and he has left behind him a name that will ever be cherished with gratitude and affection by the inhabitants of the Emerald Isle. "In the various walks of his public life-as a thoughtful and accomplished writer-as a graceful and eloquent orator-as a painstaking politician-Lord Carlisle was always true to his character as an amiable and benevolent man. "As an ornament to his class, and an unobtrusive benefactor of his race, his loss will be widely felt, and as widely lamented." The Very Rev. Daniel Bagot, Dean of Dromore, in his funeral oration-preached in memory of the late Lord Carlisle, in the Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle, 18th December, 1864, by the special desire of His Excellency Lord Wodehouse-(after enumerating the high and distinguishing qualities of his mind; his manliness and impressive wisdom; his clear intelligence, and copious information; his integrity, stainless unbending principles, and disinterestedness; his genial affability and pleasing conversation; the sincerity of his religious convictions, and genuine charity; his sterling honour and intrinsic virtue); in speaking of his eloquence and literary productions, observes: "But a brighter diadem, and richer far than aristocratic birth and hereditary nobility can confer, encircled and adorned his brow. He was emi |