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11101 y ealreasol Gestl: tsar. Upon tint tam' bciag pro-
p•sed— .
oriats., a very valuable Member of that Aseociatilin
TOW nod My Lord Cliarleiumit. and Grutlenien. in the'
Hamm of Mr. diehard Power, nod of the Associartot at Kit-
kessey, over which he preritles, Ihe leave to thank you fee
the distinguished honour which you have vooferred epee
him arid these. It.i. the Ride am' boast of Ike tittle Snip
of Kilkenny, that Mr. More hes ifftris enlivened it by hie
emote tetestis.assii foe ever distitigniihed it by the reeitatiob
of his poetry. That his laicals alsoold have bees coestpienows
Aliong us as a dramatic poet, pia ear easily -aarietatailliZt
is is corona. to observe that he was ho lea
*tent will nut genius eirect !--ss the best meter of be all. It
May appear presbiiidisous 1.. speak dr au establadoural, this
ocrepatinor of which may appear to Ilium at a distance to
Is ar too much the character of levity to he a St subject
fur any s:rious earlier ; but let it lie remembered that I
reach of an mitahlishineet which is, at least, prink'''.
tare of great friendly amocietion, a desirable object to
effect is. any country, by any mess.;, mid one which,
while it contributes is, the pleasure* of the almost,
has been elite to effect the moth more noble par.
pose of alliviating the enisfortsura of the ludigeol. Bat if,
my Lord, apology was necessary fur dwelling fur a mimeo,
upon such ea In.litation, apse, I son sure, is requisite fur
protease with less ieserve of the estimable and amsahle
eha-
rmrbr who presides over it, and whew ableace from the
kingdom et preens we hare so mach resew' to revel ; a
mast—how shall 1 "tome to describe hire—who, by the pee.
Imams of every actiosuplishnieut, sod the practice of every
virtue that east adorn or diguiretsur stator', Is respected sod
beloved *moue every isaucialion Iristiritee, of every mak
end condition whatever. f.caqueit raise bins more highly, my
Lord, in the estimation af those whom l have the Imostur to
itddress, than by saying, (hale is distinguished its the high.
est degree by you. Lairdship's friendship; bet, eirsitlemee,
be mast be dear to us all, 411 the devoted and eatheriesitt
iteirer, the fast and arm friend of our highly.gifted eatintiy.
mass, whose worth soil teems we are met to a4ebrate.'"
Lord CuraLwlonT mid, 'be tree now abort to wieseal to
the gallantry of the company, la preposing to them the
health of a female, who itaiied fa herself every personal
I beauty, anti every mural virtue, end whit made the humor of
their guest a Were' of happier's to him sod of rimy to
others. ii'stbsest further preface he proposed the health of
" Sirs Thum.. Meuse.* •
Oa the health of Mrs. Moore Wog drank, Mr. Mosier
hxoe and sail—" You arc resolved, Gentlemen, that three
'hall he so old to my gratitude. Mille nano of Mee.
Moore In the hie* %moor you bare aseferved epee her, I
shell say bet Mite. Domestic happiewes Is of diet quiet
stature which the heast eajnys, bat the wise beasts 'mi—
tt is like that still mastic • Web the asteimito supposed is
going ISO above, not the lees sweet for its making no noise
its the ears of this world. I shall, therefore, leave to those
mos% yent who have perfect bandeau at home to imagine
Mae, and in ales. Moores same &Mk all year healths."
Nis Lordship, a proposing the bests,. of Lord Cloweurry,
took greasiest to pay a high and well-merited tribute to the
public and private virtues.' this truly Noble Lord; be hare
him well; sad, kmothrg him, he respected and admired
him. He was • tree sad practical Patriot. High is, life,
pessemed of a large god independent fairture,he rejected the
vicious and tasteless example of those who dissipate their
wealth {• Poreigo Countries—he spent his fortnee at home—
his useful and botiourable life was devoted to the good of
Irelked, to the performance of his duties as • Nobleman, a
Chem, and a Magistrate. His Lordship conclodad by pro-
proserg— • The health of Lord Cloneurry "
This toast was drank with three times three, and every
deuseestratess of respect.
Lord Ccotecuaav raw to return thanks. He said—
" My Lord, and Gentlemen, I feel at one distressed sad
gratißcil by this unexpected mark of truer tumidness. Tie
IthiVe such a tribute bon' such hands, 1 feel to be an ha-
mar of so ordinary character. 1 ant grateful for it; I
shall ever cherish ism my memory the recollectioa of this
night. Your generous partiality binds me, if possible,
closer to a roositry rut whose good I would think au mai-
Ice too great. He professed, and he felt, a warns attach.
rand to his country; it was a sentiment be had cherished
through his life, and he would take it wills him to his grave.
Fur his country he experienced persecution sad calumny.
He rarely mixed in public meetings, lest his motives stied
be misrepresented, and his presence be an injury M the
object sought fur on the occasion ; hot his wish was, joie
with his countrymen its paying a tribute of respect sod at-
tertian to the Poet whose genie* shed so mock glory ow the
literature of his country, and to the man whose exalted pa-
trititssui could sympathise with est party bat the ordeal
kited, of Ireland. He who happy to ate soloed him so
much of the talent, worth, sod patriotism of hie country.
His Lordship concluded a costeise and aaimated address by
drinking the health of the Nettle Chairmen and the Cosa-
pauy.
Lord Cosneemolse then proposed giving the health of
*nether resident landlord, to whom Irelead is indebted for an
example which should be followed by these whs. absent them-
pelves Guns their C 001,117, " Captain Sryars," when that
Gestlentan rare and returned thanks its a seat sod appro-
priate speech.
Lord CIIAILIAMONT imid....oillaotemes. 11 am about to pro.
pose the healths.f a distinguished Iriehataa. It has bees my
delightful lark, is the course of this arerirg, to have men.
Boned names asseverated I. the warmest affective' of Ny-
land...mew whom works have delighted the present age, and
will go down to distant posterity, gathering fresh keener'
from time. With those I will associate the same of Mr. '
Phillips-4 Poet, who, if he leave belshol him to other me-
! "aerial of his genius thus the elegant Poem of " The Kws-
raM late" is sere to occupy a high place amongst the dis-
tinguish;.l waists of Ireland. 1 beg, Gentleness, to propose
the health of
Mr. Phillips and the Emerald fele."
Mr. PHILLIPS rime mid refereed thanks as follows:
" Allow me, my Lord, austerely to thank you fur this kind re-
collection of my name, and still inure to thank yoga fur thee:a-
-tone:lt with Ilhlth you have emaciated it. To have &divest-
ed, however feebly, that anfortnnate Isle has bees my sole,
but flattering distinction; and it, under much discourage-
ment, she has still been dear to Mr, how mart I feel sew at
seeing the heir pf that ',strict, who cheered her brightest
hoer, dispensing these bemuses so justly due to the Poet
who has illuminated her darkest. Is Ireland's lifirlhose.
the Nish'r and the Bard were never dislodged, and the Cherie-
mante uf other days enjoyed, my Lord, as you do, their most
dignified repose, beneath the Stun Is of their minstrel. May
the minus be fulfilled!—may the example be followed !--osay
the resided Nubility of the Country, It lentils, promote the
encouragement of its native geiiiiie! lib! if they do, they
may th-pend on it, the advantage still be reciprocal—the
beam which they shed will cense a retiection that must make
both height in the eye of their deeceuileals. The preseace
of Mr. Moore naturally restrains the expression, is. *lnch
I should otherwise have indulged myself. This, however,
I cannot refrain (ruin drelarisig—it is not to that genius
which bears the stamp of its celestial origin—which has
re-swing the harp, and rivalled the minstrelsy of the
olden timc'—ithieh has fur us, realised the purest vi-
sions of ear suspected has,
anal, for himself, autici.
mord from the living age the certain ealogium of oar latest
posterity. No, my Lord, those are Oa derived from
maitre, and °flee have we seen them lavished on the
ero..thlte. ; bet it is for the spalities which are inherent
himself that I give him, es I do, the conshised tribute of
! my heart and my amleretandiog ; it is for his dignified and
undeviating independence—for his lofty principle—fur his
stainless and uneumpromisiog spirit—for Ins Pliebrician vir.
lac—for his vestal patriotism—tour the dauntless intrepidity
alas pnblie condnet contrasted, ae it is, with that peculiar
blandreas which bas 'Lade his homes peradiae, and left that
aged parent desibtfal whether, this enviable night, he should
bit the proudest or the happiest of fatheirs.-..(Mr. Phillip
here related fe Ike alder lir. Abort, arifeh &reaction um&
t4.7suf eeerafirre.:-11 IR, my laird, fur thi. 1 prier him; but
MOM, and above all it is, because neither abeence, nor gob),
nor adversity. nue good (*reissue, no, ow the perdue, ra-
coon*. Irmo of ninny a renegade exempt', retold leostit him
tu fort!, t the friend. i.e It ft behind I ;it is Wearer the
pare *hi brilliant flame whieh burns within hint her ever
beer, Ilke the fire of his own Gheber, einiseeraleil to the fur-
turn Idles-ties of his rumor, "
A Oembenian herr snug a vary lively and oce.writtee
erne, cernposed by himself, for the resew *erosion. Its
sithject tear, a " rotes Elective in Olympics, at which