ight hon. friend on my left (Mr. Forster) that we
must act with caution. But with due caution, and with the advice
and good example which have been set, I feel sure that in time
all countries will follow in the footsteps of England. The best
chance of a complete abolition of Slavery will lie in
civilisation, in opening up those great countries, Asia and
Africa, many parts of which are now known to but few Europeans,
and in disseminating education. In time people will see that
they have derived no benefit from having Slaves, that the
freeman will do his work far better than the one who is forced
to labour. I mentioned, in first speaking, the names of many men
connected with the subject on which we have met to-day. I will
now add the name of one who was taken from us a few months ago,
and who always had the deepest interest in this Society--I
allude to the eminent and much regretted statesman, Sir Bartle
Frere. And on this occasion his widow, Lady Frere, has sent to
us these slave irons [pointing to the chains in front], which
were brought some years ago from Zanzibar by Sir Bartle Frere,
and you will, by looking at these implements of the slavers, be
convinced more, perhaps, than by anything else, of the cruelty
and hardships which slaves in this part of Africa had to
undergo. I will not detain you longer, but I must thank you once
more for the kind support you have given me to-day, and also
those gentlemen, many of them old and valued friends of my own,
who have addressed you in such eloquent and exhaustive
speeches."

The Prince vacated the chair, which was then taken by the Lord Mayor,
and His Royal Highness left, amid loud cheers. His Royal Highness
afterwards graciously consented to become Patron of the British and
Foreign Anti-Slavery Society.

VISIT TO IRELAND IN 1885.

_April 9th-17th._

Seventeen years had passed since the Prince and Princess of Wales had
been in Ireland, and had been received with generous and loyal
enthusiasm. It was feared by many that the spirit of loyalty in the
Irish people had died away and could never be revived. The selfish and
treasonable agitators who had long stirred up hostile and disloyal
feelings were vexed and angry when they heard of another Royal visit.
They used every means that a malign ingenuity could suggest to repress
the generous impulses of the Irish race, an