heartily for the
address you have read to me, and I am very grateful to the
citizens of Dublin who through you have welcomed me to their
city. It gives the Princess and myself much gratification once
more to visit a country where we have received so much kindness,
and I regret the length of the interval which has elapsed since
we last were in Ireland, and fully appreciate your sentiments of
loyalty to the Throne and Constitution, and I will take care to
communicate to the Queen your expressions of devotion and
attachment to Her Majesty. It will give me much pleasure to
renew my acquaintance with Dublin and see the results of the
civic and private enterprise to which you refer. The furtherance
of the welfare of all classes of the realm is an object which is
dear to me, and I trust that the efforts of the Commission of
which I am a member will tend to the improvement of the
dwellings of those who contribute by their labour to the
prosperity of our great towns, and will thus add to their public
utility as citizens as well as to their private and domestic
happiness. I hope to visit many parts of Ireland and see much of
the work, as well as share some of the amusements, of the Irish
people. The kindness with which you have greeted me encourages
me to look forward with pleasure to my visit to a country where
courtesy and hospitality have ever been the characteristics of
the people."

One passage in the address of the Chamber of Commerce the Prince did not
refer to, but it is of great importance. After the warm expressions of
loyalty to the Throne and the Constitution, and of devotion to the Queen
and the Royal Family, the address continued, "We earnestly desire that
your present visit may be productive of so much pleasure to your Royal
Highnesses that you may feel encouraged to honour Ireland hereafter by
visits of more frequent occurrence and of longer duration. We venture to
assure you that it would be a great gratification to Her Majesty's loyal
subjects in Ireland if a permanent Royal residence should be established
in our country, and if some members of the Royal Family should see fit
to make their home among us for some part of every year." About the
permanent Royal residence in Ireland, the Prince kept a judicious
silence, for it is a point which involves financial as well as political
questions. But the opinion of the best Iri