§ MR. HENNESSYsaid, he rose to move—
That this House has heard with regret that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has approved of a programme of music for the opening of the Dublin Exhibition from which all Irish music has been excluded.1573 The Lord Lieutenant, in approving of this programme, had deviated from well-established precedents. A former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (the Earl of Eglinton) opened the Exhibition at Cork in 1852, and approved of a programme, in which there was an Exhibition Ode written by an Irishman, and set to music by an Irishman. On other occasions he had devoted much attention to Irish music. The Earl of Eglinton was a popular Lord Lieutenant, and what he did was worthy of the attention of Lord Wodehouse, if he wished to study how to gain the heart of the Irish people. Lord Eglinton, on the same day, attended a concert at which Irish melodies were performed. In 1853, at the opening of the Dublin Exhibition, an Exhibition march was performed, composed by Dr. Stewart, which was afterwards repeated in the presence of the Queen and the Prince Consort. However, as there were not many Members present, he would postpone his Motion until Monday evening—
§ Notice taken, that 40 Members were not present; House counted, and 40 Members not being present,
§ House adjourned at a quarter after Eight o'clock till Monday next.