On Tuesday the King, accompanied by the Queen and Princess
Victoria, laid the foundation-stone of the new buildings of the North Wales University College at Bangor, and had an enthusiastic reception. Their Majesties then crossed to Ireland on board the Royal yacht, and arrived in Dublin on Wednesday. This is the King's tenth visit to Ireland. The Dublin correspondent of the Times says that his Majesty has never had so demonstrative a welcome. After visiting the Exhibition, the King and Queen were present at a garden party at the Viceregal Lodge. On Thursday they attended a race-meeting at Leopardstown, and on Friday left Kingstown Harbour for Cardiff. The King's message to the Irish people issued on Thursday was characterised by his Majesty's memorable gifts of tact, good sense, and good feeling. Considering the highly critical nature of the British public, and the minute inspection to which Royal messages are necessarily and rightly exposed, the way in which the King's public utterances invariably strike the right note and avoid anything in the shape of just censure is not a little remarkable. The King's instinct for saying the right thing in the right way at the right time never deserts him.
