The following Advertisement and award will sufficiently explain the circumstances under which this Essay was published : THE MORAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL CONDITION OF IRELAND. PRIZE OF TWO HUNDRED GUINEAS. Mr. JOHN CASSELL hereby offers the sum of Two HUNDRED GUINEAS for the BEST ESSAY on the MORAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL CONDITION OF IRELAND. It must discuss the following topics, namely: 1st. The Nature, Extent, and Causes of Existing Evils, Moral, Social, and Political, as evidenced in the present condition of the Irish People. 2d. The natural advantages possessed by Ireland as to Geographical Position, Climate, and Soil; and to what extent these have been neglected or improved. 3d. The Means by which the Industry and Wealth of Ireland may be increased, her Tranquillity secured, and her Social Position rendered equal to that of Great Britain; whether these desirable results are to be attained by a development of the energies of her own People, and how far they can be promoted by Legislative measures. CONDITIONS. The Essay should be written in a concise and compendious style, and should not exceed in quantity 200 pages of Long Primer leaded, in demy octavo. The Essay to be the property of the Donor, who, being the Proprietor of a London newspaper, THE STANDARD OF FREEDOM,* and anxious to bring the facts gathered before the British public, will, in the first instance, publish the Essay in successive numbers of that Paper. He will afterwards, if desirable, publish it in a separate volume. Each Essay must have some peculiar signature or motto, and be accompanied by a sealed note, containing the real name and address. The note of the successful competitor not to be opened until the Adjudicators have given their decision. * Since the issuing of this announcement, THE STANDARD OF FREEDOM has passed into other hands; but, in order that full justice may be done to the important subjects embraced in this Essay, and to ensure it the utmost publicity, a copy of the Work will be transmitted to the principal newspapers published in the United Kingdom. |