Printed pamphlet giving the speech of Connop Thirlwall, Bishop of St David's, on the inaguration in Tenby of the 'Welsh Memorial of the Late Prince Consort', eulogising him as 'Albert the Good' in front of his son Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught.

The Times, 4 August 1865, carried a report of the inauguration on the previous day at Tenby of the 'Welsh Memorial to the Late Prince Consort', in the presence of Prince Albert's son Arthur, Duke of Connaught. The present item carries, without comment, the main speech at a banquet on the occasion, in the Assembly Room of the Gate House Hotel, by the man considered by the young John Stuart Mill as the best orator he had ever heard. 3pp., 4to. Paginated [1]-3. Bifolium. On laid paper with Joynson watermark dated 1863. In fair condition, on aged paper, creased and discoloured at the foot. It begins: 'The LORD BISHOP OF ST. DAVID's then rose, and turning to HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ARTHUR, said, - | YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS, MR. MAYOR, AND GENTLEMEN, | [...]'. A eulogy to Prince Albert with Latin quotation from Horace and English quotation from Tennyson, ending with an invitation to those present 'to pay a silent homage to the memory of Albert the Good'. Excessively scarce: no copies traced on either OCLC WorldCat or Copac, and no other publications found by Spurrell of Carmarthen.