That, I think, is an extraordinary testimony to the high moral character of the Irish people.' "'It is not money, but the genius of money that I esteem,' said Bianconi; 'not money itself, but money used as a creative power.' And he himself has furnished in his own life the best possible illustration of his maxim He created a new industry, gave employment to an immense number of persons, promoted commerce, extended civilisation; and, though a foreigner, proved one of the greatest of Ireland's benefactors." About two years after the date of my son's visit, Charles Bianconi passed away, full of years and honours; and his remains were laid beside those of his son and daughter, in the mortuary chapel at Boherlahan.

He died in 1875, in his ninetieth year.

Well might Signor Henrico Mayer say, at the British Association at Cork in 1846, that "he felt proud as an Italian to hear a compatriot so deservedly eulogised; and although Ireland might claim Bianconi as a citizen, yet the Italians should ever with pride hail him as a countryman, whose industry and virtue reflected honour on the country of his birth." Footnotes for Chapter IX.
[1] This article originally appeared in 'Good Words.' A biography of Charles Bianconi, by his daughter, Mrs.Morgan John O'Connell, has since been published; but the above article is thought worthy of republication, as its contents were for the most part taken principally from Mr.Bianconi's own lips.
[2] Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on Postage (Second Report), 1838, p.

284.
[3] Evidence before the Select Committee on Postage, 1838.
[4] Hall's 'Ireland,' ii.

76.
[5] Paper read before the British Association at Cork, 1843..