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DUBLIN. 



nuMm. square i* 31tiby2l2 feet, and entirely built of Port- 

 '^Y'*' land stone, by grants from Parliament to tin- amount 

 ' of I.. 40,(XK>. " It contains on the nortli side tlie chapel 

 and dining hall, and on the south the theatre: the front 

 of this i-> decorated with four Corinthian pillars sup- 

 porting a pediment ; it* interior is 98 feet long, inclu- 

 ding a semieirciil.ir recess of 36 feet diameter, 40 broad, 

 and 44 feet high. A rustic basement supports a range 

 of pillars of a composite order, highly decorated, from 

 which the Mosaic ceiling rises in groined arches ; and 

 the following pictures are hung between the pilastres: 

 (Juevn Elizabeth, Primate I' slier, Archbishop King, 

 Bishop Berkeley, William Molyneux, Esq. l)r Bald- 

 win, Lord Clare, and the Right Honourable John 

 Foster, Esq. The monument of Dr Baldwin, a former 

 provost, is in this theatre ; it is the work oi' Mr Hewit- 

 -on, who executed it at Koine: a large sarcophagus of 

 black marble supports a white marble mattress, on which 

 the provost is represented in a recumbent posture, larger 

 than life* with a scroll representing liis will, (amounting 

 to L. 80,000, bequeathed to the university, ) in his left 

 hand, on the elbow of which he support.- himself, and 

 holding his right hand extended open ; a female figure, 

 in deep grief, representing the university, lean-* over 

 him, and he looks up to her with resigned complacen- 

 ry ; at his feet there is an angel holding a wreath of 

 palm in his left hand, who points up to heaven as his 

 nward; behind these figures there is a magnificent 

 pyramid of varieg::tcd Egyptian porphyry. This suc- 

 nl proof of the taste and ability of their country- 

 man for this important work, does immortal honour to 

 the artist, and to the persons by whom he was selected. 

 He received L.2000 for it. 



The chapel on the north side, and opposite to the 

 theatre, is executed in the same style of architecture. 

 These two buildings advance about twenty-five feet 

 into the square, and form the boundary of the building, 

 erected at the exj>ence of parliament. The dining hall 

 i -. a detached building on the same side, of Portland 

 itone, with a stately ascent by a range of stair- the 

 whole extent of the portals, 35 feet high, .35 feet wide, 

 and 70 long, with an anti-room 35 feet broad by :;o 

 deep, capable of entertaining 400 persons ; and over it is 

 the Historical Society Chamber, of the same dimension?, 

 where students of a certain standing meet to exercise 

 themsehes in oratory upon chosen subjects, lor excel- 

 lence in which gold medals are given. The eastern side 

 of this square is of brick, and likewise the entire building 

 of the inner square, excepting the library, which occupies 

 the south side of it. It is built on a piazza, and is of hewn 

 utone, with a magnificent Corinthian entablature, sur- 

 mounted by a balustrade. The great repository room 

 is 2 10 feet long, 40 feet high, and 4O broad. The book- 

 cases are in recesses which advance from each window, 

 and are formed by tile gallery over them, the balus- 

 trade of which i- ornamented by the heads of illustrious 

 personages, sculptured in white marble by eminent ar- 

 ti--t-: the remainder of the extent of the building is occu- 

 pied by the grand staircase and reading rooms. Several 

 rooms parallel with the piazza are occupied by the va- 

 rious apparatus of instruments, for conducting experi- 

 ments in natural philosophy. These apartments look 

 into the Ft Hows garden. The library con.-its of 10,000 

 koluincs, collected by Archbishop I'.-hcr, l)r Gilbert, 

 l)r 1'allibor, Archbishop of Cashel, and by several per- 

 rons who gave small parcels, valuable either for the r.i- 

 rity or exactness of the editions ; and besides these, the 

 . .il'lrge bought the Imoks of the Fagcl library, wl:i<. 



",00'), though they were sold at a rate 



much less. Tin-re are also in the library several bun- Bublin. 

 dred rare and valuable manuscripts, relating to the Irish ^""""YT*' 

 language and history, the Scripture-, arts, and sciences. L " ncra "T- 

 The college )>ark, to the east of the inner sijtiare, ton- 

 tains alxuit eight acres, and is inter.-cctcdby -pacion- 

 \el walks, which have the advantage of sun and l! 

 from the well-arranged distribution of the plantation. 

 The printing-house, with a stately front of white 

 hewn granite, is on the north end of the great gravel 

 walk, and opposite to it is the anatomy-hoM-c. Among 

 many other rarities in this house, is the celebrated wax 

 work of M. De Uoue, of Paris, a work of forty years 

 labour, representing the whole progress of the human 

 fietus, in figures as large ns life : It wa- the valuable 

 gift of the first Marquis of I.ans.lown. These figures 

 are in a separate room, in large gla .ind are in 



fine preservation. For an account of the Observatory, 

 see OBSERVATORY. 



The provost's house is on the south side of the west- 

 ern front of the college, and to the west of the Fellows 

 garden : it is built on the plan of Burlington-house, no- 

 ticed in Campbell's I'itriwitis lirilannicui. The whole 

 site of the college ground occupies twenty-five acres. 

 Its government is in the provost and seven senior fel- 

 lows, with appeal to the chancellor, vice-chancellor, and 

 visitors. There are besides fifteen junior fellows, who 

 are the teachers; five royal professors, of divinity, com- 

 mon law, civil law, medicine, and Greek ; al>o Arch- 

 bishop King's lecturers, of divinity and of Greek; two 

 royal professors of modern languages ; Erasmus Smith's 

 professors, of mathematics, Orient.-;! languages, oratory, 

 natural philosophy; Andrews' profes-or of a-tronomy ; 

 Mrs Donnellan's lecturer; the professors of anatomy and 

 surgery, of chemistry and ot botany; Sir Patrick Dunn's 

 professors, of the institutes of medicine, of the practice of 

 medicine, and of the materia medica, Mid pharmacy. The 

 students are ranked in three classes, fellow-commoners, 

 pensioners, and sizers. The expence of the first cla-- i , 

 about L. 100 per annum, and the second about I,. 70; the 

 third class, about thirty in number, are chosen after exa- 

 mination as the best answerers, and are admitted into 

 the establishment to have commons as a premium. 



The revenue of the college arises from the estates in 

 the northern counties: the distribution of it belongs to 

 the board of senior fellows, each of whom has L. 1000 

 per annum by his office ; the provost L. 4000 per an- 

 num ; each junior fellow L. 100 per annum ; .CO scholars, 

 with free commons, I.. 1 per annum ; '20 ditto, natives, 

 I,. ^0 per annum. These twenty are chosen from the 

 most diligent of the scholars. The place of provost is 

 in the nomination of the crown. The place of .senior 

 fellow is given by the election of the provost and senior 

 fellows: the senior of the juniors is most generally cho- 

 sen. The place of junior is by the election of the pro- 

 \;>st and senior fellows, from the members ot the uni- 

 versity of the degree of bachelor, after a concouv 

 the public hall for three days Micccs.-uely. with doors 

 open for all visitors, for two hours, each morning and 

 each evening ; and one day, for four hours, before the 

 senior lecturer, for the Composition of a theme in the 

 morning, and Latin and Greek verses in the evening: 

 these four days immediately precede Trinity Sunday. 

 The place of scholar is given by the lection of tl. 

 nior fellows, after an examination of lour hours, on two 

 receding Whitsunday. The candidate must be 

 of two years standing. Thus the place i> to continue 

 for four years, and is generally valued at L. .100. If 

 nolar be of the age of twenty-one, he has a vote 

 for tile university <yid for the city members. The di- 



