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vinity professor has L. 760 per annum, and the common 

 law professor L. 360 per annum. The university has 

 the patronage of 18 church livings, from L. 300 to 

 L. 1000 per annum. The supplying of these livings gives 

 a circulation among the fellows, who are the leading 

 members of the university, and who are all clergymen, 

 except those chosen for common law, civil law, and me- 

 dicine, or who may obtain a dispensation. The num- 

 ber of students in the present year, (1814,) is 900. 



The Royal Irish Academy, incorporated by charter in 

 1786, for the advancement of science, polite literature, 

 and antiquities, consists of 200 members, several of 

 whom have distinguished themselves by their compo- 

 sitions, which have been published at the expence of the 

 Academy in their Transactions. See ACADEMY. 



A valuable col lect ion of books was bequeathed by Arch- 

 bishop Marsh, for the use of the public. The greatest 

 part of this collection was the library of the celebrated 

 Bishop Stillingfleet. The funds are not sufficient to de- 

 fray the expences, and also to add the modern publica- 

 tions. It is open every day from eleven to three, Sun- 

 days and holidays excepted. 



The Dublin Society library occupies three rooms, in 

 which there is a most valuable collection of books, re- 

 lating in any manner to the history of Ireland, and to 

 the arts and sciences, under the patronage of this illus- 

 trious body, which was incorporated in 1719, eleven 

 years after its formation, by the zeal of the illustrious 

 Mr Prior, who was born at Rathdowney, in the Queen's 

 county, in 1679, and died 21st October 1751. He pro- 

 cured, througli the recommendation of the Earl of Ches- 

 terfield, the charter, and a grant of L. 500 per annum, 

 for the support of the institution : the Rev. l)r Madan 

 -.Iso the kind and ardent coadjutor of Mr Prior. 

 The members of this society are alx>ve 400, to whom 

 the library is open. From the attention paid to it by 

 the library committee, it will be perhaps the most use- 

 ful, if not the most numerous, collection of books in the 

 kingdom. The buildings erected by grants from jr- 

 liaineiit are very extensive, solid, anil beautiful. There 

 is a repository for specimens or models of every new 

 and useful implement of agriculture, of the best con- 

 structed machines, a drawing school, a chemical school, 

 a cabinet of minerals, collected bv Mr Leske, and 

 bought from his family for L. 1Z50. Two profes- 

 sors of chemistry, one of botany and agriculture, one 

 of natural and experimental philosophy, one for the 

 veterinary art, one for the figure school, one for laiul- 

 scape, and one for architecture, are liberally rewarded 

 for their well-merited services. 



A voluntary association, by subscription of one guinea 

 per aiyium, and one on admission, is now possessed of 

 a spacious and modern library of 4')0() volumes, and of 

 all the periodical publications since its commencement 

 in 17<)1 : It is open every day in the year for the ac- 

 commodation of the subscril.' 



A voluntary- association for employing public profes- 

 sors, and an extensive library for its members, was form- 

 ed in 1811. It is now possessed of a most extensive con- 

 cern in Sackville Street, for the:-;- purposes, and has 

 already a collection of modern books, and of periodical 

 publications, which shews both the taste, erudition, and 

 zeal, of the committees who have managed it during 

 these three years past. 



The College of Surgeons is a stately building of 

 mountain granite, on the west side of Stephen's Green, 

 and is provided with all the apartments suited to the 

 profession, with a spacious theatre for anatomy, a burial- 

 ground, a museum, and a library. The secretary is re- 



sident, and has apartments with every accommoda- Dublin. 

 tion. ''""'Y"*' 



The Duke of Leinster's town residence, and that of Noblemen's 

 the Marquis of Wateri'ord, have spacious enclosures, palaces. 

 and are built of Portland stone. Those of the Earls of 

 Charlemont, Powerscourt, and Aldborough, are also 

 built in the same manner, but are not enclosed in the 

 front. The Earl of Moira's house -vfas built in the last 

 century, and though of brick, is very magnificent. The 

 houses of the other noblemen are built of brick, in the 

 modern fashion, and in appearance are not to be dis- 

 tinguished from the other buildings, but by the range. 



The public builflirtgs connected with trade, are the Trade. 

 Bank, the Custom-house, the Royal Exchange, the 

 Commercial Buildings, Linen-hall, the several halls be- 

 longing to the guilds of the trades carried on in the 

 city, and the Post-office. 



The Bank is on the north side of that large open The Bant, 

 space before the west front of the college. It was the 

 Parliament House, and was begun in 1729, during 

 the administration of Lord Carteret, and finished in 

 1739, at the expeuce of L. 40, 000. The lantern and 

 western fronts, with the circular curtains connecting 

 them with the south front, cost nearly as much ; and 

 the court of proprietors has added greatly to the inter- 

 nal convenience, in addition to the expence of the build- 

 ing erected for the accommodation of the guard : it is 

 built of Portland stone. The grand portico in College 

 Green extends 1+7 feet: it is in the Ionic order. The 

 centre vestibule is in recess 40 feet, and the entabla- 

 ture of the advancing vestibules of the portico is orna- 

 mented with statues. The cash office is the hall which 

 leads to the rotunda, in which form the House of Com- 

 mons was built. This room, by the throwing down of 

 the House of Commons, is illuminated from the north 

 side, near the ceiling, which is 30 feet high, and by the 

 reflexion of a row of mirror windows on the opposite 

 . The room is 7:; feet long, 53 feet wide, and 50 

 feet high. The offices are numerous and convenient ; 

 and every precaution is taken for the protection of the 

 whole from injury. The late House of Lords remains 

 unaltered ; it is for the court of proprietors ; it is 73 

 feet long, and 30 feet broad. 



This company was incorporated in 1783. Its capi- 

 tal was then L. 400,000 in debentures, and L. 200,000 

 in cash. The capital is now tiiree millions, of which 

 two millions three hundred thousand pounds are in de- 

 bentures, and L.700,000 in cash. Its profits are the in- 

 terest of the debentures, traffic in bullion, and discounts, 

 besides the remuneration for managing the fund. The 

 profits are so great, that the bank stock is at L.202 per 

 cent, which is L.10, 2s. per cent, for the original sub-. 

 scription. 



The direction is vested in a governor, deputy-go- 

 vernor, and fifteen directors ; under the restriction that 

 five new directors at least are to be chosen every year. 



The custom-house is on the north side of the river, Thecusttnt- 

 to the east of Carlisle bridge, and where the course of " ouse - 

 the river is the widest, and confined by the straight 

 embankments to the harbour. The building was begun 

 in 17!>7, and fini-hed in 1791. It is 375 feet in front, 

 and 200 feet in depth, and has four fronts of different 

 (le-igns. It is composed of pavilions at each end, which 

 unite with the centre by arcades. Tile order is Doric, 

 and is finished with a bold, projecting medallion cor- 

 nice. In the centre, a portico supports a pediment, 

 which is enriched with a group of figures in alto relie- 

 vo. They are Hibernia and Britannia embracing. They 

 bear the emblems of Peace and Liberty, are seated in a 



