576 SHORT TOUR OF SCOTLAND. 



handfome opening is to be made leading to 

 the con: 



eunivcrfity, an irregular motley building, fcai 



ly deferving the ; >bjeft 



.other clunk- in the llama- ; hut th. ng of 



thefc and other \vorks mentioned in the bill, how- 

 laudable and neceilary, fecifl ! the 

 abilities of a corporation fo involved in debts, and a 

 imiverfity having no accumulating revenues. Tl,< 

 fome millions have been expended, and with : 

 propriety, by government, on the capital oi 

 England *, fmce the union of the two crowns ; and 



though 



* It would be impolnble, at this time, to afccrtain j>rv 



; li; expenditure on v. utility and ornament in 



this great capital, cxclulivc of the city cxpcnditi, C idea 



may, however, be foi mrd from a uatc'mcnt of the following par- 

 liamentary grants within thelelalt thirty \vars. 



Building Weltminilcr bridge 389,000 



Repairing Londoo bridge 100,000 



rdr, pro! 100,000 



Somerfet H .: ned on as it ought to be, i:pon ) 



the nior plan, win J 



The expenditures by th<- hiili parli.i;; 

 dependant province, \vith little trad. rmmifui : 



to exceed credibility ; but the gentlemen and citi/ens of iha: 

 dom have great public ipirit ; they lo\e fr.agnifiei-nce, and arc 

 iundof embellidiing their capital upon the models of ( 



. They are equally attentive to tl:r in;piovcment of their 

 harlxnir ; about thirty years ago, or upwards, they began to 

 build a \\all equal in breadth to a moderate ftreet, uhich, when 

 completed from Ring*- hnd to the Light -lioufe in the bay of 

 Dublin, will extend This j;reat \voik was under- 



taken with a view : > fhipping in their pallagc to and 



from Dublin, through an open, and often a fatal bay, as well as 

 to deerx n the channel, which at high water hath only eighteen 

 feet. The woik is not yet completed, though 2 or 300,000!. 

 hath 1 ' dcd ; pro!:;;': :iole, \\hui fmifhed, will 



coft half a million ; and it is propofed to carry a limilar uall 

 upon the north fide of the channel ; if this (hall be carried into 

 execution, the fum total will l>e i,ooo,oool. The cana: 

 Dublin to the Shannon, hath eoit upwards of 3OO,C(K)1. age 

 to the declaration of Sir Lucius O'iJrien ; though little more than 

 thirty miles arc yet completed, being fcarcely one third of the in- 



