loo Duke of Leinster's laudable Conduct. 



As we approached the capital it appeared 

 somewhat singular, that the condition of the 

 working classes did not appear to be benefited 

 by their proximity to its wealth ; but, on the 

 contrary, they seemed to be suffering, if pos- 

 sible, an increase of wretchedness. Part of the 

 Duke of Leinster's noble estate is in this neigh- 

 bourhood. Few men have the power of be- 

 ing so eminently useful to his fellow creatures, 

 or of promoting, on such an extensive scale, 

 the public welfare, and at the same time, ad- 

 vancing his own deserved popularity, and in- 

 dividual interest. The opening career of this 

 young nobleman is highly promising. Instead 

 of dissipating his time and fortune on frivolous 

 and fashionable pursuits, he has entered with 

 great energy into the promotion of the agricul- 

 tural improvement of the country. The hap- 

 piness and comfort which cannot fail thus to 

 diffuse itself among the laborious classes, and 

 spread widely through a large portion of the 

 community, will amply repay such a devotion of 

 time and fortune. What the late Duke of Bed- 

 ford did for England, the Duke of Leinster may 

 in a much higher degree accomplish for Ireland ; 

 because the range in the general melioration of 

 the husbandry of the country is so much more 

 extensive. Here abundance would soon em- 

 bellish the soil, comfort would lighten the 



