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the cashier, whose meritorious conduct has 

 raised him to an office of great trust and re- 

 spectability, I had the good fortune to obtain 

 access to every part of this noble edifice, which 

 gave us the satisfaction of seeing and knowing 

 that every part of its internal arrangement cor- 

 responded with what might have been expected 

 from its outward magnificence. 



The Lords' House of Parliament remains in 

 its primitive state ; the room is small, ill pro- 

 portioned, and has nothing of dignity or con- 

 sequence to recommend it. It is at present a 

 receptacle for lumber : there may be those who 

 would dare to question if it had usually been 

 more usefully employed. I, for one, felt no 

 regret at its metamorphose ! Nor shall I ever, 

 until the disgraceful accusation of its members 

 having sold " their birthrights for a mess of 

 pottage," be completely and successfully re- 

 butted. Had I been an Irishman, I think I 

 should have loathed the roof under which the 

 sacrifice had been made, though, as a national 

 benefit, I might have approved the measure : as 

 an Englishman, my feelings impelled me from 

 the spot with contempt and detestation ! 



We passed from the bank to Trinity College, 

 which, though on a smaller scale, has some re- 



