Indignity to the Picture of Mr. G rat tan. 1 1 o 



transaction relative to the destruction of the 

 latter gentleman's picture, has fixed a stain on 

 the University, that in our memory cannot be 

 effaced. Such an instance of time-serving 

 spirit would be contemptible in any body of 

 men ; but within these walls, where learning, 

 liberality, and an elevation of the human mind, 

 ought to reside, the very reverse of a conduct 

 which after ages will not less reprobate than 

 the present, might have been expected. These 

 will fix the dishonor where it ought to rest, and 

 do full justice to the political character and 

 conduct of Mr. Grattan. 



We made a hasty visit to the Institute. Had 

 time permitted, it would have afforded us ample 

 field for indulging our curiosity in the various 

 branches of science. Lectures are delivered 

 here on the various branches of natural philo- 

 sophy ; and a school for design also has recently 

 been established. The mineralogical collection 

 is extensive, and promises aid in elucidating 

 the stratification of Ireland. It gave me much 

 pleasure to see collected numerous specimens 

 of its marbles. It does no credit to the good 

 sense of a nation to prefer, on all occasions, 

 the productions of other countries to their own, 

 when the utility and real intrinsic value of each 

 is nearly equal. Even admitting in point of 



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