14O Apparent beneficial Effects of the Union. 



to splendor and magnificence, the heart recoils 

 from the most repulsive poverty. The seats of 

 opulence, and the cabins of indigence, are so 

 mixed and huddled together, that they force 

 on the mind a perpetual combat of feeling! 

 London and Dublin differ materially in this 

 respect. In the former, the different gradations 

 in society have each an appropriate station 

 here, the meanest mechanic is found existing in 

 streets, where the highest ranks luxuriantly live. 

 Dublin perhaps equals London in objects of 

 splendor ; but it cannot compete with it in 

 point of comfort ; nor can, I believe, any other 

 place in the habitable world. 



We had been put to such inconvenience for 

 change, that I resolved to avail myself of Mr. 

 Henry Curwen's polite offer of a quantity of 

 silver. Those who visit this country should be 

 provided with Bank of Ireland paper, as the 

 local notes have a limited circulation, and those 

 of the Bank of England are distrusted, in the 

 apprehension of their being forged. 



The beneficial affects arising out of the Union 

 are now beginning to appear; the exchange 

 with England, till within these few months, has 

 been constantly against this country ; at this 

 moment it is five per cent in its favor. The 

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