Tour in Ireland. 
decorated by architectural and ftuccoed 
ornaments, highly picturefque and em- 
blematic of thofe courts of juitice. ‘The 
hall is covered by a dome, and above that 
dome rifes a cupola, which, from its de- 
fign, forms an external elevation, not 
only partially beautiful to the building, 
but generally beautiful to the ‘* tout en- 
Semble” of the whole city. This edifice 
is enriched with fome ftatues, excellently 
feulptured; the principal of which is a 
fine figure of Motes, which ftands upon 
the top of the pediment, over a very 
chafte and beautiful inverted femi-cir- 
cular colonnade, or portico, of a fancied 
order, nearly Corinthian, in the act of 
difpenfing the law from his book of know- 
ledge. Immediately attached to this 
building, are all the fubordinate offices 
dependent upon and belonging to the re- 
fpegtive courts of juftice; but again, as 
if nothing in this capital was to wear 
the face of propriety, or confiftency, much 
lefs of perfeStion, this nuble ftructure is 
erected within a few feet of the dirtieft 
and moft filthy part of the river Liffey, 
upon a piece of the ruined Quay, which 
is actually like a rotten ditch tumbling 
piecemeal into the water; and again, an 
individual of Dublin has brought ‘an 
ejectment upon the title of the ground 
upon which the Irifh fages of the law 
have cauied this magnificent {tructure to 
be erected, and, if I am rightly informed, 
no queftion is entertained as to the fuccefs 
of his fuit. 
Trinity college, the univerfity of 
Dublin, founded by Queen Elizabeth, 
and governed by a provolt and board of 
fellows, is well worth the attention of 
ftrangers: it is a fpacious building, 
neither altogether plain nor gaudy ; 
wherever architecture is introduced, cha- 
ftity is preferved. In the interior of this 
univerfity, two beautiful buildings have 
lately been erefted, each has a portico of 
columns in the Corinthian order. The 
one is an amphitheatre for public exami- 
nations, in which are fome excellent por- 
traits of literary characters, painted by 
eminent artifts, fome by. the late Sir 
Jofhua Reynolds; as alfo a very fine mo- . 
nument to the memory of the late Dottor 
_ Baldwin, formerly provoft of this uni- 
verfity, executed in Italy, by an Irith 
fculptor (Hewetfon); it poffeffes much 
animation, {pirit, and correctnefs: the 
expence was two thoufand guineas. The 
other building, which ftands direétly op- 
a to this, and which is exaétly. fimi- 
jar externally, is a chapel, not yet com- 
pletely fnithed in the interior, The li- 
ble, of literary charaéters. 
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brary is fpacious, grand, and valuable, 
adorned with many buftes.in white mar 
There is, in 
what is called the Anatomy Houfe, which 
ftands in the park, at the rear of this uni- 
verfity, a moft curious and wonderful 
production of human ingenuity, of no 
lefs magnitude, labour and fcience, than 
a cabinet of wax models, large as life, 
and coloured as in nature, reprefenting 
all the ftages. of woman’s womb, from 
conception to the birth of the child, moft 
exquilitely executed, and long fanétioned 
by the moft able proteffors, as an unri- 
valled production of excellence and illuf- 
tration. I cannot depart from this feat 
of learning and {cience, perhaps, not to 
be claflically or metaphylically exceeded: 
in Europe, without making an obferva- 
tion, which I declare is not intended diiz. 
repectfully, but which ftruck me very: 
forcibly upon the fpot; that, for the moit 
part, the fellows of this univeriity have: 
the broadeft provincial accent that is ta 
be found among any other perfons of rank: 
in that kingdom. 
There are in the city of Dublin many 
public and laudable inftitutions, but: 
{plendid appearances among thofe are: 
few. What is calledthe Royal Hofpital: 
of Kilmainham (vulgarly, by fome, the 
Old Men’s Hofpital), is.a large, plain, 
brick building, forming a hollow fquare, 
finely elevated at the weftern extremity of 
Dublin, amid a well planted piece of 
ground, inhabited by invalid officers and 
foldiers; for whofe aid, together with a 
fmall penfion from the crown, it was. 
eftablifhed and founded. In. a. part of 
this building, is a commodious fuite of 
apartments, occupied by the commander 
in chief of the army.in Ireland (for the 
time being), at. which place the chief go- 
vernor, or lord. lieutenant, is frequently 
entertained. Indeed the Marquis. of 
Buckingham, durmg a part of his ad- 
miniftration, refided at thofe apartments. 
The next hofpital which claims the at- 
tention of a public obferver, is the Blue 
Coat Hofpital, founded for the mainte- 
nance and education of the fons of de- 
cayed free citizens of Dublin; this found- 
ation, however, has been ftrangely per- 
verted ; and: the children of gentlemen's 
fervants, French valets, &c. by the in- 
tereft:ufually incident’to thofe fituations, 
have frequently fuperfeded thofe of better - 
pretenfions, according to the infitution. 
This building, in. its defign, is extremely 
neat, light, and elegant; but-while mil- 
lions are {quandered away-in prodigality 
aud corruption, the intended fteeple of 
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