Picturesque Ireland : a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and attractive features of Ireland . library in 1732 ; the opening of two theaters in Rains-ford and Aungier streets, in 1733 ; and of Steevens Hospital—bequest of Dr.Steevens—this year, and Mercers Hospital—gift of Mrs. Mary Mercer—in thenext ; the founding of St. Patricks Hospital by Dean Swift, in 1745 ; and theincorporation in i 746 of the Dublin Society, from whose schools some of the mosteminent
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Picturesque Ireland : a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and attractive features of Ireland . library in 1732 ; the opening of two theaters in Rains-ford and Aungier streets, in 1733 ; and of Steevens Hospital—bequest of Dr.Steevens—this year, and Mercers Hospital—gift of Mrs. Mary Mercer—in thenext ; the founding of St. Patricks Hospital by Dean Swift, in 1745 ; and theincorporation in i 746 of the Dublin Society, from whose schools some of the mosteminent artists of modern times have issued ; the commencement of the SouthWall and Mole from Ringsend in 1748 ; the foundation of the Lying-in Hospitalin 1751 ; the opening of Crow Street Theater in 175S ; the beginning of theGrand Canal in i 765 ; the founding of the Royal Exchange (the present CityHall), in 1769; and the establishment of the penny post for the city and acircuit of four miles in 1773; besides the erection of several bridges, markets, churches, schools, hospitals, monuments, and the construction of streets toonumerous to particularize. From the Restoration the Parliament sat in Chichester House, which stood. St Patucks Cathtdril—^oii/h DUBLIN. 319 on what was afterward the site of the Houses of ParHament, and it was withinthis building the struggle for the legislative independence of Ireland began.After the misery and depression of the rebellion, the Croniwellian era, and thewar between James and William, came the Penal Statutes, the object of whichwas to bar the estates which repeated confiscations had given the Anglo-Protes-tant colonists of the sixteenth and seventeenth centu-ries from ever descending to Catholic hands. Theparticular act to enforce this was passed by the IrishParliament in 1703. But it has been shown in manya speech of oratorical and truthful splendor, that theParliament from 1688 to 1782 was a mere ciphernamed by Government, without any r