conspicuous,―around its base, the military forces, stationed in Ireland, are annually assembled, and make a grand display of accomplished discipline and of skilful manœuvre ; while the dull, monotonous character of the great pyramid itself is relieved by the agreeable accompaniments of undulating and extensive grounds, intersected by broad and noble avenues, and adorned by picturesque groups of forest trees, through the vistas of which the memorial is occasionally seen in a pleasing and rather imposing aspect.

MEMORIAL OF THE KING'S VISIT TO IRELAND.

The subject of this Illustration partakes somewhat of an historic importance, independently of its possessing a good deal of picturesque effect; the latter is chiefly attributable to its well-chosen position. On the summit of a rude mass of granite rock, with which the southern coast of DUBLIN Bay is bound, stands a truncated pyramidal column, resting upon four large balls, surmounted by a cushion, on which a Royal Crown is seen resting. The design is simple and unassuming, intended merely to mark the occurrence of a gratifying event in history-the Visit of his Majesty to DUBLIN, and his Embarkation at that precise place. The fronts of the pyramidal shaft are decorated with sunk pannels, on one of which is graven the following inscription :

TO COMMEMORATE THE VISIT OF THE KING TO THIS PART OF HIS
DOMINIONS, AND TO RECORD, that ON THE THIRD OF SEPTEMBER,

HARBOUR

1821,

HIS MAJESTY IN PERSON GRACIOUSLY NAMED THIS ASYLUM

THE ROYAL HARBOUR OF George tHE FOURTH," AND ON THe same

DAY EMBARKED FROM HENCE.

EARL TALBOT. LORD LIEUTENANT.

ERECTED 1823

On the other pannels are inscribed the names of Marquess Wellesley, who succeeded Lord Talbot in the government of Ireland, and during whose Lieutenancy the Column was set up; of the Harbour Commissioners; and that of John Rennie, Esq., the Engineer of the works; while one of the pannels of the plinth is filled with these words,

FIRST STONE OF THE EAST PIER LAID BY HIS EXCELLENCY EARL

WHITWORTH, LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND, ON THE 31ST OF MAY,

IRELAND.

1817.

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The column and its accompaniments are composed of the beautiful granite before mentioned, and enclosed by a handsome, oval-formed railing of iron. The little figures in the foreground, sufficiently declare the height of the Pyramid to be about thirty feet, and the critic will readily detect the too great magnitude of the Crown upon the summit. In the distance is seen the entrance into the Bay of DUBLIN, enlivened by the passing of steam-boats; and close to the foot of the Memorial, may be observed the small building containing the tubes and apparatus for supplying ships' boats with fresh water.

VIGNETTE.-HOWTH LIGHT-HOUSE, FROM THE NEEDLES.

Few subjects can be more sublime and grand than the present Illustration, under the circumstances and point of view in which it is here represented. A vista, formed by a great chasm amid the rocks, discloses to the view the lofty promontory called the Baily, starting precipitously from the water, and having its narrow summit crowned by a beautiful tower, supporting a great lantern with an encircling gallery.-The character of "The Needles" is naturally sublime: the intervening sea between them and the light-house always presents an agitated surface; and the little bold peninsula itself, exposes a series of rocky, steep, and inaccessible cliffs. The cross light introduced into the view, very happily relieves the light-house and its rocky pedestal upon a dark, angry, and characteristic sky.

The Howth Light, as it was usually styled, stood on the north side of the hill, at an elevation of 300 feet or more above sea-level, owing to which circumstance it was frequently involved in clouds and mist, while lower stations were clear and defined. This occasioned the erection of the interesting and picturesque object, the chief feature of the Illustration, called the Baily Light.

The Baily is a perpendicular rock, nearly insulated, whose vertex is elevated one hundred and ten feet above high-water mark: it stands on the north side of DUBLIN Bay, two miles north of the sand-bank, on which the Burford man-of-war was wrecked in 1770, et cui nomen dedit, and on which the Apollo frigate struck, at the period of the King's visit to Ireland in 1821.

The light-house, erected by the Ballast Board of DUBLIN, is a substantial edifice, in the form of a frustrated cone, supporting a lantern, which exhibits a fixed bright light. The illumination is produced by a set of reflectors ground to the parabolic form, in the foci of which, large oil lamps are placed. This is the system now generally adopted by the Trinity-house in all their recently erected light-houses.

ST. PETER'S CHAPEL AND FREE-SCHOOLS.

This pretty, modern building is one of the many handsome religious edifices, which are annually erecting round the City of DUBLIN by all denominations of Christians. Since

ST PETER'S R. C. CHAPEL FREE SCHOOLS, CIRCULAR ROAD, PHIBSBOROUGH.

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE MOST REV DR MURRAY, R. C. ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN

the year 1747, Roman Catholic places of worship have increased more rapidly than those of any other religious professors, having been prohibited previous to that date, and the removal of that restriction has much contributed to the improvement and beautifying of the Capital and Metropolitan County.

St. Peter's Chapel stands at the divergence of the New Cabra Avenue, and the beautiful and fashionable ride to Phoenix Park, called "the North Circular Road." The Chapel consists of a Porch and Chancel eighty feet in length, by forty in breadth, very neatly and unostentatiously finished. The exterior is in Milner's second order of Gothic Architecture, very correctly executed, and built of the impure lime-stone found in the County of DUBLIN. The floor of the Chapel is much elevated above the exterior surface, which gives an opportunity of introducing a beautiful flight of steps, with broad landings in front, and admits of a spacious apartment beneath, used as a free-school, where the poor children of the district are educated. At one side of the chapel a vehicle peculiar to Ireland, and called an "Outside Car," is represented; and at the other, a character with which Ireland is unhappily too familiar, the mendicant, catches the attention.

COLLEGE STREET,

one of the most spacious avenues in DUBLIN, commands a view also of one of the greatest thoroughfares, its own intersection with Westmoreland Street and College Green. The centre of the View is occupied by the Eastern Portico of the Bank of Ireland, formerly the entrance to the House of Lords, having on its left the ornamented screen connecting this Portico with the grand or principal front in College Green.-The Eastern Portico is a very light, chaste, and beautiful colonnade, consisting of six elegant and lofty columns, of the Corinthian order, supporting a plain entablature, and surmounted by a graceful pediment. On the apex of the pediment rests a statue of Fortitude, having Justice on her right hand, and Liberty on her left. The ornamental parts of this classic front are of Portland stone; the retired parts, of the durable granite quarried in the vicinity of DUBLIN. The design, of the Portico alone, was supplied by the late James Gandon, and it was erected in the year 1785, at an expense of £25,000.-To the right of the Eastern Portico of the Bank, and ranging with the dwelling-houses of College Street, is the Gallery of the Royal Irish Institution, established in 1813, "for the encouragement and promotion of the Fine Arts in Ireland." The elevation is unaffected and pleasing; it consists of two stories, a basement, ornamented with rusticated masonry, pierced by two circular-headed windows, and by an entrance way,-and an upper story, decorated with four plain pilasters, supporting a continued entablature: the spaces intermediate between the pilasters are occupied by niches decorated with architraves and dressings. The interior consists of an entrance-hall, board-room, and keepers' apartments, on the basement story, and of one octagonal Gallery, lighted by a spacious lantern, on the story