After the dissolution of monasteries, the Carmelites of this house lived in private, occasionally assisting the secular clergy, until the year 1760, when they were once more associated in the little Convent of Ash-street, in the liberties of Dublin. Having exercised their sacred calling for many years in this retired situation, they removed at length to a more convenient house and chapel, in French-street, from whence they were transferred, (in 1822,) to the beautiful Church, the subject of our Illustration, owing principally to the meritorious exertions of the Prior of the order, the Rev. John Spratt, who purchased the ground on which the Friary is built, for the sum of £2000, within a few yards of the site of the first house, belonging to this order, that was ever established in Ireland.

THE CLOTH MART, HOME'S HOTEL, &c., DUBLIN.

The central space in this View is occupied by a part of the river Liffey, enlivened by the passing of barges from the embouchure of the river to Island Bridge, the limit of the tide. The right side just introduces Arran Quay, and the extremity of Queen-street, while the Wellesley Market, and continuation of Usher's Quay, fill up the left. A very elegant Bridge, of three arches, built of hewn granite, and enriched by a handsome balustrade, occupies the middle distance; to the left of which is seen the embattled entrance to the Royal Hospital, the residence of the Commander of the forces in Ireland: and the Wellington Memorial appears to tower above the woods of Phoenix Park, at a distance more remote. The entrance to the Royal Hospital and Military Road, just mentioned, is a very beautiful and chaste specimen of modern military architecture, and was erected from a design of the late F. Johnston, Esq. The graceful Bridge in the centre, called Queen's Bridge, in compliment to the beloved Consort of his late Majesty George III., in whose reign the present Bridge was constructed, and Queen-street opened, A.D. 1764, succeeded Arran Bridge, erected on the same site in 1683, and which was destroyed by a flood in the year 1763. The most conspicuous object, however, in the View, is Home's Hotel, or, more properly speaking, 'The Wellesley Market.' It is a neat edifice, ranging with the houses of Usher's Quay, adorned by a Doric Portico, supported by seven lofty columns, thrown across the flag-way, and having the summit of the edifice crowned by a light balustrade. This Market was erected by an ingenious, industrious, and spirited individual, Mr. George Holmes, proprietor of the Royal Arcade, as a Mart for the disposal of Irish manufactures solely-silks, cottons, cords, &c. and all sorts of dry wares. The interior, which is a spacious area, is surrounded by a Gallery, with which eighty ware-rooms communicate, and where a public counter lies, on which goods are also exposed for sale. The market-days are Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Besides the Mart, there is an extensive Hotel attached to this establishment, containing two hundred beds, originally designed for the accommodation of legal gentlemen, (the

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Law Courts being so immediately in the neighbourhood,) and denominated in consequence "Law Chambers:" and the members of the Mechanics' Institution also hold their meetings in apartments appropriated to them, within the same extensive assemblage of buildings.

THE ROYAL EXCHANGE, DUBLIN,

Is probably one of the happiest and most original architectural designs in the city of DUBLIN. It has three fronts, all of Portland stone, and highly ornamented. The principal front overlooks Parliament-street, and is adorned with a Portico of six beautiful Corinthian columns. The front towards Cork Hill, occupying the centre of the view in the Illustration, is ornamented with a rich Portico of four Corinthian columns, supporting an elegant cornice and balustrade. In this view the Dome is not visible. Beyond the Exchange, the Apartments of the Secretary of State present themselves next to the Grand Entrance of the Upper Castle Yard, the residence of the Lord Lieutenant, and part of the very beautiful little building, usually called "Newcomen's Bank," is perceived on the extreme right. The erection of the Exchange, after a design by Thomas Cooley, Esq. was commenced in 1769: funds were raised by grants from Parliament, and from the Corporation of DUBLIN-by assistance from the Earl of Northumberland-a Lottery also contributed-nor should the exertions of Dr. Lucas be forgotten, in speaking of the foundation and erection of the Royal Exchange.

The interior is as elegant and original as the external elevation. A noble Rotunda, in the centre of the building, is enclosed by twelve elegant columns of the Composite order, supporting a lantern ten feet high, upon which rests a light and graceful Dome. The intercolumnar spaces open into an ambulatory, which surrounds the circular area beneath the Dome, and is illuminated by side-lights. Immediately opposite to the principal entrance stands a statue, in bronze, of his late Majesty George III. on a pedestal of white marble, clad in a Roman military habit. This admirable statue, executed by Van Nost, was presented to the merchants of Dublin by the Earl of Northumberland, and cost the sum of 700 guineas. In a gloomy corner of the enclosing ambulatory, a statue of the late Right Hon. Henry Grattan has been erected, at the public expense: it is in white marble, and executed by Chantry.

In a niche on the staircase leading to the Coffee Room and Bankrupt Commissioners' apartments, is a fine statue, in marble, of Dr. Lucas, many years representative of the city of DUBLIN in the Irish Parliament ;-it is the workmanship of Edward Smyth, a pupil of Van Nost's, and possesses much merit. The upper apartments in the Exchange, and indeed the great ambulatory below, are much less frequented by mercantile persons, since the erection of the Commercial Buildings in College Green.