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I30 ‘ r31c’rU.RI; on ‘sunny.
tdn) ' B.a;‘p‘xi’- df 1:hc'2"Exc11eq11er,v fitted‘ up ‘his A‘ I
la‘rge‘1n':insio'n“, f(whii:h"o‘ccupied the ‘present site‘ ofjthe '
- for ."tl1e'2A' Inns 'b’f.Ct')'urt,‘ “and here the
bendhers tai1"djbarristfe'rs ‘lodged ‘for ‘two centuries.”; In
1'5 42,”'1the Innsgof Court were ,ren‘1ove‘dT tcrthe monas-
tgrjf‘ of ‘p119’ Dbminiciins, "x‘vhere‘tl1e")Fourt ‘ Courts now
g.tand’;‘ 'a sta’tute"x’v‘as, ‘lrowevbr, ‘passed 4soon3 after; 1 de-
' claririg ;thz1t evdry"j)'e'rs0n’ <3:-ntit1e<13to’practise' at the
Irish b'a'r,“fshbumfpreviously reside a certain ’num1)br'0f
jfgairq ’Eng1i's1i‘I'nn of Co'1irtL‘ This, for "some. time
j)rQvg'd’ terry pr.eij1.’1di.ciz‘r1"rt<3' theestablishxnent,‘ but in
1607 t11et'S‘Qci6tjf was rene‘wc5r1“,'zind’"z1r;s1'1met,1‘ 9. more
A rcgtxlar formf..':fJndges; :Ba1fIiSt0l‘S,' anc1”Atto mies were
bnrc)1lo$d,f’ the‘ rpribe of comnaons‘ for” a judge ‘being at
,t11;it’tii!ne: 7sLf"q’sV"g2ek, ‘M and fQr‘a'barristcr 53. 7 The
A Vtr’ Q‘ubI'c$"st:hWlA1i<::1,;"fglltm'e(1'formorc than a‘ century re-
tirrdgatl t11'c::A’ prbgress‘ of’ “the institfxtibn, and the buildings
were’ ‘fastt'mO'nql‘dc-rirmg to’ ‘decay. ‘;Th’e site,having.at
]E2'ngth been ‘ appropriated 't'Q‘thc ’ erettion :of the‘ Courts
. of‘J1rsticg5,‘ ‘apiecc 'o'f;g1‘oun(1 of abbut tllrde acres was
‘ cho's2;.n,at$thg2;to‘p of ‘IjIenriett‘a'-stre<‘;t," where the’ foun-
daticin‘ 'stone’ of ’the. present strtichtllrekvasrlaid ‘ in .1802.
-, ; '1‘h'e‘pa.rt'‘ bf tlriiundifibci already iinishedconsists of
t ' twoktjings, Tandlldokn‘ towardrs: Ccinstitutiont-hill,‘ and
f therere QbIo(':ktLc?16s"the“upper‘end ‘of ‘Henrietta-street W
1 - 3: . in‘ a most’i1iikx'vard‘in'a’ri‘n‘er. Thekfront of each7wing'
‘ % S1 . is’ v'ery,11ang1sbjne, ‘bciing Qrna1n9nted‘in’;a truly chaste
I rind’ (':1assica1‘styIe. ‘ The ‘dining-hall is a noble‘ apart-
ment; 81 Teetlong; and broad,‘ ornamented at‘eqcl1
:; .; V 1 end by 'fourhI‘onic ‘columns, whichsupport‘ zrmasswe
.7 ,f H ' t ‘ ' tfriezf: "and i:orn,ice‘,” on x%rhich.,reposc'2)statues of the foul’
V 2.75 -A pardinal ‘virtues. Nicheshetween‘ th,e“-windows are
intended ‘for statues,’ and ‘in’ the hall are portraits of
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‘Q Y ‘L01-ds’Manners and Avonmore. The’1ibrar y is 42
J-“K , V fe.9t10ngrrbynr27 broad,’ an<iA90nm.inS,'1zr".0“S“1??‘?"1"
, Fl X numbfer of L volnrifcs. A Commpns are ‘p1'0V1d9Q 1?! ‘the
3‘ t' ‘dining ha1l'dnring“t]1.e’1aw term, andrn vacntlon dur-
rffzg ing the sitting of the Courtof Exchequer; absentees
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