[Illustration: THE FOUR COURTS, DUBLIN] Gradually, however, matters settled down into civilization and order. Courts were established, and an imposing building called "The Four Courts" was erected to accommodate the four divisions of the judiciary,--chancery, king's bench, exchequer, and common pleas. In early times each term of court was opened by a religious service, when the choir of Christ Church would sing an anthem and the dean would offer prayer. One of the boundaries of the Four Courts was a dark, narrow passage, which a wit, struck with its gloom, nicknamed "Hell," and carried out his idea by erecting at the entrance a fantastic figure supposed to represent the evil one. A Dublin newspaper of that date contains an advertisement reading as follows: "Lodgings to let in Hell, suitable for a lawyer." You will remember Burns's line: "As sure 's the deil 's in hell, or Dublin city." Dublin now has 300,000 population, and, although it is not so enterprising as Belfast, is one of the few cities in Ireland that shows growth. The population is divided as follows: Roman Catholic, 237,645; Church of Ireland, Episcopal, 41,663; Presbyterian, 4,074; Methodist, 2,342. The means of grace are greater than the hope of glory. Promises of salvation are offered from fully eighty churches, as follows: Church of Ireland 20 Church of Ireland (chapels) 20 Roman Catholic 9 Roman Catholic (chapels) 6 Presbyterian 8 Wesleyan 8 Primitive Methodists 2 Independent 3 Friends' meeting-houses 2 Unitarian 1 Baptist 1