The illustration (right) is a correct representation of the equestrian statue of William III., which stands in College-green on a pedestal of granite stone, considerably elevated and surrounded by iron palisades.

The pedestal is formed into pannels, and decorated with military emblems. The statue itself is well executed, the king is crowned with a laurel wreath, and on the pedestal is the following inscription; Gulielmo Tertio, Magnae Brittanniae, Franciae, Et Hiberniae Regi, Ob Religionem Conservatum, Restitutas Leges, Libertatam Assestam, Cives Dubliniensis Hanc Statuam Possuere.

The statue was erected in 1701, by the citizens of Dublin, to commemorate the Revolution of 1688.

It would appear from the very first moment of its erection, this statue has been a source of discontent and ill will.

During the government of the Duke of Wharton, an attack was made upon it, which called forth the interference of the Irish government.

On the 25^th of June 1700, the Jacobites or Tories very much defamed it – twisted the sword from one hand and the truncheon from the other, and daubed the face with some black substance, which could not be removed without scraping.

The House of Lords, then assembling in College-green, addressed the Duke of Wharton on the transaction; who, the next day, issued a proclamation, offering a reward of 100 guineas or pounds for a discovery of the guilty persons.

The House of Commons was at the time adjourned, but when they assembled, on the 1^st of August following, they also addressed his Excellency on the same subject.

The authors were never discovered; but the city having caused the statue to be repaired, the thanks of the House of Commons, without a dissentient voice were, were given to the Lord Mayor and citizens for so doing.

In more modern times its annual commemoration was a source of much exasperation among the lower orders.

This feeling, however, has of late very much died away.