The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-25 00:00:00

NATIONAL SOCIETY.

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GAS.WORKS.

DESCRIPTION OF TUE BELFAST GAS-WORKS.

On the evening of the 30th ult. itnnteuse mul-
titudes of people assembled to witness the lighting of our
streets with gas, and were highly gratified by the mild radi-
ance flowing from the lumps, particularly when contrasted,
by memory, with the gloomy twilight, or rather darkness
visible, which formerly issued from our dull and sombrous
globes.
The light now used is of the purest kind, shedding on the
streets a brilliant lustre—pleasing but not dazzling—and more
resembling the clear effulgence of a cloudless atmosphere illtt-
mined by the moon, than any artificial beams heretofore pro-
duced by the imitative power of man.

Living objects in our streets thus illuminated were distinctly
seen, even at remote distances—and did not as formerly re-
semble shapeless masses, now moving in obscurity, and now
tinged, in part, with a doubtful gleam of light, twinkling upon
them from dull or expiring lamps. On the contrary, each man
could recognise his neighbour, and the very shadows were well
defined.
We are pleased to find that in some of the principal streets
cast iron pillars placed on the edge of the pavement support
the lamps—so that a passenger on the foot-way moves, as it
were, in an alley of light, and not a ray is lost in empty space.
At the end of Iligh-street, a handsome pillar Is surmounted
by a coronet of flame. It is 23a feet in height. and a lamp,
which is six feet in length, stands on its summit. The flame
in this is equivalent . to that contained in twelve bat-wing
burners, as they are technically called. At first there ap-
peared to be some defect or obstruction in the tubes which
convey the light to this lamp, but this was rectified, and last
night it shone forth in full splendour—sct that a letter was read
by it near the quay, 60 yards distant from the pillar. The
issuing from two very elegant gas
clighandeliers, the
with
ril;and lamps each, have a most beau-
tifulethw sfoultr
and brilliant effect. hlany shops and stores are tastefully
lighted. We particularly noticed Mr. 'Welsh's warehouse in
Ifigh.street, Mr. Greer's in Rosemary-street, Mr. Jellett's in
Brulge-street. 31r. Porter's in Iligh-street, and many others,
which it wouldbe tedious to enumerate.
The gas light now used in Belfast is superior to any which
we have seen either in this kingdom or in Great Britain : and
it is with pleasure we remark, that sonic American Gentlemen
who lately passed through this town, and who, we understand,
• had made it a point to inspect the Gas Works in the Sister
Island, as well as those of other countries, gave their decided

opinion that those of Belfast were the best constructed and
most complete which they had ever beheld.
We have visited and minutely examined those works and the
edifices connected with them, and for the satisfaction of our
readers we subjoin the following description of the whole, which
we hope will be found correct:—
The buildings connected with the Gas Works have been so
admirably planned byMr. Barlow (a) as to form pleasing and
attractive objects, and the novelty of their appearance gives ad-
ditional interest to the scenery of the surrounding districts.
They are situated about half a mile from the Exchange, or
Ormean road, and from whatever point of view they are be.
held, arrest the attention of the spectator, whether he be dis-
posed to contemplate them as mere matters of ornament, or as
useful monuments of the ingenuity of the human mind and in-
dubitable proofs of the rapid progress of science.
The site of the works is in form nearly a parallelogram,
containing an area of about an acre and a half, English mea-
sure. The front of the buildings, which is 220 feet in length,
forms one of the smaller sides of this quadrangle. In its centre
is the principle entrance-.-an arched gateway, ornamented with
a Doric entablature of cat stone,supported by pairs of columns
on each side. On the right and left of the gate are wickets,
and beyond them neat and well planned offices, for the En-
gineer and Clerk, each of which has a projecting pediment of
cut stone resting upon four Doric columns: On the extreme
ends of the front are the gables of two ranges r,f sheds, orna-
mented with several arched reveals and the appearance of gates
with circular tops.—The blank parts of the front walls are re-
lieved by sunk pannels and pilasters with cut stone coping a )d
plinth. The whole is to be tastefully fenced with an iron pal-
lisade.
The Retort House is a handomo building, 100 feet long by
36 feet wide. It is situated about 60 feet within the front wall,
to which it is parallel. In front it is ornamented with a Doric
Portico, elevated by a flight of five steps and finished with cop-
ing, string course, and plinth cut stone. The roof is formed
of iron, and the great funnel or brick chimney for transmitting
the smoke from the furnaces and coke ovens into the atmos-
phere is 97 feet high from the level of the works. It was built,
we understand, by Mr. Robert Hall, of this town, without
scaffolds, and in the winter season. We cannot, on the most
minute scrutiny, discover a single crack, flaw, or defect in this
lofty pile of brick work, which is planned and executed so as
to render it at once, not only a pleasing object to the eye, and
a durable proof of the architectural taste and ability of Mr.
Barlow, who designed it—but of the skill and correctness of
the Master Mason who so admirably carried his design into
effect.

The coal and coke stores extend from the front of the works
backwards, each about 200 feet. They are roofed with iron,
and present on the inside two handsome colonades. These
stores are capable of containing three thousand tons of coals and
coke.

In the Retort House, we counted forty-five retorts, which
arc heated by four coke ovens and five furnaces, in which in-
tense fires are kept in full action by the admission of air through
the interstices betwixt the parallel iron bars of which their bot-
toms are formed. Hence the retorts (in which arc placed the
coals for distillation) as well as the whole surrounding firebrick
work, in which they are embedded, become red-hot, and the
gases are disengaged in due time from the solid matter.
At the mouth or opening of each retort, there is a door or
valve through which it is charged with coal.—When charged,
the door is closed and seated (as it were) hermetically by a lut-
ing of clay, so as to leave the distilled gases but one egress from
each retort, viz.—a tube which ascends nearly to the roof of the
house, where having made a sudden turn in a very acute
angle, it descends for a few feet and terminates in the lower
part of a cylinder called the Hydraulic Alain into which its
orifice opens.
This Hydraulic Main, which is the common recipient of the
gasses from all the retorts, is a cylindrical cast-iron pipe of 12
inches diameter, running horizontally nearly the whole length
of the Retort House, and resting on a part of the iron roof
where it is exposed to a current of sir to keep it as cool as pos-
sible.. On one end of the main is an „Exit uine.or tube for
emission of tar and other fluids separated fluctuation from
the coal. This pipe is connected with a large cistern, buried
in the ground,- at some distance from the house, and Into which
the various dreinings are conducted from every part of the
works. On the other end of the llydraulic Main are placed a
safety valve to let the gas escape in case of ant' undue pressure
—a pipe for drawing off tar for redistillation into gas, and the
gas pipet or tube, by which the gas itself is conveyed away to
the Refrigerator or Condenser.
At the commencement of the gas-distilling operations, about '
the depth of six inches and a half of the hydraulic main is fill.
ed with water, into which all the pipes that convey gas from the
retorts open. Each of these pipes rises in its ascending limb or
longer arm above the main, anti at the open or termination of
the descending limb or shorter arm (which, at the vertical point,
forms a very acute angle with the other) enters the water.—Of
course when the ascending gas has passed by the tubes into the
Water, it forces its way through it, by its expansive and elastic
power, kept in full action by the heat, and thus fills the upper
part of the hydraulic main, from which it is continually mak-
ing its exit through the gas pipe, the only place where no ob.
struction is offered to its passage. The water, of course, firmly
supported by the bottom of the main,
would, On the one
hand, resist it and prevent its return back to the retorts; and,
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on the other hand, the exit pipe, for the transmission of tar,
passes through into the Taristern, by an Hydraulic Dip,
which effectually hinders the escape of gas in that direction.
Now the gas, in its progress to the Gas Pipe along the
hydratilin main, deposits tar, which in its descent removes a
quantity of water equal to itself rut bulk, and that water, thus
expelled, descends through the exit pipe, the lower edge of the
orifice or mouth of which is placed in a line directly touching
the surface of the water, and thereby preeerving its level._
When, therefore, the water is altogether excluded, never to be
replaced, and when the tar which thus occupies its situation
rises as high as the mouth of the exit pipe, the additional quan-
tities afterwards deposited begin gradually to descend that tube
r
as the water had done, and are conveyed to the undergroundeservoir, of which we have already spoken. Henceforth the
lower part of the main, to the depth of six and a half inches, is
always tilled with tar, and the surplus is continually descend.
ing.
Meanwhile the gas passes down by the gas pipe front the
hydraulic main to the ground, and is conveyed beneath its stir.
face.by a continuance of the tube to the Refrigerator or Con-
denser.--'Phis consists of a Cistern, 22 feet long, 11 feet wide,
and 12 feet high, in which iron pipes arc placed in a curious
kind of arrangement, somewhat resembling tire very intricate
involutions, complicated interfoldings, and curvilinear wind-
logs of the intestines of an animal. Through these mazes, the
gas is made to undulate for a space altogether of about
i
feet, anti as the pipes arc immersed in water, any aqueous
va-
pour which may have accompanied it is condensed, and the re-
mnining fluid proceeds to the purifiers by etibterraneous tubes.
The Purifiers consist of two columns of sieves, enclosed in
square iron boxes, each having an hydraulic joint to prevent the
escape of gas. On each sieve a stratum of caustic lime (and
we believe, subearbonate or potato) (1.1) is placed, so that the
gas passes through nine such strata, each having tin area of 16
superficial feet. The foul lime is taken out at tire bottom, the
aiss,tveirsal other
new added at the top, so that the whole is saturated by the int-
purities before it is removed. 'The renewal of the lime is regu-
latedwe apprehend, cnrhu-
by chemical tests.
retfltedirehy(.4da.srogreeng,ugasses are pro-
duced by the distillation of pit coal--such as eulphuretted hy.
drogen, carbonic acid and ammoniacal gas. For all these, of
butircd
bfeosritcieosmtbh
course, alkalies have chemical affinities, and the more caustic
they arcs" the greater the affinity. Lime is the cheapest alkali,
and to exhibit the gases to it in the morn caustic state, and in
the form most easily perverted by the current, is the grand de-
sideratum in purification, and tins seems to be completely at-
tained by the system of sieves already described. 'rho lime
which we saw used at the Belfast "as Wflrks was put into the
sieves in a pure state, and clime unit perfectly saturated with
impurities. (c)
To prove the purity of the gas which had passed through the
lime sieves, we caused sonic white paper to he saturated with a
solution of acetate of lead, after which it was subjected for a
considerable time to the operation of a stream of
gas,which
would have stained or darkened it more or less, in proportion to
the quantity of sulphur contained, if it were not sufficiently
purified.'
rha
paper, however, was not at all discoloured,_
though we frequently repeated the experiment,
which is one of
a most conclusive and satisfactory nature.
From the Purifier, the gas passes by a subterraneous pipe to
the Meter, to ascertain its quantity in its progress to the Gas
Holder
The Meter is a cylindrical vessel standing on a square pedes-
tal. The outer case is of cast iron, 6 feet in diameter. In the
inside of this is a vertical wheeli 4 feet 6 inches in diameter,
divided into four compartments, each capable of containing
12k cubic feet of gas. The %vita.' works on an axis, one end of

At present there"are three gasholders in use, and three others
are in progress to completion. Each of these is a cylinder of
40 feet in diameter, 15 feet in depth, and capable of containing
18,500 cubic feet of gas. They arc neatly and firmly. construct.
ed of sheet-iron, 16 wire-gauge, the Joints of which are so
completely rivetted as to be perfectly air-tight. They are
placed with the mouth downwards in a tank, 15 feet deep, faced
with brick, and filled for a considerable height with water (D.)
Through the centre of the gas-holder rises another cylinder of
of a considerable height, called the suspension column, with
various openings round its circumference. This column has
3 wheels on the cap or cornice, over each of which a chain is
p which is fixed at one end to the gas-holder, and at the
otalssieerdtli a rod on which are placed balance weights, nearly
gasholder, which however they
leeqatviievarleesntitntog
otnhethweeiboghtttomof the .
In this situation when the gas is conveyed into the gas-holder
by a pipe passing from below through the water, it gradually
raises this vast mass of metal to the requisite height by Its ex.
pensive power, having the difference of weight betwixt the sus.
pension weight and that of the bolder to contend with, and no
more. This difference, however, obviously becomes greater in
proportion as the metal rises above the water—and the weight
reacting on the gas, presses it against the surface of the liquid
enclosed in the gasholder and depresses it lower than the.water
in the external part of the tank, and this difference of height,
which with the power now used is about an inch and a half,
measures the efficacy of the pressure which sends the gas
through Belfast to light the town.
Thus acted on the gas, having no other escape, passes on to
our street, through great mains or leading pipes ,connected at
one end with the gasholder, and is distributed at pleasure to
our lamps, shops, factories, inns, and private houses. In its
progress along the premises towards the town, it passes through
another meter, which measures the quantity transmitted from
the holder, and this deducted from the quantity sent to the
holder from the former meter, gives at any time the amount of
the gas yet retained in its cavity.
Near the gasholders are tanks, 15 feet in depth, at the bottom
of which are openings connected with the various leading pipes
by screws which are moveable, so as to open or close them at
pleasure, and to these pumps are occasionally fixed, by which
any impurities deposited at the bottom of the tubes may be
removed. _ _

In the Purifying !louse are glass Pressure-Meters, by which
even a common labourer may ascertain to a certain degree of
accuracy the pressure of the gas by a comparison with that of
the atmosphere.
Nearly fourteen miles of pipes have been already laid, from
inch to 14 inches In bore, beside an immense quantity of
small ines for the supply of public lams_ and nrivate honses.
epes are neimer placed in horizontal lines, nor in lines
parallel to the surface of the street—but in many series, each
of which, comprising a number of these tubes properly con-
nected by solder, &c. is elevated at one end, and depressed at
the other. At the lower point, where it meets the depressed
end of another series, a screw Is fixed, which closes or opens a
communication with the pipe at pleasure—there a moveable
pump Is occasionally placed to remove liquid deposits produced
by the reciprocal action of the cold iron and the gas, and which
of course would descend to this point.
The laying, and indeed every thing relating to the proper dis-
posal of these pipes, as well as of the pillars, lamps, tic. were
under the management and superintendence of Mr. Robinson,
and the whole business was effected with such promptitude and
exactness, as astonished the inhabitants of Delfast.—Notwith-
standing the obstructions presented by unnumbered sewers
and other impediments, the streets were opened—the pipes laid,
and the surface again closed and paved over with is cele-
rity quite unexampled in this country. It was, indeed, a com-
mon remark here, that the labourers thus employed completed
as mach work in a week as bad usually been done in three,
by the same number of hands. Notwithstanding this expedi-
tion, the work is so perfect that no escape of gas has yet been
discovered, in the whole town.

The expence of completing the entire works will eventually,
we believe, he something about 40,000/. Whether Mr. Barlow,
who was the prime mover, and is the very life and soul of the
whole undertaking, and his partners will ever obtain any pe-
cuniary recompense worthy of their great exertions and risks
we know not, but they have erected a durable monument of
their talants and their spirit. Thirty years ago, if any man had
predicted that such works would be completed on the Onneau
road, and that shops and streets in remote parts of Belfast
would be illuminated by means of coals burned near the
Cromac highway, on the banks of the river Lagan, he would
have been laughed at, as a dreamer of dreams and a seer of
visions.

We have thus endeavoured to give a brief and intelligible
account of these immense works to our readers—and shall now
merely add, that when we reflect on the ►atience, industry per.
severance, and scientific knowledge displayed by the Gas 1 ork
Company's Engineer and Agents, in conducting this immense
undertaking to a successful issue—when we tuke also into con-
sideration the sums of money expended by the Proprietors'of
these works in this neighbourhood, and the number of labourer
to whom they have afforded useful employment—and when we
see with what simplicity and ease the whole of their very corn.
plicated machinery and apparatus is directed to one grand and
important end—and, above all,, when we recollect with what
honour they have fulfilled their engagements, we deeply feel
that they are entitled to the confidence, gratitude, and admira.
ation of the entire community.

(A)—Mr. Barlow, who Is a partner in the Belfast Gas Work
Company, is, we understand, the engineer who planned the
whole buildings, as well as the apparatus and machinery neces-
sary, in such, an establishment. Linder his superintending eye
and direction the original design has been carried into effect
with astonishing acuracy and dispatch.
(a)—We believe the potion would be unnecessary if the lime
got in this neighbourhood were sufficiently caustic—but that is
not the case—as it is mixed with chalk and other extraneous
matter. That of Armagh, particularly what is obtained at the
Grange kilns, would answer the object much better—and we
apprehend the Kilmore lime would do very well.
(c)—The lime in this state forms a very useful manure,
which destroys every species of wire worm and grubs, as well as
the eggs of various mischievous insects. It is, indeed, 'a ma-
nure which gardeners and farmers should be very anxious to
obtain.

The circumference of the tank is somewhat greater than
that of the Gas-holder. The suspension column whichirises
from the bottom, through a proper circular open in the centre
of the Holder looks like a cylinder within a cylinder. The
open of the Holder, however, it secured from top to bottom by
a proper circular surface of iron parallel to the great external
surface—so that the Gas-holder is a complete vessel of capacity.

W;fTER-§Vou T.

KIRK. AL D Ye--ANCIIIIIOOII. BRIDGE END.-1011
Saturday last, about two o'clock, p. m. this neighbourhood
was alarmed at the appearance of an approaching thunder
storm. The clouds were uncommonly agitated, and appeared to
rush in all directions towards one common point of attrac-
tion over Loch Leven. When the storm seemed ready to
burst, instead of thunder and lightning, a well-defined water-
spout was seen fi►eming, there being hitherto no rain. The
water was seen very distinctly rising in a spiral form
the Loch to the cloud ; soon after drizzl►ng rain fell,
which gradually became heavicrand heavier, till it fell in tor.
rents, and completely obscured the parent waterspout. During
the time it was visible nothing could be more awfully grand
than the spiral ascent of the electrified vapour.

With all the proofs of genius in flunaresnoble
Bat Reliefof Tux LAST SUPPER, on a close examination,
it exhibits, in some of the figures, traces of taste; but, still,
although certain details are not defined with finished precision,
the just expression and character have been essentially mark-
ed ; and the harmonious effect of the whole has been preserved,
with the single exception of some degree of failure in the relief
of the principal Personage. Some minor forms are, in the
technical phrase, boldly squared out or blocked in ; but there is
so much of an atoning intelligence and fine feeling even in
those slighted parts, that none but an Artist of a high class
'could dismiss s negligence with so much grace from his hands.
We must forget., too, that the whole 27 single statues and this
arduous performance, the Last Supper, were the production of
only 7 or 8 months, being begun late in 1021, and finished early
in 1822. 1, by no means. intend to praise this. rapidity; for,
whether the pencil or chissel are impelled to expedition, by ne.:
cessity or imprudent choice, a hasty execution is one of the
greatest obstacles to improvement. But, still, the ability to der
much in a very limited time, is a proof of extraordinary power.
Hogan, certainly, sot through this mass of work in one-sixth
of the time requisite for its well-studied execution ; and
yet a fine taste, an acute eye, and a masterly hand, are visible
in every part of this impressive composition, into the heads of
which he has infused the spirit of Leonardo da Vinci's pro-
found invention. Notwithstanding the anxious wish of his
Right Reverend Patron to !And him the most liberal en.;
couragement in his power, the very scanty funds for defraying
the expeces, did not allow, of a higher price than three pounds
for each of the twenty-seven single figures, and I presume
that the remuneration for the Last Supper was .proportionally
limited. It is also possible, according to report, that there
might have existed a desire 'or necessity for having the North
Chapel finished by an appointed season, and that the young
Sculptor was probably obliged to have his allotted commission
finished on a specified day,. week or month, in a tune by far too
short to do sufficient jostled to his own abilities, or to the grati-
tude which he felt, and so wainily expressed for his kind
Patron. I have no opportunity of inquiring into this reported
haste, and I submit it hipothetically to the readers candid con-
sideration.

When the vigour evinced In the whole, and the particular
beauties which strike the eye and the mind, tire compared with
the circumstances under which these works were executed, we
may form some fair estimate of the superior capabilities and un-
wearied energy of the Artist.-As long as ever they last,
these early performances of a Sculptor destined with due en-
couragement and persevering industry, to add so largly to the
fame of hil country, will ever form objects of deep interest and
national pride to Irish Amateurs. In the death of patronage,
which he experienced, Hogan justly attached the highest im-
portance to a commission, that enabled him to appear before
the public, as a candidate for professional favour in an elevated
department ofhis art. His own expressive words arc " I feel par-
ticularly indebted to the Right Rev. Dr. Murphy for his kind
and effectual encouragement !" There, was, indeed, so little
employment for a Sculptor in Cork, that if it had not been
for these works in the North Chapel, even the unbending spirit
of this young enthusiast must have sunk into despondence.
From what 1 have been able to collect, I apprehend that this
was the highest encouragement which Hogan has received ;
and, if the Right Rev, Doctor Murphy, who is the Roman Ca-
tholic Bishop of Cork, hail not been struck by his genius, and
had not given him employment in the North Chapel with the
most nu...al remuneration In his power, I believe the Sculptor
would have been without any commission or public work at
that period. The value of sculpture can be but little under-
stood in a City where the art Is almost, new. But I have
been assured that five hundred pounds were paid to a London
Sculptor for a mural monument to the Right Rev. Predecessor
of Bishop Murphy, which is set up in the North chapel. As
a work of Art, I prefer the grand Old Head, one of Hogan's
modest presents to Sir John Leicester to the entire of this
tasteless, frigid piece of monumental common-place.
Here I may be allowed to observe, that Chantrey, a self.
taught Sculptor, who has so honourably won his way to the
first rank in his profession, received seven thousand pounds for
executiy and setting up the statue of the President Blair and
that of Larl Melville in Edinburgh. This admirable Artist has
been recently employed on a family monument for Mr. Watts
Russell, at Ham, close to Ashbourne, in Derbyshire, for a re-
muneration of seven thousand pounds. This sum was men.
tinned to me by Mr. Wright, who is married to Lady Satwell,
and who reeidesat Oakover, close to !lam. I stated the amount
in a publication last year, and after that, I received two let-
ters from Mr. Watts Russell, without any intimation that my
statement was not correct.—This is to me a matter of some
gratification on my own account as well as dust of Mr. Chan-
trey ; for Ham, where is setting up the monument for which he
is to receive that princely remuneration, is within little more
than thirty miles of Sheffield, in which town in NO, in ro-
vincial obscurity, when Chantrey was endeavouring to force
his way as a self-taught Portrait Painter and Modeller, I
vainly called on the inhabitants, in the Sheffield Iris to de-
velope the genius of that Artist, by raising a sum to em-
ploy him on a Monument to Admiral Nelson. It was so
far successful, that a Committee was appointed, and names
subscribed to sums amounting to one thousand pounds,
but the money was not paid at the time of, subscribing the
names; and after I quitted Sheffield, a party, who were deter-
mined still to see in Chantrey no more than the former appren-
tice of Ramsey, the gilder and frame-maker, eventually suc-
ceeded in wholly setting aside the intended monument. Chan-
trey, in the grand-slaughter of Sir Hans Sloane, found a pa-
troness who enabled hunt to rule the world as an independent
student of his art.

Here I interrupt the course of this desultory biographical
outline, to observe that (as I did in Cork) I have daily conti-
nued to submit the grand old head anti the torso of a male
gore, carved in wood by Hogan, to a succession of critical
judges ; and all agree in • admiring their noble style of execu--
don. I have also deemed it most likely to promote Mr. r
gan's interest, to postpone forwarding his two modest *talents
to Sir John Fleming-Leicester, until after next Saturday. .Th•
town is at present very empty, and a number of amateurs are,
in the country ; so far the time is unseasonable for calling to.
gethcr any public assembly. But I have lost not a moment in
beating up for recruits ; and I trust that there will be a meet.
ing of a public-spirited body on that day, in which I mean
to propose a resolution grounded on the paramount duty
of granting a liberal sum towards the fund for sending
Hogan to London or Italyt not as an underling, assistant,
or journeyman, but as an independent student. The gen-
tlemen in Cork who have so recently signalised their tasty
and public spirit, by commencing a private subscription,
for this patriotic purpose, are entitled to the honour of having
taken the lead in adopting the advice in my letters of the 7th
of August and the subsequent dates. Them intention entitles
them to the warm support of every true lover of the Arts in
Cork ; but I respectfully submit to their consideration, that to
be effectual, the subscription ought to be as public as possible.
We cannot command success, but we must endeavour to deserve
it. I hope before ten days to congratulate them on being nobly
seconded in this city. Vie Arts are indebted to the Editor of
the Cork Advertiser for having so liberally opened due columns
of his Journal to my communications on behalf ofHogan. In
the Patriot of Thursday evening I have introdnced sue name,
merits, and biographical sketch of this self-taught Artist, to
the notice of the-Irish Metropolis. I have also taken steps- to
render the periodical press of London an auxiliary in the same
good cause.

Cm°, H. M. R. I. 1. and 11. M. C. S. A.
Sept. 13, 1823.

last, an affair,
In the afternoon of Saturday
which occurred from a rigid desire of exercising duty, had
nearly proved of serious consequences to Prince Lrorox.n.—
His Royal Highness had been on the water enjoying the fine
breezes off Ramsgate, and had kept out till the shades of even-
ing had closed upon him ; but when about returning, Ile was
hailed by the etunmander of a Revenue cutter, Cruising °intit
harbour, in the usual way; no answer being returned, a gun
was fired; still no answer was given ; when a shot was fired,
and the boat was am n after boarded by the crew of the
cutter, overhauled, and the Royal party treated as smugglers..-.
(Kentish Chronkk.)