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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-07-16 00:00:00

KIRKDALE MIDSUMMER SESSIONS

The Midsummer Sessions for the Hundred of West Derby
commenced at the Court-house, Kirkdale, yesterday, before
the Rev. JONATHAN Bnooxs, chairman, and a very full
bench of magistrates.

The Court having been opened with the usual forms, the
following gentlemen were sworn the grand jury :
TRODIAS COWLEY, of Billinge Chapel End, gentleman,
FOREMAN.
Joseph Forest, of Warrington, miller.
Henry France, of Warrington, druggist.
Thomas Clough, of Ashton-in-Mackerfied, hinge master.
Robert Arrowsmith, of Astley, cotton manufacturer.
Thomas Cheetham, of Astley, shopkeeper.
Samuel Part, of Astley, farmer.
Alfred Samuel Carr, of Billinge Chapel End, gentleman.
George Petty, of Billinge Chapel End, nail manufacturer.
Thos. Tasker, jun., of Billinge Chapel End, coal merchant.
Henry Arnold, of Great Crosby, yeoman.
Joseph Blanchard, of Great Crosby, yeoman.
Joseph Bradshaw, of Great Crosby, yeoman.
John Davies, of Great Crosby, yeoman.
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John Wilson, of Newton, wine and spirit merchant.
William Winstanley, of Newton, plumber.
Richard Allen, of Warrington, cotton manufacturer.
Samuel Stock, of Billinge Chapel End, coal merchant.
The reverend CHAIRMAN, in his address to the grand
jury, said he was happy to inform them that their labours
would be lighter than usual. The number of cases to come
before them did not, he believed, amount to more than 34,
unless sonic additional ones came in, which were not before
him, and of which be was not aware. In looking over the
particulars of them, be found that there was nothing out of
the common routine of those cases which usually came before
grand juries at quarter sessions. The gentleman who was
their foreman had sat upon grand juries before, therefore
they would have the benefit of his experience to guide them
with regard to their duties, if they should be at a loss ; but
should they find any difficulty the court would be glad to
give them any advice in its power.
The grand jury then retired; and the meeting commenced
.
soon afterwards, but all the cases were destitute of public
I interest.

The calendar comprises the names of 49 prisoners in cus-
tody, and one on bail, for trial on charges of felony, and six
misdemeanors—total 56. Of this number only two are able
to read and write in a superior manner; 30 that have ability
but very imperfectly, whilst the very large proportion of
24' or nearly one-half of the whole, have never been taught
either. The oldest prisoner is a female aged 50, and the
youngest a boy aged 13.
The sessions were expected to close to .morrow (Saturday.)

We have day seen a letter, written in London Tester-
day evening this
(Friday), stating that the Judicial Committee
of the Privy Council have confirmed the decision of Sir H.
Jenner, in the ease of Sir M. Wood v. Goodlake. It fur-
ther states that, in consequence of the above decision Sir
Matthew resigns the representation of the city, and that 'Mr.
Jonas. Lloyd, in that case, offers himself as a candidate.
—ltionmorethshire Beaccm.

acceptat

strictly speaking, " A stranger in

he Shannon with expectations not a little
had heard and read ; and, so far from

s is generally the result in such cases,

expectations were more than realised.
stream, and its beautiful and diversified
;s of comingled admiration and regret;—
:tent and capabilities for the amelioration
ulation on its borders,—and regret that,

—so little to render

d pioneers of civilization and refine-
Ividence designed it, and which, if libe-

ider it the means of diffusing wealth,

)ver a vast and abounding terri-
w rears its head, and of which,

few and far between,

light of desolation reigns."
ns, 1 felt that I should be doing
igs, as well as injustice to the gene-

nen, if I did not endeavour to draw

is unequalled scenery, and its

.nt as the main and vivifying artery
g so I submit my remarks, not in the
a who has studied and mastered the

ply with a view to excite towards

rs who are more competent to its ela-
ifluence and talent, exerted in behalf

o " redeem the time" that for
impolitic, and I apprehend, culpa-
nest rivers id Europe. lam aware
)f the stream and its banks, under
at, is now in progress of comple-
improvements are in contempla-

rt of the requirements which

ty imperatively dictate, if the feelings
)e not roused to urge on, and assist in,
adently of local advantages, would ma-
tational resourses, add to our supplies
d comforts of life from our own soil,
dation of our power and independence
the most lasting and important be-
ies. Had the Shannon flowed in its
urse through an equal extent of the
igland, its banks, instead of exhibiting
olated manions, many of them deserted
)earing an aspect almost as desolate and
of the once stately strongholds of
le around them •, in place of these, and
luilt hovels peopled by the impoverished
ry, scattered promiscuously over the
soil, we should have beheld gorgeous
!s, the abodes of ease, elegance, and
)rtable homesteads—in fine, a resident
id well-affected population. It is not,
rrect the errors of the past • and much
even in comparatively a few years by
I of the Shannon, and constructing
)roaches on its shores, whether by go-
iation of public and private enterprise
nsu

tion so devoutly to be wished,
fare of Ireland, but for that of the whole

otive to assign for acceding to the
of my friends. I found the people of
poor, so truly hospitable that, as has
LI by a Scottish bard of the High-
* may be said that amongst them,
The most disinterested
less, amounting to even a constant en-
oblige, but to anticipate one's every
ristic of the better orders of Irish ; and
iersal that its exercise is scarcely deemed

holy name."

ssing my gratitude, but

Incidents recorded in these sketches, to
indebted for these offices of unexpected
e merits I am inadequate to do justice,

lI direct personal acknowl

y, courteous reader, for this adventure.
to ensure thy forbearance ! The sketch
) Limerick is introduced with a view to
some idea of the

to convey

of the west coast of Ireland, which is

y vessels from this port, and, with the brief
it of my return to Liverpool by the -Upper
lin, to complete the trip " out and home."
J. S:' W.

it, 1841.
No. I

—The Southern Coast of Ireland.-
-A trying Storm.—The Blaskett
n increases.—lmminent danger at length
?rging westward from the land.—Another
eastward.—The Skelligs.—Strange and
!ocks and Islands.—Magnificent Estuary of
—Arrival at Tarbert.

invited to accompany the new steam-ship
from Liverpool to the Shannon, on which
ly, I embarked at the Clarence dock,
Inesday, the 21st of April. It was high
ing the dock we stood down the river
night off the Magazines, on the Cheshire
y, preparatory to an early start in the
the vessel in command (for the voyage)
nmer shipmate, Captain Christie, a young
st officer of the " Liverpool" steam-ship,
ps to and from New York, and still in the
npany to which she and the Erin-go-Bragh
Is to me, and to others on board, a great gra-
om any expectation of meeting with such
vanced a season of the year, as would call
m his acknowledged abilities, but from the
wised ourselves as the guests of a gentleman
If manners which is generally, and in this
ly, the characteristic of the generous and
amen.

I must briefly describe her), is a finely mo-
iron vessel, of 134 feet in length, by 26 in
asuring about 330 tons, on a draft of water
lhannon, of little more than 51 feet. She
ssrs. Page and Grantham ; and the engines,
,wer, by Messrs. Mather, Dixon, and Co.,
I the quality of each, severely tested, as they
rst " outward" voyage, reflects the greatest
1. She is schooner rigzed, with a fore topsail,
•e
-head, representing Erin, with quarter galleries
I stern to correspond, and appears very handsome
-- Her standing rigging is of iron wire, on Mr.
principle, and first introduced here by Mr.
marine manager of the City of Dublin Steam
Lny, under whose able superintendence the
d up from keel to mast-head. The principal
full breadth of the vessel abaft—no sleep-
sengers being required—and there is a
.etiring room, captain's room, &c., the
ircular dome or deck lights, and also by
in the sides and stern, from which the
lay, in cold or wet weather, obtain views
lout,—an advantage highly appreciated
ng the beautiful shores of the Shannon.
1 round with with fixture sofas, of ample
re neatly empanelled and painted in
Is, and the roof is ornamented and
to correspond. The Erin has a spa-
k, which gives a commanding eleva-
nd at the same time renders the cabin
nore retired and select. There is also a
1 for deck passengers, with seats for 100
e minor arrangements throughout are such
comtort and convenience.

rter-decd

voyage was merely to carry the vessel
.e were but five cabin passengers, or
rnmander, namely--Mr. Christee, his
ipied the lady's cabin, Capt. Kennedy,
earn-boat on the Shannon, and for
built, Mr. Tall, and Mr. Chadwick,
. _

mploy of the company, the former one of
vers who had recovered portions of the
Is of the Royal George, and other vessels,
Arming a small but agreeable party, with
w-room in the large and handsome saloon.

captain) eonsisted of nineteen,—

and assistant, two engineers, 'six

-en firemen,—making a totalof twenty-
:ht refreshment, a short chat and a walk
:—whence the numerous gas-lamps on
;r showed as brilliantly as an illumination
gallant Nelson—we retired to rest, the
e saloon, with suitable adjuncts, forming
for regular berths.

fight on the following morning the anchor
at thirty-five minutes past five o'clock we
1 by the Victoria Channel. The weather
-*le breeze from the N.E., and the bosom
an interesting appearance, though
'els in motion. No fewer than fifteen

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3es'ides st-e-a—m44:l

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i‘ 1 a g a z i n
esb oaantds ,
Nl aeywa
Bt ar
ingchht oorn,,
_o r
.ue Rock Ferry, the stream was studded
narks, brigs,
steamerscide
and craft of minor
hese were
of numerousWallasey
coaster in the
• bottom
Mild form no eY Pool, opposite the
inconsiderable Sleet. Yet
scattered outskirts of ur vast town of
Iks within the sea wall°form the citadel.
steam-boats betokened pre
hung overtow towers,
day. The haze that
that skirted
e than the spires, do
ening forests of mast':
le basin of the stream
carts, and the yet
sti
to the
'ready fell lightly on the ear,
wnole of our maritime metropolis
I be involved in the turmoil and bustle of
n the Cheshire side, Birkenhead and Sea-
oints of land, and the larger vessels in the
ke men-of-war. The sun shone cheerfully
wes of Bootle, Crosbie, and Formby, thick
les that have risen within comparatively
seen to much advantage, and betokened

lie amt

of the town in wealth and population

roceeded down the channel at a rapid_ rate, passing
k Lighthouse and Battery, and obtaining a fine view

re overcome, and the stately ship—a floating home for her
gallant crew—impelled by sail or steam, or a combination of
both, first bounds, in the glory of freedom over the blue bil-
lows of the outward sea, and proudly bathes her sides in the
foaming surge disparted from the prow. When—carrying
with her the means and materials of her own propulsion for
thousands of miles—she thus impetuous dashes on her course,
as if scorning the saucy waves that occasionally break in gen-
tle showers of spray over her deck ;—when, snorting like the
joyful colt just let loose upon his favourite sward, she careers
in the pride of her strength over the unfathomed fields of the
boundless ocean, and yields herself to the grateful guidance
of the skilful steersman,—the enthusiast,—who, from the
peep, beholds her huge and reckless bulk—her lofty masts—
her full distended sails, all trim and staunch—her engines
propelled by a wondrous power—confesses that " she walks
the waters like a thing of life," and enjoys a blameless grati-
fication in the reflection that fitted as she is to visit the re-
motest shores in the habitable globe ; to supply mutual
wealth and mutual wants, and thereby promote the interests
of humanity,—she presents an animated, and though indeed
a perishable, a sublime and renewable monument of the do-
minion and triumph of the world of mind over the world of
matter
been accomplished by nature. so little

We passed the Duchess of Kent, and other steamers,
homeward bound, with their decks crowded with pasengers.
The wide estuary of the Dee, Hilbre Island, and the coast of
\Vales, from the Point of Ayr, backed by the distant moun-
tains, claimed the attention of the observer in rapid succes-
sion, and before noon we were abreast of the Ormsheads—
the ship going eight and nine knots an hour, with twenty-
eight strokes of the engine a minute. We soon afterwards
saw the Skerries, where the sea, during storms from the N.W.,
rises to a fearful height. The afternoon was fine ; the light
sportive waves gleamed in the sunbeams, and the mountains
of the Snowdonian range rose in sombre grandeur in the thin
mists that slightly obscured their summits. In a dimple near
the apex of one of them we observed a remarkable and beau-
tiful cloud, forming an arch of white vapour resembling
steam,—one of those eccentricities of nature rarely seen,
which the painter is precluded from depicting, lest he should
be accused of drawing upon the credulity of beholders of his
production, by introducing the marvellous or the fictitious.
The bold and rocky shore of the island of Anglesea was
now developed with its promontories and indentions. We
marked the little bay and town of Amlwch ; and the hamlet
of Camus, a long string of houses with a windmill, and church,
and a cemetery, the grave-stones of which were plainly seen.
We soon afterwards steered between the West Mouse rock
and the main. The town of Holyhead, in an interesting but
dangerous bay, next appeared. Here there is a noble pier,
of 1,000 feet in length, with a lighthouse, built of a Welsh
marble, elevated sixty feet above the mean level of the sea,
and so lighted as to be peculiarly useful to the benighted ma-
riner making the port. Our attention was next directed to the
telegraph station, on a hill on the north side of a steep point
or promontory, whence passing vessels are punctually signalled
to Liverpool ; and, near it, " the Head" on the South Stack,
an isolated rock, from which to the main-land there is a sus-
pension bridge nearly 100 feet in width, which shows like a
cobweb, spanning the charm between, them. Eastward of
this are some remarkable cavernous openings in the precipi-
tous rocks that rampart this extraordinary locality, which,
though well worthy of minute inspection, is, from its being
at a remote point of Anglesea, seldom visited by tourists.
One of the caves presents a conspicuously large square open-
ing close to the sea, which dashes into it with a thundering
noise. But I refer my readers to Roscoe's " Wanderings in
Wales," fora pleasing and graphical description of the whole.
I cannot, however, deny myself the pleasure of quoting one
short passage, descriptive of the South Stack and its light-
house :

"There are few objects more interesting than the appear-
ance of the South Stack, when approaching it from the water.
Its wild site and deserted air,—the lighthouse towering
seventy feet in height,—the neat, comfortable buildings close
undes its guardian wing,—the scunds of life and industry,
mingled with the lashing of the sea, and the cry of innumer-
ably birds, circling above and around, were altogether of so
unwonted a character, that had I been suddenly transported
to the antipodes I could not have felt more unfeigned sur-
prise; and when, after ascending its steep and rocky stairs,
I gazed from the summit of the lighthouse on the wilderness
of waters far around, and, descending, entered the quiet
pleasant retreat which the master has establishsd here, and
saw the neatness and comfort of every thing, I began to
think I was perhaps only reading too abstractedly some old
fairy tale. But Captain Evans (the master) soon convinced
me to the contrary by introducing me to an excellent dinner,
in which there was nothing dreamy or unsubstantial, though
it appeared, indeed, conjured from the vasty deep ! During
the afternoon I amused myself in scrambling down the South
Stack to the water's edge—in observing the myriads of gulls
standing en the ledges of the rock, or flying about in all di-
rections—in examining the suspension bridge—and scaling
the towering acclivity above, from which the island and
lighthouse appear but diminutive objects ; while the ever-
varying ocean was enlivened by numerous vessels passing up
or down the channel."

Leaving Holyhead, we steered down channel to the S.W.
The bay of Carnarvon, and the well-defined mountains be-
hind it came in view, also Bardsey Island, to the south. A
distant sail, seen under the high land, appeared, but as a
mere white and unmoving speck. The sea was comparatively
smooth, with light winds, incliniug to calm ; and the pas-
sengers amused themselves in various ways—some playing
at backgammon, others " spinning yarns," others in re-
lating what they had heard or experienced " in flood or
field," and others perusing, in occasional snatches, "O'Hal-
loran, or the Insurgent Chief," " Two Years before the
Mast," or " Captain Kyd, or the Wizzard of the Sea," works
which were found in the saloon, and which served to wile
away an occasional hour, and were pored ever by my sea-
man-looking shipmate, Mr. Chadwick, with an avidity
which placed him hors de combat of conversation, and which
reminded me of my early predilection in devouring the ad-
mirable and moral-inspiring "Adventures of Robinson
Crusoe." The ship meantime had made excellent way,
having passed the South Static Lighthouse in little more
than eight hours from Liverpool against a strong spring-tide
—a distance of upwards of seventy miles.

At half-past two o'clock, 'the Merlin, which had held
on westward towards Dublin, became hull down on the
horizon. We were, however, a long way to the southward
of her, shaping our own course : had we followed her,
powerful as she was, the little " Erin" would have been
pretty close upon her heels. At four, we saw the Wicklow
mountains, on the right ; and the Island of Bardsey, on the
S.E., diminished in the distance, was visible, in the form of
a gently-sloping and pointed hill. We were now fairly in
the open channel, and the vessel, urged by the engines,
gracefully tossed her head to the slight swell from the west-
ward, like a proudly-caparisoned charger, when his rider
" stirs his courage with the steel." The weather was fine
and sunny, and our commander's wife, a very young and
interesting lady, who occupied the ladies' cabin, and whom
I had not before seen, was persuaded to come on deck, with
a view to dissipate the sea-sickness, which the hitherto
gentle motion of the ship had provoked. But, alas ! this
often merciless prostrator of the mental and physical energies
even of the most vigorous of the ruder sex, who are
unused to the rockiug of vessels, had marked her as another
victim, and she was in a few minutes compelled to forego all
idea of partaking in the contemplation of the surrounded
sea view, interesting as it occasionally was by vessels seen in
succession, and the varied appearances of the distant land.
At six we saw Wicklow-head, bearing N.W. by N., the
engines working smoothly and the ship running beautifully,
at a rate of from eight to nine-and-a-half knots. About this
time, Captain Christie discovered an error in the Manx
Almanack, involving great possible danger, which I shall
hereafter notice, with a view to its correction. Shortly be-
fore midnight we saw the Tuscar Light right a-head. This
light is ninety miles from Holyhead, and is the principal
guiding beacon for seamen on the south-east point of Ireland.
In the evening we had observed the new moon, forming a
sharp crescent or segment with the points upwards. In sea-
faring parlance, she was " on her back," and a bright star
(Venus) appeared within a handsbreadth of her. This in-
verted position of the young moon is considered, by some
veteran sailors, to be indicative of boiterous weather, and
the :close proximity of the star renders the omen more por-
tentous. Captain Kennedy remarked to "the stranger,"
that " the moon and that star were married." " Then,"
said the latter jocularly, " we may look out for squalls ; for,
depend upon it, such are the analogies of nature, that matri-
monial alliances, even amongst the planets, are as fraught
with storms as those amongst the little bipeds who assume
to lord it over this dirty ball, the earth." Little, however,
did either of us anticipate what was brewing in the elements,
for the night was placid and beautiful ; and the ocean, gently
rolling, appeared as harmless and unconscious as the slum-
bering infant rocked in its cradle.
(To be continued.)

The members of the Royal Irish Academy are to have &
grand dinner at Salthilj next month, to which Sir William
R. Hamilton is invited, and several distinguished members
of the British Association.
By the death of Philip Harding, Esq., of Harding's-grove,
Mallow, Arthur Blennerhasset, Esq., of Ballyseedy, Kerry,
comes into the possession of a considerable tract of country,
and a great accession of income.
The Earl of Surrey has been called to the Upper House
by the title of Baron Maltravers, a creation in the reign of
Henry 111., and came into the Howard family by the mar-
riage of Sir John Fitzalan, called Arundel, with Eleanor;
daughter of the fourth baron.

The report of the severe illness of the Crown Prince of
Hanover (Prince George of Cumberland) is, we are happy to
learn, exaggerated. His Royal Highness is sorely afflicted
at the loss of his beloved parent, but in other respects at the
date of the last letters was in the enjoyment of good bodily
health.—Record.

O'CoNNELL AT CARLOW.—On Friday week, the agitator
arrived at Borris, where he addressed the people assembled
at the town from all quarters for the fair. He told them he
had been at Kilkenny, and had the happiness of seeing heroic
and virtuous women of Carlow, equal in patrotism to Mrs.
Prunty, of Longford, of whom they had all heard. He said
when he was there before he knew the women of Carlow were
not inferior to those of Longford or any other part of the
world, and he was not mistaken. (At this part of Mr. O'-
Connell's speech two women were seen rushing through the
crowd, one of them bearing in her arms a fine girl about
eight or nine years of age, and the other followed by two
little boys, and the whole party bathed in tears, particularly
the little girl, who sobbed loudly. The women were crying
out, " our husbands are taken away from us," and the chil-
dren were crying, "we have lost our fathers !" The child
was handed into the carriage where Mr. O'Connell was, and
he kissed it most affectionately, exclaiming, " Oh, the cruel
monsters that could rend asunder the dearest ties of the hu-
man heart—this is more than I can bear," and he burst into
tears !! ! I can safely say there was not a dry eye present. I
never witnessed a more affecting sight. When Mr. O'Connell
recovered his self-possession, he asked the women, whose
numes were Murphy and Fenny, if they knew where their
husbands were, and they replied, that they believed they
were in Borris Castle. He then directed that Mr. French,
as the agent for his son, and Mr. Ashton Yates, should go,
accompanied by the parish priest, and demand the release of
these men, or that their wives, who were there, should be
allowed to see them. Mr. French accordingly knocked at
the gate, and demanded admission for the wives and children,
these two women in particular, as they were then present,
and wanted to see their husbands and fathers. The women
and children, with several other women who were moved to
tears by the scene, were crying piteously, but the callous
Cerberus, who was inside, said there was no admittance, as
the persons outside were all strangers. If the wives of any
of the freeholders can swear to where their husbands are, and
that they are detained in custody, Mr. O'Connell will have
a habeas corpus applied for to have them brought up before
the justices of the Queen's Bench.--Correspondent (f a
Ministerial paper.

SA I LED .—Swiftsure, Tasker, for Africa—John O'Gaunt, Robert-
son, for China—Helen Stewart, Brown, for Bombay—Lemnos,
Rowell, for Calcutta—Hibernia, Hawkins, & Sheridan, De Peyster,
for New York—Lady Constable, Lawson, for Quebec—Caledonia
Brander, Malony, for Virginia—Herald, Hogg, for St. Petersburg—
Curlew, Beckwith, for Halifax—Galata, Simpson, for Constanti-
nople—Torch, Bain, for Genoa, &c.— Rosalie, Alsop, fot Copenha-
i gen—William & James, Shepherd, for Providence—l elen, Tiller,
for Lisbon, &c.—lrt, Ludlow, for Bahia—Ornoco, Far , for Angos-
tura—Anne, Seager, for Hamburg and Newfoundl nd—Vicar of
Bray, Seymour, for Rio Janeiro and Valparaiso—Fulmar, Crocker,
for Genoa—Colombo, Eldridge, for Boston—Atto Lakinde, Peter-
son, for Elsinore—Rainbow, Zotham, for Dordt—and Octorara,
Smith, for Philadelphia.

Leviathan, -,, hence at Cuba
Simon, Glover, from Dundee, at Port-au-Prince
Matthew Pearce, Braithwaite, heuce at St. Thomas