The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-01-28 00:00:00

Orpe pointed out to us a

id even overhanging
now known as " In-
,ss in it, in 1836, of a
rpool, and bound to New

le shoe, and about
. The ship, driven
. .

ate, went _ down with all

aty-one in ntlinber—in the sight of

sons on the cliff overlooking them, who en-
nto rescue them by means of ropes. My
from Liverpool to Limerick, Mr. Tall, (who
employed as a diver, together with Mr.
.s, in clearing the wreck of the Royal George,)
;ngaged here for many months in diving, with
tidt supplies the place of thediving-hell, to re-
of the cargo as was worth being raised,—and
me with some highly-interesting particulars
e observations in Intrinsic Bay, which, with
facts relative to the loss of the vessel, I shall
r as an addendum to these sketches for a

r to the south, we ascended an eminence
ut Hill," the highest in the immediate
and said to be 225 feet• above the water.
, (formerly a coast-guard station,) vessels.
at a distance of forty-five miles. A compass
the green sward at the top, showing the
tie benefit of the visitor. The view,
coast, is fine and extensive—but,
,sting, there nqt being a tree to be
can reach. A short distance to the
r to the main land, stands Bishop's
It is a high'rock; of a square
erous of access, yet yields on its lofty
ew sheep. Those who en-
them off deserve them for their
smaller island, called Bird Island,
n height, which reminds me, (for I write

, for t

us object

;urage for a f

that the whole of this interesting coast sce-
I by numerous sea-fowl—gulls of large size,
puffins, &c. The Isles of Arran, northward,
nguishable from the hill on a clear day, and,
iediate coast, many bluff and rocky head lands.
)wever, from the approach of evening, to re-
e, taking a different route for variety, and
orthward of the bay, which
-and more particularly
aral bridges,, not perhaps secondary to
mongst the extraordinary formations

ith objects of interest,

'he
whole of this coast, indeed, presents what
i curious and fantastic " ruins" of the sea-wall
originally bound it, and the less resistible por-
h giving way, the assaults of the ocean for suc-

31ands, pillars, bays, Wanels,
bridges, formed of ledges, and

sting views, however, of the rocks and cliffs
rhaps, those obtained from the sea itself ;

aken in the " canoes,

se are constructed

iinaliy, the timbers being

r, of the same thin material, and the whole
vas, coated with tar and pitch, They are of
he b6w turned up, and have gene-
'r breadth may be two and a half to
marliably light arid buoyant. The
, are exceedingly expert immana-

LUG win
rn. T

-way which

itly encounter in thew a,._
'nell larger size would scarcely

sketch, w

has swelled out,

1- expectation. or. intention

as got ir

ci to Kilrushwithout a stop,lmu-

,e way as we best could. Captain Ken-
en excellent dinner on board the steamer,
• •

ter inhaling the invigorating air of Kilkee, it may
we did ample justice.
on next day we started for Limerick, and made a
, of about three hours and forty minutes.

al general meeting of the Pitt Club, on the 19th
Earl of Eldon was unanimously elected Presi-
oom of the late Earl of Harewood, who pre-

ub 22 years.

DP GAS.—An accident, attended with serious
tom an explosion of gas, occurred yesterday
e Earl Grey public-house, Acton-street, near
)ndon-road, kept by Mr. Henry Butterworth.
niuutes after four o'clock, a strong smell of
d in the house, and especially in the cellar,
went out to some men who were making a
street, told them that he thought the gas
some main or service pipe in the street
I requested that some of them would come
They took with them a lighted candle, in
whence the gas issued ; and the
grid an explosion took place,
, and left it in such a tottering
t it did not tall and bury the
Butterworth and the labourer
hurt. In the bar, imme-
veral gentlemen, who sup-
The shock

wn upon them

osive force of the gas tearing
od ; and immediately after-
iole house, presented a scene
ch rendered it extremely p
t. In

bar,•the taps were
Jarrel s : the leaden trough and place for
as thrown from, one side of the room to

were torn from theirfastenings in the
s ; the tables and chairs were hurled down, and
:ces; and the whole place was
thrown into the
:ge pieces of the flooring were stripped
several trap-falls into the cellar below ;
withstanding alt this mischief, strange to say, not
se ten individuals in the bar received any injury. In
room, in which there was no one at the time, the
r-piece was blown off ; the windows were blown out-
and the floor forced upwards, so as to be quite loos-
elevated from the beams and
joists. In the cham-
, appear to have bulged outwards, leaving a
seven inches between the floors and the walls.
fhe entrance-lobby to the house was blown outwards • and
the whole building seemed mourutarily dauget
of
failing.
The building must in all probability be, taken down, and the
damage cannot be less than X3oo.—Manehester Guardianvf.
Wednesday.

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