368 &y,j City of Limerick. 



beggarly, by no means corresponding with the 

 expectations we had formed : the streets were 

 narrow, dirty, and crowded with passengers or 

 spectators, among whom were observed many 

 of the " swinish multitude," which seemed not 

 only to mix with great familiarity with their 

 biped associates, but successfully to dispute their 

 right of precedence on many occasions. 



The new town is quite of a different descrip- 

 tion. The streets are spacious, houses hand- 

 some, and shops elegant. The quays are 

 extensive and roomy, warehouses large, and 

 every object indicates the presence of much 

 business in the external and internal trade and 

 commerce of the country, which, we under- 

 stood, had within these few years been greatly 

 increased. 



Limerick, from the earliest settlement of the 

 English in Ireland, was considered as one of 

 the most important stations in that country, in 

 point of strength and the facilities it possessed 

 for trade. 



A woful example of the blindness and bigotry 

 of the system pursued towards this country oc- 

 curs in the second year of the reign of Queen 

 Anne, when an act passed in which it is pro- 



