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Rh C..KK. C.H OOHK. on this occasion tin- was mme t than in !, anil tin: iiiip"-l.-i', iailii. i red to the VIII. I 111 till! 2ol . .|.,hn u' Vat.T, ,,r Walt. -i>, tin- mayor (it was (ml at Tylmrn, tj with Wail.. M k, t'.t his paitii -ipatioii in thi-. During thi: Desmond insurrection, in Kli/.alieth'b reign it was tin- !-.iai|i|iiai- 'lish forces, and adheied faithfully t.. tin' 411. i n. who ) nt. .1 Maurice l;..e|i. . tin tin nma or, wit 1 1 !ar of the Order of St. Simplicius, for his al.!.- services against ti.. . -. Thistrophy isstill pi. s. rvedl.y hisdescendants, tin Kearneys, of Garrettstown. In 1601 &eEngUsh army l.li-.l In TI: which drove the Spaniards untry. On the accession ol ',1am. - I. th. citj ; ledgehim, but was soon n-di. In 1G36 the Algeria 1m hail bci',.re visit. -d the coast, reappeared, and caused * mi" alum. In 1649 the city was taken by Cromwell, and in Ni'Jil Mail- borough besieged and took possession of it for William anil Mary. Nothing of any hist.. ri.-al mum' subsequently. At this penod tin city consisted of only two principal streets, now called North and South Main- strects, and it appears from the records c to have undergone but little i d nsion or improi i mrnt till alt. i the death of Mary, when the coi] ,'.m to form new streets, and erect public buildings. Even at the commencement of the 18th century, it had only two i ni ranees : theN. leading from Dublin, and the S Kinsalo; and two bridges, the North anil th. Smith, built of wood, and which, by an Act of Parliament (1 George I. caps. 19, 20), the corporation -was empowered to rebuild
 * ,! Halt a century Inter, the French war brought

into notice the groat capabilities of its alum -t matchless n, completely land-locked, and capable of sheltering the whole British navy. A brisk trade in provisions and stores consequently sprang up to supply the wants of the navy, and the surrounding country, which had luusly been one extensive grnzing-ground, was con- verted into arable land. The city shared in the general improvement, and soon became the emporium of com- merce for this part of the country. The smaller channels of the river, which flowed through the middle of the streets, presenting at low water a mass of mud, were arched over at the expense of the corporation, and some of the most spacious and elegant streets have sine. built ubovo them. Cork is a borough by prescription, and has returned two members to parliament since 1374 ; the number of electors in 1862 was 3,173. It comprises within its ancient chartered boundaries an area of 48,006 acres, and within its modern municipal boun- daries 2,683 acres, which include the seven city parishes as below. The population of the city according t census of 1851 was 86,746, which in 1861 had de< S92, inhabiting 9,768 houses. The population in 1861 was thus distributed: 9,574 Establihed Church, 67,092 Itoman Catholics, 825 Presbyterians, 886 51 dials, 107 Independents, 66 Baptists, 236 Socii I'umds, and 100 of other persuasions. It is governed liya ...insisting of a mayor, recorder, she i in", Mermen, and 48 councillors, with the stylo of " mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Cork." The revenue of the borough in 1861 was 7,504 la. 5il. The trade is extensive, chietly in grain, ]irovi.sion.s, butter, hams, "bacon, hid. i, and , for tin sale of which t) are twelve d> markets in dill', rent ilistrictsof the city. The principal itions are tanning, distilling, brewing, iron (omul- ing, besides the manufacture of 1. ginghams, cutlery, ami the sowing of gloves for exportat 1 as Limerick Cloves, liesiiles these branches of indu then is a i commission and carrying fa ion with the foreign and colonial shipping. The gi neral appearance of tin- ircsque and
 * ul ; the prim iil street* are spacious-, well ]

ami lighted with gas ; The houses aro built of brick, or of the beautiful gray limestone and are roofed with slate. In the older part of the town, tin sheets aro less spaci houses aro constnn : slate, whi'-h fives them a son ill the submbs mine t buildings ai- nu: Isome. Bfl^^^H cathedral and parish i him i county and ' il of architecture, with a holdh | ice NT- of fi gun the assizes for the county at lar^e an 1 county ami banisters. The mansion-lion.-..', now eoiiv. tlie M. rev Hospital, was built in 17<>7, bythe famoni 1'ueart. .ii.lw.mf' e.lilice. situai nkoftheri to the Jfar.lyke Walk. I Corporation licfoim Ad, the n.ayois n-. .t CVellt, lliell leiiuel M their sail] ' their own huiuj^^^l naii," "r "nail hi el," whi. ; <: hall of the mai to the ( '..in K' h i. standard brass y the stone bearing 1 1 ..>, to the DC- where it is inserted in the wall. Thi- ears ago, chiellythroi,: of the late John I'.esnard, jun.,' K-.|.. .1.1'. College is a mw ImiM Parliament, and o|>eiii<l in I 1 - 1' 1 : ' RBI ten acres at Gill A i circuit, wi' examinnt'on-hall ' mounted by a statue of ' Thomas Dean, the architect, in common Majesty's visit to Ireland in IS I by a president, vice-president, and staff' : almost every branch of 1. literature and language. The Protest, handsome and commodious bu concerts, ic., built by the c.v Bnr Tooker, J.P. The military barra inaiidin to the N. I originally built in INOO by th. and have been subsequently 156 officers and l stabling for 232 horses; the grounds for par exercise are spacious, and there is an nceiving r.'o ].ati.-nts; the headquarters and (t^^^HI Cork or (southern military di .uvita- tioncd h.re. The commercial building chanihi i :eO, in plaC(" 'ieil down in 1813, ai ings, fronted with columns between tin- windows. T. turkrt was built ill ISIf.'i by tlllstees uml. : L-C IV. caji. 7!i) ; it is a quadruigi. . MJO li :'t in li iit,'th and W : i. to nniiierniisi'ovi red v. space for weighing; the expense oi tiiat of the bridge leading to it, amounted t the lobby ol the Roval Cork li. of William III., which v ;in"n an eminence mar Sunda Y11, with sepan ]> I., r Protestants and Uomar l.l'i.ll well, for the leni! under examinatj. of disorderly persons until brought before the >1 and house of building of . new West-road, at a short distance I: !,e 1 by a bridge of one arch. taanrf of the I., e. communicating with a cau.-cway i.iiscd^aboi made 40 feet broad, in the e<