City of Armagh. 387 



Armagh has so commanding an elevation, 

 that it is seen to advantage from every quarter, 

 and at a great distance. There are a number 

 of good buildings in the new part of the city. 

 The barracks are extensive, where a staff of 

 officers and a large military force are always in 

 garrison. Six thousand pounds have been ob- 

 tained for the erection of a new church, which 

 is in great forwardness. Great as may be the 

 body of soldiers, and numerous as may be the 

 charity children, it might have been supposed 

 the interior of the cathedral was equal to their 

 reception ; but it seems to have been thought 

 otherwise by those, who possessed sufficient in- 

 fluence to obtain the means for building a new 

 church. The grounds attached to the Arch- 

 bishop's palace, as I mentioned in my last let- 

 ter, join the town. The palace was built by 

 Primate Robinson, whose liberality was con- 

 spicuous on all occasions. The view of the 

 city from the palace is very fine, and the park- 

 is well wooded. 



Out of the fifteen miles to Newry, we had an 

 ascent for the first twelve. On the summit of 

 the hill there is a noble prospect of the great 

 mass of Mourne Mountains, and a vast plain 

 extending to Lough Neagh ; the view altogether 

 is prodigiously grand. Cultivation has travelled 



