BUILDINGS. 
May, 1815, aged 22 years. The name of the Rev. William Hamilton, author of the interesting 
“ Letters concerning the Northern Coast of the County of Antrim,” recorded on his father’s 
tomb-stone, recalls the memory of his unhappy fate. [See History .] The entire epitaph is 
as follows :— 
“ The Tomb of John Hamilton, of this city, Merchant, who died on the 9th day of August, 
1780, E)ged 55 years. Likewise, of his son, the Rev. Wm. Hamilton, D. D. Late Rec¬ 
tor of Clondevadock, in the county of Donegall, formerly Fellow of Trinity College, 
Dublin. The cause of Religion Has to lament the Loss of one of its ablest Advocates; 
Virtue one of its best Supporters ; and learning one of its brightest ornaments. He was as¬ 
sassinated at the House of Dr. Waller, at Sharon, on the 2d of March 1797, Where he 
fell a Victim to the brutal fury of an armed Banditti, In the 40th year of his Age. His 
acquirements as a scholar, equally solid and refined, are duly appreciated in the World of 
Letters ; whilst the sacred remembrance of his Virtues is enshrined in the hearts of those 
who knew him.” 
There is also a tomb-stone erected to the memory of George Tomkins Esq., executor to Colonel 
Mitchelburne’s will, and a relation by marriage to Colonel Knox of Prehen. 
In the churchyard there are also a tombstone erected in 1642, to the memory of- 
Martin, and the remains of another—a monument of Counsellor Cairns, who signalized him¬ 
self in 1688, during the siege. 
The Palace was erected during the prelacy of Bishop Barnard, but was almost rebuilt by 
the Earl of Bristol, when in possession of the see. It suffered some damage in 1798, when it 
was employed as a barrack, but was repaired by Bishop Knox. It stands opposite the court¬ 
house, and in the rear are gardens, which occupy nearly two acres, and extend to the city 
walls. These, in 1798, served for a parade, which designation is still applied to the adjacent 
part of the walls. It is a substantial and commodious building, but has no pretensions to 
architectural beauty. 
The palace occupies the site of the Augustinian convent, and of the subsequent manse, 
erected by the corporation of London immediately after the plantation, at a cost of £500. 
A memorial from the Bishop of Derry to the primate, proposing that the latter should be 
rebuilt, was approved on the 9th of March, 1753, and the accounts for building the palace 
received his sanction on the 23rd of April, 1761. 
The Deanery, which was erected in 1833, is a large, but unadorned brick building. 
The expense, which was paid by the dean, and is to be reimbursed by his successor, 
amounted to £3,421 16s. 8\d. The last deanery which was built by the Very Rev. Dr. John 
Boltou, was finished on the 28th of February, 1720. 
The Chapel of Ease is a plain rectangular building, adjacent to the city wall, on the W. 
It contains accommodation for only 200 people. The eastern window is semicircular, and 
the side-windows nearly so. 
This place of worship was built by Bishop Barnard, whose descendant, Sir Andrew Bar¬ 
nard, became patron. The chaplain’s original stipend of £50 annually is now paid from the 
property of William J. Campbell, a minor, who claims the right of presentation. This is, 
however, disputed by Sir A. Barnard, on the plea that a document was drawn up on the 
transfer of the property, by which the presentation was reserved to him. The parties having 
concurred in the nomination of the present chaplain, the point has not been yet brought to an 
issue. 
The first entry in the registrar’s office, relative to the chapel, is a license to the cure of 
it, granted by the Earl of Bristol, Bishop of Derry, to the Rev. John Blackall—“ he having 
been nominated and appointed thereunto by the Right Reverend Father in God Thomas Lord 
Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora, the patron thereof, with a salary of fifty pounds a year.” 
It is dated the 17th of August 1791. 
Another entry is the appointment of the Rev. William Henry Murdock as chaplain, in 
consequence of the resignation of the Rev. James M‘Ghee. It was made by the patron, the 
Bishop of Limerick, son to the Bishop of Derry, by whom the chapel was built, and contains 
a request to the then Bishop of Derry for license to officiate. This document is dated the 25th 
of March, 1795, but the license appears not to have been granted until the November 
following. 
In the cemetery is the tomb-stone of Alderman Stanley, with the following inscription :— 
“ Here Lye the Bodies of Alderman Peter Stanley and Ann his Wife, who Lived Together 51 
Years in Perfect Harmony and in the Exercise of Every Private, Social, and Christian 
Duty: She Died the 17th of March 1750 in the 70th Year of Her Age; He the 6th of 
November Following in the 73rd. ‘ To feed the hungry and clothe the naked, to 
EASE THE HEAVY BTJRTHENED, AND LET THE OPPRESSED GO FREE,’ Was the Business of 
their Lives : His Integrity, public Spirit and Zeal in promoting every good work will be 
transmitted to Posterity by the Gratitude of the present Generation. 
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