parishes, comprehended within any union, be expedient? 7. Has the incumbent cure of fouls in all parts of his benefice? II. 1. How many churches are in each benefice? What is the prefent condition of them? and in which of the parishes do they ftand? 2. State the names of the incumbents of all the benefices? 3. Where does each incumbent refide? 4. What caufe is there for the nonrefidence of fuch as do not refide? 5. By whom are the duties discharged? 6. Is there any glebe houfe within the benefice? 7. In what parish is the glebe houfe fituated? 8. What glebe lands belong to the benefice? 9. Are they contiguous to, or, bow far removed from each other? 10. How near are they to the church; or, in cafe where there is no church in repair, how near are they to the fite of the old church? III. What livings are in the different diocefes of a value too fmall to afford to refi. dent incumbents the means of comfort; and by what mode may the condition of each be moft improved? IV. What is the allowance now given to curates in cafe of permitted non-refidence of the incumbent; and the number of curates, refident or nonrefident, upon their cures? V. 1. What is the best mode of remedying the evil in each particular cafe of non-refidence? 2. What are the powers which now exift, of enforcing refidence, or which it may be neceffary to recommend to the legiflature to provide for that purpofe? VI. What is the best mode of apply. ing fuch funds as are now applicable, or hereafter may become fo, to the purpose of building or repairing of churches or glebe houses, or to the improvement of glebes or otherwife? VII. What regu lations appear to be proper to be established by law or otherwife, to prevent unions, perpetual or epifcopal, from being henceforth improperly made; and to preferve churches and glebe houses from dilapidation, when there are more than one in the united parithes? VIII. What can be fuggested in addition to the fore. going Queries; for the improvement, protection, and fupport of the church of Ireland ?"

"Upon the anfwers to these questions, which were ordered to be printed by the Houfe of Commons on the 29th of July 1807, and which contain many valuable remarks, This Topographical Dictionary of Ireland refts its principal claim to the attention of the public. The enlightened Earl who firft moved the inquiry, and The reverend Prelates who fo attentively promoted his intentions, have merited the warmest gratitude of their country. It has long been the misfortune of Ireland to be little known; but from henceforth, let no one complain of the want of intelligence concerning the Eftablished Church. The approbation of an humble individual may be of no moment; but the author hesitates not to avow this to be, in his limited capacity, one of the most fatisfactory and valuable Reports which has ever been laid before the United Parliament

We are now made acquainted with "the publications which have preceded the prefent work, in illuftrating the Topography of Ireland." Very fatisfactory to us is the account given of thefe books; which could not fail to supply moft ufeful and interefting information; and great muft have been the diligence with which they have been confulted.

"The information respecting the Free Schools of Royal Foundation, the Schools of Private Foundation, and the Proteftant Charter Schools, is given from the Reports prefented to the House of Commons, by the Commiffioners of the Board of Education in Ireland; and which were ordered to be printed on the 14th of April 1809."

"A lift of the most important Topographical books, which have been confulted, is fubjoined at the end of the preface: together with an abstract of the Ecclefiaftical Etablishment in 1807: and a Gloffary, or Explanation of fome of thofe Irish words which moft frequently occur, in compofition with the names of places."

The author very properly acknowledges the liberality and condefcenfion of the Lord Bishop of Cloyne, in revifing part of the manufcript of this work. His acknowledgments are made alfo "to Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Efq. who gave ample accefs to the title deeds and plans of his extenfive eftates, and a free perufal of his private journal, compofed during his refidence in Ireland and to Jofeph Thomas Finegar, Efq. of Bath; whofe fuperior knowledge of the Irish language enabled him to correct the prefent Gloffary, and which he kindly performed."

With much fatisfaction we announce to our readers, that the Topographical Dictionary of WALES may be expected to appear within a few months. SCOTLAND, we truft, and the ISLANDS in the British Seas, will follow not long after. And then, all the volumes will be found, we hope, in every valuable library; and in the hands of every individual, who wifhes to become accurately acquainted with the United Kingdom.

We fubjoin fpecimens of the work.

"ARMAGH, in the Barony of Armagh, Co. of ARMAGH, and Province of Ulfter: a R., valued in the King's books at 251. fterling: The Right Hon. and Moft Rev. William Stewart, D.D., Lord Primate, and Metropolitan of ALL Ireland, in 1810: The Cathedral: a Glebe Houfe, on a Glebe of 297 a. 3 r. 65 p. contiguous, and near the Church: The Hon, and Revd. Viscount

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Lifford, LL. D., the Dean (in 1806), who has cure of Souls, is refident, and difcharges the duties, affifted by a Curate, Armagh is in the Diocese of Armagh, and Province of Armagh. It is 62 m. N. b. W. from Dublin: The Fairs are holden on the 21ft of May, 10th of July, 12th of Auguft, Tuesday before the 10th of October, and the 20th of November. This City (now called the Town) fends one Member to Parliament: Patronage, in the Lord Primate. The Affizes for the County are holden here. The Magiftrates are a Sovereign, and Regifter. It is fituate near the river Callen. It has fix Poft-days in the Week. According to Dr. Beaufort, the City of Armagh, which was very much decayed, was renovated, and is become a pretty Town, of good fize, and well inhabited, through the attention and munificence of Richard Robinson, D. D., Baron Rokeby, late Lord Primate who built there a handfome Archiepifcopal Palace, and a noble House for the School, which is one of the Royal Foundations (of Charles the First), and is extremely well endowed. To thefe His Grace added a Public Library for the promotion of Science. He alfo erected a complete Obfervatory, with a liberal Establishment for the fupport of an Aftronomer; and secured the permanency of his endowments, by feveral acts of Parliament, obtained for that purpofe. This See, which is valued in the King's Books at £.183. 17. 1 fterling, was founded by St. Patrick about the middle of the Fifth century, and was made an Archbishoprick, in the year 1152. It extends into five Counties, being 59 miles from North to South, and varying in breadth from 10 to 25 miles. The Chapter confifts of a Dean, Precentor, Chancellor, Treafurer, Archdeacon, and four Prebendaries, with eight Vicars Choral. The City of Armagh is 35 miles diftant from the extremity of the Diocefe. According to the Report of the Commiffioners of the Board of Education, the Lands, with which the School of Armagh is endowed, contain, as appears by the laft Survey, made in the year 1771, 1530 acres English meafure, including Roads, Lakes, Rivers, and alfo about 100 acres of Bog. The Lands are fituate in the County of Armagh, be tween the Towns of Newry and Armagh. It appears, that these Lands produced, in the year 1804, the grofs annual Rent of £.1,144. 10. 5. The prefent Mafter, the Revd. Thomas Carpendale, A. M., was appointed by Primate Robinfon, in the year 1786, to be Mafter, upon the refignation of Dr. Gruebere, for a valuable confideration. Mr. Carpendale is ftated to have paid, during the whole time that he has been Matter, the clofeft and moft laudable attention to the duties of the School; and no School in this Country maintains a higher reputation than that of Armagh." St. Patrick, the great Apoftle of this kingdom, founded an Abbey here, A. D. 445, or in 457, for Regular Canons of the Order of St. Auguftin, and dedicated it to the Apoftles St. Peter and St. Paul; it continued, for many ages, one of the moft

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moft celebrated Ecclefiaftical Foundations in the world. This Abbey, and all the Poffeffions thereunto belonging, were granted, in May 1612, to Sir Toby Caulfield, Knight., at the rent of £5. Irish. The Culdei, or Colidei, were Secular Priests, and served in the Choir of the Cathedral of Armagh: their President was called, The Prior of the College of the Culdei, and was a Precentor to the faid Church Upon a vacancy, a Prior was elected by the whole College of the Culdei, but he received his confirmation from the Archbishop.-Temple Brigid is faid to have been founded in this Town by St. Patrick.-Temple Fartagh, or The Church of the Miracles, was founded without the Town by the fame Saint, for St. Lupita, his eldest Sifter, who was buried here: And, in the beginning of the last century, her Body was found buried deeply under the rubbish of her ancient Nunnery, in a standing pofture: two Croffes were alfo difcovered clofely guarding the body before and behind. On the 9th of January, 1618, King James granted the Monafteries of Temple Fartagh, and Temple Brigid, to Francis Annefley, Efq.-Porter in his Annals tells us, that there was a Dominican Friary at Armagh; which is more than probable, otherwise the Primate Scanlain, who was of that Order, would not have made his Foundation for the Friars Minor. -The Friars of the Order of St. Francis were brought inte this Town, A. D. 1261, and Patrick Scanlain, who was then Primate, built a Houfe for them two years after; Though Wadding, the Francifcan, as quoted by Allemande, affures us, that it was founded, in the year 1291, by O'Donnel. The Francifcans of the strict Obfervance began to reform this Friary in 1518, but it was not then perfected. In 1580, Walter Mac Cuard was Guardian, and, in 1583, Solomon Mac Conny was Guardian, in whofe time the Reformation was completed."-Archdall's Monoft. Hibern. pp. 14. et feq.

"CLONTIBRET, in the Barony of Cremourne, Co. of Me. NAGHAM, and Province of Ulfter: a R. and V.: a Church, in good condition: a Glebe Houfe; 40 acres of Glebe, ahout half a mile diftant from the Church: The Revd. John Wright, the Incumbent (in 1806), who has cure of Souls, is refident, and difcharges the duties. Clontibret is in the Diocese of Clogher, and Province of Armagh. It is 6 m. N. b. W. from Castle Blayney. On the first establishment of the Proteftant Religion in this part of the Kingdom, George Montgomery (after a vacancy of 35 years), being appointed Bishop of Clogher, united and appropriated the *parishes of Clontibret and Clones to the Archdeaconry of Clogher, on the ift of March, 1613. At prefent the Archdeacon is only in poffeffion of the Rectory of Clontibret: Mr. Wright receives the Vicarial Ty thes thereof; and Mr. Roper, the Rectorial and Vicarial Tythes of Clones. In this Union, which the Corps appro priate to the Archdeaconry, the Parishes are diftant from each other about nine miles. See Clones."

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ART. IX. Scott's Marmion, a fupplemental Article. In Addition to our Account in Vol. xxxi. p. 640.

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N the fubject of this poem, a friend has fupplied us with an anecdote fo remarkable, and fo illuftrative not only of the power of the poetry, but of the nature of local reports, that we are convinced our readers will be pleased with it. The poet certainly cannot be difpleafed.

In a voyage, with adverfe winds, from Leith to London, this friend was detained two days at Holy Island, the fcene of the trial and fate of Conftance in that poem. He went afhore with an officer, and examined the ruins of the abbey, and found, on what feemed the fite of the cavern in which Conftance Beverley was tried and immured, a fmal! fortress,. with a few invalids, under a barrack ferjeant, and one company of a regiment of militia. The officer inftantly recog.. nized the old ferjeant as a foldier who had ferved under his father, who had alfo been in the army; and their early acquaintance was eafily renewed. The ferjeant then guided the voyagers through the fortrefs, which is built on a highand fleep rock; and when they were on the highest part of the rock, he very gravely faid, that there must be some pro. found cavern in it, to which, after a long fearch, he had been unable to find the entrance. Our friend afked why he thought fo? Because, faid he, a bell is diftinctly heard to ring every night at twelve o'clock, in the centre of the rock, and apparently at a great depth; probably as deep as the level of the fea. He obferved our friend to fmile at fuch a fancy, and then swore that he had himself repeatedly heard it. As the officer had mentioned that his old acquaintance had received fome education, our friend immediately afked him whether he had ever read Marmion. On his faying, that he had read it with great pleasure, he was afked if the midnight bell had ever been heard by him before that period. "No," faid he, "we never till then thought of liftening for it." The whole body of the invalids agreed in the fame tale. They had all heard him read Marmion, and all had ever fince heard the midnight bell, though before that time they never thought of liftening for it.

A ftronger proof of the impreffive nature of the poetry cannot eafily be imagined; and it may ferve to fhow alfo by means of what faculty ftrange and preternatural founds are usually heard, or fights of that defcription feen.

We meant to have interwoven this little narrative in our account of the Lady of the Lake; but having accidentally omitted it, we thought it too curious, knowing it to be lite tally a fact, not to be given to the public,

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