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BELFAST. 133
' ‘Water’, and is very conveniently situated for the trade of
0 Lough Neaghr There was a custom-house once at "this
;t place,jthe duties of which are now performed at Belfast
h, and the privilege of returning two members to parliament
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has been discontinued. since the. union "of 1800. ”Here
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stood an ancient abbey, foundedby Durtract, a disciple,
tolerable linen market established here, and it is also a
‘ti fair, and post town. The population, which doesnot ap-
pear to, have increased much withinthe last ten years,
amounts to about 2,500. There is a very neat church,‘
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H of St. Patrick, the records. of which areivery imperfect. j , 33:33:37“
M In.1649 the town was burned by the puritan Munroe,
d: and in 1798 there was a dreadful engagement between was ' ‘
5‘ body of 6,000 rebels and theKing's troops, in which the 3 .
former were defeated with great ‘slaughter. There is a
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lg, adorned‘ with‘ a spire; alsottwo Presbyterian meeting
t; J houses, and one Roman Catholic chapel. '
-The road from Antrim to Belfast?“ passes through a Lmasppp: .
L rich and highly improved country, although the character 1
of the scenery is not verypicturesque. Here are several $ T’
" bleach-greens attached to the neat, and sometimes i
’ splendid, ' mansions of the. proprietors, who’ are here"
totally divestedof that mistaken pride which the Irish 3‘: :3-‘3',;-Z-;‘j‘u“-t
have been remarked to possess, ‘of disowning their con-' ’ 1,
nexion with the source and means of their wealth and” 1 ”31f3;‘jujf
respectability. This is not the characterof their prudent l
neighbours of Britain; and the wealth, independence, and ‘
. happiness of Ulster, is a palpable evidence thata dignified . ;.3;:.;g;.;;
e and honourable commercial reputation is an attendant pf ,,,ff',j,,,,,
e upon national happiness, and one ofthe first and greatest .3 .,..:'..‘::5E; .
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L “ Antxim to Belfast thirteen miles and two furlongs. . p . Eu" --
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