Between Rostrevor and Warren Point, in a field a short distance from the beach, there is a very handsome obelisk to the memory of General Ross, of the family already named, who was killed at Baltimore in 1814. This monument was raised at the expense of General Ross's brother officers. The Irish seem to have a preference for the obeliskar form of memorials; and when of sufficient size, as they usually are in Ireland, I think that the preference will be generally justified by the opinion of men of taste. As instances of this taste, I may name that on the field of the Battle of the Boyne; the Wellington memorial in the Phoenix Park; that raised at Armagh by Archbishop Robinson; and that near the Duke of Leinster's Park, recently raised by a lady-with the same object that influenced the Primate, viz. the employment of the people in a period of distress.

Warren Point may be considered as the port of Newry for all ships of large burthen; all those that go up to the town being obliged to unload partially here. It has a neat small harbour, and keeps up a constant intercourse with Liverpool by means of a steamer which crosses the channel twice a week. We saw one unloading which had just arrived. The more ordinary exports from Ireland are cattle, butter, eggs, and other articles of provision, while the imports are American flour, Indian corn, and manufactured goods of all sorts.

Warren Point is more than Rostrevor the

bathing-place of Newry, and has a small range of houses running along the shore, chiefly occupied by temporary residents for bathing purposes. It is a very common-looking place in itself, but attractive enough from the delightful views which it possesses of the bay and its bounding mountains. In 1841 it had a population of 1540, which had grown to 1769 in 1851. It contains a neat church, a Roman Catholic chapel, and one or two meeting-houses; and, according to the official return, their frequenters in 1834 were as follows: Established Church, 678; Catholics, 877; Presbyterians, 372.

Warren Point has an excellent National School for boys and girls. At the time of my visit the numbers were as follows: boys on the books, 88, present, 52; average attendance during the year, 63: girls on the books, 108; average attendance during the last month, 40. According to the last two Reports of the Commissioners, the returns were as follows: 1850-on the rolls, boys, 89; girls, 98: 1851-boys, 117; girls, 111. The whole of the children in both schools were Catholics. The patron or manager of the schools is the Catholic priest of the parish. At both these schools the weekly pence are rigidly exacted; and the master and mistress consequently derive from this source, respectively, 157. and 131. a year, in addition to their salaries of 247. and 201. Besides the national schools, there are two if not three other schools for Protestants, chiefly supported by Mr. and Mrs.

Hall, of Narrow-water Castle, the patrons of the town. I called at the girl's school, but found it had been recently given up; and I was told that the other Protestant schools had about 50 scholars between them.

Newry is a large and busy town, beautifully situated on the two banks of the Newry river, which here becomes tidal, and bears the name of 'The Narrow Water' from hence to Warren Point. It is situated partly in the county of Down and partly in that of Armagh, the river forming the boundary between them. The numerous bridges, rendered necessary to preserve due intercourse between the two portions of the town, and the quays and shipping within its limits, give to the whole place a picturesque and rather striking look. Some of the streets are large, and contain handsome houses; and the public buildings, including both the churches and chapels, are unusually good. Old Saint Patrick's Church, striking from its lofty site; and Saint Mary's, standing low, but with a splendid tower 190 feet high; are both fine buildings; and the Chapel, which serves as the Cathedral of the Roman Catholic diocese of Dromore, is also a handsome structure, as are, indeed, even the Presbyterian meeting houses. A finer view of a town than that of Newry from the railway on the South or Dublin side, is seldom to be seen; with Saint Patrick's tower, commanding the varied mass of houses below, and the beautifully-cultivated valley em

bracing it on both sides. There is a very extensive trade, both domestic and foreign, carried on at Newry, it being the best frequented seaport between Belfast and Dublin. The population of the town in 1841 was 11,972; and in 1851, 13,435, a degree of increase, in the general depreciation of population, sufficiently indicative of the prosperity of the place.

Being under the authority of the inexorable rail, I had not time to pay my usual visits to the schools or poor-house of Newry; but I received some satisfactory information respecting one other of the ordinary subjects of my inquiry-Temperance.

Within these two years there has recommenced a movement in favour of the Total Abstinence system, which promises to make some amends, at least, for the comparative ruin of Father Mathew's structure, during the years of distress. There are now two societies, a Protestant and a Catholic, each supported by the clergy of the two denominations respectively. In this all the Protestants unite, the most active being two Presbyterian ministers and one Unitarian. The Protestant Association holds monthly meetings of the members, full 500 in number, in the Ebenezer school-room, and has soirées besides, which are much more numerously attended.

According to the Commissioners' Reports, there appear to be no less than eight national schools in Newry, reckoning the Model Schools as three. The

following are their names and the number of children on their respective rolls in the month of September during the last two years:

The country traversed by the railway from Newry to Dundalk (a distance of about sixteen English miles,) is in general very picturesque. There is a beautiful mountainous ridge on both sides (not close) for many miles together; with smaller rocky elevations here and there, cut sheer across by the railway; a few occasional bogs; and the whole interspersed with fine patches of cultivation, both in the valley and on the hill sides. After passing Mount Pleasant Station, a few miles from Dundalk, the chain of mountains on either hand turns away to the east and west respectively, presenting a beautiful outline as they become dimmer, and finally vanish on the horizon.

At the Newry station, we were obliged to go into a second-class carriage, on account of all of the first class being occupied. This turned out to be a piece of good luck, as it proved the means of our