It is not our purpose to enact the part of Guide through the Irish metropolis. Curry's "Picture of Dublin" wholly supersedes the province of any amateur Cicerone; and to the pregnant companionship of that faithful adviser and most pleasant associate, we accordingly commit the reader. And so, too, for that portion of our journey performed by railway from Dublin to Drogheda; a delightful ride, for the most part along the sea coast; and the pleasures of which will be infinitely enhanced by perusal of the Hand-book to the Dublin and Drogheda Railway"-to be had for a shilling at all the stations. Under its directorship we shall assume that the reader has reached the Drogheda terminus, where we shall take him under our guidance at page 103. Meanwhile we return to Liverpool, and proceed thence direct to Newry, hoping shortly to adduce good reason for our preference of that route over the one just mentioned.

The two steamers, the (Hercules Capt. Laurence Tallem) and the Sea Nymph (Capt. Joseph Thompson), plying from the Clarence Dock, Liverpool, to Warrenpoint, every Monday and Thursday, are swift and capacious boats, having excellent accommodation for passengers, at very moderate fairs. Their respective commanders being men of education and extensive experience in their profession in various parts of the globe, and being most communicative and obliging, the tourist cannot possibly commence the trip we are entering upon under more favourable auspices. The Sea Nymph, by the way, was very near being lost to this station lately, through the efforts of Lieutenant Waghorn, the celebrated overland pioneer, to purchase her for the Trieste route, which he is now engaged in maturing by the direction of Government, she being one of the fastest steam craft afloat. He was happily a day too late in his offer, and she passed into the hands of the present owners, than whom it is impossible that any could be more liberal and enterprising, and equally impossible that there could be a better qualified officer intrusted with her management than Capt. Thompson.

On board the Hercules or Nymph, then, we propose approaching the time-hallowed and ever freshly-beautiful shores of the BAY OF CARLINGFORD.

APPEARANCE FROM THE SEA.

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HEN viewed in the early summer morning, as the east is beginning to glow with a warmer light, and as you have just passed the Isle of Man, whose mountains on your lee are probably wrapped in clouds, the scene is most effective. In two hours more Sliev Donard upheaves its giant bulk. The sun has now risen, and with him. the morning mists are rising too from the lesser mountains, circling in wreaths dark Donard's brow, and "turning to sun-bright glories there." As we approach, we have noble views from the Irish Sea; but by far the grandest is the Mourne Mountains, standing out in bold relief against the western sky, and forming an admirable background to the narrow band of low country studded with villas, plantations, and snug cottages around the coast. Sweeping on, our eye rests upon the pretty little town of Kilkeel; and right before us, looms the Light-house, a friendly monitor and guide. On scud we over Hellyhunter's iron shoal; past Haulbowline Rock, on which the Light-house stands, and leave Blockhouse Island in our wake. We have put Cranfield Point and Coast Guard Station on our right; Ballagan Point left, and dash past the ruined Fortress of Greencastle, erected centuries ago by the Earls of Ulster to guard the entrance to the Bay. Three miles inland of Ballagan Point, on the same side, and nearly opposite to Greencastle, is Greenore Point, (with its picturesque Light-house,) destined to be the locale of the future dock, which will, before long, be established here, when the contemplated Railroad from Newry is carried thither, and the Bar at the entrance of the Bay deepened, in conformity with the wishes of the Admiralty, to which detailed allusion will hereafter be made, when we come to speak of Carlingford, which ancient and strange looking town appears farther on, on our larboard bow, with its dusky castles, at the base of the rugged Foy Mountain. Still farther on are the Mountains of Louth; and, right before us, the pine-clad heights of Fathom. Narrow Water Castle reposing amidst its woods, and Warrenpoint with its pretty windmills and church spires, bound the prospect; which, for subdued, if not romantic beauty, disputes supremacy with the boasted bay of Glengariff. To the right, as the steam-boat glides on, the coup

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d'ail is ever-changing and ever-fascinating, like a dissolving diorama; Hartsfort, Seafield House, Ballyedmond, with its wooded glades and sunward slopes; the Woodhouse and Rosstrevor standing prominently in the fore-ground, with the picturesque back-ground of the Mourne Mountains.

KILKEEL.

ON accordance with the plan we have laid down, of making Newry the head-quarters of our tour, and entering and leaving that town by different routes and at irregular intervals, we must now request the reader to suppose that having landed at Warrenpoint, after a passage of less than eleven hours from Liverpool, and proceeded on to Newry, we have next morning, by a well appointed mail-car started thence to Kilkeel, the only intermediate town along the coast between Rosstrevor and Newcastle. Kilkeel possesses no little interest for

the tourist in the district we mean to embrace. It is a substantially built town, contiguous to a fine bay, and backed by a mountainous amphitheatre partially covered with thriving plantations. It is the property of the Earl of Kilmorey; and if it has at present comparatively little trade and little thoroughfare, only a few shops for the supply of the simple luxuries enjoyed by the inhabitants of the adjacent mountain country,-it is in a fair way to repay the judicious treatment it is now experiencing at the hands of Lord Newry, who, having the good sense to perceive the direction in which the true interests of so exceedingly improvable a property lie, has also the resolution to pursue it to its legitimate issue.

Kilkeel is fourteen miles and a half from Newry, and half a mile from the open coast; upon which, in winter during southeast gales, the waves break with great force and grandeur. The town consists of five streets, with about two hundred and thirty houses, for the greater part well built and comfortable, and nearly all are occupied by a hardy, temperate, and courteous population, estimated at 1270. It contains a Court-house, Market-house (where the weekly market is held on Wednesday), Poor-law Union Work-house (with accommodation for 400 in mates), a Presbyterian Meeting-house, a Meeting-house for Seceders, a Moravian Meeting-house, with a pretty manse for the preacher attached, a neat Church of mixed Saxon and Gothic architecture, and, "though last not least," an excellent Hotel, built expressly for the accommodation of tourists, at a cost of considerably upwards of £2,000. The "Kilmorey Arms" Hotel has all the attributes of an excellent English country inn; and what higher praise can be bestowed upon it? It is snug and home-like,-possessing a combination of comfort with elegance, and yet complete in all its appointments,-being, more over, totally divested of the bustle and numerous inconveniences of an ordinary hostelrie. Its charges too are very moderate. A flying guest would be surprised to find every thing so excellent at the rate of 1s. for breakfast, 1s. 6d. for a plain substantial dinner, Is. for tea, 1s. for bed, and about 1s. 6d. per diem for servants. Many towns of quadruple the population of Kilkeel might be proud of such an inn as the Kilmorey Arms, and we strongly recommend it accordingly for its fare, its economy, and the civility and assiduity of its conductor.

Kilkeel has a thriving appearance, and is greatly enlarged within the last seven years. Bathers do not appreciate as they ought the fine shore on its splendid bay, about twelve minutes' walk from the town; but in proportion as it becomes known, it will rapidly advance in popularity. Fish are very abundant in the bay, but unfortunately the inhabitants cannot avail themselves of this circumstance to anything like the extent they might do. What would become a mine of wealth, if fully worked, is of comparatively little advantage, because there is no harbour to shelter boats. Although nature has been most bountiful, yet for want of encouragement and assistance from Government in the formation of a commodious pier, they are unable successfully to carry on fishing, or to export the produce of the land, although in the midst of a fine grain and potato growing country, and the shopkeepers and merchants of the town having ample capital for prosecuting such trade. They have now to convey their corn, &c., to the Newry market. A small outlay,the one-half of which, it is understood, the inhabitants would

subscribe themselves, if Government advanced the other half,— would construct a good harbour, sufficient for their wants, at Lee Stone, a place pointed out and partly fitted by nature for such a purpose. There can be little doubt that Lord Newry will avail himself, at the fitting time, of the disposition lately evinced by Parliament to second all local efforts in Ireland for the construction of piers and small harbours for the protection and encouragement of fisheries. There are few places on which the bestowal of such aid would be productive of more speedy and more certain advantages than Kilkeel; and there is this, too, to be said in its favour, that from its position, its progress would operate as an incentive to many places in want of an example of what can be effected when the industry and energy of a neighbourhood are sustained and stimulated in the mode obviously so much required as at Kilkeel. Not only would that town itself immensely benefit by the public work alluded to, and the neighbouring district necessarily partake of the improvement, but Newry and the western interior of the country would be furnished with a regular and economic supply of excellent fish, the want of which now causes numerous orders to be sent to Dublin; and, what is more, operates against the extension of a taste for a description of food, cheap, nutritious, and abundant, almost throughout Ireland, if only rendered rightly available. The benefits springing from the establishment of a pier at Newcastle, at an expense of £30,000, is a strong case in point why Kilkeel should have the like too.

Immediately after you leave the town, on the road to Newry, the whole of the Mourne Mountains present themselves, in a wild and irregular, but singularly picturesque aspect, amongst which Binyon rises proudly eminent. On the right, as you leave the town, is a handsome house, lately erected by Mr. Hamilton, an enterprising and successful merchant of Kilkeel, who, it is said, has realised a large fortune. Here, also, you have a glimpse of "The Abbey," the delightful summer residence of Thomas Gibson Henry, Esq., J. P. and D.L., the agent of the Kilmorey estates. As you advance, directly in front, is the wooded mountain of Knockchree-"the hill of the deer"-at the base of which is Mourne Park, the residence of Viscount Newry and Mourne, M.P. for the Borough of Newry. And here let us observe, par arenthèse, that although, probably, a majority of the non-electors by Newry are opposed to the politics of this young nobleman, yet fair ordship is decidedly popular amongst his constituents; his ess talents, and his exertions in favour of the Newry and ceive tkillen Railway (of which more hereafter), and of every improt calculated to promote the prosperity of the town, have to its him "golden opinions from all sorts of people." He is

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