EXHIBITED TO ENGLAND, IN A POLITICAL AND MORAL SURVEY OF HER POPULATION, AND IN A STATISTICAL AND SCENOGRAPHIC TOUR OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS; COMPREHENDING SPECIMENS OF HER COLONISATION, NATURAL HISTORY AND Violent Inequalities in her Political and Social System, THE TRUE SOURCE OF HER DISORDERS. PLAN FOR SOFTENING DOWN THOSE INEQUALITIES, AND FOR UNITING ALL CLASSES OF THE PEOPLE IN ONE CIVIL ASSOCIATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR COUNTRY. WITH A LETTER TO THE MEMBERS OF HIS MAJESTY's GOVERNMENT ON THE STATE OF IRELAND. By A. ATKINSON, Esq. LATE OF DUBLIN. Concordiâ res parvæ crescunt-discordiâ maximæ dilabuntur.-SALLUST. VOL. II. LONDON: BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1823. THE NEW YORK 41788 ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. PRINTED BY A. APPLEGATH, STAMFORD-street. CONTENTS. Situation, boundaries, extent, and civil divisions of the county of Antrim.-Description of the town of Lis- burn.-Battle fought there in 1641.-Brief account of Doctor Jeremiah Taylor.-Seats in the vicinity of Lis- burn described.-Village of Lambeg.-Description of the Hertford estate.-Specimen of seats on that beau- Belfast, the great maritime town of Ulster, introduced.— Soil and surface of the neighbouring country.-Political, moral, and commercial character of Belfast.-Humor- ous description of the hospitality of towns.-Rapid pro- gress of Belfast in commerce and the useful arts.-De- scription of its infant college, literary societies, and benevolent institutions. - Names of the newspapers published in that town.-Religious intolerance exposed. Page. |