philosopher. LURGAN, about 14 m. N.E. from Armagh.--A large town, principally of one extensive and neatly kept street; surrounded by the linen manufacture, Ch. and Spire. See the house and handsome grounds of the Brownlow family, with good views of Lough Neagh. The mansion, an antique Castle. MARKETHILL, a thriving town about 4 m. S.E. from Armagh, with good Inn.--In the Fews a wild, barren, but romantic district, the admirers of Dean Swift will be gratified in tracing many spots noticed by that eccentric character; especially Hamilton's Bawn, Gosford Castle, and Draper's Hill, about 1 m. distant. Throughout these wild and romantic mountains there is something very interesting, awful, and grateful, to the lover of nature, elevating the inquisitive mind, and inspiring a strong desire to explore their inmost recesses, and a desire to become familiar with so sublime a solitude. (_See further, Sir C. Coote's Survey of County_, p. 35.) PORTADOWN, 3 m. S. of Lurgan,--is a neat town on the Bann, at the junction of the Newry canal with that river. RICH HILL, about 4 m. N.E. from Armagh,--is a small village, but deserves notice for the beautiful residence of Sir Capel Molyneux at Castle Dillon, with extensive plantations, lakes, &c. and two handsome columns in honour of St. Patrick and the volunteers of Ireland. The appearance of the village itself is interesting, and considerably improved by the elegant demesne of Mr. Richardson, in full view of the street, with antique Castle. Proceed through a charmingly wooded country towards the Church of Kilmore, and thence by good roads to Loughgall village, where is Drummilly, an ancient mansion with extensive plantations. TANDERAGEE, 10 m. E. of Armagh,--affords good specimens of the linen manufacture. Acton village, 5 m. S., the scene of many bloody contests in the feudal times, especially at Points Pass; and near to it is Scarvagh Pass on the borders of Down. TYNAN, about 6 m. S.W. of Armagh,--stands pleasantly on an eminence near a river of the same name. See excellent Ch. and lofty steeple: also in the Church-yard an oblong stone of about 18 inches square and 4 feet long, set upon a large block stone, and capped with another, divided into square compartments, and having vestiges of sculpture. 1 m. ruins of ancient Castle. About 6 m. S. Keady, a small village on the river Callen, crowded with mills and bleach-greens. See the handsome Ch., also the rich lead-mines. MINERALS. Lead:--in the vicinity of Tynan; rich ore. Iron exists, at least in small quantities, as evinced by the chalybeate springs in the mountainous districts. Fossils are stated, in the _County Survey_, to be in great variety, as yet little known, but affording ample investigation to the geologist. BOTANY. _Colchicum autumnale_, Meadow Saffron:--on the borders of the Blackwater and Callen rivers. _Euphrasia_, Eyebright:--in low grounds near the Lough.