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Rh IH:.MI 820 i>r_AMAXA<;ir. parish church. That church, dedicated to St. Michael, and surmounted by a lofty spire, was built in 1745, ana uated at the S.E. end of the town. It is the most interesting ecclesiastical structure in Dumfries. The New church, built in 1727, is a fine edifiee, surmounted by a spire, and is very conspicuous, as it occupies the northern extremity of the High-street. The quoad saera parish church of >St. Mary's is a fine building, with a spire supported by flying buttresses. Among the other occle- Val buildings in the burgh may be mentioned the Episcopalian chapel, the United Presbyterian church in Buccleuch-street, the Free church, and alao the Re- formed Presbyterian, the Iii'l ]>< Midi -nt, and the Roman Catholic places of worship. There are many social, literary, educational, and religious institutions in the town. There are three weekly newspapers the ( published on Tuesday, the Slantianl on Wednesday, and the llii-nlil on Friday. Some of the meetings of the Royal Caledonian Hunt are held here, and there are annual races every autumn at Tinwald Downs. The part of Dumfries which extends from Sarkfoot to Kirkandrewsburn was, prior to 1834, greatly improved by the removal of obstructions and the erection of quays at various points, at an expense of about 20,000. Its trade is chiefly coasting, the principal imports being iron, coal, timber, slate, wire, hemp, and tallow, and its exports live stock, wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, wool, and freestone. There are markets every Wednesday and Friday, the former being by far the larger. Great numbers of cattle and pigs are dis- posed of weekly, and also large quantities of pork from December to May. Large annual fairs for the sale of black cattle are held at Whitsunday and Martinmas, and in October and February for horses. The chief market is held in September, when great numbers ot cattle change hands. During the droving season large sales of cattle for England are privately effected. Some 500 horses are disposed of at each of the horse fairs, and at that held in February some 30,000 or 40,000 hare- skins are sold. Among the manufactures may be men- tioned hats, hosiery, shoes and clogs, or wooden-soled shoes, brewing, tanning, and basket making. The facilities of communication in all directions are great, the Glasgow and South- Western railway affording the chief. Dumfries is a very ancient royal burgh, and is governed by a provost, 3 bailies, a dean of guild, a treasurer, and 19 councillors. The incorporated trades are the hammermen, squaremen, weavers, tailors, shoe- makers, skinners, and butchers, who formerly had great influence in the town council. The yearly revenue of the burgh is about 1,400. It unites with Annan, Loch- maben, Sanquhar, and Kirkcudbright in sending a member to parliament, and Maxwelltown is includ. d in its parliamentary boundaries. Besides its q sessions, the circuit justiciary court for the southern districts of Scotland is held here, and also the sheriff' and small debt courts. Population of the parliamentary burgh in 1851, 13,166; in 1861, 14,024. Dun appears to have existed as early as the 8th century. Its name, which signifies in Gaelic a hill covered with brushwood, probably points to ita originally having been a fortress occupying the site of the castle which formerly stood at the north end of the I' In 1305 Robert Bruce slew, 1 i the chapel of the monastery of <!ivy Friars of Dumfries, (lie lied vn, who opposed his claims to (lie : ieh ho afterwards made good by the decish battle of Hat - bum. The castle was taken by Edward I. after he had dethroned John Baliol, and was (v During the troubles of the 17th and lv!i oemu'ri< town shared largely in the disasters whieli overspread the country. In 1146 the Pietender treated this burgh of the citizens bavin it of his 1 in lid:;, the title ot Karl in : sh peerage to the M: family of I'riohton ,,f Samnihiir. After jiansing to a member of the family of ] l;ili vmple ami - t Stair, il My fell to .lohn Marcjiiis of I'.ute, in which family it still remains, the present proprietor having b- royal lict nee taken the name of Crii ! DUiltiKKK, a quondam par. in the district of An nandalc, in the co. of Dumfries, Scotland. The grate part of it was joined to Kirkpatrick-Juxta, and th. remainder to Johnstone. IH'M.MKl;, a par. in the Basingstoko div. of thi lower half of the Imiid. of I'.iimond^it, in the co. o Southampton, ."> mil. s S. V. ot 1 it, p^. town, and 13 X. of Winchester. . a J^n- abounding in ccnery. It i^ situated new thi Busingstoke canal and the South-Western railway is an iron foundry. The living is r, val. 415, in the ; The church, dedicated to All^^^H an ancient structure, containing some monument* figures in brass and inscriptions. The charitiea are il. num. endowment for the school, an purposes. Stephen Terry, Esq., is lord of the manor Hummer House is the principal residence. DUMoliAX. a harbour in the i the co. of Sligo, prov. of Connaught, Anghris Head. DUMPFOKD, a hund. in the rape of Chicherter 'i div. of the co. of Sussex. It 001 of Chithurst, Didlii -'-'to, ^^^1 ml Trotton, comprising 22,490 an DUMPTON, a limit, in the | and St. Peter, hund. of Ringslowe, lath- in the co. of Kent, 1 mile N. of Hampton House is the principal n ideiiee. DUN, a par. in tin; N.K. of the co. of land. It is bounded on the Logiepert, on (lie E. by the pur. am on the S. by the South Esk, and 01 Its figure is nearly square, with a length about 4 miles. The surface i the S. and E., from which it rises utre of the parish. Th a muddy and disagreeable ap] it* waters, as well as those < from overflowing the adjacent low Ian meiits. The river has a bridge of 1787, and abounds in salmon road between Montrose and Brechin, u tish North-Eastern railway, i is a railway station at Bridge-of-Dun. 'I owners are Erskine, of Dun, Ciimcgy, of Cruickshank, of Langley Park, and i-v bell, fit- iw. This par. is in aiid synod of Angus and Mearns, und in Krskino, of Dun. The minister has DUN for names with this prefix, see DUNADRY, a post vil. in N bar. of Upper Antrim, in the co. of Antrii: , Ireland, 4 miles E. of Antrim. It is * ^^H the Belfast and Northern Counties railw DUNAFF, a promontory, fishing . in (he bar. of Innishowen, in the co. of prov. ot ri.-tur, Ireland. It lies at the. mouth of iSwillv. DUNAOHY, a par. in the bar. of Kilconway, and, 7 miles liallymena. It i-. -ilnated on thu foot of ' .ok. The surface is hilly and The' living is a reel, in the di< the patron, of tin- bishop. The church wna built tin' middle of last century. The Koinan ' is united to that of Skerry. There is a Pros! -house; al-o National, three Sunday. DUNALLY, a ruined castle in th Himond, in the OO. ot 'lipp.iary, prov. of Munst land, near Silvermiiie-. Il stands on (ho ledge 1 ipitons fork ; :i mo j
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picturesque cascade. The Pritty family take 1 Mron from Iliinally. DUN .l.XAi :'ll. a rfl, in Hie pai