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DUNDEE. 



Old Church, having a large square Gothic tower 156 

 feet high ; on the south side of it tin- town-house is 

 built u|M>ii tin- scite of an old church, anil contains a 

 guild-hall, court-room, prison, the Dundee bonk, &c. 

 At the east mil of the square there is a handsome 

 trades hall. St Andrew's Church is an elegant new 

 building, with a spire 1 39 feet high. A large infirmary 

 has been for a considerable time established ; and a 

 lunatic asylum, planned by the late Mr Stark, is partly 

 finished. " The other public buildings of any appearance 

 are a small theatre, and a new Gothic chapel for an 

 l'.picopalian congregation. 



Dundee is a royal borough. It has enjoyed privi- 

 leges as ample as those of any borough in Scotland, since 

 the reign of William, which began in 1 Ifi5 ; and these 

 were recognized by a charter of King Robert Bruce, 

 dated March 1+th, in the 2'Al year of his reign. The 

 privileges were greatly increased in subsequent reigns, 

 until, in that of James VI. in January 1601, they were 

 all confirmed, and last of all ratified by Charles I. in 

 what is called the threat charter, which bears that all 

 its articles were ratified in parliament, 1641. The go- 

 vcrnment of the town is vested in a council of twenty 

 jjersons, who, in the ordinary way throughout Scotland, 

 chuse a provost and four bailies annually. The re- 

 venues, of which the magistrates have the management, 

 amount to about 4000 per annum. 



The trade of this port is very considerable, and al- 

 though of late years the actual exports and imports, 

 owing to the general obstructions of commerce, afford 

 no adequate idea of the tendency to increase, we shall 

 state them for the year 1813, with this remark, that the 

 direct imports and exports bear.no proportion to the 

 goods carried to and from Dundee coastwise, which 

 are not here included. 



IMPORTS in 1813. 



Tons. Cwts. Qrs. Lbs. 



Flax 1201 16 2 



Herop 1097 10 25 



Iron 425 10 3 13 



Tallow 113 15 2 19 



Ashes 20 15 2 16 



Lintseed 4621 bushels. 



EXPORTS in 1813. 



Sailcloth 3295 ells. 



Linens 14,772 yards, (in 1811,= 



176,281 yards.) 

 Refined Sugar .... 410cwts. Iqr. 7lbs. 



In 1791 the exports to foreign ports, entered at the 

 custom-house, were 72,777 tons. The imports same 

 year, 2839J tons of sundry goods; 1036 hhds. of lint- 

 seed ; 1706 loads of fir timber; 6:JOO fir balks ; and 

 13,1 'JO fir deals. In the same year the goods sent coast- 

 wise were 7,842,000 yards of linen, 1:50,752 pounds of 

 thread, 280,000 yards of sailcloth, 65,000 yards of cot- 

 ton bagging, barley 23,917, and wheat 3097 quarters. 

 The goods brought coastwise, in that period, were cot- 

 ton wool 3.5 tons, tea 47,743 pounds, 1080 hhds. of 

 porter, 28,021 tons of coals, sugar 58S^ tons. There 

 are at present 30 vessels of different sizes belonging to 

 Dundee, employed in the foreign trade, IJiJti tons; 

 116 ships, 7384 tons in the coasting trade; and 8 ships 

 in the fishing trade, 26'24- tons; making the whole 

 tonnage of shipping belonging to the port 14,!*)9. 



The same causes which of late have had a prejudicial 



influence on trade, have also operated on manufacture*, Dundee 

 and those of Dundee can only be correctly viewed by ta- """ *""*"* ' 

 king a retrospect. The linen manufacture has been long 

 carried on in it to a great extent, Betwixt 1788 and 

 1789, the quantity of Osnaburghs stamped amounted 

 to 4,242,653 yards, valued at L 108,782, 14s. 2d. ; and 

 supposing a fourth of this quantity to have been brought 

 from the neighbourhood to the Dundee stamp-or 

 the quantity made in the town and vicinity would be 

 3, 1 8 1 ,990 yards, worth L.80,587, Os. 8d. 



We add a note of the stamped linen cloths for the 

 last four years. 



1810. 

 1811. 

 1812. 

 1813. 



2,969 ''51 a yards. Value L. 1 1 7, 1 26 6 11 



2,489,518 91,222 9 



2,624,8I1J 95,212 3 llj 



J.MH,461 100,154 17 5 



2, 1 44, 1 3 If 96,705 2 4f 



2,735,255 113,534 14 2 



2,1->1,314. 90,6.'i4 3 5$ 



2,706,305 112,489 5 3 



Besides Osnaburghs, there is a great deal of canvass for 

 shipping manufactured, probably nearly 800,000 yards 

 annually. This, however, is mostly a war manufacture. 

 Besides bagging, diapers, and various coarse linen cloths, 

 the cotton manufactures have been carried on to a con- 

 siderable extent. A woollen cloth manufactory has re- 

 cently l)een established. White and coloured linen 

 threads, and every other species of manufacture now 

 generally introduced into Scotland, have obtained a foot- 

 ing in Dundee, and are carried on with a.s much spirit 

 and 4 uccess as in other parts of the country. 



As connected with the trade and manufactures of 

 this town, we may notice the banks, viz. the Dundee, 

 New, and Union Banks, which are local, and a branch 

 of the British Linen Company. 



This town has made a figure in the history of the 

 country. It was twice taken by the English in the 

 reign of Edward, and retaken by Wallace and Bruce, 

 by the latter of whom the castle was demolished. It 

 was taken and burnt by Ricliard II. and again in the 

 reign of Edward VI. of England. The Marquis of- 

 Montrose took it by assault, and it was saved from pil- 

 lage by the covenanters. It was lastly taken and en- 

 tirely pillaged by Monk, in Cromwell's protectorate 

 one sixth of the inhabitants having been destroyed on 

 that occasion, and all the soldiers loaded with immense 

 booty. Wallace, the Scottish patriot, is said to have 

 been educated at the school of Dundee, and to have 

 commenced his atchievements by killing the son of the 

 English governor. 



Dundee is a Presbytery seat. There are eight cler- 

 gymen of the established church, (two of the charge 

 are collegiate,) who officiate in four churches and three 

 chapels of ease. In one of the latter, the clergyman 

 preaches in Gaelic, although very few understand that 

 language. The stipends of the clergy are very inade- 

 quate. The dissenters are divided into the following 

 classes: two congregations of Burghers, two of An- 

 tiburghers, two ot Relief, two oi Glassites, and two of 

 Episcopalians. Baptists, Methodists, Bcreans, Inde- 

 pendents, Unitarians, and Roman Catholics, have also 

 meetings. The Haldauite Independents had a large 

 house, capable of containing 2UUO people; but it lias 

 been lying waste for several years. The means of edu- 

 cation are, 1st, An academy, which is so far a charita- 

 ble institution, that at least L..300 per annum is morti- 

 fied for the education of boys and girls, the former, of 



