Statistics. iron, partly because this process could scarcely be called 
—— 
© -» that was made-in the kingdom 
a manufacture, and-partly because we wished to form 
an estimate of the Peptable produce of. the English | 
mines, by ascertaining the quantity of pig and: bar iron - 
2 i © But) now'that we are 
about to enter on a view of ce hardware pecnpc Fe 
which, in‘point of extent and importance, ‘is. lye 
next Bothicwoblbelk and cotton manufactures, and certain- 
ly has contributed, along with them, to raise the national 
character in the estimation of foreigners, very high, on 
the score of ingenuity and industry ; it will be proper’ 
to:commence this branch of our subject, by a notice of | 
the most i tant iron founderies. 
Per the most extensive are those at Colebrook | 
Dale,in ire, and at Mossbrough, near Rotheram,' 
in Yorkshire, in which iron in all its forms is manufac- 
tured, from the ponderous iron bridge to small culinary 
utensils. At Bersham, near Wrexham, there are not 
oy ee ere but furnaces for smelting the 
ig iron, casting it into various articles, such as 
Padre for fire-engines, water pipes, boilers, pots and 
pans of all sizes; box and flat irons, and cannon and! 
ball of all dimensions. Here also are forges for malle- 
able iron, and wire works, as well as a brass foundery. 
At Walton, near Chesterfield, there are a furnace and 
— in which nearly the same articles are manu- 
-as at the works near Wrexham. ‘There are 
Trent, Neath, Merthy ‘Tydvil, Swanson, Tavistock, 
‘rent, 7 i wansea, Tavi 
amd many other places, particularly in the ‘counties! 
of Lancashire, on the northern near Ulverstone, 
Durham, ‘parti ly at Swalwell, Winlaton, Lum- 
Pha » Bridge; Derwent Coat, and Blackhall 
; at three latter places are manufactories of 
Cobham, (at these. two 
laces there are also iron works, indeed are often 
was carried on, while the Angl 
uctive ) likewise in the district of 
ire. Great Marlow, where brass and 
steel thimbles are also made. Holywell, where copper 
sheets for the bottoms of shi -nails, bolts, brass, . 
hips, copper: 
and 0 Mac- 
brass 
. But these and other works of the like na- 
ture, some of the iron-works, may astonish 
us by thei et, on reflection, they proba- 
bly will not such wonder and admiration, as the 
manufactures of. and Sheffield, and. the 
ecti ig of these towns. 
tho nany of the manufactures carried on in 
Birmingham under the description of hardware, 
' casting potsy spring latchets, gold- 
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tools, rim loeksmmth, lock and latch. maker, swords, 
bits, buttons, snuflers, bone and ivory toys, cut sprigs, 
die sinker, mage lamps, harness er, steel-chains, 
cast nails, thimbles, braces, cabinet cases; inkstands, 
ferrules, compasses; ivory combs, gun-polisher, specta- " 
cles; steel toys, pearl buttons, stamper and piercer, stir- 
rups, packing-boxes, japan wares, planes, sword’ hilts, 
i Y i d manufacturer, - 
paper toys, chaser, saddlers brassfounder, round bolt and 
chafting dish maker, scale-beam,  steel-yard and scréw-' 
plate maker, bridle-citter, brass. nails, and: curtain- 
rings, needles, vice-maker, clock dial painter, curty- 
combs, rule-maker,  link-buttons, wire-drawer, dab 
bards, iron spoons, spade tree: maker, fork-maker, look- 
ing-glass, toy and army button-maker, ‘paper-box tur- 
ner, mouse-traps, sand-paper, gun-stocker, parchment- 
maker, last and boot-tree: maker, glass-gtinder, anvils, 
brazier’s tools, gun furniture filer, pendant-maker, ring- 
turner, bellows, gun-finislier, saddle-tree maker} ‘ham- 
mers, carpenters and shoemaker’s, tools, brasscock 
founder, hand-whip: mounter,: pearl and hair-worker, 
coach-harness forger, button-shank maker, patton-tyes, 
gimblets, tea urns, medals and coins, copying-machines,, 
pneumatic apparatus, ram+road and chain-maker, gun." 
case maker, smith’s bellows pipe-maker, coffin nails, 
curtain-rings, beads, engine-cutter,; scale beams, 
wood-screw » bright-engraver, :putty-maker and’ 
enamel box maker,—horse, dog, and. negro collar, fet- 
ter, and, dog-lock .maker,—pencil-case maker; glass~ 
stainer, paper-stainer, bone mould turner, tortoise shell 
box and tooth-pick case maker, warming~pans, a 
tackle, cruet-frames, picture-frames, | bayonets, 
mills, hinges, leather and horn’ powderflasks; cork- 
screws, gun-flints, steel keys and combs, glass buttons, 
bed and even o—— peor ete furniture maker, 
per-mould maker, button solderer, pa spectacles 
pms maker, tin-nail and rivet maker, borninhide of toys, 
- and apse oO case aes seal manufacturer’, 
rn-spoons and buttons, tine-maker, ladies’ slippers) 
stirrup-maker, curb-maker, spur and simelgudbat howe 
der flasks, sticks and rods, for angling, sleeve/ buttons, 
clock hands, brass mouldings, augers, cock-heel ma- 
ker, candle-moulds, teapots, case-plate: maker; :filligree- 
worker, coach-spring manufacturer, watch-key: and 
= maker, pattern rings, thong-maker, varnish-ma- 
» dog and cart chain-maker, printing — presses, 
pins, buckle-chaser, jacks, mili feathers, baro- 
meters, morocco decanters and cruét. stands, pack~ 
ing needles, horn lanterns, buckle-ring forger, toy~_ 
watch-maker, glass eyes for dolls, mortice and rim 
locksmith, button-card) cutter, iron, drawer, gridiron 
and round bolt maker, spades, dials, gilt-ring maker, 
steel-box, e-case and gun-charger maker, ;poc- 
ket-lock maker, lamp manufacturer, lead-toy, . stock- 
sinker, glass-house mould maker, casting-mi maker, 
snuff-boxes, &e.) 
Tedious or unnece 
though it may not be complete, it will serve to give a 
striking and curious picture of the wonderful industry 
and ingenuity of a town, which does not contain 100,000 
inhabitants ; for the trades which we have enumerated 
are all carried on in Birmingham alone. No person is 
ssary as’ this, lis may appear top ke 
some,, we have deemed it right pon Mee it ;sinee, a? EN 
