APPENDIX, NO. IV- 



COMMERCL 



Lancadiire, and in the Firth of Clyde. There is, 

 moreover, a prodigious confumption of coal in all 

 parts of the country where there are great manufac- 

 turing eftabh(hments, the lituation of which is gen- 

 erally fixed in confequence of the abundance of that 

 indifpeniible fuel, which has alfo of late become the 

 prime mover of the heavy machinery in many man- 

 ufaftures in confequence of the great improvements 

 made upon fteam engines by Mr. Watt. 



The following general ftatement of the amount 

 of capital inverted in the coal trade of Northumber- 

 land and Durham is beli'ved to be nearly correft. 



50 collieries, with the keels ^^1,030,000 



Shipping 1,400,000 



and the capital of the coal-buyers and T 



faftors in London is believed to ex- > 700,000 

 ceed J 



Total ^3,130,000 



CocKERMOUTH, {Cutiib. E.) a coniidcrable town 

 at the confluence of the Cocker and Derwent, has 

 fome manufaftures of light woolen goods, hats, lin- 

 en, and leather. 



CoGGESHALL, (E^. E.) a town on the Black- 

 water, with manufaftures of baize and fay, which 

 have fupplanted the antient woolen goods, called 

 Coggefhall whites. 



Colchester, [E^. E.) an antient, large, hand- 

 lome, and populous, town, fituated on the fouth 

 bank of the River Colne, about ten miles from 

 its mouth, which is a large eftuary capable of re- 

 ceiving a very numerous fleet. Large ihips can 

 come within about three 'miles of the town, and 

 fmall vefTels quite up to it, , The chief articles of 

 manufafture are baize, fay, ferge, and fome other 

 woolen goods, which give employment to all the 

 adjacent country' in weaving or fpinning : and great 

 quantities of them are exported to Spain and other 

 countries. About 100 looms are employed in filk 

 goods. 



CoLERAJNE, [Loud. /. ) a town fituated on the 

 River Bann near the fea, and in the heart of the 

 linen manufafture, in which, and the fiihery, moft 

 of the people are employed. 



CoLLERCOTS, [Northumh. E.) is a fmall tide 

 harbour, a little way north from the Tine, made by 

 private proprietors for the convenience of fliipping 

 their coals. 



CoLLON, (Loiiih, /.) a neat thriving village, 

 with manufafitures of brown hnen, muflin, and 

 tliread. 



CoLNE, [Lan. E.) a town on the confines of the 

 woolen and cotton manufaftures, with a fliare of 

 both. The woolens are chiefly of the kinds made 

 of long wool, called worded fluffs ; and there is a 

 Kail for the fale of them. 



CoLiiMBTON, (Dev. E.) a town- with a manu- 

 fafture of ferges and other woolen fluffs. 



Comb Martin, {Dev. E.) a fmall town on the 

 Briftol channel, with a harbour for boats. It had 

 mines of tin, and lead rich in filver : but they are 

 now exhaufled or neglefted. 



CoNGLETON, [Chef. E.) 3 good towii, With man- 



ufaiSures of filk, and' cotton, goods, and alfo gloves 

 and purfes. 



CooKSTOWN, {Tyr. I.) a village inhabited and 

 furrounded by linen weavers. 



CooTEHiLL, [Cav. /.) a town with a ccnfider- 

 able market for linen. 



Corf castle, {Dorf. E.) has fome coafling 

 trade at its haven with flat paving ftones, called 

 Purbeck flone from the adjoining country : and 

 fome knit flockings are made here. 



Cork, a large and flourifhing city, containing 

 about 73,000 inhabitants, is a county of itfelf, and 

 alfo gives its name to the largefl county in Ireland. 

 It lies on both fides of the River Lee, which car- 

 ries vefTels of 120 tuns up to quays in the city. 

 The harbour is a large bay, divided by federal 

 iflands into a number of channels, wherein a great 

 fleet of veflels may lie pertcftly fate. Cork, is the 

 commercial capital of the fouth part of Ireland, and 

 exports prodigious quantities of beef, pork, butter, 

 and other articles of faked provifion, together with 

 a confiderable quantity of corn, and alfo fome linen. 

 With fo great a trade, the port owns comparative, 

 ly very little fhipping, the provifions being nioflly 

 taken in by veflTels which call in their way to the 

 Weft-Indies, &c. 



Cos HAM, [JViri. E.) a fmall town in the manu^ 

 fafture of fuperfine cloth. 



Goventrt, [War. E.) a large and populous 

 city, with manufaftures of camlets and gauzes, and 

 a cotton faftory. But the place is chiefly famous- 

 for its ribands, which are carried to all parts of the 

 world. 



CowES, [Hamp. E.) a town, or two towns with 

 the addition of Weft and Eaft, on both fides of the 

 River Medina, and the chief port of the Ifland of 

 Wight, has a good coafting trade, and in plentiful 

 years exports corn to Spain and Portugal. But the 

 chief bufinefs of the place is created by landing and 

 reftiipping" fuch goods as are by law obliged to be 

 landed in a Britith port, before they can be carried 

 to any foreign country, and by fupplying the various 

 wants of the vefTels. Many good vefTels are built 

 here. 



Crail or Carail, [Fife, S.) an antient burgh, 

 which about loo years ago was the chief ftation of 

 the herring fifhery in the Firth of Forth, and of the 

 various branches of bufinefs connefted with it. 

 Since the herrings ceafed from vifiting the Firth re- 

 gularly, the harbour has been neglefted, few or no 

 veflTels have been built, and the trade of the place is 

 reduced to a trifling manufafture of ofnaburg and 

 coarfe brown linen. 



Cramond, [El/in. S.) a thriving village at the 

 mouth of the River Amund, has a flitting mill for 

 iron, and very confiderable manufaftures of iron and" 

 fleel, which are made into a great variety of articles ; 

 and thefe give employment to a few floops belonging 

 to the harbour, which is a creek of the port of Leith. . 



Cranston, (£<//«. S.) a fmall village, with a 

 rlianufafture of tar, pitch, oi!, volatile fpirits, hartf- 

 horn, and varnifh, all extrafted from coal by the 

 procefs invented by the earl of Dundonald, 



