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RuMSEY, {Hamp. E.) a confidei able town, 

 / \vith raaiuifaftures of facking, paper, and beer ; 

 and there is a good market for corn. The man- 

 ufacture of woolen goods, and particularly fhal- 

 looas, for which this town was famous, has de- 

 clined. 



Rush, (Dul. J.) a pretty large village on a 

 little bay, the chief trade of which is fi(hing for 

 the fupply of Dublin. 



RuTHERGLEN, [Lan. S.) a country town, 

 which formerly pofleiTed fome kind of fupcriority 

 over Glafgow, and now has the benefit of fome 

 maufaclures and print-fields fupported by that 

 iranufadluring capital. 



RuTHVEN. See Huntingtower. 

 Rutland, (Don. I.) a village in a fmall ifiand 

 on the weft coaft of Ireland, raifed by the patriot- 

 ic fpirit of Mr. Conyngham, with a view to pro- 

 mote the hening fifhery. 



Rye, {Suffl E.) an aatienttown on the Rother, 

 formerly a place of cor.fiderable trade, but now 

 much decayed by the changes wrought by the 

 fea, whereby its harbour is rendered incapable of 

 receiving large velTcls. It has fome trade in hops, 

 wool, timber, ar.d catching liih, which are fent to 

 London by land carriage. 



Saddleworth, (Tori, IV. R.) a town among 

 die mountains on the weft border of York-fhire, 

 formerly of little note, but has of late years be- 

 come the feat of a very extenfive manufafluie of 

 woolen goods, chiefly of the finer qualities, a large 

 quantity of Spaniih wool being ufed by the m.au- 

 ufacturers here. 



St. Andrews, (Fife, S.) an antient city, 

 which was the ecclefiaftical capital of Scotland, 

 and the feat of a flouriiliing uuiverfity. Thefe ad- 

 vantages drew along with them a very confiderable 

 foreign trade, which funk to nothing after the re- 

 formation. The deHruclion of the harbour by the 

 rage of the fea and the want of repairs was partly 

 a confequence, and partly a concurrent caufe, of 

 -the ruin of the trade. A little fpirit of trade has 

 lately revived ; and fome vefTels have been built ; 

 fome corn is fhipped, and wood and iron are im- 

 ported : but the harbour can never be made cap- 

 able of accommodating any great number of vef- 

 fels. The bufinefs of flowering and tambouring 

 muflins, fent from Glafgow, employs the young 

 girls. But the univerfity is likely to continue the 

 chief fupport of the city. 



St. David's, (Fife, S.) a fmall village with a 

 fpacious harbour capable of receiving large (liips, 

 at which are fhipped great quantities of C9al, the 

 produce of a very copious mine, and fome fait. 



S'. Edmunds BURY, (Suff". E.) ^ well-built and 

 populous town on the River Sark, or Mildenhall, 

 which is navigable to Farnham, a village one mile 

 below it. Spinning is the chief bufinefs of the 

 place. 



St. German's, (Corn. E.) at the head of a 

 branch of Plymouth harbour, though formerly 3 



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bifiiop's fee, and now a parliamentary burgh, ij 

 only a fmall filhiug village. 



S'. Helen's, (Lcii.E.) a village neai- Prefcot, 

 has been raifed to importance by being the feat 

 of the plate-glafs manufa£ture, where mirror glafs, 

 in all refpeds equal to the French, is made of the 

 dimenfions of 133 inches by 72 — 139 by 60— 

 135 by 62, and 144 by 54. Since the year 1789 

 they have been ground and pohfhed by a steni-.i 

 engine, which does the work of 160 men. Thiie 

 is alfo a manufafture of \vindow glafs, and faiall 

 plates, made by blowing. And there is an exr 

 tenfive work for fmelting and refining copper oi'e. 

 S^ Ives, (Corn. E.) a. fmall town on the weft 

 fide of a little ba)-, which is very much choked 

 up with fand, has fome vefTels employed in carr)-- 

 ing flates and other coafting bufinefs, and in fifh- 

 ing, and has a good Ihare of the pilchard fifi:- 

 cry. 



S'. Neots, (Hunt. E.) a town on the River 

 Oiife, by the navigation of which it has fome 

 trade in fupplying the country with coal, &c. 



Salisbury, [IVilt. E.) z.h.\-gii and handfome 

 epifcopal city, on the Avon, which is navigable 

 from the Channel to within two miles of it. Tlierc 

 are here confiderable manufaftures of flannels, 

 fome of which are called Salifbury ferges, long- 

 cloths, called Salifbury whites, ifor the Turkey 

 trade, druggets, bone lace, and fome cutlery ware. 

 Vaft numbers of Iheep are fed on the very extenf- 

 ive plain adjacent to this city. 



Saltash, (Corn. E.^ a confiderable town with 

 a good harbour, a branch of that of Plymouth, 

 has fome coafting trade and fome vefTels in the 

 Newfoundland fifheiy. The only manufadlures of 

 any note are making malt and brewing. 



Saltcots, (Ayr, S.) a fmall thriving town 

 with a made harbour. Its profperity is owing to 

 the exertiofts of a fuccefuon of judicious and fpirit- 

 ed proprietors. Mr. Cuningham, the great-grand- 

 father of the prefent proprietor, built a pier at his 

 own expenfe, which enables vefTels of 1 2 feet to 

 enter or fail at fpring tides. The prefent Mr. 

 Cunningham in the year 1772 made a canal be- 

 tween the harbour and the coal-.vork, with 

 branches to the various pits, all on a level, being a 

 miniature copy of the duke of Bridgewater's, by 

 which the coals are carried from the pit to the 

 fide of the veffel which exports them. Many of 

 the inhabitants are employed in the coal-mine and 

 the falt-works, and in carrying coals to Ireland and 

 fait to the fouth coaft of Scotland. Some are engag- 

 ed in the herring filher)-. A few vefTels trade to 

 the Baltic for hemp, iron, and timber, and to 

 Wales for fhip timber. Ship building and rope- 

 works are fucccfsfully carried on. Many hands 

 are employed in manufaftures of filk and cotton. 

 Spinning jennies have been introduced, which, 

 with flowering and tambouring, r.i i making nets, 

 give employment to the young women, and the 

 children of both feses. 



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