GLASGOW. 



DriJg:'i:'uin — anollicr fubi'.rb adjoiujag to the former, 

 and fimi'ar in every refpeft. 



Gorha's — a vil'agc on the oppofite bank of th.' Clyde, 

 jTovfrni'd by a chief magilbate, appointed by the council of 

 G!'afg;;)\v, and t.vo reiideiit baillies. 



AndL-rflo;'., BroivnJi.JJ, Fiiaufimu and Pnrtkk Thof- 



four villages lye to tlie well of Glafgovv, on the north bank 

 of the Clyde ; they alfo are rcfidonces for operative tradef- 

 inen, and contain feveral extenfive manufaSories, vIt:. three 

 Inrg.T cotton mills, nn cxtenfivc puntfield, and porter brewery, 

 at Anderfton ; a large and flouriiliing glafs-work at Fiii- 

 iiuilon, and the vc/y largo fiour-rnills belonging to the incor- 

 poration of bakers at Glafg.iw, at Particle, where arc alfo 



yer is heard here, and tlie pleadings are verbal. Tliey review 

 their own decifions upon appeal, provided the fiim decerned 

 for be lodged with the clerk of court. 



8. The coniniifTary court is the remnant of the bjfliop's 

 court. It decides for fums under 3./. 6s. 8,-/., and alfo in 

 cafes of defamation. Its jurifdiftion extends over all the 

 ancient bifliopric. 



Poltce EJhMfiment — This eftablifliment was conftitutcd 

 a few years ago under the authority of a fpecial atl of 

 parliament. The commillioners named in the aft are, the 

 lord provoll and baillies, and twenty-four conimifiiuners eleft- 

 ed by twenty-four wards, into which number the city is 

 divided. The qualification of a commifTioncr, is the occu- 

 the ruins of an ancient calile, formerly belonging to the pation of a divcU'mg lioufe valued at 15/. or upwards ot 



arclibifliop. 



IluincipisI G overmnen! of Glnf^oiu. 

 This, as formerly remarked, in ancient times, was almoft 

 cy.clufivcly veiled in the archbilhop and chapter. Since the 

 reformation, it underwent various changes during the fuc- 

 ceffive altcrnions of government in Scotland at large. The 

 lad arrangement made by royal and parliamentary authority, 

 was early in the l8th century, under William and Mary. 



yearly rent ; and of a voterj that of any houie at 10/. 

 or upwards. Tlie bufinefs of this ellablidrmcnt is the light- 

 ing, cleaning, and guarding of the flreets, and fuppreflion 

 of quarrels, riots, and other breaches of the public peace. 

 For this purj»ofe a mafter, or intcndant of police officers, 

 and watchmen are emploved. A magillrate fits every morn- 

 ing at the police office to decide upon thofe who have been 

 apprehended during tlie niglit. Where the charge isferious. 



Jt has fince been modified by the authority of the Scottiih he generally remits the cognizance of it to the town court, 

 convention of royal boroughs, who cxercife this power and punilhes petty delinquencies by a fmall fine. The exper.ce 

 without difpute. As at prefent conllituted, the government is defrayed by a tax on the valued rents of Ihops, ware 



of the city is veiled in the lord provult, three merchant;:, 

 and two trades baillies, the dean of guild, or prefident of 

 the merchants, the convenor, or prefident of the trades, the 

 city treafurer, and mailer of the public v.orka, twelve 

 counfellors from the merchants, and eleven from the 



houfes, and dwelling houfes, by fines levied in the courie 

 of tlie year by the fale of manure, from cleaning the 

 ftreets, &c The maximum of the tax is from 6d. to is. 3/i. 

 per pound of valued rent, but much lefs has been generally 

 found lufrioient. This inllitution has been always hitherto 



incorporated trades, in all 33 counfellors. To this body condudlcd willi the moll vigila.it attention to economy, and 



the regulation of all the public bufinefs belongs ; the lord 

 provoll being prefident, with the calling or deciding vote 

 111 caf-s of parity. The courts of jullice v.ithin the city 

 are the following : 



i» Tne circuit court of julliciary, for the cognizance of 

 criminal aClions, which is held twice a year at Glafgow, 

 for the counties of Lanark, Renfrew, and Dumbarton, 

 generally before two of the lords commiffioners, aUhough 

 any one of their number is competent. This court alfo de- 

 cides appeals in civil caufes from any of the inferior courts 

 jvithin the diilricl, 



2. The magiilrates or town court. This court is 



IS very popular even among thofe of the citizens, who 

 ilrenuoudy oppoled its original adoption. 



Commerce and ManufaP.ures. — The commercial importance 

 of Glalgow only began to rife fubfequen.ly to the Union, 

 and had attained no very important extent until the coloni- 

 zation of North America opened a wide field for the ex- 

 portation ot Britifli commodities and the importation of 

 American produce in return. Previous to the commence* 

 ment of the American war in 1775, ''• ^'"^> 'wwever, en- 

 gaged very extenfively in the tobacco trade, for it appears 

 that of 90,000 hhds. of tobacco imported into Britain in 

 1772, 49,000 hhds. were brought into the Clyde alone. 



held under the authority of the magiilrates, afiifled by the and, in 1775, the importation was 57,143 hhds 

 town clerks as legal afielTors. The jurifdidlion of this court The operations of the war neceflarily put a (lop to this 



extendi to any amount fubjecl to an appeal to the court intercpurie, to the great lofs of the merchants engaged in 



of feiTion. it ; many of whom have never been able to recover their 



3. The confcience court, for the decifion of petty caufes debts. Upon the i-elloration of peace in 1783, the trade 

 under twenty fliiUings, where t!ie formality of an oath is with America revived, and coulinutd again in a flouridiing 

 difpcnfed with, or any written pleading. Hate, until again recently fufpended by the American non- 



4. The fitting magillrate alfo decides daily trifling claims intercourfc ad. In 1783, the rcgillercd veflcls of the 

 under five flriUings. The magiilrates alfo exercife a crimi- Clyde, were 386, and their tonnage 22,896, and in 1S03, 

 nal jurildi&oiJ ill petty crimes, andpunllhby imprifonment, the number cleared outwards and imvards was as follows, 

 pilidry, and fometimes public whipping and banilhmciit At Greenock inwards, 

 from the city. _ Foreign trade 406 iliip?, 53,546 tons, 51 S3 men. 



5. l"he fiieriff court, for the under-ward of Lanarkfiiire, 

 is alfo held at Glafgow, before the Iheriff fubllitute. His 

 jurifdiftion is equal to that of the magiilrates, not only 

 V, itliin the city, but the diftrift. , The decifions of this 

 court are fubjetl by appeal to the fheriff depute and to the 

 court of feflion. 



6. The juftice of peace court alfo decides civil caufes to 

 a limited amount, and regulates difputes between mailers 

 and fervants. The appeal from this court is to the quarter 

 felTions, and finally to the court of feffions. 



7. The fmall debt court is held by two or more jullices, 

 for the decilionof caufes under 10/. No profeffionallaw- 



Coall and filhing 730 velfels, 35,532 SH? 



Outwards, 



Foreign trade 352 fhips, 50,366 Ions, 3673 men. 



Coall and fifiiing 1016 vefl'els, 43,009 33^^ 



At port Glafgow inwards, 



Foreign trade ii3niips, 18,722 tons, 1081 men. 



Coall and fifliing 182 velfels, 7,226 551 



Outwards, 



Foreign trade 177 fhips, 25,13; tons, 1692 men. 



Coall and fifhing 119 velfels, 7,202 424 



Total 



l^% 



238,790 



17.077 



From 



