G L A S G O \V. 



From this note fome iJca may be formed of the extent of 

 flie trade ; but many of thcfe veffcls having' p.obably made 

 feveral voyages in the courfe of tlie year, it is not to be in- 

 ferred that this number of veflels aihially bL-longs or trades 

 to the Clyde. The articles of exportation are chiefly Bri- 

 tifh maniifaftiired goods, coals, fiili, S:c. and the imports 

 European, American, and colonial produce. 



The city of Glafgow had alfo a very confiderable com- 

 mercial intercourfe with the eallern parts of the illand, and 

 with the northern Hates of Europe, until this was fufpcnded 

 by the events ot the war. This intercourfe is carried on by 

 means of the Forth and Clyde canal, which interfefts Scot- 

 land, and forms a junSion between the eallcrn and uellern 

 feas, fome account of wliich has already been given under 

 the article Canal. 



The manufactures of Glafgow had obtained no very great 

 extent previous to the commencement of the American war, 

 although they had been rrogreffivcly advancing duri'ig the 

 whole courfe of the eighteenth century. So fc'r back as the 



The manufa<5ture of the oxy-muriate of lime, in a dry 

 form, for the purpofcs of bleaching, &c. i: alfo alrr.oA pecu- 

 bar tf, Glafgow. Jis objra i.s to dccreafc the cxpencc of 

 bleaching by the fubllitution of lime for polafh. This ar- 

 ticle is made to great e.sttnt by Mr. Tennent tlie iiivtntc r. 



Iron liquor, for the ufe of printers, is made here by vari- 

 ous perfons, and largt- alum works are cftabhaicd'in ihc 

 neiglibourhood. Manufactures of red and white kad are 

 alfo carried on. 



Mifcellanrous Remarls. 



It will appear that the city of Glafgow h is v.ndcrgone 

 three remarkable changes. Its firft ftate was the ref.dcnce 

 of a great archiepifcopal fee, and confequcntly it was fcr 

 many ages entirely under ck-rical ir.fluence and controul. 

 Its lull eminence as a commercial place arofe from its fa- 

 vourable fituation for commerce with the American and Well 

 Indian colonies, aTid through this trafuck it made rai;id ad- 

 vances in conmiercial importance during the whole courfe cf 



reign of Charles II. indeed, fome attempts had been made tlie eighteenth century. One bnmch of thin traflick fctiiig at 



to introduce the nranutadure of foap, refining of fugar, and lead for the prefent fuf ended, it now dejiendo clelfly on ths 



fome other branches, all of which ):oved abortive, and other, and upon its maiiufadures for fupp<irt. Fr'-m th" 



were difcontinued. The linen manufadure was tb.e moil ex- facilities of acquiring a good education, the inhabitants of 



tenfiveof the various attempts made, and tlie moll fuccefsful Glafgow have generally added a c<ynfiderab!c lalle for lite- 



during the time that it lalled. It commenced about the r.'.r^- attainment even to their commercial habits, and tliis 



3-ear 1725, and continued progreiTively advancing until it '^'e prevail.s perhaps, in a degree fuperior to any other coir- 



was almoll entirely fuperfeded by the cotton towards the mercial [:l,ice in Britain. The fyllem of education is, how- 



clofe of the century. The cotton manufacture, which is now ever, rapidly ad.ipting itfelf to the modern purfuits of the 



unqucftionably the ilaple trade of Glafgow, was profecuted inhabitants, and m.ore pains are now taken to qualify the 



to very fmall extent until after the year 1 784-, but when once riiing generation for iininence in the counting-houfe than 



introduced it advanced with unprecedented rapidity, It is the clofet. However defirable a thorou"-h knouKdgc of the 



im.poffible to afccrtain with any precifion its actual amount principles of commercial economy, and the details of bufi- 



either in quantity or value at any given period for want of nefs maybe in a commercid community, it is itill :o be 



proper data. A computation in 1791 makes the number hjped, thit ail the benefits arif n >■ from inifllcCtual attain- 



of looms employed 15,000, and the perfons who earntd mcnt will not be deemed altogether ni g.'ijry, and confc- 



their fubfiltence by various parts of the proceffes of fpinning, qucnlly ne-'kfled. In every fituation of liie, thev aiT foiirces 



weaving, bleaching, &c. 135,000. It alio eftimates the total of ration.il and innocent amufement, and, in the vicillitudes to. 



value of the goods made yearly at 1,500,000/. The grounds which commercial enterprii'e is peculiarly expofeJ, may often. 



of this calculation are not ftated, and little reliance can be pro\eot real benefit and utility to the poflellor. 

 placed on it, for the value of cotton goods has fluctuated as The city of Glafgow returns a meir.ber to the Eritifti 

 remarkably as the quantity has extended. 



Two manufactories of earthen ware are carried on in 

 Glafgow, but neither of tbom extenfively. Indeed a much 

 greater quantity of Staflordfliire ware is ufed in the city it- 

 felf than of the produce ot either. Two or thre<e rope 

 Avorks are alfo carried on, but to no great extent. 



The printing of calicoes and o:iier goods is, however, a faid that the (irft plan was to improve tlie harbour of Dtiiii- 

 vcry extenfive branch of the niaiiifaiTture of Glafgow and barton for this purpofe, but Duirbartcn being a royal bo- 

 its vicinity. The moll extenfive of thefe works, are thofe rough, the confent of its magillrates became necelTary. and 

 fituated upon the water of Leven, in Dumbartonfliire, about that v. hen made, it was rejected by that body, who preferred 

 18 miles dillant. The exten.'ionof the cotton trade has alfo the full enjoyment of tlieir ciiartered privileges to the idea 

 greatly improved and enlarged the number of d^-e -works, of finking into the mere fea-port of Glalgow, however mm.li 



parbaim nt, coniunitly with the neighbouring burghs of 

 R'lthuglen, Renfre-.r, and Dunibarton. 



Gla.soow, Port, tituattd on the river Clvde, about 22- 

 miles below the city, is a handfime fmall town, and was 

 projefted by the laagillrates of Glafgow at the requell of 

 the merchants as a harbour for their ihips and vellels. It is 



and the manufactures of chrmical preparations for the vari' 

 ous proceffes of bleaching, dyeinj?;, and printing. Thcfe 

 works are fituated in the vicinity ot the city, chiefly on the 

 banks of the river. 



Of the chemical works carried on in Glafgow, fome are 

 peculiar to it 



their v.ialtli, revenue, population, and general iirofjKrity 

 miglit be benefitted by fucli an union. If this were the 

 eafi-, It is one among the niimberlefs inilanees wIilic comfort 

 and profpenty have been facriticed to a mere empty title. 

 Tlie harbour of port Glalgow is good but flinllow. Tlie 

 difadvantage of the tjank, noti ed in the article GliEESOt K, 



The manufacture of Cudbear was introduced by Mr. is alio much agajnfl it as a liavcn. At port C'laf^ow there 



Mackintofh fo long rgo as the year 1777. It is prepared is a cuflom-houfe, where the general cuitoms of tfie Clyde 



iioTa rcch-mofs, and above 2000 gallon;, ot l-.umaii urine are are coUefted. There is here alio a fine gravinfr, or drj- dock, 



daily confumed in the procel's. The cuilbear gives a dark built by the me.'ch.mt.i of Gl.ifgow long before that t.f 



reddifh colour, and is ufed in the dying of leatiier, woollen Cr.enock was executf'd, and this ciicumilancc alone brought 



ilufFf, &c. The procefr. is kept profoundly lecet. ii.„.iy Oiips up to this ;'ort which now come no further tl.r.n 



The difcharging of the Turkey red dye io alfo peculiar Gr.^iiock. The fituatisn i;f port Glafgow is more pleafant 



to Glafgow. This procefs is particularly defcribed under than that of Greenock, -.i.^ country more lc\Ti, and better 



the article Difcbai^ing of Colour.. ' adapted for cultivaliou. In other relpeds it is certainly 



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