COMMERCE. 
exported : a part is also sold at the mill; the grain is procured in the markets of Derry, Stra 
bane, and Castlefin. The success of Mr. Schoales has already given rise to a similar establishment 
erected by Mr. Leatham, and worked by an engine of 20 horse-power. The mill at Pennyburn is 
also a valuable auxiliary to the production of grain, which is further stimulated by the distillery 
at Pennyburn, and by the brewery and distillery in William-street. The smaller mills are too 
uncertain in the times of working, and too feeble in power to bear any comparison with those more 
powerful establishments. 
Foundery.— As exercising an influence, though indirect, over production, the foundery and 
c °PP® r W0I 'ks of Mr. David Craig deserve notice. 'They are extensive, supplying the whole N W 
ot Ulster. Twenty-five men are annually employed, most of whom have served an apprenticeship 
ot seven years—besides a carpenter and turner, who are occupied in making wooden models for 
the castings^ordered. The copper is imported direct from S. Wales, and the price varies from 
1 l^a. to 13a. a pound ; the iron from Wales and Scotland, chiefly from Wales; bar iron 
averages about £7 a ton, pig iron £4 10s. 
Coach Factory. —There are two, the principal belono-ino- to Mr Foy 
The Gas Factory which was established in 1830, at an expense of £7000, raised by 
shares of ±11, adds to the resources of the port by increasing the demand for coal. The manu¬ 
facture has been most carefully conducted, and from the purity of the gas it is now used even in 
the chambers of private houses. There are 5 workmen employed exclusive of the engineer and 
af 6 £15 CeSS ° f the Undertakmg ls manlfest ed by the rise of the price of shares, which are now 
be passed U unno°tiLd XtinCt ’ ^ f ° llowin§ ' attem P ts to increase the wealth of the city should not 
The Sugar House was built in 1762 by the late Mr. Robert Alexander, in a lane off Foyle- 
street, still called Sugar-house Lane. From this period until 1790 it continued under the ma- 
nagement of the original proprietor, who then disposed of it to a company of wine merchants, by 
reiehion M? U Y neSS WaS r “ nt “ ued \ under J th 1 e ° f Hugh Young and Co. Previously to the 
vS emigrated to America, and the name of the firm was changed for that of Herman, 
sut-fr h fT m ’ When, in 1804, in consequence of the Berlin and Milan decrees, the 
su ar lefiners of England and Scotland lost their continental markets, one-half of the protectino- 
lsn7 O tl 0S rV a T ic lm w OSed I" 311 refined SUgarS im P orted int0 Ireland, was taken off, and 
/t wls finally abandoned. r0ln ? ** bUSi “ eSS ° f ^ deCreased P erce P tibl y> a ™l in 1809 
the Iilv G J^M^h USe 'rJ nl820 ’^ /lr ' J ° Se ? h M ° 0re ’ who had been the principal shareholder in 
he sugar establishment for some time previously to its dissolution, and to whom the buildino-s 
then belonged converted them into a glass house. This business he conducted on a small scale hr 
connexion with his son ; but, in 1825, the determination of the government to place this mS 
Swan U River he eXCISe ’ ^ l ° “ abandonment ’ and the younger partner subsequently emigrated to 
Internal Communication.— The river above the bridge is navigated by lighters, which bring 
down the agricultural produce of the country aboutStrabane, Lifford, and as far as Castlefin Thef 
are also frequently loaded with bricks, and even with sand. The beds of gravel below Lifford' which 
formerly obstructed tbe navigation, have been removed, and the channel piled, so that the’ whole 
me to Castlefin is now open and barges carrying 20 tons, with a draught of 2 feet of water ply 
regularly along the line. The Moville steamer was originally intended for the same station’ buf 
drawing 4 feet of water, she could only pass the shallows at spring tides, and being so frequently 
e ayed by the obstructions in the river, the plan was abandoned. In 1832 she was tried between 
Derry and Strabane, and occasionally went to Castlefin, towing barges the whole way An iron 
steamer was for some time talked of, but has not hitherto been tried. The depth of water how 
ever, is now sufficient, and it is probable that the necessity of adding to the supplies for export in 
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The Lighter charge , 
s are: 
For Salt, coals, and iron, per ton, £0 3 
. . Grain, and meal, do. 0 3 
.. Hollow castings of iron, do. 0 5 
. . Ashes, per barrel, . .00 
.. Herrings, do. . .00 
For Tallow, per cask 
. . Square timber, per ton, 
. . 8-feet plank, per hundred, 
•. 12-feet, do. do. 
. . Glass, per crate, . 
. £0 2 
. 0 2 
. 0 7 
. 0 11 
. 0 0 
of transport^' ^ “ ge “ eral g °° d ’ and Cal ' tS 8re numerous > and easily procured for the purposes 
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