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the vicinity of Edinburgh, Glasgow , and some of the other largetowns. The attempts made to establish the manufacture of stoneor delft have not succeeded ; indeed, Scotland is not well cal-culated for such a trade, as the clay employed is found.only inCornwall ; and the long established manufactories of Staffordand Worcestershire , where both skill and experience are united,produce articles that command a preference in the market.
3. Tobacco Pipes . —This manufacture is carried on to a mode-rate extent in Scotland .
12. Glass.
The manufacture of glass was introduced into Scotland in the17th century, and is divided into the following branches; Is/,Bottle—2 d, Window—and, 3d, Flint Glass.
1. Bottle Glass. — At Glasgow, Greenock, Leith, and Alloa ,there are extensive works for black or common bottle glass, whichsupply the home consumption to a considerable extent, and alsofurnish a great many bottles for exportation.
2. Window Glass . —.Vrout the year 1776 large works for mak-ing this article were established at Dunbarton. The glass manu-factured here is equal in quality to any in the kingdom ; and, be-sides supplying large quantities for internal consumption, a greatannual exportation takes place to America and the West Indies .These works employ about S00 workmen, labourers, &c. ; anilannually use 15,000 tons of coals, 38,000 stones of hay amistraw-, and nearly 1200 tons of kelp. There is a similar workestablished at Leith, but upon a smaller scale.
3. Flint Glass. —At Verreville, near Glasgow , there is a crys-tal or flint glass work, which is carried to great extent. Theglass is considered superior in quality to that made at Newcas-tle , and other situations in the north of England. At this ma-nufactory the goods are cut, polished, and otherwise highly or-namented ; and the machinery for effecting that purpose is dri-ven by steam. There are also extensive works of this descrip-tion at Leith and Edinburgh . A great proportion of the coarserkinds of glass consumed in Scotland is imported from Newcastle ;but the finer kinds are chiefly furnished by these manufactories.
The glass works in Scotland employ, altogether, from 1309to 1500 hands.
On every description of glass a high duty is imposed, which,in the year ending the 5th January 1813, amounted to 94,339/.15s. 4jd.
13. Soap , Candles, and Starch.
The manufacture of Soap is extensively carried on, and threekinds are produced.—1. White—2. Brown—and, 3. Soft Soap-Tallow, oil, and alkali, are the ingredients which constitute thisarticle ; the whole being subjected to the process of boiling.