SHIP AND BOAT BUILDING.
On the Priory Ground (a description of which is given in page 56, and which within the last four years lay entirely waste) are formed two Rope Walks, from 120 to 150 fathoms in length, running parallel with the shore, a little above high water mark : they are the property of Messrs. Thwaites and Messrs. Breeds and Co. On this spot also, Mr. Hamilton has a Ship Yard, in which a considerable business is carried on : a sloop of war of 22 guns is at present on the stocks, and a brig of 14 guns will shortly be set up.
Capstans for drawing up large vessels have been erected ; and when the improvements are completed, it will doubtless prove a better stade than that at the town, which the sea, when the tides run high, continually damages. Nature has here formed a place for a harbour, which is greatly wanted on this part of the coast and as the advantage which commerce would derive from it, would be incalculable, we hope that the public spirit will -
