of the former about 250,000 lbs. weight, and of
the latter, about 600,000 pieces of four and seven
yards each, annually; a few manufactured silks
and crapes, fans, ivory chess men, fancy ooxes,
and other toys, soy, and ink, constitute the re-
maining exports to England, which employs
about 25 sail of ships annually, of about 1,200 tons
each. The reimbursement by the English for the
above productions is made in cotton, wool, opium,
and some other articles from Bombay and Ben-
gal, and in woolen cloths, lead, &c. from Eng-
land, to the amount of about xc2xa3700,000 annually
In addition to the trade direct to England, there
is also an extensive traffic on English account
between the different ports of India and Canton,
which consists In a reciprocal interchange of the
productions of the respective countries, and in
which porcelain forms a considerable article of
export from Canton. The intercourse of America
with Canton is maintained on the part of Ameri-
ca with furs from the N. W. coast, sandal wood,
and the edible birdsnests collected among the
eastern islands, and with dollars. A considerable
portion of the tea exported in American ships,
being on account and risk of the Chinese mer-
chants, more especially the portion brought to
Hamburg, Antwerp, and other European ports, is
wholly reimbursed in'specie. The imposts of
the government on it? external commerce are
levied on the length and breadth of the shipping
entering and leaving the port. The following
statement of the amount of duties returned to the
Chinese treasury far the year 1822 will best show
the extent and proportion of the three great
branches into which the external commerce of
Canton resolves itself: viz. 1st. that with the
English East India Company ; 2nd. that with the
different ports of British India; 3rd. that with
America:xe2x80x94

On Import. On Export.
English East Ind. Com.    395,112    460,042

Country Trade, ....    118,533    80,623

America,...... 276,578    339,409

Total Tale, . . 790,224    880,076

The Tale being only equal to 6s. 8d. of English
money, the whole impost will be seen to amount,
according to the above statement, to only xc2xa3556,-
900, not equal to the amount levied on the single
article of coals alone, at the port of London; and
vet such is the extent and insidious nature of the
Intermediate oppression of the Chinese Hong, (or
council, which is the term by which the 12 privi-
leged merchants of Canton are.collectively eallt'd)
on one side ; and the English East India Compa-
ny on the n'ber, that whilst the 25,000,000 lbs. of
tea annually consumed in Great Britain and Ire-
land. costs the consumer, on an average, at least
7s per lb., it d>es not yield to the producer, inclu-
ding the inland conveyance to Canton, an aver-
age of 3 l-2d. per lb. In 1823 several thousand
houses in Canton were destroyed'by fire, but the
ground has since been rebuilt upon, the population
is estimated at about 250,000. It is in the lat.
of 23. 8. N. and 113. 2. of E. long, being 16. deg.

47. or about 1J90 British statute miles S. by W.
of Pekin, tin: metropolis of the empire.

Canton, p.t. Norfolk Co. Mass. 14 m. S. W.
Boston. Pop. 1.517. It has some manufactures.
Also, a p.t. Hartford Co. Con. Pop. 1,437. Also
a p.t. St. Lawrence Co. N. Y. Pop. 2,440. Also
5 other towns in Pa., Ohio, Ten. and Va.

Cantyre, or Kintyre, a peninsula of the west
coast of Scotland, in Argyleshire, 35 miles long
and 7 broad, connected on the north by an isthmus,
scarce a mile broad, to the mountainous district
of Knapdale. To the south the peninsula termi-
nates in a great promontory, surrounded by a
group of dangerous rocks, called the Mull ofCan-
tyre, on which is a light-house, in the lat. of 55.

17. N. and 5. 41. W. long. It is a mountainous
district, with some fertile spots. The chief town
is Cambelton. The other towns are Kirkmichael
Ballachintea, Killean, Kilcahnonil, and Skipnes
Total pop. in J821, 20,668.

Cany, a town of France, in the department of
Lower Seine, situate in a country which produces
great quantities of corn and flax, 26 miles north-
west of Rouen.

Caorlo, a small island in the gulf of Venice, on
the coast of Friuli. It has a town of the same
name, 20 m. S. W. of Aquileia. Long. 12.36. E
lat. 45. 42. N.

Capacio, a town of Naples, in Principato Citeri-
ore, 20 m. S. E.of Salerno.

Cape Breton, an island forming part of the Brit-
ish dominions in America, lying between the
north end cf Nova Scotia, from which it is sepa-
rated by the Gut of Canso; and the south-west
point of Newfoundland, from which it is separa-
ted by the principal entrance into the Gulf of St.
Lawrence. It extends, in a north by east direction
from the lat. of 45. 30. to 47. 6. N. and from the
long, of 59.45. to 61. 35. W. forming a barrier be-
tween the Atlantic Ocean and the gulf, which
it completely landlocks. and forms into a vast in-
land sea; the passage between the north-east end
and Newfoundland being about 65 miles wide,
intercepted, however, by the island of St. Paul,
and just wiihin the gulf by the Magdalen group
of isles. Cijr- Breton is indented from north to
south hy spacious hays, dividing it into two isl-
ands joined together by a very Barrow isthmus
The coast on all sides is also much indented by
bays, making the figure of the land very irregu
lar. Its area, however, amounts to about 40,000
sq. miles. The French first formed a settlement
upon this island in 1712, which surrendered to a
British force from New England in 1745, and was
confirmed, with all the other French possessions
in North America, to England, by the treaty of
1763. Its most distinguishing property is it rich
strata of coal of superior quality; with some drea-
ry surface it also presents some very fertile spots,
well wooded, and containing a variety of wild
animals, the skins of which form a branch of its
traffic; and should the colonies of England ever
be rendered subservient in promoting the mutual
interests of both the settlers and the British peo-
ple, Cape Breton, at present, as little known to
the people at large as though it had no existence,
might be made very instrumental in promoting a
highly beneficial and reciprocal intercourse.
Louisbourg, the chief town, is situate on the At-
lantic coast, in the lat. of 45. 54. N. and 59.55. W.
long. The chief occupation of the people not
only of Louisbourg but of the whole island, in
additionflpagriculture, is the cod fishery, which
they pursue to some extent for the West India and
other markets. Total population of the island
about 4,000. It was constituted a separate gov-
ernment in 1784, under a lieutenant-governor ap-
pointed by the king; hut by a stretch of authority
on the part of the legislative assembly and coun-
cil of Nova Scotia, it has reverted as a province to
that government, to which it was originally at-
tached.

Cape Girardeau, a county of Missouri, lying
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