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WATERFORD. 768 WATERLOO. 20,713 acres of potatoes, 10,904 acres of green crops 153 acres of flax, and 20,693 acres of meadow an clover. Dairy farming is extensively carried on, an large quantities of butter and bacon are exported. 1 cotton factory has been established at Portlaw, contain ing 30,292 spindles and 940 looms, and driven by steam and water power; it employs 1,412 persons. There ar also four woollen factories, with 2,760 spindles and 4 looms, and employing 93 persons. The fishery distric of Waterford extends from Bannow to Bally voile Bridge embracing 76 miles of sea-coast, and trawling is practise! to a considerable extent. The number of vessels anc boats engaged at the fishery in 1864 was 336, employing 1,269 men and boys. There is a small bank in the estuary of the Suir producing oysters. The county is in the diocese of Waterford and Lismore, now joined to the see of Cashel and Emly. In tho Roman Catholic distribution it remained an independent diocese which is suffragan to Cashel. Of the population ii 1861, 5,197, or 3'9 per cent., were members of the Established Church, 127,6,54, or 95-1 per cent., were Roman Catholics, and 1,401, or 1 per cent., belonget to other denominations, or were unspecified. The county returns five members to parliament, two for th county at large, having a constituency of 3,477 in 1865, two for the city of Waterford, and one for the borough of Dungarvan. The county is divided for civi! purposes into eight baronies Coshmore and Coshbride, Decies within Drum, Decies without Drum, Gaultier, Glenahiry, Kilculliheen, Middlethird, and Upperthird, and contains 82 parishes. Its government is intrusted to a lord lieutenant and custos, high sheriff, 20 deputy lieutenants, and 3 resident and about 94 local inagis'- trates. It belongs to the Leinster circuit ; the assizes are held at Waterford. Quarter sessions are held at Carrickbeg, Dungarvan, and Lismoro, and petty sessions at 16 places. The county gaol, county infirmary, and district lunatic asylum are at AVaterford. The county belongs to the Cork military district, and there arc barrack stations at Waterford and Dungarvau. Fairs are held at 32 places, and there are 5 market towns. The poor- law unions are Dungarvan, Kilmaclhomas, Liamore, and Waterford, containing 16 dispensary districts. The principal seats are Lismore Castle, Duke of Devonshire ; Curraghmore, Marquis of Waterford ; Clashmore House, Earl of Huntingdon ; Summerville, Earl Fortescue ; Dromana, Lord Stuart de Decies ; Barren Court, Barron, Bart.; Cappoquin House, Keane, Bart.; Curraheen, Kennedy, Bart. ; Mount Rivers, Husgravo, Bart. ; besides numerous residences of tho local gentry. There are Druidical remains at Dunmore, Dun Hill and Kilma- combe, and tho ruins of churches, abbeys, and castles may be seen in many parts of the county. There are traces of a large double trench, called " the Trench of St. Patrick's Cow," extending across the Blackwater towards Lismore, and also of one from Cappoquin into the county of Cork. There are chalybeate springs in the barony of Gaultier, and also at Clonmel, and between Dungarvan and Youghal. The county confers the title of marquis on the Beresford family, and of earl upon that of Talbot, and the barony of Decies gives the title of baron to a branch of the Beresford a. WATERFORD, a county of a city, market town, seaport, parliamentary borough, episcopal city, and the capital of co. Waterford, Ireland, 94 miles S.S.W. from Dublin, 76 N.E. from Cork, and 32 S.W. from AVex- ford. It was founded by the Danes in 850, and soon became a place of considerable importance. In 1170, Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke, took it by assault, and considerably enlarged it. King John resided here for some time, and granted to it its first charter, which was annulled by James I., but after nine years was restored by Charles I. Cromwell besieged the town unsuccess- fully in 1649, but it was taken in the following year by Ireton. James II. embarked at this harbour for France after tho battle of the Boyne, and the city surrendered to William, who remained here for some time. It had previously been visited by different sovereigns, and had received many charters and other marks of royal favour. The city, which is about 12 miles from tho sea, ie situated wholly on the right bank of the Suir, here 23) to 350 yards in breadth ; it is here joined by St. John's river, which falls into it on the S. side of the city. The prin- cipal streets are tho Quay, a mile in length, and the Hall, the houses of which are regular and well built ; but in the older parts the streets are irregular and the houses ill-arranged. There is a suburb on the left bank of the river. Tho corporation consists of the mayor, 10 aldermen, and 30 councillors, elected from five wards. The old borough was co-extensive with the old county of the city, and continues to be the parliamentary borough, which returns two members to parliament, and in 1865 had a constituency of 1,124 ; but the municipal boundaries are much less extensive, being only 668 acres in extent. The population in 1861 was 23,202, of whom 1,989 were members of the Established Church, 20,429 Roman Catholics, 234 Presbyterians, 266 Metho- dists, 153 Quakers, and 131 belonging to other deno- minations. The cathedral is 170 feet long; there aro two parochial churches. The Roman Catholic cathedral is of the Ionic order of architecture, and there are five other Roman Catholic churches ; also Presbyterian, Baptist, Independent, Methodist, and Friends' meeting-houses. The other public buildings are the townhall, custom- house, and union workhouse, the Protestant episcopal palace, tho Roman Catholic college of St. John, an endowed school, blue-coat schools for boys and girls, district model National school, the city and county court houses and gaols, the district lunatic asylum, besides several hospitals, almshouses, and other charit- able institutions. The assizes for both countv and city are held in the city, also quarter sessions. The mayor has a court for suits of wages, and petty sessions are hold on every Friday. Market-days are Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Fairs are held on 4th May, 24th" June, 25th October, p.nd on tho first Monday in every month. WATEU-FULFORD, a tnshp. in the par. of Fulford- Ainbro, wap. of Ouse, East Riding co. York, near Gate- Fulford. The principal residence is the Hall, on tho banks of the river Ouse. WATERGALL, an ext. par. place in the S. div. of Knightlow hund., co. Warwick, 4 miles S.E. of Southam. It is situated on the Oxford canal and the river Ichene or Watergall, which rises near Priors Marston, and joins tho Learn at Marton. WATERGRASS HILL, a yil. in the par. of Ardna- [jeehy, bar. of Ballymore, co. Cork, Ireland, 9 miles N.E." of Cork. WATERHEAD, a tnshp. in the par. of Lanercost- Abbey, ward of Eskdale, co. Cumberland, 1 mile N. of Roschill station on the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, and 6 miles N.E. of Brampton. WATERHEAD, a chplry. in the par. of Prestwich- um-Oldham, hund. of Salford, co. Lancaster, 1 mile S.E. of Oldham, and 7J miles N.E. of Manchester. VATERINGBURY, a par. in the hund. of Twyford, athe of Aylesford, co. Kent, 5 miles S.W. of Maidstone, ts post town, and 3 S. of Town Mailing. It is a station on the South Eastern line of railway. The village, which was formerly a market town, is situated on the road from Maidstone to Tonbridge, near the river Mod- way, which bounds the parish on the S. It is lighted with gas from works constructed in 1856. The land s partly in hop-grounds and orchards. There are two large breweries in the vicinity. The par. ncludes the hmlts. of Lillyhoo and Watering Cross. Che living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Canterbury, val. 2600, in the patron, of the Dean and Chapter of lochester. The church, dedicated to St. John tho Baptist, lias lately been enlarged ; it contains tombs of ,he Styles family. There are a National school for both oxes, and an infant school. T. L. Lucas, Esq., is lord )f the manor and chief landowner. WATERINGPLACE, a hmlt. in the par. of Decu- man, co. Somerset, near Watchet. WATERLOO, a vil. in the par. of Auchtergaveu, co. erlh, Scotland, 1* mileN. of EaukfortandCairniehill.