DUMFRIES, the capital of the above-mentioned county, is a large flourishing town, situated at the mouth of the river Nid, in W. Long. 3. 20. N. Lat. 54. 45. The houses are well built and commodious, the streets open and spacious: The town has an old castle in tolerable repair; four gates; a stately church; an exchange for the merchants; a tolbooth; a large market-place with a curious cross; and a noble bridge of free-stone over the river, consisting of 13 arches, with a gate in the middle as a boundary between the shire of Dumfries and the stewardry of Galloway. This town gives the title of earl to the chief of the family of Crichton; it is the seat of a presbytery and provincial synod, and carries on a considerable foreign trade.