CARRON, a small village of Scotland, at which the celebrated iron-works are situated, lies in the parish of Lambert, on the northern bank of the river Carron, about two miles from Falkirk. These works belong to a chartered company, established in 1760, with a capital of £150,000. They are employed in the smelting of iron ores, and the manufacture of every description of cast-iron goods, whether for the arts of war or peace. Cannon, mortars, howitzers, carronades, shots and shells of all kinds, are cast here in the highest perfection, not only for the use of the British, but for that of foreign powers. Hence the Carron Foundry rivals those of Germany and Russia. For the conveyance of their goods, the company have cut a canal, on which lighters ply from the warehouses at the work to their harbour at Grangemouth, where the goods are shipped for London. A railway runs from the works to the Forth and Clyde Canal, where vessels are loaded for Glasgow, Liverpool, and places on the west coast. The works consist of seven blast or smelting furnaces, twenty air-furnaces, four cupola furnaces, mills for grinding fire-clay, and for grinding and glazing smoothing irons, stove metal, &c. The machinery of the furnaces is moved by a large water-wheel. In the drought of summer an engine is employed in lifting water to supply these wheels. An engine for the production of blast works incessantly both day and night. Another is in the course of erection, which will in every respect excel any in the kingdom. There are mills for boring cylinders, &c. the machinery of which is allowed to be the finest in Europe. Two forges are employed in the manufacture of malleable iron utensils. Water is supplied from dams or reservoirs which cover between two and three hundred acres of ground. The resources of the surrounding country afford ample facilities for carrying on such an extensive establishment. The stores of iron-stone and coal are inexhaustible; and the ground is so flat, that railways can be laid down at a trifling expense. These works employ in one way or other between 2000 and 3000 individuals.