FERROL, a seaport town of Spain, province of Coruna, is situated on the northern arm of the bay of Belanzos, 12 miles N.E. of Coruna. The town is divided into three parts, the old,· the new, and the “esteiro.” The old town is very irregular, but the new town is a parallelogram of seven streets in width, by nine in length, intersecting each other at right angles. It has two squares, in one of which is a fountain, erected in 1812 in honour of Cosme Churruca, a naval officer killed at Trafalgar. Ferrol is invisible from the sea, and is so strongly fortified that it is considered impregnable. Its arsenal is one of the three largest in the kingdom, and along with the wharves and dockyards exceeds 23 acres in extent. The dockyard is divided into a smaller outward and a larger inward portion. Behind the inner dock are the dwellings of the operatives, and in the north angle are the foundries, ropeworks, and magazines. On the dockyard 15 ships of the line can be built at one time. Connected with the arsenal is a school for engineering, and also a marine observatory. The harbour, which is one of the best in Europe, is deep, capacious, and secure; but the entrance, which is a strait about two miles in length, admits at the narrowest part only one ship at a time, and is commanded by forts Palma and San Felipe on opposite sides. The chief industries of the town are ropemaking, sail-making, and the manufacture of leather. It contains two hospitals, three large churches, a monastery, a consistor} 7 , a prison, and a naval barracks with accommodation for 6000 men. The population in 1860 was 21,120....