39i ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. 



slitting or rolling of iron, or any 

 plating-forge to work with a tilt- 

 hammer, or any furnace for mak- 

 ing steel, shall be erected or con- 

 tinued in the said island of Great 

 Eritain: and the Lord Lieutenant 

 of every coimty in the said island 

 is hereby commanded, on infor- 

 mation of any such erection within 

 his county, to oider, and by force 

 to cause the same to be abated and 

 destroyed ; as he shall answer the 

 neglect thereof to us at his peril. 

 But we are nevei'theless graciously 

 pleased to permit the inhabitants 

 of the said island to transport their 

 iron into Prussia, theie to l)e ma- 

 nufactured, and to them returned ; 

 they paying our Prussian subjects 

 for the workmanship, with all the 

 costs of commission, freight, and 

 risk, coming and returning ; any 

 thing herein contained to the con- 

 trary notwithstanding. 



We do not, however, think fit 

 to extend tliis our indulgence to 

 the article of wool ; but meaning 

 to encourage not only the manu- 

 facturing of woollen clotli, but also 

 the raising of wool, in our ancient 

 domiriions ; and to prevent both, 

 as much as may be, in our said 

 island, we do hereby absolutely 

 forbid tlie ti'ansporta'iion of wool 

 thence even to the mothei -c:-untry, 

 Prussia ; — and that those islanders 

 may be fartlier and more effectual- 

 ly restrained in making any advan- 

 tage of theii'own wool, in the way 

 of raanufiicture, we command that 

 none shall be cariied out of one 

 county into anoth'^r ; nor shall 

 any worsted, bay, or woollen 

 yarn, cloth, says, buys, kerseys, 

 serges, frizes, druggets, cloth- 

 .serges, shalloons,, or any otlicr 

 drapery stuiTs, en' woollen niami- 

 factures whatsocve)', made up or 



mixed with wool in any of the said 

 counties, be carried into any other 

 county, or be water-borne even 

 across tlie smallest river or creek; 

 on penalty of forfeiture of the 

 same, together with the boats, 

 carriages, horses, &c. that shall 

 be employed in removing them. 

 Nevertheless, our loving subjects 

 there are hereby permitted (if tliey 

 think proper') to use all their -wool 

 as manure for the improvement of 

 their lands. 



"And whereas the art and mys- 

 tery of making hats hath arrived 

 at great perfection in Prussia; and 

 tlie making of hats by our re- 

 moter subjects ought to be as 

 much as jjossible restrained : and 

 forasmuch as the islanders before 

 n-cntioned, being in possession of 

 wool, bearer, and other furs, have 

 presumptuously conceived they 

 had a right to make some advan- 

 tage thereof, by manufacturing 

 the same into hats, to the prejudice 

 of our domestic manufacture : — 

 we do therefore hereby strictly 

 command and ordain, that no hats 

 or felts wliatsoever, dyed or vui- 

 dyed, finished or unfinished, shall 

 be laden or put into or upon any 

 ^■essel, cart, cairiage or hoise ; to 

 IjC transported or conveyed out of 

 one county in the said island into any 

 other county, or to any otlie)' place 

 whatsoever, by any pejson or per- 

 srT.s whatsoever j on pain of for- 

 feiting the same, with a penalty of 

 five hundrc'.l pounds sterling for 

 eveiy otFence. Nor shall any hat- 

 maker, in any of the said comities, 

 em})loy more IhaK two apprentices, 

 on penalty of five ];ounds sterling 

 ])er month : we intending liereby 

 that such liat-makes's, being so 

 lestriiined, botli in the production 

 and .sale of their cornmoditv, mav 



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