INDEX.] 



Ciijloms. 



including the Weft-India duty of 4* per 



cent, for tills year - - iii, 340 



• And henceforth continued at the conclufion of 



every year. 

 1774 Amount ot cufioms this year in Dublin 565 



1779 Five per cent oil former duties now added 633 



1781 Difcount on duties rcfcinded - 6S6 



j7Sz Another addition of Hve per cent - 714 



I784 Petty curtoms aliolilhcd - iv, 45 



1787 All duties repealed, and a new fimplified fet 



enaftcd ... 123-125 



Regulations for fecuring duties - 126 



1793 Duties on goods damaged at fea returned 282 



1796 Additions of 10 and 5 percent on duties - 3^5 



179$ Cufloms on goods lolt to be returned - 441 



Cutbcar, a tiyc.Jliiff — fee Cork. 



1756 iVIanufp.thired in I.eith by Mcllieurs Gordons iii, 451 



1766 Manufj,!:^ured in Londonand Glalgow 451 



573' C>'pM;i under fubjei^f ion to Egypt - i, 40 



57*Plundered by the Romans - - 114 



14 Produce and trade ... 125 



i355||Said by Mandeville to have great trade 555 



1458!) 1D)aLRYMPLE, John, an eminent Sccttill! nier. 



chant . . - - . - ',673 



58X*/)am<7/f!(s fupplies Tyre with wine and wool i, 38 

 ii6o||l he houfeshave water led to them in pipes 336 



i249||£lam;W(2 livals Alexandria in trade - '1 397 



1295 Dantzik walled with plank . . i, 455 



1328 Liberties of merchants of Dantzik in England 502 

 1476 The chief city of a region of the Hanfe 694 



1607 Is a flourifliing emporium - - ii, 248 



162S In the zenith of profperity and power 355 



1759 Number of lliips arrived - - iii, 315 



1772 Pinks under tlie opprellion of Pruffia - 530 



3773 Timber taken from Brlti 111 merchants at Dantzik 544 



1775 Prutlian opprellion continued . . 575 

 1782 Dantzik revived in fome degree by the war 726 

 1510 Daricn occupied by the Spaniards - ii, 36 

 J699 And by the Scots — (See ScotlandJ - 667 

 J389 Dartmouth fuccefsful in privateering . J, 600 

 1390 The only port for fhippingtin . - 602 

 1376 DibtoTs, their fraudulent conveyances annulled 1,58 

 1697 Their privileged places fupprelTed - ii, 692 

 1723 Privileges of the mint, &-c. aboliflied iii, 127 

 1774 Act for difcharging infolvent debtors . 556 



1776 Act renewed with additions - - 5S8 

 73 Dtccon, the true name of the fouth part of 



India, known to tlie author of the Periplus i, 159 

 J329 Dejl, or DuJ}, obtains privileges, comparative- 



ly liberal, in England - - 1, 502 



Delaware — See PtnnJ'ylvarua, of whicli it uftd to 

 be elieemed a part. 

 i46*De/os, agreat market for (laves - i, 107 



17S1 Dcr/iararay, with Illequibo and Berbicia, taken 



by the Britilli forces — produce . iii, 67S 



■ Sugar of Deinararay to be imported as Britiih 690 



1782 Taken by the French ... 70S 



17S9 A confpiracy of the (laves defeated . iv, 195 

 5796 Demiraray with Kcquibo taken by Britifli 572 



1798 Improved ftateof the two colonics - 454 



■ Sugar and rum imported from Demararay 464 



916 7)c!niirra^tf regulated by the Rhodiau law i, 25 



Denmark — See Copenhagen, Hanje, Sjund. 



517 D.mes appear in hidorv - - i, 225 



753 They begin to invade England - 247 



1205 II Enriched and polillied by the herring fuliery 372 



J2J7 Privileges granted to Danifli merchants in Engl. 408 



1304 King of Denmark otfei s fatisfailion for an Eng- 



lilh fnip . . . - . 472 



1432 Englidi velfels feized in Denmark— no Dani(h 



vefi'els found in England for reprifals 647 



1449 Difputcs witii England adjufted— Engli(h have 



43 r 



5-3 

 6;o 



Demnark. 



free trade with Denmark, and tranfit to 



Pruflia, &c. but not to Iceland - i, 666 



1465 Iceland trade now Ilridly prohibited 679 



1490 Iceland trade laid open — Knilifh tiade favoured 71 j 

 1553 D.mes enter into trade and manufaihires ii, 114, 124 

 1360 Trade of the Danes with Antwerp . 130 



ij88 Privileges for Englifh trade afkcd, but not ob- 

 tained • - . - . 1 85 

 1591-1600 mutual complaints of Denmark and Eng- 

 land .... ,98, 213, 2>5 

 1612 The Danes trade to India - . j6J 

 1615 Denmark claims the propeity of the Greenland 



fea - 28s 



1620 Danes attempt to trade at Ceylon, butfail joj 



1621 Quarrel with Hamburgh— alliance with Britain 310 

 1639-1654 Treaties with Britain - - 40;, 4^7, 



1728 Danii.i E. -India company enlarge tlicirftock. iii, 14J 



1729 And get an cxclulive charter for 40 years 14^ 

 1733 1 he king, courtiers, cic. crefl an infurance office 197 

 1747 Daiiidi lettlements in India ... 256 

 1759 Number of people in the Dani.1i dominions 313 

 1765 Britifh trade with Denmark almoft annihilated 

 1772 Kait-Inuia company's charter renewed — a modi. 



fied participation of tiie trade allowed to 



foreigners .... 



1774 Import of woolen goods prohibited 

 I/Sd Den. Ruflia, &c. eftablilh an armed neutrality 



1785 The Ocean and the Baltic connefleJ by acanal 



carrying velTcls of 10 feet draught iv, 97 



1786 Eaft-India company furrender their flock, &c. 



to the king . - - - . 117 



1792 The king permits the (lave trade only till 1803 238 



1794 Treaty \\ith Sweden for neutrality - 293 

 Daniili merchants receive large fiuns for their 



property feized by Britidi veiTelsof war, &c. 194. 



1795 Ead India company divide 12 percent 436 

 iSoo Denmark engages in an armed n>.'utrality 523 

 1627 D-feada, or D' [trade, planted by the French ii, 351 



1763 Taken in war — reftored at tlie peace 

 1794 Again taken by the Britifli forces 



•J 11* Dial (irll mentioned ... 



550* Introduced in Greece ... 



161 "One conllrufted for Rome 

 67* A magniticent one in Pomney's plunder 

 Diamonds and other prclwui ftcnes 

 1733 May be intportcd without duty 

 '735 T'i<-" k'"r' 'jf Portugal keeps up the price of 

 diamonds - . _ - 



1764 Prctious ftones found in the Highlands 

 73 Diofcorides produces turtle, cinnabar. Sec. 



20i' Diridotis, an emporium for the (pice trade 

 Dijlillery — See Spirituous lii^uors. 

 1760 Additional duties impofed — export encouraged 



iii, 320 



1784 A great and flourifliing manufafture— u-i2ths 



of tlie duty paid in and near London 'V, 43 



Rcfiulations to prevent fmuggling — the exemp- 



tion of Fei'intolh from duty refeinded . J3 



1785 New regulations for the north part of Scotland 71 

 17S5 New regulations for Scotland and Er.gland iv, loS 

 17S8 Additional duties on Seottifli fpirits in England 16S 



New duties enaitcd . 173, 203, 292, 341, 373 

 '795 t'fe of wheat in diltillery prohibited - 341 



New duties and relirittions in Scotland 314 



Ufe of corn generally prohibited . 349 



Corn, melatfes, fugar, potatoes, prohibited si'o 



1796 Inijiortation of foreign melalfes permitted 375 



1799 Vi'e of fugar and melaiies allowed, but not wheat 485 

 iSoo Ufe of fugar permitted - . •'.,.. - . 490" 



\i.<jz\\Di-Ljing entwine, or fomething equivalent to it, 



invented by Roger Bacon - . i, 457 



1680 Silver got by means of a diving bell . 'S 595 

 1776 Diving bell improved by Mr. Spalding iii, 597 



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