INDEX.] 



GlafgGW. 



44 



7" 

 So 



95 

 284 

 5°3 

 1, 4 



126 



223 

 23S 

 122 



116 

 296 



442 



443,471 



i, 203 ti 



23S 



264 



- 383 



679 ?( 



1784 Privileges enjoyed by two companies of Gl.if- 



gow boiu'.ht up by pairuiment - iv 



1735 Weavers of Glalgow [ircfciit a neivous petition 



againll tlie unties on coiton yoods 

 ■ 1000 looms employed on muflin 



. Art of dying cotton in Turkey red introduced, 



and, in confequence, 1500 looms employed 



on pulicat handkcrchefs 



1793 Act for new bridge and other improvements 

 jSgo Royalty extended — various improvements 



^*- Glafs made in great variety in Sidon 



14 And in Alexandria - - - 



And of fome kind, apparently in Britain 



c,Qa\ Ufed among tlie Northern Pichts 

 674 Manufacture of glafs introduced in England 

 1557 Manufarture of fine glafs begun in London ii. 

 1624 A patent (before now) for making glafs with pit 

 coal exempted from the law againft mono- 

 poly ... 325, 3SS 

 1670 Mamifailiircrs procured from Venice - 360 

 16S5 Manufacture of chryllal improved by refugees 



from Fiance - - 617,618,650 



1765 Export of bottles to Holland declined iii, 429 



1773 Manufai^ture of plate glafs in Lancadiire 535 



1777 Aft for regulating the duties - - 607 



17S3 Annual value of the manufaiSlure ellimated iv, 16 

 1787 Duties altered ... 



1794 Additional duties on glafs 

 . 1-9S Regulations for import of plate glafs, &c 



Aft for fecuring duties continued 

 272 Glafi windows fiippofed ufed by Firmus 

 630II In a church at York 

 871-900 None in Alfred's dominions 



l22ollNot common now in England 



1464 Nor even now 



1765 Clafi, Cajjtain Gcorc^e, having difcovered a good 



port on the coaft of Batbary, and obtained 

 tlie property of it, fails for it with goods — 

 fuffers great hardfliips — he and his family- 

 are murdered ... iii, 410 

 1799 Globe infurance company incorporated — plan of 



their bufinefs — capital, &:c . - iv,482 



ijo\:Gltiucr/!ir, A Roman colony - . i, 195 



1031! Has a mint and iron works - 2S3, z&S, 295 



1156II E'xcells in apples and grapes - - 330 



1766 G/ufW and mitts, foreign- made, prohibited iii, 444 

 a 769 Glulijlad! made a free port - iii, 494 



Goi/rc/w /niri,'i faid to have been dry land i, 313 



Gold andfilvcr — See Minrs, Money. 

 it6s Occafionally imported from Holland 

 1797 Importation from Lifbori t.illcn ofl 

 Gold and fi her, proportion of them 

 5o6*Now 1 to 13, in Greece, or perhaps in Perfia 



14 In Rome apparently i to 10, once 1 to 9 

 337 In Ron;e 14 and eight twelfths 

 Before 1066 In England i to 12 

 1 156 II In England J to 9 ... 



1201 In England i to 10 

 i295||In Carandana t to ? 



1701 In England, Holland, Spain, France, various 

 J7S5 In France i to 15 . - iv, 9!* 



Gold/mil/is' and Jilverfmil^s' work. 

 630II A cafe for the gofpcl made of gold, apparenily 

 in England . - ' - >, 



93oll A filver caie for the gofpel made in Scotland 

 Before 1066 the Englifligoldfmiths famous 

 jiSgllAndare (fill fo - - - 



1300 Law for the (landard finenefs 

 1363 Law for tiandard, Itamps, Sec 

 1393 Englilh goldlmiths Itill famous 

 1404 Gilding and plating redriftcd 

 J413 Prices of gilding limited by law 

 1423 EH'ayers eltabliflied in fcverul towns • 



111,430 

 iv, 414 



i,6o 



'42 

 20S 

 292 

 33 4 

 367 

 459 



238 



266 

 2<;o 



3^7 



465 

 5''' 7 

 606 

 614 

 62SI 

 638 



Golilfmithi audfilcerfinitln' xcork. 



1433 Tlieir work ftill eftecnied abroad - i, 643, 64S 

 i.i^S Work to be damped in Scotland - 67* 



'555 And to be of ft indard linenels . ii, 120 



1619 No Englidi coin to be melted - 293 



1622 No gold nor (ilver ware to be exported - 312 

 162S ThegoKlImiths, wlio beganin thereign ofHenry 

 VIII to deal in money, are accufed of ex- 

 portinerthe heavy pieces — the bufuiefs taken 

 from them by the kiiiji - . 357 



1629 Soutli lidc of Cheapfide tilled v.'ith goldfiiiiths 363 

 1637 And they are now compelled to live there 401 



i6) 5 They now act as Bankers (fee Bankers) . 427 



1696 Standard foi (ilver work raifed - 68a 

 1720 Sterling ftandaid rellored - iii, 114. 

 1770 Punilhment for receiving flolcn g. or s. ware 499 

 1773 Guardians of the llandard appointed - 538 

 J797 New duties on gold and (ilver pUte iv, 42 i 

 1798 Gold of 18 carats allowed . - 446 

 14X9 Gold and Jttver thread and wire, if found deficient, 



to be forfeited - - 



1622 Manufadurc prohibited in England 

 1624 Again prohibited 

 1617 G^Tfc fortified by the Dutch 

 1760 T'aken from the French by the Britiih 



1763 Rcrtored to France 



1764 The governor encroaches on the Britifli fettle. 



ments, and is called hoiiTe to France 406 



1783 Beingagain tak.'ii, is rellored to Franco iv, 3 



1787 Produces cotton and excellent indigo - 128 



1 8' o Taken by the Britifli forces - - 517 



16S9 Government feciirities, funds, Gc become the ob- 



jett of a new trade - - ii, 68() 



1697 Arc engrafted in the Itock of the bank 68S 

 i6yS Tiie dealers removed from the Royal Exch.ange 



to Change alley - - - 705 



1700 Sink to 50 per cent on tlie death of the king 



of Spain .... 709 



1704 Prices much deprelTed by the war - 731 

 1717 Management transferred from excheq. tobaiik iii, 54 



1726 On red uibon of interell the prices rife - 139 



1779 Prices depreU'ed by the war with Spain 638 



1780 And dill more by war with the Dutch . 679 

 1782 Three-per-cents funk to 53^ - - 70S 

 1703 Prices deprefl'cd by the extenfion of commerce iv, 3 y 

 17S4 And alfo by the floating debts . - 52 

 1793 Deprelfed by the war with France - 2^4^ 

 1795 Not deprelVed by defection of allies - 354 



Governor 0/ merchants — See /tldernian, Ccnfvls. 

 1391 Englilli merchants troding to Priidia, Hanfe 



towns, &-C elec^ a governor — his powers i, 602 

 1404 They arc empowered to elect governor; . 614 

 1407 Englidi meichants trading to Holland, Zeland, 

 Brabant, and Flanders, authorized to elecl 

 governors, with the iHual j'owers - 617 



On this charter the merchant adventurers found- 

 ed their claim of exchUive trade ' . 617 s 

 I408' Englith merchants trading to Norway, Sweden, 

 and Denmark, empowered to eleit a govern, 

 or, with the ufiial powers, toielide at Bergeri6i9 

 Such offices now becoming common, no nu»re 

 of them are noted. 



Great Rrltein. 

 1709 Aft of the Britidi parliament for naturalizing 



foreign protellants ... iii, 5 



7000 Palatines brought from Gcrmatiy . i 



171 1 Naturalization act repealed - . 21 



1713 Peace with France . - - 27 



Commcicial treaty for mutual free trade with 



France — is violently oppofed — rciefted by 

 parliament ... 28-31 



1714 On the acceliion of K. George ! trade flciirifhes 4a 

 1721 P.-ace with Spain . - . 117 

 1726 Eftimateof jnoney tranfaftions - 134 



