INDEX.] 



Grenada, 



1768 French inhabitants admitted to council, &c iii, 4S3 

 J 773 Alarmed by tlie maioon negroes - 506 



1771 Suftl-rb great damage by fire . - 515 



1774 Not liable tf) the duty of 44 jier cent - 5,59 



1777 The illaiid devoured by ants - - 610 



J779 Is taken by tlie Frciicli — produce, population 640 

 (780 Property of the Britiih inlutbitants on boaid 



neutral yelfcls proieiled - - 657 



1780 Idand defolated by a hurricane— ants deftroyed 668 

 17S3 Reifored to Great Britain at tlie peace iv, 2 



Neutral velTels admitted for a time 



1787 St. George's made a free port — regulations 



Imports and export^ of flaves 1784.1787 



Population, value of land, &c 



- Exports to all countries, &c 



1788 Exports to Great Britain 1787-S8 

 J791 Imports and exports of (laves 1789-91 

 1791 Free port made perpetual 

 '795 French inhabitants difcontented — make an in- 



furrertion — are fupprelTed - - ' 



Exchequer bills lent to the fufFerers 



J796 And alio money - - 



1798 Sugar and lum exported to Great Britain 



i554j Grt/Xam, Sir Thomas, by his pi udent manage- 

 ment of the exchange with Antwerp, &:c 

 faves great fums (o the king - ii, 



IJS7 By his powerful operations upon the exchange 

 with Genoa, he faves Engl, from invaiion 



1 1565 Gn'miiy trades to Norway, Scotland, Orkney, &c 



i, 



1612 Gror/w aflerts the freedom of navigation 

 commerce in his Mare lihtrum 



■ Isanfwered by Wellwood 



1635 Gaa</(!/i7;//;« fettled by the French 



1701 Produce — thinly peopled 



17,59 Taken by Britifh forces — very fertile 



1763 Reftorcd to France at the peace 



J794 Taken by Britifh forces — condition 



Retaken by the French 



Ciiernjey, Jerjty Alderney, £Jc 

 j66o A limited quantity of wool allowed them 

 1769 Some indulgence to the trade of the iilands iii, 

 1788 A larger qu.intity of wool allov.cd 

 1800 Import of French wine allowed from Guernfey 499 

 1595 Gaz'.-na explored by Sir W. Raleigh ii, 208 



J605 An Englifh fettlement made and abandoned 243 

 1609 Another one attempted - . - 252 



J636 An Englifli colony faid to be in Guiana 354 



Guinea — S^,: Portugal, African comp. S/ave trade, Holland. 

 1530II Englidi trade to Guinea for ivory, &c ii, 72, 89 



14 

 125 

 "55 

 '56 

 159 

 179 

 228 

 ^^33 



35' 

 350 

 385 

 464 



184 



331 



"5 

 >36 

 136 



153 

 390 

 395 



420 



J 553 ll The fam.e trade continues - 



1561 The French trade to Guinea 



1562 The Englilh begin to carry off (laves 

 15-1 Portuguefe admit the Englifh to fliare the trade 

 i63_5[| The French ietlle on tlie Senegal 

 1637 Dutch take St. George del Mina - 

 Before 1642 F^nglifli trade in Guinea under the Por- 

 tuguefe, and hire their ihips to them. 



1783 Stipulations refpefting the coaft - iv, 3 



J765 — Gum — a^t for dudes on gum fenega iii, 416 



1766 Senega and arable may be carried to Ireland 446 

 1774 Duty on exportation of fenega lowered 552 



1783 Gum trade fecured to Great Britain iv, 3 



1790 Ait for importation of calhew gum - 203 



Gum — See Gun-powder, 



1327 Guns ufed by the Englilh - . i, 499 



J372 Ufed in Ihips by the Spaniards - 579 



Very foon afterwards the ufe of great guns in 



(hips muff have been familiarly known in 



England - . . . 500 n 



»4ii Guns made in England, and now exported 624 



1509 Made in Scotland - - ii, 78 « 



ij2i Hand guns introduced . - - 58 



'534 Great guns of braft made in England . 79 



Guns. 



'543>'J4fi Morturs for bombs, iron cannon, &cmade 



in England . - jj, ^g^ ^g , 



1550 Iron bullets mentioned . . uj 



1560 Guns of brafs ami iron made in England 126 



1603 Made better in England than elle« lure ijj 



1619 Are diltinguifhed by ueiglit of their lliot 29} 



1624 A patent (before now) for nuking guns and 

 bullets exempted from the law againll 

 monopoly - - . . -jf 



1629 Iron guns made in England exported by the k. 359 

 1292 r,G:/«-/;o«'i/fr invented by R. Bacon .' i, 451 



'j Re-invented by Barthold Schwartz - 499 



1327 (Jfed in the Englifh army - . ^5^ 



1331 Ufed by the Moors of Granada . 499 n 



1334 Mentioned by Ptirarch . . 455 „ 



1339 Ufed by the Scots - . . _^^^ 



1344 Gunners, in tlie Enj:lifh military cffablifhmont 500 n 

 1414 Exportation of powder from Engl, prohibited 62i 

 1560 Satfl' to be now lii ft made in England ii, ij6 



'599 Powder bought by Q. Eliz. from the Hanfe 149 



1624 A patent (before now) for making powder ex- 



empted from :lie law againft monopoly 325 



1628 Powder made by the Eall-india company 352 



1625 Is monopolized by K. Cliarlesl. 433, 3J2, 392 

 1660 When not above /j per b.ir. may be exported 4S1 

 1760 Powder magazine removed to Piirfleet iii, 321 

 1764(4:0. A<5ls for encouraging the nunufailure 395,522 

 1770 No vefTels above Blackwall to have 26M. 510 

 1772 Regulations for keeping, conveying, &c 523 

 1775 Exportation prohibited - . 5S0 

 17S6 An allowance granted ort exportation iv, 106 

 1791 Which is now withdrawn . . 221' 

 1295JI Gai;fr;2« pirates, cotton, &c noted . i, 456- 



■itiLackney Ckairs — See Sedan cljairs. 

 Hackney ctaeliei — See Coach<s. 

 Hikluyt, Richard, editor of voyages, an indefa. 

 tigable inquirer after new trades and difco- 

 veries . . . ii, ,5,, ,65 



1517 ^ffi/^flAT has a woolen manufafture . li, iz 



Hanlitrgk — See Hanfe. 

 S08 Hamburgh built by Cliarlemagne - i, 250 



1013 Rebuilt of wood and increafed - . 2S1 



1189 Chartered by the emperor - . ^^s 



1225 Becomes independent of the earl - 38^ 



1Z41 Unites with Lubeck againft robbers 392 



1254 Duties in Flanders lightened at delireof H. 404 

 1471 Strong velTels ft, itioned at il. for Hanfe trade 6^7 

 1516 Hamburgh cultivates the frienulhii) of Den- 

 mark, now at war with ihe other Hanfe 

 towns, and profpers in trade ii, 50 



1521 H. monopolizes tlie river — war with Denmark 58 

 1552 Has great part of the tiade of Europe 1091 



1561-1579 Difputes with Denmark - 135, 161 



1586 Commerce increafed by Netlierland refugees 180,182, 

 i6oiil Hamburghers fell large fiiipi at Venice, and 



return liome over land - . 219 



1621 Are involved in quarrels v.itli^Denmiuk 310 



1641 Make alliance with Eubcck, Bremen, Src 41*' 



1655 Hamburgh appointed arbiter (.if dlfpuie.-) be- 

 tween En,;land and France, if any arife 464 

 16S8 Very flourilhing, bank in great credit, next to 



London and Amfterdam ~ - - 630' 



1701 Hamburgii has moft of the trade of th; North, 



FVance, &c .... ^,5 



1736 Difputes with Denmark accomodated iii, loj 



1745 Number of vcflcls belonging to Hanibuigh 24J 

 1751 Trade advancing on the decline of Amfterdam 2S9 « 

 1763 Many failures — wife conduit of the magiftratcs, 

 and liberality of the Britifti mcichants, fjoiv 

 reftore credit ... -.j 



1765 An iiifui-an.'e office eftablifhed — ftate of Britiih 



trade at Hamburgh — arrivals of fliipping 430 

 1767 Arrivals this year • . ■ - 47 



