Ireland, 



1793 Goods imported in I. admitted in Gr.Bii(,unlv,iSo 



1795 Iri (It funds managed by tlie bank of England 345 



A gold mine dilcovcred in Wieklow - 358 



1796 Abortive invalion uf Ireland by the French 382 

 .1797 Other IriOi tundb managed by the bank of Engl. 417 

 .179S Cattle cairied to Britain, tlioiigb taxed 440 



An inrurreiStion in Ireland — iuppreired 460 



iSoo Ireland united with Great Britain . 456 



View of the imports and exports 505-507 



Bounties for agriculture, &c 



RevcHue, national debt, &c 



— — Number ofveilels, &c belonging to Ireland 



%*lron ufed before the llood 



.4706 •Manufaftures of iron in Egypt 



^♦Iiilayitig upon iron invented in Cliios 

 54*Miiies of iron in Britain - 



Before 1066 Iron-works in Glouceller-lhlre 



.1189II Iron mines abundant in England 



i3S4 Iron not to be exported 



j<;Si Ercflion of iron-works reftrained 



1O24 A patent (before now) for imelting iron with 

 pit coal exempted from the law againll 

 monopolies - - - 



1627 An invention for melting iron ore, cafting, &:c 

 with coal 



3637 Iron to be furveyed and marked — not to be ex- 

 ported without licence 



1685 Manufaflure of fine ironmongery in England 

 improved by French refugees 



i7i9 Iron manufaftures in England faid to employ 



200,000 perfons — they deftroy the woods — • 

 ao,ooo tuns annually imported — may be 

 made in all parts of Great Britain, Ameri- 

 ca, &c - - . iiij ^j 



J620 Great iron-works carried on by W. Wood 114 



1737 Stateof the iron trade - - 214 



J 750 The colonies reflricted from manufacturing 



iron beyond the (late of pig or bar 2S0 



1761 Methods of rendering pig iron, and cafl iron, 



Italy. 



[GENERAL 



50S 

 509 

 535 

 1, 2 

 10 



57 

 117 



288,295 



344 

 552 

 ■ 168 



11. 



Z^5 

 349 

 398 

 61S 



malleable 



345 



74 



95 



1765 American iron admitted in_Britain and Ireland 418 

 17S5 Annual value of the manufacture eftimated iv, 16 



■ Export of tools and enticing artificer'! fined 



Impravcnient in making bar iron — fcarcity of 



fuel and high wages drive iron-works from 

 England to Rullia 

 17 8S An order fcnt from Paris to Mr. Wilkinfon 



for 40 miles of iron pipes - - 176 



1799 Quantities of bar iron imported 1772-1799-469,470 

 i-776 Iron bridge at Qoalbrook dale — aft palfed for ereff. 



jng it - - - jii, 5S7 



For a more capital one fee Sunderland in the Gazeteer. 

 7jII^*. a large AlexanUrian Ihip - i, 184 



^770-1772 /y7f c/^'rawcif receives many new fpices iii, 529 

 1770 Plants of them given to the inhabitants 5297/ 



1785 The illand a populous commercial entrepot iv, 8» 

 Ifraelitcs not traders nor navigators i, 13 n 



io^6''Obtain cedar timber and workmen from Tyre 



■ Wea'tli, &c of David kingoflfrael 



1000*1 fraelites make voyages with the Tyrians 



S57*rhey again attempt voyages, biit fail 



^SS'Theyare farmers, but not manufaflurers 



Tliey are afterwards called Jews — See Jetvx. 



Italy — Se;; Lomhardi,, Gaioa, Veniccy Tufcany, &c, 



14 Pr«<hice and trade of Italy - - i 



493 Italy Hjurilhes under Theodoric 



849 Gieater part of the count! y lying v/afte — no inns 254 



After ia95 improved and eniiched by the holy wars 311 



i238''Manneis and (file of living 



i2.5if;Trading in money, bills, &c much ufed 



1270 A doubt, founded on the rate of interefl, re. 



ipeding tlie greatnefs of the trade of Italy 419 

 1330I Italy ruined by Gnelfsand Gibellines - 503 

 i4l6 All merchants of Italy favoured in England 693 



123 



220 



59' 

 399 



14S4 Merchants of Italy now numerous in England 



— are complained of, and their trade re- 



ftrifted, but not fo rigoroufly as before i, 702 



1485 Tlie reftriaions repealed by King Henry VII 706 



1560 Trade of Italy with Antwerp . ii, ua 



14 Itius porths, a (tation of trade with Britain i, 130,133 



1 1 79*/;'!^^ made into toys . . j, lo 



'799 Quantities imported 1772-1799 iv, 469 470 



•509 njj -iMAIC A co\oriizeA by the Spaniards 

 iio6 Is plundered by the Englifh 

 '635 St. Jago taken by the EngliMi 

 i65t; The I (land taken by the Englifh 

 1660 The cultivation of fugar introduced 

 1675 Illand receives 1200 people from Surinam 

 i69o||Hitherto no rum made, and melaffes ufelefs iii, 

 172S Tlie advantages of Jamaica difplayed 



1730 Wool produced in Jamaica lent to England 

 This probably cotton 



1 731 The produce fent home employs 12,000 tuns 

 1734 Population and trade 

 1739 Trade injured by Spanidi guarda-coftas 

 i747!jCultivation of indigo abandoned, in confe- 



quence of a heavy duty 

 1760 Infurreclion of the flaves 

 1764 The beneficial Spanifli trade ruined 



State of the trade, pepulation, &c - • ^ 



Governor and admiral inftruiifed to allow Spanidi 



veirds to come in for refrefhment, as for- 

 merly - . - . 

 17C6 Four tree ports opened (See Free ports) 

 1768 Population and exports this year 

 1770 Weft and north parts much improved — igood 

 roads made — aft againll clipping money 



1773 Effeft of the free-port aft 



Free ports continued 



A public botanic garden eflabliflied 



1774 Term of free ports extended 



Exports this year 



1775 A duty laid by the aflemblv tipon impoitation 



of negroes, in order to check the exceliivc 



importation — orders fent from home to pro. 



liibit the duty— retrofpeft of the Have trade 



in Jamaica 

 177S A patent given for an improvement in boiling 



fugar .... 62g 



17S0 Protet:tion for Jam. demanded of government 653 



An expedition fromjamaica againll the Span- 



iards . - . ■ . 6j3 n 



The weft end defolated by a hurricane, Sec 667 



1 78 1 Free poits continued . . 68^ 



Parliament grant /'40,ooo to the fufleievs in 



17S0 6S9 



1782 A dreadful fire in K.irg(loti - - 70S 

 17S3 Cultivation of cacoa long ago abandoned iv, 22 e 

 1784 Plantanes dcltroyed by a hurricane — provifions 



admitted in foreign veflels for a lliort time 



1786 A famine produced by a fucceflion of hurri. 



canes, carries off 13,000 negroes 



1787 Free ports continued — regulations 



Imports aiid exports of (laves 1783-1787 



Population, value of land, iirc 



Trade with all cotintries . . 158, 



Trade of the free ports 1784-17S7 . 163, 



1788 Exports to Great Britain 17S7-SS 

 17S9 Number of fugar plantations and negroes — ftate 



ofKingflon - ■ - 



1791 Profpeft of increafe of cofTee - 227, 



Imports and exports of Haves 1789-1791 



1792 Free ports made perpetual 



Comparative view of the fugar trade, drawn 



up by the alfembly of Jamaica - 234 



They predict the ruin of the iOand, if the lliive 



trade is abolilhed (See V. iii, p. 374J . 236 



ii, 3<J 

 210 



39'3 

 461 



49' 

 '574 

 176 



1+2 



'59 n 

 162 



209 



59 



21 



9« 



403 



404 

 446 

 485 



505 

 535 

 54-3 

 54* 

 554 

 56-« 



574 



1 21 



'55 



J5ti 



'59 

 16+ 



■79 



19& 

 256 

 22S 



233 



