INDEX.] 



Litiefi. 



'33 



= 45 

 2S9 



1965 A company for the manufacture incorporated — 



ruined by ftockjobbing . - ii, 672 



1696 Iiifli linen admitted vithout duty - 685 



1698 Linen manufa^ure not profitable to England, 



but may be to Ireland and Scotland - 703 



1 717 B lit ifh linen exempted from dutyon exportation i 11,55 

 1719 A fmall fund appropriated for encouraging the 



linen manufuiSnre and fillicries in Scotl. 70,139 



1730 Imports of linen in May from Holland, &:c 156 



1731 Near 14,000,000 ells imported in Londun 181 

 1738 Quantity of linen and yarn got from Scotland 217 

 1741 Kxports much incjeafed in Ireland . 22S 

 1741 Duties laid on foreign linen, and bounties 



given on the export of Britifli and Irilh 

 1745 Bounty enlarged - . 244, 



1751 Progrefs of the manufafture in Scotland 

 1753 A further fum put into the hands of the triiflees 



forencouraging the manufafture in Scotland 295 

 1756 Bounties on exportation continued - 307 



1757-60 Quantity (lamped for fale in Scotland 307,315,322 

 1760 Manufafture in Ireland almoft confined to the 



northern diftricfs and declining 3i9> 320 



Quantity (lamped in Scotland 1740-1760 336 



— — Value of linen exported on bounty this year 339 



And alfo in the table of exports of 1761, 62, 63, 64 



■ I Irifh linen erroneoufly valued in the accounts 341 



1765 A fmall quantity imported from Holland 430 



1766 Afl regulating duties on Rudia linen - 443 

 • Quantity (lamped this year in Scotland - 454 



1767 Additional duty on fome foreign linens - 460 



1769 Exports of linen from Dublin diminifhed - 493 



1770 Bounty continued, and a new one added 498 



1771 Retrofpeft of the trade in Britilh, Irifh, and 



foieign linens - - - 515 



1773 Manufacture declining in Ireland and Scotland 



— import and export of foreign linen 546 



■ Petitions for and againd heavier diitieson fo- 



reign linen ... j^i 



1777 Work-people liable to punifhment for embez- 

 zling - - - 60S 

 »779 Bounties on Iri/h linen allowed to the Irifh 636 



Linen and yarn imported from Irel. 1774-1778 6^611 



J780 View of the linen trade, and obfervations, by 



the lords of trade - - 662 



jjSi Import of linen yarn allowed in foreign vefTels 688 

 1782 Dellruftion of linen, tools, &c made felony 711 

 J7S3 Bounties on exportation enafted - iv, 16 



Continued 43,127,171,187,222,270,342,443,471,494 



Duties on linen printed, dyed, &c 



—— Exports from Ireland in various years 60, 



Quantity (lamped in Scotland 1774-1784 



y Proportion of the raanufa£lure in the various 



parts of Scotland 

 i-'Sg Dellruclion of linen, &c made felony in Scotland 

 1791 Improvements in weaving and bleaching 

 i8oo Quantity (lamped in Scotland 1785-1800 

 Lijbon — See Portuoal. 

 ^Lifbon, while fubjeift to the Saracens, famous 



for the manufacture of lilk . i, 



»J47 Taken by Alfonfo and fome adventurers 

 J 353 The merchants of I,i(bon and Oporto make a 



treaty of 50 years with the king of England 

 J53T Much of Lilbon dedroyed by an earthrjuake ii, 

 J560 Rents higher than in any other city 

 J590 Li(bon by means of commerce, tlie largefl city 



in Europe after Mol'tow and Paris 

 1735 Quantity of trcafure arrived this year iii, 



J 755 Liibon almod deftroyed by an earthquake — the 



Britifli parliament fend/100,000 to the fuf- 



ferers 



Literary properly, or file right 0/ publijhing a book. 



''534-'55> Several grants for printing and felling ii,iy8« 



1563 Grant to T. Cooper, an author . ii^in 



1591 Patent for a tranflation . . 19S 



Vol. IV. 



52 



61 



63 

 64 



186 



228 



5^7 



322 



3^^ 



55' 



7' 



I3i 



'97 

 206 



306 



Literary properfi/. 



1624 Charters for printing exempted from the \vcr 



againd monopolies . . ij, ■^i- 



1767 Aflagainft importing foreign editions of Britilh 



books - . . iii, 461 



1774 In conlequence of law-fuits, literary property 



is fixed upon the datutc t Ann. c. 19 



1775 15>-'t univcrlities, &;c aie entitled to perpetuity 

 1777 Mn(ic adjudged to be protected as lit. prop. 

 1782 A(ft againd foreign editions continued 

 1789 No-.' further continued . iv 



1794 The prohibition now more driflly enforceii 

 lioo* Literature and fcicnce iir Arabia 



55» 

 55' 

 55» 

 708 



1S7 

 1, 6 



1076*111 Ei;ypt 



i556*ln Piioenicia — letters, &c carried thence to 

 Greece . _ . 



324*In India ... 



500II Almolt extinfl in Britain 



79611 The Northumbrians the mod enlightened peo- 

 ple in Britain . . 24^, 

 Great proficiency of the Sarticcns 251, 272, 

 890II Literature flourilliing in Iceland 

 871-1066 Almoft extinCl in England . 262, 25* 

 '453 Spread through Europe by the fubver(ion of 



10 



76 



223 



249 

 402 

 261 



the Greek empire 

 1377 Liveries given to retainers prohibited 

 1207 Liverpool (See Harbours J has burgelfes 

 1227 Chartered as a free burgh 

 13 17 Additional buildings erected 

 1336 Called upon to contribute ve(rels 

 1710 Acl for building a wet dock, &c 

 1727 Much increafed lince 1680 



1730 A petitionfrom L.foraregulated E. Indiacomp. 152 

 1739 A(flfordock, &c — number of veflels 

 1760 Next to Briflol asa port — population 

 Inhabitants make the fird casal with locks, ex- 



669 



i, 586 



1. 374 



387 



484 



S'6 



iii, 10 



221 



3-+ 



ecuted in Great Britain 



1765 Velfels arrived and failed this year 



1766 Obfervatory erected, nautical iiiftruftion, &;c 

 177 I Theatre royal erected 

 1779 Great fleet of privateers fitted out 

 17S1 Number of chargeable houfes 



1792 The merchants fet on foot a propofa! for abo. 



lilhiiig the monopolyof the halt-India coinp. 



1793 Negotiable notes iliiied by the corporation for 



the relief of commercial cinb;irrairuient3 

 179S A(5l for batteries, giin-boats, ivc 

 1799 Merchants adilied with exchequer bills 



Living money — the term expL'-incd 

 1560 Livonia exports much corn to Holland 



Trade with Antwerp 



I^cans to the king. 

 134.6 The king prefcribes the iums to be lent 10 him i,5S8-j 



331 

 43> 

 45* 

 513 

 63 S 

 704 



269' 

 45 r 

 4iJ 

 I, 292 

 , 126 

 130 



5SS 



588 



5'ii 

 608 



6,4 



6i6 



377 Merchants now able to lend money 

 1379 Lid of towns contributing to a loan 

 J3S6 A (imilar lid — mode of enforcing the loan 

 1397 A loan — funis larger than fouiurly 



1404 Loan from foreign ra^rciiants, to be repaid out 



of the cuiiouis on their trade 



1405 King obliges the ricii t.o lend money on grow. 



ing taxes 

 1407. He makes a fimilar loan — merchants and olii-.r 



laymen now lend large fums - 6iS 



1412 A loan for an expedif.on . . 6^6 



1430 A loan tor a coronation - - 6 1.6 



1550 London lends ;f 20,000 to Queen Mary ii , 124 



1625 King fends to borrow in HoU.mri . 337 



Loans to the Public— "szc Bank uj England, Enjl-India 

 company. 

 176 1 /i2,-ooo,oao including lottery, with long an. 



nuiiies .... ,ii, 345 



1762 /'12, 000, 000 with long annuities - 332 



1763 Debts of the jiavy, &c funded at 4 per cent 369 



£ 3,800,000 with two lotteries 



£ 2,000,000 at 4 pet cent 



309 



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