173' 



1734 

 •7+1 

 1743 

 I 760 



1761 



1761 



1765 

 1766 

 J7''7 



17SS 



l7»o 

 1771 

 1772 



«773 



J774 

 1776 



'777 



-«778 



1779 

 1780 



J7S1 

 1782 

 1783 



1 7 84 



>785 



17S7 



1793 

 1794 

 »79S 



London. 



Impoifs and exports of London thii year Hi, 130 

 Tniports of foreign linen - - 182 



Shipping of London 178,557 funs - - 182 



&-C Clirirtcnings and Ijurials - 216, 217, 222 



Hoiifesinthe city numbered - - 227 



A new pHrilh at Bethnal green - 238 



Sundry ftreets, &c improved - 321 



Blackfriar's bridge founded, &c - 336 



Sums .flowed by parliament for L. bridge 347,360 

 King, queen, cSrc entertained at Gildliall 349 



■Number of cattle, &c killed in thcycar 350 



Projeding gutters and figns prohibited — names 



of ftreets marked - - 360 



Increafe in quantity of coal arrived - 362 



Increafed value of ground in PicadUly 402 



Powers of commilTioners of (Ireetsenlarged 41.S 



Sontliwark and feveral ftreets improved 444 



A duty on coals granted to the city - 460 



Expenfe of bridges, Sec - - 461 



Act tor paving, lighting, watering, ic 477 



Grelli an college fold to commifiionersof excife 477 

 Premiums given for mackerel and herrings 480,482 

 Marybone paved, lighted, Src - 497 



Improvements in various parts enafled - 513 

 Good cffeil of the premium for mackerel, &c 521 

 Atls for improving ftreets, police, &c - 524 

 City givci bounty uponforeign wheat, and peti- 

 tions parliament againft lotteries - 534 

 Regulations for buildings, police, &c - 556 

 The Iord-mayor"s falary enlarged - 504 

 The city buys up tolls on the river — ftreets 



improved . . - - 606 



Aits for various improvements - 609 



The city empowered to borrow for public works 621 

 City docs not join in petitionsagainft Ireland 623 



649 



658 

 704 

 7'7 



45 



1720 



>72i 



/800 



1,104 empty houfes within the <?ity 



Dreadful fires and diforders produced by the 



proteftant afl'ociation 

 Number of chargeable houfes 

 Conliderable improvements enafled 

 Before now Paris-made coaches fuperfeded by 



thofe of London - - iv, 35 



Duties payable to the city not affefted by the 



•iboUtion of petty curtorrjs 

 Lord-mayor defeats a combination for raiiing 



the price of coals - - - _j 



The city's duties not aft'efted by the general 

 repeal of government duties — wine, import- 

 ed in the out-ports, to pay the dift'erence of 

 duty, if brought within 20 miles of London i 28 

 Hint for building London with marble 213 n 



Several acls foV improving the ftreets, &c 2S4 

 Dreadful fire in Raiclift" -^ - 112 



Act for enlarging the entrance at Temple-bar, 



and a new ftreet inftead of Snow-hili 

 Premiums given for filh fold at Billingfgate 

 Retail market for fifti at ditto 

 Harbour plunder — amount cftimated — a reme- 

 dy applied ^Sce Thames police) 

 The city empowered to make a canal acrofs 



the Kleof Di^gs, &c - - 



New fquares, &con the d. of Bedford's ground 

 Art for fmall debts in London amended _, ^ 



Propofalfor improvingtheharbonr,newbridge,&C5i3 

 Great proportion of the connnerce of the 



whole kindom in London - '"''> 



London aj/urance company tncorpordted iii_ 



Bound 10 pay ^300,000 to the civil lift 

 Shares blown up to jri75 each 

 Part of the;^300, 000 remitted by parliament 

 London.doik company incorporated for making 

 wet docks for vefti^U loaded with tobacco, 

 rice, wine, &c — regulations - iv, 501 



350 

 365 

 376 



454 



47S 

 502 



"5°3 



53fi 

 85,87 



S7 

 94 



US 



[GENERAL 



1714 Longitudt — parliattient offer ,^20,000 for the dlf- 



covery of a method to afcertain it at fea, and 



a board of commiftioners appointed iii, 3S 



1753 £"'.''-50 paid to Mr. Harrifon for making ex- 

 periments — further fum granted - 300 



1762 ;^2,ooo allowed for any propofal thought wor- 

 thy of a trial ... 354 



1762 Chronometer invented by Mr. Harrifon, and 



,r2p, 000 paid him at various times - 355 



/500 paid to Dr. Irwin for his marine chair 356 



1765 Several premiums given\, and others offered 414 

 •—— Rewards given for tables of calculations . 419 



1770 The board empowered to give further rewards 497 



1774 The aits refpetling the longitude reduced to 



one ... ^^4. 



1775 A method by obferving the diftance of the 



moon from the fun - - 565 



1777 The board empowered to give rewards - 608 

 Offer of a premium continued - 661, 689 



1790 Still further continued - . iv, 10: 



1676 Loom engine brought from Holland ii, 578 



1797 Invention for working feveral by one moving 



power - - iv, 401 



Lotteries for rnijlng money — See Loans. 

 1622 Some before now for the colonies - ii, 321 



1630 One for bringing water to London - 367 



1661 Royal filher, company authorized to make one 5O3 

 1695JI Frequently ufed for putting ott'old goods 671 



169S Alt private lotteries fupprelTed by parliament 705 

 1711 Government raife two millions by lottery iii, 14 



Illegal lotteries ftill very frequent — prohibited 23 



1715 Dealing in chances, and all adventures refem- 



bling lotteries, prohibited . .63 



1753 A lottery for the Britifh mufeum - 300 



1 76 1 A lottery — the prizes in flock at 3 per cent 345 



1763 Two lotteries — prizes in ftockat 4 per cent 370 

 1769 Lottery prizes enlarged, and paid in money 488 

 1773 The city of London petition againft lotteries J34 



1776 The prizes now again funded - - 587 



1778 Office-keepers regulated — frauds checked — no 



ftiare imder a'hxteenth — petty lotteries pro- 

 hibited - - - - 620 



1782 Irifti tickets may be fold in Great Britain 711 

 17 85 A lottery without a loan — tickets fold with 



profit . - . iv, 73 



1756 Another in the fame way - - 108 

 And henceforth they are all managed in the fame manner.' 



1757 Aft to prevent illegal infurance, projefts, &c 122 

 Lotteries 127,170,186,203,223,233,280,296,342, 



375>447-476.495 

 1698 Louifiana fettled by a French colony ii, 704 



1711 Granted by the king to Mr. Crozat . iii, 25 



See MiJ/iJippi company. 

 1331 imi'afK chartered tu trade in KngUnd - i, 505 



1783 Loyalifcs of America — commiftioners appointeil 



to afcertain their loll'es — indemnification 



granted - - - iv, 22 



Their migrations and new purfuits . 36 



1793 Allowince to fettlers in Canada - 282 

 1140 Lubeck iounde'i — profpers f'See Havf) . 1,321 

 1 165 Has fome trade in the Mediterranean - 338 

 — Said to have w.itor brought in by pipes 381 



Unites with Hamburgh againft robbers 392 



Obtains a charter for trading in England 407 



Which is now renewed and enlarged - 417 



Lubeck refufes to abide by an accomodation 

 between England and the Hanfe, .and com- 

 mits hoftilitics - - - 668 

 1456 The war with England now ended - 671 

 1476 L- the headof the iirft region of the Hanfe, &c 693 

 1522 Lubeck obtains great commercial privileges in 



1241 



1257 

 1267 



1452 



Sv, eden - - - ii, 60 



1525 Is faid to have fold Denmark to England 64 



