INDEX.] 



Paper* 



1773 Imitation of bank-note paper made fflony iii, 54.4 

 1781 New duties upon i.dper en.iCtctI - 687 



1783 Annual value of the manufacture eftiniated iv, 16 



1784 AdJitional duties - . - 45 

 179+ New duties, rated by weight - - 295 

 1800 A method of making new p iper out of printed 



oi" written paper — importation of wafte pa. 

 per permitted - . - 499 



•733 P^P^ Aanaings may be imported, paying 



duty ' . - - iii, 543 



1791 A'ul mud be (tamped at each end - iv, 235 

 1794 Additional duty on importation - 295 



Paper yiwney — See Bank, Bank of f^nc;land, &:c. 

 U95 The only currency in China — made by the 



emperor - - i, 457, 513 



And apparently long before — fee p. 256 

 1697 Various kinds of paper money uled in Eng- 

 land inrtead of calh during the recoinage - 691 

 J740 Value of the paper money in America - iii, 226 

 J764 Currency of American paper prohibited - 3^8 

 But now allowed in payment of duties, &c - 538 

 '775 Notes under 2o/"prohibited in Great Britain 577 

 1777 Notes under £^ regulated - - - fio-j 



1780 Great depretiation of American paper money 657 

 1787 Regulation of notes under £5 made perpe- 

 tual . - - iv, 125 

 1793 Increafed beyond meafme — diftrefs tlierefrom i6fl 

 J797 Many regulations for fmall notes . 415, 416, 418 

 1511 P<27-a_!f!/a;/ difcovered by the Spaniards - ii, 45 

 1525 Colonized by them ... 64 

 1535 Byenos Ayrcs founded . - 79 

 J* P<2rc/;7Mnf ufed for writing long before the agC- 



of Herodotus ... 



732||Ufed for want of Egyptian paper 

 1221 Ordered to be ufed for important Avritings - 

 54''Pam ('Z.K.'f^c^ all within a imall ifland - i, 

 357 The relidence of Julian, the Cjesar - 

 8S6 Still all within the ifland 



1549 Number of houfes and people - ii, 



1590 The fecond largefl city in Europe 195, 



>735 Chridenings, marriages, and burials - iii, 

 1740 Chriftenings and burials 



!oS6 Patipitsin En/^tand faid to be 4j,oil . i, 



1257 Number in England and Wales unknown ii 

 Number in each (hire by Wolsey's enumer- 

 ation ... 67, n 

 J5j8 Parifhes to keep regiftcrs of weddings, &c. 83 

 1546 Poor ones to be united with others - 97, 99 

 1264 Parliamtnt of England Y\^-^ (.XzlXwt members i, 414 

 1283 Members for all the (hires, and many of the 



cities and towns now elected - 43S 



The commons have little authority 414,536, 537, 



- - - - 538,557 



J36J The commons decline voting for the ftaple at 



Calais ... . ^d^ n 



137 r Parliament enaft that all imports fafd oa by 



the king without their alTent, (hall be null . 578 

 — ■ The cc>mmons remoniirate againft veffels and 



men being prelTed - - 578 



1398 A6^s of parTyment often broken by the king 593 n 

 1454 Sanffion of parliament now generally required 



to the king's grants - . ^72 



1566 And now given to a company's charter - ii, 142 

 1629 Parliament dKfolved by King Charles 1. - 357 

 1640 Parli.imentcalled after 12 years internulfion 4,10 

 — — Immediately dilTolved — re-alTembled — tljey 



cxpetl fome monopolift members • 411 



ifiSi Vot^s of the houfe of commons printed . 600 



17(14 Bankrupt members fubjefted to law iii, 401 



(770 Members may be fued, wiihoat pcrfonal" arrtii 499 

 1800 Parliament of the united kingdom of Great 



Britain and Ireland now con(fituted . iv, 496 



iSoi Firft' fe(fioR of the Union parliament - 550 



X4 Par/^/a fends pretipusttones ti) Rome - >, 138 



, 93 n 

 2+5 " 



3»5 

 1, 118 



210 



359 

 105 



•97 

 208 

 226 



307 

 67 



Parthm. 



73 Moufhof the Indus t'ubjcff to Parthia- i, itft 



SSllAncmbalTy to Cliina, and trade e(lablifhed . 194 



^\(i* ParlncTpiip regulated by the Rhodian law i, jj 



1760 Prt/Zcy makes great progrd's in maniifafhirc iii, 33^ 



Pattnts for iiitcnlions — Sec Munopolits. 

 1618 Water plough, &c. for 21 years - ii, 28^ 



Ploughing without horfes. Sec- raifing 



water — boats to run in calms, &c. 31 years 290 

 1614 Patents for new inventions exempted from » lie 

 law againft monopolies and limited to 14 years 



3'* 

 ifii5 Incombuftibie cement . . 336. 



1626 Saltpetre from urine . . 341 



1627,1630 Several - _ 344, 349. 35S. 36.S 



T o D. Ramfay for 9 inventions - 367 



1631 Fencing mai .'h lands, foap, pot-adies, &c . 368 



1632 Many fanriful projects 

 163+ Hangings of v, ool, (ilk, &c. 



Several projefls ... 



Sedan chairs and bill of prices 



1635 Railin \' ine ... 



1637 Kiln for malt and hops 



1639 Patents not praClifed in 3 years annulled 



1719 Organzine machinery 



763 Curing I'almon 



379 



372 

 37ft 

 3S0 

 3 so 

 3S8 

 400 

 . 407 

 '»'. 75 

 37* 



1775 Manufa^flure of porcelain and fteani engines, 



patents prolonged by parliament - 578 



1776 Blocks, Iheeves, ice patents prolonged . ^87 



1777 Extinguithing fire, patent prolonged . 600 

 17S5 American vegetable dye-ftuti's . iv, 72 



Coal tar, pitch, &,-c for 20 years . 7a- 



1787 Spinning Hax by machinery - . 134. 

 1792 Yellow colour, &c patent prolonged - 337. 

 ■ ^!r. Booth's fpecitication fealed vip - 137 



1694 Palerfcn, William, plans the bank of England ii,6?7 



1695 And the Scottilh colony at Darien - 66? 



And alfo the bank of Scotland - 66g 



1713 Receives fome compenfation for lofs at Daricn 6657 



His writings - . - 657 



38S /"a^ne carried off from the Cl',de by the Scots 



of Ireland, the oldelt Britilh writer now ex- 

 tant .... i»ii3 

 ^it'<*Piittala, on the Indus, fortified by Alexander i, 75 

 i70*The chief ftation of the trade with Sabaea, &c J04 

 23 VelTels from Egypt begin to trade to Pattala 1^^ 

 73 Subject to Parthia — imports and exports 16S 

 1627 P./a;n/irc^frj' fales, &c regiltered - ii, 363 

 1708 Their extortion produces the charitable cor- 

 poration for lending money . iii, i. 

 (New regulations for pawnbrokers are enaft-ed ainioll 

 every year.} 

 Pearli — See Dinmands, &c. 

 302 Filhery for pearls in the Perlian gulf i, 84,168 

 14 Exported from Britain — got from Arabia 133,141 

 73 Pearls of Colchi (ilhed by condemned criminals 172 

 1295 Europe fupplied with pearls from Buigdad 456 



Pearl fifhery of Ceylon noted by M. Polo 456 



*'9S> 'lib Pearls exported from Scotland jiS, 55^ 



1505II Pearls found in the Weft Indies - it, 2g>. 



1560 Pearls exported from Scotlarid ta Antwerp 131 

 1765 Pearl filhery revived in the Spey . iii, 419 



Ptarl.ajliei — See Ajhnfor Manvfaflurtt, 

 \* Pfiaf^i fiippofed to have in(lruC\ed the Greeks 



in letters - - i, io»- 



1058* Said to be ma(t<Ts of the fea. . ztl 



P-rti'fyl-oania — See Ameriaa, Unitrd Slates. 

 L637||The country occupied by the Swedes ii, 401 



j68o Gninied to Mr. Penn, who finds Sngiifh, 



Dutch, and Swedilh, fettlerson it 58 



His unlimited freedom of religion, jii.t treat. 



menf »f the natives, and wile la» s, quickly 

 raise his colony to importance - 598- 



1682 Penn alfo obtains Newcaljle, &c . 599. 



Brief hiftory of the trade of the proviuct .^yj. 



