Sicily. 



878 The ifland completely reduced by the Saracens, 



who introduce fugar-canes - i, i$Z 



XO90 Conquered by Roger,who permits the Saracens 



to remain unmolefted . - 308 



1146 The culture and manufaftureof filk introduced 322 

 1560 Trade of Sicily with Antwerp - ii., 139 



1713 Sicily receives fugar from Great Britain iii, 37 k 

 J752 A company eftabliflied at Meffina for man- 



ufaAures of iilk, &c ... 292 

 1765 State of the Britidi trade in Sicily . 426 



Sidon — See Plictnicians. 



34iO*City founded — its great trade - i, 3 



^*The invention of triremes afcribed to Sidon 33 



4Si*Sidonian veifels, the belt in the Perfian Heet 64 



35i*The city deftrovcd - . 70 



14 The trade of Sidon in glafs, and embroidery 125 



1251 ..'Wnna has dealings in money, &c - i, 399 



1272 The king of England indebted to the merchants 424 



Sierra Lcona — See Negroes. 

 17S7 A colony of freene^oeseftablithed at S. L. iv,j27 

 17 8S Recruits furniflied by the philantTiropy of Mr. 



Sharpe — iettlenient deferted - 175 



1791 A company incorporated for eftablidiing a free 



colony at Sierra Leona . - 223 



1792 Colony font out — Freetown built, &:c - 239 

 J794 Colony profpering — deftroyed by tiie French 310 

 J795 Already recovered — det,icli a faftory - 359 

 iSoo /'4,oco granted for a civil ertublilhment 501 



73 yiVna/i c(/fj2 madeby fails and lights J, 183 



§Silent trade of Carthaginians in Africa i, 55 



41 In Ceylon (orTaprobane) . . 149 



353 In the country of the Seres . 210 



522 In the eaft })art of Africa - - 216 



Silk and filk viartufaRure — See Carolina, Cecrgia. 

 jg8*Earlieli mention of filk (from Jeroni's Bible) i,38«+ 

 14 Aninferior kind made at Cos . 124,176 



. Price of (ilk, and notions refpcfting it 138,143 



176 

 176^ 

 231 

 232 

 256 

 269 



3^^ 

 427 



Decont^pofed in Rome, and made thinner 



I The fericum of antient writers 



551 Still extravagantly dear at Conftantinople 



• Silk. worms and the manuf. brought to Conft. 



851 Silk worn by all ranks in China 

 947 Produced in abundance in Khorafan 

 1146 Manufacture transferred from Greece to Sicily, 

 but before now praclifed by the Saracens of 

 Spam, &c . - - 



1:51,1274 Groat difplay of filk in England 401 



7295 Manufaflure flourifhing in many parts of Alia 456 

 13111 And in feveral parts of Europe . - 491 



Difcordant accounts of filk in Italy . 5C0 



1367 A mueh-boalted difplay of filk in Genoa 573 



•'450-1463 The importation of feveral articles of filli 

 prohibited in England, being made by 

 Englidi women - - 567,671,676 



The hnglill) lilk-manufaCturers, fuffering un. 

 dcra great importation, obtain another pro- 

 hibition - . . 699 

 A new prohibition of crtain kinds - ii, 25 

 J The nianutaCiture introduced in France £9i98 

 Lower clalfes not allowed lo wear lllk . ii6 

 Raw filk imported by the Rullia company 124 

 '] he manufacture in great perfection in Italy 128,129 

 1590]! And much incveafed in France . 191,231 

 1608 King James attempts to introduce filk-worms 



in England - . . 149 



1620 Manuf.'ifture of broad filk introduced in Eng. 

 land — many p'-ople employed in other 

 ,!:>ranclies of iiik manufacture . 300 



1629 A grant of lilk.wornis by the king . 33S 



• Silk-throwers in London incorporated . 359 



1630,1638 Th» king gives rules for dying, &c 364,402 

 i66i r'ilk-throwera in London reckoned 40,000 497 



iCCS IViuch filk imported IVom Fraiice - 534 



1483 



1504 

 1521 

 '554 



«5>8 

 1360 



1722 

 1730 



1741 

 1749 



Silk and filk manufaSltire. [GENERAL 



1681 Englilh filk manufafture quadrupled by im. 



portation of raw filk from India ii, 60+ 



1685 Englilh manufafture improved by French refu- 

 gees - . - 617 



r6s6-i688 Silk imported from France ,^7 1 2,50a each 



year - - - - Biry 



1691 Manufafture increafed by war with France 6;i 



Royal luftring company eftabliflied . 651 



1695 And are fuccefsful . . 673 



1698 They get exchilive privileges, but are after. 



wards ruined by change ot tadiion - 70J 



1713 A fpecious account of tlie manufacture pre- 



fented to parliainent - iii, 34 



1717 Organzining machinery fct up at Derby 75 



1720 Trees planted at CheHea for breeding filk worms 97 



1721 Manufacture increafed fince the revolution 119 

 Boimties given on the exportation of filk m 

 Englilh filk goods now efteemedby the Italians 



fuperior to their own - - 160 



Perfian raw filk again imported through Ruflia 22 J 

 Duty on China raw filk lowered — raw -filk of 



the colonies imported duty-free 



1752 The king of Naples efiabli/hes a company for 



a filk manufacture in Sicily 

 1764 Three contradictory memorials refpcCting the 

 filk maniif. prefented to the board of trade 

 1763 The filk-weavers in a great body petition 

 againft foreign filk — the lilk-mercers coun- 

 termand their foreign orders — duty on 

 raw filk reduced 

 Several foreign articles of filk prohibited 

 Foreign filks almoit entirely prohibited — de- 



ftruction of filk goods made felony 

 A-dditional duty on Italian crape, ice 

 Riots of the journeymen filk-weavers 

 Magilfrates directed to fettle their wages 

 Prohibition of foreign filk, &c continued 



Work-people embezzling Silk to be punifhed 



1779 Aft for importing organzine filk 



Continued - . 647,655,708 



1782 Acl for encouragingfilkmanufaCturescontmued 708 



D;;[lruClion of filk goods, &c made felony 711 



Prohibition of foreign filk, &c continued 714 



1753 ACt for importing organzine filk, continued iv, 14 



Annual value of the niiniifaCturc eftimated 16 



1784 Additional duties on raw (ilk, iic - -^3 



1785 Bounty allowed on filk gauze, and drawback 



for raw filk - - - 75 



Silk for gowns, &'c fuperfcd'-d by cotton goods 8» 



1789 DeftruCtion of (ilk goods made felony in Scotl. 186 



ACl for encouraging filk nianr.f.partly continued 1S7 



Proliibition of foreign lUk continued 187,^42 



Italian crapes, &c to be imported only froml. 121 

 IVI.igKirates directed to fettle wages, &c S34. 



Viev.! o," the trade in Bengal filk — Ealt-India 



company organzine fomc of it — imports of 

 filk of various countries 1773-1793 - 290 



1795 New duly on iir.portation of filk - 341 



Italian organzine adnntred in neutral velTels 347,383 



1796 ACt for encouraging filk manuf. partly contin. 372 



Importatio:^ of Bengal filk i;icieafed, &c 379 



1799 Quantities of filk imported 1 772-1799 - 470 



Silver — See Gold and fiher, &c, 

 73 Sina (perhaps Chitia) prodviceb fine v;ool, &rc i, 173 

 Sinking fund — See Nuliomil d:lil. 

 1655 A finking fund eliablilh-d in Holhuid by reduc- 

 ing theinteielt on tiie national debt ii, 46.3 

 1685 The pope, by olt'ering to pay otf hio debts, re- 

 duces the intcreit from 4 to 3 per cent 622 

 A finking bind eftablifhed in G. Bi itain, and the 



intercft reduced from 6 to 5 per cent iii, 53-5J 

 Alt th.e redet-niable debt, not fiiblciibed into 



1766 



1769 

 1773 



'777 



273 



292 

 407 



415 



418 



444 

 445 

 491 

 543 

 607 

 60S 

 633 



179I 

 1797. 

 '794 



1717 

 1727 



the South-lea Itjtk, now paid oli' 



1^7 



