Sweden 4 



1731 Eaft-India company eftabliflied Z {", 167 



1740 Board of trade and manufaf\iires ertablifticd 211 



J760 The north part of t!,- coiiniiy iaiproxtd - 321 



1763 A prodigious abun.i nice of herringfs . 384.(459 



1766 A comm, icial treitv with Great Britain . 4.37 



Eaft-India company's charter renewed, &c 45* 



1771 Sill admitted in any vetTeis . - 528 



1774. Whale fidiery encouraged - - 557 



Duties laid on foreign manufailurrs, In favour of 



Swedilh - - - 560 



1779 A grand bafin with docks made at Carlfcroon 649 



1780 Sweden joins Ruflia in an armed neutrality - 670 

 1785 A treaty with the United States of America iv, 16 

 i;84. Sweden obtains St. Bartholomew, &c - 69 



1794 Treaty with Denmark for P' 'itrality - 193 

 I Large foms paid to Swedirti merchants by Great 



Britain, for fciziire of their property - 294 



1790 Herrings fcarce — imported from Scotland - 486 

 iSoo Treaty with liuflia for an armed neutrality . 521 

 151 ^W!/} comprehended in a treaty - ii, 53 



165^. Are appointed provifionally to be umpires between 



the Englilh and the Dutch - 454 



1689 Siuord-blaJe company patented — become great land- 

 jobbers ... ii, 63S 

 480* ^v^aj/f rich, powerful at fea - - i, 65 

 119* Probably next to Carthage in commerce — the king 



builds a veffel of ^o tires of oars - 9S 



ill* City taken by the Romans - - loi 



878 And now by the Saracens . . 258 



14 Syria trades with India, &c i, 125 



640 Conquered by the Arabians • • 240 



A ALLOW, bog's lard ^andgreafi — the free importa- 

 tion of them continued iii, 497, 529, 587, 633, 710 

 Further continued . iv, jo6, 187, S3J, 34*1 47? 



1795 Exportation prohibited - - 359 

 j65i 7«Atg;Vr made an Englifli free port - 11,502,510 

 1680 Parliament refufe to defend it • 600 

 J683 The fortifications, after being made impregnable, 



«temol;fhed by King Charles II - 612 



tanning — See Bark, Hides, and Skins. 



1^65 A methcd of tanning with oak faw-duft . 111,433 



3766 A prtmium given in Ireland for tanning with heath 452 



1394 Tnpejiry made in Arras, reprefenting battles, &c i, 608 



1619(1 Manufaflure introduced in England " 11,296 



1625 Supported by the king 



J663 Importation of foreign tapeftry difcouraged 



Tapmhanc — See Ceylon. 



Tar — See Naval Stores, Coal tar, &c. 



TartfJJits erroneoudy fuppofed Solomon's Tarfliifli i 



<4i* Accidentally difcoveied by Colaeus 



§* The Phocoeans trade to it, &c 



ti^$\\7auris has rich manufaftures and trade - i, 



JJ2J)) An entrepot (believing it Thorifium) of the mod 



valuable Indian goods 

 1185 Ta-virrrj to be ffiut on ringing the curfeii - i, 

 J55» Number of taverns licenced in ihc chief town* ii, 



. No wine to be drunk in them 



851 Tea. the common drink in China 

 The beft in Japan 

 j64o An excifcon tea granted to the king 



' Apparently little ufed in England 



1721 Importation of tea from Europe prohibited 

 i';45 Mode of collefting the duty altered 

 >765 Tea may be imported from Europe by licence* 

 Quantity imported in all Europe 



1767 Duty on black tea lowered conditionally, & 

 1771 A£V for encouragir>g the exportation of tea 

 '?7J The drawback enlarged 

 1-J77 The whole cuftom drawn back on exportation to 



Ireland - - - 606 



' . Counterfeiting tea puniflied by fine - 606 



17V9 Aft to prevent fmuggling . . 63 



Tea. 



[GENERAL 



333 



i 14 

 34 

 46 



456 



491 



443 

 II] 



IIZ 



256 



108 

 4S9 



48 9« 

 iii, iiS 

 »4S 

 443 

 454 

 466 

 - 522 

 538 





' 1784 Scarcely a third of the tea legally imported iv, 4? 



Duty reduced to 12^ per cent . 5O 



1789 Drawback allowed on exportation to Jerfey, 8:c lijS 

 179? Retrofpefl of tea trade i75x. 1794 . 3}(i 



Additional duty ... 341 



I I 9J Fuither additional duty . . js* 



I 1798 More additional duty . . 443 



lioo Another additional duty - . 49J 



Sales of tea, amount ot dutie!, &c 179S.1800 524. 



iigzWI ekfcope invented by Roger Bacon . i, 451 



1 590IJ Re-Invented — improved - . ii, ijt 



Teutonic gildhall in London — See Germany, Hanfe, 

 iooo|| Merchants, called the emperor's men, trade to 



England . . - i, 27?" 



1220 Apparently that which the mercliants of Cologne 



now pay for the faifine of . - 38^ 



1259 Merchants of the gildhall chartered — their imports 4tO' 

 N.B. If thefe were not at firft merchants of the 

 Hanfe, they were certainly in later times thofe 

 Hanfe merchants who refided in London. 

 1280. 1 301 Theit charter confirmed - - 43^ 



1317 They obtain fome exemptions - 484, 



14s* They feek the kings favour, when the Hanfe are 



hoftiJe - - - 668 



1463 All their privileges are confirmed - - 675 



1465 They are allowed to import during a prohibition 675 

 15°4 Their privileges again confirmed - . ii, 26 



601 *TWfj foretells au eclipfe - - i> 36 



Thames rii'er. — See Trinity-hoiife, Pilots, 

 Before 1066, under the juriidiflion of the city of London i, 298 

 1513,1544 Korts built for guarding the river - ii, 46, 51 

 1606,1624 Afts for navigation up to Oxford . 245,316 

 1636 Encroachments on the river checked - 351 



Ballall monopolized by the king . 392 



1649-1685 The river lofes 4 feet of depth . 391 



1774 Aft for improving the navigation above London iii, 557 



1776 Criminals fet to raifefand, &c . - 58B 



1777 The city empowered to buy up the private tolls, 



&c . • . 60& 



179S River plunder (Sse Thames police) - iv, 454 



Thames police, or Marine police office. 

 1798 Planned by Sir. Colquhoun — commences — its de- 

 partments — effefls of it - • iv, 457 

 1800 Eftablifhed by a6l of parliament - 500 

 1295II Thehet and Ba/ia — corals highly efteemed i, 45^ 

 ii84»77,rar^ fends provifions to the Greeks at Troy 1,17 

 ioo3'*Said to have the empire of the fea - - 25 

 14 Sends corn and fait fifh to Rome - - 124. 

 Before 1759 T'iir/'ij*/ made in Padey * - •''> 317 

 1765 Some fine thread imported from Juliers . 430 

 1788 Uniformity of reels ordered - - iv, 169 

 §• Tit;/// Ci"to/a/z</J difcoveied by Pytheas - i, 80 

 55o||Thule of Procopius, Scandinavia - - 234. 

 § ' Tide, the great rife on the Britifh coaft noted by 



Pytheas - - - i, To 



1478 Tiles — the manufaflure regulated - i, 696 



1777 Sizes, &c regulated ~ - iii, 607 



1786 Timber, additional duty on fome kinds - iv, 104 



1795 Other duties ... 341 



Tin mentioned by jVIofes and Homer - i, 43 n 



Produced in Spain and the Caffiterides 21, 43, 52, 68 



588»Tin, perhaps Britifh, carried to Tyre - 38 



14 Produced in the north-weft part of Spain - 129 



73 Tin, perhaps Biitilh, an article of oriental trade 



141, 166, 171 

 1 1 89]] Tin exported flora England - - 345 



1241 Mines of tin difcovered in Germany - 393 



1338 All the tin in England feized by the king - 522 



I 34S Now all monopoiiicd by a German - 537 



1390 To be fhipped only at Dajtmouth - 602 



1391 To be Ihipped at any port, but only to Calais 604 

 1414 Much of it (mugglcd to France, &c - 628 

 i6j8 Order for effaying; &c. renewed - "j 4°+ 



