the native wildness o f its position. Stockholm affords no mountain
view whatever as Edinburgh ; and this at least in my estimation:, :who
have been accustomed for the greatest part o f my life to mountain pro*
spects, is a defect. When in a level country I cannot help thinking
that the distant horizon is bounded by the sea, and my constant want
of success in catching a glimpse o f the water which I conceive to-be
before me, gives a kind-of uneasy feeling o f disappointment.
The number of inhabitants at present in Stockholm amounts to
72,65-2; so that it is somewhat less populous than the city o f Bristol;
which contains rather more than 76,000 inhabitants. In the year
1751 , the number of inhabitants o f Stockholm was 55,700; and in
the year 1772 they amounted to 72,4-44, so that since that period
it- has remained in some measure stationary. Notwithstanding this
increase of population, the number of masters exercising the different
trades and professions have rather diminished than increased. This,
which appears from the following curious table, indicates some radical
defect in the constitution and laws of the Swedish towns. For, as far
as I could learn, this diminution was not confined to Stockholm, but
was equally observable in all the towns o f Sweden. It indicates obviously
that the corporations have too much influence, a power when
it exists which proves injurious to every place. W e have a striking
example in Great Britain. The town of Berwick-upon-Tweed is remarkably
well situated for trade. It is in the centre o f a rich corn
country, thinly inhabited, and obliged therefore to export a great deal
o f corn. But the inhabitants o f Berwick have hit upon a very simple
method o f preventing their town from becoming a trading town. They
have passed a law that none but a citizen of Berwick can become a
merchant in the place. As the town has an extensive landed property,
it is the apparent interest o f the citizens to prevent their number from
increasing. Thus every spirited merchant is in fact prohibited from
settling in the place.
Number (in Stockholm) of 1730 1758 1797
B ak er s . . . ......... ........ . . 6 0 48 32
Brewers ......... i ...................124 105 50
Number (in Stockholm) of , 1730 1758 1797
Tin plate-workers.................... . 6 9 6
Bookbinders............................. 13 26
Builders...................................... 12 10
Brush-makers....................... 4 4
Bath-keepers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 6
Paper-makers . . . . ;■................. 11 8
Coffee-roasters . ....................... 17 19
Fishmongers.............................. 38 30
Tanners...................................... . 14 18 17
Goldsmiths and jewellers . . . , 1 58 5 4 7 0
Gold-wire-drawers.................. • . 7 4 2
Glass-workers............... .. . . 15 19 12
Belt-makers ............................ . . 6 12 .7
Coppersmiths............................. 11 9
Gold-beaters . ......... ............ 2 3 2
Hat-trimmers............................. , . — 8 8
Glovers....................................... 14 10
Horse-shoers.................. 34 32
Carriage-fairers.................... ...... 19 18
Furriers.!.> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 15 17
Button-makers . . ' ..................... 13 11
Locksmiths and gunsmiths . . .. . 21 35 26
Bell-makers............................... . 5 5 3
Dealers in stone w a r e ............. 14 12
Oomb-makers .......................... 6 7
Cutlers ............................. . 2 1
Linen-weavers (Len vafvare) ,, . 18 19 16
Painters..................................... , . 12 21 30
Braziers (Mässingslagare) 5 4
Masons ...................................... . 6 13 11
Millers _______________ 39 ■20
Net fishers . ......................... ,. 6 4 I 5
Pin and needle-makers............ . . 6 10 5
Wig-makers. . . . . . . . . . . . 48 36