ffikM c - ' The Angularity and importance of this iirft national ftaple, ®ay
eSSffi*"*? a-poloeize for -this dilcufllon ; but the abundance of the other.; topics C om m EB.CE- • D .... . [ . . : I K F & | «T, > . .. - . -1 gg|M ■; ■ m '
I will require more- brevity. Wool had !;eet;. H<\eank:d as ;i .grand ftaple,
of England, as early: as the twelfth ceufcjfirjy, but yras chiefly , exported
in a crude ;fta£;eYTil, Edward III encj|fl|saged' fettlement§ rof FlerhiQi ma-
hjifaEtiarefs. Wool foon. became; the ftandard of private .property,
and the print« article of commerce. Taxes and foreign.jfuhfidies were
eftimated by facts of this commodity ^. Great quantities of raw woo 1
continued to herexported' to the -^Netherlands ahdkiianfe .Towns ; but.
in the reign of Elizabeth it began top be chiefly manufactured at "home,
apd:tlre<esnortsij;iqni(^' wao^en. ^»#is.^ya|jthgn^Y^l^ed, at pjnfUfoiMqM
a .half anujiahy. ,^'tp^e^expgr^tt^o|@ »of raw »ycyaL -
hih%S%a and Ae»iwq^ftett jna^ufa^i^e§^r^ery^jgreWd4njPQrtaiiC.e,
thpug^Ke^nOjkfflger attract fqch, particular
In recent-tlqips, th e majiufad3;jireg^of^i|®i. aqd fqopner.^natiye .ig o o -
rals, haye. become; great-^anreest ,qT naticnaljweaftE KlKISP'.dft .the, -new
and'extenlive exportation o f ^egjant: (earthen-war^ beffohgotteii..i«^ft:e
cotton •mag ^ a& ag ^ is , diflufed far and wide, forming a gjaqd.|feuE^.<tf
indnflxy and profpsrity. fphat o f lmgnyjsm^ jn^h.^^tiffiated, in E ||g -
l^n^Thojsgh nature would .ratbej^eraaa&thafr haxTh^ld^be,chlfi4 g.ted
in this fertile country, while Iheep and ysmql, ,wefcf!^ftr 1 dhept; t o ^ th e
hilly pastures,? of Scotland. • The|,jn^nuf^6fjtre,s. of^ glafs gndffine jmpl,
clocfcs, watches,;,&&? a re .d e fe hY fd l^ em in ^ i^ -an d ^ ^ te n fij^ iJ^ a ^ lh e
nation is indsbted.fp Wqdgeseopd .for copve^tipg„clalYdntd
Boy dell for another elegant brai^ch of<, e x p o rta tio n .,th p f!.of ..b,qa]hifpt
prints..
Befides manufa&ured articles, England^exports a number ^ » n a tiv e
products too numerous^to be here mentioned. . ■
T h e Englifh manufi@tfrds have been recently eftiipat^diaf the annual
value of &3,6ed,o6q/. and fuppqfedto- employ; fly, crqO perfona 3f i | | 3f
tfrefe the woollen manufacture: is.fuppqfed tp-yigldyiu <|ptii|4 fflms,
M Campbell’s Political Survey, vol> ii. p. 151, 152. A work opulent In materially bu$'of n*oft
tedious and uncouth execution.
33 Mr. Grellier, in the Monthly Mag« January i 8oi5 ;
ijjobo^odo/.
15,oo6,od6/pthe }eafhervi 6j66o,ooo/. the iron, tin, and lead. 10,000,000/.
the cotton 9,000,000/. ;.The b'ther chief manufactures, which yield
from i| to 4,:°©:9'}00°/. n ay be thus arranged, according to their conference,
ft)iel, plating, ^c.ffeqpper and brafsh filk," potteries! linen and
flax, hemp^glafs, paper. ^
The-Commerce of England is, at the prefent period, enormous, and
may be fafd to extend tp„1e^ 1V region p i the globe, i It- was conceived
that the defefi ion of the A,mei ican colonies, would have proved detrimental
in this view but the’ commercial coniequenc.es have bQgnjjime
imnorS^nfc^t The' tr^e^withlth^fWeft 'Indl&sf iftirnhh'es1 '*-another farted
refoln<j|f; ?vsutfi the Mfoi I^di|s5^^j,'woultl lK^q'afl^^|||S
an^aWic^celuljrdtetfti admg',eiHd§fi>£‘ intiquityy1^ The fcpow^^itabte
lo ^ 'bK ^ ‘fuli4ie<8ij,''rth"a(n fe au id ' ^Qtlier-
/wife. he.; cgtesfeyedf j^firhf'atfe^fofoly .t'o*' , of {Moadoii'fllrbrte
January,} ,hncpI'jyvJijuh Jhc .coimifhce lfas
increased..»-
Names of the Countries;
' IrelaM .;; ; - •„ - f % f i: - '
Britifti Weft Indies -
-Braeith 'AmerieafijColbni'es
1 Guernfey and Jerfey r * -
CibEaltar .'L„
Hond'u^a’s Bay . n\ .
• South Fifhery ^
Afia, including. Eaft Indies
M M W M p p i f P ) • . |
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Streights 1 - - .
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f ta ly 'M p i r | •:
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Portugal
iMadcira- ■ ■ ' '1^ ‘ ^ ^ .
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Er&nc.e"; , .. ■ -
Auftritn •Flanders’'
Value.of Ekports from tbe P.ortA.o£X.ondon,
u to Foreign Parts.
Foreign ' r ,,
.Merchandize.
, Value’of Imports
> into London.
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