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A New History of London
… Ch. 13 To the Restoration CHAP. XIII. From the execution of Charles I. to the restoration of Charles II. The death of … vote for the abolishment of the house of lords, as useless and dangerous, and another for the abolishment of monarchy: … injury of Cony's reputation. 21 By a treatise on the coal trade published in the year 1655, we find the price of coals …
A New History of London
… Restoration to the Fire CHAP. XIV. From the restoration of Charles II. to the destruction of London by the great fire … or exclusive companies of merchants, for confining the trade to France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy, wholly to … nor coach appeared but such as were employed for immediate acts of necessity: grass grew in the most public streets, and …
A New History of London
… Book 1, Ch. 15 From the Fire to the death of Charles II CHAP. XV. From the great fire in 1666, to the … their watches according to the directions of former acts of common-council: that all immoralities, drunkenness, … it promising an opportunity of establishing a beneficial trade with the savages there, the adventurers obtained a …
A New History of London
… 1, Ch. 16 To the Revolution CHAP. XVI. From the accession of James II. to the Revolution. Charles died at a very … his political talents, but it is such subordinate acts of domestic administration that mark his private temper; … subordination gradually relaxed, and gave way at length to trade and civil institutions. Trade gave property, property …
A New History of London
… Book 1, Ch. 17 From the Revolution to the death of William III CHAP. XVII. From the Revolution to the death … that he apprehended such a procedure would be injurious to trade, they rested in his discretion; having often heard him … the advancing money to the public on the credit of acts of parliament; the circulating their own sealed bills …
A New History of London
… Book 1, Ch. 18 Queen Anne CHAP. XVIII. From the accession of queen Anne, to her death. 1702. King William died March … complaints of the passing and execution of many negative acts relating to trade, without any redress. The Scots parliament in 1670, …
A New History of London
… Book 1, Ch. 19 George I CHAP. XIX. During the reign of king George I. The protestant succession to the crown of … man therefore of free condition, who by manufactures or trade supports himself and family, though he has not an inch … on the 18th of December, repealed all their former acts concerning the lighting of the city of London. And …
A New History of London
… John CHAP. II. From the Norman conquest to the accession of king John. After the battle of Hastings, Edwin and Morcar, earls of Northumberland and Mercia, being arrived … as yet only subsisted by prescription, into written laws. Trade began to assume a systematical frame, and the artisans …
A New History of London
… Book 1, Ch. 20 George II to the rebellion of 1745 CHAP. XX. History of London from the accession of … Sir William Wyndham, and Mr. Pulteney, as a restraint upon trade, that would render Holland the market of Europe, and … knavish dealers in those commodities; recited the several acts of parliament that related to the duties on wine and …
A New History of London
… From the rebellion in the year 1745, to the commencement of the war with France in 1755. 1745. The use which the … the 7th of April, passed an act for repealing all former acts, orders and ordinances, relating to the nomination and … with a view to gain advantages to themselves in point of trade; and in particular to avoid the payment of aliens …