The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-05-03
From tile Ne,c- York Times.
LONDON.

LONDON.
The first notice we have of London as a
place of commercial Importance, occurs in
the annals of Tacitus, who speaks of it as
the mobile emhorium of his time; the great
resort Of merchants, and famous for its trade
and intercourse, though not a colony"
".Abous the year 88. London, which APP
pears to have been almost totally destroyed
and dcpopulated by the Danes, was restored,
and more strongly fortified by Alfred, and
soon after iled with inhabitants who had
been driven into exile, or kept in captivity
by the Danes"
"In the year 1856, mandatory OF the
finer sort of glasses was established IN
Crutched Friars; and the fine flint glass, lit-
tie inferior to that of Venice, was at the
same time made at the Savoy. Seven years
afterwards. a manufacture OF knives was
established by Thomas Matthews. OF Fleet
Bridge"
"The whole number of merchants in Lon
don, at the beginning of Queen Elizabeths
reign, viz. Ammo Domini 1861, were in all on
ly 327"
"In the year 1859, Morgan Hubbel,horne.
a dyer, was sent into Persia, at the expense
of the city of London, to learn the art OF dy-
ing there, and Of making carpets
"In the year 1860, the Queen was pre-
sented with a pair of knit silk stockings for
new years gift, by her silk-woman, and
from that time Elizabeth entirely left off
the wearing of cloth hose for you will un-
derstand, says the historian, that King Henry
VII. did wear only cloth hose, or hose cut
of ell broad taffety."
an 1864. the use of coaches was intro
auct, by Dutchman, named Wilim Boonen,
who became the Queens coachman, and be-
fore many years, divers great ladies made
them coaches and rode in them up and down
the counties.
Shortly before that period, the knowledge
and wear of lawns and cambrics was intro
duced by the Dutch merchants, who retaileo
those articles in ellis, yards, &c, "for there
was not one shopkeeper amongst forty, Whe
burst buy zvhoie f!ece."
about the fifth OF sixth, of Elizabeth
the manufacture of pins was introduced
and in her eighth year, the making of needles
was Fl rst taught"
"About the fifth or sixth of Elizabeth, tn,
making Of earthcn furnaces, earthen .fei
hotfse, and earthen ovens, transportable
was first taught in London, without Moor
wac, by Richard Dyer, an Englshman, who
brought the art from Spain"
"yVoman's masks, muffs, fans, bodkins
and periwigs, were introduced from France
about the time Of the massacre in Paris
Ammo 1872; and in the year 1877, pocke
watches were first brought into London iron
|, Nuremberg. in Germany, where they ar
thought to have been invented"
Harrison, in his description of Britain,
first printed in 1877, speaking of the forests
remarks, "that an infinite deal of wood hat
| - fe,u nj
| dare affirm" he continues, in a tone ofpre
science. "that if woods do so SO fast to de
cay, in the next one hundred years, a
they have done, or as they do in this, it i
to be feared, that sea coal will be good mer
chandse, even in the very city OF London.
In 1915. two hundred sail were employs
in bringing coal to the metropolis.
, "The printing o. hrices current was frs
.. adopted by John Day, citzcn and sworn
broker of London. in 1884,"
!, The banking business commenced in l64a
as appears from very rare and curiou
pamphlet, entitled "The mysteries OF tn
, new fashioned goldsmiths. or bankers, dis
covered;" and in which It'll stated, that tn
merchants and traders of London, no longe
daring to confde, as before, in the integrit.
and care Of their apprentices and clerks, VIII
, frequently left their masters to go into tn
army, began first at this period to lodge thei
cash in the hands Of goldsmiths, whom the
also commissioned both to receive and pa
tor them. The goldsmiths quickly percei'
4 ing the great advantages that might be de
. rived from disposable capital, soon bega
to allow regular interest on all sums depos
9 tied.
t In the same year also, the use OF collie
] was introduced into London, by Turks
n merchant, who brought home with aim,
e servant. Ragusn Greek, sy whom the mar
+ ner OF roasting and making coffee was tir'
5 made known.
d In the year 1870. the wear of India A14siin
c was first introduced into London, and SOC
e became prevalent. In this year, also, IN
: Hudson Bay Comtany was incorporate
n with very enlarged powers, and the man.
e facture Of fine glass was brought to pcrte'
g tion, through the encouragement given 3