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A unri., bounded by ,he duchy of Aun,i. on ,he nOrlh,

by Hungory on , he e.n , aDd by C3rinthia and Corni ola

on ,he fouth· weCL

ST[]~L ING.

a ' own of Scodand , capital of ,he coun'y of

Su rilng : fituated on .he river

FIJI th . thirty

mlh:s

north

,"en of Edinburgh; defended by a caflle .nd OIher w",k"

STIRRUP, in the manege, a reU, or fupporl fo r ,h<

hvrlem.m's

rOOl,

ferTing

to keep him 6rm in his feat)

and

en;tble him

mount.

S TlR.

p oi a

/hip,

a piece of ,imber pu, upon

(hip's keel,

wh.

lome of hcr kecl happens

be beaten off, and thcy

cannot come

convenlt,~ntly

put or

h.t

Ot:\\I'

picce

t hen they

patch

in a piece of timber, aod bind

OR Wllh

an iron, which goes under lhe fhip's

ked,

ond comt!s

on e¡¡eh fiJ e of Ihe..:

Ihip, \\ here

is nailed rlrongly with

fp:kes ; and ,his ,h<y call a flirrup .

STI VES. ,he aneien( T hebes, in

lhe

province of Achaia,

n(nv L lvad ia, in EuropeAo Turkey

STO CKHtCRN, a 'o,"" of G ermany, i.n the cirele of

\ Veltph<Ll I3 ,

and birhopric

L icge: filU3ted on lhe rlver

?v1.les. twdve rnll.:s nonh of Maeftncht

S TOCK , in g. rdening,

8 e.

,he nem or Irunk uf airee.

STOC!{BR IDGE, •

borou~h·,o,' n

Ha.nl'

f1me, r. ,ua·

ted leven miles n')f1 h-wdl

vVlnchener.

fends

two

members

parlh'lnent

ST OCK.SM.OKER .

Sce

BROK ER.

and lhe ncxt anicle:.

STOCIo> JOBB ' NG,

lhe ar,

m.Hc

:ry

0 1

trafficklng in

the

pub · e If'JCXS or (unas. Se:e

STOCKS.

STOCKHOLM . ,he

c,pil ~1

c;' y

of.

Sweden. r.,"a,ed on

foverol ImaJl ifl.,nds in ,he Meller L . ke; E . lon'g.

, 80,

N . I,n. 59°

30',

three. hundnd miles north

·e.fl

Co–

peoha~en,

Ola:'

hundrecl norlh-eaH

L ondon, 2nd (our

huodred

\V~ lt

Pt:terlburgh ,

is ncu he:r walled nor

fon ified,

bein~ I ~ffi.clently

fecu red by n.lIUre, Wilh Ji[tle

rocks and afLtnds, which furround il, though it

h~s

fpaclous harbour fuRielen, for ,he l.rgen. Ree,s. T o..

pan

of lhe town which is properl y the ciry,

{l~nl 's

u?on

a lirtle lÍ]dnd Ihar is

not

more lhan a mile and a hal( iD

circumfereoce, bUt lhe fubu rbs on the adjacenf l!1 and

are much larger. T he: inhabllanls are computed about

~hirty

thnuC,lOd.

STO CKI NG , ,hat par! of ,h. cloathing of ,he leg and

foot which fcre:!<1s them from Ihe cold.

cre.

Ao" ently,

the onJy flo::kings in uf...: were mad ::. ot

clOl h,

or of millcd

ll uffs feweu

tog,~(h:r:

but

(jllce Ihe ¡n\'enlion of knittíng

and weavinR

nockin~s

of filk, wOCJI. cuu oo, thread,

&c.

. the

llr~

of cl th f1:o::kin..!s tS qUite:

nut

of doors.

STOCKI'OR

a m.rke,-,own of C",!h1re. r.\Ualed thirly–

(our miles nonh-cal l

Cheíh::r.

STO

' K

r ON,

a pon-town of Darham filoaTed ne:tr

the: mourh of the river T et!s, Cixreell :-ndes foulh of

Jf–

h ~rll.

ST ,CKZOW, • to "n of Bohemia. in ,hr duchy of S·I.r.a,

fi'\I"lcJ

0'1

the rtv(;'r

V.fl

l' (", thiny.rcvcn mllc::-. four:L<:alt

{J'

""ropp:l\v

S T O

of ,he Uocks,

.~d

filOrI

hinory of ,he feve,"1 <omp.–

niu·, dc:fcliblnJ.:, lhe DatUt'e of their reparate funds. (he

ures to whieh Ihcy are óspplicd, ano Ihe vario..,¡s

purpore~

they anf wt>f, both \\"itlt re(pea to the go\'ernment, the

compantes themldves

and the cOOlOlunity

ger.eral.

In order to have a clear idea of the money. \ranrac

tions of the fc\'l'faI companies

it is ncce{fary

knl;

fomcthing of01oncy in general, and lhe diff,,;.rence betweel

that ami rhe eurrcnt rpccie ..

See lhe anicle MONEY,

. M oney IS ,he Il.ndard of ,he . alue of

. 11

,he ne«{f.–

ries and accommodations of -life; and paper money is lhe

reprefentau ge of that Hanuard

ruch

degree, as tO fup ..

ply i,s plac<, and 'o .nf\Ver

. 11

,he purpofes of gold and r.1-

ve. r

COlO.

Nothlng is nect:lTary

m..ke lh¡s repreCcntalive

01'

money fup ply ,he place of fpecie, bu, ,he <redi, of

,h.t '

oRice or comp:lny

wl,o

delivers ir: which credi r confi(ls

its .l1'\·ays being rC<ldy to

tur~

ioto rp<::cie \thenever re–

qU1rcd . TllIS is

ex.td

y ,he c, fe of ,he bank

F;ngland;

lhe notes of IlllS compaoy are of Ihe f¿me val ue 2S dle cur–

fC:nt coi n" as they ma)"be turned ioto it whenever lhe por–

{r(for picares, From hence. as notes are

a kino

~}()ney,

the counterteiting them is puniOled with

de.lh

weil as

coining

T he method of depofiling money in the bank, and ex–

c~anl;ing

Í(Jr notes (though lhey be3r no ¡nlerell)

attend_

ed with nl.lny c.onven,cocíes.; as lhey are

nOI

ooly rafer

,than money in the h...nds of the OWOl:r h\1nreJI. bUI as lhe

notes are more port.l.ble éind c"pabie of • much more eary

<.onvcyance. lince:

bank nOle for a

vcr~

l!trgc fuIU may

le O(

by tht: pon. and. to prevent

tht

dcfigr.s

01'

robber!l.

I)lay, Wilhou l d..¡mage. !:oe ("ut io

t wO,

and o(enr al

t wO

fe–

veral times.

Or bilis, called

b.nk

poli- ,ill" may be h. d

by appltcauon al the h.tnk, whlch art- p,lrtlcul.rly

calcula~

leo to prevent 10([(.'$ by robbcries, thcy belllg

Olade

pdyable

to the or der or (he perron \Vho t,tkes Iht'm out at a certai n

nUlllber of days arter figh , ; whlch gives

:\0

opponuni ly to

flop

b.lI

,he bank

,¡

,hey Ihould be lolt, ar.d prevenlS

tht'l r bc!lng fo

~a{jly

negott"',ed by f1:r ..

tngc!r~

as COOlmon

ba!1k

notes "re; and whoev(: r confid ers the hazard. lhe expence

:,:nd trouble: there would

in ft n,hng large fum$

gnld and

lih'er tO and from Jiltal1t pl .ces.

mull

alla conlider thls as

very fingulJ r advanng.e. Befiu.: wh;ch another bene{jt at–

tends thc. m ; _(or

they are ddlroyed

lime, or other ac·

cidents, lhe bank wllI, on oilth b"ing made of fuch acei·

dc::nt

and recurity

beln~

glven, pay Ihe money tO the perCo'o

who was in poJT.:l1ion of

tht.nl.

BAnk not..:s d:ff..:r from

:111

kinds of Oock in theCe three

pan iculJrs .

Thc:y

~re

alwAys of lhe f"me \'.llue

T hC!y ,.¡re paiJ off wnhout being Ir.IOSrerrc:d; and,

They

hear no inlerert : while Ho.:ks .re a fu,Ire in a comrany's

funds , bought withoul any condition of haring the pnnci –

pal returnt'd, i ntlia honds indced (hy fome perfons. tho·

er O,'\·OUOy, de:lominated Hock) :t re to

h~ ~xc(

..plt:d; they

hCln ~

filad,:

p~y¡¡ble

2t fix l\1únths notice , elther on lhe:

t¡de

of Ihe company or of the polfdlor

ST OC'KS

I'Jr P Ve Llc rU NDsin

E,g/lI1Id.

Astht- re;.trefew

[uoj

~ts

of ctJn\ler!.t

t!t'n

r. 1

than Ih· valu o

{t-lcks. and h,utlly éi,l:' thirg (o I¡{de

undc:rflood~

wdh ,dl

hne

:":' \1('

acc(¡un-

j)f

: h~:lI

as c!ear anJ con.:dt:

m.ln

–

n('r

p" ffibl e: ; pi

¿~nting

nur

e..¡ch ..fs Wilh lhe r:ation..le

By (he wordfl?f,'k \VdS orig'o<dly meant a particular fum.

of moncy contrilHllt:d ro the dl.\bl:lh1ng a fund

ti.)

t!n tble

íl

comp,'lly

l O

ca rry un a ccrt.,ln trade, by mtaflS of wh 'ch rhe

perfon ....:came a

pann~r

in th ..t

tra~'~.

and

Ic:ceive~

.. Iha re

ofthe profir molde thelt.!lJy,

prupolt¡on

the

0100(.'1 1 m,..

p:oy! d..

•

o r :!

d I.'

V-t.'n, ral

~n.·O\lOt

r.I,1}

w~s

r i\'cl1

un~kr

th(: \\'ord.:: COMPANY, anO.

BA NK,

3S it wculJ be neccnary lO

rcfwnc.

thtm

COJIIH.:ttlon \\"ith

l:l(

prdcnl jlrtick,

t!lI:

bt.:th:r lu

iHunr~tc

it.