ALEXANDER, the Great, history confused before his time, 20.--His conquests had no permanent consequences, 24.--The only permanent consequence was Alexandria supplanting Tyre, 52.--His expedition to India was on purpose to get possession of the fine countries that produced aromatics and precious stones, 53. ALEXANDRIA, rendered Egypt first a commercial country, and brought on the decline of Carthage, 24.--Loses its commerce in the 7th century by the conquests of the Mahomedans, 54, 55. ALFRED the Great, made many efforts to render the people happy, 118. AMBASSADOR. See Diplomacy. AMBITION, sometimes renders labour an enjoyment, 82. AMERICA, its discovery forms a new epoch in the history of commerce, 3.--Little similarity between it and other nations, 103.-- United States, of, their revenues, ib.--May take all the goods Britain can manufacture, 195.--British exports to, consist nearly all of manufactured goods, 204.--Probability of its great increase and consumption of English manufactures, 268, 269.--Encourages arts and inventions, but agriculture a better object to it, 273. ANCIENT nations. See Nations. ANIMAL food, much used in northern nations and by manufacturing people, 138.--Its effects on population, 139 to 146.--Price compared with bread, 147.--In case of the demand becoming too great, a remedy proposed, 155. ANTWERP, at one time acted as a sovereign, 47.--Became, in the north, what Venice was in the south of Europe, 57. APPRENTICES. See Education. ARABIAN Gulf. See Red Sea. ARKWRIGHT, Sir Richard, as an inventor met with great difficulties, 203. ARTS. See Manufactures. ARTS, fine. See Fine Arts. ARTISTS, not unfit for soldiers, 32.--Banished by luxury from a country, 113. ASIA, passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope a new aera in commerce, 3.--Its mode of fighting with elephants only disconcerted the Romans once, 31. ASSIGNATS. See France. ATHENS. See Greece. AUGUSTUS, his resolution to kill himself when supplies of corn were likely to fail, 35. [=sic=--no section heading in original] BABYLON. See Syria. BALANCE of trade, of England, has never much exceeded five millions.--To be seen on the chart 3, p.213, during 105 years.--Is not equal to more than one twenty-fourth of the produce of industry, 293. BALANCE of power could not preserve a nation from interior causes producing decline, 185. BALTIC Sea, manufacturers early established on its southern shores, 45 to 48. BARTER, not an innate principle, as Dr. Smith thinks, 5, 6. BLACK Sea, a new market opened to commerce,195. BIRMINGHAM division of labour renders business easy, 217.-- Apprenticeships not necessary to learn the art, but for other reasons.-- Recruiting service succeeds there, ib. BOARDING Schools. See Education. BODIES Corporate and Public, their tendency to trench on the public, 117 to 124. BOULTON, M. Esq. his spirited conduct in bringing forward the improvements, invented by Mr. Watt, on the steam-engine, 203. BORROWING. See Money.