violence against liquor tax 1726: Daniel Defoe describes Glasgow as "The cleanest and best-built city in Britain"; 50 ships a year sail to America 1729: The Glasgow Journal newspaper is published 1730: The Glasgow Linen Society is formed 1735: The city's ship-owners own 67 ships 1736: The first history of Glasgow is published by John McUre 1737-1760: A new Town Hall is built west of the Tolbooth 1738: The Anderston Weavers' Society is formed 1740: Approximately 685,000 m of linen is made in Glasgow, some of which is sent to London. Hugh and Robert Tennent take over the Drygate Brewery 1740-1741: The Foulis brothers begin printing 1742: Delft pottery is manufactured in the city 1743: The Foulis brothers become printers to the university 1745: Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) enters the city with his army; Tennents open a new brewery in Glasgow 1749: A stage coach service opens between Edinburgh and Glasgow 1750: There are five sugar refineries in the city 1751: The John Smith bookshop is established 1753: Foulis Academy is established at the university to promote art and design; turnpiking of main roads from Glasgow; the city's involvement in the tobacco trade is reflected in the naming of Virginia Street 1755: The estimated population of Glasgow is 23,500 1757: 2.2 million metres of linen are produced in the city 1760: Glasgow enjoys a wave of prosperity; there are 13 professors at Glasgow University 1762: Joseph Black discovers latent heat 1763: David Dale opens a draper's shop in the city; regular coaches run from Glasgow to Greenock 1769: Tennents brewers is now a large industry; James Watt patents his steam engine condenser 1771: The Scottish economy is boosted by trade through Glasgow 1775: Trade with America in tobacco, sugar, and cotton – the city's prosperity is at its height 1776: Adam Smith, a professor at Glasgow University, publishes Wealth of Nations 1779: Mobs protest against the Catholic Relief Act 1780: The estimated population of Glasgow is 42,000; the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal is completed 1781: Vessels of over 30 tons can now reach Broomielaw Quay 1782-1783: The Forth and Clyde Canal enables grain from London to ease famine in Glasgow 1783: Glasgow Chamber of Commerce is founded, it is the first in Britain 1785: A hot air balloonist flies from Glasgow to Hawick in the Borders; the firm of Thomsons is formed as bankers 1794: