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Great Britain when peace fhall be eftablifhed*. The general ad- 

 vantage of an immediate and fpeedy communication between 

 this country and Great Britain are fufficiently obvious, both with 

 refpc£l to their unity of intereft and their commercial intercourfe. 

 Our legiflation and manners are the fame with thofe of theEnglifh, 

 and all means which contribute to unite the minds and interefts 

 of the people muft be advantageous to both nations. 



At prefent an exprefs cannot reach London from Dublin in 

 lefs than forty hours. By the Telegraph a meffage may be con- 

 veyed in as many minutes. At the fame rate a correfpondence 

 may be maintained with Ccwk with the fea ports of Great Bri- 

 tain, and with any place where fuch communication may be re- 

 quired. 



I SHOULD not omit to point out to this learned and patriotic 

 Academy the ufes to which the Telegraph may be applied in the 

 purfuits of fcience. One of our members, as highly diflinguifhed 

 by his tafte and love for literature, as by his munificence, pro- 

 pofed to the late Dr. Ulher the meafurement of a bafe in Ire- 

 land for the conftrudlion of a feries of triangles, to be conneded 

 with the operations of General Roy in Great Britain and France. 

 The Dodor did me the honour to affociate me in this under- 

 taking ; 



• I fcarcely dare to foretel that u communication by Telegraphs between Europe and 

 the Eaft Indies will one day be eftablifhed, and that its effefts will be more bene- 

 ficial to Europe than monopoly or conqueft. 



