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of wealth to England, employ a multitude of perfons, and difperfe their 

 produaions into every part of the civilized world. Vaft fums of money 

 are annually drawn out of this country, in particular, for them. We 

 learn, from Toung, what general circulation they had obtained in France. 

 At the fame time, he informs us, that they had begun to make in that 

 country, rude imitations of the StaffordJJnre ware. Had peace remained, 

 and the commercial treaty fubfifled ; it might have been wifer for the 

 French nation, as I believe it is wifer for the Irljh, at prefent, to pay tri- 

 bute, in that department, to the fuperior induftry and Jkili of England; 

 than to fufFer her exertions to be diverted, to fubjefts of new fpeculation, 

 from objefts of folid and tried importance. 



Neverthelefs, if we except the fcarcity of fuel ; nature has not been 

 unfavourable to Ireland, in this refpeft. Veins of potters clay are found 

 in many parts of the country. We formerly attempted fome things, in 

 the walk of pottery, in Dublin, and, if I miftake not, in Cork. A ma- 

 nufaclure of ftained or painted ware, in imitation of Delft, or rather of 

 Rouen, was carried on fuccefsfully for a time, and came into very general 

 circulation ; but this manufafture, after languiflaing for a confiderable time, 

 has long fmce died a natural death. 



Glafs is a fubflance fufceptible of fuch an unbounded variety of ufes and 

 forms ; it is capable of being wrought up to fuch a furprifmg degree of 

 brilliancy ; it not only contributes fo much to the embellifliment of our 

 houfes and tables, but is fo neceflkry, in an infinite variety of applications, 

 to the comfort and convenience, the cleanlinefs and health of man ; that it 

 mull quickly become an objeft of great confideration, in every country, 

 where induftry refides. Confider the prodigious advantages of glazed 

 windows, in our climate, where the fun is feldom fo powerful, that we 

 fliould wilh to exclude him, and where the objeft of the architect muft be, 

 to tranfmit as much light as poffible, and, at the fame time, to exclude the 

 damp air. Confider the variety of ufeful veffels, for common purpofes, 

 that are formed of this fubftance ; confider its important fervices to fcience; 

 particularly, in chemiftry, optics, and ekaricity.— It is no wonder, there- 

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