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fore, that every country fliould feel the value of this manufafture, and 

 wifh to exercife the arts of producing its fabrics. In fad, the exertions of 

 Ireland have been dircfted to this branch of induflry ; and her eifays, as 

 far as they have extended, have been more fuccefsful, than in moft other 

 manufaiflures, and reflected equal credit on the tafte aad application of 

 our workmen. 



Specimens of the manufafture, in queftion, have been produced, both 

 from the Waterford glafs-houfe, and from fome of the manufactories in 

 Dublin, not inferior in execution to any thing imported. We have already 

 obtained a confiderable fhare of our home market ; and have even arrived 

 at the exportation of fome articles, particularly glafs bottles, to America 

 chiefly ; but the amount of this exportation is, as yet, inconfiderable. 

 Enough, however, has been done, to fliew, that our raanufafturers want nei- 

 ther perfeverance, nor Ikill, to carry it on fuccefsfuily. It is one of thofe 

 few, in my humble opinion, which have taken fuch deep root, and fent up 

 fuch fair fboots, as make them worthy of the cultivating hand of the legiflator. 

 A mine of cobalt is faid to have been lately difcovered, in the 

 county of Kerry. Should this prove to be the cafe, it would be a 

 fortunate difcovery, for the glafs manufaftures of this country ; and 

 for potteries, if they fliould be hereafter carried on ; for cobalt is 

 the fubftance, which is employed to give their beautiful blue colour 

 to many fabricks of the glafs manufacture ; and to earthen ware. 



There are but two obllacles, to the general progrefs and profperity 

 of the glafs manufacture, in this country ; want of capital, and 

 want of fuel. The crude materials of the glafs manufefture are not 

 cofl;ly ; but the neceffary apparatus, particularly, the buildings for car- 

 rying it on, highly fo ; and the confumption of fuel great and incef- 

 fant. Were we on a par with England, in refpeft to capital, and to 

 the cheapnefs and abundance of fuel, I do not think that our glafs 

 pianufafture would yield, in any refpcft, to that of the neighbouring coun- 

 try. The former inconvenience, time, induflry, and frugality may remove. 

 Much of the latter might be remedied, by a judicious attention to 



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