3i8 A. D. 1760. 



The vaft anraial increale of our exports to the continental colonies in 

 the laft: five years may probably be in part owing to the money remit- 

 ted from hence in thofe years for the exprnfe of our war againft the 

 French in Canada, as well as to the great increafe of thofe colonies. 



He alleges, that our exports to the fingle province of Pennfylvania, 

 have, in the lart twenty-eight years, increafed nearly in the proportion 

 of 1 7 to I . 



\\'ith refpecl to the trite objecHon, that the growth of our continent- 

 al colonies may render them dangerous, in reipec^ of the difficultv of 

 retaining them in due fubjecHon to the Britilli empire ; he (and we 

 conceive every other judicious peribn) thinks it fcarcely merits an an- 

 fwer, as we have fourteen feparate governments there ; having not only 

 different governors, and different conllitutions, but likewii'e different in- 

 terefts, and in fome of them different religious perfuafions : and their 

 jealoufy of each other is already fo great, that however neceflary an 

 union of the colonies has long been thought by them all, for their com- 

 mon defence and lecurity againft their common enemies, yet they have 

 never been able to effect it, nor even to agree in applying to their mo- 

 ther-country for the eftablilhing of fuch an union. 



Too much can fcarcely be laid in praife of the vaft improvements 

 made in our fifter kingdom of Ireland, in refpec^ to commerce and 

 manufachires, fince the acceflion of his majefty King George II to the 

 throne of thefe kingdoms. An eflay on the antient and modern ftate 

 of Ireland, publilhed (at Dublin and London) in this year 1760, briefly 

 defcribes the lame vviih juftice and propriety, (p. 49, 50) viz. ' in this 

 ' reign, and not before, our linen manufacture, in many refpecls one of 

 ' the moft profitable branches of our national commerce, has received 

 ' all the encouragement from royal bounty, and parliamentary fanclion, 



• that could be reafonably hoped for. 



' Perfons of the higheft rank, dignity, and fortune, were appointed 

 ' trufteirs for the propagation, eiicouragemerft, and diftafion of this be. 

 ' neficial trade throughout the relpecltve provinces. 



' The linen-hall was erected in Dublin, under as juil and nice regu- 



• lations as any commercial houfe in Europe. 



' The north of Ireland becan to wear an afpecT: entirely new ; and 

 ■ from being (through want of induftry, bulinefs, and tillage) the almoft 

 ' exhaufted nurfery of our American plantations, foon became a popu- 

 ' lous fcene of improvement, traffic, wealth, and plenty ; and is at this 



• day a well planted diftrict, confiderable for numbers of weil-affetted, 



• uieful, and induilnous lubitcls.' 



* W"e nowhere (abftracled from our own country) meet with fuch a 



• fet of pious patriots (in the ever-honourable Dublin fociety) from 

 ' their private funds adL>raing their country in general, in every degree 

 ■■ and branch of induftry and improvement ; and infpired with fcnti- 



