^ A. D. 1779. 647 



charges of land and fca carriage, infurance, fadorage, Sec. were fold 

 cheaper than thofe of their own manufadure. He obferved, that the 

 Jinen maniifadure of Ireland, however profperous it might appear, was 

 Hill capable of ^reat improvement ; and he oppofed the idea of abolifh- 

 ing the bounty on Iri(h linens, becaule it appeared, that the Britifli 

 bounty was a great encouragement to the Irifh linen manufadure, and 

 the amount of it was trifling, being little above ;(^ 13,000 in the higheft 

 years. 



Previous to an ad of 19"" George IT Ireland imported glafs from other 

 countries, and alfo manufadured fome of the coarfer kinds. That ad^ 

 which prohibited the Irifh from importing glafs from any country but 

 Britain, and grievouHy opprelTed the manufadure of glafs in Ireland, 



ought to be repealed The propofition of allowing Ireland a free 



trade to the colonies, which had been fettled, and reared to their prefent 

 flate by Great Britain only, could upon no account be claimed as a 

 matter of right, but mnll; be received as a mere favour * : and the 

 minifter declared it as his opinion, that fuch a permiflion, accompanied 

 by a ftipulation for equalizing duties upon imports and exports, would 

 be no lofs, but an advantage, to Britain, as it would convince the Irifli 

 of our fincere defire to render them wealthy and happy : and they, when 

 reftored to their former good humour, and united to us by friendship 

 and interefl, would be again, as they have heretofore been, the bell cuf- 

 tomers of this country. 



December 23'' — In purfuance of this manifeftation of liberality, the 

 ads of 1 1 ' ' Will. Ill, and the 1 9'* Geo. II, which prohibited the Irifh from 

 exporting their own woollen manufadures and glafs ware, were repealed. 

 [20 Geo. III,c. 6.] 



Alfo, the many ads, by which the commerce of Ireland was fettered, 

 were fo far repealed, that all goods, which may be legally imported firom 

 the Britifli fettlements in America and on the coaft of Africa to Great 

 Britain, may in like manner be imported diredly from thofe fettle- 

 ments to Ireland. And all fuch goods, as may be legally exported from 

 Britain to the Britidi fettlements in America or Africa, may in like 

 manner be exported from Ireland to the fame places, on condition that 

 duties, equal to thofe paid in Britiili ports, be impofcd by the Irifli 

 parliament on the imports and exports of Ireland f. [20 Geo. Ill, c. 10.] 



At the fame time the permiflion to import Italian organzined filk was 

 further, continued till the 25'" of March 1781. [20 Geo. HI, c. 4.] 



• Might not the Irifli allege, lliat tliey ajfo great proportioD of the planters, probably above a 



could have planted colonics in the wcftcrn worlil, tliird part of t!ic whole, arc Irilli, or of Irillv 



as well 83 fend out their cmigrante to llrciigihen origin. 



the armies of every Roman- catholic country in f Some further relaxations of the rcftrainta or\ 



Europe? Ab it is, the ifland of Montfcrrat is n- the trade f Irclajid were cnadcd in the enfuing 



titcly occupied by planters of Irilli origin, the dc- fpring, aa >^iU be related iu due lime, 

 'cenilei.ts of the original fculers; and ia Juuiitiua a i 



