1 8* C O M M E R C E. 



TRADE OF GREAT BRITAIN WITH IRE- 

 LAND, Continued. 



The reader will recoiled that it was the general tenour of 

 the information received in the journey, that the year 1748 

 was the epoch of the modern prosperity of Ireland ; all agree 

 that after that peace, Ireland" advanced greatly, her rife of 

 rental will mark this clearly. The following is a review of 

 the minutes : 



RISE OF RENTS. 



Lord Longford more than doubled in thirty years. Earl 

 of lanifkilling quadrupled in ditto. Mr. Cooper almoft tre- 

 bled fince 1 748. Mayo trebled in forty years. King's county 



two 



. * Extr&fted from the ac c iunis laid before the .Eritijh parlia- 

 went. 



It is a circumfiance 'very much to be regretted,, that tbefe ac- 

 counts no longer fee the light ; -they have not been laid before par- 

 liament fince 1773, whyjbouldapxiftice iltt had continued fir 

 afiave a century ceafe jujl then? If there 'were any trades like 

 the American tvbicb did not offer a f leafing fpfSacle^there 

 others likethofecf Ireland., Rujfia, &c. to muke amends. 



