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eight guineas an acre . In some places thev are so eradicated , there does not remain a trace of them , the ground being now converted into rich meadows and sweet pastures . If we trust to authorities , we must conclude that Ireland was not originally inferior to England , either in the fertility of the soil , or salubrity of the climate . When this country shall have felt the happy effects of the late concessions and indul of the British
parliagences ment , by repealing several acts which restrained the trad e of the kingdom with foreign ports , and allowing the exportation of woollen manufactures and glass , and shall have received farther indulgences from the same authority ; and when the spirit of industry shall be infused , in consequence of it , into the common people ; their country will not be inferior to any other on the globe under the same , parallel . It is difficult to
very say , whether foreign or domestic causes have operated most powerfully in laying waste this fruitful country ; which , by being relieved from their prohibitions , will be enabled to furnish a grand proportion of supplies to Great Britain , and will unavoidably become of vast importance , by its reciprocal trade , in restraining the increase of that of France , who cannot carry on this important branch of traffic without the assistance of
Irish wool . The wool of France is short and coarse , being , in the language of manufacturers , neither fine in the thread nor long in the staple . This obli ges them to have recourse to the woo ! of Ireland , which possesses both these qualities . Assisted by a pack of Irish wool , the French are enabled to manufacture two of their own ; which they will no longer be able to procure , as the Irish will now work up their own wool , which they used to export ; great part of which found its way to France , and enabled them to supply other markets to the great prejudice of Britain . Adieu '
Anecdote Relative To The Bastille.
ANECDOTE RELATIVE TO THE BASTILLE .
CAINT Foix , in his Essay on Paris , justly observes , that though ^ not a strong hold , the Bastille is the most formidable castle in Europe . It is impossible to say to a certainty what has been done in the Bastille ; what number of persons have been or are now buried alive within its walls . Yet how is it possible , without that knowledge to give a faithful history of the three last rei gns ? The most interesting will for be concealed
occurrences ever from us : for nothin ..- transpires from that pit of darkness , no more than from the abode of the dead The French Antoninus , the good Henry the IVth . locked up in this place his treasure ; the modern Sardanapalus , Louis XV , determined to cut off the tree of useful knowledge , root and branch , ordered the repository of universal science , the Encyclopedia , to be clapped the Bastille—risum teneatis u
sn I When a prisoner dies within the walls of this prison , he is buried at bt . Pauls . In the middle of the ni ght a number of turnkeys instead of clergymen , accompany the corpse , and the staff officers of the garrison assist as witnesses to this clandestine interment The following anecdote is so singular ; that we deem it worthy pre *
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Letter Ii.
eight guineas an acre . In some places thev are so eradicated , there does not remain a trace of them , the ground being now converted into rich meadows and sweet pastures . If we trust to authorities , we must conclude that Ireland was not originally inferior to England , either in the fertility of the soil , or salubrity of the climate . When this country shall have felt the happy effects of the late concessions and indul of the British
parliagences ment , by repealing several acts which restrained the trad e of the kingdom with foreign ports , and allowing the exportation of woollen manufactures and glass , and shall have received farther indulgences from the same authority ; and when the spirit of industry shall be infused , in consequence of it , into the common people ; their country will not be inferior to any other on the globe under the same , parallel . It is difficult to
very say , whether foreign or domestic causes have operated most powerfully in laying waste this fruitful country ; which , by being relieved from their prohibitions , will be enabled to furnish a grand proportion of supplies to Great Britain , and will unavoidably become of vast importance , by its reciprocal trade , in restraining the increase of that of France , who cannot carry on this important branch of traffic without the assistance of
Irish wool . The wool of France is short and coarse , being , in the language of manufacturers , neither fine in the thread nor long in the staple . This obli ges them to have recourse to the woo ! of Ireland , which possesses both these qualities . Assisted by a pack of Irish wool , the French are enabled to manufacture two of their own ; which they will no longer be able to procure , as the Irish will now work up their own wool , which they used to export ; great part of which found its way to France , and enabled them to supply other markets to the great prejudice of Britain . Adieu '
Anecdote Relative To The Bastille.
ANECDOTE RELATIVE TO THE BASTILLE .
CAINT Foix , in his Essay on Paris , justly observes , that though ^ not a strong hold , the Bastille is the most formidable castle in Europe . It is impossible to say to a certainty what has been done in the Bastille ; what number of persons have been or are now buried alive within its walls . Yet how is it possible , without that knowledge to give a faithful history of the three last rei gns ? The most interesting will for be concealed
occurrences ever from us : for nothin ..- transpires from that pit of darkness , no more than from the abode of the dead The French Antoninus , the good Henry the IVth . locked up in this place his treasure ; the modern Sardanapalus , Louis XV , determined to cut off the tree of useful knowledge , root and branch , ordered the repository of universal science , the Encyclopedia , to be clapped the Bastille—risum teneatis u
sn I When a prisoner dies within the walls of this prison , he is buried at bt . Pauls . In the middle of the ni ght a number of turnkeys instead of clergymen , accompany the corpse , and the staff officers of the garrison assist as witnesses to this clandestine interment The following anecdote is so singular ; that we deem it worthy pre *