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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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LONDON: Article 2
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS , &c. Article 3
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY, Article 4
ON THE MANNERS OF ANCIENT TIMES. Article 5
NOBLE SPEECH. OF A NATIVE OF AMBOYNA TO THE PORTUGUESE. Article 7
A DROLL CIRCUMSTANCE. Article 7
HISTORICAL FACT Article 8
A TURKISH STORY. Article 9
Untitled Article 10
ACCOUNT OF THE LATE GLORIOUS NAVAL VICTORY * Article 11
ORIGINAL LETTERS RELATIVE TO IRELAND. Article 18
LETTER I. Article 18
LETTER II. Article 21
ANECDOTE RELATIVE TO THE BASTILLE. Article 22
RISE AND FALL OF BEARDS. Article 24
ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH RENDER THE RETROSPECT OF PAST AGES AGREEABLE. Article 27
ON THE FASCINATING POWER OF SERPENTS. Article 30
ANECDOTES. Article 33
FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 35
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 38
REVIEW or NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 41
POETRY. Article 51
AN HYMN ON MASONRY, Article 51
SONG. Article 51
HYMN. Article 52
THE MAID's SOLILOQUY. Article 52
YRAN AND JURA. Article 53
THE SOUL. Article 53
LOUISA: A FUNEREAL WREATH. Article 54
SONNET II. Article 54
LINES, ADD11ESSED TO A YOUNG LADY, Article 54
ON ETERNITY. Article 54
SONNET. Article 54
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 55
Untitled Article 56
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 57
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 58
MONTHLY CHRONICLE Article 63
OBITUARY. Article 71
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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 *

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