What a pity it is that his Lordship could not import the entire house, properly finished, rather than expose his person to the errors of Irish artificers. We regret we do not know this Peer's other names, as we have not any Books of Genealogy by us, as those manuals of nick-names would furnish us with an opportunity of laying the history of the noble Lord's family before our readers. However, his Lordship being of real English manufacture himself, he must naturally have a predeliction for every thing produced in the parent country.

Some short time since, we remember to have read in the daily list of the imports in that half hospital the Custom house, 142 entries, of which 141 were Gentlemen's carriages, this shews we are giving up the manufacturing trades for the military ones, in very quick succession. On the same day, our exports were 800 sheep and 130 bullocks, so rapidly are things in this state of progression, that in another year, it is reasonably hoped, we Iwill have neither trade nor mutton. Certainly there are about three millions of our people pretty well starved, however, this trifling inconvenience they must sustain in patience, as small sacrifice to the security of the empire against the machinations of the common enemy, whose object it is to deprive us of our natural rights to peace and plenty.

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Some people may apprehend some danger to the state, from a very numerous part of the people, who have such a dislike to travelling mutton, that they frequently assassinate our sheep on their English excursions, as we said before, this apprehension may be reasonably laid aside, by the precautions taken in placing red shep herds, strongly quartered, in every district where those domestic enemies to British happiness appear in any alarmning numbers.

NOBLE FAMILIES SETTLED IN IRELAND.

Mr. Cox,

In a list of noble families settled in Ireland, in the Gentleman's Magazine for June last, by a writer who signs himself "ANTIQUARIUS." He says, that the Noble family of Scott, Earl of Clonmell, came originally into this country in the person of Thomas Scott, a Captain in King William's army, who married a lady of the name of Ormsby, and bought an estate. This writer must be very ignorant of the subject, or very absurd in his manner of thinking when he uses a falsehood, by giving unfounded consequence to grace his men by remote and imaginary antiquity. It must appear unreasonable that this family liam's, and be journeymen tallowcould purchase estates in King Wil chandlers in Geo. the Third's reign, for the late Lord' Clonmell, better

known as Brazen-faced Jack, was reared in the lowest ranks of life, and was himself the author of his fortune and nobility, if nobility or noblemen are such articles, or such persons as are to be understood the agents of foreign influence, and the oppressors of their own country.

The same writer, in speaking of the Latouches, which he also distinguishes as a noble family, says, their progeni tor was a Dutchman. He only observes, that the head of the family keeps an eminent Banking-house in Dublin, but conceals the original condition of the first of them who settled, as if extreme poverty was such a flagrant offence in genealogy, that it should be buried in silence by a family antiquarian. So much is this writer iufluenced by this absurd and exploded opinion, that he refuses to tell his English readers, that the founder of the noble family of Latouche, about seventy years since, was an old dra goon and a journeyman silk-weaver.

In another article, under the head Noble Families, Mr. Canning is made a settler, and of high blood, but is obliged to acknowledge that the name of Canning was not to be found in Ireland before the year 1689. This insinuates the Cannings were something at the revolution, and some where; great men and great events must be together. The name of CANNING must be very scarce before that great epoch, as it is not sixty years in use, being only a perversion of the Milesian name of O'Kineghan, which is the real family cognomen of the present Minister for Foreign Affairs in his Majesty's Councils, Mr. CANNING, so called. Another article describes the noble family of Blaquiere, which, we are told, came from Languedoc; but the learned writer appears to have very scanty materials to elucidate his work. He tells us, what every man in the country is in possession of, that Lord Blaquiere is a Lord from Languedoc; but does not acknowledge that the Lord's father was a Tailor from Languedoc,

RIPPING UP OF OLD SORES :

Or, a Continuation of the old English manner of disposing of the super

abundant Population.

On the 1st of August last, a Yeoman of Enniscorthy, with a bayonet concealed under his coat, sallied forth on the road adjoining the town, declaring publicly that he would kill some Croppy before he would return. He had been but a few minutes on his murdering excursion when he discover ed a young man of the name of Geehan, at work repairing the new mailcoach road; as the ruffian, whose name is Crumpton, had some knowledge of Geehan, and as Geehan was one of the game he was in pursuit of, being a Catholic, the loyal gentleman drew forth his bayonet, and thrust it into the head and brain of the young victim, who instantly expired, Crumpton exclaiming at the same time, "If I SEPT. 1810.

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killed fifty of your sort not a hair of my head would be touched." It now appears that the Society of which this loyal man is a member, consider the Quakers as part of the Irish superabundant population, as one of them, a few days ago, fired a loaded musket at a Mr. Martin, a Quaker, about eleven o'clock in the day, in Enniscorthy, and though the ball missed the intended object, it took effect on Miss Martin, the sister, struck her in the mouth, and carried away the whole of her front teeth.

Mr. Pounden, a magistrate, for his humanity in preventing the excesses of those wretches, has been written down among the superabundant population in the Orange list of proscriptions. The following is a copy of a notice they affixed a few nights since on Mr. Pounden's hall-door, after carrying away an iron gate from his premises :

"Mr. Pounden-Sir, we gave you notice some time ago to quit this country, for you are making a rebellion here we tell you now again, that if you do not be of directly, by the Gost of William our deliverer, and by the Orange we wear, we will break your carriage in smithereens, and hoch your cattle, and burn your house-so mind yourself you will soon hear again from your friend,

TRUE BLUE.

"Did you get the gate yet-oh you croppy vagabond, you rebel."

We hope our moderate and prudent" adversaries, who accuse us of Ripping up old Sores, will acquit us of this attempt of ours to record these loyal tributes of the religious and political disposers of our superabundant population. Indeed, if we ever deserved reprehension for our animadversions, it is only in this instance we confess ourselves criminal, because we should interrupt that great work of mercy that promises to remove those who have nothing to eat; for our British masters take our food, and the Orangemen take our lives.

AMERICAN SA

Extracts from a Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on American Manufactures, prepared in obedience to a Resolution of the House of Representatives, April 17, 1810. Signed ALBERT GALLITIN.

The ships and vessels of the United States above twenty tons burthen, built during the years 1801 to 1807, measured 774,992 tops, making on an average about 110,000 tons, and worth more than six millions of Dollars.

Ireland has not, in the same period, built vessels that would amount to one-fortieth of the American tonnage. Two-thirds of the American are built and registered for foreign traders; the melancholy reverse is experienced in Ireland, she has no foreign trade, consequently builds no ships.

The export of carriages from the United States amounts to 170,000 dollars; Ireland exports no carriages, but imports them to an immense value, to the prejudice of her industry.

GUN MAKING.

At the two public armories of Springfield and Harper's-ferry, 19,000 muskets are made annually, about 20,000 more are made at several factories, of which the most perfect is said to be that near New-haven, and with the exception of that erected at Richmond, by the State of Virginia, are all private establishments.

The Irish reader will see the gloomy contrast that our country makes with American prosperity. Since the unfortunate fraud committed on Ireland by the Union, the manufacture of muskets, which was considerable before that period, has been interdicted, to the prejudice of a considerable number of people employed in the trade, who are turned adrift on the world.

In the manufacture of other branches of iron goods, artillery forms another striking feature in American happi

ness, the consequence of her independence. The manufactures of iron consist principally of agricultural implements, and of all the usual work performed by common blacksmiths. To these may be added anchors, shovels and spades, axes, scythes, and other edge tools, saws, bits and stirrups, and a great variety of the coarser articles of ironmongery; but cutlery, and all the finer species of hardware and steel work, are almost altogether imported from Great Britain. Balls, shells and cannon of small calibre are cast in several places; and three founderies for casting solid, those of the largest calibre, together with the proper machinery for boring and finishing them, are established at Cecil county, Maryland, near the city of Washington, and at Richmond, in Virginia; each of the two last may cast 300 pieces of artillery a year, and a great number of iron and brass cannon are made at that near the seat of Govern ment. Those of Philadelphia and near the Hudson river, are not now employed. It may be here added, that there are several iron founderies for casting every species of work wanted for machinery, and that steam engines are made at that of Philadelphia.

GLASS MANUFACTURE.

Information has been obtained of ten glass manufactories, which employ about 140 glass blowers, and make annually 27,000 boxes of window glass, containing each 100 square feet of glass. That of Boston makes crown glass equal to any imported: all the others make green or German glass, worth 15 per cent. less : that of Pittsburgh uses coal, all the others wood, for fuel.

The annual importations of window glass amount to 27,000 boxes; the extension of the domestic manufacture supplies precisely one half of the consumption, being prevented by the want of workmen,

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Some of those manufactories make also green bottles and other wares: and two works employing together six glass blowers, have been lately erected at Pittsburgh, and make decanters, tumblers, and every other description of flint glass of a superior quality.

The superior advantages the American people derive from a resident Legislature and an uncontrouled Government, may be understood by the progress of this branch of domestic Industry. The United States are only separated from England 24 years and have already ten great manufactories for making window glass, while Ireland, that we are told is increasing in prosperity, by her happy connexion with England for more than 600 years, has not one establishment of the kind, nor does she make one pane of glass.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Respecting the other manufactures enumerated in the former part of this report, no important or correct information has been received, except as relates to the two following:

Straw bonnets and hats are made

with great success; and a small district in Rhode Island and Massachus setts annually exports to other parts of the Union, to the amount of 50,000 dollars.

Several attempts have been made to print calicoes: but it does not seem that the manufactures can, without additional duties, stand the competition of similar foreign articles. The difficulties under which they labour, are stated in the petition of the calico printers of Philadelphia to Congress. A considerable capital has been vested in an establishment near Baltimore, which can print 12,000 yards a week, and might be considerably extended, if the profits and the demand afforded sufficient encouragement.

From this imperfect sketch of American manufactures, it may with certainty be inferred that their annual 8G2

product exceeds one hundred and twenty millions of dollars. And it is not improbable that the raw materials used, and the provisions and other articles consumed by the manufactur. ers, create a home market for agricul tural products not very inferior to that which arises from foreign demand. A result more favorable than might have been expected from a view of the natural causes which impede the introduction, and retard the progress of manufactures in the United States.

The most prominent of those causes are the abundance of land compared with the population, the high price of labour, and the want of a sufficient capital. The superior attractions of agricultural pursuits, the great ex tension of American commerce during the late European wars, and the continuance of habits after the causes which produced them have ceased to exist, may also be enumerated. Several of those obstacles have, however, been removed or lessened. The cheapness of provisions had always, to a certain extent, counterbalanced the high price of manual labour; and this is now in many important branches nearly superseded by the introduction of machinery: A great American capital has been acquired within the last 20 years; and the injurious violations of the neutral commerce of the United States, by forcing industry and capital into other channels, have broken inveterate habits, and given a general impulse, to which must be ascribed the great increase of manufactures during the last two years.

The revenue of the United States being principally derived from duties on the importation of foreign merchandise, these have also operated as a premium in favour of American manufactures; whilst, on the other hand, the continuance of peace, and the frugality of government, have rendered unnecessary any opppressive taxes, tending materially to enhance the price of labour, or impeding any species of industry.

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No cause indeed has perhaps more promoted in every respect, the general prosperity of the United States, than the absence of those systems of internal restrictions and monopoly which continue to disfigure the state of society in other countries. No laws exist here directly or indirectly confining man to a particular occupation or place, or excluding any citizen from any branch he may at any time think proper to pursue. Industry is in every respect perfectly free and unfettered; every species of trade, commerce, art, profession and manufacture being equally opened to all, with out requiring any previous regular admission or licence. Hence the progress of America has not been confined to the improvement of her agriculture, and to the rapid formation of new settlements and states in the wil. derness; but her citizens have extended their commerce thro' every part of the globe, and carry on with complete success even those branches for which a monopoly had heretofore been considered essentially necessary.

The same principle has also accelerated the introduction and progress of manufactures, and must ultimately give in that branch, as in all others, a decided superiority to the citizens of the United States over the inhabitants of countries oppressed by taxes, restrictions and monopolies. It is believed that even at this time the only power ful obstacle against which American manufactures have to struggle, arises from the vast superior capital of the first manufacturing nation of Europe, which enables her merchants to give very long credits, to sell on small profits, and to make occasional sacrifices.

ties is more applicable to articles exported than to those manufactured for home consumption.

The present system of duties may, in some respects, be equalized and im proved, so as to protect some species of manufactures without affecting the revenue. But prohibitory duties are liable to the treble objection of des troying competition, of taxing the consumer, and of diverting capital and industry into channels generally less profitable to the nation than those which would have naturally been pur sued by individual interest left to itself. A moderate increase will be less dan. gerous, and if adopted, should be con tinued during a certain period; for the repeal of a duty once laid, materially injures those who have relied on its permanency, as has been exemplified in the salt manufacture.

Since, however, the comparative want of capital is the principal obstacle to the introduction and advancement of manufactures in America, it seems that the most efficient and most obvi ous remedy would consist in supply. ing that capital. For although the extension of banks may give some as sistance in that respect, their operation is

limited to a few places, nor does it comport with the nature of those in stitutions to lend for periods as long as are requisite for the establishment of manufactures. The United States might create a circulating stock, bearing a low rate of interest, and lend it at par to manufacturers, on principles somewhat similar to that formerly adop ted by the states of New-York and Pennsylvania, in their loan offices. It is believed a plan might be devised by which five millions of dollars a year, but not exceeding in the whole twenty millions, might be thus lent, without any material risk of ultimate loss, and without taxing or injuring any other part of the community.

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All which is respectfully submit

ALBERT GALTATIN.

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