[328] This appears by the preamble to the English Act of the 7th and 8th W. 3, ch. 39.
[329] Anderson on Commerce, vol. ii., p. 177.
[330] Com. Journ., vol. xvi., p. 365.
[331] In 1750.
[332] By the law of 1750, and the bounties given on the exportation of sail-cloth from Great Britain to foreign countries, Ireland has almost lost this trade; she cannot now supply herself. Great Britain has not been the gainer; the quantities of sail-cloth imported there, in 1774, exceeding, according to the return from the Custom House in London, the quantities imported in the year 1750, when the restrictive law was made. It has been taken from Ireland and given to the Russians, Germans, and Dutch (Ir. Com. Journ., vol. xvi., p. 363).
[333] 10 G. 3, ch.—continued by act of last session to the year 1786.
[334] In the year 1743.
[335] Com. Journ., vol. xvi., 369, pp. 389.
[336] To please the English Scotland has for half a century past exerted herself as much as possible to improve the linen manufacture.—Anderson on Industry, vol. ii., p. 233.
[337] Com. Journ., vol. xvi., p. 370.