Britain must ultimately produce, aided by the meliorating hand of time, and an impartial administration of the laws, the character of the Irish may be rescued from the imputations, which, in some instances, have been wantonly, and, in others, but too justly cast upon it. The establishment of manufactories-the encouragement of industry-the opening of markets in remote districts the draining of bogs the cultivation of waste lands—the formation of canals connecting our great lakes and navigable rivers-and the construction of railroads, effecting a more ready communication with the populous cities, towns, and villages, together with a judicious and well-managed poor-law, would tend much to the improvement of the people; and by thus giving them employment, serve to eradicate many of those causes of discontent, which have too long proved destructive to the happiness and prosperity of the empire. Besides the advantages which these various sources of improvement would introduce, they would be the means of elevating the mind, and raising man to a more dignified station in the scale of his being. He would look around him with more complacency and satisfaction on his fellow-mortals, who, with himself, would be in the enjoyment of those comforts, which habits of industry, united to religious practices, necessarily produce. ADDENDA. A Tabular View of the Opium Trade of Great Britain, including that of our India Settlements, with China:-[see page 136.] Table of the quantities of Arrack exported from Ceylon, as noticed The duty on Batavia arrack, in 1826, was 4s. 6d. ; in 1827, 7s. 6d. ; 1828-9, the same ; 1830, 5s. ; 1831, 4s. 6d.; 1832, 4s. 6d. ; 1833, 4s. 3d. The duty charged, in 1834, on the importation of this commodity into Great Britain from the East Indies, was 15s. per gallon, and 9s. from the Colonies; and on other foreign arrack, £1. 2s. 6d. Exports from the Mauritius, vide page 190: Years. Colonial Rum. Brandy & Geneva Colonial cordials. Arrack Wine. Table of the Exports from Great Britain to the East Indies and China, alluded to in pages 163 and 231 :— An Account of the Wine imported into Great Britain from the Cape of Good Hope, referred to in page 274: Exports from the United Kingdom to the Cape : 1827. 1828. 1829. 1830. 1831. 1832. 1833. 1834. 112 138 99 48 68 62 174 90 8,933 26,993 23,843 13,131 6,190 7,952 9,089 17,458 39,949 119499 46,073 62,739 36,112 35,307 52,392 82,583 |