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we shall be supplanted by the French in that Staple Trade. What seems most natural and effectual is to render every production, and labour as cheap as in France, which can alone be obtained by cultivating an additional quantity of Land, the taking off all taxes on the necessaries of life in theory appears very necessary, but by practice it is seen that when once the price is raised this measure which lessens the Revenue does not reduce the price of the Commodity. The great wealth that has been brought into this Kingdom of late years has really lessened the value of money and of course has grealty enhanced the price of every article of life and must therefore gratly counteract every plan of bringing labour to the same cheap state it is in other Countries.

If this Island and Ireland can ever be reduced to a level in point of the general price of the necessaries of life; then the Union of Ireland with Great Britain would be a most wise measure, but should this be adopted previous to England's being capable of selling her commodities as cheap as Ireland, the latter in add conjunction /add