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to: )'fOi1,”(‘,if y‘oii>hti7(';')il;l(l.b'e’ Kiiid Enough
tqsasfeertaiii For’ inc what, the present.
nu.'rt'i‘lS(et‘ of houses’ may ‘Echo.-'.
ahdixvhat it was at the tinie Of".
tliej union, it rnaylqpossiblyh not be’
my‘ great trouble" to’ ascertain from
, JAMES BOSWELL; Esq. to
‘ MY Lo'iir>, ,. V A .
, am aiijaid your lordship and’
I differ’ as much in I,rish'.p‘olitiCS, as I
found from yom‘, lo'rdshipfs' coii'ver'sgi-
tioii in ;Lond,oh' lzfgfp a:L;t'u‘tint wie
fer in’ Anieribati ‘polities gas, ,1‘ never
eohld- believe ' the I rni'n‘ist'cr"ia1" propo‘-'
l sitioia; that aimajorityf of dur",fello,w:4’
sitbjefts oiptlie other si('l'e‘o"fwt'lte ‘At-‘
lantiek, would ,;:lj’1(')'<p)‘se"to' l‘i';fyeyt'l1'e’-‘ii?
property‘ at the ’rn'<'.jr;'y of the T,a’J.')‘i"t3-tr‘
's'en'tativ‘es.,of the‘ King's"s.(i‘bje&s:i‘n:
this‘ island,‘ neithei‘ can I believe thatf
all Ireland, Dublin‘ e>ae‘e;3‘:‘&ezi,. maid‘
be for an union with "Great-Britain.
When I was in IFCi3Ud:lCI) years auo,
a’ very sensible man atl;lr'es‘sixi’g' liiim“-"‘
Self to me -as S:Cofc'lnit:i.I't', siiid,
“‘ VVe are bad enough’ in this .i.‘0ll‘I1-
tify;.but,.th'a‘n'l< Goo, we’ are ‘not
so bad asyop are. We have still our
,own pdtlliillltglltl.-ii '[‘h‘e"'nQhle ehgi--
tions of the ‘Irish this winter sum.
.ciently confirm the remark. ‘
A At Xauyyrate. my loild, I cannot
hr.-ilp bcinggvcry clearly of opinion
tin; the capital of lyglaxid would psu'f:e
‘-' Tl" 5"l?‘C.'39tiqn is particular, but the original is
sealed his arnis, ' -‘ ' r
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O;z”zl:’c‘ $741592? 91’ a Uition.
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.Tli%nil1abitantsbfL ‘I!)‘ubl;fn are 31:07..
lggaijjsf ‘any q’l)10l‘1 with lE.I,tgiaI1(l.'
thence whiat‘ the" value dfilaifd was I
before the buildings, and what since.
Is'it ezisyi with you to ascer’t:iiri the“
niimber of iziliabitantsi froiii p'r‘o-.
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chial r'e"g’is‘ers’,? If itflie, I sh'ou1d 52:’ A
v'cf'ry thaiikihl .foi"'tliat",. too‘; add
fcfr“ one ,9r'>t'wb"‘ep.o,c!l1a,$‘ id. ‘h.?,Pfg-..
gr’e'sTs. of ybur pizpdlatiw 1‘-.>eiw.s.<=T
all this," myideaiisir..,iii,0I16:VWl10.ph23$
ey7’e'r'y" e'i1l'rfiii‘e,‘a‘t"wi)'il':’ that can‘ throw
, 1t:;ile‘aau.i‘a di-‘m':itiE>’ii’ an’ a‘ deidaed‘
7oi$le" am; this", .rm'rgt i;;a.ta.;59w..
1c'd"‘c' pi yjdugr,’ temper‘ and piirstiitsyis:
p'e‘rsii':aid‘c?<l‘o‘i"yE$.iti" wishes to co,ope;ate
in’ sfo'[bcfn'e‘ficial'a eanse; I am Sir,
lWith’ tlie3tr,Liest"yre‘ ard,
Y‘dui'W‘e'ry;faith ul‘,
And afi'c6tionate'serv:int,v ‘ A J
M Tris Brsnoir or Dean”.
1%‘ ya>;;2: Bamalz,‘ 15:21. Edzmrglx. -,
the BISHOP of DERRY. I,
Dziinlzzzrglf, 15th Dec. 1779.
fer sadly by an union. Whether Scot-
land has‘ been benefited by our union
with England is‘to me a problemati-
eal questioxi, depending upon ‘aya-
ri;:'ty of inquiries and probabilities.
Afs' Sir George’ Saville said, when
VYe(ldcrbh'rtie boasted of what he
liall g'dih‘&&l his return to the. come
p‘z;r'ty'-LL“" This House inazizx. what he
l1:i's.”1a.u’.” .S.,colland, we know, has
lofst her’ spirit, I may‘ say her exis-
tenee; for sheis :tbsorbed in her great
ztndf rich" sister kingdom. But sure
1 gain? Eclinburgh has been greviously,
nipped ‘in its growth, by depriving'
iii; of our parliament and all its com
comitant fostering inliuence; so that
we rite now placed
‘f Far from the sun and smmer‘s gale."
Icnde:1'voured to obey your lord-
ship’s commaiids, in promring for
you a coznpardtive state of the num-
ber of houses’ in Edinburgh now,
aiid atthe time of the Union. But
" ' i ' 5 Ilind
in hi: lordship's own land-xvrltingg
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