Of the foregoing vessels, the _Mary_ and _Little John_ belonged to George Gibbs of Newport; the _Hope_ to Samuel Fowler of Newport; the _Betsy_ to Charles Handy and the _Recovery_ to Chris. Ellery, both also of Newport. These five vessels are specifically mentioned in the _Newport Historical Magazine_ as making regular voyages to Ireland. From time to time the Newport _Mercury_ chronicles the arrival from Ireland, or departure therefor, of other ships and brigs. These were all in addition to those sailing between Ireland and Providence. Among the articles imported from Ireland to Rhode Island at various times, were linen and woolen goods, Irish poplins, cambrics, lawns, silks, hosiery, sheetings, etc. Irish butter, beef and other food products, were also imported. The Newport _Mercury_, August 3, 1772, contains an advertisement in which, among other things, “Irish beef” is announced for sale. In the Providence _Gazette_, November 20, 1762, appears the following: “By the Newport packet from New York, we are informed, for certain, that there are 2000 Firkins of the Best Irish Rose butter, arrived there.—A quantity of it is expected to be imported into this town, which we are confident will fall the price of that commodity.” Under date of December 25, 1762, the _Gazette_ says: “Since our last, we hear that a vessel has arrived at Newport from Ireland, with 1300 Firkins of butter—Captain Champlain, the master of her, died soon after he came out.” In December, 1764, a vessel from Ireland mistook her bearings and went ashore on Block Island. The following notice of the disaster was published in the _Gazette_, January 12, 1765: “On the 25th of last month, in the day time, a large double-decked brig, loaded with beef, pork, butter, and candles, bound from Ireland to Halifax run ashore on the north part of Block Island, where she soon beat to pieces; the people were all saved except the boatswain, who perished on the deck, which he would not be permitted to quit with the rest.—About 500 barrels of the cargo, with some other articles, were also saved. The master’s name we cannot learn.” The name of the wrecked brig is believed to have been the _Golden Grove_. Her Irish cargo was in the nature of supplies for the British garrison at Halifax. The fact that the cargo consisted of beef, pork, butter and candles, indicate that those articles were exported from Ireland in considerable quantities at that period. Speaking of this wreck, recalls the fact that in 1763, the year before, a Rhode Island vessel was stranded on the Irish coast. She was the _Samuel and Joseph_, Captain Brown, bound for Amsterdam. In November and December, 1766, the Providence _Gazette_ contained this advertisement: FOR BELFAST, THE SHIP