History of the Union of the Kingdoms of Great-Britain and Ireland: With an Introductory Survey of Hibernian Affairs, Traced from the Times of Celtic Colonisation |
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... favor the people , yet not free from selfish ambition and rapacity . By the efforts of this body of men , a bill was procured for limiting to eight years the duration of the parliament ; and some other ad- vantages were obtained for the ...
... favor the people , yet not free from selfish ambition and rapacity . By the efforts of this body of men , a bill was procured for limiting to eight years the duration of the parliament ; and some other ad- vantages were obtained for the ...
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... favor , the allowance of a plenary com- mercial intercourse with the British settlements in Ame- rica and Africa , on condition that her parliament should enact the same impositions and regulations which Great - Britain had ordained ...
... favor , the allowance of a plenary com- mercial intercourse with the British settlements in Ame- rica and Africa , on condition that her parliament should enact the same impositions and regulations which Great - Britain had ordained ...
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... favor and emolument . The other kingdom , being destitute of such advantages , and injured by the absence of many of its principal subjects , would be in a perpetual state of jealousy and discontent , and would be a prey to foreign ...
... favor and emolument . The other kingdom , being destitute of such advantages , and injured by the absence of many of its principal subjects , would be in a perpetual state of jealousy and discontent , and would be a prey to foreign ...
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... favor of the establishment . It might be said , that they would strongly oppose such a change ; but , he thought , it would not be unfavorable to them , though it would secure the interest of their pro- testant adversaries . It would ...
... favor of the establishment . It might be said , that they would strongly oppose such a change ; but , he thought , it would not be unfavorable to them , though it would secure the interest of their pro- testant adversaries . It would ...
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... union , as tending to the oppression of Ireland ; and , though several speakers argued strongly in its favor , the motion was adopted by a in 28 HISTORY OF THE UNION for a general union of sentiment were strong and com- ...
... union , as tending to the oppression of Ireland ; and , though several speakers argued strongly in its favor , the motion was adopted by a in 28 HISTORY OF THE UNION for a general union of sentiment were strong and com- ...
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Page 124 - That in order to promote and secure the essential interests of Great Britain and Ireland, and to consolidate the strength, power, and resources, of the British empire, it will be advisable to concur in such measures as may best tend to unite the two kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland...
Page 521 - That for the like purpose it would be fit to propose, that all laws in force at the time of the union, and that all the courts of civil or ecclesiastical jurisdiction within the respective kingdoms, shall remain as now by law established within the same, subject only to such alterations or regulations, from time to time, as circumstances may appear to the parliament of the United Kingdom to require.
Page 516 - Britain may hereafter enjoy the same except the Right and Privilege of sitting in the House of Lords and the Privileges depending thereon and particularly the Right of sitting upon the Trials of Peers.
Page 512 - One, for ever after be united into One Kingdom, by the name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and that the Royal Style and Titles appertaining to the Imperial Crown of the said United Kingdom and its Dependencies...
Page 518 - ... may be composed, or of any abatement of duty on the same, and that when any such new or additional countervailing duty shall be so imposed on the import of any article into either country from the other, a...
Page 515 - Parliament by law, and, until so defined, shall be those of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and of its members and committees, at the commencement of this Constitution.
Page 514 - commoners (two for each county of Ireland, two for the city of Dublin, two for the city of Cork, one for the University of Trinity College, and one for each of the thirty-one most considerable cities, towns, and boroughs), be the number to sit and vote on the part of Ireland in the House of Commons of the parliament of the united kingdom...
Page 330 - Parliamentary constitution, and in a great measure by that Parliamentary constitution, have nearly doubled. Commercially it has worked well. Your concord with England since the Emancipation, as far as it relates to Parliament, on the subject of war, has been not only approved, but has been productive.
Page 327 - ... judicature, where he is to increase your taxes, where he is to get an Irish tribute, there he is a plain, direct, matter-of-fact man; but where he is to pay you for all this, there he is poetic and prophetic; no longer a financier, but an inspired accountant.
Page 125 - ... the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and that such a number of lords spiritual and temporal, and such a number of members of the house of commons as shall be hereafter agreed upon by acts of the respective parliaments as aforesaid, shall sit and vote in. the said parliament on the part of Ireland, and shall be summoned, chosen, and returned, in such manner as shall be fixed by an act of the parliament of Ireland previous to the...