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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... important a project , by the enlightened mem- bers of the British and Hibernian senates , cannot prove uninteresting either to the poli- tician or the general reader . Splendid dis- plays of eloquence will sometimes illumine B the * the ...
... important a project , by the enlightened mem- bers of the British and Hibernian senates , cannot prove uninteresting either to the poli- tician or the general reader . Splendid dis- plays of eloquence will sometimes illumine B the * the ...
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... important ordinance was enacted , with a view of restraining that love of change , or that spirit of asso- ciation , which had induced a great number of the English to follow the Irish laws , and form matrimo- nial and friendly ...
... important ordinance was enacted , with a view of restraining that love of change , or that spirit of asso- ciation , which had induced a great number of the English to follow the Irish laws , and form matrimo- nial and friendly ...
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... important . In the earlier part of this reign , disturbances originated from the misery and discontent of the peasants , who , under the denomination of White Boys , Steel Boys , & c . encroached on the pro- perty and security of their ...
... important . In the earlier part of this reign , disturbances originated from the misery and discontent of the peasants , who , under the denomination of White Boys , Steel Boys , & c . encroached on the pro- perty and security of their ...
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... important , and which would much more than compensate any increase of taxes that might accompany that union . ' The grand benefit , he added , would be the complete deliverance of the major part of the people from the yoke of an ...
... important , and which would much more than compensate any increase of taxes that might accompany that union . ' The grand benefit , he added , would be the complete deliverance of the major part of the people from the yoke of an ...
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... important mea- sures of the cabinet ; but , on this occasion , he thought it his duty to oppose the court with vigor and perse- verance . The house was not competent to discuss the question thus smuggled on its consideration ; and ...
... important mea- sures of the cabinet ; but , on this occasion , he thought it his duty to oppose the court with vigor and perse- verance . The house was not competent to discuss the question thus smuggled on its consideration ; and ...
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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 127 - For the like purpose it would be fit to propose, that all laws in force at the time of the union, and all the courts of civil and 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 517 - Kingdom according to any specifick proportion, or according to any of the rules hereinbefore prescribed; provided nevertheless, that the interest or charges which may remain on account of any part of the separate debt with which either country shall be chargeable, and which shall not be liquidated or consolidated proportionably as above, shall, until extinguished, continue to be defrayed by separate taxes in each country...
Page 514 - That any articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of either country, which are or may be subject to internal duty, or to duty on the materials of which they are composed, may be made subject, on their importation into each country respectively from the other, to such countervailing duty as shall appear to be just and reasonable, in respect of such internal duty or duties on the materials ; and, that for the said purposes, the articles specified in the said schedule No.
Page 509 - Ireland previous to the union, to regulate the mode by which the lords spiritual and temporal and the commons, to serve in the Parliament of the United Kingdom on the part of Ireland, shall be summoned and returned to the said Parliament...
Page 512 - That the Churches of England and Ireland, as now by law established, be united into one Protestant Episcopal Church, to be called the United Church of England and Ireland ; and that the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government of the said United Church shall be and shall remain in full force for ever, as the same are now by law established for the Church of England ; and that the continuance and preservation of the said United Church, as the Established Church of England and Ireland...
Page 517 - Kingdom to declare that all future expense thenceforth to be incurred, together with the interest and charges of all joint debts contracted previous to such declaration, shall be so defrayed indiscriminately, by equal taxes imposed on the same articles in each country, and thenceforth, from time to time, as circumstances may require, to impose and apply such taxes accordingly ; subject only to such particular exemptions or abatements in Ireland, and in that part of Great Britain called Scotland,...
Page 65 - ... our enemies persevere in their avowed design of effecting the separation of Ireland from this kingdom cannot fail to engage the particular attention of Parliament; and His Majesty recommends it to this House to consider of the most effectual means of counteracting and finally defeating this design...
Page 517 - ... subject only to such particular exemptions or abatements in Ireland, and in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, as circumstances may appear from time to time to demand. That from the period of such declaration, it shall no longer be necessary to regulate the contribution of the two countries towards the future expenditure of the united kingdom, according to any specific proportion, or according to any of the rules hereinbefore prescribed...
Page 112 - If ever the overbearing power of prejudice and passion shall produce that fatal consequence, it will too late be perceived and acknowledged, that all the great commercial advantages which Ireland at present enjoys, and which are continually increasing, are to be ascribed to the liberal conduct, the fostering care, of the British empire, extended to the sister kingdom as to a part of ourselves, and not, as has been fallaciously and vainly pretended, to any thing which has been done or can be done...