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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... realm . In the short reign of Mary , the colonial territory was augmented by the incorporation of two counties ; and steps were taken for the unreserved introduction of the English laws and customs into the other parts of the island ...
... realm . In the short reign of Mary , the colonial territory was augmented by the incorporation of two counties ; and steps were taken for the unreserved introduction of the English laws and customs into the other parts of the island ...
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... realm . reign of William , by restrictions of the Irish trade , particularly in the woollen branch of manufacture , also injured the interests of the country . The conduct of the English parliament disgusted the patriots of Ire- land ...
... realm . reign of William , by restrictions of the Irish trade , particularly in the woollen branch of manufacture , also injured the interests of the country . The conduct of the English parliament disgusted the patriots of Ire- land ...
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... realm , in the second year of queen Anne , to propose a more close connexion than that which then existed between ... realms , left the connexion with Ireland unimproved ; and her reign was unfriendly to the promo- tion of internal ...
... realm , in the second year of queen Anne , to propose a more close connexion than that which then existed between ... realms , left the connexion with Ireland unimproved ; and her reign was unfriendly to the promo- tion of internal ...
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... realms . In a time of profound peace , such a coalition , whatever advantages it might seem to promise , might have been neglected and post- poned from indolence or indifference ; but , when the rashness of political empiricism , and ...
... realms . In a time of profound peace , such a coalition , whatever advantages it might seem to promise , might have been neglected and post- poned from indolence or indifference ; but , when the rashness of political empiricism , and ...
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... for a disjunction of the realms ; that the act of annexion , the use of the great seal of Britain for Irish statutes , or c 3 the the responsibility of the minister to the British parlia- ment BETWEEN GREAT - BRITAIN AND IRELAND . 21.
... for a disjunction of the realms ; that the act of annexion , the use of the great seal of Britain for Irish statutes , or c 3 the the responsibility of the minister to the British parlia- ment BETWEEN GREAT - BRITAIN AND IRELAND . 21.
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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...