TORYISM AND THE TORY DEMOCRACY. Part E.-The Dawning Century. CHAPTER I. THE ACT OF UNION. JANUARY 1, 1801.-Loud announcement by the cannon's mouth that an Act, which had already passed successfully through the Parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland, and received the Royal assent, is now law. An Act of some moment in history. The preamble recites 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 is advisable to concur in such measures as may best tend to unite the two Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland into one Kingdom, in such manner as, etc., etc. ARTICLE I. That the said Kingdoms of Great B |