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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... allowed , would be exposed by the change to a diminution of parliamentary rights ; but all personal privileges and prerogatives would remain to them , ' and permanent security would be given to their titles and their properties ...
... allowed , would be exposed by the change to a diminution of parliamentary rights ; but all personal privileges and prerogatives would remain to them , ' and permanent security would be given to their titles and their properties ...
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... allowed that it had no authority to violate the rights of the people . An union , he said , would not annul or infringe their rights ; and it was the only settlement that promised to heal the distractions of the country . Mr. BARRINGTON ...
... allowed that it had no authority to violate the rights of the people . An union , he said , would not annul or infringe their rights ; and it was the only settlement that promised to heal the distractions of the country . Mr. BARRINGTON ...
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... allowed that ministers did not intend to relinquish the measure , while they had any hope of success : if they should , they would be unworthy & 1 unworthy of the situations which they filled , 50 HISTORY OF THE UNION.
... allowed that ministers did not intend to relinquish the measure , while they had any hope of success : if they should , they would be unworthy & 1 unworthy of the situations which they filled , 50 HISTORY OF THE UNION.
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... of the secretary , and asserted the uprightness of their inten- tions . He allowed that men of different political prin- E 2 ciples ciples were to be found among them : but was BETWEEN GREAT - BRITAIN AND IRELAND . 51.
... of the secretary , and asserted the uprightness of their inten- tions . He allowed that men of different political prin- E 2 ciples ciples were to be found among them : but was BETWEEN GREAT - BRITAIN AND IRELAND . 51.
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... the Irish parliament , which was thus allowed to be subor- dinate to that of Great - Britain . Where an actual E 4 subjection subjection thus existed , it might be rendered only the BETWEEN GREAT - BRITAIN AND IRELAND . 55.
... the Irish parliament , which was thus allowed to be subor- dinate to that of Great - Britain . Where an actual E 4 subjection subjection thus existed , it might be rendered only the BETWEEN GREAT - BRITAIN AND IRELAND . 55.
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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...