An Historical Review of the State of Ireland: From the Invasion of that Country Under Henry II. to Its Union with Great Britain on the 1st of January, 1801 ...

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C. Roworth, 1803 - Ireland - 794 pages

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The maffacre at Scullabogue houſe
732
Retaliation of Proteftants upon Catholics for the murders committed by this bandittiHacket killed
782
The lord chancellor reports from the committeeExamination of the chief rebels
804
Mr Grattan enters the houfe between Mr W B Ponfonby and Mr MooreHis fpeech againſt
818
An addreſs moved from the lordsAn amendment moved by Lord PowerſcourtRejected by
827
Anfwer of the Irish parliament to King Edward when fummoned by him to EnglandVarious
854
On a divifion upon omitting or expunging the paragraph relative to an Union in the addrefs for
875
Mr Canning anfwers Mr Sheridan and fays the French revolution made a deep impreſſion upon
882
The amendment rejected and addreſs voted
888
The weakneſs of Ireland againft an enemy
894
Mr Sheridan concludes by preſenting two refolutionsThe refolutions at full lengthLord
900
Meffrs Grey Secretary Dundas Sheridan Wyndham Tierney Grant and Smith fpeak for
906
A vote of the houſe to get the faid paper burnt on College Green by the common hangman
921
Lord Grenville opens the buſineſs in the British Houfe of Peers 19th March 1800
928
CONTENTS OF THE SECOND PART
931
The Biſhop of Llandaff argues for an union 987
940
Lord Minto concludes by praying for a ſpeedy unionLords Holland King and Thanet proteft
947
The honorable Mr Yelverton ſtates to the houſe the cruelty and injuftice of the ſheriffs conduct
955
The antiunioniſt Catholics of Dublin hold a meeting at the Royal Exchange Mr Moore in
981
Lord Caftlereagh anſwers the arguments of Sir Lawrence Parfons and is fupported by Mr
987
The tenth refolution concludes with addreffes to Meffrs Grattan Fofter and Ogle
999
The wifh of the projectors of the Union to follow the modes employed for that of Scotland
1005
The commercial interefts of both countries
1011
The parliamentary reprefentation in proportion to wealth and populationThe appointment
1017
Mr Grattans remarkable queftions to the houfe in concluding his fpeech againſt the meaſure
1023
The houfe dividesFor the minifter 158Againſt him 115
1034

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