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 First of January 1801...

A statement of the late encrease of
Primate Stone's English ascendency supported by the Irish pu-
ritans-Mr. Mason's observations upon the Papists lending
security bills-Animadversions upon Sir James Caldwel's
pamphlet concerning the Papist security bill, vide Note

Mr. Bagnal brings in heads of a bill for better securing the

liberties of the subject

Both Primate Stone and the Earl of Shannon die-The Cheva-

lier de St. George, only son of James the Second, died at

Rome

99-100

101

Proofs of the venality of the Irish parliament

The heads of the bill for securing the freedom of parliament,

&c. stopped by the English privy council

102-3

An address to his majesty is carried by a majority of two-
The address answered not very graciously

Two patriotic bills rejected

Abridged statement of the Irish revenue

104-5

105

106

Difference in point of law between an English proclamation and

an Irish one-Doctor Lucas addresses the city of Dublin 107

Notwithstanding the alteration made in the bill by the English
privy council, the bill passes

Doctor Lucas addresses his constituents

108

109-10

Lord Hertford recalled and Lord Townshend appointed lord

lieutenant, 1767

111

Great changes under Lord Townshend-The leading grandees
govern in reality

Primary object of Lord Townshend's government

Long parliaments considered as a national evil

112

113

Septennial bill transmitted and returned octennial-The bill for

the independence of judges returned with a material altera-

tion, and therefore rejected

114

115

Effects of Molyneux's Case of Ireland

Draper's Letters-Faulkner's imprisonment-Doctrine of li-

bels

116

Freeman's Journal, Hibernian Journal, Dublin Mercury, from

these papers Barratariana

His majesty's message to the commons

The report of the committee in answer to the message

The first limited parliament meet, October, 1769

Even pensioners resist the right of the English privy council to

make money bills originate with them

120-1

A bill of certain duties rejected because it was altered in Eng-

land

122

The lord lieutenant enters a protest on the journals of the upper

house, which produces a serious debate

122

123

Woodfall's libel upon the Irish patriots

Sir Charles Bingham's report from the pension committee

Address of the commons to his excellency

124

125

Answer delivered by Sir George Mac Cartney the secretary-

Parliament prorogued

125-6

The Honourable Boyle Walsingham's motion in the British

House of Commons on the prorogation of the Irish parlia-

ment.

Lord North replies

Encrease of the national debt

127

128

129

The lord lieutenant meets parliament, 26th of February, 1771-

Mr. Edmund Saxton Perry, speaker

130

Resignation of the chair by Mr. J. Ponsonby

130

A motion in the House of Commons for an address to his ma-

Extract from the lord lieutenant's speech, 1771

135

An insurgent rescued from the barracks of Belfast by the Steel

None of the insurgents convicted either in Carrickfergus or

Dublin

137

138

Perry the speaker, speech at the bar of the lords

143

Lord Harcourt adopts more moderation than his predecessor 144

An absentee tax proposed by government rejected

The plan of tontine for raising the sum of 650,000%.

Stamp duties introduced

145-6

147

148

Heads of a bill for securing the repayment of monies advanced

by Papists to Protestants-Heads of a bill for granting leases of

lives to Papists-Both plans remain without any progress 148

A bill passes both houses entitling all and every of his majesty's

subjects to testify their allegiance

149

150

Mr. Rigby, Master of the Rolls in Ireland, opinion concerning

the right of England to tax Ireland

The effects of an embargo upon commerce

151-2

The British minister moves for a committee of the whole house

to consider the Irish fisheries

153

The committee grant bounties for the whale fisheries-Take

off the duties upon oil, bone, and blubber

Lord lieutenant's message to the Irish commons

Admission of foreign troops rejected

153

154

154-5

The additional duty bill upon beer, &c. rejected on account of

certain alterations in England-A motion to address his

majesty

The above address lost

156

157-8

159-60

161

162

An address to the lord lieutenant-The people of Ireland par-
tial to America from sympathy

Lord Effingham's resignation of his station in the army-The

city of Dublin vote him thanks, Note

State of the expences for the last two years-This octennial

parliament dissolved, only four years old

Thomas Townshend's (Lord Sidney) motion in the English
House of Commons against the Earl Harcourt-This motion
rejected after a long debate

Sawbridge, mayor of London, moved in the House of Com-

mons, that the American colonies be put on the footing of

Ireland-Extraordinary promotion to the peerage

Lord Buckinghamshire appointed lord lieutenant-Mr. Heron

his secretary-His lordship's speech to parliament in Octo-

ber 1777

163-5

166

167

Grievances described in the petitions of the cities of Cork and

Dublin

168

Increase of expenditure upon the civil list

Resolutions of the House of Commons

169

170-4

Official communication of the treaty between France and the
American colonies

First concession to Roman Catholics under Lord North's ad-

ministration

178

179

A committee of the English House of Commons examine the

acts of parliament relating to the Irish trade

Debate upon Earl Nugent's motion in favour of the Irish

179

trade

Mr. T. Townshend wishes for further indulgencies to the Irish

Roman Catholics-Lord North acknowledges himself a

friend to any motion tending to their relief-Sir George

Saville moves for leave to bring in the heads of a bill to repeal

certain penal laws against Popery in England

Observations favourable to the Irish Catholics during the de-

Mr. Gardiner moved for leave to bring in the heads of a bill

for the relief of his majesty's Roman Catholic subjects of Ire-

land-Leave granted-A motion of Sir Edward Newnham

in favour of the Dissenters lost

183-4

185

After a severe contest the Catholic bill succeeds

The session terminates the 14th August-The Irish trade bill

is violently opposed in the English House of Commons 185

Mr. Burke's answers to all the objections against this bill 186-8

Lord Nugent describes the distresses of the common people of

Ireland

Lord Beauchamp joins Lord Nugent

189

190

191

Lord Nugent moves for the establishment of a cotton manufac-

tory in Ireland, and liberty to import cotton yarn into Eng-

land from the sister kingdom

Colonel Stanley and Sir George Younge appear hostile to the

measure—Mr. T. Townshend supports Lord Nugent-Lord

Newhaven establishes the average of the imports and exports

from England to Ireland, and vice versa

Moves for leave, &c. to import West India sugars into Ireland

-Debates on the subject-Lord North communicates to the

English commons the king's proclamation confirmative of the

miserable state of Ireland-Sir George Younge states the

quantity of sugar imported annually into Great Britain 193

Debates upon the sugar importation bill

192

194

Motion of Lord Shelburne in the English House of Peers for

an address to his majesty

195

Lord Weymouth opposes the motion as implicating the mi-

nistry

195

The amendment for deferring the address to the ensuing session

-Carried after a long debate

196

Resolutions of the city of Dublin

201

Grattan's amendment to the address is carried after a warm

debate

207

The weakness of the Irish government

207

Important motion of Lord Shelburne in the British House of

Peers

208

The misuse of the Irish hereditary revenues

210

Resolutions moved by Lord Shelburne

211

The resolution supported by the Earl of Hillsborough, Mar-

quis of Rockingham, &c.

212-14

Lord Upper Ossory's speech and motion in the British House

A committee of the British House of Commons upon the state
of Ireland-The minister's speech and correct statement of
the restriction upon the Irish trade

221-6

Two bills in favour of Irish trade pass-Force, discipline, and

political resolutions of the Irish volunteers-Mr. Grattan's

resolution on Irish independence moved to be entered on the

Journals of the commons

The motion withdrawn-First Irish lottery

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228

Mr. Perry, speaker of the House of Commons, his speech, Note

-The privy council in England alters the mutiny and sugar

importation bills

The borough of Newry petitions-General discontent-The