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...

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The patriots gain a superiority in the House of Commons

The Duke of Dorset's administration continued

The Duke's testimony of the peaceable conduct of the Irish 19

Administration of the Duke of Devonshire-Primate Boulter

still conducts the Irish cabinet

The cries against Papists and Popery in Ireland excited by the

self-interest of a few individuals

Primate Boulter's letter to the Bishop of London

The Irish cabinet at variance with the English

Lord Clancarthy's attainder confirmed

Earl of Chesterfield, lord lieutenant

Irish regiments in the French service

Moderation of the Earl of Chesterfield's government

Not one Catholic in Ireland accused of rebellion during the

commotions of 1745

Primate Stone's testimony of Irish Catholic loyalty

Lord Chesterfield addresses the parliament

30-1

He orders the places for Catholic worship to be opened

Union of all sects and parties under his administration

The good effects of abilities in the government exemplified 35

Earl of Chesterfield recalled soon after the battle of Culloden 35

Earl of Harrington appointed lord lieutenant-The question

about the privileges of the corporation of Dublin started

Doctor Lucas, O'Connor, &c. publish their opinions

Lucas publishes his discoveries

Lucas declared an enemy to his country and flies-Upon a new

vacancy for Dublin he returns and is elected-Stone, Bishop

of Derry, succeeds Primate Boulter

This prelate's character

Trade of the country encreased-Discussion between the crown

and the patriots about the disposal of the surplus of the reve-

The patriots carry their point-Dispose of the surplus after-

wards yearly in public works, &c. without the consent of the

crown-Bad effects of this policy-This kind of vicious ad-

ministration removed by the union

The Duke of Dorsets's speech from the throne

Mr. Nevil, Engineer General, accused of embezzlement of the

public monies, convicted and cashiered

Primate Stone unpopular from his vices and policy-Lord George

Sackville appointed secretary-The haughty demeanour of

this young nobleman

Discussions of the session, 1753

All servants of the crown who joined the patriots were dismissed

from office

The Earl of Kildare petitions the king

The speaker of the House of Commons promoted to a peerage

by the title of Earl of Shannon

Primate Stone struck off the list of the council

Duke of Devonshire appointed lord lieutenant-Returns to

England, 1756, the ferment subsides

The House of Commons in a committee consider upon the

heads of a bill for securing the freedom of that house against

the influence of the crown

Resolutions of the said committee

Said resolutions presented to the lord lieutenant

The Duke of Bedford appointed lord lieutenant-The appre-

hension of further persecutions engage some Catholic gentle-

men to meet-Diversity of opinions on their political rights 53

Declarations of the principles of the Catholics-A first meeting

of the Catholics where a committee is formed-Mr. Wyse's

plan presented

Publication of Dr. Curry's Historical Memoirs

The lord lieutenant's message to the house

55-6

The Catholics of Dublin address the lord lieutenant

The address graciously received and read at the bar of the

House of Commons by orders from the chair

The country not then ripe for an union

59-60

Young's portrait of Irish landlords

The French Brest Fleet vanquished by Admiral Hawke

Thurot lands at Carrickfergus and takes it

Plunders the town-Re-embarks-Is attacked near the Isle of

Man by Captain Elliot-Thurot killed

Thanks of the commons to Colonel Jennings for his good con,

duct at Carrickfergus upon the landing of the French 63

Demise of King George the Second, 25th October, 1760, aged

77 years

CHAPTER V.

THE REIGN OF GEORGE THE THIRD.

THE king's speech to the British parliament

General state of Ireland in the year 1760

From the accession of the Hanover family the rigour of the po-

pery laws slackened by degrees

White

First rising in the south of Ireland-White Boys

69-70

Causes of the miseries of the people-Disproportion between

the price of provisions and that of labour

Arthur Young's observations on these insurgents

Sir Richard Aston, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,

sent upon a special commission to try the insurgents-His

justice and humanity

An account of the trial of the Rev. Nicholas Sheehy acquitted in
Dublin, condemned in Clonmel

Attempts to throw the odium of the riots upon the Roman

Catholics

72-3

The House of Commons appoint a committee to enquire into

the progress of the popish insurrection-Rupture with Spain

continued

A message for further supplies-Granted-A vote of credit

for 500,000/

The various descriptions of insurgents under the titles of Oak

Boys, Hearts of Steel, Peep-of-Day Boys, and the causes of

their excesses

Lord Halifax's government ended, 1762

Change of the cabinet

Mr. Burke's remarks upon the change of ministry, Note 78 to 81

The merchants of Dublin present an address to Mr. Pitt ex-

pressive of their gratitude

Doctor Lucas leads the patriots of Dublin-The septennial bill

rejected the patriots lose ground

Resolutions of the merchants of Dublin, and Resolutions of the

House of Commons

The Earl of Northumberland appointed lord lieutenant, vice the

Earl of Halifax, recalled-His speech to parliament 84

The insurgents in the south were mostly Catholic labourers-

The various denominations of insurgents in the north Pro-

testant manufacturers to a man-Every motion for enquiry

into the cause of the troubles rejected

A motion for regulating the pension list rejected

Mr. J. Fitzgerald leader of the patriots in the debates on the

pension and civil lists

The court party accuse him of an attack upon the preroga-

A motion for an address to the throne by Mr. Perry for a di-
minution of expences

91-2

A statement of the late encrease of expences

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

Great changes under Lord Townshend-The leading grandees

govern in reality

111

112

Primary object of Lord Townshend's government

Long parliaments considered as a national evil

113

Septennial bill transmitted and returned octennial-The bill for

the independence of judges returned with a material altera-

tion, and therefore rejected

Effects of Molyneux's Case of Ireland

114

115

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

Woodfall's libel upon the Irish patriots

123

Sir Charles Bingham's report from the pension committee 124

Address of the commons to his excellency

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-

An insurgent rescued from the barracks of Belfast by the Steel

Boys

136

None of the insurgents convicted either in Carrickfergus or

Dublin

Perry the speaker, speech at the bar of the lords

143

145-6

147

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

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

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