Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Historical And Geographical Account Of The Kingdom Of Ireland.
duced new Lord Lieutenants among them ; but harmony and confidence were not yet restored , though the Duke of Rutland ' s administration seemed firmer than the preceding . However , in the year 1783 , the government , the nobility , and the people of Ireland , vied with each other in countenancing and giving an asylum to many families ofthe Genevese who were banished from their city , and to others who voluntaril y exiled themselves for the cause of liberty , not willing to submit to an aristocracy of their own citizens , supported by the swords of France and Sardinia .
i he Duke- of Rutland ' s administration was marked forbeneficence . He alleviated the distresses ofthe poor manufacturers , who were greatly oppressed by the continuance of an expensive war . Not a week passed over his head without the expenditure of a thousand pounds towards their relief . Having held the reins of government in that kingdom for the space of three years , he died , October 27 th , 176 7 , behind him the
leaving endearing character of a benevolent man . During the early part of his Grace ' s administratioii , ' the Volunteer army of Ireland , who were as conspicuous for their discipline as they were for their numbers , addressed the Commander , Lord Charleniont , upon the subject which has since occupied so much of their attentionnamelRoman Catholic emancipation . His
Lordshicon-, y , p siderately gave it as his decided opinien , that such a measure , in its fullest extent , was inconsistent with the safety of the kingdom . His remonstrances were forcible , consistent , and " agreeable to the constitution . In the year 178 7 the Marquis of Buckingham succeeded to
the olhce ot Lord Lieutenant , who , though once popular in Ireland , now lost the favourable gale , and suffered an impeachment for the sale ofthe peerage ; of which it was said that ' he purchased the members of parliament to vote against the rights of the people , ' A motion was made in the Irish House of Commons for the ' appointment of a committee to investigate this transaction ; which , as it was supposed to be glaringly false , and maliciously unjust , was negatived
by a large majority . At this period our most gracious Sovereign was incapacitated to exercise the royal function , by a temporary derangement of mind : an event that filled every heart with sorrow and dismay . Upon this occasion , according to the precedent in i 688 , when the Irish Parliament met in convention , and upon the supposition 0 / q vacancy of the throne , they came to the following resolution :
I hat King- James the Second , having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom , by breaking the ori ginal contract between King and People , and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons , having violated the fundamental laws , and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom , has abdicated the government ; and that the throne is vacant . ' And according to the proceedings of the same
Parliament , by their declaration of February 12 th , 1688 , when they formally declared ' William and Mary , Prince and Princess of Orange , to be King and Queen ; and after their decease , the said crown and regal dignity to be to the heirs of the body , of the said Princess , and in default of such issue , to the Princess Anne of Denmark and the heirs of her body ; and in default of such issue , to the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Historical And Geographical Account Of The Kingdom Of Ireland.
duced new Lord Lieutenants among them ; but harmony and confidence were not yet restored , though the Duke of Rutland ' s administration seemed firmer than the preceding . However , in the year 1783 , the government , the nobility , and the people of Ireland , vied with each other in countenancing and giving an asylum to many families ofthe Genevese who were banished from their city , and to others who voluntaril y exiled themselves for the cause of liberty , not willing to submit to an aristocracy of their own citizens , supported by the swords of France and Sardinia .
i he Duke- of Rutland ' s administration was marked forbeneficence . He alleviated the distresses ofthe poor manufacturers , who were greatly oppressed by the continuance of an expensive war . Not a week passed over his head without the expenditure of a thousand pounds towards their relief . Having held the reins of government in that kingdom for the space of three years , he died , October 27 th , 176 7 , behind him the
leaving endearing character of a benevolent man . During the early part of his Grace ' s administratioii , ' the Volunteer army of Ireland , who were as conspicuous for their discipline as they were for their numbers , addressed the Commander , Lord Charleniont , upon the subject which has since occupied so much of their attentionnamelRoman Catholic emancipation . His
Lordshicon-, y , p siderately gave it as his decided opinien , that such a measure , in its fullest extent , was inconsistent with the safety of the kingdom . His remonstrances were forcible , consistent , and " agreeable to the constitution . In the year 178 7 the Marquis of Buckingham succeeded to
the olhce ot Lord Lieutenant , who , though once popular in Ireland , now lost the favourable gale , and suffered an impeachment for the sale ofthe peerage ; of which it was said that ' he purchased the members of parliament to vote against the rights of the people , ' A motion was made in the Irish House of Commons for the ' appointment of a committee to investigate this transaction ; which , as it was supposed to be glaringly false , and maliciously unjust , was negatived
by a large majority . At this period our most gracious Sovereign was incapacitated to exercise the royal function , by a temporary derangement of mind : an event that filled every heart with sorrow and dismay . Upon this occasion , according to the precedent in i 688 , when the Irish Parliament met in convention , and upon the supposition 0 / q vacancy of the throne , they came to the following resolution :
I hat King- James the Second , having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom , by breaking the ori ginal contract between King and People , and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons , having violated the fundamental laws , and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom , has abdicated the government ; and that the throne is vacant . ' And according to the proceedings of the same
Parliament , by their declaration of February 12 th , 1688 , when they formally declared ' William and Mary , Prince and Princess of Orange , to be King and Queen ; and after their decease , the said crown and regal dignity to be to the heirs of the body , of the said Princess , and in default of such issue , to the Princess Anne of Denmark and the heirs of her body ; and in default of such issue , to the