The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 131
... PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND 131 Ministers deepened until at last they abandoned the entire experiment by the Act of Union , so bequeathing a legacy of vexation and misery both to Ireland herself and to their own political descendants . The ...
... PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND 131 Ministers deepened until at last they abandoned the entire experiment by the Act of Union , so bequeathing a legacy of vexation and misery both to Ireland herself and to their own political descendants . The ...
Page 286
... Parliament in 1823 passed an Act which created a supreme court and a Council , while the Cape , a conquered and ceded colony , received these institutions from the Crown by executive instrument . Ordinarily Parliament did not ...
... Parliament in 1823 passed an Act which created a supreme court and a Council , while the Cape , a conquered and ceded colony , received these institutions from the Crown by executive instrument . Ordinarily Parliament did not ...
Page 287
... Parliament used its supremacy by passing in 1833 the Act which abolished slavery . But this was practically the sole instance in our period of Parliament disregarding and running counter to the prevailing political opinion in the ...
... Parliament used its supremacy by passing in 1833 the Act which abolished slavery . But this was practically the sole instance in our period of Parliament disregarding and running counter to the prevailing political opinion in the ...
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