The Union William Pitt the great English prime minister had long resolved upon a legislative union between England and Ireland : he believed the proper time had now come; and made very careiul preparations for his purpose. At the opening of 1799 the marquis of Corn- ,walhs was lord lieutenant and lord Castlereagh was chief secretary. The Union was indirectly referred to in the Irish parliament in the speech from the throne on the 22nd January 1799. The opposition at once took the ... Read More