Above : Illustrating Picture Of Castlereagh Giving Speech In January, 1799, the Irish Parliament met The King's speech asked for a discussion of the question of a Legislative Union. In the Commons there was a long debate, at the end of which the Government motion was carried only by a majority of two. Such a course was, it need entirely opposed to the spirit of the English Constitution, and would never have been tolerated at Westminster. Tn the same month the question of ... Read More