CHAPTER V.
The Affairs of Ireland .-- Condition of the Irish Parliament .-- The Octennial Bill .-- The Penal Laws .-- Non-residence of the Lord- lieutenant .-- Influence of the American War on Ireland .-- Enrolment of the Volunteers .-- Concession of all the Demands of Ireland .-- Violence of the Volunteers .-- Their Convention .-- Violence of the Opposition in Parliament: Mr.Brownlow, Mr.Grattan, Mr.Flood .-- Pitt's Propositions Fail .-- Fitzgibbon's Conspiracy Bill .-- Regency Question .-- Recovery of the King .-- Question of a Legislative Union .-- Establishment of Maynooth College .-- Lord Edward Fitzgerald .-- Arguments for and against the Union .-- It passes the Irish Parliament .-- Details of the Measure .-- General Character of the Union .-- Circumstances which Prevented its Completeness..