This is the clause which contains the list of the subjects on which the Irish Legislature is not to have the right to legislate--such questions as the succession to the Crown, questions of peace and war, foreign treaties, coinage, copyright, trade, etc.

The list is comprehensive enough, but it was not comprehensive enough for Lord Wolmer; for he had an amendment to the effect that the Irish Legislature should not be allowed to pass even resolutions on these subjects.

But even his own amendment did not satisfy him.

He amended the amendment by further proposing that the Irish Legislature should not be allowed even to "discuss" any of these questions.

The speech in favour of these proposals started from the point of departure common to all the Unionists, namely, that the Irish people were hereditary and irreconcilable enemies, and that the moment they had a native Legislature, it would immediately proceed to make alliances with every Power in the world which was hostile to the British Empire.