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CHAPTER XVII. THE OFFER OF A COMMERCIAL UNION. ITS REJECTION BY THE IRISH PARLIAMENT CHAPTER XVIII. FINANCES OF IRELAND FROM 1782 TO 1800 - CONDITION OF THE PEASANTRY DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURYTHE REGENCY QUESTION, THE ROUND ROBIN- ALLEGED CORRUPTION - THE WHIG CLUBS - CHAPTER XIX . THE DEMAND FOR A DEMOCRATIC PARLIAMENT IN THE NORTH THE WHIG CLUB IN BELFAST- RISE OF THE UNITED IRISHMEN THEIR CONDUCT IN THE NORTH-THEIR PROCEEDINGS IN DUBLIN CHAPTER XX . THE MOVEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLICS-THEIR UNION WITH THE PRESBYTERIANS - THE DEFENDERS PAGE 1 26 5223 86 CHAPTER XXI. THE FITZWILLIAM EPISODE CHAPTER XXII. GRATTAN'S ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL-CONNECTION OF THE DEFENDERS WITH THE UNITED IRISHMEN AND THE CATHOLIC COMMITTEE- CONSPIRACIES AND DISAFFECTION IN THE COUNTRY . 131 168 vi CONTENTS . GRATTAN'S SEDITIOUS CHAPTER XXIII . SPEECHES - INSURRECTION ACT— THE PAGE WHIG CLUB - SECOND MEETING OF PARLIAMENT CONDITION OF ULSTER-THE FRENCH ATTEMPT AN INVASION . 189 CHAPTER XXIV. ORIGIN OF THE UNITED IRISHMEN- PROCEEDINGS IN THE COMMONS PROPOSED TAX ON ABSENTEES GENERAL LAKE'S FIRST PROCLAMATION- GRATTAN AND FOX- REPORTS FROM THE SECRET COMMITTEES OF BOTH HOUSES -GRATTAN'S REFORM BILL- SECESSION OF THE OPPOSITION 214 CHAPTER XXV. AN ALLIANCE PROPOSED BY THE UNITED IRISHMEN TO THE ORANGEMEN - SECOND PROCLAMATION OF GENERAL LAKE -DEFEAT OF THE UNITED IRISHMEN IN THE NORTH— THE MUTINIES IN THE FLEETS- GRATTAN'S ADDRESS TO HIS FELLOW CITIZENS - THE ADDRESS OF BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AND THAT OF THE CORPORATION OF DERRY TO THE LORD - LIEUTENANT CHAPTER XXVI. 243 THE EVE OF THE REBELLION 268 • CHAPTER XXVII. THE LEGISLATIVE UNION OF 1800 297