ought to be fixed, with a reference to the various claffes distinguished in the preceding refolutions. That is the opinion of this Committee, That all barrels in which herrings shall be packed, thall be of the fame thickness as is now required by law. That it is the opinion of this Committee, That for every barrel, of thirty-two gallons, of gutted herrings, packed and cured in the manner required for exportation (except to Ireland) be granted a bounty of two fhillings, for ten years, commencing from the 5th of April, 1799. That it is the opinion of this Committee, That for every barrel, of twenty-eight gallons, of ungutted herrings, packed and cured in the manner required for exportation (except to Ireland) be granted, during the fame term, a bounty of one fhilling and nine pence, That it is the opinion of this Committee, That for every barrel, of thirty-two gallons, of gutted herrings, packed and cured in the manner. requited for home confumption, or for exportation to Ireland, be granted, during the fame term, a bounty of one fhilling and fix pence. That it is the opinion of this Committee, That for every barrel, of twenty-eight gallons, of ungutted herrings, packed and cured in the manner required for home confumption, or for exportation to Ireland, be grant ed, during the fame term, a bounty of one fhilling and three pence. That it is the opinion of this Committee, That no bounty be payable upon any herrings, until they fhall have been infpected and approved by the proper officer. That it is the opinion of this Committee, That no nets shall be used for the purpose of catching herrings, of which the meshes fhall measure less than one inch from knot to knot. IRISH UNION.. RESOLUTIONS MOVED BY THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER I. That in order to promote and fecure the effential interefts of Great Britain and Ireland, and to confolidate the ftrength, power, and refources of the British Empire, it will be advifeable to concur in fuch measures as may best tend to unite the two kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland into one Kingdom, in fuch manner, and on fuch terms and conditions as may be established by acts of the refpective Parliaments of his Majesty's faid Kingdoms. II. That it appears to this Committee that it would be fit to propose, as the firft article, to ferve as a bafis of the faid Union, that the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland fhall, upon a day to be agreed upon, be united into one Kingdom, by the name of "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland." III. That for the fame purpose it appears alfo to this Committee that it would be fit to propofe, That the fucceffion to the Monarchy and the Imperial Crown of the faid United Kingdom fhall continue limited and fettlet fettled in the fame manner as the Imperial Crown of the faid Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland now ftand limited and fettled according to the exifting laws, and to the terms of the Union between England and Scotland. IV. That for the fame purpose it appears alfo to this Committee that it would be fit to propose, That the faid United Kingdom be represented by one and the fame Parliament, to be ityled "The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ;" and that fuch a number of Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and fuch a number of Members in the House of Commons, as fall be hereafter agreed upon by acts of the refpective Parliaments as aforefaid, fhall fit and vote in the faid Parliament on the part of Ireland, and shall be summoned, chofen, and returned in such manner as fhall be fixed by an act of Parliament of Ireland previous to the faid Union; and that every member hereafter to fit and vote in the faid Parliament of the United Kingdom fhall, until the faid Parliament shall otherwife provide, take and fubfcribe the fame oath, and make the fame declarations as are by law required to be taken, fubfcribed, and made by the members of the Parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland. V. That for the fame purpose it appears alfo to this Committee that it would be fit to propofe, That the Churches of England and Ireland, and the doctrine, worship, difcipline, and government thereof fhall be preferved as now by law established. `VI. That for the fame purpose, it appears alfo to this Committee that it would be fit to propofe, That his Majesty's fubjects in Ireland, fhall at all times hereafter be entitled to the fame privileges, and be on the fame footing in respect to trade and navigation in all ports and places belonging to Great Britain, and in all cafes with refpect to which treaties shall be made by his Majefty, his heirs or fucceffors, with any foreign power, as his Majefty's fubjects in Great Britain. That no duty fhall be impofed on the import or export between Great Britain and Ireland of any articles now duty free, and that on other articles there shall be established, for a time to be limited, fuch a moderate rate of equal duties, as fhall previous to the Union be agreed upon, and approved by the refpective Parliaments; fubject after the expiration of fuch limited time, to be diminished equally with refpect to both Kingdoms; but in no cafe to be increased. That all articles which may at any time hereafter be imported into Great Britain from foreign parts, fhall be importable through either Kingdom into the other, fubject to the like duties and regulations as if the fame were imported directly from foreign parts. That where any articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture are fubject to any internal duty in one kingdom, fuch countervail ing duties (over and above any duties on import to be fixed as aforefaid) fhall be impofed as fhall be neceffary to prevent any inequality in that refpect. And that all other matters of Trade and Commerce other than the foregoing, and than such others as may before the Union be fpecially agreed upon for the due encouragement of the Agriculture and Manufactures of the refpective Kingdoms, shall remain to be regulated from time to time by the United Parliaments. VII. That for the like purpose it would be fit to propofe, That the charge arifing from the payment of the intereft, or finking fund, for the reduction of the principal of the debt incurred in either kingdom before the Union, fhall continue to be feparately defrayed by Great Britain and Ireland respectively; that for a number of years to be limited, the future ordinary expences of the United Kingdom in Peace or War, shall be defrayed by Great Britain and Ireland, jointly, according to such proportions as hall be established by the respective Parliaments previous to the Union; and v ti T and that after the expiration of the time to be limited, the proportion fhall not be liable to be varied, except according to fuch rules and principles as fhall be in like manner agreed upon previous to the Union. VIII. That for the like purpofe, it would be fit to propofe, That all laws in force at the time of the Union, and all the Courts of Civil, or Ecclefiaftical Jurisdiction, within the refpective Kingdoms, fhall remain as now by law eftablished within the fame, fubject only to fuch alterations or re gulations from time to time, as circumstances may appear to the Parlia ment of the United Kingdom to require. 2ND OF APPENDIX TO VOL. I |