*To reprefent to His Majefty, That an Act intituled "An Act for the better Accommodation " of His Majesty's Forces ;" being unlimited in duration, but which. from the particular circum stances of the times, paffed into a law, has been the cause of much jealousy and discontent in this Kingdom:

That we have thought it our duty to lay before His Majefty thefe, the principal causes of the discontents aud jealoufies fubfifting in this Kingdom:

That we have the greatest reliance on His Majefty's wifdom, the moft fanguine expectations from his virtuous choice of a Chief Governor, and the greatest confidence in the wife and conftitutional Council His Majesty has adopted:

That we have, moreover, a high fenfe and veneration for the British Character, and do therefore conceive, that the proceedings of this country, founded as they are in right, and fupported by constitutional liberty, muft have excited the approbation and esteem of the British nation:

That

That we are the more confirmed in this hope, inalmoch as the people of this Kingdom have never expreffed a defire to fhare the freedom of Great Britain, without at the fame time declaring their determination to fhare her fate, ftanding or falling with the British nation.

Copy of a Refolution of the House of Commons in Ireland, Martis, 16° die Aprilis, 1782.

RESOLVED, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to His Majesty, to return His Majesty the thanks of this Houfe for his moft gracious meffage to this Houfe, fignified by his Grace the Lord Lieutenant. To affure His Majesty of our unfhaken attachment to His Majefty's Perfon and Government, and of our lively fenfe of his Paternal Care, in thus taking the lead to adminifter content to His Majefty's fubjects of Ireland; that thus encouraged by his royal interpofition, we fhall beg leave, with all duty and affection, to lay before His Majefty the caufes of our difcon

tents

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tents and jealoufies: To affure His Majesty, that

his subjects of Ireland are a free People; that the t
Crown of Ireland is an Imperial Crown, infepa-
rably annexed to the Crown of Great Britain, on
which Connexion the interefts and happiness of
both Nations effentially depend; but that the
kingdom of Ireland is a diftinct Kingdom, with
a Parliament of her own, the fole Legislature
thereof; that there is no body of men competent
to make Laws to bind this nation, except the

King, Lords, and Commons of Ireland, nor any

other Parliament which hath any authority or
any authority, or

vileiaM an a power of any fort whatsoever in this country, faves da only the Parliament of Ireland: To affure His bur Majefty, that we humbly conceive, that sing this bod Right the very Effence of our Liberties exifta

bus dasmmsto Right which we, on the part of all the People of want and mi 90 191 Ireland, do claim as their birth-right, and. which

we cannot yield but with our lives: To affure endr
His Majefty, that we have feen with concern cerd sift
tain Claims advanced by the Parliament of Greated yol
Britain, in an act, intituled, An Act for the
"better fecuring the Dependency of Ireland;"
an act containing matter entirely irreconcileable
to the fundamental Rights of this Nation; that

we confider this act, and the claims it advances, to be the great and principle caufe of the difcontents and jealoufies in this Kingdom: To affure His Majefty, that His Majefty's Commons of Ireland do moft fincerely with, that all Bills which become Law in Ireland fhould receive the appro-. bation of His Majefty, under the Seal of Great Britain; but that yet we do confider the Practice of fuppreffing our Bills in the Council of Ireland, or altering the fame any where, to be another juft caufe of difcontent and jealoufy: To affure His Majefty, that an Act, intituled, "An Act

for the better Accommodation of His Majefty's "Forces," being unlimitted in duration, and defective in other inftances (but paffed in that hape from the particular circumstances of the times) is another juft caufe of difcontent and jealoufy in this Kingdom: That we have fubinitted thefe, the principal caufes of the prefent : difcontent and jealoufy in Ireland, and remain in humble expectation of redrefs; that we have the greatest reliance on His Majefty's wisdom, the most fanguine expectations from his virtuous choice of a Chief Governor, and great confidence in the wife, aufpicious, and conftitutional councils

which we fee with fatisfaction His Majesty has adopted; that we have moreover a high fenfe and veneration for the British character, and do therefore conceive, that the proceedings of this country, founded as they are in right, and tempered by duty, must have excited the approbation and efteem, instead of wounded the pride, of the British Nation; and we beg leave to affure His Majefty, that we are the more confirmed in this hope, inafmuch as the people of this Kingdom have never expreffed a defire to fhare the freedom of England, without declaring a determination to fhare her fate likewife, ftanding and falling with the British nation.

THO. ELLIS, Cler. Par. Dom. Com.

ORDERED, That the faid Copies do lie upon the Table, to be perufed by the Members of the House.

17th May, 1782.

RESOLVED, That this House will, immediately, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole