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HISTORY OF EUROPE
PRINTED BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH.
FROM THE
FALL OF NAPOLEON
IN MDCCCXV
TO THE
ACCESSION OF LOUIS NAPOLEON
IN MDCCCLII
BY
SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON, BART., D.C.L.
Author of the "History of Europe from the Commencement of the French
Revolution, in 1789, to the Battle of Waterloo," &c. &c.
VOL. IV.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MDCCCLV
The Author of this Work reserves the right of authorising a Translation of it.
CONTENTS OF VOL. IV.
CHAPTER XX.
IRELAND FROM 1822 TO THE MONETARY CRISIS OF DECEMBER 1825.
Irish malcontents,
6. Great simultaneous increase of industry and productions in Ireland,
7. Causes of the wretched situation of Ireland,
8. Effects of the Roman Catholic religion,
9. Splitting of farms for political purposes,
10. Pernicious effects of the potato,
11. Want of poor-laws,
12. Absentee proprietors,
13. Ribbonmen and secret societies,
14. Orange lodges,
15. Irregularity and uncertainty in the administration of justice,
16. Intimidation of juries and witnesses,
17. Catholic emancipation the only remedy proposed by English Liberals and
18. Effects of that measure,
ib.
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19. Disturbed state of Ireland in 1823, and prosecutions for the riot in the
21. Renewal of the Insurrection Act, and composition for tithes,
22. Debates on Irish corruption and Catholic emancipation,
23. Improvement of the country in 1824,
24. Mr North's description of Irish miseries,
25. Beneficial working of the Tithe-Composition Bill,
26. Rise of the Catholic Association,
27. Real objects of the Association,
28. Roman Catholic question in reference to England,
29. Parliamentary Reform, Alien Bill, and reversal of Scottish attainders,
30. Reflections on the Alien Act,