THE 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
For the YEAR 18093. 
HISTORY 
OF 
PB y. Late 
oe ae 
CHAP. I. 
Preliminary Observations. Meeting 
of Parliament.—Election of a Speaker. 
—Mr. Abbot proposed.—Chosen without opposition.—King’s Speech.— 
Address moved by Lord Arden:—Seconded by Lord Nelson.—Speeches of . 
the Marquis of Abercorn—Lord Carlisle—the Duke of Norfolk—Lords 
Grenville—Pelham—Carysfort—and H, obart.— Address carried nem. 
diss.— Moved the same day in the Lower House by Mr. Trench.—Seconded 
by Mr. Curzon.—Speeches of Mr. 
Cartwright—Sir John Wrottesley— 
Mr. Pytches—Fox —C anning—Lord Hawkesbury —Mr. Windham— 
Addington — T, Grenville — Lord Castlereagh—and Mr. Whitbread. 
—Address carried unanimously, 
A Rees parliament, which assem- 
bled in the winter of the year 
1802, was the first which had been 
summoned since the union between 
Great Britain and Ireland; By the 
provisions of the act of union, Ire- 
land returned to the imperial par- 
liament thirty-two peers (includ- 
ing four spiritual lords), and one 
hundred commoners, The addition 
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of so many members, was a circwia= 
stance which must eventually pro- 
duce a most powerful influence on 
the state of parties in Great Britain. 
It was on this ground, principally, 
that Mr. Fox opposed the legislative 
union with Ireland from the begin- 
ning; he apprehended, that from 
the manner in which the Irish re- 
presentatives were returned, they 
would 
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