A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim . in other us charitably suppose that this may be only an indica-tion of superabundant energy, which, with the spread ofeducation and refinement, will by-and-by tone down intomutual esteem and good-will. o CHARTERS, INSIGNIA, &c. N the 27th April, 1613, Belfast, then a small town, wasconstituted a Corporation by charter of King James I.,to consist of a sovereign* or chief magistrate, andtwelve burgessesand commonalty,with the right of sending twomembers to parliament. Thischarter was annulled by KingJames II, and a new one issuedi
A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim . in other us charitably suppose that this may be only an indica-tion of superabundant energy, which, with the spread ofeducation and refinement, will by-and-by tone down intomutual esteem and good-will. o CHARTERS, INSIGNIA, &c. N the 27th April, 1613, Belfast, then a small town, wasconstituted a Corporation by charter of King James I.,to consist of a sovereign* or chief magistrate, andtwelve burgessesand commonalty,with the right of sending twomembers to parliament. Thischarter was annulled by KingJames II, and a new one issuedin 1688, but the original one wasrestored in 1690 by William IILfIn conformity with the passingof the Municipal CorporationAct of 184[, the constitution ofthe Corporation was changed,and made to consist of tenaldermen and thirty councillors,under the style and title of TheMayor^ Aldermen, and BurgessesThe progress of the town mean-while has been so great, that, in the jubilee year of her lateMajesty, application was made that the Borough might be. SILVER CDKIOKAIE SEAL OF THEBOROUGH OF BELFAST, 1613. of the Bot oH^h of Belfast. * The word sovereign is now generally understood to be synon3^mouswith monarch. The original meaning, however, was not so modern spelling is due to a false connection with reign. Milton writesSOVRAN. The word comes from the Latin adjective superans—pre-vailing. t This charter continued from 1613 to 1841 (over two centuries and aquarter), during which time the office of Sovereign was occupied by laogentlemen. History nud Progress. 13 constituted a City. Accordingly a Royal Charter was issuedin 1888 conferring the rank of a city upon Belfast, withall the rank, liberties, privileges, and ininiunities as areincident to a city. In August 1890 a grant or confirmation of the arms solong borne by the town was obtained from Sir BernardHurke, Ulster King of Arms, with a slight modification oraugmentation of honour, to mark the accession to the rank
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