The Industries of DublinHistorical, statistical, biographicalAn account of the leading business men, commercial interests, wealth and growth . n forever rendered famous as being the thoroughfare in which thejustly idolised Lord Edward met his death at the hands of thenotorious Major Sirr. DUBLIN AFTER THE UNION. The Act of Union was finally carried, and on the ist ofJanuary, 1801, the Imperial Standard was, for the first time,unfurled over the Bedford Tower of the Castle, thus signi-fying the ratification of a compact which at the presentmoment is the cause of the keenest and bitterest politic
The Industries of DublinHistorical, statistical, biographicalAn account of the leading business men, commercial interests, wealth and growth . n forever rendered famous as being the thoroughfare in which thejustly idolised Lord Edward met his death at the hands of thenotorious Major Sirr. DUBLIN AFTER THE UNION. The Act of Union was finally carried, and on the ist ofJanuary, 1801, the Imperial Standard was, for the first time,unfurled over the Bedford Tower of the Castle, thus signi-fying the ratification of a compact which at the presentmoment is the cause of the keenest and bitterest politicalantagonism, not only in Ireland, but in every portion of theBritish Isles. If the signs of the times be taken into con-sideration in forming a judgment, the impartial chronicler ofevents can have little doubt in asserting that the end is i6 DUBLIN. near at hand, and that the day is rapidly approaching whenIrishmen of every creed and class,-forgetful of the past andthe unfortunate and unreasonable differences which haveheld them in tiie bondage of discord, will be again unitedin their old legislative chambers and working in concord for. SIDE VIEW or ST. Stephens green. one grand and common object—their countrys good. Dublinsuffered great injury, both socially and commercially, by theAct of Union. During the fifteen years the country enjoyedthe power of making her own laws, the capital was greatly?developed. \ew buildings were erected and streets con-structed ; those already in existence were imi)roved andbeiutified, and her trade and commerce increased was also the head-(]uarters of wealth andfashion. The city, which before and for longafter the .Anglo-Norman invasion was centredround the neighbourhood of Castle Hill, andwas little more than a mile in circumference,at the time of the Union measured over ninemiles round. Ihis wonderful develo|)nienlwas attributed to the cessation of internaltroubles, and liberal grants of jniblic moneyfor the promotion of munici
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