Excerpt from Observations on the Doctrine Laid Down by Sir William Blackstone, Respecting the Extent of the Power of the British Parliament, Particularly With Relation to Ireland: In a Letter to Sir William Blackstone, With a Postscript Addressed to Lord North, Upon the Affairs of That Country After the time which has elapfed fince the publication ofyour Commentaries on the Laws of England, and the reception they have met with, you may perhaps be furprized at an Addrefs to you upon the fubjecl of fome of the dofirines contained in that work. But independent of the confideration, that it is never too late to deteei error, the longer the nature and tendency of thofe doftrines may have remained unnoticed, and the more general the reception of the work which contains them may have been, the more it is be. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.