… the Act of the Union To T. M. Ray. London: Aug. 6th, 1842. My dear Ray,—I am sincerely sorry that it will not be in my … that, as the restoration of the Irish Parliament is an event, in my judgement, not remote, I will avail myself of … Editor’s Text: The National party, which O’Connell had long led, was now divided by a sharp schism. Old Ireland, …