The Sailors' and Firemen's Union refused to carry the delegates.
Here it is sufficient to say that only nine of the forty-six delegates from the present state of West Virginia voted to secede.
He was one of the delegates in 1789 from the Irish parliament to George, prince of Wales, requesting him to assume the regency as a matter of right.
After legates came special delegates appointed by the pope to hear a particular cause.
In accordance with the understanding arrived at, the various Australasian parliaments appointed delegates to attend a national convention to be held in Sydney, and on the 2nd March 1891 the convention held its first meeting.