The Secret Service fund of £32,556 (£1.4M today) was siphoned off from the Home Office under the Duke of Portland, & transferred to Dublin where it was used alongside legal funds to promote the Union by any means necessary. Bribery was considered better than a second parliamentary defeat.

18 new creations were made in the Irish peerage, and 15 promotions. 300 MPs had to be cut to 100, plus only 32 peers. Sinecures on various boards (revenue commissioners, inland navigation, etc) were allocated to those who lost their seat. 88 by elections took place in 1800!