"(11.) Beacons, lighthouses, or sea-marks;
"(12.) The coinage; the value of foreign money; legal tender; or weights and measures; or
"(13.) Copyright, patent rights, or other exclusive rights to the use or profits of any works or inventions."
Of these exceptions the first four preserve the imperial rights which have been insisted on above, and maintain the position of Ireland as an integral portion of that Empire of which Great Britain is the head. The remaining exceptions are either subsidiary to the first four, or relate, as is the case with exceptions 10 to 13, to matters on which it is desirable that uniformity should exist throughout the whole Empire. The restrictions in clause 4 are:—
"The Irish Legislature shall not make any law—
"(1.) Respecting the establishment or endowment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
"(2.) Imposing any disability, or conferring any privilege, on account of religious belief; or
"(3.) Abrogating or derogating from the right to establish or maintain any place of denominational education or any denominational institution or charity; or
"(4.) Prejudicially affecting the right of any child to
attend a school receiving public money without attending the religious instruction at that school; or