Parliament of Great Britain Kingdom with effect from 1 January 1801. Following the Treaty of Union in 1706, Acts of Union ratifying the Treaty were passed in both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland, which created a new Kingdom of Great Britain. The Acts dissolved both parliaments, replacing them with a new parliament, referred to as the 'Parliament of Great Britain', based in the home of the former English parliament. All of the traditions, procedures, and standing orders of the English parliament were retained, as were the incumbent officers, and members representing England comprised the overwhelming majority of the new body.
John Bull had reached the last limits of insult." In another of Verne's novels, "Around the World in Eighty Days", an American colonel refers to the English protagonist as "a son of John Bull." Some John Bull imagery appears in the first volume of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. John Bull is visible in the illustration accompanying the foreword, on a matchbox on the comic's first page and in person at the bottom of the final panel. In the Japanese anime "Hellsing Ultimate", Alucard refers to Walter, the Hellsing family butler, as "John Bull" on a