NOTES AND QUEKIES.
L2 n < S. NO 21., MAY 24. '56.
proceeding; adjourned to Ten next day: At Four after-
noon Committee of Petitions and Trade sate ; a Petition
preferred by Nannie against Gerard Borre, Esq., for Per-
quisites of the Clerk of Parliament; Borre ordered to
appear Monday following at Four in the afternoon.
"May 11. Bishop of Limerick introduced: House or- dered to attend the King in their Robes, which they did : The Orders of the House read : Bill for Trade read the I second time, and committed: Bill of Recognition brought I into the House from the Commons; at Eleven the King I comes to the House in his Robes, and passes the Bill ; the | King goes' out. Tis disputed, whether the Session was j not discontinued bypassing the Bill; moved to refer it : to the Judges by the Bishop of Meath ; over-ruled, and resolved in the Negative. Adjourned till Mun- day.
"May 13. A Bill brought into the House by C. J. Nugent for altering the Act of Settlement, read once, and motion made for the second reading, but rejected. The King present at Four in the afternoon ; the Committee of Petitions and Privileges sate ; Borres Answer put in, and Nangle ordered to repty. Lord Brittas's Petition con- ce.rning his Arrest 18 years ago, read; Affidavit ordered to be made, and on the Affidavit the Party to be commit- ted to the Black Rod.
"May 14. The Peers names called; License of absence granted, and Proxies admitted: Two Bills brought up hy the Commons, and read once ; one for recalling all Grants of Civil Offices from the King, during Life or Good behaviour: Another against Writs of Error, and Appeal into England; and that an Act of Parliament in England shall not bind Ireland. King present all the while.
" May la. Earl of Westmeath introduced Bill for va- cating Offices, &c. read second time, and committed; Speaker quits the Chair : Chief Justice Nugent called up by the King to be Chair-man ; the Bishop of Meath against it for two Reasons; 1st. Because able Officers might be turned out without fault. 2d. It was unjust to turn men out of Freehold without tryal or compensation, the Lord Chancellor for it, because to the King's preju- dice to grant them : the House reassumed, and the Bill read a third time ; at every Sentence the Clerk stopt, and the Speaker asks the House, Shall it pass without amend- ment ? It was put to the vote ; all consent but the Bishop of Meath, who desired to protest, but was denyed, because he offered it too late ; viz. after the votes were past ; King present all along.
"May 1C. Ch. Just. Nugent reports the Alterations made in the Bill of Trade: The Bill against Writs of Error, &c. read the Second time, and committed : Speaker quits his place; Chief Justice Nugent assumes it: Bishop of Meath argues against it, because against his Oath of Supremacy to the King; because prejudicial fcp the King and Kingdom ; robbing the King of his Prerogative, and the Subject of the Liberty of appealing to the King in person: He desires a Clause in the latter end for saving all Writs of Error, and Appeals now depending In Eng- land : The Lord Chancellor for the Bill, argues from the Ease and Benefit of the Subject. The House reassumed | the Bill, read seriatim, as the other before ; after that, put to the vote ; all consent : The King present at all the Debates. A Bill read onre, making it Treason to bring in Counterfeit Foreign Coin into the Kingdom ; referred to the Committee. A Petition preferred about Butter- Casks, and referred. At Four in the afternoon the Committee sits, and refers the Bill about Money to the Judges; and that about Casks to the Committee of Trade.
" May 17. The Bill about Trade read twice, and passed nemine cmtradicente : Lord Primate's Summons and Proxy granted to the Bishop of Meath, read and allowed : ob- jected, That the Proxy should be introduced, not allowed,
because the Primate did not appear ; but it was carried in
the Negative, and presidents were cited for it.
" May 18. Journals of the last day read : A Petition for the relief of some poor Prisoners, read, and referred to the Committee.
" May 20. Journals of the House read ; Lord Dillon in- troduced.
" May 21. Earl of Barrymore's Proxy granted to the Lord Granard, allowed, but not read :" Lord Dunfauy's Proxy allowed.
"May 22. Lord Trimnestown, and Lord Kilmahar in- troduced. Motion made by Bishop of Meath ngainst the Sheriffs of Dublin foPquartering an Officer upon him; Ordered, That no Peer should be quartered on ; and that the Sheriff should be committed to the Black Rod. The Bill for repealing the Acts of Settlement brought up from the Commons by Coll. Macharty, and lodged in the House.
" Observe, That nothing was done in the House for four days before, because the King waited for this Bill from the Commons ; and that the King sent frequently for it; the Black Rod having called to the House of Commons six or seven times this very day to send it up, the Lords House and King spent the time in Discourses and News.
"Mai/ 23. Journals of last day read. The bill from the Commons lodged yesterday, read this day once : Motion made to have it read again in the afternoon, but rejected: Bishop of Meath moves, That the Lords Bill might have Precedence of it in reading, or at least, that both might be committed : The first rejected, the latter granted : The Commons Bill ordered to be read next morning.
"May 24. Col. Macarty made Baron, Moun Casson in- troduced. The Commons Bill of Repeal read again, and committed to the whole House; moved the Lords Bill of Repeal might be read and committed ; but denied. Se- veral Petitions read, put in by Persons concerned under the Acts ; all referred, except Capt. Kelly's.
" May 25. Bill about Counterfeit Foreign Coin amended, and read the Third time: Controversie between Trimne- stown and Dunsany about Precedencies, Reported by the Committee, adjudged to Trimnestown, because it was so in 1034 ; with a saving to Dunsany, if he can shew a better Right. Several Petitions read, preferred by Per- sons concerned under the Acts of Settlement and Expla- nation, and by others for Remainders: One by Lord Clan Meleera, to he relieved against the Sale of his Estate to Sir Patrick Trant.
"May 27. Several Petitions read, and Counsel on them heard at the Lords Bar ; viz. Lord Gal ways, Mathews, Lord Kingstown's brothers, Sir Henry Bingham's bro- ther's ; the Scope of them all was, To have savings for their Remainders, and consideration for their Improve- ments; referred all to the Committee of Petitions.
" May 28. Several Petitions read, relating to the Act of Settlement; Bill of Repeal read the second time; the House adjourned during Pleasure, and Resolved into a, Grand Committee ; the Bill of Repeal read by Para- graphs ; some Objections made, which occasioned some Alterations. Motion made for adjourning till Thursday, because Wednesday was a Holiday: the King ask'd, What Holiday? Answered, The Restoration of his Bro- ther and Hiniself, &c. He replied, The fitter to Restore those Loyal Catholic Gentlemen that had suffered with him, and been kept unjustly out of their Estates; the Motion rejected.
" May -}9. Petitions read, and referred to the Commit- tee; the House Resolved into a Grand Committee; the rest of the Bill read by paragraphs; Objections made; some over-ruled, others thought reasonable; King offers a new Preamble to the Bill, instead of that which was sent up from the Commons House ; Assented to it. Judge
