deceffors, and the conquerors of Ireland, made bold to lay before your majefty the true ftate of their feveral and refpective grievances, a burden now become almost too heavy to bear.

And your memorialist was rather induced to lay this memorial at your auguft majefty's feet, as it was on good prefumption furmifed, that all accefs to your royal ear was fhut up, and your liege fubjects debarred the liberty of complaining, a right ever allowed to your majefty's liege fubjects of what degree or condition foever.

That no notice being taken of feveral remonftrances heretofore made by your majefty's liege fubjects, it was humbly prefumed, that fuch remonftrances had been stopped, and debarred in their progrefs to your royal

ear.

That your memorialist, at the request of feveral thousands of your liege fubjects, as well the nobles as the clergy, the gentry, and commonalty of the kingdom, has ventured on this bold ftep, for which he humbly craves your majesty's pardon, as nothing but the diftrefs of his countrymen, your most loyal fubjects, could have drawn him to this prefumption.

That in general the face of your loyal kingdom of Ireland wears difcontent, a discontent not coloured from caprice or faction, but purely founded on minifterial mifapplication.

That though feveral perfons, particularly N. G. was called to account for the public money, which he had drawn out of the treafury, and depofited in the banks, yet this inquifition came to nothing by the mediation of party, and the interpofition of power.

That the Duke of Dorfet's fon Lord George, though in high and lucrative employments already, not fatisfied therewith, has restlessly grafped at power, infatiable in his acquifitions.

That the primate, who is now on the pinnacle of honor, connected with the faid noble lord, has made ufe of his influence to inveft himself of temporal power, and like a greedy churchman, affects to be a fecond Wolfey in

the fenate.

That influences being fo predominant, corruption fo formidable, and elections fo controlled by the mighty power of thofe two statesmen, your loyal kingdom of Ireland feels the fad effects of it, and dreads this duumvirate as much as England did that of the Earl of Stafford and Archbishop Laud. That your other minifters, officers, fubjects, and fervants, being cut out of

dignity

dignity and power by this formidable monopoly, can fcarce perform the proper functions of their miniftry, as all measures are determined by fatal and influenced majorities in the houses.

That the citizens of Dublin have for a long time laboured under an unprecedented flavery in fubjection to the bankers of administration, who act in a defpotic manner, raising and difpofing the public revenues of the city, juft as to them feems fitting.

That your majefty's intereft in the hearts of your loyal fubjects is likely to be affected by thofe arbitrary measures, as the landed intereft is very much injured thereby, and as few care to reprefent their country in parliaments where a junto of two or three men difconcert every measure taken for the good of the fubject, or the caufe of common liberty.

That your memorialift has nothing to afk of your majefty, neither place, civil or military, neither employment or preferment for himfelf or friends, and that nothing but his duty to your majefty and his natural hatred to fuch deteftable monopoly, could have induced your memorialift to this prefumption,

Who is,

The Gentlemen who voted in Support of the Refolutions. (Page 319.) [Marked thus,* spoke in the Debate.]

Tellers for the Ayes.

Lord Moore, Lieutenant Colonel of Horse.
*Edmond Sexton Pery, Efq.

Hon. Hugh Skeffington, Lieutenant

of Horfe

Charles O'Neile, Efq.

William Richardfon, Efq.

James Smyth, Efq. Collector of *William Brownlow, Efq.

Dublin

Hon. John Caulfield, Efq.

ΜΕ

Hon. John Butler, Efq. Clerk of the Thomas Tenifon, Efq. Commiffioner

Robert Fitzgerald, Efq. Judge Ad- Richard Moore, Efq.

Against the Question, and for Stifling the Refolutions from appearing before

His Majefty.

Tellers for Noes.

*Sir Richard Cox, Bart. Penfioner

Thomas Carter, Efq. junior.

Hon. Hungford Skeffington, Pen- Andrew Knox, Esq.

Hon. James Obrien, Efq. Collector William Cooper, Efq.

*Warden Flood, Efq. Attorney Ge- Frederick Gore, Efq. Galbraith Lowry, Efq.

John Gore, Efq. Counfel to the Frederick Gore, Efq.

No. LX.

Exhortation of the Roman Catholic Clergy of Dublin, read from their Altars on the Second of October, 1757. (P. 320.)

(From the Dublin Journal of October 4th, 1757.)

IT is now time, Chriftians, that you return your moft grateful thanks to Almighty God, who, after vifiting you with a fcarcity, which approached near unto a famine, has been graciously pleafed, like a merciful father, to