A TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE WHOLE PROCEEDINGS OF THE PARLIAMENT IN IRELAND BEGINNING March 25 1689 and ending the 29th of June following with the Establishment of their Forces there Licensed and Entred according to Order LONDON Printed for Robert Clavell at the Peacock in St. Paul's Church-Yard MDCLXXXIX THE JOURNAL OF THE PARLIAMENT IN IRELAND c. MARCH 25. 1689. A Proclamation issued out for a Parliament to be held in Dublin May 7. no Popish Bishops summoned May 7. Parliament met in the Inns Some Lords introduced Bishop of Meath and Cork amongst the rest the King enters with Robes and Crown makes a Speech Chancellor bids the Commons chuse a Speaker they go to their House and having chosen Sir Richard Nagle present him within half an hour he is accepted House adjourns till Ten in the Morning two Lords called by Writ Chancellor Lord _____ Nugent Lord Riverstown May 8. Bishop of Story introduced Address of Thanks to the King and Abhorrence voted A Committee appointed to draw it up A Message to the Commons for their concurrence The King comes into the House appoints Four in the Afternoon for both Houses to attend him with it A Bill brought into the House by C. J. Nugent and read twice Rege present Containing a Recognition of the King's Title and an Abhorrence of the P. of O's Usurpation and of the defection of the English ordered after to be ingrolsed Committees of Grievances and Petitions appointed House adjourned till Friday morning May 10. King comes into the House and stays there all the Session Bill of Recognition c. read the third time sent down to the Commons by two Judges who report the delivery of it A Bill brought in by C. J. Nugent for incouraging Trade by inviting Strangers into the Kingdom taking only the Oath of Fidelity read once The King directs the House in the Methods of proceeding adjourned to Ten next day At Four afternoon Committee of Petitions and Trade sate a Petition preferred by Nangle against Gerard Borre Esq for Perquisites of the Clerk of Parliament Borre ordered to appear Monday following at Four in the Afternoon May 11. Bishop of Limerick introduced House ordered to attend the King in their Robes which they did The Orders of the House read Bill for Trade read the second time and commited Bill of Recognition brought into the House from the Commons at Eleven the King comes to the House in his Robes and passes the Bill the King goes out 'T is disputed whether the Session was not discontinued by passing the Bill moved to refer it to the Judges by the Bishop of Meath over-ruled and resolved in the Negative Adjourned till Munday 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 reply Lord Brittas's Petition concerning his Arrest 18 years ago read Affidavit ordered to be made and on the Affidavit the Party to be committed to the Black Rod. May 14. The Peers names called License of absence granted and Proxies admitted Two Bills brought up by 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 15. Earl of Westmeath introduced Bill for vacating 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 prejudice 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 amendment 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 16. 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 to 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 England 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 once 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 contradicente Lord Primate's Summons and Proxy granted to the Bishop of Meath read and allowed objected 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 introduced May 21. Earl of Barrymore's Proxy granted to the Lord Granard allowed but not read Lord Dunsany's Proxy allowed May 22. Lord Trimnestown and Lord Kilmahar introduced Motion made by Bishop of Meath against the Sheriffs of Dublin for quartering 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 May 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
1st That the present Possessors may have time to remove till May next 2dly That all Remainders may be forfeited and vested in the King Journals read THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE of LORDS JVNE 12. 1689. JOurnals Read. Lords of the Committee report the Conference Yesterday to the House Commons Reasons debated and upon the whole the Lords agree with them to the first and the Commons condescend in the business of Remainders June 13. C. J. Nugent Reports to the House from the Committee of Petitions several things The Bill for adding and diminishing the Duties on Forreign Commodities and alterations in it read twice A Bill for Liberty of Conscience brought up from the Commons and read once June 14. The Journals Read. Speaker moves that the Bill for Liberty of Conscience may be laid aside for some time and that the House would dispatch for the King must send away his Officers The Bill for adding and diminishing Duties on Forreign Commodities sent up to the House without Alteration the meaning of this Bill is to enable the King to enhance or diminish Duties on such Commodities as he thinks fit At the same time three more Bills were sent up one for taking off incapacities from the Irish Natives another for Repealing the Provision for Ministers in Corporate Towns the third for Regulating the Tithing Table of Vlster each of these read twice and committed In the Afternoon the Committee sits and reads the Bill against the Provision of Ministers and agrees to it the B. of Meath B. Cork B. Limerich and E. Longford dissent June 15. Journals read Bill for taking off incapacities from Natives read twice and passed nemine contradicente the meaning of this Bill is that some Statutes disabled Natives to be Lords-Justices School-masters c. which is now repealed June 17. Bill of Repeal with all its Additions and Alterations sent up Ingrossed from the Commons and read thrice Question put Consent or not B. of Meath Cork Ossory and E. Longford dissent Petitions read and a Bill brought in by Talbot concerning his Rent for the Water-course read twice and committed A new Bill for Liberty of Conscience offered to the House by C. J. Nugent read once and committed the King saying that the first Bill for Liberty of Conscience was more severe against the Church of England than he intended After the House rose the King comes to the B. of Meath and tells him that he did not like the Commons Bill against Liberty of Conscience that it diminisht his Prerogative and design'd to make him break his word with our Church that he intended not to take down the Acts of Uniformity nor destroy our Religion but only to take away the Penalties that were against Liberty The bottom of this Intreague was from C. J. Herb. who plainly foresaw that this would absolutely lose the King all his Protestant Friends in England as being directly contrary to all his Promises and upon this account ingaged the French Ambassadour to be against it or else it had certainly past But the work is done effectually by other Bills and the Act of Uniformity will stand like the Edict of Nants till there be no occasion for it At 4 in the Afternoon the Committee meets and considers the Bill for Liberty of Conscience and the Tithing Table of Vlster and makes Alterations in them June 18. Four Bills sent up from the Commons one for inviting Forreigners to trade here sent up with alterations upon which a present Conference is desired by the Lords they insist on this clause and the Subjects of the most Christian King Lords against these words because they were to the prejudice of the French King. 2 d. A Bill for the disposing of Intestates Goods 2 d. For the continuing a former Statute made for preventing Delays and Executions and Writs of Errour 4th For taking away the benefit of Clergy for two years each of these Bills read once and ordered to be read again next Morning The Clergy of Dublins Petition read The new Bill for Liberty of Conscience fram'd in the Lord's House read twice with its amendments and order'd to be Ingross'd At Four in the Afternoon the Committee meets about Mrs. Walls business and hears the Proofs for her Marriage A Bill brought in by C. J. Nugent against keeping Octob. 23. June 19. Journals read Clergy of Dublin about their Provision heard at the Bar Conference with the House of Commons order'd on it but after alter'd A Bill for Subsidies brought up by the Commons read thrice and passed it grants the King 20000 l. per Month for 13 Months to be paid by Tenants and allowed by Landlords out of their Rents The new Bill for Liberty of Conscience together with their own sent to the Commons Committee sits about Walls business June 20. Clergy of Dublin consider'd and the Bill read twice and passed Four Bishops dissent and six Lords some of them Papists Three Bills read twice and passed nemine contradicente viz. 1st For Martial Law 2 d For Preventing Delays in Executions 3 d For taking away the Benefit of Clergy for two Years The Bill for Repealing the 23 d of October read twice and passed nemine contradicente except B. of Meath The Bill about Intestates Goods read and committed In the Afternoon the Committee sits about Walls business and the Bill of Intestates Goods A Bill passed in the morning for regulating the Tithing Table of Vlster all the Bishops dissent from it and pray leave to enter their dissent to that and the Bill repealing the Provision for Ministers in Cities which was granted and the next morning they bring in their dissent to the Clerk in Writing After the House was Adjourned the Bishop of Meath asks his Majesty whether the Clause in the Bills viz. By and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual should not be expung'd where the Bishops did not consent the King saith no for they were only to enter their Dissent but the stile of the Bills must not be alter'd Minutes of the HOUSE of COMMONS JVNE 21. 1689. AN Act for Repealing the 23d of October 41 sent to us by the Lords read and passed and the Bill for Liberty of Conscience ingrossed and read as it came from the Lords which is quite different from the Bill sent up to them move to throw it out it being a different Bill from what first pass'd the House and therefore ought to be laid aside but not being seconded it was passed and these two Bills together with a Bill against Parrol Wills c. and a Bill to repeal the Unions of Parishes c. A Bill for R. C. to pay their Tithes to their own Clergy A Bill for Encouraging of Trades c. were sent up to the Lords by Mr. Stafford and a Committee of several of the House went up with them The Report read for repealing Poinings Statutes and told us the King would have a Clause that he and his Heirs should have the
Bill first agreed to by him and his Councel before they should pass the Commons and it s ordered to be recommitted and the House inclined to be as free as the Parliaments of England Several private Petitions read and referred and told us the King would pass the Royal Assent to the Bill of Repeal to morrow June 22. Mr. Poolwhiles Petition read to be reprised for a Debt pretended he had Outlaw'd one and gotten a Custodium whose Estate was to be given to the old Propriator and desired a particular Clause for his Case after Argument put to the Vote and carried he should be reprized After which it was moved that all Cases of the like nature should be reprisable and the Speaker made answer it was a Motion of Vexation to which the Party answered it was but common justice but none seconding the said Motion it fell The House was sent for by the Black Rod the King and Lords being in their Robes the Speaker attended and made a Speech in which he declared what Act they desired his Majesty to pass to wit An Act of Supply for 260000 l. to be raised in 13 Months An Act to repeal the Act of Settlement and Explanation c. And an Act of Liberty of Conscience with Eight several other Acts to which the King answered Le Roy le voilt and so they pass'd After the Commons reassumed their House a Speech was made in behalf of the Speaker to be consider'd for his Service and also one for the Lord Mont Cassel and a Committee appointed to consider and report the same June 25. This day moved that my Lord Mount Cassel and Lord Chancellor Lord Chief Baron and Sir William Talbot with others should be provided for as Meriting Persons and Voted that none but the Speaker and Officers of the House should be considered as such The List of the People to be attainted read for Linster moved in the behalf of John Weaver that he should not be Attainted Collonel Barret desired that those Members that moved for such ill men should be turned out of the House but checked by the Speaker This day Sir John Temple made a Capital-man in the List of Attainders June 26. This day the List of Attainders was read for the County and City of Dublin and Sir Joshua Allen to be attainted and Sir Henry Bond and Sir Patrick Trent Examined about him Coffee appears at the Summons of Mr. Talbot and ordered to appear to morrow Sir Thomas Southwell and others attainted by Jury are to be attainted by name in the List June 27. This day the report about the Bill for giving Absenters Goods to the King read twice and moved that it was unreasonable to give his Majesties Commissioners of the Revenue a power to seise any ones Person for having Absenters Goods against whom no other Evidence was given than a single Oath but not being seconded was ordered to be ingrossed and said by the Speaker it was only for delay 'T was moved likewise by Mr. L. that my Lord Mount Cassel should have the thanks of the House and Addressed for to the King for his Service and after great Debate laid aside least it should lessen D. T 's for whom the House had done the like before after which they went on the List of Attainders June 28. An Act about the City matters sent us by the Lords An Act to inforce Martial Law amongst Soldiers sent us by the Lords and likewise an account that they agreed with us in two other Acts we sent them concerning disuniting of Unions after the List of Attainders read for Munster and some part of Connaght June 29. The Bill about the City Water read the House not being in number Forty Five The Bill about Absenters Goods Ingrossed and Read and moved to be cast out and seconded the Speaker violently opposed it but past after the List for Vlster read of Attainders FINIS ESTABLISHMENT MAY 1689. d. p. diem p. mens  Men 6 ½ 16 3 1 Troop of Granadeers contains 50 6 ½ 16 3 7 Regiments of Horse contain 2750 5 ¼ 13 1 ½ 7 Regiments of Dragoons contain 3800    The Royal Reg. contains 22 Comp. 90 in each Comp. 1980 4 10 42 Reg. of Foot 13 Comp. 62 men each 33852    Total 42432 Deductions 3 d. per Pound for the Hospital from all Soldiers and Officers 1 d. per diem for the Cloaths ½ for Shooes and ½ for Cloaths Foot. 1 ¼ per diem from Dragoons ½ for Furniture ¾ for Horses Dragoons 1 ½ p. diem from Troopers ½ to the Captain for Furniture 1 d. for the Clerk. Horse HORSE 7 Reg. Duke of Tyrconnel Lord Galmoy Coll. Sarsfield Coll. Southerland Lord Abercorne Coll. H. Luttrel Coll. Parker DRAGOONS 7 Reg. Lord Dungan Sir Neil O Neil Coll. Dan. O Brien Coll. Nich. Purcell Coll. Clifford Sir James Cotter Coll. Simon Luttrel FOOT 42 Regiments Col. John Hamilton Ramsey Earl of Clancarty Col. Ant. Hamilton Earl of Clanricard Earl of Antrim Lord Gormanstown Lord Clare Lord Galloway Lord Slane Lord Lowth Lord Duleek Monsieur Boislon Sir Val. Brown. Sir John Fitzgerald Sir Maur. Euslaw Col. Wil. Nugent Col. H. Dillon Col. John Grace Col. Rich. Butler Col. Edw. Butler Col. Walter Butler Col. John Bourk Col. Char. Moore Col. Corn. O Neil Col. Cavenagh Col. Gordon O Neil Col. Nich. Brown. Sir Mich. Creagh Col. Brien Mac Maghon Col. Tool Col. Oxbrough Col. Maccarty Moor. Col. Barret Col. Farrel Col. Bagnall Lord Bagnall Lord Tyrone Col. Cha. O Brien Lord Iveagh Col. O Donavan Col. Dom. Brown. A Letter from DVBLIN June the 12th 1689. I For some particular reasons resolved not to write to you any more especially being uncertain whether you received my former or if you did whether they were of any use but the particular reason of my not writing being partly ceased I consider it is no great matter if I lose my pains I hope to send you an Abstract of what has been done in the House of Lords and Commons having a promise of such an Account from those that know them We have had three Expresses from England John Browne the Lawyer came over about a Fortnight ago from Millford and landed at Waterford Sir J C 's Son came in a Wherry and landed about Wickloe but that which was most material was from the Lord M. by some Quakers that came last Week hither in a Wherry some the like went yesterday back to you we have several Expresses sent over to you that way and a strict Imbargo least any should follow and discover them You must not expect the secret of their Messages from me only 't is reported that John Browne brought no Letters with him but come over with a design to save his Iron-works from the new Proprietors I hear that upon his Petition to the Parliament the Possession is secured to him by a Proviso he paying Rent He reports that England is unanimous and that we must expect
an Invasion by the next Easterly Wind The Quakers and Crosby talk likewise of an Invasion but represent the People of England as dissatisfied I find there is still an expectation and dependance on Scotland tho' not so strong as at first we talk very confidently of a Fleet and fifteen Thousand Fusileers from France the French Fleet to consist of eighty Men of War I verily believe there is something in it without some such Aid Ireland does appear but an easie Conquest which is not the French Interest The misery of this Town is very great some being little better than Dragoon'd by the Quartering of Souldiers some have ten some twelve some twenty or thirty quarter'd on them and yet I cannot find that besides what came in to day there were above three thousand and odd Men in Town but the reason is plain each man has many Quarters and some Captains make thirty or forty Shillings a Week by them they come in by twelve one or two of the Clock by night to demand Quarters and turn people out of their Beds beat wound and sometimes rob them There are two or three hundred Priests in Town and they are quarter'd likewise as the Souldiers and so are generally Noblemen and Gentlemen with their Retinue tho' not actually in the Army I have sent you the new Establishment of the Forces only I think four Regiments of Horse and some of Dragoons are not yet raised I hear all those People call'd Rapperees or Half-Pike-men are to be muster'd and arm'd Commissions are signing for all that can bear Arms in the Kingdom Duke of Tyrconnel disbanded 2000 a few Weeks ago which are all entertained again or at least as many as will come in but we are most strangly uncertain in all our Counsels which is visible not only in this but in every thing else One day the Camp near Dublin is to go on and they work close at it then it is intermitted and laid aside one day we are to go into England and send a Declaration before us and to be restored another day we are frightned with a ramour of an Army landing out of England to drive us out of all yet the King seems very well contented and pleasant he sleeps eats and is in better health than usual Tuesday the 4th instant we had an Alarum that Derry was burnt with Bombs that the King's Army had taken it and put all in it to the Sword Nugent of Carlandstown brought this News into the House of Commons just when they were putting to the Vote whether they should prosecute the Impeachment against Judge Dally some think Nugent being his Friend did it designedly the News was received with loud Huzza's and in that good and jolly humour they acquitted the Judge But our Friday's Express brought us another account which was That the King's Forces had endeavoured to regain the Wind-Mill-hill out of which they had been beaten by the Sally when Ramsey the King's General was kill'd but that they were beaten off with great loss this was on Tuesday and by computation about the same time the Huzza was made in the House of Commons Col Dorrington and Col. Nugent two of the briskest Officers of the King's Army are desperately wounded if not dead 'T is reported that seven Field Officers were killed or taken and about thirty other Officers We have no certain account of the Souldiers the best account says three hundred fell 'T is said they run away and left their Officers in the lurch I am promised a List of the Officers that were killed It is said that there are not above five thousand in the King's Camp at Derry notwithstanding all that have gone down a great many having run away as soon as they had loaded themselves with Plunder and above two thousand sand being killed or dead since their first going down they shake and tremble so when they come to Charge that they cannot fire they that have March locks cannot be brought by any means to Discipline or to use them aright this I have from a good hand We bear that some English Ships are in the Lough of Derry a Boom with Trees and Masts is made cross the River at Culmore Fort to hinder any Succours that a Ship who attempted to get up is stranded I believe their greatest want in Derry is Firing and Coals will be a very pretious Commodity with them and I believe in a little while they will want Cloaths for wearing and Drink They talk if old Sir Charles Coot were alive and had but a thousand Horse to the Foot that are in the Town he would not fail to fight the King's Army in the Field About the beginning of this Month a Party of Horse and Foot from Enniskilling made an Inroad into the County of Cavan they drove all the Cattle of the County they did not spare Protestants who were under Protection only such as would go with them they help'd away with their Bag and Baggage those that would not go were forst to part with all to them which they said they did least the King's Forces should make a Prey of them they took all Provision Horses and Arms they could meet with they disarm'd some of the King's Forces that lay at Belturbeit Bally-Carrig and elsewhere they burnt only such places as were of strength and capable of being garrison'd they kill'd none they came as far as Finagh and Virginia which you 'll find in the Mapps The Party is said to have been two Thousand we were alarum'd at this here and General Monsieur Rosen went down to Trim with four Field-Pieces and several Regiments amongst the rest the Lord-Mayor's of Dublin who led his men himself twelve Regiments I hear were design'd I hear the Bullets both for the Field-Pieces and Muskets were found to have been too big which made General Rosen storm horribly Since the Defeat at Derry I hear he and the Forces designed for Enniskilling are commanded to Derry two of the Field-Peices are come back General Hamilton is suspected and rail'd at by the Commonalty but I do not believe that there is any ground for it or that the King does entertain any thoughts of it It is reported from good hands that the People of Enniskilling have made up their Horse near 1500 and their Foot near 6000 a Party so considerable that it is fear'd England may think it self concerned to save them by hastening their Invasion if they intend any There are many Discontents among the Roman Catholicks about the Acts of Settlement and the French for the Natives look very suspiciously on them and many do publickly say that they are sold to the French at least that Cautionary Towns are to be given them If an Army should Invade us before these Discontents are quieted 't is to be fear'd that they would soon gain the Submission of a considerable Party of the Roman Catholicks upon good terms and perhaps if their help were accepted would joyn to drive out