[26] On the passing of this bill Sir Charles E. Trevelyan remarks with
quiet severity:--"There is no mention of grants or loans; but an Act was
passed by the Irish Parliament, 1741 (15 George II, cap. 8), for the
more effectual securing the payment of rents and preventing frauds by
tenants."--_Irish Crisis_, p. 13.
[27] Matthew O'Connor's _History of the Irish Catholics_, p. 222.
[28] The Judges held the assizes in Tuam instead of Galway this year, on
account of the fever in the latter place.--_Dutton's Galway_.
[29] _The Groans of Ireland, in a letter to an M.P._, 1741. The
estimated population in 1731 was 2,010,221. Rutty says it was computed,
perhaps, with some exaggeration, that one-fifth of the people died of
famine and pestilence. This agrees with the higher estimate above.
[30] _Philo-Ierne_, London, May 20, 1755. Reprinted in Cork with the
author's name, Richard Bocklesly, Esq., M.D. It is hardly necessary to
say that the "people" referred to in the above extract mean merely the
English colony in Ireland.
[31] _Ibid._, pp. 5 & 6--He seems to use the word "dairy" here in a
sense somewhat different from its present application.
[32] The Bristol barrel contained 22 stones--one stone more than the
Irish barrel.
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