[198] Com. Journ., vol. x., p. 751.
[199] Ib., p. 16, speech from the throne, and ib., p. 25, address from the House of Commons to the king.
[200] Ib., p. 25. Address from the House of Commons to the king.
[201] Com. Journ., vol. x., p. 25.
[202] They brought in a law for the encouragement of tillage, which was ineffectual (see post 42); but the preamble of that Act is a legislative proof of the unhappy condition of the poor of this country before that time. The preamble recites, “the extreme necessity to which the poor of this kingdom had been too frequently reduced for want of provisions.”
[203] Com. Journ., vol. x., p. 285.
[204] Com. Journ. vol. xi., p. 472. Speaker’s speech.
[205] Ib., p. 16.
[206] The Acts passed in ’58, giving bounties on the land carriage of corn, and on coals brought to Dublin.
[207] Com. Journ., vol. xi., p. 212.