liament of the united kingdom; and that, on a day and hour to be appointed by his majefty under the great feal of Ireland, previous to the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and one, the members then ferving for the college of the Holy Trinity of Dublin, and for each of the following cities or boroughs, that is to fay, the city of Waterford, city of Limerick, borough of Belfast, county and town of Drogheda, county and town of Carrickfergus, borough of Newry, city of Kilkenny, city of Londonderry, town of Galway, borough of Clonmell, town of Wexford, town of Youghall, town of Bandon-Bridge, borough of Armagh, borough of Dundalk, town of Kinfale, borough of Lisburne, borough of Sligo, borough of Catherlough, borough of Ennis, borough of Dungarvan, borough of Downpatrick, borough of Coleraine, town of Mallow, borough of Athlone, town of New Rofs, borough of Tralee, city of Cafhel, borough of Dungannon, borough of Portarlington, and borough of Enniskillen, or any five or more of them, fhall meet in the now, ufual place of meeting of the Houfe of Commons of Ireland, and the names of the members then ferving for the faid places and boroughs, fhall be written on feparate pieces of paper, and the said papers being folded up, fhall be placed in a glass or glasses, and shall fucceffively be drawn thereout by the clerk of the crown, or his deputy, who shall then and there attend for that purpose; and the first drawn name of a member of each of the aforefaid places or boroughs shall be taken as the name of the member to serve for the faid place or borough in the firft parliament of the united kingdom; and a return of the faid names fhall be made by the clerk of the crown, or his deputy, to the House of Commons of the first parliament of the united kingdom; and a certificate thereof shall be given refpectively by the said clerk of the crown, or his deputy, to each of the members whose names fhall have been so drawn: Provided always, that it may be allowed to any member of any of the said places or boroughs, by perfonal application, to be then and there made by him to the clerk of the crown, or his deputy, or by declaration in writing under his hand, to be tranfmitted by him to the clerk of the crown previous to the faid day fo appointed as above, to withdraw his name previous to the drawing of the names by lot; in which cafe, or in that of a vacancy by death or otherwise otherwise of one of the members of any of the faid places. or boroughs, at the time of fo drawing the names, the name of the other member shall be returned as aforefaid as the name of the member to serve for fuch place in the firft parliament of the united kingdom; or if both members for any fuch place or borough fhall fo withdraw their names, or if there fhall be a va cancy of both members at the time aforefaid, the clerk of the crown shall certify the fame to the House of Commons of the firft parliament of the united kingdom, and shall also exprefs, in fuch return, whether any writ fhall then have iffued for the election of a member or members to supply such vacancy"; and if a writ fhall fo have iffued for the election of one member only, fuch writ fhall be fuperfeded, and any election to be thereafter made thereupon shall be null and of no effect; and if fuch writ fhall have iffued for the election of two members, the faid two members shall be chosen accordingly, and their names being returned by the clerk of the crown to the House of Commons of the parliament of the united kingdom, one of the faid names fhall then be drawn, by lot, in fuch manner and time as the faid House of Commons shall direct; and the person whose name shall be fo drawn, shall be deemed to be the member to fit for fuch place in the firft parliament of the united kingdom; but if, at the time aforefaid, no writ fhall have iffued to fupply fuch va cancy, none shall thereafter iffue until the fame be ordered by resolution of the Houfe of Commons of the parliament of the united kingdom, as in the cafe of any other vacancy of a feat in the House of Commons of the parliament of the united kingdom. And be it enacted, that whenever his majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, fhall, by proclamation under the great feal of the united kingdom, summon a new parliament of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the chancellor, keeper, or commiffioners of the great feal of Ireland, fhall cause writs to be iffued to the feveral counties, cities, the college of the Holy Trinity of Dublin, and boroughs in that part of the united kingdom called Ireland, fpecified in this act, for the election of members to ferve in the parliament of the united kingdom, according to the numbers herein-before set forth; and whenever any vacancy of a feat in the Houfe of Commons or the parliament of the united kingdom, for any of the said counties, cities, or or boroughs, or for the faid college of the Holy Trinity of Dub III. And be it enacted, that the great feal of Ireland may, if INDEX. INDEX. The Numeral Letters refer to the Volume; the Figures to 765 ANNALS of Ireland I. 51, 52 Bruce's, Edward, invasion 161 168 his defeat 200 Armoric, of, Saint Lawrence, unites with the Irish 130 ( 409 473 56, 59 Antiremonftrants, II. · 112, 113 Aghrim, battle of - American colonies, revolt of B. 6 17 Bogs of Ireland, I. 239 193 abolished 395 C. · Colonies of Ireland 23 40, 49 Columbanus Church, ancient of Ireland 52,58 Cafhel, Synod of, I. 34 Cathal, bloody handed IS 20 3I 105 128 140 152, 153 169 Cole's perfecuting commiffion 252 Coinage, bafe, of Elizabeth 302, national scheme of, II. 286, D. 26, 27 44 De Burgo, William 202 Desmond, earl of, acts as inde- 269 defeat of 270 Devereux, Walter, earl of Ef- 272 Defenders E. England, fummary of its hif- Finn Mac-Comhal, I. Druids, I. 134 De Cogan's tranfactions 117, 149 Enniskilliners, operations of, II. 386 F. 24 52 |