Thomas Davis, selections from his prose and poetry
  Chapter XXXI.  

 Chapter XXXI. 

 An Act for granting and confirming unto the Duke of Tyrconnel, Lands and Tenements to the Value of £15,000 per annum. 

  Chapter XXXII.  

 Chapter XXXII. 

 An Act for securing the Water-Course for the Castle and City of Dublin. 

  Chapter XXXIII.  

 Chapter XXXIII. 

 An Act for relieving Dame Anna Yolanda Sarracourt, alias Duval, and her Daughter. 

  Chapter XXXIV.  

 Chapter XXXIV. 

 An Act for securing Iron-works and Land thereunto belonging, on Sir Henry Waddington, Knight, at a certain Rate. 

  Chapter XXXV.  

 Chapter XXXV. 

 An Act for Reversal of the Attainder of William Ryan of Bally Ryan in the County of Tipperary, Esq.; and for restoring him to his Blood, corrupted by the said Attainder. 

 CHAPTER V. 

 REPEAL OF THE ACT OF SETTLEMENT. 

 It appears from the Journal of the proceedings of the parliament, and from many other authorities, that no act of the Irish Parliament of 1689 received such full consideration as the following. Two bills were brought in for the purpose of repealing the acts of settlement—that into the House of Lords, on May 13, by Chief Justice Nugent; that into the House of Commons by Lord Riverstown and Colonel MacCarthy. Committees sat to inquire into the effects of the bills; many memorials were read and considered; counsel were heard, both generally on the 
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