k Anthony Morgan, Efq; Major of Horse, 358% 13 s. 4 d. Dublin, k John Byffe, Efq; Recorder of Dublin. Catherlough, Wexford, Kilkenny, and Queen's County, Thomas Sadler, Efq; Colonel of Foot, 3651. per Ann. Daniel Redman, Efq; Major of Horfe in Ireland, 3581. 13 s. 4 d. Weft-Meath, Longford, and King's County, k Sir Theophilus Jones, Knt. Major of Horfe, 358 l. 13 s. 4 d. k Henry Owen, Efq; Major of Horse, 358 1.13 s. 4 d. Down, Antrim, and Armagh, Thomas Cooper, Efq; Colonel of a Regiment of Foot in Scotland, and another in Ireland; alfo Governor of Carickfergus. Lieutenant-Colonel James Trayle. Derry, Donegal, and Tyrone, k Lieutenant-Colonel Triftram Beresford, of Colerane.. Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Newburgh, of Lifford. Cavan, Fermannagh, and Monoghan, Richard Blaney, Efq; Kerry, Limerick, and Clare, Sir Hardrefs Waller, Knt. Henry Ingoldfby, Efq; Colonel of Foot, the Protector's Kinfman. Cork, k Roger Boyle, Lord Broghill, as Prefident of the Council in Scotland, 1000l. per Ann. befides otherAdvantages; and, as Colonel of Horfe in Ireland, 474 1. 10 s. Tipperary and Waterford, k Sir John Reynolds, as CommiffaryGeneral of Horfe in Ireland, 2731. per Ann. and as Colonel of Horfe there, 4741. 10 s. Knighted by the Lord Protector June 11, 1655. Daniel Abbot, Efq; Colonel of Dragoons in Ireland. Sligo, Rofcommon, and Le Trim, Sir Robert King, Knt. Commiffary of the Mufters. k John Bridges, Efq; Captain of Foot, 146 l. per Ann. Galway and Mayo, Sir Charles Coot, Knt. and Bart. Prefident of Connaught. k Lieutenant-Colonel John Bret. CITIES and Dublin, k Richard Tigh, Efq; Mayor of the faid City. Limerick and Killmallock, k Walter Waller, Efq; Son of Sir Har dress Waller. Waterford and Clonmel, k Capt. William Halsey. Ca Carickfergus and Belfaft, John Davies, Efq; The foregoing Lift confirms Mr. Ludlow's Obfervation, That tho' about one hundred English Members, elected by their Country, were kept out of the Houfe; yet thofe for Scotland and Ireland, being chofen by the Sword, were admitted without Scruple.' f Having thus endeavoured to exhibit the best Idea we could of the Characters of the Members which constituted this Partial and Unconstitutional Affembly, we shall now give an Account of their Proceedings, Inter-regnum. 1656. September. Parliament. On the 17th of September, being the Day ap- The Meeting of pointed for the Meeting of the Parliament, the Cromwell's third Journals inform us, That the Lord Protector, attended by his Council, with the Officers of State. and of the Army, the Gentlemen of his Houfhold," and his Guards, came to the Abbey Church, about Ten in the Morning; where the Members being met, a Sermon was preached before them by Dr. John Owen, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, on this Text, What shall one then answer the Meffengers of the Nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the Poor of his People shall trust in it. Ifaiah xiv, v. 32. After Sermon, the Lord Protector and the Parliament affembled in the Painted-Chamber, where his Highness was pleafed to communicate to them the Occafion of their Meeting. f Memoirs, Vol. II. p. 579. Upon See alfo Lord Broghill and Henry Cromwell's Letters to Secretary Thurloe, relating to the Elections in Scotland and Ireland. Thurloe, Vol. V. p. 295, 303, 322, 327. Inter-regnum. Upon the ftricteft Refearch, we have not been 1656. able to meet with Cromwell's Speech at the OpenSeptember. ing of this Parliament; nor is there the leaft Sketch of it in the Journals of the House, the Diaries, or the Contemporary Writers. From hence we are inclined to think that, for Reasons of State, it was never printed. However, a Letter to Cardinal Mazarin, from the French Ambaffador at London, informs us %, That the Lord Protector very much enlarged himfelf against Spain; exaggerating all the Enterprizes, which the Spaniards had formerly attempted against England, and the Motives which obliged him to break with that Nation: That he alfo feemed to be perfuaded that his Catholic Majefty and the Duke of Newburgh had engaged to furnish the King [Charles II.] with 9000 Men, to be tranfported into England: But that, in regard there were very few Advices conformable to this, many believed it an Invention of Cromwell's, calculated to raise an Alarm, and to keep the Army united to his Interefts at this prefent Conjuncture.'-Thefe few Hints being all we have been able to collect of the Lord Protector's Speech at opening the Seffion, we proceed to obferve, that his Highness having finish'd his Harangue in the Painted-Chamber, the Members repaired to their Houfe; where, to the Surprize of all those that were not in the Secret, fome Perfons, by the Lord Protector's Appointment, attended at Several Members the Door, to receive of each Member the following tance into the Certificate, before he was permitted to enter: denied Admit Houfe. County of Sept. 17, 1656. Thefe are to certify, That A. B. is returned, by Indenture, one of the Knights to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the faid County, and is approved by bis Highness's Council. NATH. TAYLOR, Clerk of the Commonwealth in Chancery. Lord M. de Bourdeaux's Letter to Cardinal Mazarin, dated Sept. 28, 1656, N. S. September. Lord Clarendon writes, That Cromwell impofed Inter-regnum. a Subscription upon the Members before they fat, 1656. purporting, That they would act Nothing prejudicial to the Government, as it was established ⚫ under a Protector;' and that the major Part frankly fubmitted and fubfcribed h. This appears to be a Miftake, for no fuch Teft was offered; but they were obliged to produce a Certificate as above recited: Indeed the Members of the Parliament elected in September, 1654, were required to fubfcribe only fuch a Declaration as his Lordship mentions; but, in this Parliament, the Matter was carried much higher. Such of the Members as produced their Paffport from the Council, having taken their Seats in the Houfe, the Lord Commiffioner Life put them in Mind, That their firft Work was to chufe a Speaker; and propofed Sir Thomas Widdrington, Serjeant at Law, as a Perfon of great Integrity and Experience in relation to Parliamentary Bufinefs, and every Way qualified for that Service: Which being approved of, he took the Chair accordingly; but without being prefented to the Lord Protector for his Approbation: A Circumftance of Royalty, which Cromwell never thought fit to affunie. The next Day the House appointed a Faft to be held on the 24th of this Month, by the Members thereof, in Margaret's Church, Westminster; and an extraordinary Number of Preachers were affigned for this Solemnity. The 29th Day of October enfuing was alfo appointed for a General Faft, throughout the three Nations, by a Declaration ordered to be drawn up and fet forth for that Purpofe. The Houfe alfo appointed Committees on several Occafions; for Privileges and Elections; for Religion; Courts of Juftice, and for Trade. Sir Charles Wolfeley prefented a Bill, For renouncing and difannulling the pretended Title of Charles Stuart to the Crown of England, &c. which was read twice, and committed. h Hiftory, Vol. VI. p. 587. The Inter-regnum. 1656. September. The fame Day an Affair of great Confequence happened, which fo engaged the Attention of the House, as to prevent all other Proceedings for fome Time. Sir George Booth prefented a Letter, directed to the Speaker, which he was ordered to read privately firft; and, afterwards, it was read openly, in thefe Words: SIR, They prefer a WE whofe Names are fubfcribed, with others, be- ing chofen, and accordingly returned, to ferve plaint to the Speaker, Sir Thomas Widdrington; with in this Parliament; and, in Difcharge of On the Reading of this it was ordered, That the Clerk of the Commonwealth in Chancery be commanded to attend the House the next Morning, with all the Indentures of Returns of Knights, Citizens, and Burgeffes, chosen to serve in this Parliament, when they would take this Business into farther Confideration. Accordingly, September 19, the Deputy-Clerk of the Commonwealth attending at the Door, he was called in; and, by Order of the House, the Speaker demanded of him, Where the Clerk of the Commonwealth was? To which he answered, That he was at his Houfe out of Town when the Warrant came; that he expected him that Morning, and fo did not fend for him; but that he did not come. Being afk'd, Whether he had all the Indentures with him for England and Wales? He anfwer'd, Yes; and, by Command of the Speaker, produced that for the Election in Norfolk, and read it; in which was returned Sir Ralph Hare. Being afk'd, Why that Gen i The Names of the Members who figned this Letter, are not entered in the Journals: We fuppofe they were the fame Perfons who fubfcribed the following Remonstrance, |