10 The Very Rev. H. R. Dawson on the 



that they had agreed to the enacting paragraphs of the bill, but disagreed to the 

 preamble; a division took place, and the bill was rejected by a majority of five 

 voices.* Although the numbers on each side are not given in the Commons' 

 Journals, I conceive, from the record of this and another medal, that the dissen- 

 tients amounted to 124, a strong testimony to the feeling of parliamentary pri- 

 vilege that pervaded the house. I should add, that this bold assertion of right 

 by her representatives produced no immediate advantage to Ireland, whatever 

 may have been its future consequence, for his Majesty, by his letter, took that 

 money out of the treasury which had been the subject of dispute. On the 

 obverse of the medal the legend reads, utcunque ferent ea facta minores 

 viNCiT amor patri^. In the centre stands Hibernia, with a harp in her 

 left hand, and behind her another figure holding a distaff, emblematic of 

 the staple trade of the country. On her right stands another female grasping 

 her hand, and holding in her right hand a roll inscribed leges. To her left is 

 the Speaker of the House of Commons in his robes, placing a cap of liberty on 

 her head, and holding in his left hand a heavy bag inscribed vindicata, and 

 behind him three senators stepping out from a portico. Over the figures is Fame 

 flying, and blowing a trumpet, with a banner appended, and inscribed cxxiv ; 

 she holds in her left hand a ribbon or band bearing the inscription, ergo tua 

 JURA MANEBUNT. On the cxerguc are two human figures naked, the one with 

 the head of a bird of prey, clutching at a quantity of money scattered on the 

 ground, which the other with the head of a wolf, and loosed from a chain fastened 

 to a rock, guards ; behind them some open rolls. The legend on the reverse reads, 



QUIQUE SUI MEMORES ALIOS FECERE MERENDO. AcrOSS the field, SACRUM - SENA- 

 TORIBUS CXXIV - QUI TENACES PROPOSITI - FORTITER AC PRUDENTER - JURA 

 PATRI^ RITE-VINDICARUNT XVII - DIE DECEMBRIS ^R^ - CHRISTIANS MDCCLIII 



- QUociRCA viviTE - FORTES. I conjectuTc a medal in gold was given to each of 

 the members who voted on the popular side, as I have seen several, and the one 

 before me is engraved on the edge THO^ Montgomery, ESQ^ 8 b". 1755. He 

 was Member for the Borough of LifFord in that Parliament. 



Another medal and medallet, both of similar type, were also struck upon the 

 occasion of this triumph. Obverse, the speaker . and liberty. Bust three- 



* In the "Universal Advertiser," Dublin, 1754, there is a list of the members \»ho voted for 

 and against the Altered Money Bill. 



