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FREEDOMS PRESENTED TO BISHOP MOYLAN AND DEANS. LAWRENCE.
with his freedom in a Silver Box, in testimony of our respect fQr the be- nignity of his.virtues and the liberality of his sentiments ; also, the Rev.; Doctor Francis Moylan,. in a Silver Box, to perpetuate our grateful appro... bation of his pious exertions in promoting the peace and good order of his: Qountry at the moment of menaced invasion. Present--Mr. Mayor, Sher. Gibbins and Allen ; Alden. Lawton, Owgan,. Kent, Kellett, Sir S. Rowland, S~aw, ThoiD{>son..;. Burgess. Westropp,·. Busteed, Bousfield, and Harding, C. S; 4 Jan., 1797: Ordered, that 10 guineas be paid John FitzGerald for his trouble in cal~ eulating the medium and average prices of all corn and flour~ eold in this City, to enable the Mayor to make a weekly return to the Collector of the. Port; It., £6 12s._11d. to Messrs..Johnson and Alexander, High Constables,·. being their expenses with a guard at last Cork Fair._ It., that a memorial in the name of the Mayor, &c., be·presented to the-· Rt. Hon. the Chief Commissioners of His Maj. Revenue, praying that the~ Commissioners. appointed for building the Bridge lately built over_ the north channel of the River Lee,.be permitted to stop up the~ op_e in said Bridge, having a Portcullis or lifting Bridge over said ope, being attended with great interruption to the navig~tion of the River and the Trade of the. City. Present-Mr. Mayor, Shen. Gibbins and Allen;_Alden. Owgan,,Thompson • Mr. Bousfield and Harding, C. S.. 27 Jan., 1797: Resolved, that the thanks of this Board be given to Sir Patrick. O'Cono:r; Knt., Chairman, and to the gentlemen who composed the Cork Committee, for the ability and attention with which they executed the duties .under:-- taken by them, and which this board consid~r to have been most highly beneficial to the Public. Resolved, that in testimony of our approbation Sir Patrick O'Conor be admitted a freeman at large. It., that the thanks of this Board be given to Richard White, Esq., of Seafield Park, near Bantry, f.or his spirited.conduct on the late attempt. o! .140-2.
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