“’To give, therefore, a short view of our case, it is thus; We can have English coin but by stealth, there being an act of parliament forbidding the exportation of English coin; if, therefore, we should send our gold or silver to England to be coined, we cannot have it back again, or if we could, we cannot keep it for the reason above; we cannot for the same reason have foreign silver; let us add to these, that by the act of navigation and other acts, we cannot make our markets of buying where we make our markets for selling; though we might have the commodities we want much cheaper there, than we can have them in England, viz. all East India and Turkey goods, with many others:  nor is it to be expected that any nation will trade with us with their silver only, when we will not exchange commodities with them.

“’Except, therefore, England designs entirely to ruin Ireland, a kingdom by which it is demonstrable that she gains yearly thirteen or fourteen hundred thousand pounds, she ought to think of giving us some relief’” ("History of St. Patrick’s,” pp. xciii-xciv). [T.S.]]

[Footnote 16:  See note on p. 14. [T.S.]]

[Footnote 17:  Another hint at the Duchess of Kendal and her connection with the patent. [T.S.]]

Upon Wood’s complaint that the officers of the King’s revenue here had already given orders to all the inferior officers not to receive any of his coin, the Report says, That “this cannot but be looked upon as a very extraordinary proceeding,” and being contrary to the powers given in the patent, the Committee say, They “cannot advise His Majesty to give directions to the officers of the revenue here, not to receive or utter any of the said coin as has been desired in the addresses of both Houses,” but on the contrary, they “think it both just and reasonable that the King should immediately give orders to the commissioners of the revenue, &c. to revoke all orders, &c. that may have been given by them to hinder or obstruct the receiving the said coin.”  And accordingly, we are told, such orders are arrived.[18].  Now this was a cast of Wood’s politics; for his information was wholly false and groundless, which he knew very well; and that the commissioners of the revenue here were all, except one, sent us from England, and love their employments too well to have taken such a step:  But Wood was wise enough to consider, that such orders of revocation would be an open declaration of the crown in his favour, would put the government here under a difficulty, would make a noise, and possibly create some terror in the poor people of Ireland.  And one great point he hath gained, that although any orders of revocation will be needless, yet a new order is to be sent, and perhaps already here, to the commissioners of the revenue, and all the King’s officers in Ireland, that Wood’s “halfpence be suffered and permitted, without any let, suit, trouble, molestation or denial of any of the King’s officers or ministers