Citation - Newport Mercury: 1768.04.25

NM.768.007
18-25 Apr 1768:22 (503)
London. . . Feb. 16.  Letters from Dublin inform, that the
day after the bill for limiting the duration of Parliaments
in that Kingdom arrived there, and its success was made
known, a prodigious number  of persons waited on his
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant to express their satisfaction
on the occasion; the bells were set a ringing throughout the
city, and the evening was concluded with illumination and
bonfires, and other demonstrations of joy.