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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Apr 15, 1817
Page
2
A letter argues against gas supply privatization, favoring Public Paving Board oversight. It asserts public bodies ensure better, cheaper lighting with inspectors and accountability, while joint stock companies may curb quality and impose higher costs. The writer critiques contractors and delays, warning of perpetual reliance on private failures.
The piece argues that steam vessels prove economical and practical yet warn against their dangers. It cites several ship disasters, including the Royal George, Kempenfelt, Boyne, Edgar, Ardent, and Aimbuccadet, to claim first rates and other vessel classes should be eliminated or limited due to catastrophic losses.
The piece laments maritime failures and malpractices among East India Directors and merchants. It cites the Grosvenor wreck near Mosambique, the Swallow Calcutta loss, and ongoing Calcutta to Falmouth packets, while criticizing directors, West Indian merchants, and steam-vessel speculators amid tropical storms and naval concerns.
The Colonial Department investigates a clash between a West Indian governor and the Legislative Assembly over a new abolition law. The Assembly imprisoned the Attorney General for privilege, the governor dissolved the Assembly with troops, and both sides appeal to imperial instructions while accusing each other of treason and rebellion.
Extract from a Canton letter dated November 1816 describes plots to thwart the embassy to China, the Alceste incident near Whampoa and Chuanpee, and an imperial edict rebuking the mission while offering gifts. It notes mandarins punished, aims to preserve border appearance, and details prostration practices and gifts to the Emperor.
The royal assent to a bill is said to ease coastal passage for settlers to British North America by lowering passenger tonnage costs. A letter from Lord Bathurst explains government will not fund emigration this year, but entrants who cover their own fare may receive land grants and agricultural tools on arrival. Departure must occur before June. those unable can seek recommendations for the next spring.
A late imperial correspondence reports a failed potato supply hoard linked to a port of England and a detachments visit by Yeomanry. Arrests include Michael and Patrick M Nning. D Alton’s men seized tinder and papers. A pistol robbery yields notes from National and Limerick banks. Daniel Clifford and James Lacey were convicted of murder of Colonel Newman and await execution. county assizes expect about 180 more criminal trials.
The Journal de Paris mentions a singular placard and hints at deeper events in Paris while noting a Portuguese-Brazil tea-tree cultivation story. It reports the plant naturalized in Rio de Janeiro, with Chinese workers cultivating it there for purposes of that region.
A page lists several marriages including the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Steebipe and royal and gentry liaisons, with new arrivals in Limerick, Cheltenham, London and Dublin areas. Deaths include Rev. Robert Gore, Rev. Anthony Fitegibbon, and others in Waterford, Cork, and Jamaica, with obituary notes and a Jamaica entry about long-lived individuals and a historic quake survivor.
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