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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Jan 28, 1812
Page
2
The House of Commons debates naval and civil funding including seamen numbers and allowances, ordnance costs, relief for emigrants, clergy, and public offices. A police committee proposal expands to day and night patrol oversight, with an amended motion to study police conditions overall. Sessions adjourn after readings and orders.
The House reads a copy of a letter from Spanish General Blake to Lord Wellington. It expresses Blake's sense of humour and gratitude for the leadership of Phanicks at Varhiement. Irish Catholics discussion on Ireland is postponed for a week. A comparative account of population of Great Britain and Gaul for the year 1810 is ordered to be read at the next session.
Fragmentary records show discussions in the House of Commons about the allowance for the royal household. Debate centers on reading the bill for a first and second time and objections to a broad reading without full information from officials.
An account of Tradesmen's Bills to the Lord Chamberlain with expense heads and excesses, and of disbursements to Ministers of foreign courts with yearly figures and ministers named. The Excurration issue yielded no objection to paying the second reading on Thursday. papers requested by the Right Hon. Gentleman to be readied. The second reading of the Bill set for Friday. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The House, on the Chancellor of the Exchequer's motion, resolved into a Committee of Supply to grant an amount not exceeding ten thousand to the Prince Regent for expenses on Royal Authority. After remarks, various sums for Miscellaneous Services were agreed. The House then resolved into a Committee of Ways and Means and approved the Annual Grats on Malt, Pensions, etc. The Distillery Bill was read a second time and committed for tomorrow. Adjourned.
The piece analyzes the financial costs of British rule in India, citing a June 1819 report by a House of Commons Select Committee. It argues that seventeen years of war and administration consumed large sums, yet the imperial expansion was funded by assets and India-derived revenues, not England alone, framing the empire as a net debt balance and stressing the need for reform.
The document discusses an expected surplus from Indian revenue after expenses, noting it could be drawn during wartime to sustain military costs. It credits Lord Minto, the Court of Directors, and especially the Marquis of Hastings for India’s prosperity and internal extension, while defending the government against calumny.
In the King s Bench the Attorney General moved to set February 601 for the hearing of the case of the Attorney General against the Earl of Fingal and others. A conditional order for an attachment against Dublin booksellers Gilbert and Hosles was granted over a libel accusing Mr Plunket of arrogance and bias in earlier trials. The Chief Justice approved the conditional order, noting the libellous publication and its portrayal of Mr Plunket.
The Hon Judge Day addressed the grand juries noting tranquil metropolis and county order. He reported the jail population as moderate for the area and mentioned a few prisoners charged with treason. intent unclear.
A reflective proclamation urges magistrates to curb scenes of disorder since 1803. It calls for tightening control of public houses, closing late venues, and denying licenses to proprietors of vice hubs. It emphasizes waking vigilance to protect public tranquility and life.
Thomas Kennagh, charged with the murder of a woman at Newrath on the Sth insr, was brought to Warentonn by Messrs. Wright and Chambers and committed for trial at the assizes by Sir Francis Ylassard. The prisoner, a Coldstream Guards veteran, confessed guilt and spoke of finding peace in death, as crowds watched near the bridge and a clergyman later verdicted with him. He hails from Hospital Limerick and had lived in Unscitys, with a past in Cork and Waterford on the trip to the fatal spot.
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