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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Jun 21, 1817
Page
4
Long Westminster Hall session ends with Watson being acquitted. Crowds cheer as he exits, while Tower Hill watchers await Thistlewood and others. justice is declared amid public celebration and continued suspense for remaining prisoners.
In the court of Lord Ellenborough the prisoners Arthur Thistlewood Richard Hooper and Thomas Preston were found not guilty of treason. The Attorney General offered no further charges and the prisoners were discharged. An immense crowd gathered in Palace Yard as they escorted them out the back way past the Beach and Piazzas of the House of Lords.
A large mob in Dublin on June 19 attacked bakers and shops in Thomas Street and surrounding areas, looting bread, bacon, meat, and vegetables. Police and military patrols dispersed the crowd. Lord Mayor issued curfew-like orders and urged residents to stay indoors from nine until six each morning. No serious injuries reported. several rioters arrested and authorities pledged protection for bakers.
The article compiles famine relief actions in Cork Clonmel and Limerick with subscriptions for oatmeal and meat, notes high prices and unemployment, praises local charity, mentions the Lord Lieutenant and government aid plans, and summarizes the Fourth Finance Report detailing Great Britain and Ireland income and expenditure for 1816 and projections for 1817 1818.
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