28 Mar 1825
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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Mar 28, 1825
Page
1
The House of Lords approved the taxed measures including the army and navy mutiny bill and the glebe lands bill amid royal assent. Wanwaspay, Manon 23 is noted in the record alongside the proceedings and tax concerns.
Sir F Burdett opened a bill to remove disqualifications for Catholics in Ireland. Peel signaled opposition to the bill’s current form but would assess it on second reading. Debate touched O Connell’s involvement and committee authority, with discussion on second reading timing and related measures, including divorce and ecclesiastical matters, before adjournment.
The Royal Assent was given by commission to the annual duties bill and two private bills. Moore and others from the Commons brought up the equitable loan company bill and the Irish distress bill. A petition from Robert Gourlay was presented, seeking redress over his cage case, with the Chancellor noting no power to intervene. The Lords declined to address the Equitable Loan Bill at first reading due to an informality in the preamble. the Irish judicial inquiry commissioners bill was read a second time and adjourned.
The Speaker chaired as the House joined the Lords for Royal Assent by commission to several bills. Debates covered equitable loan bill seating, petitions from Dublin merchants on fire insurance duties, and clergy petitions against Catholic concessions. Clergy petition details were questioned, printed, and laid on the table alongside other petitions from Chippenham, Kington, Newry merchants, and a bill for a Joint Stock Banking Companies proposal.
In a lengthy session various bills are introduced or moved for leave to bring in. Proposals cover reform of the criminal law including threatening letters and pardons for convicts, definitions for capital convicts, and rights of clergy. A motion on India, criticizing Lord Amherst and Hastings, leads to debate with mixed support and opposition, plus a game laws amendment committee and petitions from Newry clergy and commerce groups.
In the House of Lords on March 25 Lord Darnley moved for an account of all trials at the Austen in Westmeath under the Whiteboy Act. The Bishop of Bath and Wells presented a petition from the Archdeaconry of Taunton against Catholic claims. The clergy were urged to show charity by defending the tolerant Church of England.
Colonel Bagwell and Sir T Lethbridge lead petitions from Chester Leicester and other places opposing further Catholic concessions. Abercrombie and Chichester weigh in as others present Waterford and Belfast petitions. Debate highlights that opposition argues concessions threaten the constitution while supporters urge orderly petition channels.
Monday evening March column discusses signs of prosperity and public tranquility across the country. It credits a liberal spirit behind the improving state, noting broad acceptance among all classes and the admin’s influence, while warning against false impressions of the origin of the county’s improved situation.
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