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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
May 03, 1817
Page
4
A parliamentary debate examined Birmingham distress amid postwar demand slump. MPs discussed a government loan scheme using Exchequer Bills up to £500,000 to fund public works and industry relief, with concerns about security among creditors and the plan’s limited reach. The discussion covered administration, timing, and potential impact on employment and capital, with emphasis on rapid dispatch and scrutiny by Parliament.
The session adjourned after the Royal Assent was granted by Communion to the Irish Peace Preservation Bill the Cophreat Bill and several Private Bills in a brief legislative adjournment.
The Speaker attended the Lords to hear the cam invasion read and the Salt Bill debated. Mr Gregan blocked a Dublin Corporation petition against the Gay Light. Bir Pole opposed the bill while IE EMam Lemon urged fisherman relief and a six month seed tine. Lashington noted the bill aimed to relieve fisheries and a roel walt experiment was proposed for fishermen.
Mr D Gilbert proposes withdrawing the duty on French Sale for the present and sending the matter to a committee above avails. Grevifat urges deferring until a future day. The Chancellor aims to benefit Fitherton. The Speaker notes limits of a committee upstairs on a public bill and suggests a Special Committee. The Bill moves to a second reading and to be committed on Monday night.
Abstract of accounts presented to the House of Commons for the year ending January 1817 details increases and diminutions across Civil Departments in Ireland including Chief Secretary, Exchequer, Privy Seal Office, Surveyor General, Post Office, Linen Board, and other listed offices. Also notes a London court proceeding with a grand jury returning true bills for high treason against Arthur Thuslewood, James Watson, James Warsin, Shomay Preston, and John Toyper. a delay in jury selection for Kearns the Bull. venue to first Monday in the ensuing term.
The Dublin and London papers discuss a proposed loan plan of 1.5 million pounds for public works and 250 thousand for fisheries in Ireland. Critics say repayments in seven years are unlikely and manufacturers would struggle to profit, but a county based funding scheme is proposed to employ labor and gradually extinguish capital with a 2 percent surplus. The piece urges a broader strategy to relieve distress across classes and cautions against overreliance on short term loans.
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