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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
May 13, 1822
Page
4
Fragmentary parliamentary proceedings reveal heated exchanges over corn laws, protection duties, and agricultural distress. MPs challenge measures, weigh prices, imports, and domestic supply while Ireland’s distress prompts calls for government relief and correspondence release.
A damaged notice describes a land and demesne matter in County Kildare. It references parkland, fences, and a court decree with dates in May and April. The document names officials and locations and notes applications to be made to a named engineer and local authorities for the repair and division of demesne land. The text is partially illegible but preserves key entities and procedural actions.
A condensed report from the House of Commons covers petitions against Catholic Relief, Canning’s motion for the bill’s second reading, opposition and support from J. Smith, Mr. Wheteherall, Mr. Wil mot, and others, and concludes with a division: Ayes and Noes, majority for Canning’s motion, adjournment at 12.30.
The House of Commons discussed the agricultural question with revolations by Ricardo Lethbridge Davies Bonett Curwen Wyvill Huskinwon all negated. Margary of Londonderry’s revelation on taxation was disputed and the resolution adopted by majority 208 to something amid confusion. Lords rejected further propositions to committee on grinding of foreign care. Plunkett pledged to submit a motion related to Tithes on Friday.
Fragmented excerpt depicts Ireland's misery with subsistence poverty driving families to extreme measures. It notes long weeks of work to yield enough potatoes for a year and outlines how rent, cloth, and basic goods strain households as labor markets push people into precarious employment.
The piece laments Ireland's famine era suffering and argues for tenant rights and land reform. It critiques unemployment, hunger, and dependence on capital profits while urging a legislative act to ensure just improvements and civil rights for tenants, aiming to unite landlords and tenants through decisive reform.
In Clare County great efforts have been made to supply the poor with food. Major Warburton pushes a subscription and reports several contributions from London Dublin and Ireland. Funds reach county Clare Limerick Mayo Galway Kerry while government buys potatoes to aid Dublin and southern regions. A bounty is offered in Limerick for potatoes shipped after the sixth instant and arriving before the twenty first of June. Distress persists in the north as the relief drive continues to spread through Limerick.
A historic obituary notes the death of William Stuart, Lord Primata of all Leeland, praised for integrity and charity during a long tenure. The document records his austere but kind manners, patronage to church figures, and the impact of his passing on clergy and people in Armadley, with details of his will, guardianship, and the legal proceedings surrounding his estate.
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