London Evening Post in London, Middlesex

Dublin to Belfast canal plan and Irish petitions

Reports from Dublin October 27 note petitions to Parliament by the Sovereign Burgesses and inhabitants of Belfast Lisburn and Hillsborough to cut a canal linking Lough Neagh to the Laggan to ease coal and goods transport. The project costs about twenty six thousand pounds and locals offer to be taxed to fund it, with further pleas for a Dunlary pier battery and lighthouse to secure the harbour.