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Irish Parliament.
the war , in the general confidence which attends private as well as public credit , in the unusual plenty which our agriculture supplies ; and m the prosperous state of all our manufactures , but most particularly of our great staple , the linen . ' ' Mr . Speaker then presented the bills , to which his Excellency was pleased to declare the royal assent .
House Of Commons.
HOUSE OF COMMONS .
THURSDAY , MARCH I . THE Attorney-General presented the Bill for restraining the licentiousness ' of the Press , which was read a first time . Mr . Ti g he said , the bill deserved : "; very mature consideration indeed ; it went to make the owner of any house where a paper should be printed liable to the penalty of 500 I . if the paper should contain a libel . A clause such as this might involve a very innocent landlord .
Counsellor Plunkett , and several other members , could not agree to any bill which invested Government with a power of suppressing a public paper , which was the tendency of many clauses of this bill , particularly that which obliged a printer to find security for 2000 I . which few could do . TJie sum was changed , in consequence , from 2000 ! . to 500 ! . < md the bill passed the Committee with few other amendments . Two a . iditional clauses were afterwards addedmaking any paper to which should be affixed the name of the registered
, printer or proprietor sufficient evidences in Courts of Justice on all cases of trial , unless the Defendant shall shew , to the satisfaction of the jury , that such paper was not published by him : that it may be lawful for tbe several Grand Juries to present all papers containing matter libellous and dangerous to the State , as nuisances ; and if not traversed , the Hig h Sheriffs shall be empowered to seize on the printing materials , and such printer and proprietor to be disqualified from thereafter printing or publishing : ! in part
newspaper any of the kingdom ; provided always , that if the pr ' m ter or proprietor of the paper so presented shall traverse , he shall then give sufficient security for suspending the publication of said paper until the event of trial be known . These were agreed to , nem . con . The duration of the aft is limited to two years . Monday , 5 . This day Sir Laurence Parsons brought forward his promised question " on the subject of the present distracted and alarming situation of
this kingdom . In an able speech of considerable length he introduced his motion , " ' That a Committee be appointed to inquire into the state of the country , and to suggest such measures as are likely to conciliate the popular mind and restore tranquillity . ' The motion was seconded by Lord Caulfield , and a debate ensued , which was not terminated till five in the morning . The tenor of argument in support of the motion was concession of Parliamentary Reform , Catholic Emancipation , and lenient measures . The jet of argument against this was the impolicy of conciliating with traitors and rebels , such as the United Irishmen . —On a division , the Ayes were 19 , Noes , 15 6 .
Wednesday ,-j . The Attorney General moved foi leave to present a bill for shortening the time made necessary bylaw to be given of the Royal intention th-. Ua Parliament should be summoned and holden ; and also to provide for the sitting of Parliament in case of a demise of the Crown after a dissolution . As the law stands at present , the members of the dissolved Parliament had the rig ht to meet and aft as a Parliament , even though a new Parliament mig ht have been elefted , but had not yet met ; the _ latter part of Parliament
this bill went to remedy this inconvenience of a dissolved superseding the representatives chosen by the people , audit did so by enacting that the Members of the Parliament which were last elected , should have the 1 ight to meet , in case of a demise , instead of those who had last sat . Granted ,
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Irish Parliament.
the war , in the general confidence which attends private as well as public credit , in the unusual plenty which our agriculture supplies ; and m the prosperous state of all our manufactures , but most particularly of our great staple , the linen . ' ' Mr . Speaker then presented the bills , to which his Excellency was pleased to declare the royal assent .
House Of Commons.
HOUSE OF COMMONS .
THURSDAY , MARCH I . THE Attorney-General presented the Bill for restraining the licentiousness ' of the Press , which was read a first time . Mr . Ti g he said , the bill deserved : "; very mature consideration indeed ; it went to make the owner of any house where a paper should be printed liable to the penalty of 500 I . if the paper should contain a libel . A clause such as this might involve a very innocent landlord .
Counsellor Plunkett , and several other members , could not agree to any bill which invested Government with a power of suppressing a public paper , which was the tendency of many clauses of this bill , particularly that which obliged a printer to find security for 2000 I . which few could do . TJie sum was changed , in consequence , from 2000 ! . to 500 ! . < md the bill passed the Committee with few other amendments . Two a . iditional clauses were afterwards addedmaking any paper to which should be affixed the name of the registered
, printer or proprietor sufficient evidences in Courts of Justice on all cases of trial , unless the Defendant shall shew , to the satisfaction of the jury , that such paper was not published by him : that it may be lawful for tbe several Grand Juries to present all papers containing matter libellous and dangerous to the State , as nuisances ; and if not traversed , the Hig h Sheriffs shall be empowered to seize on the printing materials , and such printer and proprietor to be disqualified from thereafter printing or publishing : ! in part
newspaper any of the kingdom ; provided always , that if the pr ' m ter or proprietor of the paper so presented shall traverse , he shall then give sufficient security for suspending the publication of said paper until the event of trial be known . These were agreed to , nem . con . The duration of the aft is limited to two years . Monday , 5 . This day Sir Laurence Parsons brought forward his promised question " on the subject of the present distracted and alarming situation of
this kingdom . In an able speech of considerable length he introduced his motion , " ' That a Committee be appointed to inquire into the state of the country , and to suggest such measures as are likely to conciliate the popular mind and restore tranquillity . ' The motion was seconded by Lord Caulfield , and a debate ensued , which was not terminated till five in the morning . The tenor of argument in support of the motion was concession of Parliamentary Reform , Catholic Emancipation , and lenient measures . The jet of argument against this was the impolicy of conciliating with traitors and rebels , such as the United Irishmen . —On a division , the Ayes were 19 , Noes , 15 6 .
Wednesday ,-j . The Attorney General moved foi leave to present a bill for shortening the time made necessary bylaw to be given of the Royal intention th-. Ua Parliament should be summoned and holden ; and also to provide for the sitting of Parliament in case of a demise of the Crown after a dissolution . As the law stands at present , the members of the dissolved Parliament had the rig ht to meet and aft as a Parliament , even though a new Parliament mig ht have been elefted , but had not yet met ; the _ latter part of Parliament
this bill went to remedy this inconvenience of a dissolved superseding the representatives chosen by the people , audit did so by enacting that the Members of the Parliament which were last elected , should have the 1 ight to meet , in case of a demise , instead of those who had last sat . Granted ,