Wat Tyiern A Dramatic Poem by Southey Sparks Debate
A review discusses Wat Tyiern a dramatic poem by Mr Southey written at age twenty one and suppressed. It argues the work advocates class struggle and abolition of wealth while praising Wat Tyler the blacksmith and Piers and John Ball with vivid characters. The piece finds the sentiments reprehensible yet softened by absurdity and deems the poem less dangerous than once thought.
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Wat Tyiern
Southey
Spencean
Wat Tyler
Blacksmith
England
Richard the Second
Piers
Jotn Ball
Maxart Tragedy Review Highlights Overblown Style
The reviewer critiques Maxart a Tragedy for excessive bombast and forced diction while acknowledging some nervous, sober passages. It notes the author’s talent and energy but laments lack of repose and overreaching epithets. The piece praises Manuel’s dying lines and contrasts the work with Cunrosztiga or Lireparunre, a three volume satire on taste and philosophy.
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Maxart
Bertram
Manuel
Victoria
The Theatre History and Indian Explorations Noted
A long critical survey praises a volume on theatrical history linking Massinger and Moliere via the Dottore, with Elizabethan and Stuart anecdotes. It reviews Sir John Felton and Buckingham tales, presses toward moral conquest and gospel spread in India, and muses on British power and exploration.
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Massinger
Moliere
Elizabeth
Prince Henry
James the First
John Fenitt
Charles
Edward Vere
Earl of
Oxford
Henrietta
Cardinal Richelinu
Minion
Wilkera Duke of
Buckinham
Felton
Missionary Society
Serampore
Alexander Hinwell
Grernhatein
Warren Hastings
Hindustan
India
Great Britain
Scotland
Scipio
Carthage
Tomer
Rome
Bern
Alexander
Indus
Erythrywn Sea
Bombay
Cape
Tlee
Vinécat
Major Rennvl
John Malcolm
Hammibal
Wellington
Horace
Gas Light Bill seen by Dublin Journal readers
Readers in Dublin react to a draft Gas Light bill published March 29. The letter defends the bill as plain business, criticizes alleged manipulation by the Commissioners of Paving, and questions the auditing clause and use of surplus funds for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman's Journal
Dublin
Public Works Bill Criticized for Oversight and Cost Cuts
The discussion centers on Bill 49, urging that it would impose penalties for damaging public gas apparatus while lacking provisions for higher wages or inspector powers. Critics note omissions on private supply controls, house entry, and double costs, arguing the bill aims to advance public works without redundant expense. The exchange includes assurances from Commissioners about dedication to public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Provincial Intelligence and Rebellious Outrage Report
A constable wounds a man at O Brieds Bridge under a magistrate warrant. The deceased, clerk of Castle Counsel Church, leaves seven children. Inquest held. inspector general leads authorities to Bilbos mountains where illicit distilling and ground wall found and burned. Reedy sentenced to hang at the Let of June. A separate report notes a brutal attack on a Convent at Hennessys road, windows broken and objects thrown at nuns, with a promise to identify and punish the culprits.
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Walplate
Meagher
20Th Dragoons
Bilbos
Thig
Thomas Reedy
Cay Wargaronn
Hennessy’s Road
Growth of Newspapers in Early America
The account traces American press expansion from Hoxton NewsLetter before 1720 to the New England Convent in 1720 and 1771 advances noting 25 titles. By 1816 the region boasted nearly 600 newspapers, a rapid rise from early scarcity and cautious expansion.
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American Newsr Arena
Franklin
America
Hoxton
New England
Widow of Captain Appeals for Charity to Orphan Children
A widow of a captain in the Commissarial Department, who died recently, pleads for funds to support her Fen orphan children and herself. She notes her husband lived eighty years as a respectable citizen and member of the Guild of Merchants, Brethren of Freemasonry, and Friendly Society. For anonymity, contact L. H. Thomas at No 7 Upper Gardiner Street for subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissarial Department
Guild of Merchats
Alovf
L. H. Thomas
Gardiner-Creet
Subscriptions rates and agents for Dublin English papers
Printed for proprietors at Parliament Street Dublin lists advance subscriptions for twelve months and various short terms both in town and country with prices in pounds shillings and pence. It names agents including Mewrow Co Warwick-square J Warre Fleet Street and Tayton Swite Geneva with offices in Edinburgh as English and Scotch agents. The notice directs readers to subscribe in advance and indicates multiple regional agents.
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Dublin
Shere
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