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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Aug 12, 1790
Page
1
A garbled fragment cites Ambassadors and a debate on constitutional history and sovereignty. Mentions a sum of one thousand pounds and references to Austria’s costly war and military losses. Contains distorted names and dates, with unclear origin and context.
Fragmented OCR shows coal prices and stocks with entries such as Ditto Coal, prices 97, Annuities 1065.Pr. 85, and various bonds and scrip notes. The readable portion lists per cent values and miscellaneous items like Bills and 6 per cent scrip, indicating a financial brief.
The city marked the king's heir with bells and illumination. Highlights include the Dublin Independents Liberty and Dublin Legion parades, while ships from Jamaica and Waterford brought news of profits and arrivals. Proposals for a new dock and canal near the Custom House were discussed, with cost estimates, and several accidents and crime items surfaced, including a fatality near Black Rock and a church desecration case in Care.
English imports drive prosperity and high production, with corn exports surpassing domestic needs and dependence on America to cover deficits when crops fail. Quarter Sessions adjournment records multiple criminal verdicts including assaults, imprisonments, and transportation sentences in Carrickfergus and nearby towns.
Royal proclamation directs civil magistrates to assist impressment of seamen for the fleet now fitting out. Payments offered for guiding sailors to ships, twenty miles travel max, twenty shillings per head plus mileage. Issued May 16, 1790, at the Lord Lieutenant General and General Governor’s office. Also notes appointing Thomas Byrne as vender of dental powders and styptic for hemorrhage, with prices and distribution details in Dublin.
historic notice outlines Dublin market prices for wheat flour oats and corn from 1790 in shillings and pence per quarter stone and barrel. includes terms like WHEAT FLOUR WHEAT MEAL and listed rates for various weights and measures under city governance.
By an Act of Parliament the Commissioners of His Majesty's Revenue refuse to grant or renew licences for selling spirits and ale to improper persons and may void existing licences. They determine William Garey of Ranelagh Dublin unfit, and thus void his licences to sell ale and spirits. Dated at the Custom-House Dublin, the sixth day of August, 1799.
Seamless ad from a historic paper offering mid floor elegant furnished lodgings with dining room bed chamber and large loft. Includes good kitchen and ample air with view into College Park. Apply at the printer's hereof.
Belett Rom the asth of March or tit of Magnese Pay of the Lands of Antilstown nor Saan containing about 45 Acres on which a small house has been lately erected. Application to be made to Rev Dr Connor Cattleknock or Mr Robert Hamilton near Navan.
The lord lieutenant and council issue a proclamation condemning the May riot in Limerick. Rewards are offered for apprehension or conviction of those involved, with officials urged to maintain peace and suppress further disturbances.
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