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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Aug 22, 1823
Page
2
A visitor to Semdsh Church in Hatin garden describes Mr Irving's crowded, showy reception and tumultuous entrance. The sermon and prayer are harshly critiqued for bombastic, impractical eloquence, while his delivery is called violent and unfocused. The reader wonders at the fame amid mixed impressions.
Mgr John Read of Exchange Street accused a female servant Mackevoy of pilfering valuables from his home. He tracked her to a library box containing private volumes including Elinda and The Victim of Curiosity, provoking a courtish clash over alleged readings. A forthcoming work titled An Historical and Geographical History of the Empire of China by Alaproth is announced as modelled on Hamilton's India. A giant mushroom, fourteen inches across and weighing 3 pounds, was found in a Brinnington field.
Despite stormy weather, visitors crowded the Abbey as rooms open for inspection. The writer notes Mr Farquhar’s aim to part with certain furnishings that do not harmonize with the building’s solemn Gothic style. The architecture and future adornments promise to honor the noble fabric. Worthing plans an engraving from John Gilpin by Stothard, nearly finished and poised to boost the work’s popularity.
An old parliament act is examined by merchants who say the current law aids fraud. The article explains the debate over whether principals or agents are responsible for agents actions when goods are shipped in someone else name. It notes a committee and a proposed bill to make possession with certain documents evidence of the right to dispose and to hold the agent liable to the principal.
The Lord Lieutenant may order a special vestry in a parish upon application by the incumbent or impropriator or five landholders paying twenty pounds yearly. Notice to high constables, lists of those paying county cess, and public posting precede a vestry where seven present may appoint commissioners to set a tithe composition. Commissioners or an umpire will value lands, determine payments, and establish half yearly sums, with appeals to higher authorities.
A historic legal provision explains who has rights to goods and proceeds when a factor or agent holds property on behalf of owners or assignees in bankruptcy cases. It details security interests, liens, and the right to recover remaining money after deductions, including a clause that discharge applies preemptively to the debtor’s estate in bankruptcy.
The document outlines an act for composing tithes in parishes, allowing a fixed composition paid via rent, with tithes revived after twenty one years. It limits expenditure, sets travel allowances, and requires consent of the sequestrator in sequestrated parishes. Copies are sent to bishops and registrars for diocesan action.
Office of Revenue Inquiry in 1823 requests Dublin Chamber of Commerce inform merchants and traders that they are examining how Ireland post office business is conducted and will receive statements or communications to be laid before the commission.
Monday at two o'clock Patrick Ivis of Askeaton was hanged at the county gaol for attacking the home of Lancelot Sands in Mowe Pleasant. He faced the crowd with fortitude as Rev. Mr O'Halloran offered prayer and urged temperance in drink. The minister defended Ivis but affirmed the justice of the sentence while condemning reliance on others in such crimes. Separately, the Limerick Auxiliary to the Hibernian Bible Society held a well attended meeting at Swinhurve's Assembly Rooms, with praise for speeches by Rev Mathias and P. KE. Singer. A nearby theatre in George's Street was consecrated as a chapel by Dr Wynby and other dignitaries, with over 1000 attendees admitted at the doors.
An account describes a visit by the Archbishop of Cashel to Waterford clergy. It highlights a practical method from a Glasgow dhyist for waterproofing fabric using a mineral oil based blend applied between cloth layers and pressed through rollers, claiming strong adhesion.
Printed at the Dublin Journal Office on Great Street by Kaner Street, the page lists various advertisements and notices of diversions and related items received at the office.
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