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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Aug 25, 1824
Page
1
Incomplete readable items describe a local event or notice. Names and places are unclear. the fragment mentions a tea event, a referendum, and possible election terms. The text is too garbled to extract concrete facts or identify entities with confidence.
Despatches dated July from Jamaica arrive in the Colonial Department. Reports of a planned insurrection near Suvanna le prove unfounded. Suspected Africans are examined and released. London markets remain steady with minor shifts in Consoles and foreign securities. No expresses from Paria noted. August Consoles near 9344.
A transcription of corn price data and import duties from the London Gazette notes that average grain prices for the week and quarter ending Aug 14, 1824 trigger foreign import rules. It lists weekly and quarterly averages for wheat barley oats rye beans and peas across maritime counties, detailing duties and conditions for oats and other grains under 48 Geo. III and later acts.
The piece surveys grain price manipulation fears in England and Ireland, detailing how import duties, averages, and market tricks at ports could skew prices. It notes Poland France and Germany competition, Ireland's resistance, and the broader impact on labor and manufacturing with quoted commentary from British and Irish observers.
The Recorder sat for trial of petty crime. Convictions include Michael Murphy against Wm. McCormick for stealing coats four months, Luke ke for entering a yard with intent to steal coal three months, John Heyland for copper theft three months, Anne Robinson for lambs wool gloves six months, Daniel AtCall for stealing lead four months, Christopher Byrne for creating a petition, William Farrell for stealing shovels nine months, and Walter D'Arcy indicted for stealing an earring with mercy urged. death sentence under consideration.
In consequence of the non-arrival of the Cork papers on Monday we are unable to provide Cork markets for that day. The absence delays market details and related pricing.
Funds held firm with Consols retreating to 93d then 98 and Dutch markets showing little change. Traders note large Bull account amid upcoming settlement and anticipated dividends as weather tightens grain trade and capital flow, while Jews reportedly plan to buy more stock. Quotations closed with Reduced Annuities 94 with 4 percent new 108 and Exchequer bills at 400 41ap. Co. for October 944.
Market report notes broad decline in South American bonds with Chile and Brazilian loans showing weakness. Peruvian scrip unmailable at times, Buenos Ayres and Colombian issues move variously. French and Prussian shares slip, while northern securities hold near last week levels. Port au Prince dispatches warn of French invasion fears and imperial calls for defense.
The annual Donnybrook fair unfolded under torches with crowds touring stands and tents. Thieves targeted revelers near Brook road as Lord Mayor and nobles dined at Morrison's villa. rain later dampened plans but police kept order and a large horse display was promised for tomorrow and the next day.
The Lord Bishop of Killaloe presented Rev T Hawkenworth to Kilruane Rectory and Vicarage in Co Tipperary. At Gort ordination last Sunday Rev Whomay Logan Rev John Spray and Rev Henry Morgan received Priest Orders and Mr Richrl Ann and Mr W Hoe were admitted Deacons. The Very Rev Dean of Lilmacduigh preached. A Protestant Association was formed in the city seeking to admit all denominations. At Major Hare’s funeral Thursday, over 3,000 mourners passed through Limerick Hillarney en route, with the Right Hon Secretary Goulbourne in attendance. Washington Trvng’s new work Tales of a Traveller published in London today.
The DurAn assizes opened with a case against a 24 year old surgeon charged with administering poisonous boluses to his wife Charlaine Hodgson to murder her. Evidence described the couple's marriage, the boluses containing calomel and corrosive sublimate, and the illness of Mrs Hodgson. The jury returned verdict not guilty after hours of testimony and debate.
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