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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Dec 05, 1809
Page
3
Me Pauleners protests from North Strand home against scavenger carts depositing soil on the public road opposite his house. He laments foul exhalations and urges the Paving Board to spend funds to hire a distant field for soil disposal.
Rev Dr Hall notes specimens of broom flax and ragwort fibers from Ireland and Cornwall. describes methods to extract flax from broom and notes potential carpet and paper uses. Adds Spanish and European news on battles, sieges, and dispatches as far as Madrid and Aranjuez with various army movements.
Letters from Caen and Rouen report appointments in the French administration at Trieste Fiume and parts of Croatia. Napoleon defies world opinion with Canova pictured trampling the globe. Bombay dispatches discuss two expeditions aiming to seize Rodrigues and attack Persian Gulf pirates under Col Keating and Col Smith with Capt Wainwright supervising naval actions.
Reports from Burgos note the governor and magistrates dealing with traitors retreating to Madrid. Patriot forces under Ciudad Rodrigo commanders Sanchez and Angulo resist French troops near Birbiesca Pancorbo and Salvatierra. Insurrection spreads in Rioja Navarre and eastern Castile as Madrid-Molinas mail routes are blocked and Zaragoza-Bayonne hostages are moved. General Garcia engages near Astorga with French losses.
Reports from Gottenburgh and Copenhagen detail rumors of King Gustavus's death and Stockholm disturbances. A Danish princess scandal with ballet-master Dupuis triggers a possible divorce. Military envoys and a Danish-Swedish peace congress convene in Jonkoping as Augustenburg seizes the throne question.
Letters from Portugal report the progression of Spanish forces and a possible Blake defeat without dates. They note contradictory news from Gerona about relief or scarcity. The Victory under Sir James Saumarez reached the Downs and Portsmouth. Government reports say Zante and Cephalonia fell to the Sicily expedition. The Toulon Fleet may sail for Sicily. Lord Collingwood’s vigilance blocked the plan.
Tuesday morning burial at Fulham marks the death of Sr P Stephens Bart aged 88. He leaves all property and estates in Middlesex Norfolk Suffolk and Essex to Lord Ranelagh who married the daughter of a baron and is believed to have issue.
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