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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Feb 20, 1824
Page
2
In a chaotic sequence of hiring a chaise, purchasing a coat, and gathering a posse, John Thurtell and accomplices plot and execute a murder in pursuit of money from William Weare. They transport the body, search for valuables, and divide the loot amid mistaken expectations and evasive talk, with Thurtell detailing the fatal assault and its aftermath.
In a detailed account three men plan and enact a murder strategy to hide a body. They open a bag, loot items, and dispose of the corpse in a pond using a sack, stones, and a drawn cord to keep the feet submerged. They discuss finishing a rival thief in the same room before midnight.
A columnist from the Farmer's Magazine suggests shifting single grass species across plots to maximize fattening and appetite in grazing animals. He argues pure stands avoid overshadowing, improve feed value, and prevent boredom, proposing successive crops of white clover ryegrass ribgrass and other pastures.
The Leinster Journal reports on John Congreve aq High Sheriff of Waterford giving land for a graveyard adjoining a chapel in Moaneain. The Rev N Carroll accepts an acre after a 60 perches offer, with a steadfast prompt handover. Joseph Pratt donates timber and secures a perpetual lease for a new chapel at the Butts, signaling civic clergy and laity support for a noble, ongoing religious project.
The Belfast Chamber of Commerce forwarded a memorial demanding exemption from a two pence per ton charge on vessels arriving from Great Britain. The Privy Council for Trade replied February 11 1922 that the memorial was forwarded to the Treasury and that directions should be issued to implement the act designating trade between Great Britain and Ireland as a coastwise trade.
A mother seeking heather on Black Mountain near Carrickfergus found her two year old child missing. Searchers and dogs scoured the moor overnight. The infant emerged from a bush, safely returned after twenty four hours with no food, to the relieved mother.
A Bordeaux family endures sorrow after a daughter leaves a convent and perishes by suicide in a well. The report condemns convents and urges ending their reestablishment. The letter also covers boxing feud posturing and public scans of a London ring scandal.
An extract from Armagh letters details a dreadful affray near Keady with Pat Hughes shot dead and his son wounded, others injured by sword. Inquests name Samuel Ewart and William Sling as murderers amid arrests by Dacre Hamilton, with Protestant versus Catholic tensions noted. A second account from Derrynage describes a family killing on the road to Monaghan during a Friday night incident, leading to a verdict of murder for two neighbours and arrests for trial at the Assizes. Reports also mention Paris and Coleraine incidents, unrest in Limerick and other common crime notes across the era.
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