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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Feb 23, 1825
Page
2
February 28 rescheduled to Monday the Twenty-eighth and the Dining Roewts Tuunsoay IArft of March at Two. A Larmon Monday the Tenth and a Drawing-Room on Thursday the Tenth of March at Nine o'clock. Attendees should bring two cards with name and residence.
London journals report Monday intelligence with little significance to British or domestic affairs. Paris letters suggest a conference of Continental ministers in Paris around the coronation of the French king. They note Britain’s move toward treaties with South American states and Ferdinand's health concerns due to gout.
The British market opens with Consols at 944 and shares broadly firm as the exchange notes little change in foreign securities. Wheat and grain trade shows tight supplies amid three month port closures, with fine malting barley in demand and oats and beans softer. meat sells briskly with beef, mutton, and pork pricier, and livestock prices posted at Smithfield for the day.
Details from Barbadoce describe a conspiracy at St Thomas's led by Lieutenant Fiter of the Colonial Militia, a creole educated in Scotland, with two others implicated. A secret committee sat as letters arrived, while Danish Governor's demeanor reduced alarm about imminent consequences, with the plot said to extend to neighboring islands.
A Proclamation in Trinidad calling out the Militia around Christmas time raises concerns of danger, with penalties described as unusually severe. Glasgow letters received on Thursday show no alarm or unusual appearances in Glasgow, per the Glasgow Herald.
Letters from Lima report Canterac’s army reduced to 1500 with Holivar advancing on Cuzco and Royalist efforts seen as desperate. Bolivar papers awaited Admiral Guise’s arrival, city largely favorable to the Patriot cause. European storms and Dutch coast damage noted. West India merchants press for sugar duty changes and home use options, with ministers weighing sugar duty and Mauritius sugar usage.
Within the last three weeks short wools have risen from 30 to 40 and long wools from 50 to 60 per cent at Liverpool with prospects of further advances. Blanket prices have risen about ten per cent while cloths made from combed wool show nearly a doubling in price.
A London agricultural column cites the rejection of foreign barley and rising seed prices. It details alleged seed fraud, noting a local seed-manufacturing operation using a steam engine to profit from poor quality stock. The piece faults farmers, millers, and traders for duplicity and deception in the grain market.
On commencement day the university conferred Doctors of Divinity on Rev. Joseph H Singer and Rev. Thomas R Robinson. Doctors of Lawn awarded to Rev. E T Gregory John Anster. Bachelor of Arts earned by 174 gentlemen. Gold Medal for Science to John Tole ken and for Classics to John M Caul. Graduates led by John Tolekeo John M Caul George Sidney Smith James Ladd Robert Mooney Richard Tudor John Craig Thomas Mahon John Ryall. Vice Chancellor's Prizes for Composition awarded to Bellet Herbert Bailey Stills and Phayre.
Captain Franklin sails from Liverroot in the Columbia for New York to command a government Arctic expedition. The party includes Dr. John Richardson, Lieut. George Buck, Edward Nicholas Kendall, Thos. Drummond, a botanist, and four marines. A large crowd gathered at Prince's Dock as the steam boat prepared to depart for the Columbia after rounding the Rock.
London reports muted activity in the funds with transfer and price movement limited. Analysts anticipate a possible decline while lingering doubts about Allied policy and South American independence persist. Foreign markets show gains in Old and New Spanish stock and optimism around Greek bonds amid mining venture chatter.
Wm Probert, linked to John Thurtell in the Weare murder, faced Bow Street on a Gloucestershire horse stealing charge. A mare stolen near Fearnden was traced to Probert’s mother’s house. a neighbor reported seeing a tall man with the mare, and horsehair matched. Probert claimed an alibi. horse later said to be sold at a London auction.
Lord Combermere, then commander of forces in Ireland, was named Commander-in-chief of India and Second in council at Calcutta by the East India Company directors. He proceeds at once, as Major M Dougall and Captain Robinsons Companies of the 25th Regiment set to march from Ennis.
A huge blast at Hitchener and Munger gunpowder mills near Dalkeith caused two men to perish, leveled the drying and storehouses, and sent shock waves across Musselburgh, Tranent, Ormiston and North Berwick. About 60 barrels exploded, damaging hundreds of homes and triggering a large rescue effort plus burial of victims.
The report details dull and mixed activity in corn, oats, barley and flour markets across Dustin, Galway, Banagher, and surrounding ports. Wheat prices hover near 32s to 34s per cwt with variable barley and flour values. butter, pork, and peat prices show shifts as traders balance supplies from farmer markets, mills, and imports.
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