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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Feb 24, 1819
Page
4
The Dublin Journal notes two London Mails arrived Friday and Saturday while the Chester Mail had not, as reporters remark on the irregular mail service. The brief item reflects on mail delivery delays and regional differences in 18th century communications.
The Commons considered Bennet's motion to investigate convict transportation to Botany Bay and NSW. Lords approved appointments related to slave trade treaties. Commons echoed. A bill via Lord Castlereagh seeks funds to liquidate private losses from the French Revolution. Irish Grand Jury Act debate produced a committee list. critics warned against temporary road provisions and questioned reduced presentments. Irish Election Petitions referred to a select committee for rulings on entry of electors.
A committee list is named for the Leitrim and Drogheda petitions as the session adjourns to Tuesday. Reports from London discuss the reported death of Louis XV and uncertain Paris dispatches. British letters claim no proof of Lanix XVIII’s death, while markets react skeptically to the rumor.
A Madrid letter dated the 6th reports deep dissension in Spain's cabinet with ministers possibly resigning. The split centers on the South America expedition and questions about taxing the people to fund armament.
A report on the Hay trial of the 18th Hussars appears on this page, detailing legal proceedings and proceedings against the officer.
A private letter notes a circulating rumour that Vansillart will resign as Chancellor of the Exchequer, possibly to be succeeded by Peel, with no exact time. The town sources contradict government offices and no other names or positions are confirmed.
Buenos Ayres reports offer no major new facts on the South American conflict. Estimates place San Martin’s Patriot army around six thousand, though one letter cites nine thousand. Osorio's Royalist groups, excluding Lima’s garrison, range from five to four thousand. San Martin likely to push advance posts toward San Paulo, about thirty miles northwest of his current position.
Letters arriving in London from St Helena state on December 27 that Bonaparte’s health remains similar to prior reports with no new events and an overall sense of secure tranquillity on the island.
The document lists Lent Assizes 1819 across multiple circuits including North East, North West, Connaught, Leinster, and Munster. It specifies counties and towns such as Trim Mullingar Naas Naas Maryborough Cavan Enniskillen Omagh Liford Derry Longford Wicklow Wexford Waterford Kilkenny Limerick Kerry Cork Clare Roscommon and Galway. It details commission days, times for sworn grand juries, and orders for records, recognizances, and attendance of prosecutors and witnesses.
On Friday during Westminster election sixth day, hustings debated admitting Drury Lane performers as King’s servants. A Hobhouse ally circulates an unseemly placard mocking Tory and Whig losses, while Major Cartwright notes Coalition progress uneven. Lamb supporters held a public breakfast, Hobhouse claims Coalition not yet collapsed. canvassing continued with Whigs and Tories paired across districts.
A garbled OCR fragment describes Tradmond Bgads and Wy Laub, noting a barber’s honesty and a boastful front, with venomous tongue described as biting like an asp. It mentions Mr HuNT and a vain display, followed by the populace dispersing.
A London Commercial World letter reports four recent failures disclosed today. Two involved closely linked trading houses whose troubles are traced to a single source, while the other two concern distinct departments. None of the houses are of the first rank, and the deficiencies are substantial.
Undersigned Catholics of Ireland request a general meeting in Dublin on March 1 1810 to discuss duties and express respect for Protestant brethren. Signatories include Fingall Mathew OBrien Gormanstown Nicholas Cuilea Esmonde and many peers, bart. and gentlemen. meeting venue to be announced.
A long insolvency notice lists James Fallon and Jane Jercott in Waterford and Kerry, creditors across Cork and Kerry, announcing petitions to be discharged from custody under acts for insolvent debtors. It details dates, places, and named creditors, with examinations and upcoming assize considerations.
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