19 Jan 1809
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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Jan 19, 1809
Page
1
A public notice from the Navan Turnpike Road trustees convenes at the Exchange Dublin on Monday January 16 to consider all business related to the road. R A Thompson signs the order. The document records January 8, 1809 as the date of the notice.
Publication notes the appointment of Dr Milner as Political Agent for the Roman Catholic Clergy of Ireland. Authored by Rev Thos Ell Lungton D D, formerly senior fellow at Trinity College Dublin, with a French sentiment toward the political dialogue.
A levee will be held at the Castle on Sunday February 5 at three o clock, announced from Dublin Castles dated January 1808. It invites attendees to meet at the royal site for the public reception.
CHAMBERLAIN's OFFICE announces a drawing-room at the Castle on Thursday evening February 9. The second drawing-room is set for Thursday February 16. Her Majesty's birthday will be celebrated February 23 with an ode a ball and supper. Ladies wishing to dance on the birth-night should send names to Chamberlain a week prior.
The Observer notes Sir Jon Moore aims to secure a position to threaten the French Army and recounts English victories in crises such as Cressy and Agincourt. The piece questions Spanish theater, Constantinople upheaval, and French influence, urging vigilance as events unfold in Madrid and Ottoman politics.
Parliament opens at Westminster amid expectation of a violent session as the Opposition plans to press ministers on aiding Spanish Patriots. The debate centers on Buona Parte and the Spanish Campaign, with Mr Waarsneap signaling distrust of Administration.
Reports from London note cross party fault lines over Spain as Ministers face scrutiny while the Law Courts prepare to sit. Dispatches mention Andalusia and Valencia uprisings, a leaky Russian frigate seized at Leith, and Britain’s diplomacy with Buenos Aires under Sir Sidney Smith as Don Pedro’s heirship shifts. A private distillery near Newry is busted by Excise officers with 600 gallons of potato mash seized.
Abstract records the quantities and prices of banury catmeal and flour sold in Dublin and surrounding Liberties from January 6 to January 31 1809. It lists barrel allowances for portneat rye pras and braws 20 stone barry and bere 16 stone oars 14 stone 3 and 134 stone of frovx equating to a barrel of wuratane and a stone of oatmear per barrel of oats.
A historic Irish sketch recalls the rise of rival whiskey factions in a southern county. The piece describes distillery plunder and sheriff reforms, the marriage rites between factions, and Captain Hanly’s arrest and death sentence amid public turmoil.
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