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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Jul 21, 1824
Page
3
The Debtors' Friend Society led by Viscount Lorton presents the accounts showing nineteen prisoners aided and weekly relief provided to the poor. The Treasurers, S. Singer and associates, solicit subscriptions for ongoing aid and mention annual sub memberships with relief powers over prisoners.
Public benevolence urged as hospital seeks funds after new infirmary opened in December 1822. Committee reports subscriptions below expectations and a sermon could not be preached, prompting appeals to patrons and friends of the charity for donations acknowledged by Lord Lieutenant’s gift and other contributors.
General monthly meeting and report of the Charitette Society for Relief of Sick and Indigent. Treasurer’s report of the state of the funds presented. Members and officers listed, with motions discussed and next meeting scheduled. Weak legible names and places noted.
Proceedings from the Dublin Institution meeting note adoption of the printed report with accounts and appendices. Emphasis on improving prison discipline, Gaelic instruction, classification, and employment. Calls for a House to shelter and employ released youths, with a committee appointed and funds pledged to support ongoing work.
The Manaciwa Committee pleads for wider support as expenses rise and subscriptions fall. With funds barely covering one month and current year receipts around 4000, the charity faces closure and the need to protect vulnerable inmates. The committee appeals to households and trading estates for steady, prudent support to keep the institution open.
The Governer General in Council proclaims Ava as a public entity and bans British subjects from contacting Burmese authorities until disputes are resolved. It outlines the causes of tensions, Burmese aggression near Shapuree, attacks on British forces, and the decision to adopt measures to defend British rights and boundary, with potential war if peace cannot be maintained. Reports note Burmese casualties and ongoing pursuit by British forces.
A June 8 1824 note from Normany’s coast recalls the La Foie Phen festival held in a rural parish on Sunday the 20th and again yesterday the 27th. The account discusses renewed church zeal, public processions, and the ritual pomp, contrasting devotion with social revelry and politics, while noting authorities and councils shaping such rites.
Articles lament the Irish peasantry facing extreme hunger despite abundant soil yields. The text attacks misgovernment and rents, arguing landlords drain labor and produce, leaving peasants malnourished while elites dine. It urges examining rent injustice and its role in poverty.
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