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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Jun 14, 1824
Page
3
Open letters and communications announce the Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Association for the Improvement of Prisons and Prison Discipline in Ireland. The Dublin Institution lecture room hosts the March 1824 gathering with notable members invited to act.
An appeal from the Dublin Infirmary committee reports the Charity Sermon for this year at St Werburghs postponed after extensive preparations. Funds from subscriptions and donations are below expectations, prompting an appeal to the public for support to sustain current expenditures and hospital operations. Prominent donors, including Robert Latouche and the Lord Lieutenant, have contributed, with others urged to assist at the New Infirmary in Long Lane, Kevin Street.
A plea from the Stranger Society to benevolent citizens of Dublin to fund relief for the sick and indigent. The 1823 figures show 1750 families, 4810 people aided by blankets clothing money and other relief, but funds are exhausted. Benefactors named include Lord Mayor Newcomen and Arthur Guinness among others, with a general call to continue woollen trade support and factory work in Ireland.
The piece reports on the Society for promoting the Irish language and the benevolent Ladies’ Association formed in St George and St Thomas parishes. It notes subscriptions received by the treasurer and lists officers, aims to teach female labor and provide clothing, while praising the patronage of Marquis and Countess. It also covers hospital admissions and a grand Prince Leopold event at Marlborough House with details of arrangements and performers.
Instruction to the Committee on Fisheries to craft provisions from the bill granting bounties on exports of cod and other white fish and on decked vessels trained for fishing, with historical dates and per ton bounty rates for several years ending July 1826 to 1829, and related conditions for export and vessel tonnage.
The document outlines proposed relief for bankers in Ireland from certain restraints under the 29th George III. It details allowances for co‑partnerships to sue in public officers’ names, penalties for failing to enter partnerships, and certification requirements. It also includes a Dublin Stamp Office note on entry validity for one year and penalties for noncompliance. The text references Post Office lighting expenses and other parliamentary items from 1824 with figures on costs and gas lights. It ends with a long, largely unreadable passage of verse or prose.
A lengthy homage to Lord Byron praising his sacrifice and influence as Greece's struggle for liberty gains acclaim in France and among Greek lands. The piece lauds his genius devotion and calls for future era celebrations by Pindaric memory, while noting his moral conduct and lasting impact on liberty and art.
A reader letter discusses a recent printing of the Rheims Bible in Yhatin under Catholic supervision and includes strong language about Protestants. It jokes about penalties for those who publish offensive opinions and mentions a public figure, Sir Henry Ward, at a colonial Olive event, with dates and details unclear from the fragmented OCR.
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