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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Jun 17, 1818
Page
1
Richard Wogan Talbot of Castle Malahide writes to electors of Dublin County seeking votes and support. He cites past conduct as pledge and asks electors to judge by his opinions and principles, expressing confidence in success. Dated Castle Malahide June 10, 1818.
In the Dublin Journal report the King of Italy’s free ports decree is questioned as ill advised with Cadiz delaying its effects. French papers show counter orders and Spanish policy missteps. The piece lambasts Spanish government misrule and predicts provincial gains and Atlantic liberty growth amid the downfall of the monarchy.
The piece notes candidates Grattan and Shaw in Dublin with calls for a younger entrant, urging Grattan to retire. It lists election plans across Counties Dublin Wicklow Mayo and Wexford, plus Westminster candidates including Maxwell Romilly Burdett Kinnaird Cartwright Hunt. Henry Hunt pledges to push for broad reform and opposes patronage. The writ dates and local polling details are included.
The Right Hon Rowent Peel and Mr Secretary Guenoay arrived from London. A special General Assembly at Drogheda presented the freedom of the town in a gold box to Earl Talbot. Alderman Smyth proposed and the Reverendder seconded the motions. A committee was formed to prepare an address and was unanimously approved. The Mayor, Sheriffs and Mecurder were ordered to wait on Excellency with it.
His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant appoints A. W. Kyle, Esq. to Dunleary Harbour Commissioner in place of the late B. Kearney. The notice notes the deceased’s vacancy and official replacement. The text also includes a society note on the marriage of the Duke of Leinster to Lady Charlotte Augusta Stanhope at Harrington House London with Royal attendance expected. mentions Uathou factory work on a dardan and carriages for the couple’s journey to Carton.
A critical portrait of Jonathan Swift as poet and satirist. The essay praises Swift’s prose wit and moral sense while noting his irony and occasional absurdity. It discusses Gulliver's Travels as both invention and execution, Johnson's view, and Swift's aims to strip pride and redefine human nature. It contrasts Swift with Voltaire and Rabelais, and comments on contemporary literary politics and one or two public notices.
The passage analyzes a writer’s sharp, ironic mind and unsettled imagination. It notes his precise separation of truth from pretense, his playful yet biting wit, and a restless temperament that mocks reality through fanciful figures while recognizing human folly. Rousseau is invoked to contrast parental affection with public satire.
At the late quarterly examinations of the city college several students earned certificates across subjects including Classics and English. Names listed include Boyton, Davoren, Darby, Collins, Siffery, Lilayd, Darley, Hatton, Towgaend, Jerrard, Hanne, Linby, Sting, Johnson, Aldworth, Miller, Proale, Semple, and others, with premiums awarded to Abort, Daly, Barter, Brady, Doyle, Moore, Lee, Burke, Bartes, Purcell, Boyle, Crawford, Tranke, Hogg, Jervald, Peebles, Maxon, and more.
A private Paris letter from June 10 discusses a 24 million loan favored to Barings over French houses, stirring discontent among Paris banking circles. The Sidney Gazette from Sept 23 notes floods affecting crops in New South Wales, a convocation plan for Diocesan religious work, and efforts to establish cheap, improved religious tracts and schools through clerical committees. It also lists marriages and deaths across Ireland, with notes on church positions and notable individuals.
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