Cadiz Desolate City Seen Through a Flowing Letter
A Cadiz dated letter from February 5, 1895, laments the city's decay amid ruined churches and a diminished navy. It describes poverty replacing former opulence, with nobles and clergy clinging to religion while society frays. The writer critiques superstition and notes political moves, including Spanish exile and Peruvian expeditions, alongside military plans and church decrees.
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Cadiz
Spain
Mexico
Peru
Neptune
France
Bey
Apollo
Church of
Baron de Montes
Ain
Military Promotions in the Life Guards and Dragoons
War Office dated 25 February 1825 lists promotions and by purchase changes across regiments including 2d Life Guards, 16th Light Dragoons, Coldstream Guards, and various Foot regiments. Promotions cover cornet, ensign, lieutenant, captain and adjutant roles, with many from half pay or without purchase, alongside retirements and resignations. The piece also notes Alexandre’s farewell and charitable gift of 1000 for a benevolent cause in support of Treland patrons.
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War Office
2D Regiment of Life Guards
George Thomas Bulkeley
Purchase
Dutton
16Th Regiment of Light Dragoons
James Pybus
Arthur Upton
Graves
Brook Northey
Beaufoy
1St Regiment of Foot
Charles Curtis
Royal Military College
Williamson
73D Foot
Charles Head
93D Foot
Alba Strerean
Frederick Cavendish
2Nd Foot
George Stirling
58Th Foot
Henry Sharpin
24Th Light Dragoons
Thos
Noble Clark
William Octavius Temple
48Th Foot
James Huie
West India Regiment
Cavendish
James Spence
Edmund Gennyss
William Gibson Willes
45Th Foot
John Ayres Kingdom
94Th Foot
Spence
Robert William White
Gennyss
34Th Co
Charles Harford
82D Foot
Hadwin
Edward Hopper
John Campbell
Charles Mudie
Robert Mends
Hopper
Robert Deane
Ce Raynes
44Th Foot
Robert Smith
Leutenants
Thomas Robinson
William Wemyes Fraser
Cape Corps of Infantry
Thomas Baynes
42D Foot
Smith
George Bayly
Robinson
48Th
Ditro
Thomas Brotheridge
Robert Vincent
John Trevor Hull
Edmund Carrington Smith
Hretheridge
Benjamin Baxter
Purhase
William A Rosa
John Blacquiere Mann
Stirling
3D Foot
Ditto
William Abbot
Royal Veturn
Becline
Td Ditto
Bedworth Huddy Weston Williamson
Spencer
Ed Vito
Thomas Hatwin
Harford
Exelen
Ati Ditty
Deana Herbert
Enien
Witout Purchase
Meads
George William Molynene Lovet
Murray
Cornet
Richard Sneyd Rambottom
16Th Light Dragoons
Burne
Uerbert Lave
Lovett
Henry Contop
Joan Ambrose Russell
Lidia Regt
Contop
John R. Curie
Kingdom
Samuel Allprea
George Osborne
Tuto Hery Jams
Tole
Witout Rrchase
Nia
Tempest W. Stroude
Russell
Cape Corns
Jamon Neil Risston
Frazer
Royal Visit at Wisner Loud, Prince Augusta Attends
The Majesty did not engage in outdoor exercise yesterday as royal duties took focus. Royal Highness the Prince Augusta paid a visit to Elis Majesty at the Royal Lodge. Sir Charles Lore arrived and had an audience. Local paths and routes were noted as the ceremony proceeded.
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Wisner
Royal Lodge
Prince Augusta
Elis
Charles Lore
Hhin
Maguty
Outrage and unrest plague Mellon farm district
In the Mellon county farm, insurgent attacks wounded several, with two assailants arrested after sworn informations. Incendiaries attempted to burn Robert Smith’s Whiskey Hall house, killing the guard dog. a tenant was displaced by insurgents. Local magistrates in Rathkeale and Croom meet to preserve peace, adding police and delaying militia, while ploughing resumes nearby. A Clare fishing boat carrying herrings from Arran to Galway was lost with five crew.
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Liaeuiex
Fen
Mellon
Kilmacat
Robert Smith
Whiskey Hall
Lloyd
Rathkeale
Croom
Clare
Arran
Galway
The Irish Court Levee Attended by Dublin Rank Officers
Lord Lieutenant holds first Levee of the season in Dublin Castle yard with a large array of officials clergy military and civic figures present. A detail from the 9th Lancers guards the Castle while carriages arrive through the afternoon listing numerous judges bishops archdeacons deans aldermen and senior officers among the attendees. The crowd includes many names and regiments with hundreds more unnamed.
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Dublin
9Th Lancers
Lord Norbury
Lord Combermere
J. Elley
Johnson
Cloyne
Clogher
Closfert
Derry
Kilmore
Meath
Brinkley
Langishe
Ardagh
Cionfert
Cok
St. Patricks
Archer
Harry
M‘kenny
Smyth
Tyndall
Lloyd and Lefroy
Blacker
Bowater
Browne
Ball
Finch
Ferguson
Grove
Grogan
Lindsay
Macpherson
Millen
Morris
Mitchell
Palliser
Ross
Sandelands
Burch
Chatterton
Dansey
Donohoe
Drummond
Falconer
Flemine
Gray
Logan
Morrison
Munroe
Powell
Sirr
Smith
Spottiawood
Sankey
Tandy
White
Boileau
Boyd
Bullock
Christian
Colville
Crastee
Digby
Daly
Douglas
French
Faris
Greenwood
Grange
Gosset
Hall
Hustler
le Poer
Mills
Griffith
Kyle
Lefanu
Lockwood
Magee
T. P. Magee
Martin
Osborne
T. Plunkett
W.C. Plunkett
Phelan
Porter
Russell
Renny
Wells
Willy
Wolsey
Luscombe
Wallace
K.C. M.macklin
Laemprey
Perrin
Richmond
Mr. Smith
Commissioners of Customs
Messieurs
Hamilton Rowan
G. D. la Touche
Blackwood
Dombrain
M. Cane
Pinlay
T. H. Torrena
Hume
R. Law
P. C. Law
R. Cane
Thomas Bushe
Casey
FE. Casey
Lambert
Nimmo
Lawrenson
Shore
Weyimas
Leeson
Dunne
Daniel
Edwards
Gann
Cameron M‘alpin
Gore
Middleton
Wood
Ford
Gower
Beckwith
Webbe
Gallwey
88Th Regiment
Kendall
Royal Artillery
Knox
Sth Lancers
Proposal to send Sir Charles Giesecke to Connaught for mineral survey
At a recent Royal Dublin Society meeting Mr Macartney moved that Sir Charles Giesecke be sent to Connaught to collect minerals and specimens for the society. A £100 grant was proposed to cover his travel expenses, aiming to identify lucrative mineral sites and attract attention to Irish mines.
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Macartney
Charles Gesecke
Connaught
Charles
Charles Giesecke
Distinguished visitors attend Lord Lieutenant at Castle
His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant welcomed a number of notable figures at the Castle on the occasion of the season opening. Bishops Meath Raatoe Cloyne Clowher Kel vere and Cork, along with Lords and dignitaries including Sir Grosse Dallas and Major Coaby, were present amid mourning for the death of the revered Reverend Jeo Valbut.
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Perous Prosene
Bishhops
Meath
Raatoe
Cloyne
Clowher
Kelvere
Ana Clhordort
the Vivens
Vyas Ad St. Bantran
The Markets Flash Wide Price Fluctuations Weekly
London Friday afternoon notes extreme shifts in Muscovado and sugar oils with tentative advances toward 1s to 2s per cwt this week. Molasses and coffee also rise amid brisk trade, while cotton purchases surge and grain markets show improved demand.
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Lonndon
Muscovadea
Jamaica
Trown
West India
Brazil
Havannah
Domingo
St. Domingo
Liverpool
Surata
Leeward
Pale Geneva
Bourdeaux
Glasgow Prices Current and Grain Market Update
Prices show steady to firm tones across meats grains and butter with wheat advancing, barley and oats mixed but steady, and fish and pork in steady demand. Notable figures include whiskey 6s 9d per gallon, beef 5d to 6d per lb, potatoes 2d to 3d per stone, and scotch herrings around 34s per barrel with wider regional variations.
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Lublin
India
Tbadtiowts
Pete Bey
Ipu
Jet Dos Poe
Pir
Tae Varew
Galway Bay
Canton
Fes
Hains &d
Butler
Waxerizep
Glasgow
Canada
Stirlingshire
Dublin Local Taxation Select Committee Appointed
A select committee is appointed to inquire into the local taxation of Dublin and report opinions and observations to the House. Members include Spring Rice Peel Goulburn Newport Ellis Plunkett Hill Parnell Stuart Knox Domville Shaw White Talbott Massey Dawson Vesey Fitzgerald Hutchinson Colthurst Trench Wellesley Grattan Coote Sneyd Oxmantown Stewart. Power to send for persons papers and records. five to be the quorum. reports and minutes of evidence of former Committees on Local Taxation referred.
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Dublin
Spring Rice
Secretary Peel
Goulburn
J. Newport
Ellis
Plunkett
George Hill
Henry Parnell
Stuart
Aremagh
Knox
Compton Domville
Robert Shaw
White
Talbott
Massey Dawson
Gascoyne
Dawson
Vesey Fitzgerald
Hutchinson
Nicholas Colthurst
Trench
Wellesley
Grattan
Charles Coote
Sneyd
Lord Oxmantown
John Stewart
Lords of Parliament react to Mr O Connell’s appearance
A London paper notes Mr O Connell’s appearance below the Bar of the House of Lords on a Thursday evening. Lord Liverpool sought to be introduced to him, provoking a notable sensation among the peers as Iris Grace helped arrange the moment by guiding the interaction with the Learned Gentleman.
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Mr O'Connell
House of Lords
Lord Liverpool
Duke of Leinster
O'Connell
Iris Grace
London
Portratarck Hansour
Rennie
Cook
Raphee
Maurice Fenwick
Killiteses
Raphoe
Edward Stopford
Lis oMee
Torse
Torse Cruerds, On the Marquis of Donesal, General Sor George Nugent
Bart
Croker
Gontal Farmar
Dalrymple
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Ferdinand
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Foisare la Tour
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Brackenbury
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Bataion
Francis Beritze
Vee Aubull
Mownstevn Alexandre
Wexford
Kilkenny
Waterford
Cork
Treland
THE
Irish Court
Royal Dublin Society
Filmow'’s
Muleiea
Michael Wan
Troy
Fay
Virroy
Tite Ry
Davin
Eleetur
Lomeick
Bbe
Robart’s and Co
Tony
Cuarden
Etreet
Pester le Pain
le Bridget’s
Hays
Bares
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