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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
May 15, 1798
Page
4
Report from City authorities detailing steps after a reported minority riot. Judges and leaders met yesterday to discuss provisions and safeguard rights amid unrest in Dublin. Notes reference provisional measures and the crisis’s possible escalation.
Intelligence from Portsmouth describes French assault on St Marcou defended by Lieutenant Price and a small force of 100-150 troops and marines. British gunboats and batteries repelled the attackers with significant losses on both sides, with reports of several enemy ships and boats destroyed or captured.
Extract from a Mole St Nishalas dated March reports government decision to halt drafts. sixth regiment to remain. It notes mutinies on Hermione Figale and Renommee with several executed, others confined on ships or irons. Police and officers aided by Marines thwarted later plots as Providence protected officers.
The document lists theatre performances and ticket sales for an upcoming week, including a farce by Camila and violin concerts, with tickets available at the theatre. An auction is announced for timber from the Oil Seffrans Court and an abstract of weekly grain and meal sales in Dublin and Liberties, detailing quantities of wheat rye peas beans oats meal and flour by weight measures.
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