09 Nov 1809
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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Nov 09, 1809
Page
1
A formal letter dated 26 October 1809 from Dendlilk requests support for a county representation figure. The misspelled text reflects political petition rhetoric urging recipients to back a candidate as successor. The prose implies an official tone and appeals to local gentlemen.
The Dublin Journal notes Zealand hostilities, French gunboat actions, and British responses. It cites the London Gazette with congratulatory addresses on a king’s fiftieth year and a corn distillation prohibition proclamation. Reports on Covent Garden management, Essex bridge, crime trials, pardons, and a Madrid escape are included alongside price data for Brown and Muscovado sugar.
The Jubilee Committee reports diligent efforts to apply donated funds for relief of poor debtors. They urge early legislative action for an Insolvency Act to aid cases beyond charity and condemn perceived avarice of lower-class attorneys who press for full bills of costs against imprisoned debtors.
A gentleman travelling by gig near Littleton County Tipperary resisted three armed robbers seeking his banknotes. He leapt back to safety when ambushed by pistols hidden along the hedge and drove toward the stage to alert neighbors while his servant misled the attackers about the money.
The London coal supply fell short after the late embargo and coal ship shortages for Spain Portugal and Walcheren expeditions. The new Coal Trade establishment aided price and supply as embargoed Dublin could not receive coal. Orders begin to mobilize the 1st battalion of the 6th Infantry to Portugal, with several cavalry regiments and artillery to follow.
Reports list Dublin aldermen and judges, noting the Lord Mayor of London being made a baronet. The week includes police seizure of plates for forged notes and presses, plus a rape case sentence, linen market slack, flax prices falling, and ships sailing from Cork with British naval movement and Lord Clarina’s West Indies voyage.
Verona dispatch reports Tyrolese tightened river supply lines near the mile Trent and posted guards at Mel to hinder removals. Col. Eseliy Bot Infantry repelled by 900 troops, with heavy losses and pursuit two miles. Gen Peyri's proclamation warns Tyrolese to abandon insurrection or face harsh reprisal, urging calm and obedience.
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