25 Nov 1818
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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Nov 25, 1818
Page
1
Fragmented verse from Poets Corner with archaic diction wreaths a portrait and a lady in a glass. The speaker laments beauty fading and death while invoking fidelity and mourning. A second tribute, Monquerier’s portrait, depicts a woman before a mirror and dying in early beauty, ending with a pale memorial image and the line TRISSINY.
From Melanges de Histoire et du Litterature an anecdote recounts the King and Madame Pompadour listening to a comic tale about a magic powder that promises wealth and happiness. The scene includes a laughing audience and a bid for power through status symbols, ending with the King’s curiosity and the Doctor’s gleeful mockery of money.
A reviewer summarizes Mr Fravon’s nine month tour of the United States, noting detailed emigrant guidance and essays on New York traders, agrarian life, and social manners. The piece criticizes his broad portrait of Americans as coarse, indecent, and aristocratic, yet deems the work useful for emigrants, despite perceived biases and limited observation.
The account closes with Captain Paddock, Abdulla, and eighteen captives reaching Mogadore after 575 miles of hardship. Ransom talks proceed, Court and Foxcroft settle payments, Laura and Bob rejoin rescued companions, and the American Consul aids homeward return to the United States at cost.
A historical report describes the execution of John Murray after a murder at Mr Berry's hotel on Humes Street. Sheriff White faced the scene with restraint, the hemp rope broke causing Murray to fall, but the Sheriff aided the injured man and Murray died after a brief revival attempt. Murray, about ten years old, showed gratitude to the Sheriff before death.
Reports from Newry Newry Telegraph and Laniskillen Chronicle note milder weather yielding second crops of raspberries and ripe fruit in gardens of Edward Savage Richard Dane and Rev Dr Russell. Rasberries taste and fragrance described. sparrow nests building. London Star mentions lilac blossoming and rapid vegetation growth at Mr Dival’s Morelane Ipswich and a field of wheat sown two weeks late.
Dr Meyler’s Lectures on Ventilation announced at the Public Society House with two lectures on air purity and best ventilation methods. A Dublin Society event postponement noted due to royal death. Also report of a Dublin hat swindle at Camden Street and an extraordinary will discovery involving Garvagh peerage lineage.
Public gaming tables in Paris detail the budget for public games and administration. It lists tables and staff, monthly salaries in francs, and total annual expenses and projected profits, with figures for dealers, assistants, inspectors, waiters, and refreshments, totaling 1,551,460 per year and gross profits projected at 200,000.
An extract from a Caledonian Mercury letter from Inverness recounts a morning earthquake at 12 35, a second tremor lifting the bed, and a loud report. The writer notes clouds over the valley and a strong wind from the south after the shocks, describing a tense scene and careful timing of the events.
Excerpts describe widespread discontent over conscription in France, with conscripts adorning cockades and ribbons, police opposition, and local uprisings in Paris and Vosges. The piece argues the army’s terror has governed policy and questions future parliamentary countermeasures amid a divided political scene.
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