Dublin Grand Jury Opposes Turnpikes Enclosing City
The Dublin Grand Jury on November 24, 1809 denounced a plan to enclose the metropolis with turnpikes. They warned the scheme would tax travelers, raise food prices, and oppress landholders. They praised nearby baronies that proposed voluntary local taxes for road improvement and resolved to publish the protest signed by Foreman Frederick Darley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wexford
Wicklow
Dublin
Yratle
County of
Frederick Darley
Addresses Sent to the Home Secretary for the King
A passage notes that several addresses were transmitted to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department. The King approved their reception in a gracious manner.
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Home Department
Dublin City Hails Golden Jubilee of King’s Reign
The Lord Mayor Sheriff Common Council and Citizens of Dublin greet the King on entering the fiftieth year of his reign. They praise his mild rule amid continental conflict and pray for long royal happiness and continued good government. The city seal confirms the proclamation dated October 20 in the 49th year of his reign.
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Dublin
Europe
Ipr
Address of the Mayor and Citizens of Limerick to His Majesty
The humble address from the Mayor Sheriff and citizens of Limerick greets King George III in gratitude for his accession and long reign. They pray for continued religious virtue and protection, urging a future of unity and welfare under his line, dated October 25, 1809.
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Citiz
Limerick
Sherifh
Francis Lloyd
Paving House Footways Notice Enforces Cleanliness
Town residents of Iublin urged to scrape sweep and wash the footway approaches to each house each morning until May first next under penalty of law. Signed by J Rosborough secretary.
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J. Rosborough
Anti impetigines hailed as universal remedy for blood disorders
An 18th century advertisement touts anti impetigines as the most powerful cure for scurvy scrofula king s evil and other disorders from foul blood. It markets a family bowel containing four bottles for 35 shillings 9d with savings of 9s 9d and lists several sellers including M Keene Dugdale Bull Callwell Davison Sablin and other medicine venders in the county.
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M. Keene
Dugdale
Bull
Callwell
Marquis Wellington Arrival and Lord Wellingson at Seville
The Dublin Journal notes Marquis Wemsster arriving in Plymouth announced in London by the Telegraph. Lord Wellington reaches Seville on the 2d inst and is welcomed by all ranks. The piece underscores his diplomatic experience in Spain and the impact of his accession to office on the Cabinet amid partisan condemnations.
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Marquis Wemsster
Spain
Prient
Wuld
Swedish political turmoil and Baltic shipping news
Reports from Sweden describe Buonaparte and northern courts shaping Gustavus's fate. Danish potential heir Count Ants PARRE travels to Stockholm. Sweden pledges peace with England and grants British vessels access. A convoy schedule and port rules hint at cautious international shipping during imperial power shifts.
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Sweden
Gottenburgh
Buonaraing
Gustavus
Denmrk
Preont
Norway
Stockholm
Ants Parre
de la’ Ganvea
England
Leith
James Saumares
Baltic
Europe
Trade fears in Baltic ports show wartime mercy fading
Fragments describe Swedish shipping at Carlscragne and other Baltic ports under pressure from war. Letters from Riga report trade facilities matching peacetime norms but warn mercantile favors hinge on naval power, signaling a broader temper beyond Sweden.
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Carlscragné
Sweden
Riga
Baltic warships and convoy trade reach unprecedented scale
The article notes the Baltic fleet and the last convoys arriving abroad. Merchants at Lloyds claim no memory of such wartime trade, with 2210 ships passing the Belt under Adm Dixon's squadron from June 25 to November 8, none captured despite numerous Danish gunboat attempts.
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Baltic
Tloyd’s
Trifn Lg
Adm. Dixon
Arrival of Africaine and Mr Erskine in London Papers
London papers report the Africaine arriving from America and the former British Minister to the United States Mr. Erskine. They note seamen’s desertion and the refusal to repatriate them as new grounds of discontent. Mr. Jackson dined with President Madison and government members after being warmly received by Mr. Manison.
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America
Erskine
United States
London
Jackson
Manison
Irish Yeomanry and Infantry Appointments Listed in Detail
The Dublin Gazette publishes commissions and promotions across Yeomanry Cavalry and multiple Infantry units. Notable changes include William Walsh and Redmond Read receiving lieutenantate roles, John Bayley and Darby O Grady advancing in rank, and numerous officers from Limerick, Londonderry, Longford, Waterford, and other locations receiving first, second, or third lieutenancies as resignations and promotions reshape the regiments.
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Dublin Cazerte
Pablin- Cosh
Geirln
Dodnas
Broadford
William Walsh
Walsh
Briney
Jon Nash
Ve Whiting
Weenie Iddieton Infantry
Humeel
Darby O'Grady
John Bayley
O'Grady
Clones Cavaley
Jobin Bradshaw
Minnie Eee
John ‘Thompsin
Bradshaw
Edward Mayne
Thompson
John Lloyd
Mayne
Licht
Newport
Henry Alcock
Ryan
Charleville
Saunders
Roberts
Bess Pettigoe Infantry
Lst
Alex. Irvine
Vnto’ Good
Wm. Holmes
Philip.Good
Comepany
Acheson Holmes
Io Caedon Cavalry
John Pringle
Tranaemé Cavalry
Wm. Morris
Weir Woollen Draper Shop Burglary and Military Movements
Friday morning the shop of William Weir in Cookstown was broken into by forcing a window shutter and paving the way for theft of goods of considerable value. A letter from Kelso notes a storm, frost, and a river frozen at 20 degrees. Reports of the 59th regiment sailing for Liverpool and potential wrecks along Coldingham coast are included, along with details about Zante currants and its earthquakes despite sturdy low houses and good harbor.
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William Weir
Cookstown
59Th Regiment
Pigeon House
Liverpool
Isle of Wight
Tilding Extratt
Kelso
Tweed
Coldingham
Lumsdain
Ross
Baltic
Zante
Cephalonia
Adriatic
Italy
Turkey
Palestine
Egypt
Marriages and Listings in London and Irish Counties
A notice lists marriages and engagements including Lord Granville Leveson Gower to Lady Harriet Cavendish in London, James West of Bath to Lydia Stock, Lieutenant Chisholm of the 42d Foot to Miss Lynch of Shannonbridge, and other matches in Galway Roscommon Dublin and Kildare regions. The item cites various names and locales such as Killare Bishop, Tidendale, and Brooklawn.
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London
Granvile Leveson Gower
Harriet Cavendish
Duke of Devonshire
James West
Bath
County Westmeath
Lydia Stock
Killare
Chisholm
M. Lynch
Shannon-bridge
County Roscommon
Thomas Higgins
Rapaddin
County
Notable Scholar and Gentleman of Pembroke College
The article recalls Dr. Smith Master of Pembroke College Oxford a figure blending evidence with cheerfulness and social ease. He admired drama and often attended Garrick performances in the theatre pit, while also balancing clerical duties with urban pleasures and residing at the Oxford Coffee-house.
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Smith
Pembroke College
Oreford
Gloucester Catheden
Alwayes
Garrick
Oxford
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Joan
Harpine Waisu
Court of King’s Bench
Lonnevity
Sarah Williams
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Tavistock
Lidford
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