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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Oct 12, 1816
Page
2
Fragmentary verse laments the rose's fading bloom as autumn arrives. Vivid imagery contrasts the season's chill with a once vibrant flower, noting the loss of color fragrance and life. The speaker aches for summer's passing and the flower's now pale visage.
Fragmented verse praising Beauty in Smiles as a force that contrasts sorrow and danger. The speaker extols Beauty's power to revive joy in human hearts, linking it to heroism, poetry, and nature, amid doubt and wandering.
Early Monday four armed desperados broke into Mrs. Medilicott’s house at Rathmines, binding servants and stealing valuables including rings, a pearl broach, a gold watch, a gold chain, and a silver tea shell. Police captured four suspects later that morning at a Ballad street house. identified as John Doyle, William Rants, Thomas M Donough, and Thomas Johnston, awaiting Commission trial on the 26th inst.
The West Indianan Appleworth of about 900 tons, capt Cummins, laden with sugar coffee and cotton, became unmanageable after anchoring off the Mouse Sand and drove aground at night. The captain pilot and crew escaped aboard a boat with aid from Hearne Bay boatmen, while the ship sank in 14 fathoms as the wind shifted north.
A wreck tale recounts fourteen lives saved including captain and crew after a brigant anchor sheltered on a brig, while one cook perished. Boatmen risked themselves to rescue many as the storm battered the West Indies bound Fortitude vessel and other craft. a later report notes the annual Idle Society meeting in Wexford with charitable subscriptions from local workers.
The notice describes disbandment and reassignments of several regiments including the 2d Garrison Battalion Iron with two months pay, pensions for veterans to Portsmouth then Cheha, the 15th Foot moving from Limerick to Tralee, and the 6th Regiment for Jamaica. It details stationing of the 6th Dragoons at Exeter Plymouth and Truro, the 5th Regiment at Fermoy barracks awaiting ships for Cork harbour, and the 60th retaining officers for a recruiting company. Major-General Sir John Byng heads the Northern District with headquarters at Pontefract Dublin and Brigadier orders praise the regiment under Colonel Sir Robert Le Poer.
An 1817 Galway meeting report from Clare Journal describes Currarupe course racing with attentive spectators and stewards appointed after the Assizes. It notes weights and entrants including Mr Vandeleuns Laurel and Britannia, with Woodcock and Ropeedancer among noted horses and multiple heats described.
Fragmentary racing notes list horses and ages at Hillsborough October meeting. Entries include Derry ridden by Mr Joyce, valued mares and colts from Marquis of Donegal and Marquis of Downshire stables, with several stakes races noted and a few walked over entries.
The Oct 4 market notes a languid demand for Muscovado and Caribbean goods with prices drifting lower for some items while refined sugar and molasses show steady to higher interest. Public sales and private contracts push brisk sales in certain lots. cotton prices remain steady though little business transacted, and rice and tobacco markets show varying activity with domestic and East India shipments noted.
The London grain market reports damp weather and war impact on new wheat. Prices for English wheat rise to around 85s 290d per quarter, with expectations of further gains. Bread prices show half and quarter loaf rates of 24d and 65?d per loaf, reflecting market tensions and supply concerns.
Shipping list items show arrivals and sailings from Liverpool Holyhead and Dublin. Goods and passengers linked to vessels like the Dublin Packet and Dido with various traders and collier counts mentioned amid high water tides and moonlit nights.
The notice lists subscription prices for various periods in pounds and shillings, including twelve months in advance and shorter terms, with delivery options for in country and abroad. It identifies agents and addresses in Dublin and London as sale points for the Dawson Journal and related advertisements.
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