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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Oct 13, 1824
Page
1
A violent storm damaged our Printing Offices and destroyed much material for publication. The Journal of that Evening was not published on time, despite our efforts. We ask for indulgence from country subscribers affected by late arrival and assure arrangements will prevent future delays.
London papers report delayed arrival of London Journals due to weather and promise updated quarter revenue details. From Gibraltar a Spanish Cortes member forecasts a strong constitutional faction, while Spain’s militia proscriptions and volatile unrest loom large across the peninsula. The money market shows little change though revenue improves, with further notes on Br Domingo and Hayti, and a critique of French censorship and Spain’s fight for liberty amid imperial politics.
The Courier reports that the revenue accounts for the current quarter close on the 10th and will be completed late tonight. It notes notable improvements in customs after adjustments for repayments, with better figures in finance and stamps. The Treasury accounts are described as particularly satisfactory.
Extract from a Calcutta letter dated 23 April, received in Glasgow. It states H M S Larne and 15 ships sailed ten days earlier, with 14 gun boats and additional ordnance vessels proceeding to the same destination. The Madras division was to depart for the Andamans as the rendezvous point on the Lith.
A letter from Sir W. Gladstone refutes a Me rcury unauthorised report about Mr Flanagan seeking a county seat in Louth with a Catholic pledge, while mentions of a royal patent creating Baron Strangford and ongoing Irish canal finance discussions unfold. Reports cover Ulster Canal funding, Treasury letters, and local commerce gains, plus a vivid Icelandic river descent tale.
An Irish meeting at Mallow, chaired by Lord Donernile, debated restoring peace amid rural distress. Speakers blamed corrupt magistrates and a venal system, praised Catholic clergy for restraint, and endorsed a police reform under the Constabulary Act. A subscription funded the addressed memorial and the chair praised orderly conduct. Nearby crimes included a canal death ruled a suicide and several robberies and forgeries. authorities plan a new court at the Mansion House to speed public justice.
A chaotic OCR fragment records ships deploying to Madras and Calcutta, honors for the Niagara gallantry, the 93rd Regiment Colour ceremony in Chichester, and a flurry of promotions in October. Also notes police division renaming and a curious royal anecdote about the King’s recovery and a Bath advertisement.
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