Fragmented Financial, Legal, and Global News Digest
Fragmentary financial figures from 1817 cover capital, arrears, and receipts. a mention of the Black Pin affair and Grimaldi’s defense. a Royal Court hearing on a censored manuscript. a French vessel capture near Havana by Florida corsairs. discussion of the French legislature agenda including press freedom. severe Swed ish cold in August. papal health update. Russian ministry changes. a note on South American Independence support via British ships. market dividends and early wheat and barley prices in England.
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Toby
An- Daly
Porte-Feuille
Cie Pereipts Meade
Depusira
Sieur Grimaldi
Sainte Helene
M. Merilhon
Advocate-General
M. Merilhion
Jiches Des Nantes
Jean Charles
Peytavin
Havannah
Streight
Bahama
Chaced
Independents
Florida
Amelia
Sweden
Pope
M. de Chevalier de Traschinsky
Rivy
South America
Thames
Emanuel
Amelia Wilson
Grace
Dawson
Publc
Connors
Berditto
Suffolk
Paris Party Arrives as Trial Ends in Acquittal
The Paris Party of Sunday arrived last night. Official accounts report the trial of the conspiracy of the Black Pin terminated on Saturday in acquittal of all prisoners. The French import during the year 1816 amounted to a large total.
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London
Paris
Financial tumult across Europe and arrests in Prussia
Reports describe large trade imbalances with France, shifts in prefect appointments in Lyons Amiens and Rennes, and a Paris stock market surge amid Bank discount policy and Exchequer Bill issues. Purported arrests of Colonel Massenbach in Prussia and naval dispatches accompany notes on Jerome Bonaparte and Madame Murat property deals.
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France
Count Chabrol
Lyons
Count de Lezay- Marnesia
Amiens
Count D'Allonville
Rennes
C. Pars
Rhoden
Dager
Court of Cassation
Jansson
Massenbach
Petersburgh
Europe
Fienna
Jerome Bonaparte
EngeraRald
Schonen
Madame Murat
Ort
Vienna
Count Fries
Prague
Fouche
M. von
Christiana
Berlin
Custrin
Council of State
M. V. Masenbach
von Dierike
Hamburgh
Fwan
Muhai
India
South America
Portsmouth
Miss Byrne
Dublin Theatre
Drury Lane Theatre
Adela
Continental policy and Sweden in a time of change
The Dublin Journal cites foreign papers debating free trade versus protection and notes a German critique of prohibitions on British goods. It comments on Sweden’s political shift, Crown Prince Bernadotte’s popularity, and the likely end of Bourbon influence. It argues liberty ideas rise as German constitutional talks progress and continental monarchies face uprisings.
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Sweden
France
Bour- Bonn
Bennapore
Gustavus
Caens Barnae
Bernavorte
Orderly State of Dublin Policing Praised but Questioned
Reporters note a quiet period with few crimes, contrasting with last year’s daily thefts and robberies. They commend police vigilance yet question whether morals among the people have improved or if the lack of incidents reflects other causes.
Moral improvement in city after year’s start
The deteriorated state of the city has eased with better public order. The fewer intoxicated individuals on streets and improved discipline are noted as signs of progress, though persistent subsistence difficulties and employment scarcity remain challenges.
Kilkenny Woollen Factory Professing Moral Reform
An 1810 Waterford Chronicle excerpt praises the Manino Factory at Stoneyford Kilkenny for moral uplift alongside textile production. It notes shifts from poverty to decent housing, urges private capital and market access over government subsidies, and argues Irish cloth can rival English goods if quality meets price, urging public patronage.
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Kilkenny
Ramsay
Waterford
Manino
Stoneyford
Waterford Chronicle
Ireland
Menino
Aeéma
Eingland
Trish
Prospective impact of a Woodtry Manufactory on Ireland
The text argues that direct, individual benefits to laborers arise from a Woodtry Factory plan, aiming to lift Ireland’s peasantry and arts with local advantages. It claims moral and social improvements accompany industrial growth, noting visitors observed disciplined workers and higher civilization in Stoneyford, suggesting manufacturing could usher a new era of morality and national prosperity.
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Ireland
Stoneyford
Maonera
Disturbances in France and a brutal punishment
The report describes violent disturbances in Bergues St. Wincx in French Flanders with Dunkirk garrison forced to intervene. It notes corn prices easing and recounts a traveller's tale of a merchant labeled a monopolist who was sealed in a hogshead and rolled along, a harsh method of vengeance. Governments remain vigilant.
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France
French
Flanders
Bergues St. Wincx
Dunkirk
State of Prussia Discontent Reports From Germany
A gentleman arriving from the continent says a universal discontent roils Prussia and other German states. Reports from Germany echo that unrest may lead to serious consequences, though details are not fully disclosed by the Morning Chronicle.
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Germany
Thnes
Prusia
Morning Chronicle
Russian Bible Society Reports Large Circulation Plans
The Russian Bible Society committee reports in June 1817 plans to distribute 196,600 copies of Holy Scriptures in 17 languages. In 1816 they produced 10,000 Sclavonian Bibles and New Testaments, 500 Vindatic, 5,000 French, and 5,090 Armenian editions, with ongoing printings for Greek, Tartar, Georgian, Molde vian, German Catholic, Latin, and others. Distribution in 1816 reached 1,444 copies. Translations were pursued into Bayesian, Tart and Cartesian tongues and Turkish Armenian and Burat Mongol languages.
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Russian Bible Society
Dia New Vestany
Samoyede
Duke
Belfist Academical Institution elects head master
The Belfist Academical base men elected Rev. Henry Montgomery A M of Drumurry as Head Master for the English Department after a large field of candidates. Testimonials on character and reputation were carefully examined, and the public will is believed to favor the choice.
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Belfast
Belfist Academical
Henrry Montgomery
A. M
Drunmurry
Montomery
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Tee Ash
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Lachange
Dublin
le Dublin Journat
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Prussia
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