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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Sep 08, 1789
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment presents scattered words and partial letters. No clear names dates places or events are readable to establish a concrete news item or summary.
The British and Dutch reports describe a five day meeting of lawyers ministers and generals under the new Sultan to decide whether to continue the war or accept terms. News from Copenhagen notes the Prince Royal and two princes visiting Holstein while Austrian operations stall. Belgrade siege hints fade as multiple armies move toward Bessarabia and Transylvania with 30,000 Troops remaining in Wallachia. The Grand Vizier seeks favorable terms while Turkish forces draw back and Austrian-Russian efforts shift toward a Cuban diversion with 49,009 men dispatched in July.
Saturday the Right Hon Mr Secretary Ho bert sailed for England where he will stay three weeks. Report says few orders have arrived. Cork merchants have contracted for four thousand barrels of beef and two thousand casks of butter with Bourdeaux traders for the West India market. Some minor commissions arrive for Plymouth and Pendenis Caitte, hinting at fresh meat prices next winter and spring. The Rathdrum woollen trade shows strong demand for linen yarn despite export duty hopes in Parliament. Fountain is erecting paving near Hospital for Incurables. A drowning incident occurred when a boy bathing at the North end could not be helped. Hornbeam fences are being planted as part of a new protective net around town.
Fragmentary notices describe a sharper stealing two poor marines, a ring entrusted by a Dublin woman in 1789, and a prison-like claim of a price. The document also lists church appointments by Tuam Archbishop, a birth in Molesworth Street, and several deaths in Kilmainham Cork and Great George Street, summarizing 18th century social events and obituaries.
Partial readable notice from Dublin Treasury Chambers about debentures and interest rates, announcing payment dates from September to October, with reference to a public window in September and filing details for concerned parties.
Lords Justices publish a reward for apprehending Jonathan McManus Matthew Lynam Matthew Gerry Patrick Handy Joseph Cully Kenny and William Watson and others in a brutal murder near Kilbeggan. Fifty pounds sterling offered for first three apprehensions and conviction. another fifty for any who discover other participants. pardon promised for the discoverer of the principal offender. Given Dublin July 1789.
Lord Lieutenant issues a public appeal offering a reward for information on a nighttime fire attack. A dwelling, barn with corn, stacks of wheat oats hay and other articles at Bailagh on the Clonoulty lands were set alight. The act targets Revd Richard Lloyd, minister of Clonoulty, with a July deadline for identifying suspects and securing arrests. The notice names the dates and locale, urging locals to aid the search and promising a reward per each apprehended offender.
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