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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Sep 12, 1821
Page
2
A long extract recounts Humboldt style observations on the Orinoco tribes, curare preparation, festival rites, roasted monkeys, fish flour, and native crafts. It details the poison’s manufacture, the festival of the guvias, and the Indians’ use of reeds and musical instruments, alongside colonial commentary and reflections on European encounters.
The report discusses a suggested clover species, the Lrcfolien brcaruataie or Crémsnn Clover, as a hardy early variety suited to dry soils and capable of growing with minimal cultivation. It notes trials in Beowickobiot and calls for seed import to estates, plus a public Chester meeting approving a packet station at Dawpool to carry travelers between London and Dublin, funded by shares.
The nautical expedition led by Capt Kellingshausen doubts the alleged Continent near the Antarctic seen by an English navigator, declaring it merely a group of islands. Military units in Ceylon and India are stationed in Colombo, Kandy, and Trichinopoly with plans to relieve regiments. A new sect at Dreadon inspires fanatic acts including a woman killing her servant. Sir Henry Carr and Sir John Hill deaths are noted along with multiple family losses. A shopkeeper loses part of a fortune to suspected rat theft.
A reflective verse evokes distant scenes and lost joys as a traveler far from home laments leaving friends behind. The speaker hopes Heaven might grant return to beloved shores, while fortune may yet bring him home from Lifford Gaol on a distant date. Crown Hail, Lifford gaol, Sept. 8, 2121.
Lieutenant general Sir Thomas Hislo leads a Madras command voyage aboard the new frigate Alligator in June while Lord Hotham travels to the South of Ireland. A Harwich tea boat accident results in the drownings of Mrs Gardiner, Mrs Miles, and a girl, with several survivors and a crowded harbor scene. Also reported are unit disbandments at New Bridge barracks and other scattered notices.
Birth and marriage announcements feature many aristocratic and military names. Mrs. Richard Clayton of Cole's Lane Market greets a son. Lady of Captain C P Willoe and Mrs. Stephenson announce daughters. Various weddings list White and Asin Bellem. Higgins and others wed in multiple churches. Deaths note Robert Burton and Mrs Turin among others, with family ties to Portman Square and Monaghan.
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