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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Sep 17, 1816
Page
4
Reports recount Lord Exmouth’s bombardment and capture of Algiers with heavy Algerine losses and British casualties. The Dey surrendered after a flag of truce, and capitulation included battery demolitions and naval discipline.
A Dover letter dated September announces Lord Exmouth's victory before Algiers. Dispatches from Paris confirm the French minister's note of a successful attack on Algiers on the 5th with Algerine forces destroyed and a Dey armistice of terms. The Brazilian fleet, Swedish consul, and Marseille reports circulate while casualty estimates hover around 800 British and 1,000 Algerines.
A Boston extract discusses U S government openness to procuring four grain and provisions from the United States for three months via British vessels. It notes sentiment in the National Intelligencer about Colombia’s cause and parallels to American independence. it also reports Bonaparte’s health, exercise, and mood, plus shipping news including the loss of the Sutton and safety of the Bibby and Duke of Portland’s yacht near Bangor.
The Dublin Journal notes that the London Journals and French papers up to the 11th have arrived by the mail, delivering the latest international news to Dublin readers.
London received intelligence of the surrender of Algiers and destruction of the Algerine fleet with reports of heavy British casualties. The Paris upheaval shows Ultra Royalists versus Constitutionalists, royal family tensions, and a shift toward the Constitutional Charter, while steamship trials highlight efficiency gains for sea transport between Holyhead and Dublin.
On Sunday last the Lord Mayor and the Duchess of Dowser were invited to Captain Enatson byad enbeoch Lis pockss Battaynta for the purpose, according to readable fragments of the report.
Four men including Thomas Cruise and Nicholas Savage were brought before the Sitting Magistrates on Friday charged with divers highway robberies near Dublin. The gang, said to number seven, attacked John Kelly near Donnybrook and seized money notes a watch and valuables. Police traced two watches to the suspects at a Cork Street public house and recovered items linked to Kelly. The accused were detained for examination and remanded to custody.
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