24 Sep 1816
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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Sep 24, 1816
Page
1
The memoir excerpt recalls a voyage where survivors resorted to cannibalism to endure the ordeals after being cast adrift. Descriptions detail despair, the reduction of humanity, and the grim decisions made to persist, including feeding on the dead while others abstained. The passage ends signaling a continuation.
Reports from Dublin and London discuss peaceable relations with Belgium and the Netherlands, warnings of French and Belgian trade friction, and a proposed press restraint law for foreign powers. Notes on West Indies assemblies restricting Methodist missions and a local Stafford County meeting to aid distressed manufacturers conclude the digest.
The chair was held by the Sheriff as resolutions were moved by Sir John Whottesley. The Bishop of the diocese attended from Bath to preside at the meeting and opened the subscription with a liberal gift of 500. Lord Anson gave 200. Sir Robert Peel, Lord Talbot, Lord Harrowby, Lord Gower, Lord Granville, and Lord Bagot each gave 100. M. Boulton and Mr Watt led other gentlemen with 100 each.
Sharp market stagnation as fine weather limits activity. Old wheat holds nominal prices from Monday while new wheat remains unattractive due to quality and storage issues. Burley and other grains show small declines with few buyers and little concrete movement.
The article notes the Belgian demand for manufactured goods reaching the king through the Interior Minister and hopes that the king will consider the representations. It also mentions Duke of Dublin’s Liege transit, 25 percent discount on Belgian securities, Rostopchin’s arrival in Frankfurt, Austria’s aid to Leopold of Sicily, an imminent Imperial marriage, and corn trade movement for France and Allied troops via the Rhine.
The Paris letters and foreign dispatches report a Duke of Ragusa rebutting a Journal des Debats critique, various European diplomatic notes, and updates from Rome Constantinople and Rio de Janeiro. Reports mention Lord Exmouth preparations, a Warsaw summit, and Portuguese forces moving toward Montevideo with Beresford's expedition.
The Common Council plans an early meeting to debate an Address to the Prince Regent after the late victory over the Alpines. Sheriffs of London and Middlesex report Lord Sidmouth said he could only forward the petition in the usual way. The first Common Hall after Michaelmas will discuss the matter as they assume new offices. A Breach Vaper notes Meduse frigate wreck near Cape Blanca, with relief provided at Goree by the English Governor of Senegal.
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