27 Sep 1785
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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Sep 27, 1785
Page
1
Public notice advertising sale of redseed wheat at Porterstown Co Dublin. Mentions price per barrel and that application should be made as above or at Mar. Walter Prow's Southfield.
The Rev Mr Brickell recently moved to a new house near the Old Ruin at Cahleknock and announces he is ready to take a few more boarders on moderate terms. Proper measures attend for the convenience of his purity. Cahleknock near Dublin. August 11, 1785.
Abstract of the quantities and returns of prices for corn grain mak mezt fir in the city of Dibiin and liberties the adjoining from the 25th of September to the 1st of October. The batt of exchange lists wheat rye peas beans 26 barley and beer 16 oats 144 of flour per sack, barrel of wheat, two stone of melt per bar of barley or beer.
Public funds notice from Dublin dated October 4 1785 announces a financial instrument or contribution event. Names, exact figures, and entities are unreadable in the fragment but indicate a formal funding or bond process in the city.
The account describes patrols along Ranelagh Road and sections from Culfe Street to Ranelagh, patrolling to deter disorder as crowds form every half hour. It notes plans for the Four Courts at Inn’s Quay, a grand public edifice with facilities for courts and visitors, and mentions an inventor’s mechanical amusements alongside a recent robbery incident near Chamber Street.
A fragmentary report remarks on sundered moral decay, prison scenes without clergy, and the need for rural reform. It surveys freeholders registration, calico manufacture, Ireland's trade with America, and how foreign competition affects domestic industry, alongside proposals for currency reform and canal findings.
A correspondent urges vestries across Dublin to appoint volunteer patrols guarding houses and passengers along Camden-street and Ranelagh-road. Funds may be raised via parish levies to support watchmen, substitutes, and nightly fire and candle provisions as crime and disorder rise. The piece cites police and civic measures, plus a lament for rising crime including theft and highway robbery, while praising the mayoral efforts to curb nuisances and protect markets. It also notes ship arrivals from Waterford and Bonavista, an assault near Arran Quay, and honors the memory of Mr. Burke and Mrs. Clinton senior.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions Dubulin ta Kilcullen in Kildare and a meeting on a day in October with likely officials or figures named OTTIWELE and Miousley path OBober ey Sein HM. The readable text is fragmentary and lacks a coherent event or outcome.
In a fragmentary notice dated September 26, 2788, an event related to officials or wardens is referenced with garbled text. The readable portions indicate a scheduled date and a formal act, but the full meaning remains unclear due to corrupt OCR.
A garbled auction-like listing describes a farm named RHINBACK with buildings, orchards, and multiple features. It mentions buyers from New York and references land lots, a "Lands" sale, and a nameless party with a note about slaves or enslaved people. The text is heavily corrupted and only fragments remain.
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