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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Sep 29, 1787
Page
2
Postscript from London Gazette Sept 21 reports Spain's ambassador presenting credentials to the king, Brunswicks marching on Utrecht and Dutch surrenderes to Brunswick. Proclamations invite seamen and curb foreign service while coin weights are tightened. END of Gazette.
From London dated September 24 a Flags promotion notes Hon. John Leveson Gower aboard and thirty line-of-battle ships ordered to be commissioned. Extraneous Rotterdam letters describe a sudden revolutionary change in Holland with Utrecht capitulating to prevent Orange prerogatives loss, and Rotterdam ready to surrender as Orange symbols dominate. The Hague Prince's party gains momentum while Patriots falter as Prussia advances, shaping Seven Provinces' fate.
A report from Utrecht details Prussian forces advancing in three columns after surrender of key towns. Inundations flood surrounding country drowning many and Dutch families. Prince of Orange reputedly restored in Holland, entry into The Hague celebrated. Naval fleet set to be built in four seas, with orders for Orion Colossus Scipio Rippon Pylades and others and dispatches to Kerfsint from Rochfort amid press unrest at Portsmouth.
The fragment notes stock sections with a time two o clock on September 24. It lists Ditto entries like 1778 1779 three percent red and Ditto Conf 71a70a7 13a 7, plus Ditto 1726 per cent con per cent, and Ditto Short 1777 for Bank L A.
A fragmented notice describes prize payments and tickets for a lottery to be drawn in Cork and Dublin. It notes drafts on notable persons, government security, and that shares and chances are selected as in prior lotteries. The ad emphasizes insured tickets during the drawing and mentions guarantees under Parliament acts.
A dealer advertises Red Port in Syantiaan quart bottles approved for regular supply. He also lists a large quantity of First, Saconn, and Third growth wines in bottles close to standard quart size, stamped with his name, ready for immediate use at moderate prices. Bottles are sold by the dozen, with most containing about fourteen of the general items.
A fragment warns that few rupture cases can be cured or relieved, and a patient with improper treatment is in continual hazard, implying care and medical risk in fragile health. The wording reflects archaic medical caution and emphasis on prudent treatment.
War talk and fleet fitting occupy Dublin as parliamentmanlike measures, press warrants loom, and ships flee to safety. The piece notes a Ringsend assault, imminent dangers, and deaths among merchants and citizens, with smuggling tides and auctions shaping a tense city scene.
The city observes the festival of St Michael with a perambulation led by the Lord Mayor and city officers. On Monday the Lord Mayor elect will be enthroned at Dublin Castle with the Lord Lieutenant. A Horse Guard will escort the Lord Lieutenant to the Mayoralty House. Dinner follows at the Lord Mayor’s George’s Hill residence. Grand Jury rites and entertainments are planned at Kilmainham and the Thal fel quarters during Quarter Sessions. Sub-Sheriff Todd Faulkner closes with a note of humanity.
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