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Hibernian Journal 2 July 1784 BETWEEN ten and 11 o'clock on Tuesday night, a wretched woman, divested of every maternal affection, threw her child over the battlements of the Queen'sbridge into the Liffey; a young woman passing at the instant saw the transaction, and several passengers on the quays heard the shrieks of the infant, but were so petrified at the horrid act, that the monster escaped up Dirty-lane before they had the power to stop her. The inhabitants, on the first alarm, used every means to save the child, but without effect. . . A few days ago, three men, who were appointed guard on some cattle a few miles from Dublin, seized by virtue of an execution, went to the gentleman's house and insisted on money to get drink; on the lady declaring that she had no money, they obliged her to give them a large silver spoon, compelled her to go on her knees and swear she would never discover of them; the next morning they returned, demanded more valuables or cash, and on refusal began to destroy the windows, drove a bayonet through the parlour window and wounded the lady in the breast; her husband, who was absent the night before, finding no other means would repel this outrageous attack, fired at the ruffians, wounded one of them, and obliged them to make off. On Monday last the three villains were apprehended by the sheriff of the county Kildare and lodged in Naas gaol. . . The avenue to the chapel of Francis-street, which used to be entirely stopped by vagrant beggars, was quite clear of those miscreants last Sunday, owing to the attendance of a constable, placed there by whose directions we know not, but hope this laudable plan will be universally adopted by the other places of worship in this city.
Ramsey's Waterford Chronicle 1 July 1823 IMMEDIATELY upon the Common Council of this City having decided against the dressing of the Statue on the Anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, the esteemed and respected Gentleman who, as Mayor of the City, is head of that Body, made known the resolution they had come to, in the following letter: To his Excellency the Most Noble Richard, Marquis Wellesley, Lord LieutenantGeneral and General Governor of Ireland.
"Prompted by a sense of duty as Chief Magistrate of the City of Cork, and President of the Common Council of the Corporation, I humbly submit to your Excellency, that it having been the ancient custom of this Corporation to permit the commemorating, on each first day of July, of the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, by decorating the Statue of one of our former Kings standing in a conspicuous situation in this city, I yesterday called a meeting of the Common Council, to determine us to the propriety of discontinuing this ancient practice.
This assemblage was unusually full, and it appearing from general public documents that his Majesty's Government was desirous that those demonstrations should be dispensed with, the Common Council were unanimously of opinion that the practice should cease and that no exhibition of the sort should take place on the approaching first day of July.
And as your Excellency should be informed of these circumstances, I feel a pleasure in respectfully laying them before you, hoping that your Excellency's approbation will attend my conduct. I have the honour to be, with great respect, your Excellency's humble Servant, Henry Bagnell, Mayor of the City of Cork."
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