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PP-P.780.067
8 Apr 1780:41, 42
Limerick, Dec 20. Last Friday, in consequence of an order
from Lord North, there was a scene of rejoicing in this
city, which we shall attempt to describe, though it would
beggar all description. In the morning, the bells were set
a ringing, and the very children caught the general joy and
congratulated each other; at noon the whole body of the
Limerick volunteers, commanded by Thomas Smyth, Esq, fired
three rounds on the Mall, and at night they lined the main
street and fired a grand Feu de Joy. On this day a free
trade began for the first time, to the no small emolument of
chandlers, and a number of poor men and boys, who brought
horse loads of clay to town for sticking the candles to the
windows, and in a short time converted into handfuls of
silver and copper coins.
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