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Newspaper
Patriot
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 03, 1837
Page
5
Reports from Taunton indicate improving general business and a buoyant money market. Banks push for resumption of cash payments as specie exports rise, while cotton prospects loom for favorable prices. Consols near 92 money, Exchequer Bills at 52 to 54 prem. Dutch stock gains unsettle the Bank amid declining exchange.
France reports Prince de Joinville’s forthcoming long cruise aboard the Hercule before US reconnaissances. Spain notes Cortes convening in November, elections later, and Carlist movements with Zaragoza reports. Hanoverian notes describe pressure on constitutional changes and Catholic issues as tensions rise.
Beau July 24. Lord William Russell has returned from his tour abroad. The journey home from Potedam was delayed as creditors of a major road seek remedies after municipal remonstrances.
Detailed first and second day poll tallies across multiple counties show the two Reformers elected in Buckinghamshire while Worcestershire Norfolk and other districts report Tory returns or continued contests. Specific figures list Marquis of Chandos Sir W Young G Hartour and others, with registrations and forthcoming election dates in various regions.
Scotland has 51 constituencies returning 53 members with Edinburgh and Glasgow each providing two seats and a split between county and city representatives. Lord Athrep Pacer, for Lichfield, may be the youngest MP at 21, after being named equerry to the Queen. A tragic explosion on a parish road killed Thomas Cox and gravely injured a co worker.
The Congregational Union committee urges ministers deacons and trustees of Independent congregations to send remaining register books to the commissioners in Downing Street with congregational consent. It warns that private custody risks loss and that legal validity hinges on public deposition and government appointment of a responsible officer for access to authenticated copies.
Buildings certified as duly registered for solemnizing marriages include Baptist Chapel Portsea James Moorgom registrar. Stoneway Chapel Bridgnorth John Trevor. Baptist Meeting-house Haddenham Acton Tindal. Providence Chapel Uxbridge Charles Woodbridge. and 11 more in Chorley Union with various chapels and superintendents.
The letter lists Rev Algernon Wells as Secretary to the Congregational Union of England and Wales and Colonial Missionary Society, with correspondence directed to the Congregational Library in London. It notes Rev E Prout as pastor at Halstead, and cites various ministers visiting the Old Meeting House. Additional items report Hanover affairs, cabinet news, royal health, army uniform changes, and a vestry decision on church funding. It also mentions M Duroener’s Capri discovery of a preserved Virgil bust, Quakers’ address to James II, and a Middlesex collection note.
Irish election reports reveal Dublin Tories failing to recruit responsible opponents as Lord Claude Hamilton is rumored. A metropolitan contest looms with a Tuesday briefing expected from a club envoy. At Trinity College a Stock candidacy faces student disruption and hostile demonstrations as Tory support is split. Lone County votes foresee Tory victory, while coalition talks between Whites and others are rejected.
A letter to the Patriot from Exeter dated Aug 1 1837 reports the southern Devon nomination favoring Bulteel for Bulteel and Parker, with Buller supporters pushing for a poll. Clergy denounce Reformers while parishioners are urged to back Reformers. fear of Church property confiscation is invoked.
South Australia details the site chosen for the capital to be named Adelaide, its six mile distance from the port, a deep fresh water river, upcoming bridge, and favorable land for grain and vegetables. It notes friendly natives, surveying progress, ships in Glenelg roads, and Governor Hindmarsh aboard Buffalo setting up the settlement.
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