10 Aug 1835
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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 10, 1835
Page
1
Lords discuss proposed municipal corporation bill in Shrewsbury and other towns, detailing charity funds, freemen rights, town governance, and potential tax burdens. Witnesses from Hereford Liverpool and Alnwick testify on freemen, elections, and local authority powers.
A parliamentary inquiry into Liverpool’s corporation details its finances, property purchases, and public works from 1786 to 1932. It covers lending, rates, leases, and bonds, with testimonies by Col. Williams and others. The discussion touches elections, relatives in office, and potential reform of the borough’s municipal charter.
A bill prepared by Buckingham Brotherton and Potter proposes creating public walks, baths, playgrounds and recreation spaces near towns. It details citizen requisitions, a 21 member Public Recreation Committee, funding via local rates or stock, rules on amusements, admission, and annual reporting with extension to Great Britain and Ireland.
The Duke of Argyll’s East Indiaman carried gifts from the King of Oude to the King. The cache includes a solid gold bedstead and table, two massive silver chairs, elephants, Arabian horses, and dwarf buffaloes. Items valued around 80,000, stored at the Dock Company warehouses while awaiting further orders.
Poole sloop Ranger aground off port being lightened and expected to float off this tide. Portsmouth from New Orleans reports a heavy storm and loss of spars likely from Walter Scott. many wrecks noted near Sable Island and Cape Ray with crew saved, several vessels condemned or repaired, and cargo saved or sold.
John Norton appeared before Hatton Garden magistrates on suspicion of murdering his wife after she died from a fracture of the jaw at North London Hospital. The nurse and hospital staff said she declared he struck her with a violent blow. Norton was remanded until the coroner's inquest.
The Weekly True Sun critiques the church reform bill's appropriation clause, accusing Peel and allies of seeking to drop it to allow self corruption. It argues restoration of state oversight is essential to curb abuses, preserve Protestant establishment, and prevent renewed church strife amid Irish reform debates.
A Chelsea commission examined a Mr. Jackson of George Place amid proofs of alleged insanity. A key witness claimed he would attend chapel but not church to avoid church rates, prompting mock praise of Jackson's prudence. The piece satirically asserts many Englishmen would be deemed mad if that standard applied.
A 1835 correspondence discusses Stow on the Wold residents asking the Poor Law Commissioners to reject uniting with Chipping Norton and favor forming a union with Stow as the center. Letters from local authorities and Duke of Kent cited, highlighting a regional push for workhouse arrangements and county-wide union plans.
A fragment from a late issue notes a court involvement surrounding a petition that carried a single named supporter, previously aligned with promoters of the true market interest, described as a former well-wisher amid shifting alliances.
A large Exeter reform gathering praised the Corporation Reform Bill as a cure for closed, self elected town bodies. Speakers argued freeman rights, questioned mismanaged funds, and backed a Lords petition while opposing Tory obstruction amid assurances of open elections and local accountability.
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