16 Aug 1836
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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 16, 1836
Page
1
London evening report lists E and W Bond new stock of bows and arrows for archery amid House of Lords exchanges on Slavery Compensation Militia Pay and multiple Ireland and municipal bills. Parliament adjourns after debates on church, corporate estates, and pensions with Spain affairs update.
Mrs. Fry arrived in Jersey to form a branch temperance society and establish a lending library for instruction. A Prack young woman died in a failed aerostatic ascent after her paper balloon burst from height, but she survived with minor injuries. The Duke of Northumberland reportedly funded multiple churches and chapels in Northumberland.
The Speakin presided at four o clock as the Commons discussed a new writ for the Borough of Warwick replacing General Sir C. Greville who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. The Sanz ford Estate Bill was reported and passed third reading while petitions were presented on bridge costs at Arundel and church rates at Marlborough. The Grame Laws impact on Leith poachers drew a petition from magistrates, and petitions from Frederick Bull and Mr Tennant were noted regarding legal costs and the South Durham Railway Bill.
The Brighton Patriot notes Mr. Roebuck is seriously indisposed after rigid parliamentary work. A sincere radical reformer, he faces hostile press satire yet remains committed to his Poor Law Bill views, which the paper believes may be mistaken but well intended.
A disastrous blaze in Ship Street Brighton gutted the front house and warehouse of upholsterer Mr Goff, with rapid spread to adjacent Mr Sharp’s grocer shop. Neighbors, water carts and town engines fought the flames as residents aided evacuation. Losses ran high for Goff and Sharp, with injuries to several helpers and a dangerous escape for a woman and children.
The piece contrasts the Commons and Lords roles in a now functioning democracy and notes the Reform Hill era as pivotal. Atlas reports the Sunderland and Durham Railway nearing completion with the first coal keel shipped from Haswell colliery, witnessed by a large crowd.
A large gathering of Cundy's line shareholders met at the London Tavern to hear the Provisional Committee report and discuss submitting evidence to Parliament favoring a tunnelless line to demonstrate its utility. Speakers praised the committee, debated terminus changes, and considered amalgamation with Stephenson's and Rennie's lines, while approving further calls and audit arrangements.
Charles Harvey tried in Jersey for a minor offense and discharged. At 11 pm Sunday a tall athletic thief attacked Mrs Williams at 116 King Street Bloomsbury as she returned to bed. He pursued by Mr Williams and son, pursued by police, found with keys to doors and drawers, identified as Edward Jones, a noted thief. He was sent to the House of Correction for three months.
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