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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 23, 1834
Page
3
Distant political discourse on reform and press freedom mixes with reports from Brussels riots inquiry, Hessian press policy, and Niagara health scares. Polish refugees plan a Michigan land colony, with New York and Philadelphia committees backing aid and subscription drives.
A mix of notes on Mr Justice Littledale returning in health, accusations against watermen Fenton and Brockwell, and a Curtain-road meeting of Operative Builders. Separate vignettes include a charity alms seeker insult and coat theft, a mushroom hunter’s find, and intense public attention to a notable trial at Sherborne with Serjeant Davies’s remarks.
In today’s London market news, Spanish stock weakens further from Paris amid government uncertainty, dragging prices lower by about 1 percent. Portuguese Regency Bonds also fall, while consols drift near last night’s close. London notes heavy demand for gold and a sharp outflow, with reports of a Bank of England note issue brewing. Montreal tea shipments and a new Prescott steamboat on the Burden principle lure attention, as stock quotations show little overall movement through the afternoon.Brazilian, Mexican, and other foreign bonds quote broadly, with Consols near 90 and Exchequer Bills steady. A Lisbon and Mexican mail is due, and European quarantine rules for French ports are noted in Lloyd’s dispatches.
The herring fishery prospers in the southern island with boats cargoed near thirty mease and prices from 33s 6d to 43s per hundred. Mackerel shoals are abundant, sold at eight to ten for a shilling. Wages rise to 23s 6d a day as harvests spread and farmers stay busy amid favorable weather.
Meat descriptions abundant with generally good quality except pork steady and poultry rising. Beef Norfolk and mutton Leicester sold well while lamb and veal remained heavy. Eggs butter scarce and dearer. pork brisk with little Irish pork. Prices quoted include chickens 1s 2d to 2s 6d per couple and beet 2s 6d to 3s Od.
Hungerford Market offers broad fish and poultry at Covent Garden prices with limited hay and straw. Coal market shows steady activity with many vessels arrived and prices listed for numerous collieries and districts.
Prices remain largely unchanged from last week as overall business stays languid. Coffee and Indigo show small gains while Whale Oil and Sperm rise on bad fisheries news. Tallow drops. Tea, Silk, Cotton, Rice, Spices, Spirits, and Dye-woods hold last week’s levels amid modest imports from West Indies and Baltic regions.
Shipping notices list arrivals at ports including Downs Aug 21 from the South Seas Brothers Jenkinson from Halifax Orr Hastines Aug 22 Thomas Miller from St Thomas s and more. Vessels arrive from Quebec Newfoundland Kaenos Ayres Africa Calcutta New Orleans and Grenada with bulwark loss on Lady Clinton and other reports from Falmouth Liverpool and St Petersburgh.
In a letter to the editor of the True Sun, Grissell and Peyo protest a report from the Curtain-roid meeting that linked them to reducing wagon wages. They insist workers are paid the same as twenty years ago and say their explanation to workers has influenced many to stay. They condemn the Trades' Union for interrupting business and causing losses. York-ruad, Aug. 23, 1534.
From our own correspondent at Portsmouth the Medea was towed out for engine tests and returned to harbor. The Etna under Acting Commander Arlette will be paid tomorrow. In Cowes racing five vessels started for His Majesty's Cup with Harriet winning by about 20 yards over Hebe. Elizabeth finished far behind. A seaman from the Flower of Yarrow drowned after falling overboard while tending a rope. Ships in harbor include Victory Excellent Orestes Buzzard Medea and Seaflower. wind SW and fine weather at Spithead.
The Earl of Winchilsea travels to Dalkeith near Edinburgh as a large noble assembly is anticipated in September. A sheriff’s writ forces thirty-two families from Nenagh to Killibeg under Lieut. Hiern. A Roman Nerva coin, found in Frome, dates to 96 AD, about 1,738 years old. A Row parish oats anomaly yields 1,031 grains from one seed. Glasgow Free Press notes.
William West and John Keller, piano makers, were charged at Bow Street with creating a disturbance and using abusive language at the Six Cans public-house Holborn. Complainant landlord Charles Woollen testified they returned after being asked to leave and assaulted staff outside. The men denied provoking abuse. They were discharged after promising future conduct.
Exeter races on Thursday feature the City Members Plate of the 50s mile heats with entries including Lansdowne Barney Bodkin Haldon Coronet Changeling and Partiality. The event lists weights for each horse and the running order across heats with a 2dr option and a sweepstakes component.
A London case recounts Mr Trail of Union Hall and Mr Fall of Lambeth accused of coercing tradesmen through threats of fines in favor of informer Stowell. Witnesses describe intimidation, wrongful naming, and improper handling, leading to conviction while Fall is expelled from the proceeding. The piece labels the informer a “trustee” butchered by officials and notes harsh punishment threats.
A patrimonial dispatch notes Admiral West Colonel Tod and others departing by General Steam Navigation Company mail packet Tourist toward Rotterdam this morning from Helensburgh. Other items recount a trout with a coin in its gill found at Craig's mill and various local political and social notices across Dublin Dundalk London streets.
The Sun notes Nourjahad will be withdrawn after thirty nights as it prepares a new English Grand Opera. It argues music and drama should be judged together, credits Loder with originality, criticizes two repeated choruses, and urges one strong annual opera from him next season.
A music review praises a sentimental ballad by Bayly with music by Purday of Holborn. It notes the tune is pretty and moving even to average singers, with a Bellini influence but not plagiarism. The piece questions two shillings cost for a five page song.
A critique of the new German periodical LITERATURE Deutsches Leben Kunst und Poesie No 1 from Southampton Street. The reviewer finds the issue lacks variety, centering on one long incomplete article on Heinrich Heine and a second piece on language teaching. Mechanical aspects are praised and the work is printed in the European or common English alphabet. The reviewer wishes it success despite the faults.
The report notes Viscount Melbourne's Thursday departure to Panshanger to visit Countess Cowper and meetings in Whitehall with the Poor Laws Commissioners and others. Meanwhile Their Majesties arrived Aug 22, were greeted by cheers, town illuminated, and a royal salute fired at noon and later. The Queen rode and walked, the Duchess of Gloucester left for the Castle, and many calls of respect occurred.
A grand celebration for the King's birthday drew many visitors to Vauxhall Gardens. An illuminated quadrangle showcased a 65 foot long, 32 foot high gold frame banner reading Long live the King with 11,300 coloured lamps. A Royal Garter motif, fireworks, amusements, and a dramatic storming of a castle display drew wide admiration.
The article surveys Burke’s genius and unrelenting diligence. It praises his vast knowledge, relentless study from youth onward, and refusal to idle. It contrasts Burke’s broad curiosity with aristocratic scorn, noting his pursuit of philosophy, poetry, and civic talent.
A fragment discusses pearl sage as a nutritious price-saving remedy now affordable for the ill and all, touted as preventive against cholera and fatigue. It then mocks a newspaper tale of crows devouring acres of turnips, arguing the birds deter pests and benefit farmers, though the piece notes the joke about crows may refer to rocks.
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