31 Dec 1834
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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 31, 1834
Page
1
A political roster lists current and former cabinet holders in the reform era. Names include Peel, Melbourne, Wellington, Aberdeen, Baring, and others across treasury, foreign affairs, home and colonial departments, with notes on Irish and naval posts and court household appointments. The document also mentions non-cabinet figures and a quoted exhortation on franchise unity.
A political tract urges voters to judge a candidate by fitness and character, warns against wealth and family ties, and stresses that elected figures become rulers. It questions requisition sources, flags the dangers of party manipulation, and lambasts the fifty pound renters' clause as a badge of servitude in the franchise.
Returns to the London City revising barristers show a small drop in livery voters and a rise in inhabitant householders since 1833. The 1834 totals list 9516 livery and 8790 inhabitants, a net decrease of 18, while inhabitant householders gain 226 and livery lose 244. In the general election of 1892, 11,500 voters participated. The Lisbon ship Viper has arrived with no important news. letters are old.
The monarch outlines motives for a holiday recess and confirms age eligibility to govern after her father's death. She praises the Cortes for approving her marriage to the Duke of Leuchtenberg, vows stability, thanks the chambers for endowments, and calls for future laws to advance the Constitutional Charter and public prosperity. The interior seeks tranquility and unity, with hopes for renewed peace with foreign powers.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat in Council Chamber to hear the appeal from Lower Canada Donenagy versus Donenagy and related cases. The record shows motions, support for appeal, and lands along the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Lake Saint Peter, with grants from the Crown to Crease and boundary determinations examined in 1802 by Macarthy. The judges adjourned after concluding the appellants’ case and stating they would consider their judgment.
The Princess Sophia Matilda remains at Bagshot Park visiting the Duchess of Gloucester. A Cabinet Council met at the Foreign Office for over two hours with peers and ministers in attendance. Viscount Lowther, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Auckland and others engaged in various governmental duties.
An excerpt critiques Tory rule and its impact on Ireland, recalling past corruption and oppression. The piece contrasts hopeful advances with memories of oppressive governance, noting fear and nostalgia for freedom, prosperity, and peace while warning that poison lingers in political legacies. Morning Chronicle references frame the commentary.
A Hull Liberal Society statement dated December 26 urges Wolverhampton electors to oppose Mr Villiers and Tory influence. It recalls Villiers 1826 stance against Free Trade changes and emancipation, contrasts with Reformers, and endorses Nicholson and Thornley as best choices reflecting liberty and reform.
Fashion notes for January describe two evening dress outfits with pink satin corsage and crepe lisse robes. One ensemble features a green velvet Agnes Sorel style hat with ornate oak-leaf tassels, a Parisian green and gold antique veil, and a green caprice cravatte. The second outfit includes a redingote of gros de Naples, rose and ostrich feather garnitures, pink ceinture, and elaborate coiffure with high feathers and jewels. White kid gloves, satin stockings, and white satin shoes accompany both looks.
A reader letter war in The Standard criticizes a Durham slander claim while defending Lord Wellington's conduct as Home Secretary. It questions Mr Phillips and Mr Passmore arguments about petition handling and royal access, noting inconsistencies in timing and interpretation of addresses, petitions, and government duties.
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