15 Feb 1834
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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 15, 1834
Page
1
A February 13 1934 meeting in Aint Leonard Shoreditch Middlesex chaired by George Pearce calls for immediate repeal of window and house taxes. It condemns window duty as unjust, petitions Parliament and Lords and Commons, and vows continual action until tax relief is secured.
A Cork Chamber of Commerce meeting led by Thomas Lyons drew about 130 participants to discuss mobilization. In Dundalk a large anti tithe and repeal gathering adopted resolutions urging Parliament to abolish tithe and support repeal, with speakers denouncing critics of Richard Sheil and backing petitions through Thomas Fitzgerald and R M Bellew. Newry Examiner notes broad repeal sentiment across Armagh Catholic and Protestant communities and highlights related education, legacy, and clergy burial debates, plus a bill to soften penalties for honest informers.
A long list of foxhound and harrier meet locations and times. Multiple packs including Essex and Suffolk Hounds East Kent Hounds Thanet Harriers Lord Petre's Hounds East Sussex Hounds Brighton Harriers Brookside Harriers Hove Harriers Cheltenham Harriers Meynell's Hounds Shropshire Hounds Albrighton Hounds Wickstead's Hounds Codrington's Hounds Portman's Hounds Sir John Cope's Hounds Hertfordshire Hounds Cottesmore Hounds Lord Yarborough's Hounds Southwold Hounds Sir R Sutton's Hounds Tickham Hounds Brock's Hounds Cheshire Hounds A Smith's Hounds Farquharson's Hounds B V H Cadbury Harriers Somerset Vale Hounds Know Hounds Doddington Harriers Cambridgeshire Hounds Osbaldestone's Hounds Duke of Grafton's Hounds Jake's Hounds Berkeley's Hounds Goodricke's Hounds Atherstone Hounds Dansey's Hollonds Holderness Hounds Warwickshire Hounds Craven Harriers Lord Radnor's Hounds Moreton's Hounds Stone's Hounds Fane's Harriers Colonel Wyndham's Hounds Norfolk Hounds Villebois' Harriers Stanley's Hounds King's Hounds.
The market shows tolerable business with good price support. Sugar sales total 4,000 bags British Plantation at a rise, Mauritius 5,000 bags advancing 1s per cwt with 2,636 more sold later at 6d higher. Java Siam Manilla Havannah trade, refined sugar steady, coffee scarce, East India sales varied, Demerara declined, spices quiet, cotton strong with 3,672 bales moved, tallow 2000 casks sold, silk steady, saltpeter sold 500 tons.
Shipping notices list arrivals from multiple ports including Gleaner Hamlet Empire Baker Julia Rapid Salus Anderson etc. A paragraph notes innkeepers and postmasters on the Holyhead road plan coke and water stations for the new Steam Carriage Company, whose activities are advancing vigorously.
Paris dispatches report a false alarm of a Queen’s troops defeat and detail ongoing Carlist clashes across Navarre Aragon and Guipuzcoa with heavy troop movements. Letters from Valencia Madrid and Barcelona note liberal reforms easing censorship, Catalan support for a new ministry, and Madrid rejecting loans amid wary finances. Military actions include a siege-like pursuit near Roncal and French operations against insurgents along the Arragon frontier, with local garrisons and cross-border policing described in detail.
Reports from Brussels and Vienna detail continued peace prospects amid Congress talks. Markets expect Four per Cents to near par, while troop evacuations and diplomatic arrivals signal possible shifts. Mons officials present a deputation to the King.
In the Vice-Chancellor and common pleas courts this morning a Long petition did not finish in time for publication. The Court of King's Bench reported no public-interest cases. In Common Pleas Luckin D Palmer faced a 500 pounds bill of exchange suit against a Bath MP, with testimony about an agreement to sell property and handwritten acceptance. Verdict for the plaintiff for 500 pounds plus interest.
A reader from Timber Stores Dublin writes to praise the True Sun, confirming subscribers will be added weekly and enclosing a letter of credit for the amount. He commends the editors for advocacy of Irish justice and human rights, notes imprisonment may come, and signs as B P Dowling, Bride Street, Dublin. Our correspondent is entitled to our best thanks, which he has.
Mentions of Baron Bayley not retiring before the 20th and Mr. Maule as a probable successor. Also reports on Liverpool cotton market activity with bag and price details, arrivals of ships from various ports, and brief notes on parliamentary debates about road reform and other local and regional items. Includes notices on the Dowager Lady Rumbold and a minor altercation involving M. de Boncourt.
From Paris on Carnival week a correspondent reports grand processions with aristocratic carriages and Carlist displays, amid police control and public derision. The piece also notes political intrigues, Madrid gossip, and censorship shifts, with references to the Queen Mother and a flamboyant royal paramour.
(From our own correspondent) The Sparrowhawk, commanded by Charles Bear, departed yesterday for South America. Aboard are His Excellency of Sligo and suite, en route to the island governor, with Mr Jones appointed to accompany. The vessel, which arrived from the woe on the ible, has orders to proceed to Sheerness. The boatman Thomas Tronsides, who drowned in a mysterious manner from the Gossamer, was laid to rest. A coroner's inquest is sitting on the body. The Depatine Society reports a large audience for an evening meeting with discussion on the Beis question and adjournment to next meeting.
Despatches from the Colonial Office report postmasters and innkeepers along the mail coach line plan coke water stations. The King’s table uses gardens at Claremont for hot-hogs and other items. Leopold orders palace alterations and conservators advise. A number of articles remained after a departure, and Sir John Slade succeeds the Dragoons Guards leader.
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