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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 15, 1834
Page
4
An engraving titled A Modern Bishop and Two Penitents appears in the issue. The piece is advertised alongside pricing notes and availability through London bookseller J. Cleave and across Fleet Street, with sales through retailers and newsmen.
The Crue Sun reports from Paris that Spain’s new government is stabilizing with a revised civil code and a decree on corn and flour tariffs with limits. Clergy admonition on Lent. nineteen grandes reinstated. Insurgents grow in Navarre, Madrid garrison moves, and rumors of capitulation persist. Queen Regent extends amnesty. MoUrrillo death claim debunked. National Guard creation sanctioned. Paris notes tariff debate. opposition cites grievances and impacts on votes.
A heated critique denounces Whig ministers for clinging to high duties and delayed reforms. It condemns the Corn Laws, property taxes, and patronage while calling for larger reductions in military, church, and civil lists, and for real relief to agriculturists and laborers. The piece applauds the acquittal of Mr. Sheil in a probe, defends his integrity, and questions Lord Althorp’s financial explanations.
Sir Henry Harpince defended the fairness of the inquiry into the Hull case, rebuking misrepresentation and insisting the accused Mr. Snell was fully acquitted. He cited the Committee Report as the basis of absolution, while noting apologies from Hunt and Stanley and evaluating contemporary coverage. The Morning Post reports cabinet reactions to liberalism in the debate.
The Budget dominates chatter as dealers and wine merchants voice disappointment over tax treatment while the Stock Exchange shows thin early attendance but active last night after the Budget. Consols edge, foreign securities rise modestly. mails from Lisbon and Mexico bring little new impact. Lloyd’s notes capture a shipwreck report from Exeter and a separate ruin near St Lucia.
Unfavourable weather did not dull the display at Newgate and Leadenhall markets. Beef quality improved since last Christmas though price high. pork and mutton sold well with strong demand. Game and poultry dull. turkeys and eggs varied. Whitechapel reports abundant pork and steady beef and mutton, while Hungerford notes limited Clover Hay and a new direct salmon consign ment from Scotland, with market improvements foreseen.
The review details Purday and Korkell edited works, notes on musical criticism, and a candid critique of garbling by composers. It lampoons errata while discussing prominent figures such as Haydn, Beethoven, Rossini, and Weber. Various diplomatic and political items follow including discussions at Brighton, Dublin, and Paris.
The Corporation of London inquiry convened with commissioners at eleven oclock. Aldermen non residence in wards prompts suggestions for future construction. Navigation Committee witness disputes Thames wharf charges, contending lack of occupiers authority. Adjournment set for the 20th to draft the report. Creditor meeting notices list several marriages and deaths with dates and locations across Cheltenham Oaklawn House Eye Chesham Malacca and various addresses.
Frederick Hawkes writes to The True Sun urging that suppressing the Glasgow lottery set for July 29 would be unjust. He argues that if new lotteries are blocked, gambling houses should be shut down on the same principle, appealing to Lord Althorp and the government to act.
At the Town Hall Mr Carver the St James church warden pressed an information against Peter Lye fruit seller for Sunday evening trading. The case drew local interest over gin palaces allowed to stay open while fruit sellers are restricted and ended with a fine.
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