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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 18, 1834
Page
9
A tense session sees MPs praising the Admiralty for maintaining naval strength while opposing costs. Speakers criticize reductions, warn of diminished dockyard efficiency, and press for clearer accounting on half pay, pensions, and marine numbers as the government defends naval expenditures amid calls for tighter economy.
The debate centered on adopting a new post office pension arrangement with an estimated annual cost around 1,800. Members argued the country would benefit despite higher retiring pensions. A motion was postponed to Tuesday the 25th pending papers on comparative expenses and commissioned reports.
In the Law Intelligence court report, His lordship ruled that the contempt inquiry proceeded improperly. After three judges questioned the petitioner and he refused to modify his prior answers, he was held in contempt, but the judge discharged him and ordered costs of the application to be paid out of the estate.
In Rolls Court at Westminster on February 17, His Honour disclosed a letter from an individual named Dennis. The post-marked note, written on the outside, accuses officials of irregularities and questions guardianship fees. The letter is read aloud. the court notes the wit and potential need for inquiry and rectification.
Reports from St Thomas and other islands show tranquility in most colonies with minor unrest in Trinidad during Christmas. Military was deployed as negro workers refused to work. nay readers were punished at Bon Accord while Cedar Hill saw violent clashes as locals tried to shield their party. Eight arrests followed and a cane plantation on Cedar Hill burned five acres before control returned.
In New York letters aoxious state of mopied transactions across the Union is noted amid government and bank tensions. Interest rates reach two to three percent monthly. Reports claim General Bravo sought Santa Anna’s support after reform overtures, though unconfirmed. Vera Cruz dispatches place Bravo at leading an army of $000. Election violence erupts in a Wiltshire borough as Mayne and Lord Seymour clash. a pipe-attack wounds the mayor, crowd support leans to Mayne. Court adjourns to daybreak.
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