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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 19, 1834
Page
5
A garbled OCR fragment mentions salmon trade and Scotch fisheries, referencing Messrs Palmer and Co and a fire. The readable content is limited and does not provide clear events, dates, or outcomes.
The session details petitions and leave to bring in bills on roads canals and railways across Devon Cornwall Scotland Norfolk Ireland. Agricultural distress spurs calls to repeal the malt tax, reduce rents, and aid landowners and tenants, with Irish and Scottish concerns and a broad push for national education considerations.
A public gathering of Polish exile supporters convened at the Freemasons Tavern to plan relief and rapport. Notables such as O'Connell Sheil Lord Dudley Stewart and Colonel Stanhope attended with many ladies present, chaired by Colonel Evans. A long relief report cited funds totaling 1 0471. A first resolution was moving as the reporter left.
The Corn Exchange market posted lower attendance and ample supplies with barley for seed in demand. Flour was abundant and dull, oats, beans, and grey peas declined Monday but did not recover. Newgate and Leadenhall reported lamb, beef, pork in good supply with high English eggs and varied prices for poultry and dairy products.
A Court of Aldermen held to dispatch public business with the Lord Mayor, sixteen aldermen, the Recorder, sheriffs, and city officers present. Reports on gaols were given, an order for bread price averages since 1780 was laid, new brokers admitted, the Irish Society officers sworn, Emanuel Hospital improvements approved, Witt’s constable case ruled in his favor, and petitions and bills moved for payment.
A Westminster meeting at the British Coffee-house Cockspur Street urged parish committees to form deputies and join a united effort. They criticized the Chancellor of the Exchequer for delaying a repeal bill and pressed Colonel D L Evans to postpone his window tax repeal motion until other taxes are settled.
Lloyds books show few arrivals and a slow improvement in har siness while colonial markets weaken. Money market attendance rises but brisk business remains elusive. Exchequer Bills steady, India Stock slightly higher, foreign securities flat aside from Spanish and Portuguese gains. Closing letters for Ertuga and Brazil will be received until inland box closing.
In London the King’s Bench heard a libel case against Welsh attorney Mr Smart for imputing misconduct to the Bishop of Hereford. The libels were in vestry resolutions in Wales, with Smart as vestry clerk claimed to be the originator. Defense rests on his role as vestry clerk, not private malice. Argument continued as reporters ceased coverage mid-session.
Ans Collins faced a charge at Queen-Square for theft from grocer Mr Knowles’s Regent's Street shop. Fox, sleeping in the shop to catch a thief, caught Collins entering with a candle and handling a canister. Despite doubt, Collins was discharged after witnesses testified to her honesty.
Shipping intelligence reports arrivals from various ports including Rio Janeiro and St Petersburg. The Renard packet arrived from Rio Janeiro while the New Prospect Knox reached from St Andrew's New Brunswick. Other vessels include Jane from Riga and Ve netia from Palermo with numerous ships listed from Cadiz Calais and Madagascar.
Market report notes weaker sales due to unfavourable overseas accounts and government measures. Surats exported at last day’s high, Mauritius and Havannah prices ease, Jamaica and Correg- ships show varied rates. Pepper, betel, and gun seals remain in demand. prices for rape and linseed steady. St Clement Danes fashioners plan a meeting to protest new taxes. churchwardens schedule a Thursday gathering.
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