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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 25, 1834
Page
8
The second edition lists bonds and funds with mixed prices for Consols and annuities. It notes earnings and quotes for British, Indian, and foreign securities, with varying percentages and exchange figures.
From the Gazette this evening lists insolvency events including Thomas Payne of Marylebone named bankrupt superseded, and Gerard Cowell of Salford and several others such as James Hayward Richard Heale George Betts John and George White Thomas Shaw George Fowell Watts Moses Samuel Richard Atkinson and more as bankrupts or implicated in insolvency proceedings.
In the Lords a petition from Protestant Dissenters seeks relief from disabilities especially in birth and marriage registration and burial rights. the Duke of Richmond urges a committee to probe county rates and their unequal burden, with Middlesex and Nottingham cited. A committee is set. Turnpike Bill passes. Commons proceedings include a Maltin writ, suppression of newspapers reforms, chairmen of quarter sessions inquiry, British Museum coin returns, and debates on land tax and bank regulation.
Mr O Connell calls for a specific act to reform the Dublin corporation charging close borough practices exclusivity and religious discrimination. He cites Catholic exclusion from freedom and grand jury presence, asks Parliament to grant leave to introduce a Dublin reform bill despite government opposition and pending inquiries.
Dover report notes the clerical petition seeking reform remained unsigned as the public signatures were awaited over several days, but none were affixed. The Essex Mercury records the lack of lay support for the measure in the parish.
In Morgan and Others v Brundrett a jury found for the defendant on an insurance policy covering a brig. The voyage from Barbadoes to Liverpool and back was cited. cargo discharged at Barbadoes and the vessel later sank in a hurricane en route to Berbice. The judge reserved the law point. underwriters argued non-liability after Barbadoes.
In a London Exchequer action a bill of exchange for 1000 pounds, accepted by Lord Foley, is disputed. Evidence shows Sutton claimed 1000 pounds as defrauded security for a horse sale and later delivered the bill, with witnesses testifying to lack of real consideration. Jury finds Lomax liable for damages of 3000 pounds amid questions of consideration and credibility until verdict.
Ephraim Bond known as Ephraim Cohen faced an indictment for gaming at the Atheneum Club House in St James Street. He did not appear, witnesses were present, and bail was estreated with fresh security set at 2000 pounds for Bond and two sureties at 1000 pounds each, later reduced to 500 pounds each and 1000 pounds for Bond.
London jury returns on two cases at the Old Bailey. James Lackabenne and John Heffer face charges over four cwt of whalebone stolen from William Mellish. Heffer acquitted, Lackabenne convicted along with others. a separate case against George Chartres alias Williams versus money theft from hotel keepers ends in acquittals but prompts ongoing scrutiny of the accused.
Notting-hill tailor John Bishop faced charge after a gunmistake shattered three panes in Mr. Robert Harvey’s parlour window. Bishop, with others nearby, admitted the accident saying it was aimed at a bird and offered compensation, which was refused. he was taken to the police station.
The report details Mary Lucas's arrest for a street robbery with a tray of jewelry items, including a gold eye glass and rings. It also covers Charles Bennett's suspected burglary at Sir William Woods's residence, and George Smithson’s conviction for drunk and disorderly conduct after a Pimlico incident.
A Dundee meeting at The Thistle Hall gathered Trades Unions and allies opposing the bread tax and Church of State ties. They endorsed a petition to the House of Commons calling for church and state separation and repeal of harsh laws harming the poor, and urged the King to dismiss current ministers.
A man named Green was brought before magistrates at Uxsrince petty sessions on Monday for suspected arson at Mr. Issac Cane's Heathrow premises. The court held him until Monday next after a brief inquiry. The notice also mentions a royal amnesty decree extending to ex-deputies abroad and authorizing their return.
A large crowd of Marylebone rate-payers met at the Buffalo Head New Road to discuss a candidate for borough representation. Speakers attacked Sir John Cam Hobhouse for past pledges and political shifts while supporting a separate committee to gauge electors’ views among several candidates.
A letter to the editor denounces a Times report as untrue about a St Pancras meeting at the Buffalo’s Head on New Road where over 500 electors gathered. The writer says Mr Shaw was absent, Mr Potter presided, and electors left satisfied there was no slur by Sir John Cam Hobhouse. The note warns borough electors to beware if the Buffalo meeting is ignored.
Ancient advertisement proclaims RANDRETHS PILLS as the original vegetable universal medicine over eighty years old. It extols blood purification, organ restoration, and wide ranging cures from constipation to scurvy and skin diseases, citing Dr Brandreth and Mr Johnson Wood as chief agents with multiple depots across England, Ireland, Scotland.
A fragmented list shows creditors meetings and local notices for Newport Cowes and surrounding areas. It notes births marriages and deaths in various households including Leyton Essex Moray Place Edinburgh and Cowes. The item ends with publication details from Strand, London.
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