22 Jul 1837
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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 22, 1837
Page
1
Mixed legal notices and public announcements from a historical newspaper page including unsettled claims from Mauritius lists, probate debt proofs for Francis Philip Stewart in London, and book and educational works promotional items. Also includes advertisements for works by Dr Chalmers and a flat gold watch sale at Cox and Bayory in London.
Cotton Woot shows quiet trade with about 50 bales Upland at 7½d per 1b in bron. Sugar refiners buy West India Raw Sugar but overall demand remains weak. public sales of Barbados and Mauritius cargos show languid bidding with prices edging lower in places. Notes on Havannah and Brazil white varieties, Dutch Crushed, and Treacle reveal tight supply and steady prices. coffee markets soften with dull demand though some strong lots of Jamaica and Demerara exist. Overall, foreign and British Plantation goods reflect cautious buying patterns with limited new supply driving conservative pricing.
The article details fluctuating commodity prices across tea, pepper, and sugar markets with notes on port auctions and private sales. It records firm pepper demand, mixed Malay and East India cargoes, and variable fortunes for Jamaica and East India goods, plus a storm incident in Weston affecting a local farmer’s house and poultry.
A reader recounts the London and Birmingham Railway’s second public day travel from Euston to Box Moor and back. The piece notes ticket delays, engine smoke, a lengthy tunnel near Watford, and rural scenery. it describes occasional gear faults, crowd efforts for return tickets, and overall satisfaction with a six hour round trip despite hiccups.
A compendium of property auctions listed by Messrs Farebrother Wood Co and others detailing freehold and leasehold estates across Harrow Weald Park Stanmore Tavnton Deage Somerset and London districts. Highlights include Cumegrowe House 16 acres orchards and common rights 230 acres of mixed land and the rectorial tithes of Iroham with glebe. various houses farms and public houses with rents and durations.
In this analysis of the western prairies and Ohio valleys the piece argues for repeal of food taxes and free food supply to relieve hunger. It contrasts fertile Illinois Indiana and Ohio with English tax laws, urging English landlords to witness western abundance and blaming corn laws for British hunger while urging settlers to support free trade in grain.
A long letter from Napoleon Louis Bonaparte, then in London, to the President of the United States dated June 6, 1837, explains his departure plans, desire to meet Washington, and respect for US laws, noting family illness and travel to England and Switzerland. It defends his conduct and affirms his conscience, honor, and duty while addressing potential calumnies about engagements with the French government.
A Victorian notice praises a portrait bust engraving of William IV by Sir Francis Chantry and a machine produced likeness, lauding its accuracy and beauty. It discusses the Tresor de Numismatique letter from June 28, 1937, and endorses the technology of Collas's patent process while noting a minor light-based distortion. The piece anticipates general public appeal and mentions a moderate price.
A record field of third class Thames yachts race from Battersea to Temple in a dramatic contest for the Silver Cap and Cover. Malibran, sailed by W Sawyer, surged from a tight start to beat Lady Emma and Selina by a margin of a boat length at the Temple buoy amid loud acclaim.
A vivid Pickwick excerpt paints the Insolvent Debtors Court in Portugal-street Lincolns Inn Fields. It describes the crowded, murky scene with smugglers, lawyers, and insolvent debtors mingling in a fetid, beer-soaked chamber. It mocks the bar’s antics, the shabby attire, and the court’s perpetual rumour of refuge for London’s destitute.
Reports from Constantinople describe the abrupt exile and public denouncement of Vassar Efendi the Sultan’s chief secretary. He is accused of selling offices diverting funds and abusing trust. The Sultan personally dismissed him, tearing away his decoration, with pardoning later rumored on a royal intercession. A Peru incident follows involving a Sardinian Embassy employee and a dismissed alliance.
A correspondent reports wasted time waiting for clerks at a public duty office and questions service standards. The piece notes a Liverpool and Birmingham Railway linked coach keeping rapid daily service to Manchester, despite competition. It also includes late July news from Falmouth: Briseis, Downey, from Mexico and Havannah, with about 280000 dollars in freight and speculation on Texas, mediation, and a new Mexican bond plan payable in London with land-backed certificates.
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