25 Jul 1836
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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 25, 1836
Page
1
Scrambled OCR yields a fragmentary pledge or speech calling for thanks to a cause and denouncing an oligarchical faction. Vague phrases mention evening, Southwrar, and people, with unclear names and dates.
General Post Office details changes in sending letters to France with options: unpaid, all prepaid to destination, or British postage to frontier. Rates updated for single, double, and treble letters, including through France transit. Registered letters incur 2s 6d extra. special rules for Portugal, Switzerland, and local Dover Calais letters. Also notices on newspapers, sailings from Hull and goods, and various ads.
Long critical piece in the Spectator analyzing splits within the Whig Radical coalition. It argues MPs like Harvey, Duncombe, and O Connell influence and resist the ministry, while Tory opportunism grows as Whigs weaken. The piece cites Dublin and Rochester episodes, calls for reform, and forecasts dissolution of the union amid factional strife.
Petworth guardians reject any policy to relocate able bodied pauper families to workhouses or share relief by taking children. They condemn medical officers not treating wives or children, and have petitioned Parliament with many signatures. The issue follows a broader public debate on cruelty by Carlists and an unusual Canton snow event reported in Caxton Register.
The East India Company Court held a lavish banquet at Albion Tavern Aldersgate Street to bid farewell to Lord Elphinstone soon to assume the governorship of Madras. Dignitaries including Lord Melbourne and the Duke of Richmond attended. toasts honored the monarchy ministers and India policy, with Elphinstone thanked for his upcoming post and the army and navy praised for service. The Persian Princes withdrew during dinner due to illness.
A Protestant journal criticizes Rev. Mr. M Ghee for defending a forged document claiming authentic truths. It argues authenticity changes public trust and mocks the forgery as pious fraud. The piece ends noting House proceedings and ministerial attendance as Parliament schedules advance to Monday.
The district reports near finish of hay harvest with much wheat secured for sale. Wool prices stand at 184 per pound. The text notes harvest conditions and market conditions but is partially illegible and contains multiple transcription gaps.
A reader's letter to the True Sun criticizes the Committee of Inquiry resolutions on museum hours and staff salaries. He urges opening the building five days a week, enlarging access during holidays, and fair pay for attendants, arguing officers already fare well while laborers starve. He calls for better internal management and less crowding at Bloomsbury.
A Government hearing explored complaints by Scots living in England and Ireland over taking oaths in the English form, raising the right hand. A bill to relieve Presbyterians who wish to swear in the Scots form is expected to be introduced. Debate touched on witnesses and the status of other religious groups under prior acts.
A Cork County letter to the people argues a protestant vs catholic tithe injustice. It lists population, glebes, and clergy issues, asserting Catholic dominance in a 9,990 Catholic parish with 164 Protestants and detailing alleged illegal tithe extraction and property disputes over seventeen miles and a parish church.
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