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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 06, 1834
Page
11
The market remains thin as holders expect higher prices though lacking foundation. Colonial produce is up about seven to eight percent from last year, ports rise with the season, and prices are remunerating. Most activity is among immediate distributors with private contracts modest and no public sales yesterday. Today sales focus on drugs.
The new exam system at Taxity College shows expected improvement and progress in departments. The Theological School, under Dr O'Brien, now devotes fourteen weeks to Greek Testament study with noted British and continental commentaries. The German language also gains emphasis at the university.
British Parliament debates whether Carrickfergus and Stafford should be disfranchised after reports of bribery and corrupt votes. Sir Robert Peel argues for caution, noting incomplete evidence and potential injustice to innocent householders. MPs urge further inquiry, select committees, or alternative reforms while weighing public good against private interests.
In St Pancras the vestry upheld a 22 to 20 vote of censure on ministers over the parochial authorities’ agreement with Lord Althorp for aid. Stamford News notes a later item from Atrorp reporting a preacher near Alford who threatens judgment day witnesses and condemns a neighbour’s daughter as doomed. A gas lighting project lights Market Harborough, led by Mr West. A Wisbech accident, linked to intemperance, ends in a man crushed by a wagon. a boy tied to the deceased drowned months earlier.
Baron Foster opened the assizes noting 128 defendants on the calendar and a drop in homicide cases in Limerick. At Ennis, James Jones was convicted of murder and sentenced to hang. Michael Hogan and others faced capital charges. A mysterious infant death near Cathedral Square prompted mayoral scrutiny and possible inquiry for potential foul play. Waterford Chronicle.
The honest Cork representative Dr Baldwin explains to electors his Parliament absence due to his daughter’s illness and vital family legal matters. He says he serves the city without personal interest and invites resignation if explanation unsatisfactory. Also notes Dungarvan election thanks to independents and Westmeath reps refusing to sign a grand jury address to Baron Smith.
At the Householders Society meeting in Barton Street St Margaret and St John Westminster discussed a new Vestry Bill in the House of Commons. Mr Hopkins chaired. Mr Butler outlined correspondence with Colonel Evans about the bill and Evans would bring it forward. Mr Michie from Millbank said a Central Committee meeting, with Colonel Evans, supported repeal of house and window duties. The Colonel could not attend due to lateness. Members praised the Colonel and adjourned after thanks to the Chairman.
The brig Pericles from Liverpool to Cork saved forty four emigrants and ten crew after meeting the wrecked Symmetry off Demerara. Captain H Stewart and crew ferried them ashore at Castletownsend with scarce water and bread for days while Racer helped with supplies. The incident follows a Great Western Railway meeting in London and notes on Chapin’s military hospital appointment.
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