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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 07, 1834
Page
3
A heated session centers on repeal of corn laws with MPs arguing for free trade to aid manufacturers and workers, while defending landowners. Speakers compare tax burdens, tithes, and poor rates, urging openness to foreign grain and European trade to boost wages and employment and reduce rents.
Discussion touches division on the Warwick Disfranchisement Bill and a pending inquiry into a fraudulent petition from Leamington. Report approved, third reading set for Tuesday. Smuggling Punishment Bill report agreed with plan for further debate on third reading. House Duty Repeal Bill read first, second to follow Monday. Buxton to move inquiry into population near British colonies. Adjourned at 1:15.
The Attorney General J Shore and Mr Rolfe argued for advancing the petition of appeal in a case involving ministers and Unitarian believers denied charity by a Vice Chancellor decree. The Lord Chancellor did not grant an immediate stay but would consider the appeal, notifying parties during the Easter recess when it would come on.
John Griffin a porter for Benn and Co was committed on a charge of robbing his employers at West Smithfield. In Union Hall yesterday Thomas Hills, strong-built man in a smock, faced charges on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Mr Richardson at Banstead. He was remanded after authorities found snares nets and a recently killed pheasant at his home and he admitted acquaintance with men of bad character. He claimed poverty and said a Cobham lender supplied small sums, and he had once served in the K division police but left on his own accord. He had not been near Epsom for a month. He said he learned of the murder the day after it occurred.
Tuesday evening the inhabitants of St Saviour's Southwark met to confirm minutes on the South London Market bill in Parliament and oppose the trusters. Convict reports to Lord Melbourne show large transport to Australia and related depots. 3,898 convicts on hulks with 4,556 received since Feb 1 1833. An inquest at Hackney Wick into Eleanor Bryan's death cited rent distress as a factor. jury criticized landlord Mr Titmuss for harsh seizure. coroner urged compassion.
Thomas Stoddart and David Morrison pleaded guilty to riotous assembly at the calico premises of Macfarlane and Co. in Campsie. They were sentenced to nine months jail in Stirling. Outlawed co-defendants included for non appearance.
Dublin dispatch reports no current need for grand jury remarks on insurrection but warns judges may advise against acts stoking fear. A Limerick gaol prisoner Russell, arraigned for murder, hanged himself while awaiting trial. Other items include a marriage disruption by John Walsh, a fatal outcome after violent arrest, and various local notices from Limerick, Cork, Waterford, and Dublin on political and social events.
At the Dublin Corn Exchange Marca 4 reports a moderate grain supply with prime wheat and oats holding last week's terms. Inferior wheat down 6d per barrel and inferior oats very dull. barley stable. White wheat 25r to 26s 6d, miller's red 23s 3d to 26s 6d, inferior 18 to 21s 6d. malting barley 139 10 to 133 6d. grinding 11s 6d to 12s. oats common 83 3d to 93 3d. feeding 93 Gd to 103 6d. oatmeal 10s 3d to 12s per cwt. second flour 4s to 6s.
A blackbird’s neat with four eggs was found near Loose last week. A man killed a viper near East Malling on Tuesday, unusual for vipers to be abroad before March end. Reports from Bordeaux describe Spanish Cortes amnesty effects and Count dAbisbal planning to return to Spain. A Highland Dykes farm worker narrowly escaped an ox attack near Dunipace, seized by the horns amid rescue efforts. she is recovering. The Attorney General may seek refuge in Paisley as Sir John Maxwell resigns to clear a seat. Liverpool cotton market remains active with 5,000–6,000 bags traded and Brazil grades quoted higher. Shipping arrivals and departures noted from St Michael’s, New York, St John’s, Marseilles, and Charleston. A brutal assault on a gardener’s eight-year-old daughter is alleged, with a youth found in a nearby thicket and the victim in a dangerous state.
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