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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 08, 1834
Page
3
The House weighs the corn laws and duties with Lord Palmerston and Lord Howick opposing a Middlesex motion for freer imports while others defend protection. Hume argues cabinet inertia harms agriculture. Palmerston favors restrained change. A county rates inquiry is begun to address rural tax burdens.
Debate on regulating highway rates and a separate inquiry into poor laws and county expenditures. Proposals for a large committee with subcommittees to study local taxation, including highway rates, while considering the impact of the Irish Grand Jury Act. The house adjourned after motions and discussion.
A list enumerates the minority who backed Mr Hume’s motion to form a committee to probe the current Corn Laws and seek a fixed duty, with numerous peers and MPs named. Two pairs of MPs are noted as pairing off on the vote, one in favour and one opposed to the motion.
Law intelligence reports an appeal from the Vice Chancellor over a decree requiring defendants who are relatives of a bankrupt to deliver up certain bills of exchange handed to them in contemplation of the bankruptcy. The case was not concluded when the court rose.
Yesterday three youths appeared before Alderman Winchester in Guildhall on a charge of embezzling 1841 funds entrusted to John Arscott the house-steward to the Marquis of Bristol. He was committed for trial. At Bow Street a burglary was reported at Meredith Esq s Lincoln s Inn Fields with plate stolen from the butler s pantry after thieves entered via a back kitchen window. A dark lantern and prints were found. the window had no fastening and the key was left on the mantelpiece. Police officer Tipper was ordered to pursue the robbers with utmost exertion.
Andrew Lawler aged 43 Peter Darby aged 89 and Timothy Crawley aged 3 three coal whippers faced charges from a riot plea withdrawn and guilty pleas accepted The Chairman Sir William Curtis sentenced Lawler to 12 months Crawley to nine months and Darby to six months all to hard labour with a warning against molesting prosecutors after release.
Gough and Day, examined Monday, were sent to Croydon to verify their alibi for the night of Mr Richardson's murder. A Croydon inn landlady accused them of necklace theft during the murder hour, leading to their discharge after testimony. Constables Browne and Howe faced a contested fee demand to hold prisoners, enduring an all night vigil at a public house before bringing them to Deptford.
A dense critique traces Whig tax policy and anti agrarian bias in England and Wales. It weighs the burden of tithes and poor rates on landowners, questions countervailing duties on grain, and warns against shifting costs to workers through bread taxes. The piece mocks Whig logic and defends popular justice against landlord compensation schemes.
The piece argues landowners refuse taxation, urging the industrious to bear the burden. It warns of a rising poor, hungry workers, and a potential popular revolt, while condemning landed interests and Whig ministers for inaction and deceit. The tone depicts a looming clash between laboring classes and property holders, with warnings of severe social upheaval.
A crowd pleads for justice and warns rulers against corn laws and slave trade concessions. The public expects firm stance and real reform within twelve months, warning that any deception will provoke anger and punishment, while urging unity and patience as factions regroup.
Parish ratepayers met to discuss a trustees bid to Parliament for an amended act, which would divert parish funds to Trinity Church Sloane Street and debt, amid calls for parishioners to control church finances, objecting to trustees and clerical interests and to reform vestry qualifications.
At a parish meeting heated argument ensued over applying for a new Act of Parliament to raise funds. Trustees and residents debated fairness of using general rates for Trinity Church construction, with several speakers exculpating motives amid loud exchanges. The resolution was carried unanimously.
Marine news from various ports reports multiple ship mishaps with losses of anchors and gear, wrecks, and groundings. Vessels include The Hope at Sonderland, The Minerva at the east harbor, The Tortola at Stokes Bay, and The Isabella wrecked near Kirk Santon Head with crew saved.
The Ashborne parish stops relief payments to a family after they are told their four members must contribute to the Leek Trades’ Union fund. Glasgow engineers end months of dispute, declaring masters’ rights restored, ending the stand‑off. Mary Cartledge is assaulted by four men amid employer grievances. London Repeal Association holds a meeting at Doctor Johnson Tavern, Boltro Road. An inquest at Hungerford Water finds a stillborn infant. mother Mary Durch and associates face Taunton Assizes. Dover reports include a Dutch drill of soldiers. a 73d regiment soldier is drummed out for theft with public humiliation.
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