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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 12, 1834
Page
8
Readable text lists various old financial instruments with percent rates and bond types. Mentions 50 Rente d'Eapag and Royal Spanish Loan 79, with references to money amounts such as 25f 10c. Fragmentary balance and coupon notes appear, typical of a 19th or early 20th century financial section.
An advertisement notes a Friday publication of an extensive report on extraordinary proceedings at the Fast India House and related correspondence with the East India Company and tea dealers. It lists publications including the True Sun trial report and various reprinted reviews, with a harsh digression about tribute and a distribution of booksellers to obtain copies.
The Crue Sun notes Sir Andrew Acwew secured leave to introduce a Sabbath observance bill. It critiques the rich for indulgence and desecration, blames misgovernment and oligarchy for labourers’ misery, and argues workers toil long hours for meagre pay while industry remains the nation’s strength.
Vivid critique of the ruling class and Sabbath rest, arguing the productive classes sustain oppression. It questions the motives of the oligarchy and recalls historic holidays, then reports Mr. O Connell s motion to revise religious oaths for MPs, later withdrawn, with support for Susanne Ton s stance against oath abuse. It notes Tennyson s postponed motion on shortening Parliament terms to May 15 and urges constituencies to press MPs on Septennial Reform.
The Journal des Debats cites Madrid letters noting agitation over the Cortes non-convocation, with opposition papers blaming Ministers Barcos and Imaz. A Carlist movement in Madrid on the 3d was quickly suppressed by the Royal Guard, per Paris letters. French despatches arrive from Constantinople, Vienna, and Berlin.
Cape of Good Hope papers relay a proclamation by Gunukiweli chiefs Pato Kama and Kongo dated October 29 1833. They ban Sabbath labor trading and dances and set fines for colonial traders buying items on Sunday. The measure requires enforcement across kraals with fines rising to cattle penalties and requests Graham’s Town Journal publish the decree.
The report details a sluggish money market with Consols around 91 and Portuguese Regency near 65 to 66, plus Spanish Cortes at 203 and foreign bond activity muted. Updates from New York via Havre indicate US Bank backing a troubled firm, while stock quotes show declines and dull trading across English and foreign securities.
Arrivals listed include the Romeo from Savannah and Liverpool arriving March 10, the James and Thomas from Marasham, the Ulysses from New Orleans, the Lochiel from Charente Cork, and the Alarm from Gibraltar. Other vessels reach from Terceira St Michaels Jersey Malaga Mauritius Cape of Good Hope Calcutta and more with March dates and ports of origin.
Market report notes no new changes in trade, prices, or buyers across regions. Sugar creoles steady around 300 birds per day. Bajan barbadose sold heavy at 56 3s 0d to 60s 6d. Mauritius auctions steady with various lots priced. East India and Jamaica goods show varied but firm values. spices, rice, nutmegs, cloves, tea, and linseed activity described. provisions remain tight with beef prices firm and imports limited.
The Durham Advertiser reports speculation that Dumfries shire may gain a vacancy due to the likely advancement of J J Hope Johnstone to the Peerage. The Newcastle Assizes feature John Coull Carr of Sunderland receiving one farthing damages in an alleged libel action against Hernaman, proprietor of the Newcastle Journal, with a bill of indictment for perjury also preferred. The paper questions the ongoing persecution of the Press and asks if liberty activists are yet satisfied.
Paris reports on the planned Spanish Cortes framework. The Crown retains veto and law proposal powers while budget approval rests with the chambers. An early law would exclude Don Carlos’s line from the throne amid uncertain decree publication and rising Biscayan Carlist strength. The piece cites Paris sources and mentions Queen's troops at Onate and broader Basque unrest.
A public meeting of the Dissenters of Manchester met on Wednesday to petition Parliament for redress of grievances. It lasted nearly eleven hours and resolved to seek separation of Church and State and abolition of religious distinctions. The Manchester Guardian notes ministers push broader measures, including church rates relief, university access, and universal vital records, with principles already agreed and only detail pending. Dispatches from the Foreign Office were sent to Lord Howard de Walden in Lisbon and Viscount Granville in Paris.
News briefs report Senate and Chamber of Representatives in Belgium failing to meet for business, medical reform petitions in Ghent, and circulars by cotton manufacturers seeking protection. Swiss and Austrian sources discuss France's republican movement, German state measures, and Poland emigre amnesty. Reports from Vienna note conference sittings, Russian contributions, Ottoman loans, and Papal Portugal rumors. Frankfort and Rome coverage cover Easter fair plans, trade, censorship, and a murder investigation in Frankfurt.
A wife plotted and poisoned her husband Roger Holden with arsenic mixed in tea. The 45 year old man drank it and died. The wife confessed and claimed he self-administered part of the poison. A verdict of wilful murder was returned and she was committed to Lancaster Castle for Assizes. The report also notes Demerara and Barbadoes reports up to late January and an unusually late Barbadoes crop.
A fervent exhortation urging Dissenters to petition Parliament for a formal disunion of church and state. It condemns seeking relief via state sponsorship, praises historic Protestant steadfastness, and urges refusal of church rates and consecrated burial. The piece frames separation as essential to lasting religious liberty and moral progress.
A notice discusses a new art lieutenant moving to Thirsk replacing Sir Robert Tankland who accepts the Chiltern Hundreds. It cites Dr Bisset Hawkins on annual mortality rates in Paris Berlin and London, and lists historical newspaper post figures and tolls for road repair. It ends with a brief wool and flannel market observation from Newtown.
Notices list meetings of creditors including Kidder Strand and F H Hemming Co and mention debtors and merchants in London. Births, marriages, and deaths follow with several names and addresses, including Major General Sir George Balteel Fisher and Mrs Charles Maude. Printed in the True Sun by John Ager for Patrick Grant.
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