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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 13, 1834
Page
6
A town meeting in the Town-hall convened by the Mayor condemns Sir M. Widdles and John Hodgson for their conduct on Mr. Whittle Harvey’s Pension List motion. The resolution, urging resignations, was passed unanimously and the town hopes other constituencies will follow this example of public spirit.
Morning sittings reveal petitions from Dundee Tyne and Fife shipowners and Drogheda against tithe and union. Debates on church patronage in Scotland, dissenters rights, corn laws, and corporate mismanagement in Drogheda. MPs urge reform and relief measures amid broad calls for Church-State separation debates.
The Speaker sat after five o'clock as Mr. Bernal and others submitted petitions from George Jones against Southampton Railway and from Merthyr Tydvil Cardiff and other dissenters seeking relief from disabilities. Petitions on parochial schoolmasters in Lanark ask for higher salaries. A new writ was urged for Thirsk as Sir Robert Frankland vacated his seat. A select committee on Scottish spirit certificates was announced for May.
Parliament debates general registration of births and marriages, and moves to remove bishops from the House of Lords. Government favors registration principle but cautions on details. A separate motion seeks to disqualify bishops from Lords seats, arguing clergy should not mix church duties with politics and calling for reform. Several MPs urge discussion and weigh precedent, with mixed opinions on the bishops' role.
The Lords discussed the Sugar Duties Continuation and Warwick Disfranchisement bills with the Earl of Durham signaling first reading and potential printing before Easter. Adjournment dates were set and petitions from dissenters across several counties were presented, including concerns over Church and State ties and beer-shop abuses.
The House read a bill to end the Postmasters General privilege for franked papers to the colonies. Lord Durham urged focus on London's medical profession, presenting a petition from London physicians. He compared Paris London and Birmingham physician counts and noted college bye laws. Melbourne supported inquiry. Ellenborough questioned public gravity versus private grievances, citing mortality rates across cities. Bills on the Marine Forces, Ruscom Railway, and the Mutiny were also considered and the session adjourned.
Ireland report covers indictments of Orangemen under old statute for July processions at Glasslough and Markethill plus trials in Armagh. mercy shown with fines instead of bonds. Also details a violent, barricaded raid at Clahmelisk Ballynergue where eight defendants are escorted to jail after resisting warrants during tithe collection in Kerry.
The 15th King's Hussars under Captains Rose and Wathen arrive from Cork and march to Longford and Ballinrobe. Major Phillips with two troops departs after arrival. Major Sir W. Scott leads the grand division from Cork. Captain Ward's troop of the 10th Hussars heads to Monaghan. The last squadron of the 6th Dragoon Guards sails to Liverpool. Depots at Buttevant and Charleville, cholera devastating Charleville with fatalities. The 76th detachment withdrawn. tithes effort in Nenagh with Captain Barton and others. Court martial penalties issued to 85th Light Infantry members. 58th Regiment service companies in Ceylon healthy, to march to Colombo. 1st and 78th Regiments to change quarters.
A Morning Post item recounts the late Mr Biddies wealth and a will that divides roughly 350000 among close relatives, with most already poor. It notes a grand niece who would gain the principal after ten years while receiving only interest, and a grandfather who jokes about her education as she helps with cows and chores.
In the House of Commons Sir R Peel argues for the second reading of the Hertford borough bill while noting bribery findings by the election committees. He warns against extending the borough and extending county representation, cites 430 uncorrupted voters, and urges reform within existing limits rather than disfranchising 550 voters.
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