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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 14, 1834
Page
3
A lengthy parliamentary session covers master cooper strikes, wage unrest, and the right level of government intervention. Lords debate whether to reinstate combination laws, balance master and journeyman interests, and address currency-driven wage issues amid threats and intimidation cited by both sides.
At a Middlesex Magistrates meeting the visiting justices reports showed 1136 prisoners in the House of Correction and 325 in the New Prison. A motion backed by H Codd supported repealing parts of William IV to ease pauper removal costs. Debate noted high arrears and costs of removing Scotch and Irish paupers. Baker’s letter requesting court orders for paupers aboard noted illnesses and medical expenses, with an order to be sent to the General Purposes Committee. Liverpool brief. ships reported sailing. Kensington ship ashore at Carparvon Bay refloated.
The Court discussed petition from 310 London merchants opposing a bill to renew tolls in East Smithfield to fund road works for the London Docks. Costs cited include 18,000 total expense, 1,400 yearly toll revenue, and 6,280 claimed by the London Dock Company. Petitioners urged opposition and committee reporting. The council also reviewed Islington market plans and discussed consolidating police hours in summer and winter, adjourning the session.
A 1834 notice from Chatham protests seizures of goods for church rates in Strood Roches ter and Chatham. It urges residents to abstain from attending auctions, branding the drives as oppression against dissenters and calling for civil liberty and public opinion to end the practice.
An adjourned Westminster jury meeting at the Prince's Head complains of costs to attend its duties and seeks use of fines for the poor. They note misapplied monies, request a Commons return of all fines from 1800 to 1833, and call for parish overseers to claim funds for the poor.
Three men named Cummins Churchill and Jones were re-examined on suspicion of highway robberies in Surrey. Witnesses described armed stops near Wimble don Common and near Belgrave Square with threats to kill. A prisoner's denial and further testimony linked names to prior thefts as remand proceedings continued.
A local man questioned by a questioner about paying debts told how he was made a church trustee and how he had no share of the so-called pickings. He said he would have paid at bar time if he could, but he was an honest hard-working man not prepared to meet the insatiable demands of the church trustees.
Racing notes show Mesgully Viator leading with 100 to 45 odds in the Twattersall’s event at Marca 13. Viator backed at 25 to 1 as Royal William runs 1000 to 20, with little other movement as many subscribers miss St Alban’s steeplechase day.
A Newcastle upon Tyne public meeting in the Town Hall unanimously passed a resolution censuring Sir M. W. Ridley and John Hodgson Esq for their conduct on Mr. Whittle Harvey's motion on the Pension List and calls for their resignations. The town hopes other constituencies will follow this example.
Births report several new daughters born to notable households including Rev J Drake in Northchurch and Lt Col Todd in Montague Street with others across Bedford Row and Portman Square. marriages record Frederick Gye to Elizabeth Allen and Samuel Marindin to Isabella Colvile. deaths list Ann Loftus in New Inn and Elinor Dyott in Chiswick plus multiple ages and residences across London suburbs and Ireland.
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