Second Edition True Sun Office City Now Evening Edition
The item notes the publication of a second edition by the True Sun Office in the city at seven o'clock for the current day.
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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 17, 1834
Page
8
The item notes the publication of a second edition by the True Sun Office in the city at seven o'clock for the current day.
The House of Commons debates a petition from London on tea duties and a proposed grading plan. Critics argue that fixed rates harm revenue, invite fraud, and fail to distinguish tea quality. Lord Althorp defends the aims to aid the poor with lower duties and urges careful testing before changing policy. Sir Robert Peel questions the plan’s feasibility and potential for smuggling. The session moves to adjournment with related discussions on commutation of tithes and Poor Laws.
The speech outlines Antigua’s legislative actions advancing slave protections and new prohibitions on corporal punishment, plus a later Commons debate led by Cobbett urging total repeal of the malt tax. It notes increased sugar output due to milder slave treatment and shifts in governance praise, with a focus on economic impacts of malt taxation on agriculture and industry.
In the Lords the Liverpool Oil and Gas Company Bill was read third time and passed. Various peers presented petitions from St Peter’s Derby and other places for protection of the Established Church and for observance of the Lord’s Day. Aimed petitions urged relief from Protestant Dissenters and commutation of tithes, with Earl Morley noting his dissent from the petition’s proposed mode of collection. Further petitions called for Church protection in Somersetshire and from Dissenters in Radnor Breckcocking’s-norton Boughton Saffron Walden, plus a Surrey Labour petition and a Scottish church patronage issue.
The Lords debated petitions from Somersetshire and other districts seeking Sabbath observance and patent relief. The Duke of Newcastle reported on orders regarding Canton trade, and Lord Ellenborough warned of 140 appeals, the highest since 1830, with the Chancellor defending his workload and diligence in the Court of Chancery.
A branch of the London University near St Pancras marked its first anniversary at Freemasons Tavern. The Dispensary in George Street Euston Square has served 7,149 poor in fetch of medical aid since 1828. A 130-bed building costing 4356l with 2000l more needed was promised by donors and subscribers.
Report from Liverpool notes a softer cotton market with price reductions on Bowed, Alabama, and Orleans, while receipts reach 82,413 bags and sales total 9,460 bags. In parallel, Liverpool corn, oats, barley, and other grains show modest activity. Barcelona plans regular steamship links with the Mediterranean, featuring the vessel Bateare built by Seddoe and Woosey of Liverpool and powered by SOC horsepower engines.
An adjourned gathering in Great Queen Street discussed creating an Artists' College to aid distressed artists. A plan to buy five acres near the Post-office, build a 100-artist facility with a gallery, and fund by subscriptions was approved for further action, with a committee formed and a secretary appointed.
The Edinburgh sails for Plymouth and the Mediterranean while Seaflower guards oyster fisheries at Guernsey and Jersey. Charybdis joins Rear-Admiral Warren for Africa slave traffic suppression. Belvidera leaders prepare for West Indies with consular appointments. Several merchantmen sail to Madras, Bengal, Bombay, and the Cape as Barham and Firefly reach Malta, Columbine is paid off, and Barbadoes currents prompt calls for lighthouse protection. Royal Navy officers receive transfers as appointments are issued at Chatham, Portsmouth, and the Revenge undergoes refit.
A Paris firm forms to speed stage coach travel using a new four coupé veloce with three seats per coupé. The company plans to start operations next month and hopes a light vehicle on the Calais and Dieppe routes. Fixed refreshments prices are set to avoid suspicion of imposition.
Mining intelligence notes average standard and produce prices per ton and totals. Copper ores for sale list give tonnages at various mines such as Tresavean Poldice Wheal Unity Wheal Jewel Pembroke and others totaling 2906 tons. Last week’s sale shows standard and produce figures with ratios and totals.
A Saturday assembly in Regent Street organized to form a Statistical Society of London for collecting and classifying data on societal conditions. The Marquis of Lanadowne chaired. MPs and notable scholars attended. a committee was formed to pursue the society’s aims.
Births record multiple names with dates, including Mrs Willement and Mrs Dickinson. Marriages include Gerard Noel to Sophia Lilias O'Brien and L H Braham to Sophia Solomons. Deaths note R Power and H J Hakewill among others. Final lines reference the True Star Office imprint at Strand London.
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