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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 19, 1834
Page
2
The Lords debated Warwick Disfranchisement Bill proceedings with petitions from Dissenters and concerns over hearing evidence. Lords Wynford Clanricarde Salisbury Grey Durham considered precedents, while Westmeath Westmeath urged delaying the Irish Judgments Bill and stronger links with Ireland’s legal issues.
MPs clash over a proposed graduated tea duty, debating Bohea and Congou usage by different classes. The discussion covers revenue, fraud risks, measurement of tea quality, and practical administration including bonded warehouses and port distribution as potential fixes. Several speakers warn against unintended consequences, while others tout potential gains in cheap tea for the poor and revived manufacturing. The session ends with the petition laid on the table and the house adjourned.
In the evening sitting the Lords passed the Marine Duties Bill without amendment. Petitions from Protestant Dissenters in Leeds Sheffield Eccles Pudsey Staley Bridge and other Yorkshire towns called for removal of religious disabilities. Members discussed delaying motions on pensions and noted petitions from Hampshire Rugby Warwickshire and York Chapel. A motion on compulsory payment of church rates by Dissenters in England and Wales was introduced for repeal, with Mr Divett urging a sense of the house on resolutions.
A heated Commons session centers on abolishing compulsory church rates in England and Wales. Speakers argue for fair funding of Protestant pluralism, with emphasis on Dissenters’ grievances, church state ties, and broader religious liberty. Lord Althorp signals forthcoming measures. Cambridge and Oxford’s stance on Dissenters cited.
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