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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 22, 1834
Page
8
A Manchester assembly debates Ireland's distress, condemns absentee landlords and the Protestant Church, and adopts a petition urging repeal of the Act of Union. Speakers urge Ireland under its own legislature, protest coercion, and call for justice and restored Irish parliamentary power.
The report details a St Patrick day gathering at Hattons Tavern Dean's Gate where sixty Repeal Committee members dined to celebrate. Toasts proclaimed reform and a speedy repeal of the Union and asserted the people's derived power, with supportive speeches from Protestant and Irish papers.
The Crue Sun notes a political dispute over a Cambridge Dissenters petition and a broader Corn Laws debate. It highlights that the laws do not protect cultivators, raise rents for farmers, and burden consumers, with excerpts from Cosserrt on imports and protectionist arguments, suggesting landlords gain under the system.
The piece discusses opposition to the Corn Laws not as free trade support but for its effect on labor value and the unproductive classes. It notes landlords gain from corn policy while farmers and bread users suffer, cites a Manchester meeting with eight English, two Scottish, and ten Irish speakers, and highlights support from Mr. Prentice and the Dissenters. It also reports Irish distress, clergy concerns, and calls for subdivided legislation amid calls for repeal of the Union.
A speaker laments Irish housing squalor near Dublin, describing dung infested cabins and pig-sty like dwellings. He cites absentee landlords, unkept promises of redress, and a widow with five children left roofless. Dispensaries replace poor houses as crime rises. the speaker vows to continue aiding the oppressed.
The Gazette of last night records an Order in Council approving a Lords of the Admiralty memorial that annuls the Proclamations of 1815 and the 1827 Order concerning prize proceeds. A new distribution allocates the net prize proceeds among ranks, with the flag officer receiving one sixteenth, the captain one sixth, and officers and men divided into ten classes with specific share allotments.
An advertisement notes support for Agricultural Labourers convicted at Dorchester and sentenced to transportation. A public meeting will be held at the Institution in Charlotte Street Fitzroy Square on Monday next at twelve o'clock and is expected to be well attended.
The Allgemeine Zeitung notes a strengthened Turkish army and vague motives, amid British and French protests over the July treaty. It warns that England and France may accept regreta if Russia’s power grows, suggesting Europe doubts war yet fears Ottoman reliance on Russia. French debates on associations continue, with Republicans praised by the Tribune and National.
Orv Baptport arrives Filey Edmonds from Memel. Falmooth arrives Walker Tenant from Oporto. Mitrorp arrives Virtue Rowell from Liverpool leaky bound Havre. Doss Manon arrives Leslie Alexander from London. River Mancn Belfast from Calais Waterloo from Antwerp Neptune from Ostend Esperance from Louvain Pierre and Lykkena from Gottenburgh.
Last night an inquest was held at the London Hospital before Mr. Baker on the body of William Cox aged 17 employed by Mr. Daniels, performer, at 13 Bary Street. Sunday evening Mr. Hawkes's son aged 16 took his father's loaded pistols to Cox and they tried to extract a ball without success. They argued to duel. when Hawkes's son fired, the pistol discharged into Cox's right temple. Cox died at the hospital on Tyraday. Verdict: Accidental Death.
City news notes a quiet money market with Consols around 9.13, Portuguese Regency at 6.44, and Spanish Cortes near 30. Prices for Indian Stock rise to 25.8, Exchequer Bills up to 54. The Lloyds list records shipwrecks: Charles from Messina to Copenhagen lost near Widerve, crew saved. Brothers from Sunderland to Stettin wrecked off Jutland, crew saved.
Paris dispatch reports friction within the ministry as M Barthe faces censure over a ministerial switch with Thiers preparing for changes. Dargent and Soult speculated to remain. Talleyrand and Pozzo di Borgo seen guiding stability. The Taillandier and Scambert amendments rejected amid debates on associations and political restraint. Also noted is the Duc d Orleans marriage to Princess Caroline Ferdinande of Naples, and a St Patrick banquet showcasing Irish, Scottish, and English unity with tributes to O Connell and the Independent Press.
A Southwark vestry discussion on establishing a new central market notes its central location near London road Waterloo road Westminster road and Lambeth road linking to key bridges. Mr Griffiths presents parish population and housing growth data from 1651 to 1832 to argue broad support for a market benefiting St George's and neighboring parishes.
Joseph Hansom argues against Corn Law repeal in a letter to the editor citing harm to agricultural laborers and domestic industry. He warns free trade would devastate debt-ridden land, rural workers, and timber, furniture, and craft trades, urging protections and a measured approach.
A fragmented notice page lists meetings of creditors in Birmingham and Shadwell with names such as R Turner and T Warland. It also records births: a daughter to E Gilbert at Magdalen Hall Oxford. Kendall's marriage. and a birth near Birmin, ED. Additional items include notices from tradesmen and linen drapers, with references to various streets and firms.
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