27 Nov 1834
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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 27, 1834
Page
1
The fixtures of a coffee shop to be sold include six seats five tables sign boards boiler and more. To be viewed at 44 North street Manchester square as the shop is about to open in another line of business.
The narrator recounts visiting forty poverty houses in Limerick to document dire living conditions. He describes cellars and hovels with bare floors, ragged beds, starving families, and naked children, noting a man near death from starvation and handloom workers subsisting on meager meals. A nearby roadside sight shows a stone-breaker and family subsisting on weed leaves boiled with galt.
A 19th century letter to London Mechanics Institution members criticizes donor influence and construction costs. It recounts funds, loans, and rising subscriptions, then argues for changing governing rules to reduce working class representation on the committee and questions the need for such direct address.
A formal note states that explicit answers will appear in tomorrow’s communication. The writer signs as a gentleman with respect, referencing a Saint Louis exception and a working class member.
Lord Mayor Henry Winchester declines to convene a Common Hall amid unrest over public affairs. Deputation letters accuse suppression of opinion, citing pledge to allow free discussion and urging constitutional channels. Details include wheat prices, bread costs, and a mass of legal notices amid broader crowding summaries.
The defendant, a Dover guard, with co conspirators including Mr Tompsell, transported milk bales concealed as silk on the Good Intent from Dover to Birmingham. Tide surveyor found silk hidden in crates on the last voyage. crew corroborated. Defendant earned about 2 pounds per bale. verdict returned for 4,759 pounds 18 shillings 2 pence as penalties.
In a Nisi Prius session before Chief Justice Tindal, Harmer and Bell of the Weekly Dispatch faced a libel action by Crevy, a Brunswick-square milkman, seeking damages for an April 11, 1834 report allegedly imputing arson. Evidence showed Crevy’s financial troubles and prior distress, including selling cows to pay debts, while witnesses testified to the paper’s exaggeration and impact on his business. The defence highlighted Crevy’s poverty and the arson accusation’s consequences.
The court records list numerous convictions for larceny and related offenses. Names include Mary Ann Foster, 21, and others aged from 15 to 60, with items such as table cloths, velvet, silk, purses, handkerchiefs, lead, phials, hay, and a chaise cover cited. Several individuals faced capital convictions for burglaries, and some defendants were acquitted.
An officer accompanied a struggling mother of three to the overseer, Mr. Clements, to request a case review under a new law. Although no immediate order could be made, Ballantine urged action and the overseer relief was granted, with the case to be reviewed.
The report lists multiple politicians and districts. Lord Molyneux cautions retirement from South Lancashire. Wadham Wy n d ham addresses Tory supporters. Brodie Liberal plans to stand after a delay. Sir George Staunton rallies in Sourtampror for a possible return, while Sir Willouguts Gordon faces strong canvass in Newport. Sir Adolphus Dalrymple and Captain Pechell are named in Brighton moves. Burton and Beberle discuss re-election in Beverley. Tavistock and Exeter notices show incumbents Lord Russell, Fox, Buller, and Divett seeking re-election. Follett poised to contest. Northumberland sees Lord Howick signaling another bid if dissolution occurs, with limits on constitutional changes.
A letter by Bulwer argues England faces two main crises the Irish situation and the Lords. It claims reform of the Irish Church and rejection by the Lords trigger a collision that forces the King to dismiss the Commons. The piece questions whether electors will choose a Commons aligned with Lords or retain reform through constitutional change.
An inquest at the Wheatsheaf Tavern in Wapping heard Captain William Hindanne late master of the collier Ann of South Shields died after illness and treatment. Dr Bloomfield testified care was proper and the jury returned a verdict of died by the visitation of God.
Y esterday afternoon two children aged about three and four to five were severely burned at Mr Henry Birkett's No 11 Titchfield Street Mary le bone. Their clothing caught fire while playing with a strip of paper left in the back parlour. The flames consumed almost all of their clothes and bodies, leaving only waists untouched, and doctors fear for their lives. The parents are devastated by the tragedy.
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