29 Nov 1834
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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 29, 1834
Page
1
A historic defender argues that all subjects under law share an undeniable right to vote for Parliament. Poverty, rent, or property should not disqualify. only crime or legal penalty bars participation. The piece likens voting to a universal legal duty and warns against restricting the electorate.
Liverpool cotton market shows a dull day with sales not exceeding 1,530 bags and a decline of about 4 per lb from last Monday. Provision market notes limited demand for dry butter, steady beef and pork, bacon selling half, and varied butter prices across towns. Timber and Baltic wood prices listed, plus a modest better inquiry for plantation sugar in the Liverpool colonial market with higher prices due to holder reluctance to sell. Coffee remains in strong demand with notable price increases. Demerara molasses traded earlier but profit margins challenged by higher asks.
Colonial Markets dated Nov 28 show a generally sluggish week with higher prices for some items. Havannah and Barbadoes offerings rise, Mauritius sugar gains, and foreign goods advance. cotton sales reach 1,000 bales with no price change, while others hold or edge up modestly. late letters from St Petersburg push tallow up by a penny per cwt.
Last week Mrs Catherine Llewellyn of Eylwys Brewis Glamorganshire died aged 104 retaining faculties to the end. Mrs Jane Twist of Saltley Warwickshire died aged 102 with faculties nearly intact. Mrs Sarah Collins, also 102, died in Saltley alms-houses after over fifty years as an inmate, retaining good faculties to near the end. King William the Third praised Locke for Essay on Government and offered a board of trade post. Locke declined citing incapacity and conscience over emoluments. The King reportedly insisted on pay despite attendance doubts, while Locke argued the office required attendance and declined perks.
The half yearly meeting in Villiers Street heard a mixed report on the Hungerford Market venture. Directors noted west end progress, but salmon trials failed and white fish measures required. costs rose, fish shipped to Billingsgate, yet overall results showed a profit shortfall. Directors praised Mr Leith and Mr Courtenay.
Plymouth naval news reports Nimrod under Commander M Dougal arriving from the Tagus on Tuesday with invalids. She refitted at Barnpool after a foul wind home. Lisbon quiet at departure amid easterly winds. few ships at the Channel entrance, many windward of Scilly. Columbia brought troops for the West Indies from Woolwich, coal, and fittings then sailed. Dockyard reforms expand artificer classes. Swallow reaches Vera Cruz. crews reduced per Admiralty plan. Talavera ordered to Plymouth to be paid off. Pique refits after commissioning. water tanks made specially for her arrive at Clarence Yard. Dublin 59 near completion fit for gun-carriages, four ordered rather than more. Ships listed in harbor and sea movements with various arrivals and duties noted.
A Receiver of Fines and forfeits found his iron chest at the Custom House opened with 7,000 francs in notes stolen. Across the Channel a Paris roadside murder follows a hatter's last journey, with a confession revealing a companion and a brutal theft of cash from the victim.
A London letters page reports Radicals in Finsbury urging Mr Wakley to attend a Tuesday evening meeting at White Conduit House. A signature requisition seeks to shift support toward suffrage expansion and short parliaments, while defending Wakley against being excluded for not being an elector.
An items list of hunting meet days and venues across multiple packs including The King's Stag Hounds at Maidenhend Thicket and Longford, Brighton Harriers at Patcham Race Course and Dyke, Brookside Harriers at Newmarket Hill and Telscombe Tye, and many others with meets at specific towns, woods, and landmarks on Monday to Saturday at half past ten. Named masters and venues recur across Derbyshire, Bucks, Notts, and surrounding counties in a dense timetable style.
John W in Blackfriars-road recounts the theatre confrontation between Figaro editor and Mr. Edwin. Edwin knocked A Beckett down, was restrained, then pursued him into a saloon where hostilities resumed. Mitchell tried to calm the dispute as friends intervened and Beckett retreated. The writer notes subsequent publication for paid advertisement.
The Inverness Courier reports the Ness river surged after storms, swelling to record levels and flooding Ness Islands and local houses. A solicitor Mr Chisholm’s hen carried thirteen week-old chicks to safety on her back through the flood, then ferried them to dry ground before the servants restored order.
A Birmingham townsmen meeting convened in the Town Hall to appoint a committee to oversee borough elections and discuss reform. William Phipson presided, urging orderly debate and unity to oppose Tory domination, with speeches urging taxation cuts, municipal reform, and religious renewal.
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