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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 06, 1834
Page
3
The report covers debt terms and a plan to convert arrears into deferred stock, plus a note on the French debt and a reduced sinking fund. It also details arrivals from Flanders and Germany, Vienna trepidations about Greece and Turkey, naval movements and a review of European papers, with various market updates, currency changes in Pernambuco and Bahia, and port arrivals and coal light improvements at Amsterdam Zee.
Eleven o clock reports no political or mercantile news in the city. Mails show two French, one Flanders, one Gottenburgh. Amsterdam coffee sales brisk with prices up about two cents. French Funds improve on Paris arrivals. London grain imports for June 30 to Sept 27 include English wheat 125,539 qrs and foreign 19,802. English flour 90,027 sacks. Foreign bonds steady, Spanish stock up to 61 with current 60. Consols higher at 903. Portuguese bonds hold at 83. Belgian bonds 100-101. Exchequer Bills 39. India Bonds 15 17. Back Stock 2214 2224. India Stock 263. No other major changes.
Paris dispatches report the ambulatory government’s weakness as Juntas are divided and funds plundered. Pro-Catholic forces led by Zumalacarregay fail to gain traction, while Carlists misjudge strength. Catalonia shows ill-succes with apostolical supporters, and Bayonne plans armaments for Christina’s government. Four provinces rise in arms, pursuing soldiers with improvised weapons.
Dull market tones persist at Mark Lane with weak demand for wheat oats and barley. Ship flour scarce while beef and mutton trade slows. lambs few, veal scarce, pork steady as prices ease overall amid large sheep inflows from London pastures. Beasts 2513 Sheep 19880 Calves 150 Pigs 400.
Shipping intelligence reports arrivals from Maurice to Brothston Castle and other ships with origin notes including Benicarie St Josiog Jamaica Jamaica and Trinidad. The revenue history traces government income from 2.1 million after the Revolution to 16 million under George III, with a St Bartholomew’s Hospital inquiry into a fire incident and a pheasant shoot accident injuring a 14 year old nephew of Cardington.
In Bow Street a distressed young mother shared that a deserted lover refused assistance, and she was discharged. In Marlborough Street musicians Henry and Parlagotta faced charges after a mob formed while residents debated the right to play in Jermyn Street. Bail posted, case set for sessions to decide lawful street music.
In a reform era hearing at the Revising Barristers Court the claimant Mr Benjamin Tilly sought voting rights for lodgers at 19 Primrose-hill Salisbury square arguing their rooms were separate habitations. The barrister ruled the claim insufficient due to notice issues and local acts regulating parish rating, advising Tilly to refile for the next year and pursue the lodger rights question.
The Turkish envoy Namik Pacha and Viscount Palmerston were noted arrivals. Dispatches from Colonel Arthur arrived at the Colonial Office dated May 17. Lord Holland departed from Kensington. In Windsor the troops entered the Castle quadrangle for inspection by the King and Queen who attended divine service at St George's Chapel. The King later rode in the Great Park with the Deputy Lieutenant Sir William Freemantle. The Earl and Countess of Erroll and Lady Adelaide Hay stay at the Castle. The King is expected to visit the Bushy Park Lodge and then go to town on Wednesday.
An 18th century report recalls the Earl of Munster's daughter tossed from a spirited pony in Hyde Park as the rider beside her rode near. The horse bolted, but she escaped injury. The article also covers a drowning near Chelsea College, an inquest into Mr. Robert Carter's death, and a verdict of death by the visitation of God.
A review of Blunt and Stephenson’s second division featuring Marine Steam Engine and Steam Corn Mills with eleven engravings. It details three engine plates showing full plans, sections, and elevations for engines of forty horsepower, plus eight plates on a steam corn mill. The article praises practical, instructional value for engineers and notes connections to Rennie and Steele, with emphasis on improvements in steam powered milling.
The article compares wheat and flour prices across Paris and several French towns with London, converting to English weights and shillings. It notes Paris flour at 46f per 159 kg, London at 45s per sack, and Paris flour cheaper by about 64 percent. it cites Cambray and Marseilles as higher, and Naples soft wheat price ranges 30s to 32s per quarter. It ends with a Westminster magistrates meeting on Tuesday to choose a supervisor and matron for the new Tothill Fields.
The Lyceum presents Serle's Widow Queen with historical note on Duchess of Suffolk and Bertie. Rehearsals at English Opera House continue to November 14 under Arnold. Haymarket features Buckstone's Married Life and Rob Roy with Miss Eliza Paton. Surrey and Drury Lane see debuts and revivals as theatres adapt for winter.
The vestry clerk called for the half year police rate of over 9000. Mr Green urged immediate payment while Mr Wilson proposed a resolution protesting the force as unconstitutional and an abuse of parish funds. Kensett supported the protest stating the force unnecessary. The protest resolution passed with three dissentients.
Racing notes from Carlisle on Friday list the Cumberland Stakes of £0 with 30 added, two miles, featuring Fanny and Retainer’s sister among entrants. Also scheduled are His Majestys Plate of 100 gs over four miles with Muley Moloch and Mayflower leading entries, plus a Plate of 50 guineas over two miles with Myrrha Jemima and Stenton in the field.
A sweepstakes of 3 sovs each with 20 added was won by Mr. Walker's Pilot in three heats, beating several rivals including Mr. Boag's Guerilla and Mr. Rogers's The Provost. A 10 sov handicap was won by Mr. A Mitchell's Emma, ahead of Mr. Rule's Little thought-on and others, across two heats.
Thursday fixtures include a Fife plate of 501 heats over a mile and a half with entries Lord Eicho’s Philip Prince Ramsay’s Spider and others, plus a silver cup won by Queen Bess over Noonday and four rivals. Rugely Stakes of ten shillings and added contributed two heats won by Heads or Tails ahead of Gazelle Shelab and Tristram Shandy.
The Hexham Stakes for five sova at one mile featured Lady le Gros owned by Mr Richardson and Logic owned by Mr Bowser, with f by Brutandorf for two year olds. The Members' Purse of fifty pounds included heats at Alatanan, with several horses named such as Shepherdess Ellen Levolo and others. At Blandford Races on Friday, the Dorsetshire Stakes were won by Mr Reeves's Harlot over Goldfringe in a disputed post. more racing planned at Manchester next week. Hunting appointments list meet schedules for various packs including Brighton Harriers, Hounda, Garforth Bridge, Ling Moornine, Great Askam, Nun Monkton, Haughton Bridge, Marton, Stock House, Broomhill Mill, Spottis ury Dam, Brent Knowl, Kennel, North Barrow, and Cadbury Harriers with several meets over the coming days.
Miscellany notes on Pastora and Talma with a reading on Mendicant London food consumption. It covers Talma’s dramatic mobility and a court anecdote about Decour, plus remarks on English poverty under Henry IV and a word-phrase explainer.
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