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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 18, 1834
Page
3
A fragmentary clipping mentions October dates and unclear names. The readable parts reference a local event or notice but lack complete details on persons, organizations, places, or actions. Further restoration is needed to identify the main subject and outcome.
An item advertises the Weekly Police Gazette with reports on warwick gaol cruelties and destruction of the Houses of Lords and Commons. It notes a fiery engraving by Baxter of the Parliament fire and promotes Reynolds' Gossip next issue with an eye witness narrative. Berger and booksellers distribute the publication.
Evening bill includes The Regent featuring Philip Duke of Orleans with Vining Dubois and Somerville leading roles, followed by Secret Service and Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night's Dream. Also Handel or Strauss style pieces at Covent-Garden and Lyceum with mountains sylph and Widow Queen, doors at six thirty, shows at seven.
The True Sun describes Lord AtTHORP’s profane yet widely echoed plea during the Parliament fire. Spectators cheered the blaze of the Houses of Parliament while lamenting the halls, with exultation at openings showing the conflagration and debate over the nation’s sacred architecture.
A London commentary ridicules Parliament’s public image after a palace yard gathering mocks the Lords and Commons while condemning Irish landlords. It argues for Poor Laws to aid the oppressed, questions Papist influence, notes Spain’s Cortes debt law, and reports on Madrid and Brussels dispatches, with unrest in Ireland and Greece amid broader European tension.
An extract discusses Belizean colonization ventures toward Poyais, notes resistance by Belize authorities and funding gaps. It describes rich soil, potential crops like coffee, cotton, sugar, and mahogany, and argues Indians should work mines and plantations. It mentions fires in Gavibia province and distant news from Rio Janeiro and Cape of Good Hope papers.
The day opens with relief from yesterday’s anxiety as Spanish settling calms the money and merchandise world though gains are nominal. Prices show volatility with Cortes bonds at 44, Portuguese 824, Consuls 91, and Spanish quotes fluctuating. trade remains cautious amid fears of future speculation and capital withdrawal.
The court tackled non attendance of witnesses in a coat theft case against Abraham Griffix and fixed trial for today. Robert Nicholls, a soldier, faced charges of stealing two letters from the General Post Office while employed as a letter carrier, with testimony tracing a missing 1830 letter containing notes and its later delivery to the prisoner.
Cargo ships and steamers report arrivals on October 16 to 17 from ports including Quebec Quebec Antigua Bordeaux Lisbon Malaga St Vincent Portsea Halifax Virginia Labrador and St Helena. Vessels named include Villa Viciosa Crystal Cadmus Defiance Effort Fancy Diana Alfred Alunsu Ramscare Eliza Georgiana Glaphyr Reward Hope Silvia Trusty Catherine Royal Adelaide Brazila Diana Dennison Tom Tough General Brown and others.
A violent gunpowder blast at Mr Brown's shop in Goudhurst Kent destroys the premises, kills Mr Brown, injures Mrs Brown, and wounds nearby residents. Fire, shock, and shattered walls follow as neighbors rescue survivors. An inquest finds accidental death with no clear cause. Five children in the family mourn the tragedy.
A laborer named James Sherwood employed by Mr. Sheddon was kicked while tending a horse between nine and ten in the morning. He suffered severe injuries to head and body and is not expected to recover. Since railway operations began at Camdentown, four similar accidents have left men hospitalized at Middlesex Hospital.
Market report notes limited supplies but good quality and brisk trade. Lamb and pork scarce. mutton price varied per stone. Game plentiful with hares partridges pheasants pigeons and rabbits priced per brace dozen or couple. Eggs and butter plentiful though trade heavy with prices quoted for butter eggs and other items.
Fisl-Continue in very short supply and dear as Thursday. Cod prices 2s to 9s, Turbot 7s to 20s but scarce. Flesh prices rise on Smithfield advance: beef 8d, mutton 744 8d, pork 8d to 9d. Game higher than Newgate and Leaden, partridges 3s per brace, rabbits 1s to 1s 2d, pheasants 8s per brace. Hay best sorts 100s to 1053, clover 1053, straw 3s.
This week shows uniform quotations with little variation from last week. Mauritius low grades dip slightly while Corrie stays steady. Bonea Teas fall 1d per lb. Corron rises 4d. Inpigo down 2d to 4d per lb. SucapteetRe drops 6d per cwt. Pimento up 4d. CocstNea withdrawn after Vera Cruz reports 30 percent rise. Tallow eases to 41s 3d to 41s 6d. Wuate Onn up 10s per tun due to poor fisheries outlook.
A Cabinet Council met at the Treasury Office with Viscount Melbourne and ministers including Althorp Palmerston and Grant. Dispatches from the King arrived about Parliament's destruction by fire while Lord Holland reached Holland House and the Queen enjoyed a Park ride.
Monday report describes at least 140 prisoners brought up at New Bailey with two thirds found intoxicated on Sunday and punished. A Crediton fire destroys sixteen cottages with no deaths, while a gas-pit explosion in Mount Vernon hospitalizes five of seven workers.
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