01 Sep 1837
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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 01, 1837
Page
1
The notice invites stakeholders to a six day period for a lease or service with details of directors and a secretary. It lists office locations in London and dates, and includes further notices about railway affairs and related public announcements.
The narrator notes slaveholders display notable patience, forged by long habit, and contrasts native owners with foreign émigrés who often prove harsher masters. An anecdote from Miss Martineau's America describes a slave-driver fabricating a late carriage message to keep a guest from leaving.
A traveler explores the mountain tombs overlooking the Nile valley describing blackened entrance halls, hieroglyphics, and vivid paintings. Bat storms erupt as a gunshot startles the bats, and wolves chase near the tombs. The narrative concludes with a tea advertisement for Owgan's Mixture by Kemuel King of King William Street.
A coroner inquest at the Queen’s Head Tavern Charlotte Street investigates the death of John Augustus Lassalle a French courier aged 40 who hanged himself in his lodging at 6 Charlotte Street. The jury finds suicide while of sound mind amid poverty and awaiting a remittance.
Police received details of robberies from Sir Herbert Taylor in Regent's Park and Mr. Mintosh in Cavendish Square, with silverware and notes stolen. Additional thefts include Rev. Harding in Bexley, Rev. Lambard in Ash, and Mrs. Powell in Leather Lane, plus a Westminster robbery and a Wandaworth assault on Mrs. Smith. A railway robbery near Bedford Square and a Horsham burglary with watches and jewelry prompted rewards.
An observer describes the stark desolation atop a summit with lava flows, barren slopes, and distant Syrian deserts. He recalls a monk describing the divine tablets, the ruined church and convent, hermits on the peak, and a nearby Mohammedan mosque where Christian and Muslim worship coexist. Incidents of Travel in Egypt.
A young English medical student Henry Herbert, 25, was found drowned near a chalet on Mount Tendre in the Jura, his belongings sent to the British Ambassador in Berne. The piece also condemns the New Poor Law imprisonment of Ruth Jackson and reports on French army dispositions across divisions, Lyons, Africa, and the Pyrenees.
From the Dublin Evening Post, a Dublin reader learns details of a parliamentary committee investigation into charges against the National Board. Rev Dr Smyth testifies about Esker convent and his school plan, funding methods, and an oratory in the schoolroom. He explains raising funds by selling a pony and says Earl of Shrewsbury contributed, while officials press for compliance with Board rules.
Public meeting convened by R Shortridge in South Shields denounces bribery and endorses ballot voting. Speakers praise Liddell, reject amending petition terms, and press for parliamentary ballot as safeguard. A later exchange over Tooke and neutrality is noted from Truro correspondence.
A cautious review of late Lewes votes suggests Mr Brand has a clear prospect of success if scrutinized. Petitioners plan to petition the House of Commons for a committee. the petitioned majority may be reduced by a small sum noted as eC.
The August 30 1887 letter recalls a September 1896 exchange with Lord John Russell and Sir John Hobhouse over a Sheffield speech. It accuses Whig leaders of double standards, cites a published passage about Hobhouse, and urges accountability from the India, Home, and Prime Ministerial sides. Buckingham argues party perfidy harms public trust and urges press scrutiny.
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