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Newspaper

True Sun

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 03, 1836

Page

1

Army Promotions and Bankrupt Notices in Gazette

War office notices detail promotions and exchanges across regiments on Sept 2 1836 including Life Guards Dragoon Guards Light Dragoons Foot and Ceylon regiments with officers moving by purchase or appointment. Also listed are bankruptcy filings in Devonshire Yorkshire and Birmingham with dates for surrender and hearings.

Regiment of Life Guards W. Falkiner Taylor Regiment of Dragoon Guards W. Sandilands Purchase Crossley Cornet W. H. Peters Sandilands 4Th Regiment of Light Dragoons P. Kemp Kaur Sparling Regiment of Foot A. C. Skyoner J.N. Ingram R. Jones Balfour J. Sealy Warren J. W. Marshall Sealy W. Balfour 32D W. Green 18Th Light Dragong Erie Inanada Sih Regiment of Foot Northamber- Tibers

Dividends and bankrupt notices listed for many trades

A long catalog lists bankruptcies and certificates with dates and venues across Britain. Names include R. Nicholson Leicester-place, J. Straker Jarrow Lodge, W. Taylor Preston, J. Lewis Carmarthen shire, J. Lees Bilston, W. W. Wadelin Wolverhampton, and others. Also notes dissolutions of partnerships and several trades from grocers to ironmongers.

Messia Clarke and Hilston Lion Hotel Wolverhampton T. Bassford Bilston W.W. Wadelin W. W. Jeckins Birmingham Hoo and Chickens J. Lees Grocer J. Laidlay G. Turner Feltham Candle-Makera W.a.groocock Bellica Villa Kentish-town J. Jamer Walbrook G. Litle Church-street Lisson-grove Partnershiis J. Byron T. Hickson Sheffield T. Reeves R. J. Hardman Liverpool J.F. Fry T. Fry Rugby Warwickshire W. Barker W. Windsor Leeds R. Hathersall N. Burnett Clitheroe Lancashire J. A. Welch J. Wilson Dalston G. Hilton J. Hilton T. Mitchell J. Mitchell Plymouth W. Milward N. Skottowe Waterford J. Field and Worsbrough Yorkshire J. Cochrane R. Smith and Co Maesteg Glamorganshire J.stancomb W. H.buckland J. Rusher J. Barnes

Price of sugar in Great Britain in August 1836

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar for the week ending midday August 1836 was forty five shillings and sixpence per hundred weight, excluding duties of castons paid or payable on importation into Great Britain.

Great Britain

Inquest verdicts in drowning and infant death cases

An inquest at the Mitre Inn Islington on a drowned unknown woman found in the New River returned a sound drowned verdict after witnesses noted no violence. Separate inquiries at Shadwell and Bow Lane addressed a man found in the Thames and a newborn infant reportedly killed by its mother Margaret Spencer.

Mitre Inn Upper-street Islington New River Robert Semple Mr. Semple Semple Bell Leibeck High-street Shadwell Walton Albion-place Blackfriars Bridge Thames Shadwell Dock EAS Brighton Rainbow Tavern Bow-lane Cheapside Margaret Spencer Robertson No. 3

Birth mystery ends with dead infant verdict

Mrs Robertson believes Spencer gave birth to an infant. After interrogation Spencer confesses. a chamber utensil holds the newborn. Doctors and Mr Robertson note the baby appears full grown, unclear if alive or stillborn. Coroner cannot prove felony. verdict Finds dead, but whether born alive or stillborn no evidence to the jury.

Mrs. Robertson Spencer Mr. Robertson Robertson

Registration Act debated by St Marylebone Guardians

At a meeting of the Board of Guardians of the Poor for St Marylebone the chair urged writing to the Poor Law Commissioners about the Registration of Births, Marriages, and Deaths. They would seek to know if the parish would be divided into districts and how many registrars to appoint. The board agreed to request details and offered to nominate suitable registrars.

Board of Guardians of the Poor St. Marylebone W. Crarp Potter Poor Law Commissioners Kensit Savace Board of Guardians

German Commercial Union discussed in Hamburgh papers

Hamburgh dispatch notes that England may seek a future treaty with the German Commercial Union, via envoy John MgreGor, while stressing the Union can only accept German status. It rebuts claims of a Russian-backed system and criticizes British and French trade policies as liberal shifts at odds with continental aims.

Commercial Union Berlin Germany M'Gregor Russia England France

Liverpool Cotton Market Sees Firm Prices At Sale

The Sept 1 sale totaled 2000 bags with some speculation buys. Prices firmer than earlier in the week. Purchases include 40 Egyptian 16d to 18d, 50 Surat 54d to 8d, the rest American. A curious note from Dundee tells of a one pound note found in a writing desk bought for nineteen shillings and sixpence, dated August 1 1777, accruing interest over time. The note’s existence benefits the deceased merchant’s relict and the Dundee Banking Company is noted.

Liverpool Dandee The Dundee Banking Company Dundee Courier

Treatment of countrymen in Spain and Mexican ingratitude

Observations from a 1825-26 veteran recount the hardship of volunteers in foreign service. The writer condemns Spanish government behavior for failing to honor contracts and provide pay. He compares mercenary ideals across Colombian, Brazilian, Venezuelan, and Mexican services, noting widespread lack of remuneration and distrust of foreign officers. He cites the Mexican regime after Ulloa and parallels with the British Auxiliary Legion’s treatment in Spain, urging honesty and accountability in such engagements.

Spain Monthly Repository Patriot Services Lord Cochrane Napier St. Juan Ulloa Vera Cruz Ulloa British Auxiliary Legion Cd . A England

Fire at St Martin's Workhouse and a Drowned Woman

A fire alarm near Saint Martin's Lane reported smoke from the Hemming's-row library at the St Martin's workhouse. Fire engines doused the flames driven by a spark from a portable stove used by painters. An inquest at St George's Hospital returned a verdict of drowned for Eliza Pointing, found in Rosamond Pond with missing dress and a note indicating concern over a lost item.

St. Martin’s Saint Martin’s Lane Hemming’s-row Castle-street St. George's Hospital Eliza Pointing Rosamond Green-park John Smith Rosamood’s Pond William Pointing Wiliam Pointing Clerkenwell

Burden of the County Rate and Historic Debt

Documents to the Secretary of State show Middlesex magistrates had borrowed nearly 400000 for the County Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell and Westminster Prison. Unpaid debt amounts to 239,207 pounds spread across 14 and 40 year repayments. Bonds mostly held by Crawshays, with Bank of England consolidation suggested. Tontine loans and rising parish costs highlighted. St George Hanover-square figures show debt growth from 1748 to 1836.

St. George Hanover-square Middlesex Hanwell Westminster New Prison New Westminster Prison Messrs. Crawshay Great Iron-Works Wales Bank of England Culdbathfields House of Correction Hanover-equate

Church Rates Refused at Spital Fields Vestry

A Spital Fields vestry rejected a 2s in the pound church rate to fund fire repairs, amid Liberal pressure and anti-rate sentiment. Speaker Whittle led an amendment to defer until Lord John Russell’s church rate motion, prompting other opinions. Dissenters in Beccles plan passive resistance and coordination with London committees.

Spitalfields Selec Éuc CouLpen Jozerh Whittle John Russell Seeves Burton Whittle Brusurieto Beccles Suffolk London

Burglary Report From Edgeward-read Premises

On Wednesday night several individuals believed to be concealed at Mr Minton’s 127 Edgeward-read premises stole clothing cigars tobacco and silver coin. The culprits have not been apprehended.

Meeting of the General Association in Ireland

Michael Cabil presided as chair amid a session of the General Association focusing on Four Laws for Ireland. Members debated petitioning Parliament for legal protections against life’s vicissitudes, with admissions of new members including Lord Dillon and Bishop Machale, and praise for Mr. Blake and Mr. M’Hugh. Letters from Mayo, Down, Keckeney, and other counties illustrated widespread fundraising and organization for the Justice Rent amid Irish agitation.

Ireland Dublin Trades’ Political Union Liberal Carlow Waterford Wexford Drogheda Francis Brady M'Creatsw J.B. M'Crea Barming Society Summerhill Dolier-street Wickliffe Arcusis Hop MacHate Tuam Justice Rent General Association Michael Cabil Lawless Tan Baapy Fisn P. Corney Lord Viscount Dillon Machale Exeter Hall Gurarre House of Lords Prosxer Kiernan Redmond M.T. Blake Eng M.P Coppinger Lord Dillon Michael Corney Corpincer Fine Tras Sen Fins County OF Dublin Fremimen BSP National Trades’ Political Union Pal Tra. C. Maxwell Kilkenny County Down Henry Smith Dumford Ardglass Smith Daniel Dunford Abraham Barroo

Calamity at Kingsbury Canal Reserve Prompts Public Alarm

A large crowd gathers at Kingsbury near Edgeware after a reservoir at Grand Junction Canal Company remains neglected. A man arrives by cart to haul away a cargo from a locked premises in Mortimer Street Cavendish Square but is stopped by residents and a protest over unpaid rents and a decaying station house.

Grand Junction Canal Company Kingsbury Edgeware Mortimer-street Cavendigh

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