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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 05, 1834
Page
4
From the Morning Herald, a critique of last session’s chatter and the push to curb needless speeches. It argues against licensing motions, urges timely prepared ministers, and cites reform as steering England toward a stable, just future despite a flawed House of Commons.
The Morning News and Public Ledger discusses Post Office reforms to allow cheaper cross channel newspaper transmission and rail driven mail departures. It also critiques church rates and defends Dissenters against obligatory payments, urging firm evangelical action and cautious government confidence.
In the Standard critique of Parliament, the piece laments the small amount of work accomplished during the session. It argues there is little cause for regret over the labour of the session, focusing on the perceived idle nature of parliamentary proceedings.
A crowd gathers each evening before St. Giles's Church to glimpse a ghost in the churchyard, causing robberies and assaults as 300 to 400 idle people crowd the pavement. Nearby Liverpool’s New Dock nears completion with three basins, extended seawall, and plans for improved wharfage and continuous dock access from Fort to Toxteth Park.
Law int ll intelligence report from the Court of Bankruptcy on Thomas Dean Alderson. Creditors meet to prove claims and declare the first dividend. Legacy dispute with Sir George Alderson and George Douglas Alderson resolved with entry of claim and reserve for further inquiry. Final dividend declared at 4s in the pound with £1,700 set aside for potential legal costs. further proceedings adjourned.
Mary Smith was acquitted after indictment for stealing from Harriet Thorpe in Edmonton. Other defendants faced burglary and violent theft at a Wapping bakehouse, with probes into a Cape connection. Jury returned guilty verdicts for John Henry Stanley and John Clay. Francis Burton was guilty but mercy recommended.
Sept. 4 at adjourned sessions before B. Roteh, Esq., Kilward Benham found guilty of robbing furnished lodgings. He lived there two weeks, fled, rooms stripped of portable items, duplicates of property found on him, seven years transportation. Sane Mayden, a housekeeper, indicted for stealing eight wine bottles from William Haybrough. She and a serjeant Wilde relation testified bottles vanished between six and seven dozen, with nine bottles remaining. Mayden denied permission to part with them. Reed, a prosecutor’s servant, testified Mayden sold eight or nine bottles to a man.
The case ended with the jury returning a Not Guilty verdict after cross examining a prisoner who spoke openly about the bottles being her father’s. The chairman lamented wasted court time and discharged the prisoner, noting a respectable character certificate and the family’s long support from Serjeant Wilde. Mrs Haybrough attempted to justify her husband’s actions, but was interrupted as the proceedings exposed strain and accusations.
A man named John Smith faced the Lord Mayor on charges arising from grabbing a woman in Coleman Street and a later self reported claim of an appointment with another lady. The case, part of a broader Mansion House hearing, ends with a fine and a warning to avoid such misconduct.
The Austrian Observer notes widespread discontent in Lebanon and Samaria as Ibrahim Pacha strengthens regiments to enforce Mehemet Ali's authority in Syria. Egyptian losses reach about 6,000 as forces clash near Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Gaza. 20,000 under arms and Arab tribes beyond the Jordan join Samarian forces. Officials report Naples, Jerusalem, and Hebron inhabitants submitted, but enforcement remains doubtful.
A London newspaper notes omnibuses cause danger in crowded streets after a 13 year old boy was killed by a racing omnibus. The report urges immediate regulation. The issue also covers a Montpelier court case, creditor meeting notices, births, marriages, and deaths in the week, including Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew’s passing.
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