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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 25, 1834
Page
2
The article urges readers to pursue registration and qualify as electors despite difficulties. It argues that active enrollment through favored constituencies can prompt needed amendments and that passivity weakens democratic influence. It cites duty, perseverance, and the moral imperative to participate in civic life.
The Plymouth court martial enters its third day as Assistant Surgeon Christie faces charges after witnesses describe incidents aboard the ship. Edward Little’s testimony is rebuked by Lt. Henderson while Christie seeks a adjournment to present his defence scheduled for tomorrow at ten. Also noted are Exeter Hall rehearsals and antiquated London condition reflections.
From Dublin correspondence, Tories admit a mistake in defeats to the Irish Tithe Bill. Proposes consequences as landlords and tenants contend with tithes, while Protestant incumbents would have retained life interests. The Cavan meeting collapses, Marcus Beresford and Rev Martin speak, Cobbett to begin lectures on Ireland's ills and paper currency.
The Very Rev Thomas Carter rector of Ballymore issues a tithe notice effective October 1 1834. Parishioners are urged to petition for relief regarding tithe demands, which are described as excessive relative to 1809 prices, with warnings of legal action if paid. A parishioner attacks the dean’s conduct and urges peaceful, legal opposition. The piece also lists noble supporters and donors to the tithe cause in County Armagh and surrounding areas.
A drunken passenger fell from the Royal Adelaide off Reculvera on the way to Margate. The ship’s boat was quickly lowered and rescued him after a quarter mile drift. Captain Grant and his crew deserve praise for stopping the vessel and aiding the injured man who had a severe head wound and was revived with blankets and a surgeon’s care.
A large meeting at Mr Mortimer Marshall's rooms Hampstead road Hampstead-road Gaston Road to honor Mr Thomas Murphy for parochial reform. The chair praised his vestry leadership and nearly 30000 pounds yearly savings. A unanimous resolution lauded his conduct and formed a committee to publicize the testimonial.
The Kentish Gazette report details a grand anniversary of the King's School with eminent attendees led by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Duke of Wellington. A morning sermon by Rev. R. Smith preceded speeches by dignitaries, a banquet at the Fountain Hotel, toasts to the Navy and Army, and praise for the school’s teachers and patrons. The Duke praised the prelate visitor and the Archbishop lauded the scholars, with further toasts to the school’s prosperity and its alumni advancing to public service.
A hen hatched chicks on July 26 then returned to a nest amid sticks. Hay was piled in the shade on July 28 and not removed until September 9. The hen survived six weeks without meat or water in total darkness, the sticks preventing the hay from smothering her.
A market notice lists various securities including French funds such as Five per Cents at 104 85 and Roman Five per Cents at 95, Four per Cents at 92, and other issues like Rente d’Espagne, DiRente Fish Loan, National Loan, and Renite Perp. d’Espagne with varied prices. It also covers bank actions worth 1,766 and mining shares from Anglo Mexican, Bolanos, Brazilian Imperial, Columbian, and United Mexican Min. Go., along with Canada Company and Provincial Bank of Ireland, detailing issued prices, dividends, and share statuses.
The New Grand Opera of Mountain Sylph is announced at EW Theatre Royal Lyceum and English Opera House with a new overture by John Barnett. Performances begin at eight after doors open at seven thirty, featuring Donald Christie Keeley and the Mountain Sylph cast, followed by The Climbing Boy with Rebecca Novello Rosalia de Monneville and Miss Somerville. Also notes a general meeting of the Ship Joiners on the Thames to support operative builders against masters, with subscriptions and committee setup.
The Crue Sun reports Sir Joan Campbell's Edinburgh dinner speech printed in Scotch papers. He attacks Scotland’s degraded political status, condemns oligarchy, and praises Earl Grey’s reform. he defends his own reform zeal while recalling ten pound franchise exclusions and the fight against corruption.
A critical survey of Whig politics and labour disenfranchisement. It critiques Sir John Campsell and allied figures, argues the need to reform the old system to avert national ruin, and notes the Society for Domestic Industry and the Agricultural and Industrial Magazine. It also covers public offices at Somerset House, religious liberty, Lord Chancellor scrutiny, and Lord Durham’s measured reply to aristocratic pretension.
The Belfest Northern Whig reports Paris papers show no clear wartime intelligence while Spain's Chamber of Procuradores faces a pivotal vote. France watches nervously as ministers, finance factions, and the public weigh a loan crisis and potential political realignment. The article praises the Spanish assembly for firm integrity amid pressure, and critiques Louis Philippe’s policy shifts as harming France’s liberal allies.
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