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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 25, 1835
Page
1
The Dublin Steam Company's Wharf is the pickup point for parcels, with sailings to Dublin and Belfast via Plymouth and Falmouth on Sundays. Small parcels are forwarded at sixpence each, via the Telegraphs and associated docks, with SMITH as agent.
A sensational patent medicine item markets Efay's Grande Pommade and Grimstone Eye Snuff with extensive testimonials from doctors and governors praising cures for gout lumbago neuralgia headaches and eye weakness. It cites Dr Abernethy and various patrons, lists addresses and prices, and warns of spurious imitations.
The issue lists the True Sun details for the week of September 25 1835, including the Parliamentary Chronicle advertising reports of speeches petitions and divisions in the Reformed Parliament and how to obtain Part XXX of the volume. It also features notices and testimonials for medical products and cures including Watery Extract of Cabcbs and related remedies with endorsements from physicians and suppliers in London.
The Morning Chronicle reports a grand dinner at Glasgow Town Hall for Daniel O Connell with four hundred merchants and traders in attendance. He is celebrated for his eloquence and reformist aims while receipts praise his liberating role for Ireland and call for reform of the House of Lords.
A speaker urges radical change to England’s upper house, arguing the Reform Bill left the Lords intact and powerful. He accuses Lords of resisting progress, mocks their vanity and corruption, and calls for enduring agitation or further action to end their control, promising continued pressure and Liberal toasts through the night.
In a pointed appeal from Tipperary, Mr Sheil forecasts a likely general election next year and warns that Conservatives are mobilizing with an organized registration drive. He urges freeholders and leaseholders with long terms to register, notes upcoming Thurles and Clonmel sessions, and stresses the need for collective exertion to prevent Orange ascendancy.
Letter to the editor from J. Ospous dated September 23 1835 at 17 Holingbroke row Lambeth criticizing tax gatherers and an insult by John Lawance a parish hair cutter now tax collector. Ospous supports radical voters at St Marys Newington and defends parish funds against Tory officials.
The Wardstone Gazette reports hops in Maidstone district and Ticehurst area being rapidly harvested to prevent further browning from late rains. Yields vary by location with some heavier crops and some lighter than expected. Picking winds caused some damage to overripe grounds, but overall harvest meets anticipation.
Inquests resume on Sarah Goodlad death at Bell-street Lisson-grove with two more witnesses. jury finds death from lung inflammation due to fractured ribs though origin unclear. Another inquest at Duke of Wellington, Sethboal-green reports William Smith’s suicide by water-butt under temporary insanity. Various notes on West End business stagnation, Wallsend Colliery sales, and London coal imports. Greenwich Railway progress and ripples of dockyard closure.
A pit near Long End faced a deadly fate when a rope was cut to stop a descent. The attempt aimed to cause a fatal fall, but colleagues intervened, and the would-be victim was saved though the incident sparked a cash reward offer by R E Heathcote, MP, for the villain.
Letter to the editor condemns Margate Pier charges as extortion. Author claims 2s 4d per person for in and out, estimates 4 000 weekly crowds yielding 531 6s 8d, urges reduction to 6d and reform before next season. Ends with call for Corporation Reform Bill to curb pier managers.
Ireland Belfast invitation to Dublin reformer Daniel O Connell was declined after a Belfast Reformers meeting arranged a public dinner. In Edinburgh he wrote he could not attend, citing Orangeism in Protestant circles and party feelings, preferring to avoid seeming to celebrate factional victory. County Waterford election note: Mr Stuart elected without opposition.
Yesterday the Lords of the Admiralty selected a contractor for 9,000 tierces of beef and 9,600 tierces of pork for the coming year. The process drew unusually large attendance at Somerset House, with bids opened and the successful bidder named as Mr White of Robarts and Co. Prices were not officially published, but reports put beef at 51s 3d per tierce and pork at 4s 12 1/2d. The quantities mark a substantial increase from last year, reflecting reduced stock across victualling depots, and bids are said to influence livestock pricing across Ireland. The piece notes a paradox that parsons sought higher tithe remuneration while the Lords denied a bill to secure greater spiritual pay.
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