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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 29, 1834
Page
4
The Examiner exposes the Reform Act registration flaws in Finsbury and Tower Hamlets, noting widespread disfranchisement from strict rules. It questions the legality of shilling payments, critiques revising barristers Sandys and Chapman, and calls for legislative reconsideration amid mounting voter suppression.
The piece argues lodgers occupying parts of houses do not become joint occupiers for voting rights. It cites clause 27 and a Lord John Russell bill draft, noting the enumeration of qualifying premises to vote excludes mere lodgings. The writer urges ledger voters to seek rating challenges and hopes the law will favor ledgers against disfranchisement.
A Weekly True Sun item laments distress in a season of national hardship and reports that the King, pressed by numerous charitable subscriptions, cannot donate as much as two hundred guineas annually to the Literary Fund. It recalls prior pleas for higher income to support royal benevolence and notes continued charity obligations after a change in title.
The article notes a royal grant of 10901.a year to be shared among ten patrons for literature and charity. Due to economy, the Literary Fund loses half its annual allowance, sparking critique of court favor and urging radicals to reconsider the cost of monarchy versus a crownless chief in America.
The Age comments on the French minister of commerce issuing a circular to gather facts from manufacturers, including cotton and woollen goods, to frame a future law. It praises prudence and gradual improvement, questions Britain's gains, and predicts potential friction with France as Duchatel investigates trade.
A Naval and Military Gazette reflection condemns a pension regulation causing widows and orphans hardship. It cites a Purser retired in 1831 and twenty years unexplained promotion delays, urging liberal provisions for naval families and noting praise for Sir James Graham and Lord Auckland if action follows.
In a Police Intelligence column a cobbler, Mike Donohan, clashed with Sampson Thompson over renting a room in Shoreditch. Thompson allegedly broke in, wrecked the room, and ejected the lodger. the landlord claimed unpaid rent and threatened further action while the City Surveyor to inspect the troubled tenements. Francis Stewart, a self-styled tailor, faced highway robbery charges after hustling a man on St Mary Axe. he claimed union renunciation and distress, while the magistrate and police noted his evasive responses.
A prisoner's remand to the next Wednesday follows a trial that unearthed thefts of wire from Mr. Richard End, wire-worker. The case reveals the husband’s role in stealing large quantities and passing them to his wife who offered them at below market value, with the accused remanded for further evidence and the husband still unavailable.
In a Soho chase a thief fled through the hall door and was captured after rifling the victim’s plate. A masculine chimney sweep case concludes with fines. a Bethnal-green woman, Elizabeth Toy, breaks glass at Palmer and Wire in a failed bid for relief, and is committed for a month.
George James and Ann his wife were found guilty of maintaining a disreputable house in Frith Street, Soho. Evidence showed the premises attracted seducers and late-night disturbances, with women at windows nearly nude. The man received nine months hard labor, the woman six months, and the man must later enter into recognizance with two sureties for four hundred pounds to ensure future good behavior.
A Saturday inquest at Cold-bath-fields on William Williamson a 66 year old former lieutenant with dropsy and a month’s hard labour received a verdict of death by visitation of God. An inquest at St Olave's work house Southwark on William Eccles a seaman 40 died after falling into the river after intoxication and recovery efforts. Verdict accidental death. A Clapham inquiry into the death of Mrs Ann Lee 57 found natural death after post mortem revealed bowel inflammation and no signs of assault. Local witnesses attested to peaceful relations and denied abuse. The jury returned a verdict of natural death.
The London ceremony for the new sheriffs A Raphael and J Ulidge was held on Saturday at the Guildhall after a council order shifted the tradition away from Sundays. The oath was given by the town clerk, sheriffs received chairs from the senior serjeant, and a surrender of prison keys followed. Tomorrow the sheriffs will be sworn again before the Barons of the Exchequer. A classical examination note follows from a Cambridge tutor discussed by Horace Walpole.
Notices report several marriages and a death. The 26th sees births at Westet Hill Dorking and Merton Grove as Mrs Blaksley and Mrs Park announce the arrival of sons. A marriage at All Souls Church links Charles Pennell of the Admiralty to Harriet Francis. Also listed are other unions in Devizes and Cheltenham plus obituaries for Rica Elizabeth Bullock of Streatham and Sarah Woodhouse of Hendon, with local announcements printed by William Marcus at the True Sun Offices.
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