True Sun (London newspaper) explained

The True Sun was a London, pro-Whig, evening newspaper that was first published on 5 March 1832 and ceased publication in December 1837. It was published daily except Sundays.^[1]

In 1832–1834 Charles Dickens was a reporter for The True Sun.^[2]

In December 1833 Henry Hunt brought a libel action against the True Sun's proprietor Patrick Grant, publisher John Bell, and printer John Ager for an article published on 18 December 1832; however, Hunt was awarded damages of one farthing.^{[3] [4]} Grant, Bell and Ager were prosecuted, convicted and confined in 1834 to the King's Bench Prison for advocating tax resistance against the British government's window tax.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

In July 1835 D. Whittle Harvey purchased The True Sun.^[9] In 1837 Murdo Young purchased The True Sun from Whittle Harvey and a co-proprietor and merged it into his newspaper The Sun (which was published from 1792 to 1871).^[10]

See also

• The Weekly True Sun

Notes and References

1. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4866056?lookfor=title:(true%20sun)&offset=2&max=212 True sun (microform), National Library of Australia
2. http://www.dickensfellowship.org/dickens-journalist Dickens As A Journalist, The Dickens Fellowship
3. Book: Timperley, Charles Henry. libel suit against the True Sun. 930. A Dictionary of Printers and Printing. 1839 . https://books.google.com/books?id=3O8DAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA930.
4. News: The Spectator. 7 Dec 1833. Mr. Henry Hunt, having brought an action against the printer.
5. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1834/jul/23/prosecution-of-the-true-sun PROSECUTION OF THE TRUE SUN. (Hansard, 23 July 1834)
6. Book: The Whigs and the Press: Report of the Trial of the Proprietors and Printer of the True Sun, for Recommending Non-Payment of the Assessment Taxes: Upon an Ex-officio Information Filed by His Majesty's Attorney-General. True Sun Office. 1834.
7. News: action brought against the True Sun. 8 June 1833. The Spectator.
8. News: The Court of King's Bench. 8 February 1834. The Spectator.
9. Book: D. Whittle Harvery, M.P., purchases The True Sun. 1836. 3. 808. https://books.google.com/books?id=CAkbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA808. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine. Tait . William . Johnstone . Christian Isobel .
10. http://www.electricscotland.com/history/highlands/2no14.htm The Northern Highlands in the Nineteenth Century - No. 14