''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. In 1832–1834

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...

was a reporter for ''The True Sun''. 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. Grant, Bell and Ager were prosecuted, convicted and confined in 1834 to the

King's Bench Prison The King's Bench Prison was a prison in Southwark, south London, England, from medieval times until it closed in 1880. It took its name from the King's Bench court of law in which cases of defamation, bankruptcy and other misdemeanours were hea ...

for advocating tax resistance against the British government's

window tax Window tax was a property tax based on the number of windows in a house. It was a significant social, cultural, and architectural force in England, France, and Ireland during the 18th and 19th centuries. To avoid the tax, some houses from the p ...

. In July 1835 D. Whittle Harvey purchased ''The True Sun''. 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).The Northern Highlands in the Nineteenth Century - No. 14
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