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      American Affairs. Asomerican Pomfictbldv...

      AMERICAN AFFAIRS . AsOmerican poMficTbldVair to ^ occupy » brge ^ e oLpnUica ttentiouin-tto cn an ^ e pu ^ important *» ^ y ^ ftTtaportant artLte << ° ™^ jS ^ the Orecon territory question . ^ HroKEGO ^ nEg ^ mlHE ^ T fFrom the Has / n ' noton Onion ;! ; _ inrfn- the last presidential canvas * , it was said , inXon tothe Texianissue ; " weareaboutvotmg cnTqnestion of national identity-on the au « tionas to whit mid where our countrv shall henceforth be ? Sn far as the Texian discussion is concerned , that onestionisnow substantially EctUed-the recent unsuSfuf attemp t at protest by the Whigs of New Torkcity to the contrary notwithstanding . But the same ereat question as to what aud where our country shall be , may come up in another and a still more imposin" shape in the approaching Congress , and , it so it wiS form tkegreatland question of this

      genera-We allude , of course , to what we call , with the fullest confidence , the American territory of Oregon . On this great subject , within the last three or four y ^ ars , public sentiment has ripened fast . In the indsment of a vast Majority of this nation , the time as nipidlv approaching—or say , rather , has now come when clear right in relation to tbis territory should embody itself in positive law . For more than 20 vears the people of the United States have seen what they regard as their indisputable title to tbis immense territory swamped in negotiation . It was to

      be exoected from the wisdom and true policy of the British Government , that this negotiation , so barren heretofore of good result , when entered upon with anew Administration , which , in its identity of opinion on this subject , is as one man , and which is sustained in that opinion by an overwhelming mass and mtstcry of public sentiment—it was justly to be loped of the wisdom of England . fhattbenetv negotiation , under such auspices , and in such hands , would , irjlong , bej ; iu at least to secure , instead of defeating , as in past years it has defeated , the great ends of international justice .

      But , however this may be , whether the negotiations succeed or fail , tneie can be no doubt that the democratic Congress now about to assemble will have a -great duty to do in relation to Oregon ; and we believe that , coming to Washington fresh from conference with their constituents , they will come together resolved to do it . With the strong resolutions of the Baltimore convention and the manly and patriotic inaugural words of the President yet vivid in our memory , n-c cannot doubt that the Administration is fully prepared to perform with firmness its constitutional duly of recommending to Congress all such measures as may be deemed essentia ] to the full and efficient protection of all our rights over every rood of that ereat domain , on the shore of the Pacific .

      which is by an accumulated mass of title , the rightful property of the United States . Of these nieaaits—and , indeed , of this whole topic ¦ of the American territory of Oregon—we shall have frequent occasion to speak . Aud it may be well enough to consider for a moment , in the outset , the nature and the value of this our great territorial possession . This territory , lying between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean—drained mainly by the Columbia river—bounded on the north , the east , and the south , by mountain chains , and on the westbv the ocean—extends from lnntudc 43 deg . to

      latitude oi deg . 40 min . north . It contains more than 400 . 000 square miles—that is , it is more than twice as large as France , and about half as large as all the states now subject to the federal constitution . The American people claim , against all other nations , Ibis whole domain as a part of their own soil . The climate , throughout nearly its whole extent , is mild and temperate . Accounts vary somewhat as to its fertility and its natural advantages ; but no man < lauots * tiiat it is capable of sustaining an immense population , nor that , when so peopled , it will control -the commerce of the Pacific , and the oriental trade of the world .

      The present legal condition—the polity—of this important region is quite extraordinary as it exists in theory , but it is far more extraordinary as it stands in fact In theory , and by treaty stipulation , this land , with all its navigable waters , has been , since 1818 , open to the free and undisturbed use and enjoyment of the subjects of England and the citizens of the United States . To terminate this state of things at the will of either of the parties , only one year ' s notice is necessary . This common enjoyment by the two nations of all the advantages of a territory more than twice as large as France , being the somewhat ' singular theory and Stipulated law of its condition , stands in yet more ' singular contrast to the state of things which has ,

      an fact , grown up there within the last twenty years . Laying out of view the Indian tribes which make tiiis territory a part of their range , we find its present civilised population to consist of about S 00 Or S 00 British subjects , and about half as many thousand citizens of die United States . The bulk of this population , both British and American , is concentrated around the low waters of the Columbia river , occupying ^ in its mass , a region not much more than 100 miles in length , from east to west , and probably not much more than fifty miles in breadth , from north to south . The 800 or 900 men who compose the British portion of this people , are all of them "owlers ' . oou to be in the service of the Hudson-bay

      Company , and are engaged as hunters , trappers , or factors , in the fur-trade . These men have their principal station—as once a trading post and a fori , called Fort Vancouver—on the river Columbia , about eighty miles in a straight line from its mouth . There may be two or three farms in the possession of these British subjects ; but , as a general rule , they live by the fur-: rade , and do not till the soil at all . Besides Fort Vancouver , the Bay Company has some twenty other stations in various parts of the terriicry , Uai these are merely fortified stopping places for hunters and traders , and have each around them a little nucleus ofa community of from three or four ttt about fiftv souls .

      The American population of Oregon , on the other land , numbering probably some 4 , 000 , is collected in the valley of the Williamette river , which flows from the south into the Columbia , near Fort Vancouver . These Americans are farmers , graziers , and mechanics . They arc a fixed population . They live by ¦ ti lling the soil . These men , having waited for years in vain for some action in Congress which should give them a Government as American citizens , were , at the date of the last advices from them , setting up a provisional government for themselves , after the American fashion , and dividing out their new homestead into towns and counties , such as they had left iu the United States .

      Sucn being practically the present political condition of the American farmers in Oregon , under the treaty stipulation of 1818 , bow is it with the British lunu-rs and trappers of the same region ? The answer may be given in a few words . These few hundred British subjects in the service of the 31 udson-bay Company govern by their laws , enforced < ithcr in the courts of Canada , * or by judical officers « f the company on tlie spot , every inch of the whole territory of Oregon , save the few square miles actually under tillage by the Americans . Nor is this all . Tkrse servants -of tlie company have entirely monopolised , for sonic twenty years past , the whole of the iu «« t lucrative occupations in Oregon—fur-hunting -an . i liir-tradinL-. 'flier have driven everv American

      citizen outoftlie business . Let an American trapper or hunter appear anywhere in the territory , and instantly two * or three aijeEis of the company establish themsi-l ves by his-skle . furnished amply whlispccieand mt-rchnndise , to outbid hem for fin s , to call ill Indian or white competition , and so break up ids business . The individual cannot -staod against the organised and powerful company , ffis business is broken « p , ami he goes to forming in the valley of Williamette . This , is now the regular coarse of " things . This is practically the <« : uinon nsciuul enjoyment of Oregon

      stipulated ovine treaty— tiiis , « riz .. the entire monopoly of the swat fnr-tnule thereby one of the parties , aduVd ta ther csclusiare soveranjent by the same party of tlie whole -of theisoil of that vast territorv , save only the farms which some 4 / M ) 0 Americans are till o r w £ ti tfeck o * a haivfe . As eavlv as 1 S 28 the Uattsaa bay Company had found ;& cir trade under tlieseeireninrf suiccs ^ uiitethtiving . The proceeds of S !? rJ 2 $ \! br £ hat ye ' * t in round numbers , mhiW dollars . 'Ihek nh & txs : theE stood 140 per £ eut . abovenar .

      Our reader * wiH r-onemJrer stZiat , wbsn the bill to extend a territorial sosecumeBtover Oregon was before Congress last sessioa , SH onponsats protested against it , because ; as they alleged , -it violated the stipulation of im . Uow « imes " i 4 ,-thett , that the « tuer party- to that sthwb & m— admittiog itself to * was Great Britain Las , time . after time . admitted , and nosra-Jimts herself to be , tlie party . out of posseaum pending negotiation-how tmnes it . then , tiiat tins other disseized party , at this moment , has Ateaded ite 3 a « r « in full force over the * bole unoccufitd termors ? The mechanism by wbicL > this trick « t political legerdemain has been plaved . off , cs at Sr 7 . n , ?{ ° ^ thorough * Euglii -h . The S ... kther £ t T" ? f jwwfcrfulfr ad . oit . It is ^ Wf-rf LaSt Indian J <* sle tried over again Z £ rft J . ^ W **** . ntaeliinerr . and fibres , are jiu * dike in the two cases , a gr * ut tr « ding « S rotation , widdmg mil ions of cuibUZll

      pan laws , to maintain a civil establishment h , maintain a milifauy establishment , !© collectrerenue toho . stafiau'os its own-not the Queen ' s flag-to iuiM forts , to keep six or eight armed vessclson the coast , ta possess territory—all in the wav of trade of « . urso-and to do all thS under the eye ' of the Brf-2 LiTT ' ^ UnS fOT W ^ "en Parliament caw M * to d-savow the responsibility of its acts ; act-Snt J * " ""* J ** * k » lament cboos ^ to accent that responsibility ; in onew ) td , a great empire Corporation in fact , with power to cu . n "itself larrnVS IZt ^ - ^ *!» a »» t demure , simple , **«^ SrSSw : j 2 , w P . staWngiudividuals , trviraic . 'fhisk , ^ pei l - ti 5 « way of tho Aw-• ^ BlLe ra « haniun by which the miracle

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      is easily wrooght . In the time of the " neme « nonar ^ -eaBy ' Eiug Charles ^ Engush policy amuspd itself by building two of these magnificent playthings ^ ne ^ SJ ^ t .-wWclUt- ^^^ Jas ^ a Cbrnpanyl ^ for the ^ estrwhieris . c ^ l fia the fJom panyof Hudson ' s Bay- > How the one has worked in the east , ' the world knowi pretty well . - The other in the west has not long since been put in fine order , by uniting itself with its rival , theNorth-westComoany Does this countrv—does ; Congress—wish to know how it will work in the west ; in Oregon , if we only sit quietly by as spectators and let it alone ? The problem , is easily solved . We have onlyto turn to the lives of Robei * Clive and of Warren Hastmgs , and read the pages which tell of their doings in Madras andBombay !

      Oregon Meeting At Tammany Hall. The Demo...

      OREGON MEETING AT TAMMANY HALL . The democratic electors of New York assembled in Tammany Hall , on the 30 th of October , and passed a series of resolutions on the Oregon question . The first , after eulogisingthePresident , goes on to say : — ' We cannot but approve of his manly stand in relation to Oregon and Texas ; that he has exhibited statesman-like prudence in sending our naval and military forces to protect Tekas from invasion , and that we will maintain him at aU hazards in maintaining our rights in Texas to the line of the Rio Grande , and in . asserting the unquestionable rights of the United States to the Oregon territory , from the Mexican possessions on the south to the Russian possessions in the north . . Resolved , —That in our opinion Congress should adopt a resolution giving notice to the British Government of the intention of the United States to put

      an end to the joint occupation of Oregon , and also should pass such laws as may be necessary to protect our fellow-citizens who have emigrated to that country under the flag of the United States ; that our duty to our countrymen , as well as the increasing value ofthe Oregon territory , in a national point of view , demand prompt and energetic action OB the part of the United States . "Resolved , —That we view with suspicion and alarm the interference of European powers with the affairs ofthe American continent ; and that we trust President Polk will reiterate the policy of President Monroe as to resisting European interference ; and that in our opinion the mighty mission ofthe American Union requires she should not permit the despotisms ofthe old world to overwhelm the principle of republican liberty , whilst struggling into full life on this continent . "

      A New Obegos Claimast.—It Appeas That Th...

      A New Obegos Claimast . —It appeas that the Emperor of Russia is in the field as a claimant for the disputed Oregon territory . He maintains that bis possessions descend to Si degrees 40 minutes . We cannot learn the ground of his Imperial Majesty ' s claim , but ihe following official document has been issued : — "Department of State , Washington , September 26 th . —The Russian Minister at Washington has informed the Secretary of State that the Imperial Government , desirous of affording efficient protection of the Russian territories in North America against the infractions of foreign vessels , has authorized cruisers to be established for this purpose along the coast by the Russian American Company . It is therefore recommended to American vessels to be careful not to frequent the interior Beas , gulfs , harbours , and creeks upon that coast at any point north of the latitude of 54 degrees 40 minutes . "—Toronto Globe .

      A Republican American Catholic ' Church ...

      A REPUBLICAN AMERICAN CATHOLIC ' CHURCH INDEPENDENT OF ROME . [ From the New York Herald . ] ; We perceive by the western newspapers that a movement has recentl y originated in Cincinnati amongst the Catholics there , which is singularly significant of the influence exercised by the republican institutions of this country upon ' tho religious systems transplanted from Europe to the virgin soil of this new world . This movement , indeed , is . one of the most interesting signs of the times , and opens up a new and exceedingly interesting field of investigation to the attentive and p hilosophic student of the progress of the human mind to an era of more enlarged liberty and power . It seems that a church has been organised in the rising and flourishing city of the west , in direct and

      avowed opposition to . the domination of ( hePope of Rome and the hierarchy of the ancient Catholic church . A number of the most intelligent and influential adherents to the Catholic faith in that region have associated themselves together for the purpose of worshipping the God of their fathers according to the prescribed form and ceremonial of the ancient creed , b ' ut in perfect independence of the Papal see , and of all the dignitaries generally recognized in the United States by the professors of that faith in the United States . All allegiance to the respectable successor of Peter loeatedin the " eternal city" is thrown off _ by these reformers , and the paternal authority ofthe bishops and priesthood is most independently set aside . But the distinctive tenats of the Catholic church are to be

      rigidly maintained —the rites , ceremonies , and sacraments of the venerable ecclesiastical mother are to be retained ; and in all respects , except Papal allegiance , the new church is to be a dutiful and well-behaved child of the holy Catholic family . A priest , dnly accredited , and regularly authorised to minister at the altar , is to preside over the congregated faithful in the beautiful city of the west , and the solemn and imposing ceremonial of the church is to be adhered to in every particular . But the Pope , and the Bishop , and the hierarchy are to be most undutifully and unceremoniously set aside . In fact , an independent Catholic ohnveb . is to be organised , and each man walk to Paradise in his own way , with only the bible and the burning and shining lights of the past to guide him on his journey .

      We are not sure but a movement of tbis kind will spread very rapidly in this country amongst the Catholics . Hitherto the Catholic church in this country has adhered to its allegiance to Rome , chiefly because the supplies of clergy , and not unfrequently of money—the sinews of religious as well as of physical warfare—come from abroad . But as soon as the Catholics in this country are wealthy enough to found colleges , and manufacture priests , and build churches , and support their ownseminaries of learning , and to raise up their own ministers to serve at the altar , they will universally absolve themselves from their allegiance to Rome , and organise their whole ecclesiastical system on perfectly independent principles . The natural and inevitable tendency' of the republican institutions of this country is to create in all

      departments of human life a spirit of freedom and independency . We see this every day in our scientific institutions—in our literary associations ^—in all our unions of men for any purpose—and last , not least , in our religious organizations . Thus , for instance , we see the Episcopal church in the "United States , instead of being the insolent , overbearing , oppressive , ecclesiastical system that it is in Great Britain , a modest , humble , harmless affair , confining itself to its proper limits , and seeking topropagate its views and doctrines by the only weapons authorised by the , founder ' of Christianity , —argument , good works , and prayer . The priesthood are not regarded in this country as commissioned by divine authority to rule over the consciences and actions of men . They are estimated at their proper value , in proportion to their usefulness andfidelity . Thus it has been with the clergy of all the Protestant

      churches ; and now , at last , the spirit of independence and freedom—of rebellion , if you please—against anything like spiritual despotism , begins to manifest itself in the ancient Catholic church . Thus it would appear that the singular movement recently commenced in Germany , under the leadership of Ronge , has been communicated to the United States . We doubt not that , once begun , it will go on . It is one of those impulses of human nature that must proceed to a successful issue . It is one of those periodical uprisings of humanity against despotic authority—one day hurling a tyrannical king—another day deposing a spiritual despot—from his throne of oppression . So wehave every reason to believe that the time is fast approaching when we shall have an American Pope—why not ?—and an American Catholic Council , American Catholic Cardinals , aud American Catholic every thing , on our own hook . And again we ask wh y not ?

      Atrempr To Murder.— In Ballyeonnell, In ...

      AtrEMPr to Murder . — In Ballyeonnell , in the county of Cavan , a desperate attempt at murder has been made on the lands of Mucklagh , immediately beside the town , on a raost unoffending , well-conducted young man , named John M'Teague . A noise was heard outside his door , and on his going to ascertain the cause , he was fired at from behind a hedge ; the balls and slugs passedallaround him , fortunately without effect . Being a resolute young man , he followed the fellows , and would have arrested one of them , but the cries of his tamily made him desist . AtTEiitt at Sereins or i Geavesend Steameh . — On Sunday at about a quarter to one o ' clock , as the Railway . Blackwall steamer was passing Erith , on her way to Gravesendt he passengers were startled by the report ofa pistol in one of the deck cabins , the door of which was shut from the isside . On forcing it open a . young man was fouud , hk head resting on the table , and a pistol , just-discharged , in one hand , he himself being apparently dead . Iaa few minutes ,

      however , he was restored to conseiousaess , when he stated that he had shot himself deliberately , being driven to desperation . On the vessel amiring at the Terrace-pier , Gravesend , he waseamed to ihe workhouse , and then Mr . Saunders , surgeon t » fhat establishment , and another medical gentleman of the town , proceeded to examine his wound , and / bund that the ball had penetrated through the upper part ofthe bridge ' of the nose , neariy between the eyes , inclining downwards . He was asked for his name » iid address but refused to give cither . On being Jin-: dressed , the name of J . Colbrooke was found on bis shirt , and on a false collar the initials "H . J . C . " The lining of his hat also bore the same name . Be ] came on board the steamer at Blackwall , * and a passenger stated that he had been in conversation a short time with the young man before the report of the shot was heard , and that he did not notice any thing extraordinary in hh demeanour , and that he appeared to bea gentlemanly and well-informed young man . - l

      Shocking Case A Of Mrvation, Msease An&....

      SHOCKING CASE OF mRVATION , MSEASE AN & . P EAT % ' ?/** : « <> MlKW , ^^ j ^^^ A-iJJBBBiHOSMTAli . imWw >« Mi «< ^ n Tu ^ dSyTNovTISth , athalf-past tworo ' clocK ' in . the ' ttfteraoon ^ fwo ; yoi ^&^ Christian ' nameTof Mary , thejrther named Susan Stephens ) , one of them . about twenty-four years of age , the oth er nineteen ; ' applied at . the bar of the Sun Tavern ) in Gray ' s-ihri-lane , ' next ; door tothe workhouse of the ' Holborh Union , for a bed , to go to rest on that ' afternoon and night . ' ... The landlord replied , ' ' that he "did not accommodate women , but only gentlemen . " The reply produced' great disappointment in -them ; They looked exceedingly ill . The landlady ( Mrs . Tiffin ) was touched' with their

      appearance . "There wasueatttin tnenMace , una "their eyes were so unnaturally bright , that she could not continue to look them in the face . " _ She advised them to apply at the workhouse next doer ; but they expressed the greatest honor at the proposal . So she offered them to go . into thenar parfour , and rest for a time by the fire ; which theydid . In a quarter of an hour one of them came again to the landlord , and begged to be allowed to sleep there for that one night , saying that they hoped to gam admission to the hospital ( St . Bartholomew ' s ) on the next morning , as it was receiving-day ; and that" the night ' s rest would do them good , " There was a bed at the top of the house fit for their use , and the landlord , loth to turn persons away who , looked so ill , said they should nave it . The charge was Is .

      ( 6 d . each ) . The girls said that they . ceuldonly afford 8 d . The landlord agreed to take , it , and , as they were so poor , the landlady made and gave them some tea and bread and butter and an egg each , which they received most thankfully , and then told their unhappy story . They were cleanly and decently , but very humbly clad . On that morning they had arrived at Fetter-lane , in a waggon journeying from Windsor . They were natives of Berkshire . They had been " unfortunate girls , " andhadlately lodged for a short time , in a state of the greatest destitution and suffering from illness , at the Bell and Crown , in ornearto Windsor , where they had heard many people say that it would be " a good thing for them to go up to London and Eet into a place called the Free Hospital , which was

      advertised to be open to . all sick destitute persons , without trouble , on presenting themselves , no . tickets or any recommendation from subscribers being necessary . " After thinking of it for two or three , weeks they determined to adopt this advice ; but , having no means of travelling , some almost equally . poor around them subscribed 2 s . 3 d . for the journey ; of this , 2 s . were given to the waggoner . They left Windsor at eight o ' clock , travelled all night , and arrived , as before stated , at Fetter-lane on the next morning , with 3 d . in store , which being as yet without food , they paid for two cups of hot coffee in a breakfast-shop . Thence they went to the hospital , which is situate in Gray ' s-inn-road , and were shown into a waiting-room . In : about an hour ( this was

      their own statement to the landlady ; the . housesurgeon said he thought it could not be so much ) they were shown to the resident medical officer and a surgeon who had called to him , and examined with a stethoscope , when it was found that one , or both of them , was in the laststage of pulmonary consumption , with an extensive abscess of the lung just under the clavicle , and thereupon they , were told that they could not be admitted , as no bed was vacant in the wards , and that they had better go to the workhouse of St . Andrew , Holborh , and , if refused there , then perhaps St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital would take them in , or , if not , they might try _ University College Hospital ; and ( the porter having brought word back from " one" of the wards , as he said , that there was no

      bed vacant in the hospital ) so they were bade to go , But it poured with rain , and the poor creatures ( very much chagrined and distressed , having been so often assured at Windsor of . the certainty of their admi £ sion ) begged to stay until it held up , which the porter allowed , for " they were very sickly-looking , " and he ( the house surgeon was gone ) seeing how ill they were , and how hungry , induced the cook to send them up two mugs of coffee and pieces of bread . Then they left , and by and by , having no friend in all the town to keep them , nor any money , went into a publichouse to ascertain if they could be trusted with a lodging till the next day ; but the landlady had no bed to let them . But she , also , humane woman , noticing their painful and forlorn manner , gave them

      a pint of ale , and to the one a shilling , and to the other sixpence . Again they went forth , and having ' learned the admission day at St . Bartholomew ' s ( a hopeless alternative , though , for the great endowed medical charities of London do not , it is said , receive into their wards cases of incurable pulmonary disease ) , at half-past two o clock found a temporary haven at the hospitable Sun . There their chief complaint , excepting that of feebleness , was " pain inthe . side . " Athalf-past four o ' clock they went to bed . At midnight the house was closed . At hall-past one o ' clock the landlady heard some sound of alarm in a faint voice , and some person moving hastily without shoes . It was the

      younger of the two girls . "Oh , come , she said , " my friend is dying . " A light was prooured . and instant attendance given ; ' For about an hour the elder ( Mary ) had been " rambling ; " presently ' she turned round in bed and bit her companion in the shoulder , and then the latter rose in alarm , and searched the house for help . In her absence the dying woman had left the bed , procured a handkerchief , tied it round her face , as one would bind up the jaw of a corpse at the last breath , and laid herself again on the couch . Her eyes were fixed , she was insensible , ehe groaned . At a quarter to five o ' clock thereafter death closed , for her—a skeleton , —the miserable scene . Never did coroner orjury lookupon a more painful remnant of humanity .

      A surgeon , Mr . Edward White , of Lamb ' s Conduit-street , was immediately sent for , but the case was hopeless .: So , also , then , was that of the sur-Tfivor , who , however , remained up until five o'clock , " though , " said the landlady , " she was very timid , to see her friend die , and could hardly be kept alive with tea and brandy and water , for she could not eat . " At nine o clock Mr . White had her removed to . the infirmary of the workhouse ; he put her on a port wine diet , milk , and arrowroot , and where she now lies , receiving every attention that is required . by-a . per * son in whom phthisis has made all but its utmost ravages . Of her history all that was ascertained was that she had been in the Eton Union (?) workhouse for several months , very ill , and left it of her own accord , not getting any better there , and joined her companions out of doors . :

      On Friday evening an -inquest was holden before Mr . Wakley , at the Sun inn , when the above facts came out in evidence . It was stated by the coroner ( Mr . Wakley ) that the authorities ot the Royal Free Hospital had been informed of the inquest , but one of them had merely sent a note to say that the applicants were not admitted , simply because no bed was vacant in the hospital ; he therefore desired that the house-surgeon and the porter should at once receive summonses to attend , when , the foregoing statements having been made in their presence , and the written allegation in the note repeated personally , somes circumstance seemed to induce the coroner to consider that the surgeon had erred in his belief . He inquired how

      many beds there were in the one ward to which the porter said he was sent to inquire . The surgeon did not know . " How many were there in any bthey of the five wards ? " He said he did not know . How many altogether in the hospital ? He thought 130 . How many wards ? Five , two male and three female . After his ' examination the porter was naked how many beds there were in the hospital . He replied 148 . Was he also certain that they were all full ? He was . The horrible ejection into the streets of two dying persons here leading to some inquiries respecting the waiting-rooms for patients , the union surgeon , Mr . White , was requested by the coroner to go to the workhouse , and ask the girl Sarah Stephens a particular question , and on his return ; . the

      painful circumstance became known , by her reply , that while the two unfortunate beings were waiting in the ante-room for better weather , a parish officer , or other agent of the City of London' Union , arrived there from the offices , in Cannon-street , with three female syphilitic patients for admission to beds . in the hospital , and that they were at once admitted , and - on questioning the house-surgeon and the porter , it * was confessed ^ that those three patients were at that moment lying in the wards , under'medical treatment and suitable diet . The coroner endeavoured to ascertain whether the city of London contributed any . donations , occasional or periodical , to the coffers out of which the expenses of the hospital are defrayed ; but no specific reply was given to the question "; He

      expressed the greatest mortification at " this abuse of the purposes with which the hospital was supported by the public , " and said that he was perfectl y confident that the enormous sum , £ 11 , 000 or £ 12 , 000 , which was last year subscribed in order to maintain the institution as a " Free Hospital for the Sick Poor" never was designed by the contributors to assist in feeding and treating medicall y the invalid paupers of any London parish . The union officers might be very glad to make it a refuse-house from their own infirmities , but it was a most unwarrantable misuse of the beds so humanely provided by the public to turn from the hospital two dying persons , the victims of disease , not produced b y immoral conduct , and demanding instant aid , in order to find room for the lotuusome patients from the uniou . infirmary . .

      An excuse was offered by the house-surgeon thi ? . t it was not desirable to places cases of disease of the lungs in wards where there was venereal oases . The Coroner refused to admit the soundness of the plea . There was not the least fear that either the morals or the persons of the patients could be affected by the disease . He was sure that the subscribers knew nothing of the distinction into anv waeis but male and female . On the subject of food , the Coroner asked how it was that such starving patients as these two young women appeared to be onl y obtained a little nutrit ine . -at by the accidental humanity of the porter and \ % nonly a cup of coffee and a bit of dry bread each ?

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      The House-Surgeoa , —I have no power to order ft ^ f ^ lf pl ^| v ^ " * ¦ ^ -. « " tUem The'Cowineni-rQiiLconfpund the physic . . ¦ „ . « = ^ nbusfe-Surgeon . ~ Subscribe ^ OOO-or ^ e . OOO . -a . ' year ; and we'll find plentyof beds , .-r .- / , ? ? « ,, ?;; ,- ; : J-< Coroner . —Perhaps you have , got too much money already . ' >' :: ,-. :, ; . ¦ ; . ?¦ : . - ¦; „ l .: o : « -.-: ; - \ r-. i , . [;»;; 'i ; * 'l I ; -The Surgeon observed , with regard to his inability I to order nutriment to applicants , -that . the . porter , broke the rules of the hospital , when he did procure the young women some , though he was very glad of it , now that he knew it . .. ^ ; The Coroner said that he also was very glad that somebody was at the gate who would , break 'them . ; ; ---. /¦; ¦ ,.- .. .-: ' .

      The House-Surgewisaid , that no hospital in Lpn don did give sustenance at its doors , however urgent the cases . -, In the present case , however ^ he really did not think that the applicantswere in distress from want , but from disease . . The Coroner said , that judging from the one body , their very appearance seemed to be enough to break any one ' s heart . He had never heard a more melancholy case . The very look of the poor creatures had excited the benevolence of both landladies who had seen them . < It would be gratifying to know who it was that gave themrelief in the first instance . There could not be a humane man in London who

      would not like to go into the tavern and have . a bottle of wine : there . , As for the statement respecting the venereal wards , he was quite sure that no such distinction ought to be . persevered in in an hospital advertised as the hospital , was in Gray ? s-innroad . The public did hot suspect it . -. Did the aur thorities suppose , for instance , that Queen Adelaide would subscribe her £ 100 to any institution that thus beguiled the poor to its doors and then sent them away without even a spoonful of broth , to die in the streets * or where else they might ? Could the house-surgeon tell him how many beds there were in the venereal ward ? ¦ The House-Surgeon said hecouldnot .:

      Mr . White observed , that it . was a constant eourco of complaint in his and . the neighbouring parishes that persons in the most diseased and destitute condition were brought to London in large numbers by the advertisements of the Free Hospital , and who , when they arrived , were not admitted . He considered that the advertisements and notices ought always to qualify the announcement by saying that applicants would be admitted "if there were roemv The inquest-room waa herei : closed against visitors , but it was re-opened when ihe jury had considered their verdict , which was returned to the effect ,: that the deceased woman had died from pulmonary consumption at a public tavern , afterihaving , witha

      companion been refused admission to the wards ot the Royal Free Hospital , and the foreman added , that "in returning this verdict they could not refrain from expressing their astonishment . and regret at hearing it proved in evidence that the deceased women , and the companion who had travelled with her on the preceding night from Windsor in a state of extreme destitution and disease , were denied admission to the wards ofthe said hospital , when it was proved that immediatelyafter thatrefusal three women labouring under a foul disease , . that was not dangerous and urgent , sent from the City of London Union , were received into the hospital for medical treatment .

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      ALARMING DEATHS CAUSED BT AN UN KNOWN AND HORRIBLE DISEASE . ' On-Monday mbrninjj , at . ten o ' clock , Mr . Wakley , M . P ., resumed an adjoarned . inquiry , in the boardroom of Middlesex ; Hospital , relative to the . respective deaths of William Lambert , aged 17 , and Henry Lambert , aged 12 , brothers , forming two of a numerous family , who had died in that institution under the following extraordinary and mysterious circumstances . - At the former inquiry it appeared in evidence that the father of the deceased , who carried on business as a painter and glazier , at No . 33 ,

      Cumbevlandmarket , died about twelve weeks since , subsequent to which his widow , three sons , daughter , and granddaughter , had been seized with a malady which they considered was the scarlet fever . The grand-daughter however dying ,- and the sons becoming daily worse , they were on the 4 th inst . removed to the hospital , whereon the 13 th , William died , and on the 15 th Henry . As the cause of their deaths could in no way be accounted for by any of the medical gentlemen who saw them , Mr . Corfe , the house apothecary , communicated with Mr . Wakley ; and the result was the present investigation .

      Mr . W . Corfe stated that the deceased were admitted into that hospital on Tuesday ; the 4 th irist :, together with another brother who still remained there , and was gradually progressing towards recovery , ' they all exhibited precisely the same symptoms , and had been attacked in the same manner . The indistinctness of their articulation' rendered it very difficult for them to explain the nature of their complaint . Witness considered them to be labouring under a poisonous effluvium arising from the sewer in' the neighbourhood in which they had resided . The eldest brother , John Lambert , still survived . There was a great swelling about the jaws and throat , with an excessively foatld discharge from the mouth and nostrils , and from . the cause before

      mentioned they could not be questioned as to their condition .., Another symptom was a most voracious appetite . Leeches were applied to the jaws , and the knees and elbows became very much swollen and pairiful . Oh examination of the body of the deceased , William Lambert , after death , he found both the knee joints to contain a thick fluid . Themembrance of the larynx was reduced . " " Nothing unusual was found ' in the stomach . ' The lower part of the oesophagus was healthy , but there was a laceration about the gums . On a post mortem examination of the deceased Henry , ulceration of the pharynx was discovered . She veins did not exhibit any inflammation , and the stomach as well as the other organs were quite healthy , but the breast and ankle joints

      were found to contain putrid matter . He ( witness ) had never during his fourteen years' practice at that hospital met with so peculiar a case . Frances Amelia Lambert , sister to the deceased , was next calledjand said that on the 4 th of October last she went to nurse , during her illness , her sister , Mrs . Wingroye , wife of a brewer ' s vat maker , living in Whetstone-park , Lincoln ' s-ina-fields . Two or three days , afterwards witness was seized with sickness and pains in her loins , with sore throat and a rash all oyer her . She remained . there till the 10 th , when , becoming worse , she returned home to her mother ' s , where her voice failed her , and on the 14 th her skin peeled off . She was better the following day and very hungry , but was Unable to oneri her mouth .

      and her sister ( Mrs . Wingrove ) was the same . Witness , however , eventually rallied and recovered . , 0 n thelQthher ( witness ' s ) child , aged ten months , became ill under similar symptoms , which were stated by aii apothecary in the neighbourhood to be scarlet fever , and it died on the 2 nd ult „ before which time witness ' s mother had been also attacked , but restored to health . Between the 28 th and 30 th ult ., the deceased and her ( witness ' s ) brother John , whose age was twenty , had been seized in the like way as herself , and were removed on the day before mentioned to that hospital in a cab . Charlotte Lambert , mother of the deceased , corroborated her daughter ' s evidence . Mr . Edland , surgeon , of Gulldford-street ,

      Russellsquare , deposed that he was called about a month since to attend Mrs . Wingrove , who was suffering from swellings in the throat , which rapidly ran into suppurations . They occurred so quickly below both jaws on either side as to keep her mouth closed for fourteen or fifteen days , during which time she could scarcely swallow nourishment . Before twentyrrour hours bad elapsed his attention was attracted to her child , an infant at the breast , which had swellings of a similar character , and which in two days after rah into large cavities , one in the face and the other in the neck . Witness believed that to the velocity of the suppuration was to be attributed the saving of life , otherwise the constitutional disturbance would

      have been so great from the frightfully infectious and contagious nature of the disease as to have caused their deaths . On his second visit he gaveorders that all persons should be kept away from his patient except a nurse , but no one seemed inclined to attend her , when Mrs . Wingrove sent for her _ sister ( the witness Frances Lambert ) , who immediately came . On a subsequent visit he saw the ^ witness at Mrs . Wingrove ' s , and thought she was ailing , and on his next calling she had returned home , lib occurred to him as to whether these cases might not be tome of the forms ofssarletfever , bathe could find no rash in either case , and it was now his decided opinion that such was not the fact . .

      Coroner ; Did you at that time , or have yousubs i quently , endeavoured to trace the source of the matteri-Witness : Yes , lam induced to ascribe this malady to some special peculiarity of the atmosphere , and I must say , that the house and premises , in the yard of which there are pigs , fowls , & c ., is altogether an unwbolesomeplace . By the Coroner : He had never met with any other such cases , althoug h he had had for years a moat extensive practice . It was one of the most

      extraordinary cases perhaps on record . Witness tod done all he could to prevent the spreading of this very peculiar and unprecedented disease . Hewouldfurtherremark , that there was a drain in Lincoln s-inn-nelds , near to the house occupied by Mr . Wingrove , which was , without exception , the worst drain in all London . The Coroner ( emphatically ) t Ah ! you had better mention that fact distinctly , because there are some very rich and influential people in Lincoln ' s-inn-fields , . and that drain it would seem is in the very midst of the part they inhabit . _

      The * Coroner remarked that the disease which occasioned the deaths of the deceased was quite as unaccountable to him as it was to the gentlemen who hadapokeiV and it would be remembered on the first assemblage " -ofthe jury there waa reason to suspect that it had o . « g inated in the neighbourhood of Cumberland market , but it was now quite evident that it was not so . HO { the Coroner felt quite satisfied that it did not origin . » te * . ere at « u » *? d he could conceive nothing could be plainer tnan ^ lt had been carried there from Whete ^ one-park . The obasmtions f

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      lfot Corfe precisely corresponded with those of Mr . Edland , & m it seemed true that it was a specific disease , which was communicable apparently by contagion as also by , infection . Mr . Corfe , a gentleman «(^^^^ p ^^ tot ^ WiAintaifc * tad stated ( that v he ; considered :, it .. to , be . caused b y \ poisonous effluvium , from animal . matter , . and that the case was of an entirely new character . ; - He ( the Coroner ) , howover / did not believe , although it was evident that the deaths of the deceased bad . been caused-by poison , ^ that \ anytbing . ;'» £ . a deleterious nature had been administered . After some further observationsthe Coronerconcluded by complimenting

      , the jury for the great attention they had paid to that which he considered an important public inquiry , and which he trusted would gain a publicity whereby the attention of her Majesty ' s Commissioners ; of Sewers would be called to the immediatelocality of Lincoln ' sinn-fields ; ' and ' at the sanie time he hoped the distressing condition of Mrs . Lambert , who had BO suddenly suffered a domestic affliction , would attract the notice ofthe benevolent . " / fhejury , then , after some consultation , returned the , following verdict . : — " That the deaths ofthe deceased William and Henry Lambert ; were caused by some poisonous effluvium , to the jury , unknown . " , ~

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      : London. : Wbstminsteb.—A Public Meetin...

      : LONDON . : Wbstminsteb . —A public meeting of the shareholders of the i Chartist Co-operative Land Society , belonging to this district , was held at the Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 ; St ; Martin ' s-lane , on Sunday evening , November 23 rd . -Mr . Hitchings was unanimously called to the chair ; Four new shares were taken up , and a considerable amount paid as deposits on shares . Mr . William Cuffay was duly placed in nomination as the candidate of this district for the representation of the eastern , western , and northern divisions of-London , in the forthcoming Conference . This business being concluded , a public meeting was held in the same room , for the purpose of hearing a lecture from Mr . Christopher Doyle , on the "Charter

      and the Land . " - Mr . Doyle took a rapid survey ol the evil effects produced by the Poor Law , the law of primogeniture , and many other class made laws , and said as soon as the people possessed a sufficiency of virtue and courage , the Charter would be adopted , and those hateful-laws would be swept from the stotuto book ; :- ( Loud cheers ;) Mr . Doyle next pointed out the great advantges arising from the possession of the soil , and the easy mode of regaining the Land , through the Chartist Cooperative Land Society . At the conclusion of the lecture an amicable discussion ensued , in "which Messrs . Stallwood , Richardson , Sturge , and the lecturer took part . A vote of thanks was given unanimously to the lecturer , and the meeting broke up .

      j ,. ' . - .:-. ; - . MANCHESTER , ; The . Land . —On Sunday , night last Mr . O'Connor ' s letter On the . Land , was read to the audience , and elicited their applause .. . Miv James Leach then commenced his lecture , which was very instructive , showing the advantages to be derived from the small farm system , and a contrast between free labour , expended , upon , the Land and . slave labour , as now employed under grinding capitalists . ; There was a very respectable audience , and the lecturer , rivetted their attention .. during the delivery of his speech , which lasted for an hour . After which Miv R . ' J . Cooper spoke on the propriety , of getting up a petition to Parliament for the restoration of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis to their bereaved wives and families . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturers and chairman . ¦¦¦''¦ .. - ;¦ < ¦ .

      ! . -,:,. ..:.-. , . SHEFFIELD ... / .. ] On Sumdat , November 23 rd , a . meeting of the members of the National Charter Association was held in : the Democratic Reading . Room , Figtreeiane . Mr . Samuel Clayton was ; unonimbusjy called to the chair . After the chairman ' had exhorted the meeting to renew . their . exertions on behalf of the glorious principlescontained in the People ' s Charter , he proceeded with the programme of the business . The following persons were elected for the Council : — Samuel Clayton ^ carpenter ; GeprgeGoddard , bladeforger ; WilliamH 6 lmes , labourer ; William Dyson , grinder ; Henry Taylor , coinbrmaker ; George Cavill , sub » secretary * ;; , T . . Briggs , " sub-treasurer . ' The balanc ^ sheet was next brought , up " and read , ^ which gave great satisfaction . ' The next business that was

      considered " was the . Yeterans' Patriot : Fund , when the following resolution was . unanimously passed : — " That the Council bei authorised to receive donations , and that they use their best endeavours to add to the funds . " At the close of the meeting a subsoription ! was entered into for , the two funds , \ On Monday , November 24 th , a meeting of the Cooperative Land Society was held at the above house . Mr . Samuel Taylor , in the chair . The question of the rules was resumed , when it was unanimously agreed that a list of our resolutions shouid . be made put , and placed in the successful candidate ' s hands . | The following are our instructions ; -r- "; That the occupants be taken from ; the ! books . according . to tho priority of payments . " ¦¦ ¦ " That any number of allotments that are laid out in the first ; location shall be numbered , and drawn for by those who are located :

      likewise tne same with aU the rest . " " The delegate to vote that . the members who are chosen to be located shall have the preference of building their own cottages , providing they belong to the building branches . " c "The society be enrolled , providing the name and objects are not altered in consequence of enrolment . " " That : the Board of Directors be requested to form a Joint Stock Bank , and thereby give the located members an opportunity of investing their savings , and receive a legal interest for the same . That the successful candidate for this district be requested to pay the several localities a visit previous to going to Conference . " " That the Board of Directors be elected bv the Conference , and that our delegate be instructed to . support the re-election of the present Board of Directors . " . - .- " That we are ^ making rapid progress a reference to the . list will show . " '

      PRESTON . ; The Lakd . —At an adjourned meeting of the ; Preston ; branch of the Chartist . Co-operative Land Society , held . on Sunday last , November 23 rd , Mr . J . Duckett in the chair , the following resolutions were agreed to : —" That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Board of Directors ; and this meeting considers that they are justified in the course they have pursued , by devoting ten shillings per week from the profits of the sale of the cards and rules ) towards defraying the expense of sending lecturers

      to make known the objects of the society throughout the country . " " That the Board of Directors be elected by the Conference . " " That the delegate for this district be instructed to vote for the re-election of the present Board of Directors ! and that three of them be continued as lecturers for the society , one half of their salary to be paid .. out of the funds from the profit ofthe sale of cardsfand rules . " " That the members go to their holdings in rotation , according to the number of their certificates . " The thanks of the meeting having been given to the chairman , the meeting separated .,

      : ¦ NEWARK . . The Land . —The members of our Land Society held a meeting on Sunday , Nov . 16 th , for the general welfare of our Land Plan , when the following resolutions were agreed to : — " That the society should be enrolled , according to advice of counsel , and if any shareholder takes two shares , that he pay up both shares before he takes either , and that it be left to the directors to purchase the . Land in any locality where they can get it best and cheapest . " " That Land be mortgaged instead of sold , and that those who pay up their shares first should be located first " " That the occupant should have the £ 15 16 s . 8 d . to buy such stock and implements as they think proper . " " That the present directors should be re-elected for the next year as they will best understand the management ofthe society . " " Thatas regards the lecturers receiving ten shillings per week trom the Land Fund , we think the labourers in the good causeare worthy of theirhire . "

      RADCLIFFE . _ At a Meeting ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land society held at the above place , the following resolu tion was agreed to- : " That no one member be al , lowed to have more than four aeresor two shares . We desire our delegate to support this resolution in Conference . " " That there be a clause in the deeds when able ^ ^ P *" ' prchase his allotment

      ELDERSLIE . A Lec t ure was delivered on Tuesday evenine . M ° R fh l S H , School-rooin here . by MF ^« . rat <>» "The Land and Corn Laws . " Air Willianr Lochhead in the chair . Mr . M'Grath delivered a l most eloquent av . d powerful lecture , pointing out the benefits that would result to the worbngclasses b y becoming members ofthe Land society . After giving a vote of thanks to the i , lw ? p ^ ha , n ? tl , e feting separated . A number of the rules were d sposed of . We are about to form a branch ofthe Laid Society here . _ „ ¦ ¦ MERTHYR TYDVIL . ¦ Ihe Lisn . —At a meetine- of . *]» nbn »« n » n „ 71 i V a meeting ot the Chart st

      ™ Z- 'To CoaSSed - ' ^ Sjft ^^'^ T ** resolutmnswere OhS ; . " 7 Y % fc we a . re of option that the Charti sts' Land Co-operative Society ought to be enrolled according to the opinion of Mr . Macnamava . " That we are m favour of the plan that the estates should be put ^ , « , to auction , according tif toe plan W > 7 n ) he rules - ,, That we are of opinion S 'he Conference ought to be the sole judges whether the quantity of Land ought to bo two or four ^ A A * the same meeting it was proposed bv Matthew John , seconded by Anthony Lewis ; » That Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , is a fit and nroner person to represent us . in the forthcoming E ierence . " Carried unanimously . W 4 UUig wm

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      Caxtons HouBB .--La 3 t week the house Jn the Almonry , adjoining Westminster- Abbey , in which Mr . Caxton resided , and wherehe printed the W book ever printed in thus country ' feVtiirt «\ SS with a tremendous crash . h mt 0 the

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      v < f ;; fJANKRgPTs / ' - "' '¦ ' """" r fT ^^ ' John Warren , George ^ treet , Hfinover-s nuare < w-William Coofco , Egbami innkeeper—John Land b " """ Rochester , Jinendraper-Joseph "Woodliams . -Hiuii i . ^ Portland Town , plumber-Charles Wadhams ChTi w - street , Portland-place ,, tfeWrroad , carpenter -J . ft * - Little , Southampton-terrace , Camden Town , cem S ** dlcr-John Evans , High-street . Sboreditch , cheesein ™ - —Richard More , Norwich , coal merchant-Cha rles Zr Itussel ; Ludlow , scrivener—William tendon , sen inn ., Exeter , euvriers . ' » m

      BANKBUPTCT ANNDllBD . John Sut 6 liffe , jun ., Haufax , Yorkshire , rectifier .

      DIVinEKDS PEClAREn . : A . H . Cbambers , sen . and jun ., ' New Bond-streel o Sonthmoultoh-street , bankers , " first divideud of g . , \ first dividend of 5 s 6 d on the separate estate of \\? Chambers , sen ,, on Saturday , Nov . 29 , and the three * , i sequent Saturdays , at Mr . Grooms , Abchurch . lan e . Barber and MarshaU . Walsall , bankers , second diviilo of 6 d ; and second dividend of Cs 2 don J . v . BarW s sen ? rate estate , any Thursday , at Mr . Valpy ' s , Birmin gham - . ' C . \ T . Kesselmeyer , Manchester , merchant , first addend of 2 s 7 d , on Tuesday , December 2 , or any subsequent Tuesday , at Mr . Fvaser ' s , Manchester . * Ul i A . H . Simpson and P . H . Irvin , Blackfriars-road etiffi ncers , dividend of 3 s . 4 d , on Friday , Nov . 28 , or any sun * sequent Friday , at Mr . FoUett ' s , Basinghall-street . - J . Bennett , Little Birch , Herefordshire , cattle dealsifirst dividend of Ss Cd , any Thursday , at Mr . ValpyV ft / mingham . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ ' , : C . Sharratt ; Walsall , sandlers' ironmonger , second dividend of Is lojd , any Thursday , at Mr . Val py ' s , Uj r , mingham . ; ; ,

      1 C . Webb , Oxford , apothecary , first dividend of 2 s on Saturday , Nov . 22 , or any subsequent Saturday , at Mr Edward ' s , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry . = H . Haynes /' Scole , Sorfolk , wine merchant , first uh-i dendof Is , on Saturday , Nov . 22 , or any subsequent Satur * day , at Mr . Edward's , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry , ! W . H . JBaldock , Canterbury , banker , third dividend of lOjd , on Saturday , Nov . 22 , or any subsequent Saturday at Mr . Edward ' s , Frederick's-place , Old Jewry . "' iJ . Groombridge , Abbey-street , Bermondsev , licensed victualler—first dividend of Is , on Saturday , Nov . 22 or any subsequent Saturday , at Mr . Edwards ' s , Frederick ' s place , Old Jewry . I T . R . Withers , EUng , Hampshire , brewer , first dividend of 7 s , oh Saturday , Nov . 22 , or any subsequent Saturday , at Mr . Edwards ' s , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry . ! J . Lewis , Birmingham , card manufacturer , first dividend of 9 id , on Friday , Nov . 28 , or any subsequent Friday , at Mr . Wiutraore ' s , Birmingham .

      T . W . Green , Leeds , bookseller , second dividend of 5 s , any day , at Mr , Young ' s , Leeds . T . Bousfield , IAucoln , ironmonger , first dividend of 5 s , any day , at Mr . Young ' s , Leeds . ' B . Wrigley , Horest , in Saddleworth , Yorkshire , -woollencloth manufacturer , first dividend of 7 s Od , OH TUCSdsy , Dec . 2 , or any subsequent Tuesday , at Mr . Fraser ' s , Maul Chester . E . Lawton and T . Kay , Itoehdale , ironfounders , first dividend of 2 e , on Tuesday , Dec . 2 , or any subsequent Tuesday , at Mr . Fraser ' s , Manchester .

      ' DIVIDENDS . Dec . 20 , T . Shaw , Southampton , wine-merchant—Dec . 20 , W . Parsons , Wood-street , PrinceB-roaOj Lambeth , corn-dealer—Dec . 20 ,. S .. D 3 vie 6 , Bankside , Southwark , and Times-wbarf , Wilton-road , Pimlico , coal-merchaDt-Dec . 19 . W . Best and J . Snowden , Southampton , printen and stationers—Dec . 20 , E : Evans , J ., Poster , S . Z . Lang . ton , and T . Foster , Barge-yard | Bucklerebury , East India merchants—Dec . 16 , T . Trappand T . P . Trapp , Church , street , Southwark , tallow chandlers and melters—D & c . 16 , J . Peak , Tolleshunt Knights , Essex , miller—Dec . 10 , J , Miller . Stockton-on-Teesnatent sail-cloth and rove

      ma-, nufacturer—Dec . 16 , W , ' O . ' . Knight , ' Great Suffolk-strcet , Southwark , ' builder—Dec . 1 G , D ; Bidinead , Bread-street , Cheapside , warehouseman and shipping agent—Dec . 18 , J . H . Limes , Richmond , Surrey , ' butcher—Dec , 19 , J . Courtenay , Bristol , banker—Dec . 19 , W . Jones , Cardiff Glanmorganslu ' re , ship , builder and timber merchant-Dec ; 19 , J . Raleigh , T . S . Goode , and W . Holland , Man . Chester , merchants—Dec . 17 ; J .-Carruthers , Blackburn , linen and woollen draper—Dec . 17 , W . Brown aud T , Preston , Jan ., Maueheftteu , cotton , tyivmers—Bee . vr , } , Ashbarry , Holm Lacy , Hereford , timber merchant . Certificates , to be granted , unless cause be shown to the

      • ¦ .. .. contrary on the day of meeting . . Dec . 19 , S . Elphic , Green Dragon , Berinondsey . street , Surrey , victualler—Dec . 19 , B . White , High-Street , Forts , mouth , ' surgeon—Dec . 18 , - 'R . B . Clarke , Gower-street North , plumber and glazer—Dec . 16 , J . M . Pratt , Berners-street , Oxford-street , . wine merchant—Dec . 18 , J . H . Limes , Kicli . mond , Surrey , butcher—Dec . 18 , J . Middleton Aveley , Essex , hay and straw salesman—Dec . 16 , J . S . Williams ' , Clements-lane , Lombard-street , master mariner—Dec . 18 , E . Barry , Bristol , victualler— Dec .. 18 , R . Sugdcn , Bogthorne , Yorkshire , manufacturer of worsted goods—Dec , 16 , W . Brown and T . Preston , jun ., Manchester , cotton

      spinners . Cbbtificates to be granted by the Court of Review , unless cause be shown to the contrary , on or before December 16 . I T . Peers , Ironmonger-lane , Cheapside , plumber—J . I , Machu , Macclesfield , silk-trimmiug manufacturer .

      PABTKBBSHIP 8 DISSOLVES . = ¦ - . . J . Maefarlane . and W . M . Burt , Manchester , share brokers—C . Barclay and M . A . Frost , Birkenhead , confec . tioners-J . Musgrave , and R , A , Brown , Loads , share brokers—A , and H . Andrews , Islington , paper hangers-Road and Street Cleansing Company , Manchester and elsewhere '; as far as regards J . Brogden—E . and W . Hunter , Huyton and Liverpool , quarrymen—J . Garthwaite and Co ,, Halifax , Yorkshire , liax and towspinnevs —Dobson and Ellerkamp ,, Liverpool , stock brokers—IV . Lamb andT . Axford , ' Islington ,. ready-made linen warehouse—Everett aud Woods , ' Battersea , builders—J . and

      T . Gossling ; Cranborne , Dorsetshire , bakers—M . Pilling and Co ., Rochdale , fulling millers ; as far as regards W . Hartley—Monkhouse , Whitfield , and Co ., Barnard Castle and Aldermanbury , carpet manufacturers—G . II . Dosseher and F . Habighorst , Whitechapel , sugar refiners—Batkin , Walker , and Broadhuwt , Stoke-upon-Trent , manufacturers of earthenware—Dick aud Gibson , Kiugston-upon-HulJ , brewers—Jones and Dyson , Huddersflcld , share brokers—AUhuseu , Romyn , and Co ., Stockton , Middlesborough , and . Hartlepool , commission merchants— < J , and . G . Woolcott , Gray ' s-inn-road , builders—Tosar , Brothers and Co ( , Neweastle-upon-Tyne .

      Accident On Ihe Bristol And Biiwinoiiah ...

      Accident on ihe Bristol and Biiwinoiiah Raijlttat . —Au , accident occurred on the above railway on Saturday ni ght , which , although not attended with , loss of life , betrayed an amount of carelessness scarcely credible , especially after the recent dreadful event at Defford , on the same line . The following are the particulars , as far as could be ascertained ; but , from the mysterious silence observed on such occasions , it is very difficult to give any correct information . A gentleman at Bristol , was desirous of proceeding thence to Gloucester , in order to be in time for the Welch mail , which leaves Gloucester at a quarter to two in the morning . The last train for the night having left Bristol , for Gloucester he ordered an express train ; this was soon in readiness . Upon reaching Standish Crossing , where the Great

      Western line joins the Bristol into Gloucester , about eleven miles from the latter place , and where there ia a slight ascent , the engine ran into something , which proved to be the last truck of a goods train standing on the rails , without any singal lamps , or any light whatever being shown , although midnight , a very dark night , and on tlie most dangerous part of the whole line , in fact , considered so dangerous that all engine-drivers have positive instructions toslacken speed over this place . The concussion threw the engine-driver and fireman ofthe express train off to some yards distance , but they most fortunately escaped with a few slight bruises . The gentleman ( being the onfy passenger ) also only sustained a . severe shaking , but the engine itself was very much smashed , and the tovo Mndermost trucliS were knocked to pieces .

      AcCinENT AT THE OPENING OF THE BniOHTOff 1 SJ > Chichester Railway —The Brighton and Chichester Railway was opened on Monday as far as Worthing Gen . Pasley haying certified that the line , although only one set of mils is as yet laid between Shoreham and Worthing , is fit for traffic . The first three trams from Brighton and the first two from Worthing went through , carrying a considerable number of passengers ; but the third train from Worthing , which starts 55 minutes after twelve o ' clock , on arriving at Lancing , within a short distance of the residence of the late Sir Thomas Lloyd , Bart ., met with an accident , which interrupted the traffic for the restoi the day . At the spot in question two horses were drawing a train of earth-waggons on a temporary hne of rails , or rather on the nermanent

      rails , which are laid down for about half a mile in this locality ; and the driver neglecting to observe tho precaution of holding the leading horse by the bridle , the animal started off into the permanent line rails just as the engine was coming up , and the vftndev , vrtneh was in advance of the engine , knocked down the horse and ran over it . The tender was capsized off the rails , and falling over the horse when f ee » . L the fore and nine wueels » killed it on the spot . Ihe engine was also thrown over , but remained on one of the rails so as to obstruct the « i n ™ «; Fo ^ nateI y' tlle P ace ofthe train being mow , none , ot th © passengers were injured ; but in consequence of the accident they were detained aoout two hours , when they were removed to another tram and proceeded to Brighten .

      ; Dbath o f a ME DiOANT .--On Monday a long Kv ? i „« i oat Boy vern Lant-street , Southwarkbndge-road , respecting the death of a female ™ f ? ' " ^ V unknown , apparently about 36-years of age . From the evidence of several mpnS * V Ppeared thafc the ^ ceased had been a . ? Sfet V ° me time P ^ t iu the borough of \ £ h " ' ^"" ng ti ie last five weeks she hadW JSSBrtf £ \ u ^ ouse Mint-street . She paid 3 d i filth VmfthaKf /^ » dreadful state of & k ? th ? lH >' advised her to apply to Mr . nX ^^^ 0 ™*' ^ ofSt ( George ' s workhouse ; but she seemed reluctant to do so . The thewanfTthf neraIIy in a w «*» h » tB , arising from ™ 2 o tthecommon necessaries of life . She was ¦ MS n otuiss . Pated habits , and always stated that she was a married woman , but had h ^ n nxrtPA from On

      BtRSSrM ^ Wedneadaynight JnXSL V ^^ the od gbg-house , and , after some conversation , she obtained a bed . The Mowing morning she went out , and the landlady gave her a 55 ? * H brea f She was then evidently in a oying state irom the want of proper nourishment , un b riday night she again went to the lodging-house , wet through to the skin , and went to bed in that state , bhe oecame worse , and continued in bed until bunday morning , when she fell down whilst deacendl M the stairs . She was picked up and placed in bed , and was promptly visited by Mr . Rendle , the surgeon , but life was quite extinct . The jury returned a verdict of" Death from natural causes , accelerated by her depraved habits , "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 29, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29111845/page/6/