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      American Affairs. As American Politics B...

      AMERICAN AFFAIRS . As American politics bid fair to occupy a large snare of public attention in this country , we purpose giving every week , under the above head , tne m « t important contents of the American pape . s . We commence " our ( extracts with the important arti . de from the American President ' s official journal , on the Oregon territory question .

      THE OREGON QUESTION IN THE NEXT CONGRESS . [ From the Washington Union . " ] During the last presidential canvass , itwas said , in allusion to the Texian issue , " we are about voting on a question of national identity—on the question as to what and where our country shall henceforth be ?" So far as the Texian discussion is concerned , that question is now substantially settled—the recent unsuccessful attempt at protest by the Whigs of Ifew York city to the contrary notwithstanding . Bnt the same great question as to what and xvhere our country shall be , may come up in another and a still more imposing shape in the approaching- Congress , and , ii so , it will form the _greaclond question of this generation .

      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 years , public sentiment has ripened fast . In the judgment of a vast majority of this nation , thc time is rapidly approaching—or say , rather , has now come —when clear right in relation to this territory should embody itself in positive law . For more than 20 yeus . the people ofthe United States have seen what they regard as their indisputable title to this immense territory swamped in negotiation . It was to be expected 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 , wliich , in its identity of opinion on this subject , is as one man , and whieh is

      sustained in that opinion by an overwhelming mass and mastery of public sentiment—it was justly to be Loped of the wisdom of England _. thatthenew negotiation , under such auspices , and in such hands , would , « elong , begin at least to seenre , instead of defeating , as in past yeara it has defeated , the great ends of international justice . 'But , however thismay be , whetherthe negotiations succeed or fail , there can be no doubt that the democratic Congress now about to assemble will have a " _^ reat 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 onr memory , wc cannot doubt that the'Administration is fully prej ared to perform with firmness its constitutional duty of ' _recommending to Congress all such measures as may be deemed essential to the full and efficient protection of all our rights over every rood of that great domair , on the shore of the Pacific , which is by an accumulated mass of title * the rightful _property of the United States . . Of these measures—and , indeed , of this whole topic of the American territory of Oregon—we shall have frequent occasion to --peak . And 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 west by the ooean—extends from latitude 42 deg . to latitude 51 deg . 40 rain , north . It contains more than 400 , 000 square miles—that is , it is more than twice as large as Prance , and about half as large as all the states now sHbjectto the Federal constitution . Tie American peopleclahn ; against all other nations , this 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 doubts that it is capable of sustaining an immense population , nor that , when so peopled , it will control the cemfcerce of the Pacific , aud 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 ISIS , 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 Frasee , beiag the somewhat singular theory and stipulated laxv of its condition , stands in yet more singular contrast to the state of things which has , in fact , grown np there within the last txventy years .

      Laying out of view the Indian tribes which make this territory a pari of their range , -we find its present civilised population to consist of about 800 or iKH ) British subjects , and about half as many thousand citizens of tho 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 S 00 or 900 men who compose the British portion of this people , are all of them understood 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—at once a trading post and a fort , called Fort Vancouver—on the river Columbia , about eighty miles in a straight line from its month . There may be two or three farms in the possession of these British subjects ; but , as a general rule , they live by ihe fur-trade , and do not till the soil at all . Besides Fort Vancouver , the Bay Company has some twenty other stations in various parts of the territory . But 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 to about liftv senls .

      The American population of Oregon , on the other hand , numbering probably some 4 , 000 , is collected in the valiey ofthe Williamette river , whieh floxvsfrom the _sonthT'into the Columbia , near Fort Vancouver . These Americans are farmers , graziers , and mechanics . They are a fixed population . They live by tilling 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 ofthe last advices from tlicm , setting up a provisional government for themselves , after the American fashion , and divining out their new homestead into towns and counties , such as they had left in the United States .

      Such being practically the present political condition of the American fanners in Oregon , under the treaty stipulation of ISIS , hoxv is it _xx-ith the British hunters and trappera of the same region ? The answer may be given in a few words . These few hundred British subjects in thc service of the Hudson-bay Company govern by their laws , enforced either in the courts of Canada , or by judical officers of the company on the spot , every inch of the whole territory of Oregon , save the fexv square miles actually un ? . er tillage by the Americans . Nor is this all . These servants of the company have entirely monopolised , for some twenty years past , the xviiole of the most lucrative occupations in Oregon—fur-hunting and fur-trading . They have drivenevery American citizen out ofthe business . Let an American trapper or hunter appear anywhere in the territory , and _instantly two or three agents of thc company establish

      themselves by his side , furnished amply withspeeieand merchandise , to outbid him for _* _fuis , to call in Indian or white competition , and so break up his business . Thc individual cannot stand against the organised and powerful company . His business is broken up , and he goes to fanning ic the valley of Williamette . This is now the regular course of " things . This is practically the common use and enjoyment of Oregon stipulated hy the treaty—this , viz ., the entire monopoly of the great fur-trade there hy one of the parties , added to ther exclusive government hy the same party of the whole of the soil of that vast territory , save only thc farms which some 4 , 000 Americans are tilling witl their own hands . As early as 152 S the Hudson-bay Company had found their trade under these circumstances quite thriving . The proceeds of their trade for that year were , in round numbers , 900 , 000 dollars . Their shares then stood HO per cent , above par .

      Onr readers will remember that when the bill to extend a territorial government over Oregon was before Congress last session , its opponents protested against it , because , as they alleged , it violated the stipulation of ISIS . How comes it , then , that the other party to that stipulation—admitting itself to he as Great Britain has , time after time admitted , and now admits herself to be , tho party out of possession , pending negotiation—how comes it , then , that this other disseized party , at this moment , has extended its laws in full force over ihe whole unoccupied territory ? Thc mechanism by wbich this trick of political legerdemain has been played ofij is at once -very ingenious and thoroughly English . The British Cabinet has uractised the manoeuvre in Asia , till now it has become _xvonderfullv _ad-oit . It is simply the Great East Indian ju » _irle tried over _auain

      in the -west . The apparatus , lnaelnnsry , and fixtures , are just alike in the two cases . A great trading corporation , wielding _mi'Jions of capital—with power to pass laws , to maintain a civil establishment , to maintain a military establishment , to collect revenue , to hoist a flag of its oxvn—not the Queen ' s flag—to build forts , to keep six or eight armed vessels on the coast , ta possess territory—al ] in the way of trade , of ccurse—and to do all this _uqder the eve of thc British Parliament , acting for itsoll" when Parliament chooses to disavow the _responsibilitv of its acts ; acting for Parliament just when Parliament chooses to accept that responsibility ; in o _ _je word , a great empire Corporation in fact , with power to el _ _i _* j _ _us itself , * t the waving of tha Minister ' s wand (" presto " as the jugglers have it ) , into a most demure , simple , t _^ _mlets partnership of painstaking individuals _trv-^ to tum _anhones t penny in tie way of the ' fuV _oaee , Tha » _&• mechamsm bf whicli the inirado

      American Affairs. As American Politics B...

      is easily wrought . In the time of the " _merris monarch "—easy King Charles—English policy amused itself by building two of these magnificent playthings —one for the East , which it called the East India Company ; one for the west , which is called the Company of Hudson's Bay . How the one has worked in the east , the world knows pretty well . . The other in the west has not long since been put in fine order , by uniting itself with its rival , theNorth-west Company . Does uiis country . —does Congress—wish to know how it will work m the west , in Oregon , if we only sit quietly by as spectators and let it alono ? The problem ia easily solved . \ Ye have only to turn to the lives of Robert Clive and of Warren Hastings , and read the pages which tell of their _doings in Madras and Bombay ! .

      Oregon Meeting At Tammany Hall. The Demo...

      OREGON MEETING AT TAMMANY HALL . The demoeratiu 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 eulogising the President , goes on to say : — ' We cannot but approve of bis manly stand in relation to Oregon and Texas ; that he has exhibited statesman-like prudence in sending our naval and military forces to protect Texas from invasion , and that we will maintain him at all hazards in maintaining our rights in Texas to the line ofthe llio 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 on the part of the United States .

      "Resolved , —Thai 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 aa to resisting European interference ; and that in our opinion the mighty mission of the 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 Oregon Claimant. — It Appears That...

      A New Oregon _Claimant . — It appears that the Emperor of Russia is in the field as a claimant for the disputed Oregon territory . Be maintains that his possessions descend to 54 degrees 40 minutes . We cannot learn the ground of his Imperial _Majesty ' s claim , but the 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 bc 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 seas , gulfs , harbours , and creeks upon that coast at any point north of the latitude of 54 degreea 40 minutes , "— Tormto Globe .

      A Republican American Catholic Church In...

      A REPUBLICAN AMERICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH INDEPENDENT OF ROME . [ From the New York Herald . ] We perceive by the western newspapers that a movement has recently originated in Cincinnati amongst the Catholics tliere , which is singularly significant of the influence exercised by the republican institutions of this country upon the religious systems transplanted from Europe to the virgin soil oi this new world . This movement , indeed , ia one ol the most interesting signs of the times , and opens up a new and exceedingly interesting field of investigation to the attentive and philosophic student of the progress of the human mind to an era of more enlarged liberty and poxver .

      It seems that a church has heen organised inthe rising and flourishing city of the west , in direct and avowed opposition to the domination of the Pope of Rome and the hierarchy of the ancient Catholic church . A number ofthe most intelligent and influential adherents to the Catholic faith iu 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 , but in perfect independence ofthe Papal see , and of all the dignitaries generally recognized in the United States by the _professtre of that faith in the United States . All allegiance to the respectable successor of Peter located in the " eternal city" is thrown oft' by . these reformers , and the paternal authority of the 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 , duly 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 , andthe Bishop , and the hierarchy are to be most uudutifully and unceremoniously set aside . In fact , an independent Catholic church 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 this 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 unfrcquently 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 _xvealthy enough to found colleges , and manufacture priests , and build churches , and support their own seminaries 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 ofthe 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 literarv

      associationsin all our unions of men for any purpose—and last , not least , in our religious organizations . Thus , for instance , wesee the Episcopal church in thc 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 to propagate its views and doctrines by the only xveapons authorised by the founder of Christianity , —argument , good works , and prayer . The priesthood are not regarded in this countiy as commissioned by divine authority to rule over the consciences and actions of men . _Thsy are estimated at their proper value , in proportion to their usefulness and fidelity . Thus it has been with the clergy of all the Protestant churches ; ar . d now , at last , the spirit of independence and freedom—of rebellion , if you please—against any . thing 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 . Itis one of those impulses of human nature that must proceed to a successful _igsue . 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 we have 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 , and American Catholic every thing , on our oxvn hook . And again xve ask whv not ?

      Attiiipi Io Mornnn.—In Ballyconnell, In ...

      Attiiipi io _MoRnnn . —In Ballyconnell , in the county of Cavan , a desperate attempt at murder has been made on the lands of Mucklagh , immediately beside the toxvn , on a saost unoffending , well-conducted young man , named John M'Teague . A noise was heard outside his door , and on liis going to ascertain thc cause , he was fired at from behind a hedge ; the balls and slugs passed all around him , fortunately without effect . Being a resolute young man , he followed the felloxvs , and would have arrested one oi them , but the cries ofhis family made him desist . Amain at Suicide is a _Giiayesend Stkambh . — On Sunday at about a quarter to one o ' clock , as the Railway Blackxvall steamer was passing Erith , on her way to _Graveseydt he passengers were startled by the report ofa pistol in one of the deck cabins , the door of which was shut from the inside . On forcing it open a young man _xx _* as found , his head resting on the table , and a pistol , just discharged , in one hand , he himself being apparently dead . In a few minutes ,

      however , he xvas restored to consciousness , when he stated tliat he had shot himself deliberately , being driven ta desperation . On the vessel arriving at the Terrace-pier , Gravesend , he was carried tothe workhouse , and then Mr . Saunders , surgeon t _» that establishment , and another medical gentleman of the town , proceeded to examine hi-, wound , and found that the ball had penetrated through the upper part ofthe bridge of the nose , nearly betxx _* eon tho eyes , inclining downwards , lie was asked for his name and address , but refused to give cither . On being undiessed , the name of J . _Colbroi-ke _was found on his shirt , and on a false collar the _irftials" II . J . C ' The lining of his hat also bore the same name . He came on board the steamer at Blackxvall , and a _passenger stated that he had been in conversation a short time witli the Young man before tlic report oi the shot waa heard , and that he did not notice any thing extraordinary in hh demeanour , and that he _appeared to beagenilemauly and _wcll-iuformcd young man .

      Attiiipi Io Mornnn.—In Ballyconnell, In ...

      SHOCKING CASE OF STARVATION , DISEASE AND D EATH . ' . . A " _IRBS HOSPITAL , On Tuesday , Nov . * 18 th , at half-pasttyro o ' clockin the afternoon , two young women ( one bearing the Christian name of Mary , the other named Susan Stephens ) , one of them about twenty-four _gears' of age , the other nineteen , applied at the . bar of the Sun Tavern , in Gray ' s-inn-lane , next door to the xvorkhouse of the , Holborn Union , for a bed , to go to rest on that afternoon and night . The landlord replied , that he "did not accommodate wemen , but only gentlemen . " The reply produced great' disappointment in them . They looked exceedingly ' »• The landlady ( Mrs . Tiffin ) xvaa touched with thenappearance . " There was death in their face , " and "their eves were so unnaturally bright , that she

      could not continue to look them inthe face . " She advised them to apply nt the workhouse next _dosr . but thev expressed the greatest horror at the proposal . " So she offered them to go into the bar parlour , and rest for a time by the fire ; which they did . In a quarter of an hour one of them came again to the landlord , and begged to be _alloxved to sleep there for that one night , _sav ing 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 could only afford 8 d . The landlord agreed to take it , and , as they xvere so poor , the landlady made and gave them some tea and bread and butter and an egg each , which they received roost 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 , " and had lately lodged for a short time , in a state of the greatest destitution and suffering from illness , at the Bell and Crown , in or near to Windsor , where they had heard many people say that it xvould be " a good thing for them to go up to London and get into a place called the Free Hospital , which xvas 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 , haying no means of travelling , Borne almost equally poor

      around them subscribed 2 s . 3 d . for the journey ; oi this . 2 s . were given to th « waggoner . They , left Windsor at eight o ' _clockvtravelled 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 wereshoxvn into a _wiiting-room . In about an hour ( this xvas their own statement to the landlady ; the housesurgeon said he thought it could not be 80 much ) they _wereshoxx _* n to the resident medical officer and a surgeon who had called to him , and examined xvith 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 , Holborn , and , if refused there , then perhaps St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital xvould 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 ao often assured at Windsor of the certainty of their admission ) begged to stay until it held up , wlp _ ch the porter allowed , for " tliey were very sickly-looking , " and he

      ( the house surgeon was gone ) seeing how ill they were , and hoxv hungry , induced the cook to send them up two mugs of coifee and piecei of bread . Then they left , and by and by , having no friend in all the toxyn 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 . Bartholomexv's ( a hopeless alternative , though , for the great endowed medical charities of London do not , it is said , receive into their _xvards cases of incurable pulmonary disease ) , at half-past two o ' clock found a temporary haven at the hospitable Sun . Tliere their chief complaint , excepting that of feebleness , was " pain inthe . side . " At half-past four

      o ' clock they went to bed . At midnight the house xvas closed . At half-past one o'clock the landlady heard some sound of alarm in a faint voice , and some person moviug hastily without shoes . It xvas tlie younger of the txvo girls . "Oh , come , " she said , " my friend is dying . " A light was procured 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 tlie 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 tlie couch . Her eyes were fixed , she was insensible , she groaned . At a quarter to five o ' clock thereafter death closed , for her—a skeleton , —the miserable scene . Never did coroner orjurylookuponamore 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 survivor , xvho , however , remained up until five o'clook , " 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 person in whom phthisis has made all but its utmost ravages . Of her history all that was ascertained was that she had been iu the Eton Union (?) xvorkhouse 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 au inquest xvas holden before Mr . Wakley , at tlie Sun inn , xvhen the above tacts came out in evidence . It xvas stated by the coroner ( Mr . "Wakley ) that thc authorities of the lloyal Free Hospital had been informed of the inquest , but one of them had merely sent a note to say that the applicants xverc not admitted , simply because no bed xvas 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 , some circumstance seemed to induce the coroner to consider that the surgeon had erred in his belief . He inquired how

      many beds there wore in the one ward to xvhich the porter said he was sent to inquire . The surgeon did not _knoxv . " Hoxv many xvere there in any other of the five xvards ? " 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 xvas asked hoxv many beds there were in the hospital . He replied 148 . Was he also certain that they xvere all full ? He was . The horrible ejection into the streets oi txvo 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 tlie girl Sarah Stephens a particular question , and on his return tho

      painful circumstance became known , by her reply , that while the txvo unfortunate beings xvere 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 tlie hospital , and that tliey were at once admitted , and on questioning the house-surgeon and the porter , it was confessed that those tliree patients were at that moment lying iu the wards , under medical treatment and suitable diet . The coroner endeavoured to ascertain xvhether tlie city of London contributed any donations , occasional or periodical , to thc coffers out of which the expenses of the hospital are defrayed ; but no specific reply xvas given to the question . He

      expressed the greatest mortification at " this abuse of the purposes xvith xvhicli the hospital was supported by the public , " and said that he was perfectly 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 tho Sick Poor" never was designed by the contributors to assist in feeding and treating medically the invalid paupers of any London parish . The union oflieers might be very glad to make it a refuse-house from their own infirmities , but it was a most unxvarrantable misuse of the beds so humanely provided by the public to turn from ihe hospital two dying persons , tiie victims of disease , not produced by " immoral conduct , and demanding instant aid , in order to find room for the loathsome patients irom tie union infirmary .

      An excuse was offered by the house-surgeon that it was not desirable to places cases of disease of the lungs in wards where there xx _* as venereal cases . The Coroner refused to admit the soundness of the plea . There was not the lcast fear that either the morals or the persons of the patients could be .. fleeted by the disease , lie was sure that the subscribers knew nothing of the distinction into any wards but male and female . On the subject of food , the Coroner asked how it was that such starving patients as these two voung women appeared to be oniy obtained a little nutriment by the accidental humanity of the porter , and theu only a cup of coffee and a bit of dry bread each ?

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      The House-Surgeon . —I have no power to _order nutrimentVto | applicants . I can only give them physic . " ... , . . , . - The Oororier . _^ _- Oh ' ' confound the physic . ; . House-Surgeon _.-4-Subscribe £ 5 , 000 or £ 6 , 000 ayear ,, and we'll findplenty . _ofjbedi . _^ . _„ Coroner . — -Perhaps you haye got too much money already . ;> n _; _• * . - . _* _.-. ' ¦ __ . ; .. - _.- _; - ¦> ¦ . _. . . . The Surgeon . observcd , with regard to his inability 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-Surgeon said , that no hospital in London did give sustenance at its doors , however urgent the cases . In the present case , however , he really did not think that the applicants were in distress from want , but from disease . The Coroner said , that judging from tho 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 xvho had seen them . It xvould be gratifying to know who it was that gave them reliei in the first instance . There could not be a humane man in London who

      xvould not like to go into the tavern and haye 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 not suspect it . Did the authorities 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 xvhere else they might ? Could the house-surgeon tell him h _» w many _beda there were In the venereal xvard ? . •' - ' The House-Surgeon said he could not .

      Mr . White observed , that it was a constant source of complaint in his and the neighbouring parishes that persons in the most diseased and destitute condition xvere brought to London in large numbers by the advertisements of the Free Hospital , and who , when they arrived , were not admitted J He considered that the advertisements and notices ought always to qualify the announcement by saying that applicants would ' be admitted " if there were room . " The inquest-room was here closed against visitors , but it xvas re-opened when the jury had considered their verdict , wliich was returned to the effect , that tlie deceased woman had died from pulmonary consumption at a public tavern , after having , with »

      companion been refused admission to the wards oi . tlie Royal Free Hospital , and the foreman added , that "in returcing 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 of the said hospital , when it was proved that immediately after that refusal 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 BY AN UNKNOWN AND HORRIBLE DISEASE . On Monday morning , at ten o ' clock , Mr . _Wnkloy 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 ofa 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 . S 3 , Cumberlandmarket , 'died about twelve weeks since , subsequent to which his widow , three sons , daughter , and granddaughter , had been seized with a malady which thoy 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 , where on 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 there suit was the present investigation .

      Mr . W . Corfe stated that the deceased were admitted into that hospital on Tuesday , the 4 th inst ., together with another brother who still remained there , and xvas gradually progressing toxvards 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 tho jaws and throat , with an excessively foetid 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 xvere applied to the jaxx's , and the knees and elboxvs became very much sxx _* ollen and painful . On examination of the body of thedeceased , William Lambert , after . death , he found both the knee joints to contain a thick fluid . __ The membrance of the larynx was reduced . Nothing unusual was found in the stomach . The loxver part of the oesophagus was healthy , but there xvas a laceration about the gums . On a poet mortem examination of the deceased Henry , ulceration of the pharynx was discovered . The veins did not exhibit anv

      inflammation , and the stomach as xvell as the other organs were quite healthy , but the breast and ankle joints xvere found to contain putrid matter . He ( xvitness ) had never during his fourteen years ' practice at that hospital met with " so peculiar a case . Frances Amelia Lambert , sister to the deceased , xvas next called , and said that on the 4 th of October last she went to nurse , during her illness , her sister , Mrs . Wingrove , wife of a brewer's vat maker , living in Whetstone-park , Lincoln ' _s-inn-fields . Txvo or three days afterxvards xvitness xvas seized with sickness and pains in her loins , with sore throat and a rash all over her . She remained there till the 10 th , when , becoming worse , she returned home to her mother ' s , _wlu-ro her voice failed her , and on the 14 th

      lier skin peeled off . She was better the following _daj and very hungry , but xvas unable to open her mouth , and her shter ( Mrs . Wingrove ) xvas the same . Witness , however , eventually rallied and recovered . On the 10 th her ( witness ' s ) child , aged ten months , became ill under similar symptoms , which xvere stated by an apothecary in the neighbourhood to be scarlet fever , and it died on tho 2 nd ult ., before xvhich time witness ' s mother had been also attacked , but restored to health . Betxveen the 2 Sth and 30 th ult ., thc deceased and her ( xvitness ' s ) brother John , whose ago xvas t \ x ; enty , had been seized in the like _vray 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 _Guildfovd-atreet , Russellsquare , deposed that he was called about a month since to attend Mrs . Wingrove , xvho xvas suffering from sxvellingsin tho throat , xvhich rapidly ran into suppurations . They occurred so quickly below both jaws on cither side as to keep her mouth closed for fourteen or fifteen days , during xvhicli time she could scarcely sxvalloxv nourishment . Before twenty-four hours had elapsed his attention was attracted to her child , an infant at the breast , which had sxvcllings oi a similar character , and which in txvo days after ran into largo cavities , one in the face and the otlier in the neck . Witness believed that to the velocity ol the suppuration xvas to be attributed the saving ol

      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 gave orders that all persons should be kept away from his patient except a nurse , but no one seemed inclined to attend her , when Mis . Wingrove sent for her sister ( the witness Frances Lambert ) , who immediately came . On a subsequent visit he saw tho witness at Mrs . Wingrove ' s , and thought she was ailing , and on his next calling she had returned home . It occurred to him as to xvhether these cases might not bc some of the forms ofs _» arlet lever , but he could find no rash in either case , and it was now his deoided opinion that such xvas not the fact .

      Coroner : Did you at that time , or haye you subs j qucntly , endeavoured to trace tho source of th matter ?—Witness : Yes , I am induced to ascribe this malady to some special peculiarity of the atmofephfere , and I must say , that tho house and premises , in the yard of which there are pigs , fowls , Ac , is altogether an unwholesome place . By the Coroner : He had never met with any other such cases , although he had had for years a most extensive practice . It was one of the most extraordinary cases perhaps on record . Witness had done all he eould to prevent the spreading of tliis very peculiar ami unprecedented disease . Hewouldfurtherremark , that tliere was a drain in Lincoln ' s-inn-fields , near to tbe house occupied by Mr , Wingrove , xvhich was without exception , the worst drain in all London '

      lhe Coroner ( emphaticall y ) : Ah ! you had better mention that fact distinctly , because there are some very rich and influential people in Lincoln ' s-inn-fields and that dram it would seem is in the very midst of tlic part they inhabit . ' The Coroner remarked that the disease wliich occasioned the deaths ot the deceased was quite as unaccountable to . him as it waa to tlie gentlemen who had spoken , and it would be remembered on ? he first _thititte _« v _^ V _^ _^ ere was r _^ on tosuspec tii . 1 h ln f / n ate Am thc _nofcMouthood of _Cumw-SS ! _' _¥ ' _, "' Jf Wils n 0 u- _1 llite evi _* - _*«» _t that it V _$ _w IT W . ° F l ! Un 01 ' V _lilaU *¦*¦* been carried _U'lC iiom Meibtone-parl _n The observations of

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      Mr . Corfe precisely corresponded with those of Mr , Edland , and it seemed true that it was a specific disease , which was csmmonicable apparently by contagion as also by infeetiou . Mr . Corfe , a gentleman of many years' practice at that establishment , had stated that "; he considered it 'to be caused by a poisonous effluvium from ; . animal matter "; and that the case was of an entirely new character . _; He ( the Coroner ) , however , did not believe , although it was evident that the deaths of the deceased had been caused by poison , that anything of a deleterious nature had ,-Been administered . After somo _further observations ,-the Coroner concluded by complimenting

      the jury for t ( ie great attention they had paid to that which he considered an important public inquiry , and which lie trusted _iwdd gain a publicity whereby tho attention of her Majesty ' s Commissioners of Sewers would be called to the immediate locality ot Lincoln sinn-fields ; and at the same . time he hoped the distressing condition of Mrs . Lambert , who had so suddenly suffered » domestic _miction , would attract the notice ofthe benevolent . Thejury 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 . _Whsiminster . —A public meeting of the shareholders of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , belonging to this district , was held at the Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-Iane , on Sunday evening , November 23 rd . Mr . Hitchings was unanimously called to the chair . Four new __ shares xverc taken up , and a considerable amount paid as deposits oh shares . Mr . William _Cuffay was duly placed in nomination as thc 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 heaving a lecture from Mr . Christopher Doyleon the "Charter

      , and the Land . " Mr . Doyle took a rapid survey of the evil effects produced by the Poor Laxv , 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 xvould be adopted , and thoso hateful laws would be sxvept from the statute 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 Co-operative Land Society . At the conclusion of the lecture an amicable discussion ensued , in which Messrs . Stallxvood , Richardson , Sturge , and the lecturer took part . A vote of thanks was given unanimously to the lecturer , and the meeting broke up ... . . '

      MANCHESTER . The Lasd . —On Sunday night last Mr . O'Connor ' s letter on the Land xvas read to the audience , and elicited their applause . Mr . James Leach then commenced his lecture , which was very _instructix-e , 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 xvas a very respectable audience , and the lecturer rivetted their attention during the delivery of his speech , which lasted for an hour . After which Mr . R . J . Cooper spoke on the propriety of getting up a petition to Parliament for the restoration of Frost , William *? , Jones , and Ellis to their bereaved wives and families . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturers and chairman .

      SHEFFIELD . Oa * _Svsdax , Ni'Ycmber 23 rd , a meeting of the members of the National Charter Association xvas held in the Democratic Reading Room , Figtreelane . Mr . Samuel Clayton was unonimously called to the chair . After the chairman had exhorted the meeting to renew their exertions on behalf of the glorious principles contained in the People ' s Charter , he proceeded with the programme of the business . The following persons xvere elected for the Council : — Samuel Clayton , carpenter ; George Goddard , bladeforger ; William Holmes , labourer ; "William Dyson , grinder ; Henry Taylor , comb-maker ; George Cavill , sub-secretary ; T . Briggs , sub-treasurer . The balance-sheet was next brought up and read , which

      gave great satisfaction . The next business that was considered was the Veterans' Patriot 'Fund , when the following resolution was unanimously passed : — " That the Council be authorised to receive donations , and that they use their best endeavours to add to the funds . " At the close of the meeting a subscription xvas entered into for the two funds . Ox Monday , November 24 th , a meetiug of the Cooperative Land Society xvas held at the abox _* e 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 should bc made out , an'd placed in the successful candidate ' s hands . Tlie following are our instructions : — " That the occupants be taken from the books according to the priority of payments . " " Tliat any number of allotments that are laid out in the first location shall be

      numbered , and draxvn for by those xvho are located ; likexviso the same xvith all the rest . " " The delegate to vote that tlie members xvho are chosen to be located shall have the preference of building their oxvn cottages , providing they belong to the building branches . " " The society be enrolled , providing the _naoic 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 . " " Tliat the successful candidate for tbis district be requested to pay the several localities a visit previous to going to Conference . " " That the Board of Directors be elected by the Conference , and that our delegate be instructed to support the re-election of the present Board of Directors . " "That xve are making rapid progress a reference to the list will show . "

      PRESTON . The _Lano . —At an adjourned meeting of the Preston branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Srtciety , held on Sunday last , November 23 rd , Mr . J . Duckett in the chair , the following resolutions xvere 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 xveek from the profits of the sale of the cards and rules , toxvards defraying the expense of sending lecturers to make known the objects of the society throughout

      the country . " "That the Board of Directors be elected bv the Conference . " " That the delegate for this district be instructed to vote for the re-election of tlie present Board of Directors , and that three oi them be continued as lecturers i ' or thc society , one half of their salary to be paid out of the funds from the profit of the sale of cards and rules . " " That the members go to their holdings in rotation , according to the number of their certificate . - . " 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 , xx _* hen the following resolutions xvcre agreed to ;— " That the society should be enrolled , according to advice of counsel , and if any shareholder takes _txx-o shares , that he pay up both shares before he takes either , and that it be left to the directors to purchase tho 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 tlieirshares first should be located first . " "That the occupant should have the £ 15 16 s . Sd . 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 of the society . " " That as regards the lecturers receiving ten shillings per _wcoij from the Land Fund , we think the labourers in thc good cause are worthy of their hire . "

      HADCLIFFE . At a Meeting ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Society held at the above place , the following resolution wns agreed to ;— " That no one member be alloxved to have more than four acres or two shares . We desire our delegate to support this resolution iii Conference . " " That there be a clause in thc deeds to alloxv each occupant to purchase his allotment when able . "

      ELDERSLIE . A Lkcturb was delivered on Tuesday _evcn ' m _" Wmbcr the 18 th , inthe School-room here , by Mr M'Grath , on "The Land and Corn Laws . ' * ' Mr VVilham Lochhead in the chair . Mr . M'Grath delwered a most eloquent ai . d powerful lecture pointing out the benefits that would result to the working classes by becoming members of the Land _society . Alter giving a vote of thanks to the lecturer and chairman the meeting separated . A number of the ruks were disposed , of . We are about to form a branch ofthe Land Society hero .

      MERTHYR TYDVIL . The Laxd . —At a meeting of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society the following resolutions were nf ! _W . _T _W _' _^ ° P inion tliat «« _onanists Land Co-operative Society ought to be enrolled according to tke opinion of Mr . Macnamara " . vii i Ve ai ' e x x TOur ° . " the P thafc tlle estates should be put up to auction , according to the plan Sft Z o r Ue rules _*" ; ' -l ' uatwe areef opS that the Conference ought to be the sole _jiuKes _JJ ? _^ jr tlty 0 f L anc ! _^ *» two orfom _* _acics . At the same meeting it was proposed bv Matthew John , seconded by Anthony Lewis ? "Thai Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , is a fit and proper ferenc e " ° _P _^ _T _* - * the _***»«& i _Couleieuce . Carried unanimouslv .

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      ' . _' ..-.. . ,, BANKRUPTS . * " - - { From Ttusdaift Gazette , _^ Wmber 2-5 , 1345 . John Warren , George-street , ' ' _Hanovor-suilw , William Coolte , Egbam , innkeeper-John W 1 lis _U Rochester , _linendraper-Josepli _Woodlnung ir , ""te Portland Town , plumber—Charles _Wading . A s _% street , Portland-place , Nexv-rond , carpente r _"'l ' Little , Southampton-terrace , Camden Town - ~ " _^ t " , dler-John Evans , _High-street , Shoreditch , ch »« "' l , || i _« " -ltichard More , Norwich , coal _niercliuiit-GWi . > . _» Russel , Ludlow , scrivener - William Lendon ¦ "" jun ., Exeter , curriers . 0 n ' " » . _Z

      BANKRCrTCT _AJISCLLIU ) . John Suteliffo , jun ., Halifax , Yorkshire , rc < . tifis-DIVIDENDS DECLARED . A . H . Chambers , sen . and Jan ., New Bon . l Soiithnioulton-strcot , bankers , first dividend ut J * * * first dividend of 5 s Cd on the separate cstai . . _tol Chambers , gen ., on Saturday , Nov . 29 , and tin . V ' ¦• II sequent Saturdays , at Mr . Grooms , _tUiclmrrii 1 ,. « i & Harber and Marshall . Walsall , blinkers , secc „ , _nof 6 d ; and second dividend of 6 s 2 d on J . y Jia ,. h v' _^ tnii rate estate , any Thursday , at Mr . _Valpy ' s _, ' _uii-mi ! _,. '' E Pa . C . W . Kesselmeyer , Manchester , merchant « '" dend of 2 s 7 d , on Tuesday , December 2 , or anv _' « i 1 _"""i-Tuesday , at Mr . Fraser ' s , Manchester . _** ans _ it A . 11 . Simpson and P . II . Irvin , Blackfri ar , I ( l neers _, dividend of 3 s 4 d , on Friday , Sox * . 2 S " d > *» gi . sequent Priday , nt Mr . Pollen ' s , _Baniiighali _^ tp ! ., l "' _* J . _llennett , Little ltirch , Herefordshire e _,., i , first dividend of lis Sd , any Thursday , at 3 Ir y _., i ? _* ler . mineluim . ' '"l' . S , bit .

      C . Sharratt , Walsall , Handlers' ironmon _... dividend of ls lojil , any Thursday , at Jlr . { % . ? . ' , _* < _xi _niingham . « > Dir . C . Webb , Oxford , apothecary , first diT _ a cmi ftf , Saturday , Nov . 22 , or any subsequent Satririti ,. " _'* _° _» _Edxvard's , Frederick's place , Old _Jexvry . ' « Ur . II . Haynes , Seole , . Norfolk , nine morcliaii . _« dend of Is , on Saturday , Not . 22 , or any _subseamn , _?! . _'' » ' day , at Jlr . Edward ' s , Prederick _' _s-place _, Old j «« r _^ : i , Ur _- W . ILllaldoek , Cunterbur , banl . or , third _^ , ' _, 10 id , on Saturday , Nov . 22 , or any _subsequelit S 1 _** at Mr . Edward ' s , Predcrick _' _s-place , Old Jewry urt , a . . J . Groom bridge , Abbey-street , Bcrmondse v l . V _ victualler-first _dividend of Is , on Saturday x 0 y . _^ any subsequent Saturday , at Mr . Edwards ' s , P ' k _^? place , OldJexvry . ' _¦* U * - "U _ . X _' ' _Wj'hers , Eling , Hampshire , brexver , first _. livi _,.. , of 7 s , on Saturday » ov . 2 : > , or any _subsequent _sS ? at Mr . Edwards ' s . Frederiek _' _s-nlaee , Old Jewry ' < 1 _ , Ie i 2 "" 8 ha _« _" . curd manufacturer , fiMt lUl . a ° \ v _^' on i ' . _"toy-Xov' ** 8 or a » y subsequent h _£ irtMr . Vrlutniore _' s , Birmingham . •¦ T . W . Green , Leeds , bookseller , second dividend of •„ any day , at Mr . Young ' s , Leeds . ' ' ' T . Bousfield , Liucoln , ironmonger , first dividend of *• anyday _. atMr . Yuung _' s _. Lceds . *'

      Ii . Wriirlcv . _llf » n »_ _tf in _fi _> n'Min . u . n . Mi . v . -t __*\ _,.. i . _ i .. B . X * > riglcy , Horest , in _Saddlexvorth , Yorkslure , _xvool ! .. clotli manutacturer , first dividend of 7 s 3 d , on _Tutsjfr Dec . 2 . or any subsuquimt Tuesday , at ilr . 1 ? _rassv's ji , ; Chester . ' _**• E . Lawton and T . Kay , Rochdale , ironfouudcrs _W dividend of 2 s , ou Tuesday , Dec . 2 , or nny suWiiii _,.. Tuesday , at Mr . Fraser ' s , Manchester . > U 0 Sl | _) " _' _w

      DlTIDESVa . Dec . 20 , T . Shaw , Southampton , _wine-mercliant-n .. 20 , W . Parsons , _Tl ' ood-strcet , Princes . road , Umbel ! corn-dealer-Dcc . 20 , S . Davies , Bankside , Soutlnviri and _Times-xx-barf , Wilton-road , _l'imlieo , < - 'oal-mv'rcb ] nt Dec . 19 . > V . Best and i , Snoxvden , Southampton , _iirintep and stationers-Dec . 20 , It . ETans , J . Foster , S . Z . C _, ten , and T . Foster , Barge-yard , Bueklersbury , East \ _K x . merchants—Dec . 16 " , T . Trapp and T . P . 'frapp , fl . _un-L street , Southxvark , tallow chandlers and m cltm—hoc 1 . J . Peak , Tolleshunt Knights , Essex , miller—Dei ; , ic i ' Miller , Stockton-on-Tees , patent sail-cloth and rone _nia !

      nufacturer—Dec . 10 , xv . u . lvnight , Crcat _Suffulk-strcet Southwarh , builder—Dec , 16 , D , Bidmead , Ureail . stroet Cheapside , _xvarchouseman and shipping agent— Dee , IS J . H . Limes , Richmond , Surrey , butcher—Dec . 19 ' j Courtenay , Bristol , banker—Dec . 19 , W . Jones , CarJifi Glanmorgansliire _, ship builder and timber iiutcI ™ _- Dec . 19 , i . Raleigh , T . S _. Guode , and W . llolluud ' nil uhestor , merchants—Dec . 17 , J . Carruthers , Blackburn linen and woollen drapur—Dec . 17 , "W . Drown and f Preston , jun ., Manchester , cotton spinners—Due . _i ; / _Ashbarry , Holm Lacy , Hereford , timber merchant . ' '

      _Certificates to be granted , unless cause be shown to thi contrary on the day of meeting . Dec . 19 , S . Blphic , Green Dragon , I 5 ermoiulsev . st . ee . Surrey , victualler—Dec . 19 , R . White , High-street * _ivtsl mouth , surgeon—Dec . 18 , ll . B . Clarke , Goner-street _i ' _orth plumber and glazer—Dec . IG , J . M . Pratt , IWriim . stre _. _; Oxford-street , nine merchant—Dec . 18 , J n . Limes , HitK niond , Surrey , butcher—Dee . 18 , J . Midilltton Ate ! .. Essex , hay and straxv salesman- Doe . 1 ( 1 , J . S . WilliMn , ' Clements-lane , _Lombard-street , master mariner-D ee . 1 J E . Barry , Bristol , victualler—Dec . 18 , It . Sugden , 1 !« ' . thorne , Yorkshire , manufacturer of xvorsted goocls-lW , IS , W . Brown and T . Preston , jun ., ilauchoster , cotiva spinners . Certificates to be granted by the Court of Ileviisw , unless cause ba shown to the contrary , ou or before Dceeiubcr H , T . Peers , Ironmonger-June , Cheapside , plumber—J , I , Alachu , _Macclestitld , silk-trimming manutacturer ,

      PARTKEIISIIIPS DISSOIiYEB . J . Macfarlane and W . JI . Burt , Manchester , slnr _; brokers—C . Barclay and M . A . Frost , Birkenhead , confer _, tiouors—J . _ilujgravu and 11 . A . Jlrown , _Lueds , share brokers—A . and II . _Andrexvs , Islington , paper hangers—Itoad and Street Cleansing Company , . Manchester ami elsexvherc ; as far as regards J . Brogdeu—13 . aud W . Ilunter , Huyton and Liverpool , quarrymen— J . _Unrtlu xvaite and Co ., Halifax , Yorkshire , _Uax and tow spinners —Dobson and Ellerkamp , Liverpool , stock brolcurs—XV . Lamb and T . Axfonl , Islington , _ready-iiiudc linen warehouse—Everett aud Woods , Bsillei'Sttu , _huildeis—J . uud

      T . _Hosslihg , Craiiborne , Dorsetshire , bakers—il . Pilling ! and Co ., llochdale , fulling millers ; as far as regards W . _Hartley—Jlonkhouse , Whitfield , and Co ., Barnard Castle and Aldermanbury , carpet manufacturers—G . 11 . _Dosselicr and F , Habighorst _, XVliiu-clinpel , sugnr _refiners—ljatkiu _. Walker , and _Bro- _ illiui \ . t , Stokc-upon-Trent , manufacturers of _cartlieiiw are—Dick aud Gibson , Kh . gstou-upcu . Hull , brexvers—Jones and Dyson , Hudderstield , share brokers—AUhusen , 'Itomyn , nud Co ., Stock-ion , Middles _, borough , and Hartlepool , commission merchants— G . and G . Woolcott , Gray ' s-inn-road , builders—Tosar , Brothers , and Co ., _-Sewcastle-unon-Tyiie .

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      . ACCIDKXT OX IUE _lWsiOZ . AM ) _BinMISOIIAM Ilm wav . —Au accident occurred on the above r . iilxvay uc Saturday night , wliich , although not attended wilt loss of life , betrayed an amount of curclcssiic _ $ scarcely credible , especially after thc recent dreadful event at Duilbrd , ou the same line . The following aro tho particulars , as far as could he ascertained ; but , from tlie mysterious silence observed 011 _sucli oc casions , it is very dillicult to give any correct information . A gentleman at Bri-tol , xvas desirous of proceeding thence to Gloucester , in order to be in time for tne Welch mail , xvhich leaves Gloucester al a quarter to txvo in the morning . Tlic last train fe the night having left Bristol for Gloucester lie ordered an express train . this was soon in readinc _* _.-. Upon reaching Standish Crossing , where thc Gnat

      Western line joins the Bristol into Gloucester , about clevsn miles from the hitter place , and where Hick is a slight ascent , tiio engine ran into _soiiictliiii ; . which proved to be tho last truck of a goods traui standing on the rails , without any singal lamps , m any light xvhatever being shown , although niiilnig lit , a very dark night , ami on thc most dangerous _[ nuui the whole line , in fact , considered so dangerous tta all engine-drivers iiavu positive instructions « slacken speed _y ovcr this place . The cones * . * threw the engine-driver and fireman of the ex | 'rtil train off to some yards distance , but they most _totnately escaped with a few slight bruises . The genuman ( being the oniy passenger ) also only sustain _^ " - severe shaking , but the engine itself was very nisi smashed , aud the two liiiidermost trucks v _® knocked to pieces .

      ACC _1 DEST AT THE _Ol'KSlXO OF THE _BltWHTOX Afl Chichester Railway . —Tho Brighton and Chiclies _" '' Railway xvas opened on Monday as far as ffortlifc / Gen . Pasley having certified that the line , _altliund only one set of rails is as yet laid between Showham and Worthing , ia lit for traffic . The first 'la * trains from Brighton and the first two from _Wortiifc went through , carrying a considerable numb . " * passengers ; but the third train from _Wortfewhieh starts 55 minutes after twelve o'clock , e arriving at Lancing , within a short distance of * residence of _thelato Sir Thomas Lloyd , JJart ., i _* xvith an accident , xvhich interrupted the traffic >< tho rest of thc day . At the spot in question t " horses were drawing a train of earth-waggons <» temporary line of railsor rather on tho _permiM . '

      , rails , xvhich are laid doxvn for about half a _''" _^ this locality ; and the driver neglecting to _ofcej _* tho precaution of holdinj the leading horse by * - ; bridle , tho animal started oif into the _pcriuan «' lino rails just as the engine was coming u | V " , _- tender , ivhieh was in advance of the ciiL'im _* . I- * ** down the horse and ran over it . Tlio tender * capsized off the rails , and falling over the horse _v * between th © 1 ' oro anil hine wheels , killed ito « spot . Tho engine was also thrown over , IM * ruained on one of the rails so as to obstruct _; _- _. passage . Fortunately , the pace of tlio train w ' "j slow , none of tlie passengers xverc injured ; W ? i consequence of the accident they xvcre _Wj ;' about txvo hours , when they xverc removed to _wiol- ' train and proceeded to Brighton ,

      _Duatii op a Mendicant . —On Monday _*['' inquiry took place before Mr . W . Payne tliccor _**' at tlie Blue-coat Boy Tavern , _Lant-sta-et , South ** , , bndge-road _, respecting the death of » _•*¦ } mendicant , name unknown , apparently f _^ j years of age . From the evidence of _»• ' ; _, witnesses , it appeared that the deceased bad _»* j mendicant for some time past in tlio l » f ° _* Lj Southwark . During the last lire weeks slic W : j lodging at a low liouse in Mint-street . Sji M _^' _ji nightly for her lied , and xvas in a dreadful _afc _,,. filth ; and the landladv advised her to api' -rL > Gaslalce , the relieving officer of St . _Gco-o- p house ; but she seemed reluctant to ¦ 1 * . ; . ' | _fi-5 deceased xvas generally in a weak state , _« rlSl _^ , i _ i tlie want of the common necessaries of Ui ' -- jV _^ a woman of dissipated habits , aiidalxvays _* ' _^ ' _^ she xvas a married xvoman . but had boenP * " _" _* . „; ,

      her husband for several years . On _Wtahi-s _* . _^ last she went to tlic lodging-house , » . d , i p ' gi conversation , she obtained a bed . ' _^ J ' . _, _•!»'' morning she went out , and tho laadlad v S ' _^ _jui piece of dry bread . She xvas then cvw' -1 _^ _-iiidying state from the want * of proper notll' _^^ On Friday night she again went to the _Mfl'V M wet through to the sldn , aud went to W u j 0 j _^ state . She became _worao . and continued nj _^ Sunday morning , when s _, he fell doxvn xv lus 1 a \\ ing tlic stairs . She wras picked U PJ" , lc , ulic , bed , and was prompt' _ y visited by A " ri : tu ' i surgeon , but life _waa-quite extinct . Thej 111 - . _^ a verdict of " Dcatl _* _, from natural « m »< S » by her _deprayed _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/ns3_29111845/page/6/