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      American Affairs

      AMERICAN AFFAIRS

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      As American politics bid fair to occupy a large snare of public attention in this country , we purpose giving every vneek v nnder the above head , tne mast important contents of the American _papes a . ' We _commence our extracts with tbe important _article from the American President ' s official journal , on the Oregon territory question .

      THE OREGON QUESTION IN THE NEXT CONGRESS . [ From the Washington Uhion . ~ l m - During the last presidential canvas * , it was said _, in . allusion to the Texi & n issue , " weareabout voting on a question of national identity—on tbe question as to -what and where our country shall henceforth be ?" So far as tbe Texian discussion is concerned , tbat question is now substantially settled—the recent unsuccessful attempt at protest by the Whigs of 2 _few York city to the contrary notwithstanding . But the same great question as to what and where our country shall be , may come np in another and a still more imposing shape in the approaching Congress , and , if so , it will form the great land question of this generation .

      We allude , of course , to what we call , with the fullest confidence , the American territory of Oregon . Gn ibis great subject , within the last three or four years , public sentiment has ripened fast . In tbe judgment of a vast majority of this nation , the 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 years the people of the 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 a new Administration , which , in its identity of opinion on this subject , is as one man , and which is sustained in tbat opinion by an overwhelming mass and mastery of public sentiment—it was justly to be hoped oftbe wisdom of England _. that thenew negotiation , under such auspices , and in such hands , would , erelong , begin at least to secure instead of defeating , as in past years it has defeated , tbe great ends of international justice .

      But , however thismay be , whether the negotiations succeed or fail , there can be no doubt that the democratic Congress now about to assemble will bave a great duty to do in relation tc Oregon ; and we believe that , coming to Washington fresh ifom conference with their constituents , they will come together resolved to do it . With the strong resolutions of tbe Baltimore convention , and the manly and patriotic inaugural words of the President yet vivid in our memory , we cannot donbt that the Administration is fully _prejared to perform with firmness its constitutional duty of recommending to Congress all such measures as mav 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 properly of the United States . Of these measures—and , indeed , of this whole topic of the American territtry of Oregon—we shall have frequent occasion to . < peak . And it may be well

      enough to consider for a moment , in tbe outset , the nature and the value of this our great territorial possession . This territory , lying between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean—drained main ] by tbe Columbia river—bounded on the north , the east , and the south , by mountain chains , and on the -west by the ocean—extends from latitude 42 deg . to latitude 54 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 tbe states now sabjectto the Federal constitution . The American people claim , against all other nations , this whole domain a 3 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 tbat it is capable of sustaining an immense population , nor tbat , when so peopled , it will control the _cemtierce of the Pacific , and the oriental trade of tbe world .

      ___ The present _lejal condition—tbe 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 citiaens of the United States . To terminate this state of things at the will of either of tbe parties , only one year ' s notice is necessary . This common enjoyment- by tbe two nations of all the advantages of a territory more than twice as large as Fraxce , being the somewhat singular theory and stipulated law of its condition , stands in yet more singular contrast to the state of things which has , in fact , grown np there within the last twenty years .

      Laying out of view the Indian tribes which make this territory a part of their range , we find its present civilised population to consist of about 800 or 900 British subjects , and about half as many thousand citizens of the United States . Tbe 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 09 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 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-trade , and do not till the soil at all . Besides Fort Vancouver , the Bay Companj lias some twenty other stations in various parts oftbe territory . But these are merely fortified stopping places for hunters and traders , and have each around them a little nucleus of a community of from three or four to about nTtvseurs .

      The American population of Oregon , on the" other hand , numbering probably some 4 , 000 , is collected in the valley of the Wittiainette river , which flows from the _soutbT'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 tor years : in vain for some action in Congress which should give them a Government as American citizens , were , at the date oftbe last advices from them , setting up a provisional government for themselves , after the American fashion , and dividing out then * new homestead into towns and counties , sueh as they had left in the United States .

      _^ Bach being practically tbe present political condition of the American farmers in Oregon , under tbe treaty stipulation of 1818 , how is it with the British hunters and trappers of the same region ? The ! answer may be given in a few words . These few _Jhnndrai British subjects in the 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 _Iterritory of Oregon , save the few square miles _actusally under tillage by tbe Americans . Nor is this all . ' . These servants of the company have entirely _monoipolised , for some twenty years past , the whole of the _: most lucrative occupations in Oregon—fur-hunting land fur-trading . They have driven every American c citizen out of the business . Let an American trapper

      ( Or hunter appear anywhere in the territory , and _instantly two or three agents of the company establish 1 themselves by his side _. Turaished amply withspecieand merchandise , to outbid him for lure , to call in Indian cor white competition , and so break up his business . 'The individual cannot stand against the organised aand powerful company . His business is broken up , aand he goes to farming in the valley of Williamette . _TThis is now the regular course of things . This is ppracticallythe common use and enjoyment of Oregon sstipulated by the treaty—this , viz ., the entire mouoppoly of the great fur-trade there by one of the parties , aadded to ther exclusive government by the same pparty of the whole of the soil of tbat vast territory , ssave only __ the farms which some 4 , 000 Americans are _ttilling with their own hands . As early as 1 S 2 S the

      _IHudson-bay Company had found their trade under ! tthese circumstances quite thriving . The proceeds of ttheir trade for that year were , in round numbers , 8800 , 000 dollars . Their shares then stood 1 * 0 per ooent . above par . Our readere will remember that when the bill to eestend a territorial eovernmentover Oregon was be-6 fore Congress last session , its opponents , protested aagainst it , because , as they alleged , it violated the astipulation of ISIS . How comes it , then , that the oother party to that stipulation—admitting itself to tbe as Great Britain has , time after time admitted , aand now admits herself to be , the party out of poss session , pending negotiation—how comes it . then , t tbat this other disseized party , at this moment , lias « extended its laws in f nil force over the whole unoccu-I pied territory ? The mechanism by which this trick < of political legerdemain has been played oflj is at < once " -very ingenious and thoroughly English . The j | British Cabinet has practised the manoeuvre in Asia ,

      i till now it has become wonderfully _admit . It is a simply the Great East Indian juggle tried over again i in the west . The apparatus , machinery , and fixtures , _t are just alike in the two cases . A great trading cor-I poration , wielding millions of camtal—with power to J . pass laws , to maintain a civil establishment , to i maintain a military establishment , to collect revenue , t to hoist a flag of its own—not the Queen ' s flag—to t build forts , to keep six or eight armed vessels on the t coast , to possess territory—all in the way of trade , of ( course—and to do all this under the eye of the Brit _tish Parliament , acting for itself when Parliament < _gooses to disavow the responsibility of its" acts ; act-5 ing for Parliament just when Parliament chooses to _t accept that responsibility ; in one woid , a great _ein-3 prre Corporation in fact , with power to _change itself , ¦ » t the waving of the Ministers wand (" presto , " as tbe jugglers have it ) , into a most demure , _simole , _K _W _^ Mllip of painstaking individuals , trr-~* - _" _^ _- iB _lta . _WrahaaiO _TbywIueht _^ ininwJo

      As American Politics Bid Fair To Occupy ...

      is easily wrought . In the time of the " _merrie _monarchl' - _^ _asy . Kmg Charle»—EnglUh 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 , _theflorth-west Company . Does this country—does Congress—wish tO MOW how it will work iu the west , in Oregon , if we only sit quietly by as spectators and let it alone ? f he problem is easily wired . We 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 democratic electors of New York assembled in Tammany Mall , 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 his manly stand in relation to Oregon and Texas _; that he has exhibited statesman-like prudence in sending our naval and militarv forces to protect Texas from invasion , and that we * will maintain him at all 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 g iving 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 of the Oregon territory , in a national point of view , demand prompt and energetic action on the part of the United States .

      " Resolved , —That we view with suspicion and alarm the interference of European powers with the affairs of the 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 of the American Union requires she should not permit the despotisms of the old world to overwhelm the principle of republican liberty , whilst struggling into full life on this continent . "

      A New Oregox Cjlaiuast. — It Appears Tha...

      A New Oregox Cjlaiuast . — It appears that the Emperor of Russia is in the field as a claimant for the disputed Oregon territory . He 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 eilicient protection of the Russian territories in North America against the infractions of foreign vessels , has authorized cruisers to be established tor 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 degrees 40 minutes . "—Toronto 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 there , 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 of this new world . This movement , indeed , is one of the most interesting signs of the times , aad opens up a new and exceedingly interesting field of investigation to the attentive and philosophic student of tbe 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 the Pope oi Rome aud the hierarchy of the ancient Catholic church . A number of the 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 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 located in the " eternal city" is thrown off by these reformers , and the paternal authority of the bishops and priesthoud is most independently set asfdo . But the

      distinctive tenats _ of the Catholic church are to be rigidly maintained — the rites , ceremonies , and sacraments of the venerable ecclesiastical mother arc to be retained ; and in all respects , except Papal allegiance , the new church is to bo 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 ihe west , and the solemn and imposing ceremonial of the church is to be adhered to in every particular . But the Pope , aud the Bishop , and the hierarchy are to be most undutifully and unceremoniously set aside . Intact , 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 aud shining lights of the past to guide him on his journey .

      We _srenot 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 tbe 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 wealthy 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 then- 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 associationsin 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 molest , humble , harmless affair , confining itself to its proper limits , and seeking to propagate 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 and fidelity . Thus it has been with the clergy of all the Protestant

      churches ; aud now , at last , tho 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 . Itis 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 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 own hook . And again wc ask why not ?

      Aiixupr To Murdkk.—In Ballyconneil, In T...

      _Aiixupr to Murdkk . —In Ballyconneil , in the county of Cavan , a desperate attempt at murder has been made on the lands of Mucklagh , immediately beside the town * on a most 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 halls and slugs passed all around him , fortunately without effect . Being a resolute young man , he followed the fellows , and would have arrested one ol them , but the cries of his family made him desist . Attempt at Suicide in a Gravesend Stbambh . — On Sunday at about a quarter to one o ' clock , as the Railway IJlackwall steamer was passing Erith , on her way to GrraveseKdt he passengers were startled b y the report of a pistol in one of the deck cabins , the door of which was shut from the inside . On forcing it open a young man was found , his head resting on the table , and a pistol , just discharged , in one band , he himself being apparently dead . In a few minutes ,

      _hoyever , he was restored to consciousness , when he stated that he had shot himself deliberately , being driven to desperation . On the vessel arriving at the Terrace-pier , Gravesend , he was carried to the workhouse , and then Mr . Saunders , surgeon tt that establishment , and another medical gentleman of tho town , proceeded to examine his wound , and found that the ball had penetrated through the upper part of the bridge of the nose , neariy between the eyes , inclining _downwards . He was asked for his name and address , but refused to give either . On being undressed , the name of J . Colbrooke was found on his shirt , and on a false collar the _rrftials " H . J . C . " The lining of his hat also bore the same name . He 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 ol the shot was heard , and that he did not notice any thing extraordinary in his demeanour , and that he appeared to bca . _scatlcmanly and well-informed young _rOSAi '

      Shocking Case Of I Starvation , « Dis-. ...

      SHOCKING CASE OF I STARVATION , _« DIS-. , _„ ... __ — . EASE . ANE _^ DEATH _..: _. . ; ,. _^ . ::. '" . r ' l " _s-RBK'r ? HOSPITAl . ' ; : ' On Tuesday , Nov . 18 th , * at half-past twoo ' clock in the afternoon , two young women ( one _bearing the Christian name of . Mary , the other named Susan Stephens ) , one of them about twenty-four years of age , the other nineteen , applied , at the bar of the Sun Tavern , in Grav ' s-inri-Janc , next door to the workhouse of the Holborn Union , for a bed , to go to rest oh 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 was death in their face , " and "their eyes were so unnaturally bright , that she could not continuo to look them in the face . " She

      advised them to apply at the workliouse next doer ; but they expressed the greatest horror at the proposal . So she offered them to go into the bar parfour , 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 allowed to sleep there for that one night , saying that they hoped to gain 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 . ench ) . The girls said that they could only afford Sd . 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 , " and bad lately 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 get 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 ; hut , having no means of travelling , some almost equally poor

      around them subscribed 2 s . 3 d . for the journey ; oi this , 2 s . were given to ths 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 writing-room . In about an hour ( this was their own statement to the landlady ; the housesurgeon said he thought it could not be so muoli ) 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 last stage of pulmonary consumption ,

      with au 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 , aud that they had better go to the workhouse of St . Andrew , Holborn , 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 admission ) begged to stay until it held up , which theporter 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 aud piece _* 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 public * house 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 in the _^ ide . " At half-past four

      o ' clock they went to bed . At midnight the house was closed . At half-past one o ' cloek the landlady heard some sound of alarm in a faint voice , and some person moving hastily without shoes . It was the younger of tho two girls . "Oh , come , " she said , " my friend is dying . " A light was procured and instant attendance g iven . 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 ot a corpse at the last breath , and laid herself again on the 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 , 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 witli tea and brandy and water , for she could not eat . " At nine o clock Mr . White had her removed to the infirmary of the workhor . se ; 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 in the Eton Union (?) workhouse for several months , very ill , and left it other 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 of tho 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 tiie 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 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 other 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 asked 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 bj ; the coroner to go to tbe workliouse , and ask the girl Sarah Stenhens a Darticular aUestionand on his return the

      , p ainful circumstance became known , by her reply , that while tho 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 tbe 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 the Sick Poor" never was designed by tho contributors to assist in feeding and treating medically the invalid paupers of any London parish . The union officers might be very glad to make it a refuse-house from tlieir own infirmities , but it was a most unwarrantable misuse of the bed s so humanely provided by tho public to turn from the hospital two dying _pei-sons , the victims of disease , not produced by immoral conduct , and demanding instant aid , in order to find room for the loathsome patients from the union infirmary .

      An excuse was offered by the house-surgeon that it was not desirable to places eases of disease of the lungs in wards where there was venereal cases . 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 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 then only a cup of coffee and a bit of dry bread each ?

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      I The House-Surgeoh . _—I have no power to order nutrimeat to . applicants . _^ . Iy , can ., _onlv __ give them _physici ' . The , Coroner . —Oh 1 confound the physic . House-Surgcon . —Subscribe £ 5 , 000 or £ 6 , 000 ayear , and we'll find plenty of beds . Coroner . —Perhaps' you have _goi too much money already . , ,. , .... The Surgeon observed , with regard to his inability to order nutriment to app licants , 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 - -

      . _ _. r The House-Surgeon said , that no hospital in London did give sustenance at its doors , however urgent the eases . 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 bodv , 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 tbe benevolence of both landladies who had seen them . It would be gratifying to know who it was that gave them relief 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 ward ? , 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 thepoor 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 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 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 quality the announcement by saying that applicants would be admitted " if there were _roem . " The inquest-room was here closed against visitors , but it was re-opened when the jury had considered their _verdiot , which was returned to the effect , that the deceased woman had died from pulmonary consumption at a public tavern , after having , with a

      companion been refused admission to the wards of 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 tbe 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 . Wahley , M . P ., resumed an adjoarned inquiry , in the boardroom of Middlesex Hospital , relative to the re * spective 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 lather of the deceased , who carried on business

      as a painter and glazier , at No . 33 , Cumberlandmarket , 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 , 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 the result 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 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 1 ) 6 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 thencondition , Another symptom was a most voracious appetite . Leeches were applied to the jaw » , and the knees and elbows becamo very much swollen and painful . On examination of the body of the deceased , William Lambert , after death , he found both the knee joints tocontain a thick fluid . Themembrance of the larynx was reduced . Nothing unusual was found in the stomach . The lower part of the cosophagus was healthy , but there was a laceration about the gums . On & pott mortem examination of tho deceased Henry , ulceration of the pharynx was discovered . The 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 ease . Frances Amelia Lambert , sister to the deceased , was next called , and said that on the 4 th of October last she went to nurse , during her illness , her sister , Mis . Wingrove , witb of a brewer ' s vat maker , living in Whetstone-park , Lincoln _' s-inn-fields . Two or three days afterwards witness was 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 , 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 open her mouth , and her sister ( Mrs . Wingrove ) was the same . Witness , however , eventually rallied and _rccovored . On the 19 th her ( witness ' s ) child , aged ten months , became ill under similar symptomsi which were stated by an 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 Guildford-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 twenty-four hours had 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 ran 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 gave orders that all poisons 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 . It occurred to him as to whether these cases might not be some of tho forms _ofswrlet lever , but he 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 yoH subs _« qucntly , endeavoured to trace the source of th matter ?—Witness : Tes , I am induced to ascribe this malady to some special peculiarity of the atmosphere , and I must » ay , that tho house and premises , in the yard of which there are pigs , ftwti , ho ,, 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 could to"prevent the spreading of this very peculiar and unprecedented disease . He would further remark , that there was a drain in Lincoln ' s-inn-fields , near to the house occupied by Mr . Wingrove , which was without exception , the worst drain in all London . ' The Coroner ( emphatically ) : Ah ! you had better mention that fact distinctly , because there are gome very rich and influential people in Lincoln ' s-inn-fields and that drain it would seem is in the very midst oi the part they inhabit . - _.- * ..

      The Coroner remarked that the disease which occasioned the deaths of the deceased was quite as unaccountable to him as k was to the gentlemen who had spoken , and it would be remembered on the first ouemb ago of the jury there was reason to suspect that it . had originated in the nei ghbourhood of Cum berland market , but it was now quite evidentthat' v was not so . He ( the Coroner ) felt quite satisfied t » , _« it did not originate there at all , and he could cone ' v » nothing could be plainer than it had ' been c ? VIZ tnero irom Whetstone-pavk . The observaf ' _^ _,

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      Mr . Corfe precisely corresponded with those of Mr . E ( fland ,, andj . t _seemed _traothat it was a specific disease , wbicii wis _communicable apparently by cbhtagioii as also by infection .. 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 some _iWher observationsthe Coroner concluded 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 tho attention of her Majesty ' s Commissioners of Sewers would be called to the immediatelocality of Lincoln ' _sinmfielda ; and at the same time he hoped the distressing condition of Mrs . Lambert , who had so suddenly suffered a domestic affliction , would attract the notice of the benevolent . The jury then , after some consultation , returned the following verdict : — " That the deaths of the deceased William and Henry Lambert were caused by some poisonous effluvium , to the jury unknown . "

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      LONDON . Wbstminster . — -A public meeting of the shareholders of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , _Itflonging to this district , was held at the Partheniura Club Rooms , 73 , 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 _wm > held in the same room , for the purpose of heaving a lecture from Mr . Christopher Doyle , on the "Charter

      and the Land . " Mr . Doyle took a rapid survey of 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 statute book . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Doylo 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 . Stallwood , Richardson , Sturge , and the lecturer took part . A vote of thanks was g iven unanimously to the lecturer , and the meeting broke up .

      MANCHESTER . The LAND . —On Sunday night last Mr . O'Connor ' s letter on the Land was read to the audience , and elicited their applause . Mr . 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 Mn 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 Sunday , November 23 rd , a meeting of the members of the National Charter Association was held in the Democratic Reading Room , Figtreelane . Mr . Samuel Clayton was unoniinously 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 were elected for the Council : — Samuel Clayton , carpenter ; George Goddard , blade * forger ; 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 , 'ihe 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 tbe close of the meeting a subscription 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 should be made out , and placed in the successful candidate ' s hands . The following are our instructions : — " That the occupant s be taken from the books according to the priority of payments . " " That any number of allotments that are Jaid out in the first location shall be numbered , and drawn for by those who are located ; likewise the same with all 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 . " " 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 by 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 . _Tns _Laisd , —At an adjourned meeting of the Preston branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land _Saciety , held on Sunday last , November 23 rd , Mr . J . Duckett in the chair , the following resolution ! 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 knoivn the objects ot 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 oi them be continued as lecturers for the 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 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 ot 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 , aud 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 of the society . " " That as regards the lecturers receiving ten shillings per week from the Land Fund , we think the labourers in the good cause are worthy of their hire . "

      RADCL 1 FFE . At a Meeting of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society held at the above place , the following resolution was agreed to : — " That no one member be al-» owed to have more than four acres or two shares . \\ e desire our delegate to support this resolution in Conference . " " That there be a clause in the deeds to allow each occupant to purchase his allotment

      ELDERSLIE . A Lecture wa 8 delivered on Tuesday _evening November the 18 th , in the _Sehool-room here , by Mr MGrath , on "The Land and Corn Laws . " Mr . William Lochhead in the chair . Mr . _M'Gvath delivered 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 rules were disposed , of . We are about to form a branch oftbe Land Society here .

      ¦ _„ r MERTHYR TYDVIL . Ihe LAND .- _^ _-At a meeting of the Chartist Cooperative Und Society the following resolutions were adopted :- " That we are of opinion that the Chartists Land Co-operative Society ought to be enrolled , according to the opinion of Mr . Macnamara . " rhat we are in favour of the plan that the estates should be puUp to auction , according to the plan Si 8 K flJ hft rules - _11 _W W 6 aM of _° iA » that _ tho Conference ought to be the sole judges Ses » _m _^ r ° Un _^ _«** to _»> e two _-Jfi _5 S ! 5 fi _. A _J \ the same meeting it was _nronosfid hv

      f T * * ' _f * _^ ? Anthony Lewis ; " That Mr James Leach _. of Manchester , is a fit and prope _gX _Resent us in the ' _forthcomingTon _terence . Carried unanimously .

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      BANKRUPTS . " ~ " " _" ( From _TuetdafsGaielte , flimmi & er 25 , 1845 j John Warren , George-street , Hunover-souare , L _,. William Cooke , _Egham _, -innkeepe r-John _IflV'S"" --Rochester , linendraper— Joseph Woodhams Hui , 0 l * _f , * _, Portland Town , plumber-Charles Wadhams _, _fi ? _£ ire « . . street . Portland-place , New-road , carpenter _ T "e . e . Little , Southampton-terrace , Camden Town , c _« rn _i _^ dler-John Evans , _High-street , Shorcditeh _, diets-, '" " —Richard More , Norwich , coal merelmut-CharU t 86 r 6 r Russel , Ludlow , scrivener —William Lendon _sm ' ll ll juu ., Exeter , _turriers . "• _a'idi 4

      _JfANKBDPrcr _UWVIUD , John Sutsliffe , jnn ., Halifax , Yorkshire , rectifier

      DIVIDENDS DECLARED . A . H . Chambers , sen . and jun .. New Bond-street _Southmoulton-street , bankers , first dividend of 9 S . _T first dividend of Ss Gd on the separate estate of ' _^ _xf t Chambers , sen ., on Saturday , Nov . 29 , and the tlire » _i h ' sequent Saturdays , at Mr . Grooms , AbchurcliJa , le ulj - ' - Harber and Marshall , Walsall , bankers , second _un-to _. ¦ of 6 d ; and second dividend of 6 s 2 d on J . V . l ! arbtvs _^ rate estate , any'Thursday , at Mr . Valpy ' s , I } irnii „ Kil . „{" ' C . \ T . ICesselmeyer , _Jlanchester , merchant , first _didend of 2 s 7 d , on Tuesday , December 2 , or any subsenu " Tuesday , at Mr . _Eraser ' s , Manchester . l eut * A . H . Simpson and P . II . _Ii-vin , _Blnckfi-la ra-road en neers _, dividend of 8 s id , ou Friday , Nov . 28 , or ai / v sii ?" ' sequent Friday , at Mr . Follett ' s _, _Uasinghall-street ' J . Bennett , Little Birch , Herefordshire , cuttle ' _do-iin first dividend of Ss 6 d , any Thursday , at Mr . YalnvC' i- '' mingham . B '" " C . Sharratt , Walsall , _sandlers' ironmonger , secnmi l dividend of Is lflid , any Thursday , at Mr . Val _' S ) jj _£ mingham . C . Webb , Oxford , apothecary , first dividend of 2 s , 0 n i Saturday , Nov , 22 , or any _subsequent Saturday , at _jj r . Edward ' s , Frederick ' s place , Old Jewry . ' '

      H . Ilaynes _, Scole , Norfolk , wine merchant , first dhi .. dend of Is , on Saturday , Nov . 22 , or any subsequent _Satur " * day , at Mr . Edward ' s , Frederick ' s-pluce , Old Jewry . W . H . Baldock , Canterbury , banker , third dividend of f 10 J d , on Saturdny , Nov . 22 , or any subsequent Saturdnv at Mr , Edward's , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry . " ' J . _Gi-ooinbridge , Abbey-street , Bermondsey , licensel 1 victualler—first dividend of Is , on Saturday , Nov . 12 , or r any subsequent Saturday , at Mr . Edwards ' s , Frederick ' s .. place , Old Jewry . T . R . Withers , Eling , Hampshire , brewer , first dividend 1 of 7 s , on Saturday , _Novi 22 , or any subsequent Saturday , _,

      at Mr . Edwards ' s , Fredench ' _s-phice , Old Jewry . J . Lewis ,- Birmingham , card manufacturer , first divi .. dend of l > id _, on Friday , Nov . 28 , or any subsequent _I- ' _i-iday _,, at Mr . Wiiitniore's , Birmingham . T . W . Green , Leeds , bookseller , second dividend of us , > _, any day , at Mr . Young ' s , Leeds , T . Bousficld , Liucoln , ironmonger , first dividend of 5 s _, _i _, any day , at Mr . Young ' s , Leeds . B ; _Wi-igley , Horest , in Saddleworth , Yorkshire , woollen .. cloth manufacturer , first dividend of 7 a 5 d , on Tuesdsy _,, Dec . 2 , or any subsequent Tuesday , at Mr . Eraser's , Mau ., Chester .

      "E . Lawton and T . Kay , Rochdale , ironfoundcrs , first dividend of 2 s , on Tuesday , Dec . 2 , or any subsequent Tuesday , at Mi-. Praser _' s , Manchester .

      DIVIDENDS . Dec . 20 , T . Shaw , Southampton , _wine-merchant-Dee , 20 , W . Parsons , _Wood-street , _Frinces-road _, Lambeth , corn-denier—Dec . 20 , S . _Duvies , Bankside , Southwark , and Times-wharf , Wilton-road , Fimlico , coal-nierchant-Dec . 19 . W . Best and J . Snowdcn , Southampton , printers and stationers-Dec . 20 , K . Evans , J . Foster , S . Z . Langten , and T . Foster , Barge . yard , Buckleisbury _, East India merchants—Dec . 16 , T . Trapp and T . P . Trapp _, Church _, street , Southwark , tallow chandlers and _mclters—Dsc . lc _, 3 . Peak , _ToUoshunt Knights , Essex ., miller—Dec . 1 C , J .

      Miller , Stockton-on-Tees , patent sail-cloth and rope ma . nufacturer—Dec . 1 G , \ Y . C . Knight , Creat _Suftblk . street , Southwark , builder—Dec . 16 , D . Bidmend , Bread-street , Cheapside , warehouseman and shipping agent—Dec . 18 , J . H . Limes , Richmond , Surrey , butcher—Doe . 19 , J , Courtenay , Bristol , banker—Dec . 19 , _ W . Jones , Cardiff Glanmorganshirc , ship builder and timber merchant-Dec . 19 , i _. Kaleigh , T . S . Goode , and W . Holland , Man . Chester , merchants—Dec . 17 , J . _Can-utbers , Blackburn , lineB and woollen draper—Dec . 17 , \ V . BrowuaudT , Preston , jun ., Manchester , cotton spinners—Dec . 17 , J , Asliban-y , llolm Lacy , Hereford , timber merchant .

      CsimncATEs to he granted , unless cause be shown to tbe contrary on the day of meeting . Dec . 19 , S . _Elphic , Green Dragon , Bermondsey . strect _, Surrey , victualler—Dec . 19 , R . White , High-street , l _' orts . mouth , surgeon—Dec . IS , U . h . Clarke , Gower-street North , plumber and glnzi > r—l ) ec . ' 16 , J . M . Pratt , _Bsniere-strcet _, Oxford-street , wine merchant—Dec . 18 , J . n . Limes , Kith . mond , Surrey , butcher—Dec . 18 , J . Middleton Avtlcv , Etsex , hay and straw salesman—Dec . 1 G , J . S . Williams , Clements-lane , Lombard-street , master mariner—Dec . IS , E . Barry , Bristol , victualler—Dec . 18 , It . Sugdeii , _lioj . tliorne , Yorkshire , manufacturer of worsted goods-Dec , 16 , W . Brown and T . Proston , jun , Manchester , cotton spinners . Cebtificates to be granted by the Court of Review , unless cause b » shown lo the contrary , on or before December 16 . T . Peers , Ironmonger-lane , Cheapside , plumber—J . L . Machu _, Macclesfield , _silk-triuimiiur manufacturer .

      _PABTMEUBniPS D 1 S _301 _A-EB . J , JIacfarlane and W . M . Burt , Manchester , share brokers—C . Barclay and M . A . Frost , Birkenhead , confectioners—J . Musgrave and II . A . _JSrown , L « eds , share brokers—A . and II . Andrews , Islington , paper hangers—Koad and Street Cleansing Company , Manchester and elsewhere ; as far as regards J . Brbgden—JB , and IV . Hunter , Huyton and Liverpool , quarrymen— J . _Uiirtltwaite and Co ., Halifax , Yorkshire , llax and tow spinners —Dobson and Ellerkamp , Liverpool , stock brokers—IV . Lamb and T . Axford _, Islington , ready-made linen warehouse— Everett and Woods , _ttattcrswi , builders—J . and

      T . _Sossling , Crnnbornc , Dorsetshire , bakcre—AI . Pilling and Co ., Rochdale , fulling millers ; as far as regavdi \ Y . Hartley—Monkhouse _, Whitfield , and Co ., Barnard Castl * and Aldcrmanbury , carpet manufacturers—G . H . Dosselicr and P . Uabighoi'sr , IVhittcliapoJ , sugar _rcfiiiflrs-JJatJiiii , Walker , and _Broadhurst , _Stoke-upon-Trent , inanufac _< turers of earthenware—Dick aud Gibson , _Kitigston-upcu-Hull , brewers—Jones and Dyson , Huddersfield , share brokers—Allbusen , Romyn , aud Co ., Stocklou , _Middicnborough , and _Hni-tlepooJ , commission merchants—G . and G . Woulcott , Gray ' s-inn-road , _builders—Tosar , Brothers , and Co ., Newcastle-upon-Tyne .

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      ACCIMST ON SUE BRISTOL ASD _BlBUISGHAil _RiIL < _wal—An accident occurred on the above railway on Saturday night , which , although not attended with loss of life , betrayed an amount of carelessness scarcely credible , especially _aj ' ter the recent dreadful event at Defford , on tho 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 in ! ' or « niation . A gentleman at Bristol , was desirous of proceeding thence to Gloucester , in order to be ia 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 Gluucester he ordered an express train ; this was soon in readiness . Upon reaching _Standhsh Crossing , where the Great

      Western line joins the Bristol into Gloucester , about eleven miles from the latter place , and where there is 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 , oc any light whatever being shown , although midnight , a very dark night , and on the most dangerous part of the whole line , in fact , considered so dangerous that all engine-drivers hare positive instructions to slacken speed over this place . The concassion threw the engine-driver and fireman of the _exprca train off to some yards distance , but they most fortunately escaped with a few slight bruises . The gentleman ( being the oniy pasBengcr ) also only sustained * severe shaking , but the engine itself was very much smashed , and the two hindermost trucks wen ) knocked to pieces .

      ACCIDBNT AT TUB _Orssixo OF THE BrIoHTOS iSB Chichester Uailwat . — -The Brighton and Chichester Railway was opened on Monday as far as _Worthy Gen . Pasley having certified that the line , althoug h only one set of rails is as yet laid between Shoreham and Worthing , is lit for traffic . The first throe train 3 i ' rom Brighton and the first two from _Woilfe went through , carrying a considerable number _« passengers ; but the third train from _Worthing which starts 55 minutes after twelve o'clock , on arriving at Lancing , within a short distance of ft * residence ot' the late Sir Thomas Lloyd , Bart ., K _* with an accident , which interrupted the traffic f « the _restot * the day . At the spot in question tm > horses were drawing a train of earth-waggons on J temporary line of rails , or rather on the _Bcroww _?'

      rails , which are hud down for about half a niile _« this locality ; and the driver _neglectin" to _obs « tho precaution of lioldin _* the leading liorse _ty ih bridle , the animal started off into the pem _^ line rails just as the engine was coming up , ai _" _^ tender , which was in advance of the engino , knock * down the horec and ran over it . The tender ** capsized off the rails , and falling over the horse » _'W between the fore and bine wheels , killed it on _tW spot . The engine was also thrown over , but * inained on one of the rails so as to obstruct _»* passage . Fortunately , the pace of the train W slow , none of the passengers were injured ; hu '• , consequence of the accident they were detain _^ about two hours , when they were removed to a " " train and proceeded to _Brighten . -

      Death of a _Mesmoaki . —On Monday _»«* inquiry took place before Mr . W . Payne _thecoron" ; at the Blue-coat Boy Tavern , Lant-street , South" ** bridge-road , respecting the death of a _® f \ mendicant , name unknown , apparently ahou _' _^ years of age . From the evidence- of s _^ _witnQsgca _, it appeared that the deceased , had _Wft mendicant for some time past in tho borou _?" Southwark . Duringthe List fire weeks she had . _» _. lodging at a low house in Mint-street . She _Pjtt nightly for her bed , and was in s dreadful b _^ filth ; and the landlady advised her-to apply t « V Caslake , the relieving officer of St . Georgos _^' house ; hut she seemed reluctant to do so- f „ _, deceased was generally in a weak state , arising " _^ the want of the common necessaviesof life , _p uo _. _Truuittu _uiuis _uauira vi

      _« . _siputuu , _anaaiwttjo " " - , _jti she was a married woman , but had been parted ., her husband for several years . Oil _WcdncsW _^ last she went to the lodging-house , ar . d , a c _^ n ? conversation , she _obtpjned a bed . Tho 1 <" . \ morning she went out , and the landlady S _™ , - _^ piece of dry bread . She was then evident } , dying state from tjae want of proper nourisn . _^ On Friday night sho again went to the _leW'" _^ _n wet through to the skin , and went to . bed _« _^ state . _SVw _Veoame worse , and continued m * i . Sunday morning , when she fell down whilst , _» , _; _,, ing the stairs . She was picked upJ » nlI P _« _( M bed . and was promptly _viiited by Mr . _; _^ " " tu > _sirrgeon , but life was quite extinct . 1 nC _f _!> i _# a verdict of " Death from natural causes , mx { by her depraved habits , "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 29, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_29111845/page/6/