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^ ik ^ itiCAN' AFFAIRS . AsAmerican politics bid fair to occupy a large snare of public attention in this country , we purpose giving every week , under tie above head , tue m ^ st important contents of the American papeis . We commence our extracts with the important article from the American President ' s official journal , on the Oregon territory question .
THE OREGON QUESTION IN THE NEXT CONGRESS . [ From the Washington Union . ' ] Soring the test presidential canvass , it was said , in allusion to the Texian issue , " we arc about voting on a question of national identity—on the question as to what and where our country shall henceforth h& ?" So / ar as the Texian discussion is concerned , that question is now substantially settled—the recent unsuccessful attempt at protest by the ^^ hig 3 of New York ci < y to the contrary notwithstanding . But the same great question as to whatand where our country shall be , may come up 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 . On this great subject , within the last three or four y ^ ars , public sentiment has ripened fast . In the judgment of a vast majority of this nation , the time is rapidly approaching—or say , rail : er , li ? 3 new come •—when clear right in relation to this territory should embody itself in positive law . For more than 20 yeara 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 Le 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 a 3 one man , and which is
sustained in that opinion by an overwhelming mass and mastery of pnblic sentiment—it was justly to be hoped of the wisdom of England . thatthenew negotiation , under such auspices , and in suck hands , would , erelong , begin at least to secure , instead of . defeating , as in past years it has defeated , the great ends of international justice . , But , howeverthismay he , whether the negotiations succeed or fail , theie can be no doubt that the democratic Congress-now about to assemble will have a great duty to do in relation to Oregon ; and we believe that , coming to Washington fresh from conference with their constituents , they will come together resolved to do it . With the strong resolutions of the Baltimore convention , and the manly and patriotic inaugural words of the President yet vivid
in our memory , we cannot doubt that the Administration is fully prepared to perform with firmness its constitutional duty of recommending to Congress all such measures as may be deemed essential to the ful and efficient protection of all our rights over every rood of that great domain , 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 speak . And it may be well eneugh 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 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 Prance , and about half as large as all the states now subject to the Federal constitution . Tie American peopleclaim , against ail other nations , lids 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 cemmerce of the Pacific , and the oriental trade ' of the world .
The present legal condition—the polity—of this important region is quite extraordinary as it exists in theory , but it is far more extraordinary as it stands in fact . In theory , and by treaty stipulation , this land , with all its navigable waters , has been , since 1818 , open to the free and undisturbed use and enjoyment of the subjects of England and the citizens of the United States . To terminate this state of things at the will of either of the parties , only one year ' s notice is necessary . This common enjoyment by the two nations of all the advantages of a territory more than twice as large as France , being the somewhat singular theory and stipnlated law of its condition , stands in yet more singular contrast to the state of things which has , in fact , grown up 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 . 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 mouth . There may be two or three farms in the possession of these British subjects ; but , as a general rule , they lire by the fur-trade , and do not till the soil at all . Besides Fort Vancouver , the Bay Company has some twenty other stations invarions parts of the territory . But these are merely fortified stopping places for hunters and traders , and Laye each around them a little nucleus of a community of from three or four to about h'ftv souls .
The American population of Oregon , on the other iand , numbering probably some 4 , 000 , is collected in the valley of the Willianiette river , which flows from the south into the Columbia , near Fort Vancouver . These Americans are farmers , glaziers , 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 of the last advices from them , setting up a provisional government for themselves , after the American fashion , and dividing out their new homestead into towns and counties / such as they had left in the United States .
Such being practically the present political condition of the American farmers in Oregon , under the treaty stipulation of ISIS , how is it with the British hunters and trappers of the same region ? The answer may be given in a few words . These few hundred British subjects in the service of the Hudson-bay Company govern by their Jaws , 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 few square miles actually -under tillage by the Americans . 2 vor is tills all . These servants of the company have entirely monopolised , for some twenty years past , the whole of the most lucrative occupations in Oregon—fur-hunting and fur-trading . They have driven every American 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 themselves by Ms side , furnished amply withspecieand merchandise , to outbid Linifor iu ; s , to call in Indian or white competition , and so break up his business . The individual cannot stand against the organised and powerful company . His business is broken up , and he goes to fanning in the valley of Williamette . This is now . the regular course of things . This is practically the common use and enjoyment of Oregon stipulated fey the treaty—thi 3 , viz ., the entire monopoly of the great fur-trade there by one of the parties , added to ther exclusive government by the same party of the whole of the soil of that vast territory save onl y the farms which some 4 , 000 Americans are tilling with their own hands . As early as 1 S 28 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 140 per cent , above par . Our readers will remember that when the bill to extend a territorial « overnmentover Oregon was before Congress last session , its opponents protested against it , because , as they alleged , it violated the stipulation of 1818 . How comes it , then , that the other party to that stipulation—admitting itself to 1 » as Great "Britain lias , time after time admitted , and now admits herself to be , the paity 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 the whole unoccupied territory ? The mechanism by which this trick of political legerdemain has been played off , is at ouee very ingenious and thoroughly English . The British Cabinet has practised the manoeuvre in Asia ,
tul now it Las become wonderfully adioit . It is simply the Great East Indian juggle tried over again in the west . The apparatus , machinery , and fixtures , are just alike in the two cases . A great trading corporation , wieldingniiUions 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 own—not the Q , aeen * s fla ^—to build forts , to keep six or eight armed vessels on the coast , to possess territory—all in the way of trade , of course—and to do all this under the eye of the British !^ Parliament , acting for itself when Parliament chooses to disavow the responsibility of its acts acting for / Parliament just when Parliament chooses to accept , that responsibility ; in One word , a great em-¦ S ^ S ^^^ . MMistafsTOnd (" presto , " as S& ^ 5 * " *> a m ost demure , simple , ' ttSSSggffS « - ! SS ! £ . «?• . . - "us istLe mecuamsm by which the miracic
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is easily wrought . ' In the time of the " merrie 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 lor 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 , the North-west Company . Does this coiiutry- ^ does' Congress—wish to know how it will work in the west , in Oregon , if we only sit quietly by as spectators and let it alone ? The problem is easily solved . We have only to turn to the lives of Robert Clive and of Warren Hastiugs , and read the pages which tell of their doings in Madras and Bombay ! ;
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OREGON MEETING AT TAMMANY HALL . The democratic electors of New York assembled in Tammany Hall , on the 30 th of October , and passed a series of resolutions on the Oregon question ; v The first , after eulogising thePresident , goes on to say : — 'We cannot but approve of his manly stand in relation to Oregon and Texas ; that he has exhibited statesman-like prudence in sending our naval and military forces to protect Texas from invasion , and that we will maintain him at ali 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 soutk to the Russian possessions in the north . ¦ . Resolved , r-That in our " , opinion Gongrem 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 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 aflkirs 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 . over whelm the principle of republican liberty , whilst struggling into full life on this continent . " -
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A New Obeoox Claimaht . — 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 Miije > ty ' s claim , but the following official document has been issued : — "Department of State , Washington , September 26 th . —The Russjan Minister at Washington has informed the Secretary of State that the Imperial Government , desirous of affording efficient protection of the Russian territories in North America against the infractions of foreign vessels , has authorized cruisers to be established for this purpose along the coast by the Russian American Company . It is therefore recommended to American vessels to be careful not to frequent the interior seas , gulfs , harbours , and creeks upon that coast at any point north of the latitude of 54 degrees 40 minute . " —Tor onto Globe . ¦ . ' ¦ ' ¦' ¦ ¦"•
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A REPUBLICAN AMERICAN CATHOLIC CIIURCH INDEPENDENT OF ROME . ... " . [ From " theNew 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 , 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 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 of Rome , and the hierarchy of the ancient Catholic church . A number of the most intelligent and influential adherents to the Catholic faith in that region have associated themselves together for the purpose of worshipping the God of . theiv 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 priesthood is most independently set aside . But the distinctive tenats of the Catholic church are to be
rigidly mainlaiaed — 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 , and the Bishop , and tne hierarchy are to be most undutifuliy 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 unfrequently of money—the sinews of religious as well as of physical warfare—come from abroad . But as soon as the Catholics in this country aro 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 their whole ecclesiastical system on perfectly independent principles . The natural and inevitable tendency of the republican institutions of this country is to create in all
departments of human life a spirit of freedom and inciepen dency . ) Ye see this every day in our scientific institutions—in our literary associationsin all our unions of men for any purpose—and last , not ' east , "in our religious organizations . Tims , for instance , we seethe Episcopal church in the United States , instead of being tlie insolent , overbearing , oppressive , ecclesiastical system that it is in Great Britain , a moJeet , humble , harmless affair , continiug 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 arc 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 ; and now , atlast , the spirit of independence and freedom—of rebellion , if you please—against anything like spiritual despotism , begins to manifest iiselfin the ancient Catholic church . Thus it would appear that the singular movement recently commenced in Germnny , tinder the leadership of Ronge , lias been communicated to the United States . We doubt not that , once begun , it will go on . It is one of those impulses of human nature that must proceed to a successful issue . It is one of those periodical uprisings of humanity against despotic authority—one day hurling a tyrannical king—another day deposing a spiritual despot—from his throne of oppression . So 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 we ask why not ?
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Attempt to Murdbb . —In Ballyconnell , in the county of Cavan , a desperate attempt at murder has been made on the lands of Mucklagh , immediately beside ths 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 canse , lie 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 fellows , and would have ' arrested one oi them , but the cries of his family made him desist . Attempt at Suicide ih a Giviyesesd Steamer . — On Sunday at about a quarter to one o ' clock , as the Railway Blackwall steamer was passing Erith , on her way to Gravesex . dt he passengers were startled by 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 hand , lie himself being apparently dead . In a lew minutes ,
however , he was restored to consciousness , when he stated that he . bad 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 t » that establishment , and another medical gentleman of the town , proceeded to examine his wound , and found that the ball had penetrated . through the upper part of the bridge of the nose , nearly . between the eyes , inclining downwards , lie was asked for his name and address , but refused to give either . On being undressed , the name of J . Coibrooke was found on his shirb , and on a false collar the initials " II . J . C ' The lining of his hat also bore the same name , lie caine on board the steamer at Blackwall , anda passenger stated that he had been in conversation a short time with the young man before the report of the shot was heard , and that he did net notice any thing extraordinary in Ids demeanour , and that he appeared to bea gentlemanly aud veil-informed young man .
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SHOCKING CASE OF STARVATION , DIS . EASE AND DEATH . A " fbke" hospital . On Tuesday , Nov . 18 th , at half-past two o ' 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 Gray ' s-inn-iane , next door to the workhouse of the' Holborn Union , for a bed , to go to rest on that afternoon and night . The landlord replied , that he " did hot 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 continue to look them in the face . " She
advised them to apply at the workhouse next door ; but they expressed the greatest honor 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 lor that one night , saying that they hoped to gain admission to the hospital ( St . Bartholomew's ) on tlie 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 fib 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 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 Ratives 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 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 ,, nu tickets or any recommendation from subscribers being necessary . " After thinking of it for two or three weeks they determined to ' adopt this , advice ; but , having no means of travelling , some almost equally poor ^^ B «^ BBan 4 AAM ^^^— WS W * — . ¦ M J ^ % ^ ^ f *^ ¦ ¦¦ ^ rf ^ V 4 V ^^ B ^—V ^ ^^ ^^ ™ B ¦ — w — - ^ ^^
—around them subscribed 2 s . 3 d . for the journey ; of this , 23 . were given to the waggoner . They left Windsor at eight o ' clock , travelled all niglit , and arrived , as before stated , at Fetter-lano on the next morning , with 3 d . in store , which being as yet without food , they paid for two cups of hot coffee in a breakfast-shop . Thence they went to the hospital , which is situate in Gray ' s-inn-road , and were shown into a waiting-room . In about an hour ( this' was their own statement to the landlady ; the housesurgeon said he thought it could not be so much ) they were shown to the resident medical officer and a surgeon who had called to him , and examined with a stethoscope , when it was found that one , or both of them , was in the last stage 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 vaca » t in the wavils , and that they had better goto 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 is 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 ' thev were very sickly-looking , " and he
( the house surgeon was gone ) seeing how ill they were , and how hungry , induced the cook to send them up two mugs of coffee and pieces of bread . Then they left , and by and by , having no friend in all the town to keep them , nor any money , went into a publichouse to ascertain if they could be trusted with a lodging till the next day ; but the landlady had no bed to let them . But she , also , humane woman , noticing their painful and forlorn manner , gave them a pint of ale , and to the one a shilling , and to the other sixpence . Again they went forth , and having learned the admission day at St . Bartholomew's ( a hopeless alternative , though , for the great endowed medical charities of London do not , it is said , receive into their wards cases of incurable pulmonary disease ) , at half-past two o'clock found a temporary haven at the hospitable Sun . There their chief complaint , excepting that of feebleness , was " pain inthe . side . " At half-past four
o ' elockthey went to bed . At midnight the house was closed . At half-past one o ' clock the landlady heard some sound of alarm in a faint voice , and some person moving hastily without shoes . It was the younger of the two girls . " Oh , come , " she said , " my Mend is dying . " A light was procured arid instant attendance given . For about an hour the elder ( Mary ) had been " rambling ; " presently she turned round in bed and bit her companion , in the shoulder , and then the latter rose in alarm , and searched the house for help . In her absence the dying woman had left the bed , procured a handkerchief , tied it round her face , as one would bind up the jaw of a corpse at the last breath , and laid herself again on the couch . Her eyes were fixed , she was insensible , she groaned . At a quarter to five o ' clock thereafter death closed , for her—a skeleton , —the miserable scene ; Never did coroner or jury look upon a more painful remnant of humanity .
A surgeon , Mr . Edward White , of Lamb's Conduit-street , was immediately sent for , but the case was hopeless . So , also , then , was that of the 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 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 in the Eton Union (?) . workhouse for several months , very ill , and left it of her own accord , not getting any better there , and joined her companions out of doora .
Ou Friday evening an inquest was hokleh 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 the Royal Free Hospital had buen informed of the inquest , but one of them had merely sent a note to say that the applicants were not admitted , simply because no bed was vacant in the hospital ; he therefore desired that the house-surgeon and the porter should at once receive summonses to attend , when , the foregoing statements having ^ been made in their presence , and the written allegation in the note repeated personally , some circumstance seemed to induce the coroner to consider that the surgeon had erred in his belief .. He lBnuived 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 ? H e thought 130 . How many wards ? Five , two male and three female . After his " examination the porter was nsked how many beds there were in the hospital . He replied 148 .. Was he also certain that they were all full ? He was . The horrible ejection into the streets of two dying persons here leading to some-inquiries respecting the waiting-rooms' for patients , the union surgeon , Mr . White , was requested by the coroner to go to the workhouse , and ask the girl Sarah Stephens a particular question , and on his return the
painful circumstance became known ,, by her reply , that while the two unfortunate beings were waiting in the ante-room for better weather , a parish ofliper , 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 , ana on questioning the house-surgeon and the porter , it was confessed that those three patients were at that moment lying in the wards , under , medical treatment and suitable diet . The coroner endeavoured to ascertain whether the city of London contributed any donations , occasional or periodical , to the coffers out of which the expenses of the hospital are defrayed ; but no specific reply was given to the question . He
expressed the greatest mortification at "this abuse of the purposes with which the hospital was supported by the public , " and said that he waa 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 the 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 their own . infirmities , but it was a most unwarrantable misuse of the beds so humanely provided by the public to tuvn from the hospital two . ( lying persons , thevictims of disease , not produced by . immoral conduct , and demanding instant aid , in order to find room for the loathsome patients from tjie 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 was venereal cases . pTJie Coroner refused to atimit , the soundness of the plea . v There was not the . least fear that either the morals or the persons of the patients could bo affected by the disease . He was sore ' 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 young women appeared to be only obtained a little nutriment by the accidental humanity of-the porter , and then only a cup of coffee anda bit of dry bread each ?
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^ T" — ¦ — The House-Surgeon . —I have no power to order nutriment to applicants . I can . only give them physic . The Coroner . —Oh ! confound the . pliysic . House-Surgeon . —Subscribe £ 5 , 000 or £ 6 , 000 ayear , and w e'll find plenty , ofbeds .- . ; ,: . '¦ "\ .. . j . iCoroner . —Perhaps you have got too much money already . . .. '' . . . ; ^ , ¦ ¦ „•; . The Surgeon observed , 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 lie 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 themi •• ;
, _ .... .. : -: _ 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 the " one body , their , very appearance seemed to be enough to break any one ' s heart . He had never heard a more melancholy case . The very look of the poor creatures had excited the benevolence of . both landladies who had seen them . It would be gratifying to know who it was that gave them relief in tlie first instance . There could not be a humane man in London who
would not lika to go iuto 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 suBpect it . Did the authorities suppose , for instance , that Queen Adelaide would subscribe her £ 100 toany . institutiqnthat thus beguiled the poor to its doors and then sent themaway without even a spoonful of broth , to die inthestreets , 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 qualify the announcement by saying , that applicants would be admitted " if there were wmm . " The inquest-room was here closed against visitors , but . it was re-opened when the jury had considered their verdict , which was returned to the effect , that the deceased woman bad 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 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 ibul 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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LONDON . Wjstminster . —A . public meeting of the . shareholders of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , belonging to this district , was held at the Farthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane , on Sunday evening , November 23 rd . Mr . Hitchings was unanimously called to the chair . Four new shares were taken up , and a considerable amount paid as deposits oh shaves . Mr . William Cuffay was duly placed in nomination aa the candidate of this district for the representation of the eastern , western , and northern divisions of London , in the forthcoming Conference . This business being concluded , a public meeting was held in the same room , for the purpose of hearing a lecture from Mr . Christopher Doyle , on the "Charter
and the Land . " Mr . Doyle took a rapid survey 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 ba swept from the statute-book . ,, ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Doyle next pointed put 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 given . unanimously to the lecturer , and the meeting broke up .
MANCHESTER . Tire 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 waa 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 l'fefejteot&bk audience , and tlie lectnver 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 , Williams , Jones , and Ellis to their bereaved wives and families . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturers and chairman .
SHEFFIELD . . On Sundat , November 23 rd , " a meeting of the members ot the National Charter Association was held in the Democratic Reading Room , Figtreelane . Mv . 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 , io proceeded with the programme of the business . The following persons were 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 ; he 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 was entered into for the two funds ,
On Monday , JSovember 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 shonld be made out , and placed in the successful candidate ' s hands . The following are our instructions ;—' . ' That the occupants be taken from the books according . to tlie priority of payments . " " That any number of allotments that are laid out in the first location shall be numbered , and drawn for by those who are located ; likewise 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 thebuilding branches . " " The society bo enrolled , providing the name and olyects 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 . TnE LAND . —At an adjourned meeting of the Preston branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Saciety , held on Sunday last , November 23 rd , Mr . J . Duckctt in the chair , the following resolutions were agreed to : — "That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Board of Directors ; and this meeting considers that they arc 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 expease of sending lecturers
to make known the objects ot the society throughout the country . " "That the Board of Directors be elected by the Conference . " " That the delegate for this district bo instructed to vote for the re-election of the present Board of Directors , and that three of them be continued as lecturers for the society , one half of their salary to bo paid out of the funds from the profit of the sale of cavils 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 . TnE Lasd . —The members of our Land Society held a meeting on Sunday , Nov . 16 th , for the general welfare of our Land Plan , when the following resolutions were agreed to : — " That the society should be enrolled , according to advice of counsel , and if any shareholder take 9 two shares , that he pay up both shares before he takes either , and that it bo left to the directors to purchase the Land in any locality where they can get it best and cheapest . " " That Land be mortgaged instead of sold , and that those who pay up their shares first should be located first . " " That the occupant should have the £ 15 lGs . 8 d . to buy such stock and implements as they think proper . " . '' That the present dircctora should bo 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 aro worthy of their hire . "
. RADCLIFFE . . At a Mketixg of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society held at the above place , the following resolution was agreed to : — " That no one member be allowed to have more than four aeres or two shares . We 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 when able . "
ELDERSLIE . A LECTURE was delivered on Tuesday evening , November the 18 th , in the School-room here , by Mr . M'Grath , on "The Land and Corn Laws . " Mr . William Lochhead in the chair . Mr . M'Grath 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 . After 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 of the Land Society here .
MERTHYR TYDVIL . The Land . —At a meeting of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society the following resolutions were adopted : — "That we are of opinion that the Chartists' Land Co-operative Society ought to be enrolled , according to tko opinion of Mr . Macnatnara . " " That we are in favour of the plan that the estates should be put up to auction , according to the plan laid down in the rules . " '' That we are of opinion that the Conference ought to be the sole fudges whether the quantity of Land ought to be two or four acres . ' At ^ he same meeting it was proposed by Matthew John , seconded by- 'Arithony Lewis , " TKd-t Mr . James Leach ; of Manchester , is a fit and proper person to represent us in ; the forthcoming Couterence . " Carried unanimously . *
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Caxton s . HousE—Last week thf ; house in the Almonry adjoining Westminster Abbey , in which Mr . Oaxton resided , and where > je printed the first book ever printed in this couuxyy fell to the ground mill a tremendous crash .
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BANKRUPTS . "" ¦¦ ¦ - " ¦ ¦ •¦' - ' ¦¦ ( From Tuesday ' sGwsctte , November 25 { - i J 7 > hii Warren , George-street , Jlanover-sfm arn i William Cooke ; Egham , innkeeper-John Lm ! , ! 1 " ^ Rochester , linendraper—Joseph Wootihams ir ! , " fe Portland . Town , plumber—Charles Wadhams A V street , . Portland-place , New-road , carpentei- I _ ^' te » Little , Southampton-terrace , CumUen Town prT It dler-John Evans , Jligh-street , Shoreditcli , chcKon ^ —Richard Mo ? e ; - Norwich , coal merchant—Chnrk- t ^ r Russel , Iiudlow , scrivener— William Lendou s « 'ft jun ,, Exeter , eurviers . ' ¦ i % BASKBBPTCT ANNBURD . Jolin Suteliffe , juk .,- Halifax , Yorkshire , rectifier DIVIDENDS DECLARED .
A . H . Chambers , sen , aud jun ., New Bontl-sw Soutlimqulton-street , sbankws , first dividend of ^ h \ first . dividend of 5 s Cd on the separate tstatc of K ^ Chambers , sen ., on Saturday , Nov . 23 , anc ? the thr-J l ! - sequent ' Saturdays , at Mr . Grooms , Al > chureh-lati *• Barber and Marsha !! . Walsal ) , banfcere , setomld ; ,-, of 6 a ; and second dividend of C » 2 d on J . V . « aibei J st J rate estate , any Thursday , at Mr , Valpy ' s , liirmin .. ] ,, C . W . Kesseimeyer , Manchester , merchant , first j- ' . dend of 2 s 7 d , on Tuesday , Decembers , or any snb « . Tuesday , at Mr . Frrisor ' s , Manchester . * ' * " ««! A . H . ' Simpson and P . II ; Iryin , B ' aelifriars . rona en . neers , dividend of 3 s 4 o \ on Friday , Nov . 28 . or ; thl , ?' sequent Friday , at Mr . Folleti's , Basinghull-strect . J . Bennett , Little Birch , Herefordshire , cattle dw first dividend of 8 s Cd , any Thursday , at Mr . Va % S ip mitigham . " ' *• C . Sharratt , Walsall , sandlovs' ironmonger , sec ... dividend of Is lfljd , any Thursday , at Air . Val pj's Sf mingham . ' C . Webb , Oxford , apothecary , first dividend of o Saturday , Nov . 22 , or any subsequent Satm-tlay , ' v Edward ' s , Frtderick'splace , Old Jewry .
H . Haynes , Scole , Norfolk , wine merchant , first fe dend of Is , on Saturday , Nov . 22 , or any subsequent Satui ' day , at Mr . Edward's , Fredcrick ' s-place , Old Jewry . \ V . II . Baidock , Canterbury , banker , third divide . lOJd , on 'Saturday , Nov . 22 , or any subsequent Saturday atMr . Edward ' s , Frederiek's-place , Old Jewry . •' J . ' Groombridge ; Abbey-street , Bermondsey , licensed victualler—first dividend of Is , on Saturday , Nov . 52 ^ . any subsequent Saturday , at Mr . Edwards ' s , Frederic ^ place , Old Jewry . T . R . Withers , . Eling , Hampshire , brewer , first divide of 7 s , on Saturday . Nov . 22 , or any subsequent Saturday at Mr . ' Edwards's , Frederick's-place , Old Jewry . " J . Lewis , Birmingham , ' card manufacturer , first Oiij , dend of 9 Jd , on Friday , Nov . 28 , or any subsequent Fridi , at Mr . AVhitmore ' s , Birmingham . . T . W . Green , Leeds , bookseller , second dividend of j . - any day , at Mr . Young ' s , Leeds . '
T . Bousfield , Liucoln , ironmonger , 'first dividend of 5 . - any day , at Mr . Young ' s , Leeds . ' ' Jjj . Wrigley , Horest . in Saddleworth , Yorkshire , « oolfeil . cloth manufacturer , first dividend of 7 s 5 d , on 'h < siS \ Dec . 2 , or any subsequent Tuesday , at Mr . Eraser ' s , j | aj ' Chester . - E . Lawton and T . Kay , Eoclidale , ironfouiidors , first dividend of 2 s , on Tuesday , Dec . 2 , or any subsequent Tuesday , at Mr . Frasei ' s , Manchester .
DIVIDENDS . . Dtc . 20 , T . Shaw , Southampton , wine-inercImnt-. D 20 , VT . PavsoHS , Wowi-street , Princes-yoad , LmnWik corn-dealer—Dec . 20 , S . Davies , Bankside , Soutliivark ' and Times-wharf , Wilton-road , l'imlico , coal-nierchaut- ' Dee . 19 . ¦?» ' . Best and J . Snoivden , Southampton , i < riiitcrj and stutiouers-Dec . 20 , B . ETans , J . Foster , S . Z . W ton , and T . Foster , Barge-yard , Buclvlersbury , East Iw 4 merchants—Dec . lli , T . Trnpp and T . P . 'frapp , Clmrcb . street , Soutlnvark , tallow chandlers and welters—Dec . 15 J . Peak , Tolleshunt Knights , Essex , miller—Deo . 16 , }[ Miller , Stockton-on-Tees , patent sail-cloth anil roiie mil
nufacturer—Dec . 10 , w . C . liniglit , weat buOulk-strect Soutllwark , builder—Dec . 16 , D . Bidinead , Bread-street ! Cheapside , warehouseman and shipping agent—Sec . 1 $ J . H . Limes , - liichmond , Surrey , butcher—Dec . 13 , j , Courtenay , Bristol , . banker—Dec . 19 . W . Jones , Cardiff Glunmorgansluic , ship builder and timber nicrelunt-Dec . 19 , J . Kaleigh , T . S . Goode , and W . Holland , Mat . Chester , merchants—Dec . 17 , J . Carruthers , BiacIiLurn , lmen and woollen draper—Dec' 17 , AV . Brown ami T . Preston , jun ., Manchester , cotton spinners—Dec . ir , j , Ashbarry , Holm Lacy , Hereford , timber merchant .
Certificates to be granted , unless cause be shown to tie contrary on the day of meeting . Dec . 19 ; S . EJphic , Green Dragon , Bermondsey-stiwf , Surrey , victualler—Dec . 19 , 11 . White , High-street , Porte , mouth , surgeon—Dec . 18 . 11 . B . Clarke , Goner . strcctXortb , plumber and glazev—Dec . 1 G , J . M . l ' ratt , Bsnicis-strat , Oxford-street , wine merchant—Dec . 38 , J . U . Limes , ltictmond , Surrey , butcher—Dte . 18 , J . Middltton . W ^ Essex , hay and straw salesman-Dec . 16 , J . S . Williams , Clements-lane , Lombard-street , master mariner—Dtc . l ' E . Burry , Bristol , victualler—Dec . 18 , K . Sugilen , Iteg . thornc , Yorkshire , manufacturer of worsted goods-Set , 18 , \ V . Brown aud T . Preston , jun ., Manchester , cottca
spinners . Cemificatzs to be granted by the Court of Review , unless cause be shown to the contrary ,. ou or before December 18 T . Peers , Ironmonger-Jane , Cheapside , plmnber-J . L Machu , Macclestield , silk-trimming manufacturer .
PAETNEKSniPS DISSOLVED . J . Macfarlane and W . M . 1 'urt , Manchester , slure brokers—( i . Barclay and M . A . Frost , Birkenlieat ^ confec tioners—J . ilusgrava and 11 . A . firown , Leeds , shave brokers—A . and H . Andrews , Islington , paper lmiigerslioad and Street Cleansing Company , Manchester anil elsewhere ; as far as regards J . Brogden—E . ami W . Hunter , Huyton-and Liverpool , quarijmen—J . Cartfc . waite and Co ., Halifax , Yorkshire , flax aud tow ; j > imicis —Dobson and Ellerkamp , Liverpool , stock brokers—ff . Lamb aud T . Axfurd , Islington , ready-made linen warehouse—Everett aud Woods , Lattersea , builders-J . aiiil
T . Gosslinjf , Cranborne , Dorsetshire , baKere—M . filling and Co ., Koclidale , lulling millers ; as far as regards V . Hartley—Monkliouse , WJiitficld , and Co ., JJamard Castle and Aldermanburj , carpet manufacturers—G . If . Dosseliti and F . Ilnbighorst , Whitcchnuel , sugar refiners—liatiw , Walker , and Broadhurit , Stoke-upon-Trent , manut ' ac . turcrs of earthenware—Dick ; uu \ Gibson , iuugston-npeu . Hull , brewers—Jones and Dyson , HudtlersneUl , share brokers—Allhusen , Komjn , and Co ., Stockton , Siiddlti . borough , and Hartlepool , commission merchants-0 . and G . Woolcott , Grrav's-iun-road , builders—Tosar , Brottej , aud Co .. Ke \ Ycastle-uuou-T . xue .
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Accident ox the Bristol and Birmixcium Pan wav . —Au accident occurred on the above railway en Saturday night , which , although not attended iviii loss of life , betrayed an amount of carelessness scarcely credible , especially after the recent dreadful event at Defford , on the same line . Thelbllowicj are the particulars , as far as could be ascertained ; but , from the mysterious silence observed on such occasions , it is very difficult to give any correct information . A gentleman at Bristol , was desirous ( I proceeding thence to Gloucester , in order to be in time for the Welch mail , -which , leaves Gloucester si a quarter to two in the morning . The last train for the night having left Bristol for Gloucester lie ordered an express train ; this was soon in reaite . ' . Upon reaching Standisk Crossing , where tlie dtd
Western line joins the Bristol into Gloucester , M eleven miles from the latter place , aud where iteB is a slight ascent , the engine ran into someffe which proved to be the last truck of a goods train standing on the rails , without any siimal lamp ^ t any light-whatever being shown , aliuoujjh miiliii i'ty a very dark night , and on the most dangerous pan ° ! the whole line , iu fact , considered so dangerous t » all engine-drivers have positive instructions }" slacken speed over this place . The coM ssif threw the engine-driver and fireman of the e . f train off to some yards distance , but they most t * nately escaped with afew slight bruises . The gcnwman ( being the only passenger ) also only sustain * * severe shaking , but the engine itself was vcrr mi " smashed , and the two hindermost trucks « a * knocked to pieces .
ACCIDBMT AT TnE OPENING OF THE BmOllTOS **' Cuichester Railway . —The Brightoniand Glitf . icfter Railway was opened on Monday as tarns Wortli ^ j Gen . Pasley having certified that the line , altkV only one set of rails is as yet laid between hm ham and Worthing , is fit for traffic . The first M « trains from Brighton and the first two from ll « n "" jj went through , carrying a considera ble ""'"^ passengers ; but the third train from , ' \ or "" "' which starts 55 minutes after twelve ¦ ociocw , arriving at Lancing , within a short distan t ° i ^ residence of the late Sir Thomas Lloj * B « ML with . an accident , which interrupted the tramc the reBt of the day . At the spot m question !" worses were drawing a train of earth-waggons •• "wom uoiu waning ii imm u » * - '"" . DU .. en
temporary line of rails , or rather on tne perron rails , which are laid down for about halt a raw this locality ; and the driver neg lecting to o »* the precaution of holding the leading hone »} bridle , the animal started off into tbo penn *^ , lino rails just as the engine was cowmg . P » . au i ^ tender , which was in advance of the engine , Mi down the horse and ran over it . 'iUe tend a capsized off the rails , and falling over the W »» e ¦ between the fore and nine wheels , killed »» ' ^ spot . The engine was also thrown over , u " ^ mained on one of the rails so as to obstrf ' ^ passage . Fortunately , the pace of the wf , * ^ slow , none of the passengers were iujureu ; » u rj consequence of the accident they were w" » about two hours , when they were rem oved to su » train aad proceeded to Brighten . . „ ,
Death of a Mesdicakt . —On Monday »"' inquiry took place before Mr . W . P . iyne tuecon ^ . at the Blue-coat Boy Tavern , Lant-street , Soutiw ^ bridge-road , respecting the death ot »» 55 mendicant , name unknown , apparently »^ erJ i yeara of age . From the evidence ot » j witnesses , it appeared that the decease d os » ^ f mendicant for some time past in the boiro ^ , Southwark . Duringtlielast live weeks she nau ^ . lodging at a low house in Mint-street . 0 ? ° f ' of nightly for her bed , and waa in a dreadtm - )[(< filth ; and the landlady advised her to app ij , rlc . Caslake , the relieving " officer of St . George ^^ house ; but she seemed reluctant to do s ^ deceased was generally in a weak state , arw c «» J the want of the common necessaries 01 M <> - , | , jt n . wnmnn . ttMSoeinnfail Unliifa and alWili' 9 " "" i iVnBl
she waa a married woman , but had been P » n jgbt her basband for several years . On » cdn «** . ^ lasUhe went to the lodg ing-house , ard , « U J || O , viog conversation , she obtained a bed . ^ f vciicr » morning ' She went out , and the lam « auy ° , iB > piece of dry , bread . She was then e > ^ eiudying slate ix-ota the want of pi-opOl' BO "' ^ . j ^ o * On Friday night she again went to tlw l «« gf t hJ ' . wet through to theskiu , and went M . " ^^^ state . She became worse , and continue" ^^ Sunday moruing , when she fell down w 1 » 1 m ing the stairs . She was p icked"P ^ fLVdle . t bed , and was promptly visited by »« :.,.,, fiii ' i ! Cl 1 , surgeon , but life was quite extinct . 1 Wf ' - ^ let fW a verdict of " Death from natural caiis ^ i >* by her depraved habits , "
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ALARMING DEATHS CAUSED BY AN UNKNOWN AND HORRIBLE DISEASE . On Monday morning , at ten o ' clock , Mr . Wakley , M . P ., resumed an adjoaraed inquiry , in the boardroom of Middlesex Hospital , relative to the respective deaths of William Lambert , aged 17 , and Henry Lambert , aged 12 ; brothers , forming two of a numerous family , who had died in that institution under the following extraordinary and mysterious circumstances . At the former inquiry it appeared in evidence tbat the father of the deceased , who carried on business
as a painter and glazier , at No . 38 , 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 in = t . removed to the hospital , whore on the 13 th , William died , and on the loth 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 . ipothe cary , communicated with Mr . Wakley , ' ' and theresuit was the present investigation . ;
Mr . W . Corfe stated that the deceased were admitted into that hospital on Tuesday , the 4 thinst ., together with another brother who . still remained there , and was gradually progressing towards recovery , they all exhibited precisely the same symptoms , and had been attacked in the same manner . The indistinctness of their articulation rendered it very difficult for them to explain the nature of their complaint . Witness considered them to be labouring under a poisonous effluvium arising from the sewer in the neighbourhood in which they had resided . The eldest brother , John Lambert , still survived . There was a great swelling about the jaws and throat , with an excessively fetid discharge from the mouth and nostrils , and , from the cause before mentioned they could not be questioned as to their
condition . Another symptom was a most voracious appetite . Leeches were applied to the jaws , and the knees and elbows became very much swollen and painful . On examination of the body of thedeceasud , 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 lower part of the oesophagus was healthy , but there was a laceration about the gums . On a postmortem examination of the 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 thebreast and ankle joints were-found to contain putrid matter . He ( witness ) had never during his fourteen years' practice at that hospital met with so peculiar a case .
Frances Amelia Lambert , sister to the deceased , was next 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 . y £ wo 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 bif . She was better the following day and very hungry , but was unable to open her mouth , and her si 3 ter ( Mrs . Wingrove ) was the same .
Witness , however , eventually rallied and recovered . On the 19 th her ( witness ' s ) child , ajjed ten montha , became ill under similar symptoms , 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 , motker 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 aa 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 suppuratien 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 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 the witness at Mrs . Wingrove ' s , and thought she was ailing , and on his next calling she had returned home . It occurred to him aa to whether these cases might not be some of the forms of scarlet fever , but lie could find no rash , in either case , and it was now his decided opiuion that such was not tlie fact . . .. . , ;
Coroner : Did you at that time , or haye you subs i quently , endeavoured to trace the source of the matter ?—Witness ; Yes , I am induced to ascribe this malady to some special peculiarity of the atmosphere , and I must say , that the house and preraises , in the yard of which therearepigs , 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 could to prevent the spreading of this very peculiar and unprecedented disease . Howouldfurthcrremark , that there was a drain in Lincoln ' s-inn-fiekls , 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 some very richand influential people in Lincoln ' s-inn-fields , aud that drain it would seem is in the very midst" of the part they inhabit .. :.., v J " ' . ' ¦¦ '' ¦ ¦ ;
The Coroner remarked that the disease which occasioned the deaths of the deceased was quite as unaccountable to him as it Was tp tllO gentlOUlCn WllO had spoken , and it would be remembered on the first assemblage of the jury there was reason to suspect that it . had originated in tho neighbourhood of Cum . berland market , but it was now quite evident that it was not so . He ( the * Coroner ) felt quite satisfied that it did not originate thero at all , and he could conceive nothing could be plainer than it had been carried there from Whetstone-park ,, TUo observations ol
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Mr . ' Corfe ; precisely corresponded with tio » e of Mr . Edland , and it seemM ' true that it . was a speciflc diBease , which was communicable apparently by Contagion as also by infection . ¦ Mi'l Corie , - a gentleman of many years' practice at that establishment , had stated- ' that' lie / considered it to be caused ¦ by a poisonous * effluvium from animal matter , and that the case ) was of an entirely new character . - He ( the Cordherjf however , did not believe , although it was evident that' the deaths of the deceased had been caused by poison , that anything of & deleterious nature had been administered . After some furiher observations , the 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 ajmblicity whereby tho attention of her Majesty ' s Commissioners of Sewers would be called to the immediate locality of Lincoln ' sinn-fields ; and at the same time he hoped the distressing condition of Mrs . Lambert , who had bo suddenly suffered a domestic affliction , would attract the notice of the benevolent . Tho 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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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 29, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1343/page/6/
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