Star.
London, England, 1822-09-25 00:00:00

CITY BUSI.VESS.

The LORD 3JATOIt held st Court or!armee yes-
terday, at Guildhall, which was attended by twelve
Aldermen, the Sheriffs, and City Officers.
His Lordship laid before the Court a Report of the
proceedings be adopted in attending and preceding
his Majesty in his progress down• the River, on the
lOth of August last. on his way to Scotland; and on
the Ist instant, on his Majesty's return.
W. ST. Jut.test MIAMIIN. Esq. attended, and was
sworn and admitted into the office of one of the Judges
of the Steriffs' Court, to which he had.been elected
by the C• urt of Common Council.
The Court, upon a Report from a Committee, in-
creased the number of Livery of the Spectacle-makers
Company from sixty to two hundred, and raised the
tine tot the same.

A Petition from the Upper Rulers and others of
the Vellowship at Porters, relative to their being re-
fused to be employed in carrying malt, was presented
rid referred to a Committee.

We insert the following disgusting corn ftiunieation,
because it is well authenticated ; Thomas Jones, a
painter, at Caerleon, sold his wife on Tuesday last,
for threepeoce, with the proviso that it she did not
please, after three days trial, she was to be returned,
and the purchase-money divided between the parties.
The most singular pan of the transaction is, that the
parties are not 20 years of age, and have net been
married a month l—Bristol Mercurl.
Monday night, a shocking catastrophe took place
iu the Broadway, Westminster, the sad consequence
of which is, thit a married female, six months ad.
vanced in pregnancy, and an interesting young wo-
man, the daughter of a respectable tradesman in the
neighbourhood, were killed. The circumstances at-
tending this unfortunate accident were theses—The
house of Mr.. Fox, grocer, in the Broadway, West-
minster, is undergoing repair; and Mr. Masters, jun.
the son of the builder, had ordered his men to put
up scaffolding, which they performed on Monday.
Ifliere were two large scaffold poles more than were
necessary for the work, and Mr. Masters, jun. said
they should not be sent home, as it would hinder the
men a great deal of time, but they should be lashed
to the sides of the scaffolding already erected, and!
when the repairs were completed they should take I
the poles back ill together. Between six and seven
o'clock on Monday night, Mr. Masters, jun. had the
poles raised, and he was himself standing at the top
of the scaffold, trying to lish them to the scaffold
side poles, when, 'as he was pulling. the ropes, they
slipped through his hands, owing, it is said, to the
weight of the poles, and he fell backwards, and nar-
rowly escaped falling to the ground and being dashed
to pieces. As soon as he loosed the ropes, the poles
having nothing to support them, fell, and Miss Ald-
ridge, the daughter of Mr. Aldridge, plumber, in
Dacre-street, and Mrs. Bishop, the wife of Mr. Bi-
shop,
in St. Anne's-street, who were unfortunately
passing at the time, were struck by them on the head
and back, and son shocking were the injuries, that one
Idied almost instantly, acid the other in the course oil
the evening. Miss Aldridge's friends are in the
deepest. distress at her dreadful fate; and Mr.
Bishop, on hearing of his wife's death, was almost ire
a state of outdoes. She has left elle child.

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BANKRUPT&
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tsbire, timber thereb
to !,'O, sad .111rawnsber Sr a drees,as de
Red Lion Inn, Workeip, Nottinghamshire. Attosiies,blessra.
Ilannam, East &third, Netts; .or Mears. Allen and co.
w=k-strat, Soho.
Braithwaite, Leeds, manufacturer; October 13, re,
• illarembec S, at Arm), at the Ceurt.bouse,
AOOll4OO, Mr. Malsiasion, Middle Temple; or Mr. Peale,
Lee& ,
cee&weethi Ptldeaoa, Plymouth, dmberwterchant,
September 24, October 4, and November-5, at twelae, at
the Royal Neteligouth. Anoraks, Mr. Squire, Pir-
o:nos& King's Rene .walk. Temple.
George Chapman Band-street, fruiterer, &litanies
Oetebor 10, and 'November S, at ten, it the Court of Cm.
missioners of Bankrupts, Basinghall-street. Attornici, Messrs.,
Swale Prederiek'- -
Job, r

Swain and Ce. _ .'aeplace, Old Jewry.
alm Cuff, Regent Attest, jeweler, October IS, at twelve,
and November 5, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners of
Itenkrupts, Eladosballettreet. Attorney, Mr. Mayhew, Chay.-
ccry-lane.
DIVIDEND to be madel BASINGITA Lt.-STREET.

Oct. S, J. Walters, Studham, Hens, firmer, at one.
DIVIDENDS to be made in the COUN'ritY.

00.1144 J. Bo" ittn. Wansferd, Yorkshire, carpirt-tamse.
lecturer, at eleven, at the Dog and Duck Tavern, Scals-laur,
Hull. Oct. IS, W. Jopsen 2nd C. Wignall, Liverpool, turpen.
tine-dietillers, at we, at the George Tnn. Dal -strew, Liver-
pool. Nov. 1, g. Kilehaw, Lancaster, .nap.boiler, at ten, at
the King's Arms The, Lancaster. Oct. 21. J. Tugwood. Lan-
caster, ironmonger, at ten, at the King's Arms Inn, La ,caster.
Oct. 11, K Jones, Tatten-Hall, Cheshire. shopkeeper, at tie-
ern, at the Blossoms Inn, Chester: Oct. 21, W. Skidmore,
Sheffield, grocer, at twelve, at the Tontine Inn. Sheffield.—
(kt.. 21, T. Salisbury, Preston, Lancashire, gricer, at eleven,
at the Office of Messrs. Blanchard and 13ickerstar, Preston.—
Oct. 26, 11. Bytes, Rayleigh, Essex, surgeon, at eleven, at the
Kiag's Head Inn, Rochford, Essex.