The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-23 00:00:00

WALES.

NEW HARTIOIIII AT lIOLYHEAD.—The obstacles wl•;eh
have kith. rto prevented the commencement of the public
works in this harbour, are now entirely removed ; find we
(North Wales Chronicle) are given to understand, that the
works are to be immediately begun. It appears that an
official letter, sent to the Admiralty, expressing a doubt that
the anchorage of Holyhead was such as could be approved
of, Ml into the bands of a Member of Parliament, who very
nroperly drew the attention of the Houso of Commons to
the subpet; aid that the Government immediately directed
Captain Beerhey, of the surveying steamer the } ire-fly, to
proceed to Holyhead to test the truth of the communica-
tion. A fortnight ago this eminent officer proceeded thither;
and with the assistance of Mr. Kendall, and a number of
divers from Portsmouth, made a most minute survey of the
sea ground that is to form the harbour; which has proved
to be equal to that of any harbour in the kingdom. Hitherto
an opinion was enter;-it: 'd by many nautical men that it
would alwats be a dangerous harbour, on account of the
supposed resky nature of its anchorage; but the present
survey has dissipated this idea; for, with the exception of
one or two small insignificant rocks, there is excellent hold-
ing grow td within the entire space to be enclosed for the
n •w harbour

THE LAST or TOP. linnEcc.ts.--Menry Evans, committed
to gaol, t..,ept. 3, 1841, fur being engaged in some of the
Rebecca disturbances, and tried in March, 1545, and sen-
tenced to eighteen months' imprisonment, was discharged
on Monday last, the period of his imprisonment having
expired. The CarinarMen Journal states he is the la tof
those unfortunate persons who were committed for various
tprms of imprisonment, on account of their connexion with
Rebeccaism. When he catered the gaol he was not able to
speak a word of English, nor did he know his alphabet; but
Ihen he was discharged he could speak English fluently.

PROVINCIAL.
LANCASHIRE.

TuE SALT MONOPOLY IN INDIA. A meeting of
manufacturers convened by circular was held at Blackburn,
on Monday, to hear Mr. Stoctradder, the general secretary
for the salt trade, and Mr. Aylwin, of the firm of Aylwin
and Co., merchants, Calcutta, ou the evils arising
out of the monopoly held by the East India Com-
panv in the manufacture and sale of salt in India. J.
M. Feilden, Esq. occupied the chair, and, in opening the
meeting, expressed his sense of the important bearing of the
question upon the comforts of the masses in India, as well as
on the manufacturing interests of this country. Mr. Stoc-
tradder explained at considerable length the curls suffered by
the forty-eight millions in India for whom the company
monopolised the supply of salt, ninth was in that country a
first Leas-wry of life. The salt manufacturers of Worcester-
shire and Cheshire, he alleged, were able to supply the article
at a rate seventy-five per cent. lower than the present, which
would relieve the poor ryot of Hindostan from the burden of an
eighth part of his yearly labour, now necessary to obtain
salt, and allow him an opportunity of devoting the produce
of the labour thus saved to the purchase of clothing. In
combatting the East India Company, the salt manufacturers
would have heavy odds against Chem, and the shipping
interest and manufacturers of Lancathire should make com-
mon cause with them, as they certainly had a common
interest in the, question. Mr. Jackson, a manufacturer,
addressed the meeting at considerable length on the evils of
monopoly, ar.d conjured those present, in the names of the
masses of India, of the salt manufacturers of this counter, of
the shipping interests, of the cotton manufacturers, and of
the operatiets of this eountry, to bestir themselves. Mr.
Aylwin then spoke, after which resolutions were unanimously
passed condemnatory of th salt monopoly-, and pledging the
meeting to use its utmost end( avoura to obtain eta abolition.
A committee wall also appointed.
A Fine, which it is feared must be added to the list of
incendiary acts we have had to notice so frequently of late,
broke out on Sunday upon the extensive premises at New
Pool Farm, in Wallasea Island, occupied by Mr. Allen, sen.
The flee, it appears, first destroyed a haulm stack, and the
filmes rapidly commun:cated to a wheat stack near, and
h-fore assistance could be obtained, to the other property.
The supply of water being short, the dwelling house several
times caught fire in difitr at places, but by great exertions
and watchfulness it was eventually saved. Long after dark
the filmes continued, and were visible for many miles round ;
and indeed on Monday ;needing the fire, though got under,
continued to burn. The property was insured to the full
amount.
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MITADFR LIVEILPOOL.—Abont seven o'clock
on Monday evening, a 1121.11 named Owen Talky, a tailor,
residing in Thomas's-street, made a savage assault upon his
wife, in consequence of which she shortly afterwards died.
The details are of a very revolting character. A quarrel
having arisen, Tulley beat his wife severely, kicking her in

tho abdomen, in so brutal a manner as to cause the entrails
to protrude. Although the poor woman was enceinte, her
cries were so agonising as to cause the neighbours to rush in.
A surgeon was sent for, but immediately after his arrival
she expired. Talley made his escape, and has not yet been
apprehended. The street where the occurrence took place
is one of a very low character, and it is a remarkable fact
that ns intimation seas given to the police till an hour and
a half after the event ; Tulley had thus ample opportunity
to escape. An inquest on the body will be held on Wed-
nesday.
BERKSHIRE.

ACCIDENT AT THE FARRINOLON-ROAD STATION ON THE
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—SWINDON, NEAR •FARRINO.
DON, TI ESDAY AF MILNOON.—Last evening, as the 416 p.m.
train It as proceeding on its way, one of the most fearful acci-
dents we have ever had the painful duty of recording oc-
curred near the Farringdon-road Station. The following
particulars were obtained from a gentleman who, though in
the last compartment of the passenger-carriage next the
tender, was providentially uninjured. As the train neared
the station, the rate of speed was, as usual, reduced, where-
upon, from some unexplained cause, a luggage• van, placed be-
tween the first passenger-carriage and the engine, got elf the
line, causing a collision with the next carriage, and the in-
stant death of two passengers, and injuring several others who
were in the same or adjoining carriages. The head of one of
the passengers was literally dashed to pieces, and his fellow-
traveller in the some compartment received so severe a con-
cussion of the brain, that almost instant death was the result.
The scene was horrifying in the extreme, and that, as
may be supposed, the greatest excitement and cousterna
tion prevailed.