The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-20 00:00:00

RIO DE LA PLATA.

FALMOUTH, MAT IS.
By the Queen of the Tyne, arrived here from tLe
River Plate, we have advicee from Buenos Acres of
March 16. The folluwing official documents had been
published :

Brume Aran. Feb. 24.
Sir,-1 have the honour to state to your excellency, for
the information of his excellency the governor of the province,
charged with the foreign relations 01 the Argentine c.ute-
deration, Brißadier-General Dm Juan Mante.d de lions,
that, with a view to cirry into full and due r xrcution the
first article of the conventim of ;Seventh. r 21, 1549, I have
applied to the oomniander in.chief, Rear-Almiral Reynolds,
C B , on the subj. ct of evacuating the islaud of Martin
Garcia, and I have the honour to announce to your exc.liency
that I have received the formal declaration of t/c command, r-
in-chief of her Majesty's navel forces on this etatien to the
effect that the island of Martin Garcia is definitively evacuated
by the British forces, and tha: no vestige remains of their
having occupied the island or any portion of .1.
(Signed) Ilmaut Sot:rumor.
Ills Ezeellene7 DS Felippe Arena,
Minister of Foreign Adair,.

Bc-rxos AMER, Feb. 25.
Sir,—His excellency the governor, in view of riur excel-
lency's esteemed note, has affected the underwent il to mani-
fest to you his excellency's high screw of your taceliencj's
desire to correspond to the spirit of cordiAity and goad-will
which has cheracterilod the proce•dii gs of the Argentine
government, with respect to the immediate ratification of the
conventiot. of November 24 lett, between the Anew-lac
confederation and Great Britain, and of the dioilesa means
employed by your exzelleney to accomplish that desire, in
concurrence with Admiral Reynolds, who has arrived at this
port with the object of carrying into full effect the s:ipula
tions of the first article of the convention.

His excellency the governor, animated with like benevo-
lent and friendly wish's, Les, under this date, given his
orders to the captain of the port to receive on Wednesday next
the Argentine corvette Twenty-tifth of May, directing at the
same time that immediately on the conclusion of the salute
to the Argentine GM it shall be correepondod to by a salute
of an equal number of guns to the flag of her Britannia
litajer y.
His excellency renews expressions of his sentiments towards
your excellency and to Admiral Reynolds for the very die
tioguished manner in which you have met his efforts to put
an en'! at once to the exist ir g differences, and fur the dignified
and worthy wee in which you have proceeded to carry into
execution the stipulations of the first article of the convention
of peace of Nov. 24th last. Ood preserve your excellency
many years.
—.

. -
(Signed) Faur rs
His Excellency Henry Southern, &c.

The Southampton, bearing the flag of Admiral
Reynolds, sailed from Buenos Ayres 'on March 2, for
Monte Video; and the Kestrel arrisid wi•li the Bri-
tishmails, via Rio, nn March 3.

were
There 49 British vessels in port; heights no-
minal; 22 were fixed u to destination (IS for Eng-
land), and 27 unfixed.

THE LATE SIR JOHN T
BARROW BART:he cere-
mony of laying the foundation stone of monument to the
memory of this esteemed gentleman took place on the Hill
of Bond, near Ulventon, en Wednesday last. The cere-
mony was numerously attended, the trowel for the purpose
being in the hands of the eldest son of the deceased, Sir
George Barrow. The humble thatched cottage at 'Nighty,
the birthplace of the deceased, was tastefully decorated, and
his afoot neater, Town Bank School, was festooned with
flowers, and flags were flying from the belfry.
BATTERSEA PARK.—The continued delay that has
taken place in oarrying out the att of parliament for the
formation of this park, has at length aroused the attention
of the inhabitants and clergy throughout the extensive dis-
trict of Battersea, &e., to a !opt measures for urging upon
the government and commissioners to carry out the inten-
tions of the legislature, by pointing out the evils, as well as
injury to property constquent on further delay. For that
purpose several meetings of the leading inhabitants have
been held, and a corrispondence entered into, with a view to
the 'sterol parishes and districts acting in concert with each
other, the more strongly to impress upon the government the
necessity for their interference. To carry such intention
into effect, it has been determined that an aggregate meet-
ing of the inhabitants of the parishes of Lambeth, Newing-
ton, Battersea, &e., shall he held during the present week.
HOMICIDE AT NEWPORT, GLOVCEPTERUIRE.—A
painful sensation has been ereatedat Newport,Gloucestersbire,
and its neighbourhood, is consequence of the homicide. under
circumstances of a distreseina character, of Mr. Daniel Whiie,
who occupies a farm at a place called Woodford. The inquest
upon the body was held on Friday, and occupied the greater
part of the day. The deeessed man had a daughter named
Mixabeth, whose intellect is so weak as almost to amount to
idiocy, and by some means she had been drawn from her
home and induced to participate in the amusements of the
dancers. Upon this becoming known to she father he was
very angry, and caused an intimation to be made to her that
he requited her to return home She reluaed to do so, and
at length finding that she remained and the hour being late,
he went to the dancing room and took her away by force,he
kg evidently greatly exasperated. 8 me words ansued,aad the
deceased, who was in great anger, ii flirted personal violence
upon his daughter by beating her with a whip. This pro-
ceeding was men by some parties, and gave great offence
to three men, nun- d John Nelms", otherwise
milled Newman, William Fetht rhay, and William
Lovell, all of whets had been at the public-house, and
having drunk somewhat freely, were in an excitable condi-
tion. They contrived to waylay the father, whom they
attacked and beat in a dreadful way, leaving him on the
ground insensible, and, as the reAtit his proved, fatally
injured. After they had merle off the unfortunate man was
found by one of the Olooeetershire county constabulary,
pro-
twuheroe.4. the ihbb4.lls procuredirnudo o neighbourhood, whoorsssMillitirdeswiLlehi'ca.ktma medical° surgeon,v ad h
skill and
c residingu d ifornt
his relief, but in vain. He remained in a state of stupor for
two days, unable during the time to articulete a sentence,
when he expired ; and an intimation of the fatal terming.
tion of the affray being made to the coroner, that function-
ary at once issued the necessary process for holding an in-
quest on the body. The foregoing facts having been depesed
to by several parties,—Mr. Jahn Hicks we. called to speak
to the cause of death. lie deposed to the c sedition in which
he found the deceased, and to his situation till his
death, and then proceeded to describe the poet
moue= examination. The principal injuries were upon
1 the head. The skull had been fractured, and there
was a quantity of blood e :trammeled. The death had re-
salted from the viulence which caused the (recoils,. The
coroner having summed op the evidence, and pointed out
the laws of homicide as applicable to the case, the jury
re-
turned a verdict of manslaughter against the three me,
William Fetheray, John Nihau, and Wm. Lovell, aid the
mown at once issued his warrant for their committal to
Gloucester gaol to await their trial at the next county I
wise.