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ped by a constable, who found the ingot of metal pro
duced lying near the door of the shop.
Mr. Lockyer having identified the metal, the prisoner,
who declined making any defence at present, was fully
committed for trial.

MARLBRO'-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

Dominic Sweenie, a shoemaker, lodging at 3G, Thomas--
street, Grosvenor-square, was charged by his wife with
assault and brutal treatment.
The complainant said her husband came home last
night about ten o'clock, and dragged her down the first-
floor stairs, struck her several blows about the head, cut
open her cheek below the eye, and made her mouth and
nose bleed. They live on the ground floor, but when he
knocked at the door she ran up stairs in terror, hoping
to escape him, as he had often threatened to take her
life, and bad abused her frequently.
The landlord of the house corroborated the evidence
of the woman.
Police-constable C 56 said he was called in and saw
the blood, but thinking it would soon be made up again
he went out. However, screams of murder were heard
before he had left the locality, and he broke into the
kitchen, where he saw the woman down on the floor,
the man above her with his knees on her chest, and his
hands grasping her throat, in the act of strangling her.
The defendant admitted he struck her.
Mr. LONG said he was sorry that he could not inflict
a punishment more adequate to the offence, but he would
pronounce the severest sentence which was allowed him,
and that was, that the prisoner should pay a fine of Si.,
or go to the House of correction for two months.
Benjamin Squires was charged with stealing a decanter
of sherry wine from Mr. Hodgon's bar, at the corner of
Charles- street, Oxford-street.
Charles Bonham said, he was standing at the bar
between eleven and twelve o'clock last night, and the
prisoner entered, deliberately bent over the bar, re-
moved the decanter, and walked off with it. As he was
going out, he said to him, •` stop, where are you going
with that?" and the prisoner immediately ran.
Police constable, F 124, took the prisoner with the
decanter under his coat.
He was committed for trial.

UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.

SANTA ANNA AT VEDA CRUZ.-IMPRISON-
MENT OF PAREDES.-SEIZURE OF THE

C ALIFORNIAS.
We have just received by express New York papers
of the Ist instant, brought by the London line of packet
ship St. James, Captain Miser, which has arrived off
Deal ; they contain most important intelligence, which
we subjoin :

WASHINGTON, AUG. 31.

The steamer Maim arrived at New Orleans on the
23d, with dates from Point Isabel to the 17th, and from
Camargo to the 13th. She brought 100 volunteers on
the sink list. General W. 0. Butler was confined to his
tent at Point Isabel, by sickness. The taking of China
sixty miles above Camargo, by M‘Culloch and his
seventy-five Rangers, on the sth of August, is confirmed.
Seguin, with 100 mounted Mexicans, took flight from
the town, which contains 700 inhabitants. There were
300 regulars at Camargo on the 9th, ready to start for
Monterey.
The volunteers were pouring in. General Taylor
arrived on the 9th with his staff. Baylie Peyton also
arrived on the 9th. A grand review of the troops took
place, and it is said Taylor expressed himself in terms of
admiration of their discipline. Duncan's battery and
M'Culloch, with a portion of his men, left Camargo on
the 12th, in the direction of Monterey.
The steamer Arab arrived off Vera Cruz on the 15th
August with Santa Anna on board. He immediately
placed himself at the head of the movement in that de-
partment. The departments of Pueba and Mexico have
declared for Santa Anna, and Paredes has been taken
prisoner. The revolt at the capital was headed by Ge-
neral Salas. Before Santa Anna left Havannah, he took
letters from General Campbell to Com. Connor, and
avowed himself, in reply to some inquiries as to his in-
tentions, as follows :—" If the people of my country
are for war, then I am with them, but I would prefer
peace."
News had been received in Mexico that Monterey
and California had been taken by one of the vessels
of the United States' squadron. Another account says-
that all California has yielded to the Americans!
A letter dated at Vera Cruz Aug. 16, says that ad-
vices have been received by express of the formal an-
nexation of California to the United States—that is, the
United States forces have taken possession of Califor-
nia. This news came to the British Consulate at Vera
Cruz.

Dispatches were to be sent to England and to New
Orleans by special expresses.—Herald.

THE RIVER PLATE.

FALMOUTH, SEPT. 22.—The Russian brig Bustruys,
Captain Schildwach, arrived off the port this afternoon,
after a remarkably quick passage, from the River Plate,
having quitted Monte Video so recently as the 28th of
July. The master could furnish no further information
than that matters still continued in an unsettled state,
and there was little prospect entertained of a speedy ad-
ju%tment of differences between the opposing factions,
who remained in the field without any decisive move-
ment on either side. _ _

Mr. Hood, the British Commissioner, had gone up to
Buenos Ayres three weeks before the sailing of the Bus-
truys, and had not returned when she left, nor had any
result of his mission to Roses transpired.
MONTE VIDEO, JULY 27.—The Hood mission to
Buenos Ayres is still a mystery ; every arrival from the
other side of the river has been watched with feverish
anxiety by those who feel their national honour, as well
as their interests, not less than the future welfare of this
country, to depend on its scope and issue. Up to the
present moment, however, there is nothing known, save
conflicting reports and opinions, which have, one after
another, melted away as " baseless fabrics," leaving only
doubt and misgiving. There is one fact from which to
draw a deduction. After the lapse of 20 days, from his
landing on the 3d till the departure of the Dolphin on
the 23d, Mr. Hood was still remaining at Buenos Ayres ;
it is therefore natural to suppose that something is doing
—a conclusion supported by a contemporaneous im •
provement in the Buenos Ayres paper currency. Gold
ounces fell to 295 paper ; but the money market is by
far too sensitive a plant to be always infallible.
In this city public opinion has, within the last few
days, gradually returned to the belief that there will be
no peace with Rosas—an opinion forced on men's minds
by the lessons of the past, and which has gained ground
in spite of the blandishments of Messrs. Hood and
Arena, and of the conciliatory decree of the 15th inst.,
wherein leave is given to the merchantmen up the
Parana, and to our war-steamers, to pass the batteries
unmolested—after San Lorenzo, a very cheap mag-
nanimity !
On the 18th of July, the grand anniversary of this
country, the Government sent a flag of truce out to
Oribe's camp, to propose a change of prisoners. Alas !
the appeal in behalf of poor humanity was deficient in
respect to the Lieutenant of Rosas, and could not be ad-
mitted. " The legal President was in that camp, and no
communication could be received which was not so ad-
dressed."
The enemy has evacuated the department of Maldo-
nado, and marched towards the lines.
Rivera is still at Las Vacas.

whether information is circulated or not. 'Sir Andreas
Stockenctrom has, it is aiserted, been wit.pout a scrip
of
intelligence
fromtogethre. ,sown
head-quarters for two And even
three
ti weeks
detachment of 100 sailors from the Cape
Contingent marched this day from Graham's Town, un-
der the command of Lieuts. Walsh and Williams, .for
Fort Dacres.
SATURDAT.—Received the following information from
Fort Beaufort :
On Tuesday last the Kafirs succeeded in capturing a
herd of cattle, belonging to the Fingoes at this place.
These cattle were taken while grazing, and two of the
Fingoes, who were out with them, are supposed to be
killed. As soon as the report was brought into Beau-
fort, a number of Fingoes, and about 20 of our Beaufort
mounted men, started off in pursuit, but the Kafirs having
the start by about an hour and a half, and night coming
on, the pursuit was discontinued. The next day it was
resumed, and one of the herdsmen was found, not
merely murdered, but his body dreadfully mutilated.
The Kafirs, who are said to have been about 60 in
number, got clear off with the booty. Field-Captain
Loxton and his Hottentot Company returned here yes-
terday from escort duty from Retief's Post with 300
sheep, which they recaptured from some Kafirs on their
route. The Kafirs, however, succeeded in making good
their retreat into the bush.
Information has also been received from head quarters
of Mr. John O'Reilly having arrived last evening from
the camp at the Fish River mouth. By this opportunity
we learn that Colonel Somerset had been scouring
Stock's country, or properly his location in the ceded
territory, but without meeting with any resistance from
the enemy. They appear everywhere on his approach
to have retired into the cover of the kloofs and thickets,
and except falling in with a few stragglers, three of
whom, it is said, were killed, there appears to have been
nothing done which it is material to record.
At present the warfare, on the part of the Kafirs, has
dwindled to a few petty desultory attacks ; but it is not
to be inferred from this that the enemy is subdued, still
less that the colonists will be justified in any relaxation
of vigilance. These desultory attacks, however paltry
in themselves, are in fact of very serious moment, and
should be met with the greatest perseverance and energy.
(From the Eastern Province Herald, July 4.)
Intelligence has been received that the cattle belong-
ing to Enon had been taken away by some Kafirs, and
again recaptured at Korhaan's Drift, near the farm of
Stephanus Du Free, about two hours' ride to the left of
Enon. Sixteen Burghers went in pursuit, and in a
sharp encounter which took place between them and the
Kafirs, at the Drift, 20 of the enemy were killed, and 36
head of cattle retaken. The casualties on our side were
three Hottentots slightly wounded, and one Burgher
named Christian Hartman, severely wounded in the arm.

AFFAIRS OF SPAIN.
(From the Times.)
MADRID, SEPT. 17.—The following is the report of
the commission named by the Deputies to draw up the
reply to her Majesty's message :
" Senora,—The Congress of Deputies have heard, with
the most profound respect the communication your
Majesty has been pleased to address to them, through
the medium of your Ministers, informing them that your
Majesty has determined to contract matrimony with
your august cousin the Infante Don Francisco Assis de
Bourbon ; they congratulate your Majesty, because,
while regarding your own happiness, you have given
the strongest testimony that you know how to reconcile
it with the good and prosperity of the nation which
Divine Providence has recommended to your care.
" The Congress are no less pleased at learning that
your Majesty has deigned to give your consent to the
marriage of her Royal Highness Dona Luisa Fernanda
de Bourbon, your august sister, and the present imme-
diate successor to the Crown, with his Royal Highness
Prince Antoine Marie Philippe Louis of Orleans, Duke
de Montpensier.
" The Congress, who, on all occasions, have given
the most unequivocal proofs of their love for the Throne,
and of their respect and adhesion to representative in-
stitutions, cannot do less than congratulate your Majesty
on the judicious combination of marriages which satisfy
the desires of the Spanish people, who are deeply in-
terested in the domestic felicity of your Majesty and of
your august sister, and in the consolidation of the con-
stitutional monarchy.
"The Congress unite in this expression of the con-
soling hope, cherished in the magnanimous heart of your
Majesty, and trust that, with the assistance of the
Almighty, the decided will of your Majesty, the efforts
of the Government, and the co-operation of the Cortes,
the new era of peace and happiness, announced by your
Majesty, will be as enduring as the submission to the
laws will be profound; that the oblivion of past disorders
will be more complete, and the union of all Spaniards
will be more sincere.
" JUAN BRAVO MURILLO, President.
"LUIS JOSE SARTORIUS.
" ALEJANDRO OLIVAN.
" FERNANDO ALVAREZ.
" JOSE DE POSADA HERRERA.
" EMANUEL GALLARDO.
" ANTONIO DE BENAVIDES, Secretary.
" Palace of the Congress. Sept. 16."
It would appear that the Opposition Deputies are as-
suming a more courageous tone than they have had for
the last two or three days. A meeting was held last
night to decide on what was to be done. It is said that
34—some say 44—have determined on voting against the
Government on the question of the Infanta's marriage.
It is rumoured that the Infante Don Enrique has
written to his father and brother a strong and severe
letter, reproaching them, and in particular the latter,
with not having kept faith with him in the circumstance
of the marriage.
Some sensation has been caused here by the fact of an
advertisement appearing yesterday in the Mario de
Avisos, announcing the sale of the furniture of the British
Minister. It is taken as an indication of his departure
from Madrid. I believe, however, that at present at
least there is no foundation for any such supposition.
The Gazette states that the Pope has granted the
necessary dispensations for the marriages of the Queen
and her sister. It is expected here in the course of the
present week, so that little time has been lost.
The Government has received, by telegraph, the news
of the disappearance from Paris of the Carlist General
Cabrera. The Liberals of Seville have addressed a
petition to the Queen against the marriage of the Infanta
with the Duke de Montpensier.
El Eco del Comercio was again seized by the police
this morning. There can be little doubt of the inten-
tions of the Government to completely annihilate the

Lo
press.
F P.M.—The two Chambers met at the
usual the Congress is still sitting, and will
probably sit for some time.
In the Congress, the President, Castro y Orozco, an-
nounced that he had a most important document put into
his hands for presentation to the House; nothing less
uRC
one,
c'
hour;x
than a protest on the part of the Infante Don Enrique
against the marriage of the Infanta Luisa Fernanda with
the Duke de Montpensier. It was dated the 7th of Sep-
tember, at Ghent. Senor Isturitz, President of the
Council, stood up, and opposed the reading of the pro-
test, on the ground that he refused to recognise the right
of any subject, how high soever his rank, to oppose him-
self to the will of the Queen. The President of the
Congress declared that the document should follow the
usual course of papers presented to the House. It was
accordingly read.
The address in reply to the message of the Queen was
then.read, and put from the chair to be discussed. Pre-
viously, Senor Pacheco stood up, and asked the Minister
for Foreign Affairs as to the fact of any communications
having passed between him and a foreign Minister at
this Court on the subject of the Infanta's mar-
riage? Senor Isturitz replied, that between him and Mr.
Bulwer, the British Minister, no correspondence had
taken Place on the subject; he had received three notes
from Mr. Bulwer, the tenor of which was in opposition
to the marriage; but he thought it right to say that
these notes were written on Mr. Bulwer's own respon-
sibility, and without instructions from his Government.
In his last note, Mr. Bulwer stated that he should con-
sider it his duty to abstain from all further official com-
munication with him until he had received further
instructions from his Government. The subject then
dropped.
The discussion then commenced on the address to the
Queen. Senor Pastor Diaz stood up to oppose it. His
speech was long, and some passages of it were ap-
plauded in the public galleries, in spite of the efforts of
the President of the Chamber; one passage particularly,
where he said "that all parties could forget each other's
grievances, but there was one party that could never be
forgiven or forgotten in Spain, and that was the Afran-
cesado faction." This allusion produced much movement
in the House.
The address was supported by Donozo Cortes, who
continued speaking up to the hour stated in the latter
part of this letter. His speech promises to last for some
time, as he is an orator of the most tedious kind. His
speeches are generally historical essays of immense
length. He began with the history of the early ages,
and had arrived at the sixteenth century when four
o'clock struck. The division, in all probability, will not
take place to-night, as there are three or four yet to
speak on the same subject.
In the Senate, the President also announced the fact
of having received the protest. Armero, Minister of
Marine, opposed its being read, for the same reason
given by Isturitz in the Congress.
Several members, amongst them Serrano and the
Marquis of Viluma, demanded that it should be read.
The President then put it to the House, and it was de-
cided in the negative. The protest, consequently, was
not read.

Letters from Paris received here to-day state that
the journey of the French Princes to Madrid has been
suspended.
Other accounts mention that the representatives of
the Austrian and English Governments on the marriage
question have produced their effect on Louis Philippe.
The Opposition Members are much animated in conse-
quence of the reports.
The Three per Cents. have improved per cent.,
they were done at 36* ; Four per Cents., 22 ; Five per
Cents., 22i ; Debt without interest, 6i. Coupons, 204.
Exchange on London, 36k.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.--On Tuesday last, the
22d instant, the Hon. Edward Plunkett, son of the Right
Lion. Lord Dunsany, was married, by special license, to
the Hon. Miss Ann Constance Dutton, daughter of the
Right Hon. Lord Sherborne, and sister to the Countess
of Ducie. Shortly after the ceremony the happy pair
left Sherborne Hall for Dunsany Castle, to pass the
honeymoon.
HORSE STEALING.—A daring case of horse-steal-
ing occurred at Catcherrt's Corner, near Wolver-
hampton, on Wednesday night or Thursday morning,
when the stable of Mr. Tupper was broken into, and a
dark brown horse, about twelve hands high, stolen. The
poor animal has since been found dead, its throat being
cut, on the canal bank, near the Cannoek-road Bridge.—
Wolverhampton Chronicle.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
CIIATEA3I, SEPT. 23.—The Southampton, guns,
was put out of dock this day, and placed in ordinary.
The Warspite, a razeed, 74 guns, built in this dock-
yard and launceed in the year 1807. was taken into dock
this day, to he fitted fir ?ocamission.
Captain Sir Thomas Bourchier, K.C.8., the newly-ap
pointed Captain Superintendent, has commenced his duty
at this yard. He arrived here on Monday afternoon
last, and was received by Captain William Henry Sherriff,
and conducted over the various offices; after which they
proceeded on board the guard-ship Poictiers, when the
officers and crew were assembled on deck, and Captain
Sir Thomas Bourchier's commission was then read to
them. The two officers then returned to the dockyard,
and Captain Sherriff resigned his duty to his successors
and left the yard. In consequence of considerable
alterations to be made in the residence of the Captain
Superintendent, the Captain has apartments at the Sun
Hotel. It is currently reported that Mr. Thomas Vinall,
the Captain Superintendent's Secretary, is to be removed;
the cause of such removal is political.
WooLwien, SEPT. 23.—The Gladiator steam-vessel,
Captain John Robb, arrived from Scotland yesterday
with troops, and went up the river to Deptford with
them.

The Widgeon steam-vessel ref rned from Woolwich
to Dover to-day, and the Charron is ordered round to
Woolwich from Dover.

The Violet steamfpacket, on the Dover station, is to
be brought round to Woolwich to be docked, as it is
supposed her bilge pieces are split, the bolts appearing
through her bottom.

The Fearless steam-vessel returned to Chatham yes-
terday._
...

The Diligence transport ship is loading with stores at
Deptford for the Mediterranean, and gill take home the
engines of the Sydenham steam-vessel broken up at
Malta.

A number of convicts have been employed for several
days deepening the side of the river at the north ,west
end of the dockyard, close to Charlton pier, for the pur-
pose of making a station for the Helm, converted into a
depot for the single men of the Woolwich division of the
Royal Marines. A gate bas been opened in the wall of
the dockyard, close to the wharf, to admit the men of the
Royal Marines at all times from the Charlton-road,
without their having to go through the dockyard.
MEMORANDUK—ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 10.—The Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty are pleased to direct
that the issuing price of soap to her Majesty's ships'
companies shall be reduced from Bd. to 6d.

REMOVAL OF CERTAIN PAUPER
LUNATICS FROM ASYLUMS BACK TO THE
WORKHOUSES. ,

At the usual weekly meeting of the board of guardians
of the parish of Saint Luke, Chelsea, held yesterday,
Mr. Ryder in the chair, amongst other communications
read to the board was the following letter from the Com-
missioners of Lunacy, on the subject of removing back
to workhouses simply imbecile or idiotic paupers from
asylums where, under the Act of 8 and 9 Vic., c, 126
(passed August 8, 1842), being of unsound mind they
are required to be sent, but under the 9th and 10th Vic.
(passed last session), it would appear they are enabled to
be removed back :

" No. 1,008.

" Office of Commissioners in Lunacy, 19, New-
__street, Spring-gardens, Sept. 21, 1846,

" Sir,—Your letter of the 10th inst. has been brought
under the consideration of the Commissioners in Lunacy,
by whom I am directed, in answer to the question sub-
mitted to them with reference to the power of the Board
of Guardians of St. Luke, Chelsea, to remove simply
idiotic and imbecile paupers from asylums to the work-
house,' to say that the law vests in the guardians the
power at their discretion to remove their pauper lunatics,
at all events from hospitals and licensed houses, and
that the sanction of the Commissioners in Lunacy is not
required to such removal, which must be the act of the
guardians upon their own responsibility.
" The propriety or legality of the subsequent residence
of the insane paupers so removed into workhouses will
depend upon the character of the respective mental dis-
orders, and upon the opinion of the medical men certify-
ing as to the propriety of their confinement in each case.
" I am sir, your obedient servant,
" R. W. S. LUTWIDGE, Secretary,
" Mr. T. M. Loveland, clerk to the Board of Guardians
of Saint Luke, Chelsea."

*SIMS affAMME,M.morami....
TRENT VALLEY, MIDLANDS, AND

GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.
A special general meeting of the shareholders of this
company was held yesterday, at two o'clock, at the com-
pany's offices, 19, Great George-street, Westminster.
HENRY TooTAi,, Esq., deputy-chairman, having taken
the chair, said his first duty was to express his extreme
regret that the chair was not occupied by the chairman,
the lion. Colonel Anson. He held in his hand a letter,
stating that severe domestic affliction, namely,the death of
one of his children, prevented him from being present.
The SECRETARY read the advertisement, and after-
wards the report of the directors. It stated that the
meeting had been specially convened to take into consi-
deration the proposed amalgamation of the company 1
with the North Staffordshire Company, to ratify the
agreement!, dated the 23d February and 19th June,
1846, to that effect, and to confer the necessary powers
on the directors for fully effectuating that object. The
capital stock of the amalgamated company would con-
sist of 945,000/., composed of 78,750 shares of 121. each,
of which 35,000 would belong to the Trent Valley Com-
pany, and a 121. share in the amalgamated company
would be issued to each holder of one 20/. scrip.
The accounts showed a sum of 73,5001. receipts and de-
posits up to the 22d September instant, and 12,710/. 15s.
6d. payments on account of expenses, thereby leaving a
balance of 60,789/. 4s. 6d.

The CHAIRMAN congratulated the shareholders, on
their first meeting-after obtaining tleir Act. At an early
stage of their proceedings the circumstance of another
company baying been formed, which aimed at the same
objects and traversed the same country, was a reason
why the directors felt anxious that they should be
brought together. He bad now the pleasure to tell them
that the agreements for amalgamation bad been pre-
pared, and now all that was necessary to complete it was
the consent of Parliament. Ile believed the railway
would benefit the country through which it was con-
structed, and be remunerative to those who had invested
their capital in it. He moved that the report now read
be received and adopted, printed, and circulated among
the members.

Mr. J. W. UNETT seconded the motion, which was
carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN said the next business was the
election of directors ; he wished, therefore, to state that
in the terms of the amalgamation, the South Stafford-
shire Company appointed ten of the directors, and the
Trent Valley eight.

The eight retiring directors were then unanimously
re-elected.

Messrs. George Sanders, Wakefield, and James Dur-
ham, were appointed auditors, at a salary of 251. each.
The CHAIRMAN said the special business of the day
now came before the meeting, namely, the approval of
the amalgamation of the Trent Valley with the South
Staffordshire. The other company were to find of the
whole capital 525,0001., and the Trent Valley 420,0002
The SECRETARY then read a series of resolutions
voting the amalgamation of the two companies, and
authorising the directors to carry it out.
The CHAIRMAN moved these resolutions.
Mr. BEALE seconded them, and they passed unani-
mously.
A PROPRIETOR said he observed that the 20/. shares
were now reduced 12/.; he wished to know when the bor-
rowing clause would come into operation, if at all?
The CHAIRMAN said the reduction was necessary, as
the capital of the two companies would have been more
than was needed, and they had still the same power to
borrow to the extent of one-half as before.

A PROPRIETOR wished to know whether this company
would make the Shewbellow Branch, or would leave it
to be made by the Grand Junction Company ?
The CHAIRMAN said it would be made, but by whom
he could not yet say.
Mr. WALKINGSHAW moved a vote of thanks to the
directors, which was seconded, and carried unanimously.
The DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and the
meeting then separated.

GREAT EASTERN AND WESTERN

RAILWAY.

A meeting of the scripholders and shareholders in this
company was held yesterday at the company's offices, 5,
Gresham•street, City, for the purpose of determining
whether or not the company should be dissolved. Mr.
Ward, M.P., was voted to the chair.

The advertisemnt convening the meeting having been
read, the following gentlemen were appointed scruti-
neers, viz., Messrs Spackman, Huberstey, and Crosbie.
The meeting then adjourned to the Guildhall Coffee-
house.

The CHAIRMAN having made a long personal expla-
nation as to the occasion of his former non-attendance,
Mr. COHEN said he wished to know whether the
meeting was duly called in compliance with the require-
ments of the shareholders.

The SECRETARY then read the case put to Mr. Lloyd,
the barrister, and the opinion of the counsel that the
present meeting was strictly legal.
After some desultory conversation,
The CHAIRMAN said that with regard to the delay
that had occurred in the calling of the meeting, in the
first place, till the passing of Lord Dalhousie's ct, they
bad no power to dissolve the company. A meeting
would have been called immediately after the Act had
been passed had not the directors beenin negotiation with
the Newport and Abergavenny Railway Company. The
directors had an agreement, by which the shareholders
were secured the possession of one half of the shares in
that Company if they chose to avail themselves of such a
power. The Hon. Gentleman then entered into an ex-
planation of the various meetings which had been held,
and of the reasons for his not attending, and the com-
pulsion to which he was subjected to perform official
duties at the Admiralty, &c., respecting which such
severe comments had been made. Then, with regard
to the subsequent notices that had been served on them
(the directors), there was some informality in all of
them. If the notices thus served on him had
been legal, he would have attended, as he had ob-
tained Lord Auckland's permission to do so.
From these statements, which he felt it his duty to
make, it was evident that he did not intend to run away
from them. He, as well as the other directors, had no
intention or desire of frustrating the dissolution of the
company as to the terms upon which that disso-
lution was to be effected.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") An
opinion was entertained that the shareholders had a
claim on the directors for 40s. a share. Now the circu-
lars that had been issued contained a complete perversion
of the facts of the case. 'As to the legal claims of any body
of shareholders against the directors, it was a matter that
' must be decided by a legal test. But it had been put to
them as a moral obligation to meet the views of the
shareholders on this point. If he could see that that
moral obligation existed he, for one, would not be with-
held by legal technicalities from acceding to the views
of the shareholders. But he denied that such was the case.
The documents to which he referred, and which con-
tained the statement as to the obligation of the directors,
altogether omitted the words " preliminary expenses"
in all their statements. Now, it was absurd to suppose
that any men of sense would attempt to carry on
a line of any length for los. a mile. Such
a thing was never known in the railway world, and cer-
tainly was never contemplated by him. The simple
question for the shareholders to consider was, whether
or not they (the directors) had discharged themselves
properly of the duties which they had agreed to perform
in the undertaking in which they had embarked, with the
rest of the shareholders. They were all suffering from
the engineer's conduct. (The Chairman here read a
letter, written by him to Air. Gravatt, the engineer, de-
precating his delay in proceeding with the line, and
concluding with the words, " that if the line was not
prosecuted it would be a disgrace.")
Mr. COHEN —Why then go to Parliament?

The CHAIRMAN—By adopting that proceeding they
were now in a position to resist the whole
demand of Mr. Gravatt, as well as to pro-
ceed against him for the money already paid.
Having given a history of the Parliamentary battles of the
company; he, in conclusion, said he had only to repeat
that he only desired that there should be a satisfactory
arrangement, and as far as he himself was concerned, he
was precluded by his position from any future connexion
with railways.
A most protracted discussion ensued, after which the
Secretary read a financial statement. From this it appeared
that the money received was 103,231/. 4s. 9d., while the
liabilities exceeded 40,0001. The balance in the bankers'
hands was 42,599/., and the outstanding claims were for
the solicitors, 13,142/.; the local agents, 1,7821. 15s. 2d.;
to Mr. Gravatt, 7,5001.,

Captain liEivistnE then moved, and Mr. GRIFFIN
seconded, that the company should be dissolved, which
was carried.

It was then moved by ➢lr. GRIFFIN that this dissolu-
tion should not be taken for an act of bankruptcy.
Mr. Esousu seconded the motion, which was car-
ried, and the meeting separated.

TIRE IN TIIE CITY-ROAD.—Yesterday morning,
between four and five, whilst the fire was raging at the
Croydon Railway station, another outbreak occurred at
11 Wharf, City-road Basin, occupied by Mr. John Mere-
dith, a stable-keeper. It was caused by the overheating
of one of the coke ovens in the adjoining wharf, which
was built against the wall. When first noticed the fire
had got possession of the upper floor, and it soon after-
wards broke through the roof. Several of the brigade
engines attended, and the firemen threw a stream of
water upon the burning premises which had the desired
effect, but not before the top floor was destroyed, the
roof burnt off, and the lower floor damaged by water,
&c. Mr. Meredith was insured in the Pheenix fire-office.

EXPLOSION OF Gas.—Yesterday morning, about
eleven o'clock, an explosion of gas, which created the
greatest alarm in the neighbourhood of Lirnehouse,
occurred on the premises of Mr. William Page, the
Commercial Rice-mills, Commercial-road East. It ap-
pears that Miles Scatcherd, the fireman of the establish.
ment, perceiving a strong smell of gas proceeding from
the counting-house, suspected the gas was escaping from
the pipe, and, without taking the precaution of opening
the windows to allow the gas to escape, went with a
lighted candle to the spot. The moment he opened the
door the gas, which had been confined in a very small
apartment, exploded. The counting-house was shat-
tered, the floor blown up, the glass broken, and a large
iron, which was used for the grinding of barley, was
removed and broken. The unfortunate man Scatcherd
was severely burnt about the head and body. He was
moved to his home, where he remains in a preca-
rious state.

TILE CENSOR IN SPAlN.—Spanish newspapers are
at the present time two-thirds blank paper ; for the
Censor—

" Breathes o'er the page his purity of soul,
Corrects each error, and refines the whole"—
by dashing out whole sentences. Thus, the Espectador
comes out after this fashion:— _

All true Spaniards
loved country
The Infanta by her marriage
our next."

And thus our be-

Very eloquent these blanks ! What trumpet flourishes
do they give of freedom 1-I'uncli.

MURDIR IN LICVER.POOI,4 -11/31JA:t'?
WIPE BY 111,211 HUSBAND.
On Monday evening one of the mostlibtiiiroiiszli,--Lct.
ders was perpetrated in Thomas-street 'Alia,. perhais;_,;:...\,o
ever disgraced the annals of Liverpool. 17thepartienlars,1:,;gfjs21
so far as they have transpired, although; )of cottrse,:o.e,Niz 44
must be to some extent considered ex pdrte,':-as,tbe,pre.V.ly
cipal actor in the deed of blood absconlked; die 4444-- 54
scene of atrocity truly horrifying.
Thomas-street is s narrow, dirty thorodgekelattAapir
ing from South Castle-street to Paradise-street, in
vicinity of the Custom-house ; and it is inhabited almost
exclusively by persons in the lowest walks of life. • At
No. 42, Owen Tully and his wife, Catherine Tully, the
deceased, kept a small provision shop. Tully himself
was a journeyman tailor, who worked for various trades-
men in the town, and sometimes, amongst other shop-
keepers, for Mr. Williams, of Tarleton.: street. His wife
was generally employed in attending to the business of
the shop, and managing the domestic concerns of the
family.
Monday being an idle day with tailors, Tully took a
long walk in the country, and on returning home about
seven o'clock in the evening, apparently sober, he asked
his wife how much money she had that day taken in the
shop. She replied that she was unable exactly to tell
the amount, as she had not as yet counted it, whereupon
he struck her with his clenched fist in the forehead.
Whilst reeling from the effects of the blow he kicked
her in the lower part of the abdomen, and repeated the
kicks in that dangerous part so often and so violently
that at length the flesh gave way and the bowels pro-
truded! He seems then to have ceased from his barba-
rity, and to have looked for a while on his bleeding and
dying victim, as she lay stretched at his feet on the
ground. Three females allege that they were eye-wit-
nesses of the deed. Their names are Catherine Fitzge-
rald and Catherine King, both of whom were neighbours,
residing in Thomas-street, and also Bridget Smith, who
acted as Tully's servant.
The uproar caused by these females attracted several
persons to the spot, and in a short time messengers were
dispatched in various directions for medical assistance.
Dr. Moorhouse, of Cleveland-square, was the first pro-
fessional man to arrive, but when he came the unfortu-
nate female was a corpse, and her unnatural husband
had fled. The latter seems not to hare remained many
minutes in the house after he had given the last fatal
kick. When he perceived that there was no chance of
his wife's recovery, and that life was rapidly ebbing to
its close, he appears, almost unobserved by the affrighted
persons with whom the house was filled, to have made
his escape ; and we regret to say that no trace of him
has since been discovered.

Much blame is attributable to those inside and outside
of the premises, for not having given earlier information
to the authorities of this dreadful occurrence than they
seem to have done. It was seven o'clock, as we have
said, or thereabouts, when Tully returned from the
country and struck the first blow. The kicks were
given immediately-after, and the woman was dead some
time before eight. And yet it was half-past eight before
the officer on duty in Thomas-street and that neigh-
bourhood was made acquainted with the circumstance,
and it was half-past eleven (three hours afterwards)
when the intelligence was reported,at the central police-
station. The loss of time which thus occurred will ap-
pear the more surprising to those elsewhere, ignorant of
the locality, when we state that the distance from the
central station to the scene of the atrocity is not above
a quarter of a mile, if so much.
_ _ _

Mr. Superintendent Brown, however, with that praise-
worthy promptitude and activity for which he has ever
been distinguished, lost no time in making diligent search
for the missing party. Ascertaining, in the first in-
stance, that Tully was an Irishman, he proceeded him-
self :to the Clarence-dock, for the purpose of searching
the trading steamers which daily and nightly ply be-
tween this port and various parts of the sister country,
thinking it most probable that the fellow would endea-
vour as soon as he could to reach his native land. The
steamers had, unfortunately, sailed an hour before, and
therefore, if he had gone in any of them, he was, for the
present, beyond the reach of apprehension. It is thought,
however, that he did not leave for Ireland, but that he
remained in Liverpool. . _

He is described as a man about forty years of age,
five feet seven or eight inches high, thin, pale face,
slender make, black hair and whiskers. He is sup-
posed to have been dressed in a black frock cuat, vest,
and trousers.

Mr. Brown, on his return from the Clarence-dock, re-
paired to the house in Thomas-street, and his description
of the appearance of the room in which the deed was
perpetrated is truly appalling. He says that at that hour
(half.past one, A.M.) the floor was drenched with blood,
and that, although quantities of sawdust had been thrown
over it, it had completely saturated the sawdust, and was
visible in a coagulated state in every direction. The body
had then been removed up stairs.
During the whole of yesterday the greatest excite..
ment continued to prevail in the neighbourhood of
Thomas-street. Great numbers of persons visited the
scene, and it was with difficulty that many of them could
be prevented from entering the premises.
The inquest upon the body will be held to-day.—
Liverpool Courier of yesterday.

Instructions have been sent to the Commander-in-
Chief of the Mediterranean station, Vice-Admiral Sir
Willtam Parker, to retain the naval forces now under his
command, with the exception of the two guard-ships of
the ports of Devonport and Portsmouth, and to remain
on the cruising ground of the squadron of evolution, from
the Tagus to Cadiz and Gibarltar, until further orders.
A QUESTION FOR THE SAVANS.—INCENDIARY
INVENTION. —A new lucifer match has been invented by
King Louis Philippe. It is the marriage of his son, the
Due de Montpensier, with the young Queen of Spain's
sister, which threatens to set all Spain, if not Europe, in
a blaze.—Punch.

A Cumous CLOCK.—A Parisian watchmaker has
completed the construction of a clock of a singular
nature. It has eleven dials. The principal dial shows
the hours alone; a transparent one, immediately below
the former, shows the progression and retrogression of
the sun; two others, also transparent, and through which
the mechanism of this immense machine can be seen,
mark, the one the days of the month, the other the
seconds. Eight square enamelled dials are arranged
round the two sides of the pendulum, and show the hour
in each of the following eities:—London, Algiers, Alex-
andria, St. Helena, Otaheite, Canton, New York, and St.
Petersburgh. Each of these dials is marked with 24
hours, instead of 12, so as to show the hours of the day
and those of the night. Lastly, the pendulum carries a
large metrical scale, indicating the degree of expansion
and contraction of metal. This clock cost 14,000 francs,
or about 6001.

The parish officers of Shoreditch are offering a
reward of seventeen guineas for the apprehension of as
many husbands, who have lately deserted their wives
and families, leaving them a charge to the churchwardens
and overseers.

CONFESSION OF AN INCENDIARY.—EIizabeth Bar-
kitt, a native of Titmarsh, Northamptonshire, who had
lived in the service of Mrs. Gray and her son Edward,
at Bushmead, about ten weeks, has made a full confes-
sion of having set fire to the premises on the Ist instant,
by which a considerable amount of property was de-
stroyed. A searching investigation was made by
Superintendent Jebbett immediately after the fire,
which being closely followed up, and the prevaricating
stories of the servant, together with the difficulty of ap-
proach by a stranger to the spot where the fire broke
out, suspicion attached to her, which she perceived, and
her mind at last became so overpowered with her guilt,
that she could bear it no longer, and made a confession
of the whole circumstances, and said she felt much
happier. She could give no reason why she had done it,
and afterwards felt very sorry. She was taken before
G. P. Livius, Esq., on Thurday, and committed for trial.
—Bedford Mercury. _

CURRY PASTE.--We have seen a sample of curry
paste, prepared by Captain White, as well as his curry
powder, both of which, he tells us, are patronised by the
Duke of Norfolk, a nobleman who has the reputation of
being an excellent judge in such matters. His Grace
acknowledges the receipt of a jar of curry paste and a
package of curry powder in the following terms
" The Duke of Norfolk presents his compliments to
Captain White, with many thanks for his present of
curry paste and powder, which is thought very good by
his friends and himself." After this testimony from so
high an authority on the subject of the gallant gentle-
man's curry paste and powder, it would be bad taste in
us to offer any of our own.
THE ATHENMUM SOIREE.—The grand annual
soiree of the Manchester Athenmum, to be held in the
Free-trade Hall, on Thursday evening, the 22d of Oc-
tober, under the presidency of Lord Morpeth, promises
to be every way the most attractive and interesting of
these reunions. Three prelates have accepted invitations
to attend—the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr. Whately; the)
Bishop of Norwich, Dr. Stanley; and the Bishop of Ox-
ford, Dr. Wilberforce ; and amongst the noblemen and
gentlemen who have also accepted invitations, are the
' Welt Hon. Lord Viscount Sandon, M.P., the Right
Hon. R. L. Sheil, 31. P., the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson,
M.P., Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel, R.N., Mr. Mon-
tague Gore, M.P., Mr. J. T. Clifton, M.P., Mr. J. Iv.
Patten, M.P., Mr. W. Ewart, M.P., Mr. M. Philips,
l'sLY., Mr. J. Brotherton, M.P., Mr. J. Bright, M.P.,
C. Mackay, LL.D., Mr. G. Dawson, M.A., Mr.
Douglas Jerrold, Mr. J. Macgregor, of the Board of
Trade, &c. Amongt the Vice-Presidents of the evening
are named the Mayor of Manchester, the Mayor of Sal-
ford, Sir B. Heywood, Colonel Wemys, C. 8., the Rev.
C. Clifton, the Rev. J. J. Taylor, 8.A., the Rev. R.
Vaughan, D.D., Mr. C. Swain, and upwards of sixty
other gentleman. The doors are to be opened at six
o'clock, and the chair to be taken at seven by Lord
Morpeth, who will address the meeting, and to be fol-
lowed by other speakers. The Theatre.Royal is to be
connected R ith the Free trade llall, by rooms extending
over South-street, and in these rooms refreshments are
to be provided. A complete and commodious suite of
dressing-rooms, ladies' retiring-rooms, &c., are also to
be provided, and arrangements made for the convenient
ingress of the company. Instructions as to the entrances,
the carriages, &c., are already advertised. We under-
stand that already the demand for tickets (which are now
procurable at the institution) is very great, and the vast
hall will, in all probability, be tilled.—Manchester
Guardian.

FIRE AT A DISTILLERY.--Between ten and eleven
on Wednesday forenoon: a fire broke out upon the pre-
mises belonging to Mr. J. Greenhow, distiller and rec-
tifier, carrying on business at 16, St. John-street, Clerk-
enwell. It was caused by a leak in the still, which al-
lowed the spirit to run into the fire. Owing to the
inflammable nature of the stock, very few minutes elapsed
before upwards of 100 ;gallons of spirits became ignited.
The flames had just broken through the roof, when the
engines of the parish, London:Brigade, and West of Eng-
land Company arrived. By the exertions of the firemen
the fire was got out, but nut before about 120 gallons of
spirits was consumed, the roof partly burned, and other
damage done. Mr, Greenhow was ihsured in the Sun
Firg-Sece•