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commencement of the meeting, was 62,132, of which we give
the following summary
No. of shares originally represented
Shares held by the directors who declined to
vote
Votes for dissolution
Votes against dissolution
Shares held by parties who left during the
meeting without voting 5,407

62,132

62,132 62,132
It appears, therefore, that if the shareholders who left the
meeting without voting had voted for the dissolution, the ma-
jority against it would have been reduced to 45,662. But if,
on the other hand, the directors had voted against the mo-
tion, there would then have been a majority of 50,303 for
going on with the company.
It was then moved and seconded that the best thanks a
this meeting are due, and are hereby given to, Hoj.j.,-,parey
Williams, Esq., for his able and impartial c,..louct in the
chair.

The vote was agreed to nem, cola;
The meeting then 131%,k14c c,tler having lasted upwards
of nine howl,

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT—Newcastle, Aug. 1,
PRIZE-FIG HT AND MANSLAUGHTER.--William Gleghorn,
a placid-looking young man, a blacksmith by trade, and
aged twenty years, and James Renwick, aged thi_ns,,one,„ho
acted as bottle-holder in a prize-fight bet7-en Gleghorni and
Michael Riley, were charged with liaving committed man-
slaughter upon Michael Riley, on the 10th of March last.
The following witnses were called : _ _ _

John Bahnlia, publican, and an apparently respectable
man, said he had been present at a prize-tight on the 10th
of March, at Blythe Links, between the prisoner Gleghorn
and Michael Riley, who is since dead. He never heard why
these men were to fight. A ring was made. The men
stripped Kid struck violently at each other, and they fought
for about two hours and a half. The deceased appeared the
fresher man of the combatants till near the close. Both men
were distressed. Gleghorn was declared victor, and Riley
then appeared greatly punished and distressed ; at last per-
fectly insensible. He was still put to fight till unable to
stand. Renwick was there as bottle-holder inside the ring.
Cross-examined—Gleghorn was the taller and apparently
stronger man. The fight was fair, and the men shook hands
at setting to. The deceased appeared to have the best of the
light till at, the close, when he received very heavy blows,
The combatants were cheered on by friends and the crowd,
which consisted of from three to four hundred perens. At-
tempts were made to induce the deceased to stop fighting,
and he would not desist. Ile said he was dble to fight three
hours longer. They attempted to 11-lake the deceased shake
hands with the victor, but 11'4 was unable. The witness
took notes of the fight I'4 the Bell's Life npv,,paner.
C 05.1.1 hove wx.lite; rnumita. wc.o rOUg rite Witness is a
publican,
After ecsne corroboratory evidence, R. Smith, surgeon
at Blythe, said he saw the deceased at the Ridley Arms, who
was labouring under severe contusions about the head, and
very extensive injuries about the neck. He shortly after-
wards died; no doubt from the effects of the blows. Saw
some blows given at the close of the fight, which appeared
to have great effect.

Verdict of Guilty against both prisoners. Gleghorn to be
imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six calendar months,
and Tenwicic, who had already been in confinement since
March, to be imprisoned with hard labour for two months.
HEARTLESS FORGERY. John Thompson, aged 32 years
Alexander Henderson, aged 51, and John Smith, aged 33
were charged with feloniously uttering two forged orders for
payment of money, with intent to defraud Elizabeth Gran-
dum of 8/. sterling, on the 16th of March, 1846, at the parish
of Tynemouth.
Mrs. Elizabeth Grandum, a sailor's wife, about thirty-five
years old, keeping a lodging-house at South Shields, said she
had for some time known Smith, the prisoner, who came to
her and introduced the other prisoners (Alexander Hender-
son and John Thompson) to her as sailors engaged to go out
in a vessel from Newcastle to America, who were in want of
some 6/. to outfit them for the voyage. They said they had
advance notes from their owners for 3/. each, which they
asked her to cash ; and she gave the two prisoners each
21. 155., reserving ss. on each note for the advance and the
accommodation. Subsequently she ascertained that the
notes were forgeries. The prisoners were then apprehended.
Verdict, Guilty.—Sentence, twelve months' imprisonment
with hard labour.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.— Shrewsbury, July 31.
COLLINS AND OTHERS V. GILES.
The verdict in this case passed for the plaintiffs—Damages
4,5001.

ROME ClRCUlT.—Guildford, Aug. 1.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.)
ALLEGED CIIILD-MURDER.—Mary North, 19, was indicted
for the wilful murder of a child four months old, named
Mary Anne Barker, by administering to it a large quantity
of oil of vitriol. The whole of the facts connected with this
charge have been given within the last few days. It will be
recollected that the prisoner was in the service of an om-
nibus proprietor at Wandsworth, and had the charge of the
infant in question, and being desired to give it some
aniseed, it appeared that she had given the child some oil of
vitriol, from the effects of which it died. It appeared in the
course of the case that the two liquids were in bottles very
much resembling each other, and there was considerable
ground for supposing that the prisoner had administered the
poisonous liquid to the child by mistake.
Verdict, Not Guilty.

MIDLAND CIR C U IT.—Leicester, July 31.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTEsox.)
MA NSLAUGHTER.— Thomas Pallet, aged 42, was charged
with manslaughter, in killing his wife, Maria Pallet. The
facts were shortly these :—The prisoner and his wife and their
family lived at Loughborough, but the man and his wife
were upon very indifferent terms. On the evening of the
third•of june.last they were heard to be quarrelling by a
neighbour who had a right of road through their garden.
He heard a female scream, and the sound of blows. Some
short time after, on going through the garden, he saw the
prisoner's wife, and observed one of her eyes to be very much
discoloured. Later in the evening of the same day heard
more quarrelling, and the son say, " Oh, father, don t.
There was a blow and a fall. The prisoner then said to some
one, "Go to bed with yeu." All was still for about twenty
minutes, when the son came in and said his mother was
dead. The prisoner stated to one of the witnesses his wife
had fallen out of her chair and never spoke since. It was '
proved, however, that she was not a person subject to fits.
The evidence of the medical men went to show she had re- I
ceived blows upon her head which might have caused a con-
cussion of the brain, of which she died. The prisoner ad •
mitted he had struck his wife. The jury returned a verdict
of Guilty.—Sentence deferred.
August 1.
Porsorrma.—Elizabeth Clarke, a respectable-looking
woman, aged 48, was charged with having, on the 14th of
September last, caused to be taken by one Ann Richmond,
her husband and child, a quantity of arsenic, with intent to
kill and murder. It appeared from the evidence that pri-
soner and her husband lived in a lodge belonging to a Mr.
Holmes ; that the prosecutrix, her husband and child, lived
under the same roof, but in different apartments; both men
were in the service of Mr. Holmes, as farm labourers. On
the Easter eve but one, Mrs. Richmond borrowed some oat-
meal "of Mrs. Clarke to make gruel, her husband and
herself were sick and ill after taking it ; that in August
last the prisoner borrowed of the prosecutrix three quarters
of a basin of flour, and returned the ✓same quantity with her
own hand on the 11th of September, and it was put in a jar
where flour was kept, there being a small portion therein at
the time. Mrs. Richmond noticed its dark colour, but took
no further notice, and, on the 14th, it was made into a pud-
ding, of which the three partook, and all were taken seriously
ill, exhibiting symptoms common to those who have taken
arsenic. The remains of the pudding was analysed, and
arsenic found therein. No ascribable motive could be urged
for the commission of the deed, save that Mrs. Clarke had
expressed herself dissatisfied with the Richmonds coming
to live there, as she had to give up an apartment. On the other
hand, it was shown the two families lived very neighbourly
together, that the prisoner was very fond of Mrs. Richmond's
child, and was proud of showing it to strangers. Several
witnesses of great respectability spoke of her in high terms
as being a most humane person. The jury returned a ver-
dict of Not Guilty.

HOLYHEAD HARBOUR OF
REFUGE.

Reports have just been laid before Parliament rela-
tive to the Holyhead Harbour of Refuge. The follow:-
ing is an extract from a copy of Major-General Sir
Love Parry's letter, with copy of the plan annexed
thereto :

" I have, &c.,
" L. P. J. PARRY.
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srioierrsinof her Majesty's Treasury.
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mountain of Holyhead is only about one
mfrome the site of the proposed harbour and abounds
in stone suitable for building the ordinary kind of
sloping sided breakwaters, and as such breakwaters may
be economically and rapidly formed by means of railways
laid from quarries to be opened in the side of the
mountain, so that the stone may be brought in waggons to
the work, I propose in this manner to carry out both
breakwaters 'at the same time, as rough stone embank-
ments, raised 10 to 15 feet above high water mark, 3G
to 40 feet at top, and with slopes such as the materials
would rest at, or the breaking of the sea upon them
would occasion. On drawings Nos. 3 and 4, the sections
of these rude breakwaters are shown by red dotted lines.
They could be formed in four summers, so as to
enclose the harbour and make it available for refuge ;
and though the gales of each winter would doubtless
occasion considerable derangement in the work, espe-
cially between high and low water, such disturbance
would not materially diminish the shelter the break-
waters would afford, whilst it would effect the impor-
tant object of consolidating the whole mass of stone,
and prepare it as a compact nucleus for the permanent
structure.
" The mode I have to propose for finishing the 4
break-
waters waters is also shown on drawings Nos. 3
exposure, after the roughsuffi estonent
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" Madryer Park, Pwllheli, Sept. 23, 1844.
"My Lord and Gentlemen—Understanding that the
Government have referred to Mr. Rendel the several
plans for the construction of a harbour at Holy-
head, with a view of his making a new
design and estimate for a packet station there, I
deem it right, as chairman of a public meeting,
recently held in Caernarvonshire on the subject, to ap-
prise you of the fact that Mr. Rendel is the engineer
of the Birkenhead Dock Company, which consists of
the same promoters, and has the same solicitor and Par-
liamentary agent, as the Chester and Holyhead Railway
and the Chester and Birkenhead Railway Companies ;
indeed, so dependent upon the Holyhead Rail-
way did the Dock Company consider their
project (as the terminus for the Dublin and
Liverpool steam-vessels), that they subscribed for shares
in the Holyhead Railway to the amount of 70,0001.
each, as appears by the printed Parliamentary con-
tract of the latter Company. It is also deserving of re-
mark, that the same parties are the principal share-
holders of the Birkenhead Railway, which has been
conditionally disposed of to the Chester and Holyhead
Railway Company. Under these circumstances arefe-
rence
tobv
os
observe, be
naturally
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considered M Mr: Rendelby h
would,te public p u permitheend mthee
parties
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of the