The Sun. — 1851-12-09 (London, England)

WEST WHEAL MINING COMPANY. A meeting of the shareholders of this company was held yesterday at the office, 57, Broad-street, for the purpose of dissolving the company, James Hearne, Esq., presided. The requisition convening the meeting was read by the Secretary, and it appeared that the meeting was called in consequence of a resolution passed on the 17th of last month, and which was unanimously agreed to, to the effect that a meeting should be called to dissolve the company. Mr. MACKEY asked the Secretary to inform them of the number of shares that were represented at the meeting alluded to. The SECRETARY said that the number was 1,310, the total number of shares being 3,755; and of these 2,801 had sent in their proxies, while the dead only required that there should be 2,787 represented as the necessary number to dissolve the company. After this explanation,' Mr. CUMBERLAND moved a resolution to the effect, that the company or association called the West Wheal Copper and Tin Mining Association. as established by deed of settlement dated the 18th of October, 1838, should be dissolved; and the motion having been seconded was agreed to. _  It appeared, however, that according to the deed of settlement another meeting must be called to confirm the above resolution before it can be deemed final.  reaAldNofDthUe EL 10th, says, "The de yofFtumn man niscEo was found The body of yesterday morning within a few hundred yards of the prison brig, on the road winding round the hill near the north beach. It was horribly cut and gashed with a knife in 18 or 20 places, seven or night of the wounds being mortal. The body was lying in a natural position, with the head resting on the arm, and in the vicinity there were no marks of a struggle and no traces of blood. Mr. Gray, the city sexton, held an inquest in the afternoon. The name of the murdered man proved to be San Miguel—the author of this horrible ,deed a Mexican, named Manoelito, now in the city. It appears that on Wednesday night he and the deceased were in one of the wretched dens in Cat or Murderer's-alley, kept by a Mexican woman, and that a quarrel took place between them, which it was agreed to settle by mortal combat, after the fashion of Mexican duels. The two parties stated out together, unaccompanied by friends or witnesses, and fought by moonlight. Tho result was as above stated. The usual manner of fighting among the Mexicans is to wrap their scrap in many folds round their left arm, thus forming a kind of guard or shield, and, dagger in hand, strike with the right. In the present instance, judging from the multitude of mortal wounds, some of them must have been given after the deceased was vanguished, perhaps dead. Mancelito boasted of the act, and told a monte dealer, and several Mexican women that he had put San Miguel to death. The women, when applied to by the police, at first swore positively that they knew nothing of the transaction; finally the truth was extracted from them and search made for him. He had not been arrested at a late hour last night, but will unquestionably be captured, as he has been seen since the murder walkingabout without his scrap, apparently having no idea of flying."