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€ B ©> yl » COTJBT , Sattjbdat , Jiit S 2 . { Before Mr . JmiUz CressuxSL ) BCSGLaEI AT 1 JSKDS . Jams JAmes , 13 . WWiasa Ward ^ 26 , and Jo&ph Builerjidd . SO , -ffae charged -with liaviisg , on , lhb lid : of April last , at Leeds , committed a burglary in the cireBing hDnss-of John Atkinsoz , znizioien therein two solver spoons , one psir of silver tongs , one satis dress , oce silk shawl , &ad varioua otiier articles , his proDeriy . s - fifr . -Httt . , 3 Iil TFaxoerb , ana Hr . Moxteith were counsellor the prosecution j ihe prisoners wereTniilO '
fenfied . 3213 prosecutor , Mr- Jobs . Atiinsen , Is a- Joiner and builder , lesdingitHnnBlet , Bear ieeds . On the evening of ih £ 31 th of JLprilJast , lie and his family -were at iome , aaa reared to Test a UtOe after ten o ' clock . 3 > urjsg the sight , « r rather about oub o ' clock the following mcasiiDg , he ¦ was aroused by his wife , and , in coEEcqnasce c £ a communication which she made to iam , 2 iB got up , struct a li ght , and be and Ms-wife ¦ weut doi ? m £ tEai 8 , ^ wfcen they found ite "front door open , tfcs Jicns 3 : T « nsacke 2 , sad tbe bolt of the back floor £ oreedaway , iy meatw of an incision made in the casing « f tha door . Tbe property taken aw&y consisted of a qcsnfity of sfcocUcgs , a hinek s&tin dress , shawls , shirts pocket and silk handkerchiefs , sHver tea and
table spoons , a pair of silver sugar tesgs , snd other articles . The = ease , as eanEectlng the prisoners with the robbery , rested chiefly 00 the evidence cf en accomplice ztsmedHsnsah Greenoagb , "sito ttss in the first instance charged as a receiver , bni was afterwards admitted Qases's eridtuca . She deposed that , en the 11 th of Apnl , > he 3 iTaa = t Wakefield , at the bouse of a Mis . 2 > HicfceTi , -which is two doers from Mia . Carter ' s . On the evening / of ihs 12 Jh cf -April , iha Trent into Mrs . < j 2 i * Er » B bouse , ¦ where she saw BuUerfieid , IdiJey , young "Ward ,- and UsEJamin "JFsrd . She had seen young "Ward before , bus : nofc Hat dsy . Tfcat was abrnt nine ' o'clock , ami two or three hours after that see saw a bundle inM&ilhiCaxies ^ sTCKSJVBaaboxbebanatJreabrir . Tonug "Ward aiterwBxds gaTe lier . fthe ¦ witBess ) a satin dresa ,
"Which be took cut of the bundle . Hone of the other prisoners -were present at * fr » t- time . ! Ehey were in Martha Carter ' s xoom -when be gave her the dress , and itiaTtbn -gsve her a cloth to -wrap it in . The bnadle from which bs took the dress contained shirts , s pisee of sat-unmade up , a satin ihawl lined "with bine c&tton , a sQk shawl , soma ilne linen shirts , arid a satin isndkercaief , bet no silver pla ^ e . Witness went to 31 * . land * to pawn tie dress , bnt afterward * took it back again to Mrs . Carter ' s . When she returned the four men -were tbse . TonEg Ward then Ingaired if filers-wasiota placa intbeto-wn at ^ bitbttie dre ss cedd be sold , aad inbuva told Mm that tfcere -was "Mr HoldswmBi ' a , at K « w ~ WeHs . lyaHej heS Bntt * 7-: £ dd TFere present . Wiiness aSsrwaids Trent to 2 Ur , i
Eolfiywoiui * B , ana a jeiutg xnsa there detained tJie dreffl , upon Trbieli sb . * letnmBd to 2 &&t tha Carter ' s , and found the mea there aHHj 31 ar 2 ia Carter then said they unist fly , or lieriionse irocld be searched . Witness then femst ent cryiug , aud said , *• I don * t kntj'w TFbat -wiHl ) ecoHi 8 of me . " Tbe -witaesa tben conti-Ened , — -yoangWard Eaid I must ^ oiritb-him ; 1 did so . We all Trent together to CasUeford . James IAiUbj carried Sie imnSfi a loag -way ^ then yoncg Ward took It ; BtDJ-unin TTarc ! took it a bit ; then we got is tis town ; young Ward bad the bnadla then . We ataM at Castltfsrd ail sight , and text morzing linley -went to JjBeds- he UM us he iraa going there : We went to Jtenybndge , and the t - rnndb -was takes "wia es ; . Joaepb BntterSeJd and jescg Ward carried it We Trent
to a lodging house ziezt door bat one to 4 public-house . On the evening cf ibst £ 23 I went IeSo the psbHeiotas bet ^ sen three aufi foar o ' clock . I sfteresids Vent st »» 7 anSiietaiEsa sboutJBX a'dock ; at that tirjue "Wm . Wai 3 sa 3 Jaiees laul ^ came to the joblic bouse ; there "cas anothti ttict -srOi tieiB -s-bosi they e&Hed ' I > ick . " We ; left &z fcaBd& in the Lonse at wbieb ire lodgsd . I « a . " ^ 1 ^ e birE 31 e opened at that b / ress j 1 sa-w the aalk , a linen shirt , aad a piecs of mm "Sfxaag Ward bad a black satin -waasteoat oc , I sold Hie hHngSBrchiei , the piece or alk , and the shiit , t © tfc » jnsstresa « 1 the pnblic-ieffiK- I gare &e money ta Yoncg Ward ; BattezSeld -was tbea pre !« eat . We jeroained all tcaiaigbt at Perrybriage , and i » sHt next flaT to I > iusateT , -srlssra -bb arrived between three and
lour in the afternoon ; -srobaa abondle -91 th vb , ana -we "went io a TDublir-bcnse tbers . 1 ssw some doth -iraiEtcoaSH Sere ; ' * lfcck ** hadjtbem ; we wersall prs--aent . We lemiincd j ^ 3 Dtoicst ^ er all nigh % , and jseact jnoming Tflo BCtino-trTrhstbeeame of Aitterfielfl , bni I fiid aoi see ^™ again ania I Tras brought aa a prisoner to I *» ils . l-arentne 3 * aaytolterasley ; Xonng lysrd , BagsBiSn Ward , and Wiffiam Ward Trent -with me . We iad a ysxj small laandlB then . We Trent to the BailTrsy ! £ aTgrn Chs » . Young Ward gave me t » o si ? er taKe-spoeia and a paSr of sugar tocga ; T .-j-qpy smi ** I > isk ** "want -onto Sarailey before bs , and -were at tfee BaS'sray T ^ Tem ¦ whenTfe £ 0 > . &ae . Ytnng "Ward told me to $ 0 and patm the tfatngn- I had seeathe tSaDJB iefcre infhe baM » ol » ois » of thsjnen ; ibeys ? ss 3 ecnriBgtIianat ± be € nai .
^ _ Amnnberof tritnessss Teere calfed is conoboraUoa of the ii 33 erentpast 3 of the gM % staternEnL Bis IjOEDSOTF , ist smnming iro , lold tbs Jary be a-oiiitttbare -waBBoe-sndeiiceagaitat Wailaja Wird , auad ^ ecicd tliem to Sna * -rerfiet of scqmttal agaiiat iixn . Tfee Jnry fonnd file other prisoner Gn 3 ty . A pretioas con-ricecnvasfoona against Butterfield Jor fdony . — Rgntf-nr ^ ^ rferred .
ECBGLABT AT TCChESTIELD . GsorseJiBxm , 22 , Charles-Qt&ard . 22 . and Swmtel Kay £ 3 . "were barged Tritb a bnrglary at EtdisStid , inIbe West Kdisg , in tbe dwelling bonsa uf WilliaiD 3 I 1 . OT £ SS 33 > « mdncted tha proEecaBon ; 3 Ir . WrLKOS defended fee prisoner . ^¦ be prosecutor , Event * , is a genfleman of property , m-nfl iis-brepn ^ cat oS some irtm Trotks near S hf ffl Ofl , Sa I S ^ e Habit ^ S ^ olbg to SbtfflJd t-n 2 ^ tmaay fo r the purpose rf gBtabg idoqej to pay fix ¦ Baeesofbis -woikmen . Heset « ff on the afternoon o S ^ ircay tbe 1 st of April , for this pnrpes ^ and left a ^ wnt a Jiobss * WP « . ^ ho . aboat Un o ' clsck in thi SSiSSSS ^ - a * oise * blch die b ^ rd ; Eb < «* cffU ^ tf Tr ^ t to ^ Kteben ao ^ and on ope hasnsoed lier backifards into the
Ss It aiasa seiKd , eeBar asd rimt ibfi dooi . Be flien aiked for her meney , and ine &rettm hsrpmae containing a few ahimngB . Two other men then came , and one of tbem , holding a Thxro iEstnnnlai to her neck , told hsr be " tfonld do , 5 t for her in a , nmmte , if ihfi did boi tell Tfbere the Sio ^ inae honse -was . " Bbe toM ttam if aere -seas any iS "wonld be up stans , sun tb ^ y -wtut Sere to * esrchtor it , hut Tetornsd Tntho « ondrng any . Tbey soti ioirerefr , oifcerpropeity , toiiBstmg ol a silver bnkaia , a large number of slva ^> opns , -weirar-g . apparel , &c , - » hicb bad been iakis too a «> x in one of the 100 ms sp-staira . Golhard ^ ras poatiTely idoi- ; « £ ed by tba honfie-keeper as ^ is person iriiose ? z 3 d and Stained ier , anfihe , aleng -with tbe other prisoners , ' was seeB boaLgoiBgte'staids , and i ^ tunuEg from the | xrrosecctor * btmse . :
3 dt W » KtSS , alter addressEg the jnry for the . pri- soners , e ^ led seTfiral -witnesses to proTe an ali bi , npon j ¦ srhicb lit OTEBESB jeplied at great ltnitii , -when his ioxdsbip summed up , and the jnry , sfter rearing 1 a short time , found all ibs prisoners GoBj . . TSLOmOVS A 5 SATTLI AT LEEDS . j WUHam SmBb , 32 , -stss cbargt ^ vnh . haTing , oa the ; 2 SSB of aisrei bsS , at Ir « as , asanlted Eenry Wolff , ana stolen ftom his person two ear-rings , a silver watch : OTSjd , aEa fi 6 eCT shillings , his property- Mi . O TEKKTD -was for the prosecution ; Mr . wrL- 1 siss atfended the prisoner . j Tbe Jary found tbe prisoner 0 n 3 ty , —Sentence -was , dsferred . _ _ I 5 lie Court Kse st Sye o'clock .
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SUBSIDIABY COITBT , Sakubdat , Jm . r , 22 . ( Be / ore the Sen . J . S . WorQey , Q . CJ inmost Motets SB , j ? lea 3 * a guilty » l ' hsring , oa the 31 h of April , at OioHiion , in the 3 ? orto Binmg , feloni . -ov £ 3 stoleaain ee » from Wm . Jsckson . The priwDer , Blsopleaaea soSty of stealing fire sbtep skins , the ; property of Qecrge Spsek . —To be toansported seryen ; years . James-Basiwood , 20 , pleaded gnflty of EbTing , at tbe borough cf lee&s , onibe 30 th ti Jnae , stolen a sheep , [ f > w property cf Heciy Ciapb ^ ui . ; Isaac Sail , 25 , iras fonnd ^ nilty of in-sing , on tbe SlBtdf Jnisejast , at Leeds , committed a burglary in the dwelling bonse of John Hopkinsun . —To be impri-BODed twelve calendar montbn to bard labour .
EMBI 2 ZLKSIE 5 T BI AH ASSISTAST OTEESBEB . Thomas Tbi&Jtr , 45 / -was tharged -roth baling , ob and before tbe 17 th of April Isst , at the parish of Halif « T , £ s serrant to the £ 2 mreb- » ardea and Orerseers of the poor cf the township of Wariey , xecetred and tafeen into his possession , on account of bis said msttsis . diTQSsinisoI money , smennting to more than £ loO and hsTii : ? feloniocsij embezzled the ssmeL Mi . PJfCKEEass appeared for the prosecution . The pnsoner 3 rssmdeferiaed . It -asssta ^ ea ijjtbe XsEHiea Cennsel , that ths prisoner bad been far some Urns employed as the assistant overseer a cdjrate collector of tha toTrmhip of Wariey
and thatiorjsame time previons to tie date msEtibsed in aisicdicttnent , he h&dSad xeconrse to two irreguiar modes of collectisg money , from the x&te-payers o ! Warier- Atone time Ise demanded of di ^^ nt ^ & . Basis , as lor -peor-jate , i smiffl larga tban the « nountB at Trhich they were xespocfiTslyMwesed , and Lus ^ thaa the sums for -sblcb he jb tb them credit in the rate hook ; and at another time M had collected what purported to be a TaEd poor-rate , but which bad sot in leality bean signed by tht persona Whose names it purported to besx . 7 J ? 1 h « f » means he collected -rarious BIBB , Hvd , ¦ when ths frana ' was discoTBr ed , be went » war tolaverpool , and thereheTras -nl&Dately appre
Jjecded'' : " ' - * " ' - Bridence -WM girea onftr xj twopaymenta by Mr . WnLTatham , in respect of- lbs pretended rates , each Tjrefes ^ ag tel * jgl ^ u iod . ¦ The prisoner * in his defence , said that ia a forme ¦ vesr 4 jsen « is oi 2 » -ow » Beis was dead , the eonstable had- pssseDtei lo him an account agairst &a township « or > £ 5 4 » o which , appBaring to be fiuls allowe 3 ,-hap *^> hntlhe tarthiag oTerseers refused toaHow janre ^ i ffl lSi , bjwMch he was £ i 12 s . oul
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of pockfct , and upon ja . -pljing to ha ^ e ttat fnm reimbursed , he was told ttat be must take it out of tbe nest rate , but all that be bad received on account of it was this payment by Mr . Tatham . ; Mr . Commissioner Wobtlet sommed up the case ¦ with mucb perspiradty , and the Jury f | . -und the prisoner- Guilty , but rscorn mended him to mercy on account of the great irregularity which prevailed in tbe township with respect to the rates . There were two other indictments against the prisoner , bus they were not pressed . - f air . Commissioner Wobtlet said that as he was desirous to give effect to " the recommennntlon of the Jnry , he should delay passing ^ sentence . fTbere had , no doabt , been great irregularity and neglect on the part of the township officer * j yetthe offence of which the prisoner had been convicted was a wry grave one ,
Jar . Turner , a ratepayer of Warley , f in answer to QUEStioriSlroia the Court , stated that be bad aBcerfcained Via ptigoiier ' s defalcations te amennt to upwards of £ 300 , and be had no doubt there was a further deficiency of nearly iJlOO , which he conld not so clearly make out The prisoner had served the like office in the township of Midgley , and Ma defalcations were considerable there . He h ^ A occupied a { arm in Midgley , and great confidence had been placed in him by the inhebitspta and officers of both townships . He had been possessed of property , but he had sold it all , and had sent his wife and family to America , i
His Lordship , in passing sentence , said that but for tie recommendation of the Jury be should have felt it bis duTy to sentence the prisoner to transportation -, bnt usder all the circumstances he thought it would meet tbe jostles of the case if a lees severe sentence were imposed . The sentence of the Court -was , that be be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for twelve calendar months . William Fmerl ( 16 . ) was found guilty of having ttsaH » iEted a burglary in the dwelling-house of Thomas Kfimble Walker , at Pannal , near Harrogate . He was ieM-nced tc be iranypprted forten years , i Samuel Jitdpard ^ l 25 . ) was charged , with stealing a bay gelding , at ToDg , on the 27 th cf JnnB , the property of Joaepn Proctor . Mi PiGSxaniG and Mr . Aspisail were for the prosecution : jar . "Wjlktjs defended ihe prisoner .
The prosecutor is a coal leader , residing at Whisket Hill , in Tong , aad on Sccday , the 27 th of June , he had two homes gnzisg on Tong Moor . On tbe Tuesday followmg he Hiisssd one of them , tbe horse in question , aad did not hear cf bin- till about tbTt > e weeks afterwards . It was , however , proved that the ; prisoner was seen riding the hcrts * p T&oxnes lane , near Wakefleld , on the evening of tht last Tuesday in June . On the f dHovring day he sold it to a hawker . Earned George Hall , wbo 3 fewdays after sold it at Wakefleld Eair , where it afterwards changed hands tr » o orfthree times ; and 2 ha l&it pnrchaser , Mr . Kichsrd Snnderland , of AiT ^ stiiorpe . iysfins a tew days afterwards seen tbe amTrs * described in an ad-rtsrSaement in 5 fle' newspapers as a stolen bprss , be tooi lSto the constable of Wake-Selc ' . Mr . Brierisy , and delivered him up , when it was \ idtnbfisd by the prosecutor as bis property .
> Vr . WiiXiNS msA& an aWs-speecti for ti » prisoner , but called ds witnesses to support bis bjpotkesis , that the prisoner had boas ^ Jt the anisial Ths Jury TEtired for about thsae qoarters of ao hour , and llxn found the prisoner GaOcj . cot reconsmended him to mercy . The y * eaidin ? JBB 62 asked upon what ground * they recommended roerey . Tbe P 3 fijJMA > answered , becanse-of some doubt they bad as to the dixtanco between seme of tbe pJaoea s&nUoned on the trial , aad as notfcLcg else had been prc-veu agsinst hira . W . Brseriey . constable , e ? Wakeflefci ; eeM that wh « a be Ken % 10 Sbefflelii to spprebena tbe prisoner , be could n ?« htsr that ha bs 4 anyihiEg bnt a good , character . The FOKEJtAN said , that if that bad been knows bstsre . it mubc have had souse effect on the verdict
Sis Lokdshi ? said , that tne verd : cb was still unrecorded , and that they might reconsider it if they though : ; proper . The Jury again conferred for a few minutes-, and tben expressed a wah to retire again . Having retired for :. b-33 t a quarter -of a » hoar , they returned , , into Court again with a liie verdict of Gteilty , but recommended him to mercy as account of bis previous good character . ' To be imprisoaed . to bard l * bour in WakeSeld House of Correction for tix : calendar months .
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"Upon a fane- bill being brought hi against the parties charged wita having participated in the attack upon ths Carmarthen workbe-use , a writ of certiomri was handed in on tie part of 5 be Crown , removing tbe trials to tbe Queen ' s-Bench . There baa been muob speculation as 10 ' tbff intentiens which the Government have had in this removal . Some persons think that it will have a salutary effect by holding the feara of their bein * removed So London fbrtrial over thorn as a rod in terrorem ^ but it is generally thought that there iB no intention of bringing tbe parties ts-trial in
London , but to remove them at the next ass ' zes for trial isto Breconshire , or some csunty in which these dktoibanees bave apt cecnrred . TQi ^ fact , however , demonstrates , that ; tho Qovemmenc believe that no Jury in this country would convict ; and I think that they are correct in tbia view , for 1 have not yet met with acy person in the middle classes who does not sympathise with Rebecca and her acts , slating as they do , feariesily and openly , that the grievances are of tbe moat glaring cbarooter , and-: that shs seeks only justice . ]
" The Rebeccaites hafn tMs view of tba writ ef cer > - iiorari .- —they say that th&ir ooonsel , Mr . Lloyd Hall , would hava beeofsure to have obtained a- verdict ftsr them in the Tallog ease apon a point of law ; and that in tbe attack on the workhouse tbe Government knows full well that they haVB no evidence agaiast them , but that of one or two persons of no character , and therefore that they were safe of an scgnitta ) . SSow altbongh tbia may be raoBt imtrue , yet , btticg tlie opinion of tbe roultkane , it ess tne same effect as if it were tina " In the meantime , although tbe Dragoons are in the saddleevejy nigbi scouring the country here and there , they happen to b ^ always in tbe wrong place , nnd the ¦ work of outrage cbnthroea not only TindinuBbed , bnt with increased and increasing audacity . LasS niubt . fc ?
instance , fco Dragoons atarteit w-lh C&ptain Edwards , of BhydygoTae . a nmgistaate , at their bead , and proceeded to Liangewilly ; but while they were thus engag 9 d the Bebeccti tea entered the ancient town o £ Kid welly , eight miles from Carmarthen , wbsre they bad previously pulled down the xata , aaA ab which a ttraporary one with iron posts had been erected ; they broke down the iron posts , destroyed tbe gnie , BDd taien proceeded to demoiicb the toll-bause . Having finished tho- work of destsacticji , they piled up the timb * r -which had been used in the building of the toll-houso , andhaviag placed the broken gate ipon it , set fire to it , and karat it to asbea . This was done in the preciacls of tba town co : > taiaing bnndreda-of inhabitants . "She outrage -was
p&r-petsatsd by comparatively a very anuil number of paracos , and yet not a single inhabitant interfered to prevent the work of destruction . While tba was going coat Kidwelly , Pendwgast-gate-, situate at Haverfoid-West , was destroyed ia the most daring manner while the-military werfl in the town , bat not a single ptrson gave them the s lightest bint of what was gving on . 1 cannot better describe the situation of these two-gates to ^ yonr town readers than by sayiBg tbat they ate , or rather were , as much within tbe towaaof Kidwelly and Haverfordwest as the Hjde-park-cornergate . The military in Haverfordwest were within tbe town , and on ihe alert ; but they had not the slightest knowledge of what wa 8 going on until this morning .
" At Newcastle Emlyn , where a body of tbe military is also statioced , tbe town-gate has been pulled down three times , and tbe toll-house and gate--were re-erected , and finished rebuilding on Friday . In the course of the night the R-beccaitea visited the spot , and conducted their proceedings wiln the utmost secrecy , instead of with their usual noise , and in the morning , when tbo mbabitants rose , not 3 single vestige of either tbe gate or tbaxe / arly-erected toll-bouse was to bu teen , soxcmpletely hud thsy been destroyed . This is the state of things bere , and there will not be a single gate left standing in tbe con try , if a diff < tre :. t mode be not adopted to pnt an end to it Government are ponring in troops . A detachment of artillery are
marching by the way of Brecon ; a detachment of artillery art : marching to Carmarthen by the way of Swansf-a ; ths whole of the 4 th Regiment of Dragoons arc to bo etutiotcfl in South Wales ; four companies of tfce 7 otn Fooi are to arrive at G&tmarthen within the next two ox t ' trbe days ; the Yeomanry are kept . on permanent duty ; , ar . d every military appluuiea of tho Government is exersised ; yet not a aingte outrage has been stayed , xor a single RebeccaiU captured . They lauf h at the display of power by the Government , and from its briDg a question of tolls , it haa now become one of general grievances . Notices are now daily issued as to rents , and are being served on the laudloTvis , not only in this county , but in the adjoining ones . " -
" Carmarthen , Jolt . 22 . " Information having been received y-pturday that it was intajdr-t to make attacks on severul gaits during tbe night =. ad tbat tbe village of Purthrhyd had been threattweii to be set on flre , Colouc-1 Love imntediately Usued orders for the dragoons to patrol the whole cf the rorj-is leading to the places threatened , and for this purpose they were divided into six sections , who at once s soared the roads from Jjlandovory , Lliaaillo , antl ar *< uni \ Cinnarlheu . I myself got on horseback aad accompanied a troop of the 4 ih Drago ? Bs , headed by Clones Live , and the Lord LteuUuaut , Col-jnel Tievor , and C'nmianded fey Major Par 2 by , in a rido rouuti tbe eouLtry of from twenty-Bf-ven to thirty miles . We left Cirmirth 6 n at half-past five o ' clock in the evening , and
¦^ £ T 6 ont upon the roads until nearly eleven night . Oar route lay tbrongh Llamiarrog aad Porthrbyd , where we met anether troop , who bad scoped the roads from Llsadillo , by the "way of Tiosdrhiew Ooch and Mietdleton Hall . The mountains by Llanningitbon , Sec ., were ^ then traversed to Coltbrook and Pontyberea , back to Carmarthen . The trocp had not however , traversed more than three miles 03 the road from Carmarthen , before it becams evident that they were watched frcui tho hill tops , and shortly after two signal guns were heard . A placa called tiie Old Railway is the centre of some coal woiks , and &s we passed , it was understood that a large meeting was to beheld , and was probably then holding , in tbe coal
levels ; but all through the route every tiling wore the meat peaceful aspect , and very few people were to bs seen upon any of the roads . Of course , it was imagined that the alarm was a false one . This , bowever , was a mistake ; for within an hour , after tbe troops of Dragoons had passed through the Bethauiagate , which is almost immediately above the hill called the Pumble , on the road leading to Llanon , a skyrocket "was sent v . p from cna of ths hills in tne neighbourhood , and in a few minutes s&veral large bonfires were lit on the various hills arc-und , us answers to tbe signal given by the flriag of the rocket . The consequences of Uiesa signals soon manifested themselves to tbe inhabitants of tbe surrounding country by the almost instantaneous appearance of about 1 , 000 men ,
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colliers and others , who appeared to be in a we' . l-organ ; Z 3 ft condition . Th « y commenced their operations by attacking and completely demolishing Bethaniagate , compelling the toll-colleotor to seek safety by flight ; they tbep ^ alfcea | t % procession by Cwmmaw * , tfiroiiRli the village of " Drefach , and , in fact , through the entire neighbourhood , jbeing accompanied in their procession by a spcies of rt , ugh music , consisting of a number of horns and drums , and continually filing shots as tokens of triumph . They then proceeded to demolish two toil-bars on the road from Carmatthen to Llacelly , which exploit they accomplished in a very 8 bort | time . Tbo scene throughout the whole affair was remarkably striking ; tlie bonfires burning on tbe bills , the firing of the rockets , the explosions from the guns
the qjob carried , the beating of drums and the blowing of horns , the fiurrounding country in the mean time bein ^ beautifully illuininfttfid by the light of the young moon , were striking and lovely in the extreme . Tbo Rebeccaitea continutd their procession and depredations to the terror of the inhabitants until near midnight ; they ! then disappeaied with the same astonishing alacrity that they first of all displayed in appearing . Numbers of them , bainst colliers , preoipltated themaelves reckloas ' ydo wn the different shafts of the colUoviea , -which are so plentiul in the neighbourhood ; others took refuge in the cottages on the road aide ; and , in fact , all of ihera were put of sight in a very snort time after the order for reparation and dispersion was given by their leader .
On this occasion the men were not disguised in women ' s clothes , as has been usually the case in previous attacks by ' Rebecca and children , ' bnt were merely blackened in their faces , and some cf them had their coats { turned inside out Threatening notices baviug been sent out to Middleton-hall , the seat of Mr . Adams , and to Cw Dinawr , the residence of Mr . John Thomas , threatening the demolition ; of their houses , and the destruction of their property ; the families of those houses were in a state of the greatest alarm duriog tbe whole of the disturbance , and quite fearful that tbe threads of tbe Rebeccaites would be carried into execution ; but the fellows , aftejf having broken d » wn the gates before separating , loudly proclaimed their intention of attacking those houses on a future night .
"The scene of these depredations , it will now be seen , has been quite changed ; the disturbances having originated in tbe rural districts on tbe borders of Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire , but now having entirely removed from that quarter , and tbe state of affairs [ being clearly more and more desperate in tbe southern part cf Carmarthenshire , in the mining and manufacturing districts . " iULIanelly , in tbe copper wprits , where the men have for some time past been working only two days in the ] week , tne muster manufacturers ( finding it atterly impossible to get rid oi the copper manufactured there ) have determined to reduce tne wages of their workmen ; and , having given notice of their inttntioi so to ajo , they are vMted with threats , both loud and deep , of a general strike in case of their carrying theiv determination into effect .
" THe lessee of the tolls of the LtaadtKo Rbyainys Trust baa this day visited Carmnrtbtja , ami declared to the Clerk to the Trust that itlsquitu irapoesible for him to pay tbe trust tbe sum at which be agreed to take the tolls , in consequence of the continued demolition of tliD gates on bis line of rond . There is hardly a gate , toll-house , or bar , now standing on this trust ; and it ia daily , or rather nightly , expected thut tbe ieir remaining ones will bo disposed of in the same manner as their , predecessors have been . ' The outrages are row assigning a much raoie serioas aspect than they bave hithetto horne , in constquensie of their having shown themselves in the taidst of a taickly-popniated distriet ih whi « h , however , the people are Imdiy paW , and irre upon the very worst of fare .
M On the llandiliD road alee-, which had bean traversed by tho' troops , they had gone through scarcely half an , hour before the Trocdrhiaw Goch-saBo was broken down , aad the Llettymawr gate , in the parish of £ lanon . " On Thursday night , a detachment of the 4 th Di&-goo ' noi under the orders of a magistrate , ncro matched from Elandovery to the Llangan : maoh gate , oa the borders of Breconshire , which had been threatened to be dsatroyed . On arriving there , tie men were placed In a barn , and double sentries stationed at each sida of tho gatejfor the whole of the nigut . At about eleven oHjiodr , jth&y saw a party of tbe Bebecsaites in the village close by ; bnt fcheir spies had informed them that-the military wero watching lh » gate , and they marched off , thus leading sbe military a march c £ thirty miles , and obliging , ihwa to TofflAin OfJ ) guard all night for nothing . "
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preheni ' ed Mr . Vanghan , the postmaster and innkeeper of Pontydoulais . j " This morning , and indeed throughout the day , the town of Swansea bas been in a state of excitement crowds of people jfllHng the streets , particularly opposite the staUon-b . ou . se , wbete the pikoners were confined , and which | was guarded by the 75 th Foot , and almost an entire stop being pat to badness . " The following prisoners had by this time been brought in : — Griffith Vaugnan , postmaster and innkeeper -at Poutydoulaia . William Morgan , of Bolgoed , farmer . David Jones , son of a respectable freeholder . Diniel Lewis , a weaver . Mr . John Morgan , a farmer and freeholder . Matthew Morgan , his son . Rees Morgan , bis
son . John Morgan , bis son , the man who has been shot . Esther Morgan , the mother , and Margaret Margan her daughter . [ " At nine o'clock a large meeting of the magistrates was held at tbe Town-hall , Sir John Morris in the chair ; end tbe prisoners being brought down , I applied for admission ' , but was told that no one could be admitted until [ the final bearing . The attorney for some of . the prisoners having also applied for admission , the magistrates came to the following resolution ;— I : "Resolved unanimously , —That all meetings with a view to tbe investigation of charges relating to th « demolition of turnpike-gates in this neighbourhood be strictly private , un ; il the parties are brought up for final hearing . " John MORRIS . Chairmau . "
• The Magistrates sat in deliberation the whole day , and at the close thej prisoners were remanded . " Tbe wounded nian , last night , when I inquired , was doing well . j " Tbe utmostexoitement still prevails " . In relation to this wonderful combination and arrangement of power and force against the " authorities , " tha Times ] itself has the following . The picture given of jthe present alarming aspect of the country at the points enumerated is alarmingly true . The system seems to be breaking down of its own accord . Are our " Statesmen" prepared either to repair it , or to replace it 1 They might have prevented all we have now to deplore , had they possessed the knowledge and the will .
" We perceiv 9 with much concern tha $ the Rebecca distnrbances show njo symptom of decrease . Nor . are tbe fresh circumstances which are vaguely hinted at of a character to- diminish onr apprehensions aa to . the character which these remarkable outrages r&a 7 assume . It is more and more 1 believed tbst men not of education only , bat of rank , ore concerned in them . This derives considerable probability frcm the obvious si ill and unity with whleb the operations of the rioters are planned and executed , and it a da not a little to tbe seriousness with wbieb they deservs to be regarded . Witbont a bead from tbe upper classes no rising of tbe people has evtr I proved permanently formidable ;
private / ealousies—narrowness of view—scantiness of informatloTV—ignorance—credulity—waai of order and concentration—these [ are the peculiarities whieh generally attend and mar a rabble movement . It is the one reader , eostn ' z-int of the power and weakness of the upper classes wbom he ! s opposing , and whose very name brings order , arrangement , and self-reliance into the ranks of the discontented , giving a definite direction to tBeir energksj understanding their real difficulties , and stifling their suicidal disputes for precedence , —it is the educated acknowledged commander who makes tftat dangerous which would otherwise be only mischievoas' ; who can threaten the well-feehjpf of the State , ins' end of merely disturbing a neighbourhood or embaTrassing a Cafciceti .
" This , it appears now to be considered , the Carmarthenshire pe&fiaatry- have found . Men bave been fonnd among their superiors , with wbat vi&wa it is indeed difficult to divine , recMssa enough to- away themselves ai the head of this deluded people against tbo legal force of England . Wo can hardly snpposo such men to cct from & mere blind love of mischiefwe can hardly suppose that tkey are continuing to enpose tbe lives , liberties , and well-being of their instrument , from aa aimless caprice , without any definite or ( as they support ) attainable result before their eyessomething beyond the demolition « f a county grievance , or the exhibition of hairbrainad enterprise . This is not the W&V in which an educated man carras 911
war against turnpike gates , or union workhouses . Tee fact , if it ta a fac t . , ] that men of 3 tation are at tbe bottom ? of these- movements , is an- unfortunate guarantee for the serious mischief which ia intended . And , ia tratb , the circumstances &F the mining districts are such , as may well open a source of indefinite hope to an- unprincipled agitator— . < &f indefinite apprehension to tbo ; e | wbo are concerned for the peace of the country . Tbe present is a momant at which bald and unscrupulous ment reckoning as wo trust without their host , rnifiht well suppose that- their time was coming ; that in Ireland , in Scotland—4 n ou ? - own northern-districts , in ; he south of Wales—abroad , too , as weli 3 s at home —| the clouds were- yatherinsr—tne
wreck was coming—and tbafrbe whose- hand was foremost woald gather most spoil . "In the meantime j llebooca'S gang { 3 triumphant . Thtir formation is perfect , their movements rapid * f . nd well corahined , and their mode of doing their work complete . They collect , destroy , an * are ghma The Draqoona-aro sent out , | to stop- their operations , but it Is like firing artilleiy on a swarm of wasps , or sending a frigate £ 0 chase a flock of stormy petrals Wbat is wanting in Garmartbenshire- ( as in oiher placets in u-t only an array of men on managed horses with helmets and sivoids ( though even they have once stumbled into t-fHeieDcjr ) , bnt brains . ; Tbe Carmarthenshire magistrates seem' not overburdened with tbat appendage . "
Ia th& Sun we find tho following-answer to the oocli-auGMbull story promulgated about " Chartists holding secret weekly meetings ; "'" subssiioing to arras' distribution clubs , " & . O . &c ,. whioh we had ourselves to comment on a fortnight agd , It will be seen that tha contradiction we then gave ta the slander , has received the strangest cofroboratioo and sxpport from parlies resident oa tiie spot , who cannot be aocusod of an undue bearing to Chartists and Chartism : — I * ' ,
B . EBBCCA . A . ND HER OAUGHTiSRS . B . EBBCCA . A . ND HER OAUGHTtSRS . 14 In consequence of the information tcbich we haTe recaived from the neighbourhood of Carmarthen—R&becca ' a he a * quirtetai—we have c&refirtly lcokeAover . the columns of the Welshman— a paper published in that town , and apparently jcon « lttcted not only with considerable talent , but with that careful attention to-f&cts , which supplies tha best guarantee fbr the accarncy of the information which j is gives to the public through its columns . Amongstiotber parae ? aphs on tbasulj ^ ct to which we have referred are tha following , They are corroborative of tho information ¦ which we ouraeiV € S have rpoeivod from tbe . Wst source .
« ' Alarmino iNTELiiieENCE . —Secret po 2 itical meetings ( according to tbo London papers ) are held weekly in the MeTthyr district ] There ar « aho secret arma ' < listribution clubs , to which the men su '^ seriba , and by which they are supplied with a mu = tet , bayonet , cros 3 : belts , &C , for £ 1 16-. j Now , all we c ^ n say U , that these meettpga mustbs pery secset infiewi , for uv bav . ' . ; md have had for Rome jytsifj , a correapondsnt to the irelskman there , and have also received weekly communications from the police-office there , and yet this is the first time we have ever jl : eard o * tbe existence of this plot and treason . Doubtkss > ur accredited functionnry there , as well as tho police authorities , are blind ; f > r tho eentleman from Lj : Jt ! on saw it tfco moment be set
foot , in tbe district ; and what is more no found out trnfore our resident rsp ^ rtei , Mr . M ( good easy man ) could count his finntrs , that this stato of things had been going on for some considerable time , and that in the event oF an outbreak one district alone could furnish 5 , 000 stand o £ arm 8 , consisting ot muskets , bayonets , rifles , So . Tbe gentleman from Xondon aforesaid also ( iepose . s , ammTmg to information then and theTe before him . Voa . t tbe G . / vernment have been made erquaiatoii with this secret distribution of arms , althou ; li U !« y havo not , aa fai as I can learn ( be uays | >^ ken any stops to prevent it . Win * a somnolent .
shameful Government !! Well may Sir Robert Peel ' s Government be designated a do-aothing Government . A sluggish , sltepy . stulJdjsot of elves- They are on the edge of a precipice ais ; i * tir not—5 000 stand of arms in one district only ! Good gracious how dreadful j Every dozen districts wipp . y Sixty thousand stand of arma ; und this according to C < fcker multiplied only by six , but take tho lcwpnt , nay , taip but half , only three , and one stand of arms to each n | mn give a product of pugnacity , represented > . y the flaurea 180 , 000 ! So there are one hundred ar . a eighty thousand stands of arms , one hundre . l iiud t-ifjhty ihou ^ ar . ' . 'l ru * n ripe for insurrectifU !! ' All the ir m woiiis , ' aiida the centleman from Los-don
' are now um ' ct n > ducti 6 n 3 , and men are constantly being iruti > art > sd , which of ccurao adds tothedlscon ? tiat , nnd should any one of the large works stop , there would be oo 2 iijiiierable danger of an outbreak . ' Rips for insurrection and danger ] of an outbreak—atauda of mm 9 by thousands , ditto of fighting men—rapine , rape civil war , death , and destruction . Most alarming intelligence ! Poov Rebecca ! You ought to bave a broad back . The Cockney writers , hoaxed and imposed upoo by foola ju : d knaves , aasig ^ to you objects , the names even of which we will venture to aay you never heard before . You are a Cfaattiat ! Way , you don't know the meaning of t !> 9 word" i I
It would appear that the M insafrection" has become eo formidable , as to call for extra measures of " putting dowu" on the part of the Governmenfc the following announcement will , in some degreej give an idea what the nature of the steps determined on are to be ' . — j " THE Riots in Wfu . ES . —Mr . Kallr chief magistrate of Bow-street pplict-afflce , leavea town this morning , by the direction ot Government , far Wales for the purpose of instituting a rigid nnd searching inquiry and examination into all the circumstances connected with the ' Rebecca riots ' ' and disturbance in that part of the kingdom . We understand Mr . Hall will be accompanied by one or more legal gentlemen from London to assist in the irquiry . "—67 ciscfc » rcf .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Friday , Joxt 21 . Lord Port man laid on the table of the House of Lords a Bill to amend the law of landlord and tenant , withaespect to the improvement of land , which was read a thiid time . The suspension of tbe Standing Orders , in respect to the Irish Marriage Bill , m 3 agreed to , and the Bill was read a third time and passed . The Slave Trade Suppression Bill was also read a third time and passed . The third reading of tha Libel Bill was fixed fox Thursday . The Scientific Societies' BUI , and the Sessions of the Peace © HI , went tfiroDgb Committee , w&es the House adjourned till Monday . Monday , Jtjlt 24 ,
L « rd Brougham announced that his motion to hava the printer of a Kendal newspaper called to the Bar , for publishing a libel upon his Lordship , was rendered unnecessary by a letter of ample apology , which be had received from the individual in question . Oa the motion of the Earl of Devon , the Literary and Scientific Societies' Bill was read a third time and passed . The House then adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COM&ONS .-FBIDAY , Jclv 21 . Jackson's Divorce Bill was read a third time and passed . The third reading of the Designs Copyright Bill was fixed for Tuesday . On the motion that the Report of the Customs Acto Committee be received , Mr . Gladstone said he took that opportunity of stating , that he should object to the appointment of a Select Gomwittee to consider the Coalwfeippors Bill , as the Report had been folly investigated by a Committee of tbe House . Several Members objected to the Bill , when the Report of the Customs Act waa brought op , and leave was given to introduce a Bill founded upon it . Mr . Hume gave notfee , that on Thursday , he would move that the Attorney-General be directed to prosecute Messrs . Ward and Wilkinson , tbe agents of Lord Dnngannon , for acts of bribery at the late Darhara election .
In answer to a question from Mr . Ewart , relative to the bounty orders to Emigrants , Lord Stanley said , great abuses had arisen in the system , and the Government had thought it necessary to make an alteration , with a view to make the colonies pay the whole expense of the Emigration . . The Irish Marriages BUI was brought up from the House of Lords , and read a first lime . In answer to a Question from Lord ASHLEY , Sir B . PE £ L said , that at a very early period next session a Bill would be introduced for the purpose of amending the Factories Bill . The House then went into Committee on the Irish Arms Biil , when Classes up to 54 were agreed to . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjoursed at a quarter to two .
Monday , July 24 tb . After advancing several bills certain . stages , the early portion-of the sitting was occupied with the remaining clauses of tfc& Arms Bill . The main discussion waa on iha question ef the period of the duration of the bilL Tba original proposition of the Government waa for i | v 6 years ; baft afte * discussion , and two diviaieus . it was deefdad t&at it should be for two years , and to the ami ef tea then next session- of Parliament , or , pxacticilfy , for tbree years . Th » whole ei the clauses , including tfeoae " which had been postponed for furtBer consideration having been gone through , the long protracted committee ton this bill was terminated . The report of the committee on the Excise duties , recommending the reduction of the additions ! duty oa Irish . spirits , was then brought up ; an Which
Sir Robert F 23 CUSON moved that the resolution hi re-committed , on the ground that th 9 reduction should be greater than that proposed by the ( government . The CHA « CELtest of the Exchequer was not aonvinced that illicit distillation would receive greater discouragement , or tiiat tha interests either of tbe ; ' revenue or of Ireland , could be faiths * promoted by any greater reduction ) than the one-proposed . Captain JotfES supported the amendment . - Mr . JF . Baring was convinced tbat the Government -pyoposition waa a sufficient reduction * Sir R . Fbhouson , seeing he waa- opposed both by the present and tbe late Chancellor of the Exchequer , withdrew his motion . The report was thea > received , and' a bill founded on the resolution ordered to be brought in .
fhe Admiralty Lauds Bill , which stood for comnsittes , waa < objected toby Mr . Barnard and Mr . Hume , defended by-Mr . Sidney * Herbert , the Secretary to the Admiralty , and , after some discussion , during which the main objection urged against tbe bill was , that it conferred an arbitrary and unlimited power on the Admiralty to appropriate land " for naval purpases , " Sir J . GdiAHAM interposed an explanation , to the effect tbat sufficient sheck and control would still remain to the House , inasmuch as all sums to be expendsd on tbe purebsse of lands would bave to be included in tha estimates , which would be liable to Question and scrutiny .
A division took place , when tbe bill wa 3 passed into committee by & majority of 59 to 28 . But in committee it encountered . further opposition , though ultimately it was carried through this stage . The other business was of a routine nature .
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London Corn Exchange , Montmy , July 24 . — Tho demand for English Wheat was lmsk , at an advance on- the prices of Monday last of from 2 a to > 3 ? per qr , and a clearance was readily effected . Free Foreign Wheat at a rise of 2 a p&r qr ; bonded at improved rates . Barley at Is per < jr more money * Good sound Malfe at Is per qr higher ; the valne of otht v kinds was supported . No farther improvement took place in iho value of Oats . Beans were Is dealer , while Peas supported their currencies . Townmade Flour advanced to 53 a pe ? 2801 b , ship-marks being 23 higher . London Saa'BHFiEi . D Cattle . Market , Mokeult , Jsly 24 . —The Beef trade was not . to say brisk .
Some of the very primest lots were disposed © fat aa improvement in the currenc 03 obtained on this day se'nnight , of 4 d per 8 ibs , but the general rise did not exceed 2 d per Stbs , at which , a good clearance waa effected . For most kinds of "duiion the demand was rather active , at fully , but nothing quotable , beyond previous rates . Lambs were aga \ n pleutifnl , and late figures were well supported ; the best Down qualities producing 5 s per 8 I& 3 . For Calves the sale waa inactive , at our quotations . Prime small Porkers sold freely ; other kinds ot pigs heavily , at unvaried prices . During tho week not a single head of Foreign stock lias been imported iato the United Kingdom .
Borough Hop Market . —The demand for yearlings , and mnuother hinds of Haps . continues steady , at prices about equal to tho ^ e noted last week . Tho duty is eariiuated at from £ 135 , 000 to £ 140 * 000 . Wool Market . — = Only about 200 bales of Wool have been imporud , s « ince cur last , Privately tho amount of business doing is small , yet prices havo undergone n-. » aheratiou . Borough and Sfitalfielw . —Old Potatoes command little a ' -itntion . New Potatoes from 83 to 63 per cwt . Prom abroad only about 200 baskets have been received since our last , and they are worth scarcely Ss per cwt .
LpEBt . iOL Corn Mabket , Monday , July 24 . — Slue . ; taid day sti ' anight we have had moderate arrivals of Grain , Flour and Oatmeal , from Ireland and wasiwi !^ .- From Canada , there are reported 4953 ¦ birr els o f Flour , and 60 barrels of Oatmeal . Further advance in the leading country markete , with a few ff-j , } - .- of coli stormy weather , have , giveaincreased firmafji to th < s trade , aud have enhanced our prices or VVh ^ -a-6 during that period by 3 d . to 4 d . pet bushel ; they now range from 7 s ; 3 d . to 7 s . 6 d . for coincon Odessa , up to 9 i . 6 d . ' to 9 i . 8 d . per 70 lbs .
fur- b > st h ° h mixed Dai > 2 ig . Flour has also adv jiiccU 111 value Is . to 2 s . per sack , and Is . pet barrel . Englh-h tiiauufacture being worth 483 . to 50 * ., Irish 4-Ui . to 49 ' . per 2 ' iO lbs , ; United States 34 s . to 36 s . ; Canada 33 j . to 3 o 3 . per 196 lbs . " Oat 3 have beeu held for full raies , bub tho demand for that article has not ? ie * n suflli as to enable tho importers to establish an adyicce ; best Irish have been sold at 2 s . ltfd .-per 45 lbs . Oatmeal has brought , rather more money ; Irish 23 s . 6 d . to 24 s . per . 240 lbs . Barley must be quoted 3 i . to 4 i . per bushel dearer . Beans and Peaa hava fully maintained previous rates .
Livebpool Cattle Market , Monday , July 24 . — Tho market to-day haa been much tha same as for many wttks of late the supply being pretty good , with little or no variation in price . Beef 5 £ d . to 6 d ., Mutton 5 d . to 5 id ., Lamb 5 d . to 5 id . per pound . Manchester Corn J ^ bket , Saturday July 22 . — -Although much rain has fallen in this district since cur last report ; . yet we do not hear ^ that tho growiug crops have sustained any injury therefrom , beyond their being kept in a backward | tate . Throu ^ houb the week an active demand for rloiix hasasain been experienced , and the supplies of this article during that period having been on the most
limited scale , a further considerable -advance , m prices has been obtained . Oats and Oatmeal , too , met & tolerably fair sale at rather higherratea . The arrivals at Liverpool , both cpaBtwisei&Bd m *** & land , are to a fair extent ; and fram ^ Canada 2238 barrels of Flour and , 60 barrels of Oatmeal are reported . At our market ibis morning an advance © r 3 d . to 4 d . per 70 ibc . on Wheat was firmly demanded . Flour met a moderate sale , and the best descriptions were fully 3 * . per sack higher than ontk ^ dsj ee ' anight . Oais were Id . per 4 o lbs . and Oatmeal 6 d . pel 240 lbs . dearer ; but the latter article w * 8 not free sale at this onnancement .
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* Rebecca" still lolda up her head ! Nay , she I increases in heir dt . ring . The state of Wales is aost critical . An . « rg « ni £ ed ^ position to " con-1 Etitatea" authori ^ r is there systematically at work ; sod it has hitbezto bafied all the effort * made to put it down . Fr « n the correspondent of the Times \ ro again give the following information from the , seat of BsBECCi's-wiarfare : — j u 2 ^ A » DIiO' 5 A-WB J&LY 21 . ; u Siace my last communication I have been almost 1 cccstaatlv in the saddle—tbe stirring sceaes around roe Irafe been so numerous , and ia sneb a variety of i ^ Jrecdeiia . Instpad of being awe ^ by tbe presgDCO
I of tb # military , tire doings of Utbeccs be « ome more ] darbit ; , asd tbe disorganization of society here morn ; appareat . It is , ho \ r « ver , totally strange , that 1 except vbeie the outrages are actually being cooj laitted , aa appaiently profound peace jeigna , aud : perrons can travel through ths country in perfsei { security . . *• Tbe asszja at Carmarthen terminated je ? fcerdsy by . ' ¦ tbe discharge oi 66 of ths Sebecc ^ ites , agamst "wboni . no { bills tad teen preseated , asd ky the i » ii ^ of tv ^ ve I persons being enlarged in consequence « f the m £ of 1 cerUorori . :
. . i . , . ) " in tte conrw of my « de to-day I sai » many JBstanj ces cf ihe destruction of gates * bj Itebtrcsa « nd ll 6 I foli lowers . At Uanvihangel- there are , er rather t 7 ere , > four gates and a tollhouse . ThiB place is situate \ triEhin laO yards of Golden-grove , the seat of Earl \ Cawdor ; yet & lev nights since they fcere all destxoyed , * the toH-housM pulled down , and the toll-keeper's fer-\ nStnre broken to pieces fntii tba vtmozi fluxing . acd the -iiost perfect impunity , although tid family ¦ £ nd servants were all at home at Bolder-gJOTe . \ " "Wlnie I vraain liandilo last tveavng , 1 obtained 1 some information that there vras to be a wciet
ttbetig of the Rebeccaitea somevher * between this place md Uandovery , and although told it vro « ld be most JKngerous for me to do so , I resolved if possible , ta be present at it , and personally observe their pitN teedinga I accordingly had a horee saddled , and having proceeded for some fs « miles on the road ( it was by thifl time about eight o ' clock at , night ) . I learned that the intended meelic ? was to be he : d at a place about a mile off the main read , called Cwm Ivor , cj Ivor ' s Dinele , and having left my horse at a roadside pnblic-bouBe , I malted to the spot At that tame there "was only one person present , -wio vas vralking in the ttnryirg-arcu » d cf the cbayioi of the little hamlet . It 1 b impossible to conceive a more romantic spot than this—a dtep $ l&Ae surrounded ¦
by mountains on every ads , with sidaa covered with verdure , presenting a scene of such complete repose , that one woald almost Buppose they bad never been troded by the foot of man . As ths evening closed in , boirever , the farmers , &C . could be seen approaching by the various bridle pathB and down the mountain sides , nnlfl , at Itozth , I ihould say 300 persons were present I was naturally looked upon as an or ject of snspidon and mistrust ; but , having entered into conversdaon with ore of these persons , I informed him fairly that my wh ile or » j = it was to obtain coned infornaalion aa to tbe state 0 / the country
ano the vaiicua proefcedujgs now goiag on j that 1 represented one of the Lond-n r < ew » papei 3 , and that if they bad grievances , the very best conrse "would be theii publication , by which means every one would he able to jadgB cf the jnstiee &f their complaints . At my suiskstion he agreed to -commtacBftte this to ; the meatini ? m Welsh , and hear what they said to it While I Temsintd at a distance , a debate ensued between them for Kwnt iH&utes , and at length I was informed that they intended sjouming to the aa joining school-room , where I shou .. i be * xpect « i explicitly to ^ tate wbatjl had told him . aiidrtseywonld then judge whether I mi ght or might not t-r present . They adjourned accordingly ; two Aso'lir-i vi ^ ra Hu and th ^ scaool-room was filled to
suffocation , besides the steps leading to it , and the gr uii * ' outsida A chairman was cbosea , and 1 stated fair . ? that I had no other objsct th m to gain information o-. rf *? ctly ^ and pledged my word of hononr that I came 'h re wHh no other purpose than that of rep rting u > th" paper with which 3 was connected . The ch-iirman t > ' n . after seme objections had been ina < ie , put it t » tfce io' -tiiflg , and the shew of nandB decided that I should br prssent The proceedings of the meeting than c . rmui ^ ceri , and speeches which had been recced to frirac ; w « e itati in the Wfclch language . They all to'd the sHiae tale of the peve » ty of the people , aad I of toe grievances which they Buffered . Brats , it was : dec ' . iifcrt , should be lawer&i , the tolls altereil , aud the
ii lossooB Poor Law abolished , and for tbesa purposes 1 it was pfbpcsed that they ahonld form nniou 3 or I lodges . ; 1 The following is briefly the substance ef one of j those speeches : —* It was 'treH inown to every ona j that there were many and enormous grievances existing ¦ i » tbe country . Both the farmers , the labourers , and j the xm-cha&ics were tiow reduced to pov ^ ity J » y the great rests , * Ed fiflies , and tbe poor-ratss ^ compared with tbe low prices . There was so work for the poor , s * a if they applied for relief they ' were torn from their families , but it waa their own faults that these grievances were allowed to exist ; it arose from
there being no union «* bioifceihood amq&g Siein . ' . Tbe speafer then coapbined of the locusts - * ho TeoeiTed the Mffies and took-the money of the pailshes , « i 3 that withTegara tothe Poor Law , ttrongh their ^ evilwh idtas and pracHces , ' they took the money of "the farmers , pretending to relieve the poor , while j they only distributed 5 s . cut of avay pound to the PJ **> but kept the other 15 s . to pay their grasping j officers asjj oUm « s . Anotfcer -peajra- tbsn addresPed ¦ ttem and read , the followiug document in ^ tiah and f ° i \ - } P ^ " ^ » jy ° * bis English translation , and subjoin it vtrloUm . It should be remembered tbatalmough nBgrammatical , and apparenBy ' unintelll-1 gible in some parts , it might have been perfecay cor-
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rect in the original Welsh , but that its author waa not sufficiently acquainted with English to translate it properly -. — " To the conductors of the Convention appointed to be held at Cwm Ivor , in the parlstpof , llandi , in the county of Carmarthen , on IThuraday , tho 20 th flay of Jnly , in the ! firsi year of Bebecca ' a exploits , A . D . 1843 . \ .. . . " To concur « nd inquire into the grievances complained of by the people , and to adopt the best method of avoiding : the : surprlsing deprivations that exist > and the eternal vigilance of our superintendents whicil is price of our liberty We wishJto reduce the price ( taxes ) and necnre o » r blessings . An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot
" Power nsurped fa weak when opposed . Thepnbltc inleresj depends upon our compliance to examine the caraa of the [ calamity , and unveil the conuptiona to Rebecca , &c : - The following resolutions agreed , aad intend to recommend toj your future aspect by us whose names are heresnbscribedatfooti , being householders within the above heretofore-aentioned parish . " 1—T 0 levelling all pettj gates and gate-posts connected with by-waya and bridle-roads , or any roads repaired by the pariBhloners . " Also coals , limej and grains taken to market be exempted from tolls . " 2—The motive is the abolition of heavy tithe and rent-charge in lieu of tithe . 3—Tbe abolition of church-rates .
" 4—A total alteration of tbe present Poor Law . * ' 5 . An equitable adjustment of the landlord ' s rent . " 6 . Not to allow or grant any Englishman to have the privilege o ; f a Bteward or governor in South Wales . * ' 7 . If any manrentshja neighbour ' s farm treacherously we mnak Btqakint ihe lady , and endeavour to encourage her txertians wherever she wishes for us to execute our phenomena and combat . " S . To rcguBst tbe f&rmers not fco borrow any money on purpose to pay unlawful demands ; and if the resnlfc be that some person or persons will annoy any one by plundering , and sacrifice their goods in respect to such charge , we must pretect them and diminish their exploits of agonism .
• ' 9 . That a committee of privy council moJt be held when necessary , and all persons under the age of eighteen years are not admitted into it . Neither women nor any of the female tex shall be introduced into this selected assembly , except Rebecca and Miss Cromwell" . M Thifl document was received with great applause , and it appeared to meet tbo universal feelings of tb . 6 meeting . It was then agreed thai a committee should be formed , and tbat eo farmer in tfce country should be allowed to take tba f : urni which had bBen vacated by another 'without the sanction of the committee , and that if auy did- so he must take the consequences . Four persons also were appointed to make rules to carry out these objects , to be agised to at a fntnre meeting to be held at another place ; and the meeting separated at about & quarter-past eleven at night .
" The work of gate destruction iB Btiil carried on with perfect impunity and the utmost daring . On Wednesday night , cr rather early yesterday morniag , tbo Rebeccaites assembled in large numbers at Bolgotd g » £ e , near Pontardulais , between Carmarthen and £ hraasea , and ,, arousing the toll-keeper , but without allowing him time te dress himself beyond putting os a great coat and slippers , on his makiDg hia appearance they placed tools is his hands , held a gun . to his heftd , and forced him to destroy tbe gatsr when the work of destruction wa » complete they locked the toll-keeper up in a stable losa by , where he was kept a prisoner until the morning . Tbere was a policeman who lived in the r . eijjhbouihccd , whom they also made a prisoner for the night
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COLLISION BETWEEN THE AUTHORmt ' . a AND THE RE 3 BCrAlTB 9 — ONE MA . N STIOT . " Swansea , Monday Morning - . July 24-" At eight O ' clock last night the following intelligence reached me at Caimanhen ; — ' 3 % VAflS 3 M Sunday Afte * nocn . " SirVThe town iB full of : excitemL-nt and soldiers Five of the mftn concerned in the destruction of the Bolgoed bar have been taken by the county police , beaded by Captain Jfapier . Great resistauae waa offered , and Gap tain Napier shot one man through the groin . The wounded man is in custody . One of the Rebeoeaites , tempte < l by tbe reward of . 6100 , turned infoimer at twelve o ' clock last faight . AW 3 UEH AGOOVNT .
, " Early od- Sunday niorning Captain Napier , with tbe Inspector of the S ; i ';» usua PoliCH , and two of tbe county police , went in the aeighbourhood of Llan ^ afelnch to execute a woTtant foi tbe apprehension of some R ^ beccaites , who-were cuacerned m deatrojiug the Bolgoedgaie , upon private i&fonnatiun . After a dreadful struggla , theylsacceeded in captuaing four young men , sons o £ respectable freeholders and farmers . Captain Napier v > as seversly wounried , and would have been killed but for the timely assistance rendered by Sergeant Jinking , of the county police . The Gap tain vug on tba ground , atiogglicg with bis prisoner , when another man was in the act of chopping him with » hatchet , hia arm uplifted , jand ready to deii-wer a blow , which , it is said , most h&ve unnihUuted tha gallant Captain , bad it not been arrested bg the good use Jfeukius made of hia cutlass . ¦
" Kotwitbstandiag this small band were attacked by sixteen Rebeccaites , tb ^ y eecurod their prisoners , who are aow safuly . lodged in conflpsruent . When on tiuj ground Captain Napiw drew . Bis pistol , which was wiaated froiahim-, but he m ^ aaged to again wrest it from the prisoner , d& > w another pistol from Bis pocket , and ahvt tha fellow near the groin . The Mayor , Dr . Bird , succeeded in extracting the ball sear tho small of tha back , ki the station houa © , Swansea . It is thought it will noi prove fatal . Captain N&pie ? was having bis head dreised &l th * time I Erst learned these particulars , about tweive o ' clock . " . " Swansea , Monday , July 24 .
" Upon receipt of this intelligence I immediately rode to Swansea , which 1 reached nt » wo this morning Darittg the short tiuie previously to the mails starting , at 3 u » en o ' clock th's lmwuinn ; , I have been oaly abie to ltaxn the cosarmatioa of the above etateiuenv , and tbat tbsr © are * i gtit prispat-rs brought in by the police and tei ; itary . It is cxjjtcted that more will be appreaended to-day , Cii . taln Napier received two or three sevens nouads . " "Swansea , Tuesday Mormno , July 25 , " Five o'clock .
11 Id my last communication ; I gav « snch a hurried account SB I COUld procure of the cnllmioa yesterday muruing , at Llnngovalloch between the authorities r , nd the Rebeccaites . I have since obtained as succiaoc an account of the affair as , 1 could . I understand that on Saturday night a policeman of Swansea happened to meet a man , named Juhii Jones , < f Llb ' . tyfulbort , drinking at a pubiic-iiouse in Swaneea . After su : na timo tbe man made use of some observations wDich leu the policenian to believe that be ha / i bnj . ir a participator in some of tLa Rebecca movements . This induced the policeman to question him , and at length tha man admitted that he bad Ken present ufc the destruction of three { gates , viz ., the BoigoeA , Pontyda « e , and Llangavallocb , aad that he could identify the parties concerned . On hearing this , the yo . icevaaa took him into custody , and conveyed him to . the Station-house .
when the Mayor being Bent for , he underwent a rigid examination , and gave the names of about forty persons , most of them highly respectable farmers < fcs . residing near Pontydonlais and Llangavallocb . Warrants were then granted ; aad at twUvo o ' clock on Saturday night , Capsain Napier , superintendent of the county police tlaie of the' Kiflaa ) , with int-pfotor Reea : inu two other policemen , left Swansea and proceeded to the hills , where they succeeded in capturing two persons quietly , ( and brought them into Swansea ; they tlwa apprehended a third priscnti-, whom they left iu charge of . the two policem « n , -while C . iptain Napier and Rsea went into the houVe of a farmer , named Morgan , to arrest hia suu . Taey had not baen gone into the house a minute btfora the fanner ' s wife , airs . Morgan , threw a eaucep % n of boi'tog water over the Captain , which scalded hia ntiouklc r , and then attacked him with the saucepan , with which she beat him about
the head , ! and' the son , John Morgan , a very powerful young man , having seized a sickle , also attacked Capt Napier with it , and wonnued ¦ him on the head , ; a desperate ) struggle ensued , nmi Caps . Napier draw one ot hia piatols , which , however , fortunately was net cocked , the hammer being down , for Morgan grasped his wrist ; , and , turning tha muzzle ot tbe pistol to Captain Napier ' s breast , pulled the trigger , but without effect Finding his life in danger , Captain Napier immediately drew his other pistol and fired , and shot John Morgan , ihe ball ' -entering the abdomen ; the . man , however , having recoiled a few paiies and felt the wound ,
immediately receded the struggle with increased « 5 esperation , put tho noise of the pistol having alarmed the policemen outside , they rushed into the house , where they found Captain Napier covered with , blood , aud necesdedjin rescuing him and ] securing the prisoner , who was brought into Swansea anil conveyed to tho infirmary in the Gaol , where he waa eibwnined by T > r , Bird , who found that the ball | bad entered just above the groin ; ' , glanced upwards , striking the upper edge of the ilium , and lodged itself iu the back between the second and third rib , frcm which place Or . Bird succeeded in extracting it .
" On Sunday , in the middle of the day , the police , accompanied by tbe Mayor and . two other magistrates , and thtityimen of the Grenadier Company of the 75 th kegimentjof Foot , again proceeded to Llangavalloch and apprehended Mr ? . Morgan , the farmer ' s wife , und her daughter , and in the courati of the evening , ftp-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 29, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct942/page/6/
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