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      ^ OSKSHIBS STJS 32 SEB . RESIZES . < SOWT » COURT , Satehdat , JciT 22 . fBefcre SIr . JiBiictCressiodLJ BUBGL&XT A 3 LEBBS . Jmws iw ?< y . . WiUiam Ward , 26 , and Jcs ? p& _ gjr « fe #£ a&J , -38 . ¦ sets rfrargad -adth hsvLng . on the Htb « f Api 3 lasi , at Lesfis , eonanliiea a burglary in Uie dwelliag bxmsa ef John Atkinson , sad stolen therein two ^ Irer spoons , ore pas * of silver tongs , one satin dress , one sift shawl , and TariouB ether articles , Ills property . 2 £ t HHiL , 33 t " WAiKKK , ana Us . MOKTEITH were eenBsSforiSia ?* 038 * 01 5 * 22 ' Hie prisoners-were imaefsnded . .

      _ _ . _ ... Tba proseenfor , Hr . John Aiiinsan , is a Joiner and iraDfier resdlBg at- HunBlet , near Leeds . On the evening of the Ui&oJ Apnl last , h& and lualamily were at home , and Tetbea to rest a little after ten o'clock . 2 ) nriri £ ibe 3 KS D * » or ^ th « r about one o ' clock the folioHfug mfiisiSg , te ^ ras arcnsea by has -wife ; snd . -in « obe £ ^ = ebc 6 « f a « aasKnuc&tioa which she mde to him , be got tip , struck a llgkt , and be and Mb wife went down sisirs , -when they found the front door open , the hccss zanssiikea , and ths bolt of the leek doc ; forced away , l > y means of an incision made in the casing of the dooK 3 $ e property taken away consisted of a ^ uanSty of stockings , a Mack satm dies , shawls , shMs , pocfet sad silk handkerchiefs , cSvcr tea and taHe spoons , a pair of aflver sugar tongs , and other

      sxHU&sB . The e-se . » a connecting tbo prisoners -with tiie xobbery-ssted chiefly on the evidence of aa scconrplics saaisdHaasah Greenongh , -who "sras in tbBflrstinstance charged as a lecsiver , hut -was afterwards admitted Queen " s evidence . She deposed that , on the 11 th of jftpr 3 . ahelr 5 td . at Wakcfida , at the house of s jars . SUtcbeH , ¦ & % && is two -doors from 32 x 3 . Csrtert . Oa Uie craning cf Uia 12 Qi of April , she -went into Jda Carter ' s iouse , Where ahe saw Butteifleld , LMey , young "Ward , and Benjamin Ward . She hid seen young "Waia before , but not ihat day . Tbti was abcnt nine o ' clock , and two or three hours after that she saw a bundle fcMsraaGKter ' sro ^ mjOnabjabiJuadthedoor . Young Wardaltersaxfis save ier jibe -witness ) a satin dress , ¦ srhlcb he toot ent of thefcandle . Sfose Of the other

      5 jbsoeg » tteia present si thai Bine . 3 Chey ~ wcre in ynTfha Carter ' s room "when he gara her the dress , and Harlhs gave he * a doth to "wrap it in . The bundle from which he took the dress contained shirts , a piece of s 3 k unmade up , a saSia shawl lined "with blue eelton , a mliahs'spl , some fine linen shirts , and a satin Irsnoterchief , lm % no sHver piste . "Witness "went to 2 St- land ' s to jawa the dress , but sfterfrstd ? took it back again to Mo . Carter ' s . When she returned the lour msn were there . Young "Ward then inquired if there vss r > 6 £ a place lathe town at which tee dress sodd be sold , and -sntcea told Mm that fisere tms Ilr , HolSawor&i ' s , at Sew Wells . Lideyand Bntter-£ eld "were preset Witnes « aftKrwsrds -sreEl to Mr . HoldswoT&Ts . and a jonng nmn thara defined 'the

      dress , upon irJiichihe returned to Slaiiha Carter ' s , and found the laen ihszs still ; Slartha Carter then said they anust fly , or her house -would be searched . Witness then bunt eut crying , and said , " I don't kno-w trhsi , Trill becoae of rme . " The -witeess then conH-3 mEd , ^ -young Ward said I must so-with bim ; 1 did so . We ah hfesA together to CasQeSerd . James iinley canffid tbe bundle a Ion ? frayi then yonng Ward'took IS ; 35 enjBmin Ward took it a bit ; then we got In the ics-n ; jonnsTVEra bad the bundle then . W& staid at CaEtlef « rd all inght , and rest morning linley -west toI » edsjlietoldnB hs-wasgolEg there . . Weirentto Persybridge , and the handle "was t ^ frpn -Kith us ; Joseph ButterSeM sad yonsg Ward earned it We Trent to s lodging house nes . 1 door but one to a public-house

      On the evening of that day I went into the publicbcusa betrsreeB three and foar o ' clock . I afterwards Vent s"say " -and xt-tnrned about sbc e'dock ; at that time " Wm- Wiffd SE ^ Jaaits 3 ! iiiiej cune to the public boose ; fijere tfbs anouiar ehtj -wjih aism whoa they called " 3 > xck . " We j ^ t ite tTin-aiB in ihB honBe at \ fhich IFelodjed . I sa- » the bci : d ! 3 opsntfd ai that bacsej 1 saw thB Bilk , a lissn shirt , and a piece of iron . Xonng Ward had a black sathi waiatcoat on . I . sold the isnetertbiet , the piece of silt , sad the shirt , to tho uns&eES cf the pubac-hessc . 1 gave the money to Tmmg Ward ; BarlsrSe * -d -was then present . We remaned all that Eisht at ferrybridge , and-went next ^ ay va Dsncsster , -Wtere -arc arrlTEd between three ai-d four in the afternoon ; tr&bzd a bundle -with n > , acg to

      "we ^ rent r . puldic-hosss there . I satr some cloth Tnosicrao&ere ; " Dielt" hadtiiem ; iretrerealj present We remained at Dsi > cast » -all night , and next inoiinng 1 doiiotino-WTPbat became of JBatterSeld ,- but 2 did sot ses bim again until I vas brought as a prisoner to I ^ efis . 1-srentnEXttiay toIBsmdey ; Young Ward , BanjaHdn Ward , ^ nd Willam Ward Trent Tiith jne . We *¦** a very ssaU bundle then . We Trent to the Balhray Tsrem lbH « . Young Ward gaTO me two £ &Ter table-apoans snd a pair of sugar tongs ; loEfey and f'Difik "" Trent < m to Bamsley before us , and irera at the Eiilifay Tsrtxn vhen we got there . Young Ward , told me to go and pavn ' the things . 1 had seeatfce tiungs before in the hands of some of the men ; the ? tf ere secaring fr *™ at thB enfis .

      A jmmbar of "wilnEses were called i i eorroboratioz < i ^ ie digcrect pasts of tbegWfc statement . THb Ixjkdshtp , is ramming up , "told the Jury be { bought & «* e -was so evidence againsi William Wi-rd , and directed them to find a "verdict of acquittal against Jim . ! TteJay&mH 3 ' £ fc £ oBis * itti 3 aner- © n 2 iy . ApreTions © onTiciion « a 3 found agsinsi Bntterfield for felony . — Sentence deferred .

      BU 2 GLAE . T A 3 £ CCL ± -SFI £ LD . George Meson , 22 , Charles GoBiard . 22 . and Saau » » £ ¦ <*>• , 23 , " = rere charged 5 jdth a burglary at EcclesSfild . in the West Biding , in tS dwelling house of William BTeritL " Sir . Otxbetd conducted the proaeeaifion ; Mr . "Wix-ki > s . defended tbeprisonEr . Ttw prcsscntor , Evtaitt , is- * gentleman of property , and -&e jacrpiaeicr oi some irtm trorka = ear ShrfBeld . sod hs t « b in the habit of going to Sbtffl-Jd on a Saturday , for ths purpose x > f getting money to pay the ¦ wajea of bis workmen . He set off on the afternoon of £ a * nrd = j the 1 st of April , for this purpose , and left at home a ' bousa keeper , Trho about ten o ' clock in the crecisg "skis alarmed by anoisa"which . she heardi . ahe sot off her seat , Trent to the kitchen door , and on

      opening It a nan asasd her , pushed her bsckwards into the eellss End shut the doot He then asked for her money , and-she gave him berpnrae containing a few shillings . TstO « tb £ r men then camB , and one of tb £ m , boldiog a Bh = Tp 5 sstrumeut to ber seek , told her b * ** -sromd do it Jbr bu * n a minute , if ibe did sot tell where the other jnoney in the house was . " She told them if thsTB sras " sny it -wonlfl be up stairs , sud tfcey wuztl feers to * 6 &reb lot it , bnt seisinsd Trilboat finding any . Ihej got . however , otherpropsrty , eonsistiBg of a sii-rw tontord , a large number of silter spoons , TFesritg apparel . &c , wbicb bad been taken &om a box incjjie of ths -rooms up-stairs . GM > tbaid "was poefivly identified by the bouse-keepsr as the person -a-boseizrf and ditaia ^ x ! ter , and lie , zlong "witii the ottitr prJBoners , TPas stSJ both going tswaida , atd returning f rem tne profiecctofa bonse .

      Mt : WilXIKS , after addressiisg ths jury for the prisoners , Ci-Bsd Eeveral Tritnesses to proTa an alibi , span which Mr , Otehkhu replied at great ler-ith . * -b-a bis LorJisVip summbd up , aadtbejnry . afwrTeiirmg asbsrl time , found ail the-prisoners GaStj .

      nXiOSIOTJS ASAC 1 J AT I ^ EDS . WSiiamSxidth . 32 , was chargtd - » itb baTiuR . on the 131 b of . March last , at Lseos , ssssnlitd Heurj "VV ^ ff , Bui sto ? en fram bis person two ear-rings , a sUTcr . alcD gnard , andjSfietn sbillinss , Ks property . Mr . Ot £ R 2 > t > was for the prciecutioB ; iir . V . ' il-SI 5 S drfaaded the prisocer . Tbe Jarjf . 1 ound the prisoner Guilty . —SrEieECt waa dfiferreit . . 3 fie GonrJ rose at five o ' clock .

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      of pocket , and upon } a ? plying to bs-re tbat sum reimbursed , he tras told that he mus : take it out of the next ra > te , bat all that he bad receiTed on account of it was this payment by Mr . Tatbam . j Mr . Commiasiontr Wobtlet Bummed up the case Triib much perspicuity , and the Jury found the prisoner Guilty , but recommended him to tnercy on account of the great irregularity -which prevailed In the township with respect to the rates . ; There were twootherindictmentsagBicBt the prisoner , bnt thBy were not pressed . ] Mi . Ctommissioner Wokilet said that as he was desirous to give effect to thejreeoaimennation of the Jury , he should delay passing sentence . There had , no doubt , been great irregularity and neglect on the part of the towMhip officers ; set £ he offence of which the prisoner had been convicted was a Tery grave one .

      2 fa . Turner , a laterpsyet of Wartsy , Lin answer to questions from the Court , stated that he had ascertained the prisoner ' s defalcations to amend to upwards of £ 300 , and he had no doubt there was a further deficiency of searJy £ ioo , which hs could sot so clearly m&kfionL The prisoner had served the ! like office in the township of Midgley , and Ma defalcations were considerable there , fie bad occupied a farm in Midgley , and great conSdecce had been placed in bim by the inhabitants and officers of both iownsbips . He had been possessed of property , but he had sold it all , and had sent his wife and family to America . :

      His Lordship , in passing sentence , said ; that but for the recommendation of the Jury he should have felt it his duty to sentence the prisoner to tranBportaticn ; but under all the circumstances be thought U -would meet the justice of the case if a less severe sentence were imposed . The sentence of the Conrt was , that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for twelve calendar months . William Foster , { 16 . ) was found guilty of having comKnlttsd a burglary in the dwelling-house of Thomas Xenble Walker , at Pannal , near Harrogate . He web sentenced to be transported for ten years . ! Samuel Ledyard , i 25 , ) was charged with stealing a bay geMing , at Tong , on the 27 th ef June | the property of Joseph Proctor . ; Mr . Pickebis g and Mi . Aspikaxi . were for the prosecntion : Mr . Wilkiks defended ibe prisoner .

      The prosecute * is a coal leader , residing at Whisket Hill , in Toug , and on Sunday , the 27 th of June , he had two horses grealng on Tong Moor . On the Tuesday following he missed one of them , the horse in question , and did not hear of him till about thn .-e weeks afterwards . It was , however , pr * . ? ed that tne prisoner was seen riding the tor *; np Thoraea Lone , sear Wakefield , on the evanixsg of the last Tutsday iu June . On the felioHaug day he sold it to a hawker , named George Hall , who a few days after sold it at Wckefield Fair , where it afterwards chanted hands two or thrce times ; and the last purchaser , Mr . Richard Sunderland , of Alvertborpe , havimr a few days afterwards seen the nniTn > t deecribed in an advertisement in the newspapers as a stolen horse , he took it to the constable of Wakefield , Mr . Brieriey , and delivered him np ^ when it was identified by the prosecutor as biB property .

      Mr . Wilkiks made an able speech for the prisoner , but called no witnesses to support his hypothesis , that the prisoner had bought the animal The Jury retired for about three quarters of an boot , and than found the prisoner Gnilty , but recommended him to mercy . The presiding Judge asked upon what grounds they recommended meicy . * Tee Fobeman answered , because of some doubt they had as to the distance between some of the places mentioned on the trial , and as nothing else had been proved against baa . W . Brlerley , constable of WakeSeld , said that when he went to Sheffield to apprehend the prisoner , he could not hear that h * had anything but a good character . The Foeemax said , that if that had [ been known before , it mizbt have bad some effect on the verdict .

      His Lokdship raid , that the verdict was still unrecorded , sud that they might reconsider it if they thought proper . ; The Jnry again conferred for a few minutes , and then expressed a wish to retire again . Having retired for about a quarter of so hour , they returned into Court again with a like verdict cf GniltT , bnt recommended him to mercy on account of bis previous good character . To be imprisoned to hard kfrrar in Wakefield Honse of Correction for six calendar months .

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      H ReDecoa" still holds up her head ! I * ay , she increases in hex daring . The state of Wales is most critical . An organized opposition to constituted" authority is there systematically at work ; and it has hitherto baffled all the efforts made to put it down . From the correspondent of the Times vfb s ^ ain £ ive the following information from the sea l of Rebecca ' s -warfare : — " LtAXDliO Fawh , JtJLT 21 . " Since my but communication I have , been almost corstsntly in the saddle—the stirring scenes around me have been bo numerous , and in sucb ^ a variety of 4 irectionB . Instead of being awed by the presence of tbe military , the doings of Rebecca become more daring , mid tte disorganization of society here mor = apparent . It is , however , equally strange , that except where the ontrages are actually being committed , an apparently profound peace reigns , and persons can travel through the country in perfect security .

      *• The asKzas at Carmarthen terminated yesterday by tbe discharge of 60 of the Bebeccaites , against whom no bills h * J been presented , and by tbe bail of twelve persor ? being enlarged in consequence of tbe writ of certiortPi . " In ihs course of my ride to-day I saw many instances of the destruction of gates by Rebecca ; and ber followers . At Iilanvihaogel there are , or rather were , four gates and a tollhouse . This place is situate within li > 0 yards of Golden-grove , the seat of Earl Cawdor ; yet a few nights since they were all destroyed , the toU-houses polled down , and tbe toll-keeper ' s furnitore broken to pieces with tbe utmost during and tbe -nost perfect impunity , although the family and servants were all at home at Golden-grove .

      - " Wbiie I was in Iaandilo last evening , I obtained some information that there was to be a secret meeting of the Rebeocaites somewhere between this place sjni Liaudovery , and although told it would be most dangerous for me to do so . I resolved if j possible , to be present at it , and perci-nally observe their proseedingB I accordingly h&d a horse saddled , and ha Ting proceeded for some few miles on the road ( it was by this time about ei ^ ht o ' clock at night ) , I learned ih&t tbe intended meeting -sras to be held at a place sbout a mile off tbe ide ; d road , called Cwm Ivor , or Ivor's Dingle , and having ieft iny horse at a roadside public-bouse , 2 walked te the spot At that time there was only one person present , who was ¦ walking in the buryirg-rround of the chapel of the little hamlet . It is impusMblb to conceive a more romantic spot than this—a deep glada surrounded

      by rnonmains on every rids , with sides covered J with ¦ verdure , presenting a scene of such com-\ piete repose , that one would " almust suppose ibev bio never been troded by the foot of man . As the »; VfcTdiJK cioeed in , howtver , tbe farmers ,: &t conld be ' seen spproaebliig by tbe various bridle patbs and ' ^ oita ihe mountain sides , uniil , at ltiutn ^ l >» hoald S 3 y ] 300 persons were present I was naturally lo .. kedupon ¦ as an orjeet of suspicion ;• d mistrust ; but , having j entered into conversation with or . e « f theBe prisons . 1 ! informed bim fairly that my wh le object was to | obtam correct information as to tbe state of tbe conutry j ana tbe various proceedings now going on ; that I ref presenteii one of the London newsp £ pers , : > nd that if i tbey had grievances , the very best course would be j their publication , by which means every one would be I ab ' e to judge of the justice of their complaints . At my

      : > uK £ * stion be agreed to « omn ~ . unic&te this to tbe meet-[ ins in Welsh , and hear what they said to it . While 1 remained at a distance , a debate ensued between them ! for sonib minutes , and at lerxth 1 was informed tbat tbey intended sj joining to tbea-ijuinlng school-toom , where I , sbould be expected explicitly to state what I had told ' him . and they would thcBJudtrewhetberliiri ght or might D » t be present . They &ajourr . ed accordingly ; t « o ' candles weiu lit , and th school-room was filled to « uffoeaiion , besides tbe Ftei-s leading to it , &nd tbe j : r- » unt 3 onLBida A chainaan was chesun , and 1 stated fairyr that 1 bad no other object ttun to gain

      iBformatjon carrecdy , and pledged my word cf bononr that 1 tame tht re with no other purpose than tbat of reporting to the paptr with which I was connected . The chairman tbtD . aster some o > j ? ction 3 bad been madu , tat it fo ttie meeting , and the &fcew of bands decided thai I snorud br- present The procectiings of ibe meeting tb » -n commenced , Asd speeches which bad been reduced to vritiDK were read in tse Welch language . Tbey all to *! ae aime tale of the po ? e ; ty of the ; people , , and of the grievances which , thsj suffered . Bents , it > vzs dedartd . should ba lowere * , tbe tollB alte red , and tbe i . famous Poor Lvw abolished , and for these purposes it was proposed that tfiey should form unions or louses .

      " Tbe following is briefly the substance ef one of those Fp ^ -tcbea : — ' It was well known to every one tliar ti- ^ re -were many and enormous jrrievances txisting in thi- ennntry- Both the farmers , the labourers , and the m- ^ : inics . were now reduced to poverty by the great rci-ia , acd tithes , and the poor-rates , compared with tbt low prices . There was do work for Jhe poor , and if they applied for relief they were torn from their families , but it was their own faults teat these grievances were allowed to exbt ; it arose from there being no onion or brotherhood among them . '

      The speaker then complained of the locusts -ftho received the tithes and took the money of ibe parishes , und that with regard to the Poor iaw , * through their dtvilidi ideas and practices , * they took the monej of Urn farmer * , pretending to relieve the ' poor , while they only distributed 6 s . out of every p ' pund to the pcor , but kspt Qie other 15 s . to pay their grasping cScersanti oiners . Another q > eaber tii ^ n addressed tfcem , ana rtafl the following document in We '^ h and English . 1 procured a copy of iJa English translation , ami snl-jola it verbatim . It * hould be ilfmsmfcared th&t&ULongh nngtmnmaticai , aad apparently uniEtelligible m some parts , it might have been perfectly cor-

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      rect in the ongjnal Welsh , but that its author was not sufficiently acquainted with English to translate it properly : — ; "To the conductors of the Convention appointed to be held at Cwm Ivor , in the parish of Llandi , in the county of Carmarthen , on Thursday ^ the 20 th day of July , in the first year of Rebecca ' s exploits , A . ' i > . 1843 . . i "To concur ' and inquire into tbe grievances complained of by the people , and to adopt the best method of avoiding the surprising deprivations that exist , and the eternal "vigilance of our superintendents which is price of onr liberty " We wish | o leducs the price ( taxsB ) and secure on * blessings . An army of principiea will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot .

      " Power nsurped is weak when opposed , The public interest depends-upon our compliance to examine tbe cause of the « alamity , and unveil the corruptions to Rebecca , ice . ' The following resolutions agreed , ana intend to recommend to your future aspect by us whose names are here subscribed at foot , being householders within the above heretofore-ffieDtioned parish . " I—To levelling all petty gates and gate-posts connected with by-waya and bridle-roads , or any roads repaired by the parishioners . " AUo coals , lime , 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 . " S—The abolition of Church-rates . " 4—A totat alteration cf the present Poor Law . " 5 . An equitable adjustment of the landlord ' s rent " 6 . Not to allow or grant any Englishman to have the privilege of a steward or governor in South Wales . " 7- If any man rents his neighbour ' s farm treacherouBly we must acquaint tbo lady , and endeavour to encourage her exertiens wherever ab . 8 wisb . e 8 for us to execute our phenomena and combat " 8 . To request the farmers not to borrow any money on purpose to pay uclawf ol demands ; and if the result be that some person or persons will annoy any one by plundering , and sacrifice their goods in respect to Buch charge , we mnat protect them and diminish their exploita of agonism .

      " 9 . That a committee of privy council murt be held when necessary , and all persons under tbe age of eighteen years are not admitted into it Neither women nor any of tbe female sex shall be introduced intp this selected assembly , except Rebecca and Miss Cromwell" . "This document was received with great applause , ana it appeared to meet tbe universal feelings of the meeting . It was then agreed thai a committee should be formed , and that no farmer in the country should be allowed to take the farm which had been vacated by another without the sanction of the committee , and that if any did so he must take the consequences Four persons also were appointed to make rules to carry out these objects , to be agreed to at a future meeting to be held at another place ; and the meeting sep&r&ted at about % qaatter-past eleven at night .

      " The workfof gate destruction is still carried on with perfect impunity and tbe utmost daring . On Wednesday night , or rather early yesterday morning , tbe Rebtccaites assembled in large numbers at Bolgoed gate , near Pontardulais , between Carmarthen and Swansea , and , arocsicg the tcll-lceeper , but without allowing him time ta dress himself beyond patting on a great coat and slippers , on bis making bis appearance they placed tools inbiahauds , held a gun to his head , and forced him lo destroy the gate : when the work of destruction was complate they locked the toll-kBeper up in a stable dose by , where he was kept a prisoner until tbe morning . There was a policeman who lived in tbe neighbourhood , whom they also made a prisoner for the night "'

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      colliers and others , who appeared to be in a well-crganlzad condition . They commenced their operations by attacking and completely demolishing Bethaniagate , compelling the toll-collector to seek safety by flight ;! they then walked in procession by Cwmmawr , through the village of Drafacb ., and , in . fact , through the entire neighbourhood , being accompanied in their procession by a spcies of rough , musio , consisting of a number of boms and drums , and continually firing shots as tokSjipf triumph ! They then proceeded to demolish twcFWll-bara on the road from Carmarthen to Llanelly , which exploit they accomplished in a very short time . Ths scene throughout the whole affair was remarkably striking ; the bonfiresJborning on tho hills , the firing of tbe rockets , the explosions from the guns

      the mob carried , the beating of drums and the blowing of horns , the surrounding country in the mean time being beautifully illuminated by the light of the young moon . ! were Btriking and lovely in the extreme . The Rebecdaites continued their procession and depredations to tbe [ terror of the inhabitants until near midnight ; they then disappeared with the same astonishing alacrity that they first of all displayed in appearing . Numbers of them , being colliers , precipitated themselves recklessly down tbe different Bhafta of the collieries , which are so plentiul in tbe neighbourhood ; others took refuge in the cottages on the road side ; and , in fact , all of them were out of sight in a very abort time after the order for separation 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 / bat were merely blackened in their faces , and some tf them had their coats turned inside nut Threatening notices bavin g been sent out to Middleton-hall , the seat of Mr . Adams , and tof Cwmmawr , the residence of Mr . John Thomas , threatening the demolition of their bouses , and the destruction of their property : the families of those houseB were in a state of the greatest alarm during the whole of the disturbance , and quite fearful tbat the threats cf the Rebeccaites would be carried into execution ; but tbe fellows , after having broken dewn the gates before separating , loudly proclaimed their intention of attacking those bouses on a future night

      " The scene of these depredations , it will now be Been , lias been quite changed j the disturbances having originated in tbe rural districts on the borders of Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire , but now having entirely removed from that quarter , and the state of affairs { being clearly more and more desperate in tbe southern part of Carmarthenshire , in the mining and manufacturing districts . " At Llanelly , in the copper works , where tbe men have for some time past been working only two days in the : week , the master manufacturers ( finding it utterly impossible to get rid of the copper manufactured there ) lhave determined to reduce the wages of their workmen ; and , having given notice ef tbeir intention so to do , they are visited with threats , both loud and deep , of a general strike in case of tbeir carrying their determination into effect .

      " Tbe leesee of the tolls of the Llandillo Rhymnys Truat has this day visited Caraarthen , and dictated to the Clerk to the Trust that it la quite impossible for him to payj the trust the sum at which he agreed to take tbe tolls , in consequence of the continued demolition of the gates on his line of road . There is hardly a gate , toll-house , fSi bar , now standing on this trust ; and it is dally , jor rawer nightly , expected tbat the few remaining ones will be disposed of in the same manner as their predecessors have been . " The outrages are now assuming a much more serious aspect ; than they have hitherto borne , in consequence of their bavicg shown themselves in the midst of a thickly-populated district in which , however , the people aro badly paid , and live upon the very worst of fare ' .

      "On the Llandillo road also , which bad been traversed by the troops , they had gone through ecarcejy half an hoar before the Troedrhiew Qoch-gate was broken down , aud the Llettymawr gato , in the parish of Llaaon . "" " On Thursday night , a detachment of the 4 th Dragoons , under the orders of ^ magistrate , were marched from Llandovery to the Llangamraach gate , ou the borders ot Brecocsbire , which had been threatened to be destroyed . Oa arriving there , tbe men were placed in a bar : ; , and double sentries stationed at each side of the gate for tbe whole of the night . At about eleven o ' clock , they saw a party of the Rebeccaites in the village , close by ; but their spies bad informed them that tbo military were watching the gate , and tbey marched off , thus leading tbo military a march of thirty miles , and obliging them to remain on guard all night for nothing . "

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      prehended Mr . Vanghan , the postmaster and innkeeper of Pontydoulaia . 1 " This morning , and indeed throughout the day , the town of Swansea baa been in a state of excitement crowds of people filling the streets , particularly opposite the station-boose , where the prisoners were confined , and which was guarded by the 75 th Foot , and almost an entire stop } being put to business . "Tbe following prisoners bad by this time been brought in : — " Griffith Vaughan , postmaster and innkeeper at Pontydoulais . William Morgan , of Bokroed , farmer . Divld Jones , son of j a respectable freeholder . Daniel Lewia , a weaver . Mr . John Morgan , a farmer and freeholder Matthew Morgan , bis son . Bees Morgan , hia

      son , John Morgan , ] bis son , the man who has been shot Esther Morgan , the mother , and Margaret Margan her daughter , j " At nine o ' clock a large meeting of the magistrates was held at the Town-hall , Sir John . Morris in the chair ; and tbe prisoners being brought down , I applied for admission , jbut was told that no one could be admitted until the final hearing . The attorney for some of tbe prisoners having also applied for admission , the magistrates came to the following resolution : — | " Resolved unanimously , —That all meetings with a view to the investigation of charges relating to the demolition of turnpiko-gatea in this neighbourhood be strictly private , until tbe parties are brought up for final hearing . j ¦ " John Morris . Chairman /'

      " Tbe Magistratesjsat in deliberation the whole day , and at the close the prisoners were remanded . "The wonBded man , last night , when I inquired , was doing well . J " Tbe utmost exoitement still prevails " . la relation to this wonderful combination and arrangement of power and force against the " authorities , " the Times itself has the following . The picture given of the present alarming aspect of the country at tbe 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 ? They might have prevented all we have now to deplore , had they possessed the knowledge and the will .

      " We perceive with much concern that tbe Rebecca disturbances show no sympton of decrease . Nor are the fresh circumstances which are vaguely hinted at of a character to diminish onr apprehensions as to the character which these remarkable outrages may assume . It is more and more j believed that men not of education only , but of rank , are concerned iu them . This derives considerable probability fro * n the obviona skill and unity with which tbe operations of the rioters are planned and executed , and it a ^ ds not a little to the seriousness with which tbey deserve to be regarded .

      Without a head from the upper classes no rising of the people has ever ] proved permenently formidable ; private jealousies—narrowness of view—scantiness of information—ignorance—credulity—want of order and concentration—these ] are the peculiarities which generally attend and mar a rabble movement It is tbe one leader , cognfe-mt of tbe power and weakness of the tipper classes whom be is opposing , and whose very name brings order , arrangement , and self-reliance into the ranks of the discontented , giving a definite direction to tbeir energies , understanding their real difficulties , and stifling their suicidal disputes for precedence , —it is the educated acknowledged commander wbo makes that dangerous which would otherwise be only mischievous ; who can threaten tbe well-being of tbe State , insead of merely disturbing a neighbourhood or embarrassing a Cabinet .

      "Tbia , it appears tnow to be considered , the Carmarthenshire peasantry have found . Men have been found among tbeir superiors , with what views it is indeed difficult to divine , reckless enough to array themselves at tbe bead of this deluded people against the legal force of England . We ean hardly suppose sucb men to act frouila mere blind love of mischiefwe can hardly suppose tbat they are continuing to ' expose tbe lives , liberties , and well-being of their instruments , from an aimless caprice , without any definite or ( as they suppose ) attainable result before tbeir eyessomething beyond the demolition ot a county grievance , or tbe exhibition of hairbrained enterprise . This is not the way in which an educated man carries on war against turnpike [ gates , or union workhouses . The fact , if it be a fsctl tbat men of station are at tbe bottom of these movements , is an unfortunate

      guarantee for the serious mischief which is intended . And , In truth , tbe circumstances * f the mining districts are sucb , as may well open a source of indefinite hope to an unprincipled agitator —© I indefinite apprehension to tho * e who are concerned for the peaco of the country . Tho present is a moment at which bold and unscrupulous men , reckoning as we trust without tbeir boat , might well suppose that their time was coming ; tbat in Ireland , in Scotland—in oar own northern districts , iu the south or Wales—abroad , too , as we ll as at home J-the clouds W 6 re gathering—the wreck was coming—and that be whose hand was foremost would gather most spoil .

      " In the meantime Kebecca's pang is triumphant . Their formation is perfect , their movements rapid and well combined , an < l 1 thfeir mode of doing their worts complete . They coileet , destroy , and are gone . The Dragoons aro sent out , to stop their operations , but it is like firing artillery on a swarm of wasps , or sending a frigate te chase a flock of stormy petrals What is wanting in Carmarthenshire ( as in other places ) is nvt only an array of menj on managed horses with helmets and swords ( though even they have once stumbled into tffijiencyi , but brains . Tbo Carmarthenshire magistrates seem not overburdened with tbat appendage . " In the Sun we find the following answer to the cock-and-bull story promulgated about " Chartists holding secret weekly meetings ; " subscribing to arms' distribution clubs , " &o . &c , which we had

      ourBelves to comment on a fortnight ago . It will bo seen that the contradiction we then gave to the slander , has received the strongest corroboration and support from parties resident on ihe spot , who oannot be accused of an undue bearing to Chartists and Chartism : — I

      REBECCA AND HER DAUGHTERS . " In consequence ofi the information which we have received from the neighbourhood of Cxrmarthen—Rebecsa ' a head quarters—we have carefully looked over tbe columns of the Welshman --a paper published in that town , and apparently conducted not only with considerable talent , but with that careful attention to facts , which supplies the best guarantee for the accuracy of the information which is g iven to the public through its columns . Amongst other paragraphs on tbo subject to which we have referred are the following . Tb <_ -y are corroborative of thai information which we ourselves have received from the best source .

      11 Alarming Intelligence . —Socret political meetings ( according to tho London papers ) are held weekly in the Mertbyr district . There are also secret arms ' distribution clubs , to [ which the mea subscribe , and by which they are supplied with a musket , bayonet , crossbelts , &o , for £ l 16 ? . Now , all we cm say is , that these meetings must b ' n very secret indeed , for we bava . and have had for some years , a correspondent to ths Welshman there , and Liva also reeoived weekfy commulocations from the police-office there , and yet this is the first time we have ever beard of the existence of ; bis plot and treason . Doubtless ur accredited functionary there , as well as the jpolkw authorities , are Miud ; f .. r the gentleman from London s : \ -n it ths moment be set foot in the district : and what is more be found ou :

      before our resident raporter , Mr . M ( g ood easy man ) could count hisjflng--r « , tbat thU state of things bad been going on for some considerable time , and th : it in the event of an outbreak one district alone could furnish 5 , 000 sUnd of arms , consisting of muskets , bayonets , rifles , &c . T | he gentleman from London aforesaid also deposes , according to information then and there before him . ti-t tho Government have been made acquainted vritli this secret distribution of arms . although they bave not , as far as I can learn ( he says ) taken any steps to prevent it Wb » t a somnolent , shameful Government ! Well may Sir Robert Peel ' s Government be designated a do-notbiDg Government . A sluggish , sleepy , stolik set of elves . They are on tbe edge of a precipice and stir not—6 . 000 stand of arms in one district only ! Gobd gracious how draadful ! Every dozen districts supp y sisty thousand stand of arms ; and this according to Cocker multiplied only by six , but

      take the lowest , nay , take but half , only three , and one stand of arms to each ] man give a product of pugnacity represented by the figures 180 , 000 ! So there ate one hundred aud eighty thousand stands of arms , one hundred hnd eViay tboaratift men ripe for insurrection ' . ' AH the iron works , ' adds the gentleman from London * are now under reductions , ar . d men are constantly being discharged , wbi ' cii of cottrso adds to the discontent , and shouM any one of the large worfes stop , there would ba considerable danger of an outbreak . ' Ripe for insurrection and danger of an outbreak—stands of anus by thousands , ditto jof fighting men—rapine , rape civil war , death , and destruction . Most alarming intelligence ! 1 Poor Rebecca ! You ought to have a broad bitk . The Cockney -writers ! hoaxed and imposed upon by fools and tnavea , asei jn to jou objects , the names e- ? ea of which we will v&ntura to say you never heard before . You are a Chartist ! Why , you dont fcnow the

      muaning of the word" < It would appear ; that the M insurrection" has become so formidable , as to call for extra measures of putting down" on the part of tho Government . Tbe following announcement will , in Borne degree , give an idea what jtfae nature of the steps determined on are to be : j-11 The Riots is Wales .- —Mr . Hall , chief magistrate of Bow-street police-office , leaves town this morning , by tbe direction of Government , for Wa ^ es , for the purpose of instituting a rigid and Searching inquiry and examination into all the circumstances connected with the 4 Rebecca riots ' and disturbance : in that part or the kingdom . We understand Mr . Hall will be accompanied by one or more legal gentlemen from London to assist in the inquiry . "Standard .

      Ftmpetial Parliament

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Friday , July 21 . Lord PORTMAN laid on the table of the House o Lords a Bill to amend the law of landlord and tenant , with respect to ihe improvement of land , which was read a third time . The suspension of the Standing Orders , in respect to tbe Irish Marriage BUI , was agreed to , and the BUI was read a third time and passed . The Slave Trade Suppression Bill was also read a third time and passed . The third reading of tbe Libel Bill was fixed for Thursday . The Scientific Societies' Bill , and the Sessions of the Peace Bill , went through Committee , when the House adjourned till Monday . MonDat , Jrn . Y 24 .

      Lerd Brougham announced tbat b ? s motion to have tbe printer » f a Kendal newspaper called to the Bar , for publishing a libel upon bis Lordship , was rendered unnecessary by a letter of ample apology , which he had received from tbe individual in question . Oa the motion of tbe Earl ef Detox , the Literary and Scientific Societies' Bill was read a third time and passed . The Honse then adjonrned .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Peidat , Joxt 21 . Jackson ' s Divorce Bill was read a third time and passed . The third reading of the Designs Copyright Bill was fixed fox Tuesday . On the motion tfiat the Report of-the Customs Acts Committee be received , Mr . Gladstone said he took that opportunity of stating , that he sbould object to the oppointmsut of a Select Committee to consider the Coalwkippers Bill , as the Report had been fully investigated by a Committee of the House . Several Members objected to the Bill , when the Report of the Customs Act was brought up . and l&ve was given to introduce a Biil founded upon it . Mr , HUME gave notice , that on Thursday , be would move that the Attorney-General be directed to pro * secute Messrs . Ward and Wilkinson , the agents of Lord Dungannon , for acts of bribery at the late Durham election .

      In answer to a question from Mr . evvaet , relative to the bounty orders to Emigrants , Lord Stanley « ald , great abuses bad arisen in the system , and the Govern * ment 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 Bill was brought up from the House of Lords , and read a first time . In answer to a question from Lord ASHLEY , Sir R » PEEL 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 tbe Irish Arms Bill , when clauses up to 54 were agreed to . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned at a quarter to two .

      Monday , July 24 th . After advancing several bills certain stages , tne early portion of the sitting was occupied with the remaining clauses of the Arms Bill . The main discussion was on the question of the period of the duration of the bill The original proposition of the Government was for five years ; but after discussion , and two divisions , it was decided tbat it should be for two years , and to the end of the then next session of Parliament , or , practically , for tbree years . The whole of the clauses , including those which had been , postponed for further 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 additional duty on Irish spirits , was then brought up ; « n which

      Sir Robert Ferguson moved tbat the resolution be re-committed , on the ground that the redaction should be greater than that proposed by the Govern ment . The Chascelloe of the . Exchequer was not convinced that illicit distillation would receive greater discouragement , or that tho interests either of the revenue or of Ireland , could be further promoted by any greater reduction than the one proposed . Captain Jones supported the amendment . Mr . F . Baking was convinced tbat the Government proposition , was a sufficient reduction . Sir R . Ferguson , seeing he was opposed both by the present and the late Chancellor of the Exchequer , withdrew his motion . Tbe report was then recaived , and a bill founded on the resolution ordered to be brought in .

      Tbe Admiralty Lauds Bill , which Btood for committee , was objected to by Mr . Barnard and Mr . Hume , < iefKnded by Mr . Sidney Herbert , the Secretary to the Admii'<y , and , alter some discussion , during which . the main objection urged against the bill was , that it conferred an arbitrary and unlimited power on the Admiralty to appropriate land " for naval purposes , " Sir J . Graham Interposed an explanation , to the effect that sufficient check and control would still remain to tbe Houoe , inasmuch as all sums to be expended on the purchase of lands would have to be included in the estimates , which would be liable to question and scrutiny .

      A division took place , when the bill was passed into committee by a majority of 59 to 28 . Bnt in committee it encountered further opposition , though ultimately it was carried through this stage . The other business was of a routine nature .

      -Market Intelligence

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      London Corn Exchange , Monday , July 24 . — The demand for English Wheat was brisk , at an advance on the prices of Monday last of from 2 s to Si per qr , and a clearance was readily effected . Free Foreign Wheat at a rise of 2 a per qr ; bonded at improved rates . Barley at la per qr more money . Good sound Malt at Is per qr higher ; the value of otht r kinds was supported . No further improvement took place in the value of Oats . Beans were Is dearer , while Peas supporfed their currencies . Townraade Flour advanced to 53 a per 2801 b , ship-marks being 2 a higher .

      Lonoon Smithfield Cattle Market , Monday , July 24 . —The Beef trade was not to say brisk . Some of the very primest lots were disposed ef at an . improvement in the currencies obtained on this day se ' nnighc , of 4 d per 81 bs , but the general me did not oxceed 21 per 81 bs , at which , a good clearance was effected . For most kinds of Mutton the demand was rather active , at fully , but nothing quotable , beyond previous rates . Lambs were again plentiful , and tate . Glares were well supported ; ibe best Down qualities producing 5 * per 81 ba . For Calves the sale was inactive , at our quotations . Prime small Porkers sold freely ; other kinds ot * pigs heavily , at unvaried prices . During the week not a single head of Foreign stock has been imported into the United Kingdom . '

      Bohough Hop Market . —The demand for yearlino ? , and most , other Unrfs of' Hops , continues steady , at prices about equal to tho-se noted last week . The duty is estimated at from £ 135 , 000 to igl 40 ; O 0 O . Wool Mabket . —Only about 200 bales of Wool have been imported , since our last . Privately the amount of business doing is small , yet prices have undergonfl no alteration . Bobougu a : < d Spitalfields . —Old Potatoes command litcle aut Dtion . New Potatoes from 33 to 6 s per cwt . From abroad only about 200 baskets have been received since our last , and they are worth scarcely 3 s per cwt .

      Lr-ERPioL Corn Market , Monday , Joly 24 . — Stnc tun day se ' uutgtn we have had moderate arrivals ot Gram , Flour and Oaimeal , from Ireland and coasiwibtj . From Canada , ihere are reported 4963 barrels of Fiour , and 60 barrels of Oatmeal . Furtner advanco in tho leading country markets , with a fow days Of coid stormy wwwrie * .-h *** s »«« u luottatssa firmtif"s ' totbe Trade , and have enhanced our prices or Whrat during that period by 3 d . to 4 i . per busht ! ; they now raii ^ e trom 7 V $ i . to 7 s . 64 . for cooiroo-i Odss < a , up to 9 v 6 d . to 9 j . 8 d . per 70 los .

      for best h' £ h mixed Dauzig . Flour has also advmeed in value ls . to 2 s . per sack , and taper barrel . En ^ Jish manufacture bei&ff worth 48 s . to 503 ., Irish 4 < h . to 49 . per 210 lbs , ; Unhed Siates 34 s . to 36 a . ; Canada 33 < . to 35-. per 196 lbs . Oats have been Uei < l fur tull ratw , W . the demand tor tbat article has not been such as to enable the importers to esublitsh an a ^ vaacn ; best Irish have been sold at 2 s . lOd . per 45 ibs . Oaf meal has brought rather more money ; insb 23- > . 6 d . to 24 a . per 240 lbs . Barley must be quoted 3 J . to 4 d . per bushel dearer . Beans and Peas have fully maintained previous rates .

      Liveepool Cattle Market , Monday , July 24 . — Tho market to-day has been much the same as for man > weuks of late , the supply being pretty good , with link * or no variation in price . Beef 5 | d . to 6 d ., Mutton 5 d . to 5 hi ., Lamb 5 d . to 5 hi . per pound . ¦ Manchester Cobn Market , Saturday Joly 22 . —Although much rain has fallen in this district siace our Ia 3 i leportj yet we do not hear that the growing crops have sustained any injury therefrom , buyond their being kept in a backward state . Throughout the week an active demand for Flour has again been experienced , and the supplies of this article during that period having been on the most

      limited ecalo , a further considerable advance in prices has been obtained . Oats and Oatmeal , too , met a tolerably fair sale at rather higher rates . The arrivals at Liverpool , both coastwise and from Ireland , are to a fair ' extent ; and frem Canada 2235 barrels of Flour and « 0 barrels of Oatmeal are reported . At our market this morning an advance of 3 d . to 4 d . per 70 lbs . on Wheat was firmly demanded . Ftour met a moderate sale , and the beat descriptions were iully 3 s . per Back higher thaa onjhis ^ l ga ' nnighi . Oais were Id . per 45 lbs ., and Oatmeal 6 d . per 240 lbs . dearer ; but the latter article was not free sale at this enhancement .

      "Rebecca" In Wales.

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      SUBSIDIARY COURT , Sascbday , July , 22 . ( Btfort He Hon . J . S . Wertltp , Q . CJ jnUiam Hcbson . 26 . pleaded jmilty of having , on she Jih of April , at Tkn-a on . in the Kortfc Biuing , feloniously stoltn an ass rrwn Wm . Jackson . The prisons sJxoptetdea . jpnlty cf stealin ? five sheep skins , tbrproperty of George S ^ eck . —To be transported seven yesn . Jama Eadwood , 20 . pleaded guilty of having , at-the l » ronsbrf ] L 3 eds , oi : ll } e 3 Dtii of June , stolen a shaep , the property of Herrry Ci ~ paam-JsaacHaU . , 35 . « ss &nn < 3 sjnHly cf having , on the 21 st of June last , at It ^ -ia . eoiuinitt' -i » burglary in ti » dwelling souse of John Hoptmson . —To be impri-¦ Boned votive calendar xnont&a to oard labour ,

      £ 3 iBrZZLE 5 Q 3 T BY A 3 ASSISZAST OT £ BSEEEThpmasFieliSiBr , 45 , ¦ S ' as charged "with having , oa and before the 17 th o ? April l&n , at the pariah of Halifax , as serreat to the Churchwarden and Overseers of the poor of ths township of Wariey , received and tiitc into 3 os pojffsssign , en ascxnmt of hiB said masters , < 3 iTers scats ot anouey , amtmcting to mere than £ lvO . axtd im-rzng feJonisaslj enbE 2 z ' : ed the same . Hr PiC ££ R 35 G appeared for the prosecution . The prisoner this undefended . It was ste £ e& by tbe Lsarned { JsoqmA , that the prisoasr haa boen fsr some rime employed aa the assistant eveiseer scditte collector of "tea towmbip of "Wailty ,

      St > d that lor same time previous to the date mentioned 3 d toe - * -. ^* y * T > p . Tit . lie iaA ia& Tecomae to trsro incgniar modes ol coUecUn& inooej from lbs nle-paveta of Warley . Aloae ftmahe demanded or different p * j sons ^ ssfor peor-rate , sums larger than the amoacis at ¦ which thBy Trere iespec £ vsly anessad , and larger than tbe sums for -which he gave them credit in the rate book ; and et another time hs had collected what purported to be » TiKd poor-rate , but "whieh . had not in reality been signed t > y tht persona whose names a purported to Ijeax . By tbeae means be oollecxsd various munB i end , -vrhen tb » irand -was dbcovered , he went * w » v to laverpool , and there be ivaa ultfm&vfcly apprehended .

      Evidence "was given only rf two payments by Mr . Wm . Tathsm , in iespae ± -of lite pretended rates , each professing te be £ l 2 s . lOd . Toe pii « n 6 T > In loV defence , said that in a former year , ? -when one of ttifi overseen -was dead ' , the con . stable had presented jb him an account against tie tosnabxp ior £ 5 Hs ., -wi ^ eh , x-ppesaag t o be . ^ nly aliow ^ J » Stt ^ Mt fl » snrviTlnS overseeis reinsed totBowmoteSaalS ^ ty ^ bleh he was £ i 12 s . out

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      "Upon a true bill being brought in againBt the parties charged with having participated in the attack upon the Carmarthen workhouse , a writ of certiorari was handed in on the part of the Crown , removing the trials to the Queen ' s Bench . Tht-re baa been much speculation as to the intentions -which the Government have had in this removal . Some persons think that it -will have a- salutary effect by holding the fears of tbeir being removed to London for trial over them as a rod in tcmrem ; but it is generally thought that there is no intention of bringing the parties to trial ifl

      London , but to remove them at ike next assizes for trial icto Breconshire , or some county in which these disturbances have not occurred . This fact , however , demonstrates , that the Government believe that no Jury in this country would convict ; and I think that they are correct in this view , for ! have not yet met with any person in the middle classes who does not sympathise wita Rebecca and her acts , stating as tbey do , fearlessly and openly , that the grievances axe of the moBt glaring character , and that abs seeks only justice . :

      ' The Bebeccaites have this view of the writ ef cerliorari : —they say that their counsel , Mr . Lloyd Hall , ffonld hate been sure to bave obtained a verdict for them in toe Tallog ease upon a point ofl&w and th&t in the attack on the workhouse the Government knows full -well that they have no evidence against them , bnt thai of one or two persons of no character , and therefore that they Wei e safe of an acquittal . Now although this may be mokt untrue , yet . being the opinion of the multitude , it has the same effect as if it were true . ** la lite meantime , although the Dragoons are in the saddle evary night scouring the country nere and there , they happen to be always in the wrong place , and tbe work of outrage continues not only undimisbed , but with increased and increasing audacity . Last night , for

      instance , tbe Dragoons started with Captain Edwards , of Bhvdygorse , 3 magistrate , at their head , and proceeded to Llangewilly ; but while they were thus engaged the Bebeccaites entered the ancient town of Kidwelly , eight miles from Carmarthen , where they had previously pulled down the sate , and at which a temporary one with iron postsihad been erected ; they broke down the iron posts , destroyed the gate , and tben proceeded to demolish the toll-house . Having finished the work of destruction , they piled np the timber which had been used in tbe building of the toll-hons « , and having placed the broken gate upon it , Bet flro to it , and bu nt it to ashes . This was done in the precincts of tbe town containing hundreds of inhabitants . The outrage was

      perpetrated by coinpuritlvelsr a very small number of persons , and yet . not a single inhabitant interfered to prevent the work of destruction . Wbi e this was going on at Kidwelly , Pendergast-gate , situate at Haverfordwest , - was destroyed in the-most daring manner while the military were in the town , but not a single person gave them the slightest hint of what was g « ing on . I cannot better describe the situation of these two gates to your town readers tban by saying that they are , or rather were , as much within the towns of Kidwelly and Haverford west : as the Hyde-park-corner-gate . Tbe military m Haverftrdwest wer « within the town , and on tbe alert ; but they had not tbe slightest knowledge of "what was going on until this morning .

      " At Newcastle- E iriyn , -where a body of the military is aUo stationed , the town-gale has been pulled down three times , and tbe toll-honse and gate were re-erected , and finished rebuilding on Friday . In the course ot tbe night the B--bect-aites visited the spot , and conducted their proceedings wilh tbe utmost secrecy , instead of with tbeir usual noise , and in the morning , when the in , ' abit . / ntB rose not a single vestige of either tbe « ate or the : newly-erected toll-houso was to be seen , so completely bud tbey t-een destroyed . This is the etate of thinrs here , and there will not be a single gate lrft htaucing in the country , if a different rno > iti be not adopted to put an end to it . Government aro pouring in tioops A detachment of artillery are

      mai clung by th « way of Brecon ; a detachment of artillery era marching to Carmarthen by the way of Swansea ; Vb «> ^ bole of tbe 4 th Regiment of Dragoons are to bt stationed in Sonth Wales ; fonr companies of tbe 75 th Foot ; are to arrive at Carmarthen within the ntxt two or ti-. rto days ,- the Yeomanry are kept on pt-nnanent duty ; and fcvery military appliance of the Government ia ^ exercised ; yet not a single outrage has been stayed , nor a . « in ? le Rsbeccaite captured . They laugh at the display of power by the Government , and fr » m its bfine a question of tolls , it has now become on « - of general : grievances . Notices are now daily Issued as to rrnts . and are being served on the landlords , not only in t * xis county , but in tbe adjoining ones . "

      "Cahmarthjen , Joli 22 . " li . formation having been received yesturday tbat it wfs i' -ttniied to Jii ^ ke attacks on several gatefl during the nisbt , iBd ibxt tbe village of Porthrbyd bad been threatened io be set on fire . Colonel L <> ve immediately i'sued orCcra fuT the dragoons to patrol the whole cf thn roa ^ s leading "o the places threntuued , and for this purpose they wen ? divided into six sections , who at once scuiirvd 4 he roads from Llandovery , Llandilio , and arsnnd Cirraaribe . ; . 1 myself got on horsBback and accompd-. ifd a troop of the 4 th Dcogooas , headed bj Co . 'oi . rii L > ve " . and the Lord Lieuteuaiit , Colons ! Trevor , and cumiuanded by Major Parlby , ia a ride round tbe country of from twenty . s ? ven lo thirty miles . We ltft Carmarthen at half-past flve ' o'clocir la the evening , and

      vece oat upon tho roads until nearly eleven at night Oat" route lay through Llaaoatrog and Porthrhyd , ¦ where -we met ; another troop , who hud scoured the roads from Llandillo , by the way of Tros&rhiew Gocu and . MiddletonlHalL The mooatsins by LlanninjjithoD , &c , were then traversed to Colebrook and Puntyberea , back to Carmarthen . The troop had uot however , traversed more than three miles on the road from Carmarthen , before it became evident tbat they were watched from the bill tops , and shortly after two signal gnns were beard . A place called tho Old Railway is the centre of some coal works , and as we passed , it was understood tbat a large meeting was to beheld , and was probably tben holding , in the coal

      levels ; but all through tbe souta everything wore the meat peaceful aspect , and very few people were to be seen upon iany of the roods . Of course , it was imagined that the alarm was a false one . This , however , was a mistake ; for within an hour after tbe troops of Dragoons bad passed through tbe Betbaniagate , which is almost Immediately above the hill called the Pumble , on the road leading lo Lianon , a skyrocket was sent up from one cf the hills in the neighbourhood , and in a few minutes several large bonfires were lit on the various hiils around , as answers to tbe signal gVren by the firing of tho rock-t . Tbe consequsnoes ol thesa signals soon manifested themselves to the inhabitants cf tbe surrounding country by the almost instantaneous appearance of about 1 , 000 men ,

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      j . " Swansea , Tuesday Morning , July 25 , "Five oClock . " In my last communication I gave such & hurried account as I could procure of the collision yesterday muming at Liangovallocb . between the authorities ; icj the RebeccaKes . I have since obtained as succinct an account of the affair aa I could . I uoderstauii that on Situvvlay night a policeman of Swansea happened to meet a man , named John Joues , of Lluttyfulbert , drinking at ; a public-house in Swansea . After some timu tbe man niado uau of some observations which led the policeman to believe that be bad buen a participator iu seme of the Rebecca movements . This inuuued tbe pojia raau to question him , and at length the man [ uinriUed that be had been present at tho destruction of tbree gates , viz ., tbe Bpigoeei , Puiitydawe , and L ' . angayalloub . and that he could identify the parlies

      concerned . On hearing this , the po . iceumn took him into custody , and conveyed him to thu Station-bouse , when the Mayor being sent for , he underwent a rigid examination , and gave the names of about fort ; persons , most of them highly respectable farmers . &a residing neat Poutydoulaia and Llangavalloch . Warrants were then granted ; and at twelve o ' clock on Saturday night , Captain Napier , superintendent of the couuty police (! ae of the RifUsi , with inspector Rees and two other policemen , left Swansea and proceeded to the hills , where , they succeeded iu . capturing two pwsons quietly ; and brought them into Swansea ; they then apprehended a third prisoner , whom they left in charge ! of the two policemen , while Captain Napiet and Riea went into the bouse of a farmer , named

      31 orgao , to arrest iris sou , t Xuey bad nut beeti gone into the houaa a minuta bbfore thu farmei ' s wife , Mrs . Morgan , threw a saucepan Of boiiiDg water over the Captaia , which aoalded hia suouliici , aud , tben aUacked him with the saucepan , with : Which she bc ; tt 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 wounded hiui op the head , ; a desperate struggle ensued , and Capt Napier drew one of bia piBtols , which , however , fortunately was not cocked , ' tke hammer being down , for Morgan grasped his wrist , and , turning the muzzle of the pistol to Captain Napier ' s breast , pulled the trigger , bat without effect . | Finding his life in danger . Captain Napiet immediately drew bis other pistol and fired , and shot John Morgan , the ball entering thej abdomen ; the man , bowever , having recoiled a faw paces and felt the wound , immediately reuowed tbe struggle with increased desperation , but the noise of the : pistol having alarmed the policemen outside , they rushed into the house , where they found Captain Napier ) covered with blood , and succeeded in rescuing him and securing tbe prisoner , who was broughv into Swansea and conveyed to tbe iB&rniary in tbe Gaol , where he was examined by Dr Bird , Wuo found tbat the ball had entered just above the groin , glanced upwards , ; striking the upper edze of the ilium , and lodged itself in the back between the second and tblrd rib , from which place Dr . Bird buccettded iu extracting it . "On ^ Sunday , in the middle of the day , the police accomptnieU by tbe Mayor and two other magistrates ' and thirty men of the Grenadier Company of the 75 th Reginunt of Foot , aqoin proceeded to XlaDgavallooh and apprehended Mrs . Morgan , the farmer ' s wife and her daughter , and in the course of the evening ' an .

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      COLLISION BETWEEN THE AUTHORITIES AND THE REBECCAITES—ONE MAN SHOT . "Swansea , Monday Morning July 24 " At eight o ' clock last night the following intelligence reached me at Carmarthen ;—"SwamsEa , Sunday Afternoon . " Sir—The town Is full of excitement and soldiers . Five of the men concerned In the destruction of tbe Bolgoed bar have been taken by the county police , headed by Captain Napier . Great resistance was offered , and Captain Napier shot one man through tbe groin . The wounded man is in custody . One of the Rebeccaitea , tempted by the reward of £ 100 , turned informer at twelve o ' clock last night . ANOTHER ACCOUNT .

      " Early on Sunday morning Captain Napier , With the Inspector of the Swaunea Police , and two Of the county police , went in tho neighbourhood of Llangafelacb to execute a warrant for the apprehension of some Rebeccaitea , who were concerned in destroying the Bolgoedgate , upon private information . After a * 3 readful struggle , they succeeded in capturing four young men , sons of respectable freeholders and ; farmers . Captain Napier was severely wonnded , and would have been killed but for the ; timely assistance rendered by Sergeant Jenkins , of tha county police . The Captain was on the ground , struggling with hia prisoner , when another man was in the jaot of chopping him with a hatchet , bis arm uplifted , and ready to deliver a blow , which , it i s said , must have annihilated tbe gallant Captain , had it not been arrested by the good use Jenkins made of his cutlass .

      " Notwithstanding this small band were attacked by sixteen ! Rebeccaites , they secured their prisoners , who are now safely lodged In confinement . When on tbe ground Captain Napier drew his pistol , which wa « wrested from him ; but be managed to again wrest it from the prisoner drew another pistol from bis pocket , and shot the fellow near the groin . The Mayor , Dr Bird , succeeded in extracting the ball near the small of the back , in the station-bouse ; Swansea . It is thought it Will Dot prove fatal . Captain Napier was having his bead dressed at toe time I first learned these particulars , about twelve o ' clock . " I ! "Swansea , Monday , July 24

      " Upon receipt of this intelligence I immediately rode to Swansea , which I reached at * wo this morning Durin ^ the short time previously to the mails starting , at seven o ' clock this morning , I bave been only able to learn tUe confirmation of the above statement , and that there are eight prisoners brought in by the police and mi ttary . It is expected that more will be apprehended , to-day . Captain Napier received two or three severe wounds . "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 29, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct661/page/6/