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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-09-19 00:00:00

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covered proceeded from tt .
city, and which is the most disgust!ng of all the many
nuisances it contains. It is a large square piece of ground
covered with fragments of carcasses in a state of putrefac-
tion, drenched with the gore of slaughtered animals, which
kit t'.ese debris are allowed to

laughterir

for the

tuning, sun. The only
scavengers are the gaunt famished dogs of the city, num-
bers of which I saw scattered up and down the fields, de-

themselves to t
t licking their

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ory jaws.

wly away

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arising from this Alcedama,-or field of blood, is perfectly
pestilential. I have no doubt that it is the fruitful source
of fever and ague of the worst c
The house of the
of this same square

scription

tient was situated in one of the sides
nd surrounded by its tainted atmos-

open court, wherein were two small low tenements, in one
of which was the patient, laid upon a mattrass on the floor
The room was small, wretched, and dirty, and

with vermin. 1 walked to th. ocu-
poor sick woman, but she was unable to answer me. Sh
was lying on her back in utter helplessness, and her tongue
was brown and parched, as in the advanced stage of typhus

de and spoke to the

otioned with

the seat of pain, and on examination I asee;

neil that

ler infl

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had assumed a typhrid character. A female wis seated
on the ground beside the patient, affected with leprosy,
who addressed me in Spanish, and to whom I delivered
my directions respecting the medicines and diet of the
patient, i❑ the same language. As I ordered fowl•broth,
she gave me to understand that they had no means of

procuring it, which difficulty was soon removed. In the
adjoining tenement I found a young woman suffering from
ague, and a sickly child.
As I was leaving the lazar-house of sickness and misery,
I could not help alluding to the danger of their living in
such an infected locality. The poor Jew seemed almost
unconscious, and even indifferent to the evil. " What
can poor folks do ? " was his only answer to my remark.
I had small hopes of saving my patient under such unfa-
vourable circumstances. For ten days successively I
went to see her, at the end of which it pleased God to bless

the means employed for her relief, and raise her from her

sick bed. There are few cases which have given me more
hearty satisfaction than the recovery of this poor woman.

LETTER FROM THE REV J. NICOLAYSON

Mr. Nicolayson gives in his letter, dated Jerusalem,
June 28, the following account of the establishment of the
mission at Safet ; to which station Mr. P. H. Sternschuss
and Mr. A. J. Behrens bad been appointed :

It was thought advisable that I should accompany the
brethren Sternschuss and Behrens to Safet, to see them
settled there, on account of the peculiar state of things at
this new station. Tanoos Kerm, a native Christian, hav-
ing succeeded in purchasing a house there, we did not in-
deed anticipate any serious difficulty ; but still there was
reason to expect such occurrences, as might prove per-
plexing and discouraging to new corners, and also lead to
more serious consequences if not rightly met. Accord-
ingly, I left this with them and Tanoos Kerm and his fa-
mily on Monday, the 29th of May, and by God's good
hand upon us we have succeeded in establishing that sta-
tion permanently, I trust. Of this I have now to report
to you the particulars. Early on the day after our de-
parture from this we reached Jaffa, and had time and op-
portunity to engage a boat for Acre, and to start the same
afternoon with a promising wind. We landed at Acre in
the afternoon, and started next morning (the Ist of June)
for Safet. Having much baggage with us, we did not ex-
pect to make more than about half the distance that day,
and slept near the village of Rameh, at a copious spring
in the fertile mountains of Naphtali (Upper Galilee).
Thence we started very early next morning, and rode for
many miles through the finest natural scenery I have ever
seen in this country : whole forests, in fact, of the richest

olive-trees, afterwards succeeded by evergreen oaks, and

other forest-trees, in a very elevated but most abundantly
watered region ; little brooks and rapid rills rushing down
the hills in all directions, enough to enchant by the con-
trast to the parched dryness of the south. The depth and
ruggedness of the ravine that separates the last of these
delightful mountains from the dry chalky ridge of Safet,
makes a turn in the road necessary, which adds a tedious
couple of hours to the journey ; while Safet, " set on a
hill," is constantly clear in sight, but, near as it is, seems
to mock the atternpt.of reaching it. Still we arrived early
in the day, June 2.

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY AMONG

THE JEWS

JERUSALEM, MAY 4TH.—A sermon was preached by
the Bishop in St. James's, in behalf of the above society.
Prince Albert of Prussia was present. After the sermon,
a collection was made, which amounted to 7634—about 71.
MAY THE sTH.—This being the day of the annual meet-
ing of the society in London, a meeting was held in the
room adjoining the chapel, which was addressed by the
Bishop, Dr. Macgowan, Mr. Nicolayson, Dr. Kerns, and
Mr. Ewald. Collection 394 piastres, or £3 6s.

MAY 21.—This morning, at a special Hebrew service,
at seven o'clock, Rabbi Eleazer, Rabbi Benjamin, Isaac
Hirseb, and Simon Fra'anket, were baptised by the bishop
in the holy tongue.

Louis: Philippe has given the Cross of the Legion of
Honour, and a handsome present, to the postilion to whose
great strength, courage, and presence of mind, the royal
family owed their late narrow escape from destruction.
The National German Gazette of the 9th instant an-
nounces that a new conspiracy had been discovered at
Warsaw, and that more than 100 persons had been ar-
rested.

A letter from Guadaloupe announces the destruction.
by fire, of the Amedee-Constance, from Havre to Vera
Cruz, with a cargo valued at 500,000 francs. She had
nearly arrived at her destination when the fire, which is
supposed to have proceeded from the spontaneous com-
bustion of part of the cargo, made its appearance. The
crew were saved.

A NEW CRIME.—NAPLES, Aug. 26.—The police are
extremely active in arresting persons charged with setting
fire to the clothes of women and children. It does not
appear, however, that the practice is put an end to ; for a
case has just occurred in which a lady was much in-
jured. It appears that the barbarity is accomplished by
throwing on the dress a fluid which takes fire of itself.
Great alarm prevails amongst the inhabitants, and a lady
now is seldom to be seen in Toledo-street. Very few
ladies, also, are to be seen in the church. Further politi-
cal arrests are spoken of, and it is said that considerable
reinforcements of troops are to be sent to Sicily.
THREATENED DESTRUCTION OF BAHlA.—Thefollow-
ing is a transcript from the Diario Novo, Pernambuco
paper, of the 31st of July last. It is given under the head
Bahia, July 10 : "—The lower town of Bahia is
threatened with total destruction, owing to the heavy
rains having undermined the mountain which overhangs
the town ; already part of it has fallen, and buried the
Church of Pillar, the wharfs and houses in the neighbour-
hood, together with the vicar of that church and many
other persons. The mountain has also fallen in other
places, and it is expected that the lower town will be
abandoned altogether. Great consternation and distress
prevailed, and the heavy rains continued.

INSURRECTION AT ST. DOMINGO.-By the arrival at
Falmouth of the schooner Elizabeth, Captain King, from
Aux Cayes, St. Domingo, we have advices of the Ist of
August, and learn that the coloured population had risen
in that town, and proceeded to the plains adjacent, in
numbers about six hundred strong. The most extreme
threats of extermination had been used by them towards
the white inhabitants ; the British merchants had, there-
fore, been preparing to embark on board the shipping in
the harbour with their effects. The commandant of the
port had sent despatches for reinforcements to the nearest
head-quarters, and also to the general in chief, who was
at the east of the island. The Waterville was to sail on
the 3rd of August, for Falmouth, for orders, and she may
bring more detailed .ccounts.

LOSS OF THE REGULAR EAST INDIANIAN.

Numerous errors having appeared in the published ac-
counts of the loss of the above vessel, Captain Carter, her
commander, has forwarded the following correct narra-
tive to The Times :

"The ship Regular, W. R. Carter, commander, 500
tons, left London, on the 22d February last, bound to
Bombay and China, with a valuable cargo of specie, iron,
steel, copper, &c. The passage was an ordinary one until
the Bth of May, when, scudding in a heavy gale from the
N.W., off the Cape of Good Hope, she suddenly sprung
a leak, which, in spite of the continued exertions of the
crew for four subsequent days and nights, gained con-
siderably upon them. On the second day the water
gained upon both pumps three inches. The gale con-
tinuing with unabated fury and a tremendous sea running,
it was deemed expedient to lighten her, and about 80 tons
of copper, &c. were thrown overboard without any good
resulting. The crew were then divided into parties, and
the pumps assisted by baling at the fore hatchway. For
the two subsequent days the weather continued nearly the
same, blowing furiously with a mountainous sea. There
was no alternative but to scud before the blast, which was
done under a reefed foresail and close-reefed maintopsail.
On the 13th all hands became completely exhausted, the
pumps never having been left for four days and nights.
The ship, at noon, on this day, was in lat. 3i deg. 30 min.
S., and in lon. 35 deg. 30 min. E., when the immense
quantity of water in the hold affected her steerage, and it
was evident to all she was nearly waterlogged. At three,
p.m., the water in the hold being nearly up to the beams,
and the crew, despairing of keeping her afloat by their
exertions much longer, they were compelled to take to
their boats. At eight, p.m., they left her to her sad fate.
In the launch were placed eighteen persons, including the
chief and second officers and two female passengers ; in
the pinnace were the third officer and ten p,trsons ; and,
in the gig, Captain Carter and four persons. Several
days' provisions and water were placed in each boat.
They were now 900 miles from the nearest land, scudding,
in three small boats, (the largest of which was only 23
feet 6 inches in length, and 6 feet 6 inches broad,) before a
furious Capa gale, direct from the land. About ten, in a
heavy squall of wind, each boat shipped a tremendous
sea. From the larger one every thing was obliged to be
thrown overboard to lighten her, water, food, compass,
charts, &c. The gig cleared herself as she filled over the
stern. So, on the top of a mountainous sea, the whole

of her contents, save the crew, were washed over her
bows. The pinnace shared the same fate as the launch.
The gig Aas then pulled towards the launch, and reached
her at midnight. The crew was then removed into her,
and she cut adrift. The launch was now too crowded
almost to move in, and had lost sight of the pinnace.
Thus, in despair, they drove the wretched night through,
without chart or compass to direct them, or a single ne-
cessary to sustain life, the sea birds (such as albatross and
Cape pigeons) hovering close over them, as if only await-
ing the moment whe❑ the frail boat should be enkulphed.
At dawn, to their inexpressible joy, the Almighty directed
two vessels to their relief, which were descried directly to
windward, running immediately down towards them. A
signal of distress was made by hoisting a shawl belonging
to one of .he lady passengers, which was, providentially,
not unobserved. The vessels proved to be the French
frigate La Cleopatre, 52 guns, and the corvette Alcmene,
50 guns, proceeding to China, via Bourbon. The com-
modore, on being made acquainted with the discovery of
the signal, immediately rounded the frigate towards the
boat, and, at eight, those in the launch were received in
safety on board her. On reaching the frigate's deck Cap-
tain Carter instantly implored the c'nrimodore to go in
search of his missing men and officers in the pinnace.
This request was immediately complied with, and, in less
than an hour, the missing boat was discovered by the cor-
vette, and by her miraculously preserved, all parties thank-
ing God and the French officers with tears in their eyes,
who, through His mercy, had been the means of

hese ves:

eels seemed the more miraculous on this day, as, for forty-
two days previous they had not sighted a single sail, nor
did they tall in with any after on the passage to the Mau-
ritius. It was, also, afterwards learned that, on the pre-
vious day, the commodore had determined to alter his
course, but had not eventually done so : if he had he
would have passed eighty or ninety miles to the eastward
of the unfortunate crew.

The preparations made by those on board the frigate for
removing the poor wrecked people from the boats could
never be surpassed. It displayed the skill of a seaman,
and, at the same time, showed that every head and heart
on board the Cleopatre seconded the exertions of the
excellent commander ; and, when they had been safely
taken on board, they found that every arrangement had
been made for their reception which either humanity or
medical skill could dictate, ar►d, from that moment until
the arrival of the frigate at the Mauritius, the crew of the
Regular received such generous treatment from their de-
liverers as will never be effaced from their memory. The
whole of the off►cers, passengers, aed crew were saved.
The former are proceeding to England in her Majesty's
ship Belleisle.

4p,
BLOWING-UP OF A SCHOONER.-SHOCKING

MASSACRE

Accounts from Sydney give particulars of the partial
destruction of the schooner Catherine, 164 tons burden,
Bannatyne, master, which took place in the month of
April last, off the Isle of Pines, by the powder magazine
being wilfully fired by a gang of native pirates.
It appears that the Catherine was on her homeward
passage when she stopped at the Isle of Pines on the 12th
of April, for the purpose of bartering with the natives.
Having previously visited the island, and being received
in a friendly manner, the captain apprehended not the
least danger of any attack being made on his vessel or on
the lives of the crew, and a canoe coming off from the
shore to the ship, he allowed several of the natives to re-
main on board whilst he and some of the crew went on
the island. They had not been ashore long when their
suspicion was aroused by observing some confusion on
board the vessel. At this the captain determined upon
making a sudden retreat to his boat, which was lying
some yards from the beach. On the boat nearing the
schooner the captain instantly saw that the blacks had
gained possession of her; he also noticed two of the crew
in the foretop, or on the foretop-sail yard, who were armed
with fire-arms, and but for the heroic conduct of these
two poor fellows, who kept constantly firing on the blacks
and wounding them, the vessel and the whole of their
lives must have been inevitably lost. The captain hailed
the crew on the foretop, who returned an answer, that all
the hands were murdered except themselves, and that they
in the boat had better keep off, or they would meet with
the same fate. Captain Bannatyne, on hearing this in-
formation, decided upon not boarding her, but ordered
the boat to row round the schooner, so as to see how
many blacks were on board. On nearing the stern the
natives instantly hurled into the boat several large pieces
of timber, evidently for the purpose of either murdering
those in the craft, or sinking her, whilst they one and all
stood round the bulwarks brandishing their tomahawks
and axes, clearly showing that they were quite prepared
to meet the captain and his party. The boat was ma-
noeuvred about, the captain now and then hailing the two
men on the yard, from whom he learned that they were
prepared with firearms. Captain Bannatyne instantly ad-
vised them to shoot on the natives, in the hope of forcing
or frightening them from the vessel. A shot was fired,
and was immediately followed by another, when the men
on the yard informed the captain that two of the blacks
were killed. They were advised to keep on firing, and
after several more shots had been fired the schooner blew
up with great violence. The natives either were thrown
or jumped into the water. They had previously cut away
the whale boat in order to gain the shore, their canoe
having been rendered useless ; but their designs were
frustrated owing to the violence of the concussion.
The boat's crew strove to get hold of some of the
wretches, but they acted in a very resolute and
determined manner, and defended themselve with their
tomahawks, although in the water. The captain,
seeing that the vessel was in flames, made all speed
towards her, and on getting on board the flames after
some time were providentially subdued. In the meantime
Mr. M`Leod and one of the crew assisted in picking up
a poor fellow (a seaman,) who was just expiring ; he was
completely flayed from the effects of the explosion, and it
is presumed that he must have been close to the powder-
magazine when it blew up. On a further examination,
Finnie, the mate, was found in a dreadful condition ; his
face was much swollen ; he had a large cut down his left
cheek, another across his head, and another a little above
his eyebrows; his shirt, face, and hands, were dripping
with blood. Two blacks were also lying on the deck
covered with gore. The steward was found with his head,
arms, and thighs nearly severed from his body. It ap-
pears that he met his death by suddenly rushing upon
deck, when he received a severe blow from a tomahawk
on his head ; lie then sought shelter in the bow of the
schooner, where he was noticed by two of the savages,
who dragged him forth from his hiding—place and brutally
murdered him. A fine little boy, related to Captain Ban-
natyne, was most inhumanly sacrificed by the natives; he
was placed on the bulworks, when a tomahawk was level-
led at his head inflicting a most terrific gash and throw-
ing him overboard ? and what renders this shocking tra-
gedy more painful is, that Captain Bannatyne saw the
mangled corpse of his adopted child floating by the stern
of the scooner, and was unable to pick it up. Almost as
soon as the flames were extinguished, the surviving por-
tion of the crew slipped the cable and succeeded in getting
the ship out to sea, where their sufferings increased to an
almost unendurable extent, the wind subsequently increas-
ing to a severe gale, with heavy falls of rain, which lasted
upwards of 48 hours. The first object was to ascertain
whether the compass was damaged; they found it to be
almost destroyed, and buried in the ruins caused by the
explosion. They however, managed to collect the pieces,
and by sticking them together enabled them to steer a
somewhat correct course. During the following night
another of the crew died. After many days of horrible
suffering a sail hove in sight, which proved to be the Nor-
whal, commanded by Captain Baker, from London, who,
observing signals of distress flying at the schooner's mast-
head, bore down on her, and Captain Baker being inform-
ed of the dreadful calamity which bad befallen the vessel,
he ordered Dr. Monroe to their assistance. The explosion
was occasioned by the firing of a cask of powder by Finnie,
the mate, as the last resource. It is a most extraordi-
nary circumstance how he escaped with his life. Since
then we are happy to announce the safe arrival of the ship
and survivors at Sydney.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

WALES

of having a favoured moment for their return. On arriv-
ing near the Wood-quay, the two boats being in company
and near to each other, and lowering the sales, one un-
fortunately upset, immersing seven of the party into deep
water, and who were for a short time in the utmost peril;
but by the manly exertions of Mr. F. Moore and others
they sueceded in rescuing four of the above named gentle-
men and a boy. But it becomes our painful and melan-
cooly duty to announce that Mr. James Bissit fella victim
to a watery grave, although every possible assistance was
afforded him. Ile was taken up within three minutes,
and medical aid being in attendance all attempts to restore
animation proved unavailing—" the vital spark had fled."
Mr. Bissit was a gentleman of the most engaging and
unassuming manners, a native of Scotland, and was ac-
countant to the Provincial Bank of Ireland here, the
duties of which office he discharged with integrity and
ability, and his courteous and amiable disposition en-
deared him to a vast circle of acquaintance.—Galway
Vindicator.

PROGRESS OF THE ANTI-RENT WAR.—The following
statement appears in the Carlow Sentinel of Saturday.
On Sunday morning last, between the hours of twelve and
one o'clock, about 200 men and women, principally stran-
gers in the district, proceeded to the farm occupied by a
man named John Harney, near Ballon, in this county and
cut down and carried away about five acres of wheat and
two of oats, before six o'clock. The party who were pro-
vided with horses and cars, bore off the crops towards
Hacketstown, and have not since been heard of. This
plan of evading the payment of rent, or of preventing a
distress on the lands, is being generally adopted, and
hitherto with complete success. It therefore remains to be
seen, after this arning, how far the proprietors of land
and the public authorities can co-operate to prevent its
being carried into practical effect generally. The Sentinel,
in the course of an article commenting on the prevalence
of this new method of defeating the landlords, remarks—
such occurrences would be only deserving of passing notice,
but that they possess features in connexion with our pre-
sent social policy which should not be overlooked. In
the first place it will be observed that none but strangers,
who cannot he identified, interfere ; and secondly they
appear in such numbers, and at such an hour as to effect
their designs without observation ; and lastly their move-
ments are so sys'ematic, no clue whatever can be disco-
vered to lead to the recovery of the property. We have
made every enquiry into the proceedings that took place
near Ballon on Sunday last, and we cannot find that they
originated in the tenants inability to pay his rent, but on
the contrary, if we can believe his own oath, he had the
land at a reasonable value and had considerable interest
in the same.

GOVERNMENT AND THE ORANGEMEN.—In point of
fact, if the government be chargeable with any fault in
regard to the Orange party, it is that in proving their de-
termination to be impartial, they have even denied to their
loyal Protestant subjects in Ireland their just rights, so
that a Romanist, or a latitudinarian Protestant, some So-
cinian or Arian Radical, would have a better prospect of
success at Dublin Castle, than a staunch loyal adherent to
the union, who was tainted with Orangeism. TLe testi-
mony of O'Connell may be taken as conclusive on this
point, and it is well worth the while of our ministers to
consider, whether there be not some danger with regard
to their anti-Orange, anti-exclusive system, lest they act
over again the part of " the candid friend," whose arbi-
trition Canning, in the Anti-Jacobin, long ago de-
nounced as " the most teasing and worst of ills." Cer-
tain it is, that in Lord Eliot the government have a most
amiable, but, we fear, a most weak and inefficient Secre-
tary ; and were it not for the ability of Mr. Lucas, the
public would long ago have discovered how inadequate
Lord Eliot is for the difficult post he occupies. We be-
lieve that had his lordship lived in the days of the Anti-
Jacobin, he might himself have been supposed to be the
original of " the candid friend ;" and it is notorious, that
such is his dread of appearing to favour Protestantism,
that if an Orangeman happens to have been unjustly im-
prisoned, and if it is proved on the clearest evidence, that
one sentenced for appearing in an Orange procession, was
actually engaged in his lawful calling, and only swept away
by the crowd, Lord Eliot would admit the hardship of
the case, but fear to allow the mercy of the Crown to in-
terpose, lest it should be said that there was partiality to
Protestants.

SALE OF OULD IRELAND.—O'ConneII sold poor Paddy
to the millers for 2,000 guineas; and poor Paddy is now
working in the mill there. Now we do not want to draw
any political inference from these facts, and we will not
say that O'Connell deserts his best friends when they can
no longer he of any use to him ; but the following cruel
announcement of a sale by auction of the best milch cow
O'Connell ever had might extract tears from Joseph
Hume himself ! Let our readers pull out their pocket
handkerchiefs and read if they can without weeping :
OULD IRELAND.
To be sold by Auction, on Michaelmas Day.
In Merrion-square, opposite thr house of
DAN. O'CONNELL,
The celebrated Irish Cow, called
" OULD IRELAND."
_

She has been milked by the Liberator the whole season,
and has given 1,300 quarts of milk per week on an average ;
besides 7,0001b5. of butter to Maynooth College. and
70,000 lbs. of butter to the trustees, of the Agricultural
Bank ; all of which can be attested on oath by Ray, cow-
boy to the Liberator, who had the care of her. Being
quite dry, she must be sold without reserve, as she is
totally useless to the Liberator, who, having a large,
young, sucking family, must have milk for them. She
would answer any gentleman in the habit of feeding for
the stalls. She is perfectly quiet when coaxed, wheedled,
and cajoled, but if treated harshly is inclined to be wicked.
N.B.—She would have been entered at the late show
at Belfast, but that the bloody Orangemen of Ulster
would not admit her because there was no Saxon blood in
her veins.
September 13, 1843.

BRIEF MEMOIR OF O'CONNELL.—DanieI O'Connell
was born on the 6th of August, 1775, at Carhen, near
Caherciveen in the barony of Iveragh. and county of
Kerry—the very year in which British oppression forced
the American people to seek for security in arms, and
commenced that bloody struggle by which they established
their national independence. His father was Mr. Mor-
gan O'Connell, of Carhen, who was married to Catha-
rine, daughter of Mr. John O'Mullane, of Whited-
church, in the county of Cork. His father's mother was
of the family of O'Donouges (dhuv), or the black chiefs
of their tribe. Mr. O'Connell was educated on the con-
tinent, partly at Louvain, partly at St. Omer, and partly
at Douay. On his return to Britain he had to undergo
the formality of studying his profession (the law) in
England, for, to use his own words, " when he was pre-
pared to enter Trinity College, Trinity College was not
prepared to receive him." Having swallowed the regular
number of legs of mutton at the Middle Temple, he was
duly admitted to the Irish bar, in Easter term, 1796.
Mr. O'Connell married on the 3d of June, 1802, his
relative Marv, daughter of Mr. Edward 0 Connell, M.D.,
of Tralee ; he succeeded his father in 1809, and in 1825,
by the death of his uncle. Maurice O'Connell, succeeded
in the family estate of Derrynane. The O'Connell fa-
mily are proverbial for living to a very old age. General
Count O'Connell, Knight of the Cross of the Order of
the Holy Ghost, and Colonel of the late 6th Regiment of
the Irish Brigade in the British service, was uncle to the
Liberator; he died on the 9th of July, 1833, at Meudon,
near Blois, in France ; he was the youngest of 22 child-
ren by one marriage, of whom one half lived to the age
of 99, at which age this venerable patriot died ; he was
born in August, 1734, at Derrynane, the residence of his
father, Mr. Daniel O'Connell.—Limerick Reporter.

STATE OF SOUTH WALES

On Saturday night week, about twelve o'clock a small
party of men attacked Hendy gate, on the road from Pon-
tardulais to Llanelly, and began to pull down the gate, and
set fire to the toll-house. The gate-keeper, Sarah Wil-
liams, an old widow, seventy years of age, ran for
safety to the house of a neighbour, but, unfortunately re-
turned a short time afterwards to secure some of her fur-
niture. Several shots had been heard previously by the
neighbours ; but immediately on her return to the toll-
house a shot was heard, followed by a loud scream, and
the poor woman rushed back, wounded in the face and
neck, and fell at her neighbour's door. She was assisted
into the house, but died immediately afterwards. Many
speculations are afloat as to the cause of her death—some
suppose her to have been wounded by accident, and others
that she was deliberately shot for imprudently avowing
her knowledge of the rioters. It is currently reported in
the neighbourhood that immediately before she was shot
a neighbour heard her say, " I know you ; you shall stiffer
for this to-morrow ;" but no evidence of this nature was
offered on the inquest. Col. Trevor, Col. Love, and the
officers of the staff were sleeping, at the time, at the house
of Mr. Neville, a magistrate, within a mile of the toll-
house. The troops were at Llanelly, about five miles
distant. The inquest was held at Pontardulais, before a
jury consisting of freeholders and farmers. The jury,
after a short deliberation, found a verdict that " The de-
ceased died from the effusion of blood into the chest,
which occasioned suffocation, but from what cause is un-
known." On Monday the three men taken at Pontardu-
lais on the morning of Thursday last, while engaged in
the attack upon the gate and toll-house, were conveyed to
Swansea, where a public examination of witnesses took
place. The prisoners, whose names are John Hughes
(the Rebecca), David Jones, and John Hugh, were placed
at the prisoners' dock, and accommodated with seats.
Jones, who appeared in a dying state on Thursday morn-
ing, seemed to have recovered. Hughes (the Rebecca)
was pale and thoughtful ; while John Hugh, who stood
before the court in the dress he had on at Pontardulais at
the riot, seemed very apprehensive of the probable con-
sequences of his conduct. The following is a correct
translation of the writing found in the prisoner Hughes'
pocket by Mr. Cox :—" Daniei Jones, Brynhir, come with
your armour (or covering) to Lanbystia, to assist us, on
Wednesday night next, or else you shall not have another
(or further) notice. " BECCA."
Various witnesses were examined to prove the participa-
tion of the prisoners in the riot and the illegal proceed-
ings connected with it, after which the prisoners were
remanded.

On Sunday morning week the barns and outbuildings
of Mr. Chalmers near Llanelly were set fire to and com-
pletely destroyed. The men who committed this diabol-
ical act were then seen to go across the country to
another farm of the same gentleman and here three
stacks of corn and one of hay were burnt.

It is now ascertained, beyond a doubt. that the special
commission for the trial of the Carmarthen Rebeccaites
will take place early hi next month.

" Rebecca" last week compelled another farmer to take
home an illegitimate child which he had neglected. This
new assumption of judicial powers by Rebecca will not
only make libertines more watchful in their conduct, but
will, very probably, raise up an imperium in imperio in
Rebecca's own camp against her supremacy.

THE COURT

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE KING AND

QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS

It being generally understood in Brighton that her Ma-
jesty and Prince Albert would leave on Tuesday morning
last for Ostend, the avenues to the palace and cliffs were
crowded from an early hour, and the steam got up on
board the ro;al yacht and the various war steamers in
attendance.

At half-past eight the gates of the Pavilion were thrown
open for the royal cortege. The first carriage was drawn
by four horses, and contained her Majesty, Prince Albert,
Viscountess Canning, and the Hon. Miss Hamilton. In
the other carriages were the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl
of Liverpool, Lord Charles Wellesley. and several of the
royal suite. The royal party, on arriving opposite Penny's
library, on the esplanade of the Chain Pier, alighted from
the carriages, and proceeded to-the head of the pier. The
grenadier guards lined the head of the pier, and presented
arms on the approach of her Majesty. The barge belong-
ing to the royal yacht, manned by twelve seamen in white,
and steered by Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, was at the
bottom of the steps. The steps of the pier were covered
with crimson cloth, and Sir Samuel Brown had the honour
of assisting her Majesty into the barge. At ten minutes
before nine her Majesty and Prince Albert and their at-
tendants had safely embarked on board the royal yacht,
and about nine o'clock she got under weigh and proceed.
ed on her voyage, attended by the armed steamers, the
Fearless, the Prometheus, the Tartarus, and the Cyclops,
and the Warspite and the Euridice men-of-war. The
scene at this time was most animated; the cliffs were
crowded with company, and every window commanding a
view occupied. The beach was also covered with thou-

sands of spectators, and the pier and various vessels gaily
decked with colours, the guns firing from the men-of-war,
the battery, and the Chain Pier.

At three o'clock in the afternoon the royal yacht passed
Dover in gallant style. The vessel passed about a mile
off the shore. It was blowing a fresh breeze from the
eastward at the time ; but such seemed the powers of the
" Victoria and Albert," that even with this head wind
she walked the waters with a rapidity that nothing could
exceed, leaving the other vessels in the royal squadron far
behind. At twenty-five minutes past three the yacht had
arrived nearly off Walmer Castle. The Duke of Wel-
lington proceeded from the shore in a gig to visit her Ma-
jesty on board the royal yacht. It was expected that her
Majesty would have landed, and honoured the Duke of
Wellington by again vi,iting Walmer Castle; but his
grace accepted an invitation to dire with her Majesty on
board. The Duke remained about two hours on board,
and afterwards returned on shore. Her Majesty remained
on board the royal yacht during the night, and on the fol-
lowing morning at seven o'clock the squadron stood out
for sea on their way to Ostend.

On Wednesday, at half-past two o'clock, p.m., her Ma-
jesty and Prince Albert arrived safely at Ostend. As soon
as the Royal yacht was descried in the Roads (which is
rather earlier than had been expected) the King and Queen
of the Belgians drove down to the landing place to receive
their illustrious visitors. As soon as the yacht came to
quay-side, King Leopold and his Royal Consort went on
board, when they were most affectionately received by her
Majesty and Prince Albert, the Queen kissing her uncle
and aunt several times. The Royal party then entered
his Majesty's carriage, in which they all four drove off to
the Palace. The Queen looked extremely well, Prince
Albert a little pale, having probably suffered slightly from
sea-sickness, the breeze a-head having been rather fresh
in the evening.
A grand banquet took place at the Hotel de Ville.
King Leopold sat in the middle seat opposite the windows;
on his right hand was Queen Victoria, next to her the
Queen of the Belgians, and next to her Prince Albert ;
on the left hand of King Leopold was a lady who we be-
lieve was the Countess d'Aerschot, and next to her Lord
Liverpool. The rest of the company were arranged ac-
cording to their ranks. King Leopold was dressed in plain
clothes, but wore the riband of the Garter, as did also
Lord Aberdeen. Prince Albert was in plain dress, and
wore the riband and cross of the Bath. Several others of
the company wore ribands, and most of them were in
splendid uniforms, decorated with stars and orders.
Queen Victoria, who looked remarkably well, was
dressed in a white lace and muslin dress; she wore her
hair in bands, ornamented with flowers and bound with a
ferronier of brilliants. Her Majesty had on a brilliant
necklace, and across her shoulder the blue riband of the
Garter. The Queen of the Belgians was in a pale blue
silk dress, with a stomacher of brilliants, and had on her
head a dress bonnet of white lace with feathers. The ap-
pearance of the whole party, from the brilliancy of uni-
forms and stars, was magnificent. At nine coffee was
served up, and about half an hour afterwards the royal
party returned to the palace of the King of the Belgians.

On Thursday the King of the Belgians visited the royal
yacht, and in the afternoon, after the royal party had been
present at a review of the troops at Ostend, another mag-
nificent banquet was given in the Hotel de Ville, and the r
Majesties and Prince Albert then repaired to the opera.
In the evening a brilliant illumination took place. Every
demonstration of joy and respect were manifested at the
opera. The entertainment consisted of the second act of
Guillaume Tell, a one act vaudeville entitled l' Heritiere,
with (introduced between both) " Oh, Richard ! Oh, mon
Roi," from Richard Cceur de Lion, and a song from
Madame Laborde.

On Saturday the royal party paid a visit to the ancient
city of Ghent. The entry and the reception given them
by the inhabitants, will long live in the recollections of the
illustrious personages themselves, and in the memory of
those who received them, and will be a matter for poste-
rity to moralize upon and admire.

The royal party entered the city about twelve o'clock,
from the railroad station, to which they were conveyed by
a special train, amidst the noisy. but loyal and hearty con-
gratulations of thousands of voices. The streets, as at
Bruges, were decorated with triumphal arches, flags, ban-
ners, devices, interminable lengths of coloured cotton,
and white cotton cloth—the manufacture of the place, and
branches of trees and young fits stuck in the pavement.
The royal cortege, on leaving the railroad, proceeded
through the principal streets, all of which were crowded
with people, and at the windows of every house of which
were to be seen heads innumerable of spectators, the cor-
poration of tne city and the various public societies, with
their banners and ensigns, falling into rank, and a regi-
ment of cuirassiers and the band of the regiment of the
guides also forming in the procession ; the cannon firing
a salute of welcome, and the bells of the celebrated belfry,
as well as those of all the churches in the city, pealing
ing forth harmonious sounds. In the first of the royal
carriages, of which, as far as we could judge from the im-
mense pressure of the mob, there were four, were her
Majesty Queen Victoria, and, on her left hand, the Queen
of the Belgians—both dressed in the same manner as when
they entered Bruges ; and, on the opposite seat of the
carriage were King Leopold, in a military uniform, and
Prince Albert, in English regimentals.
The corave first stopped at the hotel of the provincial.
government, where their Majesties and the whole party
alighted, and were conducted into the apartment prepared
for their reception, and in which refreshments were pre-
pared with the proper ceremonial, and whence, after hav-
ing remained some time, they were driven to the celebrated
Cathedral Church of St. Bavon.

Their Majesties were received by the bishop and clergy
of the cathedral, and surveyed the stately monuments
and rare specimens of carving and sculpture. The cele-
brated font in which the Emperor Charles V. was
christened is in the transept of this cathedaal. It was
particularly pointed out to the observation of Queen
Victoria, who admired it for some minutes. The candle-
sticks brought from the old palace at Whitehall, which
are also here, attracted her Majesty's attention. They
are very fine specimens of workmanship, and recall many
historical recollections.
From the Cathedral of St. Bavon the illustrious visitors
went to the university, where they were received by the
persons in authority there ; and, having examined every-
thing that was curious, proceeded to the "Teguinave,"
or convent of Beguin nuns, a very curious building. Here
also the authorities of the place were in attendance, and
everything that could make the reception such as it should
be was attended to.

It would not he an easy task to describe the Place
d'Armes, as the Royal party were afterwards proceeding
to the theatre, where a morning concert was prepared for
their amusement. At this time, half-past three o'clock,
a regiment of infantry was drawn up around the square ;
squadrons of cavalry were employed to keep clear the
avenues and approaches; thousands of people on foot
thronged the side pavements. At the windows and bal-
conies were crowds of elegant and beautiful women, both
natives and foreigners. A string of carriages, some of
them of very elegant construction, and such as would he
no disgrace to Regent-street, and scores of hired equi-
pages, were conveying, in an endless line, those who had
procured tickets for the theatre. The scene was as full
of spirit as could he imagined, and was increased by the
ringing of bells, and every now and then the shouts of the
mob.

At length the Royal cortege appeared at one end of the
square, preceded by a guard of cavalry, and defiled to-
wards the strect leading to the theatre. As the Queen of
England and the Queen of the Belgians, and King Leo-
pold and Prince Albert passed, the acclamations in-
creased, and on their alighting at the theatre a universal
shout rent the air. Their Majesties bowed and acknow-
ledged their gratification in the most affable and con-
descending manner.

The reception in the theatre was a counterpart to what
took place without. The air of " God save the Queen,"
was, as at Ostend, played by the musicians, the whole
company standing.
The Royal party, on leaving the theatre, went again to
the Government-house, where their stay was but short.
The cortege then made for the station of the railroad in
the same order in which it had left in the earlier part of
the day, and their Majesties, Prince Albert, and their
suite, &c., having entered the carriages of the special
train, took their departure for Ostend.
This visit to the birthplace of the Emperor Charles V.
and of

" Time honoured Lancaster, great John of Gaunt,"
though it will not obliterate the memory of those worthies;
will rank in the page of history as an event equally ho-
nourable, and of which it is to be hoped the results will
be eqaally advantageous.

It was reported in Paris that the question of the mar-
riage of Queen Isabel 11. had been settled at the Chateau
d'Eu, between the governments of England and France,
in favour of the son of the Infant don Francisco de Paula.

The Princess Royal and Princess Alice will, we believe,
take their departure from the Palace for Windsor Castle
next Tuesday ; but, according to the present arrange-
ments, the Prince of Wales is to remain here, no time
being fixed for his royal highness's departure.—Brighton
Gazette.