The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-06 00:00:00

From the Carmarthen Journal.

On Saturday nuornito, last, Rebecca and her sister Char-
lotte, together with aboutb 300 of their children, paid a visit

ioWater"gate-street, in this town, which they demolished, as
well as the windows and roof of the toll-house, lamp-post,
&c. They commenced their work of destruction about one
o'clock in the morning, and completed the whole in about
15 or 20 minutes. About ten minutes before the arrival of
Rebecca, the gatekeeper had been out taking the toll for a
cart, and he had only just returned and laid himself down in
his clothes on the bed, WIICy he heard a thundering noise at
the gate; he immediately got up, and tan towards the door,
but before he could reach there, the door was struck in against
him, and Rebecca and her sisters came into the passage. He
saw it would be quite useless to make any resistance, and
said, in order to save himself from being ill-treated, " 0,
'Recce is here; go on with your work—you are quite wel-
come."

Rebecca desired him not to be alarmed, as they would do
no injury whatever to him. The gatekeeper then begged of
them not to destroy the furniture, a 3 they were his own, and

that his wife and child were in bed; but they might do as
they liked with the gate and toll house. Reberca went to
the door, and ordered her daughters not to touch anything
but the gate and the roof of the house, and not to break the
ceiling for fear the rain would come in to the woman and
child in hed; but in their hurry to unroof the house, one of

hen Rebecca expressed her sorrow at the acci-
dent, as it might cause some inconvenience to the gatekeeper.
Rebecca and her pister then told the gatekeeper that they
had visited Water-street gate in consequence of the informa-
tion laid by David Joshua, gatekeeper at Glangwilly, against

the ceiling,

a person lust week ; and thut they would destroy the Work-
house and Glangwilly gate before August, and would take off
David Joshua's head with them.
• During the whole of that time the work of dostructiou was
carried on in the most furious manner, with large hatchets
and cross-saws; and a number of tnen had taken a ladder,
and ascended the roof of the house, which was completely
stripped in a very short time. Before they commenced
breaking the gate, Rebecca had taken the precaution to place
about a dozen of her daughters, with guns in their hands, as
sentinels to guard the street leading into town, and they kept
firing incessantly down Water-street, co that it was almost
impossible for any person to approach near the gate; but
notwithstanding that, a drunken man who happened to hear
the 1106 C, went up to them, and called out, " Burnt, 'Becca!"
but they immediately turned him back, saying, " Go about
your business, there's a good fellow, you are not wanted
here—we are enough here already." The gate was broke to
pieces—the poste sawed off about fifteen inches from the
ground—the lamp and gas-pipe destroyed—all the windows
of the toll-house smashed—the toll-board :taken down and
split; and Rebecca informed the gatekeeper, that had it not
been for his civility to them, the house would have been
entirely taken down.

After the work of demolition was completed, Rebecca
called in the sentinels, an& they all -left together towards
Fountain-hall, making the most strange noise imaginable,
seemingly trying to imitate the squeaking of pigs; and when
they came opposite Green-hall, they stopped and fired ten
or a dozen •shots. Rebecca and her sister were dressed in
long loose white gowns, with women's caps and turbans on
their heads, and their faces blackened, arid they had large
swords in heir hands. Nearly the whole of the rest were
also dresled in women's clothes, and the greater part of theta
were armed with guns. Whilst at work they talked very
silently, and seemed to use some slang language which no-
body could understand but themselves ; but Rebecca and her
sister talked common Welsh with the gatekeeper, and by
their language and pronunciation he thinks they must be
living somewhere in the neighbourhood of Carmarthen. On
their way to the gate they entered a smith's shop on the
Conwil road, and took two sledge hammers and 'a pickaxe,
which they afterwards put back in the same place on their
return.

They behaved remarkably well to the gatekeeper. and fre-
quently desired him and his wife not to be alarmed, as they
would not injure them in the least ; but at parting, Rebecca
desired him not to exact tolls at that gate any more. They
asked hun also if he had received a letter, acquainting him
with their intended visit ; and when he answered in the nega-
tive, they seemed rather astonished, and said it had been
sent, and he ought to have received it. The gatekeeper had
some presentiment on his mind that Rebecca would very
soon pay his► a visit ; and in the course of last month he had
observed several suspicious-looking fellows lurking about the
place, when they were no doubt reconnoitring; and from
those circumstances, be was not at all frightened when he
heard the thundering sound of the hammers on the gate, and
when getting up he told his wife that Tecea was there, and
desired her not to be alarmed.

In the course of the conversation Rebecca had with the
gate-keeper, she told him that many things besides the gates
required to be altered in the country, and as the gentlemen►
and those in power refused to do it, they would do it them-
selves : they would not suffer the poor men iu the workhouse
to be starved, and they would nut allow themselves to be
starved either.

The people living near the place got up to the windows and
attempted to look out, but they .were immediately or-
dered back, and they could distinctly hear the shots whistling
as they passed them. The police, too. were at the corner of
Water-street, but they dared not venture further on; and
we understand they were severely reprimanded by the magis-
trates for their cowardice in not making an attempt to put a
stop to the lawless proceedings, and capture some of the
gang.

The following is a copy of a notice, the original of which
was in Welsh, which was taken off the door of Bwlchnewydd
.Meeting-house :
"This is to give notice, that the goods of all persons who
will henceforth pay at Water-street gate will be burned, and
their lives will be taken from them at a time when they will
not think. " BECA."

CRIME IN YoaksumE.—There were on Tuesday ninety
prisoners in Yolk Castle awaiting their trials at the ensuing
assizes. In the House of Correction, at Wakufield, one
hundred and ten prisonrrs were awaiting their trials at the
sessions, viz. 61 to be tried at the Sheffield sessions, which
commenced on Thur.day ; and 49 at Bradford Sessions,
which commence on Monday next. It is only six weeks
since the gaol was delivered.

There is a penalty of £2OO or 6 months' imprisonment
incurred by the possession of any vegetable matter resembl-
ing tobacco. At Clerkenwell police-office on Monday, a
poor man was convicted of offering cigars for sale composed
of dock and. rhubarb leaves, with a covering of brown paper
stained with ochre ; there was not a particle of tobacco in
the composition. The man pleaded that he had gained his
livelihood by the manufacture, but the Act of Parliament
is imperative, and he was sent to Vinod.

SINGULAR ATTACK.—On the morning of Sunday week
the following singular atthck was made by a cock on a man
named John Thorne. living at Hanzre-hill Lodge, Twyford-
abbey, near Ealing, Middlesex. It appears that, about half-
past six o'clock Thorne went into the hen-house, for the pur-
pose of feeding and letting out the fowls. lle had in his hand
a measure with a quantity of barley in it, and, on coming to
soave tine chickens, he
examine if it was fat. took
taking it up
ciAupouneinhis hand in order to
thy chick cried out,
and the cock immediately flew at him and fastened himselfon
his head, and began pecking and spurring him in a most fu-
rious manner. From the extensive hemorrhage which fol-
lowed, medical assistance was procured, when, on examina-
tion, there were found to be four pecked wounds (deep holes,)
and six or seven other holes inflicted with the bird's spurs
and feet.

nu; BILOUGHAM-lIALL Banns.—We have, on several
occasions, chronicled how the Birds were fluttered at Brough-
hum Hall and ejected therefrom, which teat was, with sonic
difficulty, performed by the workmen on the premises, under
the.direction of Lord Brougham's solicitor. The birds have
since been caged. On Tuesday last, they were taken into cus-
tody and brought before the magistrates on a charge of hav-
ing taken and desired to keep possession of Brougham.hall,
and of having intimidated and put in fear M rs. Elliott, the
lady of the Rev. Mr. Elliott, who lives at the hall. They
were ordered to find bail to keep the peace for six months,
and, in default, were committed to Peorith House of Car-
rection. On Wednesday they
magistrates, when, after a lengthened investigation, they
were committed to take their wet e again placed before the
trial at the Appleby Summer
Assizes. The old Bird, got bail, but the others, in default,
were sent to prison ;
bail, and were liberated.
though on the following day these gut

ELLIPTICAL, CONVEX, METALLIC FLOAT, AND DIMI-
NISHED WHEEL, FOR STEAM SHIPS.-Mr. Robert Smart,
of this city, has taken out letters pateat for apparatus for
propelling steamers, which promins (as, indeed, experiment
has placed beyond doubt) to uive to all steamers fully a knot

per hour extra speed, and, hoWever surprising it may appear,
the wheel is many hundreds lighter than the common wheel.
It is not nearly so subject to accident, lessens vibration andundulation to the sandiest quantum, and has the extraordi-
nary property of duelling a ship half the time required
with any other wheel, by which collision will often be pre-
vented. These ad -t - to the t-

_vantages are,
according I'. ~,,,tiniony
of scientific men, certain to be derived from this invention;
and if this be the fact, then steam navigation has from this
time received a greater boon than any billee its commence-
ment. The most scientific men have approved of the plans,
and them to anything ever yet produced as propellers.
—B riirete
stoirJournal.

TUESDAY NOUNING, JUNE 6, 1843

We repeat the question, which we asked in our last
publication—JP-hat is the faith which is taught in the
seminary of Muynooth, at the expense of the Protestant
people of Great Britain? We have an example of the
tendencies of that faith—of the ft uits of that teaching
—before us, in the following- language tittered at a re-
peal meeting by Dr. Higgins, the so-called Roman
Catholic bishop of Ardagh, and, once, a professor of
the seminary in question ! " Let all England know,"
exclaimed this exemplary bishop (!) " that I acknow-
ledge the sentiment which is recorded of me at Mul-
lingar, that whenever the minister may dare to come
out with his threat against wronged and oppressed
Ireland"—may dare to give proof of his declared reso-
lution, vnd the resolution of his sovereign, to MAIN-
TAIN THE INTEGRITY OF' THE EMPIRE AS SETTLED
BY THE ACT OF UNION—" I will make every chapel
in Ireland a repealing place (!) 1 will, if necessary, go
into the very sanctuaries, and there I will denounce
those, who will force us there, as .conspirators against
the constitution of my country." What a notion must
this ex-professor of Maynooth have of " the constitu-
tion of his country," and the sanctity of " 'rm.: VERY
SANCTUARIES" of the Roman Catholic faith ! But,
proceed with the remarks of this precious specimen of
the morality of Maynooth.

" There is one lord in England, called Lord Beau-
mont, who has flung his English scurrility on the
humble individual before you. (Groans.) I WILL
BE REVENGED ON HIM (!) From this spot, the centre
of Ireland, I hurl back, I will not say my contempt,
for that would not be becoming A CLERGYMAN (! !) but
I give him a carte blanche to revile me as much as he
likes in future." " Most lame and impotent conclu-
's;on" of a climax of priestly blackguardistn so con-
summate ! In conclusion, this most saintly eleve and
ex-professor of Maynooth volunteered, for the benefit
of his hearers, the following declaration :—" I stand to
every sentiment that I uttered at Mullingar; and I
know that I embody in my own person the sentiments of
every priest in Ireland, and I defy those who assail me,
on account of them, unto death"

The climax to the performance of this most excellent
and apostolical bishop, consists in the fact that the
ruffianly language, which we nave quoted, was uttered
at a dinner, actually held in the Roman Catholic chapel
—in the house dedicated to prayer to the Most

A t a meeting held last week in Birmingham, by the
leaders of the complete suffrage party, with 11r.
Joseph Sturge in the chair, for the purpose of express-
ing their sympathy with the repeal agitation in Ire-
land, we learn, from the correspondent of the Dublin
Freeman's Journal, that the following fell from the lips
of Vincent, the notorious Chartist emissary :

" Mr. Henry Vincent would tell Sir Robert Peel—he
would tell Sir James Graham from that place—that if they
attempted, or dared to violate the constitution in Ireland—
if they trampled upon the people— he would, though he be his way from town to town, go forth through England,
and by all means in his power arouse public indignation
against such infamous conduct. (Loud cheering.)"

Now, we have a few words of comfort for this " Mr.
Henry Vincent." He will have no occasion to " beg
his way from town to ;own," on such an errand; for
Chartist though he is, or was—convicted firebrand
though he has been—he has friends, excellent friends,
who will speed him upon any factious or seditious
errand, the success of which may tend to embarrass
the position of the government of Sir Robert Peel !
Mr. Henry Vincent has done good service of late to the
League arid the dissenting bodies. We suppose, at
least, he is the same individual who within the last six
weeks has figured at the Corn Exchange of 'Manches-
ter, as a lecturer against the educa;ional clauses of the
Factory Bill (!) and received there the congratulations
and the praises of the Hussies and other reverend dis-
senting friends of the League millocracy, with, in all
likelihood, something more solid than mere words,
which every agitating quack knows " butter no par-
snips." " Repeal of the Corn-law" and " Repial of
the Union" are twins! And if Mr. Henry Vincent can
get up a body of " sympathiserS" with Repeal of the
Union, amongst the Irish population of the manufae-
wring towns, it is not to be supposed that an effort
capable of being wielded so efficaciously for the carry-
ing of the other kind of repeal, would go without its
reward !

The words of the burly mendicant, O'Connell, sel-
dom fall to the ground ; his threats are seldom the:
pointless, innocuous things which the good-natured.
world supposes. But a week ago, he told an assembly-
of two hundred thousand people in Ireland, and was;
cheered vociferously for the assurance, that the first.
step taken by the government, to put down his insur-
rectionary agitation, would " light a blaze amongst the.
nvinnfactories of Great Britain." And here we have
" the beginning of the end" contemplated. We have,
already, in Manchester, large bodies of the Irish work-
ing classes levying contributions, by intimidation and.
threats of violence, upon the inhabitantY, for the car-
rying on of the repeal insurrection ; and this Mr-
Henry Vincent, lately the courted and flattered pro-
tog6e of " liberal" millocracy, now openly proclaims, at:
a public meeting presided over by a free-trade quaker (!).
his resolution to do all that in him lies to " arouse

public indignation," or, in plainer words of our own,
to light the very fires, over the contemplation of which
the arch-mendic:int, O'Connell, gloated with a glee so
hideous and revoking ! Verily 'liberalism" in the.