The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-24 00:00:00

THE REPEAL CRISIS : FRESH PROSECUTIONS.

We learn that informations have been sworn against
Mr. O'Connell and others, on account of the proceedings
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at Clifden, in the county of Galway, at 'he " monster
meeting"
there on
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Sunday,
einformation
sworn
the lth of
September,
Lord Ffrench
James Ireland, sub-inspector of constabulary, sets forth
that the meeting was attended by Daniel O'Connell,
Thomas Steele, Dr. Gray, and Thomas Dillon Browne,
with many others,—that the last-named gentleman, ad-
dressing the meeting, said, "This is a glorious demon-
stration that would strike terror into Peel and Welling-
ton." Speaking of Mr. D'Arcy. a maeistrate of the
county, and proprietor of the sod, Mr. Browne ifpOied
the terms, " Paltry miscreant and contemptible wretch."
The meeting tvnt tOMposed of about te'n thousand per-
sons, one thentand of whom were on horseback • , arranged
in military order, and moved according to orders.
Mr. O'Connell, addressing the meeting, said, " He
ttould not but admire the regularity with which the cavalry
defiled in the rear. Little business the English cavalry
would have in following them over the mountain. Had
they not ready arms to assist him, if necessary ? • He
would make Ireland a nation."
Informations are also lodged against the Pilot, the
Nation, and the Freeman's Journal newspapers.
The articles of the Pilot accounted seditious are as fol-
low :—That published on the 28th of August, entitled
"The Duty of a Soldier ;" that of the 6th of September,
styled " Irish in the English Army;" that of,the 15th of
September, purporting to be Mr. O'Connell's address
" To the Inhabitants of the Counties subject to the British
Crown ;" another article of the 22d of September, pur-
porting to be a letter signed " Richard Power, P.p. ;" an
article of the 25th of September, entitled "The Army,
the People, and the Government ;" and an article, same
date, " Rumoured death of General Jackson: Battle of
New Orleads."
The last of the Pilot articles was published on the 6th
of October, entitled "The Battle of Clontarf."
Then comes the Nation, of the 26th of August. The
articles of that date are styled " The crisis is upon us."
The next is the address of Mr. O'Connell, before men,
tioned, published in the Nation of the 16th of September;
and the third article of the same paper, purports to be a
letter signed " A del Cassian." The article of the Free-
man is the aforesaid address of Mr. O'Connell. Here
we end for the preseut.—Dublin Evening Packet.

REPRESENTATION OF KILKENNY.—Mr. Piertle 80-
merset Butler, son of the present representative, has of-
fered himself as a candidate for the county Kilkenny.
VALUE OF FARMING PROPERTY IN IRELAND—By
the voluminous compilation of the census commfaiidners
it appears that the estimated valve of the rural stodl: .of
the whole island is £20,671,1168, and is thus distrihnted in
provinces !—Leinster, £5,787,665; Munster, £6,243,438;
Ulster, £5,321,752 ; Connaubht, £3,318,213: total,
I £20,671,068.

RUN ON THE BANK OF IRELAND.—BALLINASLO6,
OCTOBER 13.—1 t may be important for you to know that
toe run on the bank for gold still continues. To-day the
hank-office was crowded by country people, and to-
morrow being market-day it is expected that a tremendous
run will be ni.de. A beggarman even exchanged his rags
for gold yesterday. A rumour is abroad now that all
exciseable ,rticles will be prohibited from use. The self-
denial practised already with regard to whiskey argues
strongly in favour of the people's compliance.—Dublin.
Warder.
BURSTING OF THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD'a

rayed by fi

(Lakefield, was, on Friday week, de-
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of tie disaster

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the third to Wate
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1, where the
,laintiff, after bringing the negotiations to a close, enact-
ed the parts of minstrel and valet for the individual whose
happiness he had taken so much pains to secure. A ver-
dict for 20s. was returned.

THE GOVERNMENT PROSECIITIONS.—The informa-
tion upon which Mr. Justice Burton issued his war-
rant for the arrest of the nine repealers now under
recognizances is extremely lengthy. The information
is sworn by Mr. Frederick Bond Hughes, one of the short-
hand writers connected with Mr. Gurney's establishment,
in London. The document is of great length ; but it is
not to be supposed that it contains the whole, or even any
considerable portion of the evidence that will be adduced
on the approaching trials. The purpose of such informa-
tion is merely to lay before the magistrate to whom it is
presented sufficient grounds for the issuing of a warrant,
and it is with a view to enabling him to dispute the valid-
ity of the warrant that a late act entitles a party arrested
to a copy of the information. All this, however, has
nothing to do with the issue upon the trial in court, which
trial might indeed be had after an indictment found, with-
out any of these preliminary forms.

" MANY A TRUE WORD SAID IN JEST."—The follow-
ing appears in a prominent part of the Dublin Freeman's
Journal, with all the collateral advantages derivable from
large types, double leads, and the various other resources
of the printing-office, which it were vain to attempt de-
scribing to the uninitiated, to whom it would appear as
" Heathen Greek" :

" (ADVERTISEMENT.)

" THE NEXT MONSTER MEETING

" The next monster meeting is to be held at Newgate.
The head pacificator will take the chair. Gentlemen
anxious to be present will please apply for tickets of ad-
mission at the Council-chamber, Dublin Castle, or to the
office of the Crown Solicitor, 40, Kildare-street. Early
application will be neceszary, the number of tickets being
limited. " T. D-GRAY, Secretary."

There cannot be a doubt of Mr. O'Connell's being accom-
modated with lodgings in Newg,te, for two years at the
least ; and therefore it is not at all improbable that the
hopes held out in the foregoing advertisement may be
realised to the full extent, and the adage of " many a true
word said in jest " be verified to the letter.

WALES

STATE OF SOUTH WALES

On Thursday night week a party of persons calling
themselves Rebeccaites p:oceeded to a cottage at St.
Clear's, eight miles from Swansea, knocked up the man,
named James Thomas, who resided in it, who has but one
arm, told him he had lived for.a long time in a poor cot-
tage, and he should have a better residence. They then,
to the great terror of his wife, compelled her to assist in
packing np all her furniture, which they placed in a cart
at the door, and then carried the man, his wife, and furni-
ture, to a toll- house of a gate called Pwlltrapgate, which
was demolished a few days ago, the toll-house being un-
occupied. They unloaded the man's furniture, and put it
into the house, and told him to remain there, and not go
away at his peril. and that he was not to take any toll.
The mob of people then proceeded to the house of Mr.
Bevnon, the magistrate, fire] a number of shots through
his windows, and stuck the following notice on the door-
post of his house :
" Rebecca hereby gives you notice, that if you attempt
to dismiss James Thomas, now in possession of the house
that formerly belonged to the Pwlltrap turnpike-gate, you
will be remembered in future time ; and any one doing so
will be dragged to pieces between four horses."
This notice was sent with 4d. to the clerk of Bethany
Chapel there, with an order to him to publish it in the
chapel on Sunday. Mr. Beynon was not at home at the
time, hut on his return he found eleven slugs, which had
been fired through his bedroom windows, lying on his bed.
What makes this act appear more daring is the fact that a
strong party of the 4th Light Dragoons are stationed in
the town of St. Clear's. Since this transaction some of
the Metropolitan Police have been sent there.
The same night two wheat ricks were set on fire to in
the neighbourhood of Llangendeirne.
On Sunday night a threatening notice, signed by " Re-
becca," was sent to Mr. Kynaston, of Blaen Corse, near
St. Clear's, by post, stating that if he did not return some
pigs, a calf, and other things, which he had taken as a
composition for a debt which a tenant owed lifm for the
rent of some cows, let out by Mr. Kynaston at so much
per head by the year, " Rebecca would in a few nights
come and visit him, and he might depend upon it that this
was not words only." In consequence of this notice the
police have instructions to be on the alert.
On Tuesday night two more prisoners were brought
from the neighbourhood of Llanelly to the county gaol,
Carmarthen, charged with having committed burglaries in
connexion with the Rebecca outrages. The effect of the
dispersion of the London police about the country is be-
ginning to show itself in numerous apprehensions, which
are taking place every day.
On Wednesday a young farmer from the neighbour-
hood of Llandovery was brought to the county gaol in
custody of the dragoons. An auctioneer, named Williams,
of Llandovery, bought an estate, which was to be sold
cheap ; and this farmer, thinking he had got it unfairly,
sent him a threatening letter to give up the title deeds, or
beware of the consequences. The hand-writing of this
farmer Mr. Williams has recognised, and sworn to, and
he has in consequence been apprehended.