The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-27 00:00:00

THE REBECCA. RIOTS.

We gave on Friday the particulars of an attack made by
the lawless depredators under the command of " Rebecca,"
on the Carmarthen Workhouse. The Carmarthen Journal
of Saturday contains the proceedings which have been adopt-
ed in consequence against those who were apprehended on
that occasion. That paper says, " Several of the persons
brought before the magistrates were identified as belonging
to the gang that molested the constables in the execution of
the distress warrants at Conwil, and they were committed to
gaol, as were also the persons that assaulted Mr. Hughes,
Glancothy, (who was most active in his exertions to arrest
the rioters,) and the master of the workhouse, when the
rioters were captured. Mr. Harries, of Talog mill, was re-
manded for further examination, on a charge of sending
threatening letters, although bail was offered for his appear-
ance to the amount of five hundred pounds.
He was privately examined on Wednesday, of which we
have not been able to get the particulars, but we understand
he was further remanded until Saturday. The whole of the
rest entered into recognizances for their appearance at the
Assizes, should a bill of indictment be preferred against them.
We have no doubt that severe examples will be made of those
who appeared to take a leading part in the riot; but we are
sorry to say that those worst implicated have escaped for the
present. A person who personated Rebecca, and was orna-
mented with a profusion of curls about his face, entered the
Workhouse, but when the Dragoons advanced, he clapped
his curls in his hat, jumped over the wall, and made off across
the fields, leaving his horse in the yard. A great number of
other horses were left in the yard, as well as several hats, a
shoemaker's apron, a hatter's apron, and an immense num-
ber of staffs, some of which were loaded with lead, and others
were very genteel walking-sticks. and had evidently belonged
to some respectable persons. The board which carried the
placard was also left in the Workhouse, but the paper con-
taining the inscription was torn away.
The Workhouse garden was so trampled by the men and
horses, that the whole it contained was completely destroyed;
hut the injury done to the building itself was comparatively
trifling. Great injury was also .sustained by the persons
living and holding lands immediately adjoining ; as the
rioters in their flight regarded nothing but their own safety,
and we believe they will not soon visit Carmarthen again to
mace another demonstration of their strength.
Ale- the confusion was over, the soldiers were served with
refreshments, and the horses fed, of which they must have
been in extreme need. One of the horses died on the road
here, and another died in the Workhouse yard from fatigue ;
and there are several others so knocked up, that it will re-
quire some time to bring them about.
We acig sorry to hear that since the outrage committed in
this towli on Monday last, these lawless marauders have
broken down several gates in the neighbourhood, viz :—Pon-
herem Bar, Castellyrhingyll Gate, Llanddarog Bar, Pont-
newydd Bar, and a great many more in different parts of the
country.

REBECCA AND THE BAILIFF.—A distress for rent was
lately levied on the goods of a man named Lloyd, living at
the Albion Tavern, Llanstephan, and a bailiff of the name of
Reea kept possession of the goods ; but previous to the day of
sale, Rebecca and a great number of her dasghters paid him
a visit, horse-whipped him in a brutal manner, and kept him
in safe custody until the furniture was entirely cleared from
the house, and when he was let loose he found nothing but
an empty house, Rebecca and her followers having made their
exit.

Last Tuesday, Rebecca and a great number of her daughters
assembled at Mydrint, about four o'clock in the afternoon,
and stopped there some hours. They were nearly all dressed
in women's clothes, and Rebecca was on horsehack, elegantly
attired. They called at the Wheaten- Sheaf, where they'
cleared the cellars of all the •ale and porter, and about ten
o'clock departed for St. Clears. They went to several gentle-
men in the village, demanding money, saying Rebecca and
her children could not carry on their work without having
something to eat and drink. They assembled at St. Clears
from all parts of that country, most of them armed with
guns and other destructive weapons, and immediately levelled
with the ground the gates leading to St. Clears from both
ends. Mr. Thomas, of Clyngarthen, a regpzetalle farmer
from the neighbourhood, refused to join the depredators, and
on that night the cattle from the mountains were turned into
his wheat field, which was completely destroyed before the
morning.

At about 12 o'clock on Wednesday night, two commercial
gentlemen were stopped at the bridge, at Newcastle-Emlyn,
by Rebecca and her daughters. They had heard shots tired
at intervals, for about three miles, and on arriving at the
bridge, they were surrounded by several hundreds, who they
describe as all dressed in women's attire, with their faces
blackened, and armed with staves and firearms. The leader
came up to them and entered into conversation, relating the
grievances of Rebecca arid her Children ; and in order to get
oat of their hands, the gentlemen thought it prudent to give
them some silver, when Rebecca gave the word of com-
mand, and they were immediately suffered to pass, and
indeed, conducted to their inns, amid the cheers of the
Rebeccaites."

Thirteen persons engaged in the late military riots at
Manchester, were tried at the Borough sessions in that town
on Friday last. Two were acquitted. nine were sentenced to
twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour, and two to
six months.

Two men, whilst in a state of intoxication fOl into the
river Irwell, near Salford, on Sunday week, and were
drowned.

SOLAR ECLIPSE.—There will be an annular eclipse of the
sun on Tuesday (this day); that is to say, the shadow of. the
moon will fall upon the earth in such a manner, that, instead
of the entire face of the orb of day, a bright ring only will be
visible. The interesting phenomenon will not, however, be
visible in this part of the world.

PRINTING.—Amongst the fanciful novelties of the day is a
patent, which has been taken out for a mode of printing
called mi-type, by means of which the expenses of printing,
paper, and binding would, according to the patentee, be
diminished by half. The rni•type may be thus shown. Take
a flat, rule, and place it on a line of print, so as to cover the
lower part of the letters, and the line may be read with ease.
The reason is, says the inventor, that we never look at the
lower part of printed letters, but always the upper part.
This, however, is not the case, if we cover the upper half.
The patentee, therefore, proposes to have a type composed of
the upper half of the letters.—Galignani.—[This is nothing
to Rosenberg's machine; it is nut intended to do things by
halves!—P. D.]

UNIVCRSAL PEACE CONVENTION.—The sittings of this
body commenced on Thursday, at the Freemason's Hall,
Great Queen-street. Delegates attended from different parts
of Europe and from America, for the purpose of forming an
Universal Peace Convention to advocate the principle, "That
war was inconsistent with the spirit of Christianity and the
true interests of mankind ; to deliberate upon the best means
to show the world the evil and inexpediency of the practice
and spirit of war; and to promote permanent and universal
peace." The proceedings commenced at ten o'clock, a.m.
In the absence of Judge Jay, Mr. Charles Hindley, M.P.
was called to the chair. The meeting was addressed by Mr.
Joseph Sturge, and other eminent friends of the cause.
Amongst the delegates present were twenty from America,
four from France and Belgium, and one from Lausanne.
They amounted altogether to 320.

MUNIFICENT DONATIONE.—The late Jomph Ridgway
Esq., of Ridgmont, Lancashire, by his will made the follow.
ing bequests, independent of others for the benefit of Li.
verpool, (free from legacy tax,) to take effect after the de.
cease of his widow :

X
For the erection of a School at Bolton 2OO
To the Bolton Dispensary..
Chester Church Building Society..
Towards building a Parsonage Douse at Dorwich 800
Society fur Propagation of the Gospel in foreign
Parts
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 5OO
Society for Widows and Orphans of Clergymen 5OO
Manchester Infirmary ..
Manchester School for the Blind 2OO
Manchester Deaf and Dumb School 2OO
National Society for the Education of the Poor 2OO
Additional Curates' Society
Society for Sons of the Clergy 2OO
And he directed investments to be made in the 3 per cents.,
for producing annually the following sums—

For the Incumbent of Horwich Church
The Organist and other Officers of that Church 142
Aged Poor of Horwich .......
Horwich School
Deane Church School 4O
Master of the School to be erected at 801t0n.... 100
Tne donations, including the investments and legacy tax, will
probably amount to £26,ooo.—Manchester Courier.