The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-09-05 00:00:00

NT A L ES.

THE WELSH OUTRAGES.—Friday's Police Gazette
contains the offer of a reward of £5OO for the discovery
of the persons who, on the night of the 23rd ult., at-
tacked the house of Mr. John Edwards, of Gallywernen,
in the parish of Llanon, in the county of Carmarthen,
and maliciously fired therein, and also did much damage
to the house and premises adjoining.
THE BRIDPORT THEATRE BURNT no w N.—This acci-
dent occurred early on Tuesday morning; but by what
means it is utterly impossible to ascertain. The theatre
was erected by the present proprietor and manager, Mr.
Edward Dean Davis, but a few years back, and was much
admired for its neatness ; but now, alas! not one vestige
of its former beauties is left, and only a heap of shapeless
ruins mark out the spot where the drama's temple once
stood. Everything is destroyed,—scenery, dresses, ap-
pointments, and even the performers' private property ;
while they, to add to their loss, are by the destructive ele-
ment suddenly thrown out of employ. The whole of the
property, we fear, was uninsured.

STATE os SOUTH WALES.-The farmers during the
past week have held several meetings, at which they have
declaimed against tithes, turnpike trusts, and the new poor
law. On Friday week the Rebeccaites destroyed the
Glangwilly gate, near Carmarthen, and levelled the house
to the ground, the walls and roof falling upon and destroy-
ing the little stock-in-trade of Daniel Joshua, a book-
binder. Four of the rioters were identified by Joshua at
a subsequent examination before the magistrates, and they
were committed for trial at the next assizes, on a charge
of felony. A temporary shed was erected for the pur-
p,ses of the collector, but the Rebeccaites set to work
and chopped up the remaining fragment, which they then
burnt on the Sunday after their previous depredation.
The mayor and magistrates having received information
that the rioters intended to attack Prendergast gate, near
Havefordwest, determined to defend the gate with consta-
bles, having cavalry and marines in reserve in case of
need. The following description of the scene which took
place we take from the Carmarthen Journal of Saturday
last :—" Onward they came, " Becca" leading the van,
some fifty yards in advance, with a twice-barrel gun in
her hand, and dressed in a fantastic style, having reached
the gate the object of their intended demolition. The
mayor deeming it prudent to prevent the main body coming
up, gave instructions for an immediate attack, and the gun
of this modern Jezebel, like the gates of Somnauth, be-
came the object of capture. Williams, the police-officer,
instantly laid hold of the murderous weapon, for which
Becca struggled manfully, keeping her seat steadily on
horseback all the time, but the officer being the stronger
man succeeded in wresting the gun from her grasp, in
doing which, one of the barrels was discharged by acci-
dent, and which it afterwards proved, had killed a horse
of one of the daughters, the animal being found a short
distance from the scene of action in a dying state. The
courageous matron scampered with her motley group,
both on foot and on horseback, amounting to nearly three
hundred men; however, not so quick, but that two of her

offspring were taken

being neither pale nor red,-but being very black, their
head gear, unlike Sterne's Maria, was not composed of a
silken net or the- tendrills of a vine. but an mild rnwhpen

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM `RAILWAY.—The
half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Thurs-
day, at noon, at Manchester. The total receipts for the
half year were £52,118. Os. Bd. the expenses and interest
amounted to £22,562. ls. Od. leaving a balance of
£22,562. Id. A dividend of £l5 per share, less income
tax, was declared.

It is, we believe, unprecedented in the annals of rail-
ways that so many special trains passed and repassed as
did on Monday last on the South-Western, when the last
of the summer excursion trips round the Isle of Wight
took place, and when her Majesty and attendants pro-
ceeded to Southampton. There were four each way,
making eight in addition to the 27 (goods' trains included)
which are regularly dispatched, and which at this season
of the year are unusually heavy.

HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY.—The half yearly meet-
ing of the Hull and Selby Railway Company was held at
Hull on Monday. The report showed that during the
last six months, as compared with the corresponding
period of 1842, the passengers had fallen off to the large
number of 23,058. although the receipts from that source
had diminished by only £932. 198. lid. ; whereas on the
goods' traffic there had been an increase of upwards of
£l,OOO. It appeared, also. that there had been a consi-
derable reduction in the Company's expenditure. The
Report was adopted, and a dividend declared of 20s per
share, which is after the rate of £4 per cent, per annnm
on the subscribed capital.

LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—The
half yearly meeting of this company was held on Wed-
nesday. The revenue account showed an increase of
£1,893 2s. Ild. over the corresponding period of last
year. The receipts for the half year were 1:150,351 12s. 10d.,
and the expenditure amounted to £85,213 4s. 2d., added
to which a sum of £15,827 2s. 3d. for debenture bond in-
terest, and interest on Gosport branch shares, left a
balance of £69,386 is. Ild. available for the dividend of
305., subject to income tax. This required a sum of
£68,812 3s. 10d., leaving £573 18s. I Id. to the credit of
next account. An advance of £1 per share by the pro-
prietors was agreed to for the purpose of securing the
continental traffic at Southampton, by the employment
of a number of additional steamers.

DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY.—The half-yearly
meeting of this company was held in Dublin, on Monday
last. The directors still adhere to the opinion that the
entire cost of the line would not exceed £14,000 per mile.
About November four miles of the permanent way would
be completed between Raheny and Malahide, and the di-
rectors confidently expect that the entire line will be
opened in May next. The directors recommend the
meeting to authorise them to employ their engineer in re-
vising the survey he made some time ago, of the country
between Drogheda and Belfast, with the view of making
preliminary arrangements for an extension line to Belfast.
Mr. Kidd, the secretary, read a statement of the ac-
counts, by which it appeared that the total receipts of the
half year were £102,888, and the expenditure £9-1,921 ;
leaving a balance of £7,966. The recommendations of
the report were carried.

THE COUNT

HER MAJESTY'S MARINE EXCURSION

(as Faddy would say), was firmly secured on their know- We gave in our last the probable route which her Ma-
ledgeboxes, by means of firm lashings. They were after jesty would take on her excursion round the coast. Her
divers examinations and cross-examinations, bound over Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert and her suite,
to render themselves up for trial at the next assizes, in left the Nine Elms station, at / past Bon Monday, and
two securities of £5O each, the prisoners being under age." reached the Southampton terminus at twenty minutes to
The following paragraph we also take from the same eleven, where the party was received by the Duke of Wel -
paper :—" On Tuesday night last, Rebecca and about 400 lington, the Earls of Aberdeen and Liverpool, and others;
of her family, paid a visit to the farm of Penybank, in the and though the rain was descending in torrents, thou-
parish of Llanarthney, and compelled the person who was sands of people were assembled. The Queen was dressed
in possession of the furniture and farming stock, for an in a claret-coloured silk-dress, over which she wore a
attorney, under a bill of sale, to leave the place, and pro- 1 Paisley shawl, worked with green ; she had on a straw
mise never to make his appearance on the premises again, bonnet, with green feathers and ribands. Prince Albert
giving possession to the person owing the money. On wore a plain dark frock coat. A procession was then
Wednesday night, Rebecca and her family visited the formed through the town of Southampton ; and at the an-
farm of Kencoed, in the parish of Llannegwad, the pro- dent bar which crosses the High-street, addresses were
perty of Seymour Allen, Esq., of Cresselly, but now in presented to her Majesty and Prince Albert by the Mayor
the occupation of Mrs. Davies. It appears she has ano- and principal inhabitants. The town was decorated with
ther farm under lease from the same landlord, called flags, &c., and the vessels in Southampton water, un-
Penyrheol, which she underlet to Charles Davies, who usually numerous, were gaily dressed with colours. The
was in arrear of rent, and in consequence she put in a dis- royal carriages soon reached the pier, and the party em-
tress through her attorney, Mr. Popkin, of Llandilo, who barked without delay on board the Admiral's barge to the
sent down two of his bailiffs to execute it, which they did, royal yacht. The Duke of Wellington did not embark,
and removed the cattle to Kencoed for better security. but returned to London. In about an hour all was in
About half-past twelve o'clock Rebecca and her family ar- readiness, and the gallant yacht dashed off in fine style
rived at Kencoed, and called at the house, when Mrs. down Southampton-water, towards Cowes. She was fol-
Davies appeared, and inquired what they wanted. They lowed by the Sovereign steamer and by the Ariadne,
answered that they wished to know where the cattle were. having on board the Mayor and civic authorities, and also
Mrs. Davies, out of fear, sent her servant to shew them by many other steamers and vessels. All was now in
the cattle, when they at once took them away, and re- motion. The cheers of thousands of people were accom-
turned them to the different owners, for it appears that parried by the firing of guns from the Liverpool Oriental
they had been placed there to graze. Last Friday night steamer, and, in spite of the rain, which still continued to
they paid a visit to a gentleman in the parish of Llanegwad, fall heavily, scarcely a person, male or female, in South-
who had a large quantity of old corn in his possession, ampton, was absent from the scene. From Cowes the
and told him unless he immediately sent the same to the Royal yacht steered towards the Mother-bank and Ryde,
different markets to be sold, they would soon find a way and went at less than half speed, in order to give the im-
to dispose of it. Several threatening letters have been mense fleet of sailing yachts which were now trying to
received by persons in this town and neighbourhood in keep her company the opportunity of doing so. After
the course of last week, and measures have been taken to passing Ryde the yacht proceeded towards Spithead, and
discover the authors. David Joshua, toll-keeper at passed round the St. Vincent, 120, which fired a Royal
Glangwilly, found the following notice stuck on his gate salute and manned her yards. The scene was now very
this morning I'll be damned if I will not be with you, imposing ; there are few sights more magnificent than a
and send your soul to the infernal crew—BEccA.' " first-rate line-of-battle ship with her yards manned. All
the sailors were dressed in blue jackets and white trou-
sers, and the officers in their full uniform. Her Majesty
after leaving Spithead, returned to Ryde, where the Royal
yacht was brought to an anchor, and her Majesty and
THE HARROGATE RAILWAY.—This railway, from Prince Albert landed in the Admiral's barge at the Hyde
Harrogate to Bolton Percey, is progressing. The distance pier, and proceeded to the town, where they were most
will be 16 miles ; the capital required £150,000, to be enthusiastically received ; and after walking on the pier to
raised in 6,000 shares, at £25 each. the town, which they immediately left, they proceeded in
SALE OF A RAILWAY.—The Pentuan Harbour and a carriage to the residence of Lady Harcourt. After
Railway, situate on the southern coast of Cornwall, and staying
ingtherea short time, the Royal party returned on
connecting the harbour with the town of St. Austell is the yacht, which immediately got under weigh, and
' returned with the rest of the squadron to Cowes-roads,
announced for sale in the ensuing month.
BIRMINGHAM AND DERBY RAILWAY.—The annual
and anchored there. Her Majesty dined and slept on
board the yacht, and early on Tuesday morning, accom-
general meeting of this Railway Company was held in Bir- panied by the Prince, went on board the Earl of Yar-
nningham on Friday week. A dividend of ss. was de- borough's yacht (the Kestrel). They were received by the
Glared,
noble Earl, and conducted by him over the vessel. The
The North Midland, Midland Counties, and Birming- Queen and Prince Albert afterwards landed at West
ham and Derby Boards having settled preliminary mea- Cowes, where the carriage of Earl Delawarr was in wait-
sures for the amalgamation of the companies, and have con- ing to convey the Royal party to Norris Castle, where
vened special meetings of their respective proprietaries, Her Majesty formerly resided when Princess Victoria.
which will take place successively on the 18th, 19th, and As soon as her Majesty returned on board the Royal
20th instant. yacht from Norris Castle, the vessel immediately got
The Glasgow, Paisley, and Kilmarnock Company con- under weigh, and went to the eastward, round St. Helen's,
tinue to pay a dividend of 12s. 6d. per share, receiveable and on to the back of the island
on and after the 15th inst. The goods and parcels traffic
shows an increase, but the passenger traffic, on the other
hand, had slightly declined. The mortgage debt of the
company has been renewed at the lower rate of 4 per
per cent

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, after having visited,
on Wednesday, Ventnor, Shanklin Chine, Blackgang
Chine, Freshwater, and other places at the back of the
Isle of Wight, proceeded onward in the yacht to the west-
ward along the coast. Between five and six o'clock the
Royal yacht let go her anchor in Portland roads.
As soon as the Royal standard was seen approaching
the shore, the whole town was on the qui vine, everybody
anxiously hoping that her Majesty and his Royal High-
ness Prince Albest were about to honour Weymouth with
a visit, but the Royal party did not land.
At six o'clock on Wednesday morning the yacht and
the other steamers got under weigh, and proceeded down
Channel. It was a beautifully fine morning, and, not-
withstanding the early hour at which the Royal voyagers
proceeded on their course, numbers of boats had put off
from the shore, filled with persons hoping that by ap-
proaching the yacht they might be able to obtain a glimpse
of her Majesty and Prince Albert ere they took their de-
parture.

The Royal yacht hove in sight of Plymouth at five
o'clock on the afternoon, and proceeded, at a reduced
speed, to Barn Pool, and there anchored. On nearing
Mill Bay her Majesty was seen on deck with Prince Al-
bert, who seemed to be directing her attention to the
crowds of people hastily following the course of the yacht.
Her Majesty did not land, but dined and slept on board.
At an early hour on Thursday morning, the royal party
landed at Mount Edgecumbe, and walked for some time
in the groves and gardens there. Prince Albert. attended
by the naval authorities, proceeded, in one of the barges
belonging t.) the royal yacht, to the dockyard, and after-
wards to the victualling establishment, and inspected the
various departments of both those establishments. Her
Majesty held a levee on board the Victoria and Albert,
which was attended by Lord Haddington, the Hon. Syd-
ney Herbert, Admiral Sir George Seymour, the Hon. G.
L. Corry, Lord Aberdeen, the Earl of Liverpool, &c.
Among the presentations to her Majesty were Sir Samuel
Pym, the admiral superintendent of the dockyard; Capt.
Sir Thomas Fellowes, superintendent of the victualling-
yard ; Col. Beattie, commandant of marines ; the clergy
of Pymouth, Stonehouse, and Devonport ; the mayor,
aldermen, and council of Devonport ; the mayor, alder-
men, and council of Plymouth ; and all the officers:in
command of her Majesty's ships and vessels in the Sound
and the harbour, the captain of the Neapolitan frigate La
Regina, &c.

S
00ii'aft4ar three c17c10c1,,, the Queen and Prince Albert
landed, and were received by the naval authorities of the
dockyard, and by General Murray, the military com-
mander-in-chief of the district, who was attended by a
very numerous body of officers, all mounted. Her Ma-
jesty and the Prince, having taken their seats in one of
the royal carriages, which was an open one, drawn by
four horses, immediately left the dockyard, escorted by
the general and his staff. As soon as the Queen and
Prince Albert made their appearance outside the dock-
yard gates, they were received with enthusiastic cheering
by the assembled multitude. The first carriage was oc-
cupied solely by the Queen and Prince Albert ; the others
contained Lord Aberdeen, the Earl of Liverpool, and
others of the household. The royal cortege, after passing
through Devonport, was met at the boundary of the bo-
rough of Plymouth by the mayor and corporate officers,
who preceded her Majesty through the streets leading to
the Hoe, and returned thence by nearly the same route
to the borough boundary on the Stonehouse Mill-bridge,
where the authorities of Plymouth took their leave.
After leaving Plymouth the procession returned through
Devonport, headed by the mayor, to the dockyard, where
her Majesty re-embarked, and went on board the
yacht.

Her Majesty remained a short time on board, and the
royal party then went to view that stupendous national
work, the breakwater, upon which they landed and re-
mained some time ere they returned to the yacht. In the
evening there were bonfires and fireworks and all sorts of
rejoicing, in consequence of the visit of the Queen and
Prince Albert. The column on Mount Wise was illumi-
nated, and looked very splendid. But by far the most
magnificent sight of the whole was afforded by the men-
of-war in the Sound. At nine o'clock, when the gun fired,
the whole of them manned their yards, each man having
a blue light in his hand. Few who have not witnessed
an illumination of this description on board a man-of-war
can form an adequate idea of its splendour.

HER MAJESTY'S EMBARKATION.—When the Royal
cortege arrived at the Royal Pier on Monday, an inter-
esting circumstance occurred, which enabled the Queen
to have an instance of ready loyalty of the Southampton
Mayor and corporation. From some cause the Royal
yacht had not been brought close to the pier by the time
the Royal party arrived, and it became necessary for her
Majesty to go into the barge to be pulled two or three
boats' length to get to the yacht ; and the scarlet baize
spread over the stage intended to be run on to the yacht
when alongside, was taken off to cover the pier steps ;
that, however, left the stage so wet and dirty, especially
as it was raining at the time, that the Earl of Hadding-
ton exclaimed, "We must get some covering for the
stage" (which was being used between the Queen's car-
riage and the steps). Nothing could be obtained. and her
Majesty waiting to alight, the members of the corpora-
tion, like so many Raleighs, stripped off their robes of
office in a moment, from which those of the mayor and
aldermen were selected (they being scarlet), and the
pathway was covered for the Sovereign's use, so that
Queen Victoria, like Queen Elizabeth, walked comfort-
ably and dry-footed to her barge. Her Majesty appeared
much gratified by this spontaneous act of attention and
was pleased to step so as to avoid the velvet collars of the
robes of office.

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along the coast by the Mayors and Corporations of Ply-
mouth, Penryn, and Truro, who put off in boats to wait
upon her Majesty.

The particulars of ber Majesty's arrival in France will
be found in our last page.

The Prince of Wales and his royal sister are at Brigh-
ton, in charge of the Dowager Lady Lyttleton.
The Queen Dowager continues in the enjoyment of im-
proved health, at Witley Court, Worcestershire, and daily
takes drives in the neighbourhood. Their Royal High-
nesses the Duchess of Kent and Duchess of Gloucester
are expected, in the course of next week, to arrive on a
visit of several days to the Dowager Queen, when a select
party will assemble to meet their Royal Highnesses.
Lord Brougham arrived at Brougham Hall, in West-
moreland, last week, after a short visit to his Grace the
Duke of Cleveland, at Raby Castle.

The preliminaries have been arranged for a marriage
between the Earl of March, eldest son of the Duke and
Duchess of Richmond, and the accomplished Miss Grey-
ille, eldest daughter of Mr. Algernon Greville, private
secretary to the Duke of Wellington.
The inhabitants of Hamilton, Bothwell, and the sur-
rounding district, are at present all on tiptoe in expecta-
tion of the arrival, at Hamilton Palace, of the Marquis
of Douglas and his young and beautiful spouse, her
Serene Highness the Princess Mary of Baden. Prepara-
tions on an extensive and most liberal scale are making
in the vicinity of the palace for the entertainment of the
tenantry and others, who are to take part in the proceed-
ings on the day of the arrival of the noble pair, which, it
is expected, may be on Friday or Saturday next,