The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-14 00:00:00

ALES

THE INCENDIARY FIRES IN WALES.—On Friday at
the Manchester police-court, a sailor lad of the name of
Markwell was charged by a man named Hardman with
being the person guilty of these outrages. The latter re-
lated several very extraordinary circumstances, but it is
suspected that he has given the information in the hope of
gaining the reward offered for the apprehension of the
'Welsh incendiaries. He is, therefore, kept in custody
(along with Markwell) until further inquiry is made, and
If his account turns out a fabrication he will be prosecuted
for perjury.
TYE INCENDIARY FIRES IN DENBIGHSHIRE.—An
individual who, it is not doubted, is the perpetrator of
these cruel outrages has been apprehended at Bala. His
name is Charles Jones, and he has been fully committed
to take his trial at next Denbighshire assizes. He has
just been released from Ruthin Gaol, where he suffered a
term of imprisonment for stealing choice fruit, such as
apricots, &c. Some of the farmers whose live stock, hay,
corn, &c., have been burnt, were on the jury who found
lira guilty of the offence; and others had refused to give
lira a good character on his trial. Rumour says that he
protested that he would make them suffer for it.

FOUR GATES DESTROYED.—On Friday morning week
4 gates, a toll-house, and the toll collectors goods, situate
in and about the town of Rhayader, Cardiganshire, were
utterly demolisbed. About two o'clock in the morning,
a party, consisting of upwards of 200 persons, entered the
town with their leader Rebecca, all armed, some with guns
and others with bludgeons and various weapons, and dis-
guised with blackened faces, &c. They at once proceeded
to the various turnpike gates, and in an incredibly short
apace of time the gates on the north and east side of the
town were levelled with the ground, the posts being sawn
?_fr about two feet from the bottom, The two gates lead-
.ng to the bridge quickly shared the same fate, and not
content with their removal, they raised the toll-house,
and destroyed the goods of the terrified collector. Having
fired several voiles
from their guns, and given three
cheers for the party filed off as disguisedly as
they had made their appearance. From the quickness of
their operations and the systenatii:3teode of their proceed-
ings, any one would infer " the ecca of Radnorshire
bad been under tuition with the "one" of Carmarthen-

IRE LAND.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH-MONDAY

f From our Second Editionof Tuesday last.)

The court was crowded to excess all day, it beint.un-
derstood that Mr. Barrett's counsel would move'for a
mandamus to ,compel the magistrates of College-street
Police Office to take the informations tendered against
Mr. Hughes, the government reporter.
M r. M. Donagh, Q.C. made the application, and argued
at great length in support of his motion. . .

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the motion, be-
made bond fide, but to pre-

'lse he bet

I it was r

judice the administration of justice. He did not wish to
oppose an investigation, but to prevent the present ac-
cused parties being sent before the grand jury as witnesses
before they had either ignored or found the present bills;
when they had done either one or the other he had
no objection to a bill•beiirg sent up against Hughes,
and that his original information might then be sent up,
but he earnestly entreated the public not to allow their
minds to be poisoned beforehand. (The learned gentle-
man was much excited in tone and manner.)
The Court finally ordered bills to be sent up against
Hughes when the present bills against the traversers were
disposed of. The grand. jury adjourned shortly before
five o'clock.

Only one witness was examined, Mr. Vernon, and it is
not likely that he will be up again.
Not a single member has been absent on any day from
its sitting to its rising. It is impossible that a finding
can be had before Wednesday.