The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-07 00:00:00

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Colonel M'Gregor, director general of the constabulary
force, was the officer selected by government to arrest
O'Connell at Clontarf, if he persisted in holding his meet-
ing there.—Morning Post.
It may interest some persons to know, under present
circumstances, that for some time past, a mass, recom-
mending Daniel O'Connell to the protection of Heaven,
is read every day in the Vatican, by express orders of the
pope.—Globe.
CALAMITOUS OCCURRENCE.—The public works at
Banagher, under the superintendence of the Shannon
Commissioners, are nearly suspended, in consequence of
the dams being swept away, and upwards of 300 men
thrown out of employment.—Dublin paper.
The Globe states that Father Mathew is expected to
leave Ireland in three weeks, and that he will re-com-
mence his labours at Preston, in Lancashire, and after-
wards proceed to fulfil his numerous engagements in other
parts of the country.
Dr. Slattery, the titular archbishop of Cashel, has sent
a letter to Mr. O'Connell, stating that the events of the
lest few weeks have overcome the writer's disinclination
to Mix in politics; and accordingly he encloses £3 as his
subscription, and requests to be Pnrnlled a member of the
Repeal Association.
The Times Reporter gives the following rumour :—" I
learn on Repeal authority, that two accessions will be
made to the association on Monday next, whose adhesion
will excite considerable surprise, both Right Hon. Gen-
tlemen being members of the late Ministry—namely, ,Mr.
Richard Lalor Sheil and Mr. Thomas Wyse."

THE POPE AND DR. HIGGINS.—The Dublin Free-
man's Journal states, that " so far is the Right Rev. Dr.
Higgins from having fallen under the displeasure of the
court of Rome, that his holiness has appointed him one
of his domestic chaplains, and bestowed upon him other
proofs of favour not less gracious than distinguished."
The same journal also contains the following official an-
nouncement :—THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.—His Holiness
the Pope has directed that prayers be offered up every
day, in the Pontifical Chapel, for the safety, long life,
and success of Ireland's Liberator."

THE PRIESTS AND TAEIR FLOCKS.—A letter dated
Dublin, Oct. 25th. states " the priests of a whole district
in the county Tipperary preached simultaneously, the
other day, upon the following text : Ezekiel, 9th chap-
ter, sth and 6th verses. And to the others he said in
mine hearing, go ye after him through the city, and smite ;
let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity. Slay utterly
old and young, both maids and little children and women ;
but come not near any man upon whom is the mark.' "
The Dublin Evening Mail. of Wednesday, says the
correspondent is mistaken in supposing that the political
sermons upon the foregoing text—(' The Devil can quote
Scripture to his purpose') were confined to any district or
county, or even to any province. The police department
are in possession of information, tranmitted to them from
every quarter in Ireland, conveying the foregoing facts,
which was forwarded to the Secretary of the Home De-
partment."

WALES.

STATE OF SOUTH WALES.

We gave in our last the proceedings before the special
commission appointed to try the prisoners apprehended
during the late riots in South Wales.
On Monday morning, David Jones and John Hugh
were placed in the dock, charged with assisting to demo-
lish and pull down a certain house in the parish of Llan-
delotalybont, the property of William Lewis and others.
The prisoners first pleaded " Not Guilty;" but after a
short conversation between their counsel and Mr. H.
Williams, their attorney, they withdrew their plea, and
pleaded " Guilty." The Attorney-General
_then said,

the prisoners having pleaded " Guilty," he did not mean
to press in aggravation of punishment. John Hughes,

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who was convicted on Saturday, having been placed along
with the prisoners at the bar, they were sentenced to 20
years' transportation.
In the case of David Lewis, a labourer, against whom
there was a charge of feloniously and maliciously cutting
and wounding, the Attorney-General said, that on look-
ing over the circumstances, he felt disposed to enter a
none prosequi. The prisoner was then discharged.
Lewis Davis, charged with throwing down and destroy-
ing a certain turnpike-gate, in the parish of Llandilotaly-
bout ; having pleaded " guilty," was discharged, on en-
tering into his own recognizances for £5O. Morgan Mor-
gan and Esther Morgan also pleaded '' guilty" to an in-
dictment for aiding and assisting Margaret Morgan to cut
and wound Charles Frederick Napier, of Swansea ; having
entered into their own recognizances for £5O each, were
accordingly discharged. Margaret Morgan, Rees Mor-
gan, and John Morgan likewise pleaded " guilty," the
first to an indictment charging her with maliciously cut-
ting and wounding the before mentioned Charles Frede-
rick Napier, and the other prisoners with having been
feloniously present, and aiding and assisting her to corn.
mit the said felony.—The Attorney General said he was
not disposed to press for a severe punishment in this case,
but, as the law had been resisted, the offence must, at the
same time, be marked by some sentence which would taa.
nifest the severe displeasure of the court.—The learned
judge then sentenced Margaret Morgan to imprisonment.
for six months, and Rees and John Morgan for twelve
months.
Mr. Baron Gurney, addressing the grand jury, thanked
them, in the name of the country, for the services they
bad performed, and discharged them. His lordship also,
in discharging the petty jury, expressed his regret that
they should have been taken from their homes at an unu•
sual period of the year, thanking them at the same time
for the manner in which they had performed their duty.
The juries then retired, and the proceedings of the com-
mission terminated.

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privilege at law to amend it and send it up again. It
should be remembered that that was not an application
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after, but before the indictment was found—in fact, so
far there was no indictment, it was only a bill. He, OUTRAGES AT LLANELLY.—We are sorry to report
therefore, entirely objected to any counsel, on the part of that the town of Llanelly, for the last week, has been the
any individual, being heard in such a state of the proceed- scene of several villainous outrages, On Monday night,

the 23d October, two large ricks of hay, standing on the
marsh near Sandy Gate, the property of Mr. Evan Evans,
of this town, (a person much respected by all classes,)
was fired by some evil disposed persons. The fire was
seen about half-past nine o'clock, when a large number
of people proceeded to the spot and made every effort to
extinguish it. A little was saved, but it is rendered unfi
for use. On Tuesday morning a letter was delivered to
the magistrate, who were in the Town-hall, to this effect
—that if they did not see that the person who looks overt
the coal works belonging to Mr. Arthur, at Cwmamman,
was discharged within one month from the date of the
letter, they would come and demolish the engine. They
expressed a great antipathy to the person for some con-
duct of his, and that " Becca" always kept her word.—
Swansea Journal.

IMPORTANT CONFESSION.—The following document
has been issued by the three prisoners, Hughes, Jones,
and Hugh, now confined in Cardiff Gaol. We hail it as
a pledge of returning orde: and tranquility. It is signed
by each of the convicts, and bears date the Ist November,
and is attested by the governor. "To the Public gener-
ally, and to our Neighbours in particular,—We, JOHN
HUGHES, DAVID JONES, and JOHN HUGH, DOW lying
in Cardiff Gaol, convicted of an attack on Pontardulais
Turnpike Gate, and the Police stationed there to protect
it, being now sentenced for Transportation, beg earnestly
to call on others to take warning by our fate, and to stop
in their mad course before they fall into our condemna-
tion. We are Guilty, and doomed to suffer, while hun-
dreds have escaped, let them and every one take care not
to be deluded again to attack public or private property,
and resist the power of the Law, for it will overtake them
with vengeance, and bring them down to destruction. We
are only in prison now, but in a week or two shall be
banished as rogues, to be slaves to strangers in a strange
land. We must go in the prime of life from our dear
homes, to live and labour with the worst cf villians, looked
upon as thieves. Friends, neighbours, all,—but especially
young men,—keep from night meetings, fear to do wrong.
and dread the terrors of the Judge. Think of what we
must and you may suffer before you dare to do as we have
done. If you will be peaceable and live again like honest
men, by the blessing of God you may expect to prosper,
and we—poor outcast wretches—may have to thank you
for the mercy of the Crown—for on no other terms than
your good conduct will any pity be shown to us or others,
who may fall into our almost hopeless situation."

EXTRAORDINARY INCENDIARY FIRES IN DENBIGH-
SHIRE.—A correspondent of the Manchester Courier,
writing from Curwen, and dating Thursday, says—" Last
night about eleven, a fire broke out at a place called Gaer-
Gerrig, William Ellis tenant, when all the outbuildings
were destroyed, eight cattle burnt to death, and a consi-
derable quantity of corn consumed. Groesfaen, Evan
Jones tenant—the outbuildings, containing a considerable
quantity of corn, and the stack-yard had been tried to be
set on fire in several places. Here was a scene :—ln one
of the outbuildings a servant man and six calves were
smothered to death by the smoke. It is supposed that
the poor fellow had found the premises on fire, as he was
only partially dressed. He had managed to let the horses
out of the stable, and some of the cattle, and then had
gone to the building where he met his death. He had
loosened all the calves ; and the supposition is, that the
door was closed by some of them running aninst it, as
one of them was found lyinc, dead against the door, The
poor fellow's name was Hobert Roberts, about 22 years
of age. On the same evening fires took place at the fol-
lowing farms, at which the damage specified was done :
Ty nant y Plase—Mrs. Davies tenant—outbuildings and
one calf destroyed. Plase—Hugh Edwards tenant—
outbildings. Ty Gwyn—Mr. Thomas Edwards tenant—
the outbuildings and about 40 bushels of unthrashed oats.
Pen y Gaer—David Jones tenant—the stable, &c.
Maesgwyn—Robert Jones tenant—all the outbuildings,
one cow, and about 40 bushels of unthrashed oats. Tai-
draw—Edward Hughes tenant—outbuildings. Pen v
Craig—John Davies tenant—the outbuildings and a
quantity of oats. Glan y Gors—John Davies tenant—all
the outbuildings and a considerable quantity of corn.
Perthi Llwydion—Edward Morris tenant—outbuildings,
and from eight to ten bushels of unthrashed barley.
Tyn y Cefu—Robert Jones tenant—very little damaged."
From this it would seem that twelve houses were fired in
one night, the distance from all the farms being six to
eight miles. The loss has been very great to the poor
farmers, as in all the outbuildings burnt were the barns,
and those full of corn. The night had been particularly
fine, or had there been any wind the consequence would
have been dreadful.