The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-31 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

IRE 1., AN D,

The following, as received per our usual weekly express
from our correspondent in Ireland, appeared in an early
Second Edition of our last week's paper :

Dublin, Monday, 23d Oct. 1843.

MORE WARLIKE PREPARATIONS.
At a late hour last night, two companies of artillery,
under the command of Majors Wood and Rawnsley, ar-
rived at the quays, and marched immediately into bar-
racks. The Ist Dragoons are expected to-morrow.

Half-part Four o'clock.
The Conciliation Hall was opened to-day : the crowd
was immense.

The amount of the rent has not yet been announced,
hut will be little short, if not over, three thousand
pounds.

The entire proceedings of Monday having been for-
warded to us by our correspondent, per the mail-
packet, we hastened to present the following account
to our readers in a Third Edition :

Dublin, Monday, Half-past Eight, p.m

As' had anticipated, the proceedings at the " Concilia-
tion Hall" extended to an unusually late hour. The
most important feature of the day was the adhesion of
Mr. Smith O'Brien, M.P., for Limerick. to the Repeal
Association in unqualified terms. The meeting at past
six o'clock adjourned unt I one o'clock to-morrow, the
rent for the week was announced to be, as far as could be
ascertained up to six o'clock, £2281; numerous communi-
cations containing remittances had arrived, the amount
of which had not been ascertained at the hour of adjourn-
ment, and which will therefore be carried to next week's
account. A government reporter was in attendance.

PROGRESS OF REPEAL

OPENING OF THE CONCILIATION HALL.
The Repeal Association held its usual weekly niter-
lag yesterday, for the first time, in the newly-erected
building on Bergh-quay, called the Conciliation Hall.
This new place of meeting is a quadrilateral structure,
capable of containing from three to four thousand per-
sons. A spacious gallery runs round the entire build-
ing, and at the end, fronting the entrance door, a plat.
form has been erected for the accornodation of the chair-
man, the principal speakers, and the gentlemen of the
press. The place is in a very unfinished state, and pre-
sents a rough and cheerless appearance. It was densely
crowded in every part long before the hour for which
the meeting had been called ; but none of the corpora-
tion, as was announced, attended in their robes.
Mr. O'CONNELL entered the meeting shortly before
one o'clock, and was received with tremendous cheers.
After a vain attempt for several minutes to address the
meeting, in consesequence of the great inconvenience
arising from the pressure of the crowd in the body of
the hall, he said that he had the high honour of mov-
ing that the chair should be taken by John Augustus
O'Neill, Esq., of Bunnowen Castle—(loud cheers.)
The CHArri.mAN rose amidst loud cheers. The cabi-
net could not expect Irishmen to agree with them ; be-
cause they were diametrically opposed, and had been
so for 50 years. In 1819 Wellington held the opinion
that if Catholic emancipation was granted, the next
step would he to demand the forfeited lands. Now if
that were the case, he (the chairman) would be enti-
tled to upwards of £lOO,OOO a year, handed down from
generations through father to son. (Cheers.) In 1827,
Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Goulburn spoke against Ca-
tholic emancipation, and the present chief justice of
England opposed them, and in the following year they
came down and adopted his speech. (Cheers.) They
were called cowards tor doing so, but no feeling of that
kind instigated them ; for he was sure they had acted
upon conscientious conviction. (Cheers.) It was quite
a fiction of the law to say that kings could do no wrong ;
for they might do wrong, and had often paid very heavy
penalties—(hear)—for doing so. (Hear.) One set of
statesmen told the king that it would be perjury to
sign the Catholic emancipation bill, while others forced
him to subscribe to it. (Cheers.) He (the chairman)
hoped that there was a government reporter in the hall.
Mr. O'CONNELL.—Yes; there is one from Gurney's
office.

" Mr. O'Connell rose and said—l must protest against
such language as this : I must request you, Mr. Chair-
man, to call Mr. Frazer to order. The nation is not as-
sailed in my person ; I am merely proceeded against as
an individual, and in those proceedings nothing has oc-
curred in the least calculated to cow me. (Loud bursts
of applause.) I can defend myself; and I tell Mr. Frazer
that nothing could injure my cause more than the use of
such language. I do declare solemnly if I hear a word of
that kind again, I shall leave the room. (Hear, hear.)"
Another meeting was held at Spitalfields. and composed
of all the respectability and all the talents of St. Audeon's
ward; and here we find Mr. O'Connell (probably not
supposing that the government reporters would work on
Sundays) was not altogether so guarded as he was in the
more Saxon locality of the Post-office. Peace and tran-
quillity were still required, and Repeal was still certain
within six months—say six months ; but it was now—
" Give me but six months of perfect peace, and I'll give
you my head on the block, if, at the end of that time, you
have not a parliament in College-green. (Loud and long-
continued cheering.) Don't think they can decide the
question of repeal in the jury. box. I shall appeal from
that box to the country, and I know that in doing so I
have the peaceable, the loyal, the temperate, the religious,
and the determined people of Ireland to support me. If
they put us down in one shape, why we 'II be up in ano-
ther. (Cheers and laughter.) England cannot go to war
with any foreign power until she makes peace with Ire-
land ; and we are ready to make a peace with her, but
only on the terms of having our domestic parliament re-
stored to us. Hurrah, then, for Ireland and Repeal!
(Loud cheers.)"
However, at least one sentence of truth was spoken by
Mr. O'Connell on this latter occasion. It was the fol-

The CHAIRMAN continued to say—that he personally
knew that there were letters in Dublin from the Duke
of Kent (the Queen's father), in his own writing,
breathing the greatest and purest affection for Ireland,
and expressing a wish to be appointed Lord Lieutenant
at a certain critical period. People talked of a federal
parliament but what was the meaning of the word ?
If gentlemen did not understand it, they should not
express opinions which would give triumph to their foes
and fear to their friends. (Hear.) It meant nothing
more than a treaty—or, in his opinion, as used by their
leader, a treaty between England and Ireland. (Hear.)
A federal treaty was— " that which shall be done by
order of, and with the authority of, the senate." (Loud
cheers.) Mr. O'Neill next described the manner in
which the Belgian revolution was effected. By the in-
terference of France she became a diademed kingdom,
and the only part England took in the proceeding was,
to send a king there. (Hear, hear.) Belgium had suc-
ceeded accidentally by foreign intervention—but Ireland
would depend upon Irishmen, on God, and on Ireland.
If it should be the pleasure of a rash minister, forgetful
of the law of God and man—and such a forgetfulness he
by no means attributed to the Duke of Wellington, who
always during his campagins was most careful of human
life; but if, for a moment, he should think of steeping,
in the blood of Irishmen. the laurels which Ireland's sons
had placed on his brow, their still remained for them an
interposing power between him and the nation—they
could look to the Queen. He had shown that they had
a right to look for hereditary love to Ireland in her Ma-
jesty. Should the Duke resolve to act as he had de.
scribed. of which from his (Mr. O'Neill's) soul he ac-
quitted:his Grace, one might imagine the Queen, in the
words of Shakspeare—" Beware, take heed, how you
awake the slumbering sword of war ;" I charge you in
the name of God to take heed! He would respectfully
offer his opinion, that if repeal were forced in the hour
of England's weakness, it would be the ruin of Ireland.
Repeal held back too long would create national bank.
ruptcy. Repeal at once conceded would be productive
of peace, prosperity, and indissoluble connexion with
England—(hear, hear.) But if a collision should take
place—if the Almighty in his anger withdrew his pro-
tection from the empire, the same Gazelle which pro.
claimed the victory of England over her twin sister,
would announce that one nation was depopulated, and
the other tottering on the brink of ruin—(hear, hear.)
Mr. O'CONNELL rose and said.—The first sentence I
wish to utter in the Conciliation Hall is this truth, that
there is only one way of obtaining a repeal of the union,
and that is, by.using none but peaceable and legal means.
(Hear, bear.) My second sentence is, that the repeal is
certain. (Loud and long-continued cheering, waving of
hats and handkerchiefs, &c.) Yes, repeal is certain, pro-
vided you use no other than peaceable and legal means.
(Cries of "We won't.") I promised the master butchers,
as they gave me the largest sum, that I would hand in
their money first. I, therefore, beg leave to hand from
them £l6O. (Hear, hear.) I am now about to make a
motion of the utmost importance to the liberty of Ire-
land. I shall not say one word in support of it. It is
that W. S. O'Brien, Esq., M.P. for the county of Lime-
rick, be admitted a member of the association. (Enthu-
siastic cheering.)
Mr. O'CONNELL said that Mr. O'Brien had been an
anti-repealer, but events had shown him that there was
nothing but repeal for Ireland. He was honest as an
anti-repealer—oh! he was honest and brave, now that
he was a repealer. (Cheers.) The hon. gentlemen then
entered on the subject of a federal parliament, which
had been alluded to by the the chairman. It was for
an independent parliament be was looking. He was
firmly attached to the connexion with England •, but he
insisted that Ireland had a right to the revival of her le-
gislature. (Hear, and cheers.) He would reject no
man's assistance who went any part of the way with
him. Any man who wished for a repeal of the act of
union might join him until some parliament would
be obtained, and he (Mr. O'Connell) would obtain
the best parliament he could with their assistance.
There never would again be an attack on the part of the
people, and if the government chose to continue the pre-
sent contest, there was determination enough amongst the
people to continue it too, rather than resort to violence.
The hon. gentleman next alluded to the letters of " Phi.
lalethes," in the Morning Chronicle, (the substance of
which will be found in our columns.) The name of the
writer of these letters was a Mr. Trevelyan, a secretary
of the treasury, who was brought into office by the
Whigs, and had been some time in the Indies, where
he was laughed at by the people, as he was now by the
inhabitants of this country, for his absurd statements.
Mr. O'Connell proceeded to censure the letters, and
notice
them
eretha
that
he
tou be
,oul
dfullmakoef
tmwoisstnaltoetmioennsts. to-morrow—
one
orrogwa_ve
one for a committee to procure petitions in detail from
every parish in Ireland ; the other for a conciliatory ad-
would
nota nd
accept Protes
any
Protestant
dress to their fellow-subjects in Ireland. They were
as wellworking
as
f for all
Roman
Catholic,
c a sses— for
and
benefit for the Roman Catholics exclusively. He would
not take the Repeal, if he got a Catholic ascendancy
Presbyterian
be
with it. (Hear, hear.) He declared this most solemnly,
and he thought he would be able to convince his Protes-
tant fellow-countrymen of this truth. (Loud cheers.)
He concluded by proposing two resolutions—the first
relating to the preparation of petitions from every parish
in the kingdom, and the other proposing that a con.cilatory address to their Protestant and Presbyterian
fellow-countrymen be forthwith prepared and issued.
For his own part he solemnly assured them that he
would not take repeal if it gave Catholic ascendancy—
( Hear, hear.)
These resolutions having been adopted, the secretary
continued to announce the sums contributed since last
meeeting.

lowing :--'

In struggling for emancipation I wished to

set conscience freeTbut' the advantages of that measure

have only been felt by the wealthy chiT;ses. It enabled my

worthy friend in the chair to become an alderman and
rnysgf a member of parliament, but the people got little

practical aood by The people, say we, ;conic] do well
to take the hint, and inquire, in time, what practical good
they are to get from the present agitation.
A meeting was also held in St. Patrick's ward, and one
at Kingstown, at the latter of which, Mr. Dunne, Repeal
Inspector and Arbitrator, moved and carried the follow-
ingresolution

That we adopt, and recommend for the adoption of
every meeting of Irishmen, the resolutions passed at the
late great aggregate meeting of the province of Leinster,
on the ever-memorable and blood-stained Rath of Mul-
laghmast, especially the one that declared no power on
earth ought of right to make laws to bind this kingdom,
save the Queen, Lords, and Commons of Ireland."
At both meetings it was voted that confidence is still
reposed in the " illustrious Liberator." By the way,
who suggested the necessity for moving all these votes of
confidence? Was it the illustrious confidant himself?
Such was the progress of Repeal and of Sabbath dese-
cration in the city of Dublin, on Sunday week.

INTIMIDATION AT CHAPELS

(Prom the Carlow Sentinel.)

We regret to hear that a disgraceful system of intimi-
dation was resorted to on last Sunday, at the chapels of
Bagenalstown aid Newtown, with the view of forcibly
extorting money from the poor people who attended their
religious duties. We repeat it, it is disgraceful to a civi-
lised land to see a band of repeal desperadoes standing at
the chapel doors, and plundering the people of their mo-
ney in open day, or forcibly expelling them from the
chapel, for refusing to subscribe for an illegal purpose.
We have been furnished with the names of the parties
who conducted themselves in so ruffianly a manner; and
as it is not unlikely that the government may afford those
village patriots a little wholesome instruction, we shall
not give the list publicity at present.
The forcible collection of money under the circum-
stances is a violation of the law ; and we trust the heart-
l-ss miscreants who are disturbing the public tranquillity
by fomenting disunion and civil strife, will be no longer
permitted to commit those wanton outrages on the Sab-
bath, or to revel in the lawless scenes of which some coun-
try chapels were the theatre on Sunday week. The go-
vernment must not strike about, or at the top, but at the
very root of sedition in this country ; and the only effec-
tive way of suppressing it is to indict those fellows who
are appointed as collectors to swell the list of subscriptions
to the repeal fund, by actually taking the money out of the
people's pockets. The following will show how cheerfully
the people pay in the county Carlow. We long to see
the amount of remittance from Bagenalstown collected on
pain of expulsion from the chapel :
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
" On passing through a street in this town, my attention
was attracted by a noisy crowd at the chapel gate, and
prompted by curiosity I made one of the number, and to
my astonishment 1 saw no less than six persons (shop-
keepers and sbopboys) busily employed in collecting
Proclamation money, as it is called, and by their bul-
lying and threats they succeeded in wringing shillings
from some poor wretches whose miserable clothing be-
spoke their extreme penury. In vain they told these
would-be patriots that their families were in want, and
their necessities would not allow them to contribute. The
glorious cause of repeal needed their assistance was the
only reply, and with heavy hearts they were obliged to
band them (very probably) the only shilling they pos-
sessed. One person named Byrne presented himself at
the gate, and on their demanding his shilling he coolly
refused, and said that O'Connell never put a shilling in
his pocket, but on the contrary, endeavoured to take one
out.' He was eventually refused admittance.
" Mr. Martin Hughes, of Kildrenagh, met with a si-
tnilar reception at the chapel of Newtown, on the same
day, and was obliged to return to his house, with what
feelings may be imagined. This method of swelling the
repeal society is becoming very general at the gates of
country chapels, and intimidation is hourly on the in-

THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD.—O❑ Monday last,
meeting of gentlemen was held at Tipperary, to express
their regret at the contemplated removal of the Marquis's
establishment from the county, in consequence of the
recent fire there, as mentioned in our last. His lordship,
however, has determined to remove.

n•
The awount of t}e rent for the week was declared to
be—Two 'Thousand Two Hundred and Eighlu-four
Pounds..

At six o'clock the meeting adjourned till one o'clock
to-morrow.

SIMULTANEOUS SIGNAL FIRES-MOVI
MENT AMONGST THE PEASANTIty.

The Tipperary Constitution states that " on Thursday
night between the hours of seven and eight o'clock the
entire country was literally covered with fires. From
every eminence throughout, the counties of Limerick,

)orne along by the country

round, blazed into light, almost at the same moment, and

REPRESENTATION OF TILE COUNTY OF KILKENNY.--
It is reported that the Hon. Mr. Wandesforde, of Castle-
coiner (one of the largest landed proprietors in this coun-
ty,) will start for its representation upon the ministerial
and anti-repeal interest, supported by his nephew, the
Marquis of Ormonde, and all the wealth and respectability
of this county.

DiscovEßy or N MURDERER.—A man of the name
of Hughes has just been apprehended in London on a
charge of having murdered his wife at Waterford in 1836.
He has hitherto escaped the vigilance of the police. It
appears he murdered his wife by fracturing her skull with
a hammer, and, by leaping upon her body, she being
pregnant at the time, thereby destroying the infant in the
womb. He put her head also under the grate, and poked
the fire upon it.

SHIPWRECK AT BALLINTOY.—Extract of a letter from
Randal M'Donnell, Esq. agent for Lloyd's :—" Bailin-
toy, near Ballycastle, 16th October. The schooner Emer-
ald, of Londonderry, Thomas Moore, master, from Arch-
angel, with a cargo cf tar, pitch, and rosin, came on shore
here on Friday morning, and is now near a complete
wreck, lying in deep water close to the reeks. Not a soul
was found on board the schooner, which, with the portion
of the cargo saved, are in my care !

Loss or LIFE.--On last Friday morning four men
from the immediate neighbourhood of Enniscrone put off
in a boat for the nurnnqr, of •_ --ets which

they ha

4.11. ZSUII I Use suouenly to a
it and upset the boat, when thr€

rem en-

)f the men

and uy that weans succeeded in reaching the shore.
The bodies of the three persons drowned have not yet
been found.-31cyo Constitution.

the organisation displayed by the incendiaries in lighting MUSKETS FOR IRELAND.—On Friday, upwards of
these signal fires was almost incredible. The meaning 1,000 percussion-lock muskets were put on board a barge
of those fires we cannot ascertain, but of this we are cer- at the Tower, preparatory to their being transhipped on
lain, that they are intended for no good purpose.
board a Government steam-packet at Woolwich, for Ire-
The Cork Constitution also says 'hat "in the direction land. The muskets and bayonets were packed in strong
of Donoughmore the hills were all " ablaze" on Thurs-
wooden cases, and marked " Stores, Carrickfergus."
day evening. The lighting commenced about ten o'clock, ON DlT.—The Dublin Evening Mail, of Friday, states,
that a rumour prevails, which had its origin in Roman
and soon after scores of fires were seen flaming round the
country. Are there," our contemporary remarks, 'c any Catholic circles, that Dr. Higgins, the Titular Bishop of
ill-advisers egging on the unfortunate people—urging the Sovereign
beenposaumffm,oned to Rome, to answer, before
them on to deeds which they will by-and-by bewail in ti , ' for an expression used by him,
in reference to England, at one of the early repeal meet-
blood P" ings.
The Limerick Chronicle thus confirms the above state-
LORD CARDIGAN AND THE PRESS.—It is stated that
ments :—"On Thursday night the whole country cur- Lord Cardigan has instructed his law agent to apply to
rounding Limerick for an area of many miles, including the Court of Queen's Bench in London, for a rule for a
portions of the counties Limerick, Clare, and Tipperary, criminal information against the Times, for the publica-
and the banks of the Shannon, at either side of the river; lion of a letter reflecting upon his conduct as Colonel of
furnished almost s;multaneou•dy glowing indications of the 11th Hussars. The letter in question was published
" a demonstration," the real meaning of which did not last week. It is also stated that Lord Cardigan has di-
transpire, but that it was a political ruse little doubt ap- rected legal proceedings to be commenced against the
pears. Fires were blazing in all directions, as far as the Dublin Freeman's Journal, for the publication of a letter
eye could reach, and the illumination was general. The signed " Captain Outall."
alarm to many families residing in and beyond the suburbs THE WHITE QUAKERS.—A party of White Quakers
was extremely painful, and such fearful indications are arrived in this town on Thursday last, and created a sen-
regarded with anything hut pleasure in the present sation by their primitive appearance and zeal in the cir-
state of the country. The formidable signal fires re- culation of blasphemous documents among the crowd.
ferred to, we since karn, were seen to spread into the One of them was a manifesto from Mr. Joshua Jacob,
counties of Cork and Kerry, with almost tragic rapidity." against Thomas Thacker Pim, Edward Sugden, and Ed-
ward Litton, who are proclaimed outlaws, as follows
" Unless Edward Sugden and Edward Litton, two noted
offenders against God, are brought to condign punish-
ment within twelve calendar months, for sanctioning
On Sunday week, a repeal meeting was held in the hypocritical liars, rogues, robbers, swindlers, and mur-
Post-office Warl, Dublin, where the arch-agitator himself derers, the faithful in Christ Jesus are commanded to
attended, and kept up the steam necessary for extracting abstain from all observance of human or man-made laws,
a vote of confidence in himself from the " respectable in-
observing only the law of God given by Joshua Jacob and
habitants of that spirited ward." At this meeting the Abigail Beale." We hope the law of the land makes
-catch-words appear to have been, " He who commits a provision for placing those wretched maniacs under proper
crime, strengthens the enemy ; " and accordingly large restraint, for at present they are a social nuisance.—
promises were made of Repeal being sore to be carried Carlow Sentinel.
"ere the revolving year passed over their head," provided Tna PROSECUTIONS.—There have been rumours that
only there was peace maintained, and perseverance prac- the prosecutions are about to be, or have been aban-
tised cloned by the government. We have no grounds for form.
" Let no man," said Mr. O'Connell, " abandon Re- ing any concusion about the truth or falsehood of the
peal. (Cries of 'We never will,' • No, no,' and vocife- rumour. We cannot believe it. But the Standard the
rous cheering.) Let them rely upon it, that if he were other day had a suspicious paragraph to the effect that it
preaching to them out of prison he would tell them the wished earnestly some means could be adopted of putting
same, and his advice would not be a bit the worse of it." an end to the repeal sedition without punishing the con-
We are told this sentiment was cheered and laughed at; spirators. We see no great sense in such an aspiration,
but we are not distinctly informed whether the laugh arose any more than the desire that murder and larceny might
from a recollection having arisen in the memories of the be put an end to without punishing the criminals. The
hearers of another occasion, when the same speaker ac- Post of last n ght had the following paragraph. This is
companied an allusion to the contingency of his being cast all we can learn of grounds for the rumour, which we do
into durance vile, with a more valiant commentary :—" If not credit :—Without speaking from any authority, we
they put me into prison, I wonder will those be safer who have some reason to suspect that government, at the ap-
are outside?" Nothing was said in the Post-office ward prone!' of the eleventh hour, have come to the determi-
meeting of any danger to ‘. those outside " ; but, on the nation of re-considering the policy of a prosecution un-
contrary, a Mr. Frazer was very near being very uncere- der the present circumstances. We should congratulate
rnoninusly put outside, for exhibiting a little untimely the public, and even the government to which we are op-
valour:— posed, if the result should prove such

as our information

. P.
has led us to infer.—Dublin Statesman.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—On Tuesday the adjourned
meeting of the Repeal Association took place. The as-
sembly was chiefly occupied with receiving addresses and
sums of money. Amongst these, Dr. Gray read a letter
from Liverpool, from which we take the following ex-
tracts. It had been said that the best way to damp the
ardour of the repealers was to forbid the holding of the
Clontarf meeting, and thus disappoint hundreds who were
on their way to attend it. Now the effect produced was
the very reverse, as was proved by the letter from the re-
pealers of Liverpool, which enclosed £53 16s. 6d. :
" Paradise Chambers, Liverpool.
" My dear Sir,—As I anticipated in• my last letter to
you, the coercive folly of the government has added more
to the repeal rent in Liverpool during the last few days
than all the zeal and activity of our repeal staff could effect
in a month, and a more efficient body of wardens and
collectors there is nowhere to be found. Last week the
amount of our remittance was only £ll ; this week, to
mark their disapprobation of the conduct which the go-
vernment is pursuing towards Iceland. the repealers of
Liverpool have increased it to £53 16s. 6d. Of this sum,
£3l 17s. 6d. was received in shillings and pence. I have
just at this moment, through a friend, received £1 from
Robert La Peer Trench, Esq., barrister-at-law, Harring-
ton Chambers, who is, I understand, a son of General
Trench, and first cousin of the Earl Clancarty.
" Dr. Gray." " GEORGE SMYTH.

WALES

STATE OF SOUTH WALES,

At the close of the week before last, a gentleman, while
posting from Carmarthen to Llandilo gate, on arriving
near the gate saw some house burning on the left of
the road. Judging it to be an incendiary fire, he drove
as fast as he could to the town of Llandilo, and having
acquainted the proper authorities, the dragoons proceeded
to the spot in all haste, and found that the out-buildings
of a farm, called Pen-y-Bank, situate on the side of the
Mynydd Bach-road, about three miles from Llandilo, the
property of Mr. Thomas, of Ffroud, were on fire, and the
cow-house and pigsty were clmpletely destroyed.
A farm called Gwar Graig, with the outbuildings &e.,
situate in the parish of Llanfihangel Ararth, near the
New Inn, on the left of the Llampeter- road, was also
destroyed by fire. The farm is the property of a lady
named Nicholls, and is only about two fields off from the
main road. The house was at the time untenanted, and
the roof being thatch, it burnt very rapidly, and the flames
could be seen for some distance. The house and out-
buildings were entirely destroyed.
Mr. Cripps and Mr. Richards have arrived at Carmar-
then.

On Saturday night an attack was made upon the house
of the police superintendent of the newly-alpointed rural
police force. Several slugs were fired through the door,
and a threatening notice affixed to it, stating that if he did
not resign his situation, and, together with his wife, &e.,
quit that part of the country within a fortnight, he should
be done for.

The special commission, for the trial of the persons
committed for their participation in the recent distur-
bances in that part of South Wales which is situated in
Glamorganshire, was opened on Wednesday by M r. Baron
Gurney and Mr. Justice Cresswell. The learned judges
arrived at Cardiff at half-past eleven c'clock, in the car-
riage of John Homfray, Esq., of Llandy, the high sheriff
of the county, and shortly afterwards proceeded to court,
and opened the commission. The court was then ad-
journed till two o'clock, and in the mean time their lord-
ships attended Divine service at St. John's Church. The
trials appear to excite no extraordinary interest; for, al-
though the court is so small, there was ample room for all
who sought admission to it.

The number of prisoners in the calendar for trial is 17,
all of whom, with the exception of three, are out on bail.
The Attorney-General, Mr. Vaughan Williams, and other
learned gentlemen, are retained for the prosecution ; and
Mr. M. D. Hill, Q.C., Mr. Montagu Chambers, and
others, for the defence. On the return of the learned
judges from church, the grand jury were duly sworn in
with the accustomed formalities. The senior judge, Mr.
Baron Gurney, then proceeded to deliver his charge.
After the delivery of the charge, the court adjourned
until the following morning (Friday,) when John Hughes
was arraigned at the bar for having unlawfully, riotously,
and tumultuously assembled with other persons, to the
disturbance of the public peace, and feloniously, unlaw.
fully, and with force begun to demolish the dwelling.
house of one William Lewis, at the parish of Llandilota.
lybont. The prisoner (who appeared at the bar with his
th
(Ica
hra
he. mATimci
Crown,
great
o:nrraonaepawan,
pAtQdnse
Ait
rnociceg Attorney-General,
an)
numbereefipleaded‘flmov iyr.
rGotChambers
eii
rhen .
challengesay Er
nr prosecution;ovbi
amongst
at,
e guilty.nrtssthfe oe
cwr
aeSChsse,lai
opacmnfi
prisoner.
fdosadmorrAe-nmiGroer.ern.e
r.:E;
..r a
Dv] , Niv
sth;ethpeart of
pri-
soner's counsel also made several challenges.
The prisoner, who is a hale, powerful, and good-looking
young farmer, appeared to take much interest in the choice
of the jury who were to try him.
At length a jury was sworn, when the Attorney-General
stated the circumstances of the transactions, in which the
prisoner was charged with having been implicated, but
they have appeared very recently in our colums.
On Saturday the trial closed, and the jury found the
prisoner guilty, recommending him to mercy on account
of previous good character. Sentence was not then
passed.

A commission of inquiry appointed for a full inquiry
into the causes of the discontent and outrages in South
Wales, was opened in the Town-hall, Carmarthen, on
Wednesday. The opening address of the Right lion.
Frankland Lewis, chief commissioner, is pronounced to
be calm and dispassionate, full of kindly expressions, and
displaying a due anxiety on the part of the commissioners
to enter upon the fullest possible inquiry into those griev-
ances which have been alleged as the cause of the past and
present disturbances.

- At 10 o'clock the Right Hon. T. F. Lewis and Mr. W
Cripps, accompanied by the secretary to the commission
(Mr. G. K. Rickards), entered the Town-hall, anti took
their seats on the bench. Among the gentlemen present
were Colonel Trevor, M.P., vice-lieutenant of the county,
David Morris, Esq., M.P., Dr. Jones, Captain Phillips,
Dr. Lawrence, the Mayor of Carmarthen, Dr. Bower.,
Captain Scott, &c.

The court being opened, the chief commissioner pro-
ceeded to read her Majesty's commission, atter which he
delivered his address, and the commissioners then retired
into the grand jury-room, and were occupied the remain-
der of the day in a preliminary examination of Mr. Sta-
cey, clerk to the main trust, and the examination of vari-
ous books and papers, with a view to show the working of
the trust.

The three Jones's, Thomas Harris, Sethi Morgan, and
Henry Thomas, charged with the destruction of the Porth-
rhyd gate, underwent a further examination at the gaol,
Carmarthen, on Wednesday, and were committed for
trial, but subsequently admitted to bail.

On Sunday morning, two of Mr. Rogers's children, at
Carnarvon, of the aces of thirteen months and nine weeks,
were found dead in the servant's bed in which they were
in the habit of sleeping—from the effects of an over-dose
of laudanum, administered, it is said, by the girl the pre-
ceding night, for the purpose of making them sleep sound-
Jy.—North Wales Chronicle.

EXORBITANT TOLLS IN BRECONSIIIRE.—From Crick-
howell to Hay, a distance of 24 miles, there are five gates,
at which 9d. toll is demanded for a horse and carriage.
This is the most expensive toll:in South Wales, and Pon-
typool is the cheapest in that district—only 3d. is charged
for a horse and gig, and a ticket given to clear the next
gate. It is a singular fact that the smallest amount of the
'a demanded where the hest roads are.

IcAL 141°
UNIVERSITY AND CLER

Oxvoitn,
Tn a convocation held this day Thomas 0
v 1361
Esq., M.A., of King's College, Canahridge,
adln eundem.
a congregation held at the same time the
degrees were conferred :

DOCTOR IN DIVINITY•
The Rev. Holled D. C. T. Hodeck, of Mg
DOCTOR IN CIVIL LAW. nod
James Robert Hope, Fellow of Merton, '"
pounder.

BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW'. (II
Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, Bart., Fellocco
MASTERS OF ARTS•
Rev. George Braithwaite, Queen's, Grand L'"?
John Ruskin, Christ Church, Grand ong°
Francis Balston, Student of Cnrist Church:iv
William Francis Horham, Student of Chrif.t.,ych
Rev. Robert Aston Coffin, Student of Chita
Charles Henry Collyns, Student of Christ LIP
Edward Rogers Student of Christ Church.
Rev. William Daviesi Wilson, Wadham.
Arthur Hugh Clough, Fellow of Oriel.
Rey.
William CharDavi Jones Braes DclyMan,Wau"a°3' -11e° rP
iv .
from St. Peter's College, Cagmbridge.
BACHELORS OF ARTS. Grand
Edward Augustus Breedon, Trinity'
pounder.
Robert Gregory, Corpus, Gaand ComPciurider'
Francis Huntsman, Queen's.
Frederick Bennett, Wadham.
Robert Owen Burton, Worcester.

The following degrees were conferred:
„.,„ng
Master of Arts.—Thomas Charles I"'
Fellow of the University. ,A,nunds:
Bachelors of Arts.—Rev. Geo. r4"--
.i.
Featlierstonhaugh: and Richard Losham' and Pik
The Rev. Chas. Th NV ' I M be ow
os. Int ey, ,to i i
Edward Massie, M.A were nominate(' A aP
A f
Proctor ; and the Rev.. David Melville,
office 0 ,
Rev. Brereton E. Dwarris, M.A., to, ter tionB,l7' of
proctor ; ana wade the requisite atc-8 be - 1
Lloyd %% harton, M.A. was nominated bY editor
of ale
and approved by the House, to be Audit°
versify accounts. . I
1 itliA!
' Tom'
5:

vacantlege,C Cambridge, b
theridgdee,a toth the 41• Peter . .
ohicei
vicarage
egt
veo
.NO
jsro•
roll,
ti,f,e.o-
0.
is. :16
Alder, Rev. William, B.A , for meal ?.? Notiel'
Pat
the Bishop of Londootrfhavt
Buckg' la
Coker, Rev. John, rector of Radclice,
of Lincool
ral dean, has been collated by the Bisb°Pdral CI
the prebend of Sleaford, in the °
catbe . Ili
i, Co ,
Lincoln. Cbrig'l4o°'
Dale, Rev. Thomas, M.A., of Corpus ,drelf
Cambridge, to a canonry in St. PaulsCatb` , cer
Christi
vacanthristi bcyoti
College,
ed.eathofth Cambridge,e R
teov .t
hJe.
aTtit3e.,:istlij at. bo
Fullerton, Rev William Wallace,, o'—",.o'f tu" C
Andrei
at Scaldwell, Northamptonshire. IS' rch'
Hare, Rev. J. D., LL.B senior curateohgt cbo...ci
Holborn, to the afternoon 'lectureship a to'iti-o cirolor
Moore, Rev. R. C., M.A to the Pert the
Talk•o'-th'-Hill, Staffordshire.' nitro,' 9
St'
Audle
Redd. • , yall, Rev. E., to the curacy of m°'piton
a,
orsetio:D.oool6,ll°,:,
rence, W hark worth, Northamptonshire• nderlol4s
deatht
erClßees,eleeoi
antolpl
College,
eprglotelhieen,iyti
he.
RcadAhse
airbopt.eheeNtli
nyth, reiipliAliris.
ea.
oseel
connectiona
Butler.tt
ceehdca-
presented,
bgr curate t cog%
vf.
iof:pt, "ell Ya,-
.Phtfficsb ,1
beentatoinledt
Scott,
c 0
tyt•R, oeiftcetßov
Rectory
jhao.mf a n the 11"-
mdi 0g
ttiscombe
Strong, Rev. W. H., 8.A., curateof m I,o' e '
perpetua curacy of St. George's, ChorleY, callego; 1
Taylor, Rev. William B.A , of Tr,iPitYcorbet'
been presented by the trustees. of Sir C. collet
James Woodward M.A.,,,fo4ieeriariiy 1
perpetual curacy of Child's Ercall, Sar
errinitit e 0
Way, Rev. Charles John, M.A•,c 'Olll-11
Cambridge, to the rectory of St. ue°"D
Jamaica

it
, jorill 6
, A bat, , s. ,
EPISCOPAL ORDINATION.—It is State. tdiojetito '
last two years, considerable numbers ef ijoeUelesell
particularly of dissenting ministers, have re die bil
institution at St. Bees, to study and Pr Al these' of tj
for entering the Established Church•
the sect
the
greatest number, it appears, are from Tb
~,
thelge house,arnr
11w:if:dee in
argumentf theitsbßeei
being
g.o:Hdc.doruesnsse.edl Carey,
on
lionr
tothhe
et: f ;
soot:
Independents.
opririon7heet:p;:r;tli°,l
I N Cni
parishesi
illcsOcbniArahn
tygitatcE Pei
irti,nis.
NO)
tree
rugheelTßoeseirsf,cAdci
willßsidtiTi 1
aeaheeu Elanndeis
ltl
ddeasl
completion
b.
OXFORD, OCT. 25.—M`MULLES V. LIAR 1.,0 InisiPti
morning the delegates of appeal met in `l}-r the rdeehl
raised a technical objection to the receipt of bc"oogreeg;ibe
The delegates fixed Wednesda,, the 15ta °test, -13
to I
adjourned. l Aid te94
rro ' es ii
The existing grants of the Church Po,s`°„- eggred'e fr.,
are to aid 235 incumbents, in charge nt a" sfer"ioe"
pulation of 1%801,432, or to each 09 an of tbe jolt
souls, while the average rate of the incon'esroasger to?,
bents is only £163, and 128 have 0° Pa; ja Prcos/ .
These grants furnish stipends in whole e:regste
curates, and 30 lay assistants, at 00 814°
. Er'
1-00
'D SOCIETY FOR kri''' 00 ittitikn (
AND CII APELS.—This society resurnea .1,001.',,,ea:fd
on on Monday last, when tale ,eeiellto'co
natDosef oaptrilvi
sNprspB,:tnr,rGrrllotoeie6io,ovcvet6AgiutietGdoesiNsdnent
p,Dhpgdi
esae:Rlrir.rf3slei
dEowsclti
,111,81i1t'ili.ni
e3sAtie,
a 5,
with
el
to.ooB';btobtivo,vvglr:pa,:kreabati.
e.oeipisii
30,00Ceopt420siestiii.
v1,11,a,
li-
sionep
i/t ir
at
isb
be
0:,#01 :jell°,
0,.,c,
bc
ofjo,'o
ist:brrevfo:ii,l,, , ,
aid sev St. Martin's-place. Grants werrieie poPeifith no
t
en
new
enwd
churchesl : for
, na,ci
irlo
brneineordeaettiel:ig :11.9tititer:t;51:ee,.
d in the existing places
wCtttictbbNtLienrhhh°euee. i ' taceolecurntri lßi9ssrtletrPuadesi7, c:ldlfiei ' eat
471 at
e 5,
e‘
s . of wori7i-ch co nover,
to the treasurer for the payment of the et
.00. bea
each case. Previously to the executiVerclinge'Firs'irsi
(which included the erection of 12 ne,wect,- se fr oec", in,'
containedwpehlce)lithepro vi sioan of church rcto)fmllin,:,-.,eitort..p,;!s_o4lpidee
25,210 sittings, 8497 of which were lice 'roe '-
sufficient accommodation 6939 sittings
5304 of which are free.—Times.

IHE SCOTCH CHVgCj

aioofft:i,
-a 0 ,
ASSIDUITY OF THE IRISH LADIF'SI..oe CPnrekliat'
frilei:oo,t teCia
egwaeornrpekerita”ltgoa
satshsesemo
Marquiscbi
assembly
0 fn thes ionf free
Ba irdeaodta'
churchitbba pi:l7o/1.1..15i
555101 01 'l:6
ii:
squaresßoll
o ofand
ec o ta in
Memberss 17,
the Asembly Rooms, Glasgow. The eau. theoC
STATISTICS OF •7'FIE FacE CHVOiCir;seoll,lll944
Free Church of Scotland, held at Glasg°stituti° the ad
coaeo to dto II
has just been published. By the
Assembly, every congregation of olhec eetitleoltltr 01,
Church, however small their number, W3-,1 one tio,"" Os'
two delegates—namely, one ministethewbole 590 i6i
Genera. Acc,oo' t," olio
appears from the official roll, that nibly lsielclerB4o;
congregations represented in the Ass,e—and °`repr.e..isiirr
the whole number of ministers is •511;leriesi P #
—some congregations having sent no c Ile.' tb"
tive, and others having sent no lay ° to
then
aios tbe,,,
Journal.
.—Acec'riroce°' of tP
FUNDS OF THE FREE Cavaco.% co. .ecto pp
statements of Mr. Hamilton and Pr' od °,,WA stOte
have been received, in aid of the tvvo greed t'''''
Free Church—the building of chapels',
10A'
lion of ministers—the following some P 6fr
FOR numniNG• ..6 180
Xi .q 2 49'
••• • • O,J
005f5,t3h6e9 stitches.
_Ate
of l

Oa.
..........
T. 014... fIOO (S. arsita
FOR SUSTENTA 1 e2j,- et fo a,
Central fund ............... , 7re isii,os, Od•
of
According to the same authorities illoOn Os. dillit)fir
for building
..... •.'" 9.5,0tN ilv- 5.0
gr'roeot 01
For sustentation (say). • ..... from te- 0
speech
erst,hteh
The item of building is derived ,e sta ese
other is
object
jfeoeut niadetde
raorsexty,lso for

Central fund ..
Local districts

~
RAILWAY INTEhIG-01/'

tOclicnor
n ear Anothereom trialp l
e t e
dof
btehtewe
eiatmospheric
a...r af
f:t.:e:irb i-
linliP67:lllCl
last i
relieving the Compan act oti ,50
Cii'l
week, when the speed • ea Y,••••• -% 00
hour. •or atO
tl• iti (ab
RANGER V. THE GREAT WEsTOS itgage tbe• 0
I'ANY.—On Friday, the ice-Ch
in this ith theta Vice-Cyan
eaoto; 400
case, dismissing the petition v` ot of th 4
yfromattta:De
payo
06
Of ret° 14
demanded. ee't" refe' 01
The following calculation of the laseicco be•l 340
41 railways, 1,562 miles in length, w„ii`r'Ailic°,B,,3lcer'„nitli
interest :—Number of passengers on d';hearoev'toe°•
"nsequePtlY, the total for the week u'lls" X70•4.1,,-, pe
The receipts for passengers on 44 railwsl9l',s, loe 01,•;
(Into for goods on 39 railways,X27,63l 6.511/e,it. e 'I.:0
.E 103,612 2s. 2d. •This• •-•e 0.. t'• tv
is an avera _it, a ,
..,
cereal," iirr)l"°
, is
week. The traffic, therefore . teri
about four millions and a half a year, a" $Ol e
the 01
millions of passengers. Of t"" 010i0
lders - .• C° 01; ..
Special meetings of the share
iloytio 0 Bt
Counties and Northern and Eastern RI! ty olvdElot
have been held, for discussingh Pr°Pnie be °
e -the° lir t to*
illation of the two lines. Theo °1 de rpe,o-
shareholders readily accepted the er elOia ifou-eiroe
ern Counties directors of leasing their lila! ,10 c();,; a 0
the rate of 5 per cent. u on their OP' b • rr'" •'0
,b10_,,, cs mitt
with the other contingentpadvantagFa "corc, oplly
holds forth ; and a series of resolutioo° It"
RAO
the 0' ili.
purpose of effecting an anialgarns4tle.• s , .t
is, however, threatened by some share .c•re° rchal,
JO , 0) e Op
SHEFFIELD AND CHESTERFIELD .wer, 0, rty u,
wny.—At a large and influential meet', „woe, 09Wje,
manufacturers, owners and occupiers 0. rod tv bet,i
the borough of Sheffield, it was deterto„ icsa3rtbe SPti
parliament for an act to form a line
willof ',cite apd ,i,
Sheffield and Chesterfield. The line ;oter, lost 1
field, Ashton-under-Lyrae, and Mane ' contini ariel 1
North Midland Railways, and thus form ttebester,soo
pest of Rebecc of communication, by railway, t row' Mainfirof€ll4 lea
district I 1 a and her dau - Jere is no ros
, - densely populated district eastward of ie., be tile ofi C
wit e the roadstiters visiting the Pontypool t. wilt re 1.1
present t are under to the :Midland
Counties ; whie.. ,A who
0
trustees.—Bristol 3 the management ofthe bringing
Mercury. numerous visitors to Sheffle."
ried away from it.