The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-02-28 00:00:00

xiety either to s

e or hear from any member of his family:
ide the slightest allusion as to their being in

ular fact connected with-the

prisoner is, that not a single relative or friend has called or
solicited an interview, the only individual who sees him being
Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor who has been engaged by the
family to conduct the defence. From the inquiries which
were made on Saturday at Newgate relative to the prisoner,
it appears that no alteration has taken place in his demeanour.
Although under the same degree of surveillance as in the
first instance, he has not made the slightest remark, nor has
anged, during the four weeks he has been there, a
ir's conversation in the whole. The only observa-
deb he makes relate to his meals. According to the
ins adopted, none of the officers connected with the
allowed or permitted to speak to any person who is
ed for trial respecting the offence or crime with which
charged. The prisoner passes a good deal of his
alkin about the yard and reading. Amongst the
low' ,re the " Penny Magazine," " Chambers's
" general history. Although supplied with the
r articles for writing, he has scarcely availed himself
.'Re, and when he has, it appears to be without a
all the time he has been in Newgate he has
',lent state of health, not the least per-
Frcolipoms the
Aficiency of funds which have
Anie change in his looks beingbeen apparent.
placed a t
the
of the leading barristers who practise at the Central Criminal
talents of a gentleman within
of the prisoner's solicitor, it is understood that, independent
Court, he will be aided by the.
Attorney and Solicitor General,
of the Crown—the -rs
dolphus and Waddington.
be bar, while the prosecution will be coaucted by the law

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THE "SCOT

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SERIOUS OUTRAGES

IN THE MONMOUTHSHIRE HILLS

A numerous band of ruffians have organised themselves in
the colliery and mining districts of the county of Monmouth,
and, under the denomination of ,` Scotch cattle," are resort-
ing to the most lawless and violent measures in order to
compel the peaceable and well-disposed workmen who have
returned to work at the master's prices to again turn out.
Those who remember the numerous acts of destruction and
cruelty which about eight or nine years ago were perpetrated
by a band of desperadoes, similarly styled, and having in
view a similar object, will not be surprised to hear that the
revival of the combination has excited the utmost degree of
terror and alarm, not only among the workmen, but in the
minds of all the well-disposed classes of the community.
The trade of Monmouthshire has suffered to a frightful ex-
tent within the last few years; the chartist combination,
which resulted in the ever-memorable Newport riots, and
subsequently two or three turn-outs of the colliers, have
tended to greatly injure the shopkeepers, some of whom in-
deed may be said to have been completely ruined thereby.
Until within the last fortnight it was hoped that matters had
settled down, and that the miners, being convinced of the
folly of their proceedings, and, indeed (considering the in-
ability of the masters to accede to their terms at the present
prices of coal and iron), its deep criminality as affecting their
families and society, had returned to their work with a de-
termination to follow it steadily. It is to be feared that this
hope will prove to be a fallacious one, and that, unless
speedily arrested, the proceedings of the " Scotch cattle "
will again have the effect of stopping at least some of the
works. Several instances of violence have occurred, and on
Wednesday night or Thursday morning last two very daring
outrages were perpetrated by the gang.
Among the colliers who had been concerned in the late
turn-out, and who had since returned to their labour at the
reduced prices, were two men residing at Bedwelty, named
Edward Pople and William Powell. These men having be-
come obnoxious to the Scotch cattle," threats were uttered
towards them, of which they took no notice, but continued
at their work as usual. During the night of Wednesday a
body of men, with their faces blackened, and otherwise dis-
figured, assembled round the houses of these men, and, with
threats of vengeance, demanded admission. They broke open
the doors, which they beat in pieces, and then proceeded to
demolish the windows and window-frames and the whole of
the furniture. They did this in both instances, and used
many threats of personal violence against the objects of their
vengeance. The utmost alarm was produced in the neigh-
bourhood on this daring outrage becoming known, and infor-
mation of it was immediately conveyed to the magistrates
and police authorities, and to Thomas Prothero, Esq., the
proprietor of the collieries in which the two men were em-
ployed. Mr. Protbero at once assured his workmen of his
determination to protect them in the discharge of their duty,
against any combination of lawless men by which they may
be assailed. and issued a placard, in which he says—" The
object of these outrages, there is no doubt, was to deter and
intimidate my men from working at the Place Bedwelty Col-
liery at the present rate of wages, by which they are enabled
to obtain from 20s. to 245. for a moderate day's work. Now,
I hereby offer a reward of £lOO to any one who will give me
such information as will lead to the conviction of the perpe-
trators of the above-mentioned outrage ; and I pledge myself
to prosecute them with the utmost rigour of the law.—
Thomas Prothero." The men concerned in this combina-
tion should reflect that the consequences of their misconduct

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executed at Monmouth, in
,ok in the " Scotch cattle"

THE CONVICT BEAN.—One of the painful consequences
f the silly attack made by this individual upon her Majesty,
onths ago, has taken place in the supposed premature

vict's tatr

ing a widow and four young children in a state of. great
ation. This event is said to have been hastened by the
ital sufferings of the deceased, •arising from his unfortu-
.t son's criminal conduct, which greatly preyed on his
d. It may be proper to add, that the deceased was a
litable, hard-working tradesman, and that his innocent

focally are objects not undeserving commiseration

ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY AND DURDER.—Saturday even-
ing as Mr. John Steel, of Lanefoot farm, near Kendal, was
returning home from market, in company with his wife, they
were attacked by two men. They attempted to shoot Mr.
Steel with a large pistol, which, however, missed fire, end
then beat him violently with it over the head. One of them
felled Mrs. Steel to the ground by a violent blow on the head
with a short club, which he took from under his coat, and
theu, throwing himself upon her, endeavoured to rifle her
pocket. She resisted, but the villian then drew a knife from
his pocket, and attempted to cut her throat, and in the
struggle cut her mouth and right hand.

SHIPWRECKS.—A select committee of the House of Com-
mons, consisting of the following gentlemen, has been ap-
pointed, upon the motion of Mr. Palmer, M.P., tp inquire
into the shipwreck of British vessels, and the means of pre-
serving the lives and property of shipwrecked persons :—Mr.
Palmer, Mr. Gladstone (Vice-President of the Board of
T reand
Henry
Baring,) , Captain
Captain
Fitzroy,
Mr. Aaran Chapman, Mr.( Lord of the Admiralty), Mr.
H
Lyall, Sir Howard Douglas, Admiral Dundas, Mr. Rice,
Mr. Barclay, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Ross, Mr. Rumbald, and
Sir Charles Napier. It is understood that until this com-
mittee make their report no further step will be taken to
urge on the measure of Captain Fitzroy for the axamination
of masters and mates of merchant vessels, and that eventually
the question may be taken up by Government.

DARING HIGHWAY RoBBER.Y.--00 Sunday night, the
12th instant, between ten and eleven o'clock, as Mr. James
Taylor, of Prescot, was approaching that place on his way
home, he was overtaken by a man, who, after one or two sen-
tences of common place civility had passed between them,
demanded Mr. Taylor's money, and, without further parley,
knocked him down with a bludgeon, rifled his pockets, and
then ordered him to return down the lane, threatening to
knock out his brains if he refused. The brutal fellow threw
a large stone at Mr. Taylor which knocked him senseless.
When he recovered, he hastened to the Police-office at Pres-
cott, and gave information of the robbery, with a full des-
cription of the robber. Mr. Henry Renshall, superintend-
ent of the county police at Bury, havin heard of the occur-
rence, instituted a close search for the perpetrator, and, at
g
length apprehended a man who calls himself Hugh M`Farlane,
but whose real name is Hugh Collins. On Tuesday last the
prisoner was examined before the
petty sessions, when Mr. Taylor having identified him, he
was committed for trial at the next assizes.—Manchester
Guardian. magistrates at the Prescot

APPREHENSION KOF THIkVES.--
Tues-
day last, while Captain M
'--aY, of the Renfrewshire Rural
Police, was awaiting, on the platform
Oanttpheaiesvleeyn,intgheofaTrruiveas-1
of the last train from Glasgow, he observed three suspicious-
lookingacharacters leave the train, and proceed to a rendez-
vous in the town, to the neighbourhood of which he followed
them, and kept watch. After being housed for a brief pe-
riod, one of them made his appearance, and, leaving the town,
proceeded along the Greenock-road till he came to the farm
of Midwa:kinshaw, where be stopped, and reconnoitred the
house and offices—perfectly unaware that Mr. M4Kay had
dogged his steps the whole distance, and scarcely ever kept
his eye from him. Both parties then returned to Paisley,
although by separate routes • and the captain being now
pretty well aware that something was going on hastily col-
lected a party of officers, and returning to Midwalkinshaw,
posted themselves in an obscure nook among the offices.
There they remained till two o'clock in the morning, when
they observed two or three men stealthily approaching the
farm -steading, and having reached it, two of them commenced
to fcrce open the door of the stable or cow-house, leaving, it
is understood, a third to keep watch and ward. The men
effected an entrance, and it was afterwards found that they
bad forced their way with such violence, that the bar of the
door was broken in two pieces. After allowing the thieves a
reasonable time Captain M'Kay and his men rushed into the
place, and, removing the slide from a dai,k engagedlantrn, observed
,
the pair among the rafters or " banks, busily
to themselves Au the farmers poultry, Two

../e fired by the officers, more in the way of intimi-
dation than anything else, and one of the thieves, either from
fright, or in his anxiety to escape, made a tumbling descent,
and was apprehended on the back of a cow. By this time
the fellow's companion had made himself invisible, and fears
were entertained that he had escaped by the roof, but on the
officers mounting to the loft, and poking their sticks smartly
into every corner a frightful yell proceeded from a heap of
chaff, and forthwith the missing culprit was dug out of it, and
secured along with his friend. Until the report of the pis-
tols, the inmates were quite unconscious of the " hide and
seek" drama which had been enacting around them ; and
when made aware of the real state of matters their tempo-
rary alarm soon gave place to satisfaction. The accused
were lodged in Paisley jail on Wednesday morning. Since
then an investigation has been going on into the case; and in
the course of Thursday the residence of the men, in the east-
ern suburbs of Glasgow, was searched by Captain M'Kay,
with the assistance of aptain Smart, of Calton. One of the
apartments was found completely covered with poultry litter,
and there was found in it a number of live hens, and some
first-rate game cocks, some of which latter have already been
identified as having been stolen from farm-houses in the
neighbourhood. -There were also found many articles be•
lieved to have been stolen, a large number of skeleton keys,
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shrrped irons, and, indeed, almost all the materials for house-
am
farmers during the present winter.—Glaspow Mail.

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Feb. in long. 15
Snowdrop, from Smyrna for Liverpool. was spoken loth Feb. in
the Gulf of Gibraltar
Elgin Owens, sailed from Grenada for Liverpool loth Jan.
The Brothers, of Liverpool, has been eondemned at Calcutta'
Elizabeth, Orr, from Sierra Leone, at Berbice
ISeisdiv, Feb. 21.—The Funchal, Fonrose, from Liverpool for Lon-
don, dragged her anchor, in New Grimsby Harbour. isth Feb. and
took the ground, but was assisted off with false keel carried away,
and main keel damaged.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26.—Wind S.E. light,

ARRIVED. —Packet, Briggs, and Stamboul, fromSmyrna—Cor-
nucopia, Evans, from Havre—Louisa, Radcliff, from Stettin—and
Maria, Brabander, from Antwerp.
SAlLED.—Margaret, de Vries, for St. Thortlas—Paragon, South.
ward, for Jamaica—Ashburton, Huttleston, 'for New York—The
Duke, Buchanan, for New Orleans—Evergreep, Henry, and John
Jardine, Nairn, for St. John, N.B.—Minervk Duck, for Mobile—
Fanny Connell, Evans, and Britain's Pride, Scott, for Smyrna—
Gurdon Bebow, Harvey, for Oporto—and Oscar, Lock, for Genoa.

Bootle, hence for Monte Video, was spoken 21st October, in lat,
37 N, long. 17 W

Ingleborough, hence for China, was spoken 28th January, in
lat. 42 N

Wm. Wright, from Manzanilla for Liverpool, (off Kinsale, short
of provisions

Woodbridge, Dobson, from Manila, and Mysore, Ward, from
Sincapore, at St. Helena, and both sailed 3rd January for London.

Sir hobert Peel, Craig, from Calcutta, at St. Helena

Heroine, Lister, for NI mite Video, and Baronet, Wylie, for Cowes,
sailed from Rio .Janeiro 29th Nov. ; Mary Muir, for Santos 30th
Nov., and Mary White, for Valparaiso 6th Dec.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27.—Wind E.S.E. fresh

ARRIVED.—FaIcon, Turner, from Africa—Syren, Goodwin, from
Antwerp—Harriet, Boylan, from Drogheda—Nautilus,
Hebe, Thompson, and Margaret, Ryman, from Ipswich—London
Packet, Marsh, from Woodbridge—William • Ann & Elizabeth, and
Lady Courtney, from London—Mayflower, from Teignmouth
—and Centaur, Bence, from Charleston.
OFF THE Pour.—Superior, Sherries, from St. Michael—Feronia,
Jarvis, from Palermo—Sheridan, De Peyster, from New York—
Union, Grantham, from Messina—Wm. Duke, from Denia—lsabel,
from Charente—Fortuna, Classen, from Stettin—and Panther,
from Antwerp.
SAlLED.—lsabella, Stewart, for Lisbon.

Peruvian, from China to Liverpool, was spoken Ist Jan. between
the Cape and at. Helena

Stewarts, hence to Pernambuco, was spoken 20th instant, in lat
51. long. 7

Llewellyn, hence off Monte Video .Ist December
Wellington, M'lntyre, from Charleston, at Cove, for Liverpool,
with rudder damaged,

CFLOOKHAV EN, Feb. 24.—The Content, Jones, from Liverpool to
Bourdeaux, was brought in here last night by the Vernon, (from
Madeira to London) having been fallen in with 14th,instant, in lat.
49, long. 8, a derelict.