The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-09 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Letters from Madrid of the 27th ult. convey the im-
portant information that Senor Gonzales Bravo had sus-
pended the Cortes on that ,day, with a view to its dissolu-
tion. The audacity of this measure on the part of a cha-
racterless adventurer—despised by his political opponents,
and distrusted even by those who have consented to act
with him—appears to have fallen like a thunder-clap on
the people of Madrid. It appears that the promulgation
of this decree was agreed to at a council held on the 26th,
but was kept a profound secret until it was communicated
to both Chambers. The reading of the royal decree was
listened to in silence, the audacity of the measure having
taken every one completely by surprise. The fear that a
change was working in the Cortes which would greatly
strengthen the hands of the opposition, appears to have
prompted this unconstitutional act. The plan of the go-
vernment, as announced to its friends, is-1. To collect
the taxes necessary for the public services. 2. To pub-
lish a decree respecting the ayuntamientos and the pro-
visional deputations, and to organise in like manner the
National Gtiard. 3. To re-assemble the Cortes, when
these measures have been carried out, for the purpose of
procuring an indemnity from that body for what ministers
shall have done. 4. To dissolve the Cortes, should it re-
fuse to grant a bill of indemnity. The conduct of Narvaez
and his tool Bravo has excited the deepest indignation,
and dissentients of all parties are coalescing
against them.
The leading partisans of Espartero and the anti-Espartero
liberals met on the 27th, when both Cortino and Cabal-
lero candidly acknowledged the error into which they had
fallen in assisting in the overthrow of Espartero. General
anxiety prevails as to the effect of the suspension of the
sittings of the Cortes on the provinces. The Correeponsal
of the 27th expresses its astonishment at the measure,
whilst the remarks of the Eco and Especdator would lead
to the inference that the news will excite the greatest irri-
tation among their party. The Eco states that a meeting
bad been held by the Progresista electors of Madrid, at
which they unanimously hoisted the banner of the Ist
September, 1840. It is beginning to be pretty generally
felt in Madrid that the ex-Regent is the only man capable
of rescuing Spain from the difficulties in which it is now
involved.

THE DUKE OF BORDEAUX.—The Cologne Gazelle
publishes a letter from Hanover of the 26th ult., stating
that the King of Hanover had sent a special invitation to
the Duke of Bordeaux to visit his Court.
A letter from the island of Bourbon, of the Ist of Sep-
tember, which is published in the French papers, states
that the English had taken possession of Diego Saurez,
a magnificent port in the Island of Madagascar.

SHOEMAKING BY MACHINERY.—The Journal de
Paris states, that an operative in the Rue des Vielles
Andriettes, who for some time attended a course of lee-
, tures on mechanics, has invented a machine to make
shoes, by means of which any person possessing sufficient
strength to turn a wheel can, in the course of a day,
finish 50 pair of excellent shoes of every size.
Sarah Gale, the companion of the notorious Green-
acre, and who, for the robbery on his unfortunate victim,
was sentenced to transportation, is living at Port Philip,
as assistant in a confectioner's- shop. She is described,
by a person who recently saw her in that colony, as having
regained her health, and looking very comely ; her hag-
gard appearance at her trial showing the relics of a coun-
tenance of considerable prior attractions.
Madame Grisi has failed in a suit brought in the Tri-
bunal of the Seine against her late husband, 1,1. De Melcy,
for a division of the common property, no marriage set-
tlement having been originally drawn up to fix the manner
in which it should be disposed of; the defence set up was,
that the civil code required such a claim to be made
within five months after the separation, which had not
been done in this case.

VAN DIEMAN'S LAND.—The Sydney papers to the
26th of August represent the mercantile interest as suffer-
ing deeply from depression. In the legislature the mem-
bers were occupied with the finance minute of the
governor, and the discussion of the estimates were ex-
pected to attract considerable notice. It appeared that
in the year 1843 a deficiency of some £50,000 or £60,000
will occur in consequence of the excessive burthen of the
land fund and emigration expenses. For 1844, the
estimated expenditure was £330,493, while the revenue
was expected to reach from £350,000 to £370,000.
THE LAST MOMENTS OF A POET.—The Siecle gives
the following account of the last moments of Casimir
Delavigne :—" The invalid, accompanied by his wife and
son, was obliged to stop at Lyons by the progress of his
malady. A physician was called in, and from the moment
he saw his patient he considered his illness fatal, and in-
formed Madame Delavigne that her husband had only a
few hours to live. He succeeded, however, by his manner
and assurances, of restoring calmness of mind to the pa-
tient, who had been at first alarmed. About eight o'clock
the same evening, the poet, when lying in hed, and in full
possessio❑ of his faculties, asked his wife, in order to
amuse the son, to read aloud. She accordingly took up
' Guy Mannering,' and continued reading for about three-
quarters of an hour, at which time the patient asked for
some drink. As she was taking some precaution when
offering him the class, not to fatigue hint, be cried out,
0! give it me, I am strong enough !' He then raised
himself up with some difficulty, and leaning his head on
his right hand, asked his wire to continue. But his fea-
tures were already changed, for death was near. Madame
Delavigne perceived the alteration, but, concealing her
grief, she resumed her reading, which her emotion ren-
dered unintelligible. Why,' said the dying man, ' you
are skipping whole sentences;' and, addressing his son,
told him to go on himself. A moment after the head of
Casimir Delavigne fell back on the pillow. He began to
recite some verses of a tragedy at which he had been at
work for some time, and which was to be called Melu-
sine.' In two minutes after life had fled. and the nearly
concluded work which occupied his thoughts during his
last moments perished with him, for it is well known that
the deceased never wrote down his pieces until after hav-
ing completed them in his mind, and then recited theca
from memory at the moments of preparing them for the
theatre."

THE EDINBURGH PROFESSORSHIP OF Music.—Seve-
ral candidates are in the field for the post vacated by Sir
Henry Bishop ; but the chances of success are now entirely
between two persons, namely, Mr. Donaldson, who ran
so close a race with the ex-professor at the last election,
and Dr. Gauntlett. Mr. Donaldson was formerly a music
teacher at Glasgow, but, marrying a lady of fortune, stu-
died at the bar, and became a barrister. He is regarded
as a good classical scholar, but is not known by his works
on music. He is the popular candidate in Edinburgh.
Dr. Gauntlett has been distinguished as a lecturer, and by
his improvements in organ building. He is a profound
theorist and practical musician, but has little local influ-
ence, being a resident of London.

EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN MINES OR COAL-PITS.
—lt will be in the recollection of our readers that Lord
Ashley s bill, for the prohibition of women working in
mines and pits, came into operation in March last, since
which time nothing of the kind has been heard of. On
Tuesday last, however, the first case of the infringement
of that humane act that has bee❑ judicially brought for-
ward was heard before the magistrates at the Guildhall,
Huddersfield. The following is the case :—Mr. J. W.
Moorhouse, coalpit owner of Wooldale, was summoned
by George Haigh, a constable of Almondbury, for having
on the 15th of November last, employed or suffered to be
employed in Lidget pit, as " hurriers," four girls, named
Hannah Moss, aged 15 ; Elizabeth Moss, aged 12; Nancy
Goldthorpe, aged 13 : and Mary Senior, aged 17 years.
Haigh said, that on the above day he went to the mouth of
the" day hole" of the pit, and saw four girls come out
with coals; he should not have known them to be women
but for their hair, their dress being like that of boys; he
stopped and saw them come out three times, bringing
coals each time. The poor unfortunate girls were examined
but were fuund to be so deplorably ignorant, that they
knew nothing of the month of November : they had
given over working six peeks since last Saturday, but
they did recollect seeing Haigh in the cabin ; they worked
three days after that ; they were hurriers." The mag-
istrates convicted in the lowest penalty prescribed, by act
of Parliament. viz., £5 in each case, making £2O, and
the expenses. Haigh deserves the thanks of the commu-
nity for bringing this case to a public tribunal.

THE NORTHERN COAL TRDAE.—Irr 1770 there were
only 13 collieries on the Tyne, and in 1803 there were up-
wards of 30. In 1828 the number was increased to 4,
on the Tyne, and to 18 on the Wear, making in all 59.
The estimated powers of working possessed by these col-
lieries—that is, the quantity of coals they are able to
raise in a year—are calculated by the late Mr. Buddle,
the most accurate and experienced viewer ever known in
the trade, at 5,887'522 tons. In 1836 the number of col-
lieries was again augmented on both rivers, and their pow-
ers of working extended to 8,123,922 tons yearly, being
an increase in seven years of 2,236,400 tons, or nearly
38 per cent. In addition to this there were in that year
new collieries already shipping coals, but not in the regu-
lation, capable of producing another million of tons,
which swells the increase per cent. to nearly 55, or con-
siderably more than half. Still the Tees is not incla ed
From the year 1826, when coals first began to be shipped
on the Tees, up to 1835, the quantity increased, year by
year, from 18,588 to 357,726 tons, conveyed along the
Stockton and Darlington Railway alone. In 1836 the
Clarence Railway was in operation, and we may fairly
assume the powers on the Tees in that year to have ex-
ceeded 500,000 tons. Thus, then, from 1826 to 1836 the
aggregate capabilities of the whole district has sprung
from 5,941,812 (including the Tees) to 9,623,922, show-
ing an increase of 3,682,130 tons, or fully 624 per cent.
Taking the next septennial period, from 1836 to 1843, the
ratio is equally progressive. Hartlepool, in the interval,
has become a great and flourishing port ; and all the col-
lieries shipping then., with the exception of Thornley,
are creations belonging to this cycle. Lord Londonder-
ry's own snug little harbour of Seaham has grown into
magnitude and tripled its trade within the time. Two
joint-stock companies have, during the while, been formed,
each with a capital of nearly £500,000 sterling, and which
have sunk nearly the whole of their funds in exploring
new coal fields. Moreover, on the Blythe the Tyne, the
Wear, and the Tees, multitudinous fresh winnings have
been made by private individuals and companies, whilst
an entirely new district around Warkworth has been called
into existence. In the same period, or nearly so, seven
additional public railways for the conveyance of coal have
been opened in the county of Durham alone. The impulse
has, in truth, been attended with amazing consequences.
The region of developed coal fields has been extended in
every direction, until it describes a vast circuit, stretch.
ing from Coquet, in the remote north, to the sterile waste
of Cockfield Fell in the far west, sweeping round Middle-
barn on the extreme south till stopped by the German
Ocean on the east. We cannot estimate the increase of
powers thus obtained at less than 3,000,000 of tons yearly,
so that the aggregate capabilities of the district may be
now assumed at upwards of 12,500,000 tons per annum,
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I R E 1, A N D.

REPEAL RENT.—The repeal rent for the past week was
only £289 2s. 2d.

The justices at Macroom, in the county Cork, have re-
fused licenses to carry arms to persons who avowedly
belong to the Repeal Association.

The Attorney-General has informed the Nenagh guar-
dians that all foundlings brought to the workhouse shall
be reared in the religion of the state—that of the esta-
blished church.

The Dublin correspondent of the Times copies an award
given i❑ the Repealers' Arbritration Court at Mary-
borough, to which one of the amateur magistrates, Mr.
Thomas Quinlon, had appended his mark!
The half-yearly meeting of the Mining Company of Ire-
land was held, on Thursday, in the Company's-office,
Lower Ormond-quay, Dublin, when a dividend of ten per
cent. on the profits of the past half-year was struck.
The Dublin Mail of Friday states that the authorities,
by some extraordinary and mysterious means, have be-
come possessed of a list of persons marked out for assas-
sination, and have given warning to those intended vic-
tims of the Tipperary Thugs.

A man named Thomas Walton, a clothier, who had
originally been in the London police, was waylaid and
brutally beaten by four men in the neighbourhood of the
"Abbey," (county Cork,) on Tuesday evening. Walton
was left for dead with 18 wounds on his head, and now
lies in a precarious state.

THE ARMS ACT.—According to the Dublin Evening
Mail, the machines for marking fire-arms cannot execute
more than seventy-three a day, while the notices to regis-
ter amount to so many thousands that the entire marking
cannot be completed for months to come, unless a large
supply of machines be sent to the counties.

THE REPRESENTATION OF TIPPERARY.—WE are glad
to find that Mr. Ponsonby Barker, a gentleman of un-
questionable and well-proved conservative principles, has
manfully come forward to offer himself for the representa-
tion of the county of Tipperary, in the loom of Mr. V.
Maher, lately deceased.

A gentleman of the most extensive property in the
county of Clare,. who through the year has afforded labour
to one hundred and fifty of his neighbours, and also paid
the poor rates of his tenants, has left that place in disgust,
for England, in consequence of a portion of his haggard
being twice maliciously consumed within a month..
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—It is with regret we an.;.
nounce that Captain Bennett (formerly of this port),
master of the Tamerlane, of Liverpool, was washed over-
board by a tremendous sea, whilst crossing the Newfound-
land bank, in long. 52. The mate was knocked down by
the same sea, but unfortunately escaped the melancholy
fate of the master.—Waterford Chronicle.

MELANCHOLY DEATH.—On Wednesday great excite-
ment was caused through the sudden disappearance of
the Rev. John Augustine Cronin, Prior of the Augustin-
ian Convent, Brunswick-street. It appeared that he at-
tended the dinner given to Mr. Beamish on Monday
evening, and that he had not been seen or heard of after
10 o'clock, at which hour he left the dinner table, until
the following morning, when a diligent search was
made, but without effect, and casually his body was dis-
covered in a sewer running into the river on Merchant's
Quay. It appeared at the inquest that the deceased was
subject to vertigo and temporary loss of sight.—Cork
Constitution.

DREADFUL MURDER.--A T. im correspondent of the
Dublin Evening Packet writes as follows :—" Saturday,
Dec. 23.—This day a most inhuman murder was com-
mitted on John Shirlock, a respectable farmer, holding,
in conjunction with his brother, 200 acres of land in
Croalstown. a few miles from Trim, in the Athboy dis-
trict, co. Meath. This man came to Navan to consult
Dr. Byron on the case of his wife, who was extremely ill.
The doctor being absent on a medical call, the poor man
waited his return. The doctor gave his advice, and me-
dicine being prepared agreeable thereto, the man pro-
ceeded home ; on his way beyond the village of Dun-
derry-bridge (a short distance), he was waylaid and fired
at ; the shot took a sure effect ; he dropped, and survived
only a few hours.
MINISTERIAL WITNESSES FOR THE REPEAL DE-
FEN DANTS.—M r. Steele has given instructions to have Sir
Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, the Duke of Welling-
ton, and Lord Lyndhurst immediately summoned to give
evidence on his trial. Sir James Graham is his principal
witness, we believe in consequence of the fact that Mr.
Steele was a member of the Birmingham Political Uni, n
when the Fres mit Secretary for the Home Department was
a Whig. So decided is Mr. Steele's purpose of compel-
ling these four ministers of the crown to undergo his per-
sonal examination, defending himself as he did before
without counsel, that, notwithstanding his perfect know-
ledge of the extent of English prejudice at present against
O'Connelites and Repealers, he will, after examining
Lord Plunket, offer to go to London and take his trial be-
fore a jury of Englishmen, if the Cabinet Ministers
should try to deprive him of justice by evading coming to
Dublin.—Dublin Evening Freeman.

RECALL OF LORD DE GREY.—The recall of Lord de
Grey from the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland is reported to
have been decided on by the cabinet. The necessity of a
more cordial union, a more perfect agreement in opinion,
and consequent decision of purpose and act than have cha-
racterised the present executive of Ireland, in order to
creating and maintaining confidence in the government,
has been long since seen and felt. The return of Lord De
Grey may not take place till early in the ensuing spring ;
but that his lordship's recail has been determined on is—
we are assured from a quaver on which we place full re-
liance—now settled, The Duke of Richmond is mentioned
as the new viceroy.—Globe. There is no truth in the
Globe's surmise, or rather his suggestion. Were it com-
plied with, the triumph of agitation would be complete,
and the ruin of both countries would follow. Lord, De
Grey will neither abandon Ireland—nor be recalled—till
the erect work which has providentially fallen to his lot
shall have been completed.—Evening Mail.

CONSPIRACY TO MURDER THE REV.E.NANGLE.-111.•
formation has been given of a horrible conspiracy to mur-
der the Rev. Edward Nangle, his family and others, and
to set fire to the colony in Achill. The circumstances, as
we understand, are these ;—A person who stated that he
was solicited to become one of the conspirators, gave in-
formation to the Rev. Mr. Nangle that a number of per-
sons had combined for the purpose of executing the des-
perate and murderous purpose alluded to ; that they in-
tended to enter one of the upper windows in the Rev.
gentleman's house, to murder himself and the other in-
mates, as well as the other persons connected with the
colony, and then set it on fire. On receiving this alarm-
ing intelligence Mr. Nangle, brought his informant before
Capt. Nugent, a magistrate, who took informations, and
issued a warrant for the apprehension of two persons
named by the informant as being of the conspirators.
They have been arrested and admitted to bail.—. Mayo
Constitution.

SHIPWRECKS.—On the morning of the 24th ult., the
French brig Alpet, of and from Charonte, for Liverpool,
with a cargo of brandies, wines, &c., ran on shore in
Ballyteigue bay, and in a short time went to pieces. The
crew are saved, with the exception of the captain ; and
the cargo, much of which was stove in on the breaking
up of the vessel, is under charge of the French Vice_
Consul for this district. We regret to have to state that
one death has ensued among the country people, from
having made too free with the brandy.—On the morning
of Christmas day, the Sicilian brig Salvadora, from Li-
verpool to Naples, with a general cargo, struck on Black-
water bank. She was soon after boarded by a boat from
Cahore, belonging to Mr. Matthew Byrne. Mr. Byrne,
finding his boat would not in the broken water approach
sufficiently near the wreck, plunged into the waves, and
succeeded, at the most imminent risk of his life, in gain-
ing the vessel, and rescued five men--the remainder,
seven, having taken to the rigging. With the five he
proceeded to the shore to bring with him a boat of lighter
draft, but before assistance could be rendered, three of
the unfortunate crew, including the captain, had p-rished.
The vessel is a complete wreck.— Wexford Conservative.
THE STATE PROSECUTIONS.—Wednesday last was
the day appointed for striking the special jury panel, and
counsel for both sides being present, Mr. Whiteside, on
the part of the traversers, applied for a postponement,
on the ground that they had been unable to obtain a copy
of the jury panel. This was objected to by the prosecuting
counsel, but ultimately it was arranged that an adjourn-
ment should take place until the following day. This
concession on the part of the crown is much censured by
the Dublin conservative journals, the Dublin Evening
Mail alleging that they have been in possession of the list
from the time it was struck, and that the traversers had
the same means of obtaining it. On Thur,day and Friday
the counsel for the crown and the traversers again at-
tended, when the list was finally reduced to the twenty-
four who are to be summoned as special jurors in this
case; and the first twelve of whom, answering to their
names, will constitute the jury to try Mr. O'Connell and
his fellow-conspirators. The names stand in the follow-
ing order :-
1. James Hamilton, 14, Upper Ormond-quay, wine
merchant.

2. J. C. Papworth, 106,Marlborough-street, architect.
3. Captain E. Roper, 15, Eccles-street, Esq.
4. Stephen Parker, 2. St. Andrew-street, pawnbroker.
5. Edward Clarke, 128, Stephen's-green, W. Esq.
6. Benjamin Eaton, 8. Prince's-street, builder.
7. James Hamilton, 15, Chamber-street, ironmonger.
8. Francis Faulkner, 78, Grafton-street, grocer.
9. John Croker, 36, North Great George's-street,
merchant.

10. Henry Flinn, 25, William-street, piano-forte maker.
11. Henry Thompson, 28, Eustace.street,wine merchant.
12. Anson Floyd, 19, Wellington-quay, china warehouse.
13. John Rigby, 185, Great Brunswick-street,gunmaker.
14. Robert Hanna, 12, Henry-street, wine merchant.
15. John Holmes, 10, William-street, merchant.
16. William Longford, 19. Harcourt-street, Esq.
17. William Ord, 79 and 81, Cot k -street, tanner.
18. Robert S. Stubbs, 5, Dame-street, linen draper.
19. Joshua M'Cormick, jun., 16, Usher-street, whole-
sale merchant.
20. William Scott, 42, Stafford-street, cabinet maker.
21. William Morton Woodroofe, 50, Abbey-street,
merchant.

22. George Mitchell, 20, Lower Sackville-street, to-
bacconist.

23. James Waller, 20, Suffolk-street, engraver.
24. George Fowler, 4, Anglesea-street, merchant.
The whole are stated to be Protestants and conservatives,
and, therefore, of course, the solicitors for the traversers
indulged in no little petulance on such a result. Nothing,
however, could be more impartial than the conduct of the
officers of the court; and Mr. Mahony (Mr. O'Conne,l's
solicitor), at the close of the proceedings, said he felt
bound to return his thanks to the high sheriff and the
clerk of the court for their fair and courteous conduct.
The mode of proceedure adopted on such an oveasiot, as
this we have detailed in another yntagt ark ard it certainly
appears to us to be free from all reasonable objection.

GENERAL AMNESTY FOR THE STATE CONSPIRATORS.
—On Monday the inauguration of the new Lord Mayor
of Dublin took place, when the late Lord Mayor, in re-
tiring from office, took occasion to make a long address,
in which he alluded to the approaching state trials. He
said they must produce excitement, agitation, and a mul-
titude of evils ; and he therefore hoped that " an expres-
sion of public feeling would be made, praying that her
Majesty would condescend to take the question generally
into her gracious consideration, to ascertain, if possible,
the causes of the discontent which prevailed in that coun-
try. He did believe that if her Majesty would condescend
to appoint any commission she pleased, perhaps a com-
mission of the whole House of Commons, to make an in-
quiry into the subject calmly and dispassionately, they
would arrive at the causes of the discontent which pre-
vailed." His lordship then alluded to the probable effects
of the trials, whether the conspirators were acquitted or
convicted; and then said, " he would humbly call upon
her Majesty to grant an act of amnesty until she fully
ascertained from the report of the commissioners what
were the real wants of Ireland." Of course the speaker
is a repealer, and his suggestions are only worth record-
ing as disproving the vaunted readiness of the prisoners
to undergo the ordeal of the approaching state prosecu-
tions.

THE STATE TRIALS—THE SPECIAL JURY.—The
Dublin Freeman's Journal gives a long description of the
mode to be adopted in striking the special jury panel in
the approaching state prosecutions. It appears that the
panel for the year 1844 contains about 700 names, nearly
double the number of the preceding year. After stating
the qualifications of the jurors, our contemporary pro-
ceeds—" A. special jury can be had on the application of
either party in any suit, either civil or criminal, to the
court in which the suit is carried on. Upon the order
so had, the officer of the court appoints a time and place
for striking the special jury. The sheriff and attorneys
for the different parties are noticed to attend. The
officer, then, if required, counts the cards, and replaces
them in the box, and draws out from it 48 cards numbered
as we have beforT mentioned, and reads aloud the several
names opposite the numbers. Accordingly as the officer
reads out each name, either party, if he has any objection
to make to the person so named, then makes it, and the
officer then hears the objection and the evidence to sustain
it, and decides upon the validity or invalidity of such ob-
jection. If he considers the objection sustained, he sets
aside that name and di aws another card instead of it from
the box. The officer seems to be the final judge of the
objection, and there is no appeal from his decision. As
soon as he has thus got forty-eight names unobjected to,
or with objections overruled, he ceases to draw any more.
He then fives a list of such forty-eight names to each
party, who have twenty-four hours to consider of these
names. After a lapse of twenty four hours the parties
come again before the officer, and each side strikes off
twelve names. The crown strikes the first name it dis-
likes, the traversers the second ; the crown again the
next, then the traversers, and so on till each has got rid
of twelve • so that there remain then but twenty-four
names. These are then to be placed in a list in the order
they are drawn out of the box, and in that order are to be
called on the day of trial. And the first twelve of these
that, on the memorable fifteenth of this month, answer
to their names, are destined to be the men to try Daniel
O'Connell and his co. conspirators."

BOASTED LOYALTY OF REPEALERS.—We hear much
boasting of the affection borne towards the person of her
Majesty by the prime movers in Irish agitation. The
fulsome adulation—the loathsome lip-worship expressed,
in days past, by the traitor O'Connell himself—are still
fresh in the memory of the public. Repeaters are loyal,
devoted, faithful subjects of the British crown, and fer-
vent admirers, and—were it required—would be stout
defenders of the throne and its fair and youthful occupant.
Indeed 1 We will take the liberty of testing these pro-
fessions, and, in so doing, shall not go further back than
to the proceedings of the Repeal Association during the
past week. In the report given in the London Times,
from its own correspondent, of the weekly meeting of that
body, on Tuesday last, we find it stated, that " Mr.
O'Connell (John O'Connell) again spoke of the general
prospects of England, which he concluded, from the lan-
guage of the American President, of the French King,
and from the conduct of the Russian Emperor, were any-
thing but cheerful. Having alluded to the probable mis-
fortunes which would, in his opinion, soon threaten
England, Mr. O'Connell said, that when they came,
the Irish people would not, perhaps, signify outward joy
at their arrival, still they would be more than men if they
did not delight in that hour at the fall of their oppres-
sors.'—(Loud cheers.)" These very loyal (!) people,
then, gloat over the prospect of " probable misfortunes
which will soon threaten England." They will not "sig-
nify outward joy at their arrival"—oh no !—their boasted
affection for their youthful Queen—for that fair being,
whose happiness has been so often the object of the
hypocritical prayer of their ruffian leader—would not
permit the exhibition of any " outward joy" at the pros-
pect of calamity to that realm whose crown she wears,
and the happiness of whose people is the object of her
ceaseless care ! No " outward joy," then, over Eng-
land's tribulation ; but " they would be more than men,
they did not DELIGHT IN THAT HOUR AT THE FALL
OF THEIR OPPRESSORS"—at the prostration of Great
Britain beneath the feet of her foreign foes! Oh! this
is loyalty ! such loyalty, however, as we trust may never
have committed to its exclusive keeping the greatress of
England. or the happiness, the liberty, the life even, of
England's Queen !

WALES.

THE REBECCA RIOTS-EXTRAORDINARY

CASE.

David Evans, a farmer, and James Evans, his servant,
were charged at the Carnarvon assizes, with having, on
the 30th of September, with others, riotously and unlaw-
fully assembling at Pantycerrig, in the parish of Llsnfi-
hangel, Rhosvcorn. _ _

Both prisoners pleaded not guilty. They were de-
fended by Messrs. N. Carne and E. C. H. Hall.

The Attorney-General rose on behalf of the prosecu-
tion, and said that the prisoners were indicted for a mis-
demeanour and riot. The substantial charge was, that on
the night of the 30th of September they, with others, de-
manded a sum of money from Thomas Thomas, of Pan-
tycerrig, a farmer. He then proceeded to detail the facts.
The parties appeared to have intended not to remove any
public grievance, real or imaginary, but to make the agi-
tated state of the country subservient to their private
purposes, arid obtain a settlement of a claim or debt.
Sinee the occurrence for which the prisoners were now
arraigned, Mr. Thomas had been found dead. He did
not, however, mean to hint that they were implicated
thereby. The character of the county had been satisfac-
torily vindicated by a careful inquiry, which had given
every reason for belief that Mr. Thomas's death had been
the result of an accident. The Attorney-General then
read the deposition of Thomas Thomas, as follows :
" I live at Pantycerrig, in the parish of Lanfihangel
Rhosycorn. lam a farmer. I remember, early o❑ Sa-
turday morning, the 30th of September, at about one or
two o'clock, a number of people, about 15 or 20, came in
disguise to my house, and called to me to come out with
£5. They said they came on behalf of David Evans of
Bergwm, to demand the £5 in satisfaction for a trespass
ur on his corn by my cattle. I did not go down to the
door, but my wife did. In consequence of the door not
being opened immediately, I suppose they reduced the
demand to 40s. I went out of the house among the
crowd and was taken by the collar by a tall man in dis-
guise with his face i lackened. He called himself Becca.'
I was dragged against my will to Bergwm, a distance of
about three quarters of a mile. It is the house of the
prisoner, David Evans. They all acted in concert. Some
had gulls and others horns. I recognized James Evans;
he behaved the worst to me, and shuffled me. 1 also re-
cognized David Evans. James had a short old gun, and
was disguised by having his face blackened. His clothes
were not changed. David Evans was not so much dis-
guised ; I knew him very well. They took me to a field
near Bergwm, where we were desired to stop, while some
went on, so as not to alarm the family. I saw David
Evans go on first, and go into the house. They then took
me into the yard, and afterwards into the house. I saw
David Evans, and told him that I had made up with him
for 10s. for the damage done to his corn. He said, 'The
matter is now in these people's hands, and I cannot in-
terfere.' They further demanded money of me, but I said
that I had none. I then asked David Evans to allow me
to stop in his house, as I was afraid to go out. James
Evans seized rne, arid dragged me out of the house in a
different direction from my own house. He said he wished
to kill me. ' Becca called out to him, Why he took me
in that direction ?' Becca and the party then took me
along the turnpike-road to my own home. They called
to my wife, and told her they had brought me back as
they promised. They then gave me nine days to pay the
money in, and said, that flif I did not pay it by that
time, they would come again, and would kill and
burn."

The death of Mr. Thomas was proved, and his deposi-
tions was formally read by the officer of the court.
Two or three witnesses were then examined, but their
evidence was so directly in contradiction to that given by
them before the magistrates as to render their testimony
of no value.
Some other witnesses were also examined.

The learned judge having summed up, the jury returned
a verdict of guilty. Sentence deferred.

REBECCAITES.-At the Carmarthenshire assizes last
week, John Jones was sentenced to be transported for
life, and David Davies for twenty years, for having riot
ously demolished a house. The former person was also
convicted of shooting with intent, &c.

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON " NAPPING." —At the
conclusion of the banquet at Windsor Castle, on Tues-
day evening last, her Majesty and Prince Albert, with
their distinguished guests, retired as usual to the green
drawing room; the Queen's private band being stationed
in the adjoining apartment (the crimson drawing-room),
the folding-doors of which were thrown open. In the
course of the evening her Majesty left the private apart-
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