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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SPAIN. Lopez, the Spanish Minister of Justice, dismissed on the 29th ult., ten judges of the Supreme Civil Court, because they would not break iheii oaths, and sanction the abrogation of the constitution. The news of the bombardment of Seville had produced nuch indignation on the part of the Exaltados ai^ainst the Espartero parly. The junta, composed chiefly of men 01 noderate opinions, was eiideavouiins to preserve order. The Barcelona journals of the 31st ult. state that ihP supreme junta of Catalonia was preparing an energetjc iddress to the provisional Government of the nation, in vhich it protested against all foreign interference in the ■iflairs of the country. The Messe/iger and Moniteur Parisien of Saturday veiiing contain a Telegraphic Dispatch from Perpiirian, dated Aug. 5, announcing the embarkation 01 the Recent fIt Spain al Cadiz, on the 30th ult., in her Majesty's ship Malabar, of 72 guns, commanded by Capt. Sir George Sartoris, for England. He had been pursued by Concha with 500 cavalry up to the Port of St. Mary, whence he took a boat for the ship at four o'clock in the ftiorning. As anticipated, the affairs of Spam are not likely to be •settled by the departure of E<partero. A fierce quarrel had already commenced between Narvaez and his col- leagues, the former threatening that he would proclaim the Patriarch of the Indies Regent, unless the govern- ment should consent to declare the majority of the young Queen. INDIA AND CHINA. The Bombay Mail of the 19th of June has arrived. The intelligence which it brings is of interest, and in par- ticular relative to 11,. state of the new/y-acquired province of Scinde. That most fertile district, which under a new government and properly cultivated will become a garden, now nearly pacified by the meanCJ adopted by Sir C. Napier, its present governor. He has made terms with ■ nost of the chiefs, and even Meer Siieie Mahomed is stated to have offered to make his submission, provided he could have hit private properly secured to him. The Officers of Ihe army of Hindostan, have published a solemn protest against the calumnies of the Bombay limes, which paper accused them of having dishonouied the Zenana of the Ex-Ameers The news from Lahore is that the alarm caused bv the rumoured sickness of Shere Singh had ceased. Thai Monarch was employed in traversing the north east par: of his dominions and In examining his fortresses. The -tale of his country was pacific, but the final departure o the riench Generals Avitabile, Ventura, and Court, which ■vas soon expected, would it was thouaht lead to distur- bances. The sons and brother of Shah Sooja were depen lents on the bounty of the Sikh Monarch. Dos Mahomed, who is in very bad health, had reached CabuI, vhere he is said to have resumed the iovertiment, but th. A Afghan chiefs are very far from being untied in then tllegiance to him. The news from China is extremely scanty. Reports had been circulated of Sir Henry Pottinger's sickness, bui hey were regarded as exaggerations. He was said, ac cording to the latest news of the beginning of May, to be vaiting for the arrival 01 the New Imperial Commissioner Ive YlOg, who was expected at Canton about the begin- ning of June. The death of Captain Farmer, of lie, Vlaiesiy's ship Driver, was mentioned. The Ptileiletlion had arrived at Calcutta on the 7th ol June, from Hong Kong, 7ih of May-

HEREFORDSHIRK ASSIZES, The commission for this county was opensd In the S !ire Hall on Saturday, the 29th ult., by Mr. Justice Ma'uie, when the court adjoll1 oed till Monday. 1 here weis ^8 prisoners for trial, among whom were some for serious offences against the person, bUI generally speaking, the crimes were not of an aggravated character. Mr. JustIce Maule presided In the Crown Court. Tholllag Jones, aged 22, was charged with having, on the 6th of December last, entered the dwelling-house of Mr. James Cranston, and slolen therefrom various aiticles, the properly of the "aid James Cranstone, of the King's Acre, in the parish of Breinton.— lhe prisoner was found guilt.y of the robbery; and sentenced to 10 years' transportation Wilham Preece and John Pyner, each aged 14 yeais, were charged with having broken open the dwelling-house of Jacob Spencer, on the 15th ult., and stolen therefrom 4 oz. of butter, some flour, bacon, and other articles. Guilty. Pyner was re- commended to mercy on account of good character. Pearce to be transported for 7 years: Pyner to be imprisoned six weeks, WIlh hard labour. James Gomery, shoemaker, aged 20, was charged wilh hav- Ing. on Ihe 71h of May last, shot al Henry Chadd and Elizabeth his wife, with intent to commit murder; and further charged with having, on the 8th of May last, wounded Joseph Daw, with mtent to commit murder.fter Ihe e)(alDlD81ion of seve- ral witnesses, the prisoner was found Guilty upon both charges, and sentenced to 15 years' transportation. Jo'nn Caldicott, a miller ul Ebnal!, near Leominster, was Indicred for a brutal assault on bi5 wife. The jury rctul nen a verdict of Guihy, and he was sentenced to 4 months' imprison- ment, with hard labour. NISI PRIUS. Mr. Justice Williams presided at Nisi Prius. i\ION!\IOUTH.-GIl£E:oi.\WAY v. DA VIES. Counsel lor plaintiff. Mr. V. Lee and Mr. Huddlestone attorney, Mr. Collins, Hereford. Counsel for defendant, 1\1r. Keating; attorney, 1\lr. George, Monmouth. This was an action for debt, brought by the plaintiff, William Greenaway, a barge-owner, residlDg al Hadnock, near Mon- moulb, 10 recover from Ihe defendant, Thomas Davies, a barge owner and beer-shop keeper, living at Monmouth, the sum 01 twenly pounds, for a harge, sold by the plaintiff to the de. fenda nt. Mr. Huddlestone opened the pleadings, and Mr., Lee slated Ihe case to the jury. after which the following witnessts were called :— John Embry, bargeman, 1\1 onmouth. deposed that the plain, tiff sent him, on Saturday, December 25, 1841, to tell defend- ant he should have the haige for £ 20, together v.ilh all the tackle he could nise; defendant liald he thought he could pur- chase her for less money; witness saw her in defendant's pos- session Ihe following day, Sunday, and also for several months. Joseph Jellamy, bargeman, Monmoiri, d.posed that he fetched the barge on Sunday, the 26th December. In cross. exaollnation he stated that there was no tackle except what held Ihe mast up. Simon Peacock, bargeman, Hereford, deposed Ihat he was employed by plaintilf to take tackle 10 defendant, about a year nnd a half ago, conslsllog of two blocks, p-rt of a winduss, and several other things "hidl he did not remember. Mr. Henry Cooke. Hereford, deposed Iholt he saw Ihe barge In defendant's possession 10 June, 11342, when defendant told hiln he had purchased her for £ 20 from plaintiff; defendbnl also said that alllhe stores had not been delivered to him which he had agreed for. John Pearce, bargeman, deposed that some lime about Chris1- m-s, defenddnl asked him 10 call on plaintiff, and say ihat he Ihought he höd over hjd IlImseli In bargaining for the barge, and thaI he should not mind giving him £ 16 for her. This closed the CdSe. Mr. Keating addretleed the jury, and called the following witnesses :— Thomas Jones, waterman, deposed that he was present when plainllff offered defendanl the barge for £ 20 defendant said £ 16 was enough, as she was a very oln ooe, and asked what tackle belonged to her; plamtiff said a [Jew line, ooe nol much worse than new, haske's, shovel, tackle fall, and runner, wind- lasa. sailing boards, and a ton and half 01 oak plank, 2J inches thick; plaintiff said if defendant wanted the barge, he might send for her, and he would see defendanl after he had got all Ihe materials, aDd agree as to price: defenclanl said, If I buy the barge, there is no towing path or damages 10 come upon her:" plainliff said II There shall be oothiog of that, because I am going 10 Brookshaw's. and from rhere to 1\1r, Ward's, and will settle 1111 them things I do not want the money now I "ill give you twelve months' credit." James Brown, waterman, deposed Ihat plaintiff, in the laller end of 1841. offered the barge to defendant for £ 16; he was to fetch the barge, and then he would see what she was worlh. Was plesent when plainllff called on defendant in March, 1842; plaintiff then asked" how the barge stood up with her weight, when witness answered, that if she were heavily laden, a man was ohhged to be with her all night, to lade the water out plaIntiff said she would be better afler she had been worked, as she had been lying a long time belween wind and water: plaintiff also said he would settle wilh Mr. Ward for the lolls, and defendant should have her for £ 16, aod that be did not want the money for twelve months not a fourth 01 the tackle that the plaintiff had mentioned was brought 10 de. fendant. Richard Jellamy, bargeman, corroborated the above. Mr. James Ward, of Bishopswood, collector of tolls due to the Wve Towing-path Company, deposed thllt about Ihe time defendant purchased Ihe barge £ 9 2s was due for tolls; he in. formed defendant, aod also wrote to plaintiff, aod plaiotiff pro. mised payment 10 II week the dues remained unpaid, and the barge was sold about April, 1842: she felched £ 10, which wilness considered more than the worth of her; the expeases amounted toil 16s 6il, consequently Ihe proceeds did nol cover the whole; tbe lolls spoken of were owing before defendant's pu rchase. The act unc1er which the company are incorporated was put in. It empowers Ihe company to charge the owner for dues if he is known, and if he is not known, Ihe captain, or navigator; and if the dues are not paid, to seize the barge and recover by action on Ihe case. This closed the defendant's case. Mr. Lee replied. His Lordship, in charging the jury, said that the main point for consideration appeared to him to be whether there was a stipulation ihat the dues should be paid by plaintiff, because If (he vessel were mortgaged to half the extent of her value, it would make a mnlerial diffeience in the amount defennaut was to give for her. If the defendant was to have 12 months' credit, then tbe action was bad, being brought too SOOD. The jury rewed, and afrer abollt an heur's deliberation, re turned a verdicr for plaintiff: damages, £ 9 Is 6d.

TJSK, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1843. Before the Uev, J, B. Davies. Michael Roy and Patrick Murphy, two privates of the 73rd regHtlent of fool, stationed at Newport, were charged with hav. Ing been found drunk, and disturbing the peace (It the town, on the night of the 7th insl.-Alfr{jd Lewis stated I 11m ronstable of Usk I was out on duly last night, when 1 heard a disturb- ance near the George Inn, where these soldiers were billeted, They Came up to th: Uik gaol with three deserters from New. port: I wenl to the soldiers, and ordered them to their billets. Michael Rov asked if I was a constable I replied in the affir. mative he then said he didn't care a d-n for me he would upset me and a dozen olhers such as myself. Patrick Murphy also threatened me. I told them I was 00 duty, and I should lock them up if they did not go to their billets. They had a girl with them, but she ran away. There were a gleat many persons there, and the soldiers made a great disturbance io the town. I then took Roy and Murphy inlo custody, and lorked then up for the night, Ihe corporal assistlog me to do so. When 1 threatened to lock ihem up the first time, they went into their bille's, and brought out each a bayonet: I saw Ihem, and took (hem from them. (The bayonels were here produced ] The soldiers were drunk,-The prisoners were discharged on the promise of Ihe corpoial to reporl them to the commanding offi. cer, and get them punished at Newport and were ordeied to pay the constable for his trouble.

CARDIFF POLICE—AUGUST 7. Before C. C. Williams, Esq" Mayor. Mr. Richard Croscombe, master of the Hazard, of Rideford, couged Iwo young women, M iry Alexanrler and Jane Aubrey, »iih roubing him of nine sovereigns.—From Ihe statement úl the complainant, it appeared he mellhe prisoners in the street al night, and was induced to go with them 10 a house, when Ihe Plisoners suddenly lelt him. On leaviog Ihe house, complain lint discovered Ills loss. and gave information to Ihe pollce.- Remanded for furlher examination. William Jenkins, a garôener from Merthyr, charged Matv WillIams with s'ealing from his pocket aboul £ 2 4s, prlDcipally in silver.— 1 he complainant mel the prisoner, aod gave hcr s pint of beer, when she saw the complainant's money: sholtly afler, she suddenly thrust her hand into 1m podel, and look Oul hlB purse, and made off. Comphllnllnt instantly pursued the prisoner, but she eluded him: he then applied at the police station, and the prisoner was apprehended.-The prisoner was commiued for trial.

1\1 ERTHYR POL1CE.-AuGl'ST 4. Before R. Folhtrgxll, Esq., and the Rev. C. Maybery. Richard Jones, of tbe Unicorn beer. houle, Merthyr, was liummoned by Mr. Superintendent Davis. for having his house opeo 00 Sunday, the 23rd ult., before one o'clock. p.m.-Fined Is and costs. MaNaret JODes. of Penydarren, was charged by Eleanor Owen, of the sime place, with it IIloJentassault on the 4th inst. -FlDed 10s and costs. James James, of Blaenan, was charged by Elizabeth Jacob, marued woman, of Dowlais, ivith an assault on Ihe 31st ult.- Fined h and costs. Harriet Owens was charged with assaulting Ann Davies, on the 191h ull.-Fined 2s 6d and costs. Ann Harries was charged by Ann Davies, of Dowlais, with an assault 00 the 181h ult. Case dismissed Ihe parties to pay the costs belween tbem. Thomas Meredith, boaiman, of Pontvgwaith, was charged uy Lucy Davies, married woman, of the same place, with an assøult.-Flned Is and costs. Thomas Davies, puddler, was summoned by Mr. Superin- tendent Davies, for selling beer without a license.—F ined Is and costs. Javid John, blacksmith, was summoned by William Harris, of Merthyr, lor non, paynlent of wages, amounting to £ 4 3s.— Ordered 10 pay the slime, with cosrs. WillIam Israel, loll collector, Merthyr, was charged hy Geo. \loss, hawker, wllh overcharging him threepence 10 the amounl ,.f toll for IHS van paSsIng through the galc.-After their Wor- ships had looked carelully Into tbe affair, and compared Ihe van with Ihe Acl of P,¡¡hanJent for that trust, they were of opiniofl that he had nol been overcharged the summons W88, thetefoie, dismissed and Ihe complainant ordered to pay costs. Several Cllses were sellled oul of COUlt.

WEEKLY CALENDAR. Aug 12—G rouse shooting begins. 13. Ainth Sunday alter Trinity. Lessons for the Morn- ing Service, 1 Kings 18, Acts 1 J. Evening Service, I Kings 19, James 3. Dow. Q. Adelaide b. 1792. 17-—Duchess of Kent born 1786. VIOQV S AGE.— Last Quarter, 18th day, 50 m. after 6 morn.

I MEETING OF THE REBECCAITES. The a ,f,tive reporter for ♦he Times, in Carmarthenshire, having j been informed of an intended meeting of Rebeccaites to be held on I uursday night, the 3rd instant at a small village, named Penlan, in the hills, between Llangattock and Llandilo, proceeded to that place, accompanied by a person who spoke the Welsh language, and who, it must be supposed, wasknown to the conveners of the meeting. On entering the baru of a lone farm house, in a remote dell, where the meeting took place, he was regarded with some suspicion by those assem- bled, but on explaining, through his guide, that he attended not far the purpose of denouncing their persons to the Govern- ment, but of Collecting their o.pki'.oris, and submitting them o the public, through the pres", tiiey permitted him to be present at their counted. A farmer having been called to the chair, he proposed a se- ries of resolutions for forming a Farmers' Union," the object of whIch was stated to be to take into consideration all grie- vances that affect the agriculturist and the country in general, and to pass resolutions thereon and that the union shall be competent to enter into correspondence with any and every other union formed upon the same principles, and guided by the same views. The resolutions were carried, and the names of upwards of 200 of those present were entered as members of the union. It was subsequently determined that that should be the last open meeting, and that in future all meetings of the union should be private, and none adrnissable, but members A very inteiesting discussion ensued, in which several of those present joined, and in which they temperately stated several of their grievances, the principal of those enumerated being ex- cessive rents, tithes, and poor-rates, and unjust and illegal tolls. The chairman commented with much severity on the oppressive nature of the rural police, which is about to be in- flicted upon them. The meeting then separated.

OPPOSITION OF THE BISHOPS TO NATIONAL EDUCATION. (/• rem the Westminster Review for August.) But the Factory Bill was not merely a partial measure—it was a bill that in some cases would have operated mischiev- ously upon the interests of the children it was designed to pro- tect. Compulsory ouly, as regarded factory employment, it would have driven multitudes of children into other employ- ments, infinitely les3 eligible for infancy than factory labour. We iejoice, therefote, that it has been abandoned, but we are, notwithstanding, glad that it was introduced. It has taught a most useful lesson It has taught ministers, we trust, that among the various shifts of political expediency to which states- men resort for support, it mav sometimes be dangerous tof,(vor too exclusively the clergy. We would warn the government that the influence or the church over the people. was never weaker than at the present moment. In the days of the Whigs it was irresistible, because both parties in the state were then alike alraid of its hostility. Against one the church has done its best and worst, and now it stands alone, no soul thanking the clergy for any results yet realized to the public by the suc. cessful issue of their late political canvass. After all, this is the nineteenth, and not the twelfth century. Supreme spiritual and temporal power will never again be united. The world do. s move, however." But the Factory Bill. we have been told, in reference to its church clauses, was a compromise with the church, and we can easily believe it although to those who are not aware what the pretensions of the church have been, the fact may appear incredible. Let u* briefly glance at the history of the educa- tional struggle of the last sixye irs. It commenced about 1837 by the efforts of some friends of popular instiuciion, who had visited the educational institutions of the continent, to procure the removal from workhouses into district industrial schools of the orphan children (about 40.000 in number) then and now brought up in immediate contact witli adult pauperism, and exposed to all its demoralizing influences This was not a question of doctrine, for the religious instruc- tion of these children would have remained as lefore-unde,- the care of chaplains of the Church of England, and the whole the catechism would have continued to be taught. The poor law commissioners and the Whig government were favor- able to the proposition but it is a question of power. The heads of the clergy were, of course. sounded on the subject and as soon as they understood that the secular government of these schools was to rest not with them, but jointly with the poor-law commissioners and the committee of privy council of education, an intimation was given that the clauses of the pro- posed bill relative to this object would be opposed. The pro- ject, therefore, has falien to the ground, although three times brought forward and discussed in the House of Commons, and on one occasion emphatically supported by Sir Robert Peel- Will it be believed ?-and we state the fact with hesitation, be- cause on the bench of bishops there are men who possess high moral worth, and are not less distinguished for piety than learning; will it be believed ?-but our statement, we know, will be received with incredulity, nevertheless, the fact is so, that the only obstacle to a liberal scheme of national education -10 which the leaders of both parties in the state would be ready at any moment to give their assent-is the deliberate re- solution of the bishops, with only three exceptions, whose names will readily occur to the reader-that no scheme of na. tional education shall receive their sanction which does not leave the appointment of schoolmaster in the hands of the clergy This, their ultimatum, has been repeatedly expressed, by the most influential members of the body, and not as a secret to be confidentially kept by this or by the late government but as a resolution to be proclaimed at the corners of streets and in synagogues. There is something so frig tful in the awful re- sponsibility incurred by such a declaration on the part of men calling themselves spiritual guides, that we dare not trust our selves to give expression to our feelings in the fit terins by which this conduct should be denounced. The orphan child of indigent or unknown parents, struggling through the first years of infancy, with its parish nurse, finds itself, when it firht wakens to intellectual consciousness, surrounded by the va. grant, the mendicant, the drunkard, the prostitute, the demo ralized of every shade of demoralization, to whom the parish workhouse is the habitual asylum. NA ith them the child passes ihe whole period of its youth, protected from the poisonous in- fluence of their sentiments and example by no other talisman than the catechism, or by doors, that are never locked, of nomi- nal separation in manhood he g-oes out into the world to in- dulge in the habits of the only class of society with which he has been made familiar in age or sickness, when want over- takes him-the inevitable result of such early training-he re- cals to mind the scene of his early associations, returns to die in the workhouse home of his infancy-and who buries him there ?

FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE, AUG. 4. BANKRUPTS. W. Blanks, Rochford, Essex, diaper and gunmaker. J. Mease, Hutton, Yorkshire, flax spinner. R. Jones, Carnarvon, draper. G. Hall, Birmingham, leaiher-seller. J. and T. Harriman, Nottingham, draper. S. and T. Ross, Leicester, hosiers. R Crosbte, Sutton, Cheshire, hnen-riraper. G. Allison, Darlington, Durham, scrivener, shipowner. J.T. Blanks, Southminster. Essex, grocer, J. Vincent, Edmonton, schoolmaster and bookseller. J. Masters, jun now or late of Witney, Oxon, innkeeper. J. Woollam, St. Albans, silk throwster. P.andS. Beylus, Hounsditch, impoiters of French goods and Birmingham and Sheffield, warehousemen. J Scott. Manchester, innkeeper, and licensed victualler. T* Southern, Gloucester, grocer. TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE, AUGUST 8. BANKRUPTS. r Wills and R. Davy, drapers, CTxford-street. peck, jun., ship broker, Leadenlull-street. H* VV. Brand, cook, Little Stanhope-street. vv Gi'avling, jun., tallow chandler, Greenbank, Wapi ine. W.'smithson, linen and woolen draper. Thirsk. Yornshue. q Savage razor manufacturer, Sheffield. J?R. Beer and W. II. Bastick, coal merchants, St. Thomas the Apostie, Devonshire. W T Parry, draper, Mold, Flintshire. T*. Huxley, S. Boulton W. Greenbank, T. Bnulton and J. Duncalf, china manufacturers, Woolstanton, Staffordshire.

FAIRS TO BE HELD IN AUGUST I MONMOUTHSHIRE. t kLoucKSTEitsiimr. Newport Jo Lechlade 5-21 Newent .12 GUMOROANBHIBE. Stroud ..of CacrphiUy 25 Thornbury -15 Llantnssant ■ ]2 Mary-at-Hill oj; n i woitcESTEnsmnE. Svvanse 15 Bromsgiove 29 ,„v,„ Evesham -14 BRELONSHIRE. VI 1r „„i, Shipston 15 Devynnoclt 12 SOMERBETSHIUE. Hay 12 SOMERBETSHIUE. PnDtoeddfechan 261 Decuman's St>04 Irecas 14 Ilminster- 31, Keynsham 15 CARMARTHENsjjiRt;. Mark 20 Cayo ■ -20 Phillips Norton 2l Llandllûfawr 23 Pliddv 21.22 Newcastle In Emlvn- -20 Watchet -25 New Inn 19 White House on Tave -2d

MURDER AT PORT ARTHUR,—We alluded last week to suspicions attached to the man Williams. The jury 011 lie inquest returned a verdict of "murdered by some person or persons unknown;" but Williams has since made a voluntary confession to the Chief-Constable, Mr. Newman. He stated that he was tired of his life, and had etermined, on the morning that he absconded, 10 murder tie first man he met. He came upon Harkllfss, and wished him to let him kill a kid; the old man refused and shortly afterwards Williams struck him over the left eye with the handle of a pick-axe; he fell from the effect of the blow, which Williams repeated until he considered him dead. Williams conducted Mr. Newman to the spot where he had concealed the pick-axe handle, which was found accordingly. He will no doubt be fully committed for trial and sent to this place.—Launceston Courier.— L e,le^ recei»ed in Swansea, from Port Philip, dated in ^.arC- as,» says —Zephaniah Williams, the Newport BATH* AN °'^ MAD> 'IAS ^EEN hanged.] 1 A e lnusical promenades in the Park and at have been well attended on such even- ings as ie weather was favourable; and are becoming a favorite resort with the fashionable world as well as with the respectable trading classes. The society for increas- ing I te a tactions and promoting the interesls of Batb, (wit 1 w iom t ese promenades originated,) intend, we un- derstand to call int0 operation lhe talents of our loc„ artists in the erection of public fountains. The conver- S'°n.° ihl n ;'C' F|'a ^>ar'< Column to that purpose, accord- ° .oKipIf3.! des'?n 's m contemplation; and it has! been 1at gifts of statuary, &c for the orna- menting of our walks and promenades would be very Bath BR,ST|,moSredt<SnMARKET- Au £ 9> 1843—There has appeare dav^°|8,'10n °n l'ie Parl "Je lrade during the last 0 purchase Sugar, and although nn larte am0U. *ness 'las heer done, a betler feeling appears to be evinced, the opinion being more general thai prices have seen their lowest for somegtime. g We quote low to good brown, ^7s. to 5Q« • m i^r j u nnA middling to good brigm „„J „a. received ,„e 0 ,1^ consequence „f oT *e y«;«i in force on the 1st of i\ovember. Mr. Frederick Cavendish, eldest son of Colonel tIll Hon, H. F. C. CavendIsh, is about to be married to Lsid) Emily Lambton, s'sler of the Farl of DmhaTOi

i Jsaa—QBg1 TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received from orir valuable coif^spcftident atSwansea, a capital report of a cricket match which took plrfce on Wed- nesday last on the Crumlyn Barrows, near that town, b'efrteen Mr. Starling Benson and Captain Napier, each supported by I ten other gentlemen, in which Nlr. Benson's side was success- ful by a majority of 23. The game was well contested on both sides. Webave likewise received from him a small pub- lication, which has just made its appearance, entitled Will yon join Rebecca to night?" which is calculated to do mccli good at the present moment. We may make some extracis in ottr nelt.

TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT NEWPORT. HIGH IVAIEN DEPTH AT DAYS' MO77. EVEN." DO,;K GA"S AUGUST. n. M. H. ■" FT. IN. 1:I, Sunday .1 a i1 8 31 1 30 7 14, 45 9 fJ 29 8 15, Tuesday 9 14 9 31 28 3 16, Wednesday 9 41 10 0 26 8 17, Thursday 10 6 10 25 24 8 18, Fridiy 10 33 II I '12 2 19, Saturday 11 23 11 30 20 7 ;1 fl: I'. =-- II f;1

|]T!HIE :1Y! rf iaLWj| FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1843. CARMARTHEN, AUGUST 9TH, 1843. Although the A nti-toll-exaction .movement still goes on, and is not likely to pause before the last gate considered illegal by the Rebeccaites is levelled, in this and the adjoining counties, still we are happy to write for the satisfaction of our readers, that the spirit which has been evoked seems not to extend beyond the object of a redress of petty oppression, and that the decision of the bench of Magistrates at Swansea, on Saturday last, and their declared inten- tion of visiting with the full penalties any lessee proved to have unjustly charged upon the traffic of the trust, appear to have, to a -great extent, assuaged the acerbity of public feeling against a great agrarian grievance. The magistrates will, we trust, follow up this salutary resolution, and the Government who have lately sent down their Solicitor to the Treasury, and the Chief Magistrate of Metropolitan Police, and who, consequently, have, or should have, their vigilant, their Argus eyes upon South Wales, will t) set about more extended ameliorations than those within the sphere of Magisterial power. They, of course, have been officially informed that the farmers of Carmarthenshire, Cardiganshire, Pem- brokeshire, and those of other districts, are, generally speaking, miserably depressed, and that many of them are absolutely in a state bordering all destitution. That very active minister and farmers' friend save the mark, Sir James Graham is doubt- lessly made aware, by the persons sent down at the public expense, that the farm labourers of these parts of her Majesty's dominions are now working from four or five o'clock in the morning till eight at night for one shilling a day. The right hon. bart. is, of course, informed that county rates of three- pence in the pound have been made upon the poor Taffies, and that, in a great many instances, officials who may be deemed sinecurists are largely paid from this source, and above all, this portly farmers' friend must necessarily have learned from the Downing-street Missioners (for it was their acknow- ledged duty to collect the expression of public feeling in the "disturbeddistricts") that the farmers themselves are now bitterly complaining of the corn-laws the dire effects of which are closing the manufacturing mouths and ruining their home markets. L- It is not for us to detail to Sir James Graham, statistics with which the public ser- vants must acquaint him but from the facts and figures we have with diligence and impartiality col- lected on the spot, we unhesitatingly say that, if Sir James Graham and his Right Hon. Medical Chief of the Cabinet have any real disposition to improve the social condition of South Wales, they must do far more than make an equitable adjust- ment of toll trusts. Let us look at what they have recently been doing in the House of Commons, a quarter to which we had not time last week to direct our attention. The debate which took place before going into a committee of supply was certainly the most im- portant of the merely talking displays of the session. I'hose summaries of the ministerial progress which Lord Lyndhurst was in the habit of introducing in the days of Whig rule, have been imitated and im- proved upon by Lord John Russell and his friends. The tables are now turned, the Conservatives are put on the defensive and, certainly, a most sorry figure they do exhibit. Perhaps it is not hazarding too much to say that the whole embarrassment, distress, and disorganization of the country, are to be attributed to them, personally, and hot to una- voidable circumstances. It can be clearly shown, that the present alarming state of public affairs has been caused, firstly by Sir Robert Peel's double- dealing and Janus-faced policy when in opposition, by which he cajoled every party of his followers to foist him upon the Sovereign, rather than remain in the cold shade of opposition all his life and secondly, by the disappointment which the falsifica- tion of all promises and hopes has occasioned among the people. He is doubly responsible firstly, in having knowingly chalked out a course which was based on no honest, manly, or straightforward principle- a course which the least reflection might have con- vinced the most crafty man, could not be maintained for six months after the attainment of office by the I smoothest dissembler in the world, unless he lived under a despotic monarchy like Austria and secondly, he is responsible, because when events have proved the falseness of his reasoning, and the hollowness of his position, he persists, according to the vulgar but trite adage, like a dog in a manger, in keeping hold of the pillars of office and excluding Reformers. Is there, we ask, a man in England or Wales who doubts if Sir Robert Peel had the courage to resign, the obstructive party would be broken up ? and is there a man who doubts that if the Whigs were in power the way would be gently and smoothly sloped for that popular current which now, dammed up by "Conservatism," threatens a complete in- undation ? We repeat, then, that the debate was a para- mountly important one for it was a review of the chief topics which, in the aggregate, constitute the great condition-of-England question. It is worth while to consider it a moment. Were we to give our own impressions of the spirit which pervaded it, we should say that it did not look like sincerity, on the part of either side. They joked, jeered, fenced, and retorted in the true party style with more or less effect, and to the more or less satisfaction of their respective partizans but, on the whole, each party said little that, if practically realised, would go far to feed, clothe, and employ the starving millions and legislation which has not at the present time this object in view-which confines itself to Arms Bills, small debt Courts Bills, Scotch Kirk Bills- Ecclesiastical Court Bills, and such like, is worse than useless, since it proves the utter in- competency of the Governing or Legislative Ma- chine for the purposes required of it in the present crisis. In ordinary times, the country on the whole governs itself. It could govern itself if all the departments and public offices were absolutely abo- lished; and in such times one set of men are, per- haps, just as good as another, and any man good enough to be Prime Minister for all he has to do is to keep fast hold of the spigot of taxation, and call it in metaphorical language, the helm of Government; 'but a crisis like the present has far different exigencies. The no-government and mis- government of ages have accumulated a frightful mass of abuses. Report upon report prove the perils of our case, and the Augean stable must be cleansed if it even be by turning a torrent through it. In answer to all the alarming representations of Lord John Russell, what had Sir Robert Peel to reply ? what favourable facts could he mention to counterbalance the unfavourable ones ? Not many For the slow progress of his measures, he had to blame Whig opposition, and the opposition of the country-for the signs of opening prosperity he had to adduce an increase in the cotton trade, as com- pared with one of the worst years in the annals of commerce On the other hand, he has not stopped the defi- ciency in the Revenue, he has not quieted Ireland, he has not kept quiet South Wales, and Rebecca laughs at him, though he has sent down the sage Mr. Manle, that solon of the Treasury, his fidus Acbates Mr. Rowen, and the Rhadamanthus of Bow-street, with some of t'ha troops who1 emblazoned on their arms the 9J.sastrous but ''et glorious achievements of Affghanistan* He has revised Tfade, Commerce, nor Manufactures. In our Foreign relations, he has not rerflovats'* our American tfaide by a treaty of commerce unison with the feeHnge titid wishes of the the United States. He has not supported the cotf" stitutiona1 cause, which is that of fr £ e->trade in Spain* but ignominiouslv allowcd it to be stHlec1 by tret interference. He has sided with the Holy Allï:an::e in discountenancing the cause of* Spanish libgrt1, in every possible way, except always, in emptf, words; and when Espartero, the representative 0 constitutional freedom and of British connexion* stood alone in the world, discarded by France, Austria, Russia, Prussia, and the other states of despotic government, and looked for support to England, which had placed tu.ra where he was aftef incredible efforts, 8ir Robert Pe»?l has played the old Tory game over again, of abandoning the cause of freedom wherever it tr'tisted to Engi!an<l fr* support. In Brazil he has not concluded any treaty for tbØ continuation and extension of but has left our Five Millions of Exports to tba& country at the mercy of a new Brazilian Tariff, which threatens to impose a high duty upon all countries, with a view of reaching us jn spite of tii £ clause in the present treaty which binds- them W place us on the footing of the most favoured nations* At the same time there are evident indications that after 1844 a discriminating duty will be placed by the Government of Rio de Janeiro on British goax&f which will, as compared with the French and Germao goods, amount to an absolute prohibition. And here we may say that it is impossible to estimate the amount of distress which such a measure \VllJ create in Lancashire and the manufacturing districts, If Ihe faIling off of the revenue of three millions and uP" wards If) our American commerce, ha, had such fearful and alarming consequences, who shall say what the addi-" nonal diminution 01 five millions sterling will produce? Every sane man thai has not been wet-nursed in the "when George (he thud was King" must tremble to think of it. Putting aside for the moment the Indian policy of the Conservative Government, and the folly of engaging »» an unjust war of conquest in Scinde, woen peace, re-> trenchment, alld economy, are vitally necessary 10 recruIt the exhausted resources of India, let us fix our allention a lillle longer on the state and prosperity 01 trade under Sir Robert Peel's management. This part of Lord JobØ ltussell's speech will, or ou.:hl [0 tell the hardest bpoO practical men of business who know that trade is the lite and soul of the country. II appears then that the exports to the United StaW have fallen off from £ 7,098,642. in 1841, to £3.528,807. H' 1842, or by the eXlraordtnary sum of £ 3,569,835. Cot.. IOU manufactures have fallen off a million, those of linen • rom £ 1,232,247. to £ 463,645.; of woollens frol11 £ 1,549,926. to £ 892,335.; of hard wares, cutlery, frolf) £ 584.400. to £ 298,881.; of Iron and steel, from £ 626 532* to £ 394,8.54.; and of silk manufactu es from £ 306 95? 10 £ 81,243. If it be asked is the Premier answprable for this? ",ø answer, deciddely he is. He has had it Ù: his power to ad" mlt Ihe chief produce of the United States Into this cotin' try at low fixed duties, and he has preferred a sliding scale corn-law which excludes that produce. He has had overtures (rom the Whig party in Amerira, (herelofor&! the party of native manufacturers) to relax both taritf" and to admit English manufactures at a duty of 20 pet cent. ad valorem, If he would only relax his own tariff 50 as to admit American maize, tobacco, and provisions, fair rales, and he has turned a deaf ear to General Gleen th* proposer. Weare surprised that Sir Robert should ha"e ventured to aSiert that the Americans were unwilling to relax their tariff, and Ihat the experience he had had \fa' not of a nalure to encourage him to unbend any more. It is no wonder Ihat Leeds and Sheffield, Birmll.!ZhaJ1], W olverhampwn, Merthyr, our HIlls, Dundee, Belfast, Macclesfield, Manchester, South Staffordshire, &c., are all put lo their wits ends to live. How can they live whe" io one year the demand for their labour is reduced one ha"' The Uniled States contain seventeen millions of people. They would consume three pounds worth of Engl'3'1 commodities per head, if they could get them at a fair price. The naiural American demand would thus atnouO1 10 fiP.1J-ollc milliolls annually, Say that it was only forl1 million", would notlhat enormous slim be better than miserahle three or four millions to which legislation has reduced il. Figure the prosperity thai would result to this country and to this district by thØ enormous increase of the American market, and let man say the supposition is extravagant. The facts an** figures ale before him in the parliamenlary returns, (t^' same (rom whence we have had them,) called for by Mr. Thornely, member for Wolverhampton. Would not stJcIJ a market as this be worth gelling rid of a Conservatif8 government? Is it not reller to remedy our distres,.b1 this way, than by the absurd Atwood nostrum o( flooding Ihp land with paper money? We confess Ihat afler conversing with practical roeP, we have hardly patience to read through the solemn nOP- sense and high soundIng shams of Parliament, when, a5 Mr. Bright truly says, the disease and the remedy are both so apparent. Do our rulers intend lo wait until torch of the midnight incendiary shall make their purblin" eye see the truth? Are we to have the tens of thousand* of northern colliers striking for their usual wages, Ihe demand is fallen off one half. Already the banks JIt Staffordshire are halting and staggering. Several work* have stopped and more are spoken of. It cannot and it will not come to good,"

ALARMING STATE OF SOUTH WALES. REBECCAISM. In our second edition last week, we announced the lion of the Ty Coch gates, near Swansea, and also the hension of David Lewis, a collier chaiged with being at the outrage, and with committing a murderous assault u.D<"j the unprotected /emale who employed as toll collector the gale, and who was Ihe only person 10 the house Btthe t'"1 of the outrage. Tbe following is a report of the touching the affair, which took place before lhe magistrates, 0 the evening of Thursday, the 3rd instant — Margaret Arnold, having been sworn, staled Ihat she v single woman, and collected lolls at Ty Coch gate, in the plrJj of Llansamlet, about half a mile distanl from Swansea 1 II" v In the house near the gate when in bed about three 0 cloD this tnorniog, I was disturbed by a noise outside tbe hou5/1J several heavy blows "ere given to the door of Ibe house '0. the shutters, Ihe latter of which, together with the windo* had beeo smashed when I gol out of bed and opened a man came from the turnpike towards me; he had an iron in his hand, with which he gave me a severe blow OD the I had held up my arm (or the purpose of avoiding receiving I ø blow on any olher pari: the prisoner, David Lewis, is the mar who struck me. He then struck the bar through the daD; which I then closed he then ran into Ihe house, and struck* Ihe door repeatedly afterwards, until it was broken to P,eCtil I again went 10 the door, and observed Ihe prisoner break do* the toll board, which was fastened 10 the wall. about thirty or more men scattered here and there about j house when I went 10 the door: 1 screamed out murder a9 'V as I could, upon which they all fled 10 different directi0"^ they appeared 10 be working men, colliers and others, aDd not 10 disguise one of Ihe paity rode a dark-coloured ho 00 which appeared to be a cart horse 10 leaving, he rode before Ihem. The gate appeared 10 have beeD cut down saws. It was all right at eleven o'clock on the preceding D'f>p when 1 retired to bed. There were a gale and a bar house, one leading to Foxhole and the other to Danygraig- || gate was placed on the lime-kiln afler it was cut down. J knew the piisoner before he had passed through lhe g»le t. the precediog afternoon with a cart he rose his hand in ing, which Înllmateù Ihat he had no money about hl/1l, ,1, would pay another lime: I have frequently trusled him be'" and he has always paid me.. J\1r, Essery, a surgeon, was then called He said Ihat bebOll1 examined the complainant's person, and found a wound a rø: two inches in length, and half aD inch deep. on the fore at it might have been produced by a blunt instrument. Mr. Melvin, of Swansea, at this moment entered the t0°^e and addressing the magistrates, said he appeared there gS (|,f attorney for the prisoner, and he explained to the Bencbølof reason of his not hawing bee,n present at the comnBencenae0 Ihe examination, the fact being that he bad but a few miD iI' before been instructed he urgently solicited, under !luch c \i cumsiances, the indulgence of the Chairman 80 far as to him to cross-examine Margaret Arnold, the first wlloess cl on behalf of ihe prosecution. ,|< Sir John Morris It must certainly be considered an i" ^jt gence, our thus going out of lhe regular course, if P*r you to do so. '1 Mr. Melvin Most certainly, Sir John, I shall consider I great concession on the pari of the Bench. ibe'1' The magistrates present, about teo in number, afler dell c(oi* ling a õhort period, granted permission /0 Mr. MeUin to examine Margaret Arnold, the first witness but SIT sled, Morris, addressing himself 10 Mr. i\lelvln, said Ihat he trU ipllI as this witness was in a very wtak stale, be would noteoler a lengthened cross-examination. tere.t, Mr. Melvin replied that, consistent with his client's III his cross examination should be as short as possible. jjr- Margaiet Arnold then came forward, and was asked ny s(jt Melvin whelher she was positive as 10 the time she sta Ibre' saw the prisoner at the gale. She replied it was nearly ale, o'clock In IlIe morning when she saw the prisoner at the g 1\lr. Melvin Was it not dark at Ihat time. (or Margaret Arnold II was ralher dark, but light enoug me to see his features. japie Mr. Melvin Was the man you say you recognised 8 i man, or was he in perFect possession of the UBe of his /1m 1\1 argaret A mold: He is rather lame. the Mr Melvin Was there no one but yourself left 10 1 of this toll bar ? e tli>' Margaret Arnold I am the only person lo take care ° ?a,e* mal1 & The Rev. Samuel Davis: The witness says that the, •aw was lame, and so is the prisoner. (|,pt» Mr. Melvin That may possibly be, sir but I.be,14V%-0o< rom amongst the collitrs aod workmen in this neighbor we mlY stlcct hundreds th¡1 arc rnaimed and lame.