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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.I

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-FAIRS TO BE HELD IN AUGUST.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

THE WRECK OF THE PEGASIJS…

REPORT ON THE CUSTOM-HOUSE…

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ST. WOOLLOS CHURCH-YARD.

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WEEKLY CALENDAR

TIMES OF HIGH"WATER AT NEWPORT.

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REBECCAISM.

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Swansea, 3rd August, 1843: Yesterday morning we attended at the Assize Court, at I)iOf o'clock, in anticipation of an early commencement of the public business, but the magistrates remained in their private room till nearly eleven, when it was officially announced to those in tbe ureat hall that the court was opened, that is, that the proceed" ings against the parties charged with the demolition of the B."I' goed gate, were to take place in a small apartment, inconvente" to the magistrates, and insufficient to accommodate more thlo about 50 of the anxious public, when closely packed. The *•' signed cause for this very unpopular arrangement, against whtch we heard the good citizens of Swansea and the visitors (rot0 distant parts, strongly and loudly declaim in the precincts of the court, where several rate payers," in the peace of our so. vereign Lady the Queen, were constitutionally holding forth 00 the liberty of the subject, was, that on the former day of hear- ing, the feelings of the public in court were so loudly and ifr9* pressibly expiessed, that it was resolved to avoid such unseemly interruptions and annoyances this day, and thus give thepeop'* a O. great moral lesson." No sooner, however, were the ma. gistrates assembled, than the overwhelming heat produced bY the closely-packed audience in a small apartment, rendered 4 motion by Mr. Tripp, the solicitor, for an adjournment to capacious court, favourably entertained, and Colonel Ca^1e^ strongly expressing his disapprobation at the very limited »c" commodation, seconded by other gentlemen in the commissloØ, the Assize Cotirt was resorted to, which in a few minutes pre. sented an exceedingly dense mass the far greater proportion 01 which were farmers, and their country's pride, a bold peas* try," here and there relieved by bright-eyed Cambrian tain maids. Pontardulais and its neighbourhood poured its almost entire population into Swansea and as a great demonstration" expected to conduct the defendants (some of whom are gre" favourites in their respective localities) to the court house, procedure properly prevented by their legal advisers, the str« were thronged from an early hour of the morning. The report (since authenticated) that on the previous nlgh," Llanon toll house and gate, together with another trust" that locality, had been levelled with the dust, gave an ddi- lional interest to the proceedings of the day; whilst the pre. sence, to prosecute, of Mr. Maule, of the Treasury, assisted bY the able Mr. Haven, of the same Government departrnenl, brought to the Court House the most intelligent gentlemen ° Swansea and its precincts. The following magistrates took their seats on the bench Sir John Morris, baronet, Chairman. Colonel Cameron R Franklyn, Esq. J H Vivian, Esq, M.P Rev S Davies Rev Dr Hewson Rev J Collins J D Llewelyn, Esq. I J U Berrington, Esq. G Llewelyn, Esq. J w Dilwyn, Esq. T E Thomas, E'q. J Grove, Esq. H Thomas, Esq. W J Jones, Esq. J N Miers, Esq. R Lindsay, Esq. G H Smith, Esq. F E Leach, Esq. If Lucas, Esq.. The following defendants were placed at the bar Vaughan, an exceedingly well-looking rustic, Daniel LewiSt* unsophisticated young farmer, charged with being the RebeCC of the night of the 6th of July, and who would certainly 1°°^ more effeminate than masculine as a petticoated and heroioe, David Jones, a staid good humoured looking yeoO,*ljj and William Morgan, a merry-countenanced blade, whoseC*0 anything but a fellow addicted to deeds of darkness. d All the reputed Rebeccaites were accompanied and cheet to the court by numerous friends, and seemed to think that I would be all right." J. Ralley Tripp, — Jeffreys, and — Wallers, Esqs., s°'|C tors, defended the prisoners.. Mr. Maule rose and addressed the Bench to the effect He had the honour to be engaged by the Crowo the conduct of the present proceedings against the persons wbO stood there charged with having taken part in the breaking do* and destruction of a toll gale at Bwlgoed, disiant about eig"! miles from Swansea. The four persons then at the bar, namfi|* David Jones, William Morgan, Daniel Lewia, and Gri81tl1 Vaughan, had been liberated on hail, but this morning h*. surrendered, in order to have the charge against them invest" galed. The witness, upon whose testimony proceedings h* been taken against the defendants, would be placed in the bO- and examined before them, that being the most regular The gentlemen who appeared on behalf of the defendants w0,Vg then have an opportunity afforded them of cross-examining witness, and of using every other means of defence which 1 law placed at their disposal. In addition to the facts which witness Jones would prove, he (Mr. Maule) would be in • Po- sition to prove a circumstance of a peculiar nature affecting defendant Vaughan. The circumstance he alluded to was 0j most extraordinary character, but as it had nnly transp1'^ within the last day or two, he (Mr. Maule) was not abl# enter very fully into the details of the case. He would, tber f fore, merely state that a day or two ago a case, containing a arid addressed to Mr. Griffith Vaughan, Pontardulais, bad found at the warehouse of the Bristol Steam Packet Comps0*,J It would appear in evidence that after the case had arrive^ 1 j Swansea, a letter, countermanding its delivery, was the packet warehouse. 'That case was found to contain itoto t to twelve guns, ammunition, caps, bullet moulds, &c., hrace of pistols. The defendant Vaughan might be in a p% lion to explain satisfactorily the reason for having arms io jj quantities directed to him, and he ( Mr. Maule) hoped he do so but as the case stood, he was bound to ask the eg trates to admit that fact in evidence. The degree of importaø 11 to be attached to it, he, of course, would leave to the B6?c The prisoners stood charged with having been concerned 10 I" public outrage committed some short time since. The slatU 0 7 and 8, Geo. IV., c 30, s 14. enacts—" That if any Pe!SOf# shall unlawfully and maliciously throw down, level, or wise destioy, io whole, or in part, any turnpike gate, ot 3 wall, chain, rail, post, bar, or other fence, belonging 1° J turnpike-gate, set up or erected to prevent passengers Pof by without paying any toll, directed to be paid by any Act Acts of Parliament relating thereto, or any house, building)^ weighing engine, erected for the better collection, ascertaiome or security, of any such toll, every such offender shall be of a misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof, shall be P^j nished accordingly." 'The several defendants were c^ar^( wilh having been participators in the destruction of a toll g* called the Bwlgoed, on 'Thursday, the 6th of July last, 80 the charge was substantiated, it would become the duty of magistrates to commit them for trial. The learned gentleman then called John Jones, the infor*0e!' and on his appearance the indignation of the peisons in the b" of the court could scarcely be repressed by the officers; bi*» were first loudly heard, and when calls of order" and were authoritatively called, a slight under current of was muttered..e Jones was very firm and collected, and gave his iyjf» without apparent embarrassment. He was examined by • Maule. The examination took place in the Welsh langa*g|6 which was cleverly interpreted by Mr. Glasbrook, a trader of Swansea. ¡¡' Witness said that he lived at Cwm Skeach, In the parish of I felach, in this county is a labourer, lives about two miles {ronl Bolgoed gate. I was out when that gate was destroyed. It waS .,gd stroyed on the night of the 6th of July last. I saw the gate destroy t between twelve and one o'clock somewhere. It was calculated 1 there were about '*50 people there. I saw no women there. one of them had something remarkable in their dress. Some oRO" white shirti. on, and some had women's bedgowns on. They had e men's caps upon their heads. I observed that some of the vaen jg, armed. Perhaps there were a hundred guns there, some were do barrelled. They had uickaxes, handsaws, and cross saws with 'o.ujl# they destroyed the toll-house by pulling it down with pickaxes. this w.is going on there was firing of guns all the time. It too* £ 0 about ten minutes to destroy the toll-house and toll-bar. Beside dresses which I have described, some of them had their faces ^'e^nlripf with some sort of handkerchiefs tied round their heads, and over their faces like veils. I did not observe that any of the') tea their faces blackened. They were not all on foot, one was 100 on a white horse. I heard the people address the man up° y) horse. They called him mother." (Laughter.) I was so them as enabled me to hear them talking. 1 heard the people the man upon the horse 6aying, Is it time for us to go?" t 8clt that before the house was pulled down. The man on bors asked them, Is it time for us to go ?" An answer was made t oJl question They thought it was time for them to go. The in aø4 horseback had a white shirt over his clothes, a cap on his 'petr a bor.net over the cap. (A laugh.) He spoke a few words to I' j,0uld pie. 1 know who that man was. It was Daniel Lewis. 1 ^rda, know him again if I were to see him. [Witnes then stood ^jt- pointed out the prisoner Daniel Lewis, who smiled derisively 8;je» ness.] I knew him before that night He is a weaver, and -jgtt1 near the Goppa, but I do not know in what house. I saw Mr- jyjr> Vaughan, of the Inn, there. 1 mean the Pontardulais Inn. I Vaughan now in the hall. He was in the middle of the cr0,*T' had a gun with him. He was dressed with some sort of a whIte Ùltell over him, and a cap and bonnet. He fired the gun off two or 1 ss times while the people were destroying the toll-house and bar. j » David Jones, of Tantwm, there. I see him here now. He ggit double-barrelled gun in his hand. 1 saw John Morgan, of O j » there; I see him here. He was disguised like the others, an gun with him. There were no shoutings or noises. They speaking; only firing. 1 joined them on the lower part of (ioppa, by Velin-ucha. it was between eleven and twelve o' joined them. People came from a" directions. I learned [> w ere going to. They said they were going to break the Bolgoe 1 had my coat turned inside out, and a handkerchief abou stoP.- After they had broken down the bar and the house they did __ollBt»' ininute, but every one went away to he side of Bolgoed