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MERTHYR POLICE.—JULY 28.

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WHO ARE THE CONSPIRATORS?

FASHIONS FOR AUGUST.

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NEWPORT

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FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZET fE.…

Family Notices

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^ SEIZURE OF ARMS.

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SEIZURE OF ARMS. V y ^aule proposed to offer eWdence for the purpose of connecting vMj, ^ISban, with the case containing guns and pistols. f(e^in Jeffre>s> and Walters firmly opposed this mode of V>nch, after a long argument, ably conducted by the solicitors, A 'he evidence.' iXt rhn Naish Smart examined-I am the agent for the Steam ISi.. n,PHny in this town. Yesterday week we received the die t0 Mr- Vaughan, Pontardulais, from Messrs. Bland, who We Si ofV1 csirriers, the freight and charges for which amounted to the i.;We ^a'°r took possession of that case on Sunday night last, about K °ti s ock- Before he took possession of it, I had received this let iNo J*nday evening about half-past eight. I produce this letter and to Xf*' which I received from Mr. Turner [The letter was handed A.7" Jeffreys.] 1^6(1 /freys I certainly will object to having this letter read. It is °*m Bland and Company. We must, therefore, have Mr Bland r. hr u'e • I'll have the case produced first. Produce the case, containing the arms was carried in. It bore the following Ntsa~G. Vaughan, Rich Lyon, Ponterdulais, near Swansea." It J'W ^'hing further. Upon the receipt of that letter, I wrote a letter j w° hours to the clerk of the magistrates. Within five minutes r1? lefr°te the letter, Mr. Attwood came to the house, and iramedi- again- He again came there in company with the Mayor and 2Nd aPier. We all proceeded to the warehouse, and the case was aDd examined in my presence. There were three or four po- tr ln,there' and a Mr. Jones, who acts in the capacity of clerk to contents of the case were examined. It contained twelve j*1 or ?lecesi a brace of pistols, a bullet mould for the pistols, ana 2Ne K elve boxe* of pcrcussion caps. Thsre were three or four arrelled guns and the rest single-barrelled. After the exami- J'oni contents were replaced, and the box was fastened up again. Call s called for the case. It is the practice to keep these things ^or- n0' ^now in whose hand this letter (signed ^y. — The Inspector of Police and some of his men took the case eXarnined by Mr. Jeffreys The box was opened at 12 o'clock '!) in* °n July. [A letter handed to witness.] This let- L'tiapj10? hand-writing. I wrote it at the suggestion of the clerk of K'lg ''rates. It was written oil the day it bears date, the 31st July, 'Hk^tf af'er 'he case had been opened. I have received no com- s,feotn?n from Mr. Vaughan, either directly or indirectly, upon the fn1, case. I 8's a copy of the letter which Mr. Smart sen to Mr. i. County of Pembroke Steam Packet Office, W *4 "Swansea, July 31st, 1843. W'^(jj case arrived, per County of Pembroke steamer, on Tuesday "d^Oui.6*86^ y°u- -^s we bave but little room to spare in the Wftuj^Probably you will call or send for the same at the earliest I am, sir, yours rerpectfully, \jf '-JOHN NAISS SMART. ?Tli8 ^aughan, Pontardulais." ifc^.T. d the case for the prosecution. i'8«, then rose and took several legal objections to the proceed- (1^ ch he argued with very great ability, ably supported by Messrs. ob8 and Walters, but the magistrates ill every instance overruled (i ^iJ.ecticm. He then called the following witnesses— JonesJ °f Rhyd Gelly-fawr, farmer, examined—I was told of of the Bwlgoed bar, the morning after the occurrence. As ^own on the 6th of July. After that day, I met. John h'sd k was returD'nK from Llandilo. I met him the day after the ^rVet8at Pulled down. We met on the highway, and had some 8o°'6 m 10F about Rebecca. He said, I saw Rebecca last night going t h m ^on'ardulais to Bwlgoed." I asked him if he did not I **IH nK h » m' He replied that he was afraid to do so: they were ^6 ',e ti re '1'm on 'he turnpike road, and he followed them. He N 9'8q b from the road by the Fountain Inn, Mynydd-y-Goppa. 'fc^ed K ^^a' af'er he had got to thp top of the bank, he sat down "f and saw Rebecca on a white horse with a white dress. if he knew a"* of 'hem. He said, I did not know one x *»ot'v Was very glad to go out of their way." I asked him, Did }A. j„vn°w one of them V' He said, No, not one." V6« inf n Williams, of Penyfiddy, farmer, examined—He said that C'> fcme4 him of the breaking of the Bwlgoed gate some day be- Ve'son h and 15th July he Said 116 6' iAlVan Roben's, of Llandremor-fawr, farmer exaniined-Um a SAef°f this county: I know John Jones, and would not believe ih'Vft ls oath. tfc\Mor&an examined—I am a fanner, residing at Glyneaslog, of Llangavelach. I have known John Jones fo *h2i *■ Jnu6 J'ears, and could not believe his oath. k 'lavg J1 •'oce Strick, examined on the bench—I reside at Cly ft°ath ar(nown Jolln Jones for three or four years. I would not credit V,?ch»M T r "le way in which he has treated me. t shifp 'ones examined—I live in the parish of Llanedy, in Carmar- tic ani a farmer. I remember the day on which the Bwlgoed V6 5een estroyed. lam John Jones's brother; I do not remember to •th, ittt brother on that day; he was not at my house upon that 1 S?'°1 nr March I last saw my brother John, previous to the de- rjj0(<8e Bwlgoed bar. I saw him last Sunday three weeks in p.:J^'fjistrates having signified their intention to commit for triaJ, 8 k'tim r'PP expressed a hope that they would be committed Jftg lr-8' Ihe assizes, where they would have the benefit of |»y a learned judge, and defended by counsel. Oh'* acceded to the request, and the prisoners „ s0t|v .ed for trial at the next assizes, but were subse- jtJ1\fra,ed on bail—themselves in £ 100 eacb, and two 4,50 each, for each prisoner. T|,e Thursday morning. »ti0 P^minent report in town this morning is, 'hat a procla- >, ch e |l shortly be issued, offering a rewird of £ o00 for 'denca as will lead to the conviction of any person or th»,e^*ged in the destruction of loll gates in this county NK, 30 warrants are being prepared for the apprehension of ^tor!g.a,nst whom there is private information of being par. 41'l). [s 'n the toll-gate crusade. iN of charges against persons for breaking > A °'ber toll gates and houses in this county, took place at ''OQ26 Courl on Thursday. Mr. Maule conducted the pro-

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.NEWPORT TOWN HALL.—MONDAY,…

ALARMING OUTRAGE AT PONTYPOOL.

SERIOUS OUTRAGE AT BLAENAVON.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

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