. Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities . s £ ! .; ? i s r I. 3S2 OLD ENGLAND. [Book VII1. desert, such a destruction lias perhaps never been heard of in theworld. The winter of 1842-43 was a season of terrible distress to thepoor and labouring classes, and, as usual, was signalized by riotsand disturbances in the manufacturing districts, and risings amongthe Chartists. The most remarkable of these riots, however, werethose which originated in Wales among Rebecca and her mysterious outbreaks took place solely in t
. Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities . s £ ! .; ? i s r I. 3S2 OLD ENGLAND. [Book VII1. desert, such a destruction lias perhaps never been heard of in theworld. The winter of 1842-43 was a season of terrible distress to thepoor and labouring classes, and, as usual, was signalized by riotsand disturbances in the manufacturing districts, and risings amongthe Chartists. The most remarkable of these riots, however, werethose which originated in Wales among Rebecca and her mysterious outbreaks took place solely in the dead of night,and at first had for their single object the destruction of the toll-gates throughout an extensive district. In one county alone eightygates were destroyed ; and in others not a gate was left success of these movements among the Welsh enticed theChartists to visit them, and these stump orators soon inflamed theWelsh blood to acts of more daring outrage. A strong force ofthe military was despatched to the scene of action, and peace wasproduced by the usual means of severity. Rebeccas daughters
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