Rebecca and her Daughters.

Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 34, 28 March 1844, Page 4

Rebecca and her Daughters.

We regret to state that Rebecca and her daughters are still at their old work in the lower part of this county, notwithstanding the utmost exertions of the authorities to discover parties implicated in these outrageous proceedings. About 12 o’clock on the night of Friday l£sT, Rpbecca and a numerous party of her daughters proceeded to P\\ll trap, near St. Clears ; a.nrjl after arriving ait tlip gate, thefollwing doj. loquy toojv npiaoeM between the old lady ar.d her \ nuthiiil piomuy. Uebecc'u, h auiug on l;n staff. I t,l>i ,l. dUp in jhii gptf, arid 'piH jtM l it>ed ~iiiat JitripftjgM al< I' n lie lOtid should bo mtemij)t»(l. “ CIiII(!h ii (.-aid sin, 1 11 1 1 n - the gate with J\t,lptie iwt.owreihMg put up lie'rt?; 1 can’t go tnu’f Dauplf eis-n-Wt ab iurt, Wotllt’V rpor|iipa tlionM i*#p y««it wy.y ; i K<*h. ct «—1 ltd 1 m/t know, cldlUni 1 ani did 4<t4,c»|i*«tivedW^li hoj£liiej► Hlifllt we fnnif on, uiollit-r , nod brlIM.Vf it out n( f lili.it »lO|i, lot Hie '(•♦ *-K*g ll.«- pM*- A Mil Jil l »I»H ) ;|J htfli * like- H 'iftiHl pal* juit *cro>M (lie rond, H> Mop yotir old lUOtllfl. Dau-liteis— We. 11 - fefrak if, 'mfnthor ; nothing ipga'l vhd pn yovt R*t>*w§i« No,.iyi , " Cl, ; |>«»ilis|>i il vyill, open (hieing illN<>, children, it |H in'tlterl} antff canio t un. V\ liat i> to he dune ? n lirtitpliteis—1 1 limit hr taken down I raukHtou and j,pjin. ‘Wuiit •pwifv; H-Wc* ~t'a+«t)H wnh it , tin n, ihv dear illiiano tIUIMIt ss I it* If, n. ,* W jl.lt that the whole of the .children set ii . §t»U in h •>« than ten min,tries tl lyulim vestige b! the gate nor po-ts r« rtiaiti■uiv’.l, Ri'hecoa'aud her> children then pushed Ijy, tttul iimnt dftitcdy d. _94 u.i htid tl i r. tit . 111 3i bt m*;foil I he I.oiid< .ti police w cry aithe Rbie Hoar M il't; , put wt#i\arb 9 nt)t nwaie that liika,tliu least intrni'H’ilou q| whet was kupg lor w art!, until ihnij nrrTin.i cou Id he.iil tib av«lTj Car vujtrtn jmimat. Intelligi- c,e ~hu& been receivt d from vwans*u,f 11 a dgrin-g tymle on< . ,\V<>tl»esdi.y night, upon ijie INiudardtdnis. Tjje gate t N»»ibPrr&ted .ja 'the crnlty.ol 1 itfe village. The hU'ln . >.n it lm\ tug ■.•/lie hutidted bprHg'dn horseback, first dud'i opt ii ;i Ii ;n - 1 i !. sbtlp/Hlld ff,ep l£jyiL idow-ti the luni|OK.- gd f. 1 flaying the 4UN>tr<*frtUi A"nf tipi gUte, the "jVqJice why had w eerVdd inlmun&t i<m that an .attack was' I m : eVfifah'jl ) ,i ) advn»bct'd upon Umiii, and thefn t 6 instt ad, imwever, o<iutninjf%d. Rebeceaites fired a voliej at (hem. 1 Ins beihg iCue case. : the policd ‘jjv o^fltint*hlo’tffhw their pistols and tire, which tliev did .Iwjge,, w oiinding seveial shdoTpig ilie horse of Ihel^adyt,. ; A ’re* gul; r' look p aro 1 01 a short tint;; and l in 'sm t 'Jcfl.JUi Rupturing l^ri« „ simers; fhrt'e of whom at<e w ounded,two Severely. Were securing their i to the attack/ r Hvtffi the . view yf rescuing them, hut two. of the magistrates having ridden off .lor the tnuipa^ M party <>l the Dragouus trim, Sweinsea, who vrere out on the road, add some of the (J .7Gth Fqot,arrived, and the Rebeccaitps fled, , .Three of the. prisoners baye. beeu tent to Carmarthen, and throe brought to Swansea. Iliey iwere taken in their disguises, Witli faces blackened, and bonnets and nightgywus on, ’tljpon . the arrival of the Diaigoousi on the '“Spot, the prisoners were placed in the foil-house, and a ceutry placed over iliom ; four Di.t goo ns were stationed at itie gate, and the remainder i*> patrolled the cquutry,vhut could not Bucceed iti capturing aoy other prisoners. V'' 1 ’’ «x. , ‘i P3