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fence is attended against them, and vio:
lence must meet it. The common free
dom of England is at stake, and it is the
common interests of Britons to defend it.
The sword it is to be feared, will be the
only judge of the controversy, and decide
the dispute. The whole nation, my lord,
look upon you and the court fa&ion, as a
herd of wild beasts, who live by rapine,
plunder and blood, and it will be for the
public interest to hunt you down. The
very firft attempt of force, will set the
people in a flame, they will rife together,
and the work is done; you are too few
for them to fear, and as the authors and
instruments of their intended deftrudion,
you will deservedly fall, without either
pity, redress, or mercy ! even the Ro
mifh faith, blasphemy, and nonfeafe of
the present bench of bishops will not be
able to save you.
Your Lordship's malice and revenge
against the friends of freedom and legal
government, was never more clearly evi
denced to the world than in the sentence
passed against the printer of the General
Advertiser, because he had expressed a pe
culiar kind of joy as every true English
man did at the acquital of Admiral Kep
ple, from the foul design of your col
leagues in corruption and infamy, Sand
wich and Pallifer, to take away his life, I
lose all patience, and cannot restrain the
rage and indignation I feel against your
lordship, when I refled on this, and the
sentence passed on Thursday the loth in
stant in the court of King's- Bench, upon
those Scots usurpers of government, and
murderers of LORD PIGOT, George
Stratton, Charles Floyer, Henry Brooke,
and George Mackay, convided upon the
cleared and most unequivocal evidence
by an English jury, of having DEPOSED
without the least cause or shadow of right,
and in the most cruel and tyrannical man.
ner his lordship from the government of
Madrafs in India. The coroner's inquest
also brought in a verdid on the death of
Lord Pigot, WILFUL MURDER a
gainst the fame humane gentlemen ; and
yet printing a few hand bills, and dispers
ing them about the town, which could
not possibly be attended with any fatal
confequenee, was a crime in the eyes of
your Lordship, of much greater magnitude
than that of murder, arad a fubvertion of
government. PARKER, because he
happened to be an enemy to despotism and
Scotch treachery, which was his only
guilt, is to fuffer a cruel and unjust im
prisonment ofONE YEAR, in Newgate,
whilst murder and treason, when it hap.
pens to be in favor of government, de
serves no punishment at all; a FINE of
ONE THOUSAND pounds obliterates
the guilt, and the criminals are set FREE.
It is well known, my lord, you was ever
the friend of tyranny and lawless violence,
and we are not much surprised to find you
the supporter and defender of every vil
lain who zealously engages in the op
pression and ruin of mankind.
Another reason, my lord, may be as.
signed for this very extraordinary sentence,
a Nabob with a plumb in his pocket, can
not be guilty of any crime, and we may
soon know the price of BLOOD, in the
court of King's Bench. Judges have been
warped from their duty by bribes long be.
fore your lordship was called to the bar,
some have been called to an account and
Severely fined, and many have been punished
with DEATH.
L O ND O N, June 6.
BESIDES the Sardinian and Bavarian Ambaffa
dori chapelt, which the mob nearly defrayed
on Friday lift, a large body of men assembled on
Sunday night in Little Moorfield,, broke into the Po
pifh chapel ttere, demolished the inside, and burnt
the altar, imager, and pictures, and every other
moveable. They dispersed about nine o'clock; on
the arrival of a party of the guards The Lord
Mayor and fevers! Aldermen attended, and endea
voured to prevent the demolition of the chapel, but
in vain. Smuggled goods, to the value of 5001.
were, it is (aid, discovered in one of the Roman Ca
tholic chapels, and destroyed.
On Monday the populace a^mbled again in Rope
maker's Alley, Mocrfields, where they attacked and
destroyed the Roman Catholic school house and
three dwelling houses, in which three Roman Catho
lics lived. Such dexterity and expedition were dif
phyed by the mob on this occasion, that it is certain
Some of them were not unacquainted with the art of
building. The Lord Mayor again interfered, but
without effect. They also demolished a Pbpifh ft
minary in Charles's Square; Hexton. Another par
ty committed Similar outrages towards the Hermit
age, anda third in the Borpugh. In the evening, a
large party of them entered the house of Mr. Rainfs
ford, a chandler, near Clare market, (who had been
a witness against some of the rioters when they ap
peared before Sir John Fielding) destroyed the inside
of it, and burnt a large quantity of candles, tallow;
&c. They also demolished the house of Mr. Ma
barley, a coach painter, near Lincoln's Inn Fields,
who also had given evidence against the rioters.
Between eleven and twelve at night, they afcm
bled before the house of Sir George Savile, in Lei
cester Fields, where they destroyed the windows
and iron rails in front, brought out the fine furniture
into the Square, made a bonfire of it; and on the ar
rival of a party of horse and foot dispersed.
To prevent any further mifehief, especially as
hand bills had been circulated yeftetday for another
meeting of the Proteflants this day in St. George's
Fields, detachments of light horse were early march
ed from different parts of Surry, to wards the ave
nues leading Into St George'# Fields, to disperse a
ny they might find there collected. Other parties
of horft} and foot were matched from the Savoy,
Whitehall, &e. to different parts of the town, for
the fame purpose. The avenues about the palace,
Westminster hall; and both Houses of Parliament,
were in particular Strongly guarded with troops, to
prevent any repetition of the infalls offered on Fri
day htt to the members.
The Catholic Ambaffador# had a meeting yefter
day in Saint James's-ireet, at the breaking up of
which couriers were sent off to their several courts,
with accounts of the demolition of their chapels;
to which are said to be added several pointed obfer
vatioas by no means in favour of the present civil
governmet of the Briifh dominions.
The Lady of the Sardinian Ambassador was so
frighted when the rioters set fire to the chapel which
joins his Excellency's dwelling house that the faint
ad away ; and, what must greatly add to her Suffer
ings, her Excellency is with child.
It is said, that inftru&ions are given to Admiral
Geary to fail immediately for Brest to block up the
French Ships in that Port,and prevent their jandion
with the Spanish Squadron, which is soon expec
ted there.
On Saturday morning died Suddenly, as he was
flapping into his carriage, Thomas HutchinSon, Bfq;
formerly Governor of Massachusetts-Bay, in which
post he Succeeded the late Sir Francis Bernard.
June 8. A large quantity of chain Shot and can
non ball was also sent for from Woolwich, to put the
tower in a posture of defence. A reinforcement of
troops has also been sent there for its security. At
the Queen's Palace, Whitehall, St. James's, Kew,
and Windsor, the guards are ordered to be doubled.
Twenty nine rounds of powder and ball were ser
ved to the soldier son Tuesday for the defence of
both Houses of Parliament.
Tuesday about noon a considerable body of peo
ple assembled again in St. George's Fields, and from
thence proceeded ins body to Palace yard, Weft,
minster, with cockades in their hats, colours flying,
&c, About one o'clock, detachments of horse, foot
guards and light-horse, paraded the fireets to preserve
a passage for the members carriages to the different
houses. Another detachment of foot guards took
poffeffiop of We&minfter-hall, the doors of which
they at sass closed to prevent the mob entering there.
Several members of both houses. who walked down
on foot; were thus prevented from getting into the
house for a considerable time, among which was
Mz. Burke, who was presently surrounded by fame
of the most decent of the petitioners, who expoftula4
ted with him on his conduct in abetting Sir George
Savile's motion for the Roman Catholic bill. Mr,
Burke, in his defence, said he certainly had second
ed the motion for the bill, and thought himfelfjufti
fied in so doing : Said he understood he was a mark;
ed man, on whom the petitioners meant to wreak
their vengeance, and therefore he walked out single
amongst them, confeioas of having done nothing
that deserved their censure in the flighted degree,
having always been the advocate for the people, and
meaning to continue so.
Mr. Burke at last got rid of his troublesome inter;
rogators. The mob, some thousands of whom were
armed with pole axes, cuilaffci, bludgeons, &c.
now attacked several of the Peers, on their way to
the House, whom they roughly treated, particular
ly Lord Sandwich, whose chariot they broke, and
who was obliged to return to the Admiralty, hav]
ing his face much cut with the broken glafr.
The populace from about fix o'clock were peace
able, and when the House of Commons broke up;
Lord George Gordon came to the coiner of Bridge
ftreet, and acquainted the people with the proceeds
ings of the House, advising them to depart quietly.
The horses from his chariot were immediately taken
off, and he was drawn away in triumph amidst ths
acclamations of a numerous multitude.
Soon after different parties filed off in detach]
merits, and direAed their march to Newgate, white
they appeared in most formidable numbers, and de]
maided the.releafe of five persons taken in the Sar
dinian Ambaffadtu's chapel on Friday last. This
demand being refuted, an attack was immediately
made on a building apparently much too firong to
have been forced by a foody of men without arras off
implements proper for fach a talk. Mr. Akerman's
house was forced, the greater part of his furniture
brought out, which was piled up against the pein. 4
cipalgate of the paifon and set fire to. Mr. Aker;
man's house soon after appeared in flames, which
reached to the chapel in ajew minutes, and the whole
prison was soon involved in the conflagration. The
piifonera now perceiving hopes of receiving their
liberty, refufed to submit to any authority, broke
thro' several maffy doors leading to the Saffians house,
and this psffage soon became a means of escape both
from the prison and the flames. The cells in which
the condemned prisoners were enclosed was broke
open, though, from their prodigious firength, they
would, on any common oic-fion, have been impregj
liable. The fire having now communicated to the
department of the prison in which the debtors were
confined, a general and very unexpeded goal deli
very was cffw&ed ; and this immense building;
which had so lately cost an enormous (um, now ap
pears a heap of rums.
The inside of the public office of Sir John Field-'
ing, in Bow street, was destroyed, and its contents
burnt. The remains of Sir George Saville's, and
Mr. Maberley's houses, were also destroyed. The
Ship ale house, in Gate ftteet, a Romifh school in
Rutfel ftiect, and a House in Great Qeen fireet,
were also levelled by the populace. The Fleet pri;
fen, after the prisoners had removed their goods out
of it, was set on fire and demolished ; as was also
the King's Bench pr son, the New Bridewell and
other adjoining buildings, and the toll gatherers
on Black friar's bridge. ThePoultry compter would
have Shared the fame fate, if the Lord Mayor had
not ordered the rioters confined there to be released.
Justice Wilmot's house and office, and a house in
Moor Fields were burnt, and several other hoofer
pillaged and all the goods burnt. Lord North's
house was also about to be attacked, but a party of
horse prevented its demolition. Justice Willis was
taken out of his coach by the mob and rolled in the
dirt, on account of some offence given by his coach;
man to them while on his road to Westminster. Be;
tmeen twelve and one o'clock on Wednesday morn^
ing they attacked Lord Mansfield's house in Blooms;
bury Square, burnt all his Lord Ship's elegant furni
ture, his law library consisting of some thousands of
volumes, with many capital manuscripts, deeds,
mortgages, his wardrobe, pictures, &c. They took
possession of his wine cellars^ and gave the wine plen
tifully to the populace. A small party of foldieri
arriving, the riot aft was read, and the soldiers or
dered to fire, by which five persons were killed, and
seven or eight wounded. The mob however were
not intimidated, but proceeded in the attempt, and
would not desist till the house, stables, &c. were all
consumed. Lord Mansfield's Jess is animated at
30,0001. Both he and his Lady escaped by a back