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London, England, 1812-09-13 00:00:00

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MURDER OF 'III . FRIENDS AND ADVOCATES OF L'EACEI
PY A LAW LESS MOB.

BALT, hiokr., JULY `8 —W e have had a very serious night. The
Ft ut.itAt. Kerrie'. IeAN was again published yesterday, which I send
oe. About nine o'clock the mob colleen dat Mr. Hanson's house
ei South Charles.street, with the intention of eestroyieg it. The
editors, it appears, had aliticipated the attack, had removed all the
furniture, and had collected a number of their friends from the federal
counties, among when) were Generals Lee and Lingan, ef Virginia and
C eorgetown. The mob could make no impression on the house, only
breaking the windows with stones. Every time they attacked they
were fired upon, and two were killed and a number wenuided. To-
wards morning, about 40 infantry and 20 horsemen assembled and
lined the street in frent of the house, at which time the greatest part
of tee noble defenders of the house issued out in the rear, while those
more immedia•ely concerned remained, and told General Striker and
the Mayor, that they were willing to deliver themselves tap to the
civil authority, provided their safety was guaranteed by the General
and the Mayor. This was done ; and the troops being formed into a
bellow square, they opened the door and were marched to j ail. About
the time the troops assembled the meb had procured a tour-pounder
to fit...on the house, but were prevented free using it by the military.
-et sapid the mobbing will not end here.w
LYi 29.—We have had another dreadful night. I wrote you yes.
•y that Mr. Hanson and his friends were eendected to
„jail by the
litary at their own request, upon their safety from the fury of the
,ob being guaranteed by the Mayor and General Striker. The troops
vere ordered out for the protection of the prise!), and to keep the
peace of the city ; hut, to their eternal disgrace, they refused. Mout
11 o'clock, p. m. the no's forced the g o , and tell with the fury of
cannibals on 26 unarmed pri-ener,, and beat them with clubs untihno
signs of lite remained, when the left them, thinkin: they had fully
completed the bloody decd. Through the mercy of God, they all,
in a short time, slimed teens of lite, except General Lingaw, who
never recovered, and now lies dead in the gaol. Your friend, Mr.
lohn Thempson, was reserved for a public spectacle. After heatilie
him enoueli to have killed an ox, they purhim into a carte and reeler!
him in tar and feathers, set the feathers in a blaze, and at last ludeed
hire i the watch-house. They still keep him eiedined, with his tar
ant eat hers on him. The Mayor and other influentiai charm:leis of
the ,•..r•y have endeavoured tia get hint from them, but withal etlr. t;
and it is ieepeeted they will fiie•illy murder him. Genital H'sri y Lee*
is dead, and there is little hope of the lives of a numb r er
Mr. Hanson escaped the, hest of any ; he, with three or four other
jumped amongst the mob, in the iooey of the prison, and esearete
General Lingan was a man of great influence in hie county : weed
Lee I, assn much esteemed in Virginia, nil I sheuld riot lie sureliecil
if the. r lends paid out Fells-pone el KY a visit.
Ai' I have ever read of the Freoch does not equal what I saw 1.4
hend past eight. Such expressions as these were eurrent ;—" e'•l
root out the damned tOlies."—" We'll drink their blood "—"
eat their hearts "
The Criminal Court, which was in session, have adjoureed, to
avoid iiiterteiing.
Our Mayor was sent for early, but did not treike his appearance till
after six o'clock in the mornieg, whim he remained a passive
se'retATOß !
* General Lee was, perhaps, the most distinguished partizan officer
io tee American war. Ile CointThinded. Lee's 1.e4i;10, aro he it wes
that formed the gallant enterpreie that took Paulus-H lie And at
length, after remiering the most b a 1 services to his couetry, he his
had his bisinS beaten our with elites by a French mob !
EXTRACT OF ANOTHER LETTER, DATED BALTIMORE,
JULY 29.
" Yesterday was a day of great riot—the safety of the gaol was
threatened,—General Sinker took early nicaes to call out the sth re-
giment of militia, long celebrated for its promptness iu dieci plate, etc.

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