Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-12-14

tie TWO citizens AZ Reddilh's Hotei betore three
o'clc,k. Laurehon again paid his refpe6ts TO
lie papulAce, and after Withdrawing St. James,
nreet renamed crowded with people, hoping
Gin 10 Zee him. AT four o'clock, his carriage
havfnr been taken TO Bennet.Rreet, for conceal
msnr, he left The Hotel with NJ. Ouo'S brother
TO walk to his carriage, and proceed to M.
Otto's % dinner but the mob recognizing him
l.y bis IN form, and re-colseting about hirl,
lie returned back to Reddilh's, where he IN
drehed, and put on plain cloaths, in which he
ecaped obfeIvation, aud dined at M. y tos,
which he left at eight O'Clock returned TO Red
dilh's. and went q bed before ten O'Clock, We
~ tired. The courier who preceded HIM from
Dover repeatedly fell alleeP on hOfieback, and
was walked by bis guide IA Dover Poa boy
ACCOMMODATING HIN on the road. The poor
fellow was qui { worn out, CALLED with riding,
and fatgued. Unued to ride at fmart trot,
and unable to keep company with his comPan
ion lie often cried out IN great agony AN
son gaLaS y7a gaIop! which was all the Eng
liih he could command.
The illumiaation on Saturday began with the
night and were 70 general, that we had alE'ot
fad they were unverfl They were only ex-
decided by the Examinations on ths kings recov-
cry. There were very, very few houlds in Lon
don that were not lighted up; thole OF the
pooreR clahes were tie mott bril- liant, eomPar-
atively rpeaking The reafon we will itate TO.
morrow. We rever before heard 70 many guns
and piRols fred off in the Directs, to the great
annoyance of paGengers and horfes. Ii feems
as if the members OF The volunteer corps were
giving fareu ell fa'ute. In window in Ok
+ ford Rreet, oppofte TO NJ Otto's. was picture
ID a.. r.. IN
Saviour oTtbe Uaiverjf ~ a, Thu ievtrAl OF the
ST. Georges volunteers in their uniforms were
gaping The proPrietors OF the PorcuPine
newspaper, confidently dfAPProving or the
peace, (ince they approves OF the war, would
not illuminate. In conlequence, the windows
Of the Office, in Southampton. h eet, were imaih'
ed to pieces, and th1le of the houle ct the pro
prietor, in Pail Mall, lh4red The fame fate
The ign of the Bible, the Crown and MlEre
over the window, was beimeared with DIRT, or
rather with COY in the cauie, a. the proPrIe
tor will no doubt adert; and jult with as much
truth A. i is Cdid lord HAwkeibury has covered
h.m(ef with glory in fisning the peace, who,
II his former language were now acted upon,
would be in reality beImeaTed with dHt like the
fgn above mentioned. The illumination was
e. great the iky fored, that iome miles tom
town, London looke1 as II it were on t1re The
fun Of the MOB however, had not begun IL
never does on thele occafons i'll about twelve
O'Clock, when the people began to put out their
lights and 60 to bed, and flying tetlchments
ofthe mob break the windows OF a whole Erect.
The fun we fay, had not bogus, when at eleven
O'Clock mott tremendous torn came on,
which foon cleared the areets, Preiervei perfect
tranquility, Rillnes even, (ent his N ijety, the
people, home we'll ducked, and fdved the houie
Keepers windows.
The lightning began to thew itlell tightly lr
the evening but at eleven o'clock it fuddenly
became mott vivid. Aalhing every minute, lllu-
rninating the whole town like the fun, and OBJ
touring the light Of the candles SO much
lightning has not been feen 10 London ihelr
twenty years, never lince violent Gornf which
did great damage on the 9th Of October, 1880.
The ghtning on Saturday night was accom-
panied by loud and repeated claps OF thunder,
while the torrent of rain fell fol- ievera hours.
The advocates of the war may interpret this as
marx of the wrath of heaven at he peace
the Importers of this peace may call Il an aP
probation of that meafue IL extingudhed
many of the lamps. Il is remarkable, that at
the Admiralty the crown was drowned out,
but the auehorsremained. The entertainments
concluded at Drury-lane Theatre 10 the midi
Of this form, which produced the greatef con
formation in the crouded coffee-rooms and lob
bies, where The lightning aA(hed, while the
thunders Toared. Several ladies tainted, and the
hricks and gfoans of others were awful.
None were 70 much alarmed and difconiolate
As the Cyprian corps, who Teamed to think
time ofreckoning was arrived. Half guinea
was given to hackney coach for fhilling fare,
and even at that price it was difficult TO obtain
zconveyance.t Such is the hittory Of Saturday
a day that will be memorable in The annals Of
this country
YeRerday about noon, nearly 900 people
collected At the door of Reddilh's. Gen. Lau
reton having P-evouay breakfat=d, went at
one O'Clock, in plain blue coat, on foot with
his brother to Beanet hreer, where his chariot
was in waiting After paying feveral Wits,
he proceeded to M. O;tto's and then dIeaed
hlmlelf 10 the regmentals Of Chief Of Brigade
Of Artillery. The fplendor Of the dreis exceeds
defcrjp ion. The blue jlckeV is fuperbly en-
broidered the buttons gold and button holes
fKer lace: the epaUets appropriately bsauti
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