New-York tribune., 1841-11-10
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The genera. uiarm so apparent in the faces OF
the inhabitants, aud It's expression so aggraya-
ted by wan: Of res; (cw persons, with any proper
~ to lose, having dared 10 go 70 bed since Mon
day), that q stranger coming into the streets wouie
have supposed some mortal pest or plague was IA
ging. In place OF the usual eheerfulness ana am
nation Of morning, every thing vas dead ana 81
lent The shops remained Enclosed, Offices ana
warehouse. were shut, the coach and cha'r sian's
were deserted no carts or wagons iu'i''I'u
through the slowly waking streets the cary cr'es
were ali hushed universal gloom PreVaiied'-
Gr..,, numbers Of people were out, even at day
br..k but ,be, fitted 10 aud fro Us though they
sbrsok fofn the sound OF their own footsteps;
nm. r,hlic way- were haunted rather than freq uent
ed :: and round the smoking runs people stood
auart from one another il silence; not venturing
10 condemn tie rioters, to be supposed to do So
even il whispers.
Al the Lord President in Piccadilly, at Lam
beth Palace, at Tie Lord ChancelIor's in Great Or
Inond-Slrec,, III the Royal Exchange. the Bank,
the Gudhall, the inns - Couri, the Courts Of
Law, and every chamber lrontng Inc streets near
Westminster Hall and the Houses .; Parliament,
parties Of soldiers wcr, posted before Twilight
A body o. Hois- Guards pafaded Palace-yard an
.ncampment was formed in the Park where IF
teen hundred men and five bauaicns OF Militia
were under arrns; the Tower was fortified, the
dIaw-brid.cs werc raised, the cannon loaded and
pointed aud Two regiments of artillery busted In
s,reng thcning the fortress aud preparing it for de
fence a numerous detachment Of soldiers were
stationed To- keep guard al the NewRiver head,
which tie people had threatened 10 attack, and
wrrc 1t SAID. they meant to ca. oil the main
pipes 80 that there misht be no water for the ex-
junction of the flames. In the Poultry, and on
Cornhi and n, several other ieading points iron
chains were drawn the streets; parties OF
soldiers were distributed in some of the old city
churches while il was vet dark; und several phi
var houses (among them Lord Rocking ham's IL
Grosvenor Square) which were btockuded as
though 10 sustain ssge, and had guns pointed
i,on the windows When the sun rose, It shone
into hands some apartments filled with armed men
the furniture hastily heaped away IN corners. and
made OF little account IN the terror o. the
time-on gliItering IN city chambers, among
desks and stools, und dusty books-into little
smoky churcll-yards in old lanes and by-ways,
with soldiers lying down among the tombs, or
longing under the shade of the one old tree, and
their piles of nu.kets sparkling in the lieht-on
solitary sentrics pacing up and down IN court
Yards, sienG now, Lut yesterday resounding with
the din aud hnm of busneSs-evcry where on
guard rooms, garris0ns and threatening prepare
lions.
As the day crept on. still stranger things were
witnessed III the streets. The gates of the Kings
Bench and Fleet Prisons being opened nj the usual
hour, were found 10 have notices affixed to them,
announcing that the rioters would come that night
10 burn them down The Wardens too well
knowing the likelihood there was ct this promise
being fulfilled, were fam TO set their prisoners at
liberty and give them leave to move their goods;
were occupied in conveying it, some to this place,
some 10 that, and not few to the brokers shops,
where they gladly sold il, for any wrcched price
those gentry chose 10 give. There were some
broken men among these debtors wis had been in
ial so long and were so miserable and destitute
of friends. so dead to The world and utterly for
gotten and uncared for, ihat they implored their
iailors not to set them free. aud 10 send them, 1t
need were, to semc other place OF custody. Bat
they, refusing to comply, lest they should incur the
anger of the mob turned them into the streets,
where they wandered up and down. hardly remem-
berng the ways untrodden by their feet so long,
and cryng-such AFFECT things those rotten-hcar,ed
ails had made them-as they SUNK off in their
rugs, and dragged their slip-shod feet along the
pavement.
Even of the three hundccd prisoners whe had
escaped from Newgate, there were some-a few,
bu, there were some-who sought their jailors out
and delivered themselves up: Preterrng mprison-
mcnt AID punishment to lie horrors Of such ano
Their nigh, us the lust Many of the convcte,
drawn back t. their old places of captivity by some
attraction, or by desire TO eXuIt over
it in its downfall ana sut their revenge 10y seeing
i, in ashes, actually went back in broad noon, ana
loitcred about TIE cells. Fifty were retakcn atone
time on this next day, within the prison walls but
their fate did not deter others, Tor there they went
in spite of every thing. and there they were taken
In twos and throes, twice thrice day. all through
the weak. OF the fifty JUS, mentioned, some were
10 rekindle the fire; but In general
they seemed to have no object in view but to prowl
and lounge about the old place; being often found
asleep in the ruins, sitting talking there. or
even eating and drinking as in choice retreat
Besides the notices the gates of the Fleet and
,he Kings Bench, many similar announcements
left, before one o'clock noon, at the houses
of private individuals; and further, the mob pro-
claimed their intention Of seizing the Bank, the
Mint, the Arsenal at Woolwich and the Royal
Palaces The notices were seldom delivered by
more than one man, who If ii ut u shop.
went in, aRd laid it, with bloody threat perhaps
upon the counter; or ii 1t We're private house,
knocked at the door, and thrust it into the servants
hand. Notwithstanding the presence of the milf
tary in every quarter of the town, and the great
force in the rark these messengers did their err
lands with impunry all through the day. So did
two boys who west down Holborn aloas, armed
with bars taken from the ratings of Lord Mans
Fields house, and demanded money for the rioters.
So did tall man on horseback who made col
lection for the same purpose in Fleei-street, and
refused to take any thing but gold.
A rumor had Row go, into circulation too. which!
d'tinsed greater dread all through London even
IMAM these publicly-announced intentions of the ri
oters, though all men knew that if they were sue
cessiuliy effected, there must ensuc national
bankruptcy and general ruin. 1t was said that
they meant to throw the gate. of Bedlam open. and