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The populace about ten o'clock went to Bow Street, to the house of Sir John Fielding, and cried out to the neighbours, who were all up in their windows with lights in their hands,

Put out your lights," which they mistaking for illuminating, every body ran with confufion to obey; but the populace, with a remarkable fteadiness, went under each window, very coolly informing them, it was for them to take away their lights. This being instantly complied with, the attack upon Sir John Fielding's house regularly began.

They firft tore up the iron pallifadoes before the door, and with thofe foon forced open the ftreet door. They then entered the house with lighted candles, and after breaking all the windows, and taking out the frames, regularly gutted every room in the house, and threw the furniture out of the windows, which they instantly fet fire to. The neighbours, on this, were in great confternation, not knowing where the flames would communicate: but fo cautious were the populace of doing any mischief to any body else, that not a fingle pane of glass was so much as broke in the houses on each fide Sir John's. The fire likewife, when it became violent in one place, they separated in another, by which means, and

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the affiftance of an engine, which played up 1 the front of the houses, the fire was prevente from spreading, or doing any mischief.

Every moveable in Sir John's houfe was confumed about three o'clock, when the Mob feparated very quietly.

The prifoners in Clerkenwell were released; and there appeared to be a difpofition to throw open every prison in the metropolis.

The Ship Alehouse, in Duke-Street, Lincoln'sInn-Fields, was alfo demolished, on account of their fuffering mafs to be faid there on Sunday laft.

The houfe of Mr. Mayon, in Bunhill-Row, was gutted by the Mcb, and all the furniture, &c. burnt.

The Magiftrates who were fitting at Hicks'sHall, retreated precipitately, after fecuring the effects.

The populace alfo made a very violent attack. upon the military pofted at the end of DowningStreet, to defend the house of Lord North, but were repelled, though not till feveral lives were loft, and much mifchief occafioned.

About ten o'clock, the cities of London and Westminster were generally illuminated; to effect which purpofe, detached parties paraded the

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The guards, both horfe and foot, were divided into a great number of different detachments, as danger was apprehended in various quarters; and we are happy to find, that the military every where behaved with great coolness and temper.

At eleven o'clock, the city trained bands received orders to beat, to arms immediately, and to give notice to every' houfe-keeper to hold themselves in readiness on the drum's beating, to march to fuch place as fhould be neceffary, in cafe of any further difturbances.

About eleven o'clock, a very large body attacked Earl Mansfield's houfe in Bloomsbury-Square, the furniture of which took them a long time deftroying. In this employment they were fometimes difturbed by a detachment of horfe and foot foldiers, who appeared and retired again, till another party came to the spot, attended by a juftice, who ordered the men to fire. This being done, they killed four men and a woman, befides dangerously wounding feveral others. After this, the mob fet the house on fire, when there being two engines arrived, the firemen refused to play till the foldiers were removed. This being complied with, the Mob would not fuffer them to play till it was reduced to afhes; but did. not hinder them from playing on Mr. Baron Hotham's houfe, which was thus preferved.

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Lord Mansfield's lofs is eftimated at 30,000l. as every book of his valuable library, which coft him 10,000l. was burnt; among which were a collection of the choiceft manufcripts ever known. in the poffeffion of an individual. His fine collection of pictures fhared the fame fate.

The note books, to the number of 200, of Lord Mansfield, in his Lordship's hand writing, were confumed at the fame time, which is an irreparable lofs to the Gentlemen of the Bar.

Lord and Lady Mansfield escaped but a few minutes before the rioters broke open and entered the house.

This morning, the young men taken up on Friday were re-examined at Sir John Fielding's, when they were all discharged except four, viz. Lind, Inwood, Bannywood, and Twycross.

At the fame time one Bund, a blacksmith, a German, was examined. During the riot at Count Haflang's chapel, in Warwick-Street, on Friday evening, this perfon was obferved by one Elizabeth Canning, to be carrying feveral loads of furniture, &c. from the Count's chapel. She followed him, and faw him enter with it into a houfe in Swallow Street, and came back, and informed the Count's fervants of what fhe had feen.

They went to a Mr. Hyde, who called on Mr. Miles, the conftable, and went to the faid house

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where Bund entered: after knocking a good while at the door, they were admitted by his wife. On fearching the house, feveral pieces of furniture belonging to the Count's chapel were found in it, particularly part of the antependium that hangs before the altar; feveral pieces of one of the doors, chairs, &c. which the Count's fervant fwore to be his mafter's property; and fome of the chairs, cushions, &c. were his own.

He carried off upwards of feven loads. The property being fworn to, and Mrs. Canning fwearing to the identity of his perfon, the parties were bound over to profecute. He is an old

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Bund in his defence faid, He found the chapel effects in the street; that he took them home only for fafety, and that he meant to wait on Count Haflang in the morning, who would undoubtedly reward him.

The parties were likewise bound over to profecute the other four, who were found in and contiguous to the chapel in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields.

In the courfe of the re-examination it appeared, that two or three of them were Catholics. Juftice Wright very wifely obferved, that he feared none of the ringleaders were fecured, all the young men having excellent characters, and having been at work all day.

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