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"our property, and endeavouring to overfet our "happy conftitution. If the French are fuffered "by these means to prevail, Popery will certain"ly be introduced, which we have no reafon to "fear from a British Parliament."

The gentlemen of the armed Affociations, both horse and foot, have added their fervices to those of the military now ftationed in the City of London, and have not a little contributed, by their active efforts, to preferve the Peace fo happily restored to the British capital.

Government have acted with fingular, perhaps cenfurable, moderation with regard to the prefent Tumults in London and Weftminfter. They did not attempt even to fhew the military till the measure became abfolutely neceffary; and when they on Wednesday exercised the prerogative of the Crown, by putting the two Cities under martial law, the foldiers were privately instructed to try every lenient method of difperfing the Mobs that paraded the streets, and only when they would not retire in confequences of admonition and perfuafion, to fire up

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The damage done to the ftock, premises, and furniture of Mr. Molloy, filk-weaver in SpitalFields,

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Fields, is, befides that of his own particular lofs, attended with the additional misfortune of throwing between thirty and forty journeymen out of bufinefs.

The idea of arming, has caught univerfally, and the inhabitants of the whole City are determined to fhew themfelves foes to riot and diforder.

One of the democratical tyrants, who had extorted money from the inhabitants of St. Paul's Covent-Garden, had the impudence to attempt walking through King-Strect, but being recognized by a filk-mercer, who lives in the street, he was inftantly fecured, a corporal's guard was fent for from Somerfet-houfe, and he was conveyed, all pale and trembling, to his fate in the Park.

Great obloquy is caft on the Magiftracy in general, as well upon the Lord Mayor of London, Aldermen, &c. as upon the acting Juftices of the Peace for Middlefex and Westminster. However, general cenfure is in this cafe particularly unjust. In both cities, some of the Magistrates merit the warmeft praife: We are forry to add, that several of them deserve the public contempt for their fcandalous timidity.

Among the Magiftrates of London who were active in their endeavours to quell the late tumults,

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mults, none were more zealous and affiduous than the Aldermen Wilkes and Pugh; and among the Juftices of Peace in the Westminster commiffion, Mr. Wright and Mr. Addington, fhewed themselves trufty officers, and did their duty in such a manner, as reflects credit on themselves.

Sir Watkin Lewis has taken a moft active part in fuppreffing the riots and disturbances in the City of London, and has been up three nights: he prevailed twice on the populace, though it has fince been burnt down, to quit Mr. Langdale's the diftiller's, by representing to them the dreadful confequence of their proceeding, and the disgrace it would be to their caufe. Immediately on receiving information that they were proceeding to destroy the Seffions-Houfe, and had beat back a party of the horse, he sent to the Manfion House for a strong detachment of both horfe and foot, which came juft in time to prevent their carrying their defign into execution, accompanied by the Aldermen Peckham, Sainfbury and Hart.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 10th, 1780.

THIS morning Mr. Akerman, giving fome neceffary directions about the repair of Newgate, to the workmen there employed, faw ftanding near him, a person of the name of Hyde, who had formerly been a prifoner in Newgate, and who had threatened Mr. Akerman on the very afternoon, towards the clofe of which, his property was deftroyed, his house burnt, and the jail likewife fet on fire. Mr. Akerman immediately collared him, and conveyed him to the Compter. As he paffed along the streets, many perfons congratulated Mr. Akerman on his having feized Hyde; all of them declaring, that they faw him active in the outrage committed on his property, and that of the public.

This day a young man, apprentice to Mr Wood, bookbinder, in Warwick-Lane, was apprehended on a charge of having been a principal in destroying Mr. Akerman's furniture laft Tuefday evening.

The Lord Mayor was this day under examination before the Council, when his Lordship read minutes of his conduct during the late tumults.

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The prefervation of the Bank was, in a great measure, owing to the activity and good conduct of the Chamberlain of London. Mr. Wilkes, plainly feeing the danger of a fuccefsful attack on the Bank to the national credit, as well as the peculiar and shocking injury such a circumstance would entail on numberless individuals, took the wisest measures to prevent it; and by his perfonal firmness, and judicious direction of the military, effected the very laudable object of his attention. We heartily wish we had it in our power to say that all the City Magiftrates equally merit public applause.

Mr. Alderman Wilkes, whofe conduct during the whole of last week, has done him the highest honour, and is really beyond praise, fat all day yesterday at the Globe Tavern in Fleet-Street, for the purpose of examining fuch perfons as might be apprehended, on fufpicion of their having been concerned in the late riots, and committing them to a place of fecurity. Great part of the day was taken up in the examination of Moore, apprehended on Saturday; and some time after, his wife was taken up and examined. The Alderman left the Globe at half after ten, in order to perambulate the Ward, and fee that all was fafe. He fat again the whole of

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