They were escorted to Newgate, about four o'clock on Monday, by a detachment of foot guards.

The Court of Aldermen met this day at Guildhall at nine o'clock, to confider what neceffary fteps were proper to be taken to put a stop to the riots and difturbances that had been in Ropemakers Alley, Moorfields; the Lord Mayor having received two letters from Lord Stormont and Lord Hillsborough, Secretaries of State, concerning thereof, and the Aldermen having overnight been defired to require the attendance of their peace officers at Guildhall, on Tuesday morning, at nine o'clock. The two Marthals were directed to divide their conftables, and fend 100 to Ropemakers-Alley, relieving them every fix hours, till further orders, and to station the others in proper places; and the Court recommended it to the Lord Mayor to take the most effectual method to prevent any riots or tumults within this City, as his Lordfhip fhould think proper, and then broke up.

WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7th, 1780.

THIS day there was a Levee at St. James's, his Majefty and all the Ministers of State and Foreign Ministers, &c. &c. were present, and broke up before two o'clock. A council was afterwards held, at the breaking up of which, orders were given to the feveral Officers of the foot and horfe guards, to exert their own difcretion in quelling any future outrages of the Mob, without any controul of the civil power: a Proclamation was issued, affigning as a reason for the measure above stated, that the country being in a ftate of Treafon and Rebellion, his Majefty is reduced to the disagreeable neceffity of exerting his prerogative in this manner.

The yeomen of the guards, marfhalmen, and all his Majesty's domeftics at St. James's, and the Queen's Palace, were, by the King's orders, to be on duty all night, and furnished with arms to repel any attempt of violence.

Summonfes were iffued for a Council to be held as last night at St. James's Palace.

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The following Proclamation appeared in the Tuesday's London Gazette:

By the KING.

A PROCLAMATIÓN.

GEORGE R.

WHEREAS it hath been reprefented to Us, that a great number of perfons, in confequence of advertisements or hand bills, inciting them thereto, did, on Friday laft, the fecond of this inftant, June, affemble in a riotous and tumultuous manner, in St. George's Fields, in the County of Surry, from whence they proceeded in feveral bodies to Palace Yard, Westminster, furrounded both Houfes of Parliament, and poffeffed themselves of the avenues to the fame, (the faid Houfes of Parliament being then fitting) where they continued in a riotous and tumultuous manner, committing great outrages and violence against several of our fubjects, and feloniously taking money from them; after which, in the evening of the fame day, they infulted and at

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tacked the houses of fome of the Public Minif ters of foreign Princes and States refiding at our Court, and broke into, fpoiled, and set Fire to chapels, which in every civilized country, are allowed to fuch Public Minifters, for the free exercise of the religion of their country, to the great scandal and offence of all truly pious and good Proteftants: We, therefore, in order that the reproach of fo frantic and attrocious an outrage against the precepts of religion, as well as the obligation of all laws, may not remain a difgrace to our kingdom, but may be confined to the authors, abettors, and perpetrators of the faid outrage, and that they may be brought to fpeedy and condign punishment; and that fuch dangerous and wicked practices may hereafter be prevented, have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, to publish and declare our refolution to put the laws in force against fuch offences: And we do hereby enjoin and require all juftices of the peace; fheriffs, mayors, bailiffs, conftables, and other our lov ing fubjects, to be aiding and affifting, to the utmost of their power in fuppreffing fuch illegal and tumultuous affemblies, and in detecting, apprehending, and bringing to juftice the perfons concerned in affembling or inftigating the fame.

and guilty of any of the violences above-mentioned: And for the better detection of the perfons who were concerned in the outrages committed at the houfes of the faid Public Minifters, we are gracioufly pleafed to promife, that if any perfon fhall difcover any other perfon or perfons, who, directly or indirectly, were concerned in pulling down, or beginning to pull down, or in fetting fire to the chapel of any Public Minister, fo as that the perfon or perfons discovered may be profecuted for the fame, fuch discoverer fhall have and receive, as a reward, upon conviction of fuch offender or offenders, the fum of Five Hundred Pounds, and alfo our gracious pardon for the faid offence, in cafe the perfon making fuch discovery shall himself be liable to be profecuted for the fame, except the person who first broke into, or began to pull down or fet fire to the faid chapels. And the Commiffioners for executing the office of Treasurer of our Exchequer, are hereby required to make payment of the faid rewards accordingly.

Given at our Court at St. James's, the fifth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and eighty, in the twentieth year of our reign.

GOD fave the KING.

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