The house of a Pawnbroker in Golden-Lane, was pulled down, and the goods burnt in OldStreet-Road.

The house of Mr. Maberly, currier, in Little Queen-Street, Lincoln's - Inn - Fields, was alfo demolished in refentment for his having been instrumental in fecuring one of the rioters.

The dwelling house of Mr. Molloy, a filkweaver, and a Catholic, near Moorfields, is reduced to afhes. The military came, but, perceiving the populace too formidable, retired.

The houses of Mr. Neale, a fhoemaker, in Princes-Street, Little Turnftile, Holborn, and of Mr. Bovis, keeper of a chandler's-fhop, in New Turnftile, are destroyed. Both of these persons were, Papists.

They also destroyed the house of one Fofter, a publican, at the corner of Princes-Street, Little Turnstile, Holborn, who is said to have permitted the celebration of private mafs, in a large room, fitted up for that purpose.

Mr. Juftice Willes's coachman, in going to Westminster, gave fome offence to the Mob, who, without ceremony, took the Judge out of the coach, and rolled the coachman in the dirt.

Juftice Wilmot's house, on Bethnal-Green,

and

and his office in Worship-Street, Shoreditch, were destroyed.

Juftice Hyde's houfe at Iflington, was likewise destroyed.

So alarmed were the inhabitants of Westminfter, of both Houses of Parliament being deftroyed, that every perfon near the fame moved off all their valuable goods; and

Mr. Hatfell, Clerk of the House of Commons, in confequence of the above alarm, moved all the Journals and other books belonging to the House.

About two o'clock in the morning, a large detachment of foot guards were fent off to the Exchequer, Weftminster, to guard that place.

A great number of people went to the house of Mr. Malby, a filk-weaver in Moorfields, destroyed all his furniture, and pulled his house down. to the ground.

A number of perfons also went to the house of Mr. Charlton, a chymift in Coleman-Street, and threw all the furniture out of the windows, which they carried away in carts to Moorfields, and burnt, and afterwards pulled the infide of the houfe down. The horse and foot were fent for, but came too late to be of any service.

If

In the afternoon, about four hundred of the fecond and third regiments of foot-guards were fent for, and pofted in the Royal Exchange, in disturbance should happen in that neigh

cafe any

bourhood.

The foot-guards were placed at Wood-Street and the Poultry Compters.

Horfe and foot guards were also placed at the Excife and the Poft Offices, to prevent any dif

turbances.

In their attempt on the Poultry Compter, they they were refifted by the military, and two or three were killed.

The prisoners in Clerkenwell Bridewell and New Prison, were fet at liberty, all but one, who being confined for murder, was declared to be an improper object of their charity. They would let no murderers loofe on the world.

There were, in the courfe of the day, many leffer calamities; and at twelve o'clock at night, the streets were in the utmost uproar and confufion.

The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs kept continually patrolling the streets of this city, and wherever they found any number of perfons affembled, talked and reasoned with them, and they very peaceably difperfed.

The officers of the fix regiments of the city militia fummoned every houfe-keeper in the city, either to fend a man, or be under arms themfelves, by notice of the beat of drum; but the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs taking it into confideration, countermanded the order, as they were of opinion that it would be attended with bad confequences.

THURSDAY, JUNE 8th, 1780.

THIS morning the following Proclamation was announced to the Public, it having been refolved upon the preceding evening by the Privy Council:

By the KING.

A PROCLAMATION.

GEORGE R.

WHEREAS a great number of diforderly Perfons have affembled themselves together in a riotous and tumultuous manner, and have been

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been guilty of many acts of Treafon and Re. bellion, having made an affault on the Gaol of Newgate, fet loofe the Prifoners confined therein, and fet fire to and deftroyed the faid Prifon: And whereas houfes are now pulling down in feveral parts of our cities of London and Weftminfter, and Liberties thereof, and Fires kindled for confuming the materials and furniture of the fame, whereby it is become abfolutely neceffary to use the most effectual means to quiet fuch Disturbances, to preferve the lives and properties of individuals, and to restore the Peace of the Country: We therefore, taking the fame into our most serious confideration, have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, to iffue this our Royal Proclamation, hereby ftrictly charging and exhorting all our loving Subjects to preferve the Peace, and to keep themselves, their fervants and apprentices, quietly within their refpective dwellings, to the end that all well-difpofed perfons may avoid those mifchiefs which the continuance of fuch Riotous Proceedings may bring upon the Guilty: And as it is neceffary, from the circumftances beforementioned, to employ the military force, with which we are by law entrusted, for the immediate fuppreffion of fuch Rebellious and Traiter

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