The establishment of martial law furnished Government with powers fo extenfive, that the outrages of the multitude were in a great meafure put a stop to. In the course of the day several regiments, both horfe and foot, arrived in town, and encamped in Hyde-Park. Notwithftanding the precautions that were taken, however, a number of people affembled at Old Newgate, and had got into the cells, with an intention to fet them on fire, when the military arrived, and about forty of them were conducted to the Tower. Several fcuffles alfo happened in the afternoon and evening. The light horse cut and mangled many of the Rioters about St. Paul's Church-yard and Fleet-Market, and dispersed them wherever they appeared affembling. Strong guards were placed at every public building, while bodies of troops were placed in every quarter of the metropolis. Detachments were also appointed to patrole the streets. By these precautions there appeared a dawn of returning order and fecurity.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 9th, 1780.

THIS morning at eleven o'clock, a Council was held at Lord Stormont's office in ClevelandRow; it broke up at one o'clock, when the Lords in Admiralty went to St. James's, where his Majesty had a Levee: his Majesty retired to the closet foon after two, where a Cabinet Council was convened, to take into their ferious confideration the moft effectual means of fecuring the vile promoters of the late alarming commotions In confequence of the above council, a warrant was iffued by his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, directed to Mann and Staley, two of his Majefty's Meffengers in ordinary, for the apprehending, and taken into fafe cuftody, the Right Hon. Lord GEORGE GORDON. The Meffengers on receiving their warrants, instantly repaired to his house in Welbeck-Street, and getting admittance, were introduced to his Lordfhip, whom they made immediately acquainted with the nature of their vifit ;-Lord George only replied," If you are fure it is me you want, I am ready to attend you!" Upon which a hackney coach being previously got ready, and a party

a party of the light horfe having received orders to attend in an adjacent street, his Lordfhip was conducted fafely by them, about fix o'clock, to the Horfe-guards.

The inhabitants in Welbeck-Street, collected about the carriage, and inveighed against him bitterly as the author of all the prefent calamities; to avoid which reproaches, he defired the blinds to be drawn up, which request the Meffengers complied with.

A long examination took place in the WarOffice, before the Lord Prefident, Lord North, Lord Amherst, the Secretaries of State, and feveral other Lords of the Privy Council; and at half an hour after nine, Lord George Gordon was committed a close prifoner to the Tower. The guards that attended him were by far the greatest in number every remembered to guard a ftate prifoner. A large party of infantry pre ceded in front, his Lordship following in a coach, in which were two officers; two foldiers rode behind the coach, and immediately followed General Carpenter's regiment of dragoons; after which came a colonel's guard of the foot guards, befides a party of the militia, which marched on each fide of the coach. The cavalcade paffed over Weftminster-bridge, through

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St. George's Fields, the Borough, and fo on to the Tower, where his Lordfhip alighted, seemingly in good fpirits, about ten o'clock. His Lordship refted all night in the Governor's apartments. -The populace who attended on this occafion, conducted themselves with fingular decorum.

I When his Lordship was brought before the Council affembled at St. James's, he was examined. concerning the purport of his various epiftles, and particularly interrogated as to the nature of his own defigns, and motives in writing them. He difclaimed all intentions of violating the public peace, and expreffed the warmeft attachment for the love of his country, but at the fame time, vindicated his adherence to the cause he was concerned in, with aftonishing ability and refolution. To the question, however, which which was frequently and forcibly put, by dif ferent Members of the Cabinet, how he could fo far forget his dignity, as an immediate defcondant of one of the firft families of his country, and also a legislator of England, as to unite with a fet of the loweft men in the kingdom, and to be inftrumental in producing the fhocking diforders, and irreparable injuries which had taken place? he only feverally replied, "That he had

not foreseen these effects in all the degree to which they had extended; did not mean them, and was forry for them." But against this it was urged, "Why did he, in all his letters, convey an implied approbation of these disturbances, if fuch were his difpofition of mind as he there reprefented?" His Lordship made no good anfwer to this home-put obfervation. After he had undergone an examination of upwards of an hour at St. James's, he was then carried to the Horseguards, where Lord Amherst sat in his capacity of Commander in Chief, and proceeded to a farther fcrutiny into this business.

The following hand-bill was this day circulated through the city:

"NO FRENCH RIOTERS.

"THIS is to give notice, that it now ap

pears, that the horrible Riots which have been "committed in this City have been promoted by "French money,-and to call upon all honeft " men to ftand forth against Rioters who, under "the cloak of religion, are wantonly destroying

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