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Monthly Chronicle.
As his Majesty proceeded from the Palace to the House of Peers , an immense crowd , consisting , as far as we could judge by the sight , of 1595000 persons , men , women , and children , was collected in St . James ' s Park and the adjacent streets . Amongthese was a desperate mob , consisting of the very dregs of the people , who evinced a most riotous and mischievous disposition . As his Majesty went through the park , it was with great difficulty that the Guards could keep the way clear for the carriage to pass . Somewhere between the Horse Guards and Palace Yard , a bullet is said to have been fired from an air-gun ,
which perforated the glass of the carriage , but , MOST HAPI ' ILY FOR THE NATION ^ failed to accomplish the diabolical purpose which it was evidently intended to effect . In Palace-Yard a stone was thrown , which shattered one of the side windows . On his Majesty ' s return to St . James ' s , the same gang of ruffians followed his coach , and , just as it turned under thejgateway of the Palace , a stone was thrown , and also an oyster-shell , which went through the glasses of the coach . After the King had left the Palace , and was returning to Buckingham House
to dinner , in his private coach , attended only by two footmen , the mob again rushed upon the carriage , and one miscreant in a green coat endeavoured to open the door . A soldier who happened to be in the crowd at the time immediately ran after the Horse Guards and brought them back ; but before their arrival the coachman , by whipping his horses , had got clear of the mob , though the wheels ofthe carriage had been seized by upwards of 30 villains , and drove in a gallop to Buckingham House . A melancholy accident happened to one ofthe leaders ofthe eight horses ; an
old man , named Sam . Dorrington , many years in the Mews , was thrown down by the mob , and the fore and the hind wheels of the coach going over one of his thighs , it was broken in a terrible manner . On the return of the State Coach from the Palace to the Mews , it was attacked and all the glasses were broken ; just as it was turning into the Mews-gate , a stout fellow , with a bludgeon , completed the demolition of the only glass of which a single particle remained , and was proceeding to destroy the carved work , & c . when one ofthe King ' s footmen , with more spirit than prudence , interposed , and had nearly been massacred by the cowardly ruffians who followed him into the Mews , whence they were only expelled by the arrival of a party of the Guards .
Oct . 30 . In the evening their Majesties with the three Princesses went to Covent Garden Theatre ; the performances were the Rivals , and Hartford Bridge . In consequence of the brutal and disloyal violence offered to the sacred person of his Majesty on Thursday , ii strong guard attended the Royal Family to and from -he Theatre ; the audience evinced the most zealous regard for the Royal party . On their . entering the house a few wretches hissed in the galleries , but the applause of nearly the whole house put them to shame . God save the Kinc , Rule Britannia & c . were sung repeatedly .
, An odd accident happened as his Majesty went to the Theatre : one of the Horse soldiers pistols , in the holster , went off , and shot the next horse in the shoulder . This gave rise to a report , that his Majesty had been fired at . The Prince of Wales signed warrants for the payment of every thing contracted in the last quarter , and the several tradesmen immediatel y received notice from the office at Carltpn-house to call for the money .
HURRICANE . Nov . 6 . The memory of man does not recollect so violent a hurricane as that which happened this morning . lis continuance was happily short . It began about half past one , and had totally subsided before four o'clock . The squall came from the north-west , and was not accompanied by rain or hail . I ts ravages were dreadful beyond descripticn ; trees were torn up by the roots , stacks ol ' chim-Jii ' es blown down in every corner of the metropolis , houses totally uncovered , and numbers of buildings entirely demolished . The following are a lew of the particulars : A house in Mead ' s row , Lambeth , was blown down , and a Latlv , who slept in
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Monthly Chronicle.
As his Majesty proceeded from the Palace to the House of Peers , an immense crowd , consisting , as far as we could judge by the sight , of 1595000 persons , men , women , and children , was collected in St . James ' s Park and the adjacent streets . Amongthese was a desperate mob , consisting of the very dregs of the people , who evinced a most riotous and mischievous disposition . As his Majesty went through the park , it was with great difficulty that the Guards could keep the way clear for the carriage to pass . Somewhere between the Horse Guards and Palace Yard , a bullet is said to have been fired from an air-gun ,
which perforated the glass of the carriage , but , MOST HAPI ' ILY FOR THE NATION ^ failed to accomplish the diabolical purpose which it was evidently intended to effect . In Palace-Yard a stone was thrown , which shattered one of the side windows . On his Majesty ' s return to St . James ' s , the same gang of ruffians followed his coach , and , just as it turned under thejgateway of the Palace , a stone was thrown , and also an oyster-shell , which went through the glasses of the coach . After the King had left the Palace , and was returning to Buckingham House
to dinner , in his private coach , attended only by two footmen , the mob again rushed upon the carriage , and one miscreant in a green coat endeavoured to open the door . A soldier who happened to be in the crowd at the time immediately ran after the Horse Guards and brought them back ; but before their arrival the coachman , by whipping his horses , had got clear of the mob , though the wheels ofthe carriage had been seized by upwards of 30 villains , and drove in a gallop to Buckingham House . A melancholy accident happened to one ofthe leaders ofthe eight horses ; an
old man , named Sam . Dorrington , many years in the Mews , was thrown down by the mob , and the fore and the hind wheels of the coach going over one of his thighs , it was broken in a terrible manner . On the return of the State Coach from the Palace to the Mews , it was attacked and all the glasses were broken ; just as it was turning into the Mews-gate , a stout fellow , with a bludgeon , completed the demolition of the only glass of which a single particle remained , and was proceeding to destroy the carved work , & c . when one ofthe King ' s footmen , with more spirit than prudence , interposed , and had nearly been massacred by the cowardly ruffians who followed him into the Mews , whence they were only expelled by the arrival of a party of the Guards .
Oct . 30 . In the evening their Majesties with the three Princesses went to Covent Garden Theatre ; the performances were the Rivals , and Hartford Bridge . In consequence of the brutal and disloyal violence offered to the sacred person of his Majesty on Thursday , ii strong guard attended the Royal Family to and from -he Theatre ; the audience evinced the most zealous regard for the Royal party . On their . entering the house a few wretches hissed in the galleries , but the applause of nearly the whole house put them to shame . God save the Kinc , Rule Britannia & c . were sung repeatedly .
, An odd accident happened as his Majesty went to the Theatre : one of the Horse soldiers pistols , in the holster , went off , and shot the next horse in the shoulder . This gave rise to a report , that his Majesty had been fired at . The Prince of Wales signed warrants for the payment of every thing contracted in the last quarter , and the several tradesmen immediatel y received notice from the office at Carltpn-house to call for the money .
HURRICANE . Nov . 6 . The memory of man does not recollect so violent a hurricane as that which happened this morning . lis continuance was happily short . It began about half past one , and had totally subsided before four o'clock . The squall came from the north-west , and was not accompanied by rain or hail . I ts ravages were dreadful beyond descripticn ; trees were torn up by the roots , stacks ol ' chim-Jii ' es blown down in every corner of the metropolis , houses totally uncovered , and numbers of buildings entirely demolished . The following are a lew of the particulars : A house in Mead ' s row , Lambeth , was blown down , and a Latlv , who slept in