fage, where they faid he was gone through, but they did not find him.

David Miles.

I am a conftable. Upon hearing that a mob was burning the chapel in Warwick-street, I went there at paft eleven o'clock, from the House of Commons. I came to my own house, but the mob was gone from Warwick-ftreet before I got there. I took a man to be examined at Bow-street, for burning or robbing the chapel. My houfe was afterwards burnt by the mob.

Thomas Gates, the City Marshall.

There was a great disturbance on the evening of Sunday the 4th of June, in White's-alley, Moorfields. I was there. Three houfes belonging to perfons reputed to be papists, and the popish chapel, were burnt. They came again on the Monday to finifh the mifchief. The perfons on each day had blue cockades, in general, and the cry was "No popery."

William Hyde, Efq;

I am a Juftice of the Peace for Middlesex, I was at the Bavarian Chapel, whilft it was destroying; as foon as I came to Warwick-street, I saw many people with blue cockades. I knocked down a man that was bringing fomething out of the chapel; the cry was-down with it, no popery. I had about twenty foldiers with me, and we difperfed the mob. I was alfo at the Sardinian chapel on the Sunday, and faw the outrages commmitted there. I cannot fay whether those people had blue cockades or not. Information came to me, on the Monday, that the mob was going to deftroy Sir George Savile's houfe, in Leicester

fields;

fields; upon this I immediately fent for the military; fome of the horse eame, and they, under my direction, difperfed the mob. They cryed out" No popery. On the Tuesday a great multitude were affembled in Palace-yard, and the ftreets leading to the Houfes of Parliament; feveral carriages were ftopped in New Palaceyard, which I fet at liberty. Information was brought to me, that Lord Sandwich had been stopped in Parliament-ftreet; I went immediately with the light horfe, and found the mob round about him; his carriage was broken, and he had been cut on the left-fide of the head, by fome of the mob; I rescued him, and took him home; I then came back into Parliament-street, cleared it as well as I could, and got into Palace-yard again. The mob cried "No popery." They had blue cockades in their hats, and flags flying, and about three o'clock they had got fome weapons, that is, fome large faggot fticks, and there were many thousands of them. My houfe in St. Martin's-street was destroyed on the Tuesday night, and my houfe at Iflington on the Wednesday.

Crofs Examination.

Q. Did you fee the people cut my Lord Sandwich in the face?

W. I did not; it was done before I came. I heard one man fwear that he would murder him, but I don't know who he was.

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John Lucy.

I was in Palace-yard in the evening of Tuesday. There was a great mob, who had blue cockades in their hats. They cried out, "No popery,"

and had three flags with them. One James Jack-
fon carried one of the flags: he waved it, and call-
ed out, "To Hyde's, hoa! deftroy his houfe for
ordering the horfe to ride in amongst us." I
went to Hyde's houfe, and faw the fame Jackfon
there with the flag. Goods were thrown out of
the house and burnt, and the infide pulled to
pieces.
The fame man afterwards called out,
Hoa! for Newgate, and let out the prifoners."
I faw the mob and him there with the flag.

Barnard Turner, Captain of the London Foot
Affociation.

On Wednesday the 7th of June, about fix or feven o'clock in the evening, the Military Affociation were under arms. They marched into Broad-street, where the mob were deftroying a houfe. I halted. I was commanding officer. I spoke to the people, and endeavoured to difperfe them by words, but, finding that ineffectual, I was obliged to order the Affociation to fire. They fired for four or five minutes before the mob difperfed they then marched to St. Catharine's, where the mob were burning another house. The Affociation were employed on the Wednesday and on Thursday morning, in marching after the mob, who were armed with bludgeons, iron bars, and fome

fome with cutlaffes and fire-arms; but chiefly wit bludgeons and iron bars. The Affociation affem bled on Thursday morning, when Cheapfide wa filled with mob; but then they had no arms. Th common cry at all these places was, "Down with the Papists! No Popery!"

This witness was fhown a paper, which was to this effe&t: "All true friends to the proteftants will do no injury to the houfes or property of good protestants; and I am affured, the proprietor of this houfe is a ftaunch friend to the caufe."

I faw the prifoner fign this paper. When the mob came to my houfe I fhewed it to them, and my houfe was not pulled down: I do not live in the house myself, but I let it to a tenant.

Cross examination.

Q. When was this paper figned?
W. On the Wednesday.

Q. How did you get it figned?

W. I applied to the prifoner, who was in his coach, and Alderman Pugh was with him. I brought the paper with me ready written.

Q. Why did you apply to the prifoner to fign this paper?

W. Because I thought it would be of service to me-my tenant is a papist.

Q. Do you know that that paper was the means of faving your house?

W. I cannot fay whether it was, but I fhewed it to the mob, and my houfe was not burnt.

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Q. How came that paper out of your cuftody?
W. Mr. Wilkes applied to me for it, and I

let him have it.

John Dingwall.

This witness was called to prove the handwriting of the prifoner, but he faid he had never feen him write, and though he acknowledged he had known the prifoner from his infancy, he perfifted that he had never feen him write.

Mr. Erfkine was going to examine this witness, with respect to fome converfation which paffed between him and the prifoner the day before the 29th of May, which would prove his Lordship's motives for propofing the meeting in St. George's Fields on the fecond of June.

This evidence was objected to.

Mr. Kenyon contended, that as the noble Lord's intention constituted the guilt or innocence of his conduct, words fpoken by his Lordship were very proper evidence of that intention; and as evidence of the noble Lord's expreffions had been admitted to criminate him, it was only just that he should be permitted to give evidence of those tending to his juftification.

Lord Mansfield. You cannot go into evidence
from what the prifoner faid about his defigns, un-
lefs connected with words which have been proved
against him. A man's motives cannot be proved
by his own declarations. They may be proved
against him, but not for him.

Mr. Metcalfe was again called, and delivered
into the court an extract from the journal of the
House of Commons. I examined this paper with
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