CHRONICLE. 
Solomor, John Philips, and Charles 
Croswell—Guilty. 
Somé disgraceful tumults, 
roth. : 5! 
2 which commenced at Char- 
ing-cross this night, originated 
from the foliowi ing cause. A fifer, 
of the name of Lewis, went to 
the King’s-Arms public house, 
and called for some beer; the man 
ef the house, seeing him in liquor, 
refused it to him, on which a 
quarrel ensued, and Lewis was 
turned out. He scon collected a 
mob, on whom he imposed a tale 
of his companion having been 
crimped in the house, and then con- 
fined in the ceilar, and that he with 
dificulty escaped. The peopie, 
indignant, forgot that respect to 
the laws of their country which 
should at all times govern their con- 
duct, and giving way to the impuise 
of the moment, broke open the 
door, and destroyed every article of 
furniture that the house contained : 
when thus employed for about two 
hours the military appeared, and 
_ they dispersed. Lewis was, how- 
ever, taken into custody, and after 
€xamination on Tuesday at Bow- 
street, committed to Newgate, to 
take his trial for the cffence. 
_ The mob again assembled at 
Charing-cross, and on being dri- 
ven from thence and Downing- 
street, where it Is stated they broke 
some of Mr. Pitt’s windows, they 
proceeded to St. George’s Fields, 
where they gutted 4 recruiting- 
_ house near the Obelisk, and like. 
wise destroyed by fire the furniture 
belonging to one Edwards, a bat. 
cher, The horse guards, the City 
and Borough associations, and Lam- 
beth volunteers, at fength arrived, 
headed by a magistrate, who read 
the riot a&t, but with no effea, 
when. the horse guards galloped 
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in among the crowd, trampled down’ 
many, andseverely wounded others. 
The military remaised under arms 
all night. 
A very large mob again assem. 
bled about the Royal George re- 
cruiting.house, in St. George’s 
Fields, on Tuesday evening, took 
from the house that part of 
the furniture which they had not 
destroyed on she | receding e evening, 
and burnt it in the road; the timely 
arrival of three companies of .the 
toot gua rds, a detachment consist. 
ing of the life guards, and as many 
of nee s wry © fencibles, prevented 
uny further mischief: one man 
had’ hi whcind cut off by a. life. 
guard aide? who was, severely . 
wounded by a brick which was 
thrown at ‘him; and we are ins 
formed that a pistol was discharged 
at the soldiers. © 
Vhis day came on, at 
Chelmsford, - the trial of 
Miss Anne paneipna for the mur. 
der of Wir. Errington, a Barrister. 
It appeared, by the. opening ‘of 
the counsel for the ‘crown, that 
she had been kept by Mr. Erring- 
ton for twelve years.— The defence 
set up was the insanity of thepriso. 
ner; and which was very clearly 
proved by a variety of witnesses. 
particularly her servants, trades. 
people, and persons » acquainted 
with her family. The unhappy 
woman was accordingly acquitted, 
to the apparent satisfaction of a 
very crowded court. 
Reading. On Monday 
18th. : ‘ 
morning last the following 
melancholy occurrence took place 
in the bishop of Winchester’s park 
at Farnham-castle. As the keeper. 
was walking in the park, attended 
by two assistants, they observed 
four men armed with a gun each; 
they 
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