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m a dreadful manner: the chair was 

 dashed to pieces, Henry O'llara, 

 esq. a gentleman mcH known on the 

 turf, who had just arrived in town 

 on horseback from Brighton, was in 

 Piccadill}' on horseback, the horse's 

 feet were close to the kirb-stone, 

 -standing across the street near Moor- 

 house's livery stable. He was in 

 conversation with one of his friends, 

 a Mr. Powell from Bath, when a 

 post-chaise drove up, and though the 

 street was very wide, and no great 

 number of people present, the post- 

 boy rode against Mr.O'Hara's horse, 

 when the pole going between the 

 horse's hind legs, tripped him up 

 witli such force, that the rider was 

 pitched off, and fell with his side so 

 forcibly upon the kirb-stone, that 

 several of his ribs Avere broken and 

 bent into his body. He languished 

 in great agony for 3 days, Avhen he 

 expired in the 53d year of his age, 

 leaving an amiable wife to deplore 

 his unfortunate death. 



Towards night, some symptoms 

 of riot were manifested. About half 

 past five, a party of the mob at- 

 tacked Mr. G. Gibbons, second son 

 to sir William, as he was passing a- 

 long Piccadilly, with the watch- 

 word, " There is a Mainwaringer — 

 follow him up." As they were very 

 violent in their threats, Mr. Gibbons 

 flourished his stick, and desired them 

 to keep off, at the same time pro- 

 ceeding quickly up Bond-street. 

 There, however, he was attacked 

 more closely, and with increased 

 fury, when he drew out a pair of 

 pistols, with which, having faced 

 about, he retreated backwards, and 

 took refuge in a tradesman's shop. 

 The mob was soon re-inforced, and 

 became violent in their threats to 

 pull the house down, if the gentle- 

 man was not turned out. The guards 

 were sent for ; but in the mean time 



the police officers came and carried 

 off Mr. Gibbons in a coach to Hat- 

 ton Garden ])olice office, where he 

 was examined by Mr. Baker and two 

 other magistrates ; vrhen, after the 

 testimony of the officers, and Mr. 

 Gibbons's own statement of the af. 

 fair, he was discharged. The inves- 

 tigation before the magistrates lasted 

 an hour. The house of Mr. Main- 

 waring, senior, in Tenterden-street, 

 was a few hours after attacked, and 

 would, in all probability, have been 

 much injured, had it not been for the 

 timely arriv al of lord Amherst, at the 

 head of the grenadier company of the 

 St. James's volunteers, who had been 

 out exercising. The windows of the 

 junior Mr. Mainwaring's house, in 

 Weymouth-street, were broken, by 

 another division of the mob. Mr. 

 Mainwaring's servants, and a gen- 

 tleman who accompanied him to his 

 house, were severely struck with 

 brick-bats. 



9th. After long consultation, and 

 hearing counsel on both sides, the 

 sheriff declared Mr. Mainwaring to 

 be duly elected. The numbers on 

 each day's poll were as follows : 



Mainicaring. Burdett. 



1st day - 528 611 



2*1 day - 399 361 



3d day - 311 265 



4th day - 257 187 



5th day - 193 192 



6th day - 152 102 



7th day - 146 204 



8th day - 108 108 



9th day - 109 93 



10th day - 106 99 



11th day - 98 55 



12th day - 70 72 



13th day - 109 150 



14th day - 136 137 



15th day - 106 187 



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