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double-;bairelled pistol in his 

 hand, stood as a kind of sentry 

 over an old man of the name of 

 Baker, that was sitting up with 

 Mr. Ward, who happened to be 

 confined to his bed in a dying 

 state, whilst the two others ran- 

 sacked tlie house : in the doing of 

 which, such was their audacity, 

 that they even pulled the djing 

 man's clothes from under his pil- 

 low, and rifled his pockets, the 

 sentry in the mean while threat- 

 ening death to Baker if he was 

 not still, and saying, they were 

 come for money, ajid money they 

 would have. They took away a 

 promissory note of lOOl., 28 gui- 

 neas in gold, twenty-fcnir shil- 

 lings in silver, besides two crown- 

 pieces, threepence in copper, and 

 three pair of shoes. Mr. Ward 

 expired the next morning about 

 eight o'clock. 



2. Early on this uiorniug, be- 

 tween twenty and thirty persons 

 assem'uled round a wind-mill 

 standing on a piece of open giound 

 on the side of the New-cut, Lam- 

 beth-marsh, the lease of which 

 having expired, it remains at 

 present unoccupied ; and, com- 

 mencing a general attack upon 

 the building, pioceeded to de- 

 molish it at a very rapid rate : 

 the mob continued to increase, 

 and- by ten o'clock, more than 

 300 persons had assembled. The 

 acene of devastation and plunder 

 •^hich was now presented to the 

 Bpectators, wa^s truly serious. 

 Some of these misguided people, 

 who had taken up the erroneous 

 opinion, that because the lease 

 had expired the materials of the 

 building had become conunon 

 j)roperty, iiad obtained jH)Ssession 

 •f tlie upper part of the mill, and 



were throwing down beam?, 

 planks, &c. to those below, who, 

 regardless of the danger to which 

 they were exposed from the fall- 

 ing timber, were maintaining a 

 brisk combat — men, women, and 

 children — amongst themselves, to 

 secure their plunder. Mr. Sel- 

 lon, the magistrate, having re- 

 ceived information of what was 

 going forward, proceeded to the 

 spot with several officers, and, 

 though at the risk of considerable 

 personal danger, succeeded in se- 

 cui'ing several of the most active 

 of the mob, and dispersing the 

 rest. On inquiry, it appeared 

 that Mr. Lee, an attorney in the 

 Borough, is the ground landlord 

 of the mill, and had placed a man 

 on the premises to take care of 

 the property ; but tliis man was 

 overpoweied, and driven from his 

 post by the mob. Scarcely any 

 part of the mill, except the brick- 

 Avork and main beams, is left 

 standing. Six of the men taken 

 into custody were ordered to find 

 bail to answer the complaint pre- 

 ferred against them at the ses- 

 sions, and to keep the peace in 

 the interim. 



Extraordinary Instance of the 

 Sagacity of a Dog. — Mr. T. Ru- 

 therford, df Long Framlington, 

 was, about a fortnight ago, over- 

 come in a snow storm, near Aln- 

 wick, and fell. In this state he 

 was exposed to all the horrors of 

 the night, till seven o'clock in 

 the morning. His faithful dog 

 at this time observing a shepherd 

 at a small distance, used every 

 exertion to attract his attention, 

 such as howling, going from and 

 returning to the spot where his 

 master lay. This induced the 

 shepherd to follow the dog's mo- 

 tions. 



